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In Reply to: RE: OTL amps and high impedance speakers. posted by Cougar on April 22, 2017 at 13:55:07
What I can add is with my M-60's using the Zero's and the 16 ohm tap improved the sound quality, dynamics and power.
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Why do use Zero?It kills dynamics.
You were using with the Zero's that you make the claim they kill dynamics?
Not looking to start a flaming war just would like to know for learning experience what combo may or may not work well with the Zero's.
I don't use ZERO.
Using ZERO transformer to an OTL?.We thought that an OTL don't have output transformer?So it's not an OTL.
"You were using with the Zero's that you make the claim they kill dynamics?"
While I can perfectly well believe that they sound very good, and indeed may even improve the performance with certain speakers, I have never quite understood the logic of deciding to go down the route of OTL technology, and then adding in a transformer that couples the amplifier to the loudspeaker. Doesn't it rather defeat the original aim of "eliminating the iron-cored components" in the signal path?
Chris,I agree,we have the same idea about the ZERO.
Are NOT a transformer in the sense of having primary and secondary windings. So this is not the same as an output transformer like regular tube amps have. The output signal comes off the same winding wire as the input signal goes into, so no degrading of original signal like a transformer with primary and secondary windings do. So it's like comparing Apples and Oranges.
ZERO !!!!??? OTL with output transformer,are we going in circles?Who need ZERO for a well design OTL.
Spelt's explanation and analysis
"Are NOT a transformer in the sense of having primary and secondary windings. So this is not the same as an output transformer like regular tube amps have. The output signal comes off the same winding wire as the input signal goes into, so no degrading of original signal like a transformer with primary and secondary windings do. So it's like comparing Apples and Oranges."
OK, so let's take a conventional SET amplifier and replace the usual output transformer by an autotransformer. They probably don't make these as standard items (!), but we could easily engineer one by connecting the secondary (speaker) winding of a conventional output transformer in series with the primary, with the appropriate phase sense. We would then connect the "far" end of the speaker winding to B+, and the other end of the original primary winding to the anode of the output tube. The speaker would be connected, as before, across the original secondary. (The fact the speaker winding itself would now be at B+ voltage is a potential inconvenience, but the discussion here is about a point of principle.)
You would not, I think, claim that the amplifier has now become an OTL amplifier, just by virtue of the simple act of replacing the impedance-matching dual-winding output transformer by an impedance-matching autotransformer?
So why would one make the claim that a formerly-OTL amplifier is still operating as an OTL amplifier if the output is now being run through an impedance-matching autotransformer to the speaker?
Why do you have to put a transformer in an OTL??it's not OTL anymore!!
"Why do you have to put a transformer in an OTL??it's not OTL anymore!!"
As a general principle, I agree with you. To me, the term "OTL" has a very precise connotation, namely that there is no impedance-matching transformer between the tube output stage and the loudspeaker. This is a simple "yes" or "no" issue.
I find it to be a bit of a smokescreen when it is asserted that an autotransformer is allowable without invalidating the notion of OTL. As I pointed out before, if an impedance-matching autotransformer still allows one to call it OTL, then *any* tube amplifier could be easily made into an "OTL amplifier" by the mere contrivance of appropriately rewiring the output transformer so that the secondary was in series with the primary.
Of course, to use this argument would be rather absurd; I just presented it in order to demonstrate that one cannot take the autotransformer versus dual-winding transformer distinction as the determining factor in deciding whether an amplifier is configured as an OTL or not.
The only other line of argument would seem to be that if the primary-to-secondary turns ratio is "sufficiently small," then it can still be called OTL. Thus with two-to-one the term OTL would still be allowed, but for twenty-to-one it would not. This is really just a matter of sophistry, though. One would now have to declare some arbitrary ratio, lying somewhere between two-to-one and twenty-to-one, as the cutoff between OTL and not OTL. This would really make little sense.
To me, the simplest and cleanest definition is just the obvious one; OTL if there is no impedance-matching transformer between the tube output stage and the loudspeaker, and non-OTL if there is.
An entirely different issue is the question of whether a particular system sounds better with, or without, an impedance-matching transformer. But I don't believe that it is helpful for these more subtle questions to be blurred by what, to me, are unconvincing claims that a set-up is still operating in OTL mode even when there is an impedance-matching transformer between the output stage and the loudspeaker.
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With the Zero's that the amp was still an OTL in the purist sense. I was just asking about the speaker impedance matching with OTL's and how critical it was after reading that article. I just made the comment that the Zero's were not a OPT like you were trying to say they were. So please keep the facts straight on that just like you are about the OTL design.
Some speakers give OTL amps a rough time due to their impedance or reactance and the result is bad sound. Then the OTL's get a bad rap for not sounding good or thin. Some of us do not have the money to burn to keeping buying amps or speakers until we get a perfect match, so the Zero's are maybe the better way to go to match OTL amps with our existing speaker systems IF there is an issue with the matching (yes, like a crutch).
As you know, just because a amp and speakers look good on paper....doesn't mean it will sound good in your system or home together. So the Zero's are the next best (cheapest) thing until you can either make or buy some speakers that match the OTL amp you have properly.
So instead of just arguing about the OTL purist design and the Zero's being an OPT (which they are not), why not bring some good advice or examples of what OTL/ Speakers you have or others that actually work well together so we can all learn.
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Well, my own OTL amplifiers are home-built. Two of them use 6C33C tubes in the output stage, totem-pole style. (One pair of tubes in the output stage.) These give about 25W maximum into 8 ohms. One of the OTLs is based on a design by Hans Beijner, the other a design by Tim Mellow. I built another OTL that is a circlotron, based on a design by Alan Kimmel. This one allegedly gives up to 100W into 8 ohms, but I've never tried pushing it to measure that. Finally, I have one I really built just for fun, loosely based on the very early Dickie-Macovski design, with no iron-cored components whatsoever.
The speakers that I use are all high or fairly high efficiency. Lowther DX3 drivers in bass reflex cabinets; Klipsch Forte II; and Paradigm Monitor 7. With these, I've had no problems at all driving them from any of the OTLs. In fact the Lowther DX3 drivers have paralleled Audio Nirvana drivers too, so I suppose they are then nominally 4 ohm. But the sensitivity is so high that running out of headroom is never a problem.
I fully agree with you that if you have already an amplifier and speakers, and if the amplifier is not able to drive the speakers comfortably because of impedance and current-delivery issues, then Zero transformers may well be a reasonable solution to the problem.
Personally, I would be left feeling slightly unsatisfied if I were having to do that with an OTL amplifier, since it does, to some extent that different people can hold different views about, partially negate the whole OTL philosophy. For me, if I ran into such a situation it would be fairly straightforward for me to rebuild one of my OTL amplifiers in a beefed-up form, for example by doubling up on the output tubes. (In fact it would give me an excuse to build another one, which I have been wanting to do for a while, but currently find it hard to justify the need for a 5th one!) I can see, though, that if one is buying ready made amplifiers the financial considerations would be somewhat different.
Regarding whether Zero transformers should be called output transformers or not, I think that all that can be said on the subject has been said already. My main point in my observations on the topic is that one is going to be somewhat hard pressed to come up with a universal definition of what is, and what isn't, an output transformer if the definition is not simply going to be crafted for the express purpose of "allowing" Zero autotransformers while disallowing everything else.
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Chris, Thank You for the info. Now this is what I was looking for in replies. :)
I totally agree with you about either building a new amp or speaker if there was an issue with proper matching OTL amp and speakers. I have built a tube amp from kit and have done a few DIY speakers but I am no expert in building tube amps from scratch let alone OTL amps.
What got me interested in OTL amp designs is how people who owned them said they were the best sounding amps the have ever had but speaker matching was a must to get good bass. I would really hate to add anything between the OTL amp and speaker that would take away from what the OTL amp brings in sound. So I do understand where you are coming from.
I hear those 6C33C tubes are pretty nice? Are these largely available?
I now have got some good info and direction/s on what to do which will help me out big time. I just wish I could build that many amps from scratch. There are some OTL kits I could try and hopefully with the DIY GPA driver (Altec) based 2 way with Zilch Z19 xovers should be a good match. If that doesn't work out I do have a Line Array design in the works with BG planars and Silver Flute 6.5 drivers I have already that I can arrange to get the proper matching impedance for the OTL amp/s.
I will look into some of those designs you mentioned
Thanks again for the info!
(1) The impedance conversion afforded by the Zero autoformer is much lower than that of any conventional tube output coupling transformer, because the impedance matching can be as low as 2:1 and almost never more than 4:1. (The output Z of the OTL is nearly the same as that of the speaker, usually at least a bit less.) Whereas in a conventional transformer coupled (OTC) tube amplifier, you are facilitating an interaction with power tubes that have output Z in the thousands of ohms to a typical speaker with a Z of 4-16 ohms. This makes for wider bandwidth and lower distortion for the Zero vs the conventional output transformer. The job of the output transformer is much harder.
(2) Because it's an auto former and because of the reduced workload, you would not have hysteresis distortion, or at least much less of it.
I don't say the Zero is perfect, but I do say that to my ears the combo of the Zero with an Atma OTL is still superior to every OTC tube amp I have tried on the same set of speakers. Audio is full of trade-offs. If you want to stamp your feet and walk away in protest, that is your privilege. Or find a pair of speakers that don't need the Zeros.
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"I don't say the Zero is perfect, but I do say that to my ears the combo of the Zero with an Atma OTL is still superior to every OTC tube amp I have tried on the same set of speakers. Audio is full of trade-offs. If you want to stamp your feet and walk away in protest, that is your privilege. Or find a pair of speakers that don't need the Zeros."
I can absolutely believe that there are circumstances where a particular OTL amplifier may drive a particular set of speakers better if an impedance matching autotransformer is inserted between the amplifier an the speaker. And I can absolutely believe that the resulting system may sound spectacularly good.
My only gripe is if it is claimed that such a configuration is still adhering to the spirit, and the letter, of the concept of an OTL. I think OTL has a very clear and precise connotation: no impedance transformer between the output tubes and the loudspeaker.
As I said before, if you wanted to claim that with a turns ratio of 2-1 it is still an OTL system, but that with a turns ratio of 20-1 it isn't, then you would have to come up with some specific ratio somewhere between those two values, and assert that it is still OTL one side of the line, but not the other. This would be an entirely arbitrary cut-off, with no difference in qualitative behaviour between one side of the border and the other. Hence I simply go back to the (almost orignal) Dickie-Macovski notion, of the absence of any iron-cored components in the amplifier. (Actually they went one stage further and had no iron-cored components in the power supply either, but that is another story, and a side-issue for the present discussion.)
As with many things in audio, I think it is a shame when the image of a probably superb-sounding system risks being tarnished by virtue of claims that it is something that it really isn't. (And don't get me started on the subject of the ZOTL!!!)
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Chris, You and a few others are the ones taking the purist stance. I have no desire to argue the point except to say what I said. Yes, the Zero is a kind of crutch to improve the match between an OTL and a typical low impedance speaker. That doesn't bother me. Most people who have employed zeros with their Atma and other OTL amplifiers report that they are happy with the pairing. I was too, until I found a way to modify my speakers to raise both their efficiency and impedance curve such that I no longer needed to use the Zeros. As you know, too, there are also ways to reduce the output Z of many OTLs, by adding NFB, that also might do the job and obviate the need for Zeros. It depends upon which is the lesser of two evils. It's all good, so far as I am concerned.
I would maintain though that a well designed autoformer, like the Zero, used at a 2:1 impedance ratio (I never went above 2:1; the Zeros permit up to 4:1, I think) is in fact likely to give wider bandwidth and lower distortions compared to a true audio output transformer as found on most OTC amplifiers, driving the same speaker, for reasons noted. If you want to say that an autoformer-coupled OTL no longer fits the strict definition of an OTL, I would not argue with that.
One other small point, the Zero is placed at the speaker end of the path from the amplifier outputs, not at the amplifier end, for whatever difference that makes. You might say it acts on the speaker. But I don't want to go there, either.
"Chris, You and a few others are the ones taking the purist stance."
Well, I am a theoretical physicist in my day job, always questioning, seeking to extract general principles, universalities, and precise definitions. I suppose I tend to apply a similar approach in the rest of life; automatically questioning, looking for inconsistencies or ambiguities, and so on. (Doesn't always go down too well, I have to admit!)
So in this case too I just like to have a clear, precise and robust definition of what OTL means. For me, it means one thing and one thing only; no inductive impedance-matching device between the output tubes and the loudspeaker. As far as I can see, any attempt to broaden this definition so as to allow some impedance-matching transformers but not others is just opening a can of worms, and it will end up with arbitrary criteria being introduced in order to try to justify something that really cannot be logically defended.
In any case I don't see any need for such a broadening of the concept of OTL; better just to stick to the simple yes/no criterion of whether there is any impedance-matching transformer between the output tubes and the speaker or not.
In a case where a Zero autotransformer is being used, it can perfectly well be described as an OTL amplifier supplemented with an impedance-matching transformer that connects to the loudspeaker.
I guess the thing that prompted me to comment in the first place was that for myself, I would feel it to be a bit of an admission of defeat if I had set out to build an OTL system and then ended up resorting to using impedance-matching autotransformers in order to do the job satisfactorily. Now, I'm sure it is true that certain speakers with especially low impedance might be quite challenging loads for some OTL amplifiers. If I had such speakers, and was determined to use them with an OTL amplifier, I think I would direct my attention to beefing up the OTL so that it could handle the load, rather than using transformers.
In the end this comes down to a matter of personal taste, I suppose. I built my OTL amplifiers because I was fascinated by the idea that tubes could drive ordinary loudspeakers directly. I wouldn't want to give up on that motivation, and if I had very low impedance speakers that provided a difficult load for the OTL amplifier, I would view that as challenge to overcome by improving the OTL amplifier itself.
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I am an MD/molecular biologist-virologist. That mixed identity is confusing enough during my day job. I also have a view of audio that is analogous to something Frank Sinatra is reputed to have said about religion: "Whatever gets you through the night". He went on to say that in his case that was a bottle of Jack Daniel's.
I agree that there are differences as between dual-winding transformers and autotransformers, but I think it is an overstatement to say "so no degrading of the original signal like a transformer with primary and secondary windings."
The functioning of the autotransformer still depends upon the audio signal inducing magnetisations of the iron core, and upon the way in which that magnetisation then induces emfs in the part of the winding that connects to the speaker. (The autotransformer would become almost completely non-functional if the iron core were removed.)
I think with the autotransformer, the amplifier setup cannot properly be called output-transformerless. It has become an amplifier that depends crucially upon magnetic induction in an iron core in order to function.
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And compare input to output signal on the Zero with a scope to confirm! Right?
If I do get a pair I will do this and try to post the pics. Now I'm talking about just the Zero autoformer and not just any autoformer.
He compared sine waves, in and out of the Zero. Not sure that he made more extensive measurements than that, except he did or does publish bandwidth measurements as well.
I don't understand your phase "Iron Core". There is no iron in the Zero's, just copper.
ZERO?input is not equal to output,It kills dynamics
"I don't understand your phase "Iron Core". There is no iron in the Zero's, just copper."
Ah. I was assuming they were wound on iron cores. isn't that the case? I found a review somewhere, and it said
"...a pair of massive toroid transformers, that remind me of what you'd see as power trannies in a 250 wpc solid state bruiser. These have a biwired pair of black and white 14 gauge silver plated copper leads for your speaker connection, and on the other end you have have 4 wires, color coded gray, yellow, blue, and brown. These are your multiple impedance taps."
I was guessing the toroid cores were iron. Is that not the case?
BTW my phrase "iron-cored components" was a quote from one of the early articles presenting an OTL design, by Dickie and Mackovski in 1954.
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And read up on the Zero's. This should help you understand what the Zero actually does with OTL amps and other amps as well.
"And read up on the Zero's. This should help you understand what the Zero actually does with OTL amps and other amps as well."
Well I did look there, but I didn't see any surprises. They work in the standard way an autotransformer works, as far as I can see. It all depends upon the standard principles, with the input current causing magnetic fields in the iron (I assume iron?) core of the toroid, which then lead to an induced emf that is fed to the output. The mere fact that there is a shared portion of the winding for "primary" and "secondary" doesn't materially alter the essential principle of how a transformer operates.
Let me, again, try to make my point clear. I am not saying they may not sound good. I am just saying that by using them one is abandoning the notion of an output-transformerless amplifier. This is just a matter of basic physics. (In a similar sense, one could not claim an "output-transformerless amplifier" if one simply took a conventional tube amplifier and mounted the output transformer at the speaker end of the speaker lead rather than at the amplifier end!)
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The operating instructions for a Zero suggest placing them at the speaker, not at the amplifier end of the speaker wires. So think of them as a modification to the speaker, not a conversion from OTL to OTC operation. Semantics can make anything feel better.
Otherwise, I think this is beating a dead horse. If one doesn't need the Zeros, then one should not use them. If one does need them, then one can either get a different pair of speakers more suitable to one's particular OTL, or use Zeros to mate the OTL to the speaker. (Or buy an OTL with more output tubes, more power, and lower output Z.) I don't think anyone ever said that the Zeros are needed as a matter of course, or as an upgrade, with an OTL. My experience was as stated: the combo of OTL + Zero sounded better than any of several OTC tube amps I tried, but I do prefer the sound now that I have eliminated the need for the Zeros. (On the other hand, the speakers are way different now that I modified them; I daresay they would sound better now even WITH the Zeros than they sounded prior to the speaker mods, with zeros.)
I've got a used pair that I would sell cheaply, by the way.
"The operating instructions for a Zero suggest placing them at the speaker, not at the amplifier end of the speaker wires. So think of them as a modification to the speaker, not a conversion from OTL to OTC operation. Semantics can make anything feel better.
Otherwise, I think this is beating a dead horse..."
I agree that the talking points in this discussion are more or less played out. Reasonable people can agree to differ about fine nuances of interpretation!
However, my analytical side cannot let your first paragraph go by without a final comment. If one should think of the Zero as modifying the speaker, rather than the amplifier, since it is placed at the speaker end of the speaker cable, then what about an ordinary vacuum tube amplifier with a standard output transformer? Suppose now we remove the output transformer from the amplifier chassis and place it at the other end of the speaker cable, right up by the speaker. (So the speaker cable will now be connecting the B+ and output tube anode to the OPT primary.) Should we also now view the OPT instead as a "modification to the speaker," so that we would say the amplifier has become an OTL? I don't think that would satisfy anyone's reasonable criterion for calling the setup an OTL system. So I think the physical location of the matching transformer is not relevant to how one should describe the operation of the system.
Anyway, it sounds like you must have a great sound system!
I think the reason that what you describe is never done with an OTC amplifier is probably because of the high voltages involved. The speaker wires would have to carry thousands of volts in most cases, which is both unsafe and unwise. But I think Dave Slagle has implemented something like this with Quad 57 ESLs and one of his amplifier designs, where he has eliminated the step-up transformer at the input to the Quad in favor of a single transformer that effectively mates the amplifier to the Quad stators, directly. This is not direct-drive; there IS a transformer at the amp/speaker interface, except where you would usually have two transformers, now there is one. I heard this set-up at the Capitol Audio Fest, using stacked pairs of ESL 57s. The speakers are owned by a local friend. At home, he uses three panels per side. Quite impressive.
"I think the reason that what you describe is never done with an OTC amplifier is probably because of the high voltages involved. The speaker wires would have to carry thousands of volts in most cases, which is both unsafe and unwise."
Yes, I agree that one would not wish to do that in practice, for the reasons you mention. But I was really just considering it as a thought-experiment, to make the point that it would not, in any case I think, change the interpretation of the setup as an OTC system.
Actually one thing one could do, which I don't think is often done, would be to make something like a totem-pole or circlotron OTL amplifier, but just with more common or garden tubes like EL34 or whatever, and then use something more like an ordinary output transformer to match the relatively high output impedance of the amplifier to that of the loudspeaker. Then, the primary of the OPT would be at close to zero potential, and there hazards you mentioned would not arise, even if one did want to mount the transformer close to the loudspeaker. Also, for what it's worth, there would be no quiescent DC current passing through the transformer primary. Probably it would require higher HT voltages than is normal in an OTL, to get any decent power.
Of course I would not call the setup an OTL system, for the same reason that I would not call the system with Zero autotransformers OTL, but just thinking of it as a possible type of amplifier one could construct.
Your comment about driving ESL speakers puts me in mind of a crazy thought I once had, namely that one could envisage an OTL amplifier that would directly drive the ESL speakers without any step-up transformer at all. It would be a horrifically fearsome thing, I think, requiring something like a totem-pole or circlotron but with transmitter tubes and HT voltages being of order thousands of volts. Definitely not something I would want to make or have in the house!
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I am interested in your Zero's so I can Bi-wire.
About the Zero's.
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# Sachin Tendulkar started this match needing 31 runs to complete 50,000 runs in his competitive cricket career (First-class, List A and T20s combined)
# Tendulkar fell for just 5 runs, bowled by left-arm paceman Sohail Tanvir
# Tendulkars runs: First-class cricket (Tests included): 25,228; List A (including ODIs): 21,999; T20s (1 T20I, IPL and CLT20): 2,747 (today 5). Total: 49,974
# Lions scored 140/5 in 20 overs
# Captain Petersen was the top scorer with 35 not out
# Dwaine Pretorius made 31 not out off 21 balls with 2 fours and 1 six
# Petersen and Pretorius had an unfinished partnership of 59 in 6.4 overs for the fifth wicket
# Lions were in deep trouble at 81/5 in 13.2 overs but Petersen and Pretorius helped them post a competitive total
# This match was originally scheduled to be played in Ahmedabad but shifted to Jaipur due to heavy rain
# Play was stopped for 15 minutes due to a technical problem in one of the floodlight towers. It happened after five balls in the first over of the match
# Lions were 40/1 in 6 overs after sent into bat by MI captain Rohit Sharma
# Lions scored 50 in 50 balls, 100 in 96


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Day 242,
Wow, I cannot believe that its already been a month since the break-in at the Beifong house. So much has happened since that day. Ryoma and I officially became best friends, as well as him and Wakato. Hayao has recently gone back to work. Ryoma takes me and Wakato out on the town once a week. Ryoma's been helping me with mastering earthbending. Both of his parents are nonbenders, but Ryoma's grandfather was an earthbender, so I guess that's where he got it from. He went to an earthbending academy when he was five and he recently became a master himself a year ago. Luckily, I had my father to train me, but we couldn't move on to the more complex moves due to him having to go to the war. I'm just glad I have Ryoma to help me become the master I've always wanted to be since I discovered that I could bend. I only have a couple more moves to learn, and that goal will be achieved.
Today, Ryoma has a day off from work, so he told me to meet him outside when I was awake enough to earthbend. The Shimabukuro family have their own private backyard. Instead of dirt on the ground, there is thousands of freshly growing grass blades. Back in Chin Village, the only privacy you can get is inside your own home. It could get frustrating, because the second you would go outside, someone would try to talk to you, but at least we all acted like family. In Gaoling, people greet each other deeper into town, but others seem distant due to the social classes. It really puts people in difficult positions to socialize.
As I make my way outside, Ryoma is waiting for me with a smile on his face and two cups of tea in his hands. That's a little odd. He usually starts training me for a half hour first and then we have an eating break. No food or drinks. And what's with his smile? Not that I don't like it, but it seems a bit too wide for me to not be suspicious.
Before I greet Ryoma, I catch the sight of Wakato sitting on a huge rock, sharpening his new dagger with a smaller rock about the size of a fist. What is he doing out here? When I train with Ryoma, he's either sleeping or talking to Hayao and Ishi. I swear, these two guys will never fail to keep my mind busy with questions that I may or may not have the answer for.
"Good morning, Naomi," Ryoma exclaims as he hands me my cup of tea.
I take a small sip of it. To my surprise, it's not ginseng. In fact, I'm not sure I've ever tasted this kind of tea before in my life. It doesn't taste bad, it's just not what I expected to taste.
"What kind of tea is this?"
"White jade. It got its name because the tea is made from the white jade bush; a very rare type of plant that can only be found in certain parts of the Earth Kingdom. Maybe it exists in other parts of the world, but none that I would know. My dad found a white jade bush the other day and brought a small part of it home. Luckily, mom knows how to make every tea known to man-kind."
Sometimes, it surprises me how much Ryoma knows about the world. I only know the basics of how this world works. There are four nations; the Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, Air Nomads, and the Water Tribe. Some people have the ability to bend an element, and some don't. One person is gifted to bend all four, and is called the Avatar. In the Earth Kingdom, I know of most food and what kinds you cook with. I've learned through my mother how to spend and save money wisely. As an earthbender, I've learned through my father how to manipulate the earth around me to my advantage if needed. But Ryoma. It seems like he has had lots of spare time in his life before working to study up on the world as a whole. But what much more does he know? All he did was explain this history of a white jade bush.
"I thought since you've been working so hard and well with your advanced earthbending training, I'd give you some tea to boost your energy before today's lesson."
As usual, Ryoma is being his sweet, kind self. But I'm still suspicious.
"Today's lesson is something that took a little extra time for everyone to perfectly demonstrate back at the academy. So don't be frustrated if you don't get it on your first couple tries."
I'm not a fan of failing at a move more than a few times, but the description does intrigue me.
"The move doesn't really have an official name, but the teachers at the academy referred to it as remote earthbending. What happens with this move is that if an earthbender is not on solid ground, but aware that there is earth nearby, they can focus their energy and bend the earth out of physical reach."
I'm kind of skeptical about this move. How am I supposed to bend earth if I'm not on the ground? How am I supposed to get off the ground for that matter? I'm no Avatar; I can't bend some air around myself and keep me afloat from the ground.
"And how will I be suspended from the ground? You got some Air Nomad to keep me in the sky?"
Ryoma laughs at my comment. It's nice to know that someone thinks my snappy morning comments are funny.
"No, but the thought did come to my mind. At the academy, they brought in a group of ostrich horses for us to sit on. They kept every part of our bodies off the group, and tied their ropes to poles so they wouldn't run off while we were concentrating."
I'm getting skeptical again. He may eat animals, but Ryoma hates using any animal for transportation. He wouldn't have rode an ostrich horse just for a day of training, would he?
Wakato puts down his dagger and rock, and rushes out of sight. Do the Shimabukuro family own an ostrich horse? I think I would have heard the animal make a noise by now. Sure enough, Wakato comes back, holding a rope that is around an ostrich horse. Wakato and I never had a pet growing up. I always wanted a cat owl, but dad said it would've kept him and mother up all night. Wakato proposed the idea of a lop-eared rabbit, but mom was allergic. The ostrich horse fusses around as Wakato guides him into the yard, but he seems like a friendly creature. Its been awhile since I've seen an ostrich horse in person.
Ryoma walks over to Wakato and thanks him for bringing in the ostrich horse. Wakato hands the rope over to him, and goes back to sharpening his dagger. As Ryoma brings the gentle beast closer to me, it makes grunting noises.
"You own an ostrich horse?"
Ryoma laughs again. "No, my dad talked to Mr. Hoshino about borrowing one of their family ostrich horses. Luckily, my dad and Mr. Hoshino get along well, and now we have the animal for the day. Whenever you're ready, hop on!"
I'll admit that I'm sort of nervous. Not really about the move, but more because I've never actually rode on the back of an animal. And since I've never had a pet before, so I don't know if I have a good bond with animals. I shouldn't show fear. I'm a bender. Dad always told me that key to being a bender is to let go of fear. Inhale. Exhale. I bend a stepping stool below my feet so I can sit on the ostrich horse. It's struggling to get my leg over the animal's back, but I eventually do it. I want to have a good relationship with this animal. As Ryoma ties the rope to a rock, I pet the ostrich horse on his head, feeling its soft fur run in between my fingers.
"Well, I see you've taken the time to form a friendship with the hybrid here."
"Hey, wait a minute! You usually give me a demonstration before I perform the move myself!"
Not sure why that thought didn't click in my head before I got on the animal's back, but it's too late now. Maybe Ryoma has a different way of performing the move.
"I know that you're probably used to demonstrations, but this move is easier than I made it sound earlier. You are a very talented earthbender, and I know you'll get it."
I'll never cease to stop smiling at Ryoma's encouraging pep-talks. There's something about the way he is; the way he speaks to others and makes them feel special. He reminds me that there's not only someone believing in me, but I should also believe in myself.
"Now that there's no part of your body touching the ground, it's time to begin the earthbending process. See that rock over there," Ryoma asks as he points to a rock on the other side of the yard. The rock is pretty big; about the size of the ostrich horses' body. My main concern is that I'll be able to bend the rock off the ground towards me, but due the size of the rock, it'll spook the animal and he'll run off. Ropes can break.
"I want you to focus on bending that rock towards you. Good luck."
Alright, Naomi. You can do this. You just have to bend a rock towards you. Without stomping on the ground. Or planting your hands on the ground. You have to summon it. Focus your energy on the earth.
"I probably should've mentioned that you don't use your hands for this move either. You have to bend it out of pure focus and patience."
Great, more information about this move I wasn't prepared for. How am I supposed to bend earth at me without some form of physical technique? Inhale. Exhale. Focus. Be the rock. Become one with the earth around you. Summon the rock to you.
Five minutes have gone by, and nothing has happened. Ryoma is watching me look like I'm an idiot, and Wakato is sharpening away. It's moments like these where I wish I could have been born a nonbender. I don't really wish it though; it's just frustrating to try to perform a move that you can't get right away.
After another couple minutes, something finally happens. The rock begins to levitate off the ground. I'M DOING IT! I guess the focusing part really pays off! Alright, Naomi. Just bring the rock towards you and--hey, why is the rock coming towards us so fast? How do I drop this thing mid-summoning? My worst fears are coming true, because the ostrich horse is grunting a lot and is trying to run away. I grab onto the saddle as the beast makes the rope break and begins to run into the yard. The animal halts abruptly, making me fly high in the air. What do I do? If I fall, I'm going to get hurt! I'm pretty sure I could be a fatal position right now. Focus, Naomi. Focus for your life! Where's the nearest rock? I look over to where Wakato is sitting to the sight of him running over to Ryoma. I guess that rock will have to do. I lean my head back and form my hands into fist. Please work. To my surprise, the rock begins to levitate and flies right below me. I grab onto the rock, bending it, with me clutching onto it, to the ground.
The yard looks like an absolute disaster. I destroyed a huge part of the grass area. Good thing Hayao and Ishi are forgiving people. I turn around, and jump off the rock being happily greeted by my brother and Ryoma.
"You alright there, master?"
"Yeah, I'm fi--wait. Did you just call me master?"
Ryoma nods at me with his smile forming longer. "But...I thought I had another move to learn tomorrow."
"Yeah, about that...I lied. I wanted you to be surprised about becoming a master, so I told you that you had one extra move to learn. Surprise!"
Why Ryoma wanted to make it such a surprise, I don't know. What's important is that I didn't fall to my death and that I'm actually a master now. A MASTER!
"Oh and, you know how you bent that rock the first time?" Ryoma asks as I nod. "That was actually me."
"At the academy, the teachers made us believe that the ostrich horses were our source of completing the move. What they really did was make us believe that we were bending a rock, but as a survival test, they made the animals get scared enough to throw us off their backs so we could save ourselves in midair."
I have nothing to say. The only thing I can do is wrap my arms around Ryoma's neck, embracing him with joy over taking the title of becoming a master. Feeling his buff hands being placed against my back gives me this sense of care and happiness. This friend, who didn't have to teach me, helped me with where I was meant to learn. Its taken me sixteen years to become a master, and now, I finally am. After Ryoma and I release each other, I look over to Wakato who is inspecting his dagger.
"Come here, little brother," I say happily as I wrap my arms around him. "I love you."
"Ugh, I hate when you get all mushy......I love you too," he says mumbling in my ear.
"Come on," Ryoma says walking over to us. "Lets go celebrate with a delicious breakfast, Master Naomi."
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The food, somehow, was not quite what McGee expected. It was, more or less, average – which really didn't 'fit' with his image of Tony. Tony DiNozzo, whatever he was, was not average, typical, 'inside the bell curve', or, god forbid, "normal".
Tim wasn't really sure what he had expected – exceptionally good food, or exceptionally bad, or even exceptionally eccentric – but it certainly wasn't what he got.
Average. Typical.
The sauce was slightly off, but edible. The chicken was thoroughly cooked, unburnt, but a little dry. The salad was… well, it was salad.
Gibbs ate with gusto.
The atmosphere, on the other hand, was exactly what he had expected.
What made him expect a tense DiNozzo, strained conversation, and angry Sarah-glares, he wasn't quite sure. It certainly wasn't the norm. Even Abby was having a hard time keeping the conversation afloat.
So, all in all, things were slightly unpleasant all the way around, but definitely tolerable.
Until Tony spoke for the first time since taking his seat.
Tim's heart was beating just fine – a normal, efficient rhythm.
And then Tony opened his mouth.
"Sarah, my love, move in with me."
Tim choked on a particularly tough bit of meat.
Tony hid his grin at McGee's reaction, putting more effort into 'hamming it up'. He planned a huge production.
"I can't bear to live without you – I know we've only just met, but my heart longs for you!" Half of Tony's young, shut-in childhood had been spent watching a series of soap operas with the kitchen staff. He was giving any good soap star a run for his money here. "If you were to reject me – I would die! My heart would wither up and my soul would blow away…"
Tony trailed off, glancing around the room surreptitiously. McGee was still working on his throat-blockage. Gibbs stared at him stonily, but Tony knew he was laughing on the inside. Abby, poor Abby, had her face buried in one of Tony's oversized maroon cloth napkins.
Sarah McGee, however, was staring at him with awe. He sensed some kind of sick appreciation emanating from her. Before his very eyes, her posture straightened and she leaned forward dramatically.
Again, Tony hid a smirk. He knew Sarah would go along with this. After all, wasn't Jimmy always telling him that it was a sister's job to annoy, hassle, and otherwise upset their older sibling's life?
"Oh, Tony!" Her eyes actually teared up as she gazed at him joyfully, longingly. "Oh, Tony, my heart. Yes! Yes, I will move in with you. We will never again be separated – never!"
English major or not, Sarah had, very obviously, watched some of the same soap operas as Tony. Knowing, both of them, what should happen next in their impromptu plot, they stood and lunged for each other passionately – Gibbs had the presence of mind to duck, as they went around his side of the table. Their faces transformed with rapture.
McGee still looked as if someone had hit him over the head with a bludger. Or as if he'd been stunned with a phase pistol.
Maybe both.
But Tony wasted no time staring. He grabbed Sarah up – in a very romantic manner – and whisked her away to his bedroom.
Tim was standing by the time the …. Pair of them made it to the bedroom, but he froze when the door slammed shut.
What the hell?
"What just happened?"
"Um," Abby began hesitantly.
"They hooked up, McGee. Deal with it."
Tim's head swiveled towards his boss. Surely… Surely Gibbs wasn't okay with that – that awful, awful thing they had just witnessed. But he appeared outwardly calm. Granted, it was rare when Gibbs didn't appear outwardly calm – unless he was angry. Tim never thought he'd wish to see Gibbs angry.
The bedroom, which, until then, had remained unnervingly quiet, suddenly became very loud. Steamy, passion-filled sounds drifted through the closed (and locked?) wooden door.
Tim was sure he turned green.
However much he disapproved, he was not going in there.
Abby was dying. Gibbs was always saying DiNozzo would be the death of them. He was right.
Belatedly, she remembered Ziva's coaching – stay in control. Breathe in slowly, hold the breath. This is control. Let it out slowly. Control.
Somewhat settled, Abby focused on the 'sounds' coming from the bedroom. She couldn't contain her grin when she recognized the movie Tony had popped in. It had been quick thinking on his part – not a whole lot of movies had a steamy sex-scene without loud, dizzying background music. Beneath that, though, she thought she detected some gasping and wheezing that she knew wasn't part of the film.
She glanced at Tim – and suddenly she was dying again.
Until the boss-man grunted. It was as if a spell had been lifted. She was able to restrain her giggles with ease.
This time, she was actually able to look at Tim.
He didn't look so good. Comical, yes, but good? No.
He was much paler than normal. Gibbs had moved over to his side and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. Tim didn't seem to be aware. He blinked slowly, staring in horror at Tony's bedroom door.
"You say they hooked up?" He croaked, rather lifelessly. "Tony and… and…"
"Your sister, McGee."
"You know…" Abby interjected as thoughtfully as she knew how. "This really seems kind of out of the ordinary for Tony. Don't you think, Gibbs?"
"With the girl?"
"No, no. I mean, with Tim here."
"Well, yeah. Usually he notices when McGee goes white-as-a-sheet. But I 'spose there's always exceptions."
"Really?" Abby sounded skeptical. "When was the last time you had to fix Tim during a case? Tony usually handles it, doesn't he?"
Until Mexico. Abby thought. But maybe Tim was in too much of a haze to register that.
McGee was in a haze. It was red and fuzzy and warm. Kind of nice, actually. But suddenly, something penetrated his pleasant haze.
And Gibbs.
Talking about Tony.
Suddenly his haze was gone. Tim remembered things pre-Mexico. Tony had been annoying, overbearing, and an ass in general, but Tim had come to realize that most of that was just a smoke screen. In recent years, he had come to count on Tony being there when he needed him. Those times almost always coincided with the times that Tim did not want to see Tony. The older agent had always dealt with that skillfully, however.
Why was Abby bringing that up now?
Maybe because Tony had never done anything to betray him. Certainly, he had felt that way after the whole Benoit incident. But that wasn't betrayal – Tony had been trying to do his job. He'd gotten in over his head, but no-one had been there to bail him out until the very end. Maybe they could have done something sooner, maybe not. But Tim had forgiven Tony for keeping that secret from them… he'd just never said so.
And he hadn't changed how he acted around Tony.
That was his mistake.
But he should know that Tony wouldn't hurt a member of his own team. Tim had watched many times, how protective Tony could get over Abby, Ziva, Ducky, and even Jimmy. He supposed he should add himself and Gibbs to that list.
Straightening his shoulders and decidedly not thinking his next action through, Tim marched straight to the Bedroom Door.
And yanked it open.
It opened easily, revealing his sister and Tony – not locked in a passionate embrace – sitting cross legged on the bed arguing over… something.
Was that a chessboard?
A large flatscreen plasma hung opposite Tony's bed, playing a very risqué scene over and over again.
Right. Well.
He hadn't really been worried. Just surprised.
"Very funny you two." He said it dryly, going for some of Gibbs' classic sarcasm.
Tony looked up from the game board and grinned brightly, looking rather smug.
"C'mon, Sarah. Our food is probably cold by now-" Here he glared a bit a McGee. It had taken him a while to get with the program. "but there are brownies in the oven."
Tony brushed past him, leaving him and Sarah alone.
"Sarah –"
"Don't even start, Tim! Tony has been nothing but a gentleman, the entire time. Even before you got here. You realize I spent the night with him, right?"
Tim blanched a bit at that last statement, but – nah. He'd just received the shock of his life, Sarah was going to have to work harder than that to put him on the backfoot.
"I'm sure he was. I'll be sure to thank him. And-"
"You should also thank him for putting up with me for the next week or so."
"I'm staying here. Your place is nice, but I hate your couch. Tony has a nice bed."
Okay, fine. She'd proven she could still surprise him. But she was just kidding, right?
"C'mon, Sarah, be serious. I did say I was sorry I couldn't come get you. Very, very, sorry."
"I know Tim," she interjected, cutting him off once more. "And I forgive you. But I'm still staying here. It's the couch, you see."
McGee spluttered a bit.
"What are you afraid is going to happen?"
Now that was a rather loaded question.
He couldn't be afraid of what he thought had just happened. It, very clearly, was a joke between both of them. Like big brother and little sister ganging up on the middle child. Oh, lord.
But he couldn't be afraid of nothing either, because he couldn't ever be afraid of nothing with Tony. Or with Sarah. They were just too imaginative for anyone's good.
"Ahh – I'm just afraid for my own life."
"Should be, McGee," Gibbs called from the dining space.
Tim sighed. Of course.
"Cake!" Abby shouted. Tim and Sarah make their way back to the others, post haste.
"They're brownies, Abby." Tony's eyes lit up as McGee retook his seat. "So, I gotcha pretty good, eh, McGee. Oh, that was a classic. I can't believe you fell for it!"
Tim sighed. Lovely, just what he needed. He had been wrong. He'll freely admit it, but does he really need to listen to Tony crow about it for the rest of the day?
"Yeah, Tony, that was pretty good," Abby agreed. She smiled mischeviously. "Wonder what Ziva will have to say when I tell her what she missed."
Tim had the satisfaction of seeing Tony pale at her words.
All of them were still a little scared of Ziva. Probably always would be, but there was one in every family. Right?
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MADRID, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Striker Thierry Henry has admitted he is not performing as well for Barcelona as he did for Arsenal and needs more time to adapt to his Spanish club's style of football.
"The Arsenal Henry was at Arsenal, now I'm at Barcelona and you won't see the Arsenal Henry any more," the France forward told a news conference at the Nou Camp on Tuesday.
"Barcelona are a different team, with a very different way of playing and I, too, have to play differently.
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Henry signed a four-year deal with Barcelona in the close season for a fee of 24 million euros ($34.57 million) after spending eight seasons at Arsenal. He had been the focal point at the London club, top-scoring in four of the five Premier League seasons between 2001-06.
"Here they play differently to the way they play at Arsenal. There we played a more direct style and the ball came to me more quickly.
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Henry, who spent much of his last season at Arsenal on the sidelines because of injury, said he has been playing with pain in his Achilles tendon for the last three games.
The 30-year-old admitted it might have been better if he had made a more gradual return to action this season after such a long lay off.
"Maybe it would have been better to have come into the team more slowly, but with the situation the way it was and with players injured and others coming in late I had to carry out my recuperation at the same time as I was playing."
Henry also defended Barca team mate Ronaldinho who has come under fire after a lacklustre start to the season.
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"I don't think he is playing as badly as they are saying. The problem is that expectations are so high. What isn't normal is that Ronaldinho has played at such a high level for such a long time so whenever his performance drops a little people get upset.
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The maps below show the village of Stokeford in 1930 and 2010.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The pictures illustrate the development of the village of Stokeford that have taken place over a period of 80 years. In general, it is clearly shown that River Stoke and a bridge remained unchanged throughout the given period of time and many more houses had been constructed in 2010.
There were major changes in the village of Stokeford over the years. First of all, the shops located in the east of River Stoke were destroyed and more houses were built in 2010. The next noticeable feature is that the farmland in 1930 was demolished and it was converted into residential places with new roads being constructed. Furthermore, primary school was developed in 2010 and it was almost doubled in 2010 compared to 1930. Part of the gardens in 1930 was used for the residential purpose by building more rows of houses near the main road. The left-over garden with a large house was then developed into a retirement home in 2010.
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Example: The provided maps depict the topography of Stokeford in 1930 and 2010.
In 1930, a large portion of the area was used for farming in Stokeford and there were farmlands beside the primary school and the river Stoke. Various houses were built on these farmlands and there was no farmland in 2010. Again, there were two shops in 1930 and they were demolished to build more houses. There was a large house which was surrounded by the Gardens in 1930 and a retirement home was constructed in place of that private property in 2010. Also, more area was allocated for the primary school and there was a rapid expansion to accommodate more students.
In summary, there was a massive change in Stokeford from 1930 to 2000 and all the area allocated to farming in 1930 was allocated to build more houses to meet expanding the population.
In 1930's map, there was a river named River Stoke. A farmland was located at the right hand side of the river. However, it had been replaced by housing areas in 2010. One of the buildings that remained unchanged from 1930 was post office. There were shops next to the post office. It is noticeable that these shops were no longer present in later year as the place was used to construct a road and more houses were built. Another feature that had been changed was the garden which was located at the centre of the map in 1930. There were trees in the gardens before the houses were built to replace it. Besides, a large house was located inside the gardens in 1930 which was converted to a retirement home in 2010. Farmland was located at the top right hand corner of the map in 1930 which had also been destroyed. There was no change on the primary school building but two houses were built next to the primary school which can be seen on the 2010's map.
To sum up, constructions that remained almost unchanged were the River Stoke, the bridge, the post office, and the primary school and in later map many new houses could be observed.


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