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Looking for nature? Lakes galore, the most bike-friendly city in the nation, a park every six blocks and four professional sports teams guarantee that your visit to Minneapolis will be active. Here's an overview of what the metro area possesses. Take a look around.
If you're truly an early bird, watch the sunrise over Lake Calhoun, one of the best places in the city to see nature and get some urban flavor at the same time. Enjoy yourself on the dock, and when the morning runners come out head to Common Roots Cafe for a chill, organic breakfast.
Next, take a drive out to the 'burbs. Don't worry—you're in for a treat. Make your way to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. Run by the University of Minnesota, the Arb features more than 1,000 acres of gardens, model landscapes and natural areas, from woodlands to wetlands to prairie. And, with 12.5 miles of garden paths and hiking trails, you'll be able to explore the area for hours. The Arb has great seasonal offerings, along with exhibits and more, so be sure to check them out before you enter their green utopia.
Dinner time! The hike has got you starved. Experience the 'burbs a little more and trek over to Lake Minnetonka—yes, the lake of Prince fame. Try Lord Fletchers, situated on the Lake's bank. They've got drinks, good and a guaranteed good time. If you hit it in the summer months, be sure to sit out on the docks for boat-watching and other merriment.
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Midnight in Paris EDP
Something high school girls would love for dances, party, nighttime ? Not looking for aquatics/fresh scents. no niche please.
Midnight in Paris EDP
If you are young, you are wise to avoid aquatics.
Every young man smells of Acqua di Gio or even the gourmand 1 Million.
Try something like Habit Rouge, a light vanilla citrus with a touch of leather.
Otherwise, go for the virility of Aramis, a classic leather that will guarantee uniqueness. You can find this anywhere, even Walmart.
"...put on clothes that are well-scented with incense. Even if youre somewhere where no one special will see you, you still feel a heady sense of pleasure inside." Things that make your heart beat fast (translated by Meredith McKinney), Sei Shonagon. The Pillow Book.
"The sunset is deeper and longer. The scent of the jasmine is stronger." Miracles. Pet Shop Boys
Play Intense by Givenchy and
Chanel allure homme
chanel allure homme sport, dior homme, A*men
Tommy Girl is spirited and sporty.
Current Top 5:
1. Frederic Malle L'eau d'Hiver
2. Tom Ford Noir de Noir
3. Dior Homme / Dior Homme Intense
4. Thierry Mugler A*Men Pure Havane / Pure Malt
5. Creed Aventus / Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille
thanks for the suggestions, ill checkem out. been wanting to try play intense for awhile
Dior Homme is nice and classy with a great cocoa dry down
Prada Amber Pour Homme is classy, clean, and soapy
Armani Code is liked very much by women and is a great night scent
Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme has a nice citrusy tobacco scent and is great for any occasion, especially dates
Versace The Dreamer also has a nice tobacco note and is powdery and romantic smelling
"I am a robot and I like cheese"
Top 5:
1. Axe Kilo
2. Lectric Shave
3. Vicks Vapor Rub
4. Febreze Pour Homme
5. Preferred Stock
1 Million by Paco Rabanne would be perfect. Other cooler weather (non aquatic) scents that I'd check out for high school would be Le Male, CK One Shock, Burberry Brit, Rochas Man, Aqualina's Blue Sugar, 212 Sexy, Paco Rabanne Black XS, and Mont Blanc Individuel.
If you want to stick out from the generic fresh/aquatic crowd, I would suggest trying Gucci by Gucci and Armani Diamonds. Every time I wore this in high school I got lots of heads to turn.

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On Friday, Katy (Texas) cornerback Isaiah Brown told Inside Tulsa Sports that he had just committed to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. Brown talked about his recruiting process and his senior football season.
"Everything just felt right, and I wanted to be part of the Golden Hurricane family," he said. "Tulsa is a great school. The academics, the sports program, everything."
The 5-foot-11, 175-pounder chose TU over offers from New Mexico and Southeastern Louisiana, and he was also hearing from several other college programs.
"I'm being recruited by Boise State, West Virginia, San Jose State, Northwestern, Rice, UTSA, and Arizona State," he said last month. "Most important when choosing a school is academics first, a winning program and playing early."
As a junior last season, Brown made 47 tackles, 11 pass breakups, three interceptions, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery. He listed his strengths as "speed, ability to read plays, confidence and foot quickness."
"I'm able to stay with a receiver down field," he added.
Brown helped Katy to a 12-1 season last year, and the Tigers are off to a 2-0 start in 2012. Katy dominated Klein 48-7 in week one and then beat Alief Taylor 23-9 last weekend. Brown has 12 tackles, two interceptions and a forced fumble in his first two games as a senior. Against Alief Taylor, he took an interception back for a score.
"We're looking great," Brown said of his squad. "Of course, we're looking forward to adding another state title to our program."
Brown said his lead recruiter at Tulsa is defensive line coach Calvin Thibodeaux, and he hopes to make it to the Hurricane's game against Fresno State.
Brown is the 11th commitment for Tulsa in the class of 2013, and the second from the state of Texas. Keevan Lucas, a wide receiver from Abilene, Texas, committed to TU in June.
Here is the complete commit list.


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This was the most successful New Year's Eve hors d'oeuvre of the last decade, outselling foie gras, oysters, caviar, crab salad, and little truffle-laden pizzas. Many tables ordered several more after they had had one.
A gougère is a savory, cheese-studded cream puff pastry; for this dish, you split and stuff the puffs like sandwiches.–Judy Rodgers
Gougères with Arugula, Bacon, and Pickled Onions Recipe
- Quick Glance
- For 20 to 24 three bite-size Gougères
- For Carol's pickled onions
- 12 ounces firm yellow onions, preferably no more than 2 1/2 inches in diameter
- 1 1/4 cups Champagne vinegar or white wine vinegar
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 2 generous tablespoons sugar
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 small dried chili
- A few whole black peppercorns
- Salt
- For the batter
- 1 cup water
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon salt, a little more if using kosher salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 large raw eggs, cold
- 1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
- 2 ounces (about 1/2 cup) Gruyère cheese, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
- To stuff the gougères
- 10 to 12 bacon slices
- About 1 1/2 ounces arugula, carefully washed and dried
- 1 cup Carol's pickled onions, drained
- For the pickled onions
- 1. Peel and slice the onions into rings about 1/8 inch thick, discarding the end cuts; a mandoline will make this job very easy. The slices will tend to fall into rings on their own, but you may need to separate the tight centers. Discard any green sprouts or pithy or discolored rings.
- 2. Combine the vinegar, water, sugar, bay leaves, chili pod, peppercorns and a few pinches of salt in a small saucepan. If you like things spicy, break the chili pod in half before you add it. Bring to a simmer over medium-low heat, then turn the heat up to medium and add the onion rings. Gently stir the crowded onions as they return to a simmer. Simmer for a little less than 1 minute.
- 3. Pour the hot onions and brine into a wide bowl or directly into jars. The skinny rings will turn glassy as they cool. Cover and store refrigerated.
- For the gourgères
- 4. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
- 5. In a 2- to 4-quart saucepan, bring the water, butter, and salt to a simmer over medium heat. Add the flour all at once and stir vigorously until the mixture masses and detaches itself from the sides of the pan. Reduce the heat to low and cook, beating constantly, until the batter is very stiff and almost shiny, usually a few minutes.
- 6. Off the heat, add the eggs one by one, beating thoroughly with a wooden spoon to completely incorporate each egg before adding the next. The mixture will initially resist each addition; you'll find yourself cutting through and slapping together slabs of slippery, warm paste until it gradually absorbs the egg and becomes sticky again. The final mixture should be no hotter than tepid. Add the pepper to taste and stir in the Gruyère.
- 7. If you are proficient with one, transfer the batter to a pastry bag, and pipe 2-to 3-inch-long bands onto a parchment paper-lined (or nonstick) baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Otherwise, use a spoon to scoop out a heaping tablespoon of batter per gougère and a second spoon to scrape it into a peaky mound on the prepared baking sheet.
- 8. Bake until firm and a rich golden brown, about 25 minutes. Inevitably, some bits of cheese will ooze and form a delicious, crispy bib on the edges of the gougères. To check doneness, remove 1 gougère and pry open. The interior strands of dough should be tender and moist, but not mushy; if they are, close the gougère and return it to the oven to bake with the rest for another few minutes. If you are concerned they may over brown, simply turn off the oven and leave to finish cooking in the ambient heat.
- 9. Meanwhile, cut the bacon into 1 1/2- to 2-inch segments and panfry or roast to your taste. Drain on towels.
- 10. Serve the gougère warm from the oven (or reheated), split through the middle and overstuffed with a few pieces of bacon, several leaves of peppery arugula, and a few ringlets of the pickled onions.
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While Australia's selectors agonise over whether to play two spinners or one in the second Test against India on Saturday, their fast-bowling ranks have thinned overnight.
Reserve paceman Jackson Bird won't return to the Test squad after being sent home from India earlier this week for scans on a back injury.
Selectors were hopeful scans would clear the 26-year-old to return to India for the remainder of the four-match series.
"Initial tests performed in Melbourne have confirmed that Jackson Bird has a bone-stress injury of the low back," Australia team doctor Peter Brukner said in a statement on Wednesday night.
"He will undergo further tests tomorrow (Thursday). He will not be re-joining the team in India."
The absence of Bird - who took 11 wickets in two Tests in his debut series against Sri Lanka last month - leaves 50-Test veteran Mitchell Johnson as the only back-up quick in the 16-man squad.
A team spokesman said no decision had been made on a possible replacement player.
The ICC has announced Australia can rise one spot to second in the Test championship by the annual cut-off date of April 1 if they can rebound from their eight-wicket loss in Chennai and win the remaining three Tests.
Australia captain Michael Clarke has turned to close mate and legspin great Shane Warne for advice on how to knock over India's batting lineup cheaply in Hyderabad.
Many would argue playing only one spinner compared to India's three in Chennai was a blunder, as India captain MS Dhoni suggested.
However, the tourists have hinted offspinner Nathan Lyon (3-215 and 1-29) is not guaranteed a place in the side as yet for the second Test, while back-up spinner Xavier Doherty has been praised by Clarke for his three-wicket performance in the warm-up match against India A.
Coach Mickey Arthur says ideally he'd like to have left-arm spinner Doherty and right-arm offspinner Lyon in the side for Saturday's second Test.
Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar and offspinner Graeme Swann claimed 37 wickets in England's 2-1 series win in India in December.
Arthur says England's ploy was to use Panesar early and turn to the offspinner late in the match.
"Ideally you want both," Arthur says.
Arthur says Warne provided Lyon and Doherty and some batsmen with some valuable tips on Tuesday on how to play spin and bowl it in Indian conditions.


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Once you have it, you'll have it forever, and that is not a good thing, because the bacteria which cause Goss's Wilt will stay in crop residue over the winter to infect the next crop. The problem is moving rapidly from the Western Corn Belt eastward, and heavy winds that blew through the Eastern Corn Belt this weekend may have helped spread it even faster.
Susceptibility is about the only defense against the bacteria, which now claims a territory as far east as Indiana, and as far north as Canada. DuPont Pioneer plant pathologist Scott Heuchelin says a corn grower should learn the symptoms of the disease and whether their hybrids are susceptible. He says winds, sandblasting, and hail can damage the plant enough for the bacteria to splash up from the soil and enter the plant. Once that happens, there is no chemical cure and once a field is infected, the disease will persist in a field and reduce yields as long as susceptible hybrids are planted.
Goss's wilt will initially cause leaves to deteriorate, then reduce stalk quality and diminish yields. Heuchelin says the disease can be confused with drought stress and sunscald along with other leaf blights and nutrient deficiencies. He says there are two phases of the disease, and the first phase can begin at any point in the life of the corn plant.
The seedling stage begins with a systemic infection that discolors vascular tissues and produces a slimy stalk rot. The bacteria will build up in vascular bundles and halt the ability of the plant to get water into the growing tissues. The growth is stunted, and the plant will wilt and die and appear to be the victim of drought stress, which is a great camouflage in a year like this one.
The midseason symptoms include freckles on the leaves near or inside the lesions on the leaves. There will also be shiny or glistening patches of dried bacterial ooze on the lesions, which Heuchelin says appear to be a thin layer of varnish. There will also be water-soaked streaks on the leaves with tan or gray lesions that run the length of the leaves.
If you have fields of continuous corn, or a heavy growth of grassy weeds, or excessive crop residue, or use minimum tillage practices, the chances are increased that your fields will have the disease present, and will show up if your hybrids are susceptible. Goss's wilt likes an environment of heavy rainfall, followed by hot and humid conditions.
Management of Goss's wilt is limited at this point, other than planting resistant hybrids. Heuchelin says since the carrier is a bacteria—it will not be controlled by a fungicide. And he says target your seed selection to a hybrid that has resistance. He also said that spreading the disease can be avoided with debris management, which is the source of the bacteria. Management is achieved with crop rotation, along with tillage, and cleaning any tillage equipment between fields.
Goss's wilt is a bacterial-spread disease in corn, which attacks leaves, stalks, and leave the plant diminished and unable to produce an ear. The bacteria thrive in crop residue and can be spread by winds, which have carried the disease eastward across much of the Corn Belt. There are no cures for the disease, other than planting resistant hybrids, and some field management techniques can aid in the effort to reduce the spread of the disease.
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A few important reminders to kick off this roundup:
1. You can still win a big TV, game console and sound system on GameStop courtesy of Brink.
2. Phobos is not, in fact, populated by cyberdemons. Yet.
Now that we have that out of the way, let's get on with the cool links. Fallout fans should be sure to check out the last one.
- The Fallout: New Vegas teaser trailer is now up on Xbox Live, and should hit PSN later today.
- Oblivion makes Ask Men's "Top 10 Video Game Landscapes" feature
- Fallout: New Vegas, Brink and RAGE are mentioned in Gaming Bolt's "20 Games That Will Make Your Jaw Drop At E3" list
- The Quarter to Three podcast recently talked up Oblivion
- Oblivion/Fallout 3 voice actor Wes Johnson expresses his love of chili dogs in a new interview
- G4TV gives some love to the BFG
- This fan-made, live-action Fallout short looks pretty impressive
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Friends of Sherston School have scooped a prestigious award for their pop-up day in the village.
The Friends were announced as the South of England regional winner in the Community Links category of the PTA-UK Gold Star Awards. The award recognises the success of the pop-up village in September which was organised by the PTA to raise money for the school. Sherston School received £650 from PTA-UK.
Chairman Fi Picton said: "When you enter a national award you are going to be up against thousands of PTAs so we really didn't think we had a chance. "
The Friends were highly commended in the national award, missing out on the top spot by one point.


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Family and friends gathered at the KFC Yum! Center Plaza on Oct. 13 to celebrate the kick-off to the University of Louisville's Homecoming.
The free event offered games, food, music, inflatables, face painting, a rock-climbing wall, vendor booths and a beer garden. Fan activities were also held, including a viewing of the UofL vs. Pitsburgh football game on the outdoor Jumbotron. The traditional Red-White intrasquad men's basketball scrimmage followed inside the KFC Yum! Center.
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M. Celeste Wayne of Morris Plains, assistant professor of Nursing at County College of Morris (CCM), has been named Nurse Educator of the Year by the Philippine Nurse Association of New Jersey.
The award will be presented to Wayne at the association's 36th Nursing Excellence and Scholarship Awards Night on September 21 at the Marriot Newark Airport.
"We're delighted that Professor Wayne is receiving this award. She is an outstanding nurse educator with a passion for ensuring the success of her students and incorporating technology into nursing education," said Monica Maraska, chair of the CCM Nursing program.
Wayne has been a member of the CCM faculty since 2002. At CCM, she has incorporated new technology into the nursing curriculum and served on numerous campus committees, including the Three-Year Technology Strategic Planning Committee. She is a member of a number of professional associations including the American Nurses Association, New Jersey State Nurses Association, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, National League for Nursing and the Philippine Nurses Association of New Jersey where she has served as treasurer, board member and chair of the Scholarship Committee.
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starter wrote:Hope to get some input about this. Metta to all!
Analayo wrote:Closer scrutiny of the discourse itself shows that some of the Pāli terms used in the Mahācattārīsaka-sutta's definition of supramundane right intention, such as "fixing" (appanā) of the mind and "mental inclination" (cetaso abhiniropanā), are not found in other discourses and belong to the type of language used only in the Abhidharma and historically later Pāli texts.
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"...verbal fabrications (?)..."
vinasp wrote:Hi starter,
Even though I have been studying the Nikayas for twenty years, I still do not understand MN 117.
--It might be too bold for me to comment on your understanding of the sutta as a starter who has studied it for only a couple of times; but I'll try.
"And what is the right resolve that is without asava's, transcendent, a factor of the path? The thinking, directed thinking, resolve, (mental) fixity, transfixion, focused awareness, & verbal fabrications of one developing the noble path whose mind is noble, whose mind is without asava's, who is fully possessed of the noble path. This is the right resolve that is without asava's, transcendent, a factor of the path."
Here are some thoughts, which may, of course, be completely wrong.
1. The phrase 'noble path'. Could it be that that the 'transcendent' sections are not
talking about the noble eightfold path, but about a noble path? Perhaps the noble
eightfold path is what is called the learners path (sekha), and that there is a final
section for the non-learner (asekha). This is sometimes called the 'tenfold path' and
sometimes the 'arahants path'.
--I agree with you that the 'noble path' here means a particular path (Right intention/thought) instead of the whole N8P. The section for the non-learner (who hasn't understood 4NT) is what I call the mundane path, which aims at the effacement of 10 unwholesome deeds, establishment of the 8 path factors and the understanding of 4NT. The section for the trainee (sekha, who has understood 4NT) is what I call the Noble path, which aims at the perfection of the 8 path factors leading to the fruits of Right knowledge and Right liberation ("10-fold path").
2. The phrase '(one) whose mind is without asava's'. This is very puzzling. Many
passages which seem to be describing enlightenment speak of the destruction of the
three asava's. It is usually understood that an arahant has destroyed these three
asava's, and that this represents the end of the path.
-- The Chinese translation of asavas ("leaks") can mean not only the three root defilements ("leak" for sensual desires, "leak" for being/becoming, and "leak" for ignorance), but also not intact/perfect in something -- only when something has a "leak", the "influxes" can come in and "effluxes" can go out. I'd interpret the phrase 'the right resolve that is without asava's' as 'the right resolve that is being perfected', therefore "who is fully possessed of the noble path (of right solve)".
I tend to interpret the phrase '(one) whose mind is without asava's' as '(one) whose mind is without wrong resolve (being perfected in right resolve'), especially because it's immediately followed by the phrase 'who is fully possessed of the noble path'.
Just my two cents, which could be wrong. Metta to all!
starter wrote:I believe that the Buddha's teaching on the four mindfulness was meant as part of the N8P...
What is it that this Eye of Dhamma sees? This Eye sees that whatever is born has ageing and death as a natural result. 'Whatever is born' means everything! Whether material or immaterial, it all comes under this 'whatever is born'. It refers to all of nature. Like this body for instance - it's born and then proceeds to extinction. When it's small it 'dies' from smallness to youth. After a while it 'dies' from youth and becomes middle-aged. Then it goes on to 'die' from middle-age and reach old-age, finally reaching the end. Trees, mountains and vines all have this characteristic.
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Smith set to make Cactus League debut on Tuesday
MESA, Ariz. -- The Indians have yet to have their late-inning bullpen trio of closer Chris Perez and setup men Vinnie Pestano and Joe Smith available for exhibition games at the same time this spring, but all that matters is that they will be ready for the regular season.
Following a conservative comeback from a minor left abdominal strain, Smith is scheduled to make his Cactus League debut on Tuesday against the Giants. There is still plenty of time remaining for the right-handed sidearmer to be ready for Opening Day.
"He's going to pitch tomorrow. That's good," Indians manager Terry Francona said on Monday. "I don't think there was a major concern. We just wanted to make sure he was good to go and he did a very good job, and he's fine now. That's good.
"We didn't need to have something dragging out and having him try to nurse his way through it. It'll be fun to see him out there."
Smith injured his side shortly before camp opened, and has spent the past three weeks working through a throwing program -- advancing through catch, long toss, bullpen sessions, simulated games and live batting practice.
Perez is sidelined with a right shoulder injury and, barring a setback, will not be ready to resume game activity for at least three weeks. The Indians are also without Pestano, who is currently training with Team USA in preparation for the World Baseball Classic.
The 28-year-old Smith, who signed a one-year deal worth $3.15 million to avoid arbitration this past offseason, went 7-4 with a 2.96 ERA last season, during which he had 53 strikeouts and 25 walks in 72 appearances (67 innings). Smith had a 2.01 ERA in 71 games for the Indians in 2011.


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In light of the recent tragedies that have fallen upon our nation, my thoughts have gone back to Christmas Eve at my Grandma Barr's home. I was a bratty teen who had all the answers to any problem and was quick to share my opinion.
My Uncle Fred had just said grace, and he asked for a special blessing for all the people fighting in the Vietnam War. I was an adamant protester (which I later regretted). I looked Uncle Fred squarely in the eyes and said, "How can you believe in a God who allows such devastation!"
His lovely wife, Aunt Virginia spoke up and said, "Oh Patti, how can you not?"
For many years I pondered her words. I watched my father die of cancer, and yet he made a profession of faith shortly before he died. Never saw him step into a church. I watched my mother die a slow, agonizing death and witnessed the strength my Grandma Madden had through it all. Many calamities fell upon me during my lifetime. I wondered why this loving God Aunt Virginia spoke of allowed this to happen.
I became a wife and a mother. My first pregnancy ended at four months. My next baby, Jamie came along, and I nearly died in childbirth. During my pregnancy with Amy, I was very ill and was asked by my doctor if I wanted to terminate my pregnancy to stop the seizures that were ravishing my body. My husband and I could not begin to fathom such a thought. Amy was born and we found out she was ill. Aunt Virginia, where is this God you speak of?
Jamie flourished and became a brilliant student and a good friend to people she loves. Amy went on to change the world on how people are treated with a disability. In 1993 she wrote a letter to Santa that sent shock waves through the world!
Slowly, my faith started to grow. I saw the miracles that happen each day. I learned to look beyond the tragedy of life and see what good there is in this mixed up world. Yes, bad things happen, too often and too much. Yes, Aunt Virginia, there is a God! Thank you for making me think, and thank you God for allowing me the time to grow.


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The Right Speaker Cable for the Job
Steve Kindig has been an electronics enthusiast for over 30 years. He has written extensively about home and car A/V gear for Crutchfield since 1985. Steve is also a volunteer DJ at community radio station WTJU, where he is a regular host of the American folk show "Atlantic Weekly," as well as the world music program "Radio Tropicale."
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Speakers almost never come with the wire necessary to connect them to your receiver or amplifier. If you shop around, you may be unsure about the best wire thickness or construction for your stereo or home theater setup. With wire prices ranging from a few cents per foot to dollars per foot, you don't want to spend more than you have to, but you also don't want to short-change the capabilities of your speakers and electronics. Based on feedback from our customers, and some listening tests we recently conducted at our Lab, here are five tips for choosing cables.
1. Quality cables don't perform magic — their job is damage control
In recent years, we've been consistently impressed by AudioQuest's line of speaker cables, and we share their basic philosophy: That no cable can magically improve the original audio signal. What good cables can do is reduce the distortion caused by inferior cable design and materials. And even though some people think that good cables are only for audiophiles, there are reasons besides sound quality to consider better-quality speaker wire.
2. Longer runs require thicker wire to prevent power loss
|Length of wire needed
|Less than 50 feet
|50 feet or longer
Speaker wire thickness generally isn't a factor if your speakers are near your receiver. But when doing multi-room runs requiring lengths greater than 50 feet, wire that's too thin can result in power loss that's both measurable and audible. To avoid the hassle of ever having to re-install wires in your walls or ceiling, it's better to use wire that's thicker rather than thinner. Wire thickness is indicated by "gauge" — the lower the number, the thicker the wire. For in-wall use, we recommend flexible wire like AudioQuest's 14- or 16-gauge FLX-series. For more information on how to choose the correct wire gauge, see our article on choosing and installing speaker wire.
|AudioQuest's stranded FLX in-wall cable (top) is flexible, for easy installation. AudioQuest's Type 4 cable (bottom) uses solid-core copper conductors.
3. The core of any cable is the copper
When you peel back the flimsy jacket on typical lightweight speaker-wire-on-a-spool, you find a bunch of super-thin copper strands. That's OK for conducting electricity to a lightbulb — after all, this wire is known as "lamp cord" — but it's not ideal for audio signals. AudioQuest makes stranded wire, too, but they use high-purity "long grain" copper, and the strands are precisely arranged to reduce distortion. Stranded wire works well for in-wall installation because it's flexible. Larger speaker cables often use solid-core conductors to carry the signal, which can provide superior bass and dynamics, but which also make for a stiffer cable.
|Banana plugs make a quick, easy connection to your speakers, receiver, or amp.
4. Go bananas
Plain old wire can fall short where it connects to your speakers and receiver. Bare-wire connections expose the copper to the air, and oxidation can compromise the connection. Over time, that shiny copper wire will grow dull, and it can actually dull your speakers' sound by increasing the wire's resistance. And stray strands touching can even cause a short circuit in your amp. Instead, we recommend banana connectors, either pre-attached or added separately. Bananas are compatible with nearly all speakers, and because they plug straight in, they're often the best choice for the crowded, hard-to-get-at back panels of A/V receivers. Good banana plugs are plated with gold or silver to resist corrosion.
5. Jacket required
If you're going to run cable inside your walls or ceiling, we recommend using UL-rated speaker wire labeled CL2 or CL3. The Underwriters Laboratory (UL) looks at heat generated from current flowing through wire, how quickly the cable will catch and spread fire when exposed to flame, and the wire's susceptibility to damage from external stresses. AudioQuest's UL-rated FLX-series wires have a tough, smooth outer jacket that's easy to pull through wall studs. The wires are color-coded so that it's easy to get the connections right.
Listening tests
To find out how much of a difference speaker wire makes, we grabbed some co-workers and did some listening tests in the acoustically optimized home A/V room of our Lab.
First, we compared generic 18-gauge "lamp cord" to AudioQuest's Type 4 cable, and the Type 4 won hands down with most of our listeners. So then we tried a more challenging test: AudioQuest's 16-gauge in-wall wire versus the Type 4. It was more difficult to hear differences, but the Type 4 consistently delivered stronger bass and greater presence on voices and instruments.
If you're interested in experimenting with cables, we'd suggest trying them in your system for at least a month. Then re-connect your old cables and see if you hear any difference. And if you care at all about how your music sounds, we'd recommend at least using good 16-gauge wire to connect your speakers.
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Nelson Cruz declines qualifying offer from Rangers
The Texas Rangers have been officially notified that free agent outfielder Nelson Cruz has declined the club's qualifying offer of a 2014 contract.
Cruz had until 4:00 p.m. CST today to accept or decline the Rangers 2014 qualifying offer. Texas may still negotiate with Cruz on a new contract, but the Rangers will gain an additional selection in the 2014 First Year Player Draft if he should sign with another team.


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The first five trading days of December delivered mixed results for the major stock indices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was a clear winner, having risen 1% in the past five trading days, while the S&P 500 was essentially unchanged. The Nasdaq Composite lost 1.1%. As with the prior week, one of the key drags on the Nasdaq has been Apple (AAPL), whose shares dropped nearly 9% last week. With that, the stock's retreat from its 52-week high is now just over 24%.
Even though Apple's iPhone 5 has gone on sale in more than 50 additional countries over the last few weeks, and will soon be launched in China, shares of the company have fallen victim to uncertainty regarding the fiscal cliff -- and, with it, the fate of the capital-gains tax. That has prompted investors to exit the stock, despite what I view as favorable growth prospects for the company.
But Apple is not alone in dealing with these uncertainties. Looking as far back as October, we can trace several pronounced downward moves in a number of high-flier stocks, including in Google (GOOG), Disney (DIS) (see a recent Real Money Pro technical analysis here) and AT&T (T). With only a few weeks to go, it's possible this could spread to other big gainers this year, particularly as investors look to comply with wash-sale rules even as they look to book profits. Potential candidates could include PulteGroup (PHM) and other housing plays, Smith & Wesson (SWHC), Henry Schein (HSIC), among others.
Generally speaking, domestic economic data were also mixed last week. While we once again saw a fall in the unemployment rate, with a dip to 7.7% in November from 8.3% in July, job creation remains well below 200,000 per month. Viewed from a different perspective, what's driving down the unemployment rate is the continued rise in Americans outside the labor force that. After all, if you're not in the labor force then you can't be considered employed or unemployed. Sorry, folks, that's the way the government tabulates the data.
The other pseudo-eye-opener was the November reading in the Institute for Supply Management's Manufacturing Index, which fell to 49.5 -- below the expansion/contraction line of 50. This may seem surprising, but it shouldn't have been to those who have been paying attention to a number of the regional Federal Reserve manufacturing reports. What I did find surprising, underneath the ISM headline number, was the drop in the orders component. Declining orders likely reflect concern over the "fiscal cliff," as well as the continuing contraction in Europe.
Turning to the five trading days ahead of us, the flow of economic reports continues to slow -- but, even so, there are a few noteworthy ones to watch this week. In particular, I'll be keeping tabs on Dollar General (DG), Costco (COST) (see a Real Money analysis here), Joy Global (JOY) and VeriFone (PAY). In terms of the economic calendar, taking center stage toward the end of the week will be retail sales, inflation and the manufacturing economy. Prior to that, it's likely to be a few days of non-events, and I'm lumping the FOMC rate decision into that category. So, for first few days of the trading week, "fiscal cliff" negotiations are poised to be in the spotlight following the Sunday morning talk show gabfest.
Here's a more granular look at what investors should be watching and listening to over the next five trading days:
Economic Events This Week
- Trade Balance (October) -- Tuesday, Dec. 11
- Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Mortgage Index (Weekly) -- Wednesday, Dec. 12
- Export & Import Prices (November) -- Wednesday, Dec. 12
- Federal Open Market Committee Rate Decision (December) -- Wednesday, Dec. 12
- Treasury Budget (November) -- Wednesday, Dec. 12
- Initial and Continuing Jobless Claims (Weekly) -- Thursday, Dec. 13
- Retail Sales (November) -- Thursday, Dec. 13
- Producer Price Index (November) -- Thursday, Dec. 13
- Business Inventories (October) -- Thursday, Dec. 13
- Consumer Price Index (November) -- Friday, Dec. 14
- Industrial Production (November) -- Friday, Dec. 14
- Capacity Utilization (November) -- Friday, Dec. 14
Corporate Earnings This Week
- Casey's General Stores (CASY) -- Tuesday, Dec. 11
- Dollar General -- Tuesday, Dec. 11
- The Pantry (PTRY) -- Tuesday, Dec. 11
- Costco -- Wednesday, Dec. 12
- Joy Global -- Wednesday, Dec. 12
- Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV) -- Thursday, Dec. 13
- VeriFone -- Thursday, Dec. 13
- Pier 1 Imports (PIR) -- Thursday, Dec. 13
- Quicksilver (ZQK) -- Thursday, Dec. 13


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Latest Acquisition Greatly Expands Round 2's Model Kit Offerings...
Round 2 announces the acquisition of the Lindberg and Hawk Models brands and assets from J. Lloyd International. With the transaction, Round 2 adds these two well-recognized and historic plastic model kit names to their existing trio of AMT, MPC and Polar Lights mode kit lines, licensed from Learning Curve Brands, Inc. in 2008 and purchased outright in 2012.
Thomas Lowe, President and CEO of Round 2 states, "The addition of Lindberg and Hawk results in a combined product catalog for Round 2 that is so diverse, it will include virtually every type of model kit genre imaginable and in a wide range of scales. Whether you're looking for cars, trucks, aircraft, ships, sci-fi, space exploration, anatomy and figures or even crazy monsters, we now have it all! We've made plans to hit the ground running with these brands and are ready to go. As we progress into the future, we will be working with the vintage Hawk and Lindberg tooling to resurrect more exciting kits that haven't seen the light of day in decades, just like we have with AMT and MPC. We'll also be happy to put the 1934 Ford Pickup tooling back under the original AMT brand, from where it originated."
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I'm 21 years old and living near Lake Chiemsee in southern Germany (Bavaria). I heard about this forum in the german "Buddhaland". I've been following some of the topics here for a few days now and thought I might as well register. So here I am
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Here is my first joke article on this forum. I hope you enjoy reading it.
Here we go....
A man was walking through the woods one day, grumbling as usual. He hated life and didn't believe in God.
Along came a bear and the man was chased about by the big grizzly.
"God help me!" the man shouted.
All at once the sky opened up and God appeared. "You called?" God said.
"Yes, please I am being chased by a bear." the man cried.
"I see," said God. "This happens all the time. One denies me all his life till a time in need, then he calls. Very well. What would you like me to do?"
"Make this bear a Christian," the man said.
"It is done," said God, and he vanished out of the sky.
The man turned around and saw the bear drop to the ground on his knees and heard him pray, "Dear God, thank you for this meal I am about to receive."


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A friend and I had a similar discussion about generating XML in a simple way today -- we trawled CPAN and found XML::Generator [cpan.org]. Does it do (most of) what you're looking for?
I had looked at XML::Generator and I liked it, but it had some problems. First, because of autoload, it's easy to do this:
print $xml->feild('foobared');
I probably meant "field". My version forces you to map methods to tags and will die if you try to print a tag that doesn't exist (though you can add methods/tags on the fly).
Also, as far as I can tell, I would not be able to conveniently dump out data in the Yahoo! IDIF format. Here's an snippet:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
This is not XML, so really it should not be labelled as such. AFAICT it is pretty close to being SGML though. It might even be SGML, the XML declaration would be seen by an SGML parser as a regular PI, you can add a DTD when you parse the file, and unenclosed tags and &\W are valid in SGML. You just need the characters to be in latin1.
So why don't you go and pollute the SGML namespace
Seriously, I don't think you should release your module in the XML namespace. An IDIF module would be OK, it its own namespace I guess, maybe with a helper module that could be used on its own.
I think my main problem with your module is the way you seem to advertise it, which sounds a bit like "let's generate more quasi XML to p.o. real XML guys" to me. Presenting it as a module that generates XML, documenting prominently the features that let it generate proper XML, and then adding a "There be Dragons" section that adds a few non-kosher methods (Raw seems like a prime candidate), maybe only available by adding an option to the constructor, might be a better way to go about it.
Oh, and as far as tests go, if you (not you, the user in general) don't really know what is and is not XML, I am not sure about the quality of the tests that you can generate.
Does it make sense?
I have decided not to put this in the XML namespace. That much I agree on.
I think my main problem with your module is the way you seem to advertise it, which sounds a bit like "let's generate more quasi XML to p.o. real XML guys" to me.
I can see how that might appear to be what I was doing. I'll be sure to clarify that. Unfortunately, this is a real problem space that developers constantly face: legacy XML "variants" or third-party resources which require malformed XML. Since it's not always possib
down to the ordering of attributes
I feel your pain, having had to deal with exactly that request for XML::Twig (not a model of XML purity itself): apparently some Microsoft tool needs attributes in a specific order. The easiest solution I found was to use Tie::IxHash objects to store the attributes.


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MUSIC lovers and bank holiday revellers will be praying for some sunshine this weekend, with several big events planned around East Lancashire.
The Met Office has predicted rain showers, but organisers hope the promised 'sunny spells' will be enough to tempt people out of their homes.
The biggest event will be Darwen Live, with the latest incarnation of 1990s chart-toppers The Beautiful South — The South — playing the main stage on Sunday night.
The SoulTrain will headline on Monday evening, with another 17 pubs and venues also taking part in the free two-day festival.
Darwen Town Council chairman Coun Trevor Maxfield said: "I think it could be absolutely massive this year, and we've obviously got our fingers crossed with the weather.
"We normally get one good day and one bad day, so we've bought lots of disposable ponchos in case we do get rain.
"I just hope that some of the sun we've been having can hold until the weekend."
Meanwhile, pop group Herman's Hermits will appear at Sabden Live on Saturday as part of their 50th anniversary tour, with Essex rockers Eddie and the Hotrods playing on Sunday. The line-up for the two-day event also features tribute bands Noasis and Creedence Clearwater Revived, featuring guitarist Jerry Donahue.
Thousands are also expected to flock to the Great Harwood Show on Monday, with plenty of livestock and attractions packed into the 44-acre New Showfield in Harwood Lane.
Meanwhile, dozens of vintage cars and steam engines will roll into Green Lane showground for Chipping Steam Fair, while The East Lancashire Railway will celebrate war time glamour, style and community spirit with a 1940s weekend. Both events run from Saturday to Monday.
Elsewhere, the Bowmen of Pendle and Samlesbury have invited people of all ages to have a shot at archery at Nab's Head Lane grounds in Samlesbury on Saturday, while Summerseat Family Festival, near Ramsbottom, will be held on Sunday.
In Burnley, the Friends of Ightenhill Park will stage their annual festival on Sunday and Coldwell Activity Centre will have a family fun day on Monday, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care.


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(iv) "But here some person abstains from killing living beings... and has right view. On the dissolution of the body, after death, he reappears in the states of deprivation, in an unhappy destination, in perdition, in hell. MN136
So it seems that even if one possesses right view, one doesn't have to be an ariyan.
78. Bhikkhus, the misery from the decrease of wealth is nothing in comparison to the decrease of wisdom. Bhikkhus, of decreases the decrease in wisdom is miserable. AN1:8:78
Wisdom can decrease.


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TROWBRIDGE RFC are on their way to Twickenham after a dramatic 19-17 victory over hosts Guildford in Saturday's RFU Intermediate Cup semi final.
Steve Ojomoh's men will run out at the home of English rugby on May 4 after defeating the London Two South West champions despite playing a large part of the second half with just 14 men.
The visitors soared into a 19-0 lead with tries from wing James Davies, number eight Shane Johnstone and full-back Jackson Szabo in eight first-half minutes, fly-half Lloyd Davis adding two conversions.
Guildford though, aided by their powerful driving maul, hit back with two tries from prop Mark Watkinson and replacement Ben Holden. Full-back Jarrod Adam landed conversion, but three other kicks were missed.
Trowbridge were left hanging on as first replacement Karl Perry was sin-binned before centre Joe Knight was red-carded by referee Luis Caviglia for an alleged kick.
The visitors held out superbly though to book a final appearance at Twickenham against Staffordshire Leek, who beat Aspatria 27-15 in the other semi final, on Sunday, May 4.
Guildford went into the contest having lost only one league match all season on the way to their title and got on the front foot from the first whistle.
The driving maul, which was to become a feature of the match, was in evident early on as the home side rumbled upfield. Inevitably, Trowbridge conceded a penalty but were reprieved when Adam missed a relatively simple shot at goal from in front of the posts 30 metres out.
Three minutes they were punish as Trowbridge struck with their first meaningful attack.
Guildford managed to clear their lines but the kick was poor and fielded by visiting full-back Szabo. His elusive running lines took him into the heart of the home defence and quick hands released winger Davies, who still had plenty to do.
He skirted around the outside and then chipped ahead before winning the race to the touchdown. Fly-half Davis missed the conversion from outside, but moments later, it got even better for the Wiltshire men.
Davies kicked to the corner and from the lineout, the forwards rumbled over the line for number eight Johnstone to get the scoring touch, Davis adding the extras.
If Guildford though that was the end of the storm, they were mistaken as Trowbridge, unbelievably, struck with a third try inside eight minutes.
Claiming a turnover 40 metres out, the ball was thrown wide to Szabo, who scooted under the posts untouched, David converting for a scarecely credible 19-0 lead.
And it could have got even better for the visitors as Szabo nearly conjured up one of the great tries. Fielding a poor kick 20 metres from his own line, the full-back cut a line through the Guildford defence on a mesmeric 80 metre run and looked certain to score, onlyfor a brilliant last-gasp tackle to force him into touch.
Still reeling, Guildford conjured up some late first-half pressure but botched two gilt-edged opportunities when fly-half Alex Vaughan dropped a pass with the line gaping before Szabo brilliantly cut down flanker James Roberts at the ankles less than ten metres out.
Eventually, the home side returned to their one true potnet weapon, as a rolling maul trundled up to the line, prop Watkinson getting the touch down.
Adam's kicking woes continued though as the conversion was missed and Trowbridge still turned around in control.
Guildford were by no means out of it though and piled on the pressure at the start of the second half.
Wing Ben Barrow was stopped after scooting up the touchline before Trowbridge replacement Karl Perry was sin-binned. The hosts made the most of their man advantage as the forwards ploughed forward agains at Watkinson scored his second in an almost identical manner to the first.
Sensing the danger, Trowbridge upped their efforts again and wing James MacFarlane just failed to get on the end of Davis' chip before replacement Tom Weaver was just wide with a well-struck long-range penalty.
As the tension ratcheted up, Adam cut a neat line to cross for the hosts, only for referee Luis Caviglia to pull play back for a forward pass.
Trowbridge rolled upfield, but were stung when Caviglia showed centre Knight a red card, apparently for a kick, leaving them down a man going into the latter stages.
Yet another pushover score, Holden touching the ball down, really startedthe nerves jangling but, crucially as it turned out, the conversion was missed.
Still Guildford pressed, spurning a kickable penalty to go to the corner in the hope of a pushover try. But Trowbridge bravely held firm and when Davis got his hands on the ball and booted it high out of play, the wild celebrations got under way.


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1. "I wanted a livable, modern space wrapped in color," says U.K.--based designer Suzanne Sharp about her living room, featured in the new book Designers at Home.
2. The key to an interesting and elegant mantelpiece is symmetry. Here, there's a lamp, a framed piece, and an object on each side of the greenery.
3. Let your books be a bit messy: It gives the room a warm, relaxed look.
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Nationals offense falters again in loss to Dodgers
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Washington Nationals are getting plenty of hits, they're just having trouble scoring runs.
The Nationals have scored only three runs while knocking out 19 hits in their two games since the All-Star break, the most recent a 3-1 10-inning loss to the Dodgers on Saturday night.
"They should be scoring more than they have," said Dodgers starter Zack Greinke, who gave up seven of Washington's 10 hits, but allowed only one run in six innings.
Adrian Gonzalez and Hanley Ramirez to hit back-to-back doubles off Nationals reliever Craig Stammen (5-5) to open the 10th inning and Ramirez scored two batters later on Andre Ethier's sacrifice fly.
Washington went 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position and is 2 for 21 with RISP in the series, falling to 48-49 and below .500 for the first time in nearly a month.
"I'm not going to sit here and say that we're playing as good as we should be," Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond said. "I'm also not going to say that this is the end of the road. I don't know what else to say besides, 'It's going to be fine.' We're going to get better, and we're going to be the players we know we are. I think sometimes you've got to look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself, 'Are you doing what you're supposed to be doing?'"
While losing 7 of 9, the Nationals have averaged just 2.7 runs per game and scored no more five runs, the total they posted in each of their wins.
"I'm sure everyone is sick of hearing it, but it's got to turn around at some point," Desmond said. "And if it doesn't, then we're going to keep on trying until we run out of time."
Washington's offense spent much of Saturday's game looking like a rock band that decided to play all of its worst hits on the same night. First inning: bases loaded, none out. Second inning: leadoff double. Third inning: pair of one-out singles. Fourth inning: leadoff single. Seventh inning: first and second, one out. Eighth inning: first and third, one out.
They failed to score each time.
Greinke and Gio Gonzalez, two pitchers on winning streaks, fought to a near draw through six innings. The only run allowed by either came on Greinke's final pitch, when pinch-hitter Roger Bernadina hit an RBI single and was thrown out trying to advance to second, ending the inning.
The Dodgers tied it on the seventh on Mark Ellis' RBI single. Chris Withrow (1-0) pitched the ninth for his first career win, and Kenley Jansen handled the 10th for his 11th save
Gonzalez, who had won four straight starts, matched a career-high with 11 strikeouts and allowed four hits, but he didn't receive the run support he needed to extend his winning streak.
While discussing his team's offense, Nationals manager Davey Johnson paused for several seconds, apparently at a loss for words.
"That was a tough one," Johnson said. "We had several opportunities."
NOTES: Johnson was asked after the game whether hitting coach Rick Eckstein is in trouble. "Not in trouble to me," Johnson said. "I think he's a great hitting coach." . Nationals LHP Ross Detwiler didn't complete a full bullpen session Saturday and will miss at least two more starts while dealing with a lower back strain. ... Washington 1B Adam LaRoche missed his second consecutive game with the flu.


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Grand Prairie police are working with Arlington police to determine whether the same vandals are responsible for spray-painted penises that appeared on homes and cars in both of the cities recently.
Detective Lyle Gensler with Grand Prairie police said 10 residences had defaced homes and cars featuring vulgar images spray-painted between 2-6 a.m. Tuesday in the 900 block of Furlong Drive and 2700 block of Triple Crown Lane.
Gensler said several of the images were penises, which were also used in defacing 10 residences in the 1100 block of Crowley Road in Arlington over the weekend, during which anti-gay slurs were also spray-painted on a lesbian couple's SUV.
Gensler said no biased words targeting race, religion or sexual orientation were used in the Grand Prairie incidents.
Investigators have been in contact with Arlington police and are looking into the same leads, he said.
"We actually are going to compare the two based on the way they were drawn," he said.
As for the culprits, Gensler said it is most likely teenagers that are responsible for the vandalism.
Arlington police spokesman Tiara Richard said Tuesday morning that although the incident involving the lesbian couple "looks like a hate crime," it's too soon to say that definitively.
It's up to the district attorney's office to decide whether to prosecute cases as hate crimes in Texas. However, law enforcement agencies do classify cases as hate crimes for the purpose of reporting them to the FBI each year.
But Richard said the determination about whether to report the incident as a hate crime to the FBI won't be made until the investigation is complete. She took issue with a headline on Instant Tea from Monday which indicated police weren't "investigating" the incident as a hate crime. Rather, Richard said, Arlington police simply aren't calling it a hate crime — at least not yet. The headline has since been changed.
"When it comes to criminal investigations, we let the investigation tell us what something is," Richard said. "We don't make determinations on the front end of what something is.
"It looks like a hate crime," Richard added. "It looks like this couple was targeted because of their sexual orientation, and that's a big element of the investigative process, and that's part of what we'll look into. However, until an investigation is complete … they're not going to call it something that we may in the investigation find that it's not."


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Lovelace opened a new primary care clinic this week called Lovelace Health Care Center at 8401 Constitution NE in Albuquerque.
The center offers primary care services, family medicine and disease management.
"This clinic offers a team approach to delivering health care," said Dr. John Cruickshank, chief medical officer at Lovelace Health System.
The center will seek a Patient Centered Medical Home certification, which organizes care around the patient, allowing clinical teams to better coordinate and track care.
The clinic is open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and can be reached by calling 505-727-3800.


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(UPDATED COVERAGE, 1:30 p.m.) Columbia Marketing International Corp. has promoted longtime marketing executive Bob Mast to president.
Mast, former vice president of marketing, became president of the Wenatchee, Wash.-based tree fruit shipper on April 22.
He joined CMI in 2003 and has overseen CMI's marketing department since 2008.
He succeeds Stuart McDougall, a CMI co-owner and chairman of the board.
Before joining CMI, Mast worked in a variety of management roles with Cincinnati-based Kroger Co.'s Fry's in Arizona.
Mast said he is meeting with company department heads and staff to "create the vision we as a team see for moving CMI forward."
Mast said he has learned from the company's longtime tree fruit grower/owners, Nick Buak and the late Glady Bellamy and Bob McDougall, who along with CMI board member Jim Wade founded the company in 1989.
"I am honored that the CMI ownership is confident in my abilities to take an organization that's been successful over the years and has a professional and committed staff ... ," Mast said. "I'm honored to be the face of the company. Our growers as well as our warehouse partners are truly passionate and committed people. Everyone has done a tremendous job in pulling together since Glady's passing the retirement of Nick."
Company officials cited Mast's communication skills, attention to detail and passion for the fruit industry.
Starting in bagging, Mast worked 18 of his 20 years at Fry's in the produce department, and became the chain's assistant director of produce.
Mast was the only candidate the company considered, former CMI chairman of the board Wade said in a news release.
"We are extremely fortunate Bob Mast was already in a key leadership role at CMI," Wade said in the release. "Bob's nine-year history at CMI will bring valuable continuity and perspective to his new role. To anyone who knows Bob, his dedication to both CMI and the tree fruit industry is unmatched."
Mast said he plans to continue working on limited marketing projects as CMI seeks a successor.
In the release, Stuart McDougall said the company expects a seamless transition in management.
Mast graduated from Arizona State University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science degree in management.
One of Washington's biggest apple, pear and cherry shippers and packers, CMI also distributes fruit internationally.


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Sport headphone workout
5 models to exercise your ears
Ralph Graves is one of Crutchfield's blog editors, and part of the company's social media team. He writes about home audio/video gear, specializing in Apple-related and wireless technologies. Ralph holds a master's degree in music composition, and his works have been released on various labels. He's served as product manager for an independent classical and world music label, produced several recordings, and worked extensively in public broadcasting. Since 1984 he's hosted a weekly classical music program on WTJU, and is also active as a blogger and podcaster.
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Sarah lifts weights while wearing the Denon AH-W150 Exercise Freak sports headphones.
You wouldn't think of working out in street attire, would you? So why would you wear the same earbuds to the gym that you use when you're out and about? Like exercise clothes, sports headphones are designed specifically for the stress and strain of physical activity.
How effective are sports headphones compared to ordinary earbuds? We took five of our hottest sports headphones to some fitness professionals to find out.
Getting the Gear
We chose five models that represented the latest in sport headphone design:
- Bose® SIE2i sport headphones
- Bowers & Wilkins C5 sport headphones
- Denon AH-W150 Exercise Freak™ Bluetooth® sport headphones
- Klipsch Image S4i Rugged headphones
- Sony XBA-S65 sport headphones
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Time to hit the gym!
Five employees of the ACAC Fitness and Wellness Center in Charlottesville, VA were given one or more pairs of our sports headphones: The employees used the headphones during their normal exercise routines. After letting them work out with the headphones for a few days, we checked in with the ACAC employees to get their reactions.
Working the core
We wanted to know three basic things:
- Fit and Comfort: How comfortable were the sports headphones to wear during various activities, and how well did they stay in place?
- Sound Quality: Did the music have real presence and clarity? Was there a significant improvement over the sound quality of the user's regular earbuds?
- Functionality: How well were the sports headphones suited to exercise? Were they easy to keep clean? Did the cord resist tangles?
The short take:
The testers rated their headphones in each category on a scale of 5 to 1 (best to worst). Here are the results:
|Bose® SIE2i sport headphones
|Klipsch Image S4i Rugged
|Sony XBA-S65
|Bowers & Wilkins C5
|Denon AH-W150
Exercise Freak™
|Fit & Comfort
|Sound Quality
The Details:
Our testers gave us some helpful feedback on their experiences with their headphones. Here are some of the things they had to say:
Bose® SIE2i sport headphones
Chris puts some miles on the treadmill while enjoying his Bose® SIE2i sport headphones.
"The Bose® SIE2i sport headphones were great for exercise and simple to clean. The headphones had a nice design and cool colors.
I really loved the Bose® SIE2i sport headphones. I expect to see lots of people using them around the club in the fall."— Chris
These innovative headphones deliver a combination of sweat and weather resistance, comfortably secure fit, and Bose® quality the sound. The in-line remote and microphone let you conveniently control select Apple® products. The exclusive Reebok® fitness armband holds your device securely in place. Available in orange and green.
Bowers & Wilkins C5 In-ear headphones with in-line remote and microphone
Cecil goes a few rounds with a punching bag, wearing the Bowers & Wilkins C5 headphones.
"The C5s had awesome sound. I felt like I was in a movie theater. A huge improvement over my regular headphones. And they were really good for exercise – a very well-designed product."— Cecil
"Compared to my regular headphones, the sound quality of the C5s surpassed them in every respect. I was really impressed with the sound and look of these headphones."— Chantel
"I really liked the appearance of the headphones. And the inline controls made them great. The C5s had better sound than my regular headphones and much more bass! These sport headphones were well-suited for exercise, and easy to clean."— Kristen
Amazing sound quality and performance are the hallmarks of Bowers & Wilkins headphones. The C5s feature a Secure Loop to hold them gently in place. In-line controls and microphone allow easy operation of your iPhone® or iPod®.
Denon AH-W150 Exercise Freak Bluetooth sports headphones
Sarah putting on the Denon AH-W150 Exercise Freak headphones in preparation for her workout.
"The Denons were louder and had more presence than my regular headphones — good sound quality. The wireless design made the 'W150's a lot easier to work out with than regular headphones with a cord."— Chantel
With these Bluetooth headphones, there are no wires running to a device on your arm or hip. You can move freely while you stream music wirelessly to the AH-W150s from your Apple or Android™ device. These headphones include a free Denon Sport app that measures distance and helps you track your progress.
Klipsch Image S4i Rugged In-ear sports headphones
Kristen's Klipsch Image S4i Rugged headphones help her maintain her pace
"I really liked the appearance of the S4is. They were simple in a good way, and the in-line controls made them great. The S4is put out clear, crisp sound."— Kristen
"The Image S4is were suitable for working out. The headphones were easy to clean and the cord stayed untangled."— Chantel
Klipsch designed these headphones for all-weather use and feature a tangle-resistant cable. They include in-line controls and a microphone for iPhone and iPod use.
Sony XBA-S65 In-ear sports headphones
Chantel on the indoor track, wearing Sony XBA-S65 sport headphones. Thanks to their over-the-ear loops that held them in place, Chantel could run with confidence.
"The headphones were very comfortable and lightweight. The 'S65s stayed in place while I exercised. They never disappointed me. I could focus on my workout and not worry about them falling out.
I was really impressed with the quality of the Sony headphones. If I were recommending them, I would want the person to know how comfortable the 'S65's are."— Chantel
Adjustable over-the-ear loops help keep these headphones comfortably and securely in place. The XBA-S65s are both sweat and water resistant, so you can wear them with confidence and rinse them when you're done.


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SAMURAI-NVAF Study: Anticoagulant Therapy for Japanese Stroke Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation (NVAF) (SAMURAI-NVAF)
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified August 2015 by Kazunori Toyoda, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Kazunori Toyoda, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: April 16, 2012
Last updated: August 31, 2015
Last verified: August 2015
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The purpose of this study is to determine choice of anticoagulant therapy during acute and chronic stages of ischemic stroke/TIA and short- and long-term outcomes, including stroke recurrence and bleeding complications, in patients having nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
|Stroke, Acute Atrial Fibrillation
|Other: This is an observational study.
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case-Only
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Stroke Acute Management With Urgent Risk-factor Assessment and Improvement (SAMURAI) Study on Anticoagulant Therapy in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation (NVAF)
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: familial atrial fibrillation
MedlinePlus related topics: Atrial Fibrillation Blood ThinnersU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Kazunori Toyoda, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Ischemic events [ Time Frame: 2 years ]Recurrence of ischemic stroke/TIA, ACS, systemic embolism, aortic dissection, rupture of aortic aneurysm, peripheral artery disease (required hospitalization), VTE, revascularization (including CEA/CAS, PCI, etc)
- major bleeding [ Time Frame: 2 years ]Major bleeding according to the ISTH definition, including fatal bleeding, intracranial hemorrhage, etc
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- modified Rankin Scale [ Time Frame: 2 years ]modified Rankin Scale
- Modification of anticoagulant medication [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|September 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2016
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|March 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
NVAF, acute ischemic stroke/TIA
Consecutive acute ischemic stroke/TIA patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation; most of these patients begin to receive anticoagulant therapy after index stroke/TIA for secondary prevention
Other: This is an observational study.
This is an observational, not intervention, study.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Inclusion Criteria:
- Consecutive acute ischemic stroke/TIA patients with NVAF
Exclusion Criteria:
- Rheumatic mitral valve disease
- A history of prosthetic valve replacement or mitral valve surgical repair
- Active infective endocarditis
- Patient, family member or legally responsible person does not have given informed consent
- Inappropriate patient's conditions for study enrollment in the opinion of the investigator
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01581502
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01581502
|National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center
|Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
|Toyota Memorial Hospital
|Toyota, Aichi, Japan
|Brain Attack Center Ota Memorial Hospital
|Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
|Nakamura Memorial Hospital
|Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
|Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital
|Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
|St Marianna University School of Medicine
|Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
|South Miyagi Medical Center
|Ogawara, Miyagi, Japan
|Kohnan Hospital
|Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
|Kawasaki Medical School
|Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
|National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
|Suita, Osaka, Japan, 565-8565
|Jichi Medical University School of Medicine
|Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
|Kyorin University School of Medicine
|Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
|National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center
|Fukuoka, Japan
|National Hospital Organization Kagoshima Medical Center
|Kagoshima, Japan
|Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital
|Kumamoto, Japan
|Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital
|Kyoto, Japan
Sponsors and Collaborators
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
|Principal Investigator:
|Kazunori Toyoda, MD
|SAMURAI Study Investigators
More Information
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by Kazunori Toyoda, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Additional Information:
Toyoda K, Arihiro S, Todo K, Yamagami H, Kimura K, Furui E, Terasaki T, Shiokawa Y, Kamiyama K, Takizawa S, Okuda S, Okada Y, Kameda T, Nagakane Y, Hasegawa Y, Mochizuki H, Ito Y, Nakashima T, Takamatsu K, Nishiyama K, Kario K, Sato S, Koga M; SAMURAI Study Investigators. Trends in oral anticoagulant choice for acute stroke patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in Japan: the SAMURAI-NVAF study. Int J Stroke. 2015 Aug;10(6):836-42. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12452. Epub 2015 Jan 12.
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Koga M, Yoshimura S, Hasegawa Y, Shibuya S, Ito Y, Matsuoka H, Takamatsu K, Nishiyama K, Todo K, Kimura K, Furui E, Terasaki T, Shiokawa Y, Kamiyama K, Takizawa S, Okuda S, Okada Y, Kameda T, Nagakane Y, Yagita Y, Kario K, Shiozawa M, Sato S, Yamagami H, Arihiro S, Toyoda K; SAMURAI Study Investigators. Higher Risk of Ischemic Events in Secondary Prevention for Patients With Persistent Than Those With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation. Stroke. 2016 Oct;47(10):2582-8. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.013746. Epub 2016 Aug 16.
|Responsible Party:
|Kazunori Toyoda, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01581502 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
samurai nvaf 2011 ( Registry Identifier: SAMURAI study investigators )
|Study First Received:
|April 16, 2012
|Last Updated:
|August 31, 2015
Keywords provided by Kazunori Toyoda, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan:
Recurrent stroke
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Atrial Fibrillation
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Heart Diseases
Pathologic Processes
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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CLEVELAND -- American Greetings has launched a new mobile app that lets users send personalized greetings featuring digital versions of its Taylor Swift line.
Inspired by the aesthetics and images from Taylor Swift's fourth album, RED, the app launches with features unique to the Taylor Swift card collection that fans have grown to love for the past three years. The app includes a jukebox that plays snippets of the RED CD that can easily be turned on while browsing the mobile card rack, as well as a reminder service that lets users connect to Facebook so there's never an excuse to miss a friend's birthday. The app also includes a store locator to direct you to retailers that sell the Taylor Swift collection, creating the ultimate greeting card fan experience.
"We are thrilled to bring the Taylor Swift card collection directly to the hands of her biggest fans and greeting card enthusiasts," states Michael Brown, VP licensing at American Greetings. "We've seen great success with the paper card collections and believe the free mobile app is a natural next step in allowing fans to personalize a card that's uniquely them—and uniquely Taylor Swift."
The Taylor Swift greeting card mobile app can also be downloaded at taylorswiftcards.com. Updates for the app are already scheduled and will coordinate with Ms. Swift's 2013 North American RED Tour that launches on March 13.


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On Day 72 of the NHL lockout, owners and players agreed to allow federal mediators to get involved, infusing some optimism into the process and introducing a new labor-law related buzzword into the sport's lexicon.
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Director George H. Cohen, who helped resolve last year's NBA and NFL lockouts, released a statement saying he "had separate, informal discussions with the key representatives" before the announcement.
— Experts tell SN: Don't get too excited about mediators
"At the invitation of the FMCS, and with the agreement of both parties, the ongoing negotiations will now be conducted under our auspices," Cohen wrote.
The process will begin Wednesday, amid the latest seeming dead-end in a work stoppage that threatens the 2012-13 season and has already forced the cancellation of all games through Dec. 14, the Jan. 1 Winter Classic and All-Star Game.
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly confirmed the agreement.
"While we have no particular level of expectation going into this process, we welcome a new approach in trying to reach a resolution of the ongoing labor dispute at the earliest possible date," Daly told the New York Daily News.
Both sides had said in the past that mediation was an option. It's essentially a formalized way of attempting to find common ground, and is not legally binding—it failed during the 2004-05 lockout, for example, though ESPN's Pierre LeBrun notes that at the time, the NHLPA hadn't agreed upon the institution of the salary cap. Owners were hell-bent on that, so finding middle ground was near impossible.
Cohen, as a former member of the NHLPA board, can't mediate the process, so he assigned deputy director Scot L. Beckenbaugh, director of mediation services John Sweeney, and commissioner Guy Serota to do it instead.
Serota caused some initial waves—a Twitter account appearing to belong to him (@GuySerota) made the rounds after the initial announcement. It was, for lack of a better term, weird, and filled with bizarre tweets at celebrities and off-color jokes, many of which were related to "The Late Late Show," with Craig Ferguson. Upon discovery, it was deleted almost immediately, then came back scrubbed of the bizarre tweets.
— UPDATE: Serota removed from case
Serota, as is custom with this sort of thing, seemed to say he was hacked, which is almost certainly not true—the weird stuff had been up for months. Plus, the @GuySerota account, once it was initially deleted, could've been picked up by anyone, meaning that whoever's behind it now could be a fraud.
In any case, Serota's involvement is only the latest ridiculous step in the process. Hopefully, it's one of the last.