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I had a feeling when I smelled the dry leaves that I wouldn't like this, they had a sour aroma. The tea itself tastes sour too with a sweet mango note that just isn't strong enough. The black tea base is decent but is hard to taste. Luckily I only bought a sample of this one.
I brewed this once in a Teavana Glass Perfect Tea Maker/Gravity Steeper with 3 tsp leaf and boiling water for 3 minutes.
Flavors: Mango, Sour
I woke up at 4 am and couldn't sleep. Since I have ideas of going back to sleep I made decaf. Bought this from my local tea store and it's pretty good. I am noticing what seems to be orange, asnise, and clove in there. It's not quite a full blown chai.
I brewed this one time in a Teavana Glass Perfect Tea Maker/Gravity Steeper with 3 tsp leaf and boiling water for 3 min.
Flavors: Anise, Clove, Orange
This is a nice black from Clipper Ship Tea Company. It has a very slight malt note. There is also peppery note to it. It's also kind of sweet. It also tastes just a little, a very small amount flat to me. Not enough to ruin the tea but enough to lower the score.
I steeped this once and a 16oz Teavana Glass Perfect Tea Maker/Gravity Steeper with 2 tsp leaf and boiling water for 3 min.
Flavors: Malt, Pepper, Sweet
Bought a sample size during my visit to a local tea store. It is overall pretty good. The raspberry flavoring is mostly nice and reminds me of summer. There is however, a very slight sour tinge to the raspberry, barely noticeable but there. Couldn't sleep at four thirty in the morning so mad tea. Last night I didn't post my order because I was too tired to take a picture after my visit to the er for my asthma. I really wish there was a cur for asthma. It now takes me two days to recover from an attack.
I steeped this once in a 16oz Teavana Glass Perfect Tea Maker/Gravity Steeper witih 2 tsp leaf and 190 degree water for 3 min after a 10 second rinse.
Flavors: Raspberry
When I was making a purchase at my local tea shop, Clipper Ship Tea Company the owner gave me a generous sample of this roasted Yancha. I generally don't like roasted teas because they are often too roasty for my tastes. This one is nice however as it is a very light roast. The roast profile was noticeable in the first steep but not overpowering. It was slightly less by the second steep and is noticeably less in the fourth steep. I only gave this tea four steeps because I am always watching my caffeine and it is time to cut out caffeine for the day. I think it would have certainly gone two more steeps. I used a moderate amount of tea for the gaiwan because I did not want the roast to be too potent. I felt 6g for a 150ml gaiwan was enough although I know some people will fill the gaiwan to capacity.
I brewed this four times in a 150ml gaiwan with 6g leaf and boiling water. I steeped it for 5 sec, 5 sec, 7 sec, and 10 sec. This company is rumored to soon have a website for those not close enough to stop by and I have always gotten some good tea, generally at reasonable prices. I'm not certain I would buy this one as I rarely want to drink roasted oolongs but it was nice.
Flavors: Roasted
Another sample from Inkling. This was a fun one to try, since I don't believe I've had any other pearls besides jasmine pearls. I got a good deal of malt from this one and enjoyed it while getting some work done in the morning, but it honestly isn't one I see myself seeking out to buy.
This is a tasty slightly floral green tea with a very nice strawberry flavor. It is one of the best strawberry greens I have had yet.
I brewed this once in a Teavana Glass Perfect Tea Maker/Gravity Steeper with 3 tsp leaf and 175 degree water for 3 mini.
Flavors: Floral, Strawberry
This is a sweet and earthy puerh with little or no bitterness. Even brewing it at 2 min this morning for more caffeine it is not bitter. I usually western brew puerh for 30 sec but I wanted caffeine.
I brewed this one time in a 16oz Teavana Perfect Tea Maker/Gravity Steeper with 3 pearls, or about 12.7g and boiling water for 2 min.
Flavors: Earth, Sweet
Picked this one out this morning while looking for another tea that I never did find. Bought this about a year ago from my local tea shop but it was properly stored. It is very tasty. It is sweet with the flavor of peaches. It is not astringent, it is not vegetal.
I brewed this once in an 18oz teapot with 3 tsp leaf and 175 degree water for 4 min.
Flavors: Peach
Thank you so much to AllanK for sending me some of this delicious tea! I've never had a black pearl tea before and wasn't quite sure what to expect…as it turns out, this is one of the best straight black teas I've ever tried! Even after a 6-minute steep, it's super smooth…I don't notice any bitterness or astringency and I feel no need to add milk (which is unusual for me when drinking a straight black tea). There's a nice natural sweetness here with notes of chocolate, honey, and malt. And on top of all that, you can keep re-steeping it practically all day. I may have found a new favorite…
Flavors: Chocolate, Honey, Malt, Smooth
I am glad you liked it. It was my favorite straight black from Clipper Ship Tea Company, a company that is rumored to soon have a website. They have switched from selling tea by "30 cup" sizes and now sell in 50g and 150g sizes, etc. Once their website gets going it would be worth checking out. I have gotten a lot of good tea from them.
You can check them out on Facebook.
This tea is tasty but strange. It is a blend with puerh tea, coffee beans and something else, I don't know what until I call Clipper Ship Tea Company and find out. It tastes like someone brewed 2/3 of a cup of puerh and mixed it with 1/3 of a cup of coffee. I get the flavor of the coffee first and the flavor of the puerh in the background. I know the Chinesse sometimes blend coffee beans with puerh tea but this is a first for me. I am not sure whether or not I like it but I think I do like it. However, I wouldn't want to drink it often so I'm glad I only bought 50g.
I brewed this once in a 18oz teapot with 3 tsp leaf and boiling water for 30 sec.
Flavors: Coffee
Cow Harbor is an actual place in Northport, LI. I don't know how it got that name. The tea shop is from Northport. Many of their teas have LI based local names.
This is a relatively tasty ripe puerh tea from my local tea shop, Clipper Ship Tea Company. It has only a moderate amount of fermentation flavor left, but then again I have never tasted a loose puerh tea without any fermentation flavor, I don't know why that is. It is sweet with dates notes and an aftertaste I just don't know how to describe. It is not a bad aftertaste, I just can't figure out how to describe it. There is no bitterness to this tea and I don't discern any sour notes. This is good as it was somewhat expensive. I paid $42 for 150g of tea at a Black Friday Sale price of 20% off for a total of around $33.50. I will put this away with my other Shou Puerh and see how it ages. I think the thing I like most about puerh is unlike other teas, it doesn't go bad.
I brewed this tea once western style in an 18oz teapot with 6.1g leaf and boiling water for 30 sec.
Flavors: Dates, Sweet
Bought a sample of this yesterday at Clipper Ship Tea Company. This is my second time reviewing this as Steepster is having the hiccups this morning. The first time did not go through at all. I find it is best to load the tea page on two separate pages so you can copy and paste to the second when the first one fails to load entirely, frustrating.
This tea is slightly floral, slightly vegetal, slightly sweet and quite creamy in nature. There is also a very slight sourness that could be from too high a temperature or too long brewing time. I only bought the sample size. Clipper Ship Tea Company has some excellent teas, this one is good but not great. The tea leaves have a honey like aroma to them and are dark green and appear to be either broken leaf or just small leaf, not sure which. They look very good. When I drink the Cloud and Mist from Mandala again I will have to compare them. I think that Mandala's was better. This one didn't come with brewing parameters so I was just guessing.
I brewed this once in an 18oz teapot with 175 degree water and 3 tsp leaf for 2 min. Next time I will try 160 degree water and 1 min and see if the slight sour note goes away.
Flavors: Creamy, Floral, Sour, Vegetal
This is a relatively nice blend from the Clipper Ship Tea Co. It is fruity, not entirely sure what is in it but I think maybe Jackfruit or such island flavors. There is a little bit of bitterness but not much. There is also a little bit of astringency to it. Overall it is good. I probably wouldn't buy it again but I will try to finish it before it goes bad. If anyone might get to Clipper Ship Tea Co and would like to try some I am open for swaps. I have about twenty or so of their teas.
I brewed this once in an 18oz teapot with 3 tsp leaf and boiling water for 3 min.
Flavors: Fruity
Bought a sample of this months ago, just got around to trying it now. It is fairly malty and somewhat sweet tasting. I taste a slight, very slight sourness too. This could be from being in a zip lock package for six months or my taste buds, not sure if its one of these factors. The tea is characteristic ceylon in its briskness. There is not much bitterness to this tea. If you ever get to Northport, LI, NY visit Clipper Ship Tea Co. They are an excellent store. Perhaps they are not as good as Butiki but they are excellent. They, unfortunately, are strictly brick and mortar. They have no website. You can find them on Facebook.
I brewed this once in an 18oz teapot with 3 tsp leaf and boiling water for 3 min.
Flavors: Malt
This tea is a mix of a number of ingredients but what really stands out is the green tea and the peppermint. The jasmine is there in the background. I wouldn't know it had cornflower petals if I hadn't called Clipper Ship Tea Co for the ingredients when I entered it into the system. At first sip I didn't like this tea. However as I drank it my opinion changed. I think this is an excellent tea. I really liked it in the end.
I brewed this once in an 18oz teapot with 3 tsp leaf and 175 degree water for 3 min.
Flavors: Jasmine, Peppermint, Sweet
This tea is overly malty (not meaning chocolate malt) and not that great. It definitely goes into the category of teas I will not buy again. It has a bit of a sour note to it too. It has not been in my cupboard long enough to have gone bad.
I brewed this once in an 18oz teapot with boiling water and 3 tsp leaf for 3 min.


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Russell Westbrook's defense helps Thunder beat Clippers
Chris Paul pounded the ball on the left wing, patiently waiting while probing the defense until the perfect window opened.
When it did, the Los Angeles Clippers All-Star point guard made his move. This time, it was his patented pass, a pinpoint, sky-high toss to teammate DeAndre Jordan at the other side of the lane. As Jordan caught Paul's pass, seizing it with two hands at the top of the square, he immediately flushed a rim-rattling dunk.
It came with 2:19 left in the third quarter.
And it was the first and only lob pass of the night by a Clippers team that connects on so many alley-oop dunks it has been nicknamed "Lob City."
Nothing demonstrated just how dominant the Thunder was defensively in its 114-91 win over the Clippers on Wednesday night quite like how Oklahoma City shut down L.A.'s dunking game.
"With Chris Paul, the pick and roll is key with him," said forward Nick Collison. "They run so many of them, and he's able to get everybody shots and gets those guys dunks. If you can get up and not let him get into the middle of the lane, that's a big part of stopping them from what they're trying to do."
The credit goes to Russell Westbrook.
While much of the night's focus was on the Thunder's newest point guard acquisition, veteran Derek Fisher, it was the team's All-Star point guard that set the tone and sparked the blowout.
Westbrook played perhaps his best defense not just of the season but his career. From the opening tip, he made Paul uncomfortable by gluing himself to Paul and fighting over screens. One night after allowing Utah guard Devin Harris to score 13 straight points in the third quarter, Westbrook bounced back by giving tremendous second and third efforts on every pick and roll the Clippers ran, refusing to get taken out of the play and allow one of those highlight-reel lobs.
"From a statistic point of view, Russell looks like he had just a very average game. But I thought this was one of his best all-around games," said Thunder coach Scott Brooks. "He was guarding one of the premier point guards in the league, a guy that can manipulate the pick-and-roll game as well as anybody. And he did a very good job with that. He controlled the team and he controlled the game on both ends of the floor."
To understand how effective the Thunder was Wednesday, you first must flash back to Jan. 30 and remember that the Clippers had eight dunks in their 112-100 runaway victory over the Thunder. Paul registered assists on five of those throw downs, carving up OKC with lob passes and bounce passes alike. This time, the Clippers had just two dunks, none coming from the human highlight himself, Blake Griffin.
"I came in and tried to defend," Westbrook said. "Last time in L.A., they got the best of us of getting in the paint and throwing lobs and things like that. And I tried to prevent that tonight."
One of several Thunder players who never is satisfied with his individual performance, Westbrook chided himself for not getting a single steal of all things. But everyone inside the locker room knew the impact he had just provided.
"He was really focused, and he was great for us," Collison said. "When he can control the point of the ball, we're so much better defensively."
The Thunder held the Clippers to 36.7 percent shooting, the first time since Feb. 23 that Oklahoma City has held an opponent to less than 40 percent shooting. Not coincidentally, that performance was against the Lakers, which was the last opponent that got the Thunder's best shot just before the All-Star break began and this current inconsistency kicked in.
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1Find as many bottle caps as you like. They can be colorful, dull, you can draw on them,anything really. It's your choice.
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After all of the craziness going on at Activision over a certain Call of Duty studio it seems like people have forgotten that Infinity Ward isn't the only development studio behind that franchise. Treyarch put Brian and me in a room to watch a trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops and show everyone why fans should have no worries about the future of the series.
The level we were shown was called WMD and it began with the player behind the eyes of a reconnaissance jet pilot about to take off. Once in the air the player took control of the ship's night scanner/scope in order to guide troops on the ground. It was unclear whether this was just a way to watch what was happening or if you could change what happened on the ground with your actions. Allies on the ground hid from the enemy forces and then your perspective shifted to one of these soldiers.
He snuck around from place to place while his squad helped to silently take out some guards. After a while they came upon a cliff face that they repelled down and then smashed through a window to take over a communications facility. The game slowed down like after you breach a door in Modern Warfare 2 and the squad quickly took out everyone in the room.
Once the team had fought their way through that building they came upon a patrol outside. The developer took out a crossbow and began killing some of the guards silently before switching to exploding crossbow bolts and starting up a real firefight. After killing the patrol and making it a ways further an avalanche was started by an explosion and the team had to run for their lives. They ran to a cliff face and quickly jumped off (hopefully they had parachutes) before the demo went white.
Next we were shown a level that wasn't as stealth minded called Payback. You play as a team of soldiers who just escaped enemy capture and are on a personal mission of vengeance seeking to destroy everything possible. They came upon an enemy camp and made short work of it in order to get to their prize: a helicopter. Once in the helicopter they flew down a river and decimated everything in site with machine gun and missile fire. It's important to note that this section was not on rails and the developer was controlling the helicopter's motion entirely even if his path was limited.
The enemy wasn't going to take this lying down though and enemy helicopters started shooting missiles that the player barely dodged. He took out the enemy helicopters and shortly after the screen went black and the demo was done.
Call of Duty: Black Ops is looking to be a worthy successor to the series even though I'm not totally sold on the visuals just yet. Black Ops will release for PS3, 360, Wii and PC on November 9th 2010.
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All right, that's quite enough!
Each New Year-past I'd spend reminiscing about lost opportunities, what I didn't achieve, which goals I didn't reach, how my age is advancing and I'm not close to a goal and blah blah blah
A wise person once said that you cannot expect a different outcome if you don't change the input.
So THIS New Year's Day I'm changing my focus, changing my perspective. Instead of looking at failures, I'm going to look at all the things I'm thankful for.
I'm thankful for my husband and the kind and tender way he holds me when I'm upset.
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Every year, a Franklin family sits down for a Christmas tradition, passing around wrapping paper, scissors and tape for gifts for local families in need.
For the past three years, instead of buying gifts for each other, Becky and Charlie Canary and 18 of their family members buy presents for families in need for Christmas, as part of the United Way of Johnson County's Christmas Angels program.
The program partners sponsors — businesses, groups and individual families — with families who need help to afford gifts for their children on Christmas.
This year, the organization has a total of 570 families with 1,451 children who need help for the holidays. As of this week, 239 families and 536 children do not have sponsors. The number of sponsors so far this year is 103, down from 113 at the same time last year.
Last year, 1,289 children were given gifts through the program. The number of families needing help has been increasing since the program started in 1999, as word has spread to more people. And each year the organization has to find more sponsors and donors to help the families in need, United Way executive director Nancy Lohr Plake said.
Sponsors buy gifts for the members of the family they are partnered with. Typically, a sponsor spends about $100 per child on items such as toys, clothing and winter gear, Plake said. The organization will accept new sponsors until Dec. 6, with a deadline to have the gifts delivered by Dec. 17.
If a family doesn't get a sponsor, they can go to the Christmas Angels store. The store is filled with toys donated by individuals and local businesses, churches and other groups, Plake said. The organization hopes to find sponsors for as many of the remaining children as possible before the Dec. 17 deadline for gifts, so that each child can have a good Christmas, and each parent can provide a special holiday for their kids, she said.
The Canary family began their tradition of giving three years ago, when Becky Canary and her daughter realized that the adults in the family didn't want or need gifts. Instead of giving each other presents or gift cards, they decided to start donating.
"We thought it was like we were just passing money around," Becky Canary said. "Instead we could be giving it to people who really needed it."
The family had been involved with the Christmas Angels program through church for years. Union Christian Church in Franklin sponsors four families a year, and Charlie Canary is the chairman of the committee that organizes the donations. For the first time this year, Becky Canary also will help students in her peer helper class at Whiteland Community High School give to the program. The students were awarded a grant of $400 to sponsor a family and buy toys for the store.
For the past three years, the Canary family also has signed up to sponsor one or two families in need.
Each family member, including the couple's grown children and Charlie Canary's brothers and sisters and their children, chip in to help buy presents for the family. They usually spend a few hundred dollars on gifts.
They make a list around Thanksgiving of the what they want to buy, based on information such as favorite colors and wish lists provided by the program, then set a Sunday when they can all go shopping together for the presents. After the shopping is done, they go back to a family member's house to wrap the gifts and have dinner together.
The family likes to give back to those in need, and the times they spend together over wrapping paper and pizza slices allow them to be together, Charlie Canary said.
"We enjoy spending the day shopping, and we try to get something special for the families, something they wouldn't usually get," he said.
Sponsors have the choice whether to contact the families to find out about what kinds of gifts they should buy for the kids, Plake said. They also can choose to either deliver the presents in person or take them to United Way office to be delivered, she said.
Becky and Charlie Canary usually deliver the gifts themselves to the families they sponsor. One year, a mother had something for them: a crocheted tree ornament that she had made as a thank-you. Now, that ornament hangs on the tree of Charlie Canary's father every year.
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As we move toward a world dominated by trade, global production networks, and huge cross-border movements of capital, the traditional policy apparatus of nation-states no longer suffices. The emerging global accumulation regime requires an additional layer of management and regulation, based on new multilateral arrangements and international policy-making institutions. One of the most pressing issues in this transformation is the replacement of our current multicurrency system with a new kind of universal credit-money that provides the world economy with sufficient liquidity and balanced adjustments. Keynes's Bancor plan, the Special Drawing Rights issued by the IMF, the European Currency Units of the EC are all first steps toward truly stateless money managed by an international monetary authority. Such a money form is, in my opinion, a logical step in the evolution of contemporary capitalism, a distinct possibility as we complete our transition to a global accumulation regime. In this chapter we shall examine how such a uniform money standard might operate in practice.
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Four or five years ago, VST plug-ins were really beginning to take root in the studio, but using them onstage was still a crapshoot. Stable audio interfaces for laptops were hard to come by at the time, and nobody really wanted to lug around a desktop PC just for the sake of a few plug-ins. That's when I first encountered the Muse Receptor at a NAMM show.
Muse Research presented its rackmountable dynamo as a platform for running VST plug-ins without the hassle of a computer, and over the past few years, I've watched it grow from an ambitious project into a mature, stable and well-supported musical instrument that's garnered a fair share of admirers in every segment of the music industry. Live musicians love it for its ease of use, studio producers are taken with its sheer power, and both are enamored by its broad support for popular VST plug-ins.
A cooperative venture with Native Instruments, Receptor with Komplete Inside combines Receptor's raw horsepower and portability with Komplete 5's palette of unparalleled VST instruments and effects. On paper, it seems like a match made in heaven, and after test-driving Receptor Komplete for a few weeks, I have the distinct impression that this is one instance where the reality does indeed live up to the hype.
The Receptor's 194-page manual is comprehensive and well written, and it discusses every aspect of the unit's operation in exhaustive detail. Unfortunately, it exists solely as a PDF, which is particularly irritating when working with the Receptor as a stand-alone box, and browsing PDF files isn't convenient. On the upside, the digital documentation also includes a healthy complement of instructional videos that walk step-by-step through common Receptor tasks.
Looking at the Receptor's unassuming front panel, it's easy to dismiss it as another bit of outboard processing gear. Under the hood, however, lurks far more than a simple effects unit or dynamics processor. This beast is nothing less than a full-fledged rackmount computer — although with an OS and hardware optimized for virtual instruments and effects — with full networking capability and remote desktop access like a regular PC. The rear panel points squarely at a PC-based lineage, with USB ports, PS/2 ports for keyboard and mouse and a VGA port for connecting a dedicated monitor.
Along with these standard computer hookups comes plenty of audio I/O, ensuring that the Receptor will slide easily into any type of studio setup in the digital or analog realm. Both coaxial S/PDIF and optical ADAT connectors are present, as well a complement of ¼-inch jacks for input and output. A standard set of MIDI In, Out and Thru connectors also makes an appearance. A single Ethernet port provides high-speed network connectivity and acts as a key conduit to much of the Receptor's strength.
The Receptor's front panel features eight knobs — six of which are endless encoders — and a variety of push-button soft switches for accessing different layers of the operating system. A single ¼-inch input provides easy access for guitarists, and another USB port offers up-front connectivity for the included iLok dongle. A two-line LCD offers a tiny window into the Receptor's world, adequate for switching patches onstage but scarcely enough to truly dig into what's simmering beneath the surface. To really unleash the Receptor's hidden power, you need to install the included Remote Control software or connect a mouse, monitor and keyboard to the unit.
Receptor can be completely controlled by your Mac or PC using the included Receptor Remote software, which connects to the Receptor using a popular Ethernet-based desktop-sharing protocol called VNC that works with both Macs and PCs. Receptor Remote can even be used over a WiFi connection, meaning you can control your Receptor with your laptop without any cable connected between the two. Working with the remote-control software on a big PC monitor is certainly a breath of fresh air after fiddling with the Receptor's tiny onboard LCD. Not only does the remote software lay out the unit's broad set of features in a simple and easy-to-use display, but it also provides direct access to the native GUI of each plug-in as if it were running on a host computer.
Navigating the remote application is simple. Three tabs — Mix, Setup and Edit — group all of the Receptor's functions into separate pages. The Setup window allows you to modify systemwide parameters, load new plug-ins, change global MIDI settings and perform a variety of other housekeeping tasks. The Edit window offers access to individual plug-in GUIs, providing complete control over individual plug-in parameters that aren't easily accessible from Receptor's front panel.
The Mix window is where the sheer power of the Receptor really comes together. This familiar mixer-style layout displays channel strips for each of the Receptor's 16 processing channels and includes two effects buses and a master fader for additional flexibility. Each individual channel — including buses and master — can hold as many as three effects, yielding a theoretical capacity of 57 plug-ins at once. While it's unlikely that the Receptor's CPU will be able to chew through that much math without a meltdown, the flexibility afforded by the Receptor's mixer virtually guarantees that you'll have plenty of room to combine a wide variety of VST instruments and effects, which is a good thing. Receptor Komplete puts all that power to good use with its massive selection of onboard plug-ins.
Receptor with Komplete Inside gets its surname from NI Komplete 5 suite of plug-ins (www.nativeinstruments.com/komplete), which are included and preloaded in the Receptor as part of the purchase price. Each plug-in is specially optimized for use with Receptor and loads flawlessly from the front panel or via software GUI. As a bonus, you get the full set of Komplete DVDs and a license code as part of the package, allowing you to use the Komplete plug-ins on both the Receptor Komplete and as many as two additional host PCs simultaneously.
The level of integration achieved with the Receptor and NI's Komplete 5 package is remarkable. The amount of configuration required to get up and running is, quite literally, zero; I plugged my bass into the Receptor's front input jack, dialed up a Guitar Rig 3 patch on the LCD and had crystal clear sound coming out of my speakers in no time. It was just like patching in a traditional effects processor. Remarkably, working with the Receptor always felt more like a piece of musical equipment than a computer, offering simple and straightforward operation that never betrayed the slightest hint of its PC-based heritage.
While the 11 plug-ins included with Komplete 5 are likely to keep the average synth junkie occupied for the foreseeable future, the time will come when the itch to explore new sonic vistas is irresistible, and Receptor Komplete is up to the challenge. Unlike the standard fixed-architecture configuration of hardware synths and effects processors, Receptor can be expanded and upgraded with additional hardware and software, making it a truly open-ended tool that can grow and evolve with your needs. Sick of Receptor's stock sounds? No need to junk it — just pick up a new batch of VST instruments. Muse Reasearch works with many plug-in manufacturers to "Receptorize" products — making them easier to install — and a quick trip to the retail site at Plugorama (www.plugorama.com) can refresh the Receptor with the latest and greatest on the market.
Receptorized plug-ins are specially crafted to work with Receptor's somewhat unique architecture and minimize user interaction during installation. I tested the procedure by registering my Receptor at Plugorama and downloading Dash Signature daHornet, one of the free plug-ins included with every Receptor purchase. Once I had the installation package on my desktop machine, I connected to the Receptor using the remote-control application and put the package in the Drop Installers Here folder. I clicked on the Setup tab in the remote-control window, started the installation, and after a quick and automatic reboot, I had a brand-new synth ready to rock. There are many free plug-ins available with each Receptor and countless other Receptorized plug-ins from big-name manufacturers for purchase from Plugorama.
Plug-ins don't have to be Receptorized to work in Receptor. Because the unit runs Windows-format virtual instruments and effects, it has the same file structure as a Windows box, and you can manually install plug-ins by copying the appropriate .dll files into Receptor's Unsupported Plug-ins folder. The manual details how to do this but also warns that Muse Research won't be there to help if an unsupported plug-in hoses your Receptor, so exercise extreme caution if you try this at home.
Plug-ins aren't the only expansion options for Receptor Komplete, which comes with 2 GB of RAM. Its options for 400 GB or 750 GB hard-drive expansions are welcome upgrades for users who intend to use the Receptor as a host for large multi-DVD sample libraries.
Receptor is an outstanding audio processor, but its true power is unleashed when used in conjunction with the UniWire interface. UniWire can be inserted as a VST or Audio Unit (RTAS available soon) into any compatible sequencer and routes audio to and from the Receptor in real time as if it were a plug-in on your host computer.
It almost sounds too good to be true, but after working with Receptor in this way for some time, I can say with confidence that it's a solid system that works flawlessly. Latency is negligible by default and adjustable down to 32 samples (0.36 ms) or as many as 4,096 samples (44 ms). (512-sample latency is typical but depends on your CPU/audio interface.) I found myself playing Akoustik Piano for hours on end as a VST instrument inside Cubase 4, and not once during my session did I feel like there was any significant lag. The same goes for Reaktor, Absynth, FM8 and the rest of the Komplete 5 plug-ins — flawless implementation, snappy patch changes and blazing-fast load times when switching instruments.
Effects plug-ins worked equally well, with Reaktor, and Guitar Rig 3 all performing perfectly. In fact, I got the feeling that these plug-ins might be running even better on Receptor than they do on my studio PC. Without any pesky system processes and background applications to disturb things, I didn't encounter a single pop or audio glitch during my entire time with Receptor. MIDI synchronized perfectly during playback, and audio routed through the Receptor for effects processing came back sample-accurate with adjacent tracks.
The one gripe I have with the UniWire system is its failure to pass automation parameters. While working with UniWire inside Cubase, I couldn't find a way to quickly select plug-in automation parameters like I do when working with a native plug-in loaded directly into an insert slot. UniWire does provide a facility for passing MIDI controllers through to plug-ins running on Receptor, but the whole concept of mapping MIDI seems somewhat counterintuitive to Receptor's plug-and-play philosophy. (Muse Research said it will likely address that in a future release.) Nonetheless, it's a small price to pay for the capability to use Receptor as a VST insert effect, and the ability to automate is there if you're willing to put in a little extra work to get it humming.
With few significant flaws and countless redeeming qualities, Receptor with Komplete Inside is an outstanding device that's perfect for anyone seeking a turnkey solution to expand a studio's processing power. If you're computer savvy and are willing to pour a little elbow grease into things, you could probably cobble together a custom PC with more horsepower than the Receptor and use it as a processing host via VST Link or other Ethernet-based sharing protocol. However, Muse Research has clearly put a lot of work into making the Receptor a simple and reliable workhorse that's more than just a simple PC in a rackmount chassis, and I continue to be impressed with the overall sensation that I was working with a musical instrument this whole time — not a computer. The illusion is impeccable — I simply can't say enough good things about how smooth my overall experience was with this outstanding bit of kit.
With the formidable Komplete 5 preloaded, plenty of extra plug-ins available via Plugorama and a reasonable price tag competitive with big-name synth workstations (that can't touch it in terms of capability or expandability) I can say with confidence that Receptor with Komplete Inside is a hands-down winner that will prove to be a truly worthwhile long-term investment for an electronic musician.
Pros: Includes entire NI Komplete 5 suite (Absynth 4, Akoustik Piano, B4II, Battery 3, Elektrik Piano, FM8, Guitar Rig 3, Kontakt 3, Massive, Pro-53, Reaktor 5) and $400 of additional plug-ins. UniWire application allows use as a VST plug-in in compatible sequencers. Rock-solid stand-alone operation. Excellent integration of plug-in parameters and front-panel controls. PC/Mac remote-control software for easy editing via network connection.
Cons: Two-line LCD. Long start-up and shutdown times. No AES/EBU digital or word-clock connectors. Slightly noisy fan.
Contact: www.museresearch.com
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How Much Does a Shoe Shine Cost?
A shoe shine is the process of cleaning shoes using a variety of cleaning products designed to clean specific materials of which your shoes are made. If you shoes are losing their shine and their new look, try getting the shoes shined reather than buying new shoes. This can make a huge difference. Your shoes will be dusted and afterwards, a chemical will be applied and the shoe is then buffed to shine. Shoe shine service is most often done on shoes that are made of leather. A shoe shine can be done at a stand solely dedicated to the procedure or in some shoe stores.
How much is it?
- The type of the material used to manufacture the shoe is one of the major factors why the price of shoe shine differs. The price will also depend on the amount of dirt the shoe has and the condition it is in, since the amount of cleaning materials that will be used will vary according to these factors. On average, a shoe shine is going to cost anywhere from $7 to $15.
- USShoeShine.com is a shoe shine service located in the DC area that provides leather services and repair. They use several different cleaning methods, and each one depends on the make of the shoe. They can perform a regular shine for the price of $7 to $9. If you want to have them apply Meltonian cream on the shoe, the service can cost $8 to $10. For shoes made of suede, expect to pay $10 to $15; strip and renew service can cost $10 to $12.
- LaundryLocker.com an establishment that provides the shoe shining service. The company also has a website where they post information regarding the type of service that they provide. They offer the service for both leather shoes and boots as well as shoes that are made of suede. The price of their services can cost anywhere from $9 to $30.
What is going to be included?
- The inclusions vary depending on the company that will provide the service to you. There are companies that would let you leave the shoes in a locker that they provide. You simply provide them the information, and they will pick up the shoes and return them to the pick up location.
- The cleaning materials as well as the labor are included with the rates shoe shine services provide.
What are the extra costs?
- Depending on the type of cleaning the shoe needs, the price can go up. Remember that the shoes are made of different materials and the cleaning solutions that will be used with them can be different and can cost more.
- Some stores can offer pick up and delivery service and this will cost extra to cover travel costs of the store.
- In some establishments, a tip for the person performing the shoe shine may be expected.
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- Store your shoes in proper locations to avoid the accumulation of dust and other elements. This will prevent the shoes from getting dirty and subsequently lessening the need to have them cleaned every time you wear them.
- The dirtier the shoes are, the more expensive the service can be.
- There are times that you may not actually need a shoe shine service but a simple buffing of the shoe will do.
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- The best way to save on costs of having your shoes shined is to purchase shoe shine kits from a store and clean them yourself. The average cost for a complete cleaning kit can reach up to $10, but you will be able to use it several times, helping you save in the long run.
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Court to hear arguments over Ariz. immigration law
PHOENIX The impassioned debate over the nation's immigration policy takes center stage at the Supreme Court Wednesday in a dispute over an Arizona law that punishes employers who knowingly hire workers illegally in the U.S.
Prosecutors have used Arizona's employer sanctions law just three times in three years, but business interests and civil rights groups, backed by the Obama administration, have banded together to argue that only the federal government may enforce immigration laws.
The outcome in this case also could signal how the court would handle the controversial and more expansive Arizona immigration enforcement law, known as SB1070, that the administration challenged and a federal judge blocked key components this summer.
"It could take this less visible case and do something that impacts substantially on the SB1070 litigation by making some broader observations," said Peter Spiro, who teaches immigration law at Temple University's law school.
The employer sanctions law was intended to diminish Arizona's role as the nation's hub for immigrant smuggling by requiring employers to verify the eligibility of new workers through a federal database. Employers convicted of violating the law can have their business licenses suspended or revoked.
A survey by The Associated Press of all county prosecutor offices in Arizona found that out of the 101 employer sanctions complaints lodged since the law took effect in January 2008, three have led to civil cases being filed against employers.
But dozens of business raids in metropolitan Phoenix during employer sanctions investigations have led to the arrests of 131 workers who are illegal immigrants on criminal charges, such as using forged documents or stolen identities to get jobs. The law intended to target employers has been used more often against workers.
Supporters said the law was needed because the federal government has done a lousy job of enforcing a similar federal law. They also say the state rules have discouraged countless employers from hiring illegal immigrants.
Business and civil rights groups challenged the law as a clear and unconstitutional attempt to preempt federal authority.
Lawyers for the state argued that while a similar federal hiring law prevents states from imposing civil or criminal penalties against businesses for illegal hirings, the federal law allows states to take licensing actions against violators.
A federal judge in Phoenix and the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the law. The Obama administration urged the Supreme Court in May to take up employer sanctions. About a month later, the U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit asking a judge to invalidate Arizona's latest immigration law.
A judge put on hold the law's most controversial sections. The blocked sections include requirements that immigrants carry immigration registration papers and that local police, while enforcing other laws, question the immigration status of those they suspect are in the country illegally.
The Supreme Court hasn't taken up the question of whether states and communities can participate in immigration enforcement since 1976, and observers have expected it to enter the fray.
Steven Shapiro, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the outcome of the employer sanctions case could signal how the court would deal with the broader Arizona immigration law. "If the Arizona statute is struck down on pre-emption grounds, it's very hard to imagine SB1070 surviving," said Shapiro, whose group challenged both laws in court.
State Sen. Russell Pearce, who authored both laws, predicted the statutes, in the end, will be upheld. "It's about states' rights: Arizona's right to enforce the law, the right to protect American jobs, the right to protect Arizona's borders, the right to protect Arizona's neighborhoods," Pearce said.
Supporters say the employer sanctions law is a success because more businesses are running checks on prospective workers. They argue that it has led an unknown number of illegal immigrants to leave the state.


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Report assails Pakistani officials over bin Laden
ISLAMABAD Al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden was able to live in Pakistan undetected for nine years because of a breathtaking scale of negligence and incompetence at practically all levels of the Pakistani government, according to an official government report published by a TV channel on Monday.
The 336-page report was written by a commission tasked with investigating the circumstances surrounding the covert U.S. raid that killed bin Laden in Pakistan in May 2011. The pan-Arab Al-Jazeera satellite channel published the report on its website after it was leaked to the station by unknown sources.
Pakistani officials did not respond to requests for comment on the report's authenticity.
The U.S. Navy SEALs raid that killed bin Laden in the northwest town of Abbottabad outraged Pakistani officials because they were not told about it beforehand. U.S. officials have said they kept Pakistan in the dark because they were worried the al-Qaida founder would be tipped off.
The fact that the compound where bin Laden was hiding was located only about one kilometer (half a mile) from Pakistan's equivalent of West Point led many in the U.S. to suspect Pakistani officials of aiding the al-Qaida chief, although Washington never found evidence to back that up.
The report said it also found no evidence that current or former Pakistani officials helped bin Laden hide, although it couldn't rule it out completely. It said very little is known about the network of support that bin Laden enjoyed in Pakistan, other than the group of family and backers that lived with him in Abbottabad.
The report lambasted all levels of government, including the powerful army and intelligence services, for failing to detect the terror leader as he lived in six different places in Pakistan over nine years.
"To summarize, negligence and incompetence to a greater or lesser degree at almost all levels of government are clear," said the report, which was based on testimony from more than 200 witnesses, official documents and site visits.
The criticism of the army and intelligence services was noteworthy in a country where officials often steer clear of taking these powerful organizations to task. But it's unclear if the report will cause any real repercussions. The commission recommended the government make the report public for fear it would be ignored or suppressed, but that never happened, even though it was completed months ago.
The report was published on the same day that The Associated Press reported that the top U.S. special operations commander ordered military files about the raid on bin Laden's hideout to be purged from Defense Department computers and sent to the CIA, where they could be more easily shielded from ever being made public.
The report said it was shocking that nobody in the Pakistani government discovered bin Laden while he was living in Abbottabad for six years in a compound described as "hardly normal," because it was somewhat isolated from homes around it, had very high walls and was protected by barbed wire. Bin Laden wore a cowboy hat when he moved around the compound to avoid detection from above.
"The extent of incompetence, to put it mildly, was astounding, if not unbelievable," the report said.
It said the al-Qaida chief came close to capture in 2002 or 2003 when he was living in the northwest Swat Valley, said the wife of bin Laden's courier, Maryam. A policeman pulled them over for speeding as they were on their way to a bazaar, but Maryam's husband, Ibrahim al-Kuwaiti, quickly settled the matter before the officer recognized bin Laden, she said.
The commission, composed of a Supreme Court judge, a retired army officer, a retired police officer and a career diplomat, took officials to task for failing to uncover the CIA network assumed to have helped the U.S. discover bin Laden.


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Perpetual Vegetables
Most gardeners know that you can save the seeds from many vegetables to plant the following year.
Many also know you can buy things like horseradish and ginger at the grocery store to plant.
Did you know that you can buy a celery stalk, cut off all but the bottom end, and replant it? Sure enough a little celery plant will spring up from the center.
Likewise you can replant the bottom portion of onions, both large and scallion. As long as you have the root end, the plants will regrow.
We also keep our smallest onions to replant the following year, giving them another chance to get bigger. It's also because nobody wants to peel the smaller ones.
Potatoes that are leftover from the previous harvest, or store bought ones that have started to sprout, can be replanted. If need be, they can even be started indoors, giving you a bit of a jump on the season.
Sweet potatoes are a crop you should only ever buy slips for once. Save some of your harvest to grow over the winter indoors, and replant when the weather is warm.
Of course you will want to get them into the ground as soon as possible when the weather is right. For potatoes and onions, that's early in the spring; about 10 weeks before your last frost. Sweet potatoes and celery prefer the warmer temperatures.
You can try this with store bought herbs as well, if they still have the roots intact. Often though these are grown hydroponically and don't adapt easily to transplanting.
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· gj · 3 Comments
Tags: backyard garden, blight resistant potatoes, extending the harvest, growing celery, growing horseradish, growing sweet potatoes, how to grow celery, how to plant vegetable plants, how to regrow vegetables, planning a garden, saving money & time, self-sufficiency, self-sustainability, zone 5, zone 6 · Posted in: How to Grow
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Rebecca - January 27, 2013
Oh my gosh!!! I can plant *celery* without worrying about spending money on seeds that I may 'mess up'(since it's a hard crop to grow, and my gardening skills are still hopelessly minimal). Hooray!!! I'm currently doing a rather goofy Happy Dance. You've just single-handedly made my day.
gj - January 27, 2013
Well your comment has done the same for me- thanks!
Margie - June 1, 2013
Rebecca, celery is incredibly easy to grow!! Buy a small plug at your local nursery, dig some compost into your planting spot (or container) and voila……..great celery. Just give it a shot of liquid seaweed every two to three weeks.
I have heard that celery is the most chemically sprayed commercially grown plant. That floors me because it is soooo easy to grow organically.