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- How Smoking Affects Your Looks & Life Slideshow
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- What is tobacco addiction?
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What Happens When Someone Uses Tobacco for Long Periods of Time?
Long-term use of nicotine frequently leads to addiction. Research is just beginning to document all of the changes in the brain that accompany nicotine addiction. The behavioral consequences of these changes are well documented, however.
The way that nicotine is absorbed and metabolized by the body enhances its addictive potential. Each inhalation brings a rapid distribution of nicotine to the brain -- peaking within 10 seconds and then disappearing quickly, along with the associated pleasurable feelings. Over the course of the day, tolerance develops -- meaning that higher (or more frequent) doses are required to produce the same initial effects. Some of this tolerance is lost overnight, and people who smoke often report that the first cigarette of the day is the strongest or the "best."
When a person quits smoking, they usually experience withdrawal symptoms, which often drive them back to tobacco use. Nicotine withdrawal symptoms include irritability, cognitive and attentional deficits, sleep disturbances, increased appetite, and craving. Craving -- an intense urge for nicotine that can persist for 6 months or longer -- is an important but poorly understood component of the nicotine withdrawal syndrome. Some people describe it as a major stumbling block to quitting.
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You might have noticed a dearth of blogging in the month of December. Yet I spent the month immersed in a writing process—unfortunately, just not my own.Between December 10th (when Ling found out she was deferred at her early decision school) and January 1st, my daughter wrote 7 college applications—with a total of about 25 extra essays.It isn't that we hadn't warned her all fall. We knew she had little chance of getting into her top choice with an acceptance rate of 9.8% (30% of its st … [Read more...]
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First Poster For Kill Me Three Times
Simon Pegg has the killer instinct
We've seen Simon Pegg kill a lot of people on screen – but those were largely zombies or villains. For comic thriller Kill Me Three Times, he'll play a more morally dubious type. The first poster for the film has arrived, complete with a smoking gun. Sorry, smoking matchbook.
Pegg plays Charlie Wolfe, a mercurial assassin hired to take out a beautiful woman (Alice Braga) in a sun-baked surfing town. But he soon discovers that he's not the only person trying to kill her and he's quickly entangled in three strange tales of murder, blackmail and revenge.
There's Sullivan Stapleton as a gambling addict who is looking to score a hefty pay-out to settle his debts through a risky life insurance scam, Teresa Palmer as a Lady Macbeth type scheming her way through a small town, Callan Mulvey as a jealous beach club owner, Luke Hemsworth as a surfer fighting for the woman he loves and Bryan Brown as a corrupt cop with a thing for bribes.
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NEW DELHI—In the downtrodden gold market, demand is picking up in an important corner: India.
The world's biggest consumer of the precious metal is expected to ramp up its demand for gold by 150% in the three months ending June 30, compared with the year ago, according to estimates by the World Gold Council, a mining-industry group.
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(CNSNews.com) - A federal appeals court panel ruled 2-1 against Terri Schiavo's parents early Wednesday morning, dealing another legal setback to the Schindlers' efforts to keep their daughter alive.
"There is no denying the absolute tragedy that has befallen Mrs. Schiavo," ruled the three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. "We all have our own family, our own loved ones and our own children. However, we are called upon to make a collective, objective decision concerning a question of law."
The panel, agreeing with a federal judge in Tampa, said the Schindlers had "failed to demonstrate a substantial case on the merits of any of their claims," and therefore Terri's feeding and hydration tube will not be reconnected.
Dissent: No Harm in Feeding Terri
In his dissenting opinion, Judge Charles Wilson said denying the Schindlers' request for an injuction "frustrates Congress's intent, which is to maintain the status quo by keeping Theresa Schiavo alive until the federal courts have a new and adequate opportunity to consider the constitutional issues raised by Plaintiffs."
According to Wilson, Congress wanted the federal courts to consider the merits of the Schiavo case "with a fresh set of eyes."
"Theresa Schiavo's death, which is imminent, effectively ends the litigation without a fair opportunity to fully consider the merits of Plaintiffs' constitutional claims," Judge Wilson wrote.
"In fact, I fail to see any harm in reinstating the feeding tube."
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The Schindlers will appeal this latest ruling, too, wire reports quoted one of their attorneys as saying; but the appeals process is nearing an end. The U.S. Supreme Court has twice refused to intervene in the Schiavo case.
The Schindlers also are pleading with the Florida Senate to act on legislation passed by the Florida House that would prevent people in a persistent vegetative state from dying by the withholding of food or water.
Mary Schindler, Terri's mother, made a tearful plea to the Florida Senate on Tuesday afternoon: "Please, senators, for the love of God, I'm begging you, don't let my daughter die of thirst," she said.
The Florida Senate could take the bill up as early as Wednesday, press reports said.
Meanwhile, Terri's parents said Tuesday that Terri is fading fast as the effects of dehydration begin to take a serious toll.
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Carrots add a great nutritional element and can be used in many smoothie recipes. Their delicate flavor is easily masked by or even complements many fruits.
They blend especially well with oranges, apples, ginger and mango.
Carrot Nutrition and Health Benefits
Carrots are famously rich in beta carotene, which the body processes into vitamin A. We've all grown up with the knowledge that carrots are good for your eyesight. Carrots also pack a well-rounded nutritional punch including vitamins C, B3, B6, E and K as well as minerals such as iron, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, molybdenum and potassium. They are also a great source of dietary fiber.
Nutrients in carrots may help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Carrots are famous for protecting vision, especially night vision. Beta carotene, of which carrots are one of the riches sources, has been studied for its potential in reducing the risk of certain cancers.
Green Smoothies With Carrot
Carrots can be added to most smoothies and despite their hard, fibrous texture, blend up nicely in a high-powered blender.
If you do not have a high-powered blender, try steaming before blending them (let the carrots cool, first).
Here are a few of my favorite green smoothie recipes that call for carrots:
Carrot-Apricot Smoothie
- 2 apricots
- 1 apple
- 2 cups fresh baby spinach (or other leafy green)
- 2 whole carrots
- 1/2 cup water
Calories: 176 | Fat: 0.8g (grams) | Protein: 4.8g | Carbs: 43.7g | Calcium: 13% | Vitamin A: 453% | Vitamin C: 77%
Carrot-Mango Smoothie
- 1 mango
- 2 cups fresh baby spinach (or other leafy green)
- 2 whole carrots
- 1/2 cup water
Calories: 205 | Fat: 1g (gram) | Protein: 4.5g | Carbs: 52g | Calcium: 14% | Vitamin A: 458% | Vitamin C: 150%
Carrot-Apple Smoothie
- 2 whole carrots
- 1 apple
- 2 cups fresh baby spinach (or other leafy green)
- ½ cucumber
- 1/2 cup water
Calories: 164 | Fat: 0.7g (grams) | Protein: 4.8g | Carbs: 41.3g | Calcium: 15.5% | Vitamin A: 430% | Vitamin C: 72%
How To Select Carrots
Carrots are readily available year round, inexpensive and keep well for several weeks in the refrigerator as long as they are protected from drying out.
Carrots rank 63 out of 100 for potential pesticide load according to the studies conducted by the Environmental Working Group, so you should purchase organic carrots whenever possible.
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Anaheim, CA — Gilliard Blanning & Associates clients swept to victory in key races around the state Tuesday, including in two key battleground districts in Orange County that that were currently held by Democrats.
In Senate District 34, Republican County Supervisor Janet Nguyen trounced former Assemblyman Jose Solorio by nearly 20 percentage points, becoming the first Vietnamese American ever elected to the State Senate.
In Assembly District 65, Korean American Republican Young Kim defeated incumbent Democrat Sharon Quirk-Silva by 12 percentage points, even though she faced a spending disadvantage.
In Senate District 28, Republican County Supervisor Jeff Stone stunned former Republican Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia, winning by over 6 percentage points. Sacramento special interest groups spent heavily on a negative campaign against Stone.
In Orange County's 2nd Supervisor District, Republican Michelle Steel defeated Assemblyman Allan Mansoor by over 21 points.
Republican Jeff Denham was reelected in the 10th Congressional district, a seat easily won by Barack Obama in 2012, by over 11 points.
Republican Mimi Walters was elected in the 48th Congressional District and Republican Pat Bates was elected to the State Senate in the 36th Senate Districts.
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This Vintage Tobacco Silk was produced in the early 1900s , and used as an Advertising promo for Murad Cigarettes.This silk portrays a Football Player from Yale University . It measures 5 1/2 inches x 3 1/4 inches. T is minor fraying of the edges, and it looks like it was at one time sewn onto something else...you can see evidence of tiny needle holes along the edges. Shipping is 2.00 in the continental USA... Overseas buyers may contact me for Air Letter Post rates to their Country. I am putting 7 Murad Tobacco Silks from the College Athletes Series up for auction tonight and will gladly combine shipping. Thankyou for looking...


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Brokeback MountainDirector: Ang Lee
Ang Lee's adaptation of E. Annie Proulx's story Brokeback Mountain stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger as young cowboys named Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar. Each of them is hired to corral sheep on the title location and they soon bond very closely. Their platonic relationship explodes into a physical one, but eventually the two are separated when their job comes to an end. Although the two follow different life paths -- one becoming a father of two and the other marrying into a successful business -- they have a reunion years later. Each is affected profoundly by the rekindling of their old feelings for each other. Those feelings lead each to consider what continuing their hidden relationship would cost them. The screenplay was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana.
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Cast & Crew
|Heath Ledger
|Ennis Del Mar
|Jake Gyllenhaal
|Jack Twist
|Michelle Williams
|Anne Hathaway
|Lureen Newsome
|Linda Cardellini
|Randy Quaid
|Joe Aguirre
|Kate Mara
|Alma Jr. Age 19
|Anna Faris
|Lashawn Malone
|Valerie Planche
|David Trimble
|Victor Reyes
|Chilean Sheepherder
|Lachlan Mackintosh
|Chilean Sheepherder
|Larry Reese
|Jolly Minister
|Marty Antonini
|Tom Carey
|Rodeo Clown
|Dan McDougall
|Bartender 1
|Steven Cree Molison
|Duval Lang
|Dean Barrett
|Bartender 2
|Hannah Stewart
|Alma Jr. Age 3
|Scott Michael Campbell
|Mary Liboiron
|Fayette Newsome
|Graham Beckel
|L.B. Newsome
|Kade Philips
|Ennis, Age 9
|Steffen Cole Moster
|K.E. Del Mar, Age 11
|Brooklyn Proulx
|Jenny, Age 4
|Keanna Dubé
|Alma Jr. Age 5
|James Baker
|Pete Seadon
|Sarah Hyslop
|Alma Jr. Age 9-12
|Jacey Kenny
|Jenny, Age 7-8
|Jerry Callaghan
|Cayla Wolever
|Jenny, Age 11
|Cheyenne Hill
|Alma Jr. Age 13
|Jake Church
|Bobby, Age 10
|Ken Zilka
|John Tench
|David Harbour
|Randall Monroe
|Will Martin
|Gary Lauder
|Killer Mechanic
|Christian Fraser
|Grease Monkey
|Cam A. Sutherland
|Roberta Maxwell
|Jack's Mother
|Peter McRobbie
|John Twist
|Chyanne Hodgson
|Barrel Racer
|David Leader
|Bull Fighter
|Jory Vine
|Bull Fighter
|Mark Van Tienhoven
|Bull Fighter
|Greg Schlosser
|Bull Rider
|Dwayne Wiley
|Bull Rider
|Shane Pollitt
|Bull Dogger 1
|T.J. Bews
|Rodeo Hazer
|Lynn Ivall
|Rodeo Hazer
|Richard Emerson
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|Ang Lee
|Marit Allen
|Costumes/Costume Designer
|Tracey Baryski
|Art Director
|Judy Becker
|Production Designer
|Alic Chehade
|Camera Operator
|Michael Costigan
|Executive Producer
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|Executive Producer
|Scott Ferguson
|Laura Ballinger-Gardner
|Art Director
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|Avy Kaufman
|Drew Kunin
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|Camera Operator
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|Diana Ossana
|Geraldine Peroni
|William Pohlad
|Executive Producer
|Rodrigo Prieto
|Trish Robinson
|Gustavo Santaolalla
|Score Composer
|James Schamus
|Dylan Tichenor
|Pierre Tremblay
|Asst. Director
|Peter Wunstorf
|Camera Operator
|E. Annie Proulx
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I watched this for 2 reasons...I had heard all the talk in the media and well, there was nothing left to take out at the library. I wasn't actually relishing the thought of watching a movie that was about cowboys in love. However, that being noted, I was incredibly surprized by the film. If you have some issues with homosexuality, you don't have to enjoy the story from that perspective...there are many other ways to relate to it. The movie avoids being too political, a great relief. The highlights: musical score, cinematography, acting, casting, and the the script. There were a couple of minor flaws. It was difficult to age the characters over a 20-year period and it may have been better to see a little more on the impact the men's relationship had on their wives.
This movie was slow, boring and highly overrated, that is why it did not win the Academy Award and Crash did. At the last minute the Hollywood crew must have realized its shortcomings.
Although it dealt with the subject matter very realistically and tenderly, it failed as a movie in many levels. If not for the subject matter it would not have been the hit it was. Put a man and a woman as main characters and everyone would have been "ho hum".
This movie is extremely good! The movie is about 2hrs and 20 mins long and you won't even notice it if you enjoy the movie! The romance is amazing, heartbreaking even it is very rare to see this type of love on screen because usually is man and woman but movie is way better, not because it's two men. But because the acting was great and the story fit those characters very well (and so did the characters to the actors). The movie was almost perfect for me, the only issues were that the characters basically don't age and that the story had some scenes that were kinda hard to understand (like 1 or 2 scenes so don't worry). But other than that, THE MOVIE IS GREAT!
This film is clearly not for the close-minded. It is a love story. A damn good one. Sure, the film is slow and there are way to many landscape/scenery shots, but none the less, the film is engageing. I could continue to go on-and-on, but I going just simply say--it's a spectacular love story that had me tearing up by the end.
This movie was a very emotional and moving movie. I was so emotional at the end (which almost never happens) and I feel it's gonna be a timeless classic. It's worth buying and worth seeing. The only thing it needed was more intimate scenes (between Jake and Heath) but all else was good.
you will fall in love all over again, this movie should have won the movie of the year. if you enjoy romance movies like "the notebook" you will love this movie.
This is the real Best Picture of 2005, the one that will truly be remembered. A heartbreaking story of love and loss.
Brokeback Mountain should have won Best Picture over Crash. This film is hands down the best film of 2005. Although it is known as the "gay cowboy" movie, it is more of a tragic romance than anything else. It is tragic because of how being gay eats the souls of the two men. They cannot accept their feelings for each other, because they live in a time where it is dangerous to be gay. They wish they weren't gay, but know that they have no choice in the matter. Heath Ledger is magnificent in the role. He talks through clenched teeth, which is true to the character, who he holding his emotions and secrets inside of him, secret from the rest of the world. The film itself is very well made. From the careful camera work to the brilliant screenplay adaptation of Annie Proulx's great short story, everything works. Michelle Williams is very good as Ennis' wife, whose life comes crashing down when she discovers that her husband is gay. Her story is just as tragic as those of the two men. This is far from a political film, but it does carry with it an important message that love is love, and that society as a whole has to be more accepting. After nearly four months since I first saw it, I still can't get it out of my head. It is so emotional and heartbreaking. Please ignore criticism and before judging this film see it for yourself!!! (You don't have to be gay to love this movie!!!) You won't be disappointed. BEST FILM OF 2005, and that's saying a lot, since this was such a great year for movies. Check out the films below that I mentioned. They all are great. (Except Brokeback was far superior to them all, including CRASH).
I felt a little let down by this movie. I had never seen it when it was in the theater, but I had wanted it. It was SO long. And it wasn't anything of what I had expected... a bit disappointing. I mean the message is great, but you have to watch the entire movie.. and it is so long, how could you not fall asleep? Something is missing.
Though the reviewer here says it is just a "star crossed love story" it is so much more. A near perfect short story, a near perfect script, outstanding performances by Heath Ledger (who in my opinion) had the most challenging role, and great performances by the rest of the cast. These characters are so real that I think of this movie as almost a documentary, looking into these folks lives and hearts for a glimpse of their truth. This is a very bittersweet story, but absolutely incredibly well done.
Of the many movies that I've watched, I've never ever cried so hard and been left with such feelings for the characters as I was when I watched this one. "Brokeback" is beautifully done with scenic shots and real characters that you can't help but fall in love with. Recommended for anyone who wants to know why we should love, how happy it can make us, and how important it is not to throw it away because of what others may think.
Having lived and worked in the remote mountain region of Montana on an expansive horse and cattle ranch outside of Yellowstone Park, and witnessing the intermingling of grizzlies, wolves, cattle and horses, I can appreciate the respectul backdrop of this magnificent country.The man to grizzly confrontation of a true mountain man friend while I was there inspired me to write my first and only nonfiction about it. Anyone who enjoys the miraculous life changing events that can occur in a place comparable to Paradise, such as fictional Brokeback Mountain, might also enjoy my nonfictional, Basin and the Deadfall Dance.
WHO EVER HEARD OF GAY COWBOYS? Cowboys are supposed to be tough, not a bunch of stinkin' sissies! I've seen enough of this film to get sick, which didn't take me long! Homosexuality should be a private thing, if you chose to ruin your life that way, but it shouldn't be shoved up our faces. That lifestyle has no place in the movies, tv, at Disney World, and absolutely not in the church, and never the open range! You would be a sissy if you watch this movie! If you want to see real cowboys, watch John Wayne!
the movie was well done,the evolution of the characters grows beautifully! one of the most original & contreversal films i've seen in years. a must see movie,if your mind is open.
Wow, I was moved! I thought the acting was great! The story and filming were wonderful! But then I am a sucker for a love story! This movie and it's characters blew me away. Such strong acting by Jake, Heath, and Michelle. Ang Lee put greatness back into filming!
Deeply moving romantic epic, not to be missed. Same-sex lovers the world over now have on the screen what straight moviegoers have taken for granted for decades!
Brokeback Mountain is such an incredible and powerful film and such a strong example of how far Hollywood still has to go to overcome its own homophobia, when it was released Brokeback MT. was critically acclaimed and broke box office records and yet when it came time for the Best Picture Oscar, the cowards of the academy chose Crash (a film that received mixed reviews and performed poorly at the box office when it was first released). Brokeback will forever be remembered as a film that was robbed of its awards at the Oscars!!
I absolutely love this movie! It makes me cry everytime I watch it and I am DISGUSTED that it didn't not recieve the Best Picture Oscar it deserved beyond dispute. It is certainly one of the bravest films of its time, brilliantly acted, and portrayed with extraordinary sensitivity. It is heartbreaking and most certainly a need-to-see social drama especially applicable now during this swirl of controversy concerning gay marriage and rights and anti-homosexual violence. Wonderful, fantastic movie!
A very heartwarming love story that somehow was made accessible to the masses by Ang Lee in a very courageous way as gay couples obviously are frowned on. This film finally laid to mainstream America that homosexuality is not a sin, but can also be love.
just shows how love can try to help with lifes situations shows how much fear has been generated by CHRISTIAN HATREAD for people created by GOD, but not let live as he created . thank goodness for the new times and people realizing that GOD created everyone and it not up to HUMANS to say how we live.


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Once in a while, there will be a real gem in the email. I have lots of friends who forward things and one in particular who has a gift for finding the most amazing and the most fun things I might not have seen.
This is just a lot of fun. America's not the only place that has talent. This is just plain charming. He makes it look soooo easy.
Alexander Shtifanov from Ukraine has some serious skills!!
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CLOSED LOOP CONTROL OF FUNCTIONAL NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION NIH GUIDE, Volume 24, Number 1, January 13, 1995 RFP AVAILABLE: NIH-NINDS-95-01 P.T. 34 Keywords: Neuromuscular Disorders Neural Stimulation Physiological Controls and System Rehabilitation/Therapy, Physical National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke The Neural Prosthesis Program of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), has a requirement for the continued research, development, and feasibility testing of methods to enhance the function and control of functional neuromuscular stimulation (FNS) grasp systems. Functional neuromuscular stimulation is being used to restore functional hand movements in quadriplegic individuals by electrically stimulating the paralyzed muscles in their hands and arms. Further research is needed to solve fundamental control problems of hand posture, command signals, and muscle excitation as well as developing means of providing sensory feedback. The proposed research project will include: (1) the evaluation of closed-loop FNS systems in quadriplegic individuals outside the laboratory environment; (2) investigation of the feasibility of implementing arm control such as elbow extension and wrist control; (3) development of a biomechanical model of the human hand to improve strategies for hand posture control; and (4) evaluating the combination of closed loop FNS with surgical procedures such as tendon splicing, tendon transfer and arthrodesis to enhance hand posture control. Performance of work under this project will require personnel with established expertise in neural prostheses, hand surgery, control theory, biomechanics, and biomedical engineering. It is anticipated that one award will be made for a period of three years. Award is anticipated for August 1995. INQUIRIES This is not a Request for Proposals (RFP). An RFP was issued on December 21, 1994 and proposals are due on or about February 21, 1995. All responsible sources may submit a proposal that will be considered by the agency. To receive a copy of the RFP, submit a written request along with two self-addressed mailing labels to: Contracting Officer Contracts Management Branch, DEA ATTN: RFP No. NIH-NINDS-95-01 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Federal Building, Room 901 7550 Wisconsin Avenue - MSC 9190 Bethesda, MD 20892 .
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How often do you say, "I'll get back to you tomorrow," jot yourself a note on your to-do list and calendar, and then forget to follow up? Ok, maybe it's just me. (But I suspect I'm not alone.) The fact is, we all need a little nudge now and then.
WebWorkerDaily points us to FollowUp, a free email-based reminder service. Here's how it works:
Once you've registered with the service and set your time zone, you simply forward your email to a specially formatted @followup.cc email to specify when the reminder will be sent (at a specific time or on a certain day). For example, to set a reminder three days from now you would add the email address firstname.lastname@example.com to the email, or to set a reminder for for 4 p.m, you add the email address email@example.com. There's a full explanation of the reminder syntax here (note that adding the followup.cc email address to the "To:" or "Cc:" fields means that everyone who receives the email will also get the reminder — if you add it to the "Bcc:" field, only you'll get the reminder).
See the link below for some helpful screenshots and more tips on using FollowUp.
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When to buy a boat
Actually, sailing's offseason is oftentimes the best time to buy a boat. Many boat retailers look to liquefy their inventories in early fall. At this point you may be able to negotiate a very good deal on the previous model year since the dealerships will be making room for the next year's models. Coming equipped with a list of questions and armed with the knowledge of the average cost of the boat you want to buy can help you determine if the quoted prices are discounted.
Another ideal time to go boat shopping is during the boat show season. Boat manufacturers tend to do a series of shows at convention centers across the country. The retailers often come up with a discounted price and other incentives on the purchase of a boat because they know they'll be appealing to the thousands of people who attend the show. These prices may be even lower than the price offered for the same model just a few days later in the showroom.
Even if you are not in the immediate market for a boat, attending a boat show can be a good source of information and practice for buying one down the road. It will also enable you to see a great number of different styles and manufacturers of boats all under one roof. Most of the time you are able to board the boat and look at all the features offered.
Here are some other tips when deciding whether or not to buy a boat.
* Be sure to go out boating with friends or with a family member who owns a boat and determine whether this is really a recreational activity you want to invest in.
* Take into consideration all of the expenses involved in boating, including insurance, trailering, docking, marina fees, fuel, safety gear, tech items, and so on. Some have said that buying a boat is like pouring money into the water. Know what you are getting into before signing on the dotted line.
* Shop around for a good boat dealer. You want someone with whom you feel comfortable and not a dealer who is just pressuring you to buy.
* Struggling dealerships may offer "must buy now" offers to try to get rid of boats that are not selling. Choose the boat that works for you and not the one with the smallest price tag.
* Due to the large expense of buying a boat, many choose to go partners on the purchase. Spell out a contract that explains when and how you will have your share of the vessel before entering into a joint purchase. This way you remain friends instead of fighting over usage, cleaning and the cost of repairs.
Boating can be a rewarding recreational activity. Purchase a boat after doing your research and look around for the best deal.


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NEW YORK (Jul. 22)
Major Jewish organizations urged the Judiciary Committee of the United States House of Representatives today to approve a pending bill which would cancel departure bonds posted by aliens who have since qualified as permanent residents.
The American Jewish Congress, Jewish Labor Committee, Jewish War Veterans of the U. S. A., Union of American Hebrew Congregations, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, and United Synagogue of America joined in a statement to this effect, which was transmitted to the House Judiciary Committee by the National Community Relations Advisory Council.
Some 280 persons, who originally came to the United States as rabbis, students and visitors, would be affected by the legislation. Each of these had been granted asylum from religious persecution. All were required, in U. S. immigration law, to post bonds to guarantee their departure upon expiration of their visitors visas. Although they have all been granted the right to reside permanently in the United States by special legislation, the bonds that they posted have technically been forfeited by their failure to leave the United States in accordance with the terms of their original admission.


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Comprehensive Program students will need to spend between $500 and $700 (if purchased new) on required homeopathy texts, as well as approximately $165 for the required pathophysiology texts. If student elects to buy a homeopathic computer program (cost ranging between $1000-$5000), required texts are often part of the program's library. Students will also have the opportunity during the program to meet with representatives from software companies for information on a wide gamut of homeopathic computer programs
Total tuition fees to complete the Comprehensive Program range are as follows (approximate, and subject to change):
The SSH gives its graduates excellent and thorough preparation to apply for national board certification in homeopathy (see "Links" page). However, licensure is regulated by state agencies, and neither completion of this nor any other training program confers a license to practice homeopathy. SSH applicants are urged to review the state laws regulating their current, or prospective, license or registration field; it is possible to practice homeopathy within the scope of practice of certain health professions, within their stated guidelines. Some graduates have found ways to incorporate homeopathic analysis and guidance into coaching practices.
Additionally, certain statesincluding CA, MN, OK, RI, and AZ--have passed laws (colloquially termed Health Freedom legislation) which protects state-registered, unlicensed healers from being prosecuted without due cause.
National board certification is a means by which a profession sets, maintains, and oversees standards of practice within their profession. The Council for Homeopathic Certification (CHC) represents the professional interests, and guards practice standards, for the unified homeopathic profession in the US, both licensed and unlicensed. We at the SSH strongly encourage our graduates to become board certified in homeopath through either the CHC , or (for ND grads) the DHANP, in order to contribute to the growth of a unified profession with high practice standards--as well as to guarantee consumers some degree of protection from fraudulent or otherwise unqualified practitioners.
Depending on their backgrounds and previous trainings or licensures, professional homeopaths are able to practice in a variety of fields, including as homeopathic practitioners, homeopathic educators, or homeopathic coaches, as well as in homeopathic product promotion or sales. In Washington state, naturopathic doctors, medical doctors, physician's assistants, osteopathic physicians, chiropractors, and advanced practice nurses are able to include homeopathy within their legal scope of practice; individuals holding or contemplating other healthcare and counseling-related licenses or certificates, such as CMHT, LMT, etc., are encouraged to research regulations governing scope of practice in those fields, to determine the extent to which they may legally include homeopathy within their scope of practice. Certain states, such as California, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Arizona and Rhode Island, grant freedom of practice to registered homeopaths. Nevada and Arizona license homeopathic medical doctors, and Arizona licenses homeopathic medical assistants.
An average of 40-50 hours per month.
Students will have many self-assessment quizzes throughout the year, particularly in the Pathophysiology for Homeopaths course. These quizzes will enable students to identify areas needing additional study or tutoring. There are annual take-home exams, and occasional in-class, closed book testing. A minimum passing score in our program is 70%; students will have the opportunity to re-take failed exams. An individual hour at the end of the Comprehensive Program is spent with the Director, assessing the individual student's strengths, noting areas which need remediation, and recommending future directions toward achieving personal and career goals.
An optional monthly study group, led by a qualified homeopath, is available at a small additional fee to studentsas is one-on-one tutorial assistance. Our students consistently comment on how accessible our instructors are; SSH facultyare selected not just for their expertise in homeopathy, but also for their ability to teach it effectively and with passion. Additionally, the SSH director is always available by phone and email to answer student questions.
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of health; that is, the lifting and annihilation of the disease in its entire
extent in the shortest, most reliable, and least disadvantageous way, according
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Homeopathy is not only many-sided, but all-sided. She investigates the action of all substances. She gives a new meaning to that oft-quoted saying of Paul, "Prove all things" a new meaning, a new application that acts universally.
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The George Washington Law Alumni Association invites you to a complimentary luncheon with alumni and friends of the Law School. Professors Arturo Carillo and Roger Schechter will be in attendance to visit with alumni and guests.
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Winter has been rough on Chicago's protected bike lanes
April 11, 2014
John Greenfeld, Green Lane Project contributor
A fallen soldier on Milwaukee Avenue. Photo by John Greenfield.
Written in partnership with Streetsblog Chicago.
In the wake of this brutal winter, some sections of Chicago's Dearborn Street protected bike lanes resemble a gap-toothed grin. Several of the white, plastic posts that delineate the bi-directional bikeway are missing in action.
Half of the posts that once shielded cyclists on Kinzie Street from auto traffic are gone.
And on Milwaukee Avenue, a key route northwest from downtown and Chicago's busiest biking street, every single bollard is missing.
It's a cautionary tale for other cities, especially those in snowy areas, about the downside of relying on plastic posts for protection. For Chicago, it's a pressing reminder of the advantages of permanent lane separations such as curbs.
Mike Fierstein, co-owner of Ancien Cycles, which recently opened on Milwaukee to take advantage of its high bike traffic, said the bollards were wiped out by reckless motorists, snowplows, and a water main project which tore up a stretch of the street last fall. That section of road is slated to be repaved and restriped this spring.
"It seems like the posts aren't really made to last that long anyway," Fierstein said.
Better days: Milwaukee Avenue when bollards were intact. Photo: Steven Vance.
CDOT project manager Mike Amsden has said the city made the decision to start out with the flexible, plastic posts, which cost about $90 each installed, rather than more durable, but more expensive, concrete infrastructure, in order to build many miles of protected bike lanes ASAP. "There's pros and cons to doing it both ways — quality versus quantity, honestly," Amsden told Seattle Bike Blog in January. "The philosophy of just getting as much in as quickly as you can is great.
"That's part of the reason the City of Chicago was able to announce this week that it has reached the halfway point of accomplishing Mayor Rahm Emanuel's ambitious goal to build 100 miles of buffered and protected bike lanes within his first term. The Chicago Department of Transportation plans to install 20 more miles in early 2014 and design the remaining 30 later this year.
But the department has also acknowledged that damaged and missing bollards have become an issue. At February's Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Council meeting, bikeways engineer David Smith told attendees the bike program is aware that many of the posts are damaged, flattened, or absent. CDOT is currently doing an inventory of the conditions of the protected lanes, but doesn't currently have a number for how many bollards need to be replaced, spokesman Pete Scales told me.
Bollards once clearly separaed bikes from cars across the bridge. Photo: John Greenfield.
Active Transportation Alliance campaign director Jim Merrell said it make sense to cut the city some slack about the damaged and missing posts. "The bollard-protected bike lanes represent a relatively new type of infrastructure on our streets," he said. "There's always going to be a learning curve in how to adapt operations like snow removal when a new element appears on our roadways."He noted that this past the winter was the first one with several major stowstorms since CDOT started installing PBLs three years ago. However, he added that it shouldn't be difficult to provide snowplow drivers with a list of PBL streets and explain where the posts are relative to the parking, so they can avoid knocking them out.
In the long term, Merrell says Active Trans wants to see protected bike lanes with more permanent infrastructure, such as curbs, planters, or grade separation, which can help prevent this type of damage, as well as give better protection to cyclists. The good news is that this has been CDOT's plan all along. Amsden said the city is taking a two-phased approach, installing quick-and-dirty, bollard-protected lanes that will eventually be upgraded to concrete infrastructure. Curb-separated lanes are being considered for possible late 2014 or early 2015 installation on Clybourn Avenue on the North Side and State Street on the South Side, and the popular Dearborn lanes may be upgraded to curbs in the future as well.
Alex Wilson, director of the cycling education center West Town Bikes, says he's glad the issue is on CDOT's radar. "I'm certainly happy to see as many bike lanes as there have been," he said. "But there's certainly a lot left to be figured out, and many lessons to be learned from this past winter."
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From the Daily Telegraph (7/11/05)
"Political correctness, dumbing down and teachers' worries about being charged with sexual harrasment are crippling young British ballet dancers' chances of reaching the top."
Come the revolution, who gets the blindfold / last fag treatment first? The prick that the Telegraph are quoting, the arsehole who wrote the peice, or the editor who commissioned it?
Let's have a heated debate!


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Accounting Paraprofessional Proficiency Certificate
The Accounting Paraprofessional Proficiency Certificate is a 16 credit-hour program designed for persons interested in pursuing careers as accounting paraprofessionals in business, government, and non-profit organizations. Students earning the Accounting Paraprofessional Proficiency Certificate may elect to continue their education at the College by earning the A.A.S. degree in Accounting.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the courses in the Accounting Paraprofessional Proficiency Certificate the student will be able to:
- Explain the contents of the financial statements prepared according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Analyze and record transactions, and complete the accounting cycle using computerized general ledger software.
- Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to obtain an entry-level position in as an accounting clerk or tax preparer.
- Effectively communicate with users of financial information orally and in writing.
Program Entrance Requirements:
This certificate is open to interested students. New students are normally required to take the College's placement test at their time of entry. Students who are identified as needing developmental course work must satisfactorily complete the appropriate English and mathematics courses as part of the certificate.
Accounting Paraprofessional Proficiency Certificate Course Sequence
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|Financial Accounting
|4 credits
|English Composition I
|3 credits
|Managerial Accounting I
|ACCT 101 with a grade of C or better
|3 credits
|Microcomputers in Accounting
|ACCT 101 with a grade of C or better
|3 credits
Tax Accounting; or
Nonprofit Accounting
|For ACCT 215: ACCT 102 or ACCT 101 and department approval
|3 credits
|Total Credits: 16
Successful Completion:
Successful completion of the program requires a "C" grade or better in each of the courses listed above. In order to receive a "C" grade or better and thus demonstrate competency, students must complete exams, writing assignments and participate in class activities.
For More Information Contact:
The Division of Business and Technology, Room B2-22, 1700 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130, Telephone (215) 751-8785; or the College Information Center (215) 751-8010.
Gainful Employment Information
Gainful employment information is intended to provide students with better information about the effectiveness of college programs in preparing students for careers. Information provided includes estimated program costs and time needed to complete the program, financing options and related careers.


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Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Medicare 101 Video Series
"Joining a Medicare Plan"
If you've recently enrolled in Medicare, congratulations! You've taken the first step in extending your healthcare coverage. For many people, making a decision about what to do after enrolling in Medicare is difficult. At Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, we understand that insurance is complex and this is a new phase of your life with new decisions to make. We have the expertise to guide you through this process and help you choose the insurance coverage that fits your health and budget needs. Not only is it important to know what options are available as you turn 65, but also to know when to enroll in a Medicare-approved plan.
Many of our customers choose to buy a Medicare supplement or "Medigap" plan to coordinate with their Medicare Part A and Part B ("Original" Medicare) coverage. As its name implies, a Medigap plan fills in the "gaps" that Original Medicare does not cover. Many people choose a Medicare supplement because — although the monthly premium may be higher than a Medicare Advantage plan (which we'll discuss later) — it's important to them not to have any out-of-pocket costs when receiving healthcare services.
Your decision regarding when to apply for a Medicare supplement plan may be affected by your availability of employer-sponsored health insurance. If you plan to continue working past age 65 or if you are eligible for your spouse's group insurance, you may want to defer your enrollment in Medicare Part B and delay purchasing a Medicare supplement plan.
Otherwise, you'll want to apply for a Medicare Supplement Plan within six months of turning age 65 and going on Medicare Part A and Part B. If you apply within this six-month period, OR within 63 days of losing your employer group health coverage, you will be guaranteed coverage in certain Medicare Supplement plans, regardless of any health conditions you may have.
You can apply for a Medicare Supplement plan anytime as long as you are enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B, but if you miss one of the guaranteed opportunities – like those previously described – your health condition will be considered and you may or may not be able to get Medicare Supplement coverage. Your acceptance will be based on your answers to health questions.
Because Medicare Part A and B, and Medicare supplement plans do not cover prescription drugs, most people also choose a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan – or PDP – when they turn 65 or when they lose their "creditable" prescription drug coverage available through their employer. Creditable prescription drug coverage simply means coverage that is good as or better than a Medicare prescription drug plan.
There are several time periods established by Medicare in which you can enroll in a PDP. You may enroll in a PDP three months prior to the month of your 65th birthday or up to three months after your birthday month. This is called your "Initial Enrollment Period." If you miss your Initial Enrollment Period, then there are other opportunities for purchasing a PDP.
There is the Medicare Annual Election Period, which runs from October 15th through December 7th each year. During this period, you can add, drop or switch your PDP coverage. Any coverage added or changes made during this time are effective January 1st of the following year.
Medicare also has Special Election Periods in which you may be able to enroll in a PDP. Medicare's Special Election Periods were designed to accommodate people experiencing certain life changes. For example – as we just mentioned –people leaving employer-sponsored or group creditable coverage. This is one of the most common changes that qualifies as a Special Election Period for enrolling in a PDP. Your Arkansas Blue Cross representative will help you understand other Special Election Periods.
Now, let's discuss when you can enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan. Medicare Advantage plans offer all the benefits of Medicare Parts A and B, with many extras. People who want a product with a premium lower than a Medicare supplement may choose a Medicare Advantage Plan. Medicare Advantage Plans feature predictable out-of-pocket costs, and many extras not offered through Medicare alone.
If you are interested in a Medicare Advantage plan, you also have certain times in which to enroll. Now, some of this may sound a bit familiar. Similar to Medicare prescription drug plans, you may enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan during your "Initial Coverage Election Period." That timeframe is the three months before your 65th birthday, the month you turn 65, and the three months following your 65th birthday.
If you miss your Initial Coverage Election Period, then there are other opportunities to purchase a Medicare Advantage plan. Like a prescription drug plan, you can enroll in a Medicare Advantage Plan during Medicare's Annual Election Period, October 15th through December 7th each year. During this period, you can enroll or switch your Medicare Advantage coverage. Any coverage added or any changes made during this time are effective January 1st of the following year.
And again, Medicare also has Special Election Periods in which to enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan. Like Medicare prescription drug coverage, Medicare's Special Election Periods were designed to accommodate people experiencing certain life changes, such as leaving employer-sponsored or "group" coverage. For more specific details, an Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield representative will be happy to help explain.
We realize this is a lot of information to sort through and consider, and you still may have questions. Let us help make things more clear. We want you to have the peace of mind that comes from knowing your healthcare is covered as you turn age 65 and that you are taking the right steps at the right time. If you'd like to speak with someone by telephone or face-to-face, we're here to help. Our representatives are knowledgeable and eager to assist you. We've been helping Arkansans get answers about healthcare insurance coverage to meet their needs for more than 60 years. Speak to us today.


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Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard Friday shrugged off an outcry - including diplomatic complaints - about raids on homes of Muslims suspected of supporting terrorists. He said he fully supports the security agency leading the operation.
Raids by Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) agents and federal police would continue, Howard said, dismissing complaints of "heavy-handed" tactics.
More than a dozen homes in three of Australia's four largest cities have been raided this week. In some cases, agents have confiscated documents, computer records and other items.
The properties targeted in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth are the homes of Indonesian citizens living in Australia, or Australians of Indonesian extraction.
They have denied any links to Jemaah Islamiah (JI), the newly-outlawed terrorist group active in southeast Asia, although some have confirmed they attended sermons delivered by Indonesian cleric and suspected JI leader Abu Bakar Bashir, when he visited Australia during the 1990s.
Australian Muslim organizations and civil liberties campaigners complained about the behavior of the police, who according to witnesses were armed with machine pistols and shotguns and dressed in balaclavas and flak jackets.
In some cases, they used sledgehammers and splintered doors.
At least two of the families raided said they were seeking legal advice on whether they could sue the government.
The government of neighboring Indonesia also objected, saying it should have been notified beforehand about plans to act against its citizens living in Australia.
At least six Indonesian men have been detained by immigration officials on suspicion of visa-related offenses, although the authorities said that was an unrelated matter.
Howard told an Australian radio station Friday the law enforcement agencies had acted in accordance with Australian and international law, and had his full backing.
"There were reasons for those raids, and I defend 100 percent what ASIO has done," he said. "I find it amazing that people could seriously question the national need for this to happen."
Howard said Australia had done "what any country in our situation would have to do."
About half of the more than 180 people killed in a terrorist bombing in Bali earlier this month were Australian citizens.
Ongoing joint Indonesia-Australia investigations into the bombing have yet to establish the perpetrators, but JI has been named a likely suspect. The group, which is allegedly linked to al-Qaeda, has been implicated in previous bombing plots and attacks in the region.
Canberra last week applied for the U.N. to add JI to a terrorism sanction list, and then activated security legislation outlawing it at home.
ASIO has not commented on what prompted the raids, but challenged the notion that it suspected people simply because they had heard a radical speak.
"Self-evidently, we could not legally conduct an entry-and-search on the basis that someone had attended a lecture by a cleric who was visiting the country. That is simply a matter of law," said ASIO security head Dennis Richardson, making a rare public appearance at a conference in Canberra on homeland security.
While the government takes flak, it has won support from the official opposition Labor Party.
Bob Carr, the Labor premier of New South Wales - Australia's most populous state, with Sydney as its capital - said the probe into the possible presence of terrorist cells must continue.
"We've got to be serious about facing an altogether different threat and it's a threat that must take account of the possibility sleeper cells having been set up in Australia - even a decade ago - ready to be activated when required," he said.
Attorney-General Daryl Williams confirmed that Bashir had visited Australia at least 11 times, accompanied by Abdullah Sungkar, the man the State Department named last week as the founder of JI, and who died in 1999.
"The assessment is that they came here to establish a JI presence in Australia," Williams told a radio station in Western Australia, without elaborating.
Strained relations
After months of pressure from other Southeast Asian countries as well as the U.S. and Australia, Indonesia passed anti-terror regulations shortly after the Bali bombing and took Bashir, who runs a religious boarding school in Java, into police custody in connection with earlier bombings.
But Jakarta said this week's raids in Australia, which have received considerable media coverage in Indonesia, could undercut its attempts to crack down on extremists at home.
Vice President Hamzah Haz suggested the raids could also strain bilateral relations.
"We hope the Australian government can create a better relationship with Indonesia," he said, adding that the police tactics "could pollute the relationship between the countries because it concerns our citizens."
Haz, the head of the country's largest Muslim party, has been criticized for his associations with militants.
He paid a controversial solidarity visit to Bashir earlier this year, although in recent weeks he has said that anyone involved in terrorism should be punished.
Investigations into the Bali bombing are bearing fruit, meanwhile, with Indonesian police saying they believe they now have the identity of one of three suspects, believed to be a bomb expert.
They have not named the person, who was evidently recognized after police released sketches of three men seen by witnesses at the scene of the bombing.
"We vow to hunt him down," police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar told lawmakers.
Richardson of ASIO said there was no doubt Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda was involved in some way in the attack.
He told the Canberra conference there would "certainly" be more terrorist attacks.
"We should be in no doubt whatsoever, that should bin Laden and al Qaeda ever get their hands on WMD [weapons of mass destruction], they will seek to use them to a devastating effect," he added.
"That is not an alarmist comment, it is a measured assessment."
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With the addition of an HD-RLC remote level control (sold separately), you can control the volume of one, two or all three channel pairs of the M600/6v2 from the front of the vehicle or boat. This amplifier features white and gray powder-coat finishes, a gasketed cover for the controls and stainless steel hardware for durability in the marine environment.
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From the same minds that gave us the technology found in the 'Slash' amplifiers, JL Audio has taken the simple fixed PWM design approach and enhanced it with a very high switching frequency. Full-range NexD™ amplifiers and channels feature a variable, ultra-high speed version of the NexD™ technology (switching at well over 400 kHz). In these designs, a self-oscillating modulator with "feed-forward" sends information about the instantaneous power supply voltage to the modulator, combining this with the input signal to cancel out any distortion due to supply voltage fluctuation. This reduces distortion prior to applying feedback, simplifying the overall feedback loop design.
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- Bridged, 4 ohms: 200 watts x 1 chan.
- RMS Power Rating @ 12.5V:
- 4 ohms: 60 watts x 2 chan. + 180 watts x 1 chan.
- 2 ohms: 90 watts x 2 chan. + 300 watts x 1 chan.
- Bridged, 8 ohms: 120 watts x 1 chan.
- Bridged, 4 ohms: 180 watts x 1 chan.
- Unregulated MOSFET switching type power supply
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- Remote bass level input (JL Audio HD-RLC required and sold separately)
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- Speaker output connections accept up to 8 AWG wire
- +12V and Ground connections accept up to 4 AWG wire
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- Frequency Response (Main Channels): 12-22,000 Hz
- Frequency Response (Subwoofer Channel): 7-500 Hz
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- Signal-to-Noise Ratio (Main Channels): >104 dB
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The RMS power rating is the measure of continuous power that an amplifier can output, or a speaker can handle. It is the most accurate depiction of real, continuous power that the industry has so far.
If the final impedance of your speakers or subwoofers equals 4 ohms, this is how much power this amplifier will supply at that ohm level. The higher the RMS wattage, the more clean and loud your music will sound.
The RMS power rating is the measure of continuous power that an amplifier can output, or a speaker can handle. It is the most accurate depiction of real, continuous power that the industry has so far.
If the final impedance of your speakers or subwoofers equals 2 ohms, this is how much power this amplifier will supply at that ohm level. The higher the RMS wattage, the more clean and loud your music will sound.
Bridging refers to combining two channels on an amplifier to create one channel with double the voltage and an increased power output. A 2-channel amplifier will bridge down to 1-channel and a 4-channel amplifier can bridge to create 2-channels. An amplifier is most commonly bridged to drive a subwoofer.
Remember, once you bridge two channels down to one its final impedance will be 4 ohms unless otherwise specified. This rating lists the RMS power created once an amplifier is bridged.
Power Specifications - Subwoofer Channel
Amplifier Specifications
An amplifier increases the power of the signal being fed to it by taking energy from its power supply and matching the signal but increasing its amplitude. Amplifiers use many different methods for converting these electrical signals and have been categorized into classes.
Class A/B: Greater than 50% of the input signal is amplified while the other percentage is "off". These amplifiers have a small amount of current flowing through the output transistors all the time which almost eliminates crossover distortion. Class A/B has great sound quality but is not as efficient as class D. These amps are most commonly used to drive speakers.
Class D: Also known as switching amplifiers, class D amps have output transistors that are completely turned "on" or "off". This means that when the transistors are on, there is almost no voltage across them but when they are off there is significant voltage but no current flowing through it which makes these amplifiers very efficient at the cost of sound quality. These amps are most commonly used to drive subwoofers.Other Classes: You may see classes such as GH, bD, X, FD, etc. by some manufactures. These amplifiers tend to be either class A/B, D or a hybrid of the two but with improvements to their designs that can make them more efficient or offer better sound quality.
RMS power is the amount of continuous power, measured in watts, that an amplifier produces is called RMS power. The higher the RMS figure, the louder and cleaner your music sounds.
The RMS output figure is much more accurate than the peak rating when comparing products.
A crossover is a type of filtering system that permits only certain frequencies to play. A Low-Pass (LP) crossover allows only frequencies below its setting to get through which is good in the case of some subwoofers. A High-Pass(HP) filter allows frequencies above its setting to pass through, this is normally used on speakers.
When a crossover is set to FULL it means no filtering is added and the full frequency spectrum is allowed through the amplifier. Filtering is important because feeding a speaker frequencies it cannot reproduce effectively creates distortion.
High-Pass (HP)
The steepness of the roll-off slope is measured in dB/octave and refers to the rate of attenuation (lowering of volume) outside their pass bands.
The steepness of the roll-off slope is measured in dB/octave and refers to the rate of attenuation (lowering of volume) outside their pass bands.
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We're pleased to present a guest post by Jay Ponteri, Director of the Undergraduate Creative Writing Program at Marylhurst University. Jay's post offers an example of the way that digital writing borrows from many sources. It serves as an excellent example of, and conversation about, authorship. It's also super cool.
On Brevity
by Jay Ponteri
It requires you to look at it very closely, to engage it in an intimate way. It does not overwhelm you, it cannot swallow you up.
Your mind can encompass a short piece in a way it cannot grasp a novella or a novel. Like a hand closing over a stone with the word sadness painted on it.
Napoleon was a short man.
Make endless meaning using fewer words.
David Markson: Samuel Beckett once sat through a New York vs. Houston doubleheader at Shea Stadium.
The surface, which can be dense and even ornate, is small but the feeling one gets from the surface is deep.
Try brushing your teeth with chocolate milkshake.
Charles Baxter: The novel is, spatially, like an estate; the very short story is like efficiency on the twenty-third floor. As it happens, more people these days live in efficiencies than on estates.
The only thing that matters is the thing itself.
The white space inside the letters and around the words and the block of text is part of the surface and part of The Void, which we can try to fill with our own meaning.
Perhaps it is the nature of small things to flow together, to form something larger.
From Richard Linklater's Death by Hand series: Thumb gouge to the brain via eyes.
Card designer Bekki Witt: I love cute. I equate "small" with "cute." Therefore, small things are cute things. Kittens, a baby's sock, tiny handbags, and little, dangly earrings. I like peoples' responses to cute. It's the ooh and aah factor. It's like the little bits are just bits on their own, but put together in the right combination, it's a grand work of art. I like the focus that working with small things brings. I must be exact and careful and pay attention to nothing but the little stuff in front of me. I don't focus on details in most areas of my life, but here is one place I must pay deliberate, patient attention. Creating with smallness forces me to exercise the flabby areas of my personality and style, allows me to express myself in a way nothing else can or does and teaches me to remember balance in all things.
Paraphrasing Alice Munro: Most novels could (read: should) be condensed to thirty-pages.
Art critic says about Joseph Cornell: He was devoted to the fleeting sensations of inner experience.
The smaller surface must culminate inside of the reader in similar ways the larger surface does.
The larger surface accumulates in front of the reader's eyes whereas the smaller one seems to send elliptical signals to the reader through The Void. The transmissions seem beyond knowledge.
Begin or end in the middle; begin at the ending or end with the beginning but do not, do not begin at the beginning or end with the ending.
When you dip a single toe in cold water a shiver runs through your entire body.
"Memoir" by Amy Hempel: Just once in my life—oh, when have i ever wanted anything just once in my life?
Try painting a landscape on a grain of rice.
David Markson: William Burroughs killed his wife while trying to shoot a glass perched on her head a la William Tell.
David Markson: I could die to-day, if I wished, merely by making a little effort, if I could wish, if I could make an effort.
With a smaller surface, the parts that make up the fragmented whole are smaller and more intricate, more fragile. Working requires a steady, quick hand and a readiness to let it go.
And we learn to see each single part more closely, and thoroughly, so what we can't see we can imagine.
As in, a child who gets to know every inch of the fort made from couch cushions and blankets.
As in, "the eels in Seattle" is wholly different from "the eels in Fond du Lac."
Our sense of being in the world narrows without feeling congested or confined.
Charles Baxter: These stories tell us something about the scale of our lives, not so much that diminishment has occurred but that intimacy and community have increased. It is as if all the borders, to all other realms, have moved closer to us, and we ourselves are living together in tighter psychic spaces.
Russell Edson describes the ideal prose poem as "a small, complete work, utterly logical within its own madness." He's come to understand his process as "dreaming awake."
The Mountain Goats: And I dreamt of a camera pointing out from inside the television and the aperture yawning and blinking.
John Cheever (from Journals): I dreamt my face appears on a postage stamp.
The dream, which can build and collapse story in a single instance, which is fragmented and elliptical, which is closely and strangely detailed, seems most potently and profoundly expressed in briefer forms.
"Cup of Blood" by Ayane Kawata (trans. Sawako Nakayasu): I hold a cup, trying to drink the blood coursing through it, but I just can't bring myself to drink it.
David Markson: They're going to cut a street through. They would, Bill said.
The aphorism is an ancient form, knitting together in a single stitch contradictory emotions, mindsets, or concepts. With each new word, the prose shifts toward the contra. Swinging from action verb to direct or indirect object is like moping into a wild fire, is like speaking to a brick wall.
Words pulse and cut, then sop it up.
To define an aphorism is almost to ruin it.
My son and his friend race slugs.
Mark Leidner: Anything worth doing is worth taking your lifetime to do.
Mark Leidner: One does not begin a poem, one abandons one's life.
Joseph Joubert: Where do thoughts go? Into the memory of God.
Joseph Joubert: The body. Like a piece of clothing that wears out.
Joseph Joubert: I have to oil my brain.
Joseph Joubert: Let's go; and follow your mistake.
Joseph Joubert: Dream. Lost Memory.
The small surface requires one's gaze to slow itself, to expand, unfurl.
Shaking through.
Brevity may or may not culminate in a shorter duration of time passing, but that's not the point. The point is to pass through time in a different way.
Anything brief or small inherently expresses a sense of exquisite humility for its immediate surroundings, for its diminutive stature so quickly blends into the other, attending to and depending on the white space and what lies beyond.
The space in between the eye and what it beholds.
Your limpid eyes, your raised fingers.
Charles Baxter says: What we find, if these stories are part of the evidence, are the virtues of quickness: humor, surrealism, and some skepticism. The skepticism has to do with explanations. We are all getting tired of the Village explainers. Explanations don't seem to be explaining very much anymore. Authoritative accounts have a way of looking like official lies, which in their solemnity sound funny. If you don't know the whole truth, you might as well keep whatever you have to say short. You might as well puncture the pretense of sheer size.
David Shields: A final thought regarding shortness—I love how it cuts to the chase, eliminates all dross. The very brevity says, "Get rid of contrivance, character development, scene, setting, tedious dialogue"—give me, as in Robert Hass's Human Wishes, the core concerns, the guts of the thing that thrills and pushes the writer to cut to the bone.
Charles Baxter: They put up and shut up.
The point is to feel something substantial in your heart.
Sam Shepard: Then you land and go to the hotel. The air smells so good you can taste it. They have breakfast all ready for you. It's sitting there on this glass table in front of a huge picture window. You just sit there and eat and look out over the ocean. I'll send you some postcards. I'll buy a dozen or so and send one a week. It's a great place. I'm going to do some swimming too. Floating on my back. You just float and stare at the sky. You just float and stare at the sky. You just float and stare at the sky. You just float and stare at the sky.


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In the summer of 2008, Kevin West was shopping at his local farmers' market when he was struck by the smell of fresh strawberries, their luscious aroma prompting him to purchase an entire flat. When he got to his car, however, the Los Angeles-based editor at W Magazine reclaimed his senses somewhat, realizing that he may have been overzealous. "What am I going to do with 10,000 strawberries?" Mr. West asked himself. And then he had a eureka moment. He would turn them into jam.
The fruits of Mr. West's labours then and since can be found, literally, in his just-published book, Saving the Season, which he describes as "an encyclopedia of the cuisine and culture of food preserving." Although Mr. West had grown up on the homemade jams, pickled beets and other preserves "put up" by his Tennessee grandmother, she had passed away, so he was on his own when it came to that first batch, which, he admits, was awful. Over time, though, making a good jar of jam became a challenge and then an obsession for him, leading him to quit his day job at W in order to pursue preserving full-time.
Saving the Season, a 531-page tome featuring 220 recipes and 300 colour photographs, took more than two and a half years to produce, but its arrival at the end of June was timely. An ancient art, the process of preserving fruit with sugar or honey and vegetables with salt or vinegar is one of this year's hottest food trends, according to Restaurant Hospitality. The respected industry publication credits "a renewal of nostalgia-driven interest in old-time techniques" for making both top chefs and home cooks "determined to jar everything edible for the pantry, whether preserved lemons, blackberry-thyme jam or pickled plums." Pickling, canning and the like have also become the bases for quite festive social gatherings, their new adherents eager to swap techniques, share recipes and garner new ones from like-minded friends.
"It has a lot to do with the local-food movement and the rise of urban gardening," says Camilla Wynne, owner of Preservation Society, a small-batch preserves company in Montreal's Mile End neighbourhood. Fans of her jarred preserves, which are sold across Canada through www.preservationsociety.com, throng the preserve-making workshops she hosts at her retail store. Her own DIY preserving cookbook, Les conserves selon Camilla, comes out in August.
"People increasingly want to know what goes into their food and are wanting to make it themselves," she says. "Preserving is tangible. It appeals to people with desk jobs who want to work with their hands."
At Ms. Wynne's workshops, attendees learn jam and pickle making as a group, which, to her mind, is the best way to both tackle some of the more tedious aspects of preserving and enjoy the results. "If you're going to peel 20 pounds of pearl onions, it's nicer to do it with a bunch of friends," she says. "And at the end of the process, everyone gets something to take home. You don't often need 20 jars of jam for yourself."
Mr. West, whose experiences hosting his own at-home preserving parties were documented in a 2011 issue of Bon Appétit magazine, agrees, noting that "the 'many hands make light work' saying is as true of preserving as of anything else."
Throwing your own at-home preserving party is, moreover, as easy as it is fun, enthuses Julian Katz, a chef-turned-jam-maker who founded his own company, Toronto's Stasis Preserves, in 2011.
"You can actually [can] anything that's in season," says Mr. Katz, who, like Mr. West, came to the process as a result of wanting to preserve the seasonal bounty he found at his local farmers' market. "Food always tastes better when preserved in season to be enjoyed all year."
Anyone throwing a preserving party should, Mr. Katz suggests, similarly use a produce market as a jumping-off point. "Go to the farmers' market as a group, [see] what's in season and buy it, bearing in mind that a quart of fruit will usually yield between two or three jars of preserves."
When it's time to make the preserves, have the following on hand at home: a large kitchen table, a cutting board, good knives, glass or ceramic bowls, several colanders, a supply of screw-top jars, enough aprons to outfit everyone (these can also make charming take-home gifts) and a large pot for cooking jams and other preserves on the stove. "Since it's a party, you will also want some wine," both to fill guests' glasses and as a one-on-one substitute for water in your recipes. "Wine," Mr. Katz says, "will add acidity to the flavour and also make the whole process more fun."
Some more tips from Julian Katz:
Set a fun tone: Establish a mood that's festive yet also roll-up-your-sleeves via poppy or jazzy music that encourages hours of, ahem, jamming. And do make it clear that everyone will be getting dirty. "Jam likes to splatter," Mr. Katz points out. Everyone "will be wearing it home."
Start out easy: If you and your guests are novices, begin with a basic recipe from a reputed DIY cookbook or your own family repertoire. "I generally discourage people from pulling a recipe off the Internet," Mr. Katz says. "You don't know if it has been tested for food safety."
Provide some inspiration: If you have any, open some jars from previous seasons to guide and inspire guests, serving the preserves inside with flatbreads, toast, crackers and complementary wine or spirits. During your party, make different varieties of jams or preserves and ensure that all guests go home with samples of each, noting that "freshly made preserves [should] sit about two weeks before consuming to give flavours time to meld."Report Typo/Error
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Bethlehem Timeline — 2000 and Beyond
2001 Bethlehem Steel Corporation files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Mayor Don Cunningham
2003 International Steel Group buys Bethlehem Steel. Don Cunningham steps down as Mayor of Bethlehem to serve in Cabinet of Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell.
2004 John Callahan sworn in as Bethlehem's 10th Mayor.
2005 John Callahan re-elected Mayor of Bethlehem. Former Bethlehem Mayor Don Cunningham elected Lehigh County Executive.
2006 Money magazine names Bethlehem as one of the "Top 100 Best Places to Live" in the USA. City is awarded "gaming" license from the Commonwealth, allowing new development of Sands Casino complex on former Bethlehem Steel Company site.
2009 Sands Casino opens to public on former Bethlehem Steel Company site.
2010 Offiical opening of Bethlehem Skatepark, Phase 1, on South Side of City.
2011 Completion of first 1.4 miles of planned 3 mile South Bethlehem Greenway. Blue Herons, a new sculpture by Virginia Abbot, is dedicated on site, along with garden of native plants.
1975 through 1999