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Athens News Courier (Newspaper) - October 28, 2005, Athens, Alabama Trail ridin' Saddle up - it's time for the Cowboys for Kids Trail Ride Key matchups on tap Tonight's gridiron action determines fate of playoff contenders IB ibe News-Cour StRMNG Athens and Limestone Coi ntm A Commiлил oe Tradition and Fin re Friday, Oc iober 28, 2(И)5 enewscourier.com Phillip Romines of Athens Subscriber of the dav шон Hey, Sound Off: In respond to Tuesday's Sound Otf article the writer apparently doesn't watch the news or read the newspapers or he/she would have known that the federal and state guidelines have pulled certain products in attempt to control obesity in our children. All flavored 1 percent milk has already been implemented in our school system. (Any milk product is available upon doctor's order.) As for the lunchroom workers having it made. 1 feel 1 can speak for us all. we are tired when we get home after cooking — not just heating something up. We still make a lot of our food items i'lom scratch and we have to pre-poftion most of them based on the guidelines. The w riter can visit any county lunchroom and see firsthand how we prepare their child's breakfast and lunch meals and all other tasks.such as carrying out trash and cleaning dining room after serv ing is complete, involved in a days work as a lunchroom worker. As far as the candy at break these are to be phased out by 2006-'07 school year according to the guidelines. More Sound Off Saturday Dailv Bible .Moment who comes from Heaven is above all. John 3:31 Limestone Chape Сям 322 H«v. 31 V • Atheaj 256-232-1051 Obit line 256-T7I-W34 69847 00001 Index Classified. . 5-8B Comics....... 4B Headlines..... 4A Horse & Farm .. 4A Ledger ....... 12A Obituaries..... 2A Francisco Zacarías Lares Jenny Lind Patton Riddle James Wilson Rouse Ben Steelman Religion....... 9-11A Sports........ 1-2B Valley........ 5A Weather...... 2A Fire in t FIELD t-5'д } '■j This cotton picker owned by Billy Bridgeforth of Tanner was destroyed Thursday afternoon when it caught fire in a field off Bob White Lane south of Ripley. Firefighters from Tanner Volunteer Fire Department responded and said the picker had nearly a "full bucket" of cotton when the fire started. Thieves threaten workers with gun BV SOWV I I RNKR si)nny{it iit/iensiu'w s-coia ii'r.Lom .Athens police were searehmg for two men riuiiMlay who walked into the Sam Cioody store in Athens Town Center, stole 20 video games and threatened to shoot several of the emplovees as thev ran i>ut to stop them as they exited the store. "\\ hen the emplovees ran out after them, one shouted that he had a gun ,ind that he would shoot if thev did not stay back," .Athens Police ('apt. Marty Bruce said investigators were told. But Bruee saul none of the employees w itnessed a gun being pulled during the meident. The 20 video games are valued at SI.ООО, police said. Investigators were searching for two white males fhursdav and had no suspects, Bruce said. fhe two men stole the video games when the emplovees were not looking and were in the back of the store. However, they set otf the sli>re alarm and alerted store workers to the theft. "T hat IS when the employees came to the front and attempted to stop the suspects." said Ifruce. "I V en though no gun was produced, one did threaten to shoot if thev did not stay back." EMA examines scenario calling or a care center Bv I vSIIIA Eov H I tashiu(^i aihensricws-amricr.com Imagine this scenario—The temperature is 35-degrees and heavy snow has caused motorists to be stranded on Interstate 65. Local law enforcement officials have picked them up and are wondering where to take them. Rita White, with the Athens-Limestone Emergency Management Agency, introduced an initial scenario like the one abov e to a group of representatives from local agencies, etc. during a meeting Thursday. This is a very realistic situation. White said. The meeting was an opportunity for EMA personnel and local agencies, that have to open a mass care center in time of emergency, to discuss what to do if something major happens in the area and if people have to leave their homes what would be done in that situation. It was also a chance to make sure that each agency knew thetr role in the Mass ( are Plan and to determine if anything needs to be changed and if equipment needs to be purchased. A newly revised Limestone County Mass Care Plan is in place. "The Mass Care Plan ties into the EOP (Emergency Operation Plan)," W hite said. See EMA, Page 2A Nevvs-Courier/ Kim Ryndcrs Caroline Page, with Athens-Limestone County Department of Human Resources, and Kathy Harland, manager of the Limestone County Chapter of the American Red Cross, sit at the Athens-Limestone Emergency Management Agency office before a meeting Thursday. Daphne Ellison, at left, is with the Athens-Limestone County EMA. Bill woul(d allow retire(j (jeputies to keep weapons Bv Sonny Ti rnf.r sunny(a,athensnews-courier.com A bill that would allow Limestone County deputies who retire after 10 years of service with the Limestone County Sheriff's Department to take their badge and weapon with them has been introduced in the state legislature in Montgomery. The bill states that "any person employed as a commissioned deputy of the Sheriff's Office of Limestone County for a period of 10 years or more who unon retirement leaves the office in good standing shall receive from the office, without cost to him or her, a retired badge, a retired commission card and his or her serv ice pistol." The bill is being advertised this week and will be voted on at the next session of the legislature. If approved, it would become law once the governor signs it. Miers withdraws nomination AP Photo President Bush listens as White House Counsel Harriet Miers speaks from the Oval Office Oct. 3, after Bush nominated Miers as is his choice to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court. Miers withdrew her nomination to be a Supreme Court justice Thursday in the face of stiff opposition and mounting criticism about her qualifications. WASHINGTON (AP) — In a striking defeat for President Bush, White House counsel Harriet ,Miers withdrew her nomination to the Supreme Court on Thursday after three weeks of brutal criticism from fellow conservatives. The Senate's top Republican predicted a replacement candidate within days. Miers said she abandoned her quest for confirmation rather than give in to Senate demands for documents and information detailing her private advice to the president. Senior lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee said they had made no such request. Instead, Republicans and Democrats said politics forced her to withdraw', particularly the demands of Republican conservatives who tw ice elected Bush and now seek to move the high court to the right on abortion and other issues. "They had a litmus test and Harriet See Miers, Page 3A ;
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So, I don't know about you but I am getting pretty excited for the upcoming Independence Day holiday. Yes, the 4th of July weekend is almost upon us! Here at TPI Solutions Ink business tends to slow down a bit during the 4th of July week. For much of the country the 4th is the official kick off to the summer and summer vacations. It's a time of the year that many people choose to take a break, slow down and enjoy time with friends and family. Normally during this week print orders don't seem to be quite as urgent, clients don't mind waiting an extra day or two for their jobs. In our printing company we build our schedule around the holiday, we plan for this break but, believe me, if a client needed us to work we certainly would. Some printing plants close down for the entire 4th of July week. We don't close for the week at TPI but this year we are extending the holiday weekend. We will be closed on Friday, July 1st and Tuesday, July 5th so that the entire staff can enjoy some down time and return on Wednesday the 6th refreshed, ready and raring to go. A bit of a boost for the soul you could say.
This year I have been particularly looking forward to summer and the 4th of July. I am even beginning to think that this may be one of my favorite holidays and here's why:
Friends and Family
Summer weather (fingers crossed)
The beach and the lake
Barbeques and Beer
Swimming and Boating
Ice cream and S'mores
I would imagine that there are many other types of businesses that find the beginning of July to be a bit slower than the rest of the year. Do you find that things slow down during this time of year in your business? Does your company take advantage of this breather, close down or reduce hours? If this is a slower time of year in your line of work my advice is to take advantage of it. Refresh, rejuvenate and enjoy life outside of the daily grind. You won't be sorry.


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POMONA - With a large picture of Martin Luther King Jr. behind the pulpit of the Pilgrim Congregational Church on Sunday, several speakers and honorees spoke about what the civil rights leader's vision and message means to them 50 years after his "I Have a Dream" speech.
Speaking Sunday evening, Jose Zapata Calderon, emeritus professor in sociology and Chicano studies at Pitzer College in Claremont, shared how discrimination against his two black college friends and the assassination of King pushed him into activism.
While attending the University of Colorado, Calderon would participate in anti-Vietnam War protests and the United Farm Workers' grape boycott.
He even told a story of how his parents, late in life, when they learned of Calderon's activism, joined their son in protest marches. Calderon's father was a field worker.
Others also told the crowd how King and his dream helped shape them years later.
"Something happened 50 years ago that sparked a movement that changed the world," said Gayle Claiborne, president of the Pomona Inland Valley Martin Luther King Jr. Project, in front of more than 50 people who gathered at the church for the celebration. "We're here to celebrate the vision and beliefs of Dr. King."
Sunday night's event marked the organization's 32nd annual celebration. As part of the event, four area young people were chosen to receive the MLK Jr. Youth Social Justice awards.
The students chosen show pride in their community, said Claiborne, and also carry on King's beliefs and ideals.
Laila Alvarez and Jacklyn Ang, both of Pomona High School, Stephanie Pinedo of Fremont Academy of Engineering and Design, and Megan Reddy of Fairmont Preparatory Academy won the awards this year.
"I remember 250,000 people gathered," said Rabbi Zev-Hayyim Feyer, speaking passionately from the pulpit about the day King spoke on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. "I heard something and I heard somebody speak about a dream.
"Many of us could have had the same dream and many still do."
He urged everyone in the church not to give up their dreams and to continue to fight for them, but not just the selfish ones that only take one person into consideration, but the dreams that help shape and change a community for the better.
Following the presentation, everyone was invited into the church's recreation hall for a reception.
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The word "barbeau" may mean "scribble" in French, but as the current exhibition attests, Quebec legend Marcel Barbeau makes anything but…
There aren't many galleries that play sweet jazz as you peruse the art, but the Galerie Lounge TD isn't your ordinary gallery. On the second floor of the Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan, on Sainte-Catherine Street in the Quartier des Spectacles, this gallery sits in the centre of Montreal's musical scene.
Above the Jazz Fest space that hosts some of the world's biggest music performers, half the art gallery is dedicated to a collection of popular Quebec art that's for sale (there are pieces by famous artists like Armand Vaillancourt and Afred Pellan, as well as by musicians like Diane Dufresne), and the other half to solo exhibitions that usually relate to music.
The current solo boasts all recent works by local legend Barbeau, officer of the Order of Canada and a figurehead of the Quebec visual arts scene for close to seven decades now. The abstract painter, who developed the Automatist movement in the 1940s alongside founder Paul-Émile Borduas, presents a collection of 2011 and '12 canvases and works on paper featuring colour explosions, geometric compositions and rainbow-hued sunbursts.
And in homage to the locale, the curators take a new look at Barbeau's career through the lens of music – examining movement, rhythm and harmony in his use of colour and line.
The idea of rhythm and syncopation prevails throughout the works on display, through their gestural expressionism and the pointillist brushstrokes that Barbeau is exploring these days. The idea of movement, though, is particularly evocative – in an National Film Board film that's showing in the gallery space, titled Marcel Barbeau: Libre comme l'art, a dancer is asked to create movement with one of Barbeau's large-scale metal sculptures.
Her actions really bring the sculpture to life, and shed a new light on the small sculptures that sit around the gallery; it's as if the materials struck a pose, mid-dance, and have been frozen in time. After seeing the film, I could picture the painter, also, physically sparring with his canvases, paintbrush in hand, leaving his trace… I guess music was in the air, in more ways than one.
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Marcel Barbeau: Movement, Rhythm and Harmony, Until December 23, 2012
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Questions about the Tang Band W8Q-1071F 8"x12" Subwoofer
Hello all,
I am looking to build a sub for my car using 2 of the W8Q-1071F in the trunk, but I seem to be having trouble plotting it in winISD. I want to build a single chamber enclosure with a single duel flare port.
When I plotted this sub, the box came out at 66.39ft^3 @ 36Hz. Now that is about the size of my kia. This does not seem right to me. I would like advise on a proper enclosure model in winISD or pointing in the right direction as to what I am doing wrong.
I would like the box to be 2ft^3 or less with a single chamber and a relatively low tuning. Attached is my plot.
I did do some searching and did not find much here unless I my search parameters were not good.
Any ideas?
A parameter was definitely entered incorrectly.
Do realize that these don't go extremely low, and if you want to run two of them, your enclosure might need to be a bit larger than you'd like for it to be. Also, keep in mind that TB's provided T/S parameters are often a bit off, especially in regards to Fs. It's usually a little higher than spec'd.
Fortunately, I already had entered this driver in WinISD Pro a long time ago while checking it out at one point. So, I'm not looking at the TB page, but at the driver editor in WinISD. I'm sure it's a tiny bit different from what's on the spec page, but that's to be expected. Here's what I have..
Qes - .32
Qms - 4.46
Qts - .298
Fs - 27 hz
Vas - 88.22 l
MMs - 118.2 g
Cms - 0.2939 mm/N
Rms - 4.60006 kg/s
Re - 3.2 ohm
Dd - .242 m
Sd - .046 m^2
Xmax - 12 mm
Vd - 552 cm^2
Pe - 250 w
eff no - .5277%
Znom - 4 ohm
SPL - 89.38 dB
Also, just to make sure you're aware.. rather than going for such a flat anechoic response with a QB3 alignment or the like, I suggest you take cabin gain into consideration. An SB4 alignment would probably be a good place to start. If it were me, and I was stuck with having to use these drivers and didn't have enough room, I'd probably just use one of them.. 1.2 - 2 ft^3, tuned at or just below Fs. Just a thought. Goodluck. :)
"I would like the box to be 2ft^3 or less with a single chamber and a relatively low tuning"
..Oops, sorry..must have missed that. :sorry:
switch to 0.50a7 or newer if there is. those check the integrity of parameters and won't allow missmatch when saving. this may cause some frustration in the beginning if trying to put parameters in wrong order.
a6 doesn't show the "simulated" effect of Le in vented enclosures, neither the max spl in closed cabinets, these work in a7
with a7 you sometimes see response go to zero in ported enclosures, that means porth lenght just went negative, this didn't bother a6. with bigger ports or lower tunings this naturally happens less often, can be annoying when sweeping tuning up and down for fun :(
Sweet, Ill give that a try and report back.
I got better results.
This right here is in a 2.5 c^ft enclosure tuned to 35Hz. I did a plot 10 30 and it looked a little better.
I tried plots with a single woofer, but I did not like the results. The box was just way to big or the port length was way to long. Ether way, this plot looks pretty good to me.
I just would like some opinions though on the plot here, I'm still not sure how to fully read it, so any comments are welcome. Just assume I don't know and it will go from there.
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James A. Farley, Democratic national chairman, returned to the city yesterday after swinging through the West with Governor Roosevelt. He asserted that enthusiasm displayed on the tour clearly indicated a sweep for the Democratic nominee.
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On Monday, a day after his death, former Indonesian President Suharto was given a state funeral and buried in Java, sparking mixed reaction as Indonesians recalled both the strong points and the controversial (even despotic) sides of the man who was their nation's leader for more than 30 years.
Suharto, who ruled Indonesia for more than three decades, was credited with leading his country from poverty to relative prosperity.
But he was dogged by allegations of corruption, political repression and serious human rights abuses.
Hundreds of thousands of suspected communists were killed as he rose to power in the 1960s.
He was ousted by mass protests in 1998 and in recent years suffered from poor health - one of the reasons why he never faced trial.
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A Suharto supporter holds up an image of the former president on Jan. 12.


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Newly appointed pastor Dr. Dean Fager will preach his first message to the congregation of the Knox United Methodist Church tomorrow morning. The worship service begins at 9:16 a.m.
"I'm really excited about being here in Knox, not because everything is wonderful and great, but simply because of people that I've met so far indicate to me that this is a community that cares," Fager said. "I'm looking forward to being part of a community that's a caring community that looks for one another, that seeks to make others better. I'm really looking forward to my time in Knox."


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ACLS Rhythms & Treatments (Prep Course)
Cox College
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ACLS Rhythms and Treatments
Description and Target Audience: This seminar is designed to prepare health care professionals to correctly identify life threatening dysrhythmias and to discuss ACLS algorithms as they relate to care of patients with life threatening dysrhythmias. This course will benefit healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in resuscitation of a patient, whether in or out of the hospital, usually RN/LPN and RT. This course would benefit participants prior to attending the American Heart Association program ACLS.
At the end of this course, participants should be able to:
- Identify life threatening dysrhythmias.
- Choose appropriate medications for the patient's condition and rhythm.
- Discuss the management of VF/Pulseless Arrest Algorithm.
- Discuss the management of Bradycardia according to the ACLS Bradycardia Algorithm.
- Discuss the management of Asystole/PEA according to the ACLS Pulseless Arrest Algorithm.
- Discuss the management of the stable/unstable tachycardia according to the ACLS Tachycardia Algorithm.
- Describe the team leader role in mega code utilizing the skills testing checklist.
Karen Young, RN, BSN, CNOR, Enterprise Educator
Angie Curry, RNC, Enterprise Educator
CoxHealth Education Center, Springfield, MO
We reserve the right to substitute educators.
7:45-8:00 am Registration
8:00-9:00 EKG Interpretation
9:00-9:15 Break
9:15-10:00 EKG Interpretation Practice
10:00-11:00 ACLS Algorithm Discussion
11:00-11:45 Lunch (on your own)
11:45-1:30 pm ACLS Pharmacology
1:30-1:45 Break
1:45-2:30 ACLS Pharmacology Continued
2:30-3:10 ACLS Algorithms- Putting It All Together
3:10-3:15 Questions/Discussion
3:15 Evaluations/Statements of Credit/ Adjourn
Testing: None
Course Length: 6.5 hours
Certification Length: None
Includes: Course Syllabus and ECG Study Guide
Location: CoxHealth Education Center, CoxHealth North, K400, 4th Floor, Classroom #1.
Directions: Enter Cox North from the Robberson Ave. Northwest Entrance. Upon entering the building turn right and take the elevator to the 4th floor. You will arrive in the Education Center lobby.
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CoxHealth Education Center is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Missouri Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
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Accreditation approval only refers to this educational activity and does not imply endorsement of any commercial products by CoxHealth or any proprietary entity producing health care goods or services.
Participants will receive statements of credit at the end of the program when all requirements for credit have been met. Satisfactory completion of objectives will occur through course attendance. Therefore contact hours will be given only for hours the participant attends. In order to receive a statement of credit, all participants must sign-in at the registration desk, turn in a completed evaluation form at the end of the program, and demonstrate the skills necessary to complete this course.
Information presented during this activity represents the views and opinions of the presenters and does not necessarily constitute the opinion, endorsement of, or promotion by CoxHealth.
No sponsorship or commercial support has been received for this activity. No Off Label medications or medical devices will be discussed.
All speakers and planning committee members for this activity have indicated they do not have any conflicts of interest or significant financial affiliations with any pharmaceutical or medical device companies. Planning committee members and speakers have created this activity without bias or influence from all external commercial entities.
Fees subject to change at any time.
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Page, White ready for new start with Patriots
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FOXBORO ' When he was asked if he had any preconceived ideas about the Patriots before he was dealt to New England over the weekend, it's no surprise defensive back Jarrad Page ' a former college baseball player who was selected three different times in the MLB draft before opting for a football career ' dropped a baseball metaphor on reporters.
'The Patriots area team that's kind of like the Yankees,' Page said Monday afternoon after his first practice in Foxboro. 'You never like them, but when you get a chance to play for them, you're excited. You're really happy you get to go to a team that's a perennial winner.'
Pinstripes aside, Page and linebacker Tracy White got their first taste of life with the Patriots on Monday, less than 48 hours after New England picked them up in separate deals.
Page is a 6-foot, 225-pound defensive back who was taken in the seventh round of the 2006 draft out of UCLA. The 25-year old started all 16 games in 2007 and 2008 for the Chiefs, coming away with a career-high four picks in 2008. (He has 10 interceptions over four seasons in the NFL.)
But he landed on IR with a calf issue, and the two sides grew apart. (He felt he was misdiagnosed.) He requested a trade over the summer, and the Chiefs acquiesced this past weekend, sending him to the Patriots for an undisclosed draft pick.
'He's been a productive player, and we'll see exactly how he fits in,' Patriots coach Bill Belichick said of Page, who will wear No. 44, formerly worn by linebacker Tyrone McKenzie. 'I'm glad we got him. I think he will be a good addition to the group. I think he will help us. Looks like he's been able to do some different things in the past and we'll see how all that fits in with us.'
At 225 pounds, Page is the heaviest safety on the team, and could provide some help for a team that just put safety ' and designated tight-end stopper ' Brandon McGowan on season-ending injured reserve with a chest injury.
Page said Monday he could see himself in that role with the Patriots.
'Oh yeah. Definitely. Definitely. As a safety, you have to cover a tight end a lot. Come down in the box and cover the tight end,' he said. '[But] It's definitely not where a tight end can come in and just throw a guy around. It helps to be a little bigger if you've got to deal with those guys.'
As for White, he's a 6-foot, 234-pound linebacker who is a veteran of seven NFL seasons with Seattle (2003-04), Jacksonville (2005), Green Bay (2006-08) and Philadelphia (2008-09). He'll wear No. 58 for the Patriots, last worn by linebacker Pierre Woods. And like Woods, White is a linebacker who has made his bones as special teamer ' he has registered 94 special teams tackles, including a team-leading 18 special teams tackles for Philadelphia in 2009.
'I'm excited to be here. These guys, from coming in the door, it's all about business. That's what I like,' said White, who was acquired for an undisclosed draft choice. 'I'm just trying to get to the Super Bowl, and this is my best chance. of getting there. I'm going to do as much as I can ' whatever they ask me to do, I'm going to play my part and help the team out to get to where we need to go.'
'He's a younger player. Fast,' said running back Fred Taylor, who played with White for a season in Jacksonville. 'A guy who came in and didn't say a lot ' just did what the coaches asked him to do. A guy who's made a living doing what he's supposed to do. They brought him in thinking he could help, so hopefully, he will.'
While Page is on the big side for a safety, White acknowledges he's on the opposite end of the spectrum as a linebacker. At 6-foot and 234 pounds, he's the smallest linebacker on the team ' he yields five inches to punter Zoltan Mesko, and the two are only four pounds apart in weight.
'My main role is special teams ' they brought me in here to play special teams. That's my part, right now. Probably a little bit of coverage and different packages, once I get a handle on the defense,' said White, who is on the depth chart as an inside linebacker. 'They have a bunch of big linebackers here. I know I'm the smallest guy. I can probably be used for coverage.'
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Our most successful exporters understand what their customers desire and require.
As a result, they design products and services that international markets will pay a premium for.
Companies that are good at design take a systematic approach to learning what will satisfy customers and apply that knowledge to products.
Before launching a new product internationally, they will have scanned their competitor's products, tested their own designs with customers, and educated staff or distributors about them. And they regularly monitor product performance to make strategic or tactical decisions.
Canary Enterprises makes value-added butter products and spends time overseas with customers and distributors. This gives it visibility and a way to truly understand the different requirements of its various international clients.
Fabrication business Metalform has made good design a part of its company culture.
Staff welcome complex design challenges and work with end-users to integrate feedback into the products.
It has found a niche market with a high-tech wheelchair and secured an international distributor keen to see more.
Downlight designer Nimbus Lighting integrates suggestions from distributors and customers into its designs. It has made responsiveness part of the company culture.
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Fired up my latest project Alpair 7.3s on small OBs over Goldwood GW-1858s in H-frames. My initial impression is that I am underwhelmed. Tomorrow, I will try my T7-A7 TLs as tops.
Design decisions will dictate the results. For the same reasons that I dont do big double BVRs and back-horns, I wont do big OBs. I have no place to put speakers much bigger than the 43x12 MLTLs. If I built one commercially, I would have no reasonable way to ship it. Anyway, a large OB is out of the question. The OBs in the picture are 20 tall, 10 wide at the base and 5 wide at the top. These are strictly test mules cut out of scrap plywood. If I decide to go with them, I will do them out of walnut lumber double thick at the edges. The H-baffles are already done in walnut veneer.
The cross-over is done in Foobar2000 on a laptop. There is a basic XO plug-in that works pretty well. It is a 3-way XO at any frequency and any order. Cross-over points do not have to be symmetric. 31- band graphic EQ is also available within the player. (I have a miniDSP on the way, but as well a Foobar2000 is working, I may have wasted $150.) The output goes via USB to an M-Audio Ultra Track which splits to output into four channels and converts to analog. The treble goes to a Topping TP-60 and on to the Alpair 7.3s. The bass goes to a Dayton DTA-100 and on to the GW-1858s.
Because of their size, the OBs have an acoustic roll-off at ~300Hz. I high-passed them at 100Hz 4th order just to reduce excursion. I could probably cut them higher and will play with that if I go with the OBs. The H-baffles are low passed at 125Hz 3rd order. The cross-over appears to be working. The SPL is pretty flat across as measured with an SPL meter. (Since my laptop, my only computer, is running the DSP, I cant use it to run my measurement suite!
Basically, the system sounds pretty good. On the pop stuff I test with (Alison Krauss, Diana Krall, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd and a bunch of other stuff), I have no problems. The bass is just a bit tubby (Id say slow it I didnt know that bass isnt slow, the mids are). With classical music, there is a big problem. The low cellos are hollow and muddy. Bass is fine, treble is great. Upper bass is screwed up. Since this range is handled by the H-frames, the problem probably resides there. I will have to investigate. I may not be able to run the H-frames that high. If so, the OBs are out and the TLs are in. I can run TLs at least as deep as 80Hz and still reduce the excursion to reasonable limits. At 80dB@8 with pretty strong kick drum, neither driver moves visibly. Since both amps are sitting at 10 oclock, ear bleed SPL is assured.
More tests tomorrow.
|2nd April 2012, 03:00 AM
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>>> The H-baffles are already done in walnut veneer.
They look great.
I have Alpha 15s in H frames and think they begin contaminating the overall sound if crossed over too high (as in over 90hz). These things are meant to play bass ONLY. If the 15 inch drivers become audibly intrusive than the 18 inch Goldwoods probably even more so. I'd keep them below 70hz (estimated of course... i've never heard the Goldwoods).
When i built the H frames i knew i would not be happy with a small OB on top like yours because they would not go low enough to allow a low enough crossover. Mated to BIBs i was able to blend the H frames well between 50 and 70hz with excellent results. When i made my OB I found the Eminence Beta 12lta went to around 150hz on a 20 x 20 inch baffle and was able to fiddle with the variable crossover on the sub amp to get a good blend. I listened to them for hours today and they just make me happy with their great, full, relaxed sound. I love them.
As neat as the Alpair's are... not sure i would enjoy them in the configuration you are listening to right now. I had the TB 1808s on OB and they just barely blended with the H frames for good results to my ears. I will be doing something else with those drivers in the future.
One of the great advantages of H frames (if you like their sound and they fit your room) is they serve as speaker stands too. I hope you try other bookshelf type designs to sit atop your lovely H frames... personally, i think many boxed speakers tailored to the H frames dimensions would work excellently!
Don't give up on them and please let us know your progress.
|2nd April 2012, 03:10 AM
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I am thinking that the problem is cavity resonance. The range I am hearing the problem in is somewhere 60-100Hz. The Goldwoods in a different cabinet should be good to 200Hz or so.
Given the same rough volume, if I can't make the H-frames work with the small TL's, the Dayton RSS315HF will give both deeper bass and go up to 500Hz. I do have high hopes for the H-frames and the TL's. though.
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I think the bass is too big and Alpair too small, and also where is the body in music if you cross the tiny Alpair so low... I don't know much, either in theory nor in praxis, but I know that driver size, crossover, etc. must be in harmony
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Well, if the bass is fine and treble is great, then you should focus on in between.
I think it is impossible to have good mids with such a small driver on open baffle.
For full cello and probably piano and voices, you will need a 8" or 12" with a qts around 0.7.
And also, you are trying to blend a driver with a 3gr membrane with one that is over 100gr.
Since you already have the 3 way capability, I would add a light papercone 12" in the middle on OB with shallow wings around it.
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I would try a solid baffle for both units,The H frames are great
but I could never get them to blend with other drivers,
something strange in the 200Hz to 300Hz range for sure.
I used a pair of CSS el70 with Eminence Alpha 15a for a while on
single flat baffle 20 wide 40 high with the EL70 off set to one side
and it actually sounded very good.
I will tell you that size matters greatly when it come to OB
driver and baffle I tend to like 8 inch on up to 15 inch full range
units better than the smaller drivers personally.
|2nd April 2012, 05:55 PM
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I think those H frames are nicely built. It would be a shame to break them up.
They should be fine if crossed low enough.
Plus putting the 18" driver on the same baffle with the FR will make the FR sound worse because of the vibration.
|2nd April 2012, 05:58 PM
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I am in the midst of testing the small TL's with the H-frames. I have confirmed that my problem is a cavity resonance around 100Hz. Using a 4th order Chebyshev low-pass on the H-frames and 4th order Butterworth at 100 on the TL's.The cross-over is smack-dab in the middle of a room mode. Bass into the hole, treble out. Seamless. I still need to play a while. More later.
|2nd April 2012, 08:05 PM
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Using a small TL on an H-frame bass unit is only as good as a good musical subwoofer mated with a bookshelf speaker with none of the boxless spacious sound of a full spectrum OB speaker.
I would hate to see you throwing out the baby with the bath, if you dismiss the wide ranger on OB atop the h-frame, so early !! Martin has pioneered this concept with excellent results from so many including myself. The lifelike transient response of the mid-bass and bass frequencies ( ie upwards from 40Hz) produced by an H-frame rivals even dedicated high output midbass modules like the Hsu MBM unit. I am yet to hear the very expensive Rythmiks.
Going by Martin's sheets you simply need some deep "wings", maybe 8-10", on your narrow OB on top, to make it fly !! Or even better and with the same dimensions, do a 2 way OB on top with an 8-10" midrange and tweeter...like the Basszilla.
I had started with 15" GW in H-frame and then switched to the ubiquitous Eminence 15 alpha, giving a harder punch.
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The way the stock of K-TEL International Inc. has rocketed lately, you might think the music retailer has been hyping shares on late-night television. Something like its commercials for music compilations: "If you buy K-TEL now, we'll throw in a collection of disco from the '70s--plus a full-color annual report!"
After all, as recently as Apr. 8, Minneapolis-based K-TEL was residing anonymously in NASDAQ's lower reaches, trading at 6 5/8 on a paltry volume of 300 shares. Less than a month later, its share price had risen tenfold, with the trading volume on Apr. 20 blasting past 14 million shares (charts). On May 4 alone, K-TEL shares vaulted by 19 3/4, or 41%, hitting a new high of 67 3/4. A day later, the stock exhibited wild mood swings: down 6 points early in the morning, up 8 to 10 in the afternoon, then down again just before the closing bell. Final tally: up 1/8, on a volume of nearly 13 million shares.
What makes this all the more curious is that K-TEL has only 3.8 million shares outstanding, a razor-thin float. More than 70% of those are held by Chief Executive Philip Kives and other insiders. All of which gives credence to widespread suspicion that K-TEL is being caught up in a colossal short squeeze. K-TEL's executives refused comment. So did spokespeople at NASDAQ and the Securities & Exchange Commission.
Some traders see signs of manipulation. "There are individuals who will search the Internet for companies with thin floats, thin market capitalizations, and very little in the way of investor appeal," says Tony Elgindy, chairman of Key West Securities Inc. in San Diego. "And they will create an aura around these situations." David Barney, editor of Stock Investor Trading News, a tiny Austin (Tex.)-based Internet newsletter that recently issued two "strong buy" recommendations on K-TEL, says he has been fielding calls from people wondering how he's manipulating the stock, a charge he vehemently denies. "We came out with a $100 price target for the stock," he says. "But that was a 12-month target, not a 12-day target."
Elgindy, a known short, says he reversed his sell position on K-TEL after the stock closed at $21.125 on Apr. 16, and reckoned then that it could rise as high as $50 in the following 12 months. Elgindy reversed course again on May 1, when he terminated coverage of the stock with a sell rating.
K-TEL's fundamentals are certainly no great shakes. For the nine months ending Mar. 31, it earned $693,000, or 9 cents a share (reflecting a recent 2-for-1 split), on sales of $64.8 million. Says Michael Murphy, editor of the Overpriced Stock Service newsletter: "We now have a market capitalization of almost $300 million on a company that in a really good year can earn something like $4 million."
"SOMETHING IS ROTTEN." The many online investment message boards contain a lively discussion of K-TEL's stock performance. "Something is rotten in Denmark," wrote an investor at The Motley Fool Web site. "Right now, it's not even a stock, it's a trading machine," says Barney. Adds Axxel Knutson, managing director of Janssen/Meyers Associates in New York, one of the few Wall Street houses to follow the stock: "Anytime you see something like this happening, you know investors are in there smoking something."
K-TEL's leap from oblivion to the spotlight began on Apr. 9, when it unleashed plans to sell compact disks on the Web. From that point on, albeit with a few steps backward en route, the stock headed due north. The new site, called K-TEL Express (www.ktel.com), was launched on May 1 and generated a million visits in its first three days of operation. K-TEL also recently struck a deal with BPI Communications Inc. to display the Billboard music charts at the site and reached an agreement with RealNetworks Inc. to help consumers create customized CDs online.
But such developments belie the fact that most folks think K-TEL's share price is ready for a fall. Some investors plunged in, analysts suggested, even after Barron's ran a negative writeup on the company in its Apr. 20 issue, luring a horde of short-sellers.
Knutson is so convinced that K-TEL's stock is overvalued that he put a prohibition on accepting buy orders. "If we see something that is patently unsuitable and irrational, we have an obligation to refuse the order," he says. Indeed, when one client tried to buy 10,000 K-TEL shares when the stock was trading at around $45, "we gave him Merrill Lynch's phone number," Knutson says. Given where K-TEL's stock has gone since, that's one customer he may not be hearing from again.


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Field Tactical Unit DBA filed under VERNARD SIMMONS who is also the CEO of T.U.R.N.S INC I did some work as a merchandiser for this company in four SAMS store setting up a floor sample display. I completed the jobs and sent in the necessary paperwork. After a month I did not recieve any pay. I called the contact and after numerous attemps she replied with an email stating that the company had no money to pay me. Research shows that Vernard Simmons filed DBA in georgia as Field Tactical Unit. He is also the CEO of TURNS INC, a retail marketing company. They owe me about 350 dollars. Yet they maintain 4 corporate offices in various states and they can't pay the people who are doing the work. Atlanta Georgia
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BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota to begin FeNO Coverage in August
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SOLNA, Sweden - 8 June, 2012 - Aerocrine AB (OMX Nordic Exchange: AERO) announces that BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota will retire its medical policy for FeNO testing effective August 27, 2012.
BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota has announced that it will retire their negative coverage policy regarding Fractional exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) testing after a 90-day transition period. Following the transition period, exhaled nitric oxide measurement (CPT code 95012) will be covered for patients with asthma.
BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota is the largest insurance company in the state and provides coverage to approximately 66 percent of the privately insured or nearly 1.8 million lives. With this and other recent private payer coverage changes, more than 82 percent of people in Minnesota will have coverage for FeNO testing.
"The practice of inactivating or retiring a negative coverage policy is increasingly more common and it has led to significant increases in FeNO coverage across the U.S. by many commercial insurance companies," stated Wendy Smith Fuss, Aerocrine's Director of Health Policy and Economics.
"I have used FeNO to assess the severity of inflammation that underlies asthma, something that regular pulmonary function tests do not measure", reports Hannelore Brucker, M.D. of the Southdale Allergy and Asthma Clinic in Minneapolis. She adds that "FeNO testing has influenced my treatment decisions in several ways. FeNO testing helps me follow the effects of treatment and whether or not my patients are actually taking their asthma treatments. It also helps me identify breathing problems that are not related to asthma and look for other causes."
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Not the Cadillac of Cruise Lines: Celebrity Infinity Cruise Review by hapbutler
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The Staff in the main dining room and the food were excellent. Both our head waiter and his assistant were knowledgeable, helpful, and friendly. And the wine steward was the best. I've never met anyone who knew more about wine then he did; however, other than the main dining room, the food service staff gave the impression that they we're bored and really didn't care if there were there and the food was tolerable. Also, unlike other cruise lines, at their buffet, staff served you, which causes delays and crowded lines.
In their "end of cruise survey" they asked if staff and officers were friendly and More engaging. I found the crew and officers to say "hello, good morning, hi" only if you spoke first, and no one was "engaging". Isn't this a business: isn't this their job to be helpful and to smile and at least give the impression of being friendly? Who wants to be aboard a ship where greeted each day with forced smiles and stare into the distance.
The cabins were no bigger and no smaller than other lines and the balcony was normal size. The difference from other lines was the shower. It was huge compared to what I had on other cruises. The big difference with this cabin as compared to others, were the bed bugs we encountered. YUK. Enough said.
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Citizens United: A Year Older, But No Less Contentious
On the one year anniversary of the Citizens United campaign finance decision, the ruling remains as contentious as ever, with efforts under way to alternative mechanisms to fund campaigns, and attempts to change the law itself.
At the federal level, the progressive organization Common Cause is leading the call for a reappraisal of the ruling. It's also questioning whether the ruling itself was colored by bad ethics. Common Cause points out that Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Antonin Scalia, both of whom voted in favor of the ruling in the 5-4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, participated in political strategy sessions with corporate leaders who stood to benefit politically from the decision. Specifically, both justices were named as guests at a political retreat for Tea Party financing-powerhouse Charles Koch. Koch leads Koch Industries, which spent more than $2 million on federal lobbying efforts during last year's third quarter. In the case of Justice Thomas, there is an additional conflict of interest charge because his wife, Virginia Thomas, is CEO of a conservative 501(c)4 group which participated actively in campaign finance in the 2010 elections.
Common Cause wants Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether the justices were ethically bound to have recused themselves from the case. If so, the group wants the Justice Department to file a motion with the Supreme Court to vacate the judgment. Such a result would be highly unlikely, though. While the criteria for judicial disqualification is spelled out under United States Code, the decision to recuse is ultimately left up to the individual Supreme Court justice.
Meanwhile, in New York, leaders of several national reform organizations urged Governor Andrew Cuomo to overhaul New York State's election system. Separately, Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Queens), State Senator Daniel Squadron (D-Brooklyn/Manhattan) and New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio announced their support of a bill to require corporations to disclose and defend donations to their shareholders.
The state legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Lancman and Senator Squadron is an attempt to decrease corporate spending on political campaigns by mandating that corporations making political expenditures first obtain approval from a majority of their shareholders. In addition, the bill would require that those corporations explain to shareholders the business rationale behind the contributions. Public Advocate de Blasio has also created an online petition for New Yorkers to urge the New York State Legislature to pass the Corporate Political Accountability to Shareholders Act.
Groups are also calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to create a public financing system in New York. Saying that "dysfunction in Albany and a broken political system in New York has been an open secret for far too long", Michael Waldman, Executive Director of the Brennen Center, joined Common Cause and a dozen other advocacy groups in asking Governor Cuomo to make good on his promises to bring reform to Albany by enacting a voluntary system of public financing for the state.
Waldman said reform is "necessary for the economic revitalization of the state", though the fact remains that there is no money in the budget to adopt new initiatives. Advocates estimate it would cost $15 million a year, which could be a tough sell during a budget crisis.


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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with wireless Internet access (surcharge). 4 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers a fitness center, multilingual staff, and concierge services. Limited onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis (surcharge).
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dear all,
windows xp pro sp2, 512m RAM, Stata 8.2 intercooled,
no. of obs 1575 2 var's: var1 had 2 categories and var2 had 10 categories.
i tried:
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and get this:
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exceeded memory limits using exact(1); try again with larger #; see help tabulate for details
i went up to to exact(30) to try to get the result (each increase took longer and longer time, #=30 took just under 45 mins to complete with nothing else running on the background).
so i set mem 512m and set virtual on but still getting the same error message. i know from eye-balling my data that i think the p-value bound to be <0.05.
i searched the archive and found one thread on this issue entilted 'slow stata' but the poster managed to sort it out by updating his stata 8.2. in the same posting richard williams suggested combining some categories, which is not applicable in my case. i have also read stata's kevin turner's posting regarding wxp pro SP2 problem with large datasets of > 1Gb but mine is nowhere near that.
after the above and before posting this i tried exact(50) and got this message after nearly 90 mins:
op. sys. refuses to provide memory
i am just wondering whether anyone can advise me on how to overcome these errors? also, roughly how does one gauge how high # in exact(#) one should go to tackle problem at hand?
thank you for all your help,
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