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Yeah. I personally have no problem with the white color and think that if it is to be accepted, they should be accepted as a color variety or just go in with the others. I don't think they should be a separate breed.
But that's another thread xD
The white breeders want them to be a separate breed because they can't show since the color is considered a fault. They are calling them something like a Swiss Shepherd, I can't remember the exact name. As far as registry, AKC will register anything- look at all the horribly bred puppy mill pups who are "AKC".
There was someone around here a while back who had some whites that they were working.
We had a white at a club I belonged to, he was a fear biter. You had to practically feed the dog the sleeve to get him to bite. They finally told the guy they wouldn't work his dog anymore- he wanted to use it for security work and stuff, and the club directors didn't want their name attached to the dog. The guy kept insisting that he'd bite so the club director told him that he was so confident the dog wouldn't bite, he'd let him send the dog on him without any suit or sleeve. The dog never got closer than 20' to him, just stayed that distance away and barked. The guy still thinks the dog is able to work.
in my opinion, the white gsd is only poor quality IF you get a dog from poor quality. There are just as many poor quality gsd's of ANY color out there.
There are alot of white gsd's that are just as nice as any other 'color' of gsd, you see a few in obedience/agility, anything but the conformation ring.
Intelligence comes from the dog not the specific color)
Let's just put it out there, Capt. Max Von Stephanitz said it perfectly "No GOOD dog is a BAD color".
One half of Lacey's pedigree comes from white dogs. Obviously none of them shown in AKC, but shown under the WGSDCA (I think that's the acronym anyway) just like livers and blues they can be registered just not shown in conformation. But if conformation showing doesn't matter to you (like it doesn't to me) then it's all gravy.
i never said ALL white gsd breeders are byb's i said those breeding AKC GSDS with no working background are BYB's
the akc is good for a few things Confirmation
agility and obedience...
now lets take AKC GSD breeder #1 she has white gsds which she breeds also and ONLY competes in cofirmation with her dogs...
im MY opinion this person WOULD be a byb, because she doesnt PROVE her white dogs in any way, they cant be shown in the ring and this is all this retorical breeder copetes in so what has she doen to PROVE her dogs worthy...he white dogs may or may not confirm to the breed standard other than color...but what have they done to "PROVE themselves worthy of continuing the line
now ACK gsd breeder #2: breeds normal and white shepards, this breeder does confirmation, agility and obedience...of course the white gsds arent shown in confirmation but her white gsds do hold titles in agility and obedience...this WOULDNT be a BYB as shes PROVEN her white dogs just as Worthy of adding to the breeds gene pool.
both of these are assuming health testing.
so i see an add for "AKC white gsd puppies" and i look into it i find out the breeder does basic health tests...but otherwise her marvelous white dogs dont hold ANY titles...not even CGC...WHY whould anyone buy a dog from that person...
these folks use AKC as a selling point NOT as a way of proving the dog.
if i was buying a WORKING breed (the gsd is a working breed) it needs to at least prove itself basically capable of still doing that job...
this is also why i have very little respect for the "pretty" show ring dogs, an AKC show rings gsd's back is so badly roached that dog could NOT do a full days work.
and again in the UKC whites are accepted in the ring. i hope that makes more sense...
as a side note theres a huge difference in line breeding to fix a traint and flat out multi gen inbreeding...and the later can cause mentall defects, including "dumb dog syndrome" as i heard it called in the uk.
when done properly, occasionally it fixes a trait but as i said "LOTS" will cause defects.
i think white gsds are gorgeous...but i would never buy an AKC white gsd unless its got multi titles in agility and obedicence and is preferably UKC cross registered...
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foxy what you are missing is you can't do conformation with a white GSD, as they are a color fault which is a disqualification. The problem is the same as any GSD breeder who is breeding for color or size "Old School GSDs!! Huge big boned dogs!". You breed for those things and you leave out the important ones, like temperament and working ability.
UKC white CAN show confirmations
and i know you cant akc confirmation show white, thats why i personally feel an akc breeder breeding for color only and not doing OB or agiltiy (which white can do in akc) or other form of Work is a BYB, AKC or not, breeding only for color is bad enough, breeding only for color in a color that cant be shown in confirmation then adding AKC to the title to make it look "special" is even worse.
but aparently im not getting me thoughts into words correctly.
ive seen good white shepard breeders (especaillu UKC) who not only do confirmation wiht their whites (again UKC acceptable color) but also do agitlity, obedience and other work...these are GOOD breeders despite breeding for a color specifically...
i do agree with you on the point that anyone breeding for something as specific as color or size and NOT PROVING their dogs somewhere other than "oh hes huge" is a BYB no matter what the registry.
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the way I see it, there are ALOT of breeders that show "only" in conformation, for reasons of their own, that is their "thing", they don't have the time to do other sports, they don't want to do other sports, just because a dog is shown in conformation only does NOT in my opinion, make them a BYB. (tho I'm not saying they aren't either)
CGC is NOT a title, agility in my opinion is not 'working' , (tho if I'm persuing agility I'm going to a breeder who does agility and does it good with their dog),,that is not to demean agility, but to me it's a "sport", Herding is working, Schutzund shows the working ability of the dog, Obedience tells me they have one smart dog and put alot of time in it.
I would not dismiss someone who showed in conformation only if it was a dog I was interested in, tho that is not my 'thing' .
There are alot of dogs out there, that have titles all over the place that I wouldn't consider, and then again there are dogs out there that have no titles that I would consider as well..
It's all about "the dog",,
A little off topic, but curious ... has anyone ever seen an 'extreme' white GSD (i.e. like some of the overdone conformation dogs)? Because I have not, and I've seen quite a few White Shepherds in UKC and a few more over the years in OB and AG.
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I have to agree. Most of the white shepherds I have seen (UKC) seem to be a lot more stable in the rear than the AKC shepherds, regardless of color. And no roach backs either.
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The third annual Jerusalem marathon takes place Friday. Previous races have drawn thousands of runners from around the world and attracted international brands as sponsors.
In a statement Tuesday, the Palestine Liberation Organization called on marathon participants and sponsors to withdraw their support.
It says the marathon is another Israeli policy "aimed at exerting Israeli control over the occupied city." A spokesman for Jerusalem's municipality counters that the marathon is a "symbol of co-existence."
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1-29-12, 1a USN (Ret) Gerry Hoewing stands in front of the National Flight Academy at NAS Pensacola next to the National Naval Aviation Museum.
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It's rare that two significant retirements are announced on the same day. Especially when it's two men who had vastly different careers, but touched many lives nonetheless. We would be remiss by not mentioning their achievements and impressive careers.
They are:
» Gerald Hoewing, a retired Navy vice admiral in May will step down as president and chief executive officer of the foundation that supports the National Naval Aviation Museum and the National Flight Academy at Pensacola Naval Air Station.
» Pensacola Police Sgt. David Goldsmith, who retired Thursday following a career that began in 1981. He was a sergeant for more than a dozen years, the department said.
For Hoewing, his work for the foundation was really a second career. Reporter Rob Johnson on Friday reported Hoewing, a former aircraft carrier aviator, led the founding of the Flight Academy, which challenges students in grades seven through 12 in science, technology, engineering, math and other disciplines. It was a difficult undertaking to raise millions at a time the national economy was in the tank. But Hoewing led others through that campaign.
Foundation volunteer Nancy Fetterman aptly summed up his nearly seven years with the foundation: "His thoughtful generosity, enthusiasm and professionalism represented the best values of an officer and a gentleman."
However, like many retirees, Hoewing won't be content to put up his feet. He will be the foundation's president emeritus and will "actively advocate" for the organization, the foundation promised.
Goldsmith's career may not have been as high-profile, but like other law enforcement officers, he put his life on the line every day since he began as a cadet in 1981. He became an officer later that year. Chiefly, he was responsible for parades, 5K runs and other special events in the city. That is no small feat in a town that likes festivals and celebrations. He also was responsible for organizing the motorcade security for presidential candidates and other leaders who came to town. Hardly an easy job when dealing with many out-of-town egos.
Again, we rely on those who knew him best to sum up a distinguished career: "Sergeant Goldsmith has long been an ambassador for our police department," Chief Chip Simmons said. "His expertise and dedication will be missed."
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Being unapologetically girly, it was only a matter of time before I buckled and wrote a fluffy, sugar-coated ode to fashion's most feminine hue…
Spring/ Summer saw a whole host of designers playing with the possibilities of pink. From graphic deckchair stripes at Prada to acid-trip lace-effect leather at Christopher Kane, pink stopped sucking its thumb this season and developed a rebellious streak and some angsty, iconoclastic tendencies. Yep, this season's pink is suffering from an identity crisis, making it palate-cleansing, punchy and, most importantly, distinguishable from its BFFs, Barbie and Paris Hilton.
Shades came in a spectrum from blush to bubblegum and fuchsia to flamingo, in styles that ran the gamut from Jil Sander's feminimalist fluoro maxi skirt to Dior's retro Club Tropicana offerings. The trick is to embrace it wholeheartedly; be bold and wear it top-to-toe, or be bolder and clash it with its zany bedfellow, orange. Elsa Schiaparelli claimed to have invented pink. Make her proud.
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In 490 B.C., the fellow who ran 25 miles back home to Athens to announce news of the victory over the Persians at the Battle of Marathon supposedly said, "Rejoice, we conquer!" and then dropped dead.
Modern marathons, originally 26 miles, became 26 miles and 385 yards at the 1908 Games in London. The extra yards were added so the race would finish in front of the royal box.
These days marathon is also used to describe less rigorous events.
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The small but tight-knit West African community in Sonoma County is scrambling for information on relatives and loved ones back home in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea as the worst Ebola outbreak in history has killed more than 800 and sparked an international health crisis.
The American Red Cross is deploying specialists to the region, a Sonoma County Red Cross official said, as a second American health care worker infected with the often deadly virus prepared to be evacuated to Atlanta for medical treatment.
Jackson Duoa, a retired Sonoma Developmental Center nurse, said he has been following the news from Liberia, where his sister, cousins, aunts and uncles live near the capital, Monrovia. So far, they have not contracted the disease that causes hemorrhagic fever and kills at least 60 percent of the people it infects in Africa.
"I try and get in contact with them every day," said Duoa, 61, who has lived in Santa Rosa for the past 17 years with his wife and seven children. "I am worried about them. There's not much you can do but listen to the news and hope for the best."
Duoa said he was last in Monrovia in June, and he did not develop Ebola symptoms. The disease has a three-week incubation period and is only spread through close contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person.
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Federal agents at U.S. airports are watching travelers from Africa for flu-like symptoms that could be tied to the recent Ebola outbreak, health officials said Monday.
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When the meeting ended, it was early evening and Aurei hurried through the mass of people to catch up with the young knight as he walked alone from the Keep.
"Sir Eleazar?" she called as she hurried down the steps to catch him. She was afraid he'd not be too happy if forced to speak to her alone, but she was pleased to see him stop and turn to her as she joined him.
"Duchess, what can I do for you?" he asked almost shyly, the very slightest hint of a smile on his lips.
"I was hoping you could stand my presence enough to allow me to walk with you."
"Well, the sight of you no longer tempts me into an angry rage - but I must admit that it is tough for me not to look upon you without very negative feelings welling up inside of me."
"Nothing violent, I hope?" she smiled demurely.
"No, not any more… that is gone now forever."
"I'm very glad of that. Are you hungry?"
"Very much so, but I think I'd prefer to eat alone."
"Well, I tell you what - if you'll come with me over to the Inn, I'll give you something to eat that you can take wherever you'd like and I'll leave you alone."
"I don't want to owe you for a meal, Duchess."
"You won't - the information you provided at the town meeting is more then enough to pay for a meal."
Eleazar sighed, seeing the girl was determined to get her way - just like most Drow women, "Okay, Duchess, sometimes it is easier to give your opponent more than they demand to save a struggle - I will dine WITH you -- do you have a private room where we could dine alone?"
Aurei was completely taken back by the complete change of attitude from the Elf, "Um… yeah, we do. You want to eat dinner with me… alone?"
"I don't 'Want to' Duchess, but I know the look in your eyes too well; as it is the stubbornness that is a racial trait of most Drow noblewomen and I really don't want a long battle, so I will give you what you want."
"I'm not sure I like that, Sir Knight - you're not going to try to beat me with a chicken leg when we're alone are you?"
"Probably not - I'm still too weak to give you any trouble, Duchess. Hopefully in time I'll be able to --- give you trouble that is, not beat you."
"I look forward to it, as that will mean you're well."
"I'm not sure, Duchess, if I will actually ever be 'well' again."
"You will be." she said with certainty, "Because I am going to require your help."
Eleazar laughed, "My word, but you DO sound like a Drow Matron!"
She frowned at him, "Right now I'm merely a Drow Duchess that is up to her pointy ears in vexing problems. I'm certainly not demanding anything from you, Sir Eleazar, but I am very sure you will willingly help me."
He looked at her amused, "Oh really? Why, pray tell, would I do that?"
"Therapy." She replied, "You faced something in the Elven forest that left you weak and shaken. You've changed and I see that you are not the same, rather arrogant Knight that rode into Westmark and tried to kill me upon our first meeting. I think you have conquered many of your 'demons'."
The knight visibly paled at mention of the word and for a moment looked at her stunned, before regaining composure, "Duchess, you have no idea."
"There is just one fault that remains to be cleansed, and that is your hatred of the Drow. I feel Yesh brought you here to help you remove that hatred by helping me. I mean, think about it - I am very likely the only Drow this side of Aeropolis and you are brought here of all places, so you have to deal with me. It sounds to me like Yesh wants you to learn something about your feelings for the Drow."
"Duchess, I led three expeditions into the Underdark to destroy several Drow cities. I've faced thousands of Drow and killed nearly as many. Yet all that bloodshed never lessened my hatred for your kind."
"Hate usually doesn't go away after violence, quite often it just makes hatred worse."
"And you think that by helping you - or your people here- it will suddenly make me accept the race that killed my mother?"
"No, I hope that it will teach you to judge by individuals, not by race."
"There are no good Drow, Duchess."
"What about me, Sir Eleazar? Am I evil?"
"You are… different, Duchess. You are just a human girl in a Drow form. You understand what it is to look like a Drow, but not to actually live as one. So you don't count."
"So you are saying I'm more-or-less just a human?"
"Exactly - in the way you think, you are."
"Then why are you prejudiced against me?"
"Because you still look like those she-devils in the Underdark!" He was growing irritated at her logic.
"Can't you see, Sir? You're judging me on how I look!"
Eleazar sighed in frustration and rubbed his forehead, "Duchess, it is rather hard to get past your appearance. You have to understand --- Drow nobles are almost a sub-species of the Drow race, they are taller, more graceful, and the Drow noblewomen are all exceptionally beautiful. They know how to use their beauty to get their way with not only their own kind, but males of most humanoid species. It is not a learned trait, apparently, for you have been using your magic on me and believe me, if I can be affected it is a sign that you are exceptional in your skill. It was my Drow father's mother - my own grandmother, I guess- that once lured me away from my mother with her beauty when I was a mere boy in order to use me to her own ends. How perverse it is, yet that is why they do it, Duchess Bugley, to get their way. I have seen extremely beautiful noblewomen use their charms against males of many species, and more times than not, they are successful. I have even met Matron Zeatt, the priestess of Yesh that leads the exiled Drow followers of Yesh in Aeropolis, and even she was unable to persuade me to train some of the Drow youth of the city as knights to serve Yesh. Matron Zeatt is most persuasive, Duchess, and one of the most attractive Drow women I have ever seen, yet I was able to easily resist her. Then I met you. You greatly resemble her, Duchess, though I must say you surpass her with your beauty and charming skills. That is why even speaking to you makes me very, very uneasy, for I'm afraid I'm being charmed, whether you know you are doing it or not."
Aurei stopped and touched the knight's arm, looking deep into his eyes, "Sir Eleazar, as Yesh as my witness, I'm not deliberately trying to use any kind of Drow hocus-pocus on you! Honestly, I'm not trying to deceive you or manipulate you. Could we not just talk and get to know each other better and maybe you will be more relaxed around me and then you will be able to understand what I'm trying to accomplish?"
"I've agreed to dine with you already, Duchess, and I will leave the conversation up to you."
"But I want you to at least give me a fair hearing, Sir Eleazar."
"I promise I will do that."
They reached the front entrance to the Muddy Boot and the Knight held the door open for her. As soon as she entered the Inn, a chorus of male voices called to her, but she just waved at the Patrons and went over to tell Brandi that they would be using one of the Inn's three private dining rooms. She then led the Drow half-breed through a door into a somewhat quieter and empty room. She bid him sit at one of the twelve places along the rectangular table, "Now, tell me what you would like to eat?"
He surprised her by placing a very hardy order for an Elf, but she was delighted that he seemed to be growing less awkward around her and so she hurried to put the order in and returned with a long stoneware bottle and two mead flagons.
Eleazar eyed both with raised brows, "Duchess, I don't drink alcohol."
Aurei smiled, "I know, Paladins of your order don't drink, but
this is Sylvan Elf Honey Mead - unfermented and very sweet
"I haven't had any of that in many years."
"We have a Wood Elf who brings us a case several times a year - he makes it himself and it is actually quite good." She sat a flagon in front of the knight and poured the fluid into it and then into her own, "This should not get you in trouble with your Order."
"You have nothing to worry, Duchess, for I'm no longer a Paladin." He stated this so flatly and she nearly dropped the bottle in surprise.
"You're not? Why?"
He hesitated for a moment, but then he recalled one of his creeds. He had always made it a point that after he had made a mistake, to 'embrace the error' and go wholeheartedly through the suffering state in hopes that through misery he would learn discipline. This time he decided to force himself to suffer by allowing her charms to open him up, though he suspected she would merely use him for her own purpose. He no longer feared her to be evil, but she was still a Drow woman, albeit a young one, and he knew that all of this was just so she could get her way. He suspected that allowing her to see his vulnerabilities would very soon lead to heartache for him, and in that pain he would learn a lesson. So, motioning her to sit, he told her the story of his life, following the outline of his reoccurring nightmares, but supplementing it with his recent meeting with the Faesidhe, the revelation of his mother's identity and then the encounter with the Fae lady that ended with a demon being expelled from within him. He knew the whole grim tale would shock the young Drow woman and hopefully pop any bubbles of delusion she might have about him.
So he told it passionately and graphically and was somewhat glad to see the expressions come across her face as she sat and very quietly listened.
"-and that is when you and your half-Elf friend found me. I told Sir Alvis about the demon and even though he didn't say anything, I'm certain I will be removed from the order, which will mean I will no longer be a Paladin. It is only logical and I certainly don't blame him." He ended the tale with a long drink from the flagon.
Eleazar looked at the girl, satisfied that he had shocked her enough with the tale to curb her optimism toward him.
She sat there for a few moments after he finished, taking the story in, blinking back tears for his plight. A single tear dripped down her face and with it, Eleazar knew that his story had not had his desired effect. She took his hand in hers and he tried to gently pull it away, but she squeezed it while again looking deeply into his eyes with the same fiery redness that resembled his own.
"How you must have suffered." She finally commented, emotion in her voice, and he tried to move her away from pity.
"I haven't suffered enough, Duchess. How horrible to be deceived by evil as I have. Any Knight of the Blood worth the title should have fallen upon his own sword in disgrace."
"Don't talk that way, Sir Eleazar! Didn't Yesh say that 'Your failings are seeds of my grace that grow into mighty oaks of righteousness.' ?"
"Yes, but I think he didn't have my situation in mind when he said that, Duchess."
"Sir Eleazar, I did not detect any evil about you when I spoke to you outside of the Inn on the day you attacked me. I wonder if perhaps there is more than just a demon involved in your situation."
The young knight looked puzzled, "What do you mean?"
"Well, you said that the Drow matron was chanting a spell just before she killed your mother, right?"
"You assume she was summoning the demon of rage - but what if instead of summoning it, she was setting up the conditions of its imprisonment?"
"Go on."
"Well, maybe the spell she cast caused the demon to overtake you only in certain situations, such as times of high stress. Perhaps it only physically came upon you at these times but at all other times dwelt somewhere else."
Eleazar didn't respond to her idea, but she could tell that he was mulling over what she said.
"You see how that would work? At times of high stress, you'd be possessed, but then it would leave and no magic would detect any evil about you. It would be a rather fiendish spell, don't you agree? The type of spell an evil Drow would cast. Besides, if the Matron was going to use you as a gladiator, wouldn't other matrons be hesitant to send up their champions against someone possessed of a demon? Wouldn't they want to scan you magically before agreeing to a match? If they detected that you were possessed by a demon of rage, I'd think they would be loath to pit someone against you. So it would have been in the Matron's best interest to cast an enchantment like that on you. Competing Matrons would have had you scanned and that would have revealed only a slave boy, so they'd agree to the match and then during the match you'd be overwhelmed by evil and win, but the demon would depart again after the stress ended."
Eleazar scratched his chin, "It would certainly make sense. I'm impressed with your reasoning, Duchess. It would explain why the Order never sensed any evil about me while I was serving as a knight."
"And if that is indeed the case, then the demon lied to you about your paladin abilities, for you would have had them yourself when the demon was not upon you."
Aurei could see a glimmer of hope in the knight's red eyes.
"But I would still have to atone for my sins when under its control, and I would need to start afresh."
"No harm in that, is there?" She asked, but before he could reply, Brandi came through the door with trays of food for both of them and they interrupted their talk to prepare to eat.
After a few minutes of eating in silence, Aurei resumed their conversation, "You know, Sir Eleazar, one terrible thing that has happened to you that you didn't even mention is that you have never been a child. You grew up as a slave in the Underdark, working as a slave with no fun or any childhood companions to play with. Then, as a young man, you joined the Blood Knights which is a strict order and not subject to any sort of frivolous pursuits. Now you are all dour and somber, for you don't know how to relax and enjoy yourself."
"What is the point?"
"Elves on the surface love life, Sir Eleazar. They spend much of their time in frivolous activities. You missed out on that."
He shrugged, "Well, I guess I did."
"Another thing," Aurei continued as she picked at a piece of chicken, "You said that your mother was the Keeper of the Faesidhe Tree, according to what the Elves told you. You said she was immortal as she had eaten of the white fruit. Wouldn't that make you immortal too?"
"Who knows? As dangerous as my chosen profession is, I doubt that will mean much really."
Aurei paused a moment, debating telling him what she had in her mind to tell him, but she decided to press on anyway, "Sir Eleazar, I think I may have the same sort of problem you have as well."
He looked over at her, confused at her statement and she told him about the letter in the magic chest from Gamel that had told the story of the Faesidhe visiting her as a baby and how the mysterious lady had told her adopted father that she too was immortal.
"Really?" Eleazar exclaimed after she finished her tale, "You know, Matron Zeatt has long been rumored to not age, and she had a daughter a year or so after she came to Aeropolis who is about your age, I am told. As you look very much like the Matron, I'll bet that she is the Drow matron that the mysterious lady told Duke Gamel about. That would make her your aunt."
"Wow, a living relative." Aurei said in amazement.
"If you too are indeed immortal, I wouldn't let it worry you too much - immorality does not protect someone from harm or from accidents. Neither one of us will probably live out lives that are longer than we normally would as Elves."
"I hope so - already I have seen many good friends grow old and die while I stay young. In fact, my life was the complete opposite of yours - I lived as a human, and I was a child for 70 years, so to speak. I had plenty of time to frolic and play. In fact, I had it all figured out until I started puberty. Until then I'd found a niche I had fit in here, as a little dark elf girl. It was actually rather pleasant until I started growing up, that is when my problems began. Suddenly, after 70 years everyone began treating me differently and I felt awkward around everyone. So I know what it feels like to not fit in. To me, immortality, while those I love die off, seems clearly wrong. I hope my father was mistaken about what the lady told him. Forever is a long, long time."
"It is unless you know what to do with your time --- and you seem rather busy."
"Recently I certainly have been… too busy. It's hard to try to keep everything balanced out right, I am afraid I'm making a huge mess of things."
"I seriously doubt that, Duchess, it looks as if you are a natural leader."
Aurei snorted, "Yeah, right - me a leader."
"Why does that amuse you so much? Isn't that what you are doing?"
"I really didn't have a choice, it was just thrust upon me."
"Leadership often is. When I was 80 years old I was made a Captain of my order. That was 12 years ago and I have always felt like the Court Jester sitting on the throne, so to speak."
Aurei laughed at his use of words, "Sir Eleazar, do you have any close friends?"
"Friends?" he paused a moment to consider the word, "Well, I'm not really sure if I have ever had what I am told is a friend. You never made friends in the Slave pits of the Underdark, and as a knight I have comrades in arms, but we all have different jobs to do and missions that we go upon. I guess Sir Aeric is a close companion - we've seen many battles together. There is another knight - Sir Schzart- he's a member of the Lizardfolk race and one of the finest, most noble knights I have ever known. I consider him a friend as well, but neither knight ever really knew me extremely well."
"So who do you confide in?"
Eleazar looked on blankly, "No-one. I pray to Yesh, so I would say I confide in him."
"Aren't Paladins of your order allowed to have friends?"
"There are no restrictions on that, but we are taught that strong attachment to others is a way our enemies can enslave us. Our focus is to be on our vows of service in arms to Yesh and our order."
Aurei shifted in her chair, "That seems rather harsh."
Eleazar shrugged, "That is the way of the Paladin - we sacrifice comfort and friends for the cause."
"Do you think that is the will of God? To sacrifice all for him?"
"It's what I've been taught and it seems to make sense to me. When I was with my mother in the slave pits of the Underdark, it was her death that brought the rage into me. Had it not been there, I would not have been a tool of the enemy."
"Nor would you have escaped that place and become a Blood Knight. If you had not had a sense of someone loving you, the desire to destroy those who try to cause evil and harm in this world would not have been important to you."
The Knight looked at Aurei with some surprise at the wisdom in her words.
"Duchess Bugley, you seem extremely wise for such a young lady."
"Not really, Sir Knight, I just listen in church - didn't Yesh tell his companions, "Hate shatters, but Love strengthens?"
Eleazar had to smile, "Yes, I guess he did at that. Love, though, makes you very vulnerable, Duchess. Think about your town here - if everyone in it were threatened by evil - as perhaps it is right now from the Necromancer's Guild- wouldn't fear of their safety hamper you?"
"It would give me courage and determination, Sir Eleazar. I'd give my life to save them."
Again he smiled, this time at her passion for her community, "I am very certain you would, Duchess. Is that why you follow the Paladin's path?"
"I haven't really followed any path, Sir Eleazar, I just try to act on what I believe to be right. Somehow in all of it, Yesh has decided that I should act as a Paladin does."
"It's a very hard path, Duchess, and though I know there are some female knights, I have never personally known a woman to take up the role - in any knightly order. In fact, most orders don't allow women as knights."
"Well, it's not really my idea, Sir Eleazar. I have enough to keep me busy as a barmaid and now as Duchess. But Yesh apparently has other plans for me, as well as for Alis."
Eleazar looked up concerned, "That half-Elf barmaid? A Paladin?"
"Sir Eleazar, who do you think laid hands on you a few days ago? Alis and I both did and some sort of healing power left us and gave you enough strength to at least awaken."
"Really? Well, Yesh knows best, but I'm quite certain my order will not train either one of you as a Paladin - oh, we will teach you to fight in battle, but not as a Paladin."
"Sir Eleazar, I have received permission from Saint Kinnis himself to be trained - Sir Alvis told me this. In fact, this was going to be one of your tasks here - to train me and any others that so desired, to be Blood Knights."
Eleazar frowned, "Then why wasn't I told this?"
"I imagine Sir Alvis wanted you to meet me first and see if you could stand me before training me."
"I don't like things being kept from me, Duchess."
"I understand that. I didn't ask for you personally, Sir Eleazar, it was either Sir Alvis or maybe Saint Kinnis' decision for you to do the job."
"I would have refused if I had known." He said flatly.
"Oh, I know that, I think it worked out best as it did."
"How do you figure that? I have not agreed to train you."
Aurei smiled sweetly and shrugged, "Well, if you don't, I'm sure Sir Aeric will - he has taken a definite interest in Alis."
Aurei laughed, "Don't panic, Sir Knight, I think they both just are falling in love."
"Falling in love?! Yesh preserve me! Aeric is one of my best lieutenants, what sort of deviltry is this, Duchess?!" Eleazar looked as if he had been stabbed in the heart by his best friend.
"Oh please, Sir Eleazar - he's a young handsome Half-Elf man and Alis is a sweet, lovely Half-Elf orphan girl. Surely this is not the work of evil."
"You don't understand, Duchess! As I told you, Blood Knights are supposed to have no loyalty to anyone other then to Yesh and our order. Not to parents, not to siblings, not to friends!" The half-Drow was growing more upset and Aurei suspected she would not be able to change his views.
"Sir Eleazar, what if this is, in fact, the will of Yesh that Alis and Aeric fall in love?"
"It isn't his will!"
"Do you speak for Yesh?"
The young knight opened his mouth to speak but wisely thought before saying something blasphemous.
"It's not right." He mumbled, shaking his head wearily, "The world is going crazy! I knew we shouldn't come here!"
"I'm sorry I've made you upset, Sir Eleazar."
"Duchess, I'm sure for regular farming folk, this is all very normal and pleasing, but we live in dangerous times and Blood Knights are fighting a desperate battle with the Necromancer's Guild. We have no time for romances and those types of things."
"Then why fight at all? What is the point? What are you fighting for, if you won't enjoy life, Sir Eleazar."
"It's called sacrifice, Duchess, and it is the highest creed of the Paladin!"
"Sacrifice without reason is foolish, Sir Knight. Yesh said that He came to restore the joy of life to all who have lost it to fear and evil and that all who follow him are bearers of life to a lifeless world."
Eleazar groaned slightly, "Do you have to keep using Yesh's words against me?"
"Sorry, I'm just trying to show you that you are wrong, and since you don't put much stock in my ideas, I thought Yesh could convince you."
Eleazar sighed deeply, "Well, all of this will have to submit to the judgment of Saint Kinnis - I know he will certainly not depart from what is right."
Aurei nodded in agreement, "I will ask Sir Alvis to send word to him for his opinions on these issues. In the meanwhile, please don't give any grief to Sir Aeric for his interest in Alis - he has been nothing but a perfect gentleman to her and she would certainly not try to cause him to stumble in any way. In fact, I am absolutely amazed that she has fallen for him as she seemed immune to those feelings until now."
"It's just a girl's crush, Duchess - Aeric is a very handsome young man. Many women are drawn to Paladins for some insane reason. We are trained how to handle infatuations."
"Alis is not the sort of girl to get infatuated with a man. I suspect this is the real thing."
"Wonderful." Eleazar rubbed his forehead, "I don't know how he
is going to train her if she is in love with him."
"I'll bet that isn't the sort of problem you've ever encountered before." Aurei laughed.
"Thank Yesh for that!"
"That is all the more reason for you to stay and at least train Alis and me."
"If I even remain a Paladin." The Drow half-breed mumbled, picking at his chicken bone.
"Have you prayed to Yesh about that?" she asked after a moment of quiet.
"There you go again, bringing Yesh into it."
"Don't you think that is a good idea?"
"Yes, yes, it is, but… I haven't felt as if I was… worthy of praying since…" he trailed off, his face darkening as he recalled his last battle with the demon.
"Then I think it is high time that you did. Come with me!" She stood up and held out her hand to him. He looked at it and then up at her.
"Where are we going?"
"To set you right. Come on, you've picked that chicken bone so clean the dogs won't be able to chew on it."
Aurei wiggled her fingers and he stood up, ignoring her hand. She led him out of the private room, through the now filled tavern and outside into the evening air.
"Where are we going?" He asked a second time as she led him into the street.
"You'll see."
He followed her down the street amazed at how many townspeople called greetings to her as she passed them. She was very well loved in the town, he thought to himself, still dumbfounded that a Drow could endear herself so deeply to humans.
A few minutes later they were standing outside the town's small Church of Yesh. Aurei hurried up the steps, pulling a set of keys from her pockets and quickly unlocking the large double doors. Pushing them open, she slipped inside, only to pop her head back out a second later to see if he was following her. Eleazar knew better than not to do as she expected him to do, so he slipped in behind her.
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To: Colleen A. Reilly, Department Manager From: Toni Thomas, Product Manager Date: July 6, 1999 Subject: MS2000 software
Recently one of our customers informed us that software MS2000, version 3.13, is having some problems. The problems cause the meter to reset itself to zero at a certain point, thus creating inaccuracies in the measurement of electrical usage. Our software engineers have verified this. This discovery could cause a problem to many of our customers. The engineers are working on a newer version, 3.14, but in the meantime, the customers need to be made aware of this problem.
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Over the past few years, many instances of software liability issues have come into public view. For example, Intel released their Pentium chip in 1994 amid much hype. Unfortunately for Intel, a college professor discovered a bug that would affect the math calculations of users once every 27,000 years. Consumers across the country filed lawsuits against Intel, causing the company to spend millions of dollars in court costs. All court costs could have been avoided had Intel provided no-cost fixes for their Pentium chips in a timely manner. I would not want to see our company placed in a similar situation.To avoid this situation, we need to inform customers about the situation and provide them with solutions as quickly as possible.
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We are going to tell the customers that we have discovered some potential problems with the software MS2000, version 3.13. The engineers are working on a new version 3.14, but it is not yet available. We want them to return to using a previous version as soon as possible to avoid any inaccuracies in the data. To do this they must:
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Steve Campbell is in love with his best friend and business partner, Connor Morrison. He's never told him and now it's too late for regrets because Connor is contemplating marriage with his boyfriend. Having a successful life with all the trappings is not quite enough anymore, Steve would love someone special to share it with. When he has an encounter with charming escort Dylan his life will never be the same.
I wasn't sure what to expect with this one but I like the best-friends-to-lovers stories. It wasn't at all what I expected so I was somewhat disappointed. It's definitely not the romance I was anticipating. It's basically a short story of one man's self discovery and what happens along the way. The characterization was okay with Dylan being the most appealing. I would love to read his story. Dylan for me was the best part of the book. This story is connected to Priceless which I haven't read. Maybe I will read that one at some point. At any rate, Doubtless is a okay story about Steve's epiphany. We get to follow along in his journey. I was happy the journey wasn't too long. I didn't like the ending although it fit the context of the story. I'd say the ending is bittersweet along with my review.
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He is a member of several bars including New Jersey, the Bar of the US Supreme Court, the Egyptian Bar and the Bar of the Egyptian Court of Cassation (the Supreme Court of Egypt), and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He is also an ad hoc Arbitrator at the New York Stock Exchange. He is a member of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs in Cairo, Egypt. Other professional affiliations include membership of the Peace Seminar at Columbia University, New York City, and Board membership of the Center for Global History, State University of New York at Sony Brook.
Dr. El-Ayouty was an adjunct professor of political science at the graduate School of Arts and Science of St. John's University, New York City (1966-1972) and at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (1972-1997) where he is now professor emeritus. From 1996 to 2000, he was distinguished visiting professor at the Shepard Broad Law School, Fort Lauderdale, Florida and, simultaneously, an adjunct professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York City (1996-2004). Since 1997, he is an adjunct member of the faculty of International Cultural Studies at St. Francis College, New York City. As of 2001, Dr. El-Ayouty became adjunct professor of law at the Cairo University School of Law, Cairo, Egypt. He is a Fellow at the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, Fordham University school of Law, New York City, where he is also an adjunct professor of Islamic Law.
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In the Valley of Elah
Directed By: Paul Haggis
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Susan Sarandon, Jason Patric, James Franco
|Studio: Warner Brothers
Year: 2007
Rated: R
Film Length: 121 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 2.4:1
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, English SDH
Release Date: February 19, 2008
The Film
As In the Valley of Elah opens, Military veteran Hank Deerfield (Jones) receives a phone call informing him that his son, Mike, recently returned from Iraq, has gone AWOL. He decides to travel to his son's base and find out what is going on. Upon arrival, he is treated respectfully by his son's military comrades and dismissively by the local police department. He begins to investigate independently, visiting a number of his son's former haunts. When a set of scattered human remains found in a field are identified as his son's, he convinces a local police detective Emily Sanders (Theron) that military investigators are not necessarily telling them the whole story. Hank eventually inspires her to investigate further even though the rest of her squad would just as soon let the Military Police handle it rather than challenge their jurisdiction and add to their own workload. Their investigation proceeds down a number of surprising paths and a few blind alleys before uncovering the terrible truth about exactly what happened to Mike.
Adapted from the real events surrounding the death of Army Specialist Richard T. Davis, In the Valley of Elah is clearly meant to be a cautionary tale about the consequences of sending young men into war zones and a plea for those who send them to live up to their responsibilities once they come home. Director and co-writer Haggis resists straying too far into polemic territory by sticking to a fairly straightforward procedural structure. Rather than stopping the movie in its tracks by placing expository dialog in the mouths of his characters spelling out these themes, Haggis allows his actors to internalize them. I do not recall any specific reference to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the film. The subtext of the grief and horror experienced by the parents played by Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon as they gradually learn the details of their son's demise contains every point the film intends to make.
Despite this restraint, there are still elements that feel a bit heavy handed, including two scenes involving the biblical reference to David and Goliath that gives the film its title, and the final scene in the movie. Additionally, Emily's co-workers in the civilian police are portrayed as more or less a bunch of Barney Fifes with the addition of a chauvinistic mean streak that seems more than a little clichéd. The fact that the film's main plot and one significant sub-plot illustrate two of the most extreme and gruesome consequences of PTSD imaginable makes it seem a bit hopeless and unbalanced, but this makes sense in the context of a procedural since military and civilian law enforcement would only be called in to deal with the worst case scenarios.
Placing the thematic context of a film in the emotional subtext of its performances is asking a lot of the actors appearing in it, and the cast for In the Valley of Elah is up to the challenge. Jones in particular provides a nuanced take on the sympathetic but far from perfect father. The fact that Hank, who works as a gravel hauler but served in the Military Police Corps, is constantly noticing things that Emily is not creates a nice prickly dynamic between the two characters which Jones and Theron play off effectively. This pays off in later scenes when the competent and efficient Frank, after being right about nearly everything through the first half of the film, has his world turned inside-out by possibilities he could not imagine and had dismissed out of turn.
Technically, the film uses a desaturated palette on top of an intentionally unglamorous production design for a somewhat dry and dreary appearance during the daytime sequences. Most of the nighttime scenes look like they were really shot at night, with deep black levels and carefully considered light sources for an overall sense of prosaic realism. The film is also unusually grainy for a modern production.
The Video
The 16:9 enhanced 2.4:1 transfer represents the film's somewhat grainy muted palette fairly well. The grain sometimes gives the video compression algorithm fits, but this is not a big issue from a reasonable viewing distance. I saw no significant signs of ringing along high contrast edges
The Audio
The film's Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track offers a fairly subdued mix that is in keeping with the visual approach of the cinematography. Surrounds normally provide light ambient effects and support for the score. Most of the war zone sequences are shown through the medium of recovered cell-phone video for which a wildly aggressive sound mix would be unrealistic, although there are a few sequences when things come to life. Overall the audio presentation is subtle and effective, which is completely appropriate for the material. Alternate language Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks are available in French and Spanish.
The Extras
The first extra on the disc is In the Valley of Elah Dcoumentary, which runs 42 minutes and 59 seconds if "Play All" is selected. It is presented in Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound with available English, French, and Spanish subtitles. The documentary, directed by Dawn Kuisma, is broken up into two segments titled In the Valley of Elah: After Iraq and In the Valley of Elah: Coming Home. There is no logical reason to break it up this way, and it probably had something to do with contractual obligations for featurettes more than a half hour in length. I would definitely recommend watching with the "Play All" feature. This is an above average behind the scenes documentary shot primarily on handheld video cameras. It features lots of revealing behind the scenes footage ranging from pre-production meetings to actual on-set footage during the shooting of certain scenes. In addition, the origins of the film are explored through discussion of PTSD in general and the life and death of Richard Davis, the soldier whose story inspired the film.
Interview participants include Military Advisor Jim Dever; Production Assistant Tyler Standen; Paul Haggis; Actors Mechad Brooks, Victor Wolf, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Charlize Theron, Susan Sarandon, and Zoe Kazan; Actor/veterans Jake McLaughlin, Wes Chatham, and Sean Huze; Parents of Richard Davis Lanny Davis and Remy Davis; Art Director Greg Hooper; Extras Casting Coordinator Eleanor Bravo; Dancer/Extras Tanya Hernandez, Donielle Carnelian, and Erica Finley; and Co-Producer Dana Maksimovich. In addition, candid on set footage of Cinematographer Roger Deakins and Actor John Tucker is accompanied by subtitles identifying them.
Next up, a feature called Additional Scene is actually a whole deleted subplot consisting of several scenes involving Jones' character searching for his son's ex-girlfriend whose name was "Jennifer Lopez". It runs 7:48 and is presented in 4:3 Letterboxed video. Some shots have completed special effects and some do not. The subplot takes the film into a whole additional direction for which it does not really have adequate time dealing with severely wounded soldiers, but it does explain why Jones' character was flipping through a phone book in a diner in a scene from the finished movie.
In addition, when the disc is first spun up, the following skippable promotional spots play, all with Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound:
- Darfur Now theatrical trailer - 4:3 letterbox (2:19)
- State of Play TV series DVD trailer - 4:3 full frame (1:00)
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The disc is packaged in a standard Amaray-style case with no inserts.
In the Valley of Elah is an effective murder mystery procedural drama highlighting issues associated with young men returning from combat zones featuring an outstanding performance from Tommy Lee Jones. It is presented on DVD with a transfer limited only by its ability to present natural film grain in standard definition and a subtle but effective Dolby Digital 5.1 audio mix. Extras include a very good documentary on the film's production and origins as well as a collection of deleted scenes representing a justifiably excised subplot.


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24/96 digitalization - can it be audible, blind test results
24/96 digitalization - can it be audible, blind test results
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I would like to share results of a blind listening test that was conducted on June 16th, 2011 in Warsaw, Poland.
The full description of the test is available at http://www.audio.e-snp.net/, but its in Polish, so Ill provide a synopsis below.
The test question was "can we hear any effect of A/D/A conversion at 24/96 performed with a studio recorder". Frankly, both the test organizer and me (let's say, the test statistician), were pretty much convinced that no difference would be detectable.
The test music was played using a gramophone (Bergman Audio Sindre with Air Tight PC-1 cartridge), gramophone preamp (Air Tight ATE-2005), * , amplifier (Soulution 720 / 710), and loudspeakers (Hansen Audio Prince V2). In analog trials, the path was as described above. In digital trials, a studio recorder (Tascam DV-RA1000) set into monitor mode (i.e., A/D then D/A, at 24 bit and 96 kHz) was inserted in place of the asterisk.
The participants listened to about 1 minute of Falling Alice from Chick Coreas Mad Hatter LP from 1976, mint condition. The test was conducted in a 5.8 m x 7.8 m acoustically adapted room.
There were 10 listeners (neither the test organizer nor me participated; he was switching the connections, I was several thousand kilometers away). All listeners listened together, being in the same room. They left the room for connection switching. During listening, the test organizer remained in the back of the room, invisible to the listeners. The listeners are (and me and the organizers) are members of a small Polish sensible audiophile internet forum.
There were 13 test trials, in 7 seven of them there was A/D/A conversion (D), in 6 purely analog path was used (A). The order of D and A trials was random.
Prior to the test, the listeners familiarized themselves with the supposed difference in A vs. D sound and with the recording, which was played a few times in A and D configuration. The listeners received answer cards on which they marked the trials as A or D. They were asked to answer in each trial, even if they were unsure. Prior to the test, they also provided answers to three questions: Do you think that the effect of digitalization will be audible (yes/no)?, Do you consider yourself an experienced listener of vinyl records, using high-quality equipment (yes/no)?, How much of your listening time is spent listening to vinyl records (in %).
The results were analyzed in two main ways.
In the individual analysis, we checked if any of the participants identified A vs. D at a statistically significant level. With one-way binomial test with idák correction (due to multiple listeners. i.e., multiple tests) we determined that at most one error (12/13 correct) is allowed to pass this test (p=0.017; for 11/13 p=0.107).
In group analysis, we converted the results to proportion correct (e.g., 8/13=0.615) and used one-way Wilcoxon one-sample test to determine if the median of proportion correct was significantly higher than 0.5. (Additionally, we calculated one-way one-sample t-test, however, due to the small sample size, the normality assumption could not be reliably tested and we consider the results of t-test to be less trustworthy.)
The results table, a plot of proportion correct for each listener, and a more detailed description of the analysis are provided at http://www.audio.e-snp.net/wyniki.php (FYI, in the result table A stands for analog trials, C stands for digital trials, column 1 is listener number, columns 2-4 are answers to the three questions (NIE=no, TAK=yes), the bottom row shows what actually happened in the trials.)
No listener answered with 0 or 1 error, which was required for statistically significant outcome of the individual analysis. There was one 11/13 (0.846) result, and two 10/13 (0.769) results. No one scored below 6/13 (0.462).
The interesting thing is, that average proportion correct was 0.631, and it was significantly higher than chance (p=0.0322, Wilcoxon test; possibly unreliable t-test: p=0.0093). My interpretation is that the A/D/A process done with the Tascam recorder did audibly influence the signal.
No association of answers to any of the three questions with the proportion of correct answers was found.
Any comments?
Ceterum censeo, there should be an "%is_stop_after_current%".
Jun 19 2011, 07:23
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By the specs, Tascam DV-RA1000 does not have very good A/D convertor(s) so, it would be nice to see RMAA results of it.
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Jun 19 2011, 20:13
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By the specs, Tascam DV-RA1000 does not have very good A/D convertor(s)
It is a textbook implementation of the PCM1804. It measures very well. Please point in detail at the specs that told you that it was not very good.
If it's BB PCM1804 chip as you suggest then it's specs are:
Dynamic Range: 112 dB (Typical)
SNR: 111 dB (Typical)
By the DV-RA1000HD documentation Dynamic Range for DAC is 120dB.
Specs from Owners Manual (Analog to Analog)
Dynamic Range: >103 dB (DVD +RW) (>96 CD-R/RW)
SNR: >103 dB
Bench document results (Analog to Analog)
Dynamic Range: 107 dB
SNR: ~107 dB
As comparison, E-MU 0404 USB - http://www.emu.com/products/product.asp?ca...lSpecifications
RMAA - http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/proaudio/emu-0404-usb-p2.html
So, it's not the worst implementation found in Tascam but, isn't it just as using a 18 -bit A/D stage that supports 24-bit resolution (though, would that extra 2-3 bit range you could get by using ADCs I mentioned have much mean in this type of test?).
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So, it's not the worst implementation found in Tascam but, isn't it just as using a 18 -bit A/D stage that supports 24-bit resolution (though, would that extra 2-3 bit range you could get by using ADCs I mentioned have much mean in this type of test?).
I don't know what you're trying to say with "18 -bit A/D stage that supports 24-bit resolution", but according to Google its a 24 bit converter.
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March 13, 1950 - Police to begin tax collections: Delinquent personal property taxes for 1949 in the city will be collected by the police department starting next week, City Treasurer Anton Stiller announced today.
The treasurer's staff is busy compiling the delinquent list and should finish its work by the end of the week, the treasurer said, adding that total delinquencies this year would be about $12,000.
Delinquent personal property taxes are collected at the treasurer's office in the city hall and draw a 2.4 percent interest penalty if paid during March. This is boosted by another eight-tenths of one percent in April.
The 1949 delinquent total is about normal, Stiller said. No figure is yet available on delinquencies in real estate taxes, Stiller expects to settle taxes with the county treasurer sometime next week.