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This is a first-floor luxury condo. It is a end-unit, with water views from all windows. The views of Indian River Bay, White Creek, and wetlands are outstanding. Sunrise and sunset can be seen from the screened-in porch, living room and bedroom in summer. You are a one-minute walk to the beach on White Creek, with a view of Indian River Bay. Sailing, windsurfing, jet skiing, and other water activities are available. The community has a 9-hole golf course, swimming pool, tennis court, volleyball court, and a boat ramp.
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- Website: http://www.pasta-fever.com/
- Phone: (561) 338-0012
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- Payment Options: Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Italian
- Executive Chef: Chef Eric Mourjan
- Dress Code: Smart Casual
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- Additional Details: Beer, Cafe, Gluten-free Menu, Late Night, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Smoking Area (patio only), Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
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Chef Eric Mourjan brings another hit to Boca Raton. Pasta Fever's sister restaurant, Bistro Provence, continues to be a local favorite since 2000. With a proven combination of award-winning cuisine and excellent service Pasta Fever is destined to make its' mark in Boca Raton. We look forward to serving you!
Chef Eric Mourjan brings another hit to Boca Raton. Pasta Fever's sister restaurant, Bistro Provence, continues to be a local favorite since 2000. With a proven combination of award-winning cuisine and excellent service Pasta Fever is destined to make its' mark in Boca Raton. We look forward to serving you!
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23 reviews since August 1, 2014
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- DisappointedDined on 11/14/2014The food was very good, service very professional. Attitude of owner was poor. We were overcharged for meal since he would not accept the conditions of a discount coupon. he instituted additional rules which caused us to be overcharged. Would never return to this restaurant.
- Great Bistro settingNosherDined on 10/25/2014Good food Good service,Good value ---- The music can be too loud at timesSpecial Features:
- Special FindKarenVIPDined on 10/19/2014We were surprised to find that Pasta Fever was a great restaurant. Tucked away in a small strip mall, the food is very good, nice wine, good service and an overall pleasant experience. There are price fixed menus that are great. Try the baked clams, ceasar salad, veal parmigiana... We will definitely return.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Has been better...OutnaboutDined on 10/18/2014The first two times we visited it was packed. End of summer 2013 and late fall 2013. The food was great yet both times the waiter not so much. We were craving Italian and returned last week. Made reservations as we knew it would be packed. Arrived for the 645 reservation with only one table seated in the house. Strange. The waiter was excellent. The stuffed clams appetizer was mediocre at best. I had the veal parm and while the flavor was ok, it was very tough and chewy. My partner had linguini Louie. I had tasted it in the past and it was much better in the past. I'm not sure if it was an off night (Saturday) or perhaps a different chef but we were both disappointed in the quality and flavor. I hope this is not a trend.Special Features:
- cozy place for nightOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 10/1/2014it was good food soup was ok but baked clam was good had chicken parmesan snapper franchise and grilled salmon all the food was enjoyable would go back if it was closerSpecial Features:
- Love it!JennaDined on 10/1/2014My husband and I have eaten at this restaurant 3 times this week with friends. This adorable little restaurant offers excellent food and service!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent, Excellent, and ExcellentJeffVIPDined on 9/1/2014I've eaten here a couple of times over the past year. The food in this chef owned restaurant is wonderful and the service is great. This place is in a small strip mall and nothing fancy. However the food is consistently delicious and I strongly recommend that you give it a try.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A True Find!OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 8/16/2014The restaurant is decorated in a stylish Paris-bistro décor ; the menu is an eclectic mix of French and Italian favorites. We each ordered from the Summer menu -- an appetizer, entrée, and dessert -- $25. My wife ordered the caprese salad and sole meuniere. I had the vegetable iuree and chicken parmagiana. My wife raved about the caprese -- and the puree was wonderful -- full of flavor and texture. We traded bites of our entrees -- both our entrees were excellent.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always Great ValueRschagrinVIPDined on 8/9/2014Every time we have been to pasta fever, we thoroughly enjoy it.Special Features:
- The following 108 reviews are from the Pasta Fever reviews archive.
- Great Value Very Good FoodRschagrinVIPDined on 7/9/2014Always enjoy going there. The food is very good and their summer special is a gret valueSpecial Features:
- Neighborhood FindjellybellyVIPDined on 7/5/2014Restaurant is a comfortable neighborhood place. Service was excellent. Superb waitress. Summer menu was full of variety. Will return.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DedeVIPDined on 7/5/2014Always enjoy the meal here. Pleasant surroundings and good food.Special Features:
- Wonderful dinnerMavenVIPDined on 6/28/2014My husband and I had a wonderful dinner here last week. Food and service were outstanding.Delicious bread served w/ Olive oil and herbs.we both had fish. Very fresh and tasty. Desserts are to die for!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Another Great Meal!niniVIPDined on 6/27/2014We have once again brought new guests to this delightful restaurant, as always the eveningng was enjoyable. Our friends will also return.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Local FavoriteniniVIPDined on 6/22/2014We love returning to this Charming little restaurant. The menu is well chosen and beautifully served.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Intimate Neighborhood RestaurantNathanVIPDined on 6/14/2014This restaurant was more French than Italian. It is a small intimate space. Service was very fast but with an attitude at times. There was plenty food for the money. The plate all looked the same due to the accompanying pasta and mixed vegetables.Special Features:
- Love it!JGBocaDined on 6/7/2014Great chef, family run restaurant, great value & excellent food!Special Features:
- Very niceHarvfVIPDined on 6/7/2014The food is very good and the service is also good.Special Features:
- Better than home cookingbobbyVIPDined on 6/7/2014The food here is consistently wonderful. It's just like having a home cooked meal in an intimate dining room only the best part is that you don't have to cook it. It's also definitely better than most people's cooking. The service is also efficient and friendly. I would definitely recommend it!Special Features:
- Enjoyable Dining Experience!niniVIPDined on 6/4/2014Our second visit in the same week. and still a wonderful dining experience. We met the Chef and Hostess (husband and wife) and were very impressed. Our only suggestion is to somehow change the name because this is a fine continental, not pasta, restaurant. We will return very soon and bring more friends.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wonderful New Restaurant.niniVIPDined on 5/30/2014Our favorite new dining find. We loved the food and charming atmosphere. We are returning with friends this wek!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always enjoyableBarbDined on 5/9/2014Food is delicious, service is friendly and efficient. It is consistently a pleasure to dine at this restaurant. The name is misleading. I would consider the cuisine to be continental or French.Special Features:
- Not What I ExpectednotgoodDined on 5/4/2014The wed site was misleading. The food was just ok. The waiter was not very good. He was not professional at all.
- Food Great1GourmetGalVIPDined on 4/26/2014The restaurant is located in a strip mall. It has a warm and cozy ambiance. They have a wide selection of food including a handful of pasta dishes. I ordered Snapper Francaise; it was delicious. My friend ordered Veal Piccata which she said was okay. She wished she had ordered my dish. A few areas of improvement: Our server could smile and have some enthusiasm. He never brought butter to the table after asking for it. The bread could be better: ours was hard, crunchy and tasteless. Lastly, the wine selection could be better considering great food quality and warm ambiance. I'll be back as there are several other entrees that sound intriguing. I hope for a different server next time with better bread and some butter.Special Features:
- Good foodJoeGiulDined on 4/16/2014Strip mall ambiance. Food was very good. We had baked clams (great), split a caesar salad, lentil soup excellent. Lamb shank (2) super good but offset with mediocre vegetable mx. Scallops were generous and tasty. Service was casual but quick and helpful. Wine selection was poor considering food quality.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Pasta fever for dinnerPastaloverDined on 4/13/2014No worries that there is "only" pasta served here. They have an extensive menu! Everything we ordered was delicious! 4people and 4 different dinners. Waiter was excellent and very entertaining ! Answered all questions and added to our dining experience!Special Features:
- Great little restaurantNYDanDined on 4/12/2014Small place but excellent food and service. Truly a find. Will be back as a regular when we come down to pour vacation home.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Second time at this restaurant,LKornVIPDined on 3/29/2014Second time at this restaurant, and, once again, we really enjoyed our meal and service. We highly recommend it.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Italian menu w/ French flavorsFLvisitorVIPDined on 3/26/2014Tho the name is misleading (there are only 5 or 6 pasta dishes on the menu) the food was fabulous. I had the local fish which was cooked perfectly, altho in the French manner, not Italian. It was dipped in a slightly eggy batter and quickly sauteed. It was the best fish I'd ever had. DH had angel hair pasta w meatballs. Pretty basic, right? Well, the sauce was loaded with ripe fresh tomatoes and too good to be called just 'marinara.' The meatballs were a fabulous texture--not the usual restaurant golf balls--and seasoned just right. The owner, who speaks with a charming French accent, is a bit of a joker. It took us a few minutes to realize he was teasing us and but we soon felt like the restaurant's regulars. Can't wait to visit again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- W hat a great surpriseGourmetgirlDined on 3/20/2014Six of us decided to grab a small bite prior to the theater. Everything was delicious!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The food was very good andFayeDined on 3/15/2014The food was very good and our waiter was very attentive, especially when my mother in law didn't feel well. We will be returning for another good mealSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fab food findCookieVIPDined on 3/15/2014We wer surprised and overjoyed by the selection and quality food. Somebody great is in the kitchen.Special Features:
- we found this restaurant throughMarciDined on 3/7/2014we found this restaurant through a friend and it was great. The server was very friendly and joked around with us. It is a nice place to go and take your time dining. I had the grouper which was excellent. My husband and several others had the pasta and they also raved about their meals. My husband also had the French Onion Soup and I liked that also. We liked this restaurant so much that we are going back this weekend with some other friends.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Best kept secret in BocaamysueVIPDined on 2/28/2014We have passed by this restaurant so many times and finally tried it last Friday. The food was amazing, the staff was so polite and nice. It felt like a neighborhood kitchen - everyone knew everyone. I would highly recommend this restaurant. Prices were reasonable and the food was amazing. Best meatballs!!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Our First VisitBoaterVIPDined on 2/22/2014We had high expectations for this restaurant but were disappointed. Several of our neighbors did recommend it but we did not have a great experience. The fish on the menu is prepared for cooking ahead of time. If you want to eliminate a particular ingredient you really can't do that. Some of the pasta dishes did look good and maybe that's the way to go. The other problem is that the seating is very tight. We were a party of 2, sitting next to a party of 4 and it felt like we were a party of 6. Being stuck in the corner we kind of got lost in the crowd. One other complaint is that their bread is not that good.
- Great ValueRschagrinVIPDined on 2/21/2014They have a 32.50 3 course dinner. Everything form escargot, French onion soup, stuffed clams and salads. For entrees multiple fish, rack of lamb for an upcharge, duck etc.Special Features:
- Great Neighborhood FindsouthfloridafoodieVIPDined on 2/16/2014Tucked away in a strip mall, this dining gem was a great surprise of excellent food and value. Everyone loved their food....from salmon to ravioli and spicy pasta with seafood. The wine was also good. Would definitely return.Special Features:
- Wonderful.GaleoVIPDined on 2/14/2014Will not disappoint always delicious food! We always love the specials.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Where is the Pasta?OpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 2/14/2014Went to Pasta Fever recently and had a terrible experience. The hostess, waiter, and other staff are not "polished" at all. They lack professionalism, and were not friendly at all. They have a menu with virtually no pasta on it which surprised my family as the restaurant name would lend you to believe there would be a good selection of pasta. Ordered salads for an appetizer and 5 minutes later all of our dinners arrived except mine which was a special, lamb shank. My dinner finally came out 15 minutes after the rest of my family was done, burnt and not tasty at all. Most restaurants have the common sense to allow a table to finish their appetizers before bringing out the main course, and all dinners should be brought out together.
- Glad we found it!MaxineDined on 2/14/2014A delightful, small restaurant with excellent food and service.Special Features:


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"O body swayed to music, O brightening glance, How can we know the dancer from the dance?" Irish poet William Butler Yeats mused. Dancing, some say, is physical poetry. And if movement is an act of self-expression, then it stands to reason the dance is the dancer, just as poetry reflects the poet. Yeats, poetry, dance--perhaps it's better to sit back and watch the Barefoot Brigade work its magic instead of a working up a headache over metaphors. The Brigade, made up of more than half a dozen regional companies, is hosting a modern contemporary dance festival this weekend. Not familiar with modern dance? As one troupe's website explains, "We speak without words." The 10th Annual Barefoot Brigade Dance Festival takes place at the Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Drive. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $15 cash at the door; students and senior citizens pay $10. To reserve seats call 214-886-2321. For more information, visit bathhousecultural.com.
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Download to softmod any wii to play games from external hdd. older wiis can use discs to play backups.
New torrent so please seed when done
dont expect reply but the pdf file is password protected what is it
the password is piratesrule if you actually read the text file you wouldve figured that out
You my friend are a genius. Been on trying to do this for 3 days solid until I found this. Works a treat. Simple, precise, step by step instructions, exactly what was needed. The only thing I replaced was doing the homebrew channel without the game, using something called letterbomb. Cheers.
new way to install the homebrew channel without needing a game. follow this link. glendvd mentioned it before i can post it haha. http://wiibrew.org/wiki/LetterBomb
I had just spent so long using all the supposed recommended sites for days, and nothing came up with anything of any sense. If you want something that is straight forward and to the point, simple to use and in easy terms, then I highly recommend your torrent.
Ive got a site setup that shows how do softmod 4.3 wiis complete with easy to follow videos if anyones interested. http://affable.dynastynet.net/~dnet/games/index.html
Password protecting a zip file is a shitty thing to do. There is no excuse for it.
The only thing that is password protected is the pdf instructions, its because they were also uploaded on a forum where they had to be password protected.
stop complaining about the password, its inconvenient but the pass is in the torrent file, just press Ctrl F and find it.
I seem to notice a lot of people bitching about passwords and whatnot on TPB. The bottom line is if you don't like it go fuck yourself and don't fucking download it. So sick of people bitching about things that they are getting for free. Not to mention it takes time for the uploader to put it all together and upload the torrent. FFS if you don't like the fact of a password LarryInColumbus then go fucking buy the games for the fucking wii. Don't be so fucking lazy that you can't read the text file and look for it.
BTW Thanks a bunch to d.v.m. your time is much appreciated. I didn't need this as i softmodded my wii a while ago but i'm sure this could help a bunch of people. Thanks again!
works like a charm, just use letterbomb to load homebrew instead. http://hackmii.com/2011/08/letterbomb/ much easier than using an indiana jones disk to unlock the hack. the rest of this torrent is perfect. you can also download a multi media player to play movies off you hard drive on the homebrew channel from: http://wiibrew.org/wiki/MPlayer_CE playes Avi, Mp4....... thank you d.v.m.
Hi everyone, I'm following the PDF unfortunately the website cbkgames.com where the files uploaded to is down...Can anyone or d.v.m. please re-upload those files please, thanks so much
Don't worry hahaha, it's in the torrent


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Yesterday, the Sheriff's Office received a 911 call from an employee inside the Rabobank in Cambria. The employee reported a man had entered the bank and began waving a handgun. The man handed the teller a note demanding money and then made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect is described as a white male adult, 40's, 5'10 ... Read More »
Casino Stabbing Suspect on the Loose
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office is searching for a parolee wanted in connection with a stabbing that occurred just after midnight, on November 6, outside of the Chumash Casino. The victim, a Nipomo resident, was stabbed several times while inside a vehicle on the Indian Reservation. He also had his cell phone and wallet stolen. The victim, who was ... Read More »
Christopher Barnickel Becomes County Library Director
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors has announced the hiring of Christopher Barnickel as the new County Library Director. Mr. Barnickel has served as Assistant San Luis Obispo County Library Director since February 2013. He replaces Brian Reynolds who retired in October. Read More »
Vandals Responsible for Graffiti are Identified
On November 6, Investigators with the Morro Bay Police Department identified a 13-year-old male and a 15-year-old male, both of whom are Morro Bay residents, which police believe are primarily responsible for the rash of graffiti vandalism in north Morro Bay. These incidents involved the use of a "crown" insignia among other symbols and lettering. The possibility of other juveniles ... Read More »
Rep. Lois Capps will be Touring San Luis Obispo Veterans Center
Today Rep. Lois Capps will tour the San Luis Obispo Veterans Center to mark its one-year anniversary of operation. The Center offers readjustment counseling and other services to veterans and their families, as well as community outreach on mental health, employment, family issues and education. Capps will be at the center pn Southwood Drive from 10:45 to 11:30 this morning. ... Read More »


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Whitney Houston: Feeling Great, Being Honored, Ready to Record New Albumby Mischalova at . Comments
After a public divorce, the most important thing a celebrity can do is get right back on the PR horse again. So it goes for Whitney Houston.
The incredible singer made her first high-profile public appearance since the recent split from husband Bobby Brown, as she was toasted as belle of the ball Saturday night during a benefit in Beverly Hills that raised more than $70 million for juvenile diabetes research.
"I feel great," said Houston.
The singer was escorted to the 17th Carousel of Hope Ball by one of the evening's honorees, her record producer Clive Davis, who told USA Today:
"She's been through emotional trauma, and everybody's rooting for her ... We're gonna make a killer album."
Houston sat at the main table with Halle Berry â€" who herself is a diabetic â€" and the actress's boyfriend Gabriel Aubry.
Elsewhere at the gala, which was hosted by Jay Leno, were Brooke Shields, Teri Hatcher, Hilary Duff, Kristin Davis, Sharon Stone, Minnie Driver, Sidney Poitier and couple Warren Beatty and Annette Bening.
Houston didn't sing at the event - but the evening's featured entertainer let loose. Katharine McPhee ditcher signature number, "Over the Rainbow," in favor of Houston's "I Have Nothing." Houston's acknowledged the tribute by nodding at this season's American Idol runner-up during the performance.
"It's her first big appearance since the breakup," McPhee, 22, said about Houston. "I would love to sing with her, but unfortunately all eyes are on me."
Two weeks ago, Houston filed for divorce from Brown after 14 years of marriage. The couple had separated on Sept. 8. Not surprisingly, rumored Brown mistress, Karrine Steffans, was absent from this evening.
whitney folks need to stop letting her lie to herself and others , all invoved should be ashamed of themselves , even if she whitney is not, they have got this women protraying herself to look as if she has to bark at the moon to get their damm money and i hate to say it put something very devasting is going to happen to her sooner than we think.for god sake will someone show her the greatess love of all
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has delayed GFI Group Inc.'s (GFIG) bid to register as a futures exchange, citing the broker's "materially incomplete" application.
GFI, a New York-based broker of financial trades between banks, applied to the CFTC earlier this year to open a proprietary U.S. futures exchange. But the CFTC's division of market oversight notified GFI on July 26 that the application had been stayed and requested that the firm provide more information to show how the proposed platform will comply with U.S. market rules.
"As with all applications to become [an exchange] there are various changes that need to be made to documents, such as the rulebook or compliance manual," said Jonathan Lave, an associate director at the CFTC division. "The fact we have stayed the application in no way means they will not receive registration," he added.
A GFI spokeswoman said the broker "has been working closely with the CFTC since our application was filed in March and, based on our current conversations with the CFTC, we are confident that our exchange will be registered at or around the beginning of October, which is consistent with our desired launch date."
The broker's application comes as analysts said a post-crisis overhaul of derivatives markets favored futures trading on open exchange over privately negotiated swaps.
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Sunrise Health Region (SHR) has announced it will reduce the number of beds on Skinner Unit to 35, a reduction of fourteen beds.
The Skinner Unit is one of the units of the Yorkton and District Nursing Home and it is designed for care of residents with health conditions requiring behavioral management; this includes persons in the progressive stages of dementia or Alzheimer's disease.
"Currently, there is a mixed population in Skinner Unit with some of the residents not requiring the level of care provided on Skinner Unit," offered Roberta Wiwcharuk, VP of Integrated Health Services with the SHR.
The needs of these residents can be met in other units of the same building, she said.
"Their needs can be managed in different areas of the nursing home," she said.
Wiwcharuk said the residents who will be transitioned will only be moved after consultation with the residents and their family. The health region will work to transition eleven residents into other long-term care beds in the same building in Yorkton or, if it is the wish of the resident and family, into another long-term care facility, she said.
Once the move is complete, a process likely to take several months as beds in other facilities come open, will allow for the closure of the 14 beds, said Wiwcharuk.
"The region has assessed that the current needs for long term-care can be met with these beds removed from circulation after the transition," detailed a SHR release.
While the move will mean change, Wiwcharuk said the public needs to understand resident welfare remains paramount to the SHR.
"First and foremost we will continue safe and healthy long-term residents," said Wiwcharuk.
"The transition will be carefully managed to consider the needs of the current residents, persons in the community assessed for priority long-term care placement, and persons who are awaiting transfer. After the transition is complete, Skinner Unit will continue to operate with 35 beds," stated the release.
With the closure of 14 beds within the Skinner Unit, there will also be a loss of staffing positions.
"Definitely there will be less staff needed in those areas . . . We're looking at that with the Union," offered Wiwcharuk, who said at the end of the process 7.49 full-time equivalent positions will be trimmed. She said it is hoped most can be found through vacancies, retirements, and staff movements within the SHR, as opposed to direct staff lay-offs."
An adjustment to long-term care will also occur in Canora.
The Canora Hospital is a 16 bed acute care facility with an additional eight beds in a wing that has been used for long-term care.
"The long-term care residents in Canora Hospital do not have the benefit of living in a building which is designed for long-term care and do not have the same access to recreation and socialization spaces," noted the release.
"Three residents currently living at the Canora Hospital can be accommodated at the Canora Gateway Lodge. The health region is consulting with the residents and their families to determine the resident's preferred long-term care facility and to arrange transfer. After the transfers are complete, the long-term care wing at the hospital will be utilized for acute care."
The Canora Hospital acute bed numbers will remain at 16; with most being converted to private rooms.
Wiwcharuk was asked if the bed closures and related moves were in response to the deficit the SHR ran in 2013-14, and continue to follow in the current budget year?
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Thank you everyone who contributed to and visited the SL History blog in 2012. I wish you a safe and warm New Year's Eve and nothing but blue skies, green lights and fresh coffee in 2013. Reid Dickie
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Shoal Lake Minute #19
Let's see. It's 1885 and railroad companies are expanding their reach further across the prairie everyday. That year the Manitoba and Northwestern Railway came through Shoal Lake partly because of the spot's tourist prospects.
M & NWR saw the north end of the lake as having excellent potential for a resort and recreation centre. A fresh flowing stream fed the lake, which was shallow and reasonably warm, the lake sometimes produced 15-pound catches and the new townspeople appeared to be an industrious and inventive lot. A tennis court and other facilities were built and the annual M & NWR picnic was held on the flats, now the park at the north end.
The railway planners were encouraged by the area's existing reputation as a good location for hunting beast and fowl. But the locals wanted something more than shooting so the railroad began making plans for Shoal Lake's new role.
The M & NWR's manager, Mr. N. R. Baker, visited the village in 1885 to assess its tourist potential, especially along the east side of the lake south of First Avenue.
While the railroad was successful at creating massive hype about its resort plans – newspapers even began calling Shoal Lake "Saratoga of the North", a reference to Saratoga Springs in upstate New York that attracted the wealthy and famous – it wasn't so good on the follow-through.
Nothing became of the M & NWR's grand plans for Shoal Lake. No spas, casinos or racetracks sprang up along the lakeshore, no millionaires smoking two-dollar cigars stepped onto the station platform but the trains kept rolling through town and the people kept coming. For a brief dreamy moment, Shoal Lake had established itself as a recreational retreat, a bit of paradise on the Escarpment.
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Indianapolis — Don't be surprised to see a letter carrier on your front door step Sunday morning. Because package growth this holiday season has exceeded even the most optimistic projections, the Postal Service will be delivering packages in selected ZIP Code areas the two Sundays before the Christmas holiday.
"We're excited about the explosion in package growth," said Greater Indiana District Manager Bernice Grant, "and we want to make sure that we get every gift to its intended recipient in time for the holiday."
Locally, the following Post Offices in the Fort Wayne area — Centennial, Diplomat Plaza, Hazelwood, Northwood and Waynedale will be making Sunday package delivery on Sunday and December 22.
In fiscal year 2013, the Postal Service saw a 6 percent increase in package volume over the prior year. An additional 12 percent increase is expected this holiday season, totaling 420 million packages. The marketplace has changed, Grant said, and the Postal Service is adapting to it.
"This significant increase in packages means our customers are seeing us as their shipper of choice because of our large delivery network," she said.
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Customers are also advised to please clear snow and ice to ensure safe and timely delivery during the holiday season. "With the possibility of inclement weather," added Grant, "please help your carrier by keeping a clear path to your mail box or porch."
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Lossless music goes High Street
British digital download store 7Digital is expanding the range of lossless music available for download. Albums will now be available in the industry standard FLAC format from artists such as Radiohead and Enya - in some cases cheaper than the MP3 equivalent. Both 24-bit and 16-bit versions will be available; FLAC is a container …
Windows Media Player
does support FLAC through free Directshow plugins (and has done so for years).
Making support available in Windows so that's not seen as bloat by the 99.999% of users who have not even heard of FLAC would also rest on the format being *completely unencumbered* by patent and license restrictions. Let's not forget how even MP3 and Adobe's free-for-everybody-except-Microsoft PDF played out.
Portable devices that support lossless, or indeed >300kps playback of any type - including VBR MP3, would greatly aid introduction to market.
The French Qobuz.com store has been offering choice of lossless and lossy formats for some time, and there are no geo-restrictions for download. You can also redownload anything you've bought from them should you lose your copy.
Winamp seems fine with FLAC. Worked as my music player for may years now. Put all the gstreamer libraries on your Gnome box an Rhythmbox plays them too.
No, not an "Industry Standard"
... thank God. Free, free, free ... thanks to Josh Coalson and those nice folks at Xiph.Org.
No Patents, no trolls, no fees, no copy protection / DRM. -- and far superior to MP3 which has never given an easy ride to anyone.
Obviously it isn't.
Standards has nothing to do with this.
FLAC is a proprietary and unratified..
AAC is an ISO standard format, which is free to use, and has very little in the way of restrictions, and comes in a lossless variety.
I do not think that word means what you think it means
FLAC is a royalty free and unrestricted audio codec. Proprietary implies control or ownership, which in turn generally implies a non-open format, or one that is not free to use. See ALAC, for example.
AAC is a lossless compression format. FLAC is lossless. The comparison is daft. The MPEG standards contain lossless alternatives, but they are not AAC in much the same way that OGG is not FLAC.
An industry standard is simply something that is widely used implying interoperability. FLAC is this. It doesn't need an ISO stamp of approval, which is of dubious value anyway. It has been ratified by users, developers and businesses. What more do you need?
I have often wondered about the mental state
of folk who pay more for a lossy download than the CD itself costs from HMV or Amazon.
Oh I forgot! It's the stupid kidz!
Kids don't care about music these days
Kids don't see the value in recorded music, to them music is just another distraction in another boring day. They just want backgroudn noise, they won't sit and listen to music, my kids are the same music is just a background to life. Me I always buy CDs to get the artwork, the high-quality, the whole package.
Bleep do WAV as well
in both 16- and 24-bit flavours
It may be lossless but...
...can you really tell the difference?
Besides, most people just want to listen to music while doing something else. Its not that they are totally immersed in it. Thats going to muddy some of the difference to start with. Then its your equipment...
Yes, you can tell
I'm no audiophile, and I do listen to music while doing something else, but the difference between a 320kbps MP3 and a FLAC is very much noticeable for more complex songs - although you might have to listen to both to realize what you were missing.
I sorely missed the lossless option from music stores, so any news like this is very much welcome. :)
I'm no audiophile either but...
Yes, I can tell the difference. I rip all my CDs into MP3 format so I can jukebox them via WinAmp and play them on my home stereo. 320kbps or higher definitely sounds best but I am quite happy with as low as 192kbps. 160kbps starts to noticeably sound poor and the 128kbps that seems to be the standard for downloads and portable devices is pretty poor quality indeed. If I had a higher quality stereo I'd be able to tell the difference more.
But as you say, most people just want something playing as background music and that's fine. But don't expect me to pay lossless quality prices for cellphone quality MP3s.
If you're playing the music through cheap speakers, cheap earbuds or (worst of all) your mobile phone speakers, lossless music is a waste of money, a waste of space and at least in the latter case, a waste of power as FLAC decoding is unlikely to be hardware accellerated.
With moderately good speakers or a nice set of headphones through a reasonable amp, you probably can tell the difference between lossless and good quality lossy. You might not care, of course, and the difference can be quite subtle.
Shouldn't cost you the earth, either.
Prices starting at £9.99
Or buy the CD for a lot less and rip it yourself.
(All 'regular' Radiohead albums cost under a tenner at Amazon. )
RE: Prices starting at £9.99
Shame the actual price is £8.99 then and for 24 bit flac too which is higher than cd quality. Not bad deal really. Would need to know the sample rate too though, cpu on my Squeezebox Classic runs out of puff at 48KHz though I think Squeeze Centre is sane enough to down sample if necessary.
They've only got about seven or eight titles available though, including both 16 and 24-bit, not going to stop me buying cds and ripping yet then. Not through choice though, most of my cd collection has been opened once, ripped and then has to be bloody stored. Can only think of a few times when I've looked at the sleeve notes for any reason. Now if you want to sell me the vinyl edition and give me a flac copy too then we can talk...
Still a long way to go...
Pay MORE for a download of something I can get a hard copy of - that I own, can lend/sell etc?
Where's the incentive?
As for formats, I use FLAC for everything - and it's "standard" as in - pretty much the most popular lossless format, maybe "default" would be a better word than "standard".
Personally, I just wish Apple would buy the WavPack codec - yes, yes, bare with me. The only way any new format will get a chance is if has the backing of the biggest online music retailer (iTunes) and their supported devices.
It matters not what other players adopt any other formats IMO - it's nice to see FLAC getting a toe-hold, but until it's supported by iDevices, it'll never be anything other than "niche" (even if it's a sizable one).
WavPack offers a great solution - one rip, that creates two files per track - one lossy file (that's small like MP3) and gets used on your portable device (to save space where outright quality isn't an issue) and a "delta" that lives on your home HDD and enables lossless playback from there.
It's genius IMO - but barely supported.
Yet. (well I can dream)
...I'm not baring anything with you.
Been available for years
Ok so it is only classical recordings, but Deutsche Grammophon has pretty much it's entire catalog available for download as FLAC, as well as MP3 with not a drop of DRM in sight, and it's been that way for a couple of years at least.
I'm sure 7-Digital offered FLAC in the past & then it disappeared. Great to see them picking it up again.
I decided to go FLAC for "gold" copies as it's the proverbial "open" standard. In my gaff forked-daap serves a large FLAC library out to iTunes clients over a network & I transcode a copy to AAC for portable devices. Sure, isn't storage cheap these days.
My aged ears might not discern the difference between lossy & lossless but it's the principle that matters.
Try ABXing FLAC/ALAC lossless with mp3 V0. On even a good mid-fi rig with great loudspeakers it's very very hard to tell the difference (practically impossible with statistical confidence).
High bitrate mp3 does have problems with certain rare samples, the knowledge of which ruins the entire experience for some people who listen with their eyes of course.
Not hard at all
Try the same experiment with even half-decent headphones rather than speakers (any speakers). Or with classical or acoustic jazz music as the source. Or both together. What I hear is a halo of compression artefacts surrounding thin congested music. A bit like an audio equivalent of the visual artefacts you get if you overdo the processing of JPG images.
I've done this with several popular computer-based rip-compression programs (iTunes, WMP, VLC, etc) and with dedicated hardware (Brennan JB7). And at a range of bitrates. Uniformly horrible to my ears.
If you listen mainly to rock or pop over speakers you might get away with it. Those recordings usually start out compressed (in dynamic terms) anyway, though typically done with much more sophisticated kit/algorithms which produce fewer artefacts (or produce "desirable" side-effects such as punch).
Artifacting @ 128K?
Which is exactly what you've described - in a sighted test with expectation bias and prejudice set to maximum and bitrate set to low (because it's you know, sighted and you know what you are listening to...).
And classical and jazz are actually relatively unchallenging for mp3 to reproduce; electronic and heavy rock are most prone to pre-echo artifacting.
I've personally done close to a hundred DBTs with *max bitrate* mp3s with good to great source phone or speaker rigs and all the artifacts that one associates with inferior codecs like mp3 are mighty difficult to hear in a DBT.
If you can hear halo/thin effects easily in a DBT I suggest you present your golden ears to Hydrogen Audio for some peer review...
lossless is less?
In a lossless format, there's still only a limited amount of information. If you accept to use lossy compression, you can start from more precise data, and the information lost in the compression should be precisely the one you are the least likely to notice, whereas with lossless compression, you indiscriminately remove information before compressing if you want to achieve the same final size.
Lossless is lossless
Rip from red book CD-DA to WAV, transcode to FLAC then transcode to ALAC lossless then transcode to FLAC then transcode to WAV, to FLAC, to ALAC, burn to CD-DA then finally rip from this burned CD to WAV and bit compare or invert mix paste with the first generation WAV. Assuming undamaged cd discs, the output will be identical, as in zero difference.
There is zero generation loss.
not entirely sure what you're trying to say but your closing comment is wrong
A CD has already lost information from what was originally played because of sampling and quantization levels but if you take that as the starting point
FLAC will compress the data on that CD to a smaller size in such a way that the original 0's and 1's contained on that cd are reproduced exactly. You can repeat the decode, re-encode cycle a thousand times and still end up with exactly what you started with. A lossy format like mp3 tries to decide what data is irrelevant in the original and throws it away. It does a reasonably good job of this and what you get when you decode will sound to your ears the same as the original(well that's the intent). If you looked at the 1's and 0's after decoding, you will see differences, even at higher bit rates. If you put an mp3 through a thousand decode/recode cycles you might not even be able to recognise what is left.
To sum up, lossless formats are exactly what they say, without loss! there is no removal of information what so ever.
F***in' ell..
"with lossless compression, you indiscriminately remove information before compressing if you want to achieve the same final size."
Dear Lord, do you actually engage the brain before spouting such nonsense, or just let it flow naturally?? Lossless = lossless. You start with the digital file, you compress it as best you can, but only in a way where you can recreate the original sound. Zip is a good example of lossless. Try zipping a text file, and unzipping it. Do you get a synopsis of the document?
"Dear Lord, do you actually engage the brain before spouting such nonsense, or just let it flow naturally??" - apparently not. i've seen more posts like this on other forums. also ppl claiming you can't hear the difference.
About bloody time. Squeeze Server can certainly handle FLAC so I'm golden. This might finally mean I can stop buying CDs.
..if they supplied as WMA lossless than it would be compatible with most music players. Apart from the iPod of course which will have to have iTunes convert it first :-/
lossless is lossless when all you care about is storage
And if you look at car CD players, then MP3 and WMA are pretty much all 95% or more of them support. Even the ones that promote iPod compatibility require that the iPod playback the audio as there's no direct m4a support. After you've taken into account those 3 formats, then every other audio format combined has almost negligible footprint.
The same goes double for most desktop portable devices which have been retrofitted for USB sticks and SD cards. They handle 2GB at most (which doesn't give you much lossless support), MP3 and WMA, and 300kps or less. You need to wait 5-10 years for all those devices to be replaced before you can start talking about other formats muscling their way to 1% of the market.
why bother anyway
when most ofthe crap we buy is mastered by a monkey with bananas in his ears, compressed and limited to within an inch of it's poor life....
so who really cares if it is simply just a wall of noise these days, in fact i have met a few musicians who try to play live like that.
there is also WMA 9 lossless too, not half bad if you use windows...
paris...because she likes it loud!
Because as long as you have the lossless file you can convert it to whatever format you need.
I use Ogg Vorbis, while my wife's music is all in MP3.
Obviously, the incentive is in instant access _and_ lossless quality.
French site Qobuz has been doing this for a while though.
I buy most of my music from there now, it's like 7digital but with fewer artists complaining about getting ripped off. They also sell vinyl and CDs (in addition to FLAC & 320-MP3) and I bet they'd do you a C90 if you asked nicely.
Waste of space
What a waste of time and space - for people who *think* they can hear the difference between CD, FLAC and an MP3 ripped at 192 or above - you are wrong.
Your ears are incapable of discerning the differences.
Don't believe me? That's because you've never tried a proper blind test.
Arrange to have the same piece of music played from 3 sources played to you at random, repeatedly and note which source you think is which.
You will get the source correct no more than you would be simply guessing randomly.
By the way - a test where YOU know the ource before hand will not work. You will always think you can hear a difference. To be a really bastard - try this out on some music snob, but repeatedly play him the mp3 version. He still claim to have identified the FLAC one even if it doesn't exist.
RE: Waste of space
Aye, but it is my time and space to waste so why should it bother you? This sort of inverted snobbery is nearly as common as the audiophile version and frankly just as tedious. I use flac as my archival format as it can be easily transcoded with no loss of fidelity, except that inherent to the target format anyway. Vbr mp3 is fine for my car/train listening but I use the flacs in the house as they are there, in most cases I have the cd anyway but would have to dig it out.
maybe your ears, matey
but not mine. i have done blind tests, with mp3 and flac, and the vast majority of the time i get it correct. Not always, some music lends itself to compression more than others. But as someone else mentioned cymbals are where its at, listen to cymbols on 192 mp3s and you can easily tell, another pointer is incredibly deep bass. Youre right regarding CD and Flac tho, there is virtually no difference, but thats the whole point of flac
@twunt: Not the point
The point of lossless isn't for better listening quality, it's so you can keep the best quality source possible. That way, when you convert it into one format for one device, a different format for another device, and want to use part of a track for backing music for your latest Youtube video, they each get created from your high quality source and you don't get the gradually declining quality from shifting between lossy formats.
It's purpose is archival rather than listening.
Dance music in FLAC
Why bother? You're never going to notice the difference on dance music. I mean, you start with something electronic, process the shit out of it (or *into* it...), and that's your product. MP3 encoding is not going to massively affect things.
The *real* tell on lossless vs MP3 is cymbals. Tons of rapidly-varying high frequencies will play hell with any lossy compression system. So rock and metal can actually be a good place to spot this. Pendulum's mash-up of metal and rave is particularly nasty through MP3.
RE: Dance music in FLAC
Tend to use Massive Attack's Angel as a stress tester myself but for similar reasons. Bad source copy or equipment quite easily turns the cymbals to mush.
Lossless all the way
All online music shops should offer lossless music. This isn't just because it sounds better than mp3, but because, as pointed out above, it can be transcoded to something else that takes up less space if you wish and you still have the original lossless file.
All my music for the squeezebox is FLAC (ripped from CD or purchased online from Linn), all my music for my phone which I use as an mp3 player is mp3 and generated from the FLAC files. I'd never buy an mp3 file as I wouldn't then want to convert that to some other lossy file type should I so need to in the future. FLAC and other open lossless formats seem much more future proof.
we need a big player
every time there's an apple itunes event i always wait for that big announcement - lossless purchases.
we need a huge catalogue, it's fine that linn and deutsche gramaphone are (and have been for a while) selling lossless albums but these are not everybody's cup of tea.
i'm quite fed up by storing cds. every single one of them i buy i just rip in lossless and put back on the shelf and i never touch them again.
also all music which have been recorded in 24-bit should be sold as that, not converted 16-bit version. those who have had a chance to compare both 24-bit and then 16-bit converted tracks would agree, there's huge loss during this conversion.
@ AC- "lossless is less?"
AC, I know what you are talking about and agree with you, although you could have perhaps explained it better. Let me try. Imagine you have two audio files of your favourite track
1. a wave PCM at 16bit, 11kHz giving a bit-rate of 176 kbits/sec.
2. an MP3 also at ~176 kbits/sec.
The PCM wave is "lossless" and the MP3 is lossy, yet I'm guessing most people will understand that the MP3 will sound much, much better.
What AC is saying is that given 700 kbits/sec (roughly what FLAC CD rip might use), lossy compression will sound better because it would mean that it would have been able to start from say 24bit @ 192kHz to achieve the same end bitrate.
So the statement is correct, with a slight caveat:
*At a given bitrate* lossless compression will sound worse than lossy compression
Unfortunately compression and artefacts are everywhere nowadays
"I have often wondered about the mental state of folk who pay more for a lossy download than the CD itself costs from HMV or Amazon.
Oh I forgot! It's the stupid kidz!"
Heh heh. Not to mention everyone else who have been mislead by the consumer electronics industry into thinking:
1. Compressed mpeg video on DVDs is better quality than lossless VHS
2. Compressed HD camcorders are better quality than lossless miniDV
3. Compressed digital tv is better quality than old analogue
4. LCD TVs are better quality than CRT displays (early ghosting of fast moving images, bad pixels, etc)
5. HD TVs are better quality than normal TVs when showing normal TV signals, which they aren't due to resolution upscaling artefacts
etc and so on...
(note I'm talking quality not resolution here, quality not quantity)
Cut off...
The way in which MP3 and all lossy compressions gain their compression is through removal of supposed inaudible frequencies.
I dumped MP3 long ago (perhaps MP3 encoders have got better now) but years ago I could tell the difference no matter what bit rate was used. MP3's sounded like absolute crap with all the high pitched sounds cut off like loud stuff gets cut off on CDs that are not mastered properly (loudness).
Ogg Vorbis performed much better at low bit rates which was MP3s intended use. AAC is not too bad either. Encoding MP3s at 360kbps is totally pointless might as well just have it lossless. A few of the bits of music I have FLAC almost gets as good a bit rate without losing anything and it's not as if hard drives are small these days.
Main points of FLAC, APE whatever is you can re-encode to whatever lossy format you like and are not stuck with crap quality music.
I think you may have misunderstood the point that Mark Waldrep was making in the linked article. It is not "because of filters applied during the 'upmastering' process" that the quality is lacking. The presence of this filtering is merely an indication that upsampling has taken place, and upsampling is (in this context) a pointless procedure.
When you upsample a recording, it means that the resultant recording, in whatever high-definition format it is stored, has been made from a low definition original, and will sound (at best) identical to that original. It's the equivalent of taking an album of low-bitrate MP3s and burning them to a CD, then calling it "CD quality".
This is essentially the problem - companies seem to be taking the same old low-standard recordings and passing them off as something much better. This is shoddy, if not downright fraudulent behaviour.
Ubuntu One Music Store ....
is backed by 7Digital. I'll have to keep an eye on this one me thinks :)
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