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It takes a lot of gas to get from Lake Charles to Tulsa, Okla.
It'll take even more gas for McNeese State to get past Oral Roberts tonight. Running on empty after a 103-98 triple-overtime loss at Central Arkansas on Thursday night, the Cowboys (8-9, 2-5 Southland) will try to find the auxiliary power to get past the Golden Eagles (11-8, 6-1).
Four McNeese players played more than 40 minutes against the Bears.
"We did do a lot of good things against UCA. Hopefully those carry over," said McNeese coach Dave Simmons. "But we will have to rely on guys who haven't played as much to help us."
If the physical toll wasn't enough, there's also the mental toll of losing a game that could have been won multiple times.
"It was a very emotional loss. We fought so hard," said McNeese coach Dave Simmons. "They hit some unbelievable shots. We could have won it a lot of different ways. We just couldn't close."
UCA extended the game when Jarvis Garner hit 3-pointers at the end of regulation and the first overtime. Garner's first 3 was nearly from half-court, and his second was banked in with Dontae Cannon guarding him.
Simmons said all that could have been avoided with better free-throw shooting and rebounding. The Cowboys were 15 of 29 from the line, and also gave up a conventional 3-point play after allowing an offensive rebound when they were up by four in the final minute of regulation.
"If we could have gotten that one (free throw) we'd be in great shape and going into this one with momentum," Simmons said. "The most frustrating thing is the games you have control of to win it and you don't. We had every opportunity to win the basketball game."
Simmons said the Cowboys had a brief shootaround at ORU's Mabee Center on Friday with several players sitting out altogether. Simmons said Cannon, Craig McFerrin, Austin Lewis and Jordan Wells are all likely to be game-time decisions.
With or without them, McNeese faces a tall task against a team that features the league's top scorer in Warren Niles (19.7 ppg) and top rebounder in Damen Bell-Holter (9.7 rpg).
"It's going to be a gritty game that we have to play and see what we're made of," Simmons said. "They can be beaten, but we've got to be smart to know if guys are injured that it's still a (long) race. Right now you're playing to be in a position to stay out of that ninth spot."
• Note: Tonight's game will be broadcast nationally on Fox College Sports (Suddenlink Ch. 133, Direct TV Ch. 608, 623 or 626).


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Rated 5 out of 5 by dstny from Perfect Cup of Coffee First and foremost, I'm not a fan of super strong coffee. I was worried that like the Tassimo's competitor for home brewing machines, the coffee would smell and taste burnt and strong. I'd tried a similar brand of coffee in the Gevalia brand for Tassimo and it tasted strong, so much so, it made me sick just smelling it. THIS IS WONDERFUL. It smells like coffee I'd make from my old fashioned coffee pot. The aroma is great, the taste is perfect (not weak or watery, not strong and overwhelming...just right). I add my own creamer, and out comes the perfect cup of coffee for any time of day! I highly recommend it!
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how many pods are in a box? thx sue
For the MAXWELL HOUSE CAFÉ COLLECTION House Blend Coffee it is 16 disks per bag with two boxes in a bag. So that would be 8 per box. For other types of coffee you get different amounts per bag of coffee.
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I saw it listed right now in a search. If you're new to Tassimo you should know they remove items from view when they're simply out of stock.
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I cannot locate this product, and only place I can shows it out of stock and has for quite some time- is this product stopped being produced?
Check under Tassimo tab
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Bunch of us overcoming adversity right now. LOVE having a hobby so I am not just wishing I could do this or that and can obsess over something beautiful.
Today I attempted to be strict and only play in the tank for short periods of time and rest 3x as long but I kept ignoring the timer chime and worked longer. All I was doing was standing on the step [the hardest thing still], wiping down the tank walls [super easy but time consuming] and pruning out excessive growth plus removing the little bit of BBA on wood and substrate that remains in the tank. I am wiped out and only got about 2/3 of the way through.
Plants are extremely happy with the lighting. I planted 4 stems of pennywort last week and it was starting to bloom and covering half the water surface this week! Hairgrass has finally carpeted in the only spot the ferns haven't shaded and the ferns are growing ridiculously fast. I just pruned off a couple of old Anubias flowers as well. P. gayi is equally robust and I pulled a couple of its vigorous rhizomes from the front of the tank this week.
Review of the plants on the faux branch is mixed. The Kangaroo Paw fern and variegated fig are doing very well with lots of new growth. Moss below the water line is growing nicely and I ought to remove the thread. The Rabbit's Foot fern isn't doing well. New fronds sprout then dry up. I suspect I broke the plant apart too much so there isn't quite enough root on each piece and will try with another plant. I see white salt deposits on the fabric so have started putting it in the water on water change day to try to soak them off.
I missed the point where the tank was where I was hoping it could be and it is seriously overgrown now. One can see very little of the supporting wood and rocks. I cannot believe how huge those pitiful fern fragments I glued down in November have gotten! It is time for a rescape at last and plans are afoot.
First photo shows how full the tank is and you can see how long the Marsilea fragment has gotten. It continues into the darkness with larger lobed fronds. Taken at 30% of all channels.
Second, the Hygrophila Araguaia is looking good now it is well rooted so I could pull out the crypt weeds growing through it. I pulled Utricularia gibba off it today. Must have been a really tiny fragment as I've never seen it in my tank and there haven't been any new plants introduced for months and months. Taken at 100% of all channels.
Last, tank shot showing the emerse branch. Clearly I need to prune the P. gayi tomorrow! Taken at 30% of all channels.
|Just had eye surgery. Nice to have two eyes again. All the better to see your tank Kathy. Beautiful and natural look to it. My tank is a mess, but has tons of over growth. I fill up a 5 gal bucket when I thin it every few months.
|Kathyy I'm not down and I'm taking chemo for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia for the 4th time and I'm still enjoying my aquarium, plants, water changes and all. I was diagnosed at age 52 and this year I'll be 65, so you keep putting together those beautiful aquascapes and we'll keep those compliments coming your way.
Either that or too much time on my hands! I am the daughter of a librarian and librarians research to the end. That dendro board is amazing, I never would have thought to make a faux branch without seeing it there first.
Down with knee replacement surgery at the moment so have just been feeding/fertilizing the tank. My daughter and I did a water change yesterday though. Daughter moved the python around outside so I didn't have to go in and out of the house half a dozen times so one plant didn't get 90 gallons of water and I started the siphon and yelled to turn off the kitchen faucet when it was time. Hoping to get the sponges out to rinse this morning and maybe will get the tank wiped down tomorrow. Stooping over is big time leg work and going up a step is terrifying. Good to have a half ton tank that cannot be pulled over to hold on to! I cleaned up the tank last year feeling just about like this, I can do it! The idiot congo tetras that like the overflow probably will just get a couple flakes of food though, doubt I will want to fish them out any time soon.
The 'branch' has been awesome. One unrooted rhizome of the rabbit's foot fern has lost a frond but there is a new frond growing elsewhere and I see new light colored tips on most rhizomes. The pennywort has a few tiny leaves, the moss is mostly brown but I am sure it will sprout again. The creeping fig has roots going in the water now and sure didn't skip a beat getting planted on the 'branch'. Am concerned about Amano shrimp though. Saw one picking at the branch and it could walk on up and out of the tank. Acrylic tanks have overhangs that make it pretty hard to get out usually.
Four of the tiny Congo tetra fry have decided to stay in the big tank rather than the overflow and two have turned out to be male so of the 6 young ones I seem to have 3/3 combining with the 4 mature females. Lost my old male, he swam to the front of the tank and locked eyes with me his last day. Since he generally headed for the pennywort when I got close to the tank I knew it was the end for him. The tinies are now the size of black neons and the 2 largest ones are the size of platies. Congo tetras are pigs and grow fast.
I decided to increase the LED lighting but changed the whole program. LEDzeal has a built in 'sunrise' mode that lights the tank from 6am-12am and has a lot of red early and late in the lighting period. A bit long so I squished it to run from 9am-11:30pm and had the twilight last longer so the brightest peak is sharper. Plants are delighted with more light. Hairgrass is finally carpeting, that 18" tall crypt is shrinking to more like 12" and Blyxa is bronzing. This program seems to avoid the green look the tank was getting with too much WW and so far [knocking on wood] no increase in algae.
|Kathyy you have a remarkable talent .
An amazing 'journey' with a great end!
Thank you Kathy for taking the time to share your amazing story of patience and success. It will be an inspiration to any of us that have had 'down moments' when 'disaster' strikes our tank and we wonder if we have the energy to carry on. Your story certainly inspired me!!
Well it is early days yet. It may or may not work. I am sure just felt wouldn't work but it is possible the plants would be better off with either just Spyra or Spyra+something that doesn't hold water at all. Is there enough room for plants to develop, will salts build up too fast, what about gnats and other pests and so on.
Lots of options for growing plants out of water these days. My creation is an elaboration of part of Crazydaz square tank's out of water planting, riparium planters, planted walls behind the tank, just planting an HOB filter and that nifty window box planter sump theatermusic87 has just set up. When I was first trying to do this it was either allow aquatics to grow out of the tank which created quite a mess in the underwater scape I had at the time or put planters behind the tank and that was difficult for me to care for.
|Absolutely stunning tank. I love the branch coming out of the top, that's definitely something I want to do
Thanks. I haven't changed the hardscape at all and the tank looks so different with the differing background and foreground plants. After 2 years the rocks are just starting to get covered with moss and I really love that.
Marsilea is still in the tank but there isn't enough of it to show up. Only a floating 3 leaf fragment survived the latest apocalypse and it took a while to settle down and start growing. The fragment is maybe 5" long now and I will pull it to cut up to replant soon. Right now it is growing in a perfectly straight line and I am sort of wondering what will happen. Will it branch out at the oldest part at some point? Will it branch out when it runs into the rock it is headed for?
Ground covers are high maintenance. Even if you do get the Marselia to carpet then you will have to pull it up and replant it as it will pile on top of itself and get algae or pull out of the substrate. S. repens loves to sulk even when you think you have it figured out and melt on you but it will come right back so long as the stems are solid. Hairgrass has never failed me but it needs regularly mowing or pulling up and replanting too.
What made you get rid of the marsilea? I'm not having the best of luck getting it to carpet and am debating replacing it with s. repens.
Great looking tank, the newest edition is really cool.
Got out the tripod and took some photos with the lights on 'sunrise' mode. Kind of pretty. Light was still too dim to capture fish and no idea what is going on the left side, looks fuzzy.
My experimental branch is doing fine but no growth after all of 3 days.No news is good news I suppose. Loving the variegated creeping fig. It is so commonly planted here one discounts its attractiveness I guess.
Interesting that just twisting and bending to fit makes for a natural feel. Branch is completely damp throughout this morning but I will use a sponge to water it all several times today anyway.
Be great if the rabbit foot fern grows well as it is one of my favorites. If this is a go then I have a link [or road trip] to a terrific orchid nursery and a real branch with some tillandsias growing would be pretty great as well. Main reason I can keep aquatics alive is the water situation is taken care of, if this works in the house then I can keep small epiphytic house plants alive without watering problems as well.
|Interesting. In your last photo it looks like an actual branch, so I'd say success for now!
|great looking tank
Hope my link helped with your research!
Tank is looking nice now, pretty much as I wanted it to look. Algae has been nearly gone for a few weeks now and all plants are growing well not that you can tell from my lousy photos. Have been continuing to move the lighting so tank is bright during the day and quite dim at night.
I think I finally may have my above tank plantings worked out! I have always wanted plants above the tank but have failed miserably so far. Skinny window boxes behind, I forget to water. Couldn't figure out how to anchor plants in the tank [pre riparium planter era] and the tank had a wide center brace anyway. The tank now has a 3" wide brace all around so riparium planters cannot work but reading back through Crazydaz's journal again I noted that he was experimenting with a wicking fabric called Hygrolon on top of manzanita here are some photos. I looked into it and while that fabric is no longer available one called Spyra is offered by the same importer.
This type of fabric is used in quite a lot in vivarium and to mount orchids. I also read up on capillary matting/living wall fabric and realized all that is is felt. Tried my unused filter felt suspended in a glass of water, it could pull water up 2". Not good enough so I went for the Spyra. It can pull water horizontally or vertically for 12" or so.
So my plan? Bend PVC pipe with the aid of a heat gun so it goes into water every 12" and balances on the rim of the tank then cover it with that old felt because more water is always better and then Spyra. I tested for a few days before planting and it does stay good and wet. Hoping that my plants won't be overwatered but that is usually due to low O2 at the roots and that shouldn't be an issue in this case. I hope.
Ended up doing this *3* times. First one [shown in construction photos] was massive and looked like a stuffed sock in the tank. Second one was 2 'branches' with a sand bag covered with felt/Spyra laying on top to hold them in place, very clunky plus I forgot my main point was to have just enough fabric in the water to keep the stuff out of water wet!
Anyway here are some build photos. First two are construction, next is how my final version looks then last how it looks planted.
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Final version [I hope] is of 1" PVC with 2/3s of it cut away for the branches and left whole for the part on top of the overflow and all bent mostly to fit in the water where needed. I am VERY glad I decided to just sew the fabric on so didn't lose any when I kept ripping it apart to redo it! I did sort of a corset stitch with very strong nylon thread so the slightly stretchy fabrics are very snug fitting. Last version was much tighter than what is shown.
Plants are simply houseplants I bought locally plus java moss, a stray Bolbitis and some Hydrocotyle 'Japan'. I suspect Brazilian pennywort will be growing out of the water as well.
Microsorum diversifolium, kangaroo foot fern
Davallia fejeensis, rabbit foot fern
Ficus pumila 'Variegata', variegated creeping fig
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A bipster is a combination of a biddy and a hipster and she combines the best of both worlds. A bipster is as promiscuous as she is pretentious. Her style mixes elements of both hipster and biddy, such as leggings with flannel. Some social theorists claim that the bipster is in fact hipper than a traditional hipster since the bipster is such a rare form of hipster.
Dude look at that bipster I hooked up with last night. Her floral mini dress and doc martens are awesome!
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@Very Slick The strangest thing the way the fans will comment on these lying storys. It is no way in hell Robert or Kristen will tell these people` any thing about they pirvate life`s We knew that they were in love with each other, But they would say. If these are their fans how can they believe this is them talking.
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Did you see the bounty out on pictures of Kristen Stewart. They're hunting her just like she's an animal. The tabs and paparazzi have got to be stopped before any more of this BS continues. Anyone know how far along the petition is for putting a muzzle on these monsters. You know that in the real press if you write a story that you know to be untrue the reporter and the paper can be sued. I don't know how the tabs get away with it. but I don't know why they are not held to the higher standard. I really don't know how you feel about an industry purposely tracking down a 23 year old girl with the purpose of trying to destroy her career. But we need to find out who is giving the orders and find a way to stop them. I don't know if you have ever heard this quote, but it seems to fit the bill of a lot of things that have been going on. "ALL THAT IS REQUIRED FOR EVIL TO PREVAIL IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING!" Victoria Shields I agree with most of what you wrote, and I think they need to be left alone.
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I don't think she is moving on they are both still madly in love with each other and who ever is next in line is just rebounds! No one can jump into another relationship with another person and expect to really get over them! Its all just replacing the void or hurt they feel at the moment! When truly its for all the wrong reasons! Finding a friend and then growing into a relationship is the best.
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I agree with Victoria. You just do not get over someone you love deeply quickly. If they do not get back together it will take some time to heal a broken heart. I know from experience it took me several years to really stop thinking of a former love. However I still think about it and wish things would have worked out. This is why I say this about Kristen and Rob.
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The future is about more than the singularity, of course. It's about robots, lab-grown organs, and watching hopelessly as the Chinese pilfer our military secrets.
URI's "Are You Ready For the Future?" colloquium will touch on all of these topics and more in a series of Tuesday night talks over the next couple of months.
>> READ: "Dark side of the future: URI explores 'the Singularity'" by David Scharfenberg <<
The lectures, free and open to the public, begin at 7:30 pm in Edwards Auditorium on the Kingston campus.
Too lazy to strap on your jetpack and fly south for some futurethink? Stream the talks live at uri.edu/hc instead, or catch them a few days later on the university's YouTube channel — youtube.com/user/universityofri.
Below, a schedule of the remaining lectures and Q&As with three of the upcoming speakers, conducted by email.
• October 4 — Anthony Atala, director of Wake Forest's Institute for Regenerative Medicine, on making new organs
• October 11 — Bioengineer Jim Collins on synthetic biology
• October 18 — URI professor Jason Dwyer on trends in nanotechnology
• October 25 — URI professor Chris Roman, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute chief technologist James Bellingham, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research meteorologist Joseph Cione on robotics use in the ocean
• November 1 — Biological engineer and brain and cognitive scientist Ed Boyden on enhancing the brain — past, present, and future
• November 8 — Cognitive scientist Deb Roy and media researcher Johanna Blakley on social media
• November 15 — Cybersecurity expert Richard Clarke on cyberwarfare
• November 29 — Laurie Zoloth, director of Northwestern's Center for Bioethics, Science and Society, on ethics and genetics
Dr. Anthony Atala heads up Wake Forest's Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which engineered the world's first laboratory-grown organs implanted in humans.
YOUR INSTITUTE HAS ALREADY GROWN NEW BLADDERS OUT OF PATIENTS' CELLS AND SUCCESSFULLY IMPLANTED THEM. NOW YOU'RE WORKING ON A PROJECT THAT WOULD REPAIR SOLDIERS' BURNED TISSUE OR EVEN REGROW THEIR LIMBS. HOW WOULD THIS AFFECT THE ETHICS OF WAR? WILL WE HESITATE TO FIGHT IF WE KNOW WE CAN FIX THE DAMAGE? The ethics of war is not my area of expertise, so I cannot comment on that, but I can say that throughout history war has driven the need for medical innovation. Today, due to improvements in care, thousands of warriors are surviving severe injuries, but may face a lifetime of disability. Regenerative medicine offers the potential to improve the quality of life for the men and women who serve our country — whether it's a new way to treat severe burns, a new source to replace damaged muscle, or treatments to promote healing without scarring.
YOU'VE SAID YOU'D LIKE TO DEVELOP A FULL COMPLIMENT OF OFF-THE-SHELF TISSUES AND ORGANS THAT COULD SAVE LIVES. HOW FAR AWAY ARE WE FROM THAT REALITY? Some tissues and organs — such as skin, cartilage, bladders, urine tubes, and trachea — are already in patients. The lessons learned from these projects are now being applied in efforts to engineer organs and develop cell therapies for more than 30 different areas of the body. As we continue to meet scientific challenges, additional treatments will become available. Because science is a field with unexpected breakthroughs, as well as unexpected setbacks, it is impossible to predict a timeframe for developing a full complement of treatments.
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Attacks on the Press: As Leaders Change, China Tightens Control
China's new leaders can open a new era for free expression. They have much to do. By Madeline Earp
China's new leaders can open a new era for free expression. They have much to do. By Madeline Earp
New York, March 30, 2012--Authorities in Chongqing must clarify the status of a journalist who reports say was secretly sentenced to prison in 2010 for criticizing a government official in a personal blog, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. CPJ has not been able to independently confirm the journalist's jail sentence or his whereabouts.
Do you believe the free flow of information must be protected? Sign the #RightToReport petition and demand that President Obama immediately:
1. Issue a presidential policy directive prohibiting the hacking and surveillance of journalists and media organizations.
2. Limit aggressive prosecutions that ensnare journalists and intimidate whistleblowers.
3. Prevent the harassment of journalists at the U.S. border.
Or click here to see the full petition, and join leading journalists like Christiane Amanpour, The Guardian's Alan Rusbridger, Editor of the AP Kathleen Carroll, and Arianna Huffington in signing on.


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I saw on the entries list that Anna Jurkiewicz withdrawn. Why does she always withdraw before Euros? Its the same every year
I don't understand either I was really hoping to see her skate here...
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Jefferson City residents attend forum to discuss future of school district
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Talks continued in Jefferson City Sunday about planning for the future of the quickly-growing school district.
Several dozen people showed up to the town hall-style meeting held in the Jefferson City High School cafeteria.
"Today was about providing the community with information about our plan, the information we're looking at to come up with a 20-year plan for the facilities in the Jefferson City Public School District," said co-chair of the Long Range Facilities Planning Committee, Lorelei Schwartz.
School growth has been a hot topic since a proposed new high school bond and levy issue was voted down a few months ago.
The district said it's still in the early stages of planning.
Another public hearing is scheduled December 19.


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HTR-6150BL 7.1-Channel Digital Home Theater Receiver
All the latest features and technologies receiver fans want, such as 1080p-compatible HDMI, XM and SIRIUS Satellite Radio ready, and iPod and Bluetooth audio compatibility plus great Yamaha features like CINEMA DSP, YPAO sound optimization and four SCENE buttons.
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The basic DTS 5.1 channel sound format. Uses a higher data rate than Dolby Digital.
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XM HD Surround Sound
XM and Neural Audio Corporation announce XM HD Surround, which provides content with six discrete channels of digital full fidelity audio powered by Neural Audio technology. Marking the first time that a radio company has broadcast in 5.1 Surround Sound twenty-four hours a day. Beginning in April 2006, XM will broadcast the Fine Tuning® (XM Channel 76) and the classical pops music channel XM Pops (XM Channel 113) in XM HD Surround. XM will also broadcast a variety of special shows and live music performances at the XM studios in XM HD Surround.
Neural Surround
Neural Surround represents the latest advancement in surround technology and has been adopted by XM Satellite Radio for digital radio broadcast of surround recordings and live events in surround sound. Neural Surround employs psychoacoustic frequency domain processing which allows delivery of a more detailed sound stage with superior channel separation and localization of audio elements. System playback is scalable from 5.1 to 7.1 multi-channel surround playback.
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Sirius Satellite Radio
A Sirius-Ready audio system lets you access your favorite SIRIUS Satellite Radio entertainment, including 100% commercial-free music, plus sports, uncensored talk, comedy, exclusive entertainment, world-class news and more, directly through your audio system with the use of an optional SIRIUS Connect Home Tuner kit. This product has a simple connector that allows you to plug the SIRIUS Connect kit and use the controls of this system to access all the content you want. Subscription and SIRIUS Connect Home Tuner (SC-H1) are required and sold separately.
HDMI® (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is the first industry supported, uncompressed, all-digital audio / video interface. Providing an interface between any source (such as a set-top box or AV receiver) and an audio / video monitor (such as a digital television), HDMI supports standard, enhanced or high-definition video as well as multichannel digital audio using a single cable. HDMI transmits all ATSC HDTV standards and supports 8-channel digital audio with bandwidth to spare to accommodate future enhancements and requirements. When used in combination with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection), HDMI provides a secure audio / video interface that meets the security requirements of content providers and system operators.
For further information on HDMI, visit the HDMI website at "http://www.hdmi.org/." HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC.
8 Ch Ext Input
8 additional input jacks for discrete multi-channel input. Front (Left, Center, Right), Rear (Surround Left & Right, Surround Back Left & Right) and Subwoofer
CINEMA DSP Digital™
Conventional multichannel audio reproduction systems base their sound on Dolby® Digital and DTS Digital Surround™ decoding, using matrix and steering technologies to create surround sound effects. Yamaha CINEMA DSP Digital™ is much more advanced; actually creating independent sound fields that envelop you in an unmatched surround sound experience. With dialogue, music and effects located in separate sound fields, you will hear sound with directionality, smooth movement, exceptional clarity and presence.
Yamaha has developed a natural, realistic DSP algorithm for headphones. Parameters for headphones have been set for each sound field so that accurate representations of all the sound field programs can be enjoyed with a pair of headphones.
Compressed Music Enhancer
Yamaha employs sophisticated digital signal processing with exclusive algorithms to enable playback that improves the performance of compressed music formats, including MP3 and WMA. With the Compressed Music Enhancer, highs and especially lows are richer and smoother, bringing music back to life to be as close to the original recording as possible.
SCENE – A New Level of Operating Ease
With most AV components, watching or listening to what you want requires a number of steps. You have to turn on the AV receiver, turn on another component like a Blu-ray Disc™ player, select the source, select the surround mode and then press play. With the SCENE feature from Yamaha, all you need to do is press one button and both components turn on, the correct DSP setting is made, and play begins.
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The Yamaha Parametric Acoustic Optimizer (YPAO) uses a small microphone and sophisticated equalization to automatically set the best sound for any room, no matter where the speakers are. First it checks the speaker connections and phase of each speaker. Then it sends out tones which are captured by the microphone to analyze the room acoustics and sets a variety of parameters, such as the speaker size, the distance of the speakers and even the sound pressure level, until it achieves the best sound conditions for your room.
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|Total Power (20Hz - 20kHz)
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Two new Bend school sites chosen
Projects part of voter-approved May bond measure
La PINE, Ore. - The Bend-La Pine School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve the purchase of two sites for new elementary and middle schools in the Bend area -- and parents say it's a good move.
The elementary site is located between Reed Market Road and Brosterhous Road, east of Third Street. The new middle school site is located off Crosby Road in Bend, adjacent to William E. Miller Elementary and Summit High schools.
"It's rewarding to live in a community that supports local schools," board member Peggy Kinkade said in a school district announcement. "These land deals represent the next big step in our investment in education. Construction of two new schools will address our growing capacity needs while providing jobs to stimulate the local economy."
Chief Operations Officer Brad Henry said enrollment has grown by more than 1,000 new students in the last five years alone.
"The foresight of the 2011 Sites and Facilities committee to recommend the construction of these new schools is commendable," Henry said. "With more than half of our schools near or over capacity today, and growth expected to continue, the new schools will provide much needed relief."
Parents we talked to welcomed the news.
"I think the idea of a new middle school -- that's an obvious answer, yeah we absolutely need it," parent Steve Porino said earlier. "The other one's overcrowded. Where it goes, I'm not sure I have an opinion one way or another."
"I think it would be great, and it makes sense -- you would have a complex you know, a middle school, grade school, high school all in the same place. I have three kids one in each," parent Greg Busick said.
Henry said work to design the new schools is underway and the buildings could be open as soon as the fall of 2015.
"Today is a major milestone for our community and for the future of Bend-La Pine Schools," he added. "We look forward to breaking ground next year, as we kick off the construction of these new schools."
The new elementary school will be sited on a 12.5 acre parcel of 'shovel ready' land located between Reed Market Road and Brosterhous Road, east of Third Street in Bend. The land will be purchased from Lands Bend, LLC for $2.6 million. The school site is situated within a larger 40-acre parcel slated for development into a neighborhood.
The new middle school will be sited off of Crosby Road and adjacent to William E. Miller Elementary and Summit High schools in Bend. The district is authorized to purchase up to 35 acres from Miller Tree Farm, LLC at $25,000 per acre. The total cost of the land purchase is not to exceed $875,000.
In May, voters approved a bond measure to authorize Bend-La Pine Schools to sell $96 million in bonds to fund the construction of two new schools to address continued enrollment growth and 138 other safety, maintenance, and classroom addition projects on the community's behalf. Citizens in the Bend, La Pine and Sunriver areas approved the bond request with the highest 'yes' vote in history.


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A third of the world watched live as the World Trade Center collapsed on September 11, 2001; a third more heard about it within 24 hours. (Do you remember where you were?) So exhibits at the soon-to-open 9/11 Memorial Museum will reflect the diversity of the world's experiences of that day. In a moving talk, designer Jake Barton gives a peek at some of those installations, as well as several other projects that aim to make the observer an active participant in the exhibit.
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text: I had the G26 in 9mm. Traded for the G27 in .40. Big mistake. The 26 was a sweet shooter, damn near perfect for me, the 27 was not (I fell for the "Its the bullet the LEOs are using logic"). I would take the G26 9mm over ANY .40 in any size. The forty is just not better enough to warrant the extra recoil and ammo cost and in a full size (or heavier) gun the nine is a high cap pussycat, and you can get a .45ACP if you want more grunt (why ask why on the 10mm heavy recoil?). Try a G26, please!


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RE: st: Re: Scatterplot of mean values
"Nick Cox" <email@example.com>
RE: st: Re: Scatterplot of mean values
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:31:31 +0100
-egen, tag()- is an automated way of getting Antoine's -ok- variable. (His method is certainly OK.)
Antoine Terracol
you could generate the means and then plot them
sysuse auto, clear
bysort rep78 : egen m_mpg=mean(mpg)
bysort rep78 : egen m_weight=mean(weight)
twoway scatter m_mpg m_weight
here each observation contribute to the plot, which could thus take time
to draw. You could limit yourself to one obs per group using
bysort rep78 : gen ok=(_n==1)
and then
twoway scatter m_mpg m_weight if ok
On 31/03/2010 13:55, Fernando Terrés wrote:
> Martin, perhaps I didn't explain it correctly
> Let us say that, in the auto.dta dataset, I want to plot the mean values
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If you take a close look at the latest polls, you will find that supporters and opponents of November's same-sex marriage referendum question are locked in a neck-and-neck battle. The state's major media outlets, however, did not report the news this way. In fact, they got it backward. Here are some samples:
PORTLAND PRESS HERALD "A new poll shows an edge for supporters of same-sex marriage in Maine's Nov. 3 referendum, with 51.8 percent of those surveyed saying they plan to vote to uphold the law legalizing it and 42.9 percent planning to vote for repeal."
BANGOR DAILY NEWS "The results of a new poll released Wednesday show growing support among voters for Maine's gay marriage law."
LEWISTON SUN JOURNAL "Mainers planning to vote on Election Day favor keeping Maine's law allowing same-sex marriage."
WGME "A slight majority of Mainers support same sex marriage."
MPBN "A majority of Mainers in a new poll say they're ready to uphold the state's new gay-marriage law by voting 'no' on the people's-veto referendum question."
At first glance, they'd all appear to be right. The poll itself, by Pan Atlantic SMS Group in Portland, says 40.9 percent of people surveyed said they would vote to repeal the new same-sex marriage law; 2 percent said they were leaning toward repeal the law; 50.6 percent said they would uphold the law; 1.2 percent said they were leaning toward upholding it; 5.2 percent said they were undecided.
The total of all those wanting to repeal the law is 42.9 percent, and those who would uphold it is 51.8 percent.
The key fact, though, is the survey's margin of error, plus-or-minus 4.9 percent. All of the news outlets reported it, but failed to accurately describe what it means: it's a statistical dead heat.
If you take the numbers for people saying they plan to vote a particular way, those in favor of the law are between 45.7 and 55.5 percent of the likely voters; those desiring repeal are between 36 and 45.8 percent.
That 0.1 percent overlap is bad enough, but when adding the "leaning" voters in to each category, the media outlets failed to recognize that the dead heat actually gets closer: voters plus leaners favoring the law are between 38 and 47.8 percent of the population; voters plus leaners for repeal are between 46.9 and 56.7 percent of likely Maine voters -- an overlap of 0.9 percent.
Now you see: It is quite possible that the poll has found more people wanting to repeal the law than supporting it.
And it actually gets worse. Patrick Murphy, Pan Atlantic's president, says it is a nationally accepted fact among pollsters that surveys unavoidably under-report the number of people who oppose same-sex marriage. The reason is that people who oppose it fear being thought of poorly by the person interviewing them, and so they answer that they will support it. But when it comes to actually voting, they vote the way they feel, not the way they said they would. (Pollsters call this the "Bradley effect," after an African-American man who led in the polls but lost to a white man in the 1982 California gubernatorial election.)
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Happy you came to your sense Michael think about your kids,and just enjoy life one day at a time.raise your kids and forget the other people.do what makes you happy.you must realize women is out to get all they can not all women's.but you got to keep a good head on because people are looking at your career and all the money you are making.I truly enjoy you on Kelly and good morning show.take care of yourself.
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Michael Strahan, you rock!! I love watching you on Kelly and Michael ABC and I love watching you now on the news channel 7 ABC. There are too many people out there for money. My divorce after 25 years due to money and jealousy!my ex mother in law, &ex sister in law. Mean and very jealous! Love you keep supporting your daughters, and family. Go Giants!
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Let's finish this one...tough one tomorrow with Hamels going for Philly
Stubbs battling. Nice to see that.
I would like to watch Stubbs play 162 straight games. He could probably K about 300 times.
sit down drew
That insures another start tomorrow.
Billy Hatcher looks very natural in that uniform for some reason
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A political commentator summed up an election result. Given that
there were just four candidates and that the figures quoted were
exact find the number of votes polled for each candidate.
Problem one was solved by 70% of the pupils. Problem 2 was solved
by 60% of them. Every pupil solved at least one of the problems.
Nine pupils solved both problems. How many pupils took the exam?
Weekly Problem 43 - 2013
What is 20% of 30% of 40% of £50?
Tim and Beth both have a string of flags. They have red flags,
white flags, blue flags, and union jacks.
They both counted how many of each colour they had.
Tim's flags are $50$% blue, $35$% red, $10$% white and $5$%
union jacks.
Beth's flags are $40$% blue, $32$% red, $20$% white and $8$%
union jacks.
They both have as few flags as is possible with those
Who has the most flags?
Who has the most red flags?
Who has the most blue flags?
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As more and more board games are adapted for digital play, we see many different approaches to the way that they're developed. Some go for a very literal adaptation: the digital version looks as much like the physical thing as possible, down to the cards and little wooden meeples. Some (though fewer, in my experience) redesign the game, keeping the same game mechanics but changing the way it looks: what was a card in the original can instead be a figure, or a building, or whatever the card was intended to represent.
I spoke with two people who have been involved in digital board game adaptations for the iPhone: Bradley Cummings of iOS Board Games has been reviewing board game apps for iOS on BoardGameGeek for some time. Cummings was recruited this year to lead product development for Tasty Minstrel Games' For the Win, a 2-player abstract strategy game that successfully funded on Kickstarter earlier this year. John Meindersee II is the co-founder of Campfire Creations, which has been picking up licenses for board games to adapt for iOS. Campfire's first app is the classic worker placement game Stone Age, just released this week. Continue Reading "GeekDad Hangout: Digital Board Games" »


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Michael, I am going to respectfully disagree to a point. A lot of the following is for the wider audience as I realize you are intimately knowledgeable on these items, more so that myself, so correct where necessary.
It is lost time and honey to wax production and lost foraging due to lack of storage.
Honey consumed while secreting wax and building comb:
The lost time does equate to lost honey and not just lost foraging opportunity during flow. From literature, a colony of about 50,000 bees can secrete about ½ pound of wax per day. That equates to about 3 medium frames per day of wax. The bees that are secreting are doing just that and only that. The carbohydrates these bees burn during this period comes from consumed honey. This is where the 8 pounds per pound of wax is lost. Four pounds a day for consumption during comb building. It is my understanding that the hormone level in bees rise when their honey stomachs are full and this initiates wax secretion. Also foragers and just emerged bees are not the bees secreting wax. It is primarily the bees that are 2 or three weeks old.
Honey lost due to inadequate storage:
Three medium frames of wax hold about 12 pounds of ripened honey. Nectar weighs less. Most plant nectar is 40 to 50% sugar with the balance moisture with a few percentage points of other inclusions (these give different honeys different tastes). Therefore nectar requires greater storage volume. If you figure that nectar is 40% sugar/60 % and is dried down to 18% water(moisture content) then nectar conversion to honey changes the ratios from 40/60 to 82/18 sugar to water. 1 pound of nectar has 9 ounces of water in it and 7 ounces of sugar. 1 pound of honey (18%) has about 2.8 ounces of water remaining in it. So for every pound of ripened honey stored the bees collected 2 ½ pounds of nectar (more or less). So during a heavy flow when honey cannot be dried fast enough additional comb is needed to accommodate the wet nectar. About twice as much as for ripened honey. This allows for some ripening (moisture reduction) to occur during glow. This means that the bees in an average size colony (50,000) can generate enough comb per day to accommodate about 12 pounds of ripened nectar which should eventually yield about 5 pounds of honey. Using these numbers, if there is not comb available for storage, then the bees are limited to about 35 lbs of "surplus" honey per week production during a otherwise boundless nectar flow. These numbers are ballpark as there are few if any absolutes in beekeeping.
So as you say, there is certainly lost foraging due to no storage space during a heavy flow if there is not drawn comb available for use. I would be interested to know what actual field weight gains are from similarly populated Langstroth with drawn comb and a Top bar with no spare honey comb sitting side by side are during a short intense flow.
Also unconsidered above is flow timing and comb building:
The bees that produce the wax are generally 2 and 3 weeks old. If the flow is early, before the hive has a maximum supply of wax building bees, then they will not be able to produce enough wax to store the honey coming in. This results in additional loss of surplus due to not having drawn comb.
Hive configuration losses:
It has been mentioned that top entrances can increase honey production. This could be in part due to quick and close access of the storage areas to the house bees. Less distance the bees have to travel to store equates to more foraging time. More foraging time equates to more nectar. In a Langstroth hive with the standard bottom entrance, the bees can move from the bottom of the hive directly along many paths to the top of the hive. On a TBH they have to transit the entire brood next before reaching the storage area. This equates to lost foraging due to the foragers having to "wait" for the house bees for a longer period. I imagine that a TBH with a slot entrance on the side that can be adjusted as to the entrance position could be utilized to give the foragers and house bees quicker access to the storage areas. This may also reduce the swarm instinct by decreasing traffic through the brood areas.
All the above is academic to actual field experience. And mileage may vary. From my experience with my TBH and langs, the langs far out produce the TBH. My TBH produced about 20 pounds of surplus the first year. Second year about 10. I then added some lang supers to it and they filled up 2 supers (75# honey). My langs have all averaged 100# per year or better. I will have to qualify that a bit as the TBH was completely treatment free and yielded 2 splits and then swarmed in its second year. It doed out due to mites and SHB this past fall and I was glad to see it gone.
If you are not concerned about honey production and do not extract and are prepared for the extra management a TBH entails then it should be cheaper to get started with. Mine was more frustration than it was worth


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Louis Pasteur oversees injections of the child Joseph Meister with "aged" spinal cord allegedly infected with rabies virus. Pasteur uses the term "virus" meaning poison, but has no idea of the nature of the causitive organism. Although the treatment is successful, the experiment itself is an ethical violation of research standards. Pasteur knew he was giving the child successively more dangerous portions.
Pasteur: High Priest of Microbiology, ASM News 61, 1995. p.575 [pdf]
Pasteur's Dilemma: The Road Not Taken. ASM News vol. 40, 1974, p. 703 [pdf]
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The view of Mount Werner on Monday afternoon showed a white band of snow stretching from Thunderhead down Heavenly Daze to the lower part of the mountain at Steamboat Ski Area. Officials are hoping for several more days of cold temperatures to make snow. Officials also announced that four trails off the Christie Peak Express will be open for Wednesday's Scholarship Day including Sitz, Vogue, Stampede and Jess' Cut-Off as well as the Desperado learning area.
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The Vibram FiveFingers Classic is a minimalist athletic shoe designed to mimic the feel of being barefoot during activities such as running, fitness training, martial arts, yoga and Pilates. The manufacturer claims that by putting your feet in touch with the earth, you can move in a more natural, healthy way. They describe that their customers report an increased sense of balance, greater agility and visibly improved posture.
Abrasion-resistant stretch polyamide fabric and a non-marking Vibram TC1 performance rubber sole. Available in Men's (40–47) and Women's (36–42) sizes.
Vibram has been one of the driving forces behind the growing popularity of barefoot running. Believing that barefoot exercise is more natural and comfortable, many exercisers are opting for a minimalist shoe that mimics the feel of barefoot exercise while also protecting the foot from abrasions or other injuries.
The Vibram FiveFingers Classic is one of several designs Vibram offers that adhere to this basic principle. This shoe features a sculpted, non-marking sole that wraps around the bottom and sides of the foot and a stretch polyamide fabric that envelopes the toes and top of the foot. An elastic band that fastens at the heel allows users to adjust the coverage and fit. Like gloves, each toe has its own "slot."
Needless to say, these shoes take some getting used to and will not appeal to everyone. They provide surprisingly good arch support and the sole is thick enough to minimize the feel of rocks or pebbles underfoot. (It also looks durable enough to withstand glass, but we did not try to confirm this.)
Water-resistant and machine washable, the Vibram FiveFingers is ideal for walking along rocky shorelines or climbing over boulders. And, for those who are convinced of the benefits, they provide adequate coverage for running long distances. Although the manufacturer recommends this shoe for yoga and Pilates, most people will still prefer to perform these activities in bare feet.
One of the challenges we encountered with the Vibram FiveFingers is that its molded shape makes it difficult to fit those who don't have "standard" shaped feet. For example, individuals with a longer second toe or a predominant big toe may find the shoes don't fit correctly or feel uncomfortable. Likewise, the high heel tab may irritate those with heel spurs or other issues.
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Ok the Giants have 6 games left the Cowboys have 7 more left, The Giants are on their bye week. With the amount of games left what if the Giants & Cowboys tie at the end of the season? Who would have the tiebreaker right now? I will break it down.
The Giants & Cowboys split the season series.
So lets look at the common opponents. The Giants & Cowboys both have played some NFC East, NFC South and AFC North opponents.
AFC North:
Steelers - The Giants lost to the Steelers 24-20. The Cowboys have played the Steelers yet.
Ravens - The Cowboys lost Ravens 31-29. The Giants haven't played the Ravens yet.
Bengals - The Giants lost to the Bengals 31-13. The Cowboys haven't played the Bengals yet.
Browns -The Giants beat the Browns 41-27. The Cowboys play the Browns this sunday.
NFC South:
Falcons - The Cowboys lost to the Falcons 19-13. The Giants haven't played the Falcons yet.
Saints - Neither team has played the Saints yet.
Buccaneers - The Giants beat the Bucs 41-34. The Cowboys beat the Bucs 16-10.
Panthers - The Giants beat the Panthers 36-7. The Cowboys beat the Panthers 19-14.
NFC East:
Giants - Cowboys beat the Giants 24-17.
Cowboys - Giants beat the Cowboys 29-24.
Eagles - Eagles beat the Giants 19-17. The Cowboys beat the Eagles 38-23.
Redskins - Giants beat the Redskins 27-23. The Cowboys haven't played the Redskins yet.
So right now as it looks the Cowboys would have the slight edge for the tiebreaker only because they beat the Eagles and the Giants lost to the Eagles. But there is a lot of fooball left and if the Browns were to beat the Cowboys this sunday the Giants will gain in a big way. The Giants are still in 1st place in the NFC East so they basically control their own destiny and both the Giants & Cowboys have some tough games on their remaining schedules. The Eagles & Redskins haven't been eliminated yet but its starting to look like its going to come down to the Cowboys & Giants for the NFC East.


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Cataract surgery is a procedure to remove the lens of your eye and, in most cases, replace it with an artificial lens. Cataract surgery is used to treat the clouding of the normally clear lens of your eye (cataract).
Cataract surgery is performed by an eye doctor (ophthalmologist) on an outpatient basis, which means you don't have to stay in the hospital after the surgery. Cataract surgery is very common and is generally a safe procedure.
A cornea transplant, also called keratoplasty, is a surgical procedure to replace part of your cornea with corneal tissue from a donor. Your cornea is the transparent, dome-shaped surface of your eye that accounts for a large part of your eye's focusing power.
A cornea transplant can restore vision, reduce pain and improve the appearance of a damaged or diseased cornea.
Most cornea transplant procedures are successful. But cornea transplant carries a small risk of complications, such as rejection of the donor cornea.
A complete eye exam involves a series of tests designed to evaluate your vision and check for eye diseases. Your eye doctor may use a variety of instruments, shine bright lights directly at your eyes and request that you look through an array of lenses. Each test during an eye exam evaluates a different aspect of your vision or eye health.
Laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) eye surgery is a procedure that corrects certain vision problems, reducing or eliminating the need for eyeglasses or corrective lenses.
LASIK eye surgery is the most common type of refractive surgery. Refractive surgery changes the shape of the dome-shaped transparent tissue (cornea) at the front of your eye.
The desired result of LASIK eye surgery is to bend (refract) light rays to focus more precisely on your retina rather than at some point beyond or short of your retina.
The goal of LASIK eye surgery is to produce clearer, sharper vision.