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With that a door opens and, true to her word, the whole crew, including Charlotte, the make-up girl, walks in. Barbara gets them organized and slowly she and Kimberly begin to fuck them all.
The first one on the bed is the director. Kim is still tied down and Barbara hangs over her face. She leans over and tells the director that she want him to fuck Kim so hard that Barbara will feel his cock through Kim's tongue. Kim groans with joy as she digs her tongue deep into Barbara's pussy. Every thrust of the man's cock drives her further into her girlfriend. She can look up in the mirror and watch as Barbara kisses the director and she sees her own eyes widen as she is pounded again and again. Barbara can't keep her hands off of Kimberly's nipples and she squeezes them until they are rock hard with pain and pleasure. The director grunts and comes and as he does he falls out of Kim. "Next!" shouts Barbara with glee.
"Wait," Kim begs. "Untie me so I can have your delicious breasts in my hands."
"Plenty of time for that," Barbara whispers, "I've got something special first." She stretches her body over Kim's and begins to eat out her pussy, sucking up what's left of the director's load.
She looks back at Kim and says, "That was just to get you ready." She rolls off the bed and goes to where the make-up girl is on her knees sucking a young man who can't be more than 18. She kisses the boy as she slips her gown off her shoulders. Completely nude now she takes the boy's hand, while she says to the make-up girl, "Thanks for getting him started, Charlotte. You'll be next in the bed." Charlotte looks up and grins as the boy is led away.
Barbara stands at the foot of the bed and still holding the boy's hand says, "Kimberly, this is Peter and for your birthday you get to do him. He's never been laid so this will be sensational I'm sure." Kim moans and watches as Barbara lifts Peter's cock, still wet from Charlotte's mouth, and plunges it deep inside of Kim's tender pussy. The boy falls onto her chest and he starts to greedily bite and suck on her nipples. Barbara is still holding his cock, even as it drills deep into Kim. Barbara is leaning over the boy's back controlling his rhythm. She stares into Kim's eyes and whispers, "It's like I'm a virgin fucking you for the first time."
Kimberly begins to cry as she comes and keeps coming. "I love you," she sobs over and over, unable to take her eyes off of Barbara's lovely face, red now with wild passion. The boy is kissing Kim's neck. "I love you," he moans. Kim looks in his eyes. "I love you, Peter. You're being so good. Oh, sweetie! You're so good." She kisses him gently, then Barbara leans down and kisses them both.
Kimberly can feel Barbara's left hand guiding Peter's cock. She is squeezing him to keep him from coming. Kim's eyes widen in wonder as she realizes that Barbara is plunging her thumb of her right hand into Peter's ass and tickling his balls with her fingers. "I can't hold it," he gasps and he begins to explode inside her. It seems an endless flow of warm passion. It just keeps emptying inside her like a water fall. Kim keeps kissing Peter and sighing, "Oh baby, oh sweetheart. This is so good. I love you baby."
She feels Barbara's fingers dipping into her pussy. Barbara takes her hand now covered in both Kim and Peter's juices and slips it into Kim's sweet mouth. And Peter is still coming. Finally Barbara takes him out of Kim and brings his cock to the bound girl's lips. Kim moves her head up to take all of him in her mouth; she is now thrashing uncontrollably against her bonds. Peter begins to flow inside her and she keeps gulping and swallowing hungrily. Barbara's face is next to hers and she is licking Peter's balls. Kim and Barbara seem to be kissing each other as they work their tongues over Peter's cock.
This goes on endlessly until Peter has no more juices to give. He presses his face against Kim's angelic face and moans. Kim keeps whispering, "I love you, Peter. You're so sweet, baby." Finally Barbara takes his hand to lead him away. "I'm going to get Peter cleaned up and send him home to his mother," she smiles with mischief as she leans in and whispers, "Don't worry; I'll give him your phone number." Then her smile turns to an evil grin, "But I have someone to take care of you too." With that she wiggles her perfect bottom in Kim's face and skips away. And as she leaves Charlotte moves towards the bed.
Charlotte is dressed in a black bustier with black silk panties and black sheer knee high stockings. The panties have a slit that reveal the lips of her hungry pussy. As Charlotte climbs onto the bed Kimberly lays back languidly and admires her sensational figure. Charlotte has a voluptuous body with a rear made for spanking and huge breasts that jiggle and pour out over the top of her bustier. She leans over Kim. "I've been longing for this," she says as her soft dark hair tumbles across Kimberly's face. Kim watches as Charlotte's breasts heave with each deep breath.
Then Charlotte turns and begins to untie Kim's legs, taking her time, tickling and sucking her toes. Both girls are giggling with delight. Then Charlotte loosens the other ropes and helps Kim sit up. Kim shakes her mane of dewy golden hair and Charlotte presses the curls to her own face sucking in the scent of sweat and tears from Kim's long night of loving. She smiles to herself as she contemplates what's still in store for the birthday girl.
She gives Kimberly some cool water while she rubs her supple glistening skin with a softly scented oil. As she massages Kim's tender breasts she sees the nipples stand up begging to be sucked. Charlotte obeys the command and giggles, "Oh, you're delicious. Are you tasty all over?" With that she leans into Kim's lap and begins to nibble on Kim's clit, sucking up the juices from the previous lovemaking. Kim begins to groan but then she's startled to find the ropes on her wrists pulling her up into a standing position. She looks anxiously at Charlotte and sees her pick up a leather riding crop.
Kim is standing on the bed naked with her arms tied above her head. Her breasts stand out and her skin glows with the oils from the loving massage. She looks down with wide eyes at Charlotte lying beneath her running the tip of the crop up and down Kim's legs. Abruptly a mask is thrown over her eyes from behind. Kim can get out just one fearful cry before the gag is forced into her mouth.
Kimberly's heart is racing and her breathing is quick and shallow. Her thoughts are racing too. She's afraid of the gag, afraid of the blindfold, and she's afraid of the bonds. She knows now that she is in for some delicious pain and her skin is tingling with anticipation, but she fears what heights her captors will try for after all she's been through tonight.
All this time the tip of the crop has been tickling her legs. It disappears and she feels Charlotte standing up on the bed. "You've been a naughty girl, Kimmy." And there's a whooshing sound and the crop slaps against Kim's white legs. "A very naughty girl." Whoosh and a sharp slap of leather on her ass. Her bottom reddens and tingles with pain. Kim begins to writhe slowly as she feels the crop come down across her breasts. Her nipples stand up excited, about to burst. The crop hits against her belly and Kim begins to come, screaming into her gag.
Now Charlotte is whipping her ass wildly. "Naughty girl. Bad girl. Naughty girl," she's shrieking. Kim is writhing and dangling from the ropes; her legs can't hold her. She screams again and again into the gag. Her pink flesh is glowing red with pain and wave after wave of honey pours from her pussy.
Kimberly feels herself gradually lifted into the air as the spanking continues. Then Charlotte wraps her arms around Kim's legs and begins to kiss her raw, red bottom. Kim feels Charlotte's tears wetting her tender skin. Then Charlotte twists Kim around and throws Kim's legs over her shoulders. Suddenly Charlotte's mouth is on her pussy and with her hands gripping Kim's rear she begins to kiss and lick and suck.
Kim is thrashing and bending in the air, arching her back and pressing herself deeper into Charlotte's face. She has not stopped screaming her muffled screams since the spanking had started. Now she screams more as a tongue drives deeper inside her. In the next moment her body stiffens and she bends back further; she trembles and shakes with bliss and moans a deep animal sound as her body melts and she hangs limp from the ropes.
Charlotte has taken her mouth off of Kim and holds her legs as she's slowly lowered towards the bed, but before her feet touch the sheets Kim feels pressure against her ass and pussy. She groans with the realization that she's being lowered onto two hungry cocks. Charlotte is still holding her legs and mounting them onto the chest of the man in front. Kim's body folds tightly as she's squeezed between the two men. But as the tips of the shafts begin to penetrate Kim starts to buck and thrash between the two men. Her groaning grows into an animal scream as the two shafts alternate their pounding. Charlotte is moving around the trio slapping their thighs with her riding crop.
The two men are pawing all over Kim's flesh grapping her breasts and gnawing as they drive into her. Their alternating rhythm continues and Kim bucks and screams between them. The crop stings her flesh and with each sting of leather the shafts drive deeper. Kim can't tell which of the men comes first but they are coming furiously as her screams rolls into a moan. She is exhausted and melting as her glistening body slides down between the two men.
She feels herself lowered to the bed and limp with satisfaction she rests her head in Charlotte's warm lap. Charlotte is stroking her hair and gently removing the gag and blindfold. Kimberly is weak and placid as she looks up at her with her sweet innocent eyes. She tries to speak but she has no voice left. She gulps some of the water Charlotte offers but is shocked to see two men attaching something to her ankles.
The men are attaching gravity boots, like those she once wore for a magazine spread shot at the mansion. She would also wear them and hang upside down as Hef ate her out and she sucked him dry. She loved it. Now she looks up dreamily at Charlotte as the two men begin to hoist her up. She is too weak to resist as her sweaty body slides along the damp sheets. Charlotte is moving along with her and supporting her as first her long legs lift into the air; then her round, plump, now soft and tender rear lifts off the bed. The sheets stick for a moment to her moist skin, seemingly reluctant to let go of that delicious flesh. Charlotte holds her shoulders as her body is lifted into the air.
Blissed out and bleary-eyed Kim dangles upside down with Charlotte under her holding her up. She is humming softly to herself; she has not really stopped moaning since the last double screwing. She dreamily looks out at Charlotte, too tired to care what happens to her next. Her lovely arms hang loosely down over Charlotte, and her beautiful breasts look wonderful hanging there shapely and ready for kisses. Her belly is flat and smooth and leads up to the ever dewy bush; between her thighs the swollen lips of her pussy glow with invitation. She hums and sways and loses herself in wave after wave of joy as each stroke of the evening seems to repeat itself inside her.
Then she feels a loving tender touch on her rear. Somebody is caressing her bottom with one hand while the other runs its nails slightly up her spine. She feels a warm cheek rest against her buns. "Barbara," she moans, or thinks she moans; all that comes out is a long passionate hungry sigh.
Barbara gives Kim's ass a gentle pat and steps in front of her. She's dressed the same as Charlotte except she's not wearing any panties. "Mmmm, Kimmy, you look positively yummy. Like candy in the fudge shop window. Are you as yummy as you look?" Barbara, holding Kimberly's buns in her hands begins to dart her tongue gently over the lips of her pussy. "Oh, this is sweet." Her tongue flicks over her thighs and her belly but always return for a quick, delicate lick in that glorious snatch. Kim looks up and can see Barbara's pussy moist and ready in front of her. She's still moaning quietly and slowly writhing in the air as Barbara's tongue works over her legs and tummy and pussy.
After a few dreamy moments Kim begins to hum louder. Charlotte is also moaning and crying as she watches Barbara work her mouth on Kim. Slowly Kim lifts one arm and puts a hand on Barbara's rear. Then the other hand comes up. Charlotte gently lifts Kim's head as Barbara moves her own bush into Kim's sweet face. Kim's tongue has a mind of its own as it slips out to meet the lips of Barbara's hungry pussy. Everything is moving slowly and deliberately; Kim's tongue is licking and tasting delicately, so is Barbara's. Charlotte is looking up and admiring the glories of the two playmates giving pleasure to each other.
Reflexively Kim gulps and swallows some of the hot juices; as the honey drips down her throat she tightens her grip on Barbara's rear. Kim's tongue goes a little deeper and she squeezes even harder. Each of her actions is matched by Barbara. Gradually she begins to come out of her blissful haze and dig more hungrily into Barbara. At the same time her body stiffens and trembles with ecstasy. Her thighs tighten around Barbara's head while Barbara's tongue seems to reach down through Kim's pussy to lick her heart. Charlotte starts rocking back and forth whispering, then shouting, "Yes, yes, yes!" This starts both Kim and Barbara writhing against each other.
At this point Kim has no thoughts; her gorgeous, perfect body and her sweet, innocent soul have turned into a machine of sex and lust. Her translucent skin flushes and the blood pounds through her veins. Her round breasts tremble and her green eyes are flashing as they take in the sight of Barbara's thighs pressed against her. Perhaps she is dizzy from being dangled upside down or perhaps it's the memory of all the fingers and tongues and cocks that have pierced her tonight but suddenly her body straightens, her toes point to the ceiling, her nipples push out as far as they can go, her bottom clinches, her legs press against Barbara's head, while her fingers dig into Barbara's buns, and with one low, deep, soulful groan she faints.
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This is a rather special variety of celebrity home invasion, as both the victim and the perpetrator turned out to be famous people. In 2009, singer and real-life Garbage Pail Kid Ke$ha admitted to having crawled under a fence and entering the home of Prince in order to give the singer her demo tape. Perhaps most surprising of all, she succeeded in doing so before Prince's security guards tossed Ke$ha out on her dollar sign.
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After you update Windows Server Solutions BPA with UR3 and execute it on Small Business Server 2011 Standard, it displays a warning:
The /EWS virtual directories maxRequestLength doesn't match the get-transportconfig MaxSendSize
The checking logic of this rule is incorrect. If you modify the value as per the Resolution, it will impact most of the EWS consumers and some OWA scenarios also breaks.
As long as maxRequestLength is set to the default value '2097151' (which is 2GB), it will be fine. The warning can be safely ignored on Small Business Server 2011 Standard servers.
There is another issue:
The function CertNameMatch fails on certificate subject names that contain spaces, eg "firstname.lastname@example.com, CN=www.example.net, etc...". This will be split into "firstname.lastname@example.com" and " CN=www.example.net" (notice the space before CN). A Trim() call on the variable is missing in the code.
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Oct. 4, 2013, Washington, D.C., The World War II Memorial: A Federal Park Service ranger admitted being ordered to make life as difficult as possible in order to make Americans feel the most pain as a result of the partial government shutdown.
Oct. 4, 2013, Washington, D.C.: The White House and the Department of the Interior rejected a request to have World War II veterans visit the World War II memorial in Washington.
The Greatest Generation: Thats how my mother, father, uncles, aunts, relatives and millions and millions of other people have long been identified . But seeing the treatment received by some of their peers in Washington, D.C., it is clear not everyone sees them in that way. The veterans came to visit their memorial and were met with barricades and park police.
None of them ever dreamed they would be confronted in this way. It was another day that will live in infamy.
What took place in the nations capital presents us with a very tough question which needs answered. Why? Why would anyone want to ban World War II veterans from their own memorial?
There can be just one answer. This particular group of very special people represents the American flag, mom, apple pie and everything that goes with it. For this, they are despised.
Historically, the World War II generation has been determined to be the most responsible, hardworking, accomplished people in our history. In addition to that, they saved the world.
Now they are being viewed as the enemy. You can forget about al-Qaida, the Taliban or other terrorist factions; its our precious veterans who have become the troublemakers. Instead of being welcomed to the memorial built in their honor with open arms and hearts, they were banned. Its as though they hadnt sacrificed and suffered enough.
Two days after the banishment, despite the so-called government shutdown, the National Mall miraculously sprung open for an immigration rally. Illegal immigrants flooded the mall to demand they be given rights. Ironically, they are the same rights taken from the veterans who fought a war to preserve.
The person who can be blamed is perched at the top of the government heap. It is the one and only president of the United States. The action approved by him was done with a purpose in mind. Its another part of the transformation he often so enthusiastically talks about, adjusting history to fit his prejudices, eliminating what he doesnt like and putting in what he prefers, discrediting America and Americans as he goes along.
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Speaking at an industry conference on Tuesday, Erick Tseng, Facebook's head of mobile products, said the company is moving away from a "one-off app strategy." Instead, the company wants to make it easier for independent developers to build mobile services that integrate with Facebook's social networking features.
Kim-Mai Cutler reports that Tseng and Facebook are looking to create a mobile platform for app development similar to what the company did on the desktop Web. Cutler indicates that platform is now supported by "550,000 applications and 1 million developers."
Tseng told the conference that 150 million users globally now access Facebook on mobile devices and that tying location closer to social networking would help accelerate that growth:
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Moline, IL...State Representative Rich Morthland (R-Cordova) will be in Morrison this Saturday, October 22 to discuss issues affecting the city with local leaders and constituents.
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the first part of your reply is what I don't agree with. I suppose it's a matter of interpretation: you believe that Al is telling Eishun and Eva of Godel's plan; I, on the other hand, only think she told her the story between nagi and arika. I agree with Devilen on that Al's is only daring to venture a guess, since he's known Godel for so long, when he said Godel would contact Negi (now that i think about it, did he ever actually say that?) he said something about discovering the secrets of the MW, but he never mentioned Godel by name, right?).
as for how the old geezer knows Asuna's been captured, notice he says its only a possibility, his guess based on the fact the World Tree is glowing waayy out of schedule
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TUSTIN — Tustin Mayor Jerry Amante, through his spokesperson, has reached out to TheLiberalOC and our readers with this statement, which we promised to published as sent to us. "The City Council met in closed session for a total of over 2.5 hours discussing David Biggs' relationship with the Council, an activity that is clearly…
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The agenda for last night's Tustin Council meeting had a closed session meeting item labeled "performance evaluation of the city manager." But no such performance evaluation occured. City Manager David Biggs was instead served with a notice of Intent to Terminate, about four and half months after starting the job. Did Jerry Amante and the…
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So much for the Rally for a Return to Civility in Tustin in the wake of the 2010 elections; the 3-2 Republican majority has re-appointed Jerry Amante as Mayor of Tustin. And with the position comes favorable commission assignments for Tustin City Council members. Amante has listed his goals for 2011 and it includes: Implementing…
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Our email basket is overflowing with tips from readers about tonight's Rally to Restore Civility to Tustin in front of the Tustin City Council chambers around 6:00 p.m. The best resource for those who need confirmation about the knuckle-dragging council members Jerry Amante and Doug Davert need only to go to former council candidate Sherri…
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- China's new leaders could implement a fresh round of institutional reforms needed for long-term sustainable growth.
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Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 12 September 2012 – With a leadership change playing out and in the midst of implementing its current Five-Year Plan for sustainable and balanced growth and creating an innovative knowledge economy, China may be poised for a fresh round of reforms that are necessary to achieve its long-term development goals. "The coming three years are critical for the next 20," Li Daokui, Director of the Center for China in the World Economy (CCWE), People's Republic of China, told participants in a session on the global implications of China's transformation at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions. "We still have a lot of institutions which are not conducive to creative activities."
The rule of law, for example, needs to be bolstered by ensuring the independence of the judiciary, Li noted, adding that stock markets should be more closely regulated and rules enforced. "Too much attention is fixed on GDP," he lamented. "The key issue is the fundamentals of growth. We are now running out of the dividends from institutional reforms pushed out by the previous government. To continue to grow, we need a new round of institutional reforms." Reckoned Li: "The social conditions are ripe. Among the new leaders, there is religious belief in reform. Without reform, there is no way to achieve success in the future."
Klaus Kleinfeld, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alcoa, USA, agreed. "When you look at the policies, they are clear," he said, citing China's 12th Five-Year Plan. The challenge is how to manage the transformation from a great plan to reality. In particular, Kleinfeld remarked, "there is a tremendous need for more small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and a tremendous need to change the financial system to make that happen." Private companies typically pay double the cost of capital; poorly performing state-owned enterprises are kept afloat; and resources are misused, he pointed out.
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The 22-year-old former rugby league prop defeated fellow local tradie Kennedy Hill during Saturday's Tradies Fight Night at the Great Northern Hotel, winning what organisers called the event's best bout.
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Some of Kevin Quinn's best Quaker Valley hockey teams have been built from the back with a strong core group of defensemen.
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New York--Two smaller mining companies recently reported that large, exceptional rough diamonds recovered from their mines in Africa have sold for millions.
Petra Diamonds Ltd., which operates the Cullinan, Finsch and Koffiefontein mines, among others, sold the 25.5-carat piece of blue rough discovered in April at South Africa's Cullinan mine for $16.9 million, or $663,144 per carat.
Petra described the sales process for the diamond as "highly competitive."
"We are delighted to have concluded such a successful sales process for this important blue diamond," Petra CEO Johan Dippenaar said. "This result further serves to highlight the Cullinan mine's unique position as the world's most important source of blue diamonds."
Over the years, the Cullinan mine has produced some of the world most well-known diamonds, including the 3,106-carat eponymous piece of rough discovered there in 1905 that remains the largest rough diamond on record.
Letšeng Diamonds (Pty) Ltd. sold a 164-carat D color, Type IIa diamond recovered from its Letšeng mine in April into a profit-sharing agreement for $9.0 million, or $54,911 per carat. Letšeng received the rough price upfront and will receive a "significant share" of the money received from the sale of the polished diamonds produced from this piece of rough.
The Letšeng Diamond Mine is in the Maluti Mountains in Lesotho, an independent kingdom located within South Africa. The Government of Lesotho granted Letšeng Diamonds, which is 70 percent owned by Gem Diamonds Limited and 30 percent owned by the government, the mining lease for the property in 1999.
De Beers operated the Letšeng mine from 1977 to 1982. The mine reopened in 2004 and Gem Diamonds acquired it in late 2006 for $118.5 million. The Letšeng mine has produced four of the 20 largest white gem-quality pieces of rough ever found.


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96 vs. 48 or 44.1 kHz sampling --> scientific test, perhaps here is the 1. listening test !
96 vs. 48 or 44.1 kHz sampling --> scientific test, perhaps here is the 1. listening test !
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it is a summary of German diploma work, written 1998, so it should be independent from companies like Zoony etc.
It was quite a good reading, I hope, somebody of the germans could translate important things, sorry, I have no time.
So, the result was:
44.1 kHz, 16 bit:
they used Tascam-DAT-Recorder DA-30 MKII as reference for CD standard, 44.1/16.
They tell, that this was picked out very clearly from the majority.
(btw, they show a graph, that says, that 16 bit has in mid frequency range a noise level, which is higher than our hearing abilities. very interesting !)
so, 44.1/16 is not sufficient.
48 kHz, 24 bit
one DAC was preferred over analogue original, but why could not be figured out. So there was difference but which ?
another DAC was able to reproduce the analogue original as best DAC of all tested, better than all the 96 kHz DACs !!!!!
in blind test it was 50/50 %, so this DAC could not be distinguihsed from original source.
96 kHz:
Dacs had worse performance than the 48 khZ ones.
but some were "beta-versions...".
Look at the graphs, especially site 9.
Sorry for this short post, but I think, it may interest you...
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QUOTE (Bedeox @ Jan 31 2003 - 10:18 AM)
Lowpass filtering sound introduces differences... I have thought about it too.
It SHOULD be unnoticeable, but you never know... these frequencies MIGHT have some impact
on lower ones...
Well, don't worry, using a high-order FIR lowpass filter, the introduced errors will be way below the noise floor of the best 24-bit A/D converter. Remember, you don't even need the filter to be doable in realtime !
Anyway, the goal is to determine
- whether storage in 48kHz (and 44kHz) in audibly inferior or not, to storage in 96kHz
- whether storage in 20-bit and 16-bit is audibly as good as storage in 24-bit, or not.
For this purpose, you take a reference signal, and try to generate the best possible 44- and 48-kHz waves from it. The quality of the filter will matter a bit of course, but it is perfectly normal that the final result takes everything into account !
For example, if no difference can be heard when going from 96kHz/24bit to 44kHz/20bit, it will mean that: even when taking ALL digital filtering imperfections into account, there is NO REASON to use more than 44kHz/20bit
Then, if people want to store audio safely, they can be confident that a sampling rate of "X-kHz" at a bitdepth of "Y-bit", processed by the filtering algorithm "Z", will be enough for human ear B)
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Some of you have been wanting to upgrade to 128 meg of memory, for your Xbox. The extra 64 meg of memory is great for Linux, MAMEoX or software development.
4 chips are required to upgrade from 64 meg to 128 meg. 2 on the top and 2 underneath.
I found another place that offers XBOX Memory Chips in Germany. They are selling them for 64 Euros (~$75) + shipping.
Soldering these chips requires very good soldering skills and tools. There are 100 pins per chip!
Here is an instructional site, that has a video clip, showing how to solder SMT chips.
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Here is a previous thread from Xboxhacker.net, where people have successfully added 64 meg to their XBOX.
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MASHPEE — Twenty states now have legalized marijuana, either for recreational or medicinal use, but growers and sellers of the lucrative plant have found their biggest challenge is dealing with the cash it generates.
Banks are leery of handling the money, since marijuana remains illegal under federal law, sharing the same classification as heroin, Ecstasy and LSD.
"The Massachusetts Bankers Association has not taken an official position, but from my discussion with at least a dozen other banks, they are taking a 'wait and see' position," said Michael Tucker, chairman of the association's board and president of Greenfield Co-operative Bank. "In my opinion, it doesn't matter whether a bank is state or federally chartered, federal law will trump in these instances."
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Medical Marijuana of Massachusetts was awarded three of the 20 provisional licenses given out by state health officials in January. The cultivation facility will operate in Plymouth and supply marijuana products to the organization's dispensaries in Plymouth, Mashpee and Taunton.
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Efforts are being made to help customers avoid having to arrive with pocketfuls of cash, since checks and credit cards won't be accepted.
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According to Ankner, marijuana products will be delivered from Plymouth to each of the dispensaries by armored car each day. One gram of each variety of marijuana product — edibles such as candy and cookies will not be sold at Delahunt's operation but salves and tinctures will — will be featured in a display case. Four ounces of each product will be stored in locked cabinets.
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Actor Rob Lowe has been tweeting that his "sources" are telling him Manning is retiring. Unfortunately, due to the ridiculous routine of the sports media these days, all sports writers have to pounce on the loudest internet sensation rather than simply writing, "Rob Lowe is an actor. When I start appearing in movies is when you should look to him for sports reporting."
If Spike Lee starts tweeting about sports rumors, the New York Knicks will win every championship and not just in basketball. I wouldn't believe President Obama if he started Chicago-related sports rumors and he's got the CIA on his side…maybe Ozzie Guillen was dropped by the Chicago White Sox, so the CIA could actually understand the recordings on the phone taps…that's a column for another day.
Archie Manning, Peyton's father, has already squashed any rumors about Manning retiring, saying he probably would have heard before Lowe if that were the case. Imagine that; a person's family hearing news regarding their life before Twitter and Facebook.
Why are people's first reaction when something big happens, "Wow, I have to put this and my feelings on the internet"…another column for another day.
Back to finding Minnesota a quarterback.
The Colts are cleaning house. They've fired head coach Jim Caldwell, who has worked with Manning since 2002, and GM Bill Polian. It smells like Manning could be shopped with Andrew Luck on the horizon in Indianapolis.
Although three neck surgeries in 19 months will make it difficult for Manning to twist his head to see which defensive player the Vikings offensive line has allowed into the backfield, as long as Manning has his brain and arm, he's worth every penny.
In a worse-case scenario, Manning doesn't do well, but Ponder has someone to learn from. In a best-case scenario, Manning and Adrian Peterson run into Doc Brown and use the DeLorean to bring the Vikings back to relevance.
It's a huge risk, and with the NFC North being a Jay Cutler injury away from having three teams in the playoffs this season, it may not be worth it in the long term. But one can dream.
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16 January, 2010
Commissioning of Antarctic wind farm
United States Ambassador David Huebner; Lady Hillary; Mayor Parker, ladies and gentlemen.
Nearly a century ago Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole, recounted his Antarctic exploits here in this beautiful old building.
In Amundsen's day instantaneous communication with Antarctica was undreamt of. News from expeditions, whether of triumph or tragedy, travelled back slowly to the outside world with the newsmakers themselves, or the survivors of their parties.
Shortly we will be crossing live to Ross Island, Antarctica, to commission the wind farm which has been constructed over the last two years through New Zealand and American cooperation and effort.
New Zealand and the United States share a commitment to increasing the global uptake of renewable energy resources.
When I had my first formal meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington last year, I raised with her the prospect of significant cooperation between New Zealand and the United States in the area of renewable energy provision for smaller pacific island states.
She responded very positively to the suggestion and since that time we have been working to give shape and substance to this proposal.
Already significant progress is being made in relation to projects in both Tonga and the Tokelau islands.
So it is fitting we have worked so hard together to get this wind farm up and running in Antarctica - one of the world's most pristine and fragile environments.
The three wind turbines will provide clean, renewable energy that will cut the amount of diesel required to power Scott Base and McMurdo Station by 11 per cent.
The wind farm is a major commitment by New Zealand to the joint United States-New Zealand logistics pool.
It is also a fitting symbol of our continued commitment to the greatly valued and highly successful relationship our countries share in Antarctica.
For many years that relationship has embraced cooperation on logistics and science. Today we also work closely together to manage the challenges presented by the increasing global interest in Antarctica and its resources.
Just over a month ago, New Zealand hosted a meeting to find ways to prevent a humanitarian and environmental disaster occurring in Antarctic waters in the event of a tourist vessel sinking or running aground.
We are also working together to ensure that marine resources in Antarctic waters are managed sustainably, including by combating illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing.
I had the pleasure of being with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the State Department in Washington D.C. last April when, along with the representatives of other Treaty Parties, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty, and reaffirmed our commitment to its objectives and purposes.
Representatives of 12 nations, including New Zealand and the United States, first signed the Treaty in 1959. Today there are 47 Parties.
Half a century later it remains a remarkable agreement, thanks to its bold vision that Antarctica should for ever be used exclusively for peaceful purposes.
As a result, the Antarctic Treaty has continued to serve as a model of successful international cooperation.
Peace, disarmament, international scientific endeavour, and the preservation and protection of living resources are the key objectives of this far-sighted document.
The Treaty was conceived against the backdrop of the Cold War. As such it is a reminder that international cooperation can be achieved even when major challenges confront, and sometimes divide, our world.
Today our scientists are at the forefront of investigations into the origins and diversity of life; the changing composition of the atmosphere, and the pace and impacts of climate change.
New Zealand and American scientists worked closely together during International Polar Year with the highly successful ANDRILL project, which produced significant new information about Antarctica's role in, and response to, climate change.
The quality of these endeavours is eloquently expressed in an inscription on the cross erected by Scott's party on top of Observation Hill on Ross Island, not far from Scott Base and McMurdo Station.
It was from this vantage point that the party watched in vain for Scott's return from the South Pole. As we know, he and his companions perished just a handful of miles short of safety.
The inscription reads simply: "to strive, to seek, to find and not to yield".
Ambassador, distinguished guests, this is a great day for New Zealand and American Antarctic cooperation, and I offer my congratulations to all those involved in bringing the wind turbine project to fruition.
Thank you