text: ●● This information is from Prog Rock Man's original thread. It was difficult to compile and should be readily available to read. ●● The original thread is here: http://www.head-fi.org/t/486598/testing-audiophile-claims-and-myths (As I find more blind tests I will add them to the list here.) So, we love to have a good discussion/argument/rant here (and on all the other audio forums I have seen) about the many claims audiophiles make that others dismiss as myths. The arguments go round in circles; I hear a difference - but there cannot be a difference, it is all in your mind - have you tried different cables? - I don't need to it is all in your mind etc etc, we all know how it goes. Occasionally there are attempts to test such myths. WHF's own Big Question is an example. Three What Hifi forum members are invited to their listening rooms and have been blind tested on cables to bit rates. From the issues I have read, there is a confirmation that the myths of differences are not correct, the differences are real. Different bit rates have been correctly identified, different cables have produced different sounds in the same Hifi kit. But, they are blind listening reviews, which are different from ABX tests where people are asked to correctly identify products. Here is a list of blind listening and ABX tests that I have found on the internet. What I have done is summarise their conclusions. It is important to note the difference between blind and ABX testing as they produce different results. Blind tests mean the listener does not know what they are listening and are asked to describe any differences they can hear which is a type of blind testing commonly used in audio. That kind of test often results in low priced hifi 'surprisingly' doing as well as high priced as factors such as image, product reputation is hidden from the listener. Some blind testing also invloves a competition betwen products were say two amps are pitched next to each other and the wimnner progresses to the next round. As you see I have bery broad in the defenition of blind testing. ABX testing more of a test. You listen to product A and product B and are then played X, which is either A or B and have to say which it is. There can be more than A and B as some tests invlove multiple cables. Then any differences have to be clearly audible, which for the likes of cables has not been the case yet. I have also been broad in the definition of ABX testing. The aim is to see what the overall result of these tests gives us and whether they provide evidence to back up or deny the reality of alleged audiophile myths. Before you read on here is a test you can try out yourself... http://www.audiocheck.net/blindtests_index.php ...and here is a very interesting article on a debate between audio sceptic Arny Krueger and Stereophile editor John Atkinson on ABX testing Stereophile The Great Debate Finally, for those who say blind testing is designed to produce fails and discredit audiophiles, here are some positive ones where differences have been identified http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/513481/are-blind-tests-bogus-examples-of-blind-tests-with-positive-results 1 - ABX Double Blind Comparator. This is a web site dedicated to such testing. Back in May of 1977 there was a comparison of amplifiers which found over three tests of two amps each, listeners could tell a difference in two, but not the third which was an even split. It is important to note that not all of the ABX tests here are negative. Some do find differences can be identified. That shows that with some parts of the hifi chain there are real differences, but with others there are not. ABX Double Blind Comparator Data A test of interconnects and speaker cables found that no one could pick out the differences between a series of wires from 'blister pack $2.50 to $990 speaker cable. All the results were even with approximately 50% going for the cheap and expensive options. There is an interesting comparison of 'video cables' which found that once over 50 feet it was easy to spot which was the 6 foot cable and the much longer one. DACs don't fair well with CDPs finding an original CDP being distinguishable from a more modern one, but an expensive stand alone DAC being the same as a CDP. None of the tests involve a large amount of people and some are just of one person. 2 - Effects of Cable, Loudspeaker and amplifier interactions, an engineering paper from 1991. http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=5975 Twelve cables are tested from Levinson to Kimber and including car jump leads and lamp cable, from $2 to $419 per metre. The results are based on the theory that loudspeaker cable should transmit all frequencies, unscathed to any speaker from any amplifier and loss is due to resistance. There is an assumption that letting through more frequencies with less distortion will sound better. But that seems reasonable to me. The best performance was with multi core cables. The car jump leads did not do well and cable intended for digital transmission did! The most expensive cable does not get a mention in the conclusions, but the cheapest is praised for its performance and Kimber does well. Sadly there is not a definitive list of the cost of the cables and their performance, so it is not clear as to whether cost equals performance, but the suggestion is that construction equals performance. 3 - Do all amplifiers sound the same? Original Stereo Review blind test. (The original Bruce Coppola link is broken, and I cannot find any existing link at this time) A number of amplifiers across various price points and types are tested. The listeners are self declared believers and sceptics as to whether audiophile claims are true or not. There were 13 sessions with different numbers of listeners each time. The difference between sceptic and believer performance was small, with 2 sceptics getting the highest correct score and 1 believer getting the lowest. The overall average was 50.5% getting it right, so that is the same as you would expect from a random guess result. The cheapest Pioneer amp was perfectly capable of outperforming the more expensive amps and it was 'striking similar to the Levinson'. As an extra to this and for an explanation of how amps can all sound the same, here is a Wikipedia entry on Bob Carver and his blind test amp challenges http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Carver#Amplifier_modeling 4 - Cable directionality. Not the best link as it only refers to a test without giving too many specifics. The cable maker Belden conducted a test with an un named magazine which found the result was perfectly random. I liked the next sentence which was "Belden is still happy to manufacture and sell directional cables to enthusiasts" The Truth About Audio and Other Cables - AES PNW Section Meeting Report - 5 - Head - Fi ABX Cable Taste Test Aug 2006. Three cables from Canare, Radio Shack and a silver one were put into the same sleeving to disguise them, a mark put on each one so only the originator knew which was which and then sent around various forum members. The result was that only one forum member got all three correct. The Radio Shack cheap cable and the silver were the most mixed up. Unfortunately I cannot see from the thread, which is huge how many members took part and what the exact results were. 6 - HiFi Wigwam, The Great Cable debate. Power cable ABX test Oct 2005. This is a very well done large scale ABX test. A similar set up to Head-fi where four mains cables including 2 kettle leads (stock power cords that had come with hifi products), an audiophile one, a DIY one and a tester CD were sent out forum members. The results were inconclusive to say the least, for example; The kettle lead was C. There were 23 answers : 4 said that the kettle lead was A 6 said that it was B 8 said that it was C 5 said that they didn't know. http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?654-The-Great-Cable-Debate&highlight=blind+test The overall conclusion was that the kettle lead could not be properly identified or that one cable was better than another. EDIT - one of the participants to this test has pointed out that the two kettle leads, described in the test as exactly the same were in fact not identical and were just basic leads which had come with hifi products. 7 - What Hifi The Big Question on cables. Sept 2009 From the Sept 2009 issue. Three forum members were invited to WHF and blind tested where they though the kit (Roksan, Cyrus, Spendor) was being changed, but instead the cables were. The same three tracks were used throughout. The kit started out with the cheapest cables WHF could find and no one liked it saying it sounded flat and dull. Then a Lindy mains conditioner and Copperline Alpha power cords were introduced and the sound improved. The IC was changed to some Atlas Equators and two out the three tracks were said to have improved with better bass and detail. Last the 60p per metre speaker cable was changed for £6 per metre Chord Carnival Sliverscreen. Again, changes were noticed, but they were not big. Various swaps took place after that which confirmed the above, that the power cords made the biggest difference. When the test was revealed the participants were surprised to say the least! But, this is not an ABX test, it is a blind listening review and as you read on you find the two produce different results. What is worrying is that when I asked Clare Newsome, the Chief Editor about such tests she claimed that they were ABX and elsewhere on their forum they have claimed to do ABX testing. But they do not, they are blind listening reviews, which allow people the chance to claim a difference, but offers no evidence they they can really hear a difference. 8 - Secrets of Home Theatre and High Fidelity. Can We Hear Differences Between A/C Power Cords? An ABX Blind Test. December, 2004 A comprehensive article with pictures and the overall result was 73 out of 149 tests so 49% accuracy, the same as chance. http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volum...s-12-2004.html 9 - Boston Audio Society, an ABX test of Ivor Tiefenbrun, the founder of Linn. August 1984 A rather complex testing of Ivor Tiefenbrun himself, who at that time was very pro vinyl and anti digital (the opposite almost of how Linn operate now!). There are various different tests and the overall conclusion was "In summary, then, no evidence was provided by Tiefenbrun during this series of tests that indicates ability to identify reliably: (a) the presence of an undriven transducer in the room, (b) the presence of the Sony PCM-F1 digital processor in the audio chain, or (c) the presence of the relay contacts of the A/B/X switchbox in the circuit." http://www.bostonaudiosociety.org/bas_speaker/abx_testing2.htm Even the founder of Linn could not back up claims he had been making when subjected to an ABX test of those claims. 10 - The (In)famous Audioholics forum post, cables vs coathanger!. June 2004 http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showpost.php?s=97d4a3c39d247bf955a57b3953326a34&p=15412&postcount=28 11 - Matrixhifi.com from Spain. ABX test of two systems. June 2006. Two systems, one cheap (A) with a Sony DVD and Behringer amp (supported on a folding chair) with chepo cables and the other more expensive (B) with Classe, YBA, Wadia and expensive cables and proper stands were hidden behind a sheet and wired to the same speakers. The results were; 38 persons participated on this test 14 chose the "A" system as the best sounding one 10 chose the "B" system as the best sounding one 14 were not able to hear differences or didn't choose any as the best. http://www.matrixhifi.com/ENG_contenedor_ppec.htm 12 - AVReview. Blind cable test. April 2008 Some of AVR's forum members attended at a Sevenoaks hifi shop and listened to the same kit with two cheap Maplins cables at £2 and £8 and a Chord Signature at £500. They found the cheaper Maplins cable easy to differentiate and the more expensive harder to differentiate from the Chord. Their resident sceptic agreed he could hear differences. The final conclusion was; ....from our sample of 20 near-individual tests, we got 14 correct answers. That works out at 70 per cent correct.... So that is the second ABX to join What Hifi which suggests there is indeed a difference. But like What Hiif it shows the difference in results from Blind to ABX testing and how easy it is to try and obscure the two types of test. http://www.avreview.co.uk/news/article/mps/uan/1863#ixzz0nGpGRfCB - note link broken, unable to find another 13 - Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, ABX test of CD/SACD/DVD-A. Sept 2007 You need to be a member of the AES to access the article here; (EDIT, the link has changed and I cannot find the actual test referred to) http://www.aes.org/journal/online/JAES_V55/9/ a summary of which states "A carefully controlled double-blind test with many experienced listeners showed no ability to hear any differences between formats". The results were that 60 listeners over 554 trials couldn't hear any differences between CD, SACD, and 96/24. EDIT - this test is apparently flawed, see post 962 for ful details, but basically the hi rez example used was from an original CD. 14 - What Hifi, Blind Test of HDMI cables, July 2010 Another What Hifi test of three forum members who are unaware that the change being made is with three HDMI cables. As far as they know equipment could be being changed. The cables are a freebie, a Chord costing £75 and a QED costing £150. Throughout the test all three struggle to find any difference, but are more confident that there is a difference in the sound rather than the picture. They preferred the freebie cable over the Chord one and found it to be as good as the most expensive QED. That result is common in blind testing and really differentiates it from ABX tests. In my opinion the way the differences between the cables are reported, they can be explained by the fact that it would have taken three brave testers to have said there was no difference. They had been invited to a test expecting to be able to identify differences. 15 - Floyd Toole from Harman International (AKG, Infinity, JBL) Audio, Science in the service of art 1998 A paper written by Floyd Toole which covers a number of topics about scientific measurements and audio. Go to pages 10 and 11 and there is a paragraph on blind testing. It shows how the 'differences' between speakers were greater when sighted tests were used over blind tests. The obvious conclusion is that sighted tests result in factors other than sound come into play when deciding on what sounds better. http://www.harman.com/EN-US/OurCompany/Innovation/Documents/White%20Papers/AudioScience.pdf 16 - Sean Olive, Director of Acoustic Research Harman Int, blog on The Dishonesty of Sighted Listening Tests 2009 http://seanolive.blogspot.com/2009/04/dishonesty-of-sighted-audio-product.html Research using 40 Harman employees and comparing the results of blind vs sighted tests of four loudspeakers. As with the above by fellow Harman director, sighted tests show bias that blind do not. Below the article are various responses to the blog, including a very interesting exchange between Alan Sircom, editor of Hifi Plus magazine and Sean Olive. Alan Sircom makes the very interesting point that volume has a role to play with blind tests "Here's an interesting test to explain what I mean: run a blind test a group of products under level-matched conditions. Then run the same test (still blind), allowing the users to set the volume to their own personal taste for each loudspeaker under test. From my (admittedly dated and anecdotal) testing on this, the level-matched group will go for the one with the flattest frequency response, as will those who turn the volume 'down', but those who turn the dial the other way often choose the loudspeaker with the biggest peak at around 1kHz, saying how 'dynamic' it sounds." I had not thought of that before. You will end up with different conclusions between a blind test where the volume is set and where the volume can be adjusted. Adjustment allows preferences for different sounds to be expressed, without other influences being present that clearly have nothing to do with sound. 17. Russ Andrews re-cable David Gilmour's recording studio (not a blind test) 2000-2001 This is not a blind test, but I think it is worth including here. The studio used (and I think owned) by David Gilmour was re-cabled using Kimber cables by Russ Andrews. This was apparently after extensive AB testing. I would have loved that to be after extensive ABX testing! http://www.russandrews.com/viewindex.asp?article_id=astoria&src=blog (Thanks to Pio2001 for finding the below tests and links) 18. DIY Audio forum, confessions of a poster. 2003 A forum member joined and confessed that " Then I started to hear about some convincing blind tests and finally conducted my own. I was stunned at the results. I couldn't tell a $300 amp from a $3000 in the store I was working at. Neither could anyone else who worked there." Then he did his own blind test on a mate between an Onkyo SR500 Dolby Digital receiver and a Bryston 4B 300 wpc power amp and a Bryston 2 channel pre-amp owned by his mate. The 'red faced' mate could not tell the difference. http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/solid-state/12752-blind-listening-tests-amplifiers.html 19. The Boston Audio Society, discussion of two blind tests and their analysis 1990 The BAS in an article discussing a CD tweek blind test by Stereophile; " In the CD-tweak test Atkinson and Hammond conducted a 3222-trial single-blind listening experiment to determine whether CD tweaks (green ink, Armor-All, expensive transports) altered the sound of compact-disc playback. Subjects overall were able to identify tweaked vs untweaked CDs only 48.3% of the time, and the proportion that scored highly (five, six, or seven out of seven trials--Stereophile's definition of a keen-eared listener) was well within the range to be expected if subjects had been merely guessing." Then the BAS are very critical of a Hifi News analysis of a blind test of amps from 2006; " Listeners scored 63.3% correct during those trials where the amplifiers were different (95 of the 150 A-BB-A trials). However, subjects scored correctly only 65% of the time when the amplifiers were the same (26 of 40 A-A/B-B trials.) Another way of saying this is that subjects reported a difference 35% of the time (14/40 trials) when there could have been no difference." http://www.bostonaudiosociety.org/bas_speaker/wishful_thinking.htm 20. Cowan Audio, an Australian audiophile and a blind test between CD players 1997 A $1800 un named (they were reluctant to name it) versus a $300 Sony which resulted in both only guessing and getting about 50%. William Cowan stated that a sighted test before hand made them say "This will be easy, lets get on with the blind test". Ooops! http://www.cowanaudio.com/ 21. Pio2001's own ABX test between CD and vinyl in Hydrogenaudio 2003 The results were 3/7 and 5/8 correct. http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=21&t=7953 22. Tom Nousaine, article to Tweak or not to tweak? 1988. A test of identical CDP and speakers but different amps and cables, one being $300 and the other $5000. The results with 7 listeners of varying interest in hifi and 10 trials was a fail. http://www.nousaine.com/pdfs/To%20Tweak%20or%20Not.pdf 23. AV Science Forum, Monster vs Opus cables. 2002 Not particularly rigorous as in there were not enough tests, but as the poster states "And to cut to the chase, Mike could not identify the Monster from the Opus MM with any accuracy (nor the reverse, which also would have been a positive result if he had been consistently wrong) using our testing methodology. We stopped the test a little less than halfway through, I think we got through 8 A/Bs before we gave up." http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=941184 24. Stereo.net, blind testing of two pre-amps April 2008 Its an Australian forum so the conclusion is typically forthright "CONCLUSION:There is bugger all between the 2 preamps, they were so close that any difference could not be reliably picked." The test was run well despite what doubts the tester has. http://www.stereo.net.au/forums/index.php?/topic/23673-blind-testing-report-lightspeed-vs-me24-preamps/ 25. Stereomojo Digital amp shootout 2007 Various amps were tested blind, in pairs where the preferred amp went through to the next round. The winner was one of the cheaper amps called the Trends Audio TA-10 at $130, which is the tiny one on the top right of the pile http://www.stereomojo.com/SHOOTOUT2007INTEGRATEDS.htm 26. Head-Fi ABX Cable Test by member Edwood Aug 2006 Three ICs made with Canare, Solid Silver and Rat Shack cables, but dressed to look the same. Only one person could tell the difference, which you would expect to happen when there is no audible difference and people are most likely guessing. http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/190566/blind-cable-taste-test-results 27. Les Numeriques. A blind test of HDMI cables by a French site (Google Translator used) Nine participants using no name, Belkin and Monster HDMI cables. Only one claimed to have a preference, but his feedback was inconsistent. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lesnumeriques.com%2Fblind-tests-avec-deux-jurys-experts-et-lecteurs-p770_6175_93.html 28. Home Cinema Fr .Com, a French test of interconnects (Google Translator used) May 2005 The cables included ones from Taralabs, VDH, Audioquest and DIY ones. The result was that no one could reliably tell a difference. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.homecinema-fr.com%2Fforum%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ft%3D29781210 29. Sound & Vision. Article by Tom Nousaine with 3 Blind Tests of speaker cables. c1995 http://www.nousaine.com/pdfs/Wired%20Wisdom.pdf All three are fails by the listeners using their own hifi systems and with their choice of track, volume and time. 30. Insane About Sound, Blind Tests of CD vs Audio Files and expensive vs cheap speaker cable. Wall Street Journal Jan 2008 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120044692027492991.html.html?mod=technology_main_promo_left Tests set up at an audio show in Las Vegas, found Wav files (52%) doing better than MP3 (33%) when compared with CD and in a test of $2000 Sigma speaker cables vs hardware store cable 61% of the 39 who took the test preferred the more expensive cable. So nothing conclusive for any of the tests, but interestingly John Atkinson and Michael Fremer from Sterophile magazine were described as easily picking out the more expensive cable. 31. AV Science forum, Observations of a controlled cable test Nov 2007 A blind test between Monster cables and Opus MM, which as far as I can find is $33,000 worth of cable http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=941184 but the owner of the very high end kit and cables was unable to tell the difference. 32. The Audio Critic, ABX test of amps Spring 1997 A letter by Tom Nousaine to The Audio Critic in which he describes an ABX test of the owner of a very high end system, where a Pass Labs Aleph 1.2 200w mono block amp was randomly changed with a Yamaha AX-700 100w integrated amp. In the first test the owner got 3 out of 10 identified, then 5 out of 10. His wife then got 9 out of 16 and a friend 4 out of 10 correctly identified. The letter is split between pages 6 and 7 of the link. http://www.theaudiocritic.com/back_issues/The_Audio_Critic_24_r.pdf 33. Expert Reviews. Blind test of HDMI cables. Expert reviews 8 Feb 2011 Two TVs, two Sony PS3s and a James Bond film played side by side with the only variable being changed HDMI cables. What is interesting is that there was little difference with the picture, but much more perceived difference with the sound. But, as many preferred the sound of the cheap to the expensive cables. http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/home-entertainment/1282699/hdmi-investigated-are-expensive-cables-a-scam/4 Note - not an ABX test and the reviewer acknowledges there could also be slight differences in the TVs and PS3s to contend with. 34. Blind test of six DACs, Stereomojo Like the other blind as opposed to ABX tests this one found the cheapest and most expensive DAC in the final, with only a hairs width between the two in terms of sound. http://www.stereomojo.com/Stereomojo%20Six%20DAC%20Shootout.htm/StereomojoSixDACShootout.htm 35. The Wilson ipod experiment CES 2004. Stereophile Jan 2004 Tenth paragraph down. A 'trick' blind test where a group at a consumer technology tradeshow thought they were listening to a $20,000 CDP, but were actually, happily listening to an ipod and uncompressed WAV files. http://www.stereophile.com/news/011004ces/ Sight really does have a major role to play in sound! 36. An evening spent comparing Nordost ICs and speaker cables. AVForums June 2006 Further to the above ipod experiment, a report from a member of the AVForums and his experience of sighted and blind listening tests at a dealers. http://www.avforums.com/forums/interconnects-speaker-cables-switches/351773-evening-comparing-nordost-interconnects-speaker-cable.html The conclusion comparing the tests "And here's what I heard. 1. All the cables sounded subtly different with one exception. 2. Differences were less apparent with some music than others 3. My assessment and experiences "blind" were different to my experiences "sighted"" 37. A blind test of old and new violins. Westerlunds Violinverkstand AB March 2006 This is really a bit of fun, but it again shows how we hear differently sighted to blind. In this test 6 violins, three c1700 (including a Stradivari) and three modern were played to a group of string teachers who cast votes 1 to 3 on their preferred violin. The stage was kept dark and they could not see which was which. The Stradivari came last, a modern brand won. http://www.westerlunds.se/blindtesteng.htm 38. The Edge of audibility, blind test of recordings made with and without a mains filter. Pink Fish Media forum June 2011 You can download and try the recordings yourself. Of those who have already, 2 preferred one, 6 the other and 10 had no preference. http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showthread.php?t=101683 39. Try a blind test of bit rates. mp3ornot.com A really well set out and easy to use bind test of different bit rates. http://mp3ornot.com/ 40. Blind test of CD transports Stereo.net.au Oct 2008 Well set up and described, but to reinforce the Australian stereotype, after one set of failed tests they admitted no one could hear a difference, gave up and drank some beers instead! (New link via a NZ forum) http://www.audioenz.co.nz/forums/topic/blind-test-gtg-sna-digital-transports/ 41. ABX test of tracks with various levels of jitter added. HDD Audio forum March/April 2009 http://hddaudio.net/viewtopic.php?id=15 http://hddaudio.net/viewtopic.php?id=63 One member MM has recorded his scores and they are no better than random. 42. Stereophile ABX test of power amps July 1997 http://www.stereophile.com/features/113/index.html There were 505 listeners producing the following nicely made graph of results which is a bell curve around random, just as you get from guessing. Yet Stereophile claim there was success with test as some people did better than average. There could be some truth in that as there have been blind test passes for amps. Even so it is a very small part of those tested who really need to tested again to confirm whether or not they were just lucky. The test is not statistically significant enough to say there is an audible difference. 43. Head-fi. A forum member testing cables sighted and blind Nov 2011 http://www.head-fi.org/t/578621/cables-tested-with-results This provides yet more evidence that sighted and blind testing produces consistently different results whereby people can hear a difference when sighted and cannot when listening blind. 44. Audio Society of Minnesota. Speaker cable listening test. April 2012 http://www.stereophile.com/content/minnesota-audio-society-conducts-cable-comparison-tests-0 The results are very mixed with no cable making any clear difference. They accept there is no objective difference, but since there is a difference found which can easily be explained by random selection, they conclude a subjective difference is there and so allegedly "cable do make a difference". 45. The Richard Clark Amplifier Challenge - Reported by Tom Morrow June 2006 http://www.tom-morrow-land.com/tests/ampchall/index.htm "The Richard Clark Amp Challenge is a listening test intended to show that as long as a modern audio amplifier is operated within its linear range (below clipping), the differences between amps are inaudible to the human ear." It is an ABX test which to pass needs two sets of 12 correct identifications. Reputedly over a thousand have taken the test and none have passed. "Do the results indicate I should buy the cheapest amp? No. You should buy the best amplifier for your purpose. Some of the factors to consider are: reliability, build quality, cooling performance, flexibility, quality of mechanical connections, reputation of manufacturer, special features, size, weight, aesthetics, and cost. Buying the cheapest amplifier will likely get you an unreliable amplifier that is difficult to use and might not have the needed features. The only factor that this test indicates you can ignore is sound quality below clipping." Which is a relief for those who have shelled out a lot on a nice amp. 46. Audio Video Revolution Forum, thread on blind speaker tests, Nov 2007. http://www.avrev.com/forum/loudspeakers/2627-best-sounding-speakers-according-scientific-tests.html Positive results which strongly suggest speakers are clearly different even under blind testing conditions, both objectively and subjectively. 47. PSB Speakers, blind comparison test of four speakers, Nov 2005. http://www.psbspeakers.com/articles/Birthplace-of-Good-Sound The writer is happy he did not pick out the cheapo speaker, but he makes no mention of whether or not the speakers were easily identified as different or not. Conclusion The clear conclusion is that ABX testing does not back up many audiophile claims, so they become audiophile myths as they show cables do not inherently change sound. Any change in sound quality comes from the listeners mind and interaction between their senses. What is claimed to be audible is not reliably so. Blind testing is also sometimes passed off as ABX. But blind testing is not really testing, it is a review of a product without seeing it, and that allows claims to be made about sound which have not been verified. If hifi is all about sound and more specifically sound quality, then we should, once the other senses have been removed be able to hear differences which can be verified by being able to identify one product from another by only listening. But time and again we cannot. So you can either buy good but inexpensive hifi products such as cables, amps, CDPs and be satisfied that the sound they produce is superb. You do need to spend time with speakers as they really do sound identifiably different. Or you can buy expensive hifi products such as cable tec and luxuriate in the build and image and identify one hifi from another by looks and sound. But you cannot buy expensive and identify it from cheap by sound alone. Here is The Institute of Engineering and Technology's conclusions on audiophile myths http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2011/11/believe-in-better.cfm which backs up the above conclusions.


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In Nashville, you see women, even successful singers, who have voluptuous bodies and everyone is supportive. You don't get the kind of criticism you might in Hollywood. To me, the confident curvy girl is so much sexier than the insecure skinny girl.\\"\\n\\nLeft: Elizabeth and James dress; Saks Fifth Avenue for similar styles. Fascinator, $25; [Shop4Sparkles.com](http://Shop4Sparkles.com). Kenneth Jay Lane earrings, $163; 877-953-5264. LK Designs bracelet (top), $225; [Fragments.com](http://Fragments.com). Bracelet (bottom), $150; [VenessaArizaga.com](http://VenessaArizaga.com).\\n\\"I have stage fright! It's because I'm a perfectionist, but I have to get over it. Getting to know the music scene here, I see that people are rooting for you, and if you mess up, it's OK. And I've learned from karaoke, if all else fails, a shot of tequila takes the edge off and lets you have fun!\\"\\n\\nLeft: \\"Party clothes should be sexy and cute like this!\\" Tank, $295; [HauteHippie.com](http://HauteHippie.com). Shorts, $475; [us.Zadig-et-Voltaire.com](http://us.Zadig-et-Voltaire.com). LK Designs earrings, $175, and cuff, $450; [Fragments.com](http://Fragments.com). Jimmy Choo shoes, $745; Saks Fifth Avenue.\\n\\"I've been acting since I was little, and kids are often not treated well on sets. Whenever I'd work with an actor who was good to me, my mom would say, 'Look, that's how you want to be.' I don't believe anyone is born bad or mean; they become that way from anger and insecurity. But even when it's my character being aggressive, not me, I find myself apologizing!\\"\\n\\nLeft: At Fashion Rocks, at Radio City Music Hall in 2009.\\n\\"There's nothing like having your closest people over, listening to good music and talking for hours. As you get older, you weed out people who are there only for a celeb lifestyle. Here, I've got my best friend from home, Allie, who moved here with me, and new friends I've made, like Ashley Monroe from Pistol Annies. And our cast is close; it's a circle of trust.\\"\\n\\nLeft: At the Emmy Awards, 2009.\\n\\"I tried vegetarianism, but my body didn't respond well. I was low-energy. Now I make egg-white scrambles with veggies for breakfast. For lunch, I have chicken or fish and greens, which are good for keeping your system working. I'm a fan of sushi for dinner, as long as the fish aren't endangered. When I indulge, I try to do it in the morning so I can burn it off. It's my responsibility to be healthy and, no, I'm not going to starve. I'm sorry—I can't be full on salad.\\"\\n\\nLeft: At the 2012 Emmys.\\n\\"I used to run an hour every day. It was too much for me, and my body shut down. So now I don't push it over the top. I'm active, on my feet during 16-hour workdays and then I come home, pour some wine, light some candles and read a book. Fifty Shades was fun—our society can be prudish about sexuality, so it's cool to see a book like that be successful.\\"\\n\\nLeft: At the Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar Party, 2010.\\n\\"I sang and started an album when I was younger, but I wasn't proud of how it was going, so I quit. I always said that if I did music in the future, I'd do country. I love it. But because I'm from New York, I was afraid people would think I was trying to fit where I didn't belong and go, 'She's trying to be Taylor Swift.' I'm not trying to be anybody but myself.\\"\\n\\nLeft: \\"I'm having fun playing the bad girl in *Nashville*!\\"\\nHayden hikes, swims or does pilates about twice a week. Steal her best do-anywhere moves.\\n\\n__For a \\"juicy\\" butt:__ On all fours, wrap a resistance band around your foot, a handle in each hand, and extend leg. Return to start; do 12 reps per side.\\n__For flat abs:__ \\"I'd love to be in a bikini and not worry about sucking in! Pilates is good for the core. My favorite ab move is the bicycle crunch.\\"\\n\\nLeft: At the Golden Globe Awards, 2009.\\n__For sexy legs:__ \\"Having a trainer made me feel as if it was a job, as opposed to going for a jog, which I look forward to. I hike Radnor Lake here, too.\\"\\n\\nLeft: At *Vanity Fair*'s 2007 Oscar party at Morton's.\\n\\n__[Treat Yourself Like a Celebrity](/healthystars/2012/11/treat-yourself-like-a-celebrity-slideshow)__\\n\\n__[Nina Dobrev's Secrets to Getting Sexy](/healthystars/2012/11/nina-dobrev-secrets-to-getting-sexy-slideshow)__\\n\\n__[How Jessica Alba Uses Her Fame for Good](/healthystars/2012/09/jessica-alba-safer-home-slideshow)__


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Malaysia searches for 26 missing after boat sinks
BANTING, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian rescuers intensified a search Thursday for 26 people who remained missing after an overcrowded wooden boat carrying Indonesians home in a storm sank in choppy seas. Nine people died and at least 62 people survived.
The boat capsized in the early hours Wednesday about 2 nautical miles (3.7 kilometers) from shore on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur while trying to leave Malaysia illegally for Aceh province in Indonesia.
Maritime agency official Mohamad Hambali Yaakup said more vessels and divers were deployed in the search Thursday. A ship, 24 boats and a helicopter with some 160 staff from the maritime agency, police and the fire department were scouring the area, he said.
Tens of thousands of Indonesians work without legal permits in plantations and other industries in Malaysia, and they travel between the countries by crossing the narrow Strait of Malacca, often in poorly equipped boats.
Indonesian Ambassador Herman Prayitno told local media late Wednesday that the immigrants had paid up to RM1,200 ($373) each for the trip back to Indonesia ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. He said the boat was overloaded.
"It is a sad tragedy," he said. "Many of them were in the country illegally as their tourist visas had expired and they had overstayed. They were finding work here but were on their way back to Indonesia for Ramadan."
Hambali said survivors were rescued at sea and found on land after swimming to safety. They included 12 women and a child. A woman and eight men were among the dead, he added.
The survivors were being questioned by police and immigration authorities, and Indonesian embassy officials were also on the scene. A rescue department photo showed about two dozen survivors, who had little belongings with them, sitting outside a building.
Rescuers were seen recovering a body from the sea, laying the dead onto a boat desk and carrying a body on land in Pantai Kelanang, near the sinking.
Hambali said authorities were still investigating why the boat sank, but rough seas and overcrowding could have been factors. It could also have hit by an object as some survivors claimed the boat was leaking, he said.
He said chances of survival for more than 24 hours without a life vest were very slim.
The boat's capacity was 50-60 people, but it was believed to be carrying 97. Hambali said some survivors may have swum to shore and gone into hiding.
Such incidents are common in Malaysia, which has up to 2 million Indonesian migrants.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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By this time next year, I will be one of thousands of graduate school applicants crossing my fingers and hoping to be accepted into the school of my choice. In the here and now, I need to focus on determining which graduate programs I will apply to. A little thought today could go a long way toward helping me make informed decisions in the future. As I narrow my graduate school prospects and begin the application process, I plan to take the following criteria into careful consideration:
Program Focus and Features
Some programs boast a broad education that prepares graduates to work in any setting, while others offer a medical or educational domain focus. One school might feature a clinic with an outstanding reputation in the community, while another might offer opportunities to participate in cutting-edge research. I need to be sure I understand the focus of each program in order to determine whether it would be a good fit for me.
Clinical Facilities
In our field, facilities are a huge concern since so much of our education revolves around clinical labs and service to our communities. I need to think about the populations served by the clinics connected to each program I consider, as well as the condition, quality, and modernity of clinic buildings and equipment.
If I am open to the possibility of relocating for a program, I need to consider moving and living costs as part of my decision. If were to relocate for a program under the assumption that I would come home when finished, I also need to consider the possibility that moving after grad school could mean turning down job opportunities and leaving newfound friends.
It would be nice if comparing the cost of various programs were as simple as comparing the price of tuition, but it is not. While some programs seem, at first glance, to be far more expensive than others, I need to consider opportunities for scholarships, grants, and assistantships. A program whose cost seems prohibitive to me now could turn out to be the most affordable program for me if I am lucky enough to be offered funding.
Surrounding Community
I need to be sure I'll be happy spending at least three years living in the community my graduate school is a part of. Would I be comfortable moving to a city that is a different size than my own? Will I be able to find the comfort foods I am accustomed to in my new city? Will I fit in well with the general lifestyle?
I would like to encourage readers to comment and discuss additional criteria important in making graduate school choices. May we all find the perfect program and enjoy success in our future endeavors!
Jane Lapham is a student in the California State University, Dominguez Hills Post-Baccalaureate Communication Sciences and Disorders program. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Language and Linguistics from Cal State Dominguez Hills, and looks forward to entering graduate school in the Fall of 2012.


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Big City, Small Town
About a year ago I decided to treat myself to lunch at Naidre's--a fabulous coffee shop that is not in my neighborhood in Brooklyn. I'd been there a handful of times over the past couple of years since it's not far from my kids' school, but not enough to be known by the people working there. I was just another stranger heading in for a bite.
It was one of the first great springy days of the year and so I'd grabbed a lighter jacket than the wintry one I'd been slogging around in for months. Switching coats, bags, or tampering with anything for that matter is a dangerous thing for me and even though I'm forty-one, I refuse to remember how forgetful I am. I stuff money in coat pockets, or maybe a credit card'll end up there if I've pumped gas recently and have had to separate one out from my wallet for a period of time longer than just a regular swipe. And then of course I do something silly like wear a raincoat, or no coat, or decide at the last minute to carry a different bag than my regular one...and I have that terrible moment where I realize I have no money too late.
That's what happened at Naidre's that day. I ordered a big cup of Rosy Earl Grey tea with milk, and some exciting sandwich. And as they passed the goods to me I dug around in my pockets and soon realized I was completely penniless. I was flooded with the familiar feeling of having failed at being a grownup, yet again. **The familiar feeling of failure is my new favorite concept, poached from the new novel Four Wives, by Wendy Walker where it's mentioned in a lovely passage about a woman who nurses her fussy child in the middle of the night, simultaneously calming him down AND destroying all of her sleep-training efforts. I've found this ffof applies to many aspects of my life.
'I have no money,' I announced, with startled unhappy eyes. There was half of an uncomfortable moment, and then I ventured 'could I bring you the money later today?'
While I don't try this kind of thing often, I'm always surprised when perfect strangers trust me. I have this wide open honest midwestern face that seems to invite conversation from all kinds of people in all kinds of places, but I also tend to dress wayyy down and often feel like retailers think I'm going to shoplift. This paranoia, no doubt, stems from my early days in high-end retail. On days off (which were never weekend days) I'd refuse to put any effort into my appearance and I'd do my own shopping. I always thought it ironic that nervous eyes that would flicker at me as I'd pad around a store in my oversized sweater and birkenstocks with socks, since only the day before I was the fanciest girl in the world personal shopping with people like Phyllis George and the Sultan of Brunei. So used to being considered a shoplifter am I that these little moments of trust--this counter girl in one of the biggest cities in the world trusts that I'll bring her the $7 I owe her!--shock me. Still, I threw it out there as a possibility. Hoping that open honest face would trump slovenly con-lady appearance.
Sure enough the woman shrugged and said 'yeah okay, that'd be fine.'
'Really?' I nearly ruined the moment, starting to feel even more like a loser. Of course I was good for it, I'd bring the money later, I'd make a special trip from home to do it, etc. But this just seemed so much to ask.
'Sure, no problem' she said, pushing my food towards me. 'Enjoy.'
And enjoy I did. Nothing like a bit of reading material, some hot tea, and a good sandwich. I took my time, soaking up the experience. An hour later I pushed away from the table, bussed my own stuff, and went to leave.
'Thanks,' I said, approaching the counter on my way out. 'I'll be back later, what time do you close?'
'Oh!' she said, looking confused. 'Didn't anyone tell you? The lady behind you in line paid for you.'
'Someone paid for me?' I asked, searching the room, trying to place which 'lady' might have done this.
'Yeah, she heard you saying you didn't have your money and she told me she wanted to pay for you, said she tried to do a good deed every day. But she left already.'
'She...' I started, craning my neck to the sidewalk in front, still thinking I could find her somewhere. This wasn't computing. Try as I might I couldn't even remember anyone being in line after me. I settled on a simple 'wow.'
The counter lady winked at me, appreciating my befuddlement. 'Pay it forward,' she suggested, smiling.
I left Naidre's feeling light as air. Smiling giddily at the next thousand strangers I saw might not have been the right way to pay it forward but I couldn't help myself. The glow of this stranger's good deed stayed with me all afternoon, all week, and can still rise up and make me happy whenever I remember to remember it.
Later that day I tried to tell the story to my husband, but found that no actual telling could recapture the shiny specialness of the feeling of finding out that someone who didn't know me had decided to make my day (and it didn't help that there was a bit of 'you forgot your money?' incredulousness from him which kind of ruins all the good feeling of the story). Of all the choices that woman had to make in that moment--judge me, hate me, ignore me, she chose to settle my tab for me. Anonymously. Ignoring me would have been anonymous too.
Another small town story from big city Brooklyn. Of course a story like this could happen anywhere. `But the fact that things like this do happen here is something I love. I love this place.


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NL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: DODGERS v PHILLIES
October 9, 2008
Cole Hamels
Charlie Manuel
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA: Game One
THE MODERATOR: Questions.
Q. Charlie, you're always talking about minimizing the damage. Talk about Cole when he was behind 2-0, how he toughened up and was able to keep you guys in the game?
CHARLIE MANUEL: He kept us right there. I thought when the game started -- he can tell you better than I can, I thought he was a little bit revved up, he was ready to go, rearing and ready to go, and he gave up a couple of quick hits early. I thought actually I thought Manny Ramirez's ball might have a chance to get out.
I think he got a fastball, Cole put a fastball, I don't know if he wanted to put it where it went, but Manny got on it. And like we fell behind early. But what he did he stayed right there and he kept him at bay. And when they got to two runs we were still definitely in the game. And he ended up pitching very good.
Q. Cole, what did you feel like when you saw that ball from Manny hit off the wall in center field and stay in the park?
COLE HAMELS: I guess that's the furthest ball anybody can hit. And for it not to be out of the yard. And when he hit it, I didn't know if he really got it that well, but he put some backspin on it and it took off. I thought maybe it would have been off the wall a little bit lower, not the very top.
But I'm just lucky enough it didn't go out, because it definitely helped out and definitely put us in a better favor than down 2-0 instead of 1-0.
Q. Cole, putting aside the one ball where the park played to your advantage, seems like maybe the other guys saw not to take anything away from the balls that were hit out but how tough this place is to pitch. How much of a challenge is it keeping the ball in the yard here and sort of pitching your game as opposed to getting caught up in that?
COLE HAMELS: It's a huge challenge, when you're pitching in this day and age, it's all about the home runs. The crowd wants to see the home runs. So bats are a little bit harder, balls are a little bit harder, the fences are a little bit shorter, to be a pitcher you really have to grind and be mentally tough.
So playing here, I think if you're able to succeed here, you can pitch anywhere. And I think that just builds your confidence to go out there no matter what team you're facing, how powerful they can be, you can still keep them in the yard and you can still battle them all the way to the end.
Q. Charlie, you're always saying that you think excitement comes from guys getting on base and it seemed like for a while there no one was getting on base and the game was kind of flat. Did you agree with that? And also how big, then, was Utley's home run and Burrell's home run to get some excitement back and get you guys back on top?
CHARLIE MANUEL: Basically you've got to give Lowe credit. He was playing a good sinking fastball and also he had a good slider and looked like he was changing speeds on his slider, and everything he kept the ball down, everything was down. He didn't bring many balls above the knees or above the belt. Everything was down. And he did a tremendous job.
I thought maybe when Furcal threw the ball away at first base, I felt like that was kind of a turn for us, because Utley steps right up and hits a home run, ties the ball game up and Burrell hits one out to left. And I felt like basically if you go back and look, I felt like the ball that Burrell hit looked like he was trying to get it in and the ball that Utley hit looked like it was a little out away from him and he was able to pull the ball, got out in front on it.
Q. Cole, you don't have to face them, but to look at your lineup and the diversity of power in there, do you ever wonder what it must be like to have to go out there and be on the other side?
COLE HAMELS: I think it would be tough, if I compared them to a team it would either be Boston or Yankees with the type of lineup where they have power all the way through the 8 hole and they're able to speed, and good position. So if I had to face our team, I think I might have the advantage because I have been able to watch them for a long time.
But as an opposing pitcher, without being able to see them every day, I'd have a tough time. I really would. And they've done a tremendous job throughout the year and they're doing a tremendous job in the post-season. That's where you need them is this post-season.
They've come up huge with some big hits.
Q. Charlie, Pat Burrell has had two good games in a row now, was it just a matter of him waiting out the slump or is he doing something different? And also how important is it for you guys to get production out of that spot in the order?
CHARLIE MANUEL: I think Pat is seeing the ball better. He's staying back, getting a better look at the ball. He's not getting out over his front side. And, like I said, his bat's quicker now. Like before he was starting, he was getting out, striding too soon, getting out over his front side and just kind of swinging with his -- just his upper body, what do I call it, somebody who swings with his hands and arms. Right now he's staying back behind the ball and driving the ball.
Q. Charlie, I'm sure there's a lot of discussion how to pitch Manny coming into the series, I'm wondering when you went out in the 8th inning was to reinforce what had been discussed or was there some change in strategy or was there any thought to telling the pitcher not to give him anything at all or -- because it's unusual to have with nobody on base to have a strategy session?
CHARLIE MANUEL: I wanted to make sure we knew how to pitch him and what we wanted to do. I didn't want to -- actually I didn't want to -- I definitely didn't want to say nothing negative, but at the same time I wanted to stay positive and reinforce how we wanted to pitch him. Manny was the tying run, and he wasn't the winning run.
Q. Charlie, to further question you on that. Is this what we're going to see? You guys really went at Manny, both you didn't pitch around him in any situation, is that something we can expect to see in this series?
CHARLIE MANUEL: Not really. (Laughter) really, he's very dangerous. I think Cole saw that in the 1st inning. He's the guy in their lineup that really -- he's the guy that really seemed like they want to hit with Manny. Since they got him, their lineup has definitely taken off, and they've got -- they became a team with a lot of energy, and he definitely brought that to them, I feel like.
They like to play. They've got a good ball club.
Q. I want to go back to what Charlie said in the beginning, you might be revved up. Were you somewhat revved up when you started today's game? Because you settled down, obviously, and made all the pitches.
COLE HAMELS: I think going into the game, I definitely had the nerves that everybody does. You're just so excited to finally be here. You step out on the field. The crowd's going crazy.
I guess when you step up to the mound and you finally get in there and you dig in, you just kind of -- trying to force it out, but you are excited. I mean, this is what we play for is the post-season. When you first let that first pitch go, most of the time the nerves disappear. But I think a lot of times with starters it's after the 1st inning.
After the 1st inning you truly try to settle down, and if you can get out of the 1st inning with no runs or get out of the inning with a couple of runs, you try to settle down and you do settle down most of the time.
Q. Cole, with your last two outings, do you feel you could be someone who could be considered a big-game pitcher?
COLE HAMELS: I hope so. I'm going to go out there, any and every opportunity that Charlie gives me with the ball I'm going to go out there, try to win and pitch deep in the game to allow the team to win. I think that's all Charlie can ask for me and that's all I can ask for myself is go out there, play as hard as I possibly can and hopefully at the end of the day we have a W.
Q. Cole, somewhat along the same vein, how much did the validation that your division series win give you and the fact that your team can hit the way they did keep you calm behind 2-0 in an environment like this?
COLE HAMELS: It always does, especially being at the home field, knowing that when you get last at-bat always makes things a little bit easier. But the way the team's been playing, I've had the confidence in them and knowing that even if I do put them down early, we'll come back just because of the fight that we have.
And we've shown it throughout the last months of September and we're showing it in October. And that's what I think everybody is growing accustomed to and liking about us.
Q. Chase obviously struggled in the last series and his power numbers have been down a little bit about the last month of the regular season. Just wondering how much concern you had about his swing coming into the series or just the way he's been swinging the bat?
CHARLIE MANUEL: I think I answered that question either today or yesterday. It's just a matter of time he found it. A matter of time until he got going. He hasn't had what I call -- in the second half of the season, he hadn't really at times stayed strong on his backside and got through on the ball like he does a lot. But it's still there. He proved that tonight. He always comes up with a big hit and drives the ball at the right time.
It hasn't gone anywhere. He's still got it.
Q. Cole, you talked about going deep in the game. Could you tell if the Dodgers seemed to be taking more pitches than usual and if so, in general, when you can sense a team is waiting, waiting, waiting, does that change how you're going to go after them? Because the pitch count was high for quite a while. If they can get you out of the game in the fifth or sixth inning because the pitches are so high, how do you keep track of that and adjust?
COLE HAMELS: That was something I did notice when they played Chicago. They definitely were taking a lot of pitches and they got their starters out quick. And so when you do see that, all you can really do is really try to hit your locations as fast, as quick as possible and not miss too many spots.
I was missing some spots in the 1st inning, but I was able to come in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th inning and really hit my spots. And that's when you let another team know you can't take too many pitches because he's going to throw strikes no matter what and you're going to be down in the count. I think that's what I was able to do and establish.
But it did, it took me about an inning or two to really get that. Once you get that then you really do know that you're going to have the advantage or you're going to be able to at least pitch a lot deeper because having that, I guess, in your favor.
Q. Charlie, I know each of these games are important. But beings that you were at home in the 2-3-2 format getting a good performance out of Cole like you did, how important was it to actually win this game?
CHARLIE MANUEL: I think any time in a playoff, when the round starts, like a first round, second round or even when you go to the World Series, first game definitely becomes important. I mean, that's huge. But you still have to win four games, and tonight, you know, like we played a good team and we played very good and we came away with a victory, and now we've got to concentrate on winning tomorrow, that's what we do.
Q. Charlie, I asked this question of Joe and I was wondering how you would answer it. When you're in a playoff series like this and if you see that things are not quite going the way that they usually do according to your team's game plan, would you hesitate to make a change or make an adaptation to how you or the style you were playing?
CHARLIE MANUEL: I think that where we're at now, that you try to definitely put the best team out there to win the game, and if you need to make a change, I think that you should do it, because, I mean, we have to win.
And, I mean, hurting somebody's feelings or whatever, that doesn't have anything to do with it right now. I mean, you know, you have to check your pride I guess somewhere else. But we're all right.
THE MODERATOR: Thank you.
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May Crown Curia
Minutes from Curia 5-20-07 HRH Princess Miranda stated that she and HRH Prince Tiernan look forward to working with all the officers. Black Lion Herald - Lord Christopher reporting. There is a new Acting Lion's Blood with one email address that will forward all traffic. He stated that the heralds are still waiting for the delivery of all the tabards. Exchequer - Master Pyotr reporting. The Kingdom is financially healthy and at the Society level they are reasonably happy. Earl Marshal - Master Duncan reporting. Society rules are in effect and have been finalized. The office is working on a database issue and should have a rough draft of the new Kingdom ABC's available at July Coronation, with a final version ready to be signed at September Crown. They are trying to eliminate conflicts now. Combat archery standards are undergoing a re-write at the Society level and the subject is complicated and the rules very confusing at this time. HRM King Sven asked if that is why the Kingdom of Aeteveldt suspended combat archery. Sir Daniel stated yes, among other reasons. Master Duncan stated that he that after four years of service would be stepping down at as Earl Marshal at July Coronation. Viscountess Nadezhda commented that it would be good to have a new Youth Combat handbook. One is needed. Equestrian - Master Togrul reporting - (the following is his report submitted in writing) I have completed my first year as Kingdom Equestrian Officer as of this event. I have been answering many questions that the equestrians have had and I find that by encouraging communication back and forth between myself and all the other equestrians that An Tir has suddenly become rather quiet as far as problems in the equestrian community. Right now the biggest confusion that people are trying to understand are issues that came from the Society level on minors riding and training of people to ride. Minors riding is already been addressed in both the Society Equestrian Rules and An Tir's Book of Horse. I have been clarifying this rule for the populace. The issue of training came up in the context that the SCA does not train people to ride horses so Equestrian Marshals need to make sure that they are not saying that they train people to ride. We do train people to ride our games. If you need to learn to ride then there are other avenues to do that outside the society. Equestrian Marshals are in effect nothing more than safety officers of the society and need to remember that. We are just starting the tournament season and already have 14 events scheduled to have horses at in the Kingdom with a couple others being worked one. We currently have 126 Authorized Riders, 115 Authorized Ground Crew, 29 Equestrian Marshals, and 11 Equestrian Marshals in training. There has been no action on the new proposed Society Equestrian Rules as of yet. We are still continuing along under the old rules. In service to Crown and Kingdom, Master Togrul Guiscard, OP Kingdom Equestrian Officer for An Tir HRM King Sven thanked Master Togrul for stepping into a difficult situation and dealing with it so efficiently. Kingdom Chronicler - Master Arontius reporting - There are now 3 Principality deputies and that is good. The biggest problem at this time is regarding print versus electronic mediums. The new policies are creating more questions than answers. It is Master Arontius' belief that in the future all publications will most likely go electronic. Kingdom Arts and Sciences - Dame Ellen Fraser read Marquessa Laurellen's report (taken from the written report) Kingdom A&S Report: Curia Report, May Crown 2007 Avacal, Tir Righ, Inlands, Rivers, and Western all reported. Summits did not report. This is the second time in a row for Summits. Phone call from me to Summits A&S Minister forthcoming. Very few Guilds reported but I would expect, given that this is the first reporting period since Master Rathulfr stepped down, many reports may have gone to him instead of to me. I'll rectify the situation by contacting Master Rathulfr and sending out a Greetings Message to all Guilds in which I will remind them to report and introduce the new Guild Deputy, Dame Ellen Fraser.Dame Ellen is also my contingency deputy. I am also looking for a Warranting Deputy, so if anyone feels like being my anal sidekick, send them on over. Preliminary Reporting Figures: Previous period reporting percentage: 35.5% (abysmal) Current period reporting percentage: 56.6% (acceptable) Principalities/Regions Showing Improvement: 4 (Avacal, Tir Righ, Inlands, Rivers) Principalities/Regions Not Reporting: 1 (Summits) Principalities/Regions Showing No Change: 1 (Western) Other Tidbits that will be fleshed out in my official report: Known World Dance Symposium Master Trehearn has been communicating with Society A&S about this. As I understand, from the cc's I've received, it looks like things are rolling along. Kingdom Bardic Championship I just reviewed the bid from Aquaterra and gave it my Stamp of Approval. It's a one day bid and, while I do not anticipate being able to stay with one day for this event, at this point, one day will do. I'd rather get the ball rolling so that we can publicize the bejeebus out of it and get people to it. September is only four months away and we've already missed the June Crier deadline, leaving us July, August and September's issues. I remain, in Service, Laurellen de Brandevin Kingdom Chatalaine - HL Eric de Dragon's Laire reporting. The file boxes from the previous Kingdom Chatalaine were just delivered to HL Eric at this event. HL Eric stated that he now has a deputy for the Principality of the Summits and that makes a deputy for each Principality. He now knows who the Chatalaines are for about 60% of the branches and he is trying to figure out the rest. Once this is accomplished his plan is to start working with the Chatalaines on new ideas and Chatalaine skills. Kingdom Constable - Master Ian reporting. The Kingdom needs to completely re-work that current Constabulary Handbook and until that is completed Master Ian has suspended all Constbulary within the Kingdom of An Tir. Kingdom Chirugeon - HL Tvorimir reporting - (the following is from the written report submitted) Chirurgeon Stats (count only those with current certs) See Item #10 re: losses this quarter Level Last report Current report Net gain (loss) This quarter Chirurgeon in Training 10 4 -6 Chirurgeon 29 15 -14 Mentor Chirurgeon 11 8 -3 Emeritus 2 2 0 Total 52 27 -25 Reported significant injuries (significant to the BoD, e.g. deaths, severe injuries, involve minors--also send incident report copy): None. Activities of note—collegiums, training sessions, advancements, etc.: Quietly reinstated Mistress Katherine of Hindscroft as a MC after she returned to the chirurgeonate, participated fully for the tourney season and demonstrated she was still a leader and a good voice and example among us. As noted in the Crier, our reporting cycle has changed per Society. There is a new revision of the Chirurgeons Handbook that came out in March, it's linked on our website and reading the new version is a requirement of maintaining a current warrant. Please be absolutely welcome and encouraged to read the new one! It's important to note both newly defined authorities and the newly defined limits and required reporting that go with them. Concerns or issues in the Kingdom that you want to bring forward: Our warranted level has dropped significantly this quarter due to people not verifying they've read and will comply with the new society chirurgeons' handbook. They're trickling in now that people are noticing roster lists with their names missing… I extended my term due to lack of a qualified replacement, but have someone I'm training - Krystene of Blatha an Oir. If she or some as-yet-unknown applicant is acceptable to SC and Crown (and myself!), I'll be able to step down this fall. Good news and commendations (feel free to brag!!): I'm really pleased right now with the number of chirurgeons who are availing themselves of further training, and the increased amount of pre-event EMS contact being done and communicated to me. HRM King Sven wished to discuss a proposal brought to him regarding Estrella War. An Tir has been offered the opportunity to be a principal in the war, this would add An Tir to the West, and Artemesia. Artemisia is looking for help. HRM thinks it is a good opportunity and would like to explore setting up a separate fund for this. It would create a permanent alliance with the 3 kingdoms. It would allow An Tir into the treaty negotiations. The numbers of An Tirians participating in the war and as volunteers goes up every year. And volunteer's Kingdoms are paid out of gate receipts. The commitment would be in providing X amount of marshals and support staff every third year. (?) Lists - Liadain ni Sheanachain reporting. There were 97 combatants in the Crown Lists and the Tournament ran 5 hours. The Liadain stated that the database needs to be improved and will be checking to make sure all the information she has is correct, and what additional information is needed by the branches. Respectfully Submitted, Brighid Ross Baroness of Dragon's Laire Curia Clerk
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After 30 years in the business, Rocky Johnson is more than happy to give back. As the boss of the WWE's 'finishing school' in Davie, Florida, Johnson has overseen the polishing of recent WWE arrivals like Brock Lesnar, Orlando Jordan and Sylvain Grenier. He's more than happy to do it.
"It takes up a lot of my time because I want it to. I enjoy it. I want to put something back in the business that I made a good living at all my life," Johnson told SLAM! Wrestling while on a recent trip through Toronto to visit family, including his brother Ricky Johnson.
The classes run four hours each day, from 10-12 noon, and 2-4 p.m., five days of the week, with Wednesdays and Sundays off. However, the students are welcome to use the facility to practice on their days off or on the off-hours.
To a veteran like Johnson, it's obvious who is putting the extra effort in, and who isn't. "I can see the ones who are training, and the ones who are just saying, 'Oh, well, I'm getting a paycheque,'" he said.
The wrestlers Johnson works with are under developmental contracts with the WWE, and most have already worked the Ohio Valley Wrestling promotion run by Jim Cornette in Louisville, KY. But Johnson stresses that it isn't a school for beginners. "It's really not a wrestling school. I get guys that have had experience in wrestling. They come out of Louisville, OVW. I teach them, more or less, the skills, teach them mainly psychology. You put a headlock on, now tell me why you put it on."
He has been at it for almost three years now, and before that, of course, he had a major hand in training his son, The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) for his wrestling career. Johnson also has run a weightlifting gym for 18 years.
As a trainer, there are both highs and lows. "My favourite part is watching them succeed and make it. It gives me a feeling that I can't describe. I watch these kids, how hard they train. It goes back to myself 30 years ago, and we never had the equipment and the stuff they have today, and the vitamins and the proteins. These kids today are bigger and stronger, coming at you 6-foot-4, 6-foot-5, 250 pounds, 18 years old. When I first started, if you weighed 250 pounds, you were a monster."
At any one time, he might have eight or 10 wrestlers around, usually for six months or so. Over the course of a year, he'll have a hand in the careers of about two-dozen grapplers. "Out of 20 to 25 guys, you might guy four that make it, and out of that four, you might get one or two that's a top, main eventer in a couple of years."
He feels a sense of failure when someone doesn't measure up to their promise. "I don't want to put six months to a year into them and they don't make it. They've lost and I feel that I've lost too," he said. "It's a personal loss. It's not money because I don't get paid by these kids." He has to establish an emotional disconnect--just because he might really like a student doesn't mean that they have all the tools to make it as a WWE superstar.
Johnson compiles charts of the progress of his students and files once a week to the talent department at the WWE. He has two assistants to help him with the training.
The academy starts up again in earnest in September, and while there are still wrestlers working out, Johnson is on a well-deserved vacation. Besides the stop in Toronto, he is driving out to his birthplace of Nova Scotia to see more family with his fiancee Sheila and his mother-in-law-to-be, Granny. (His divorce to Ata Maivia was finalized about six months ago.) Then, they will all drive back to Biloxi, MI, where Sheila lives and where Rocky keeps a couple of draft horses that he shows in competition.
The vacation has also meant a bit of shopping for his first granddaughter, who lives just a few doors down from his Florida condo. "That's my pride and joy, my little angel. I call her Precious," said a beaming Rocky Johnson.
Greg Oliver founded SLAM! Wrestling with John Powell way back in 1996, and has been writing about pro wrestling since 1985. He is the author of the recently published book The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Canadians from ECW Press. The book includes a bio on Rocky Johnson and his very first promotional photo. Order it from Highspots.com. Greg can be emailed at email@example.com.


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After just one year of a two-year deal, Alstare and Ducati have agreed to terminate the contract between the Belgian Alstare team and the Italian Ducati Corse World Superbike effort. Today, the two parties made it known that they would not be continuing their collaboration, citing financial problems at Alstare and the loss of a major sponsor as the reason.
The split has long been expected, as Alstare team boss Francis Batta had made no secret of his unhappiness with the collaboration between his team and Ducati, not to mention the performance of the Ducati 1199 Panigale RS13.


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Public accountability is never more important than in matters of life and death.
Which is why calls to 9-1-1 have long been considered public records. When questions arise, we need to know everything about how our emergency responders behaved.
This is because of the power we give to law enforcement and emergency medical personnel in such situations.
But public records laws are always under attack from those in power.
That's now the case with the clear rule that 9-1-1 records should be public. In the wake of 9-1-1 calls that were embarassing to a famous actress, Demi Moore, a state lawmaker wants to make at least some 9-1-1 calls private.
The office of Democrat Norma Torres of Southern California announced that she wanted to make medical emergency calls private.
Of course, such calls are already subject to some restrictions, via legal exemptions that shield truly personal and private information.
The practical effect of such a change would be to give public agencies that may want to avoid scrutiny a big legal exception it can cite to deny access to public records.
Put simply, when you call 9-1-1 to talk to an operator who works for the public, who will employees of the public out over public roads to respond to an emergency, your call is a public matter. And the particulars of how it was handled is very much the public business.
Let us know what you think. Comment below, send us your thoughts via Twitter @PropZero or add your comment to our Facebook page.


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Statewatch article: RefNo# 32086
UN Special Rapporteur calls for a "judge-led public inquiry" into undercover police operations and condemns a number of other police practices
Statewatch News Online, January 2013
23.01.2013 - A wide number of policing practices in the UK have been condemned as "indiscriminate", "disproportionate" and in contravention of human rights standards by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, who today concluded a visit to the country. He has called for "a judge-led public inquiry into the Mark Kennedy matter, and other related cases." [1]
Kettling, widespread intelligence-gathering at protests, the embedding of undercover officers in peaceful direct action movements, the "broad" definition of "domestic extremism" and public order legislation which permits the banning of protests have all been heavily criticised by Mr Kiai, who said at a press conference that "protest is actually good for a country, it's not bad at all…. It may disrupt traffic or some shopkeepers but protest is good for society."
Asked about the need for individuals to request permission from the police to protest in or nearby the Houses of Parliament, he said that "any regime that requests authorisation [to protest] is wrong."
Byelaws passed last year also prevent the use of "sleeping equipment" such as tents being used in a significant area in and around Parliament Square, [2] which Mr Kiai regarded as "disproportionate."
"If there is camping in a place that's a public space, and it's not disruptive to traffic or people, I can't see a problem with that," he said. However, "the difficulty comes with a mass protest… [and] I suspect in the next three years there will be a lot more of this as the crunch bites."
He also said that while freedom of association is "largely enjoyed" in the UK, there were "a number of issues of concern," including the proscription under anti-terrorism powers of civil society organisations (for example, representing Tamil, Kurdish or Baloch communities) and the placement of banking restrictions on many Muslim charities. Restrictive laws governing trade unions were also criticised, with Mr Kiai saying that it is "time to repeal" laws that prevent secondary picketing and solidarity strikes, in order to "bring the UK into conformity with human rights law."
He also noted that he was "appalled to hear about the existence of a blacklist of union members in the constructions industry, with no sanctions allegedly taken against those who benefitted from the list." Ian Kerr, who died recently just weeks after appearing before a parliamentary committee investigating the issue, ran The Consulting Association, an organisation that maintained a blacklist used by a number of major construction firms. Kerr was fined Ł5,000 for doing so in 2009.
Undercover operations: a "judge-led public inquiry" is needed
The Special Rapporteur has called for "a judge-led public inquiry into the Mark Kennedy matter, and other related cases," saying he was:
"Deeply concerned with the use of embedded undercover police officers in groups that are non-violent and which exercise their democratic rights to protest and take peaceful direct action. The case of Mark Kennedy and other undercover officers is shocking as the groups in question were not engaged in criminal activities. The duration of this infiltration, and the resultant trauma and suspicion it has caused, are unacceptable in a democracy. It is a clear violation of basic rights protected under the Human Rights Act, and more generally under international law, such as the right to privacy."
At a meeting with Mr Kiai last week, a number of political activists, legal monitoring groups and civil society organisations (including Statewatch) related their concerns over undercover operations and the lack of accountability and redress available, something exemplified by last week's ruling by the High Court that significant amounts of a court case concerning sexual relations between undercover officers and protesters would be held in secret. [3]
Referring to the case, the Special Rapporteur said that "there's been no attention given to the victims in this" and that he was "appalled to see the judge's ruling saying that it's like James Bond."
Kettling, intelligence-gathering and databases
Although both domestic and European courts have ruled in favour of the use of kettling by UK police forces (specifically, London's Metropolitan Police), Mr Kiai heavily criticised the practice, saying that it is "detrimental to the exercise of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly due to its indiscriminate and disproportionate nature."
He noted also noted that is "undeniably has a powerful chilling effect on the exercise of freedom of peaceful assembly, and I was informed of many people who refrained from exercising their right to freedom of peaceful assembly for fear of being kettled."
Kettling came to widespread public prominence following protests against the April 2009 meeting of the G20, during which hundreds of people were held for hours with no access to toilets, water, or medical care. It was also widely used during the student protests that erupted in 2010, with thousands of people on a number of occasions trapped for hours in freezing weather. Following one incident, a doctor who gave medical assistance to a number of protesters "warned that police risk repeating a Hillsborough-type tragedy if they continue with [the] tactics." [4]
As well as concern over their use for controlling and corralling crowds, the Special Rapporteur noted the use of kettling for intelligence gathering purpose, "by compelling those kettled to disclose their name and address as they leave the kettle, increasing the chilling effect it has on potential protesters."
The gathering of personal information from and photographs of vast numbers of people during protests has long been a subject of concern for political activists, although attempts to challenge the practice through the courts have had mixed results. A July 2010 judgment ruled that the filming and photographing of people attending a meeting of the London No Borders group "had not been proved to be lawful and that the police had failed to provide any evidence that they were pursuing a 'legitimate aim'." [5]
However, a more recent decision saw the High Court rule that the collection by police of extensive amounts of information on John Catt, who regularly attends anti-arms trade protests in Brighton and sketches the participants, did not infringe his human rights. [6]
Mr Kiai noted that:
"The police have a legitimate duty to ensure that anarchy and violence are not part of protests; however, when it is unclear what the databases and intelligence on peaceful protesters are for, this only exacerbates tension and mistrust and can be counter-productive in fostering human rights."
Police liaison officers
Striking a more positive note, he welcomed "the establishment and use of protest liaison police officers [PLOs]," but sounded a note of caution: "it is necessary to separate the liaison function from intelligence gathering, which negates the goodwill and good relations that police liaison officers can foster by fuelling mistrust among protesters."
There have recently been reports of PLOs in Sussex going to a woman's house and "grilling her on her membership of UK Uncut and about future protests," [7] with the Network for Police Monitoring noting "concerns… that PLOs are taking on some of the intelligence gathering tasks that were previously done by the now widely distrusted 'Forward Intelligence Teams' (FIT)." [8]
The summary issued today - which also covers issues related to the policing of parades in Northern Ireland and Scotland - precedes the Special Rapporteur's full report, due to be published in June.
Previous coverage
Getting answers from the police on undercover deployments "will be a long process"
, Statewatch News Online, 12 January 2013
Another secretive European police working group revealed as governments remain tight-lipped on other police networks and the activities of Mark Kennedy
, Statewatch News Online, 13 August 2012
- Matthias Monroy,
Using false documents against "Euro-anarchists": the exchange of Anglo-German undercover police highlights controversial police operations
, Statewatch Journal, vol 21 no 2 April-June 2011
[1] UN Press release,
Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association at the conclusion of his visit to the United Kingdom
, 23 January 2013
Westminster Council proposes banning "tents and similar structures" and "noise equipment" in crackdown on political protest
, Statewatch News Online, 11 January 2012
Outrage as high court permits secrecy over undercover policing
, Police Spies Out of Lives, 17 January 2013
[4] Mark Townsend and Shiv Malik,
Kettle tactics risk Hillsborough-style tragedy - doctor
, The Guardian, 19 December 2010
[5] IRR News Team,
Court rules against unauthorised police surveillance
, Institute of Race Relations, 29 July 2010
[6] High Court judgment,
, 30 May 2012
[7] Jason N Parkinson,
Police liaison officers accused of harassing activist - video
, The Guardian, 4 September 2012
The intelligence role of police liaison officers
, Network for Police Monitoring, 7 September 2012
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Iraq Crisis: Islamic State Militants Driven From Mosul Dam
Iraqi and Kurdish Forces, Backed by U.S. Airstrikes, Push Out Islamic State
BADRIYA, Iraq—Looking out from his hilltop post over the fighting for the Mosul Dam, the Kurdish special-forces commander fretted that his 5,000 troops didn't have the firepower to dislodge Islamist insurgents.
Less than 10 miles away, about 80 fighters from the radical Sunni group Islamic State were holed up inside a secondary dam. The area was so heavily booby-trapped and mined that Kurdish forces struggled to advance.


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The Adobe PageMaker 7.0.1 update addresses several issues discovered after PageMaker 7.0 was released.
Some of the significant resolved issues included in this release of PageMaker are listed below. For information on specific issues not listed here, search Adobe PageMaker support.
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