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HTML Emails Part 2: How to edit and send them in Lodgical SolutionBy Amanda Henschel
In our previous post, we introduced you to Lodgical Solution's HTML emails and how they can contribute to your property. Hopefully you have taken this opportunity and begun using these emails at your property! If not, read over our recent post, HTML Emails Part 1: How they can benefit your property, or call Bay Lakes Information Systems at 920.746.0606 to get started.
In this post, we will show you how to edit and send your emails in Lodgical Solution.
To Edit
- Click on Utilities, Configuration, then Email Templates.
- Double click on the template you would like to edit. You can also remove and reorder all of your emails from this window
- The Name section at the top is what it will be listed as in Lodgical.
The Subject section will be the subject of the email when you send it to your guest(s).
To Send
There are two ways to send your emails in Lodgical. They can be sent individually in each reservation. Otherwise, you can send a bulk HTML email message to guests arriving and departing on specific dates.
Within a Reservation:
- Click on the HTML button inside the individual reservation (next to Reports button)
- From this window, you can select the template that you would like to send, preview, and/or send it.
Bulk Email
- Click on Reservations, then Print Selected Reservation Letters.
- From this window, you can select your target guests and the template you would like to send.
If you have any questions, contact Bay Lakes at 920.746.0606.
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Donald Trump had a meeting with four US military officers served in Afghanistan for years on Tuesday and called for their ideas on "the future of the United States in the war in Afghanistan."
Donald Trump said: "we want to know ideas and comments of four great soldiers who spent a lot of time in Afghanistan, because they were at the battlefield and probably know the situation better than anyone else."
Donald Trump said: "it's our longest war… We've been there for now close to 17 years, and I want to find out why we've been there for 17 years."
He told Michael Wagner, Zachary Bowman, Army Master Sgt. Henry Adames and Air Force Major Eric Birch: "We have plenty of ideas from a lot of people, but I want to hear it from people on the ground."
U.S President approved the Department of Defense last month to make a decision on the number of US military troops in Afghanistan.
Since Donald Trump took office, the administration didn't have a specific strategy toward Afghanistan; but, U.S. senior military officials such as Secretary of Defense, and the National Security Advisor visited Afghanistan and met Afghan officials and US and NATO commanders.
It is said that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will offer a revised US strategy on the war in Afghanistan to the White House. 3,000 to 5,000 additional troops are going to deploy there.

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"It's unfortunate the state of events that happened. It is what it is. It's unfortunate for DC, I feel really bad for DC. Guys work hard, you go through training camps, put a lot of time in, and that's the guy who really gets the short end of the stick. It's really unprofessional of anybody at this caliber to have something like that happen… It's unfortunate, it's unprofessional. What else do you want me to say? Merry Christmas to Brock Lesnar."
-Brock Lesnar reacts to Jon Jones' UFC 200 removal and his bump up to the main event during a fan Q&A on Thursday.


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visitor 5/97-11/98; Ph.D., (Theoretical Biochemistry, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil), 1999; subsequently, Professor of Chemistry, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil. Currently, Research Scientist, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil.
Paul I. W. de Bakker
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Nathan Baker
9/97-6/01; subsequently, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University, St. Louis; subsequently, Chief Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory –
Sloan Research Fellow
. Currently, Director of the Advanced Computing, Mathematics, and Data Division at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Hagop Demirdjian
visitor 5/98-7/98; M.S. (Chemical Physics, ENS-Lyon) 1999; subsequently, Ph.D. student, Theoretical Chemistry, ENS-Paris.
Kaihsu Tai
9/98-12/02; Ph.D., 2002; Research Associate, University of Oxford, 2003 to 2009; with the European Chemicals Agency since 2010.
Tongye Shen
9/98-12/02; Ph.D. (Physics), 2002; subsequently, Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory; subsequently, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Larry Canino
10/98-12/01; M.S. (Physics), 2001; subsequently, scientific consulting.
Eric Scheeff
1/99-12/03; Ph.D. (Biomedical Sciences), 2003; subsequently, research scientist, The Salk Institute.
Burak Aksoylu
2/99-6/01; Ph.D. (Mathematics), co-advised with Mike Holst; currently Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, Wayne State University.
Dennis Law
6/99-6/05; Ph.D. (Chemistry), 2005; subsequently, Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Ulf Börjesson
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Ernesto C. Andrianantoandro
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Julie Schames Pressman
4/00-4/05. NIH Pharmacology Training Grant Fellow; subsequently, Account Manager, BioProccess Division, MilliporeSigna.
Jennifer M. Bui
6/00-6/05; Ph.D. Chemistry (2005); subsequently, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Cambridge University, UK.
Alexander Perryman
7/00-6/05; Ph.D. (Biomedical Sciences); 2005; currently, Senior Scientist II, Repare Therapeutics, Montreal.
Laura Sagle
3/01-12/05; Ph.D. Chemistry (2005); subsequently, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati.
Aleksandra Walczak
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Jessica Swanson
8/01-6/06 Ph.D; currently, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Utah.
Thuy Dinh
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Kristin Toendel
visitor, 1/02-7/02 (Norwegian University of Science and Technology 2004); subsequently, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Barry Grant
visitor 9/02-12/02 (University of York 2004); currently, Associate Teaching Professor, Biological Sciences, UCSD.
John Mongan
9/02-6/06; Ph.D. Bioinformatics, (2006); currently, Assistant Professor of Radiology, University of California at San Francisco.
David Cerutti
9/02-6/07 Ph.D. Chemistry (2007); currently, Research Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Rutgers University
Yuhui Cheng
9/02-6/07; Ph.D. Physical Chemistry (2007); subsequently, Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSD.
Jie Liu
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7/03-3/05; Ph.D. Chemistry (2005); subsequently, at the Burnham Institute.
David Minh
10/04-6/07; Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, (2007); currently, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Illinois Institute of Technology.
Arneh Babakhani
3/05-6/09, Ph.D. Chemistry (2009); subsequently, M.D., U.S. Naval Medical School, currently, Medical Officer & Dept. Head, U.S. Navy (LCDR).
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Aaron Friedman
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Xuanyao Liu
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7/18 – 9/19.
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11/19 – present.
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If anyone is living proof that suffering can be turned into triumph, it's Joshua Katcher. He makes a commitment to wearing and ingesting strictly animal-free products, cool. He's so at peace with his ideals that it is infectious - I haven't eaten a piece of flesh since I did this interview, but in my leather boots, I'm not yet of his stature. Virile yet genteel in his classic faux suede workman boots that are just as good as the real thing, Joshua regrets not punching his persecutors in junior high: "In the hallway, the most common nickname I had was 'fag.'" In response to his former tormentors, Joshua has fully dedicated his life to protecting the animal kingdom, who truly can't stand up for themselves. Since tenth grade, he has intentionally refrained from eating animals, but converted to veganism when he realized that the industries that supply dairy and eggs and those that supply meat are one and the same. "I'll eat a steak before I eat another egg. Egg-laying chickens are the most tortured animals on the face of the planet. I won't get into the details." I love how Joshua can speak of these horrors, but then move on to the virtues of his Fabulous Fanny's shades and recycled parachute jacket. There is no PR makeover needed for this activist - he is as effortlessly stylish as he is rebellious.
Emanating an edgy sophistication in a resin coated canvas "leather" jacket and a bow tie, a tribute to traditional gentlemanly rituals and Pee Wee Herman, Joshua feels, "The problem with fashion is that it's not just about your own person, it's about putting out a message and that's where it gets complicated." Often asked when speaking to design students at Parsons why the icon of the villain is so celebrated in the fashion world, he says, "Because it's the easiest path to power. If you're going to be a hero, you have to have purpose and knowledge, and that takes work. To be a villain, you don't have to have any knowledge. You can be nuts, and still have power." A Burberry ad featuring a model wearing a spiked leather biker jacket, Joshua points out, is hypocritical. "They're taking on this rebel iconography. It's sort of the rebel without a cause thing." Even wearing vintage can promote the wrong message when it looks hip. In reaction to this empty posturing, he is involved with The Pinnacle, an initiative of fashion industry professionals who are trying to reinvigorate the discussion about fur and this idea of being a real rebel. "The wild animals who spend their entire lives in tiny cages, goes against everything they have evolved to do," Joshua says. "A wild animal is evolved to explore a vast amount of area and space. You can see they go crazy. They pace in the cages. They spin in circles, they resort to cannibalism, often. They literally go insane. And it isn't so much the death that's the problem, it's that life of psychological torture."
Joshua describes his adolescence in Poughkeepsie, New York, as torturous. The descriptions of his sculptures seem to echo the sentiments of his youth, "In our relationships with each other and the natural world, we decompose both literally and figuratively from our living conditions. We are products of our own creation." Dressed in JNCO in jeans, he found refuge in poetry, comic books and punk music at local club The Chance, Joshua says that he was searching to determine that he wasn't doomed and also that the things that concerned him concerned others, as well. Revenge for Joshua comes not only in the form of animal rights, but exposing the "assholes" who label and marginalize gay men as the ones who need an identity check. "I feel like male identity in our culture is powerful but also incredibly limited and stifled...if you're a man and express any identity outside of the four Bs of mainstream manhood, which is boobs, ball, beer, and beef... you are considered less of a man." On his blog, The Discerning Brute, Joshua explores the idea of male identity in relation to sustainability. "I see mainstream male identity as a roadblock to sustainability because compassion is seen as a weakness for men and if you express compassion, whether it's towards an animal or another person or an ecosystem...it's a red flag and you're less of a man." Far from the days when he identified with dorky Dawn Weiner from "Welcome to the Dollhouse," no one would mess with Joshua these days, his arms full of tattoos of everything from germinating seeds (the symbol for awareness), to insects with halos (representing their sacredness, as they support all of our lives) and hundreds of species of extinct birds.
" the most powerful form of personal identity that you can express, and it's unspoken. If you know who you are and you know how to express that through the way you look... that says more about yourself than you could explain with words," Joshua believes. His inked- arm candy with a message mimics the intensity of Joshua's '70s patterned Marc Jacobs pants. He wears them with vegan John Fluevog shoes and an Alter vest made from a restructured suit with an organic cotton American Apparel tee underneath. (The conventional cotton industry in Uzbekistan, the cotton-producing capital of the world, is like Chernobyl he revealed - children there are being born with no limbs because of the excessive amounts of pesticides on the crops.) However, after witnessing disciples of the four B's in droves at a recent U2 concert at Giants Stadium, I'm not sure if Joshua's theory that men will be able to expose their legs in short shorts like women do without ridicule - a notion that has come from his newfound love for pulling his socks up over his pants - is going to catch on anytime soon.
If you love Joshua, you may also like Dylan Treleven, Freddie Leiba and Max Vernon.


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Rita Bode and Jean Mitchell are the winners of the Gabrielle Roy Prize 2018 for their edited collection on L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature(s) published by McGill-Queen's University Press.
The jury was composed of Alison Calder (University of Manitoba), Ian Rae (King's College, Western University), and Andrea Cabajsky (Université de Moncton, President of the jury). The prize was awarded at a reception held by the Association for Canadian and Quebec literatures on the evening of June 1st in Vancouver.
The jury praised this well-curated collection of essays approaches the intersection of humanity and 'nature' from diverse and exciting perspectives. Although the individual essays come from a variety of fields, including (but not limited to) literature, animal studies, and law, the collection is both concise and coherent. These excellent analyses of familiar texts and figures provide new and useful insights into individual works and the larger field of ecocritical studies generally. L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature(s) illustrates what anyone familiar with the orchard in Anne of Green Gables already knows- -that Montgomery's flair for pastoral writing is among her finest attributes as a serious writer. However, the conceptual underpinnings of the collection shed new light on how this relation between place and character is part of a more sophisticated ecology of beliefs and behaviours that are urgently needed in a world facing widespread environmental degradation, accelerating climate change, and mass extinctions of flora and fauna.
The jury would also like to congratulate the two other finalists in this year's competition: Daniel Heath Justice for Why Indigenous Literatures Matter (Wilfrid Laurier University Press) and Michael A. Peterman for Delicious Mirth: The Life and Times of James McCarroll (McGill-Queen's University Press).
Daniel Heath Justice's rigorous but accessible study of North American Indigenous literatures makes a convincing argument for their importance to everyone. Stressing the need for individuals to restore and maintain meaningful relationships with the elements of the world around them, this book insists on making literary and personal connections that are both uncomfortable and joyful. It goes beyond advocating for a shift in the perception of Indigenous figures in literature, or the perception of Indigenous authors within contemporary canons and marketplaces, by also demonstrating the insights and ethical realignments produced by reading from an Indigenous perspective. With great patience, generosity, and humour, Justice illustrates a number of strategies readers can pursue to make this shift occur. Why Indigenous Literatures Matter is an important work that deserves a wide readership."
The result of meticulous research over decades, Delicious Mirth illuminates both James McCarroll and the nineteenth-century literary and social contexts in which he moved. It marshals particular details in the service of a larger narrative of North American Irishness, suggesting the value of revisiting a prolific but now-forgotten literary figure. It also performs the surprising task of shedding new light on multiple genres: early Canadian poetry, early Canadian theatre history, and early Canadian political writing. Scholars interested in Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Susanna Moodie, Catharine Parr Traill, and other pre-Confederation literary figures will want to learn about the role that McCarroll played in Ontario's cultural and political milieux.


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This is my first review so bear with me if it's not as clear and concise as others.
I have a Delta Shopmaster bandsaw and I have absolutely hated using it in the past. I was just about ready to get rid of it until I ran into this website and heard about people "upgrading" the bandsaw with a decent blade and cool blocks. I decided to try this route before I put it up for sale. I just recently purchased a new Olson 1/4" 6 tpi blade and a set of cool blocks (about $30 bucks total). I got everything installed and went through the proper setup and tuning.
I am extremely happy with this new blade and set of cool blocks. They have turned this saw from a piece of junk into something I can actually utilize in my shop. I'm not saying it can replace a 14" or something like that but I think it has it's place.
The blade cuts pretty well, not perfect but not to bad. It's definitely way better than the stock blade. The cool blocks had to be modified slightly to fit my unit but it was pretty easy to do with a set of pliers and a grinding wheel.
Overall I would recommend the cool blocks and blade to anybody who has this particular bandsaw. It's definitely an upgrade and will make the saw worth using.
6 comments so far
#1 posted 10-30-2011 02:01 AM
My Dad gave me one of these saws because he "never could get it to work right" I took it home got the book out,tuned it up to spec and replaced the blade. I use it almost everyday and it works fine. Won't replace my GO555X but then it wasn't supposed to.
-- Life is good.
#2 posted 10-30-2011 10:43 PM
I bought one and tuned it like Howie did. It's my go to bandsaw when I'm making small parts for Whirligigs.
#3 posted 10-31-2011 10:43 PM
I gotta quit noticing those little things like did you see that both responses have duct tape in their by line. hmmmm. Will try good blade in my cheap saw.
#4 posted 10-31-2011 10:56 PM
Great minds think alike
#5 posted 11-01-2011 05:23 AM
Delta 9 inch was my first BS. I actually made some hard wood block guides for it, bough a good blade like you did and that little sucker even resawed 3-4 inch read oak if I went slow.
That is a good little tool and I'm glad you are enjoying it. Thanks for the review, it will help others.
#6 posted 11-01-2011 07:28 PM
I have one of these saws and use it quite a bit. It sounds like this is a performance upgrade I'll want to try. Thanks!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
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I've been recently rereading Mark Redman's Conquer Your Campus ebook for a later review. It is a good book and anyone who is in or entering college should get it. In fact the ebook applies to everyone.
Mark has one chapter in it called "Why college is different than the real world". In it he goes into detail telling how "college game" is different than "real world game".
Back in speech class at my college we had to pair up and one person would do a "pro" speech about a topic and the other did a "con" speech on it.
While Mark makes his "pro" speech in his book, I'm going to make my "con" speech in this post.
Why college is the same as the real world
Once I graduated from college I got a job. I used to spend time at my job daydreaming about how much I missed college. It was so much easier to get women in college than in the real world. I awoke from my daydream to find the hot secretary who I never talked much to put my mail in my mailbox and walk off.
College is an environment where many people are forced to get together and interact with each other. This is no different than your job or your apartment complex or your health club or your local bar or your local laundry mat or a coffee shop.
If you regularly go somewhere and see the same people frequently then it is probably such an environment.
I admit college is optimal for picking up women because of the age, demographic, lack of repercussions and living situations. It is vast and target rich but once you graduate you have similar environments where the same social opportunities and structure applies.
The "Big Man on Campus" isn't much different than the "Alpha Male at the Club" or the "Popular Guy at Work".
You need to get out there, get involved in some target rich forced social environments and take advantage of them.
College isn't the be-all and end-all, it is the beginning. For me it was like just getting a new gun and shooting at a stationary target in a target range. If the target range closes you need to find another target range or get good enough to go hunting in the woods for live prey.
I needed to quit daydreaming about the past and start talking to the hot secretary of the present. I needed to start talking to the women I saw every weekend in the bars and clubs I was going to. I needed to talk to my neighbors.
I needed to start treating my present environments like I treated college. Then I was finally able to forget about college and move on with my life.
Check out Conquer Your Campus for more info on how to take advantage of these forced social environments.
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Matt Savage
March 19th, 2008 at 11:59 am
I like to rely on "Revenge of the Nerds" as my guide to picking up college chicks….and "Animal House" for advanced techniques:)


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I keep thinking about him. I keep looking at his picture: a father, wearing a white t-shirt with an unbuttoned, plaid shirt holding his two sons – one on each leg sitting in front of a typical Sears or J.C. Penney's backdrop. Both boys grasp onto their father's fingers. All 3 are smiling, but his is the biggest. A daddy and his boys. The picture speaks to hope.
But that father is dead now. He was shot 20 times in his own backyard by police officers, who claim that they thought he had a gun. It was a cell phone. I keep thinking about Stephon; and I keep looking at his picture; but I haven't been able to write about him or his murder. Frankly, I don't know what to say. What can I say that I haven't already said? What can I say that I didn't say when I wrote about Trayvon Martin, Alton Sterling, Freddy Gray, and Philando Castile?
Frankly, I'm weary . . . exhausted in fact. Another Black man has been killed at the hands of police officers; more marches, more comments from unsympathetic people blaming the victim, more bullshit statements from the police, more officers on paid leave, and my guess is, more broken hearts when we don't get justice, when Stephon and Stephon's family don't get justice.
It pains me to say it; but most likely, justice will not be served because not a damn thing has changed in our country. We keep dealing with the symptoms, while ignoring the disease. We are a racist country, filled with people who have biases. All of us do – even the most well-meaning. This fact scares people. But to get better, we all must admit some ugly truths. It's uncomfortable. I understand that.
But if we don't get honest and real about the race issues in this country and about the biases we hold – then we are doomed for more Black men and women to be killed by police. We are doomed that these killings will continue to go unpunished. Consider that Police officers are trained to kill if they are in fear of their lives. Studies have shown that most people have unconscious bias against Black people and view them as scarier and more threatening than Whites. Is it any wonder then, that Blacks are shot by police at a disproportionate rate? Similarly, more Black people will be arrested for drug use, although white people have a higher percentage of drug use; and Black people will get stiffer sentences for the same crime as White offenders. This has to stop.
But like Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous, the first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem. We – and I mean ALL of us – need to own our biases and the fact that our country and our culture incubate them. We need to accept that we have been raised to view some races as less worthy, as scary and menacing. And we then need to start putting measures in place from birth to: a) meaningfully prevent these biases from arising in the first place; and (more significantly) b) to consciously counteract them in our actions. Acceptance and conscious action – by everyone – is the only way to move away from our racist status quo. We, Americans, cannot allow the melting pot myth, or the fantasy of how we'd like to be, or the concern for hurt feelings to hinder us from being honest about who we are, flaws and all, and getting to who we want to be. Our willingness to be honest is a matter of life and death.


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You posted this answer on my other topic where i "presented" my new LifeForce chassis.
I will copy it here and continue the chat:
I think that there is a possibility that the Maya is indeed very sensitive to input signal, and it might show up as crackles and plops when other domestic appliances switch on an off. Try this: Put in a 3.3nF 100V filmcap across the output binding posts. It might alter inputs through the speaker leads, which are often an issue in sensitive amps.
I was able to check the "buzz noise" during the 5-10 seconds AC anomalies i get in my house. My MAYA was only connected to speakers and AC. No RCA cable was connected.
I heard the buzz just as loud as with the RCA cables....so this is AC caused 100% sure.
Furthermore, i have a new PS AUDIO P10, which is a top of the line regenerator.
Still....with this new P10....i hear the noise. So my AC has to be really really bad, in these short periods of time, for the P10 not be able to filter it out completly.
But..it is doing something because with the MAYA directly connected to the wall, i get A VERY LOUD BUZZ during these brief seconds.
So now we know what is causing this, how should i fix it ?
I already called my power company and they will install a 8 day analyser inside my house. But as i am not sure they will fix anything (only my audio system is complaining, and not everybody has this audio system) i will continue my search to fix it myself.
I am yet to test a commercial amp connected at the same time, just to check if it buzzes.
Still, i was thinking of putting a MOV across the mains?
Check your earth connection all the way to the ground stake and check A-N voltage differential.
I think we need to improve the phase margin on the Maya - easily done - to suppress Mains hash. I think this could be the issue.
I will email you with the detail and explanation.
Thanks for the email, and to Dan too.
I've been reading your posts on your AC issues. I seem to recall that you previously had AC noise issues related to a motor that powered some blinds in your house. Nothing about that here.
In reading your posts I've read that you have:
1. Intermittent AC line noise of unknown origin.
2. You have a PS Audio Power Plant Premier Regenerator.
3. You have a PS Audio Perfect Wave P10 Regenerator.
4. The regenerators reduce, but do not eliminate the noise.
5. You have a Maya.
6. The local power company is going to attach a monitor on your AC line for 8 days to help determine the cause/origin of your AC noise issue.
Okay, you are writing as if the Maya is the issue. They Maya merely amplifies the AC noise which you hear thru the speakers. The Maya is working fine and doing what it does, amplify. There is no AC filtering in the Maya.
It is commonly thought that amplifiers have some kind of AC filtering in their power supplies. But unless you know the particular unit and circuitry, you just don't know.
I would urge you to connect up your other amplifier and see how it goes with the noise.
Have you contacted PS Audio at all? Their engineers are pretty smart and perhaps could help you if you explain the issue to them clearly.
Have you thought about trying an isolation transformer connected to the wall power point and then to the amplifier or regenerator.
You have a difficult problem. As with all such issues you really have to find the source of the noise and eliminate it there, although that is easier said than done.
I hear you all, thank you for helping.
Hugh, i replied to you email. Thank you. Sourcing parts now.
Stvnharr, you are right about issues with motor blinds but i remove them from the main equation because they are not important. I keep on learning as i go testing. I am focusing on what seems to be the main issue.
So, to your kind considerations:
1. Intermittent AC line noise of unknown origin.
2. You have a PS Audio Power Plant Premier Regenerator.
I sold them.
3. You have a PS Audio Perfect Wave P10 Regenerator.
4. The regenerators reduce, but do not eliminate the noise.
5. You have a Maya.
YES. I have 5.
6. The local power company is going to attach a monitor on your AC line for 8 days to help determine the cause/origin of your AC noise issue.
YES. Dont know when though.
I am not assuming the issue is the MAYA. I am saying i did not notice the buzzing with other commercial amps i owned. I already informed Hugh, that for sake of reason and FAIRNESS i will plug the LIFEFORCE and a CYRUS commercial amplifier to the same speakers to see on which i hear the BUZZ.
I will of course post my findings. This is the quest for truth , not rambling.
PS Audio is nice. It sure reduces the noise but does not eliminate. It is working fine, they all were (i had 2 PPP previously that behaved the same). PS Audio say that i should contact my power company. No news here.
I will do the amp comparison now. No point on changing more than 1 variable at a time.
Will come back with findings.
Thank you all
Have you seen or read the following thread?
Amplifier as Power generator example PS audio power plant
If you go to Post #17 and read the Rod Elliot article it gives some good information and insight on the troubles you've written about. It's a good read if nothing else.
Thank you for the link. That was an interesting reading. Quite a "bash" on PSA regenerators. I guess that from a pure eletric engineer pov i agree with it though. But i can also say that it makes an audible difference. Why i cant say though.
Noise is a nasty litle bugger in my house. The power company just removed the analyser device today, it was on the past 7 days. I must say that i am either bewitched or i am being the target of a prank here. During these 7 days, i could not hear or detect any noise in my system. I had 3 amps (Maya , Lifeforce, Cyrus) connected to my speakers at the same time, to check on wich i heard the rattling noise. I can say that during the past 7 days, no noise was evident.
I bet the power company will say that no noise was detected and i am on my own now.
So i am torn here. I really do not like "not to understand" whats happening .
I will not touch anything the following week. The device is gone, we will see if that was in any way filtering the noise, or if removing and inserting the power switch on my main board made a difference. Time will tell.
If no noise is evident the coming week, i will start plugging and unplugging devices.
IDEA : what do you guys think about a "bad neutral connection" on the mains switch? Could this cause a distorted wave, while still maintaing a steady voltage?
I believe it would, but the safety relay in the house switchboard would trip if there would be a bad connection from neutral to ground (assuming single phase of course).
Do you notice this with the Lifeforce and the Cyrus, Filipe?
Well Hugh, i must be honest and say that at the moment NONE show any signs of problems or noise.
In the past (until about a week ago) it was frequent but i can't nail it down to wich amps.
I must do carefull testing and wait for it to happen again. At the moment i have only the Mayas connected.
We live in hope, Filipe!!
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Hello! Welcome to the March highlights episode of the Run Eat Repeat podcast! I'm talking about my favorite run, eat and post I'd like to repeat from the month! And we're talking about April goals on Instagram today – so check that out and chime in with your goals too!
Warm Up:
Let's talk about Easter!!
Minimalism finally bit me in the ass.
1. I made my signature bunny cake! It's so easy and people get impressed with it every year. This year I posted a pic with the steps on Instagram so you can pin this and save it for next year.
2. Minimalism.
3. Confetti eggs!!! Do you do them?
My SIL Heathie started us on this tradition a few years ago and it's so fun! I scored 18 confetti eggs at my fave store – the 99 cent store for $1.99. And I saw confetti on the ground at a park near my run today so I think that means it's pretty common? Do you do confetti eggs??
How and When Should You Take Gels When Training for a Half Marathon or Full Marathon?
Runner Question:
I've been following your blog for a few years & love it! I'm running my first half marathon in June and have no idea how/when I should incorporate gels into my training. Prior to this year I've never run longer than about 4 miles so it was never a concern of mine.
There are so many articles online but it just gets so confusing! I would appreciate any advice you might have 🙂
Lauren from San Diego
Run Eat Repeat Answer:
It's based on time not mileage. Our bodies usually have enough fuel to power us to go about 80 to 90 minutes. But I've also heard that you might want to incorporate fuel if you're running longer than an hour. It really depends on your body and your overall nutrition practices.
Since you're training for your first half (exciting!!) you're not used to eating while running so this is important to practice too. I'd suggest starting on the early side of that timeline to fuel. This will help you learn what your body likes, how it responds, gets your stomach / breathing used to eating while running and gets you used to grabbing a gel and eating it on a run.
When and How to eat a gel on a run: Fuel for runs over an hour but don't wait until that hour mark. Try the 10 – 30 – 45 approach and take a gel between 30 to 45 minutes into your run.
Check out podcast episode 72 with Coach Steve for more on his 10 – 30 – 45 method to fueling.
And I'd vote you buy a few different flavors of gels to try out – maybe some with caffeine and some without too.
If you want to try a few different flavors get a variety pack like one of these…
Clif Gels Variety Pack – 8 count
Clif Gels Variety Pack – 24 count
Best Run Eat and post I'd like to Repeat from March 2018
Best RUN…
I ran the Tustin Hangar Half Marathon and the PCRF Reaching for the Cure Half Marathon this month.
Tustin Hangar Half Marathon finish time: 1:48:47 – average pace 8:17 per mile
PCRF Half Marathon finish time: 01:46:37 – average pace 8:13 per mile
The Tustin race didn't go great for me – I just didn't feel strong or fit while running it due to fueling errors.
So I'm going to say my fave run of March is the PCRF Half Marathon because I saw a few friends, met a few new people and felt a little better while running.
I didn't feel as great as I did at Surf City Half Marathon – which I think furthers my theory that I kinda just need to have a good day and have all the stars align… then, I push myself to run as best I can on that day.
Check out the post here: PCRF Half Marathon Recap
Best EAT…
Ah!! I had a lot of delicious food this month (um, per usual).
But I'm going to have to go with the stuffed crust pizza I had last week. I shared a picture of it in a long post about how I used to deny myself foods I wanted because I wanted to lose weight and it resulted in a lot of binge / restrict habits and was not kind.
Check out the post here: Eat Pizza When It's Hot …
Post I'd like to Repeat…
It's hard to just pick one! I think the Fueling for Runners was a really great series and so many people chimed in that it's helping them run stronger.
Fuel for Runners Podcast Series
How I fueled (incorrectly) for the Tustin Half Marathon podcast #71
What to eat and when for a marathon with Coach Steve podcast #72
What to eat to fuel your running podcast #73
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I watched this film (Eng title: Heartbeats) few days ago, gotta say it's been awhile since i watch any slow, love hate relationship screwing with your brain kind of movie. I kinda enjoyed it.
Is about these two good friends, a boy and a girl, fell and desire for the same new-comer in the town, a cute blonde dude. & how envious kick in between them, both fighting their own ways to impress and approach the cutie. In the end will the friendship survive the bittersoursweetness of the imaginative love they had?
I kinda amused by the shots of random people telling their disastrous relationship story in between the story. Especially the girl with the spec, she is rock and roll. :) one downfall of this movie is, too many unnecessary slow-mo in some scene, made me want to fast forward in few parts.
Boy: I think i like you, do you think you can like me as the same? I sick of rejection, i just want to find someone to be with & winter is coming... you don't want to be lonely and cold do ya? So, do you think we can be together?
Boy: ..... How can you think that i'm gay? How could you?
Cheers for breakfast in the bed.
4.5/10 :)


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Okay, if you've followed Positively Panicked for a while you surely know that I LOVE ALL holidays. I have head-to-toe outfits (shoes and accessories included) for every holiday, throw parties, make themed food and celebrate to the fullest extent. Valentine's Day is one my all-time favorites. I just love the expressions of love that go out. Seriously, even the ridiculous amount of corny Facebook posts don't bother me. It's nice to see so much love being expressed. Typically, I send cards to all my friends, bake/buy something delicious for work, wear hearts all week and do something extra special for Husband. This year is clearly a lot different.
Husband and mine's dating anniversary is on February 17th, so we typically celebrate Valentine's and our anniversary together, making a week/weekend out of it. Our favorite tradition is buying each other funny cards, but we also plan special surprises for each other. Last year, Husband surprised me with a trip to Disneyland California (completing our "visit every Disney park in the world" goal). Another year, I surprised him with a trip to Berlin, Germany. Our very first Valentine/Anniversary, he surprised me with a trip to NYC (my first time to visit NY) and tickets to see Wicked and tour backstage. We have celebrated at Disney World, fancy restaurants, the movies, etc. One year, Husband took me to a little Italian restaurant in the middle of a small town in Nowhere, Tennessee. As we walked in they were actually playing "when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie…", the owner waited on us and prepared a special meal and we ate our meal by candle light..it was right out of a movie.
As you can see, we tend to go all out, a little overboard even, when it comes to this holiday. In fact, our very first date (sometime around February 17th) was probably the most romantic of all. We ate together at the Sci-Fi Drive-In Cafe at Disney's Hollywood Studios. We talked so long that we closed the restaurant without even realizing we were the last ones there. Then, as we left, a security guard met us at the restaurant door and began following us towards the gates. A little worried, we asked if we were in trouble. He said, "No. You are just the last two people in the park so I have to escort you out." We had no idea we'd been hanging out for so long. Even now, I'm certain we could close the park just sitting and enjoying each other's company.
This year, at 11am, Husband was still in bed and I was nursing our baby for hours on end on the couch while watching Disney movies. The house is a mess. The dishwasher just broke again. I am surrounded by pill bottles and there are zero plans for the weekend…no surprise trips, no reservations and I wasn't even able to shop for a funny card. (We did go to a friend's house last night… just no romantic plans.) It's the least glamorous Valentine/Anniversary we have had together, but I have never felt more loved.
During our extra long hospital stay Husband managed to fulfill every single wedding vow, including putting up with my high anxiety and panic attacks. The three of us cuddled in the hospital bed together as we watched movies to keep our minds off of everything else happening. Husband held my hand and told me how strong I was during the moments I felt weakest. When I couldn't get out of bed, he brought me Luna to feed, then he would change her, swaddle her and love on her before putting her to bed and taking care of me. Now, that we are home and finally able to share some of the load I can enjoy watching Husband become a Father… it's the best thing ever. I never doubted his ability to be an awesome Dad, but seeing in action is incredible.
And, the best Valentine is of course our perfect little Luna (everybody say "awww").
Last night, for the first time since Luna was born, I was able to get ready and feel like a real person before going to our friend's Valentine party. In fact, we all got dressed up which called for a family picture.
Happy Valentine's to each of you and Happy 9 years to Husband!
xoxo Cheers!


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SBI 3U - Unit 3 - Evolution
Learning Goals:
To evaluate the impact of environmental changes on natural selection and endangered species.
To investigate evolutionary processes and analyze scientific evidence that supports the theory of evolution.
To demonstrate an understanding of the theory of evolution, the evidence that supports it, and some of the mechanisms by which it occurs.


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Richard's Rating: 5.0
The ingredients of 70% Cacao were listed as unsweetened chocolate, sugar, and soy lecithin. Based on the labelled fat content, the "unsweetened chocolate" included added cocoa butter.
Inside a paper sleeve, the three ounce bar came wrapped in brass foil-sided wax paper. There was no listed production or best before date.
The bar was scored into 12 pieces, each imprinted with parallel lines. Underneath many adhered bits and scuffing, the surface looked smooth. The color of the chocolate was a medium-dark brown Bracken (PANTONE 19-1015).
Cacao 70% had a hard snap. The aroma contained scents of smoky roast, sweet molasses, and some earthiness.
The chocolate tasted of roast, sweet, and nut flavors. The roast reminded me of burnt toast. The sweetness was molasses. The taste was also bitter and a little chalky.
The melt was smooth. The chocolate flavor lasted about 15 to 20 seconds after the chocolate was gone, giving a short length. The finish was bitter, acidic, and somewhat tannin.
I didn't find Cacao 70% available for purchase online. However, Phillip told me he paid $2 for this bar, and at that price, it's a bargain for a decent chocolate (as you can see on our Best Chocolate Values page).


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I have just returned from a weekend devoted to my college class reunion. I won't embarrass myself by stating which one it was; however, I do want to recount the experience of our Saturday night dinner and dance.
This was obviously a time when we all wanted to renew old acquaintances and spend a lot of time talking and learning about what we had all been doing for so many years since we last saw one another. The evening went along swimmingly until the band started, shortly after dinner. At this point, it became impossible to talk so we just sat staring at each other. The band, to be sure, was very good and they tried to keep the volume down, but although many people danced, it effectively killed the party.
I experienced this situation many times during my career as an event producer and it reminded me of the necessity to continually be cognizant of the client's purpose for holding an event. An event planner/producer must understand why the client is bringing all these people together. Sure, a loud dance band is great for a group who knows and works with each other daily. Unfortunately, it is not good when the group wants to discuss business or renew old friendships. The assumption that what worked when we were all young and single and saw each other regularly is irrelevant for a reunion after many years of not seeing each other.
So what can be done about this dilemma? The organizer and client want the event to be successful and having a dance band and music makes it at least seem as if everyone is having a good time. It also makes it seem as if everyone is getting their money's worth out of the event. Yet at the same time, most people want to spend the majority of their time talking to old friends, or in the case of a business meeting or convention, discussing business or common interests.
There are several ways to solve it. The first is not to have any music - and indeed this is sometimes best for a talkative group. No music is better than musical wallpaper that nobody is interested in or has to shout over. When the dance time comes, however, there are other ways. One - and probably the best if it is possible - is to put the band in another room, preferably the same one as the bar, which guarantees that people will visit the room. Another is to try what my parents' generation did, and that is to organize the band's music into sets. I have always thought that this idea is one whose time has come again.
When I was in high school, I played in a big band and we used to follow this concept. It involves organizing the evening's music into sets that last approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Each set consists of perhaps three songs and the songs can be of a certain type. For example, one set can be high-energy rock while another set can be slow, belly-to-belly waltzes or foxtrots (yes, there are a couple of very good options for slow dances, complete with proper steps!) In this way, if someone doesn't like fast, it is only a short time until a slow set will be played. The best part of this way of organizing the evening's music is that the time between sets can be varied according to the requirements of the client, such as wanting to have guests talk more (as in my reunion). Thus, if it is a dancing crowd, the time between sets might only be 3 to 5 minutes. If it is a talking crowd, the time might be 10 minutes, so that there is a 15 minute music-10 minute talk pattern to the event. The band would probably still take their regular breaks after an hour or so but this could probably be varied through negotation.
The other interesting thing about dance sets is that they were - and could now be - based on what was known as "dance cards." These were cards that everyone was given before the event that permitted them to go to people they wanted to dance with and write in the names next to the particular music set (i.e. first set, second set, etc). Obviously, this is great for a singles-type dance, but it could also work with other types such as weddings, reunions, or even business meetings. No doubt, there could be other creative ways to use the concept, such as an ice breaker in almost any type of event with dance music. It certainly forces people to talk to each other yet still allows for a lot of spontaneity without disrupting the greater flow of conversation at an event. It also eliminates that embarrassing moment at the end of each song when neither party really knows if the other wants to stay up on the dance floor. With sets, they must quit at the end of the set.
Perhaps it's time to re-examine the way we use dance music at events. There has to be a better way.


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If you told me last year that I would have an amazing group of friends and would be going out more often, I would've probably laughed at you and told you to tell someone else a joke. My life has changed so much since I came out of a 4 year relationship in April and I can honestly say I've never been this happy. I really enjoy going out with my friends and most importantly, I look forward to going to campus every day because I have them to look forward to. In this vlog you can come with me to go wine tasting, take a glimpse at what Tamzen's 21st looked like and even take a spin in her new Audi TT.
Here are a few photographs with the memories made for this vlog, what I like to call
"my life in pictures":
One of my favourite quotes from Harry Potter is:
"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light"
Everyone creates their own happiness, if you choose to do so. For 2 weeks I refused to go to campus because I was in such a dark space and feared running into my ex at campus. Then I asked myself, why is he going around as happy as can be when I'm stuck at home feeling miserable? It was at that point when I reached rock bottom, that I knew the only place I could go was up. I really have to thank my friends for being my pillars of strength in such a dark time, but most importantly for showing me that I was happy before and I can be even happier now. I am genuinely enjoying this stage of my life and constantly meeting new people. I can't wait to see what the future holds!


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But here at the crossroads of Highway 335 and Highway 35, where there was a constant churn of visitors, the conversation often turned to speculation about what happened.
Many people said they assumed that the truck driver passed through Highway 35's stop sign before being hit by the bus. Others suggest that the truck driver, who had only recently completed his training, may have encountered a problem when turning his vehicle left onto Highway 35 and was struck because of a moment's inattention by the bus driver.
But no one knows, and there is no obvious explanation. On Wednesday it claimed another victim: Dayna Brons, the team's athletic therapist.
The crash, which also injured 13 people, occurred at about 5 p.m. The skies were clear, and the highway free of snow and ice. For the truck driver, the sun was directly ahead as he headed west on Highway 335. But at that time of day, it is still relatively high in the sky.
"People are asking: 'Is this a really dangerous intersection?'" said Art Lalonde, a farmer who is the top elected official of this small rural municipality. "Well, it's not. You can see for miles and it's absolutely straight."
At the spot where Highway 335 crosses over Highway 35, the remains of the truck and bus have been taken away. But the air was pungent with the odor of diesel fuel and churned-up earth covered with peat moss, the truck's cargo.
A shrine, started with a flower cross left by the police, was slowly growing. Stuffed animals, flowers, cards and crosses made from hockey sticks had accumulated. A truck driver stopped, ran out to leave a solar-powered lamp and burst into tears before running back to his cab.
The intersection, known as Armley Corner, has a notorious past. Six white crosses mark a collision in 1997 that killed six family members. They were in a pickup truck that went through the Highway 335 stop sign and was then hit by a tractor-trailer truck traveling on Highway 35.
The oversize stop signs, warning lights and streetlights on Highway 335 appeared the next year.
Like many rural highways in Saskatchewan, which has a population of 1.1 million, traffic volume is comparatively light. According to the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure, between 1,100 and 1,320 vehicles travel daily on Highway 35, the road the hockey team took; Highway 335, the truck's route, has about half that amount of traffic.
While fatalities from bus crashes are rare in Canada, collisions involving them are relatively common. According to Transport Canada, a federal department, between 2010 and 2015, the most recently available dates, buses were involved in 4,026 collisions, with 574 passengers injured. But during that period, only one passenger died.
The players traveling on the bus ranged in age from 16 to 21. Most had left their families elsewhere in Western Canada and come to live with families in Humboldt to advance their hockey careers.
For them and other members of junior hockey teams across the country, buses become almost as much a part of their lives as ice rinks. While team bus travel is not unique to hockey, as a winter sport it often means taking to the road in potentially dangerous weather.
The routes plied by junior teams like the Broncos often follow secondary highways linking remote communities. The Broncos were going northeast from Humboldt, population 4,800, to a playoff match against their archrivals in Nipawin, population 4,000.
"For me, it was 21 years on a bus." said Dean Brockman, a former head coach of the Broncos "When you live on a bus, 85 percent of the time you feel like it's safe. Fifteen percent of the time, it's either bad weather, late at night or whatever and you talk to the driver all the way home."
The Broncos' bus was owned by Charlie's Charters. The company, which did not respond to requests for comment, works with six other teams, including the Nipawin Hawks.
At the wheel was Glen Doerksen, a 59-year-old from Carrot River, a town just off Highway 335. It would be his last trip. He died in the collision, which obliterated the front of the bus.
The police have not named the 30-year-old driver of the truck, owned by Adesh Deol Trucking of Calgary, Alberta. He survived and was detained before being released.
Sukhmander Singh, the owner of the company, told the Globe and Mail, a Toronto newspaper, that the man completed his driver training about two weeks ago.
"The driver is not doing well, the guy is going to the doctor, the guy is scared, the guy is not able to eat," Mr. Singh said.
Standing at a corner on Highway 335, Mr. Lalonde, the local official, estimated the distance of various visible landmarks in all directions. The closest one was about two miles away.
Whatever happened, the bus and the truck collided with colossal force. The crash largely removed the roof from the bus and the two heavy vehicles traveled a considerable distance, both apparently on their sides, before coming to a stop in a small field to the northwest.
Brian Starkell, the chief of the Nipawin Fire Department, was one of the emergency workers on the scene. He said he had never come across such carnage in his 40-year career.
"Nobody should ever have to see that," he said. A crane was needed to move the bus roof out of the way and, he said, firefighters shimmied under its wreck to extract some of the injured.
Sean Brandow, the team's chaplain, was driving to the game behind the team. When he reached the collision scene, he said, he found "groaning and panic and fear and distress and pain — just nothing but darkness." Mr. Starkell said neighbors and passing motorists appeared with blankets to comfort the injured and to cover the dead.
On Monday, the Connaught council asked that Highway 335 get rumble strips, grooves cut into the pavement to create a warning sound.
Mr. Lalonde will not join in the crash speculation. But he said that whatever safety improvements are made, Saskatchewan's residents may need to rethink how they drive. Speeding is common, he said, on lightly trafficked highways, usually with wide shoulders, that run mainly in straight lines and have relatively few highway patrols.
"The thing that I think makes it a dangerous intersection is that it's a high speed intersection," Mr. Lalonde said. "Where a lot of your major highways cross out here in the prairies would usually be when you're going through a small town, where you're stopping anyways. Nobody's stopping here."
An earlier version of this article misstated the name of a Canadian federal department. It is Transport Canada, not Transpost Canada.
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