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Sunday, October 28, 2012
Retrograde and Frankenweather
It nearly hit 80F on Thursday and I spent almost 9 hours working on leaves and other outdoor chores, trying to get the basics done before Frankenweather set in.
Friday morning got to 62F, but then the wind shifted and I worked the rest of the day in dropping temps (low 50s) and cold wind. About the last thing I did before I gave up the ghost was to clear off the deck. I didn't get anything put into the shed (just stacked pots, benches, etc. in front of the deck for later moving), nor did I get the geraniums into the basement (I just schlepped them into the sunroom while they were all still nice and dry).
I DID get all the leaves from the front/side lawns onto back beds. By 5:00 I was totally toasted and hit the showers. I'm done. I'm done (well, for now - ready for weather), I chanted. Alas, fresh from the shower my nabe Todd rang the doorbell. "Hey, you said you needed more leaves. I blew up a pile from my place for you." And, dang! if he didn't. I had to laugh. No way was I going to be able to do ANYthing with leaves for nearly a week (according to the weather channel). So we mounded them up (me in my PJs) and covered them with a tarp.
Then Friday, midnight-ish the front came in from the west and dropped temps and 3/4" of rain by Saturday a.m. Talk about timing. I spent Saturday on the couch. After 5 days of non-stop heavy lifting, I couldn't lift anything heavier than a mug all day. *moan*
We were dry for about 8 hours last night, then FrankenSandy bumped into our front and pushed it from Pennsylvania BACK to OHIO. Yikes. I realized the gutters hadn't gotten cleaned, so early this morning I climbed up a long ladder and cleaned out my south side (2nd floor) gutters, then clambered out the upstairs windows out onto the sunroof and cleaned both the upper and lower gutters. I was pretty soaked when I was done.
WAS I done? Heck no - I drove over to my mother's and cleaned out HER gutters because she never thinks about them. Back home, I've changed clothes, contemplated a cup of hot tea, but have, instead, opted to break into my last bottle of cider. Oh, if anyone ever deserved a good slug of alcohol this early in the day (just coming on noon), then it is most decidedly - ME!
OK. I think I'm ready for Frankenweather. I just hope the forecasters have overstated the danger of this monster hybrid combination of full moon/high tides, cold front, Atlantic low and Hurricane Sandy. But I think it's going to be a bad one.
Everyone - stay safe. Fingers crossed....
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Well, I've been so worried about those folks along the coast, I had no idea Frankenweather was going to hit you there in Ohio, TOO! Gosh, be careful, OK?ReplyDelete
Meanwhile we sit here with no rain. Go figure. Had to water yesterday. Got two 28º mornings in a row. The zinnias, Morning glories, gourd and hyacinth bean are toast. Some other things don't look too bad.
Stay in, stay warm and dry, stay safe. Hugs, IleneReplies
If you check a radar map, Ohio is totally under rain already....Delete
Waiting here in central NY for it to hit too. We had good weather Thursday and Friday but because I have to work - darn, I couldn't get outside until after work. Turned on the outside lights and stayed out until 8:00 each night. I think I'm ready for the storm - we're supposed to get it sometime on Monday. I too am hoping they are over-forecasting. Keeping my fingers crossed!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi, Bonnie. Well, the Cleveland forecasters have UP'd the wind forecast (40s ~ 70s). It's now even scarier than yesterdays warnings. I still hope they are overstating, but *sheesh* I'm not happy right now. Take care -- stay safe.Delete
Sorry you couldn't make better use of the nice weather while you had it. It WAS gorgeous. :-D
Listening to the wind and hearing bangs and clangs but I don't want to venture outside to see what it is. Not much rain here, just a lot of strong wind. I don't think I'll get much sleep tonight - so far our power has not gone out, just flickered. Supposed to fly to Las Vegas Thursday - I will be very upset to lose my vacation!!Delete
Lots of wind here, too. Howling, in fact. Lights flickering... a thump or two. And one of the windows has loose flashing so it is vibrating/keening like a banshee. Driving me nuts. I don't plan on much sleeping here tonight either.Delete
I hope you still get to Vegas. Warm and dry - doesn't it sound lovely!
I wish you could bottle some of that energy along with the cider....I could use a lot of both!ReplyDelete
It sounds like you are ready for the good rains now. That has to be a good thing with winter looming ahead.
I am so impressed with those gorgeous geraniums. Maybe a blog telling us in detail how you raise them so successfully?Replies
Winds should gust into the 70s. It's been raining since Friday midnight and what with the ground saturating, we're worried about the winds bringing down trees. Like most weather, there's either too little rain (this summer) or too much (like right now). We're keeping our fingers crossed that the power stays on for the week.Delete
Your cider would have been excellent with my carrot cake. We need to plan get togethers around our crappy weather. :o)ReplyDeleteReplies
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Activities/hobbies: Music, piano percussion, jazz, art, pottery, origami, reading,and cross country skiing.
Future plans: I plan to get a music performance degree and one day own a harp.
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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- The USC women's soccer team shoved aside Arizona State's comeback hopes and locked in on the Trojans' first home win of the year with a 2-1 victory in overtime today at McAlister Field. The Sun Devils put a dramatic twist on things with a late equalizer, but USC held strong to its plan and got a OT winner from senior Claire Schloemer to net a long-awaited home victory for the Women of Troy. USC improves to 5-11-0 overall with its first back-to-back wins since early September, and goes to 2-5-0 in Pac-12 play. ASU is now 6-9-0, 2-5-0.
The game played out as a stalemate until the waning stretch of the second half. Freshman goalkeeper Carley Pennington came up big with several stops and bold punches to clear out ASU attacks throughout the match, and the USC offense fed off the strong defense to create several good chances late in regulation. Elizabeth Eddy had a great look with a strong shot on goal, but ASU keeper Alyssa Gillmore made a nice diving save on the shot. The offensive push generated a pair of corner kicks for the Trojans as the teams passed the 80-minute mark, and in the 83rd, Brittany Kerridge launched up a corner that lofted into the box for fellow senior Ashli Sandoval to make the leap for and slam the ball home for a 1-0 USC lead.
The match looked to be in USC's hands as the final minute of regulation began to tick off the board. But the Sun Devils were awarded a free kick, which Holland Crook lined up for about 40 yards out. She put the ball in the box, where USC's defensive clearance attempt popped up high in the air and came down within reach of Devin Marshall, who was there for the header to equalize the match with just 38 seconds left in regulation.
The Trojans were not deflated by the twist of fortune, however. Lessons learned from two overtime losses taken during an eight-game losing slump rendered the Women of Troy determined to tack up a long-awaited OT win and the first home victory of the season. ASU made it interesting in overtime, but USC was able to create its winning chance. Elizabeth Eddy pushed the ball over to Ashli Sandoval as the 95th minute approached, and Sandoval slipped a pass to Claire Schloemer, who had a look and jumped on the opportunity with a powerful drive from about 18 yards out, rattling the back of the net and registering the senior's second career goal and first game-winner in giving USC the 2-1 overtime win at McAlister Field.
Several Trojans moved up in the history book with today's winning effort. Brittany Kerridge notched her 13th career assist to move up to rank No. 8 all-time at USC. Ashli Sandoval now has her 24th career assist to solidify her No. 4 position in the books. Her goal pulls her up to 15 career goals to give her the 10th-most in USC history, and she remains at No. 10 all-time in career points with 54 -- one away from moving to No. 9.
USC is now set to play in its final home game of the year on Sunday (Oct. 23) with a match against Arizona at 1 p.m. The game will be preceded by a Senior Day ceremony to honor the Trojans' five graduating seniors: Carly Butcher, Ashley Freyer, Brittany Kerridge, Ashli Sandoval and Claire Schloemer.
Oct. 21, 2011 -- McAlister Field
SAVES: Carley Pennington (USC) 3, Alyssa Gillmore (ASU) 4.


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Rustys Offroad: Conversions - Jeep XJ-ZJ-TJ-YJ Tie Rod
IRON ROCK OFF ROAD: Heavy Duty Over the Knuckle Steering TJ/ZJ/XJ
does anyone have this set up? any pros or cons? I was told that the over the knuckle is a better set up than the stock y set up, wondering if anyone else has done the same?
sorry to post this twice, apparantly i hit the back button after i posted the first time and didnt realize it, so i hit post...
Both options will give you tie rod roll and an associated dead spot in the steering. There's nothing that makes it 'better' than an inverted Y setup.
You can do a true, quality crossover steering setup but you'll have to ditch the stock knuckles and you'll spend a minimum of 3x what the above options cost.
I would rather have the Iron Rock set up than the Rusty's, if I would've known about it before I bought my Rugged Ridge steering that's what I would have purchased instead.
A couple more steering options would be the Currie Currectlync inverted "Y" style steering, and the Rock Krawler cross over style steering. The Rock Crawler steering is similar to the Iron Rock set up but the drag link goes behind the tie rod instead of in front of it. The Currie steering is basically the stock style steering but redesigned for a lifted Jeep, and twice as strong and thick as the factory parts. The Crown heavy duty steering is also the same design as stock, but in between the stock and the currie set up as far as strength and price are concerned. The Savvy ultimate steering system uses the Currie drag link, with a Savvy designed tie rod that is basically unbreakable/bendable.
going to look into the iron rock set up, I like the idea that if my tirod bends or something its not direct stress on other parts, and its a little more clearance.
Older thread but i came across it in a search.
I am looking at the rusty's kit at the top of the page. Does anyone have this and is it me or does it look as if when you turn almost to lock that it will rub causing a problem?
Is there a reason for this opinion? Why is it crap? Not that i don't believe you I just want to know what the thought behind it is.
There are more than a few threads on this if you search around. Look into what inverted-t steering is and why it's bad on a TJ. You'll have more than enough info to think about.
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Wow!! Oh Wow! I received an anonymous rosie with a picture attached saying that I was chosen as a "Angel DreamGirl!" I'm so honored to hold this special title, I don't know what to say other than THANK YOU guys for choosing me!
Kayleigh, I think of you not only today, on your first bridge anniversary, but everyday. You were and will always be my special girl.
I remember the year I moved away from home to make my own way. I had your brothers Brandon and Cole but my mom (you knew her as "granny") talked me into leaving them with her because she thought that I would be working all the time and not able to provide them the neccessary time that a pet requires. I knew she was wrong but I didn't argue with her and I sadly left my two boys with her.
I was so very lonely living in a new town with no family, friends or pets. I will never forget the day I found you. It was January 11, 1997......
I had just returned home from work and heard a kitty meowing in the bushes near my apartment building. I bent down and peeked under the shrubs to make sure the kitty I heard was not injured or sick. I was amazed at your beauty! I was certain that you belonged to someone so I left you alone and went to my apartment. All day the newscasts had talked about an approaching ice storm. That night I listened to the weather news before bed and I remembered you laying under the bushes that afternoon. I figured you had returned to your family by this time but on a whim, I grabbed a flashlight and ran down the stairs barefoot in shorts and a tshirt to make sure you weren't still there. It was FREEZING cold and beginning to sleet and I knelt down on the cold ground and shined the flashlight right on you!!! I couldn't believe you were still there!! I reached under the shrubs and gently pulled you out and gathered you into my arms and carried you upstairs and held you in my arms to warm you. You were so beautiful, sweet and gentle. We slept together that night, keeping each other warm while the power fickered on and off thru the night threatening to go off but it never did.
The next morning we woke up to solid ice everywhere. The town was at a stand still but I found a grocery store 1/2 a mile down the road that was open. I bundled up and carefully walked on solid ice, slipping and sliding the entire way so I could buy you a few neccessities (food, litter and litterbox). We spent the next three days continuing to keep each other warm. On the fourth day, the ice finally melted and I returned to work. I let you outside when I left, certain that you would return to your family.
When I returned home that afternoon, you heard the sound of my scooter drive up and I saw beautiful YOU run from around the building, up the stairs and wait for me to come up and open the door. You ran into my apartment as though you already owned the place :) That entire first week, you spent the nights with me and the days outside where I thought someone HAD to be missing you and that you would find your way home to them, but every afternoon was a replay of the one before and after that first week I knew that YOU had adopted ME.
It was that night that I decided you needed a name and I knew it had to be a name as beautiful as you. That night I thought up names and asked you to let me know which one you liked best. I would call out names but you didn't respond to any. Then while reading a book, one of the characters names was "Kayleigh" and I thought "that is a beautiful name." I looked at you and asked, "What do you think about the name 'Kayleigh'?" You looked up and walked toward me and said, "Meow." And it was settled.......you were now my beautiful girl Kayleigh :)
Today, on your first bridge anniversary, I thank you for coming into my life when I desperately needed a pet to fill the emtiness I felt in my heart and home. I will always cherish the 14 years we shared together. Until we meet again..... I will hold you gently in my heart.
First off.... MEOWY CHRISTMAS to ALL of my friends and their families, earthly and Heavenly, and especially to mommy. She is spending the day alone cause daddy is working a double shift and she was listening to Christmas music, thinking about me (and my angel sibs) and getting sad when she suddenly discovered that I had been chosen as Catsters COTD (Thank you Catster for this wonderful and unexpected Christmas "gift" on my first Christmas at the bridge).
Silent Night always makes mommy sad now when she hears it because the day I went to sleep forever, the salon next door to the vet clinic which was adjacent to the room I was placed in, was playing Christmas music. When it came time for the doctor to give me the shot to make me sleep, the song SILENT NIGHT began playing and mommy could hear it thru the wall. She can't hear the song anymore without crying, no matter the location.... home, car, restaurant, store.
I've been at the bridge for just a little over a month. I'm still learning my way around but I have many friends here who are all teaching me lots of new things. My favorite thing to do at the moment is fly in and sprinkle angel dust on mommy at night while she sleeps :-) I was also reunited with my angel sibs Brandon, Cole and Conner. This is Conner's first year at the bridge also. It was an emotional year for my family as they had to send two of us to the bridge this year. Conner in March and me in November.
Well, I better go now. I just wanted to wish everyone a MEOWY CHRISTMAS and to say THANK YOU to Catster for picking me for COTD. I am honored to be Catsters "Christmas angel!"
Oh, before I go, I also want to Thank Buddie and his family for surprising us with a Plus gift. Now I can have this purrty pink background instead of the generic Catster one!! Thank you Buddie for also always being there for us during the good times and bad. You have offered mommy, Cole and me support and love on Earth and in Heaven. "Thank you" doesn't seem to be enough but I hope you know how much we appareciate you. I also want to thank Louis Lebeau and his family for the beautiful little Christmas tree they sent mommy for Christmas, complete with lights and tiny ornaments. It will be a constant reminder to mommy that even though I am no longer with her, my love will continue to grow just like the little tree will year after year, until we reunite at the bridge someday. Thanks also goes out to Calvin for making me these beautiful wings when I arrived at the bridge, so that I could fly in and visit mommy while she sleeps! And, Thank you to our friend Pedro for the giving us a gift of zealies so that we can give gifties to our friends.
Once again....wishing you all a Meowy Christmas and a Purrfect Mew Year.
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Gen Heinz Wilhelm Guderian
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German Army General, known as the "Father of the Blitzkrieg." Born in Kulm, Prussia, he followed his father in a military career, graduating from the War School at Metz. As a young officer in World War I, he was quickly recognized for his brilliance, and was soon selected for the German General Staff. During the 1920s he served in the signal corps and transportation corps, developing his background in support. By 1933, he was a Colonel and Chief of Staff of Motorized Troops. When Hitler came to power, they shared an interest in modernizing the Army, and by 1936, Guderian was a Major General commanding the XIX Corps. Guderian's remaking of armor as a spearhead with mechanized infantry following behind proved itself in the Poland and France campaigns, and enabled German forces to nearly destroy the Russian Army in 1941. Guderian was one of the few generals to argue with Hitler or disobey his orders - Hitler twice fired him for insubordination (December 1941 and March 1945), and reinstated him (March 1943), and it was for his outspoken tendencies that kept him from being promoted to Field Marshal, yet made him beloved by his soldiers. His troops called him "Schneller Heinz" (Hurry-up Heinz) for his habit of leading his tanks from the front, encouraging them to push forward. Most military analyists consider him one of the best German generals of World War II. During the war, he was promoted to Colonel-General (equivalent of 4 star general) and on July 17, 1941, was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Briefly jailed for two years after the war while being investigated for possible war crimes, he was released and never charged. British Military Analyist Basil Liddell Hart said he "had an amazing knack of making the impossible possible" and that he was one of the Great Captains of History. He died in 1954 in Schwangau bei Fuessen in the Tyrol area of West Germany.
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Simple easy meals are what I usually go for since I cook for just myself. This one is a favorite of mine, and I almost always have romaine or red leaf lettuce on hand.
It's a simple wrap without the grains, which I find unnecessary in the processed form, for the most part.
So what do you need?
Romaine leaves? Check.
Something to fill them with? Check. I used sauteed onion, green pepper and chicken livers (yum!).
Wrap 'em up and enjoy!
Lifting Gains: lots of increases! I'm excited! I've only been doing my main lifts (no accessory lifting) the past couple weeks because of my rotations. I think the rest and just working on strength has helped with the hypertrophy sets. 🙂
Barbell bench press 65lbs 5×5
Barbell row 70lbs 5×5 (increase!)
Lat pulldown: 60 lbs x 12,10; 65lbs x 10 (increase!)
Assisted pull-up (@80lbs): 8, 5, 5, 4 (increase!)
DB incline bench press: 15lbs x, 12, 10, 8 (increase!)
DB bench press 20lbs x 12, 8, 5 (increase!)
Seated cable row, narrow grip 55lbs x 10, 10, 8, 8 (increase!)
DB row 25lbs x 8, 7, 8 (increase!)
Squat 120 lbs x 5, 5, 5; 125lbs x 5, 5 (increase and new squat PR!)
Leg press 270 lbs 3 x 10 (increase!)
Hamstring curl 70lbs x 8, 7, 7 (increase!)
Deadlift: 65lbs x5; 85lbd x5; 105lbs x 5; 140lbs x 6
I've increased my food intake and am watching my macros via fitday.com. I also love this site because I can see what vitamins and minerals I'm lacking in for the day as well as my macro balace. I think it's really important for anyone doing athletic activity to make sure you're properly fueled, pre- and post-workout.
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Hi all, just thought I'd say hello. I just bought my first Subaru - a 2008 WRX sedan with 25k miles. No modifications - I mainly bought it to get me to the ski resorts in the winter, which I'm waiting impatiently for! So far I've loved the car. I'm putting snow tires on this week and I'm excited to take it out in the white stuff!
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In a tear-filled interview with Oprah, Rihanna revealed she's wholeheartedly forgiven Chris Brown! Read on for more details!
Rihanna has officially let go of her anger towards Chris Brown. In an interview with Oprah on August 19th, the 24-year-old singer cried to Oprah and told her that she's found it in herself to forgive Chris for physically abusing her in 2009.
"I have [forgiven him]. It's taken a long time," Rihanna told Oprah during their interview for Oprah's Next Chapter.
Rihanna went on to say she's happier now that she's forgiven him.
"I was in a dark place and it was coming out in my music, in my clothes, in my attitude. I didn't like that feeling. It was heavy," she said.
However, it wasn't until Rihanna forgave her own father for physically abusing her mother that she was able to forgive Chris. With that being said, RiRi has truly moved on from the hurt and anger she once harbored.
"I mean I have to move on," she told Oprah, crying.
But that doesn't mean she's fallen out of love with Chris. Rihanna revealed in the interview that she's still in love with him and that he was the love of her life.
"I think he was the love of my life. He was the first love and I see that he loved me the same way," she told Oprah.
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That's okay?!? Are you kidding -- we LOVE being the 'dogs! We've got the Pats right where we want them!
Perfect, we are better off being the 'dogs.
I believe that line will go down though. I think a lot of money is going to be put on the GIANTS.
Doesn't home team automatically get 3 points? Or is it irrelevant for super bowl since it's played at a neutral site (Pats are designated home team)
If you plan on betting Giants you better get them in next day or 2. Heavy sharp money will come in on them quick.
Better than the last time lol. Weren't we like 14 point dogs the last time?


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GE Aviation Acquires Morris Technologies
Aircraft engine maker GE Aviation has acquired the assets of Morris Technologies and a related company, Rapid Quality Manufacturing.
"Morris Technologies and Rapid Quality Manufacturing are parts of our investment in emerging manufacturing technologies," says Colleen Athans, vice president and general manager of the Supply Chain Division at GE Aviation, in a statement from the company. "Our ability to develop state of the art manufacturing processes for emerging materials and complex design geometry is critical to our future. We are so fortunate to have Morris Technologies and Rapid Quality Manufacturing just minutes from our headquarters. We know them well."
This demo part from Morris Technologies illustrates part of the value of additive manufacturing in aircraft engine component production. The metal part was made additively through direct metal laser sintering. The transparent replica shows the curving airflow channels inside the metal blade that this method of production makes possible.


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Eric Tams: "...trying to create that delicate balance leads to a lot of shuffling of levels and a lot of revisions and tweaks to existing levels. When we started the project making any big structural change in a level or the order of levels would lead to hours or even days of busy work trying to reconnect things and make sure they lined up again. If we ever wanted to ship something the size of Portal with the finely tuned balance we desired then we needed a way to be able to make big changes to the layout of the game without paying the cost of making everything line up again. We needed a way to bend space. We needed to think with portals. Using portals to connect different areas in the world we could make any type of impossible space work out. You could look through a hallway into the next room but the hallway might be on the other side of the map and the room you are looking into might be in a completely different orientation. We could seamlessly insert an elevator, a huge expansive vista, a room that was bigger on the inside than the outside, or even create an infinite fall by connecting a shaft back into itself. Soon every connection between any space was a portal. We would even switch them on the fly. Even a simple door worked like the cartoons - just a facade painted on a wall that seamlessly opened somewhere else entirely. Once the game settled down we were able to finalize our path and remove all of the world portals. There's only one impossible space left in the whole game - see if you can figure out where it is."
Found it. The room in 'The Part Where He Kills You' that Wheatley drags infront of you. Inside, he uses the Crap Turrets on you by mistake. THAT room is impossible. By noclipping inside the room while it moves, you'll see that its just a solid prop. If you portal inside the room, then noclip through a wall, you'll see that its a completely separate part of the map. The chamber exit door then teleports you back into the previous area but at the other side of the room.
EDIT: After looking at the Portal 2 BSP Entity List, i'm assuming that this is a 'linked_portal_door' entity. Probably brush based, at a guess.
EDIT 2: Whichever mod changed the title, change it back. The word 'room' isn't a spoiler.
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The Ledges By The Bay is a 41 unit motel located on approximately 9 oceanfront acres overlooking scenic Penobscot Bay near Camden Maine. We are only one of a few local Maine hotels ovelooking scenic Penoscot Bay with oceanfront access. More importantly, we offer oceanview accommodations in the Camden Maine lodging area at a great value. We believe you will find that our room rates compete favorably when compared to other Camden Maine hotels and inns. Indeed, many of our customers agree you will be hard pressed to find a better value for Maine oceanfront lodging in the Camden, Maine or the Midcoast Maine area. As such, we are one of the most reviewed Maine hotels in Midcoast Maine (e.g., Rockport, Rockland, Belfast, Thomaston and Camden) on Tripadvisor.
The Ledges offers four types of hotel guestrooms: Deluxe Oceanview, Superior Oceanview, Standard Oceanview and Economy class accommodations. Additionally, the Ledges also offers a 2-bedroom waterview cottage for weekly rentals as well.
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Superior Waterview guestrooms feature a king size bed or two queen beds and are 350 to 370 square feet. These rooms have water views of surrounding Penobscot Bay. Included in each room is a shower/tub combination. Amenities include cable TV, high-speed cable internet access, WI-FI, telephone with free local call access, in-room refrigerator, radio alarm clock and individual heat and air conditioning. These rooms also have a second in-room vanity sink. Our Superior Waterview rooms offer sliding glass doors with private balconies overlooking the bay.
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Standard Waterview guestrooms feature a single queen size bed and are 240 square feet. These rooms have water views of the surrounding bay. Included in each room is a shower/tub combination. Amenities include Cable TV, WI-FI, phone with free local call access, mini-fridge. hair dryer, radio alarm clock and individual heat and air conditioning. Our Standard Waterview rooms offer sliding glass doors with private balconies overlooking the bay.
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A bento box for every occaison! Really, this is necessary, really! Actually, it sort of is, since you have meals of different sizes and different needs, particularly if you stay at work long enough such that all three meals of the day are eaten there.
Left: One of my favorite and most convenient lunch bentos. And it's extremely popular to boot, in all sorts of styles and promotions and icons. (I do want a Totoro bento, but there's another style I want for that, also popular and more rectangular.)
The double tiers are nice for separating out foods if you have a lot of variety, plus sealable lids for both tiers which is rare, and I really like bentos that come with chopsticks conveniently packed inside.
Right: Another favorite of mine, and a manly bento to boot (few bentos come in manly varieties, alas). Large capacity, single tier, but nice when you have a lot of one kind of dish plus a little variety on the side, like yakisoba and a shrimp tempura side. Also comes with chopsticks in the top, and the lid has a tight seal inside. The only downside is that the lid is not a latched one, but something you press down until it clicks on both sides, which makes one worry about breaking the little nubs on the side.... I'm sure it eventually will.
(Reminder to self: take Flickr photo when this finally arrives.) Links: This is another manly bento in the same style as "Dear Label" above, but now labeled "West Point", for some reason, but does have a latch-down lid.
Rechts: The perfect bento for hot foods, and for including soup. With four circular tiers, you usually don't need dividers inside to separate food. The bottom tier holds soup with a water-tight seal, the middle tier holds rice/noodles and has enough room if you want dumplings instead, and the top tiers... anything you want. Just don't store cold desert/fruit if you're storing hot stuff (duh). The bag can be used to tote it around vertically. This is a pricy bento, however, though many people swear by it, and for the right person this could be the last bento you ever need. I am not that right person. But I bought it anyways.
Sinistra: A good breakfast bento, this little blue bento has a lid with a good seal, although the lid is too domed to keep the contents of the removable dividers from spilling into each other, if they're small like cereal/grains, or juicy like strawberries. You need some Glad Press-and-Seal to deal with these cases. The dividers are cups but not as useable in other bentos.
Destra: Medium-sized Lockables containers make good bento boxes. (In fact, they do sell some containers that are specifically labeled for bento in Japan.) The seal is water-right when you lock down all four latches, and the lid is close enough so that non-juicy/liquid foods will stay apart from each other. Plus the dividers are square enough to be used in other bentos, like "Dear Label" and "West Point". If you are wise, you chose this for breakfast before you chose the happy blue melanine one. I am not wise.
(Reminder to self: take Flickr photo when this finally arrives.) Gauche: I believe this is a knock-off rectangular two-tier bento. It's all bright orange and is a kit, basically, and comes with matching containers that might fit inside, or at least will be nice side containers, and has a nice bag. If it wasn't all bright orange I might be able to use it with the cool-colored bento boxes I have, but it will work with a bright yellow box. Hmmmmm. Yet this is not the best orange bento you can buy, although it is a convenient "starter" kit. Shop around some more.
(Reminder to self: take Flickr photo when this finally arrives.) Droite: Now, this is worth having. it's a side dish bento, perfect for deserts, that has a sealable upper tier that fits nicely into the lower tier to semi-seal it, very rare for side bentos. Plus it's blue and it's got a penguin on it, which goes with the blue. How can you not like this bento? Well, I like this little bento. You might be able to use it for cereal.
Bento Box Summary
Marie Claire: Lunch, blue.
Dear Label, West Point: Lunch, manly, black.
Mr. Bento: Lunch or dinner, thermo, manly, own carrying bag, gray.
Little Blue: Breakfast/fruit, Glad press-and-seal, blue.
Lockable: Breakfast/fruit, clear (goes with anything).
Orange Knockoff: Lunch, desert side dishes, kit, bag.
Club Penguins: Desert, light blue.
(Gosh, I'm starting to use my blog as my main website for the storage of stuff. Probably because this is up all the time and my personal website is not reliable when I go on vacations and thus is difficult to load pictures up to, natürlich. Quite a shame, because I like the design of my own website... perhaps I'll just import it over here. It does involve a lot of brown.
Anyways, currently I'm being a magpie with bento items, and so this entry is a reminder of what I have and am going to have.)
Sunday, January 28, 2007
My Bento Boxes
A bento box for every occaison! Really, this is necessary, really! Actually, it sort of is, since you have meals of different sizes and different needs, particularly if you stay at work long enough such that all three meals of the day are eaten there.


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For the fourth quarter ended February 2, Alco Stores, Inc. posted a net loss of $8.6 million, or $2.65 per diluted share, versus net income of $2 million, or 61 cents per diluted share, for the 2013 period. Comparable store sales, excluding fuel centers, decreased 11.7% to $124.8 million during the fourth quarter, or 7.6% excluding the 14th week of the fiscal 2013 period, the company reported.
Fourth quarter net sales from continuing operations decreased 8.9% to $130.9 million. Excluding the 14th week of the fiscal 2013 quarter, net sales from continuing operations decreased 4.7%, the company asserted.
Fourth quarter results included impairment charges of $1.4 million associated with the planned closing of 14 stores during fiscal 2015, the company pointed out, as well as $500,000 for costs associated with the relocation of the company headquarters to Coppell, TX, and, $100,000 in expenses attributable to a merger that was rejected in an October 2013 shareholder vote.
For the fiscal year, net sales from continuing operations slid 1.6% to $474.1 million, according to the company. Excluding the fiscal 2013 53rd week, net sales from continuing operations slipped 0.3%, it added. Comps, excluding fuel centers, decreased 4.5% to $452.5 million versus the year earlier or 3.2% excluding the extra week in fiscal 2013.
Fiscal 2014 net loss was $26.4 million, or $8.11 per diluted share, versus net income of $1.3 million, or 36 cents per diluted share, in the year earlier, the company maintained.
Results for fiscal 2014 included a previously disclosed non-cash charge of $9.8 million related to a valuation allowance on the company's cumulative deferred tax assets, $1.9 million for discontinued operations and a total of $3.5 million of non-recurring expenses attributable to the relocation of the corporate office and the failed merger proposal, the company pointed out.
Richard Wilson, ALCO resident and CEO, said, in discussing the financial results, "Fiscal year 2014 operating results reflect the impact of significant change and disruption to our business. Most importantly, we took steps to fix long-term problems that have hurt Alco's profitability while dealing with the events associated with the proposed merger that was rejected. We recorded approximately $2.4 million in merger-related costs and approximately $1.1 million of headquarters relocation costs. During the year, Alco decided to close 22 underperforming stores, and the last of those stores will be closed by the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2015. We also experienced a net reduction in gross margin dollars of approximately $10 million, primarily due to increased promotional activity in an attempt to reduce inventory and to comparison with the 53-week year in fiscal 2013. Finally, we recognized a large non-cash charge relating to the accounting for deferred tax assets on the company's balance sheet."
Wilson added, "Moving forward, Alco is focused on executing five major initiatives to improve profitability and deliver value for shareholders. These actions include maximizing the benefit of our headquarters relocation to the Dallas area, which is enabling Alco to recruit experienced managers, buyers and marketers from some of the nation's top retail organizations; expanding gross margins by completing the price optimization initiative with Revionics, which benefits top-line sales and gross margin by adjusting prices store-by-store and item-by-item based on detailed demand data; improving our real estate portfolio by closing unprofitable stores and opening more productive ones; upgrading our information technology with a new Enterprise Resource Planning system and a new supply chain service provider; reducing inventory and associated debt levels by, in addition to the store rationalization and IT upgrades mentioned, making a number of targeted changes in store layout and merchandise mix to appeal to Alco shoppers."


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Anyone ever refinished an Acrylic top?
I have a 1994 corvette that has the factory acrylic top. Most people call it a Glass top. But it is not glass, it is acrylic like lexan.
The top is not cracked. But has spider cracks across the whole outside from sun damage. It looks like it has an automotive clear sprayed over it, and the clear is dry and cracked.
A new rebuilt top is around $1000. I would like to save this top myself If possible.
My plan is to wet sand it starting with 400 and end with 1500 to remove all the spider cracks. But After I remove the spider cracks should I spray a clear coat over it, Or should I try to polish the acrylic?
I talked to one person that refinished his in the past. He sanded it and sprayed clear over it. It looked good from the outside. But when you got in the car and looked out, You could see sanding marks big time from the use of an orbital sander. The guy said he started sanding it by hand and found the factory clear coat to be much to thick and hard to remove by hand and ended up using an orbital sander. If that be the case, Do you believe I could use 400 grit on a orbital to remove the cracked coating, and after it is removed hand sand it starting with 400 to remove the swirl marks?
Im open to suggestions. Ive never had to refinish clear plastic before other then buffing headlights.
What about a plastic safe paint stripper,If there is such a thing,then reclear?
spider webbing.....
Hi,as ive been TOLD.the reason for the webbing is that the top has been cleaned with WINDEX,and it pulled the oils out of the top.what i would do,is use 400 grit on a JITTERBUG, NOT a DA, with PLENTY of water,and change paper frequently.then go to 600 grit,then 1000,or more fine if it looks like you need it, keep looking from bottom (inside) of top,when webbing is GONE,then buff with the 2 grits of compound,then put about 3 or 4 coats of a good paste wax on the tops. let us know how it turns out...
That's an abrasion resistant coating on the top, not clear. Or rather its not clearcoat unless someone's sprayed it at sometime in the past. Its some sort of silica like coating that's way harder than any paint you'll ever find. Its also brittle to the extent that the top sections would have to be formed and then coated. If they tried to heat form a coated flat sheet, the coating would crack.
I don't know whether the corvette top panels are acrylic (common name plexiglas) or polycarbonate (common name lexan), but you'll need to know which before you do anything to them since there's a bunch of difference in the two materials as regards chemical compatability and physical characteristics. My guess would be acrylic, and if I had to do any sort of work to them I'd sure hope they were acrylic. Polycarb is darn near indestructible, and made for applications like bulletproof windows and such that require its toughness, but its one of the most aggravating materials to work with that you'd ever find. Trying to sand it is like trying to sand a week old chunk of used bubble gum. And its highly sensitive to a lot of solvents that don't attack acrylic. I had an 88 with clear top, and a 96 with both tops, but fortunately never had any problems with either of them, so I don't know which material they're made from.
Bottom line though I seriously doubt there's anything you could do to restore them to a condition even remotely resembling new, regardless of which material they're made from, primarily because long term sun exposure damages both materials thru and thru, not just on the surface. Unless you just happen to like the clear panel, I'd be looking for a standard panel to replace it. I've got an 08 coupe now with body color roof panel, and not having the sun beating thru on a hot day, making you feel like you're driving a microwave, is a wonderful thing
I believe it is acrylic, But my only bases for that is corvette catalogs that sell refurbished units refer to them as "Acrylic tops"
Ma motorworks sells a replacement for $800 or $1000 without a core. I found out from corvette friends they replace the acrylic with new.
But places like corvette central and eklers will refinish the factory acrylic for $600 So they have to be some way to refinish them. Finding out how may be a much harder process. My car came with both tops from the factory. I have the painted hard top and the glass top. Although I don't believe the hard top has seen much action. I want to keep the glass top. I really like it much better then the hard top. Mainly because it weighs about 1/2 what the hardtop does. And anyone who has owned a c4 will tell you how much of a pain in the *** a hard top is to install and remove.
The top I seen in person that was clear coated looked very good and factory from the outside. I would rather do that then get rid of the acrylic top all together. But I don't like it enough to spend $600-$1000
The jitterbug Idea is not bad. I was thinking of using that or a straight line sander with fine grits. As far as removing the coating and applying clear I don't believe it will be a hard job. But I believe I will have issues with it remaining transparent. And Im unsure how it would hold up. acrylic don't seem to be a good substraght for a clear coat. I wonder if it will peel or turn yellow on me.
I had two more thoughts wile searching the internet for idea's. I remember seeing some stuff in a eastwood catalog made by PPG. It was called "Blackout" It was ment to be used for taillights as a spray on tint. I wonder if it would be a good idea to spray the top with the PPG blackout before adding a clear coat? Im in the process of finding a data sheet for the black out stuff now to see how it works. It may be a dumb idea. But an idea.
Also my acrylic (and all I believe) top is tinted from the factory. Does anyone know if it is tinted on the inside like normal after-market car tint, or is it inside the acrylic as a film, or just a tinted acrylic resin?
I don't know of any strippers that would work on acrylic tops, except for the fat ones they work on anything.......Get it?...Striper's....... serious tho I don't know of any acrylic safe striper's, and if they did make one I would think it would not work well to remove the coating.
With the last two post, it don't sound good. If the windex rumor is true then I will have a hard time getting clear coat to stick to it. And same with the post by TubeTek. silica and solvent paints are not good friends.
Polishing my still be on the table. I though about using plastic polishing compounds with a normal 7" polisher The only issue I see would be with the frame the acrylic is set it. It has about a 1/4" metal frame around all sides. Getting a polisher in that gap would be a challenge. same with sanding.
Ive looked a few times to see If I could remove the acrylic from the frame and I don't see a way without special tools or busting it out.
Regardless of the outcome I should give it a try. It may turn out perfect or it may not. Bottom line is it is useless the way it is. I would not want it on my car now, I sure would not want it on after I paint the car. (1991 Steel-blue poly GM25 )
The funny part is Ive got this same question posted on a corvetteforum and it has been two days with no response. Seems like with millions of c4's and c5's on the road at least someone must have at least attempted to repair one. At this point a failure story could be just as helpful as a success story.
Tubetek: The coating you are talking about, would it happen to called "Dulso"
I know on this same year corvette, GM used a coating called "Dulso" to coat the interior trim for a uv protectant. Over the years it cracks and dulls somewhat like the top. The dulso has a almost sticky finish when it is sanded, Before sanding it is hard. If I find out it is dulso coating then I will toss the top. their is nothing I can do with it. That dulso crap is impossible to remove with out damage. I had to remove it from my shifter bezel and I got so tired of sanding, scraping and peeling that I took the gamble and soaked the bezel in lacquer thinner over night. The next morning I found the delso it still be in perfect condition but the bezel to be 40% melted and destroyed.
I thought lexan, acrylic and plexigalss where all the same. Any idea how I could tell what the make up of it is? Other then searching online and taking someone else's opinion?
Here is a really good post with pictures of a successful redo of a c5 top.
then search for refinish
Last edited by cgates; 12-25-2009 at 11:10 AM.
Looks like the project in the link above came out good. I'd say the odds are very high that the panels are acrylic and not polycarb. Main reason being polycarb is so solvent sensitive that it'd be unlikely for it to survive any sort of automotive paint's solvents.
Assuming its acrylic, you could just polish it once you've removed the coating, but it would scratch easily. When the SAR coated materials came out about 25 years ago, a rep from GE Plastics came to the place where I worked at the time to put on a demo of the new material's scratch resistance as compared to the uncoated stuff. IIRC, they said at the time the SAR coating was about 100X as resistant to scratching as the plastic itself.
Regarding the tint, its in the plastic itself and not an applied coating of any type.
WOW amazing job guys! cgates: Thanks for the link, That seems like a handy site. I searched for 30 mins on google looking for someone that had refinished a top and came up short. good job.
TubeTek: Thanks for all the very helpful info. Amazing how much you knew about the acrylic. Thank you!
Last question and we can consider this closed, And I will add an update after I finish the job. The Lucite SAR stuff is it in a sprayable form? Or better question I should ask is can anyone buy it?
If you are reclearing
If you want to reclear just sand the clear down with a DA sander. Use either a 400, 500 or 600 grit. Wipe clean and respray.
Acrylic vs Polycarbonate
Acrylic is the better for show and can be easily cleaned with many substances. Polycarbonate is 25 times tougher than acrylic but tends to scratch easier.
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Short Rectrices and Remiges
Big words for a little bird.
When Chuck Tague sent me this photo of a newly fledged eastern phoebe, my first reaction was, "Cute bird but where's his tail?" And on second thought, "His wings are short, too."
According to Cornell's Birds of North America Online, "At normal fledging time, [eastern phoebe] fledglings fly well and are fully feathered. Dimensions, such as weight and tarsus length, approximates that of the adult, but rectrices and remiges are considerably shorter."
I had to look that up.
Rectrices are tail feathers (both words have a "T" in them). Remiges are wing feathers. Tarsus is the lowest part of the leg.
Eastern phoebes are flycatchers, known for wagging and pumping their tails. Phoebe Baby is missing his distinguishing feature. I hope he grows his tail soon.
(photo by Chuck Tague)
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Positive Feedback ISSUE 66
Stereo 192-DSD DAC - The Establishment of a New Standard
as reviewed by Malcolm J. Gomes
[All photographs courtesy of Mytek Digital; cartoon by Bruce Walker]
If you are old enough to remember the epic battle during the 1980s between Sony's Betamax versus JVC's VHS, you will recall that the former, even though it was a technically superior format to the latter, lost out due to marketing missteps, and it had to make that lonely trudge into obsolescence. I was in the audience when the late great Akio Morita, the Co-founder and Chairman of Sony and Consumer Electronics Hall of Famer gave the keynote address at the Summer CES at the McCormick Center in Chicago in 1990, where he focused on the reasons why the technically superior Betamax format lost out to the arguably inferior VHS format.
That landmark battle was a classic marketing case study amongst many that proves the age-old marketing adage, "Perception is reality." It is not always the best product that wins, but rather, in many cases, the best-marketed product that prevails. The reason for revisiting that memory is that we are currently in the process where history could well repeat itself in the sphere of digital music file formats. There is no doubt that in this arena, the clear sales and popularity winners in the mass market are Apple iTunes and the MP3 format. However, in the high-resolution digital music file field the battle is still being waged and the undisputed crown here is still up for grabs. PCM-based formats like .WAV and .FLAC may currently be amongst the front-runners, but the proverbial dark horse is Direct-Stream Digital or DSD, the format developed by Sony and Philips and used by their SACD system.
In my opinion, the reason for the failure of the SACD system despite its superior sound performance was because of gross overreach by the software piracy police of the industry, who made the system so incredibly restrictive when it came to transferring music to a computer or burning a duplicate disc that it shacked SACD users to an obscenely priced one-box player solution. This prompted many audiophiles that did invest in the SACD system to have a very limited SACD disc collection. A prominent exception is Dr. David Robinson, the Editor-in-Chief of Positive Feedback Online, who has an astounding collection of over 4,500 SACD discs, which is quite likely one of the largest private collections in the world.
DSD uses pulse-density modulation encoding, where the signal is stored as delta-sigma modulated digital audio, which is a sequence of single-bit values at a sampling rate of 2.8224 MHz. This is 64 times the sampling rate (44.1kHz) used by the CD system. DSD stores a delta-sigma signal before a decimation process is used to convert the data to a PCM signal (if it is to be sent to PCM). This enables DSD to deliver outstanding dynamic range (120 dB) and excellent extended frequency response (near 0 Hz to 100 kHz,) in part because it uses noise shaping quantization techniques that push 1-bit quantization noise well into the ultrasonic frequencies, which are inaudible to human hearing. [For much more on the nature of DSD see Lynn Olson's excellent recent articles for PFO in Issue 65, Issue 66 1 and Issue 66 2 – Ye Olde Editor]
Since DSD is a 1-bit signal, it requires only a low pass filter to reconstitute the original analog waveform, which in theory puts it one step closer to purity because it dispenses with the requirement for a digital filter. This is of course an oversimplification, but not that far from reality. One hurdle in this process is that since most modern sigma-delta converters are multi-bit, they cannot properly dither 1-bit signals. Just as you have different resolutions in PCM like 16/44, 24/96 and 24/192, you also get the same with DSD, which comes in three flavors: DSD64, DSD128 (Double DSD), and DSD256 (Quad DSD).
Going back to the Betamax versus VHS battle, the turning point was when the major hardware and software players started committing to one side or the other. When most of the big names decided to go the VHS route, that was the beginning of the end for Betamax. We are in a similar situation now with PCM and DSD. There are quite a few, albeit growing number of sites that offer DSD downloads. These include Opus3, Blue Coast Records, Channel Classics Records, Cybele Records, Downloads NOW, MA Recordings, Cybele Records, David Elias, Ototoy, Wheatus, DSDfile.com, HighResAudio and e-Onkyo. However, the major software download sites like HDTracks, Acoustic Sounds, and Linn Records have yet to commit to adding DSD to their catalog, which is currently dominated by PCM music files. This is despite the significant advantages offered by DSD. Unless one or more of them begins offering DSD downloads, this format will continue to face an uphill battle to establish itself. It is encouraging to hear that HDTracks and Acoustic Sounds are considering the prospect of adding DSD files to their catalog.
On the hardware front there are many small, medium, and large brands that have had the courage and foresight to take the bull by the horns and introduce DSD-capable DACs. At the time of writing this, the list includes Mytek, Sonore, Chordette, Luxman, Auralic, Cary Audio, Chord Electronics, CH Precision, dCS, EMM Labs, Esoteric, Fostex, Lector Audio, EMM Labs, exaSound Audio Design, Korg, Matrix Audio, Lumin, MSB Technology, Lynx, Marantz, Meitner Audio, Lumin, Wadia, Simple Design, Pioneer Electronics, Ratoc Audio Lab, Teac, Playback Designs, TechDAS, Light Harmonics, Benchmark, Onkyo and Resonessence Labs.
It is a bit of a Catch-22 situation at the moment. Many of the dominant brands that manufacture DACs are waiting for the major download sites to start offering DSD downloads, while the major download sites are hesitant to offer DSD downloads till more DSD-capable DACs, especially from the major brands, are available in the market. Some manufacturers I have spoken to opine that some so called DSD music file downloads currently being offered are not genuine, as they have been derived from PCM files, which they regard as misleading and even fraudulent! Hopefully 2013 will be the year that this logjam is broken and the floodgates will be opened for consumers, especially audiophiles, to enjoy the advantages of DSD performance, allowing this music file system to finally achieve the critical mass it deserves.
DSD got a shot in the arm recently, when many audio hardware and software companies, including recording labels, agreed to support an open standard for sending stereo, mono and multi-channel DSD signals over USB. The basic framework for stereo has been completed, while the construction of a multi-channel version is underway. This is good news for DSD as it standardizes the way signals are transmitted from a computer to a DSD-capable DAC.
The Mytek Stereo 192-DSD DAC
Mytek was one of the very first brands to offer DSD capable DACs. Their Stereo192-DSD DAC is the subject of this review. Since 1992, Mytek has had a strong presence in the professional ADC and DAC space with many of their products finding their way into some of the most highly regarded recording and mastering studios in the world. The Stereo192-DSD is a well-built DAC and offers a plethora of options plus most of the connectivity that most audiophiles would ever require. The inputs include USB 1.1 and 2.0, Firewire, coaxial and optical SPDIF, word clock, AES/EBU, and serial DSD. The outputs include both single ended and balanced connections. For the purpose of the review I defeated the DAC's volume control and chose to use the balanced outputs to my preamp.
The Mytek Stereo 192-DSD DAC, Master Model (note the BNCs for DSD input, instead of RCA analog inputs)
This DAC supports resolutions all the way up to 32/192kHz for PCM, and up to DSD128 via both USB 2.0 and Firewire, and can be hooked up to both PCs and Macs. Software for USB 2.0 and Firewire for both Macs and PCs can be easily downloaded and installed from the Mytek website. Additionally, the Mytek offers a choice of digital or analog volume controls and the option to bypass them for those using preamps. The unit offers two filters for PCM and one for DSD to roll off out of audio band frequencies. The 'sharp' PCM filter comprises a brickwall cutoff at half the sampling rate while the 'slow' filter applies a gentle cutoff with some aliasing. On the DSD side there are gentle cutoff frequencies at 50kHz, 60kHz, and 70kHz to reduce high frequency noise. The cherry on top is the switchable up-sampling option.
Manipulating all these options is facile because of a very well thought out protocol operated through a clickable rotary control that doubles up as a volume attenuator, and which works in tandem with a menu button to scroll through and choose the setting options offered by the DAC. Mytek has made this process so intuitive, I was able to sprint up the learning curve without even referring to their well-compiled users manual.
I have two caveats when using this Mytek DAC. The first is that it definitely needs at least 100 hours of break-in time. Out of the very well-packaged box, the unit sounds harsh, strained and as congested as a toddler with a full-blown cold and a basketball nose (which dribbles all over the place). However, after clocking a hundred hours it sounded like a different animal altogether. The second caveat is that to get the most out of this Mytek DAC when playing tunes through your computer, make sure you have enough RAM memory installed. Both Mytek and Pure Music (my media player of choice) recommend a minimum of 8 GB of RAM. Since my iMac has 12 GB of RAM, it has more than enough for the task at hand.
The Sound
I did this review with an emphasis on DSD music files, and how well-recorded DSD files perform when processed by this DAC. Right from the start of the audition, the Mytek showcased the intrinsic advantages of well-recorded DSD music files. Although the sound quality of PCM based music files have improved quite exponentially as they progressed from 16/44 to 24/96 and on to 24/192, many ultra-sensitive ears can still detect a smidgen of unwelcome vestiges of "digital" sound, striking one's ears like glare, glassiness, and grain. With DSD, most of these undesirable characteristics are minimized to a level where the sound approaches the silky smoothness and ease of some of the best analog reproductions that I have heard.
The Mytek Stereo 192-DSD DAC: Silver faceplate without VU LEDs
On this Mytek DAC I did most of my DSD listening using the single and double DSD tracks from Opus3 Records [available at their new DSD downloads store: http://www.dsdfile.com], which have been taken from the original 15ips half-track master tapes. This was accomplished with the typical Opus3 penchant for perfection that amply manifests itself in the sound quality. The smoothness and effortlessness with which the tunes flow should make all but the most ardent analog fanatics reconsider their decision to keep digital audio at arms length. Leading edges are better defined, transients are crisp, even subtle, highly nuanced notes that usually get drowned out or overshadowed, were rendered with the same finesse, fragility, intricacy and delicateness of a butterfly's wing. Bass notes are incredibly deep, taut, and tuneful. Higher frequencies come through with seductive sweetness that is rare for DACs in this price range. For many years I played the piano for a rock band, so I have a very good mental reference of what a piano should sound like. DSD files played through this Mytek DAC surprised me with the clear bell-like quality that each piano note is rendered, from gentle pianissimo to robust fortissimo. With recordings of live concert performances, I am more than pleased with the way I can easily detect the unique and distinctive acoustical properties of the concert venue.
With well-recorded DSD tracks I am able to hear my favorite tunes at a louder volume level before detecting distortion and compression. Vocals, especially seductive renditions by husky-voiced jazz female vocalists come through with a hint more emotion, immediacy, and palpability as compared to the same music on well-recorded 24/192 .WAV files. On choral tracks, DSD files via the Mytek have slightly more transparency and presence than their 24/192 PCM counterparts. Track after track, the strain-free flow of music gently caresses my ears with sound that is as satiny smooth as a baby's bottom. This translates to minimal fatigue that allows me to listen for hours together and still want more.
I know that technically there should not be any performance difference between a USB 2.0 cable and a Firewire connection, because both are capable of delivering bit-perfect data transfer, but with this DAC I can consistently tell the difference between the two. My iMac via Firewire delivers sound that is a wee bit cleaner and more relaxed.
The headphones performance of the Stereo192-DSD is par for the course. Through my trusty Sennheiser HD 600, this DAC has better than average performance for its price, but it sounds a bit veiled when compared to a few other DACs with headphone outputs in the same price range.
When I compared the same music on DSD64 and DSD128 files, on some tracks I am not able to detect any difference. However on tracks where voices, string and wind instruments are prominent, I am able to feel more emotion in the music and hear greater realism due to more rounded and fuller notes with better midrange saturation with the DSD128 files. I do not have any DSD256 (Quad) music files to compare, and the Mytek is not capable of handling them anyway. Given what the DSD128 resolution is capable of, I would hazard a guess that Quad DSD would be overkill.
With high-rez PCM music files, the Mytek Stereo192-DSD performs very well for its price of $1595. In fact in terms of sheer transparency, tonal accuracy, and dynamic contrast, it is one of the best sub $2000 DACs I have heard. However, this DAC really shines when processing well-recorded DSD files. I have not heard another DSD-capable DAC below $2000 that handles DSD files as well as the Stereo192-DSD does.
To summarize, the Mytek 192-DSD is one of the best values in its price range and has the best DSD performance of all the DACs I have heard under $2000. It delivers a relatively fatigue-free and very musical performance because of its uncanny ability to deliver resolution without sounding analytical. It has better build quality and more connectivity and functionality than most of the DACs in the sub $2000 category.
If you have a budget of $2000, have multiple digital music sources, and are in the camp that believes that DSD is going to be a major music file format going forward, it would behoove you to put the Mytek 192-DSD on your shortlist. Malcolm J. Gomes
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Goble & Associates advances customer-centric approach with Google Apps
June 10th, 2010 | Published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Editor's Note: We launched our Google Apps community map in March 2010, and have since received thousands of Gone Google stories from organizations around the world. We'll be showcasing some of these stories in a new series of blog posts, Going Google Everywhere.
Today we welcome Mark Goble, COO of Goble & Associates, an integrated marketing agency servicing the healthcare industry. Has your company "Gone Google" and interested in sharing your story? Add your marker to the map!
Goble & Associates is a 27 year old global marketing agency with clients in the medical device, diagnostic, and pharmaceutical businesses. Our commitment to collaboration and communication has been the cornerstone of our success, with client relationships that average over eight years, which is rare in our business. As our agency has doubled in size over the past four years, our IT resources were increasingly consumed with managing our outdated systems, and we needed solutions that would enable us to continue to deliver the same levels of customer service that our clients had come to expect.
Our IT challenges were considerable. Our expansion to nearly 100 employees – including offices in Chicago and San Diego, plus mobile workers – had left us without a central calendaring system, and our in-house email support was costly and time consuming to maintain. When we added mobile access by rolling out iPhones to more than 20 employees, we realized our infrastructure was unable to support mobile solutions, and we knew it was time for a change.
Enter Google Apps. We migrated to Apps in early 2009, and have subsequently converted an additional organization we acquired. The results have exceeded our expectations. Six months after going Google, we saw an 80% reduction in IT issues related to email, while saving more than 23% in hardware costs. Additionally, we estimate our mobile efficiency has increased more than ten-fold.
While our initial pain points were focused on email and calendaring, we've experienced huge benefits from Docs and Sites. Docs has become the centerpiece of our daily communications regarding project status, and we're actively using Google Sites to help manage our business, including a company-wide start page with integrated calendar and Twitter feed:
We've also found ways to utilize Sites to assist in our continued focus to be the best partner to our clients. We recently developed a Site to provide a potential client insight into our immersion and research process, which was instrumental in helping us prepare to win this business. Going Google has also reinvigorated our client-centric focus, as our IT team now has the resource to assist our development team in building new client solutions.
Using cloud-based solution like Google Apps has greatly enhanced our business operations; so much so that we've extended our cloud computing initiative to include Google Apps Marketplace providers such as TripIt. We eagerly await the adoption of new technologies like Google Wave that will continue to place Goble & Associates at the forefront of the technology and communications curve.
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Wait...who am I kidding! I don't dump out paint!!! That's a crime. In some instances, however there isn't enough left over for an entire project. That's what happened when we started working on this great quilt cabinet.
I had a smidge of Miss Mustard Seed's Grain Sack left over from a dresser but wanted to paint this piece in Shutter Gray. So, we added Shutter Gray to the existing Grain Sack for a softer color. No paint wasted!
Once it was time for the second coat, the first coat already started to have a delightful, chippy finish.
Since we couldn't replicate the Shutter Gray, Grain Sack mix, we went with straight Shutter Gray for the second coat...which, I happened to have left over from another project. Problem was, my leftover batch of Shutter Gray had some of the bonding agent in it. To ensure that the second coat of Shutter Gray wouldn't adhere to the already beautiful chipped sections, we layered some Vaseline over the chipped parts so that the paint would wipe off where it was already distressed. (This was my second attempt at using Vaseline to distress. My first attempt was rather disasterous, but I think I learned my lesson. You can read about that faux paus here!!!)
The result was this beautiful yet subtle tone-on-tone gray combination that looked as though this piece had been sitting in a sitting room and was faded by the sun!
The chippiness from the first coat was preserved because of the Vaseline barrier.
A diamond cut glass crystal knob replaced the original brass one on the door but still compliments the original handles on the drawer.
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To be honest, this stuff was in a tiny unlabeled bottle. That majorly creeped me out, and didn't make this seem like a legit product at all. I worry that tainted my thoughts of it.
It was okay - but I've made better at home.