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Right-hander to oppose Floyd as Halos try to even Interleague set
After giving up five runs in less than an inning against the A's on May 30, Garrett Richards is showing that one outing was out of the recent norm.
Richards is coming off two quality starts in which he gave up only one run total, and he will look to continue that hot streak against the Braves on Saturday.
In those two starts since the A's knocked him out in the first inning, Richards has not walked a batter. In the same time, he has struck out 13.
"Just going back to trusting my stuff," Richards said. "Just pounding the zone and not trying to be too fine. Just going right at guys, really."
It was a similar story for Richards the last time he faced a National League team.
Against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on May 14, Richards pitched seven shutout innings while giving up five hits and striking out eight. He didn't walk a batter.
Richards is having arguably his best season command-wise. He is averaging three walks per nine innings, which is 0.2 better than his career average. The mark is 0.3 higher than 2013, but Richards spend most of that season in the bullpen, starting only 17 of his 47 appearances.
"I think it's just trying to throw a quality strike instead of just throwing a strike," Richards said. "For me, it's just attacking guys. I feel like I fill up the zone a lot more when I'm just attacking guys versus like nibbling to try and get a quality strike down and away or focusing on just down and down and down instead of just throwing it in the zone.
"It really just comes back to believing in yourself and attacking guys."
The Braves will counter with Gavin Floyd as they try to make it back-to-back wins in the series.
Floyd bounced back from his roughest start of the season last time out -- allowing just three hits in 6 2/3 innings in the Braves' 3-1 win on Monday night at Coors Field.
Floyd, who has allowed two earned runs or fewer in five of his seven starts, had the satisfaction of recording his first win since returning from Tommy John surgery last month.
"The goal of this game is to win," Floyd said. "When you can be part of a win, it's exciting. You feed off of it. Even though I know I've felt good and I've been pitching real well, it's nice to have that first one."
Braves: Heyward exits after hit by pitch
Outfielder Jason Heyward left Friday's game against the Angels after being struck on his right hand with a C.J. Wilson pitch in the first inning.
Heyward initially stayed in the game, but manager Fredi Gonzalez lifted him in the bottom half of the second inning in favor of pinch-hitter Jordan Schafer.
Heyward is listed as day to day with a right hand contusion.
"I don't want to miss any games. Don't want to miss any games that way," Heyward said. "Broken bones obviously take longer than a lot of things. So it's good news, and hopefully I'll be back out there soon."
Angels: No lineup move for Pujols
Although Albert Pujols is batting .189 (14-for-74) since May 23, manager Mike Scioscia does not plan to move the slugger out of the third spot in the lineup.
"I think his recent track record, even if you look at a couple of years ago when he started to struggle or last year when he got going, this guy's going to hit. He's going to hit, and he's going to hit big," Scioscia said. "I think his presence in the middle is he will respond to the challenge, so right now, I think we're lining up where we need to and you always consider adjustments, but we're not there."
Pujols owned a .249 batting average and a .790 on-base-plus-slugging mark entering Friday's game.
Worth noting
• Braves catcher Evan Gattis owns a 13-game his hitting streak and has reached base in 17 consecutive games. Gattis belted his 14th home run -- a three-run shot -- in the first inning of Friday's 4-3 win over the Angels.
• Braves pitcher Alex Wood struck out five batters in 3 2/3 innings with Triple-A Gwinnett on Friday in his first start since being sent down to stretch out. He is working to return to the Braves' starting rotation by the end of the month.
Adam Lichtenstein is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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by Dave Bar Get better sound from your PC Wouldn't it be nice if there was an easy way to pipe music from your PC into your home stereo or desktop sound system and have it sound great? And not cost a fortune? This is where the NuForce uDAC-2 comes in. This tiny, pocket-sized component allows your computer and your audio system to become perfect partners. The uDAC-2 connects to a USB output on your computer and feeds your digital music through its built-in, high-quality digital-to-analog converter. From there, your tunes are output as analog audio signals ready for playback through your stereo. If you've never heard your digital music played through a high-quality DAC, you're in for a big treat. Every instrument and vocal stands out clearly and distinctly in its own separate space, allowing you to easily follow each one note-for-note. And you'll feel immersed in sound, with a greater sense of ambient space around you. Outstanding sound through your headphones, too Good headphones are the most economical way to get a taste of high-end audio. But you won't get high-end sound out of your headphones if you plug them straight into your laptop. That's because your computer's soundcard is handicapped by having to operate in the noisy environment inside your PC. And most computer manufacturers use low-cost, low-performance circuitry to power their headphone jacks. The headphone amp inside the uDAC-2 will quickly spoil you. It gives you richer, deeper bass and clearer highs while revealing layers of musical detail that ordinary headphone jacks obscure. Easy to setup and use Operation is simple just plug the NuForce into any USB port on your computer, where it will install itself and be ready for use in a matter of seconds. There are no external power supplies to worry about because the uDAC-2 draws its power through the USB connection. The handy volume control lets you control listening levels, and turn power on and off. Product Highlights:built-in 96kHz/24-bit USB DAChigh-performance headphone amplifier (16 ohm to 300 ohm headphone impedance recommended)tiny, pocket-sized design for great portabilitypowered by USB connection no need for external power supplylow power consumption3.5mm stereo minijack headphone output1 pair RCA analog audio outputscoaxial digital audio outputhighly linear TOCOS volume control for improved channel tracking at low listening levelshigh-voltage 2V analog outputno capacitors in any audio signal paths for cleaner soundUSB Type B input38" USB (Type A to Type B) cable included2-3/4"W x 7/8"H x 1-11/16"D (3-7/8"D including cable and volume knob)warranty: 1 yearOur 60-day money-back guarantee Turn 1s and 0s into sweet sounding music Why buy a separate DAC? These devices are all about getting true high-fidelity sound from digital sources like computers, streaming music players, smartphones, and more. While these kinds of sources usually have their own digital-to-analog converters built in, you can expect a separate DAC to give you much better accuracy and finer detail.
Great Box Written By Adam T, New York, NY on Thursday, November 14, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Great little box. I brought it into work as a headphone amp / DAC because the sound card on my work PC is less than optimal. Solidly built and you can really hear the difference. Also, installs seamlessly on a Mac or a PC. ONE CAVEAT - there's a new version just out - I would have purchased it instead had I known it was available. Pros: Sound Quality, Build, Easy to Use Cons: Outdated
this and the sennheiserhd 598 sound really good together Written By lee, hillsboro, missouri on Tuesday, September 03, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) sounds fantastic worth the money this puts the life back into the music tried the hifi man express and this is a lot better Pros: small easy to use and has a analog volume the advisor and online reviews said the computer volume changes the quality of the signal and if you use it the d/a can get a bad signal Cons: the $2000 one is probably better
Great DAC Unit Written By John, Cleveland, OH on Monday, August 05, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Great compact unit that sounds great. Came just as advertised. I am using my uDAC-2 with a Mac and iTunes to play through my whole house audio system. Pros: Small size, great sound and ease I'd set up. Cons: None
NiForce uDAC-2 Written By Brian C, NY on Saturday, June 29, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I was looking to enhance music from my PC,and stay within a budget After talking to a Crutchfield Adviser, we narrowed the possibilities down to this converter. It provides an incredible boost in clarity and tone and well worth the cost. Thanks again Crutchfield. Pros: Great value, small footprint. easy to install and set up Cons: gets hot to the touch,
Excellent DAC for my needs Written By Anonymous, Charlottesville, VA on Wednesday, May 01, 2013 I ordered this DAC from the Crutchfield Outlet Store and have been very pleased with my purchase. I have used the DAC with my laptop (Windows 7 - 64 bit) and with my computer at work (Windows XP - 32 bit). The driver self-installed in each computer flawlessly and the sound with Grado 325is headphones and with Bose Companion desktop speakers has been full and rich -- much better than can be gotten from the sound card of either computer. I have not experienced any of the problems reported by others of overheating, popping, or skipping. Nothing but rich, well-delivered music. Bravo Nuforce! Pros: Compact, easily connected to computer, no software set-up required, excellent sound through both earphones and speakers. Cons: None
Music Skips Written By Marko, Chicago, IL on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I like the sound, but only when it's not skipping. I may try another one to see if I have better luck. Pros: Volume and sound clarity Cons: Creates a "skipping" effect
Good Product w/issues Written By Ryanp7, Boston, MA on Tuesday, April 02, 2013 Audio quality is super. I could hear the difference right away. Make sure you use high quality rips or actual CD content. It won't work well with Pandora/slacker or any type of compressed internet based radio. I have had a bunch of issues with the product. I'm on my second unit. First one ran super hot. Would actually burn your hand after leaving it powered on for over an hour. It also made a popping sound that hurt my ear and sound would stop coming out of one of the ear buds. I would turn off and turn back on and problem would stop for a short period of time. Second unit isn't over heating but the click issues and lack of sound has come back, just not as often. I think I've done everything to troubleshoot...different USB cord, different USB port, different headphones, etc. Just the unit. Pros: Sound quality is outstanding on high quality content. Cons: Clicking sound can hurt ears and stops music from playing out of one of the ear buds. Runs hot Doesn't improve sound quality of compressed audio such as Pandora/slacker/etc.
If you are using good headphones, you need this. Written By Chris P, Charlottesville, VA on Sunday, February 10, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I didn't think that my laptop 3.5mm jack was that bad. I enjoyed listening to my music with bose headphones and the quality was as good as I thought I could get out of a laptop. I had no idea that USB DAC's existed. It's a night and day difference. Everything after this will be fuzzy and scratchy. Pros: Self powered small form factor and simplistic styling RCA, Coaxial, and 3.5mm Outputs Clean Amplification Impressive Clarity no drivers needed, plug and play very solid contruction, all metal exterior. Cons: None so far.
nuforce udac-2 Written By Anonymous, Lexington, MA on Thursday, December 27, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) outstanding clarity with significant depth and fullness with sony mdrv6 headphones. improves sound through tivoli radio used as a pc speaker too
Couldn't tell the difference Written By Tej, Richmond, VA on Sunday, November 04, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Only been using this with internet radio like pandora and spotify. I can't really tell the difference in quality compared to the hdmi output going to the receiver. I'm also no audiophile, so maybe this just isn't for me, but I'll keep it. Pros: small, easy to set up Cons: can't really hear a difference
NuForce uDAC-2 Written By gaerisch, Howard Beach, N.Y. on Monday, October 29, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I use this DAC when I am listening to music from my computer to my Magnepan electrostatic speakers. The output of the NuForce DAC is fed via its RCA jacks to my preamp then the signal is sent to my Adcom 555 series II amplifier. There is a definite difference in sound quality compared to the sound card in my computer(sound blaster X-Fi extreme music)and the NuForce DAC. The music has more bass detail, and there is more detail overall in the music. I hear sounds that I didn't hear before(except when playing the actual CD on my Sony ES CD player). Pros: Great DAC for the money. Improves the overall sound of your mp3 files. Unit is very small for its capabilities. Cons: It does cut out your sound card when you plug it in, but thats not really a problem for me.
Very Nice Audio Written By EEWdad, Snohomish, WA on Monday, October 15, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I'm an audio guy -- and like many others have built my iTunes library. But truth-be-told, I have missed being able to listen to high quality music. Recently I built a music server and converted my CD library to FLAC files which I can now play through my home theater system or listen at my desk through B&W MM-1's using my PC -- the sound quality is great and the effort has been quite rewarding. However, at my desk, headphone listening (FLAC and Apple formats) with my PC still left something to desired. I recently had some Crutchfield reward points to use and opted to use them on a NuForce uDAC-2. I'm glad that I did. It is a very small, high quality unit -- it has a nice look and feel to it (I chose the red one). I plugged it into my PC with the supplied USB cable and the drivers loaded without a problem. Connected my earbuds (Monstercable Miles Davis) and listened for awhile.. very pleasing sound. While my FLAC recordings sound best, my iTunes music is actually pretty enjoyable now too. That's a treat. Pros: Small, nicely built; easy to use. Great sound. Though I use it for just headphones, it can be used as an input DAC for small, powered speaker systems too.
Nice DAC Written By PTB, FORT MYERS, FL on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Nice DAC for the price. I have a Dell Alienware desktop which has a substantial sound card, but I definitely hear an improvement with this DAC. Head phone jack is powering Bose desk speakers or headphones - both have improved sound compared to sound card. I have RCA outs going to Denon reciever, sound improved here as well. Only drawback is both sources (headphone out & RCA) cannot be used at once.
Excellent at the price Written By BT, Florida on Thursday, August 30, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I imagine there is a better DAC out there but I've reached the point where I'm done painting the edges of my CD's green and I just want to hear musicality, this little box delivers. It drives my Grado 125's with satisfying authority and is a nice piece at a good price point. I haven't used it with anything but headphones, though I'd like to hear the rca outputs one of these days when I get up the ambition to dust behind the preamp (or something like that) Pros: Works without PC issues Potent Clean Cons: It's one more wire and thing to carry around with your phones
Nice little DAC Written By EJ, Portland, ME on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) The price is pretty good for the quality of sound this thing puts out. It made a very noticeable difference in the sound I got out of my Swan M50W's ( I VERY highly recommend these speakers). The size is nice too. You don't need to search for a good place to put it on your desk. It will fit just about anywhere. You could use a single piece of duct tape and hold it onto the bottom of your desk if you wanted. Pros: Small, good value, good sound Cons: Volume knob adjustment can sometimes cause audible popping sounds from the speakers
Poor Build Quality Written By JF, Reston, VA on Monday, June 18, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Cleaned up the sound from my laptop very nicely and as one would expect. However, the construction is cheap which I found to be frustrating given the $100+ price. The volume knob rubbed against the body of the unit and transferred the sound to the headphones - not pleasant. I'd live with it if it were a $50-75 unit but otherwise, I'd spent the money for the Audioengine D1 which looks like a nicer piece. Pros: Well-performing DAC Cons: Cheap construction
Big bang, small size Written By NY, NY on Wednesday, June 06, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) No complaints! I was skeptical at first, but this little device really does make a noticeable improvement to my relatively cheap laptop speakers. There is a lot more highs and my subwoofer has never kicked so well. And, I barely crank it to the loudest setting in fear of blowing the speakers out! Highly recommended. Pros: Small form factor Sound quality improvements Cons: relative cost
UDAC-2 Written By Alex, NYC on Wednesday, May 09, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Fantastic - got rid of the hiss from my laptop with my mid-end IEMs (Klipsch Image X5). Smoothes out the sound, particularly the treble. Amazing for it's size (smaller than a portable mouse!) Every bit worth the price I paid, and Crutchfield's service was great! What did I wait so long for? Pros: Size/performance/value/price Cons: Can't think of any.
NuForce uDAC-2 Written By foss, Denver Co. on Saturday, February 18, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) When I first received the dac I was impressed by the sound quality. That's for the 3 stars. As for build quality, the volume button rubbed on the housing and when I would turn it on/off it would pop and their was crackling at low volume. Returned the unit and got a refund. Pros: Incredible sound Cons: poor construction
Great Little Product Written By Larry L, Baltimore, MD on Friday, February 10, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Great little product and I do mean little, you could fit several of them in the palm of your hand. The difference in sound quality was immediately evident, both on my netbook and my old desktop. Music is much more detailed, clearer and brighter and overall less muddy. This was true with a set of powered speakers, (with the netbook) and with an external amplifier and non-powered speakers with my desktop PC. Same with headphone, this device really opened up the sound and I heard much more detail and clarity. No doubt about it, if you've got even half-way decent speakers, the sound card is the weak link and having this device perform the D to A converstion makes a big huge difference--immediately noticeable. The other reviews, based on which I bought the product, were absolutely correct. One additional perk is that the level control works for both the headphone and line-level outputs. I didn't pick that up before I hooked up the product. Cruthcfield, as usual, shipped very promptly. I ordered over the web on late Saturday and the package was at my door on Tuesday. Buy this item, the user reviews are not hype. If you're at all into quality audio, you'll be glad you did. Pros: small, light, easily portable, does a great job Cons: None that I can think of. Really was worth the price since I do a lot of listening to PC audio.
Good for the price Written By Tim'aq, Bethel, Alaska on Thursday, February 02, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) The sound quality is good for the price but if you have picky ears I'd look for something else. I took the Nuforce to work and plugged it in the RCA connectors in the back of my Denon RCD-M38. First I played a FLAC file then I played the original CD in the Denon player. The CD in the Denon sounded a bit better (sorry I don't have sound technology terms to explain 'better'). I'd like something closer to my Logitech Transporter but small and without complicated software. Like all my other Crutchfield orders, the Nuforce came quickly and in good shape.
Simple and effective! Written By Budget audiophile, VA on Thursday, February 02, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Pleasantly surprised by how well this DAC works. Very reasonably priced and effective. The difference I immediately notices was in the midrange--it was much more present and detailed. Pros: Size, sound improvement, convenience, cost. Cons: Sometimes causes my computer to act up if the USB connection is jiggled. Not really a drawback, just a caution.
Nu-Force Written By DonH, Bainbridge Island on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Much improved audio on my powered Bose desktop speakers. Most noticeable in the treble end of solo piano pieces, especially when played at good volume. This is an acid test for any playback. If those high notes break up it ruins the piece. whether it's Liszt or Chopin.
iMac People Written By Curtis P, Portage, MI on Monday, December 26, 2011 If you have an iMac connected to external speakers and the sound output is less than stellar buy this!! I have my iMac connected to some older Sony Sava-7 speakers there was some annoying static constantly present when in use most irritating. This completely removed all static and distortion sounds amazing!!
Works Well for Headphones Written By Drew, Laguna Hills, CA on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) When I got this tiny little device, I hooked it up to my basic Logitech laptop speakers. No real noticeable difference in sound or range. Then I dug my headphones out of the closet and started listening to music through them plugged directly into the laptop. Sounding good. Then I plugged in my uDAC-2 to the laptop & then plugged in my headphones to it - now I notice the change. The lows sound richer, the range is broader, the detail is clear. I guess my simple speakers lack the range for this device to show off. I can see how this little guy can shine even more for people with a premium headset or high end desktop speakers. I'm tempted now to invest in good speakers. At least I know where to look for them. ;) Pros: Improved range in headphones. Cons: Nothing yet.
Improved my Audio Performance Written By Koss, Anaheim, CA on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I use uDAC-2 for DAC as well as a headphone Amp. This product definitely beats my Creative Sound Card. I've noticed substantial improvement on both of my Sony and BeyerDynamic cans. No problem setting up for Windows and Linux. Excellent Value for the price!
NuForce uDAC-2 Written By Kevin, Ruston, LA on Thursday, October 06, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) WOW! This product is quality everywhere! It is well made and solid. But, the improvement in sound quality over my headphone jack on the back of my iMac is unreal! Music has so much more detail. I should have purchased one of these a long time ago! Get one today!
The missing link Written By TDiddle, LA, CA on Wednesday, October 05, 2011 I just bought an new imac and a pair of Audioengine 2 speakers. I was disappointed with the sound. Futzed with the equalizer via itunes which helped a little. I knew the Audioengine's were good- but I wasn't hearing it. Was going to return them and decided to try a dac first. What a world of difference! It really allows the Audioengine's to shine. So needed. Awesome product.
No longer a kludge Written By Martin, Hinesville, GA on Monday, August 15, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Once I purchased this product, the digital audio from my computer no longer came from a kludge (makeshift circuit). Upon plugging this into an open USB, the sound quality markedly improved with good source material. The differences between 128Kbps broadcasts, 320Kbps MP3s, and full Red Book CDs became quite apparent. Although it exposes poor source material without mercy, the u-Dac 2 does not make matters worse by adding distortion. It only lacks the last degree of harmonic resolution, but for this price, this is a quibble.
Very Nice Written By Scott, VB, Va on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Setup on Windows 7 was a snap. I was up and listening in about 30 seconds. Crisp, clear response through the entire audio spectrum. It handles classical, jazz, blues, and hard rock equally well. Perfect size, volume knob good size. I also have a Creative X-Fi soundcard and the NuForce uDAC-2 blows it away. Asyou would expect, the higher the song bitrate, the more this shines.
What a difference maker Written By Gary V, Moorpark, Ca on Sunday, July 10, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I have some $70 "store brand" computer speakers that I was disappointed in. I was planning on upgrading to a higher performance set of speakers when I came across uDAC-2. I decided to give it a try and what a difference it makes. Its obvious now that the speakers were not the problem and I will no longer be looking to get new speakers. The ones I have now sound great.
Outstanding Performance Written By Wayne, St. Charles, IL on Friday, July 08, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) The NuForce uDAC2 is an outstanding performer. The device is incredibly small and installation is as simple as can be. This DAC rivals the DACs in my high-end audio equipment. Music stored on my home computer never sounded so good; audio is crisp and clear, and I actually hear a mid-range in my audio files. Of course, the DAC can't perform magic. Your output is only as good as the input you provide. I find that the music files captured at 256Mbps or more sound as good as a CD. Highly recommended.
Impressive for the price Written By SeanP, Rochester, NY on Thursday, June 16, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I got this pretty much because I didn't need anything else, and I had my credits to burn from recent purcahses, and all I have to say is WOW. I Have a Creative X-FI with the front i/o bay, and figured that was great on its own, I was proven very wrong. If you own an XFI and arent convinced this is worth it, put your fears to rest. This DAC is worlds beyond the headphone output on the I/O drive in every possible way. I am driving AKG 242hd headphones and listening to some Acoustic FLAC files I had blew me away. even at loud levels, the distortion is non existant. I will never be buying a soundcard ever again after hearing this level of quality, and with it being so small, its just a bonus. I cant wait to listen on my reciever with the RCA outs this sports. All in all. This is well worth the price, especially if you have high end headphones, you wont believe what you have been missing.
Big upgrade! Written By Tim, Connecticut on Sunday, June 12, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) This was a big upgrade to my computer listening experience. At first I used my older Sony studio headphones which I believe to be 32 ohms and the difference was immediate. Soundstage opened up and the articulation of instruments and vocals was vastly improved. I also noticed very big improvements with my Klipsch in ear monitors, although they were a little on the bright side. Unfortunately with my AKG 701's which are 62 ohms it was sorta a downgrade? These are the cans I prefer to use, so I was kinda bumming. The nice part is that I can feed the signal to another more powerful stand alone headphone amp and take advantage of the Udac-2's built in DAC which is superior to my soundcard. Overall worth the money for it's versatility and superior sound quality with most headphones.
NuForce uDAC-2 Written By Mark M., Asen Hill,Md on Saturday, June 11, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) This makes my highly rated speakers sound much better all the way around.Also,the headphone jack is far better than plugged straight into my 2010 Dell computer's headphone jack.Recommended.
Good but not perfect Written By DirkB, Lake St. Louis MO on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) When it works, it works well. Mine occasionally gets very hot temperature wise and will distort the audio terribly until I reset it by turning it off and then on again. I play 100% through iTunes and their are occasions where iTunes must be restarted to get any audio out of it. When it works it provides a sometimes amazing audio stream and I've heard things in the same music that I haven't heard before. The owner's manual is very sparse. I was very glad to see the required USB-cable included. I do feel that this item is more than a bit pricey.
iPad users will need a powered usb hub Written By jose, Miami, Fl on Friday, May 20, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I purchased this product to use it on my ipad since my ipad basically has replaced all my computers at home. I installed it (using Apple usb cord) then to my Grado head phones but I heard no sound at all even after I fiddled with the connections and settings on the ipad. I went on the nuforce website and discovered you need a powered usb hub to make it work which will require you to buy another piece of equipment. So unfortunately I returned it but before so I wanted to hear it so I connected it to a laptop then to my Grado headsets and WOW what a difference!!!! But since its used was to be on my ipad I reluctantly returned it
Lives up to its rep Written By Rich, Westchester, NY on Friday, May 06, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Had high hopes for this based on the reviews. Main listening is internet radio, in particular one program I listen to every Friday night. Plugged this in tonight so I could run the audio stream through my desktop stereo and have not been disappointed. The sound quality is stunning. Just wish this particular model was a little more powerful
Small, but Mighty Written By Dave, Baltimore on Wednesday, May 04, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I bought this to make my compressed computer music (MP3, etc) sound better while I'm at my workstation. I run this out of my computer and into a Roth MC4 Music Cocoon, which is an amazing little amp in of itself, and into 2 early 80s Bose 301 speakers. It sounds great even with non-lossless music files. I had a friend over who isn't an audiophile type dude but loves to listen to jazz on vinyl and he was super impressed and wants a similar set-up now. This little DAC really makes a big difference in the articulation of your music, and its price makes it a no brainer, get one today!
Believe the Reviews!! Written By Tom, Rochester NY on Friday, April 15, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) My main issue with audio from my PC (Dell Studio XPS i7) was the noise -- between songs and in quiet passages in songs, I heard a lot of static, hiss, crackling, etc., with both headphones (Audio-Technica ATH-M50s) and Bose Companion II speakers. I was skeptical about the uDac, but figured it was worth a shot. It does what I hoped and more. Most noticeable to me is the dead silence when no signal is being output and significant improvements in clarity and stereo separation. HUGE bang for the buck difference, and it installs itself in seconds -- took longer to look for the non-existent instructions lol. That's the good news. As with any improvement in the audio chain, the remaining weak links are highlighted. This is the case for the Bose Companion IIs. I had given them the benefit of the doubt for a year plus, thinking that their bass issues were tied to limitations in the Creative X- Fi sound card. But no more excuses, they've been exposed and are clearly out of their league. So appears I'll be shopping for new speakers soon :) Also, FYI this magnifies the need to reduce compression. My first tests were with Apple Lossless files, and I was amazed. Then I moved down the food chain to some 256kbps tracks and then some 128kbps. Might be able to fool the X-Fi, but not the uDac-2. So along with new speakers, I'm seeing a 160G ipod in my future as well. Upgrade-itis at its finest :)
Best Bang For The Buck !!! Written By ricks0me, Lutherville, MD on Friday, April 01, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) You have to hear this device. Unbelieveable !!! High detail and resolution. Enough Said. Now Go Listen
A steal for the moeny Written By KelB, Ashburn, VA on Sunday, March 13, 2011 I bought this with low expectations, given it's price and my inexperience with DACs. Incredible difference in sound quality. This baby is about the size of your thumb, hooks to your computer through USB. You can hook up your headphones, or run a coaxial or pair of RCA lines out to an amplifier/receiver. There is a noticeable improvement in clarity, stereo imaging, and what a musician would call presence. You can hear overtones of the instruments, especially with well recorded source material, classical - jazz - country. I tried listening with three sets of headphones - a small expensive in the ear set, a mid-priced set, and a set of AKGs I used mainly for recording. The common results were more gain (louder) on the signal, what seems to be a boost to the mid-range response, and more headroom. Overall, you can listen at lower levels with great satisfaction. But the real improvement is when you connect the uDac 2 to your amp. I ran this into a pre-amp driven by a NAD with 150 watts per channel. I use an iMac at the source. Breathtaking. This sounds better than my CD player. Cleaner. More spacious. And I really am hearing things - nuances to the performances and recording - that I've never heard or never paid attention to before. Definitely worth the price.
Definite Improvement Written By Jeff K, Mountain Home, AR on Thursday, March 10, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I pretty much run the gamut of sound with my Dell--YouTube, CDs, DVDs, streaming (primarily classical & jazz)--so I use my Sennheisers a lot. Haven't played with the uDAC-2 long, but already improvements are obvious, especially in smoothness and bass solidity. It's really tightened up the bass on the Sennheisers, which tend to warmth and a touch of lower flab if plugged straight into the box. Though the Senns are fairly efficient--16 ohms--the UDAC doesn't give as much of a volume improvement as I'd been let to expect, but as Mercutio said--'tis enough, 'twill serve. And the "manual" is a joke--2 pages of information which is more legible on the back of the packaging and 14 pages of useless legal boilerplate--so miscellaneous it spends a lot of space talking about power supplies, which this doesn't even have. Finally, be aware there may be some re-config to do. It installs itself effortlessly but my DVD player would only sound through the headphone jack, till I played with its config a little. Now all is both hunky and dory.
Biggest "Wow" factor of all my first audio equipment. Written By CodyB, Columbus, OH on Tuesday, March 01, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) After doing much research, I decided to settle on a desktop setup for my PC consisting of a uDac-2, Little Dot MK III, and Beyerdynamic dt880/600 ohm. As I eagerly awaited, the uDac-2 and dt880s arrived quickly while I had to wait a little bit longer for the amp to come from China. Without the amp, I just hooked up the dt880s to the uDac-2 and let er' rip! I couldn't resist the urge to wait for the complete setup. I was not expecting great sound at all as the uDac-2 is only rated up to 300ohms, half of my current headphones... Boy, was I wrong.. The Udac-2 sounded fantastic! I am not an audiophile by any means and I was able to tell a huge difference between the new sound it produced as opposed to listening to music without it. I will admit that I had it turned to the 2-4 o'clock position at times to fully fill in the music and be loud enough but I can honestly say I would bet 90% of the general public would be overly satisfied with this combination. There were even some songs that I had to turn down the Udac-2 because it was able to get the Beyers plenty loud. After receiving the LD MKIII, I was disappointed. It did not make hardly any difference to me than what the Udac-2 could do by itself. All it did was make it louder. Do I think the Little Dot MK III is a bad amp? No. Do I think the uDac-2 stole the show? You bet. The uDac-2 has been the most impressive audio device that I have owned to date.
Big improvement over onboard audio Written By Steve T, Citrus Heights, CA on Friday, February 18, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I am connecting this device to a Harman Kardon HK3390 stereo receiver and couldn't be happier. It sounds much better than the motherboard's onboard audio, a Realtek ALC888 I believe. The onboard sound was overly bright, while the uDAC-2 is warm but very detailed. The onboard audio also could not power my Sennheiser HD570s to an adequate volume, the uDAC has no trouble. If you are looking for a replacement to onboard audio, or even an upgrade to an existing soundcard, look no further. Also compared this to the new Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi HD and the uDAC won. To my ears it sounded better with better quality construction.
uDAC-2 Written By eddie, sacramento on Monday, February 14, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) i'm no audiophile, but it makes my laptop with headphones sound much clearer and richer. Try it; you'll like it.
Just about perfect! Written By Anonymous, Maryland on Tuesday, February 08, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Great product! Makes a difference on CDs and internet radio. Works well with my Sony noise-cancelling headphones. Using the pot to control volume, the right channel cuts out when set at a very low level. This can be avoided by using the digital controls on the PC but I would have preferred the onboard controls to be a little more effective. I would not use this point to rule out this excellent DAC/headphone amp. At all other levels this sounds great, has plenty of power and is priced well. 4++ stars (just not quite 5).
NuForce uDAC-2 Written By Mark T., Cincinnati, OH on Thursday, January 27, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) This is an outstanding product. Made the sound of .mp3 audio files played on my laptop substantially better. And the USB power feature is nifty.
Modest Improvement to Sound, Great Splitter Written By Darren J, Monterey, CA on Sunday, January 23, 2011 I ordered this DAC after reading that the one in my iMac's sound card was never going to give my mp3s the justice they deserved. Obviously an mp3 can never compare with a CD but let's face it, CDs are just impractical. Don't be alarmed if this device doesn't work immediately after plugging into your Mac. You must change the audio output (in System Preferences>Sound>Output) before hearing anything through this. I did a side by side comparison (using headphones) between the audio/headphone output in my Mac versus the Nu Force. If I had to quantify the improvement I'd say a 25% improvement in clarity and bass response. My Bose Companion's actually don't sound as good plugged into the Nu Force but I believe this to be the fault of the Bose speakers. The Bose have too much trouble and use lots of internal EQ to replicate good sound. The new clarity from the Nu Force only exacerbates their "hollowness." I like how you can use the RCA/Analog and Digital RCA out simultaneously. I have both my computer speakers hooked up through Analog and my living room speakers hooked up (using the Digital out) which is nice proving my entire house with sound. Think of this as a modest improvement to your sound (worth the price) and a high-end splitter.
Best upgrade for laptop possible Written By greg, columbus ohio on Sunday, January 09, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I purchased this for my 13" macbook pro and i was floored with the sound quality. its connected to a pair of speakers i built and a polk sub cinnected to a denon 591 amp. this really is a must buy for any self respecting audiophile who plays anything off of their computer. it also greatly improved the sound coming from my AKG K242HD headphone
Excellent alternative to lousy computer audio !! Written By Anonymous, Alexandria, VA on Saturday, January 01, 2011 As I listen to audio from my computer while working and surfing the internet, I needed something much higher quality than what was in my nettop. It's internal audio device was atrocious sounding. I was planning on getting a much more expensive product than the uDAC-2 however stumbled upon this little gem. These are half if not more than half the price of other units with comparable quality. It is quiet, tiny in size, installs quickly, is durable, and most important sounds excellent !! Many handy extras with the uDAC-2: coax SPDIF out for connecting a desktop or laptop to your home stereo for streaming playback with little to no loss, RCA analog outputs and a great quality volume control. Highly recommended. Your ears will thank you !!
Bowers & Wilkins C5 In-Ear Headphones Review by Dave Bar Can a company known for their high-end speakers shrink down all their technology and cram it into a set of earbuds? Our resident audiophile tries out the Bowers & Wilkins C5's to find out.


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A photo taken with a cell phone on Feb. 17, in Geneva shows an Ethiopian Airlines flight en route to Rome which was hijacked and forced to land in Geneva. / Pierre Taillefer, AFP/Getty Images
A passenger aboard a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines jet says the hijacker threatened to crash the plane if the pilot did not stop trying to get back into the cockpit.
The plane from Ethiopia to Italy was hijacked Monday and diverted to Geneva by its co-pilot, who Swiss officials said locked the pilot out of the cockpit after he went to the bathroom.
Italian news agency ANSA said passenger Francesco Cuomo said the pilot was demanding that the hijacker open the door and tried to break it down. Cuomo, an Italian, said the hijacker got on the loudspeaker and threatened to crash the plane, then the oxygen masks came down.
Once the plane landed in Switzerland the hijacker climbed out of the window of the jet's cockpit using a rope and surrendered to police.
All 202 passengers and crew exited safely from the Boeing 767-300 plane that had taken off from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
The man "wanted asylum in Switzerland," Geneva International Airport chief executive Robert Deillon told the Associated Press. "That's the motivation of the hijacking."
The hijacking began over Italy and two Italian fighter jets were scrambled to accompany the plane, Deillon said.
Geneva prosecutor Olivier Jornot said Swiss federal authorities were investigating the hijacking and would press charges that could carry a prison sentence of up to 20 years.
Geneva airport was initially closed to other flights, but operations resumed around two hours after the hijacked plane landed. "We hope everything will return to normal in the afternoon," Deillon said.
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You pose a question that can have deep meaning on different levels, population control means more rules or something that de-populates such as war or sickness. After WW2 est. of the dead were somewhere around 65 million world wide, this has no effect as I can see on the number of people alive today. From where I set we are faced with the majority of the people in the world with little or no education, cultures and religions that subject their people to harsh rules and living conditions. Genocide is a happening where the strong prey on the weak and helpless. Hockyfan talked about poor use of our land, not to mention our water and air. We will need clean and cheap engry, more farms, take better care of our oceans, and above all else is education for everyone world wide, when people can read and write they are harder to enslave. I believe there is enough for all if we are wise about it.
i think you folks are looking at this a little myopically , first 3 out of 4 births in this good world are in the third world. the industrialized nations populations have already leveled off . the idea we need to stop having kids here is not productive. children here have a good standard of education, lifestyle ,and live productive lives. this is where we should have kids and lots of them. this is where innovation will come from to solve the problems of the world . you look around this country and you see empty building and houses everywhere and you think America has a population problem? im sorry i don't see that we are much of the population equation.. if you think you shouldn't have kids because there are already to many people ,you are the exact ones who should have kids , you are passionate and bright and care about the world. the world needs more like you not less
I registered and came in to these forums in order to respond to a comment about population in the December 2008/ January 2009 issue. As I was having trouble navigating to find that commentary, I found this first. If you can tell me how to go there and post a comment, I would really appreciate it. What are the rules on posting a comment from the magazine?... Can I quote it verbatim in this forum? Until I know whether I can include that to clarify my response, I will just react to what has been written here.
@enchantsb: my home is about 1500 sq ft without our 2 sunporches. We have 3 bedrooms upstairs... 1 for my wife and I, and 1 each for 2 children. A child should have his/her own room, not have to share (especially into teens). We could possibly move downstairs into our parlor, then having room for 3 children...
I can tell you though that it makes me angry when you say that if you had just had one child, that you would have 3 less minds to solve the world's problems. You should not be putting the burden of those solutions on them and other future generations. Your children may or may not want to solve the world's problems as they pertain to the environment. I know you love your children and fully expect them to achieve a lot in the direction of your ideals, but you have to assume they may want to drive a "regular car", heat their home with fossil fuels, and get groceries at the store like most people in the western world. This may just be the lifestyle they drift into when they go off to college.
You have mentioned adoption and I applaud you for this. I don't feel that my genes(or those of my wife) are better than anyone else's. If I really believe that our character is what is important, and I want to raise more than 2 children, and raise them with an attitude that helps them and the rest of humanity, adoption is definitely the way to go.
Your children are already born and I am sure that you are raising them in the best possoble way, with lots of love. But please do not tell someone that has not had children, or had 2 or less, that it is ok to have more because they may be possible geniuses at solving world crises. It is just not fair.
People in the third world have a lot of children because they lack education, women's rights, access to contraception, and they have a high rate of infant and child mortality. They also see children as a kind of retirement and health insurance, providing for them in their old age. If their situations improved, they would not feel the need to have so many children, and those already as well as future generations would have a better living standard as a result. As it is, you cannot contrast their children's living standards with ours, admitting that theirs is worse, and then say this is a "good world".
It seems like you are doing the whole "lead by example" thing in reverse. "People in the third world countries are having too many children... more than they can support, often... so we, with all of our resources, are justified in increasing our own populations." We have a lot more time and resources to worry about what is right and wrong, and making permanent improvements. We can't make this into an "us vs them", where we are more justified in having children. We are less justified because we have the education and the leisure to make better choices.
You also justify us having more children because this is where the innovations will arise. Like I said in my last post, this is putting an unfair burden on future generations. You are implying that those solutions are not yet here, and you have to admit that when they get here they will go farther on a smaller population. If you believe that our culture and resources foster the minds that create solutions, then solve two issues at once and adopt children from the neediest nations. Encourage them to correspond with their biological parents and have a strong national and ancestral identity, while at the same time teaching them the values you think are important and giving them all of the opportunities children have in this country.
As for the comment about empty homes, I do not see many around here. We had a building boom and bust in this country because there was a demand for new housing. Unless our population was increasing, these people wanted to move into a better home, or they wanted to buy a second home. If the population is increasing, you are wrong about population increase. If it is the second explanation, we should improve our existing homes or do a tear down and build another in its place. If it is the third, that is just extravagant exuberance... Just because there is an empty space doesn't mean that it needs to be developed and "improved".
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I'd be a huge fan of adoption if you did not have to prove yourself wealthy, mainstream, and practically "perfect" to do it here in the US.
While I agree that you should not attempt to raise what you cannot provide for, I don't think that "providing" should mean proving you can supply it with a room of its own, a car, and a college education. You can foster a child in squalor for years; adopting one seems to require affluence. Less the clothes, I was given all those things.
--Given the fossil fuel mess, NO ONE needs to be handed a car. A bus pass or bicycle, definitely. A carpool to school/work/doctor/the store, maybe, if they're too far out in the boonies for public transportation to reach. But not a car. Don't even get me started on the whole "You're 16!! Here's your car!!" crock.
--The idea that every biped needs a room to themselves is certainly at least significantly responsible for the popularity of the McMansion.
--I know my family meant well when they taught me to assume that I would go to college; I know the State of WV meant well in handing me a full scholarship I never even applied for. I still believe I would have fared better-- or at least wasted less and learned more-- if college had been treated a privilege to be earned, if I wanted it enough by hard work rather than a given course verging on a birthright (I was 'bright,' that is, I had an excellent rote memory and a strong desire to obey authority).
How many of y'all have adopted kids?? Of you, how many are living in, basically, well-insulated conventional homes?? Have you ever tried to prove to a social worker that, for example, a straw-bale house is a safe place to raise a child and eggs right from the chicken aren't poison?? If you have managed to convince the officious little paper-pushing child wardens that "difference" does not equal "deficit", please tell me how you did it.
Do you know how many extra hoops I, as an married monogamous heterosexual verifiable Pagan, would have to jump through to adopt a kid?? Peripheral experience strongly suggests that the first one would be proving I didn't want it for human sacrifice-- which might be reasonable if it didn't require renouncing my "sin" and getting baptized in a nice, mainstream, preferably right-leaning church.
This isn't the forum to start debating the "married monogamous heterosexual" part.
That wouldn't even be a patch on what I'd have to submit to as someone who has received documented treatment for a mental illness. Yup-- because I sought therapy for depression when I was 20 years old, I'm considered much less fit as an adoptive parent than someone who's still keeping it all corked up in a nice polite little bottle.
Diagnosed with an autistic spectrum disorder??? Nope. Forget it. No hoop high enough. Too big a risk.
I can buy an unwanted child in a private transaction. I can buy one on the black market. But I cannot adopt one through legal channels, love, learning, compassion, and economic stability (as distinct from the American ideal of affluence) notwithstanding.
Adoption's a swell idea. Even with three of my own, I'd love to adopt another in a few years' time. I'm one of those types that would be thrilled to raise a dozen. We just need to clean up some stigmas and steroetypes and figure out some better judgment criteria, and then I'll drive that bandwagon.
Government-imposed two-child limit?? I can't say it's a horrible idea...
...but I can say that, if it goes like I've been told China's one-child policy has, there's a fair probability that a child like me would have be aborted, abandoned, or exposed at birth.
And that just for having been female. You know what kind of crap developmentally differential kids and their parents-- disproportionately "suddenly single" mothers-- have to go through over there?? If, that is, they're too old to kill quietly by the time the abnormality becomes evident?? A Google search about nine months ago augurs that the most popular method of coping with that one is sociologically referred to as "altruistic murder-suicide."
Our low-impact ancestors, according to many theories, controlled population not by celibacy or contraception but by exposing inconvenient, unwanted, abnormal, and oftentimes female infants at birth. I do understand the simple survival imperative of one of the four-- but wow!!!
Have we come close enough, even in the "developed world," to a society where every individual willing to deposit effort equal to their withdrawl of resources is valued to not quickly revert to the 21st century version of the same??? I doubt it. I'm not even sure the ability to do so lies within "human nature".
I agree that we've got to control our numbers. There is no more new frontier (hasn't been for millenia, if we are to be honest; every 'new' frontier in the last few thousand years has been some other group's ancestral home). We've already proven that intensive farming is a bad idea. We are stretching the finite resources of a finite planet (not to mention a finite-- however artificially so-- supply of wealth). But-- practical (and final) point-- while it may be "brutally honest," castigating anyone who chooses to have children, or chooses to have more than one or two, is just another really fast way to deeply disenfranchise a very significant slice of the existing population.
Which, of course, is totally irrelevant if you're the go-it-alone survivalist type. Though I think we're going to need more go-it-together sustainability types if we're going to make this work in the absense of apocalyptic cataclysm (Hey, we have to face the fact that, while it probably will, apocalypse might not happen for a while).
While we may debate here about how to deal with "overpopulation of the earth", there are those who are already, and have for quite some time now, been taking action on this. We can talk here about it, but what is being done has been happening already without our counsel or approval for 100 years or more now. You may even be surprised to learn that you yourself, or some of those in your family, may be leaving here early as a part of the solution to this "problem".
Find out more about that by watching this movie:
(the "Eugenics" part of the movie is in the final 1/3, so be patient, or scroll ahead)
Even the fact that we are discussing this subject here is probably a part of the plan to gradually get us to be more accepting of the measures that are already being carried out.
I think that this is the work of the devil, but thats just my opinion.
" i think you folks are looking at this a little myopically , first 3 out of 4 births in this good world are in the third world. "
"the industrialized nations populations have already leveled off . "
Also true.
"the idea we need to stop having kids here is not productive. children here have a good standard of education, lifestyle ,and live productive lives. "
True, only relative to other countries. Saddling US children with $35,000 of US debt for each child is not my definition of good. The children of the US will also be paying far more in Social Security taxes than me or my parents did, because they will have to support the Ponzi scheme called Social Security.
"this is where we should have kids and lots of them. this is where innovation will come from to solve the problems of the world . you look around this country and you see empty building and houses everywhere and you think America has a population problem? "
The houses are empty because these families now live on the streets. The families are on the streets through a combination of factors. One is they made foolish decisions on their mortgage (bought too much house or used an ARM), or they lost their job.
When I read the Feb/Mar 09 issue I was dishearted to see the letters from the readers who were cancelling there subscriptions. I think this is an issue that needs to be discussed, cussed and solved. I do not have the answers but I know we all must work on this issue.
Part of the solution to having the earths population not exceed the carrying capacity of the earth is to use less energy, use less water, recycle. All of the topics that the magazine has talked about for years. If I grow part of my own food (even if it is only one tomato plant) I have saved energy by not importing food from some far off state or country. I have food that taste good and is healther for me (no pesticides or contamination during processing shipping). Giving myself something fun to do. Gotten some exercise especially if it is a large garden maintained with hand tools. And, I contend, helped the carring capacity of the planet.
Do I want to limit the size of families? Kill off the old and infirm? Kill off the uneducated or people that do not look or act like me? NO.
I do want to live a substainable life, using the least amount of resources that I can while enjoying my friends and family. It is not a hardship to have friends over for a few home brews using your homegrown grains and hops and yes, I do think it taste just as good as the beer I had while stationed in Germany.
I would like to raise the educational levels of the third world, empower women within there cultures. To many of the worlds women have children as children. I would like to work towards a world that has educated, employed populations in stable democracies. As a previous posted pointed out the population of Western Europe aand North America is level or falling (if not for immigration). If the third world were educated and employed I think thier populations would also level out.
And so I am dishearted to hear that the long time readers decided not to renew. Reading a magazine does not mean you agree with everthing the editors print. If you have taken the time to read this magazine and contributed your thoughts you are the type of people that need to be working on finding those answers that I do not have. I however suspect that together we have the answers we need.
Ray, I think that your cancelling magazine subscribers are horrified when they look closer at this issue.
To say that, "yes, the population needs to be reduced" brings to mind very ugly memories of those who have said that sort of thing in the past and who have acted on their beliefs.
Who is it that will be doing said population reductions??
Do some men actually deserve to have that sort of power over the rest of us??
This is a horrifying concept, Ray.
Who wants to be in the position of agreeing with such monsters who presume to make such decisions over us??
Who wants to even suggest that this sort of thing is necessary and ok??
Your subscribers who left are probably not wanting any part of the whitewashing and promulgating of such ideas. These steps needed to take such actions are best left to God. Any man who proposes such should be exposed and shunned.
As far as the recycling stuff, having a lighter footprint on the Earth, conserving energy, that sort of thing? Yes, we all want to promote that...no problem there.
Oh boy I knew this was a thorny issue,bringing up old issues such as Hitler,Stalin,Mao and many others who all thought population control was a measure to conserve resources and 'preserve their race'and thats why I didn't want to participate.No one on this planet has that right to do that to anyone else except for Mother Earth herself and we have no control over that and nor should we ever. That being said,I do have to reiterate though what Raymond said before pman does have some validity in the fact that the Earth can handle only so much .The movie 'Wallee' deals with what could happen if population does get out of control and is mismanaged.Misery ensues.A good example is the woods.Look what happens when too many trees try to occupy the same space.Natural selection takes over and weeds some of them out.Well,the same will be happening to our species soon and in saying that many I think are having a hard time dealing with the loss of their own existence.That may be why the magazine had the subscriptions dropped,its a really thorny issue with religous types.I am pagan and learned death is an integral part of my present existence.Its the end of life and too many think they'll live forever.
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Spencer has yet to tell the girls about Toby's involvement in the A team, which makes them even more confused when Jason invites the girls to Alison's memorial and Spencer freaks out on everyone. Alison's body has been returned to the DiLaurentis family and they want to have a second memorial, this time putting her remains into a mausoleum in an attempt to keep her safe. Unfortunately, all the mementos the girls placed in Alison's grave are still missing.
At school, Caleb's mother calls and tells him that the aunt who raised him before sending him to foster care is moving to Australia. Her house needs to be cleaned out and Caleb is reluctant to go and see the people that made him fend for himself, but Hanna convinces him to make peace with his former home before it's torn down. Why isn't his aunt cleaning out her own house?
When they get to the house, Caleb's Uncle Jamie is there. He took Caleb to a few baseball games when he was younger, but Caleb insists to Hanna that this gesture of kindess was really guilt over Jamie's brother, Calebs father, leaving him.
Ready to head home, Jamie pulls Hanna aside and gives her a picture of a man holding Caleb when he was a baby. The man isn't visible, but on his hand is the same ring Jamie is wearing.
Hanna notices this and points it out to Caleb later, but Caleb is adamant that he didn't meet his Uncle Jamie until he was 5. Is Jamie actually Caleb's father? Also, weird side-story.
Aria is hanging out in Ezra's apartment, probably smelling everything, when Ezra's brother Wesley shows up. His dorm room is being fumigated and Ezra said he could crash there. I. Don't. Think. So. Whatchoo talking bout, Wesley? When Aria looks disappointed that she no longer has the excuse of 'checking' on Ezra's apartment to spend time there, so Wesley tells her that he's bad at remembering to water plants and asks her to drop by the next day and do so.
Happy to have an excuse to spend time among Ezra's things while he's avoiding her, Aria visits Wesley the next day and he suggests they go out for pizza. On their way back to Ezra's, Wesley is attacked by a man and quickly hits in the face with their pizza leftovers before grabbing Aria and running for safety. What a waste of cheese.
Back in Ezra's apartment, Wesley admits that the he's hiding out (I knew it) from his mother. Like Ezra, he's trying to get away from their family. Every time he tries to get kicked out of school, his mother convinces the board members of the private school to let Wesley stay. The man who attacked Wesley is married to the school's physics teacher, who Wesley flirted with. Yikes.
Spencer meets with her private investigator again and learns that he has found the door the 'A' key opens, but he won't give Spencer the information until she gives him more money, but Spencer isn't sure that she's ready to see what's on the other side of the door.
On her way home from school, Emily stops by the police station and makes up an excuse to see her mom in hopes of taking the picture of Detective Wilden at Cape May, but the picture is gone. Kinda saw that one coming.
While talking with her mom, Emily notices a postcard in her Pam's purse with a picture of PARIS on the front. Emily grabs it, pretending it's hers and runs to Spencer's house to show her what she found. The PARIS postcard was put into Alison's grave by Emily, along with 23 other postcards.
There is a message on the back from A, telling Emily that the police know it was her who killed Alison. Well, that's not good. Seeing that Spencer is still distraught over Toby, Emily tries to offer her friend some support. Hanna told Emily about seeing Paige in the bar with the girl from the costume store, but instead of cheating on Emily, Paige was trying to find out who rented the Queen of Hearts costume on Halloween. Emily is hoping that Spencer will see that sometimes things that look bad aren't as they seem, but let's also remember that Emily didn't catch Paige in full A-gear.
Emily decides that it's time for her to get professional help to handle her grief over killing Nate and schedules an appointment with Dr. Sullivan. Refusing to see herself as a hero and not a murderer, Dr. Sullivan suggests that Emily undergo hypnotherapy in order to reframe her memory of the night at the lighthouse.
But once she's put into the hypnotic state, Emily remembers standing with a shovel over top of Alison the night she died. Um, did Emily kill Alison? Cuz that's gonna be an issue.
Emily wakes up and thankfully was vague in her ramblings, making Dr. Sullivan assume that Emily was talking about killing Nate, not Alison. Yikes.
Later than night, Mona stops by Dr. Sullivan's office to give her a gift for her new office. Dr. Sullivan becomes visibly uneasy around Mona, who 'can't thank Dr. Sullivan enough for what she did' for Mona. So, Mona forced Dr. Sullivan to get her out of Radley?
Spencer meets the investigator, who is oddly philosophical and seems to want to be besties with Spencer. He asks his client what she thinks she'll find, and Spencer tells him that she and Toby had a secret. If she opens the door and sees that the secret is kept, she'll know that Toby still loves her. Everybody stop. What the what is this secret?!? Spencer gets to the building and opens the apartment to find an empty room, quickly bursting into tears. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? ARE THESE HAPPY OR SAD TEARS? WHAT IS HAPPENING?!
Upset (she's definitely upset), Spencer bursts into the memorial for Alison and charges at Jason, telling him that Alison was not only pregnant when she died, but Detective Wilden was the father. WOW. I figured that, but how did Spencer know?
Jason takes off, probably to introduce his fist to Wilden's face, while the other girls scream at Spencer for being so cruel. They leave her alone in the mausoleum, where Spencer sees Toby's mother's marker. She walks over and scratches Toby's name into the monument with his key. I am so confused right now.
Outside the graveyard, Emily hears sprinklers and they trigger something in her brain. Her memory from Dr. Sullivan's office was mixed up. It was Emily begging someone in Alison's grave to stop from opening the coffin the night she was drugged and brought to the cemetery by Jenna and Noel.
Emily can't remember who was in the black hood, but she remembers seeing a second person there, a blond woman in a red jacket. Emily doesn't remember know who the woman is, but she does know that the woman is in charge. The woman in the red coat is A.
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On this two-week adventure through Central America, we discover colonial towns in Nicaragua and El Salvador, explore bustling local markets in the Guatemalan highlands and search for wildlife in Costa Rica. Cruising along Lake Atitlan, we visit local villages - home to the Tzutujil Maya people. We also explore the ancient site of Copan in Honduras and uncover the rich history of the Maya kingdom.
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Re: Commute Pictures.Lots of commute pictures all strung together:-)
Re: Commute Pictures.Thanks mate. I needed my mate Adrian riding with me in the morning to get some more light on the road.
Re: Commute Pictures.How long is your commute?
When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments- Elizabeth West.
Re: Commute Pictures.Always find such clips motivating. I know it is just video of someones ride to work and home, but when matched with a good song, I find it makes me feel like getting on the bike and riding
...need to view such clips on those cold wet mornings before I venture out lol...get me motivated for that soggy feeling
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That day it was 24kms in and 12kms home. It varies most days on how I feel and what time I start. Today was 58kms in as I started later but left at the same time.
Re: Commute Pictures.One tree hill
Got to watch out for these buggers in the morning Lucky the magicshine has a broad pattern
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Noice, but it seems someone had difficulty counting . . . . . . .
Re: Commute Pictures. I noticed that too, I am only a recent arrival in Bendigo so have no idea how it got its name. Plenty of trees for those bloody kangaroos to hide behind.
Re: Commute Pictures.Here is lovely Dampier, some shots from my usual neighbourhood ride.
Parker Point at night Dampier palms
Re: Commute Pictures.A few shots of my commute from Brisbane to Shorncliffe
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Re: Commute Pictures.Here is a picture of my commute to Petersham from Chatswood in New South Wales:
Cycle commute picture in Rozelle by tbohlsen10, on Flickr Sorry for the slightly blurry photo as it is from a video and I am still trying to iron-out the shaky footage I get out of my video camera (Panasonic SDR-S50). Here is the YouTube playlist that this video resides in (it is from Part 3): http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCF9505B3CA770DFD
Re: Commute Pictures.Middle of winter, still a lovely morning for riding!
Just outside Brighton Beach Brendan
Re: Commute Pictures.Roseville Bridge this morning...
My bike blog. Long on rumination, rambling and opinion. Why let facts ruin everything?
Re: Commute Pictures.Some absolutely AMAZING photos coming up on here, keep em coming! My commute the other day took me along the coast between Noosa and Coolum, the water was the most spectacular blue i've ever seen, pity i couldn't get a photo of it.
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Recent sunset. Morning Calm Morning Fog When I go the long way by MTB. bychosis (bahy-koh-sis): A mental disorder of delusions indicating impaired contact with a reality of no bicycles.
Re: Commute Pictures.waiting for the group ride to start outside the regatta hotel
Re: Commute Pictures.A few weeks ago, near the end of my commute. This is Yarran Dheran Park, in Donvale Victoria:
Re: Commute Pictures.Browns Waterhole, South Turramurra at about 7am this morning.
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Re: Commute Pictures.After this on the way to work on Monday morning, the rest of the day was a bit of a let down... 1.370" x 24 tpi - what sort of stupid standard is that?
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