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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- In the 24 hours after using cocaine, a young adult's risk of a stroke increases almost sevenfold, according to a new study.
The risk for stroke associated with cocaine use is much higher than with other stroke risk factors, such as diabetes, high blood pressure and smoking, said the researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
"Cocaine is not only addictive, but it can also lead to disability or death from stroke," said lead researcher Yu-Ching Cheng, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Cheng said physiological reasons might account for the increased risk of stroke.
"Cocaine use can result in the constriction of blood vessels; increased heart rate, body temperature and blood pressure; and decreased oxygen supply to the brain," said Cheng, who also is a research scientist at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center. "These physiological effects may boost the risk of stroke."
It is estimated that about 13,000 Americans aged 15 to 44 suffer a stroke each year, Cheng said.
"Based on the data in our study, we estimated that about 300 young stroke cases are associated with acute cocaine use each year, but the estimate may vary depending on the prevalence of cocaine use in different sub-populations," she said.
With few exceptions, every young stroke patient should be screened for drug abuse when admitted to the hospital, Cheng said. Only a third of these patients currently get tested for drug use, according to the study.
The findings were scheduled to be presented Wednesday at the American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference in San Diego. Research presented at medical meetings should be viewed as preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Dr. Scott Krakower, assistant unit chief of psychiatry at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, N.Y., said, "Cocaine is a very potent substance, and is often sought out by young adults for its thrills and extreme highs."
Some young adults battling anxiety, mood disorders or ADHD may attempt to use the drug to ease social anxiety, improve their mood or stay alert, he said.
"They do not realize the paradoxical effects it may have, including worsening mood, anxiety and behavior," Krakower said. "In addition, it may lead to serious consequences at any time, like acute stroke."
For the study, Cheng's team compared more than 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 who had strokes between 1991 and 2008 with a similar number of people in the general population.
More than 25 percent of the people in both groups said they had a history of using cocaine. Men were twice as likely to have used the drug as women, the researchers said.
Although a history of cocaine use was not linked with the risk of having a stroke, using cocaine in the previous 24 hours was associated with an increased risk of having a stroke, they found.
The risk of having a stroke was six to seven times higher within 24 hours of using cocaine. The risk was similar for both whites and blacks, the researchers said.
Although the study found an association between using cocaine and an increased risk of stroke in younger adults, it did not prove a cause-and-effect link.
One expert, however, noted the strength of the association.
"Cocaine comes up over and over as being implicated in stroke in people of all ages," said Dr. Richard Libman, vice chairman of neurology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y.
Cocaine wreaks havoc on the heart, Libman said. "It can cause all kinds of abnormal rhythms that can cause blood clots to form and cause a stroke," he said.
"In addition, cocaine may also have a direct effect on blood vessels in the brain, causing them to go into spasm and narrow, resulting in a decrease of blood to the brain," Libman said. "Cocaine may even cause inflammation in the blood vessels of the brain, and cause stroke."
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Visit the U.S. National Library of Medicine for more on stroke.
SOURCES: Yu-Ching Cheng, Ph.D., research scientist, Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and assistant professor, medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore; Scott Krakower, D.O., assistant unit chief, psychiatry, Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, N.Y.; Richard Libman, M.D., vice chairman, neurology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, N.Y.; Feb. 12, 2014, presentation, American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference, San Diego
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He's charged with felony theft and was released on bond.
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Enjoy Your Time at Geetu Cafe in Second Life
Today I did meet Aviano Gearz on Twitter. I didnt know him before but I am even interested in new places. I think you know that. So he did tweet about his Cafe.. "Working on a little garden @ Geetu Cafe in Second Life.. Red, White and Pink Roses are beginning to blossom".
Again I was nosy and I thought I take a look. A Cafe with with Flowers seemed to be interestind.. I like to see what peoples build in Second Life. And for sure I like to blog about it. Well at the moment his cafe is still a bit quit but I guess it is a new cafe. But why not visit it someday with your friends to have some communication in a friendly environment? Maybe you will meet Aviano Gearz there too and he is also very friendly. I can say I did enjoy the communication with him. You can see that he is from india.. He places the national flags there but also pictures of food. He also did show me a freebie corner because I am designer. And he said designer can place there freebie products for sure with Landmark and Notecard in the box. Peoples can grap a free product but designers can share Landmark and Notecard on this way. But I think I dont have to explain freebie here because we all know what it is I guess. So how I said the rest of the environment was also very sweet. I did enjoy the flowers there.
He did show me another interesting spot there in the cafe. He did place books you can read. They are related to India and if you click one of the books you will be redirected to google books. I did like that idea.
So if you like to visit this place with your friends in Second Life, here is the SURL for you: Geetu Cafe
Casino gambling in Second Life forbidden or not?
I did hear so often that Casino gamblin is forbidden in Second Life. Anyhow you can find tons of places via "search" which offer gambling.
Most of them have these mashines called Zyngo, Yango, Grngo, Devil B Gone, BuckNutty and lot of other stuff.
So here we come back to my question:
Are these game-mashines conform to the Linden Lab TOS?
I did hear about something like "If scripts and games depends on the skill of the player, they are allowed". However I still can see a big luck factor on these mashines. I am really not sure if these games are based on the skills of the player who spend money for a round. Can someone clarifiy that to me?
Found a huge furniture center in Second Life
Hey my friends! Today I did use twitter for some communication because I was bored. A few days ago I did meet MickeyETC on Twitter so that I had some talk with her today again. You all know I am often nosy so I did notice her link on twitter is a SURL. I just checked her location then out inworld in Second Life. And what did I notice there? Great! She is furniture creator like me! So I arrived there in her Furniture Center called EtCetera Furniture ETC. I would suggest you click that link here and see what she is offering.
She had many kitchen sets there.. but look at this screenshot here.. this red kitchen did impress me very much. I like this style. But how I said.. this is not the only kitchen there.. just take a look!
I also found many bed room furnitures. See this picture here.. I think this is a pretty awesome arrangement.
I think you can get there everything which is called furniture and so. I did notice a lot of great outdoor stuff too there. Some stuff you can place in your Second Life garden. I like her style.
But see this here.. The store is huge. You really find everything there and this is why I am to lazy to write down everything she is offering.. its a huge sortiment there. I found really much furniture there.
At least I found out that there are promo sales in her store. You see the june special promo on the screenshot.
It is her Tuscan Wrought Iron Patio Set. The Idea seems to be great, if you purchase anything there for 500L$ you will get this promo set for free. But you can also buy this set for 500L$.
So yea I would say if you next time searching for some good furniture and so, just take a look at her store. Im sure you will find some interesting stuff for your Second Life!
And here is the store SURL:ETC Furniture Center
Twitter App "twitterfeed.com" seems to be back online now!
For all Bloggers.. The Website of the Application twitterfeed.com for Twitter seems to be back online now.
Twitter App "twitterfeed.com" seems to be down?
My last few blog posts did not update to twitter. I usually did use the Twitter Application twitterfeed.com for this function. But this Service seems to be down now? Anybody knows something? Any good and trustful alternatives out there? Im not sure whats happened to this Service and Domain.
Most SL Clubowners are without sense of decency!
Yes you did read right. In my opinion most SL Clubowners are without sense of decency. Oh and I miss logic and cleverness too. I would go so far that I say most of them want to rip you off if you ate tenant!
But this doesnt mean that I say every Clubowner want to screw you. No I said many or most of them do so. And this is my experience as shopü tenan.
I told some of you with a blog article that I did rent a shop at Club Pacha in Second Life and that this spot was horrible. I did pay for four weeks and in this four I didnt have a single sale. I must say here that I dont expect only sales if I rent anywhere.. Sure it is great if I sell much.. but it wont be to bad if I dont sell much. I expect first of all to share my notecard and landmark with my LMgiver there. Next I expect that peoples will see my shop sign. All this is name recognition and brand awareness. And this is what I expect first of all. If I sell anyway.. its great too! However in case of the Pacha Club I did not even share one single landmark or notecard. I am total sure that I wasnt able to build brand awareness on this spot. And this is why I called it "epic fail" in one of my blog articles.
For sure I did tell the club owner that I was pretty unhappy with this shop space. It was idle money. But I didnt want to make much trouble because of this. For me it was just clear that I dont re-new the rental there.
Somedays later the club owner contacted me again to tell me about his new plans. He want to rebuild the club and wanted to make sure if I maybe rent on the new spot. In a second I did hit the keyboard and did answer to his IM "No I am not interested.". After he said that this spot will have again huge traffic I said "Hun.. traffic doesnt mean anything.. it could be a place full of bots and thats why I dont care about these numbers".
He said he isnt gaming traffic and so…
Then I recived some plans which looks like this:
I did trust him. He said this would be the new strategy. And I have to say that I like these kind of spots. I very good experience in the past with that. I was tenant of several clubs with the same strategy. And if get a good shop there, it can be great.. but just "can be great"..
Because of my good experience with clubs who use this strategy I was interested now and had to ask him many questions again. I asked him for example if the TP Point will be a fixed point for all. Or if he will teleport peoples directly to the dancefloor? He said everyone will arrive on the tp point and then they have to go through the mallway until they reach the dancefloor of the club. I asked him some other question..
And I thought all sounds good and I will try it out for a week. He did assure to give me a spot near the club. I thought about that and later I said "Ok lets try that".
You maybe ask now why I am so unhappy then? Well.. because he gave me a grafic like this.. and he told me about his plans but later I had to notice that some of these points arent true.
If we talk about teleport point.. He said everyone will arrive on this point. Today I did notice this is not fact. Nevermind how you arrive there.. Groupmessage, LM, Notecard, Direct teleport or what ever.. you will arrive directly on the dancefloor and not on the tp point. Only the peoples who came from search they will arrive on the teleport point.
However this is not the biggest problem…
When I did check my rental box I had to notice that they increased the rental fee from 300L$ to 400L$ without tell me this. You may think now "Well but its just 100L$ more.." but I have to say this is not the problem. The problem is here that he changed later so much things that it is now total differend to the agreement before. I did rent this spot on a total differend agreement.
But sure for me 400L$ weekly seems to be exorbitant too. Let us think logic now. We all know about Second Life economy behavior. To reach 400L$ in a week with a little shop near a club isnt assured.
Sometimes it can work.. sometimes not.. but I calculated with 300L$ here because this was the agreement and later I have to pay 400L$ now.. its not good because in this case 80% of peoples wont see your shop anyway because the teleport them to the dancefloor. If I count all this together.. yes then I get angry.
Because if he would told me before about these changes, I maybe wouldnt spend money on that.
Im sure I wont earn so much money there that I can cover the shop rental. And I am sure others cant do too. And this is why he maybe need to search every one or two weeks new tenants
For me its a pain to find peoples who hold what they said before..
I did tell him my opinion about that now. Let me see what he will answer. But assurance in these guys is lost anyway.
I just guess that many club owner use shops to farm Lindendollars.. they really do not care about the tenants.. what they see is the fast and easy money. Maybe not all.. but many peoples do.
I know they have costs for the land too which need to be covered..For sure they need to do but it would be for all better if these peoples take care about the tenants..Those exorbitant tends to nothing..they are unlogic.
So this is why I call it "farm the tenants".
Sometimes I cant stop thinking that it is a shame and that there are a lot of fraudster in Second Life.
Sure maybe all this sounds like I am pissed now.. Maybe I am.. but this blog post will help me forget this. Blogging keeps me relaxed.. so all will be cool! :)


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I was recently reading the post about tuna sandwiches and realized that most people use either Hellmans or Miracle Whip. What surprised me is that not a single poster mentioned Duke's!
Duke's is the besy mayo I've ever had (excluding homemade) but it doesn't seem very well known? Why is that?
Along the same lines, what makes mayo good?
I'm *pretty* sure that Duke's isn't available nationally. I'm a Hellman's person myself - I like the tang. Miracle Whip isn't actually mayo.
re: mojoeater
I love Spectrum canola oil mayonnaise. Yes, it's all natural and not startlingly white, but the taste is amazing. It is creamy without being heavy and has a light lemony flavor akin to Miracle Whip but is derived from.... real lemon! It comes in organic and non-organic. Even my husband, a lifelong tub of hellman's a week addict has been converted.
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I like the Spectrum one, as well as the Whole Food brand of canola oil mayonnaise.
Whole Foods carries a wasabi mayo that we've become completely addicted to. I usually add 1 Tbsp to regular (usually Hellman's) for tuna/egg/chicken/whatever salads.
Having lived in SC for 39 years (from Greenville, where Duke's was invented and still made), Duke's was the only mayo that we ever had. I move to Northern Virginia, but its more difficult to locate here as I beleive that C. F. Sauer is a regional company. Can usually find it in the small jars, but then it becomes very expenive.
I usually just pick some up when I am making calls in Richmond. If I run out, I usually purchase Hellman's or Kraft to tide me over until I can get my next Duke's fix.
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Moonpie, I know what you mean about "getting the next Duke's fix". I too am out of their merchandising geographic range. Great stuff, isn't it? If desperate and not traveling back into the warm enfolding arms of the Carolinas, you can satisfy the cravings at Duke's online site: http://orders.cfsauer.com/showitemlis...
Schoenick (OP), you asked "what makes mayo good". Here's a neat article that may answer a few questions regarding the variability and range of salad dressings and mayo:
Duke's, compared to Hellman's, is firmer, has less water, sharper (no sugar), and has oleoresin paprika.
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I wanted to reply to this earlier but was having trouble logging in. I'm a Kraft girl through and through. I HATE Miracle Whip as I find it too sweet and can always tell when something has been made using it. I'm not a big fan of Hellman's either. David's Natural Market makes a good canola oil mayo that I like. I don't use alot of mayo though so when I do use it I usually go for the Kraft.
re: FoodFuser
You might like Mexican McCormick mayo.
re: Moonpie
I've lived in Greenville slightly longer than THAT , even!
I wouldn't consider any mayo other than Duke's. (OK, I went through a rebellious period right after I moved away from home and ate some Miricle Whip, but I soon realized it was nasty.)
I use the "light". I can't tell much difference. Possibly a little inferiour in body and mouthfeel, but tastes JUST FINE. It's one of those things I obsessively keep a back up and a triple-back up for in the overflow pantry. One cannot make a tomato sandwich or chicken salad without Duke's.
Elvis knew mayonaise.
re: bolivianita
Yes, I had Hellmans made in Canada for export to Mexico. Liked the hint of lime, also it had a richer taste with a higher proportion of eggs on the ingredient list.
A friend gave me some Duke's, which is very good indeed. Also, don't forget about Kewpie from Japan.
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I tried Kewpie recently and was underwhelmed. It was way too sweet for me. Funny, it was one of those things I wanted to like... but no. Seemed like a sister version of Miracle Whip.
re: bryan
Miracle whip is certainly not mayoniase in the real sense of the word. The reason it tastes so sweet is that it's ladened with sugar. Here's the ingredient list from the website:
Mayonaise is eggs and oil and perhaps a splash of lemon. The best commercial product, in my opinon, is Hellman's (or Best Foods depending on where you are in the country - they are the same). That opinion comes from the fac that it's the only brand available to us. If you have a resource that makes mayonaise, that is terrific! Otherwise, mayoniase is really a simple thing to make yourself as long as you're in an area that doesn't have to worry about using raw eggs (somanella).
re: Yodeler
So you are saying that mayonnaise is just oil emulsified with eggs, plus a few seasonings. And Miracle Whip is a sweet-sour sauce thickened with starch. It is quite common to pair something sour like vinegar with something sweet. A typical Japanese dressing uses these plus salt.
While I have never bought Miracle Whip (that I can recall), I can't think of anything that is objectively inferior about it.
I'm a die-hard Duke's fan, and I also wonder why it's not mentioned more often. I discovered it in the ingredient list for pimiento cheese in the Saveur 100 one year, and I've been hooked ever since.
Our grocery stopped carrying it for a while, so any time someone I knew traveled south, I had them bring some back. Fortunately it's back at my neighborhood store.
Has anyone tried the light version? Is it decent?
re: mamaciita
Being from the Northeast, I had never heard of Duke's outside of this post, but it's fervent fan base piqued my interest. After a quick Google, I discovered that is is available for online purchase at what seems to be pretty reasonable prices (20 bucks for 4 32oz. bottles) It's something I'm considering checking out and might be a solution for mis/dis-placed Southerners who no longer have it avaiable to them.
re: Food4Thought
You will not be disappointed!
re: Food4Thought
I 2nd that. I am also from the northeast, and eat much more mayo now that I have access to Duke's (down in NC). You should get some just in time for tomato season - toasted bread with a heavy coating of duke's mayo, sliced fresh tomatoes, salt and pepper.
i literally lived on that the first summer here.
at home i make my own. at work i use hellman's. the only issue i have with the family i married into is that they prefer miracle whip! WTF-- they average IQ of 160, so i don't get it. to each her own. what is this duke's stuff-- they don't sell it nationally? --SK
re: srr
srr, would you be kind enough to transcribe and post the ingredients, in label order, from Kewpie? I enjoyed it while in Japan, but it was quite simply the only mayo available at the local groceries there at the time.
I agree about the MSG... in fact, I use a pinch of those lovely glassine crystals in my homemade mayo. It's in most every restaurant in Japan in a table shaker, next to the pouring vial of Kikkoman. Japan's life-expectancy actuarial tables put my glutamic phobias to rest.
Hope you'll post the ingredients. Thanks.
re: FoodFuser
The ingredients are not printed on the bottle, only on the plastic bag it comes in. I threw that out. Maybe someone has an unopened bottle at home?
re: debbiel
What is different between Duke's and Hellmans?
re: paulj
Duke's is stiffer/firmer, sharper (no sugar), and has not compromised its recipe for 90 or so years, unlike Best/Hellman's.
Compare ingredient sequence:
Hellmman's: INGREDIENTS: SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, WHOLE EGGS AND EGG YOLKS, VINEGAR, SALT, SUGAR, LEMON JUICE, NATURAL FLAVORS, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (USED TO PROTECT QUALITY).
Duke's::soybean oil, eggs, water, vinegar, salt, oleoresin paprika, and natural flavors.
Note the more water in Hellmans, and the preservative EDTA ( which may account for larger natioanl distribution).
The only way to experience it is to taste the two side by side. In Seattle (outside the SE US distribution), If you want to spend 20 bucks for four jars ( thus an 8 or so dollar taste test vs 3 bucks/jar Hellman's)), see the link for purchase we've presented: http://www.dukesmayo.com/
If ya' order, and join the Duke's circle of emulsified ecstasy, be sure to give us a holler with your assessment.
Best Foods, all the way (although it is still an imported "delicacy" here and uber expensive). I find it's the only mayo (apart from home made) that retains its integrity when other flavours are added. A big glurp of Best foods, a big squeeze of wasabi paste and I am a happy hound!!
(my secret indulgence is Best Foods on hot chips... orgasmicbliss baby!)
re: purple goddess
Here is the ingredients list from Cains Mayo- its the real stuf alright!!!!
Ingredients: Soybean Oil, Distilled Vinegar, Egg Yolks, Corn Syrup, Cider Vinegar, Salt, Spice And Water
I think Duke's must be like Cains Mayo- only available in certain areas. I could not live without my Cains Mayo. I am not a brand loyalist to anything but my Cains Mayo... I could not live anywhere but the Boston area because there would not be Cains Mayo (and Cape Cod Beaches!)


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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Divas By Design Sketch Challenge
We have a new challenge today over on the Divas By Design Challenge Blog. We have a sketch for you to follow for this challenge. I love sketches as it saves me from trying to come up with my own layout!
I have used Knitted With Love, one of the latest Christmas releases from Sugar Nellie. Isn't she adorable? I used my copics and colored pencils to color this sweetie, then I applied Glamour Dust to make it all sparkly. I used some Martha Stewart snowflake punches and applied Glamour Dust and pearls to them.
Please be sure to stop by the Divas By Design Challenge Blog to check out the gorgeous work by the rest of the DT. We are being sponsored by Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps. I hope you play along in our challenge this week.
Thank you so much for stopping by.
I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
Bows and Berries Challenge 10 - Glitter
Craft Room Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafter's Companion Challenge 16 - Christmas Wishes
Crafty Boots Challenge 2 - Things with Wings
Glitter Fairies Challenge 2 - Christmas Cuties
Little Miss Muffet Challenge 18 - Things with Wings
Ooh La La Creations Challenge 89 - Punches/Dies
Stamp: Sugar Nellie - Knitted with Love (available at Funky Kits); PTI - sentiment
Paper: My Mind's Eye - 12 Days of Christmas; Bazzill
Other: Copics, Caran d'Ache and Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, nestabilities, Glamour Dust, MS snowflake punches, pearls
34 comments:
- Pami said...
Oh this is just super cute Anita. I LOVE the colours and your colouring as always is fabulous. I'm loving that border punch!! Pami x
- September 21, 2011 at 9:26 AM
- Rebekah said...
Such a stunning xmas card Anita I love the colours you have chosen! Hugs Rebekah xx
- September 21, 2011 at 10:00 AM
- Milliesmarvels said...
Gorgeous! I love the layout and papers and your colouring is amazing!
- September 21, 2011 at 10:20 AM
- Maria Therese said...
Oh sweetie bot SN cards you have posted today are amazing ♥♥
- September 21, 2011 at 11:20 AM
- Emily Keaton said...
Oh, that is just so cute!! I love these colors for Christmas and winter. The sparkle you added really stands out. Terrific!
- September 21, 2011 at 12:09 PM
- snailzpace said...
aww, she is so adorable! i love the patterns and colours! i like the non traditional colours, but the touch of green mixed in. and of course the image is beautifully coloured.
- September 21, 2011 at 12:23 PM
- Vicky said...
So beautiful Anita...and loving the colours too hun...
big hugs Vicky xx
- September 21, 2011 at 1:02 PM
- Chrissy said...
Fabulous image and colouring Anita...love the papers and snowflakes, really lovely.
Luv CHRISSYxx
- September 21, 2011 at 3:29 PM
- Sarah said...
Gorgeous card Anita! I love the colours and papers, just fab!
Sarah xx :0)
- September 21, 2011 at 3:38 PM
- Sandra said...
This is a super card the image and the papers are gorgeous:) Sandra H
- September 21, 2011 at 3:57 PM
- Sarah said...
Hi Anita, me again!, you know your colouring is just amazing. Wonderful colour combo. Sarah
- September 21, 2011 at 4:35 PM
- lalkygirl said...
stunning card ,love the new lotv image and you have coloured her beautifully
thanks for joining us at ooh la la and good luck
tracey x
- September 22, 2011 at 3:04 AM
- craft-roomjulia said...
A lovely card with a super cute image, love your layout. Thanks for joining us at Craft-Room Challenge, and good luck. Julia xx
- September 22, 2011 at 4:27 AM
- Zoechaos said...
Super Cute Card, thank you for sharing with us at Craft-Room Challenge. XOXO Zoe
- September 22, 2011 at 4:50 AM
- hazel said...
A lovely card. Beautiful colours and I love the image. Thank you for joining us at Craft-Room Challenge.
xxx Hazel.
- September 22, 2011 at 4:51 AM
- Laila said...
Wow, this is so cute. Love the bright colours for a christmas card :o)
Hugs Laila
check out my small candy on http://blog.lolapigen.dk
- September 22, 2011 at 5:19 AM
- Faye said...
Anita, I love this card. Fab snowflakes, pretty papers and awesome colouring of a gorgeous image. Yummy, very yummy. xxx
- September 22, 2011 at 5:32 AM
- Nikki Byrne said...
This iamge is just Beautiful and your card is fabulous! Thank you for joining us at Craft-room challenge. HUgs
- September 22, 2011 at 1:39 PM
- Chunyuan said...
Beautiful card. Thanks for playing with Bows and Berries.
- September 22, 2011 at 3:03 PM
- Whimsey said...
Beautiful - fab colors and adorable image; lovin' the glitter!!
- September 22, 2011 at 4:29 PM
- Esther said...
oooh..love a bit of sparkle, lovely card and gorgeous colouring..Thanks so much for joining our Craft-room challenge..Esther xx
- September 22, 2011 at 4:36 PM
- Kim B said...
Precious card! Thanks for joining us at Craft-Room Challenge. Kim x
- September 22, 2011 at 7:07 PM
- Dee's Craft Room said...
Aw, what a fantastic little fairy and I love the way you have decorated her and the rest of the card.
Thanks for playing along with us at Crafty Boots Challenge.
- September 22, 2011 at 8:45 PM
- Amanda R said...
I love this image and the cheery colors you used. Love the snowflakes with the pearls too, very pretty!
- September 23, 2011 at 8:19 PM
- Debi said...
Anita, this is such a cute image which you have colored beautifully, I love the colors too, thanks for joining us at craft room challenge, Debi x
- September 23, 2011 at 9:03 PM
- Amy Tidd said...
What a super cute image! Thanks for taking part in Crafty Boots Challenge! Amyx
- September 24, 2011 at 4:42 AM
- kasia c. said...
Beautiful card! Your colouring is fabulous! Thanks for playing along with us at Bows & Berries
- September 24, 2011 at 3:31 PM
- CraftygasheadZo said...
So cute! Thanks for joining us over at Crafty Boots. Zo x
- September 26, 2011 at 5:45 AM
- Peggysuez said...
Wow your coloring and shading is always exquisite. Lovely job!
- September 26, 2011 at 6:47 AM
- Dawn said...
This is so cute & so gorgeous. Love the colours, the image, just beautiful x
- September 27, 2011 at 3:20 PM
- Donna said...
This is absolutely beautiful, fabulous colouring. Thanks for joining in the Little Miss Muffet Challenge. hugs Donna x
- September 28, 2011 at 10:18 AM
- Shirl said...
Great colour combo Anita, it's lovely to see different colours used for Christmas. That little image is so cute and fits into our challenge perfectly.
Thanks for sharing with us at Little Miss Muffet Challenges.
Hugs Shirley x x
- September 28, 2011 at 8:42 PM
- Robin said...
Your colours and colouring are just fab! Happy World Cardmaking Day!! Thanks so much for playing with Bows and Berries!! There is a giveaway and coupon at the blog as part of the celebrations!
- October 1, 2011 at 8:33 AM
- Anne said...
Fabulous card! Thanks for joining us at OLL this time and look forward to seeing you again. Good luck in the draw. Hugs x
- October 2, 2011 at 4:57 AM


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Hi rpsgreg.
Yes. Back in the day I needed something to increase the dynamic range on my vinyl collection. I also own a dbx noise reduction system (when I had my open reel and Nak cassette deck) along with a dbx patch panel (I had to do something with my nightmare cabling). The 3BX dbx range expander I had serviced just a few years ago ... like me, it's pretty old.
You really have a DBX? That's grand!
Hi boarder. I'm not sure why you'd switch. I haven't heard the PB13-Ultra, but I'd assume that it should outperform the SB13-Ultra. I would also think you'd have the best of both worlds with the PB13 (stuffing/tuning ports).
The XS30 is a great sub for LFE and a good to very good one for music, it's just not in the class of the Ultra for music (in my home and with my equipment and on certain artist). In your environment and with what you listen to musically, you may have a totally different experience.
I'd say download the aforementioned Mike Oldfield track "Shabda" and test it out on your sub. It should jolt the heck out of your walls, and I mean shockingly so. I couldn't get close to that with the Hsu, but did get close with the XS30 (but with complications on other bass notes, as I mentioned in the review).
I should also say that I have my Maggies running full range (I love the bass the Maggies "can" reproduce and didn't want to lose that). I set the low pass filter on the Ultra to 40 Hz. A different setting can foster different results (better or worse). I selected 40 Hz because I did not want anything to color the sound from the Maggies. I just wanted to bolster those frequencies where the Maggies cannot go.
As you obviously know, you can always order an SB and test it out. If it doesn't perform to your satisfaction, return it on their dime. I think the shipping fee for the XS30 would be around $65, but check with PSA.
Although I have no first-hand knowledge, I've heard that the Rythmik is excellent for music and their ported 15-inch version faired well against the JTRs and Seaton Submersive in a subwoofer "shootout".
I wish you the best on your search.
Excellent review and perspective on your test selection of subs. I've currently got a pair of PB13Ultras, but have been very curious on the sound characteristics I'd get from the SB13Ultra(s) if I made the switch. I've also been intrigued by the dual opposed PSA XS30 unit, particularly in rosewood finish to match my B&W's, but perhaps that's not the tight detailed controlled sub I'm after.
Yes hyghwayman, it would be convenient to be able to take a good discussion to some place in the forum. Something to ask the AVS Forun Santa for! LOL...


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