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YHT-790BL Home Theater in a Box
Yamaha Makes Great-Sounding Home Theater Easy with This One-Box System that includes a 105W 5-Channel Receiver with SCENE,YPAO and iPod/Satellite Radio Compatibility, plus Five Speakers and a 130W Subwoofer.
YHT-790BL Home Theater in a Box
Yamaha Makes Great-Sounding Home Theater Easy with This One-Box System that includes a 105W 5-Channel Receiver with SCENE,YPAO and iPod/Satellite Radio Compatibility, plus Five Speakers and a 130W Subwoofer.
Advanced Features
4 SCENE buttons offering greater operating ease (with 17 preset SCENE templates) XM ready with XM HD Surround powered by Neural Surround SIRIUS Satellite Radio ready YPAO for automatic speaker setup iPod compatibility via Yamaha Universal Dock Bluetooth (A2DP) compatibility with Yamaha Bluetooth Wireless Audio Receiver Front panel mini jack input for connecting portable audio player On-screen display with iPod song title display Elegant high gloss piano finish speaker systems High-grade aluminum front speaker stands included Slim subwoofer is only 6-3/16" deep to match flat screen TVs
High Sound Quality
5.1-channel 655W powerful surround sound (105W x 5 + 130W subwoofer) Direct mode for high quality sound reproduction Burr-Brown 192kHz/24-bit DACs used in all channels 2-way speaker drivers for high power input capacity 6-1/2" subwoofer with Advanced YST II and FD-Bass technology Subwoofer Half Pipe port for minimizing extraneous noise
High Picture Quality
1080p-compatible HDMI (2 in/1 out) including 1080p/24Hz repeat HDTV compatible component video terminals (3 in/1 out)
Surround Realism
CINEMA DSP with 8 DSP programs Compressed Music Enhancer to improve compressed music sources Night Listening Enhancer and SILENT CINEMA
Other Notable Features
• 40-station preset tuning / Auto preset tuning HD Audio LPCM 5.1-channel reception (up to 96kHz) High dynamic power, low-impedance drive capability 192kHz/24-bit DACs for all channels iPod song titles displayed in English and Western European languages ISO 8859-1 (Latin 1) on the front panel and on-screen display Night Listening Enhancer, SILENT CINEMA and Virtual CINEMA DSP Audio Delay for adjusting lip-sync (0–160ms) 9 selectable subwoofer crossover frequencies Subwoofer phase select Dolby Digital, DTS and Dolby Pro Logic II decoding Front panel Video Aux input with mini jack for connecting portable audio player Subwoofer out 6-channel external input Speaker A or B selection Preset remote unit Slim subwoofer is only 6-3/16" deep to match flat screen TVs Elegant high gloss piano finish speaker systems High-grade aluminum front speaker stands included
The Bluetooth® logo indicates that the product is equipped to use the optional YBA-10 Bluetooth® Wireless Audio Receiver that lets you connect the dock to the receiver and supports A2DP audio streaming. With the optional YBA-10 Bluetooth dock, you can enjoy music wirelessly from Bluetooth enabled mobile phones, portable devices, or personal computers.
(view the Specifications of each product for Bluetooth® dock compatibility)
Made for iPod (Docking Station)
The Made for iPod logo indicates that the product is equipped to use an optional Yamaha Universal iPod Dock that lets you connect your iPod to this product. With the optional dock you can listen to your music and operate the iPod via the product's remote control while at the same time charging the battery on your iPod. Depending on your product's specifications, some will allow you to use the On-Screen Display feature on your video monitor to navigate your music. Some products can even allow you to view your photos and movies from your iPod on your video monitor (view the Specifications of each product for iPod playback compatibility)...
Dolby Pro Logic II
Dolby Pro Logic II is an improved technique used to decode vast numbers of existing Dolby Surround sources. This technology enables a discrete 5-channel playback with 2 front left and right channels, 1 center channel, and 2 surround left and right channels instead of only 1 surround channel for conventional Pro Logic technology. There are three modes available: "Music mode" for music sources, "Movie mode" for movie sources and "Game mode" for game sources.
Dolby, Pro Logic, and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
DTS Digital Surround™
DTS Digital Surround™ was developed to replace the analog soundtracks of movies with a multichannel digital sound track. This system produces practically distortion-free 6-channel sound (front left and right, center, surround left and right and subwoofer low frequency effect channels for a total of 5.1-channels).
XM - XM Ready
A product with this feature indicates that the item is XM Satellite Radio (XM Ready), allowing you to hear over 150 digital channels of music, news, sports, talk and entertainment from America's number one Satellite Radio service. With the addition of the optional digital antenna XM Mini-Tuner Home Dock and the XM Mini-Tuner accessories sold separately, just subscribe to XM Satellite Radio and hear radio as it was meant to be!
XM HD Surround Sound
XM and Neural Audio Corporation announce XM HD Surround, which provides content with six discrete channels of digital full fidelity audio powered by Neural Audio technology. Marking the first time that a radio company has broadcast in 5.1 Surround Sound twenty-four hours a day. Beginning in April 2006, XM will broadcast the Fine Tuning® (XM Channel 76) and the classical pops music channel XM Pops (XM Channel 113) in XM HD Surround. XM will also broadcast a variety of special shows and live music performances at the XM studios in XM HD Surround.
Neural Surround
Neural Surround represents the latest advancement in surround technology and has been adopted by XM Satellite Radio for digital radio broadcast of surround recordings and live events in surround sound. Neural Surround employs psychoacoustic frequency domain processing which allows delivery of a more detailed sound stage with superior channel separation and localization of audio elements. System playback is scalable from 5.1 to 7.1 multi-channel surround playback.
Neural Surround™ name and related logos are trademarks owned by Neural Audio Corporation.
Sirius Satellite Radio
A Sirius-Ready audio system lets you access your favorite SIRIUS Satellite Radio entertainment, including 100% commercial-free music, plus sports, uncensored talk, comedy, exclusive entertainment, world-class news and more, directly through your audio system with the use of an optional SIRIUS Connect Home Tuner kit. This product has a simple connector that allows you to plug the SIRIUS Connect kit and use the controls of this system to access all the content you want. Subscription and SIRIUS Connect Home Tuner (SC-H1) are required and sold separately.
HDMI® (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is the first industry supported, uncompressed, all-digital audio / video interface. Providing an interface between any source (such as a set-top box or AV receiver) and an audio / video monitor (such as a digital television), HDMI supports standard, enhanced or high-definition video as well as multichannel digital audio using a single cable. HDMI transmits all ATSC HDTV standards and supports 8-channel digital audio with bandwidth to spare to accommodate future enhancements and requirements. When used in combination with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection), HDMI provides a secure audio / video interface that meets the security requirements of content providers and system operators.
For further information on HDMI, visit the HDMI website at "http://www.hdmi.org/." HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC.
6 Ch Ext Input
6 additional input jacks for discrete multi-channel input. Front (Left, Center, Right), Rear (Surround Left & Right) and Subwoofer
CINEMA DSP Digital™
Conventional multichannel audio reproduction systems base their sound on Dolby® Digital and DTS Digital Surround™ decoding, using matrix and steering technologies to create surround sound effects. Yamaha CINEMA DSP Digital™ is much more advanced; actually creating independent sound fields that envelop you in an unmatched surround sound experience. With dialogue, music and effects located in separate sound fields, you will hear sound with directionality, smooth movement, exceptional clarity and presence.
Yamaha has developed a natural, realistic DSP algorithm for headphones. Parameters for headphones have been set for each sound field so that accurate representations of all the sound field programs can be enjoyed with a pair of headphones.
Compressed Music Enhancer
Yamaha employs sophisticated digital signal processing with exclusive algorithms to enable playback that improves the performance of compressed music formats, including MP3 and WMA. With the Compressed Music Enhancer, highs and especially lows are richer and smoother, bringing music back to life to be as close to the original recording as possible.
SCENE – A New Level of Operating Ease
With most AV components, watching or listening to what you want requires a number of steps. You have to turn on the AV receiver, turn on another component like a Blu-ray Disc™ player, select the source, select the surround mode and then press play. With the SCENE feature from Yamaha, all you need to do is press one button and both components turn on, the correct DSP setting is made, and play begins.
View Products that use SCENE – A New Level of Operating Ease
YPAO™ Automatic System Calibration
The Yamaha Parametric Acoustic Optimizer (YPAO) uses a small microphone and sophisticated equalization to automatically set the best sound for any room, no matter where the speakers are. First it checks the speaker connections and phase of each speaker. Then it sends out tones which are captured by the microphone to analyze the room acoustics and sets a variety of parameters, such as the speaker size, the distance of the speakers and even the sound pressure level, until it achieves the best sound conditions for your room.
Audio & Video
Channels | 5.1 | |
Total System Power | 655W (Including 130W Subwoofer) | |
Finish | Black | |
RMS Output Power (1kHz) | 105W x 5 | |
DTS 96/24 / DTS Neo:6 / DTS ES Discrete 6.1 | DTS Digital Surround | |
High Sound Quality | Dolby Digital EX / Dolby Pro Logic IIx | Dolby Digital / Dolby Pro Logic II |
Neural Surround | Yes | |
Advanced Connections | HDMI (In/Out) | Yes |
Front A/V with Digital Input | A/V Only | |
Advanced Features | SIRIUS Satellite Radio Ready | Yes |
XM Satellite Radio Ready | Yes | |
XM HD Surround | Yes | |
iPod Compatibility | Yes (With Optional YDS-10) | |
Bluetooth Compatibility | Yes (With Optional YBA-10) | |
Compressed Music Enhancer | Yes | |
On-Screen Display (OSD) | Yes | |
YPAO Sound Optimization | Yes | |
Surround Realism | Surround Programs | 8 |
A/V Inputs / Outputs | 4 / 2 | |
Cabinet Type | Plastic | |
Front Speakers (Woofer, Tweeter Size) | Quad 4" Woofers + 3/4" Tweeter | |
Center Speaker (Woofer, Tweeter Size) | Dual 3" Woofers + 3/4" Tweeter | |
Surround Speakers (Woofer, Tweeter Size) | 3" Woofers + 3/4" Tweeter | |
Removable Grill Cloth | Yes | |
Subwoofer | Yes | |
Power Output | 130W | |
Driver Size | 6-1/2" | |
Complete Package Dimensions (WxHxD) | 26-5/8" x 21-7/8" x 27-1/4" | |
Total Weight (lbs.) | 93 |


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Don't care his much i get killed..I want Manuel and Lacy...Offence done.
Don't care his much i get killed..I want Manuel and Lacy...Offence done.
go to bed your drunk
You're right. The offense would be done.
That would be terrible.
Nope..Lacy =Bus..Manuel big..strong fast rifle arm quick release
Trade down..pick these two..
I hope we got Ivory, and I like Dysert in the 3rd. Wouldn't hate EJ in the 2nd if we get an extra one. I like Pass rush 1st(Jordan, Ansah, or Mingo). Free Safety with the late 1st after trading down (Vaccaro if he's there, Cyprien, or Elam. I like them all). Eifert with the first 2nd, and BPA with the rest. I like Warford, and Okafor. If we miss on the top 3 pass rushers, I definitely take Okafor in the 2nd. If he drops to our later 2nd I'd love to have both. That would give us the best front 7 in the league for the foreseeable future.
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And who's playing Guard to block for these guys? Tebow?
If not Lacy..select Ball ..both of these guys chew up yardage ..makes urn QB look a whole lot better..
It's conceivable that the Jets could take Austin with pick 9. Trade the 13th for a late first and a few more picks (2nd/3rd)....
End up with Austin, Lacy, EJ, Ertz.
Not saying these guys will be good,
But the idea of picking and hitting on 4 offensive skilled picks probably helps this team more than any other picks could + sells tickets/makes watching the Jets offense bearable...
Lacy would be a nice pick at some point, but I can't say the same about Manuel. Way too much wishful thinking there.
Yes, let's force an early round QB on a new HC next year, not to mention a QB (all of them in this draft) who next year wouldn't even be in the Top 5 of the QB class. We might go 7-9 instead of 5-11, 6-10! Brilliant.
Rebuild with the OLine and front 7 -- it appears that is where the quality is in this draft. If an RB or QB falls to us in the later rounds, I am okay with that, but I think the top of this draft should be for OL and pass rush.

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The Union Mills Homestead Historic District is comprised of a dwelling house, a grist mill, and a Bollman-design bridge. The Shriver Homestead was built in 1797 by Andrew and David Shriver and has been continually occupied by the family. The double house is seven bays wide with a two-story porch projecting from the three central bays. The two sections of the house share a stairhall. The 4/4 windows flanking the door in the center bay are smaller than the 6/6 windows in the outer bays. The house retains much original clapboard, and first-floor paneled shutters. Wings were added to each side of the dwelling, generally a continuation of the original structure, having little or no ornamentation. Dormers were placed in the roof of the west wing. Across the south facade is a porch of a later date, although imitative of the Chinese detailing of the front porch. The mill (also built 1797) is a large brick structure, built of locally manufactured brick laid in both Flemish bond and four-course common bond. It is five bays wide and five bays deep with a central door on the south and west facades. It stands two stories over a full basement (on the north and west facades) and has two attics. A large section of the north gable collapsed and has been rebuilt of concrete block and clapboard. Most of the original window framing is intact as is the 6/6 sash and the paneled double doors. The queen post iron truss bridge has a fieldstone base and planked deck. The original road to and from this one-lane bridge has been closed but is still passable on foot. The bridge, in disrepair due to neglect, spans a narrow portion of Big Pipe Creek. At each side of the bridge is a disc reading: "1879 W. Bollman Baltimore".
The historic district is representative of early-industrial development, with fine examples of both domestic and industrial architecture. Located on an important 19th century route between Baltimore and Pennsylvania, which later became the first rural free delivery (RFD) route. The most important historical episode associated with Union Mills occurred in June 1863. Like the population of Maryland as a whole, the Shriver family was divided by the Civil War. On June 30, 1863, General J.E.B. Stuart of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia camped at Union Mills and was hosted by part of the Shriver family. On the following day, General James Barnes of the 5th Corps of the Army of the Potomtac arrived on the site and welcomed and entertained by other members of the family.


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6-story hotel planned for downtown Ann Arbor
An Ann Arbor developer is proposing a 110-room hotel with ground-floor retail space in a new 91,000-square-foot building in the city's downtown.
First Martin Corp., a developer of office, retail and residential space, has submitted site plans for the development, located at 116-120 W. Huron St., between South Ashley and South Main streets, to the city for review.
Construction costs and timelines were not immediately available Thursday. First Martin had not yet responded to messages seeking comment.
The 0.48-acre site is currently home to the Greyhound Bus Depot and the Ann Arbor Convention and Visitors Bureau, according to a site plan cover letter posted to the city's website. The existing buildings would be removed and the businesses would relocate.
Retail frontage would be along Huron while the entrance for core hotel functions would be along Ashley.
In addition to about 6,000 square feet of retail and possible restaurant or bar space, the first floor would also include the hotel lobby, meeting rooms, office space, an exercise room, patio, pool and kitchen and laundry space. The top five floors would be for hotel rooms, which would be studio and one- and two-bedroom units.
Architects on the project are Fairfax, Va.-based Zivic & Hurdle Architects PC and Ann Arbor-based Hobbs & Black Architects. Ann Arbor-based Midwestern Consulting LLC is the project engineer, surveyor and landscape architect.
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Scientists Set Internet2 Speed Record
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) set a new land-speed record for Internet2, a second-generation network serving universities and research institutes.
The team, which included folks from AMD Scientists are racing to move gigantic amounts of data by 2007, when CERN's Large Hadron Collider
(LHC) will switch on. This huge underground particle accelerator will produce some 15 petabytes High-energy physicists are excited about the LHC because they hope it will allow them to find the Higgs
boson, a theoretical particle that they believe creates mass.
"Physicists are trying to fill in the blank spaces
in our model of high energy physics," said
Jim Gray
a Microsoft Research engineer who helped set Wednesday's
But this $10 billion collider will be of little use if scientists around the world can't access the data.
Researchers aren't the only ones excited about blazing data speeds. This record speed of 6.63Gbps
is equivalent to transferring a full-length DVD movie in four seconds. There are uses in astronomy,
bioinformatics, global climate modeling and seismology, as well as commercial applications from entertainment
to oil and gas exploration.
Internet2 is fast -- Abilene, a
U.S. cross-country backbone network, blasts data at 10Gbps. But transoceanic networking is another story.
There are hardware and software issues to overcome, Gray said.
For example, one limiting factor is that the fastest available interface for PCs is the PCIX64 Bus Isolation
Extender, which can only handle 7.5Gbps.
The land-speed test is part of an ongoing R&D program to create high-speed global networks
as the foundation of next-generation, data-intensive grids with a goal of transferring data at 1Gbps.
The performance also is the first record to break the 100-petabit meter per second mark. One petabit is
1,000,000,000,000,000 bits "If you have a million customers and they each have a
gigabyte of storage, that's a petabit," he said.
The technology used in setting this record included S2io's Xframe 10 GbE server adapter, Cisco 7600 Series
Routers, Newisys 4300 servers using AMD Opteron processors, Itanium servers and the 64-bit version of
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A fund set up by General Motors to pay for deaths and injuries caused by its vehicles with faulty ignitions is accepting claims.
The five-month filing period that began Friday is part of the fallout from General Motors' recall of 2.6 million small cars beginning in February.
That recall forced General Motors Corp. to acknowledge it knew about the defective switches for more than a decade and triggered a sweeping safety review that has resulted in a series of additional recalls. About 29 GM vehicles have been recalled this year.
Drivers, passengers and pedestrians killed or hurt by one of the defective GM vehicles can file a claim through Dec. 31.
GM has already absorbed a $400 million charge to cover the potential payments to be made by the fund.
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"SoccerCity" backers' deep pockets on display in first financial disclosure
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After Weezer announced a contest to play on a cruise with them, Geezer launched an all-out social media blitz to get enough 'likes' for their video to win.
"We're the only San Diego band and the only cover band in the running," Adam Gimbel told the Reader. He says one of the rules was that bands had to submit an original piece of music.
Geezer rearranged "My Evaline," and while it is not entirely original, Gimbel says the song is so ancient as to be in the public domain. "They accepted it for the contest. So we're already cheating."
A couple of local bands won last year: the Nervous Wreckords and Wavves played the 2012 Weezer Cruise.
But consider that Geezer is essentially a Weezer tribute band based in San Diego. They were nominated Best Tribute Band at the 2010 San Diego Music Awards. They lost but wandered on stage anyway pretending they were senile, which is part of the band's senior citizen act. Geezer was nominated again for the same category in 2011.
Gimbel says the shenanigans — his word — being pulled by some of the other contestants are almost laughable. "There's one band whose video has 55,000 views, but they only have 100 Facebook 'likes.' How is that even possible?"
Out of the 60 or so acts vying for the one slot on the cruise gig, Geezer has 230 votes at the time of this writing. The Weezer Cruise is next February 13-17, to the Bahamas.
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The BBC reports that the question of the legality of sealing of royal wills, which has been raised several times over recent years, is being considered by a panel of judges. The privilege is unique to the royals — normally British wills are a matter of public record. The practice of sealing the wills was brought to public attention by Robert Brown (pictured at right), a man who claims that … Continue reading
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The Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP), established in 1999, is a comprehensive and in-depth assessment of a country's financial sector. FSAPs analyze the resilience of the financial sector, the quality of the regulatory and supervisory framework, and the capacity to manage and resolve financial crises. Based on its findings, FSAPs produce recommendations of a micro- and macro-prudential nature, tailored to country-specific circumstances.
The FSAP is a key instrument of the Fund's surveillance and provides input to the Article IV consultation. In jurisdictions with financial sectors deemed by the Fund to be systemically important, financial stability assessments under the FSAP are a mandatory part of Article IV surveillance, and are supposed to take place every five years; for all other jurisdictions, participation in the program is voluntary. In developing and emerging market countries, FSAPs are conducted jointly with the World Bank. In these countries, FSAP assessments include two components: a financial stability assessment, which is the responsibility of the Fund, and a financial development assessment, which is the responsibility of the World Bank.
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5th November 2012, 09:20 AM | #1 |
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Best class D amp for studio monitoring and brutal revealing nature
HI guys which class D/T amp of around 15W Rms (25Wpeak) could I use for monitor speakers ??
I need brutal honesty(no coloring or warmth if it's not present in the source material). I need super fast transient speed , flat frequency response , super low THD(less than 0.01 at 25W), SnR greater than 100dB, no hum no hiss. Just brutal honesty, some amp which can show me when the source material is harsh when it is harsh and sound sweet when the source is sweet. Some amp which can clearly show when a track was badly recorded and engineered , and sound good only with well recorded and engineered material. An amp which doesn't make piercing sounds sound sweet. It should sound piercing when the material is piercing. Price , around 150 Dollar MAXIMUM. HELP PLEASE Last edited by aarvin2; 5th November 2012 at 09:50 AM. |
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5th November 2012, 12:39 PM | #3 |
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Studio monitoring on 15 watts?
What speakers?? Suggest building a good quality class A analog amplifier instead. Or consider the "Wire" amp build thread - they are using paralleled ultra low distortion chip amps - or use that as the driver for a class A output stage. And unless you have a super high sensitivity horn system you need more than 15 watts for monitoring live music, imo. _-_-bear
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5th November 2012, 12:48 PM | #4 | |
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Yups nearfield monitoring, 15 Watts RMS is plenty loud , best mixing engineering is done at whisper levels Why would you advise class A amps over Tripath or class D amps ? How do they compare with regards to transient speed and consistency ? Thank for your advice my friend |
5th November 2012, 12:49 PM | #5 | |
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Thanks mate!! those are on my list Pretty impressive specs to be honest Do you have an idea how they compare to ICE chips ? Thanks in advance |
5th November 2012, 12:54 PM | #6 |
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Hi Aarvin2,
No experience using the ICE amps, I do own pair of Hypex PSC2.400d plate amps powering my latest project. Trinium, my latest build The specs of these amps are very good indeed, and with real live performance to back up the specs. If you would like to know more about this particular class D implementation (self oscillating with post filter feedback) read this white paper: http://www.hypex.nl/docs/papers/ncore%20wp.pdf
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5th November 2012, 01:23 PM | #7 |
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they are better than ice but you need a lot more than 150$
5th November 2012, 01:45 PM | #8 |
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Some features on paper, unfortunately not establish that the amp has a great realism in the reproduction or high definition, if we refer to the class D.
for this low price, I can recommend a class AB mosfet, I think $ 30 is enough if it is complete. then select a good smps, maybe that does not drop the voltage if you are interested in a good transient response. hehe .. I have no other advice for this price. |
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in solid state section "Apex" has a thread for a studio reference amp it s a very good design and has pcb and everything for that , I suggest you take a look at that
and keep in mind that most of monitors don use class d and lm3886 is very popular in studio monitors ,but if you wanna go passive monitor and a diy amp you want something better than lm3886 so go for an active crossover and class A bi-amping ! and if the money is not a issue take a look at this monster : ExtremA, a reference class-A DIY amplifier. ExtremA, a reference class-A DIY amplifier. - Introduction
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o I forgot ampslab has a design named "synergy" with active crossovers and bi amping in one board take a look at that as well it s a hell of a design specially made for studio monitors with lm3886t :
Synergy - 18dB/oct Active Bi-Amp Kit by AmpsLab 1) Balanced Input 2) Master Volume Adjustment 3) Tweeter Volume Adjustment 4) 18dB/oct 2-way electronic crossover 5) 6 selectable crossover frequencies (1K5 2K 2K4 2K8 3K3 3K7) 6) Lm3886TF Overture Power Amp for Tweeter 7) Lm3886TF Overture Power Amp for Woofer 8) 18,800uF of Power Supply Filter Capacitors (Rubycon 4,700uF/63V x 4 pcs) 9) +/- 15V Voltage Regulation
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By stepping up his pointed criticism of Sheriff Doug Gillespie's decision to overrule the Use of Force Board in the case of officer Jacquar Roston, recently retired Assistant Sheriff Ted Moody sounds even more like a possible candidate for his former boss's office.
Six board members resigned in the wake of the sheriff's decision. Moody was the board's senior department supervisor and was well- respected by its citizen members.
As reported Thursday in the Review-Journal, an internal police report released this week noted that Roston made "poor tactical decisions" leading up to a nonfatal shooting of an unarmed man. But the sheriff determined Roston's mistake wasn't enough to warrant termination.
It will be interesting to see how quickly Gillespie moves to find replacements for those departed board members, who scoffed at the credibility of the review process.
As if that weren't enough of a challenge for the incumbent, Gillespie is suddenly struggling to persuade the usually pliant Clark County Commission on a sales tax proposal to increase pay for police officers. On Tuesday, the commission decided to delay its vote. Approval would raise the county sales tax from 8.1 percent to 8.25 percent.
The election isn't until next year, but the recent controversies potentially complicate matters for Gillespie, who hasn't faced much opposition. For his part, Moody has said he has not decided whether to run.
ADIOS, HACIENDA: How much is worker loyalty worth?
At the 370-room Hacienda, for instance, I'm told a number of employees have logged many years of service at the diminutive Hoover Dam-area casino property, which was recently purchased by successful slot parlor operator Dotty's.
The Boulder City Review first reported the Hacienda's employees have been notified they must reapply for their jobs under the new management, which is known for running extremely lean operations.
EARLY ENDORSEMENT: It's no surprise given her politics and track record of activism, but 3rd Congressional District candidate Erin Bilbray has received an endorsement from EMILY's List, the women's organization that boasts 2 million members. Bilbray, a Democrat, is challenging Rep. Joe Heck.
In a blistering email barrage, the state Democratic Party has made Heck a whipping boy. The race promises to be one of the most watched and most contentious in the country.
The daughter of former Nevada Rep. James Bilbray is the founder of Emerge Nevada, which promotes candidates who make issues facing women and families a priority.
THREE SQUARE: Now this is a charity I can sink my teeth into. Aug. 23 to 30, diners can help feed hungry children while they feed themselves during Three Square Food Bank's Las Vegas Restaurant Week. Part of the proceeds from every meal helps the food bank collect food for thousands of hungry youngsters in Southern Nevada.
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ON THE BOULEVARD: Lovers obsessed with sequential dates are surely considering getting hitched on Nov. 12. That's 11/12/13, a date even the most absent-minded husbands are likely to remember. More positive press for the Italian-American Club, this time in the Los Angeles Times. Expect more intrigue in the quirky case of Darin Notaro, aka Steve Stevens, the Internet sports tout who has hustled his way into a reality television show on CNBC called "Money Talks." Notaro's eclectic resume includes a conviction related to telemarketing fraud. For a guy who is accused of swindling investors out of approximately $190 million and owing the IRS the taxes on $87 million, the case of casino high roller Ramon DeSage continues to receive relatively little media interest. How about a list of those investors, Mr. DeSage?
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This volume contains the proceedings of the conference "Analysis, Geometry and Quantum Field Theory" held at Potsdam University in September 2011, which honored Steve Rosenberg's 60th birthday.
The papers in this volume cover a wide range of areas, including Quantum Field Theory, Deformation Quantization, Gerbes, Loop Spaces, Index Theory, Determinants of Elliptic Operators, K-theory, Infinite Rank Bundles and Mathematical Biology.
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Oooooo. First glitch! Its a very very small detail, so don't start getting concerned people. That fact that this is the only glitch I could find so far is a good thing.
Ok, so it may even be specific to my unit. But... when you haven't changed the volume for a while, and then you suddenly hit one of the volume buttons, it doesn't change on the first press. After that its fine, no problem. Now wait a couple of seconds, and change the volume again. Huh? Wat up FiiO? (Or is it just me? :D)
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5ft Silver Poison cable for Hifiman headphones with 4 pin termination. Have no idea of use as it came with a pair of HE-500s but looks new. I have to be honest here and admit that I have no idea of price as I'm not into high end cables; I have to go by the toxic cables site. So if the price is too low you've got a bargain; if it's too high make an offer.
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Officials with the Colorado Department of Education had a lot of good and very little bad to say about the Moffat County School District.
In a report issued renewing the district's accreditation -- the result of an on-site visit from CDE officials in May -- the district received 10 commendations and a single recommendation.
"It was exactly what we expected," Superintendent Pete Bergmann said. "It was very similar to what the exit report indicated it would be."
Accreditation, CDE Regional Manager Morris Danielson said in May, was not based on a single indicator -- test scores, for example -- rather, it took several factors into consideration.
Evaluators look at 11 indicators during accreditation, including the district's educational improvement plan, CSAP performance and goals, student achievement, student progress, communication with parents, safe schools policies and compliance with budgeting and accounting requirements.
But what the state is looking for, Morris said, was reasonable progress in time.
The school district has shown that, according to the report.
"A comparison of Moffat County School District student performance on the 2001 and 2002 baseline CSAP tests reveals that five of eight scores are higher in reading, five of eight scores are higher in writing, and all six of six scores are higher in math," the report states.
For Moffat County, the weighted index for all students -- created using CSAP scores -- increased from 0.75 in 2002 to 0.81 in 2004 in reading. The state level is 0.79. In writing, Moffat County's weighted index increased from 0.67 to 0.71 compared with the state's 0.77. Math performance also increased from 0.38 in 2002 to 0.51 in 2004. The state math index was 0.56 in 2004.
"Clearly the district is making strong academic gains in all content areas," the report states. "The increasing weighted indices reveal that the district is making more than one year of progress for one year in school. This is commendable growth."
The district also was commended for recognizing the needs of a growing population of students for which English is not its primary language and the use of parent surveys to facilitate communication.
The one recommendation was for the district continue to close achievement gaps between white and Hispanic students and between males and females.
"We are aware of those issues and are working toward solutions," Bergmann said. "We just started to look at the gender gap and analyze the date to see where that gap is -- what grade levels and content areas. This gap is fairly new to us.
"We're pleased with the progress and with our achievement, but we're always looking to do better," Bergmann said.


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Steamboat Springs A sunny spring afternoon can make a seat near the ice bar at Slopeside Grill worth a pound of gold.
But it was the seats around the base area restaurant's indoors bar that were staked out early and often Friday afternoon. It was all thanks to the focus of the sports-loving nation, the NCAA basketball tournament.
"It is unfortunate the tournament fell on this weekend," said Lee Nowlin, visiting from Tulsa, Okla.
His actions betrayed his feelings, however. Six days into a seven-day visit in Steamboat Springs, he wasn't the least bit miserable holding down one of Slopeside's prime-time stools, directly in front of one of the four high-definition TVs behind the bar, a Tulsa friend at his side and a cold beer at his fingertips.
"I will not be skiing again today," he announced as the Texas Longhorns stretched their lead against Austin Peay in one of the tournament's afternoon games.
Nowlin and his neighbor, Kevin Brown, were visiting Steamboat with their families for the second consecutive year and missed all of Thursday's tournament action because of commitments on the ski mountain. With "their" teams on deck - Oklahoma faced off against Saint Joseph's in the early-evening session - they weren't about to be swayed by the fact that the lift tickets dangling from their belts still held nearly three hours of skiing potential.
"We're going to hunker down with some pizza tonight, the kids in one condo and basketball in the other," Brown said, laughing.
The 64-team tournament changed things at area sports bars. At Slopeside, it overtook the traditional videos of skiers dropping cliffs and descending backcountry spines.
It also changed business, though only a little, Slopeside bartender Rebecca Boucha said.
"People tend to linger longer through lunch," she said. "It doesn't really affect business because we'd be busy anyway, but people have their teams, and they want to be close to a TV.
"I don't have a team this year. I'm too busy working,"
The Tap House Sports Grill, on the other hand, said the tournament has been responsible for a major surge during an already busy time of year.
"I had to add two or three times the staff to cover the Thursday and Friday day shifts," owner Gary Saxe said. "The games bring a lot more people in during the day and get a flow going earlier than it normally would."
Adding wait staff isn't the only thing Tap House does to lure fans. It purchased the DirecTV Mega March Madness package, the only way to ensure every far-from-home fan will be able to find the right game.
Twelve separate DirecTV boxes, all individually programmed to offer patrons an array of games, line a shelf in the manager's office. They output on more than 50 televisions.
"Having the package definitely helps," Saxe said. "It's been a lot of fun having so many people in here this year."


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Flipping The Meat Train
One of the last veterans; of a dangerous violent, exhilarating way of life tells of a youth spent on the Road.
February/March 2001 | Volume 52, Issue 1
The population of the Road itself numbered many who were dangerous to others. There were prison escapees and excons. Lunatics were common.
One learned to keep a wary distance, to wake instantly from sleep and hit the ground running, especially if one was a "gaycat," a young apprentice like me. Also dangerous were the jockers, men seeking "punks" among the young to whom they offered protection, often in exchange for sexual favors.
But most dangerous of all were the trains themselves. There were precise techniques for flipping a freight and for the even more hazardous move, dropping off. Thousands of Road kids were killed or injured; there are no statistics numbering those who fell beneath the wheels. One may extrapolate from the figures of one railroad alone, the Missouri Pacific, which from 1930 (the year I started jumping freights) to 1932 recorded 330 trespassers killed and 682 seriously injured.
And yet. As though "normal" danger was too tame, we Road kids sought more. Status on the Road was awarded according to which trains one had ridden. It wasn't enough to ride and survive the red ball—express—freights, which, after all, started and stopped at conservative speeds and lumbered along at a mere 30 to 50 miles per hour. There were passenger trains, and there were crack passenger trains that offered one mere seconds to catch and no safe place to ride and which braked so sharply there was no way to drop off until they had stopped in the glare of the station lights.
On such trains there were only certain places it was possible to ride. Each spot had its virtues, each its hazards. The blind baggage, the space between a locomotive's tender and the mail or baggage car at the head end, was a favorite. On the other hand, if the crew discovered you there, they'd think nothing of booting you off at 80 miles an hour. Riding between any other cars could be done if one were able to survive the muscle ache from clinging to a single ladder rung beside the bumpers, plus the wind that worked always to tear one loose, plus the buffeting from cinders and stones churned up by suction from the roadbed. And there were the battery boxes, usually empty, beneath some coaches. A person might crawl into one if it could be done unobserved and, if young and limber, huddle in its claustrophobic murk to ride in safety. But there was the chance of the outside latch's being closed, deliberately or accidentally, whereupon one was privileged to die in darkness; battery boxes, like refrigerator cars, had no inside handles.
In hobo jungles one could garner fascinating information of trains even more prestigious to ride than the crack passenger flyers, the Silk Train from the West Coast for instance, carrying valuable cargo destined for New York and escorted by armed guards who were privileged to shoot on sight. I should like to claim that I rode it. I scoped it, certainly, but, having observed the gimlet-eyed men with rifles, found it too intimidating to approach. I heard claims by other 'boes that they'd ridden the Silk Train but concluded that there were no fewer liars on the Road than in the square life.
The Meat Trains were famous. They were "contract runs," rolling nightly at high speed from Sioux Falls to Chicago, carrying beef carcasses that had to be there by dawn. The cars that made up the "consist" were neither special nor adapted to the breakneck velocity. The Meat Train carried no empties. It made no scheduled stops. Its violence of motion made it impossible to ride the bumpers. Strictly suicide, warned the older 'boes.
I was determined to ride it.
I am dozing on and off in a swale amid infinite Iowa corn rows, close by the crossing of two railroads. The tracks, shining by moonlight, intersect at precise right angles. I wear a beret, a light jacket, and two pairs of Frisco jeans as a cloth sandwich to guard against earlymorning chill.
In the far distance, a locomotive whistles. Instantly I'm awake and listening. One short: a train signaling that it's about to stop. The glow of a headlight, the engine coming on at speed; yes, on the Northwestern's tracks, precisely where it should be. Brakes scream, steel on steel, as the hogger hits the air and the train pauses just short of the junction. But it's a pause, not a stop, and the whistle immediately sounds two long blasts, the highball, meaning "We go!" and it's rolling again.
In the few seconds available, my eyes canvass the train in dismay. I'd expected reefers (refrigerator cars) with room for a 'bo to ride up top where the open hatches would at least provide windbreaks or, better still, allow him to drop down into an empty ice compartment. But these aren't reefers, they're ordinary boxcars, and for a moment I think, "It's the wrong train." Then I realize: beef carcasses not iced but simply loaded in boxcars at a huge savings in cost but demanding speed, speed! if they're to get to the packinghouse before nature renders them rotten.


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Late last night, as I drove around frozen South Western England delivering inebriated people to their homes, I got to discussing F.E.A.R. with one of its fans. The sequel, he said, was one of the games that really excited him for 2009. While I definitely appreciated the original game and its expansions, they're also games that I feel contain a weird tension that they never quite get past. The Fear Fan talked about that moment on the ladder, or that moment where you get clubbed in the face. I raised the invisi-ninjas as the best sections. These are great scary moments within the game, and they're scary because you're relatively helpless. The rest of the time, however, you find yourself being an unstoppable super-man who can slow time. How, then, do things remain scary?
I can't help thinking, then, that the Elite Powered Armour that is shown off in this latest F.E.A.R 2 trailer does exactly the opposite to what is best in its game. It even says so in the trailer: "The Solution To Everything You Fear." Surely that's missing the point of making a horror shooter? Maybe that's just me.
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Da'Quan Bowers finds himself in quite a jam today after he was arrested Monday at LaGuardia Airport in New York carrying a loaded .40-caliber handgun in his bag.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end is in the same predicament as Plaxico Burress was in back in 2008 – minus the hole in his leg where Burress shot himself.
According to Mike Garafolo of USA Today, Bowers faces the same charges – two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. That was the same rap against Burress, who wound up interrupting his NFL career for a prison stay. The charges have a maximum sentence of 3 ½ years. Burress did 20 months behind bars after he took a plea deal.
Per the report, Bowers did not try to carry the gun through security. He informed airline personnel upon check-in that he had a gun in his bag. That beats shooting himself in the leg carrying the gun in a waist band at a night club, a la Burress, but it carry the same charges.
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With the casting of Richard E. Grant as Professor Higgins, gorgeous set and costume designs by Richard Roberts and Roger Kirk, respectively, and the considerable vocal talents of Opera Australia's chorus, the company's new production of Lerner and Loewe's classic musical, "My Fair Lady," proves a winning combination despite its flaws.
With the casting of Richard E. Grant as Professor Higgins, gorgeous set and costume designs by Richard Roberts and Roger Kirk, respectively, and the considerable vocal talents of Opera Australia's chorus, the company's new production of Lerner and Loewe's classic musical, "My Fair Lady," proves a winning combination despite its flaws.
In his singing debut, Grant uses his boundless charisma and adroit timing to easily compensate for his airy voice in Higgins' few numbers. Eliza (Taryn Fiebig), however, comes off more frumpy than felicitous, with a disagreeable accent that's an unrecognizable variation on the required Cockney. In addition, Rhys McConnochie's Pickering fails to impress vocally or as the professor's comic sidekick. But Matthew Robinson is a superb singer who makes the most of Freddy's songs, and John Wood is energetic as Eliza's dustman father Alfred Doolittle. Local musical theater vet Nancye Hayes, as Prof. Higgins' mother, embodies just the right combination of maternal displeasure and matronly camaraderie. OA director Stuart Maunder has taken a traditional approach to the staging, although he could have added more movement for the chorus, whose powerful singing nonetheless makes up for the fact they mostly stand there and, well, sing. Roberts' sets are faithful and lush, and Kirk's costumes, especially the broad-brimmed hats in the Ascot scene in a color scheme of black, white, gray and apricot, are stunning. This production was spun out of OA's traditional season by its commercial division, Opera Enterprises, which is charged with finding broader auds for the national opera company, both demographically and geographically. Although uneven, "My Fair Lady" should nevertheless prove to be popular, in a large part as a result of Grant's irresistible charm.My Fair Lady
Theater Royal, Sydney; 1,150 seats; $A125 $89 top
An Opera Australia presentation of a musical in two acts with music by Frederick Loewe, book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, adapted from George Bernard Shaw's play and Gabriel Pascal's motion picture "Pygmalion." Directed by Stuart Maunder. Musical direction, Andrew Green, Julia Plater. Choreography, Elizabeth Hill.
Sets, Richard Roberts; costumes, Roger Kirk; lighting, Trudy Dalgleish; sound, John O'Donnell. Opened, reviewed Oct. 9, 2008. Running time: 2 HOURS, 50 MIN.
Prof. Henry Higgins - Richard E. Grant
Eliza Doolittle - Taryn Fiebig
Alfred P. Doolittle - John Wood
Mrs. Higgins - Nancye Hayes
Eynsford-Hill - Matthew Robinson
Colonel Pickering - Rhys McConnochie
Mrs. Pearce - Adele Johnston
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill - Clarissa Foulcher
Harry - Byron Watson
Jamie - Benjamin Rasheed
Zoltan Karpathy - Nick Christo
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By Harold Ambler
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PROVIDENCE – Four Rhode Island business groups sent a statement to Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee and state legislators on Tuesday asserting that HealthSource RI should be funded only by those individuals and small businesses that obtain insurance through the exchange.
The respective leaders of the Rhode Island Business Group on Health, the Rhode Island Manufacturers Association, the Rhode Island chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business and the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce each signed the statement, which argued that alternative methods of funding for the state-run exchange – such as assessing a fee on all insurance carriers, or charging a general assessment on all health claims paid in the state – could harm the Rhode Island business community.
"We the undersigned are steadfast in our position that the cost of operating HealthSource RI should be fully born by the individuals and small businesses who obtain their insurance through the exchange," the statement read. "The cost should not be passed on to businesses (directly or indirectly) who do not obtain insurance through the exchange. A fee on all insurance carriers or all health purchasers or an assessment fee on all claims paid in the state is not acceptable to our members."
An acceptable form of funding for HealthSource RI would be user fees charged to individuals and small employers who utilize the exchange, the business groups said, which would fulfill the legal stipulation that the exchange be "self-sustaining." The groups urged the R.I. General Assembly not to tax businesses to fund the exchange, and said they would "strong resist efforts to cover these costs through assessments on anyone other than the users of the exchange."
The 2011 executive order signed into law by Chafee to establish HealthSource RI explicitly ruled out accessing general revenue funds for the continued expense of maintaining HealthSource RI after it exhausts its initial federal outlay of $84 million later this year. However, although the Affordable Care Act requires state exchanges to be self-sustaining by Jan. 1, 2015, Chafee's proposed fiscal year 2015 budget did not establish any funding mechanism for the exchange.
HealthSource RI Executive Director Christine Ferguson has estimated the annual cost of maintaining the exchange to be between $17 million and $24 million. Ferguson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the business groups' statement.
Laurie White, president of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce and one of the statement's four signees, told Providence Business News that Chafee must honor the commitment he made to the state's citizens when he signed the bill creating HealthSource RI in 2011.
"The original and stated intent was for the exchange to be supported by its users," White wrote in an email. "We very much like Director Ferguson's goal to use the exchange to provide transparent and predictable pricing. That will be an asset in attracting and retaining companies. The cost of the exchange itself, however, must be modest."
Donald Nokes, president of the Rhode Island Business Group on Health, speaking for his own group, cited a perception that the rules of the game are being changed mid-course, and that there is an issue of fairness to consider.
"I don't believe anyone likes the idea of changing the rules in the middle of the game," Nokes wrote in an email. "Many businesses supported the concept of the exchange when it was presented as a self-supporting agency. I initially advocated for building an exchange in Rhode Island that met the minimum requirements of the Affordable Care Act and expanding the functions as we experienced an appropriate participation rate."
Samuel Slade, USI Insurance Services' president and practice leader for Rhode Island employee benefits, said the statement represented an impasse between two conflicting visions for HealthSource RI.
"I believe that the business community here has been pretty consistent in their desire for an efficient approach to implementing the requirements of the Affordable Care Act," he said. "I think it is more surprising that the governor did nothing in his budget to provide for funding."
"[Ferguson] has tried hard to sell the business community on her vision for the exchange," Slade added. "This announcement suggests that those efforts have been unsuccessful."
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I'm of the belief that champagne should not be reserved for celebrations alone. In other words? There is absolutely nothing wrong with sipping bubbly on the regular. Life's too short to wait for weddings and New Years, if you ask me! Which is why I'm thrilled that the idea of champagne cocktails is becoming more mainstream. And this beauty, from JoPhoto? It's my new favourite.
Jacquelyn ClarkPomegranate Champagne Cocktail with LimeA beautiful twist on a celebratory drink
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First, we hinted about the Kasterborous Magazine. You scratched your heads.
Then, we told you what was in it. You dropped your jaw.
Today, we reveal the cover art. You will wet your pants!
We're currently putting the finishing touches to what is clearly the most audacious Kasterborous project yet, and as you can see by the striking image on the right, one of the main draws and the one we're most excited about is an interview by Elton Townend-Jones with his friend John Guilor!
Gracing the cover, Guilor – he voices the First Doctor in the new Planet of Giants DVD reconstruction – is one of those rarities, a Doctor Who fan who actually gets to play the Time Lord, thanks to his striking vocal abilities.
We're still a little bit away from issuing a confirmed final run-down of the contents, but we can promise you convention reports, the first part of a look at the world of Doctor Who video games and even get you started on the path to building your own Dalek as we kick-off our enthusiast-centric In The Shed series.
You might even find a few words from some extremely famous time travellers inside…
To celebrate the release of this flipping ace new cover (you can tell we're excited, can't you?) we're opening the project to pre-orders. As things stand this is a 50 page magazine, with some recent additions likely to push that total up.
As a result the following button is an opportunity to get in early with a low price purchase of just £4.99 (plus £1.99 package and posting).
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The funny is back! Granted, the funny never really left, but it's been taking a backseat the past few episodes in favor of plot development (I know, right?). There's romance, corporate plotting, and copious expenditures galore as Gabi teeters on the edge of her sanity and our heroines continue to be just as cool as our heroes. I think I'm in love with this show all over again.
Ratings took a bit of a dip today at 18.7%, but those are some solid numbers to grow on. There's still time!
Bang and Yeo-chi have their alternate, corporate-fooling personas on at full force as they share a tense meeting with Bum-jeung. Yeo-chi is acting drunk and only slightly belligerent, but she has some questions about her grandfather's former chauffeur. Supposedly he sent a text to her apologizing for committing a huge wrong against the Chairman.
A nervous Bum-jeung declares that he'll look into it, and by the time he's gone we realize that Bang and Yeo-chi don't know much about the text, either. They thought it might have been Gabi sending it to feel them out, but now they're not sure. Acting on an impulse, Bang leaves first.
In his car, Bum-jeung connects with the chauffeur's voicemail and proceeds to tear him a new one, demanding to know why he would send Yeo-chi that kind of text. Bang is more than onto what's going on, and places a call to Shin so that they can locate this mystical chauffeur by the name of Yang Il-mo.
Hang-woo puffs out his chest like a rooster at the sight of Woo-hee opening the ring box, clearly ready for her to jump his bones on sight. To his surprise and dismay, Woo-hee doesn't know the ring is for her. Hang-woo is baffled. "You don't know? Are you that dense?" He gets ready to explain, except Gabi interrupts at that exact moment. Woo-hee carefully tucks the ring box back into Hang-woo's hands before making herself scarce.
Of course, when Gabi puts Hang-woo on the spot by asking him if the ring is for Woo-hee, he hastily denies it. Woo-hee overhears and berates herself for thinking that Hang-woo ever liked her. Oh dear, not this again.
I do love drunk Woo-hee, though. We see her at the same bar that Hang-woo and Gabi have chosen to meet at, where Gabi asks him about his ties with an organization called the Golden Brothers. Apparently they were set to hire him if he ever left Chun Ha, but now she wants him to build a bridge with them instead for a future Chun Ha resort.
Hang-woo's delicate moral sensibilities are offended. She wants to cover up her embezzlement with a backdoor deal? How scandalous! Hang-woo: "If you engage in a double deal, you will be brought to justice in the end." (Really, Hang-woo? Really.) Gabi's reply is that justice only happens when you don't do it right. Regardless, Hang-woo agrees to handle the Chun Ha ledgers from now on. He's the only one Gabi can trust, after all.
He sees Woo-hee passed out on her table, knowing that she followed him into the bar. We literally see his shoulders sink as he comes to the realization that he'll have to piggyback her home. Again. Ha! He's soon making the laborious trek with a drunken Woo-hee, accusing her of gaining weight just to punish him.
Bum-jeung meets with the chauffeur, who admits that he was drunk the day he sent Yeo-chi the apologetic text message. Bum-jeung orders that he get a new phone and move out of Seoul immediately so that Yeo-chi can never find him.
The next morning Woo-hee eats some Hangover Cereal that comes with a friendly note from Hang-woo telling her to lose weight, else how can she marry? I get why he's telling her to lose weight in the context of the lols, but it still doesn't sound right.
She gets a call from a friend at the lab with an interesting development: Mo Gabi's fingerprint was found on Chairman Jin's syringe. She wonders whether to tell Hang-woo or not, but we see a flashback where she tried telling him about her suspicions about Gabi only for him to shut her down.
However, even though Hang-woo and Chairman Jin were enemies, she doesn't think that he'd cover this development up. Does this mean that she's supposed to cover it up instead? But our girl is doing some thinking of her own, and declares that she can't cover it up and that she'll save Hang-woo from Gabi's evil clutches. Yeah! Go Woo-hee!
Gabi is unhappy to hear the employees chant "Long life to you!" as she enters Chun Ha, because it makes her feel old. Funnily enough, they find Yeo-chi in Gabi's personal elevator and she's quick to tell Gabi the same chant, but she's thinking more along the lines of Gabi living a long and miserable life in jail.
She's also losing her grip on reality, which shouldn't come as a big surprise. Well aware that employees and executives alike are discontent with her, she orders Bum-jeung to install hidden cameras everywhere to monitor what they say and fire anyone who speaks against her. When he tells her that's illegal she scoffs, claiming that slandering her is what's illegal. "That's the way of this Mo Gabi and the law of Chun Ha Group," she declares. Yikes.
Bum-jeung is thinking along the same lines and knows that Gabi's sanity is slipping. It won't be long before something happens that can't be undone. He comes across Hang-woo in the hallway, who's finally smartened onto the fact that Bang might be playing them with phantom bonds. Bum-jeung thinks it's all to pay for Bang's extensive gambling debts, though Hang-woo says that enough is enough.
Luckily Yeo-chi has been hiding nearby and overhears the conversation. What she's most concerned about is that Bang's still gambling without money, and vows to hunt him down for it.
She finds Bang in a gambling den and pulls him away just before he can reveal a winning hand. Hang-woo is going to turn in all the promissory notes for the company, so how can Bang pay the debts and save his company now? Bang doesn't seem to care, which pushes Yeo-chi over the edge. She starts to strip down, declaring that she'll throw herself into the Han River unless he comes to his senses.
Bang: "Are we one in body and soul? So I'm giving myself up to pleasures and entertainment, but why would you die? Just leave me be. What the heck is life anyway? Just enjoy and go. Fall in and die or whatever, just do what you want."
Yeo-chi is flabbergasted. She doesn't know that Bang's 'Versailles' persona is a ruse, so his words come off as extra harsh. He walks away with a worried expression, wondering if he should just turn around and tell her everything.
But when he does turn around, she's nowhere to be seen. Fearing that she's acted on her words and jumped into the river, he runs to the water's edge and cries out her name.
Yeo-chi is fine, of course, and merely slipped away to her car where she takes the time to curse the day Bang was born. She returns to the edge of the river to retrieve her gloves and scarf only to find Bang crying like a little girl, yelling to the world that he did wrong.
Bang starts stripping down his clothing, taking off his jacket and shoes as he readies to jump in. He even apologizes to his mother that he'll be dying first. Haha! Yeo-chi makes it in time to stop him from jumping, amazed that he would have died because he couldn't be without her. They both start crying like children, which is cute and funny all at once. Especially when she calls him "Versailles Yoo."
So Yeo-chi gets a sit-down talk with Bang and Bun-kwae to discuss their strategy for taking over Chun Ha. I don't have much of a mind for business as an institution, so I'll try to get the facts as straight as I can: The idea so far has been to get Hang-woo to buy these phantom bonds for Paeng Seong, which Bang has now made into a money-sucking black hole. So then Bang will give Paeng Seong over to Chun Ha freely in order to snatch Chun Ha up as the result. How? By using the same trick Gabi used to steal Yeo-chi's fortune in creating a phantom company, only their phantom company will be Paeng Seong. With the money Hang-woo is pouring into the phantom bonds (and thus going straight into Bang's hands), they'll effectively try to bleed Chun Ha dry, and use their money against them to snatch the company back. Phew! That's a mouthful.
I like that part of Gabi's downfall is all the little things – since even buying a lot of little things adds up eventually. As usual, Jang Ryang appeals to her vanity in order to get her to buy an expensive horse (even the horse's name is a reference to the horse of Xiang Yu, Hang-woo's historical counterpart) while they're at some high-class stables.
Gabi can't seem to let go of the idea that everyone must love her, and is unhappy to find Bang (in full riding regalia) chatting up some other business owners. They shun her, and Bang passively humiliates her with slips of the tongue. When Bang acts as though he wants to buy that horse, Gabi pulls the rug out from under him and declares she's already bought it. Score another for Team Bang. She's playing right into their hands.
Shin reports to Bang that Chairman Jin's chauffeur is nowhere to be found, but Bang insists that they keep looking. Jang Ryang, meanwhile, convinces Gabi to give him more money to invest since her returns look promising. I wonder how much of those returns are totally fabricated.
Bum-jeung warns Gabi against the investment, claiming that she's bleeding money as it is. She doesn't understand how he can't just make money into a slush fund, to which he wittily replies, "There's a limit to how much creative accounting you can do."
She sounds like a compulsive gambler when she claims that her excessive spending is all the more reason to make an investment. When they get the returns, all will be right again.
Even though Bang is going for the bigger fish (the stratagem 'tossing out a brick to get a jade gem' fits well here), that brick is still the company he built from nothing. He's upset about losing Paeng Seong, but is reassured once Jang Ryang tells him that Gabi has no way out. Other than the Chairman's seat she only has enough company stocks for management rights, which explains why she was so deep into the company's liquid funds.
In order to find out what Gabi's done with the stocks, Team Bang decides they need intel from within Chun Ha – and who better to provide it than Yeo-chi?
Hang-woo and Bum-jeung meet to discuss Gabi's spending, and Hang-woo flatly asks Bum-jeung if his feelings for Gabi are still valid. "I'm just wondering if Chairwoman Mo ever liked you. If it were me, I wouldn't trust the heart of a woman," Hang-woo tells him. Someone's pants must be on fire.
Bum-jeung seems keen on not discussing the subject and tells Hang-woo not to get himself too involved. Despite being specifically asked by Gabi to handle the ledgers, Hang-woo hands them over to Bum-jeung per his request.
Yeo-chi waits for everyone else to get off work to start hunting around the office, while Woo-hee plans on searching Gabi's office for clues as soon as the Chairwoman gets off work. I love that these girls are putting two and two together, but mostly I'm proud of Woo-hee for taking some initiative.
Unfortunately for Yeo-chi, she's unaware that Gabi's already installed her anti-slander cameras. From her office, Gabi watches Yeo-chi searching with a pleased expression. It seems that Yeo-chi's been found out. Oh dear.
Yeo-chi makes a beeline for Bum-jeung's office, one of the only places within Chun Ha that lacks cameras since Bum-jeung was in charge of installing them. Gabi decides to take matters into her own hands while Yeo-chi starts snapping pictures of the ledger books he hid in his desk.
Gabi bursts through Bum-jeung's door…
…To find Yeo-chi in the dark, pouring herself a drink. Yeo-chi innocently claims that she snuck in because Bum-jeung had good liquor, and throws herself at Gabi's feet. This effectively works to get her out of a sticky situation but Gabi isn't completely fooled, knowing that she's either truly crazy or just acting crazy. Either way, she tells her minion to install a hidden camera in Bum-jeung's office without him knowing.
So how did Yeo-chi know Gabi was coming? Woo-hee sent her a text to warn her. Aww! Yeo-chi thanks her once they meet outside.
Over some soju, the girls confide in each other and share secrets. Of course, instead of talking about boys they're talking about the switched insulin that lead to her Grandpa's murder, but them's the times. Woo-hee pledges to Yeo-chi that she'll help her take down Gabi, because she doesn't like the Chairwoman either. One doesn't like Gabi because she murdered her Grandpa, and one doesn't like Gabi because she flirts with her man too much. Different reasons, but the same goal, at least.
I love that these two are getting to interact with each other, but an angry phone call from Hang-woo ("Where are you?") sends Woo-hee off. Yeo-chi is left to stew in envy, and she calls Bang… except he's already turned in for the night. Hee.
Woo-hee acts cold to Hang-woo when she finds him near her house, but he's not to be denied. He uses a wrist grab to keep her still long enough to slip an engagement ring on her finger. Then he pulls her into an embrace.
Hang-woo: "It doesn't matter if you don't accept me, because I decided that I'm going to marry you. The proposal is so lame that you're upset, right? You can take your revenge on me as we live life. I'll take it all. I have that confidence."
Never minding the fact that marriage is a two-way street, Woo-hee is moved. Hang-woo asks if he can kiss her, and she declines. "But your eyes already approve," he says. (Anyone else feeling secondhand embarrassment over that line?) She closes her eyes so they can't betray her when she says no again, but he swoops her into a kiss anyway. A long kiss. Here's one:
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Hang-woo is the first one to pull away, and almost has to wrench Woo-hee off of him. Ha. He thanks her for accepting his proposal, which elicits a puzzled look from her. "Who said I accepted?"
Taken aback, Hang-woo is all, b-but we kissed! Woo-hee's answer is hilarious: "If every kiss lands a marriage, then I'd be married a dozen times by now." Ahaha. I love you again, Woo-hee.
But Woo-hee is nothing if not a tease, and tells him that she'll accept him on a probationary period. She'll let him know if he made the cut later. Leaving Hang-woo stewing, she smiles to herself as she leaves, even pinching herself in her apartment at the sight of the diamond on her finger. Is this a dream?
And then she erupts into cheers, dancing around her apartment in pure joy. Is it a little creepy that Hang-woo is watching her do this through her window? Yes, but we'll roll with it. He's not trying to be creepy so I'll cut him some slack.
Yeo-chi hands her phone to Bang with evidence of Gabi's fraud. He tells her that they're sure to win with this, and laughs despite the fact that reporters have come to take his picture for an upcoming extra – Paeng Seong Enterprise Bankrupt, with Pending Acquisition by Chun Ha Group. Gabi smiles to see the headline gracing her morning paper, upset only at the fact that Bang is smiling in the picture.
Bang addresses his factory workers with an apology, and reassures them that he will meet them again under better circumstances. His employees are sad to see him go, and it's not long before Hang-woo comes to crash the party. He rips up an employee's petition for Bang to remain as president of Paeng Seong and declares that Paeng Seong is now an affiliate of Chun Ha Group. Those who want to work, stay. Or they can choose to leave with Bang.
Bum-jeung hands him a summons from the prosecutor's office, citing a misappropriation of company funds. Bun-kwae attempts to explain that Bang used only his personal money to the employees but he's stopped by Bang. Hang-woo wants to revel in the moment, though Bang assures him that the real criminal will be found by the law soon enough. Hang-woo levels him an evil glare.
Gabi thanks Hang-woo for taking down Paeng Seong, but her eagle eyes don't miss the ring adorning Woo-hee's finger. Hang-woo admits that he proposed to Woo-hee, which is something that takes Gabi by surprise. Well, what on earth was she expecting? Did she want that ring on her finger?
She attempts to invite the two of them over to her home for a congratulatory party, though it's clear that other intentions are involved. Woo-hee looks very uncomfortable at the prospect, though it's not as if she can decline.
Gabi takes Woo-hee shopping with the intent to demean her, speaking loud enough for Woo-hee to hear that she's not fooling anyone on her level of class – and whether it be men or clothes, Woo-hee should choose what suits her. The barb isn't missed by Woo-hee, and with tears in her eyes she tells Gabi that she doesn't want anything from her.
Swooping in for the kill, Gabi asks Woo-hee if Hang-woo admitted that he loved her when he proposed. Speaking as a woman who's lived longer, love has a limit. And loving beyond her means will only cause wounds later. Does she understand?
Woo-hee understands very well, and pointedly asks if she can try on another outfit. She asks the employee which outfit is the absolute most expensive in the store. Ha! That's the spirit! Gabi gets a taste of her own bad medicine when she's footed with the hefty bill. I'd say Woo-hee's won this one, Gabi. Storming out, Woo-hee vows to herself that she'll expose Gabi now no matter what.
Gabi notes that Jang Ryang looks gloomy during their dinner, and it's for good reason – the recent report on her investment money shows that she's got only ten million left from her initial twenty-five million dollar investment. Yiiikes. Jang Ryang urges her to let him handle the remaining ten million instead of pulling it out, or else she'll just sustain a loss. He promises that he can get that money to work for her again. Of course that's not going to happen, but Gabi is too blindsided to know that.
Yeo-chi has finally learned how to make ramen, and Bang digs into it with gusto. She asks him about his remaining funds from Paeng Seong's bankruptcy, and he tells her he has thirty thousand dollars left. She doesn't think that's too bad, until he corrects her that it's thirty thousand dollars left in debt. Hee.
She wonders where he'll live now. He simply says that her living room seems large enough. At her surprised reaction, Bang asks if she was planning to kick him out. No? Good. Then they're living together.
Bang shows up to court to answer to his official summons. Hang-woo and Bum-jeung are talking up the chief prosecutor, a conversation that Hang-woo relates to Bang with malicious glee. He's very sure that Bang's future is grim, and isn't afraid to tell him so.
A phone call interrupts their friendly conversation, and it's from Yeo-chi – she's found her Grandpa's chauffeur.
Dun dun… dun?
The cliffhanger was a little weak, but strong cliffhangers have never really been Salaryman's forte so I can't fault it for that. This episode certainly picked up the slack from last week – and while not a lot of huge plot moments happened (aside from Paeng Seong's bankruptcy), we got a lot of great character moments setting us up for the conflict to come.
Mostly, I was happy to like Woo-hee again. I had never fallen out of love with her character, but I was feeling a little disillusioned these past couple of weeks when she took a passive back seat to all the action, choosing to misunderstand what she saw and cry about it rather than do something about it. Now she's taking a proactive approach with all the information she's been sitting on and using her wits to their full potential. It's about time.
Hang-woo's proposal scene was delightfully cheese-tastic, and while I'm happy for Woo-hee, their prolonged kiss scene sort of washed over me. I don't know if this stems from my confusion regarding how I feel about Hang-woo, but I watched that moment a lot more passively than I had anticipated. However, Woo-hee pretty much stole the show with her lingering kiss and her teasing rejection, because dumbfounded Hang-woo is still the funniest personality out of the two predominant ones he has – Puppy Love Hang-woo and Corporate Tool Hang-woo. One could make an argument that everyone in this show is a corporate tool one way or the other, but you know what kind of tool I mean.
I thought it was interesting to do some reading on Hang-woo's historical Chinese counterpart, Xiang Yu, who was described as a man who failed to learn from his own mistakes and one that possessed a soft underbelly. It would explain why Hang-woo has a tendency toward mercy, and also why he just can't see Bang as a real threat – although we certainly made some progress on that front this time around. When Hang-woo began to wonder if Bang might be using phantom bonds, I was literally fist pumping the air. I know he's technically a villain, but what can I say? If Bang is destined to fight him, I want the fight to be as epic as possible. Go big or go home.
(Also, today's epilogue was extra cute: Bang watches Yeo-chi sleep and calls her an angel, all while ooh-ing and aah-ing over her beauty. He attempts to steal a kiss, and is met by Yeo-chi's foul mouth – literally. She curses him to high heaven. Bang does an immediate about-face: "This is Satan! I almost fell into the devil's temptation. Satan, go away!" Hee. I love me some Bang.)
- History of the Salaryman: Episode 18
- History of the Salaryman: Episode 17
- History of the Salaryman: Episode 16
- History of the Salaryman: Episode 15
- History of the Salaryman: Episode 14
- History of the Salaryman: Episode 13
- History of the Salaryman: Episode 12
- History of the Salaryman: Episode 11
- History of the Salaryman: Episode 10
- History of the Salaryman: Episode 9
- History of the Salaryman: Episode 8
- History of the Salaryman: Episode 7
- History of the Salaryman: Episode 6
- History of the Salaryman: Episode 5
- History of the Salaryman: Episode 4
- History of the Salaryman: Episode 3
- History of the Salaryman: Episode 2
- History of the Salaryman: Episode 1


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People with diabetes are prone to cardiovascular disease (CVD). In people with Type 2 diabetes, the rate of heart-related death is two to four times that in people without diabetes. Traditional risk factors for the build-up of cholesterol-rich plaques in the arteries (atherosclerosis), such as high blood pressure, obesity, smoking, and high blood fat levels (dyslipidaemia), are known to increase the cardiovascular risk in people with diabetes. However, other factors may be operative as well. In this article, Coen van Guldener and Coen Stehouwer report on raised levels of a small molecule called homocysteine in the blood (hyperhomocysteinaemia), a relatively new vascular risk factor.
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For the Atlas Press firm that manufactured metalworking tools, see Atlas Press (tool company).
Founded | 1983 |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Fiction genres | Fiction, non-fiction |
Atlas Press began publishing in 1983, and specialises in extremist and avant-garde prose writing from the 1890s to the present day. It is the largest publisher in English of books on Surrealism and has an extensive list relating to Dada, Surrealism, Expressionism, the Oulipo, the Collège de 'Pataphysique, Vienna Actionists among others.
Chief editor is Alastair Brotchie, German-language and series editor is Malcolm Green,[1] French-language and series editor is Antony Melville, and copy editor and annotator is Chris Allen.
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Hey, i have been using backtrack for a while now and just bought a new computer with Windows 8 and dual booted it with this computer.
Backtrack5R3 keeps randomly freezing on me after i use it for more than 2 minutes or so. (The time is random and is not dependent on any apps being open). It once froze after 2 hours of having it up and then today it froze right after typing in startx and it showed everything properly just froze. All these times i had to force shutdown my computer.
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- Installed on usb then installed on Hard drive using script on desktop
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- One other thread but could not find and it offered no solutions.
I have tried all the things said in the thread.
I could not find out how to perform this solution so maybe this will work but can anyone tell me where do i go for this? If any more information is needed from me please say so (ex. Error logs [i could not find any to my knowledge so just tell me where to look and i will get them for you], more information)


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Washington, D.C. — ICSC has named EDENS the winner of two gold awards for its Mosaic development in Fairfax, Va. The awards were for the ICSC United States Gold Design and Development Award in the categories of New Development and Sustainable Design. ICSC announced the winners at the annual Retail Green and CenterBuild Conference in Phoenix.
Recognized with 22 Best of DC Shopping awards since opening last fall, The 1.9-million-sq.-ft. Mosaic is a LEED Silver-certified urban neighborhood development. The urban grid design features 500,000 square feet of national and local retail, 1,000 residential units, 112 LEED-certified townhomes, a 148-room boutique hotel, 73,000 square feet of Class-A office space, 4,000 parking spaces, as well as two parks and additional open space for neighborhood festivals, performances, and gatherings.


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Found a few of TAC wave #1 (Obi, Lava, R2 and SBD) at the Annandale KM, but as I was looking at them a young kid rounded the corner and said to his dad "oh there are no Star Wars", so I handed them to him and said these are new. Guess I was feeling nostalgic, but I was glad to see they are still starting young. So I went to the Springfield KM (late morning) and was surprised to find several TAC #1 except for Mace, Marine and Stormie. Plus they had no price stickers on them.
Guys, I will look out for the Mace R4, but the WM around here pretty much suck. I am still looking for Aurra myself.


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Press Release Government Releases National Prevention StrategyNMAC Applauds Comprehensive Approach, Focus on Sexual Health and Disparities
June 16, 2011 Washington, D.C. -- Today, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, along with the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council, released the National Prevention Strategy (NPS). The latest in a series of public health initiatives, including the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS), the NPS lists reproductive and sexual health as one of its seven priorities, demonstrating once again this administration's commitment to combatting the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The strategy also highlights the need to eliminate health disparities as one of its central strategic goals. While taking a comprehensive approach to health promotion and disease prevention, the NPS specifically states that access to quality reproductive health services and support for safe practices can decrease unintended pregnancies while reducing the transmission of HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis and other STIs. The strategy calls for increased use of screening services, affordable contraceptive programs, and effective sexual health education for both adolescents and seniors as pillars for promoting the health of America's families and communities. It also calls for the targeting of these services in communities at highest risk for unintended pregnancy and HIV and STI infections. "The release of the NPS is another important step in ensuring the health and productivity of all Americans," said National Minority AIDS Council Deputy Executive Director Daniel C. Montoya. "Along with the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, the NPS outlines evidence-based strategies for reducing infections, increasing access to screening and care and minimizing health disparities. It also clearly identifies the need for cooperation among all levels of government, including local, state and federal agencies, as well nongovernmental organizations in promoting public health." "We are pleased that the government is urging a comprehensive approach to prevention," continued Montoya. "A wide variety of socio-economic stressors can result in increased risk of infection, and we must address all of them if we are to make inroads in the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the many other health threats facing our nation. But as the strategy acknowledges, the government cannot do it alone. The public and private sectors must work together to ensure the health of its constituents and workforce. Investing in prevention is both a moral and economic imperative. As the strategy notes, preventing one HIV infection saves $355,000 in life-time medical costs. In today's economic and political climate, surely that is something we can all support." This article was provided by National Minority AIDS Council. Visit NMAC's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.
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Notice to New York Residents - The developer of Ward Village and its principals are not incorporated in, located in, or resident in the state of New York. No offering is being made in or directed to any person or entity in the state of New York or to New York residents by or on behalf of the developer/offeror or anyone acting with the developer/offeror's knowledge. No such offering, or purchase or sale of real estate by or to residents of the state of New York, shall take place until all registration and filing requirements under the Martin Act and the Attorney General's regulations are complied with, a written exemption is obtained pursuant to an application is granted pursuant to and in accordance with Cooperative Policy Statements #1 or #7, or a "No-Action" request is granted.
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