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The 9 Things From the Fault in Our Stars Book That Aren't in the Movie
Hazel and Van Houten's final interactions are slightly altered in the movie. In the book, Van Houten scares Hazel from the backseat of her car after Isaac tells her Gus is writing a sequel to An Imperial Affliction for her. After Hazel tells Van Houten to get sober and write another book, he goes home to Amsterdam and never speaks to her again. Instead, as Hazel becomes obsessed with finding Gus's writing, she realizes four pages of his journal are missing, which he had sent to Van Houten. This later leads Lidewij to force Van Houten to read the eulogy, and then she sends it back to Hazel.
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Enhancement of Na+ Diffusion in a Bicontinuous Cubic Phase by the Ionophore Monensin
Momot, Konstantin I., Kuchel, Philip W., & Whittaker, Darryl (2004) Enhancement of Na+ Diffusion in a Bicontinuous Cubic Phase by the Ionophore Monensin. Langmuir, 20(7), pp. 2660-2666.
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Pulsed field gradient spin-echo NMR diffusion and relaxation measurements were used to investigate howtheNa+ ionophore monensin affected the dynamics of sodium ions in a Myverol 18-99/saline bicontinuous Ia3d cubic phase (BCP). The monensin-Na+ binding number was estimated from 23Na line widths to be between 3 and 6. The dependence of the apparentNa+ diffusion coefficient on the concentration of monensin revealed monensin-induced Na+ transport. At high monensin concentrations, the enhancement of D(Na+) was offset by Na+-monensin binding. The greatest enhancement was measured at short diffusion times (del <= 5 ms), which we explain in terms of the bicontinuous topology of the cubic phase and a combination of tortuosity and bilayer permeability effects. We also propose numerical simulations which would enable the separation of the two effects. To our knowledge, this is the first study of ionophore-mediated cation diffusion in a bicontinuous cubic phase. The approach could be used to study the dynamics of hydrophilic species in the aqueous channels of BCPs and similar structures, as well as to measure the ion-transporting efficiency of ionophores.
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Amherst College Sports Information Web Page Write-ups
Most recent meets appear first, scroll down for our past meets and their respective write-ups.
NCAA Championships - May 19-20
There they were: four Lord Jeff men and one Lord Jeff woman in alternately stormy and sunny central Ohio at the NCAA championship meet, hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University. The competition stretched three days, with members of Amherst's team competing on each day. First, on Thursday, junior captain Melissa Sullivan set the tone for the team by running a personal best in the women's 1500m run to qualify for Saturday's finals. Not to be outshined, later that evening, the men's 4x400m relay squad comprising junior Andrew Reed, senior captain Tommy Moore, first year speedster Matt Melton, and junior ace Ben Scheetz ran to a PR and school record of their own, in 3:14.83, becoming the first Amherst team to ever run below 3:15. However, valiant as their effort was, it was not enough to make finals, and they finished 11th of 16, besting their entering position as the 15th ranked team. On Friday, Ben Scheetz returned to the track in the preliminaries of the 800m run, where he cruised to a 1:51 finish, second in his heat to qualify automatically for the finals without expending a great deal of energy. On Saturday afternoon, Melissa Sullivan competed in the first of the Jeffs' finals – the women's 1500. Sullivan powered through a physical first 200 meters of the race that saw elbows flying and one girl shoved to the inside of the track, and put herself in superb running position near the leaders with roughly 450 meters remaining. However, the work it took to attain that position ultimately proved too exhausting, and Sullivan ultimately finished 9th, one place shy of All-American honors, though up from her 12th place finish in the same event a year ago. The final Jeff to compete in the 2011 outdoor track and field season was none other than junior Ben Scheetz in the finals of the 800m run. At the gun, Scheetz sprinted the initial turn, and it seemed as if he would attempt to run a blistering pace and lead wire-to-wire, though as the field came around the curve, Freedonia State's Nick Guarino assumed control and slowed the pace to a pedestrian 56-mid through the quarter mile. As Guarino and Scheetz rounded the third turn of the race, they established themselves far and away the leaders, running neck and neck down the back stretch and into the final turn. Coming off the final turn though, Guarino demonstrated his strength with a kick that ultimately carried him to first place and Scheetz to second. Though in some ways it proved a bittersweet weekend for the Jeffs, it seems that there was more sweet than bitter, so be sure to tune back in next December when the 2011-2012 season gets underway!
ECAC Championships - May 19-20
Four hours away in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley lies the town of Bethlehem, home to Moravian University, the host of the 2011 ECAC Championship meet. A small contingent of Lord Jeff men and one Lord Jeff woman represented the Fairest College at this year's competition, largely in preparation for the NCAA meet Memorial Day weekend. Junior Ben Scheetz continued his championship meet win streak that began in April at Little III championships with an overall victory in the men's 400m dash, with an outdoor best time of 47.79. In the middle distances, sophomore Pat Grimes marked a PR in the 1500 for the third consecutive week, capping off his second season with a time of 3:55.29, while on the women's side, junior captain Melissa Sullivan made the turn in 4:33.36 to take 4th and solidify her spot in the field at nationals the following weekend. The afternoon's long distance action saw sophomore Andrew Erskine take down a huge PR in the men's 5,000m run, clocking the 12.5-lap turn in a speedy 14:52.26. Finally, in the 4x400, Amherst's men's team tuned up for nationals with a 3:15.29 run, bolstered in large part by senior Tommy Moore's 48.8 second-leg effort to keep them in the race.
Open NE Championships - May 13-14
Performers of the Meet: Andrew Erskine '13 and Christina Wong '11
New Haven, Connecticut: home of Southern Connecticut State University and the 2011 Open New England Championships. On Friday, May 13, a handful of Lord Jeff athletes traveled to the Division II school to compete in the 5,000m and 10,000m run and in the trial rounds of events 400m and shorter. In those trial rounds senior captain Susie Wasserman closed out her career of individual competition with an outdoor PR in the 400m dash, nearly eclipsing the 59-second barrier. She would return the following day as part of Amherst's 4x800m relay squad. In the distance events, senior captain Christina Wong closed out her career with a PR, running 25 laps to a 38:05.24 fifth-place finish, and sophomore Sarah Daly turned her best mark of the season in 38:08.46 for sixth. On the men's side, sophomore Andrew Erskine battled his way to a big PR of his own, taking third overall in 31:16.17, a mere three seconds off an NCAA provisional mark.
On Saturday, the Jeffs continued their storm, starting in the first event on the track: the 3,000m steeplechase. In the men's race, sophomore Dillon Buckley closed out his second year of competition with a PR of five seconds, bounding over the barriers and across the water pits to duck under 9:40 for the first time, finishing in a speedy 9:38.81. In the women's race, sophomore Keri Lambert lowered her NCAA provisional time, clocking a 10:50.23 for a five-second PR of her own and a sixth place finish. In the mid distance events, junior captain Melissa Sullivan took seventh in the women's 1500m run in 4:34, her fastest time of the season, and classmate Ben Scheetz led the men's 800m run wire to wire, completing the two-lap turn in 1:49.52. In Saturday's relays, Amherst's women's 4x800 team comprising sophomore Lauren Almeida, Susie Wasserman, Melissa Sullivan, and first year Amy Dao ran a valiant 9:20.43 to capture sixth place; while in the men's relays the 4x400 team comprising junior Andrew Reed, senior captain Tommy Moore, first year stud Matt Melton, and junior phenom Ben Scheetz sprinted brilliantly in each leg to a 3:15.10, fourth place finish. The time constitutes a school record, an NCAA qualifying mark, and distinguishes the Jeffs as the top-finishing Division III school in the event.
DIII NE Championships - May 5-7
Performers of the Meet: Pat Grimes '13 and Naomi Bates '14
This week, the Lord Jeff men's and women's track and field teams traveled to Cambridge, MA for the Division III New England Championships, hosted by MIT. Across the two day meet, although lightning delays ultimately confounded the final events, the athletes generally took advantage of favorable conditions. On Friday evening, first year Naomi Bates sprang to a 5.31m jump to take eighth overall in the women's long jump and PR by .13m, beginning what would be a banner weekend for her. Also on Friday, sophomore Sarah Daly ran her fastest time of the season to take 11th in the women's 10,000m run.
On Saturday afternoon, Bates and classmate Shyloe Jones started the meet in fine form in women's 100m dash, the former qualifying for finals and the latter capping off her season of individual racing with a personal-best time of 13.06. In the finals, Bates would take fourth in a school-record 12.35 seconds. In the men's steeplechase, the next event on the track, senior John McGrail ran, hurdled and splashed his way to a sixth place finish, despite the adverse effects of a rigorous week of school work. The 1500 resulted well for the Jeffs, with junior captain Melissa Sullivan and sophomores Keri Lambert and Lauren Almeida placing second, fifth, and seventh on the women's side, Lambert and Almeida in significant personal best times, and sophomore Pat Grimes taking 11th on the men's side in a personal best 3:58.28 after leading his heat for well over half the race. As the running events moved to the sprints, Amherst's exploits continued. Junior speedster Ben Scheetz won the men's 400 in 47.82, well ahead of the rest of the field and ducking under 48 seconds for the first time this outdoor season, and first year Bates capped off her weekend by taking sixth in the women's 200m dash from the slow heat in 25.56, a PR by over a second and freshman record. In the meet's final open event, after 2 lightening delays for a combined 4+ hours, sophomore harrier Andrew Erskine paced his way to a ninth-place finish in a personal record time of 15:07.58.
In the meet's only relay action for the Jeffs, the women's 4x100 squad comprising first years Naomi Bates, Shyloe Jones, Nia Harris, and Beth Hall sprinted to their fastest time of the season – 50.68 – to take ninth overall, in no small part to Jones's strong second leg effort.
NESCAC Championships - April 30
Performers of the Meet: Geoff Ainslie '12, Charlie Reighard '14, and Naomi Bates '14
Comfortably cool weather and occasional bursts of sunshine marked the weather for the 2011 NESCAC championships at Wesleyan University, weather that compelled our Lord Jeff men's and women's track and field teams to four conference titles and a plethora of top 8 finishes. The day's action began at 9:00 A.M. with the men's and women's 10,000m run, in which sophomore Andrew Erskine raced his way to place fifth and senior captain Christina Wong sprinted down the homestretch to capture second. Wong's time also represents her fastest time of the season, and a substantial PR. In the shortest events on the track, first years Naomi Bates and Shyloe Jones would produce admirable results in the 100m hurdles and the 100 meter dash. Bates took sixth in the hurdles with a 15.86, her fastest time on the season, while Jones took 11th in the flat event with a 13.12, her fastest time on the season as well. Harriers Keri Lambert and Tori Sosnowski then took up the mantle in the women's 3,000m steeplechase. Sophomore Lambert led for much of the race before falling to second, where she would ultimately finish in a 13-second PR of 10:56.48. First year Sosnowski would take sixth. The men's 1,500m run saw junior Ben Scheetz step up in distance and take the race, kicking down the competition in the final 300 meters to run a 3:56.08. Senior Jack Seaver and sophomore Eli Howe raced to PRs in the three-and-three quarter trip around the oval. In the women's race, junior captain Melissa Sullivan took second in 4:35.36, her fastest time on the season, while classmate Liza Schalch took the first heat of the event to place 12th overall with an aggressive bell-lap kick. In the next event, the 400m dash, first year Matt Melton continued his break out outdoor season posting a 49.50 one-lap turn to place third, and on the women's side, classmate Beth Hall ran to a 62.14 PR, just shy of the DIII New England mark. Shortly thereafter, junior Scheetz would return to the track to compete in the men's 800m run. Though it looked as if the 1,500 victory might have sapped him of speed necessary to win the shorter event, the young man delivered a strong kick from 200 meters out to take the lead down the homestretch and break the hearts of Bowdoin's Colin Fong and Middlebury's Addison Godine, who saw victory slip away along the back curve. Also in the race, junior Geoff Ainslie and first year Charlie Reighard both broke 2:00, a goal for which they had strived, finishing a tenth of a second from one another. At a quarter of that distance, Amherst sprinters Andrew Reed and Matt Melton dashed to fourth and eighth place finishes in the men's 200, while in the women's race, first year Bates ran a crushing turn to take fifth in 26.63, a collegiate PR. Also on the women's side, first year Nia Harris ducked just under her previous PR to make cross the tape in 28.31. The afternoon's open events closed with the 5,000 meter dash. Senior John McGrail ran a steady race, maintaining position between third and fifth place until the final 200 meters, in which he mustered as much speed as he could and pulled into the lead midway down the homestretch. Ultimately, he won going away in 14:56.47. In the women's race, sophomore Sarah Daly placed sixth in 18:06.35, marking a return to form in the event.
The relays saw further Amherst success, as the women took seventh in the 4x100 –with a season fast time – seventh in the 4x400, and fourth in the 4x800 and the men took an unchallenged first in the 4x400 – dipping under 3:20 for the first time this season – and nabbed third in the DMR.
In the field, first year Bates sprang to fourth in the long jump with a collegiate PR 5.18m effort, while in the throws, senior Chi Uwakaneme capped her hammer career with a 36.86m chuck – a big PR – and senior Pierce Kelley closed out his career with a PR in the shot put of 12.78m. Sophomore Denzel Duncan also achieved a PR to close out his season, his in the men's discus, with a hurl of 39.53m.
Little III Championships - April 23
Performers of the Meet: Jack Seaver '11 and Chi Uwakaneme '11
Not seeming to be able to catch a break from the weather, the Jeffs took to their home track last Saturday when they hosted the 2011 Little III Championship meet. As has been the case at a number of previous meets, Amherst's runners, jumpers, and throwers accepted the challenges presented by the unfavorable conditions and excelled regardless. The day's exploits began in the field with the men's shot put, where senior Pierce Kelley and sophomore Denzel Duncan both chucked the 16-pound implement to distances previously unachieved. Kelley placed second with a throw of 12.49 meters and Duncan took fourth with 12.39 meters. Meanwhile on the oval, sophomore Dillon Buckley took the men's steeplechase in a personal record 9:43.20 as seniors Kevin Hanley and Travis Cohoon followed in third and sixth. Sophomore Keri Lambert won the women's race in convincing fashion, and classmate Elodie Reed took third. In the next event on the track, the 1,500 meter run, sophomore Pat Grimes grabbed the overall victory on the men's side for the Jeffs , while on the women's side classmates Lauren Almeida and Sarah Daly finished fourth with solid runs of 4:52.46 and 4:58.08. Action turned back to the field events, where sophomore Duncan grabbed fourth in the disc with a 38.36 meter effort, one centimeter shy of his PR, and jumpers Jess Mueller and Naomi Bates took third and fourth in the women's long and triple jumps. Bates would also take second in the women's high hurdles and third in the women's 200m dash. Both sides of the 400m dash saw a good measure of success for our story's heroes, as Amherst finished fourth, fifth, and sixth on the women's side led by senior captain Susie Wasserman, and first, fifth, and sixth on the men's led by first year Matt Melton. The men's 100m run saw first year Javier Paulino continue his tear of a season by cutting another tenth of a second off his best time to take second overall, while classmate Shyloe Jones crossed the tape in third for the women. The 800m run bore witness to domination once again by the Jeffs. Junior Melissa Sullivan and senior captain Steve Corsello won their respective races by wide margins, despite having competed in the 1,500m run the previous night in Princeton, NJ. Junior Ben Scheetz, who also ran at Princeton made a rare appearance in the men's 200m dash, which he won in 22.52. Fellow junior Andrew Reed finished fifth and three other Jeffs rounded out the field. The women's 5,000 meter run saw first year Tori Sosnowski take third in 18:13.58, her fastest time of the outdoor season, senior captain Christina Wong take fourth, and first year Angie Epifano take sixth. In the men's event, sophomore Andrew Erskine nabbed second in 15:08, while senior Jack Seaver took eighth in a 15:27 PR of roughly 30 seconds. Events on the track wrapped up with the 4x400 relays, in which the women took second, and the men's team of Andrew Reed, Ben Scheetz, Tommy Moore, and Matt Melton took first by a gargantuan margin. The meet ended following the men's and women's hammer throws. Senior Chris Eaton took second in the former, where sophomore Denzel Duncan took fourth with a three-meter PR . In the latter, senior Chi Uwakaneme unleashed a throw of 34.91 meters, a huge PR of her own, to take fourth. Uwakaneme also took third in the disc and jav and fifth in the shot.
Larry Ellis Invite at Princeton - April 22
Looking for some high quality competition and an opportunity to try and attain some championship qualifying marks, a handful of the team took a little drive down to Princeton to take part in the Larry Ellis Invitational. John McGrail got the meet started with his first crack at the steeplechase of the season, and after leading the race for the first three laps he settled into the pack and ran to a new PR of 9:20 that would also serve as a provisional mark for NCAA's. Running in the fastest section of the 800, Ben Scheetz did not seem fazed by the competition as he went through the first 400 in 51.5 and then took control of the race after the 500 mark and held the lead until the final meters of the race before being passed by a non-collegiate runner. His final time of 1:48.71 was good for 2nd, as well as an NCAA Automatic mark and school record by well over a second. Melissa Sullivan led the early portion of her 1500 race, and would finish 6th in her section, as she hit a provisional mark of 4:36. Will Yochum and Steve Corsello, running in separate sections of the 1500 would finish in 3:58 and 3:59 respectively.
UMass Invitational 2- April 16
Performers of the Meet: Kevin Hanley '11 and Elodie Reed '13
Gone was the New England spring weather of last weekend, and back were the gray, overcast skies, and chilly, blustery wind of post-winter. In spite of the elements at play, the Amherst College men's and women's track and field teams enjoyed an impressive measure of success on the afternoon. As it does so often, the Jeffs' success began in the field, where senior Chris Eaton took second in the men's hammer throw with a toss of 49.42m and first year Naomi Bates notched second in the women's triple jump, springing to a mark of 10.82m.
Action on the oval got underway for Amherst with the 4x100m relay, in which the Lord Jeff women's team of first-year sprinters ran solidly once again to take second, barely edged by cross-valley rival Smith. In the following event, an Amherst first year took up the mantle: New York state native Tori Sosnowski ran, hurdled, and leaped her way to an overall win in the women's steeplechase in 11:33.23 in her debut in the race. In the women's 1,500m run, sophomore Keri Lambert cruised to a second-place finish in a cool 10-second PR of 4:49.21 to lead a group of nine other Jeff women. Others who locked in PRs included, senior captain Christina Wong, juniors Marlis Gnirke and Anna Hager, and sophomore Jamila Odeh. On the men's side of the event, senior John McGrail finished 10th in 4:06.93, a personal record of his own. Attention on the track then turned to the first of the open sprint events, the 400m dash. Amherst had competitors on only the men's side, where junior Ben Scheetz locked in a second-place finish in a 48.61 second effort. Classmates Andrew Reed, Chris Erickson, and Pete Skurman took seventh, 14th, and 16th. Distances descended and speed increased with the start of the 100m dash, where first year Javier Paulino's 11.54 effort for fifth place demonstrated a return to form in the event. He would return to take ninth in the 200m dash as well. As event distances crescendoed to end the day, Amherst's own Melissa Sullivan took sixth in the 800m run to lead five teammates, while on the men's side senior captain Steve Corsello logged a fifth-place finish of his own in 1:55.92 among a field that included six other Jeffs. The afternoon's final open race provided many of the Jeff's highlights. In the men's 5,000m run, sophomore Pat Grimes stepped up in distance and took second with a 15:19.52, while classmate Dillon Buckley followed in 15:28.48 – a personal record. First year Gus Greenstein took eighth, and senior Kevin Hanley ran a 15:50.54 to mark a PR of his own. On the women's side of the race, sophomore Sarah Daly finished fourth in a solid 18:20.34, while classmates Kristen Moulton and Elodie Reed finish sixth and seventh, both running career bests in the race. In the afternoon's relays, Amherst's men's A team of Andrew Reed, Tommy Moore, Matt Melton, and Ben Scheetz took a convincing first, while the women's A squad comprising Susie Wasserman, Melissa Sullivan, Lauren Almeida, and Jaya Tripathi took sixth.
UMass Invitational 1- April 9
Performers of the Meet: Pierce Kelley '11, Percie Gijima '14, and Keri Lambert '13
Finally, the weather broke. For a brief afternoon, spring peeked out from behind the cloudy overcastness of late winter as the Amherst College men's and women's track and field teams traveled the short distance to UMass to compete in the first of two invitationals at the larger institution. The Jeffs' day began with a set of 25-lap turns around the oval. Sophomore Andrew Erskine took the win on the men's side in a 32:00.89 PR, while senior John McGrail took the second spot nine seconds later. Among the women, senior captain Christina Wong took second overall in 38:49.44 – a PR – while sophomore Sarah Daly took third and junior Laura Zaccagnino nabbed seventh. As that event wrapped up, field action began with the men's hammer throw, in which senior Chris Eaton obliterated his old PR by 3.5m to take third with a heave of 49.96, inching him ever closer to the school record. Back on the track, a team of freshmen short sprinters sprinted to a fifth-place finish in the 4x100m relay, running 51.14, bolstered by a phenomenal third leg from Nia Harris. Following the conclusion of the sprint relay, the steeplechasers took the track, and Amherst again showed strongly. In the men's race, sophomore Dillon Buckley finished second in 9:45.11 while senior Kevin Hanley crossed the tape in third ten seconds later and in the women's race, sophomore Keri Lambert notched a second-place finish of her own in 11:10.23. All of those times constituted personal bests, and Lambert's time puts her a tantalizing .23 seconds away from an NCAA-qualifying mark. Next up: men's 1,500m run. Junior Ben Scheetz took the top spot in 3:57, while sophomore Pat Grimes finished in third, three seconds later, both doing their first racing since competing at NCAA championships in March. Four other Amherst runners trailed them. Throwing action moved to the infield with the start of the men's disc, and men's and women's shot. In the disc, both sophomore Denzel Duncan and senior Pierce Kelley exceeded their previous PRs, and Kelley came back to do so in the shot. On the women's side, junior Jordan Roehl finished fifth overall in the shot put, while senior Chi Uwakaneme marked another significant PR in the event at 10.32m, qualifying her for Division III New England championships.
AIC Invitational - April 2
Performers of the Meet: Javier Paulino '14 and Jamila Odeh '13
With the 2011 outdoor season well underway, the Amherst College men's and women's track and field teams traveled to nearby American International College to compete in the first meet hosted at the Division II school. A group of nine women got the meet started for the Jeffs in the 1,500m run. Sophomore Lauren Almeida led the pack to take seventh overall, followed closely by first year Lisa Walker, who grabbed eighth. Sophomore Abby Hopper and junior Anna Hager notched PRs in the event. The meet's next highlights were provided by the short sprint crew, in the 100m hurdles and the 100m dash. In the hurdles, first year Naomi Bates gracefully sprinted her way to a fourth place finish in 15.96, despite a shaky start from the blocks, and in the women's 100m dash, classmate Shyloe Jones earned sixth in 13.39, leading three other Jeffs, including sophomore Jess Mueller, who marked a personal best. On the men's side of the event, first year Javier Paulino, despite sporting a dilapidated pair of spikes, ran an exceptional race from start to finish to take 10th in 11.55. Sophomore Wrenford Thaffe competed in the event as well and lowered his PR by roughly half a second. In the next event on the track, the women's 800m, Amherst senior captain Susie Wasserman clinched sixth, while first year Amy Dao claimed eighth, after having run to an 11th place finish earlier in the 1,500m. The men's short sprint crew returned with a vengeance in the 200m dash, in which first year Paulino returned to mark an impressive 23.27-second turn for sixth place. Sophomore Thaffe earned his second PR on the day in the event as well, this one by nearly a second and a half. The day's last event on the track for the Jeffs was the 5,000m run, which they utterly dominated on both the men's and the women's side. In the women's race, the field included eight Amherst harriers. Among them, sophomore Keri Lambert who placed third in 18:30.56 – a huge PR – classmate Sarah Daly who took fifth, senior captain Christina Wong who took seventh, and first year Tori Sosnowski who placed eighth. Also in the field were sophomores Elodie Reed, Kristen Moulton, and Jamila Odeh, who all clocked outdoor personal bests. In the men's race, senior John McGrail ran to a second place finish in 15:20.49. He was trailed by sophomore Andrew Erskine who took third, sophomore Dillon Buckley who took sixth, and first year Gus Greenstein who took eighth. Senior Jack Seaver recorded a personal record in the 12 and a half lap event, running 16:05.12 to earn 10th.
In field action, sophomore Mueller and first year Bates took second and third in the women's long jump with marks of 4.90m and 4.89m, while Mueller also took fifth in the triple jump. In the throwing pits, first year Jordan Young hurled the discus to an impressive 38.21m, sixth place finish in the men's event, while in the shot put seniors Pierce Kelley and Chi Uwakaneme took seventh for the respective genders.
Jerry Gravel Invitational - March 26
Performers of the Meet: Kash Aleshinolye '14, Anna Hager '12, and Chi Uwakaneme '11
The start of the 2011 outdoor track and field was a cold and blustery one, though adverse elements did not stop the men and women Jeffs from delivering encouraging performances across the board at Westfield Sate University's Jerry Gravel Invitational. The meet began with the men's hammer throw and the women's shot put. Senior Chris Eaton's work with the weight throw indoors showed results as he launched a 46.31m personal record to take second. Sophomore Denzel Duncan also marked a collegiate PR in the event with a 38.13m chuck, vastly improving upon his previous best mark in the event. In the women's shot put, junior Jordan Roehl topped any throw she made in the indoor season with a throw of 11.04m, good for fourth place, while senior Chi Uwakaneme returned a significant PR in the event with a beautifully executed throw of 10.05m, her first time in the double digits. Amidst these field events, the first running events of the day began, the men's and women's 10,000 meter run, which proved an Amherst affair on both sides. The women took places three through six, led by first year Jasia Kaulbach in her debut in the event, who crossed the finish line in 40:48.81. Junior Anna Hager, who took fifth, set a personal record in the event by just under one minute. In the men's race, sophomore Dillon Buckely kicked down teammate Ben Mears to take fourth in 33:42.95. Mears followed in fifth, while senior Jack Seaver finished in sixth and first year Gus Greenstein in eighth. Action in the field resumed for the Jeffs with the start of the men's javelin throw and the women's high jump. Senior Pierce Kelley, in his second year as a jav man, catapulted the implement 43.30m to lead the Amherst contingent in the event. Meanwhile, in the jumping pits, sophomore Jess Mueller floated over the bar to a graceful PR at 1.52m, good for fourth, to lead the other two Jeffs in that event. Back on the oval, the Amherst sprint crew prepared itself for the 400m dash. Senior Taylor Perkins led the men in 52.91, while sophomore Jade McKnight paced the women in 62.71, taking sixth overall. Further encouraging performances in the event came from first years Kash Aleyshinolye, who made the turn in 53.64, and Beth Hall, who ran 63.22 in her collegiate debut, following surgery for compartment syndrome. Following the 400m dash, the Amherst weight team again changed venues, this time to the men's shot put and men's discus. In the former, sophomore Denzel Duncan barely bested senior Pierce Kelley in a race to 12.00m in the event. Duncan placed tenth with 12.13m, a collegiate PR of nearly a meter, and Kelley took 13th with 11.95m. Duncan again led the squad in the latter, with a hurl of 34.98 in the discus, ahead of Kelley at 32.53 and first year Jordan Young at 30.20. Amherst's track events concluded with the short sprint crew returning to double in the 200m dash. First year Naomi Bates powered headlong through the wind to lead the Jeff women in 28.09, sixth overall, while classmate Javier Paulino did the same for the men to run 24.00 for 12th.
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The Agony, Odyssey, Ecstasy, Meandering and
Wandering at the CES and T.H.E. SHOW 2007
Unlike January 2006, this year's odyssey had a very good beginning. My airline ticket was almost reasonably priced and well timed to allow me to attend the well-known pre-opening night, invitational press event, this year entitled, the "Digital Experience". This annual event held at the world famous Bellagio hotel is put on by Pepcom Inc, an independent organization that is not affiliated with CES. As usual this event has relatively little to do with audio or music, though this time I picked up a bit of information at Shure's exhibit.
Their top model in the famous V-15 series of pickup cartridges is gone, not even a replacement stylus exists.
The cantilevers are officially dangerous to work with. The now top model is the same except for its cantilever. Multimedia, wireless, and convergence were words that I was almost bombarded by at this event. As usual, the food and beverages were excellent and never ending.
The following morning I started my meandering while pondering the effects of the changes wrought by CEA, the parent organization and responsible for their show aptly titled CES (Consumer Electronics Show) the largest of its kind in the world. The main attractions at CES are to be seen (audio secondary) at the huge Las Vegas Convention Center. While offering more than a million and a half square feet of floor space for exhibitors it is not sufficient. It is almost overwhelming, extremely crowded, and usually noisy and as would be expected, very costly to stage. Manufacturers have to be charged big bucks to reserve exhibition space while losing a typical week's work and income back at their individual offices. Whether as a money saving move or a way to give more time to individual dealers and press members, some companies move off-site to various hotels. I was almost shocked when I entered the main doors of the South Hall at the huge Las Vegas Convention Center. Denon had been front and center there for many years and for the past few years headed there by Jeff Talmadge. Neither he nor Denon was to be found—it was true for their stable mates from Marantz (both companies have the same owner).
I eventually found them plus some other exhibitors at the Aladdin hotel. They are two companies whose top line products are often considered almost high-end audio products. Denon in particular has become a favorite of professional tweakers doing upgraded modifications. Denon had only a few new products but Jeff Talmadge promised more, well before the year's end. Many similarly oriented companies seem to be holding off while waiting to see which way things may go in the video/home theater world including possible new connections and wiring such as HDMI 1.3 a slight but possibly significant upgrade to the current standards needed to be met by cable companies. I did get to see (not hear) a couple of prototypes and as might be expected they seemed to be literally growing to accompany all the new additions and modifications to existing designs, particularly those popular AV receivers. They do have a new series with built in features in helping custom installers.
For audio lovers there is another very significant player at Las Vegas while the official CES event is in town. That long time player is officially known as T.H.E. SHOW. The initials simply stand for The Home Entertainment Show. As often in the past, but not every year, they were located at the St Tropez hotel, next to the Alexis Park hotel and almost just across from the famous Hard Rock Hotel. Last year and a number of times in previous years they were there next to the Alexis Park hotel that had been home to CES' High Performance Audio division. "What an excellent arrangement for audio lovers" That pairing is now gone as the CES audio division has completely moved to the larger facilities available at the Sands/Venetian convention center. Though possibly started as a less expensive venue for new or smaller audio companies unable to comfortably afford the lush facilities offered by the CES, many well-known companies have simply stayed with T.H.E. SHOW. As a result, this year Richard Beers who manages it told me that they had their best opening day ever. I hate counting, but their exhibitor list seems to include around a hundred and fifty companies including some of the most famous names in high performance audio in addition to some of the newest. Adding to that interest is their now well known free lunches, better than ever, and served casually outdoors. My wife Pat and I were seated with Frank Stuppel (he of the highly respected fsaudioweb.com, a web site featuring select audio components from around the world) and his wife. Also at our table was Dick Olsher though his vocalist wife was missing this year. Dick's excellent recordings of her helped make so well known. Dick the highly respected and extremely knowledgeable audio reviewer and designer will soon be found in the pages of The Absolute Sound magazine. Attending rival schools for our regular college backgrounds before postgraduate work, we often trade barbs. I had no barbs to trade this year as his U of Florida Gators whipped my FSU Seminoles on their way to the national collegiate football championship. Later Richard told me that they served more food than ever and had consistent attendance every day. Seemingly they benefited by CES' changes this year. T.H.E. show fully backs the audio world and its enthusiasts with video still in a supporting role with most of their exhibitors.
Acoustic Zen Technologies was founded on superb cable products designed by Robert Lee. Again this year the highlight of their room was the beautiful and beautifully performing moderately sized and priced loudspeakers the Adagios. Driving them was the new Red Dragon switching amplifiers. A year ago I requested both for review but lost out on the loudspeakers but am still waiting on Ryan Tew's attractive amplifiers that had a couple of manufacturing delays.
Vandersteen Audio's loudspeakers and Audio Research's front end and amplification components have merged particularly well again this year. Many years ago and for many years, they were one of two top contenders for moderately priced and sized loudspeakers—Vandersteen and Thiel. The Vandersteen models (2 series, I believe) were always a bit fuller, richer and more relaxed sounding, almost mellow. The Thiel's were a bit lean and tight in the lower end and a bit more detailed and forward sounding. Listening carefully this year has definitely revealed traces of those backgrounds while both companies' "sound" is changing and closing in on a near middle ground. Dr. Bruce Edgar's horn loudspeaker system is once again easy to describe. Big, full, rich with tremendous presence and outstandingly relaxed sound tell it all. Telarc's Beatles recording featuring the King's Singers benefited in the Edgar horn room while I was listening.
As usual, I found no representative at the room listed for VPI Industries. The respected Harry Weisfeld and his highly regarded companies seem to never show up at these major shows. I think that is poor publicity and public relations with their users and the industry in general. I own one of their turntables and while they are seemingly very busy and successful, they should turn up once in awhile—how about next year?
Herron Audio showed up again this year but at T.H.E. Show instead of CES. Keith Herron was showing the latest of his electronics' upgrades with his new VTPH-2 phono preamplifier, seemingly with all desired features while claiming even a bit better performance than his earlier models now replaced by this single model. This follows closely the widely acclaimed updated preamplifier. It will be interesting to see if he can duplicate these upgrade successes with his outstanding amplifier. As an aside, that same evening I heard a group discussing a loudspeaker company that many of its models have the reputation of being "difficult to drive". I spoke up saying that I noticed no problem at any time when reviewing them. An immediate question popped up—what amplifiers were you using then?" I was using Heron amplifiers I responded. Then came the retort—"oh, Herron amplifiers will drive anything, but most amplifiers have trouble with the loudspeakers we were discussing".
At the Herron room, he was showing off his new slightly smaller model loudspeaker with overall sound quality very reminiscent of his surprisingly good larger model of the previous year. Surprisingly because Keith is supposed to be an electronics specialist not a loudspeaker designer—he is making the field of top loudspeaker designers a bit more crowded than previously.
Not far from new designer Keith Herron, was an old and famous loudspeaker name with a relatively new president, Janszen Loudspeakers. For newcomers to the audiophile world, loudspeakers designed by Arthur Janszen were justly famous around fifty years ago and starting with his superb (even by today's standards) wide range electrostatic tweeters—eventually becoming full range systems with the addition of a woofer or woofers. Nowadays that is referred to as a hybrid ESL design. Now that is being designed by David Janszen and seems to be more like a flat panel design with a gold visual appearance. Very promising design and my guess is that with a couple of additional audio show's experience, the tendency for a bit of added brightness or upper midrange prominence will be gone. Then, Janszen's show sound will go from very promising to simply very good.
The midline Kharma loudspeakers again show what a top designer can do with continuing tweaks to a superb basic design. Again sounding as if there were only one driver and no crossover network, detail was abundant and distortions were not!
Andy Payor's Rockport Mira Grand loudspeakers were visually attractive and audibly outstanding. They were demonstrating this "mid-size" model and most other loudspeaker manufacturers were doing the same. The larger and largest loudspeaker systems were absent in nearly all the rooms I visited both at CES and T.H.E. Show. The Purist Audio Design cable products were letting the speaker system sound its best. Jim Aud and Kimberly Aud-Stahl were still basking in the glow of glowing reports, including mine, about their outstanding Anniversary Power Cables. I am still surprised and pleased at how much better they allow my system to perform even compared to some other expensive competitors. Are they the best there is at this point in time? Probably true, but until a couple of other companies are willing to back up advertising claims by providing samples for me to compare I can not be certain. They are simply my current reference standard for AC power cords—expensive and worth it. As always, the Eminent Technology models sounded musically pleasing and simply natural. Best described as for music lovers more so than audiophiles; introduction of their new and possibly revolutionary "Rotary Woofer" will probably change that perception. Unfortunately, I forgot to check out the rumor that the smallest, so-called desktop model they make, has been discontinued. Perfect for computer use I remember them as attractively styled and very musically sounding wherever minimal space was available.
New this year is the site of CES 's High Performance Audio division. Instead of the moderately sized Alexis Park hotel, this year the world famous and very large complex of the Venetian hotel and the Sands/Venetian convention center hosted the audio exhibitors. Visually famous on nationally televised promotions featuring gondolas with a romantic setting for a couple plus the gondolier who is steering the little boat and at times serenading the couple. In real life, there is also another unique and large area within the hotel kind of like an old European town square area, very picturesque with clouds floating overhead and so forth. It many not hit you immediately or ever, but you are not outdoors but in a large seemingly open area with an extremely natural look and feel and the sky realistically changing ever so slowly.
A brisk ten-minute walk from my hotel found me taking the elevator up to the 29th floor of the Venetian Towers wing of the hotel. I was not alone and there was a wait while a couple of the elevators descended to the ground floor. After a few visits, I decided to start at the 35th floor and work my way down even if it meant descending the stairs where there was never a wait. The general floor layout consisted of a central area where the elevators are located. From the central area, three long hallways radiated (like spokes on an axle) at one hundred twenty-degree intervals with each hallway seeming to have approximately 14 to 16 rooms on each side. The last two or three on each side were larger than the others. Far away from the lofty rooms of the Venetian Towers and located near ground level were the various so-called meeting rooms, located on three different levels. Some people never seemed to find all those meeting rooms. That was a major complaint. I talked to a number of manufacturers who vowed to not use one of those larger meeting rooms next year.
Kimber Kable had three locations, high up in the tower, around ground floor and far away on the other side beyond the gambling casino and over at the Vegas Convention Center. Dick Diamond, ably assisted by Shane Burroughs was holding fourth at the lower meeting room. Most audio writers spend time at Kimber's room every year and Dick Diamond helps spread the word about much of the CES happenings and never misses a beat while professionally and logically explaining why Kimber Kables perform so well. It is no surprise that so many reviewers use Kimber's cables in their personal systems. Dick announced a couple of changes with their products and with no claim for improvement. In response to some of their European (particularly German) dealers for a slightly different tonal balance with Kimber's ultimate interconnects, Kimber has added a couple of strands of silver wiring to their models KS 1030 single end and KS 1130 balanced interconnect cables. The end result is to add some fullness in the bottom end or bass range. Kimber is not claiming improvement, just a slight tonal balance change to keep some dealers happy. In turn, dealers are trying to make or keep their customers satisfied. Tests have shown better dynamic response in the lower frequencies for these new models, the KS 1036 and the KS 1136.
Anthony Gallo's loudspeakers continue to evolve year after year. New tall and very narrow cabinets are hiding new titanium drivers allowing seven and a half octave response range for their newest model 3-Inch driver. They feature tall and very narrow enclosures with metal vertical grillwork that is visually transparent viewed head on. Briefly, they are more than just another fine value loudspeaker system with Gallo continuing a trend that started with his designs in Speaker Builder magazine. I did not get to find out if the preamplifier being used was actually a stock older model from MacIntosh's golden years; the sound quality was excellent for its price or above with Gallo's latest.
Esoteric, an ultra high-end division of Teac, has become one of the very few new names to earn its entrance into the top rungs of high-end audio. They caught reviewer's ears; mine included, with the model DV-50 followed soon after with an upgraded video version the DV-50s—both offering flexible selectable up-conversion to as high as 1,536kHz! They reigned almost supreme among earlier so-called universal players by not being weak in any area; nearly all universals had an "Achilles' Heel" with one format. Unfortunately, that one under-performing format was usually the most common format, good ol' CD. Some of their newer models received mixed reviews as a few reviewers deemed some to be technologically superb but lacking a bit musically. That usually translates as being a bit bright or edgy sounding with less than the finest sounding discs. I should request a current model 60 or 10 series to check out the current status, though I am still using the model DV-50s in my home theater system even it does not have HDMI output for the latest in video output. The older units are seemingly prized by the professional modifiers/tweakers. That implies excellent basic design and hopefully excellent transport mechanisms. Selling for a bit more that half the original prices makes them attractive to music lovers figuring they may outperform many companies' newest units when modified. I do not know, but will attempt to find out in the not too distant future. The overall sound in the Esoteric room was of very high quality with no excessive treble range brightness heard on the recordings used while I was there. Wilson's Watt Puppy series 8 were being used to fine effect.
At a somewhat less exalted and definitely less expensive level, I found the newest Murata loudspeakers. The Model being demo'd was a typical bookshelf size though the cabinet design is obviously for vertical placement. Moderately priced and offering surprisingly good sound they are a fine value. There was a tad or of congestion in the bass range and the deepest bass was absent—"so what", many listeners would reply. Those concerns are usually expensive to obtain and these are definitely a value-oriented offering.
The other almost value priced system that I had plenty of time to audition is by Lyngdorf. As I was checking out their impressive fifteen-page catalog, I was unable to find exactly the setup I had heard. Therefore, I am relying on my notes, which in turn were going to rely on the catalog; called it a vicious circle. The Scandinavian Lyngdorf Company makes everything needed for a complete system. They also had a hand in the world's first digital amplifier launch in 1998. Their loudspeakers I auditioned were floor-standers, very small floor-standers with neat contemporary styling. The overall fine audio quality (considering their size) was unexpectedly big and full sounding with spacious audio staging. I had to wonder, are there add-on woofers hiding somewhere? Yes, hiding in plain sight, "disguised" as a pair of very small room-dampening panels with a passing resemblance to those by Ultra Systems. These are not mentioned in Lyngdorf's catalog. In that large meeting room they may have appeared to be relatively smaller than they really are. I went up close to them after realizing what they really were. I guessed they were about 16-18 inches high and triangular in cross section and only 4-5 inches deep at the top and perhaps 8 inches deep at the floor. Perhaps most people would have guessed they were speakers/woofers whereas my experience indicated their shape and casual placement (but not the small size) indicated sound or room deadening panels.
Before finishing the day at the Sands/Venetian complex, I ran into one of the most respected video reviewers who happen to work independently in the video field. I brought up the subject and he replied that the very latest LCD designs by Samsung appear to be very special and may wind up as the best current LCD models though he has not yet reviewed or tested one. Video is nice in that so much can be revealed by actual exacting tests. Audiophiles seldom put much belief into test results though there is a slow but definite trend away from that belief as digital audio takes over much of analog. Among this reviewer's sets at home is the brand and type I decided on over a year ago, the relatively moderately priced JVC models with rear projection LCOS (liquid crystal on silicon) as now admittedly used also by Sony. A very personal choice but I remain very pleased, and are not as critical of subtle video imperfections as I am of audio.
With time at a premium, that afternoon with Denon and Marantz missing at the Las Vegas Convention Center I spent time with Universal Remote Control's Hank Eisengrein. Hank has long time interest with the audio world and the company's products reflect a real interest in audio and controlling it and not just video. Privately shown is their forthcoming model R70 with a larger, bright and very colorful color display. It was truly impressive and I hope to receive one for review. It is designed to let average consumers automate their Home Theater systems and has access to the best code library through their PCs. Keep your eyes open for this one around March or April.
The other must see convention center stop on my list was at the APC Company's exhibit. The reason for this stop was the extremely positive remarks by reviewer Bill Gaw who has almost launched crusades about power condition. He has covered much from the incoming line down to individual outlets and components in great detail over the past couple of years. First, I need to mention that the well-known APC Company with the many products offered in computer stores, now, has a very different line of products from their new Home Theater division. Do not use their products designed for the computer world and its components. There is an S series (S15 and S20 I believe) that feature battery backup for severe low voltage or no voltage situations while hopefully offering very serious power conditioning at less than two thousand dollars. With styling similar to a preamplifier, the model AV 1.0kVA H series and the AV I.5 kVA H series type conditioners seem to be offering all the conditioning and protection of the more expensive battery backup S series. Prices are accordingly much less at well under a thousand dollars. I hope that my request for a review sample will be honored. The extremely thorough introduction to these units convinced me that the model 1.5 H type is for most listeners the better choice even if the higher power handling is not needed. These units seem to be almost too good to be true at their very reasonable list prices. We'll keep our fingers crossed.
The past few years Thiel had a prominent and easy location to find at Alexis Park—so easy to find that I routinely forgot them. This year Thiel Audio Products was far down and way over yonder on level 2 with their model 3.7 loudspeakers driven by Bryston amplification and sharing the seemingly fine room and presentation with Synergistic Research's new cables. These Thiel loudspeakers were also found with Ayre Acoustics fine electronics and player in their Tower suite. The Thiels were sounding excellent with perhaps the slightest touch of treble emphasis. Perhaps even a tad better overall with Ayre products while listening to Telarc's Beethoven Choral Symphony with which I am extremely familiar. Charlie Hansen was not able to attend this year. With Ayre's' components my notes in part read, "clean and very clear on the Beethoven with no hint of strain or shrillness.
In the Boulder/Thiel room Synergistic Research cables' new" active technology" was being demonstrated repeatedly by simply switching the cables' active component on or off. Yes there was a noticeable difference between them when on or off. Even the presence or dimensional aspects changed. This new technology supposedly allows for essentially zero capacitance which bypasses my understanding of the situation though it now allows these new cables to be much more flexible and thinner by far than before allowing for a price reduction. Recognizing my name the presenter privately went into great detail describing the theories behind the new design and construction. His offer of setup and loan of demo units was unexpected. I rarely get such offers anymore as my reputation of no nonsense reviewing of cables scares off most companies; no easy raves here.
Great luck at my next stop. Roger West of Sound Labs' electrostatic fame was available and we caught up on old times. We go back together over thirty years. The components were all fed by Kimber Kables best and the huge setup of many of Roger's larger models in a room that would seemingly be too small for the many large panels. The sound was superb and completely submersive for all listeners. No real surprise with perhaps the world's finest and most researched electrostatic loudspeakers set up by Dr. West. There are some musical reproductions that the finest large panel electrostatic loudspeakers with Roger's unique multiple sizing panels can do that no others can, when setup properly. If you think electrostatic loudspeakers cannot do bass, think or preferably listen. They can be outstandingly good with extremely low measured distortion.
At Carl Marchisotta's Nola by Accent Speaker Technology room, he was demonstrating the latest updates in the Viper series. It earns the simple title of Nola Reference. I am extremely familiar with Carl's loudspeakers, having reviewed a number of them and owning eight of them in my modest home theater system including a pair of his over-performing T-Bolt 111 subwoofers. His top model multi-tower Grand Reference retails for well over a hundred thousand dollars. He makes a forty nine thousand dollar model that attempts to give listeners a significant amount of the Grand Reference's sound performance. This superb, updated, smaller Reference model at twelve thousand dollars, in many aspects in a typical home listening room, may be his finest loudspeaker to date. He admitted this is what he uses at home for personal listening pleasure. As I found out in previous review sessions, this model also sings at its best with big and powerful-tubed amplifiers. Used at CES were western Electric 140-pound amplifiers driving the 80-pound loudspeakers. Playing Phillips CD# 442-609-2 version of Carnival of the Animals, resulted in my notes of "absolutely sublimely delicate natural sound quality". Out on a limb, but only a little bit, I hereby state that with appropriate electronics it should be the first loudspeaker to be considered when looking for the very best in sound reproduction in the range of $20,000 to $25,000. At $12,000/pair, they are one of the very best bargains in the entire audio kingdom. They are only 10 inches wide and attractively well finished at only 46 inches high. No negatives whatsoever were noticed during my addition. It must be noted that the sophisticated crossover network is placed behind each cabinet.
The large model Hansen loudspeaker, the King V.2 has received great publicity lately plus an almost rave review. The slightly smaller model at $49,000 per pair, the Emperor, offers much of the same performance. Evidently simply applying tried and true design techniques to the last degree must be a factor in Hansen's performance. No unique features per se probably, similar philosophy as with Nolas. I don't know if anyone doubles up with finished well-designed loudspeakers any more as in the distant past. It would be fascinating to compare two pairs of Nola's References to a single pair of these Hansens. Why the idea even entered my head, I really am not sure.
Somehow, somewhere and sometime during this day I found a mentor. Probably more accurately a mentor found me. Even with my many years in and around audio, I consider myself a student and love to learn. Fellow PFO writer Clark Johnsen spent time introducing me to unfamiliar designers and designs. I do not remember if I really have to thank him or to mention that I routinely read all that he writes. For those not acquainted with him, he is still basking in the aura created by his unusually titled book "The Wood Effect", now a bit of a collector's item. I will leave it to individual investigation to let our readers find out what the main subject matter of his book is. Personally, I found out that his sense of humor is as warped as is mine. That is, we really hit it off—thanks Clark.
As a result, I was introduced to the principals at DeVore Fidelity where a fine two and a half way was making very musical sounds. Across the hall was the very unique Audio Machina room, featuring beautiful and unique all metal enclosures, about forty inches tall with eight-tenths inch thick walls of 6061-T651 hopefully the correct designation of specific aluminum used. It too was a very faithful music reproducer with a Fostex midrange driver.
On the same floor in the Venetian Tower, I found Gary Koh's Genesis loudspeakers. As with many others, he too was not demonstrating his larger or largest models. This year he has been tweaking and upgrading the latest smaller floor-standing model in the 5 series. It is now noticeably better than ever. I had previously owned the original in the series identified as the Roman numeral V. With its continuing beautiful lines and proportions it is possible for a pair to blend in to most any setting depending on the wide variety of available finishes. The bass response remains perhaps unsurpassed for such a small enclosure. Genesis continues exploring various dimensions. Gary has announced an upgrade to any of the models that are paired with an external servo amplifier. The servo-bass cable is an integral part of the feedback system with two signal paths. I can attest to the theory behind this significant upgrade as I had a cable manufacturer do the same for my original V models years ago.
I need to mention my first visit in some years to the Quad loudspeaker room. Driven with tube amplification and fed from a turntable with variables such as a tonearm and pickup cartridge something was noticeably amiss. Lacking fine detail and a sense of lifelike sparkle the presence of live music was absent. No SACD player was present to aid the system. Nearly all the other systems I have written about at CES used SACD or CD players. I know it is still popular in some quarters to automatically assume analog is better or more musical. It is true that a very few of the best SACD players with most SACD discs sound reminiscent to the ideal of the best analog. The best analog never was the vinyl recording spinning on a turntable with a possibly resonating arm and an extremely variable sounding pickup cartridge attached. As some of us old timers used to gripe about the many failing of analog systems, many of us found that often no two samples of some phono cartridges sounded the same. We all complained because our desires were to equal the sound of the master tapes. We all knew about the variable sound from different stampers. Maybe the Quad system was not setup properly or thoroughly burned in. It did not actively offend, it simply did not come to life with the vinyl I heard playing. Maybe a pickup cartridge with a top end rocketing up many decibels with rising frequency would have done it. When is the last time anyone has seen a frequency response test done in a published review? The Brits used to do it regularly. I petition John Atkinson to do it with Stereophile magazine. Everyone pounces on the smallest variations in SACD or even CD response measurements. Let audiophiles see what is happening with the widely varying responses of the latest favorite pickup cartridges, particularly the expensive moving coils. While "stirring the pot" I shall seriously ask, "is there anyone who can prove which sounds more nearly like the master tape using standard production procedures, the SACD, or the vinyl record?"
The Tape Project from 235 Westlake Center #326, Daly City, CA 94015 was demonstrating superb analog tape sound with Marten's loudspeakers at CES. They can supply everything for tape enthusiasts and I mean everything with more releases promised regularly to those who sign up. I want to mention that from room to room the sound quality was more consistently musical with fewer distortions than ever before - let's hope that trend continues. More use of SACD discs and better players must be a factor. Finally, there were some potential problems with sales of SACD and CD that kept most companies away. Hats off to both David Chesky and May Marketing for continuing that tradition at CES.


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+135HP/ +123 ft lbs. torque (108HP / 98ft lbs rear wheel @ 7 psi).
Twin Screw Design. More Efficient than the Eaton / Roots type. (Cooler air charge temp and less HP to drive)
Looks Factory. Mounts on top of engine.
Includes Kenne Bell "Open House" hi flo 20HP manifold. (Eliminates restricitive stock manifold).
Whisper Quiet. No embarassing, annoying noise.
No external oil lines or drilling holes in pan.
No other changes necessary.
Works with stock gears.
No boost lag.
60-80 degrees cooler air charge temperature and requires 10-16 less HP to drive than roots style.
No other engine or transmission changes required. Everyhting included.
Not totally dependent on rpm for boost as with centrifugals.
Fits under stock hood.
Bolts to stock lower manifold.
No intercooler required.
BOOST-A-PUMP included. Only activates under boost.
OPTIMODULE (chip) also included.
*300-650HP range. Varies with boost level.
A whopping increase of 135HP (440 vs 305) and 123 ft lbs torque (426 vs 303). This one will turn anyone's head around. "Top engine" design mounts supercharger where it belongs - on top of the 4.6 - not on the side or in between the radiator and water pump. Included with the kit is the new Kenne Bell ultra high flow "open house" manifold. No manifold will ever flow more air then this beauty. Near full rated boost at a mere 2400 RPM gives the little 280 cubic incher needed low end torque - AND MORE!
TORCO - Torco Octane Booster (Accelerator Race Fuel Concentrate) can be purchased in 5 gallon 610 oz containers for $138. That's $.22/oz which adds $.17/gallon (3 octane) or $.34/gallon for 7 octane. Only $120-$240 for 10000 miles of big HP gains and lots of fun. 16 oz in 20 gallons is 7.0 octane. Note: Increasing the ratio above 32 oz in 20 gallons does not provide increase beyond 7 octane. When comparing octane boosters keep in mind that some advertise "octane POINTS." It takes 10 POINTS to make one octane. Torco doesn't contain any lead or alcohol.
LUCAS - Our other recommendation is Lucas Oil's "Octane Booster" which nets approx. 3 octane in 20 gallons. It contains MMT (Maganese Tricarbonyl) and is the best of the MMT boosters.
The stock '96-'98 Cobra will turn 14.0 @ 100 mph.
The Kenne Bell 6 psi kit will turn 12.5* @ 108 mph.
The Kenne Bell 8 psi kit will turn 12.3* @ 110 mph.
*Additional supercharger torque will require Drag Street Radials for best ET's.
BOOST-A-PUMP™ - Set Kenne Bell BOOST-A-PUMP for boost levels shown above. The engine can't make horsepower without fuel. Higher boost increases engine horsepower and air flow through the engine. An increase in fuel delivery and fuel octane is necessary to keep pace.
IGNITION / PLUGS - Close plug gap to .035". If ignition is still inadequate (evidenced by engine miss) install the Kenne Bell BOOST-A-SPARK™. Install new 1 heat range cooler NGK TR6 spark plugs.
CHIPS - A variety of custom Kenne Bell MONO and SWITCH CHIP designs wherein we alter the fuel and spark curves for specific applications are available. Ford Cobra OBD2 computers from 1996-'98 - we have calibrated chips for all.
PULLEYS - The big Kenne Bell 2.1L BIG BORE™ is capable of developing up to 20 psi boost.
HEADERS - Not worth the high cost. 5-10HP at best.
EXHAUST - No HP gain, but sounds good.
COOL AIR KIT - Dent in inlet tube for strut brace restricts power by 10HP. Use the '98 tube with Kenne Bell Cool Air Kit.
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CONCORD, NC - MAY 29: Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Dodge, stands on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Nationwide Series Tech-Net Auto Service 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 29, 2010 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Brad Keselowski weighs himself as 152.4 pounds prior to the Coca-Cola 600. (click to enlarge) The Coca-Cola 600 is the longest race on the NASCAR circuit and is known for taking it's toll on drivers. While some of the jokes throughout the last week centered around drivers and eating in the cars it was also widely talked about the amount of weight which will be loss during an evening at Charlotte. Brad Kesewloski is perhaps the NASCAR driver most into social media and last night he took the time to show a before and after photo of his weight. When taking the time to tweet prior to Sunday's race Kesewloski guessed he'd only lose three or four pounds. He weighed in at 152.4 pounds. After the race Keselowski posted a photo of his post race weight. Weighing in at 149.4 pounds for a total weight loss of three pounds. Brad Keselowski on the scale after the Coca-Cola 600 weighing 149.4 lbs As for the race Kesewloski finished fifth. He went unnoticed for much of the night until he made conta...
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Business optimism is up, but Australia is falling behind in export markets, writes Tim Colebatch.
On any measure, this is a record current account deficit. There are good reasons for it, and bad ones. The danger is that ministers and officials will simply spin us the good news, and not tackle the bad.
Yesterday's figures show the drought was only a minor factor. Total rural exports last year were the third highest in our history, exceeded only by the two bumper years before them.
Falling rural exports made up just a third of the year-on-year rise in the June quarter deficit. SARS and the Iraq war were irrelevant: falling income as overseas tourists stayed home was offset by falling spending as Australians stayed home. Apart from the drought, only three factors mattered.
The first was the good one. After several years in which business investment sank close to historic lows as a share of output, optimism has rebounded. By June, business was investing 30 per cent more than two years earlier, most of it in equipment bought by manufacturers and miners.
Most equipment is imported, and it's not cheap. In 2002-03, imports of capital goods rose almost as much as farm exports fell. Yesterday's figures point to even higher investment in 2003-04, and that's welcome.
But other imports were soaring too. We spent $1.4 billion more on imported cars, while Australian car exports faltered.
We imported more food, gadgets, oil, parts, more everything. In a weak year, imports rose 10 per cent in value and 16 per cent in volume.
Yet our non-farm exports slumped in value for the second year in a row and rose in volume just 4 per cent. Australia is losing global export share.
The drought will pass, but until some future government lifts our underlying competitiveness by focusing on developing world-class industries, Australia will keep having to borrow income it does not earn.
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BUT, fish and i finally agreed on a plan we both love.
cost : about $80.
today, fish got out of work unexpectedly early...
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...including two of these fancy-shmancy guys:
they'll be the staircase sides.
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the wood will be sitting here awhile though...we now have to wait for that rare, rare occurence: fish to have time off.
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Tehran is after control of both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi border region.
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American-European intelligence input points to iSIS suicide teams lurking ready to strike near at least two or three other airports in Europe. The intel is very general, pointing to intent, but no specifics.
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An unforeseen trickle-down effect of Britain's decision to leave the EU: Arab governments have begun shying away from their reliance on the US or Europe to lead the war on ISIS..
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis June 24, 2016
Wars in general and religious wars in particular, as well as migration of populations encompassing millions of people, always brought throughout history, to violence, conflicts, plagues, fallen regimes, famine and economic hardships.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 23, 2016
US-led offensives grind to a halt on two fronts, are pushed back on a third.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 23, 2016
Putin determines to curtail US military intervention in Syrian war.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 23, 2016
The frontrunner is Grand Ayatollah Mahmoud Shahroudi.
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In the last few days, the Western press has been full of harrowing reports on the death and destruction wrought by the Islamic State in Fallujah, western Iraq. But no media outlet is covering the still ongoing human disaster in which tens of thousands of the city's Sunni residents are fleeing for their lives, including many elderly people, women and children, in dread of their 'liberators," the pro-Iranian Iraqi Shiite militias that captured the eastern and central parts of Fallujah.
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The ISIS leader is granting legitimacy and kudos to encourage the "ideological Islamist terrorists".
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Obama, supported by Putin, plans to keep ISIS-controlled cities under siege rather than capturing them.
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President Obama describes the war against the terror organization as if it is a one sided war in which only one side fights and gains military achievements. This is not the case. As in any war, the armies in it have good days of achievements and bad days of failures.
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Obama's policies were the catalyst that united the main Middle Eastern and Persian Gulf countries.
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US forces have been deployed to four ME countries during the past two weeks.
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Obama decided to respond to Iran's deliveries of ballistic missiles.
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Elements of the Algerian military maintain contacts with ISIS or Al Qaeda.
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Hollande warns Obama of a new much bigger stream of migrants from Africa.
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