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It would mean whacking more than $2 billion of federal spending in Utah, slashing food assistance for the poor, eliminating school lunch subsidies and wiping out special-education aid. She would end subsidized college loans like those she used herself when she earned her degree, and eliminate funds like those that were spent in the city she oversees as mayor, aimed at preventing homelessness.
"It was a good way to get people to start talking about it," Love said in a recent interview. "You almost look at this [deficit] and ask yourself, 'How do you start?' We were just looking at it holistically."
Hatch called himself the likely chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee where 60% of all federal spending is considered. He said with Romney as president and "if I take over as chairman, we're going to get these matters under control one way or the other.
"It's time for new leaders in the Senate, Liljenquist said. "I am running, senator, because you could become chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, not in spite of it," he said.
The comment clearly rankled Hatch. "Let me get this straight. Apparently, I'm responsible for everything that's wrong in government. That's total b.s. and everybody knows it," the six-term senator said.
For his one question, Liljenquist asked Hatch if he felt responsible in any way for the national debt.
"Frankly, no," Hatch replied. "I led the fight against the debt from day one. And I'm offended that you keep bringing it up like I'm responsible for all the things that are wrong in America. How about the things that are right--am I responsible for those, too?" Hatch complained that it has been difficult to fight federal spending because in the Senate "we've been in the minority the whole time I've been there."
BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT: Dan is also in favor of and will advocate for a balanced budget amendment but simply balancing the budget while "raising revenues" (which means tax increases) is not enough. We must also cut the spending and curb the rate of that spending.
Liljenquist said that he is trying to help the citizens of Utah to know the differences between himself and Senator Hatch and that he challenged Senator Hatch to eight televised debates. Hatch informed Liljenquist that he didn't have time for that.
Their key disagreement, however, had more to do with chronology than ideology. Challengers Chris Herrod and Dan Liljenquist argued that incumbent Sen. Orrin Hatch's 36 years in Washington had made him partly responsible for the nation's problems, while Hatch emphatically countered that his time in the Senate made him uniquely positioned as an agent for change.
Hatch frequently referred to his position in the Senate Finance Committee--he would chair the committee if Republicans gained a majority of the Senate in November--and presented himself as part of a 2-man reform team with Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. "The finance committee is where it's all at," Hatch said. "Mitt knows it, I know it and he wants me there.
Hatch answered that for most of his time in the Senate, the finance committee had been chaired by Democrat senators. He also pointed to his record of co-authoring the balanced budget amendment, a cause that he has brought to the Senate floor 13 times and twice, he said, came within one vote of passage. "Had we passed that amendment we wouldn't be in the awful state we are today," Hatch said. "Some of us really do work hard to get this country out of the doldrums."
Liljenquist, however, described Hatch's work with the balanced budget amendment as hypocritical. He said Hatch had voted for a number of bills that added to the national debt, specifically dealing with Medicaid. "You can't hold up the balanced budget in one hand and then hold up legislation that makes it impossible in the other," Liljenquist said.
The two challengers, however, said Hatch has served in Washington during a time when the federal debt increased rapidly and the powers of the executive branch expanded significantly. "It's one thing to say that you think Congress should have a say, but when you're in Congress, you have to demand that Congress have a say," his opponent Liljenquist said.
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Fire destroys barns at Meabon dairy farm
WATTSBURG -- Two barns and some equipment were lost in a fire at a Venango Township farm on Wednesday.
Crews from 14 fire departments in Erie, Crawford and Chautauqua counties were called to the fire at the Meabon dairy farm at 13339 Route 89 after a fire was reported at 9:44 a.m. Wednesday.
The fire started in one of the barns and spread to the second. Both buildings were starting to collapse by the time crews arrived, said Capt. Donald Twining, of the Wattsburg Hose Co.
One of the barns was estimated at 20 by 80 feet. The other was about the size of a two-car garage, Twining said.
There were no injuries in the fire. No animals were in the barns, but a variety of equipment was damaged, he said. The fire appears to have been set off by a malfunctioning block heater on a piece of equipment, Twining said.
Crews had the fire under control at 12:02 p.m. and cleared the scene by 3 p.m., according to Erie County dispatch.
Route 89 was closed from the intersection with Wattsburg Road to the intersection of Young Road. The highway was reopened at about 3 p.m., the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said.
Police: 2 charged after traffic stop of stolen car
Two Erie men face charges after police said they were caught driving a car stolen from Millcreek Township.
Kenneth Yeaney, 43, and Thomas S. McCarthy, 54, were taken into custody after the silver 2002 Honda Accord they were in was stopped by Erie police in the 900 block of West Third Street at about midnight Tuesday. The car, driven by Yeaney, had been reported stolen from the 3200 block of Suburban Lane between 10 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday, Millcreek police said.
The car had been left unlocked, and both sets of keys were in the center console, police said.
Yeaney was arraigned Wednesday morning by Erie 4th Ward District Judge Tom Robie on charges of receiving stolen property and driving under the influence. He was placed in the Erie County Prison on 10 percent of $15,000 bond.
McCarthy was released on unsecured bond after he was arraigned on a receiving stolen property charge.
2 more face charges in Chautauqua burglaries
MAYVILLE, N.Y. -- Two men were charged Tuesday in connection with several burglaries in the town of Stockton, N.Y., authorities said.
Investigators with the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office arrested Alex Tylwalk, 21, of Dunkirk, N.Y., and Richard J. Patterson, 21, of Brocton, N.Y.
Each suspect was arraigned on a charge of burglary and placed in Chautauqua County Jail. Police on Feb. 17 charged Dustin W. Hale, 28, of Silver Creek, N.Y., with burglary in the case.
Police accused the three suspects of burglarizing several homes in Stockton from late January through mid-February.
Group will offer free Easter dinner on Sunday
His Shining Lights served an Easter dinner to 130 people in 2012. This year, the Christian group expects more than twice that number of people to eat.
"We're prepared to serve 300," Phil "Scottie" Askins said.
His group will dish up ham, scalloped potatoes, green beans, dessert and beverages on Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 2320 East Lake Road, Lawrence Park Township. The event is being held on Palm Sunday.
The events are offered for those in need but also to anyone who wants to join with others in fellowship.
Askins said volunteers and donations are still welcome for the Easter dinner. Call him at 452-4816 to learn more.
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Case Study Of Production Of A Bakken Shale Well 4 comments
I repeatedly warned people that shale oil and gas producers tend to exaggerate the EURs (estimated ultimate recovery) of their wells and then under-estimate the fair armortization costs in order to show better financial results. I analyzed one most productive well owned by Continental Resources (NYSE:CLR) and showed why the EUR calculated by CLR was way too high. CLR claimed that the Charlotte 2-22H well will produce 561 MBOE. I estimated an EUR of 200 MBOE.
How to Calculate a Reasonable EUR Estimate
To re-cap, I proposed to modify the Arps Type Curve formula by introducing a decay factor of roughly 7% annually, or 0.0002/Day, so as to reflect a reasonable terminal decline of the wells. I also proposed a rule of thumb to estimate the EUR quickly:
Wait 60 days or 90 days after production started, so that the production rate PR stabilizes. Take that production rate PR and multiply by 500 days to estimate how much more will be produce, add the volume already produced to get the EUR.
How accurate does my method project? To find out, I need to test my method on a well with long production history to study. I found one such well to study. It started production on Sep 19, 2006.
The Sveen 34x-14 Bakken Well Owned By XTO Energy
The Sveen 34X-14 well was developed by XTO Energy Inc., which is now part of Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM). Here is a link to data on that well. There is a 230 pages comprehensive document on that well. The production started on Sep. 20, 2006. So there's six years of history.
Here are the monthly productions of that well, in BOEs:
Cumulative production of the well is 280 MBOE after six years.
Modeling the Production of the Sveen 34X-14 Well
I selected these parameters to model the well's historic production:
- IP = 900 BPD (Same as in my last article)
- D = 0.02/Day (a bit less than 0.027/Day in my last article)
- B-Factor = 1.55 (a bit higher than 1.465 in my last article)
- Decay factor Beta = 0.0002/Day (Same as last article)
Here is how my projection compares with the actual production:
My projection seems to match pretty well. XTO conducted a re-fracing operation on the well in August 2009, which seems to have boosted the production rate for a while. But the production rate has since then fallen back to my projection curve.
I used the same IP = 900 BPD and same long term decay factor of Beta = 0.0002/Day as used in my last article. But I had to make two adjustments to make the curve fit:
1. The initial decline D is reduced from 0.027/Day to 0.020/Day. This means the wells six years ago probably declined a bit slower. The newer wells today, due to closer fracing stages, may decline faster.
2. The B-factor is increased a bit from 1.465 to 1.550. This means the decline flatten out a little bit sooner in the old wells. The newer wells takes a little bit longer for the decline to flatten out.
Both of the above changes would result in a slightly higher EURs. So I am not surprised that the EUR will be higher than 200 MBOE. The accumulated production so far is 280 MBOE.
Since the initial decline D is slower, the production rate stabilize quicker in the old wells. So I will use 60 days after the production start, instead of 90 days, to use my rule of thumb to estimate EUR:
- At 60 days, the projected IP is 451.4 BPD, the projected cumulative production is 36.78 MBOE.
- EUR = 451.4 BPD * 500 days + 36.78 MBOE = 263 MBOE.
My result of EUR = 263 MBOE is close to cumulative production of 280 MBOE, but is still a bit lower than the actual production. This is mainly due to the re-fracing done in August 2009 which did boosted the production rate. But it appears to me that the EUR gain from re-fracing is very limited.
How much more will this well produce?
As of Sep. 2012, the well produces 40 BPD. The projected decline rate is 0.0005/Day. Assuming this decline rate holds, the remaining production volume is approximately 40 BPD / 0.0005 = 80 MBOE. If we cut the well off at 20 BPD level, then 40 MBOE will be produced.
So this well's ultimate production will likely be 280 MBOE + 40 MBOE, or 320 MBOE. Compared with my estimate of 263 MBOE, the well has gained 60 MBOE of extra production due to re-fracing treatment.
How Much Does Re-Fracing Help?
Producers pitch re-fracturing the wells as being effective in boosting EURs and extend a well's life span. I am skeptical to the claim. As shown in the above chart, the re-fracing done in August 2009 only marginally boosted the production rate. However the production boosting effect diminished quickly. In three years, it's almost gone.
In SPE 154669, Mark Craig of Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) claimed that a cash study of 13 re-stimulated (re-fracing) Barnett wells show that re-fracing, at a cost of $0.9M per well, can boost EUR by 0.8 BCF.
Such claim is ridiculous. The average accumulative production of all Barnett shale wells is no more than 0.67 BCF per well. It is absurd to claim that re-fracing can more than double a well's EUR. As a matter of fact, paying $0.9M cost to gain 0.8 BCF extra production. That's a production cost of only $1.13/mmBtu. If it is a such a great deal, producers should rush back to Barnett to re-stimulate all the wells. But they don't. So the claim cannot stand the test of water.
Craig Cooper estimated that re-fracing costs $0.095M per stage. If a well contains 25 stages, one re-fracing operation will cost $2.4M. As the re-fracing only boost production marginally and it lasts less than three years, it seems to me that re-fracing is wasting money.
In a presentation (page 16), XTO showed the production rate before and after the Sveen 34x-14 was re-stimulated:
It looks to me they did manage to boost water production a lot, as all the injected water comes right back out. But the oil and gas production gain was much less impressive.
Based on my calculation, re-fracing contributed to 60 MBOE extra production. At $65/BOE value, it contributed to $3.90M revenue. As XTO carried out multiple re-fracing operations on the well's six year history so far, I believe the economic benefit of re-fracing is zero.
Discussions and Investment Implications
Geologist Arthur Berman and others have been sounding the alarm for a long time that the US NG industry is engaged in efforts to pitch overly-optimistic projections in the shale well revolution. The money spent on shale development far out-weight the economic return. The capital spending of shale producers routinely out-pace revenue stream by several times. Despite of the gloomy reality, producers continue reckless money spending in aggressive well drillings, thanks to generous money from banks and investors.
This is an non-sustainable bubble. I see a looming debt crisis in the shale industry, which has accumulated more than half a trillion dollars in debts thanks to their shale revolution adventure. The NG industry will collapse once bank lending is cut off, leading to collapse of US natural gas supply. As a result it will send natural gas and coal price skyrocketing. It will happen soon.
The biggest beneficiary to the looming crisis in the NG sector, is the US coal sector. That's where I put my money in. You should, too!
The coal sector was wrongfully punished by the wide-spread meme:
"Coal is dead. Cheap and abundant natural gas is replacing coal"
Nothing is further from the truth!
I made the efforts to do the calculation and modeling to find the truth behind the rosy pitches of NG companies. I am convinced that the real data says I was right and the industry experts were wrong.
I ask you to follow my math and do your own analysis. If you agree with me, pull your money out of the shale industry and into the US coal sector. The coal story is the biggest investment opportunity in more than a decade. I am holding my coal stocks firm.
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Using typical shale industry methology, they would fit the production using standard Arps Type Curve with no modification. And they would choose these parameters to fit the curve:
2. IP = 575 BPD (Peak 24 hour production was 571 on Sep 20, 06)
3. D = 0.015/Day (first year decline 74.5%, slower than wells today)
4. B-Factor = 1.70.
The Oct. 2012 data is out:
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The role of photography in the 20th century is the
subject of this moving and informative Public
Television series. It explores the influence
photographs have had on every aspect of our lives -- in
what we buy, how we dress, how we get the news, in
matters of life and death in medicine, science and war.
Photographs changed forever how we choose our leaders,
what we see on the walls of museums, how we catch
criminals and even how we remember the past. In this
century of images, the very way in which we see
ourselves individually and as a country has been driven
by the camera, the lens and the technology to hold and
preserve pictures.
In 1840, its invention was announced in an American
newspaper with the simple words: "wonderful wonder of
wonders." From the x-ray to the sonogram of a baby,
from the horrors of war to the view of the earth from
moon, this television series will explore the
surprising and ever renewing power of this wonder of
wonders. As we will see, in the right context at the
right times, photographs have indeed changed the world.
In this first program we will see that suddenly
pictures were everywhere -- on passports and postcards,
in crime scene photos and mug shots. Legislation would
eventually change working conditions, in part because
of the powerful effect of the camera in the hands of
social reformers. Science would never be the same.
Both distant galaxies and sub-atomic particles were
discovered by being first being fixed on the
photographic plate.
National Geographic, a dull technical journal in the
19th century, was transformed by photography in the
early part of the twentieth century. The magazine was
soon to make widespread use of color photography. Later
many would come to question its rose-colored view of
politics and its relentless pursuit of the exotic, but
the magazine was enormously popular, bringing images of
the world into the homes of ordinary Americans.
While not the first war to be covered in photographs,
the abundance of carefully selected photographs of
World War I convinced many reluctant Americans that
they had a stake in this distant war. After the war,
the tabloids hit the news stands. The program will show
that television was not the first medium to use
sensational images to attract huge audiences.
In the 1920s as well, fan magazines and publicity
stills created idealized images of celluloid heros, the
movie stars, and people rushed to a new creation, the
beauty parlor, to try and mold their faces and bodies
into copies of these photographic images. Gangsters,
politicians and socialites now had recognizable faces
to go along with their fame, and we find ourselves at
the beginning of a very twentieth century, image-dominated creation --
celebrity, the possibility of
being famous for being famous.
Advertisers embraced photography first for its seeming
ability to tell the truth, and then for its ability to
evoke a fantasy world linked to what they were trying
to sell. Soon modern advertising would not be possible
without the power of photography to engage and
motivate. Photographs came to dominate print
advertising and look down on the nation from huge
In thirty short years, we were awash in photographs and
yet the full impact of this new medium had yet to be
felt. The series will show that our image-obsessed
century was just beginning.
The government, as well, exploited the power of
photography. The country was in the middle of a
Depression, and several government agencies used
photography as a means of both documenting the
widespread suffering and getting the country to support
massive programs of government intervention in the
economy. As we see in this series, the dream of the
early reformers was coming true -- photographs carried
with them powerful emotions and powerful messages.
Presented in the right way, they could and did change
the country.
In World War II, another war fought far from home,
everything came together. The government, the wire
services, and the picture magazines used the power of
photography to rally the country to the cause. This was
to be the last war to be seen by the public almost
exclusively through vivid still pictures. Nowadays when
we visualize this war, we still see it frozen in a
series of iconic images.
With both the war and the Depression over, came a new
style of fashion photography. Everyone could now afford
to be in style and radical innovations in fashion
photography appearing in an explosion of popular
fashion magazines, showed them, not only how to dress,
but who to be.
If anyone still doubted the raw expressive power of
photography in 1955, they would be overwhelmed by a
photographic show first shown at the Museum of Modern
Art in New York, later in a travelling exhibition
around the country, and then around the world. As an
exhibit, and as a book, The Family of Man remains the
most widely seen collection of photographs in the
history of the world. In the universal language of
pictures, it conveyed the simple but powerful message
that under the skin, all of humanity is driven by the
same hopes, fears and desires. Coming in the midst of
the Cold War and the under the threat of nuclear
annihilation, these pictures would profoundly affect an
entire generation which would, in turn, profoundly
change the decade to come.
In a sense, the power the of photography to sell, first
shown in the 1920s, was truly unleashed during the
prosperity of the 1950s. Both the advertising and copy
pages of the newspapers and the picture magazines
packaged this new prosperity and idealized images of
the American way of life. The pictures are both the
icons and the models, the shining all-white kitchens
inhabited by the perfect all white family. But there
was another America, a dark side of racial strife,
poverty and alienation. This America was beginning to
be captured by a new movement of individual
photographic artists. As the next program will show,
their view of the other America will be highly
influential in the turbulent times ahead.
In this final program, we explore the enormous
influence which individual photographs have had on the
later part of this century. We hear from the Ladner
sisters, activists in the civil rights movement in
Mississippi, and how photographs helped get their story
out to a national and then an international audience.
Vietnam may have been the first television war but as
Hal Buell formerly of Associated Press remind us:
"still pictures, had a much greater impact on American
readers than the television did. No war will ever be
covered the way the Vietnam war was covered. There was
no censorship in Vietnam of any kind, photographers had
greater access to that war then they did either Korea
or World War II. And it was that intimacy with the war
that came through that has not come through in any
other war photography before or since."
There was, of-course, an ecology movement before the
photograph of the earth rising over the barren
landscape of the moon but as Stuart Brand who had
agitated for that picture explains: "The planet seeing
itself from the outside was a major self-realization of
its existence as a planet, as both a beautiful thing,
and a fragile thing."
During this program we will begin to see the fact that
this is an era where the images are, at once, most
carefully controlled and most out of control. This is
the time of the photo-op. Politicians and leaders stand
on marks on the floor, with lighting and background
carefully preplanned by the image makers.
At the beginning of this century, the photographic
image was a great rarity, a stiff studio picture of
mother, the occasional murky illustration in a
magazine. Now they are instantly available and
Photographic images, printed images, enhanced digital
images, images coded in electrons on the internet,
embossed in plastic on buttons, milk cartons, posters,
stickers and credit cards. Photographs dyed onto tee
shirts. They are now everywhere, the have become like
the air we breath, and like the air, their influence is
at once pervasive and very difficult to see. As this
program will conclude, the still image retains its raw
power to reach our emotions directly, to grab us in the
gut. We are moved by pictures, profoundly influenced by
pictures, but now there are so many of them pulling us
in so many directions that this influence has become
almost impossible to measure.
One thing is clear -- despite new technologies, still
images, whether they are captured in electrons or the
photographic emulsion, will endure.
As Jerry Della Femina reminds us at the end of the
series. "photographs are what we were, and what we are,
and what we're going to be. Imagine that there wasn't
photography. Where would we be? How would I remember
what I looked like as a kid? How my mother look when
she graduated from junior high school on Mott Street?
It links us all. It keeps us all together. It's really
what our history is."
BROADCAST DATE: Wednesday October 13, 1999 (check your
local PBS station for the time of broadcast)
PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS: Muffie Meyer and Ellen Hovde
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There are lots of things you can do together with your dog. It is not only your pet, your playmate, your guard, and everyday companion. It is also a rightful member of your family ready to share all of your activities. Quite often dogs look like owners, both in their appearance and habits. (Photo Credit: buyalex/Flickr)
So what exactly can you do with dog?
First of all, you can live with dog or dogs, spending all of your time in their company. They will be happy to stay by your side when you're reading a book, especially if you read aloud to them.
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Then you can definitely take your dog for a nice walk, or maybe your dog will take you along, like this boy's pet.
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If you have enough physical strength you would not just drag behind your dogs, but try to show them who is faster. What can be more pleasant than to run with dogs through the wood early in the morning?
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If you are less sporty you can any time trike with dogs. Even if they are tired of pulling you they would never complain.
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A good idea is to swim with dog or at least soak your pet a little. For a young lady it is also a great way to attract additional attention!
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The professional surfers know that nothing can be better than to surf with dog, because it can always show them the right direction and defend them from sharks.
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An experienced Maremma Sheepdog will always show you how to handle the hockey stick and the puck. Rah-rah-rah!
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When tired, you can always nap with dog. Just give it a chance to choose the best place for it.
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If the place looks not so comfortable, your dog will surely propose itself as a pillow. You can always sleep on your dog making it happy!
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Well, whatever the opinions out there, kudos to iBasso for making a variable line output. It's a killer spec for portable headphone fans.
Tralucent T1 appreciation thread - post your experiences and questions here - Page 20
Gear mentioned in this thread:
- "Size, Sound, Bass, Treble Extension, Construction, Sound, Great Price, Jaw Dropping Bass.""Power, transparency, control, battery life, simple design"
- "Great amp. No hiss. USB charging switch (so you don't drain your notebook's battery). Works with the iPad CCK. Rollable opamps. Auto-selects input.""Superb sound quality in all aspects; Long battery life; Plenty of power; Option to disable USB charging; Very good DAC; SPDIF in both ways"
Yep I feel the same. I think it's ingenious because it makes this player very versatile with so many amps out there. While with DAPs with a fixed LO level you more so need and amp with a digital potentiometer to really play it on the safe side (in terms of sensitive IEMs that is)...
That is one thing I didn't agree with Fang on. His comment stating that ibassos implementation of the LO was lazy.... I know that comment was out of the blue lol but it popped in my head when you mentioned the LO :P.
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Have any of you guys had a chance to compare the T1 with the Portaphile 627, because it is the other amp I always hear pair well with the DX100...
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I've not heard the Portaphile 627.
I haven't heard the 627 but if it's anything like the 627AP Op Amp that was in my UHA6 MKII. It's gonna be a warmer sound. More euphoric, smoothed out treble and more intimacy in the mid range and very nice bass texture. More so of a musical sound with an expansive sound stage. While my T1 amp was truer to the source in direct comparison. Both great amps but I preferred the T1 on the DX100.
Edited by lee730 - 1/28/13 at 4:27pm
I've finally gotten 250hrs burnin on my T1 and extremely impressed! Over a year ago I had both the Arrow(not the 12HE) and LeckertonUHA4 and sent back the Arrow, it just seemed slightly bass heavy and didn't have as clear, warm and balanced mids as the Leckerton. Comparing my UHA4 to the T1 was hard because the T1 is so much more powerful, volume at half on the T1 is full for the UHA4.
Yet after getting the volume equal there was no comparison. The whole music spectrum through the T1 had more depth, definition,impact and clarity. In fact, I've never had to use the word "muddy" but the T1 made the UHA4 sound thin and muddy! There is great balance on the T1, the bass is deep, clear and doesn't overtake the mids and highs.
I'm using the T1 velcroed to my StudioV and it fits perfectly, they are both the same size. I use the T1 at half volume and my V at 6 to 10 depending on the recording. My initial problem with the T1 was a bad power cable, but when I switched it charged fine and contrary to jeffsf comment, "You can't use the amp while it is charging." you can listen through it while charging, with the bad power cable it wouldn't play throught my IEMs when charging. When I first got the T1 it really sounded poor, highs didn't sound clear, definate improvement with burnin. Didn't notice poor sound from the UHA4 before burnin. If I used a DAC I would definately get the T1 and a separate DAC over the UHA4, the T1 is a definate step up from the UHA4 amp section.
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Today I have mini meet with 4 friends and done the comparison as follow :
Source : AK 100 standard
amp : Tralucent T1 vs
Ortofon MHd Q 7
headphone : LCD 2 rev 0 and LCD 3
like the set up above the sound quality from T1 is better from Ortofon MHd Q7 in term
power : is not enough power to drive LCD 3
high : T1 has more presents , more clear than Ortofon MHd. Q7
mid : T1 has better mid clearer
bass : T1 is more tight and detail
Clarity : T1 has more clarity than Ortofon .
if pair with additional external DAC iBasso DB 2 , the Ortofon MHd Q7 has better analog sound quality than T 1
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I'm not sure exactly what the timeline is, but I'll be evaluating the T1 (along with the 1plus2) in the coming weeks. I've already (very briefly) heard the T1 once before, and thought it was quite good.
I'm thinking about comparing it against the Firestone FireyeHD, which has been mostly neglected here on head-fi, but is an amp that I also find to be quite good. Let me know if that's something you guys would be interested in reading (or just a simple, singular review).
Hey guys, I've posted my T1 review here: http://www.head-fi.org/t/649249/portable-amplifiers-from-the-far-east-firestone-audio-fireye-hd-tralucent-audio-t1-lots-of-pictures
It's a dual review with the Firestone Fireye HD, but is separated into different posts for people who aren't interested in the Fireye. My review for the T1 ended up being very, very similar to Shigzeo's --- it sounds really, really great, but it plays too loud. I've asked Gavin to entertain the possibility of making a lower gain version of the T1; selectable gain isn't likely, because Gavin has said that selectable gain would degrade sound quality, but hopefully, fixed low gain would be possible. I know a better volume knob is in the works, but I really, really encourage lower gain, still, for IEMs. The T1 really does sound great; it'd be a shame if people with fixed output sources couldn't use it as an amplifier.
I agree with you on this tomscy. I've been talking with Gavin about allowing for lower volume listening without channel imbalance on the volume pot. Heck even if it would costs more I'd be for it since the T1 is a very good amp. The only cons I see are the volume pot with channel imbalance with powerful sources and of course the bright blue light lol. :P
I posted the following on a thread about the DX100, but it is relevant here also:
I can't report on the new firmware, but I can share that I tried the Tralucent T-1 amp as per lee730's recommendation. And it is quite an amazing amp for the price, and a definite upgrade over the amp in the DX100. However, I also happened to be trying a used Continental V2 that I got on here for a good price. And yes the $529 amp is even better than the $229 T1. No surprise there given the much lower price of the T1, but the surprise is how close the T1 came to the ALO tube amp. Clarity and the ability to sort out complex music was the same on both amps. The Continental just has a certain fullness and body to the sound that the T1 can't quite match, although in most respects they are incredibly close, and the T1 actually has a very nice tone itself, just not as full and dense as the tube amp. If the Continental is out of your budget, then I would certainly recommened giving the T1 a try. Also I was using them both with the HD650s which probably is not an ideal match for the T1. With an easier to drive headphone, the differences might be even less than what I heard.
So I have decided to keep the Continental. Rather than return the Tralucent to Gavin which would incur a restocking fee, I have put it up for sale on here. So anyone from the US reading this thread and considering trying the T1, you can save $50 by buying mine which is in mint condition and only a few weeks old.
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Just wanted to pass this on. The battery in my T1 recently started heating up and would only charge for a few minutes then play for only 1 hr before cutting off. A google search only revealed one place besides bulk purchase places for a similar battery http://www.ebay.com/itm/9V-Li-ion-650mAh-Super-High-Capacity-Rechargeable-Battery-/120774100952.
Apparently this battery is commonly used in China and it is made in Japan,LOL. My suggestion if your battery goes during or after one year warrantee to contact Gavin to make sure that the ebay battery is indeed the right one, or just buy one from Gavin tho shipping is the cost of the battery itself.
So I have decided to keep the Continental. Rather than return the Tralucent to Gavin which would incur a restocking fee, I have put it up for sale on here. So anyone from the US reading this thread and considering trying the T1, you can save $50 by buying mine which is in mint condition and only a few weeks old.
So i decided to try an Altmann Tera Player and am now going to keep the T1 a little longer to see how it synergizes with the Tera. I have a feeling the cleaner sound of the T1 might actually work better with the sound of the Tera than the Continental....or at least maybe it will be good enough to allow me to keep it and save some $ by selling the Continental instead. They really are very close in SQ with the difference mainly one of tone.
Nice. Keep me posted on how the Tera sounds :).
I realized I could not rest without trying it, so I ended up buying one new from Charles. I hope to find a combo of DAP, amp and headphones that I can live with for a while. I will post my impressions for sure.
And thank god for the for sale forums on here so I can recoup some of my recent purchases once I decide what to keep :)
So as I mentioned I hung onto the Tralucent. And now that I have had some more time with it, I have decided that I like it better than the Continental V2, at least with my HD650's. After a while the Continental seemed a little slow and thick, and switching to the Tralucent added a nice dose of adrenaline to the sound. This little amp really has such a powerful and clear sound.
With my Beyer T1s, I still like the Continental a bit more as they need a little softening and thickening of their overall brighter more detailed sound. But overall, I still like the HD650s with the Tralucent amp better than the Beyer's with the Continental amp. This might mean I end up selling the Beyers and Continental, and keeping the Tralucent and HD650's which would be great because they cost less than half as much!
The only wildcard is that I am getting a loaner of the new iCAN amp by iFi. It is a pretty different beast as it is more of a desktop, although you could get a bettery for it and use it as a transportable (kind of like the ALO PanAm). I am Ok with just a transportable setup instead of a truly portable, so I will have to see what sounds best overall. The iCAN has some unique features with a bass boost and also something they call a 3D effect which is supposed to be much more than just a crossfeed.
In the meantime, I sure am glad no-one wanted to buy my Tralucent amp.
Gear mentioned in this thread:
- Firestone Audio - Fireye HD - Portable Headphone AmplifierNo reviews yet.
- "Size, Sound, Bass, Treble Extension, Construction, Sound, Great Price, Jaw Dropping Bass.""Power, transparency, control, battery life, simple design"
- "Great amp. No hiss. USB charging switch (so you don't drain your notebook's battery). Works with the iPad CCK. Rollable opamps. Auto-selects input.""Superb sound quality in all aspects; Long battery life; Plenty of power; Option to disable USB charging; Very good DAC; SPDIF in both ways"


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October 29, 1999
By Craig Ogilvie, travel writer
Department of Parks and Tourism
Largemouth bass fishing is tops with Arkansas anglers, according
to a survey conducted by the state Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
several months ago. The report should not be surprising because
the species is found in lakes and streams throughout the Natural
State, possesses legendary fighting ability, and is ready for
action virtually anytime of the year.
The largemouth and its cousins, the Kentucky (spotted) and smallmouth
basses, each have their own devout followers
and it seems
that every bass fisherman has a favorite area to chase lunkers.
Almost all of the states lakes and rivers serve up a choice
of bass. The size of the water apparently makes little difference.
The state-record largemouth was hooked on tiny Mallard Lake in
1976 and weighed-in at 16 pounds, four ounces.
The Arkansas River is the largest and most famous largemouth
stream in the state. The BASS Masters Classic and many other
championships have been staged along its border-to-border course.
In 1984, an all-time record was set during the Classic at Pine
Bluff when a pro contestant brought in three daily limits of
seven bass each that totaled 75 pounds, nine ounces. The record
still stands.
Other great largemouth fisheries include Lake Ouachita (with
a wide variety of habitat on 49,000 acres of water), Lake Millwood
(with timber and other visible cover), Greers Ferry Lake (where
a 1988 catch almost set a new state record), Lakes Conway, Bull
Shoals, Norfork, Beaver, Felsenthal, DeGray, Dardanelle and Greeson
(all prime territory for lunkers). Other hot spots are Chicot
and Horseshoe Lakes (old Mississippi oxbows with plenty of cover)
and Lakes Dunn and Austell at Village Creek State Park (over
100 bass weighing eight or more pounds landed since 1987).
Smallmouth bass inhabit most of the coldwater lakes of Arkansas,
but most anglers prefer the action on cool-flowing streams. Feisty
and powerful, smallmouths favor the Spring, Eleven Point, Current,
Buffalo, Little Red, Crooked Creek, War Eagle, Big Piney, Mulberry
and other Ozarks streams. In the Ouachitas, they are found in
the Little Missouri, Caddo, upper Ouachita, Saline and Cossatot
Rivers and below Lake Ouachita.
White bass were overlooked in Arkansas until the big U. S. Corps
of Engineers lakes were constructed during and after World War
II. Found in most large lakes and rivers, the white is available
throughout the year and is especially popular during spawning
runs in springtime and schooling season in mid- to late summer.
Although not native to the state, the striped bass has taken
the heavyweight title among the species. Introduced into Arkansas
in 1956, the ocean/freshwater bass quickly adapted to the states
big lakes and started growing. State-records for the species
have climbed steadily since the sixties. On March 12, 1999, Holt
Holyfield of Rogers, Arkansas, landed a new state-record striper
that tipped the scales at 57 pounds while fishing on Beaver Lake.
In addition to Beaver, striped bass are established on Ouachita,
Norfork, Maumelle, Hamilton, Greeson, Millwood, and Catherine
Lakes, plus the Arkansas and Red Rivers.
During the 1960s, hybrid bass were developed from stripers and
white bass species and a new fishing craze was started. On April
24, 1997, Jerald C. Shaum of Shirley, AR, landed a world-record
27-pound, five-ounce hybrid on Greers Ferry Lake. Hybrids are
found in lakes across the state, with Greers Ferry and DeGray
ranked among the most popular hot spots.
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marinas or directly from the state Game and Fish Commission.
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This is going to be a great event! Dr. Ralph Stanley is fresh off his triumphant appearance at Richmond's Folk Festival last weekend and now he is going on the road for Wayne Powell in Virginia's 7th Congressional District.
A good, old-fashioned barnstorm is just what the doctor ordered. Dr. Ralph Stanley, that is! We can't wait to bring the good Dr. Stanley, Wayne Powell, and the "O Cantor, Where Art Thou?" tour to the people of Virginia's 7th District.I can't wait to hear what Dr. Stanley has to say and to hear him perform with the Clinch Mountain Boys Wednesday October 24th!


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The FBI isn't happy about the latest versions of iOS and Android using encryption by default. FBI director James Comey has been blasting both Apple and Google. Microsoft is never mentioned — but Windows 8.1 uses encryption by default, too.
iPads and iPhones give you control over how your kids can use your devices. You can quickly lock your device to a certain app before handing it over or lock down an entire device with comprehensive parental controls.
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If there's one long-running unfulfilled request on this site, it's coverage of Project Finance.
I have gotten about 100+ requests to feature it, and I've even had numerous interviewees sign up and volunteer to speak about it… and then drop out at the last minute.
The bad news is that this is still not that elusive article on Project Finance.
But the good news is that this is very close, and it covers an area that is even more interesting in some ways: infrastructure investing.
If Project Finance is the "venture capital" of the toll road/bridge/airport world, infrastructure investing is the "private equity" of that same world.
And all you have to do to get in?
Land a bulge bracket offer in Australia, get forced out, wind up in Hong Kong without knowing the language, and improvise your way to success from there.
Here's the full story:
Offer… Rescinded? How It All Began
Q: So let's get started with your initial plan for getting into the industry, and how you ended up in an unexpected place.
A: Sure. My background wasn't that unusual – I studied business/finance at a university in Australia and then applied to investment banking through the graduate recruiting process.
I had no idea what I wanted to do, but sitting in an office and wearing a suit seemed cool at the time (little did I know…), so I was set on IB from my 2nd year onward.
I applied for graduate positions in my last year, and the process itself was very similar to recruiting anywhere else: online assessments, phone interviews, and a few rounds of in-person interviews with questions and mini-case studies.
Q: Really? Not much was different even though you were recruiting in Australia?
A: Not really. The only quirk in the process: the "final round interview" consisted of a cocktail evening at an MD's house, and they made you go up on stage and tell the bankers something about yourself.
That was probably the low-light of the recruiting process for me, and I can't even remember what I said (or maybe I blocked it out?) – but it didn't seem to matter much: I received a call the next day with an offer to start working at this bank.
Q: But the timing wasn't the best.
A: Right, this was as we were heading into a recession and all banks in Australia were deferring or cutting graduate hires.
They asked if I was willing to move to Hong Kong because of "headcount issues" – they liked me, but could not support an additional hire in the Australian offices.
I said "no" at first because all my friends in family were in Australia and I really didn't want to move all the way to Asia. Plus, I had heard that the hours were very long, even by IB standards, in HK.
Decisions, Decisions
Q: What made you change your mind and say "yes"?
A: Well, for one, the economy was terrible and there weren't that many other options for new graduates. I had no real connection to Hong Kong and didn't know the language(s), but I wasn't about to lose a desirable offer just because I wanted to stay at home.
I got there and was placed into the Power & Utilities industry coverage team right away.
Since I didn't know Mandarin, they had me work with companies across the entire Asia-Pacific region and I traveled to Southeast Asia (Thailand and Singapore) quite a lot in my first year there.
I wouldn't say the hours were "worse," necessarily; they were just as bad as NYC/London work hours. But the travel kept me sane and made it a bit more fun than the average IB analyst role, where you really are chained to your desk 95% of the time.
Q: I see… yeah, business travel tends to be fun at first and rapidly decline in "fun value" after a few months. So how long did you end up staying there?
A: Just over 2 years. I had done a ton of pitches and a few deals by then, and I was ready to move on.
IB in HK is increasingly driven by mainland China, so if you're not a native Mandarin speaker or you don't have relationships there it's extremely tough to make yourself useful.
And as previous interviewees have pointed out, it's not just the language: you can be from Taiwan or Hong Kong or Singapore and still not be "Chinese enough" to fit in with the mainland business culture.
Banks do cover Southeast Asia and other regions out of the Hong Kong office, but deals in those places fall apart very frequently – at an even higher rate than normal deals fall apart.
So their preference is to focus more and more on deals and clients in China.
Q: Yeah, that makes sense. So then you started looking for buy-side roles right around this time?
A: Yeah, just past the 2-year mark. At first, I focused on traditional PE funds in HK but I realized that roles for non-Mandarin speakers were limited and that Southeast Asia coverage roles were not necessarily ideal.
So I started thinking about going back to Australia and branching out into areas beyond traditional PE – one field that interested me was infrastructure investing, because it is a huge, developed market there and much bigger than you'd expect based on the country's population and economy.
I found a few firms on eFinancialCareers, applied, and got in touch with a headhunter who set me up with phone interviews and eventually in-person interviews there (which was very tricky to coordinate since I was still working full-time in Hong Kong at that point).
Infrastructure Investing 101
Q: OK, great, so before we move into the recruiting process, I wanted to step back and explain what "infrastructure investing" is.
We've gotten tons of questions on Infrastructure vs. Project Finance vs. Public Finance, and with this article and the previous public finance series we can address at least 2 of those…
A: Sure. Just like in traditional PE, you split your time between origination (finding new assets to invest in) and deal execution (doing the deals), as well as managing the existing portfolio. There's also some fundraising work depending on the fund that you're at.
The difference is that you're investing in assets that provide essential utilities or services – toll roads, airports, power plants, telecom, or even "social infrastructure" like hospitals and schools.
Infrastructure does NOT include real estate assets that are strictly for people to live in or for businesses to operate from – the distinction is that there must be some kind of essential service offered by the asset.
Many of these assets are extremely stable and will be around for decades; some, like airports, have natural monopolies that make them incredibly valuable.
They're also less sensitive to economic and business cycles, and, at least in Australia, most of the investors in this sector are pension funds with an extremely long-term outlook who may favor stability over higher potential returns.
Many of these assets are dependent on government regulation, or are even developed in partnership with the government.
In Australia, for example, lots of utilities and transmission/distribution networks are regulated by the government and they actually tell you what your "allowed rate of return" can be and then set the pricing and terms to enforce that.
Q: I'm getting visions of 1984.
Isn't it risky to invest in a sector that's subject to so much regulation?
A: Haha, yes, in a way it is because the government could always step in and change the rules to reduce your returns.
On the other hand, the government is also keen to attract investment into the sector so that sort of balances things out.
Also, these assets are very, very stable, almost to the point of being boring.
You see assumptions like revenue growing at 3% per year, forever, linked to GDP growth or inflation – it's not like working with normal companies where growth rates and margins may fluctuate wildly from year to year.
Q: So what are your targeted returns? Lower than normal PE, I'm assuming?
A: Yes, we tend to target 10-15% IRRs here – and sometimes the holding period is 10 years or more. Partially, that's because there's less liquidity and the buyer pool isn't as wide as it might be for normal companies.
But it's also because many of the assets have long-term contracts with suppliers and we try to take advantage of those when we hold the asset – a power station, for example, might have a power purchase agreement with a retail company lasting 15 or more years.
So it's in our interest to hold the asset for as long as possible during the terms of that agreement.
Q: I see. And why is the market so big in Australia? I would have thought that infrastructure would be more significant in emerging markets.
A: It's mostly a result of pension funds here growing to massive sizes because everyone has to contribute 9-12% of their salary toward pensions – and they like to play it safe and invest in stable, predictable assets such as infrastructure. The same thing has happened in Canada.
Developed countries still have a need for infrastructure: just look at the US, where most infrastructure is crumbling and desperately needs to be replaced and upgraded.
In Australia, another factor is the mining boom and the additional energy and mining projects that are driving infrastructure investment here.
All these new mines need a way to transport commodities to market, and much of that transportation might count as "infrastructure."
Q: I see… so it's partially government-driven and partially market-driven.
Last question before we move on: what's the difference between Infrastructure Investing, Public Finance, and Project Finance? They all deal with similar types of assets.
A: I'm not an expert on the other two, but here's how I see it:
- Project Finance: This is investing in the debt required to fund the construction of infrastructure assets, or required to acquire existing assets. PF firms spend a lot of time assessing the downside risk, how much money they can get back in the worst-case scenario, and so on.
- Infrastructure Investing: This is investing in the equity of infrastructure assets – mostly acquiring existing ones, but sometimes also greenfield projects.
- Public Finance: Less about building assets or buying assets, and more about the financing of these deals and how to get the funds to do everything – and you are raising those funds for governments rather than investment funds or normal companies.
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Q: So let's move back to your recruiting process at this firm – what was it like?
A: My fund has fewer than 20 "investment professionals," so the process I went through was quite informal. I spoke with around half the office, and most of the questions focused on my deal experience, what I thought about the market, and how much I knew about infrastructure.
I had almost no time to prepare for any of this, but I went back through all my deals and reviewed every model there line-by-line (or at least, the closest I could come to that) and devoted most of my time to that.
They were interested in me because I had experience in the power/utilities sector, and increasingly infrastructure is expanding beyond toll roads/bridges/airports into power and energy-related assets.
As I said, the fund I'm at is relatively small so I didn't have to complete traditional case studies or modeling tests – they mostly just asked about my experience.
Q: OK, so what specifically did they ask about the models you had built and the deals you worked on?
A: You could divide the questions like this:
- Why? – What was the purpose of the model and how did it impact the deal? For example, did I figure out that the asking price for a power plant only made sense if energy prices were 50% higher than current levels?
- What? – What did you build? For example, I might have explained that I built an operating model for a power generation company by separating it into its 3 main geographies, calculating revenue and expenses for an "average" power plant in each region, and then aggregating everything across all the regions.
- How? – How did you make the assumptions? Here, I would explain what sources we consulted for energy price assumptions, expense/margin trends, and also the impact of different assumptions on the output.
- What Next? – How did you personally contribute to this deal and what ended up happening? As a junior banker, of course, you'll mostly be running the numbers and assisting with due diligence so most of your contributions will come in these areas. But you need to highlight discrepancies you found, numbers that seemed unreasonable, or potential problems that came up in due diligence. It's OK if the deal fell apart, but you should probably try to frame it more as, "It's ongoing – we're still waiting for the buyer/seller to make a decision."
Q: Great, I think that's a good way to think about all your deals, even if you haven't worked in power/utilities or infrastructure. So they liked you and gave you the offer right away?
A: Pretty much. I went through a few rounds of phone interviews, and then heard back a few days after this in-person firm visit.
They were flexible with start dates, so I had 2 months in between quitting my bank and starting at this new fund, which I used to relocate back home and travel a bit.
Q: And it sounds like, just as with traditional PE, they are really looking more for experienced candidates from IB and related fields as opposed to students straight out of undergrad. True?
A: At the junior level, every single person at my fund worked at a bank or at least in a "banking-type" role such as an analyst at a smaller corporate finance or advisory firm.
Industry experience can help a lot in infrastructure since it's so specific. I haven't seen anyone come here from a power or utilities company, but I'm sure it could happen.
I don't think we've hired anyone from Big 4 accounting firms, but with the right skill set it might be possible. It just depends on your technical skills and how much sector exposure you've gotten.
For the more senior people, backgrounds are more varied. We've hired lawyers and other professionals who don't necessarily have a finance background, but who do have extensive relationships and experience in infrastructure.
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Don't Let Your Kids Pull a Steve BartmanJohn Cave Osborne
It's known simply as the Steve Bartman Incident. The date was October 14, 2003 and the setting was legendary Wrigley Field in Chicago. The ordinarily hapless Cubbies were anything but that year, having breezed through the regular season before easily winning their first playoff series. And that night, their ace, Mark Prior, was hurling a three-hit shutout, his team ahead 3-0, and just five outs shy of making its first World Series appearance since 1945. Was it possible the Cubs could become champions for the first time since 1908?
It sure seemed like it. Until Florida Marlin's second basemen Luis Castillo hit a shallow fly ball which drifted toward the left-field bleachers.Cubs outfielder Moisés Alou looked as if he might have a play on the ball.
Enter Steve Bartman — a ordinary-looking fan sporting a fitted Cubs hat and a set of headphones which appeared to have been on loan from the 70's. Just as Alou was reaching the highest point of his perfectly timed leap, the one that would allow his glove to reach into the first row of the stands and procure the inning's second out, Bartman interfered with the ball and ruined Alou's chances of making the play.
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Though still a bachelor at the time, the first thing that came to my mind pertained to parenting. I turned to my friends who sat alongside me in stunned silence and uttered the following words. "If I ever have a child, I am going to make certain I teach him the importance of spectator sport etiquette."
My three year old triplets are still a bit young to be schooled. But not my stepdaughter, Pookie. She's 9. And each time I take her to any sporting event, I teach her all about etiquette. When it's okay to take her seat. What's okay to yell. When it's appropriate to use the restroom. The last thing I ever want any of my kids to do is interfere with another's enjoyment of a big-time sporting event — especially if that person plays for my favorite team!
The Marlins went on to score 8 runs that fateful inning. They won the game handily, and wound up winning the World Series over the heavily favored New York Yankees. The Cubs? They haven't won a playoff game since.
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Why Manny Pacquiao can't beat Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Why Manny Pacquiao cant beat Floyd Mayweather Jr
By John Raspanti, DoghouseBoxing.com (Oct 7, 2009)
When Freddie Roach said Floyd needs us we dont need him I grinned and thought to myself Yep, old fearless forecaster Freddie saw the same thing I did a couple of weeks ago.
He saw unparalleled speed, skill and slickness. He saw a natural talent, a defensive wizard who shucks and slides and shimmies.
He saw a good fighter reduced to an average one. He saw total dominance on display and I betcha ya he didnt like it at all. You know why he didnt like it? Cause he saw his fighter losing. He saw speed versus speed, but his guy was a hair slower. Thats not something hes used to seeing. Hell, thats something NONE of us are used to seeing.
Can you imagine the ninja Manny Pacquiao, the human buzzsaw, the alleged best fight on the planet, being beaten to the punch? It seems unlikely when you remember his last few fights.
Manny looked very good in dismantling and knocking out David Diaz. He looked razor sharp and as quick as a lightening rod in dominating a faded Oscar De La Hoya. In the ring with Ricky Hatton he showed speed, footwork and awesome power in knocking cold the tough Brit from Manchester. But are all these natural attributes enough to topple Money Mayweather?
I dont think so and in a minute Ill tell you why. Trust me it pains me to say it because Im pretty tired of Mayweathers act, if it is an act. I have no idea what it is. Who knows where the act begins and ends.
Whatever it is it works and the act never gets in the way of the fighter, and what a fighter he is.
Ok, lets look at why I dont think Manny can beat Floyd. For awhile now Manny has been using his speed and improved footwork to beat his opponents around the ring and to the punch. With the help of Freddie Roach his balance has improved, along with his combinations and accuracy. Roach has taught Manny how to harness his natural aggressiveness which in turn makes him a much more dangerous and difficult fighter to deal with. Couple this with an amazing work ethic and desire and what you have is a compelling creation of a fighter. Manny has grown with each fight literally and figuratively. Floyd cant touch the humilty and honesty that Manny projects, which touches people and inspires them to follow and admire.
Now lets talk about Floyd Mayweather. I know he likes to flash all his money, hence his nickname. I think hes more the natural, the same title of the Robert Redford baseball movie. Redford played Roy Hobbs who was born to play baseball. He can do it all, pitch (striking out a character based on Babe Ruth) run and later (after getting in the way of a bullet) hit. Boy could he hit.
Thats Floyd Mayweather the natural, born to box. His genes spill with boxing blood, its all he knows. Its the thing he was meant to do. Floyd has worked hard but never as hard as Pacquiao. He hasnt had too. His footwork and balance have always been top notch. His defensive ability is Willie Pep like. His hand speed is blurry, his combinations blistering. Not with a lot of power mind you, but accurate and stinging. Combine this with a newly discovered jab (thank you daddy Floyd) and what you have is a nearly impossible mountain to climb especially if youre eyeing him from the opposite corner.
Floyd is two inches taller then Manny and with a reach advantage of five inches. Yep, five inches, I can certainly see Floyd in the middle of the ring using this advantage. Hes the bigger man and yes the quicker one. Manny has never faced anyone like Floyd Mayweather, if he has any doubts he can ask his friend Juan Manual Marquez what it was like. I dont think hed like the answers.
Floyd will out quick Manny and hang with him step for step. Manny will find himself on the defensive more as Mayweathers combinations pepper him. He might get a little reckless as Floyd starts to build a lead in the middle rounds. Manny will continue to try and throttle Floyd, but the money is in the bank as well as the decision.
So there you have it, natural ability versus ability learned and nurtured. Its the old argument of levels of talent and it seems at least to me that Mayweather has a more of them than Pacquiao.
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I'm happy that Floyd Sr is given credit for Mayweather's jab. Great article, all though I disagree with Pacquiao not being able to beat Floyd.
This guy keeps bringing up Mayweather's combination punching. We're not talking SFW, LW or Jr WW Mayweather here. We're talking WW.
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of course PAC can't beat Floyd...Floyd aint fighting anyone...not shane, not the winner of PAC-Cotto..you can't beat what wont get in the ring with you
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cotto can't beat floyd.
pacquiao can't beat floyd.
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mosley can't beat floyd.
there's no point in those fights happening.
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he's not waiting for the winner
he's gonna move on and fight lamont peterson or some ****...the timing will be off and in a year, PAC will be in politics
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I've been saying it for a while as well: Floyd isn't that same fighter...even Roach has acknowledged that. The last time he probably put it all together was at WW, but it was against Sharmba Mitchell.
He relies on pot-shots mostly...and even seems hesitant to mix it up. He finally brought back his jab which was nice to see but still missing out on the combos and activity.
To be honest, I'm not even sold on his stamina in an intense fight against someone strong with good speed anymore.
If this was the under 147 version of Floyd, I would say Yes, Floyd beats Pac and with confidence...even Cotto...but now, not as sure which is why I want to see the fight.
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I agree on the combinations point. He's yet to show that he can truly open up anymore. Although he did comment that he was rusty and wished he had used more combinations in the JMM fight.. But we'll see.
Oh, I think Manny is faster than Floyd, just less accurate. Accuracy and precision can make fast look like lightning, I think that's what this writer fell susceptible to.
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October 1, 2011, 08:49 PM
I received a new to me Security Six. She's real pretty but needs a bit of leather. I have heard that K-Frame leather will fit it. is this true?
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October 1, 2011, 08:52 PM
In my experience K frame leather holters will work. Some do need to be wetted and streched some but most work fine.
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October 1, 2011, 08:56 PM
Nice choice.
The security sixes are a personal favorite of mine. I carried in K/L frame holsters for years before I discovered custom holsters. They may cost more but you won't regret it.
October 1, 2011, 09:09 PM
I've had favorable experience with Simply Rugged and Lobo Gunleather for the big six guns like yours.
October 1, 2011, 09:42 PM
I appreciate the quick responses...i hate to pee away money on stuff that won't work...especially these days. I had to do some sellin and tradin, but i got a pretty blued 4" Security Six and a Blued 5.5" 41 mag Redhawk. i couldnt be happier...
October 1, 2011, 10:05 PM
The Security Six and the S&W model 19 are the same size.I have a SS in stainless steel I purchased back in 1976. It lives in a Bianchi holster made for the model 19 and fits perfect. This is the gun that has been my constant companion since that date.That and two speed loaders full with hot 125 grainers jhp are a very good life insurance
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Didn't happen without pictures ...
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a Blued 5.5" 41 mag Redhawk.
You better post pic's or else!:D
October 2, 2011, 07:54 AM
I have heard that K-Frame leather will fit it. is this true?
They always did for me back in the day.
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on how to post pics? i will haveta take a pic...
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Click manage attachments when you are entering a post for images. Or create an account somewhere like photobucket or imageshack
October 2, 2011, 11:37 PM
I received a new to me Security Six. She's real pretty but needs a bit of leather. I have heard that K-Frame leather will fit it. is this true?
Yes. I have a Security Six and a S&W model 15, and i swap back and forth between them with the same leather holster.
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October 3, 2011, 08:38 PM
K-frame Speed loaders will also work.
October 3, 2011, 08:53 PM
K-frame Speed loaders will also work.
I just tried it. An HKS #10 will work if you jiggle it enough, but it's really a little too small. The JHP's were probably good enough and the LSWCHP's were not. Try it yourself before you buy a bunch of them.
October 3, 2011, 10:11 PM
I purchased this Desantis holster from Natchez Shooter Supply last month for my 2-3/4" Security Six and it fits perfectly. It was a little tight at first, but after breaking in it fits fine. This is a link to the same holster for the 4". They have it listed for a S&W K frame, Ruger Security Six, Speed Six, Service Six and Colt Police Positive.
http://www.natchezss.com/product.cfm?contentID=productDetail&brand=DI&prodID=DI001BA14Z0&prodTitle=DeSantis S&W K Frame 4
October 4, 2011, 01:12 AM
I bought my stainless Security Six 4" seven years ago for $150. It was the best gun purchase I ever made. That gun will not be sold. I might give it to someone I care about but I will never sell it. I know you will enjoy yours.
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zxcv Bob
"I just tried it. An HKS #10 will work if you jiggle it enough, but it's really a little too small."
Get the #19. They are for 357 cylinders, the #10 is for .38
I have a #686 HKS that works on my Service six ..kinda
Safariland makes a great one for the old Six series.
October 4, 2011, 05:37 PM
I bought my dad a 2 3/4 inch blued Security Six back in '77 for him to carry when loaded down with negotiable securities and headed to the PO (located in a bad part of town)...I got it back when he passed in '07....he could hit a tennis ball on the ground from the hip 6 outta 6 times...something he taught me to do as well...I can still do it and taught my kids to do it, too....the only problem with the gun is trying to decide which kid to pass it to when it is my time to go....
October 4, 2011, 06:22 PM
are the pics here? How do I compress the image from 950 meg to the allowed 247?
October 5, 2011, 02:44 PM
Zebra, what kind of T grip is that and what application is it for?
October 5, 2011, 02:54 PM
The security models take the HKS MK3A speedloader. Its between the 10A and the 586 sizes. The MK3A is the same loader as used for the Colt Trooper and Official Police.
October 5, 2011, 03:30 PM
finally got a pic in the last entry i made...sorry it took so long
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