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The Levy County Sheriff's Office has won a safety award for having no "at-fault" accidents for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, one of only four that were awarded in the state.
n Terry Lee Arnold, resisting officer with violence, battery on an officer, 24 months with credit for 125 days served on each, served concurrently; possession of controlled substance without prescription, nolle pros. Must pay civil judgment, jail fund.
The Levy County Sheriff's Office reports the following arrests:
Three people were arrested Wednesday, March 6, on charges of manufacturing and selling meth out of the Bronson Motel while a 5-month-old infant was also in the room, according to a Levy County Sheriff's Department press release.
A 28-year-old woman died and two children and a man were hospitalized after an accident on Saturday at about 5:30 p.m., according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.
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Four women from Inglis are in custody, accused in the death of a child, according to a report by the State Attorney's Office in the Eighth Judicial Circuit in Levy County.
n Vincent Louis Baker, amphetemine trafficking, nolle pros; evidence tampering, 24 months drug offender probation. Must pay probation cost.
School bus driver Cameron Dewayne Smith of Bronson was not injured — nor were the students on the bus — when a vehicle hit the bus on Southwest 75th Street in Gainesville at 3:50 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, and left the scene, according to a press release from the Florida Highway Patrol.
No description of the vehicle was available.
The Alachua County school bus had about $100 damage.
John C. Houghtaling, 76, of Bronson was injured and in critical condition at Shands Hospital in Gainesville on Monday, Feb. 25, after his 1990 Honda scooter left County Road 337, headed down the shoulder, overturned and skidded a few feet.
Houghtaling, who was not wearing a helmet at the time, was thrown from the scooter as it skidded.
Trooper Glen Ganus investigated the accident and no charges were filed at the time of the mishap.
Two of four men charged in the home invasion robbery, beating and attempted shooting of a Bronson man in his home while his mother, stepfather and two children, ages three and seven, were inside the home, have been convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison following a two-day trial.
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Several new Komets have said going up to the next level is a priority for them, something Graham has convinced them he can help them do.
"There's a reason why we are signing some of these higher-end players,'' Graham said. "It's my job to convince them that this is my intent, and you better believe it's something I'm going to take great pride in. Management is on board with this shift because we know that this is a developmental league.''
But that is a dramatic change for the Komets, who have been known for more than 20 years as a place where continuity on the ice has been a major selling point to fans and players. The players, many of whom had young families, knew they could make a home here if they played well, and the fans knew who they'd be seeing most nights. The two sides got to know each other.
There were a few younger Komets each year who moved up, usually for short stints, but the team had the reputation of being protective of its players' rights.
Last year, the Komets entered the ECHL with their philosophy, but it failed as they missed the playoffs. It seems the only way to succeed in the ECHL is to serve the AHL, and sometimes that means there will be constant lineup changes. Occasionally, fans won't know who is playing or if moves have been made until the opening lineups are announced.
Graham sees it in a different way.
"The whole identity of this program moving forward is to be surrounded by guys who are hungry to get to the next level,'' Graham said. "That is a mental thing. It is an identity thing that we're going to have to come to work every day. If you have guys who are like that, they are going to go out there and compete, and we want to consistently compete in all three zones for 60 minutes. If you have guys who want to get to the next level they are going to be a lot more likely to do that for you.''
This is also the system Graham used last year coaching Pensacola in the Southern Pro League. He continually shipped players to higher levels, made do with what he had, and then gathered everybody back together for the playoffs. That's part of what made him an attractive candidate for the Komets.
But this also proves how incredibly unlikely it is Fort Wayne will ever again see longtime veterans like a Guy Dupuis, a Konstantin Shafranov or a Colin Chaulk, who Tuesday became an assistant coach with the Kalamazoo Wings. Players like that can't survive for 10 years in the ECHL. Player longevity has been a part of who the Komets were on the ice and in the community. Now, staying here for three years will seem like a long time.
"It's a different landscape in the ECHL compared to any league we've been in before because it is so young,'' Komets General Manager David Franke said. "It's something we have to deal with if we're looking to get players to come in here who still have that window of opportunity. They have to know we are working for them during the year to give them opportunity.''
When Graham was hired, the biggest question seemed to be whether he could recruit, which he has proven he obviously can. Maybe his next challenge will be introducing all his new players to their fans.Franke said the Komets will likely open training camp Oct. 5 or 6. ... The team will play three exhibition games, including one at home Oct. 12 against Wheeling. ... Franke said because of ECHL rules, the Komets can't announce until Friday what they have traded to San Francisco and Alaska as part of the "future considerations'' part of the trades for defenseman Simon Danis-Pepin and Hughes. ... Kwiet scored 10 goals and 37 points last year in 64 games with three ECHL teams. Walrod scored four goals and 15 points in 34 games with Michigan State and also played four games in the ECHL with Bakersfield.

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Topic: Cancer Survivorship Programs
It is one of the dilemmas most cancer patients face: treatment has ended and what to do now? How do we bridge the gap? What about ongoing side effects?
An article of interest:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-0 … ealth.html
LiveStrong designate Cancer Survivorship Programs of Excellence:
Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania
Living Well After Cancer Program
Philadelphia, PA
Linda Jacobs, PhD, RN
Tel: 215.615.3371
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Adult Survivorship Clinic
Boston, MA
Ann Partridge, MD, MPH
Tel: 617.632.4LSF (4523)
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Survivorship Program
Seattle, WA
K. Scott Baker, MD and Karen Syrjala, PhD
Tel: 206.667.2814
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Survivorship Program
New York, NY
Mary McCabe, RN, MA
Tel: 212.639.2581
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Survivorship Program
Los Angeles, CA
Patricia Ganz, MD
Jacqueline Casillas
Tel: 310.206.1404
University of Colorado Cancer Center
Survivorship Program
Denver, CO
Linda Overholser, MD
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Tel: 720.848.0395
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Carolina Well Survivorship Program
Chapel Hill, NC
Don Rosenstein, MD
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Control News from Europe January 2008
Andrew Bond Reports from Europe
Emerson adds more wireless, makes deal with Cisco
Last month saw Emerson hosting a major European press event on wireless for the second time in 2007, a measure of its determination to exploit to the full what it perceives as the advantage over arch rival Honeywell created by last September's release of the WirelessHART protocol in the face of last minute objections from Honeywell president, Jack Bolick.
Back in January the venue was Bologna, Italian birthplace of wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi. This time Emerson's European PR supreme, Charles Lewis, chose Vienna, with the entertainment including a ride on the Ferris wheel featured in Carol Reed's film, "The Third Man." Could Lewis be seeing Emerson's newly appointed president for Europe, David Dunbar, replacing Orson Welles as Harry Lime, perhaps with himself standing in for Trevor Howard as the archetypal English intelligence officer, Major Calloway? Or were we to find parallels somewhat earlier, with wireless redrawing the process automation map of Europe as profoundly as the Congress of Vienna redrew the political map back in 1815?
Despite these real or imaginary subtleties, however, once we'd all thawed out after drinking Glühwein in not just one but two separate and sub-zero al fresco locations, the principal message wasn't very subtle at all. Emerson now claims to dominate the global process automation market, and its wireless strategy is designed to reinforce and extend that domination as the industry goes through what it anticipates will be the major discontinuity brought on by the rapid adoption of wireless technology.
Market leader - which market?
In 2007, said Dunbar, Emerson Process Management had sales of $5.7 billion and contributed earnings of $1.1 billion to corporate coffers, generating an industry-leading margin of 18.7%. That, based on a conflation of data from ARC, Western Research, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers and Emerson's own "internal estimates," gave it a claimed 17.2% share (compared with 10.7% in 1999) of a market that it believes was worth $32.9 billion in 2007. For the record, Emerson estimates its competitors' shares as, in descending order, ABB 10.8%, Yokogawa 6.7%, Honeywell 6.3%, Siemens 4.7%, Invensys 4.5%, Endress + Hauser 3.7% and Rockwell 1.4%. And before hands are thrown up in horror or jaws dropped in disbelief, Dunbar concedes that Emerson defines the market as being made up of those sectors, and only those sectors, in which it participates.
Field focus
Significantly 76% of those sales were of field devices, compared with just 24% in systems, solutions and services, which explains, if explanation were necessary, why Emerson focussed its initial wireless efforts on field-device networking rather than taking the more all embracing approach embodied in Honeywell's OneWireless concept. Now however, so the argument goes, field-device wireless networking has moved out of the development phase so that, as Dunbar put it, "We're now ready to look at higher applications." That may be, but it didn't stop him focussing his own presentation almost exclusively on the successes that have been achieved at the device level since Emerson first introduced products to North America in October, 2006 and to Europe last January.
The achievements are impressive. Emerson is now able to point to real installations, solving real problems for real customers, including PPG Lake Charles, Wheeling Pittsburg Steel, Croda and Milford Power. In Europe, there have already been a total of nine applications since product was released in June of this year, including on Statoil's Grane platform in the North Sea and at BP's Wytch Farm, the largest on-shore oil field in the U.K. And Emerson can quote and name users, reporting that "Five minutes after installing it, the wireless network came to life;" "Overall we have . . . improved throughput by 5%;" and wireless devices "typically take around two hours to install compared with up to two days for a conventional wired unit."
Wheeled out as the tame real-life user was Anders Røyrøy, project manager for R&D projects with StatoilHydro, which has installed a total of 22 wireless transmitters on its Grane platform in the North Sea as part of its long term Mesa Verde project to develop an entirely unmanned process platform by 2015. Perhaps not quite as tame as had been intended, Røyrøy conceded that there had been minor problems with the installation, not least because Emerson had been unable to supply a qualified remote antenna for the gateway for installation in the offshore environment. Nevertheless installation had been faster than expected, with all transmitters live in a matter of minutes. Interestingly, and another feather in the Emerson cap, the wireless networks integrate not with an Emerson, but with an ABB DCS.
Control and safety
Røyrøy's view is that the real value of wireless devices derives not necessarily from their ability to provide more information, but correct information in difficult locations. He said he sees no inherent reason why they should not be used in the future for both control and safety-critical applications. Critically, however, he added that "We don't want to be tied into one vendor. Rather we want to see collaboration between vendors."
With the advantage it feels it now has, not just over Honeywell, which thus far has chosen not to go down the WirelessHART route, but over other vendors who have been slower to market with WirelessHART offerings, Emerson is now piling on the pressure by introducing a whole raft of additional WirelessHART-enabled field devices. In addition to the original pressure, flow, level and temperature devices, gateways and interfaces introduced at the time of the original Smart Wireless launches, fully WirelessHART-compliant versions of which will be available from spring, 2008, it is now adding a vibration monitoring transmitter for low-cost, continuous monitoring of vibration levels on pumps and other rotating equipment, and a discrete switch for applications, such as level monitoring and spill prevention. Also on the stocks for introduction during 2008 are the corrosion monitor developed in conjunction with Rohrback Cosasco Systems, a valve position monitor, a multi-input temperature device, a wireless device router, the long awaited THUM (HART Upgrade Module) which can be added to existing HART devices to provide access to their "stranded" diagnostics and, with the release of DeltaV v10.3, DeltaV-native wireless I/O, which will make a wireless device network appear to an operator as indistinguishable from conventional I/O.
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Hearts left-back Danny Grainger will miss rest of season as he needs knee surgery
Hearts left-back Danny Grainger will miss the rest of the season after being told he needs knee surgery.
Last Updated: 29/11/12 8:27pm
The former Gretna, Dundee United and St Johnstone player suffered cruciate ligament damage during his side's goalless draw at Motherwell on Saturday after landing awkwardly.
And a visit to a specialist today confirmed his worst fears.
Grainger wrote on his Twitter account: "Had some terrible news today about my injury to say im gutted is an understatment [sic] but unfortunately i will miss the rest of the season.
"I need an operation on my knee which means im gonna be out between 6-9 months! lots of kind msgs from footballers and fans means a lot."
Teenager Kevin McHattie came in at left-back for Hearts in their 4-0 defeat by Celtic on Wednesday night.


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lol u guys are so funnny. i'm waking up again
it looks like something Johnny Weir would be wearing
Hopefully, he can clear his mind and not making a silly mistake, like having no combo in his SP yesterday.
Great costume. Actually, I think it's meant to be like a kimono with the obi and the colored sleeve being a different color, which would have made sense if the Championships were still in Tokyo.
A very solid 4T to open. Only a 3T following, but an okay 3A afterwards. I don't think Joubert's skating really flows well with the classical orchestral music, since his edges tend to be flat and his leg and hand extensions aren't that great. But his jumps seem rather secure despite his left knee giving him pain. Step-out on the 3T on the end of the 3Lo+3T. It's hard to skate to 'Ode to Joy' when you're focusing through the pain, but he gave it his all through the program.
Best skate from Joubert in a long time!
oh wow they totallly did a close up of brians....ummm area
I have a feeling that if Arthur is clean and other ont skate their best he might be on podium!
Please Oda please give your best performance, no too much combination.
Loud Scream for Brian.
I'm crying ... is it Brian? Or is it Beethoven? I'm always crying at the 9th ....
Great job from Brian, just one minor mistake on the stumble out of the 3Lp+3T, standing O from Tatiana Tarasova!
I like the music for a skating program but he is not really the ideal skater to use it, was fairly solid, with his usually inflated PCS this will probably lead


text: Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images [ Lady Gaga Confesses Beauty Secrets By Dave Wheeler March 21, 2011 Lady Gaga has become a fashion icon in record time. She's the Madonna of the new decade. She confessed some of her beauty secrets and habits in a recent interview with People magazine. Here's some of what she had to say: Read More Category: Celebrity News Tags: beauty secrets, beauty secrets by gaga, how to look like lady gaga, lady gaga beauty secrets, lady gaga look a like, people lady gaga, people magazine lady gaga Send to a friend! Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pin it! Reddit This! Share on Tumblr!


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Last week's news about the 40th anniversary of Elton John's classic "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" album brought to me a flood of early fun, teenage memories.
It also reminded me of an ongoing frustration I have with the radio industry that I bet many readers share. Perhaps we can ease our collective frustration together.
The year 1974 was a good time to be an early teen, or it was for me in south Louisiana. Living in a neighborhood surrounded by woods, the place was a dream for any kid who loved to be outdoors.
Groups of us neighborhood boys would often camp in those woods, building campfires, cooking our meals and sleeping under the stars. Sometimes the camp outs included a midnight venture back through the neighborhood.
In one such outing, I stayed in camp with some friends while about half the group went for a late night ramble. They came back a couple of hours later with a stack of albums. They ran into a "friend," they said, who loaned the albums to them.
"What a great record collection," I thought. The albums were divvied out amongst us campers who chose what we wanted to bring home.
Mr. Naive here silently wondered how the "friend" was ever going to get his albums back. Years later it finally dawned on me that the albums must have been stolen.
By then, returning the contraband was impossible as time and age had separated most of the group, and who knew where they came from anyway.
Regardless, that Elton John LP ended up in my home, and I listened through my family's console record player frequently.
Which brings me to my frustration. When I read that "Brick Road" was released 40 years ago last week, I thought, "Wow, I haven't heard most of those songs in years."
Sure, I've heard "Benny and the Jets" and "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" on local classic rock/classic hits radio stations, but the deeper songs, particularly my favorite, "Funeral for a Friend," were only vague memories.
Why don't classic rock stations play more songs like that? I hear Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." on radio often, but The Boss has so many better songs that get little, if any, airplay.
And many songs that deserve little airplay get way too much. For instance, hearing the opening bars to Golden Earring's "Radar Love" sends me into a "Twilight Zone" of anger that makes me want to smash my stereo. By now, I'd rather hear fingernails on a chalkboard then those highly overplayed "classics."
I've often wondered if the classic hits radioplay list is based on a focus group done in 1991 and that all-too-short list became cast in digital stone, never to be diverted from.
This is where I want help from readers. Do you think we can get local classic rock radio stations to expand their play lists? We'll try. Send me a note or post to this article (the electronic versions obviously) songs that you think we should hear more often. Leave out the songs that we always hear.
I'll start with a few: "Revival," by the Allman Brothers Band; "Willie Jones" by the Charlie Daniels Band; nearly anything from Greg Allman's wonderful 1973 album "Laid Back." Get your boots kicking with "Waterhole" by the Outlaws or "Long Hard Ride" by the Marshall Tucker Band. Lack of space prevents me from naming so many more.
As you can tell, the music I'm mostly familiar with is blues-based Southern and country rock. But if I can name hundreds of really good songs from those genres that deserve playing time, there must be thousands of good songs in other genres that I never heard because they didn't achieve "hit" status 40-some-odd years ago.
So readers who love classic rock but want to hear a wider variety of it, help us out and list your favorite rarely heard songs. Post to this article on the Daily Mail's Facebook site, Twitter account or at www.charlestondailymail.com/opinion.
If classic rock and hit stations won't play them, at least we can share our own lists amongst ourselves.


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Situated on 4,000 acres in the scenic hills of west Austin, Texas, this Spa and golf resort is 7 miles from the shopping and entertainment districts of Austin and 10 miles from downtown Austin.
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Guestrooms at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa offer elegance and comfort with plush bathrobes, luxury linens, free WiFi, and fantastic Texas Hill Country views.
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Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa is nestled within 4,000 secluded acres (1,620 hectares) of rolling hills, just 15 minutes west of Austin. Centrally located near downtown, the resort offers easy access to Austin attractions, including museums and music festivals,
Guests can be pampered at the resort's full-service 15,000-square-foot (1,394-square-meter) spa and salon, offering an array of rejuvenating spa therapies and 24 massage treatment rooms. Golfers of all skill levels are challenged on the four championship golf courses. Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa also offers an 11,000-square-foot (1,022-square-meter) fitness center with an an indoor lap pool, and one of Austin's largest outdoor pools.
Other amenities include 11 tennis courts, an 18-hole miniature golf course, golf and tennis academies, a nature trail, family movie nights, and various kid-friendly activities.
Two dining options and 43,000 square feet (4,000 square meters) of conference and meeting facilities are on site. Guests can take advantage of a staffed business center, hair and nail salon, and a lounge. Free self parking is also available. Buffet breakfast (surcharge) is available.
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Where to Eat
Hill Country Dining Room - The hotel's main dining room offers views of our Fazio golf course. Features an expansive wine collection and live piano music Friday and Saturday evenings. Open for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and Sunday brunch.
8212 Wine Bar & Grill - Casual dining. Open for lunch and dinner.
Bartons Lounge - Chic sports bar with leather seating. Pool tables and big-screen high-definition TV. Locally brewed beer, cocktails, snacks, and entrées are available.
Resort Cabana - Poolside dining and drinks open seasonally for lunch and dinner.
Room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa offers a variety of recreational activities, including private golf or tennis lessons, swimming pools, a full-service spa, a nature trail, kids' club, and a miniature golf course. A driving range and two 18-hole championship courses are on site, and two additional golf courses are nearby. The resort offers a complimentary golf shuttle.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Kayaking nearby
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- Fitness classes on site
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The Three Springs Spa Experience Streamlining Balance - Quieting the Mind, Healing the Body, Renewing the Spirit. Three Springs meet at Omni Barton Creek Resort forming a powerful synergy of balance and wellness. The opportunities are abundant at this all encompassing retreat – uncommon body and skin therapies, expert fitness instruction, guided stretching, meditation and fresh spa cuisine all while you are surrounded by our Hill Country oasis. Welcome to Three Springs, one of Austin's premier spa escapes. No need to be a resort guest or club member to enjoy Three Springs Spa.
- Deep tissue massage
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If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
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Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 17 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 50 per accommodation, per stay
- Dogs and cats only
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- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
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- Fee for buffet breakfast: USD 22.95 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: USD 47.00 per person (roundtrip)
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This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Up to 2 children 17 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).


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The U.S. Attorney's Office seized the assets of Glen Galemmo, the Cincinnati investor at the center of an alleged Ponzi Scheme.
At the same time, attorneys for Galemmo's investors say he could be responsible for the largest fraud in the history of the State of Ohio.
"I've never seen anything quite like this," Attorney Rick Wayne said. The second of two civil lawsuits against Galemmo includes 165 investors from coast to coast. Those investors claim they were bilked of a combined $300 million.
Until Wednesday, Galemmo lived in East Walnut Hills. FOX19 filmed that home being emptied by movers while a security guard stood by.
Until last month, Galemmo operated the Queen City Fund, along with a number of other investment entities.
Attorneys for his investors say those investment funds were a front for an elaborate Ponzi Scheme. Attorneys add there also may be reason to believe Galemmo wasn't working alone.
While Galemmo is accused of defrauding investors of millions, attorneys say his lifestyle didn't reflect that.
"We don't see he lived an extravagant lifestyle. We know he had a home in East Walnut Hills, had an office over on Park Avenue, a condo or piece of a condo in Florida," Wayne said.
The IRS is investigating Galemmo for wire and mail fraud as well as money laundering. They have seized Galemmo's Park Avenue office building as well as more than $330,000 in assets, an amount of money that angers investors.
"I can understand the frustrations of investors who deserve some answers," Galemmo's attorney Ben Dusing said.
Galemmo has also turned over his passport. Dusing said he and his family left their home and are living with family out of state.
"He was motivated in part by a concern for his personal safety," Dusing said.
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It's the end of the world as we know it. And we feel fine.


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- Twin size duvet cover fits both standard twin and twin XL dorm mattresses.
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The name fits, but the cramped 400-square-foot California Street Market is chock-full of items that may be difficult to find at the local liquor store: Mexican chorizo, pan dulce and freshly made tamales, which are advertised on the otherwise unassuming building by a sign that reads "Tamales all day" in large, red-painted letters.
The sign — and the tamales — serve as a major draw for customers, many of whom are locals who use the little store for "I-forgot" shopping, Luna said.
The store offers the masa-wrapped delicacies in four varieties: pork in red salsa, chicken in green salsa, cheese and peppers, and sweet corn — a traditional cornbread-like treat from El Salvador. Luna said he doesn't have a favorite.
"It depends on your mood," he said, opening the case and letting the corn-scented steam waft out. "Try the sweet corn tamales with cream and tomatillo salsa on them, even though they're slightly sweet. That's the way to go."
Originally, the Lunas bought their tamales from a vendor, but the quality began to decline and they decided to begin making them on-site at a larger store in San Jose, which is also owned by Luna's family. Besides offering tamales, the store each day sells between 400 and 500 pieces of pan dulce, a common kind of Hispanic pastry, as well as fresh produce and meats. He said these are rarities in stores his size.
The draw of savory and sweet comfort food seems to fit the store's image. It's small, quirky and has a distinct community character. "People are used to coming in," he said. "It's nice, neighborly and convenient. We even get potential renters in the neighborhood come in and ask how it is here."
Luna's father, also named Roberto, considered buying into a 7-Eleven franchise, but he didn't like the idea of someone else controlling what the store carried and taking a cut off the top. Instead, he bought the cramped store to run himself.
When it opened, the store was a place that people in the neighborhood came to speak Spanish, under his father's hawkish eye, Luna said. His father wouldn't allow kids to loiter around it, and he would admonish anyone who used swear words in the store.
Now, he said, the neighborhood's makeup is changing. He estimated that 85 percent of the customers were Latino when his father bought the store. Now he thinks it's probably closer to 50 percent.
Both Luna and his youngest sister met their spouses while working at the little store. At one point or another, he and all eight of his siblings have worked there. He said the family-owned-and-operated feel is a boon to a store that draws its clientele by being a community fixture.
"After working at the San Jose store for 12 or 15 years, I came back, and I'd see the same folks — they'd come in with a big old smile on their faces — and I'd recognize them as children I knew when I was working there before," he said.
A framed newspaper clipping from the '80s hangs above the counter. It shows Luna's father, who died five years ago, leaning into the small counter, grinning into the camera, exactly where his son stands.
"Sometimes I'll look up into the video camera, see myself there and say: 'My gosh! That's my father,'" Luna said, beaming at the yellowed clipping.
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HOUSTON - The Houston Dynamo will unveil their new 2013 uniforms, and they want all their fans to be on hand for the big party.
The launch party will be held Monday at the House of Blues on 1204 Caroline St. in downtown Houston.
The event is free and will be open to the public. It starts at 5 p.m. and will feature Dynamo players in their new home and away uniforms. The team will also show off their goalkeeper jerseys and training tops.
The Dynamo Girls will also be on hand during the festivities to meet and take pictures with fans, and sign autographs.
Monday's uniform unveiling is the first event in a series of activities scheduled for this week, dubbed "March to Soccer" week.
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Kazimierz Apt, 2 Bdr, Huge Terrace, WiFi
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The comfortable, newly decorated and well-furnished 2-bedroom apartment has all it takes to enjoy your holiday. It is located on the top floor of a lately renovated building with a breathtaking view from the 20 sqm terrace.
The south-west-facing living room offers not only practical things like TV, DVD, computer & broadband, but is pleasing, leading onto a wonderful, green and spacious (20 sq m) terrace overlooking a turn of the Vistula river, the Baroque St. Stanislav Church, (Church on the Rock) the Wawel Castle and even on a good day, the distant Tatra mountains. The terrace is equipped with comfortable garden furniture.
ATTENTION: do not forget that it is a 5th floor without lift, and therefore not suitable for persons with mobility problems.
House rulesFirst of all: thank you for choosing our apartment! We do hope you'll really enjoy your stay :)
We'd be grateful if you'll follow the rules below:
-The apartment is on a residential building. Apart from this one, the other apartments are used by full time residents. Do please respect the neighbors and try not to make much noise after 22:00h especially on terrace and staircase
-Check-in is after 14:00h (2PM), and check-out is before 11:00h. We do accept check in earlier or check out later in case the flat is available :)
- Please inform us regarding your arrival time to Krakow earlier, we do not live in the same area and need time to get there with the keys for you!
-We do provide bed linen and towels as well as hairdryer
-Smokers can use the terrace; please don't smoke inside our apartment
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Vi kan varmt anbefale lejligheden i Krakow. Den ligger dejligt centralt med mange cafeer og restauranter i nærheden samt butikker hvor man kan købe brød og daglige fornødenheder. Lejligheden er godt indrettet med stue, to store soveværelser, badeværelse med brus og badekar, separat toilet samt funktionelt køkken. Og ikke at forglemme den dejlige overdækkede terrasse. Der er mindre end 100 meter ned til floden, som fører direkte ind til Old Town. Et rigtigt godt valg, hvis man ønsker at bo i lejlighed i Krakow.
Fed lejlighed. Alt var i orden, og fuldstændig som angivet på billederne. Ligger i gåafstand til centrum og nær gode restauranter. Lige neden for lejligheden ligger en stor indhegnet legeplads til de mindste.
We were very pleased with the accommodations, everything was fine and two minor problems, the landlord reacted immediately and helped.
Thank the owner and still satisfied guests again.
wir waren mit der Unterkunft sehr zufrieden, alles hat gepasst und bei zwei kleineren Problemen hat der Vermieter sofort reagiert und geholfen.
Danke nochmal dem Vermieter und weiterhin zufriedene Gäste.
Roomy and nice apartment with a fantastic terrace!
Quiet and nice location near the river with Kazimieres center with 3 min walk distance.
Rymlig och fin lägenhet med en helt fantastisk terass!
Lungt och fint läge nära floden med Kazimieres centrum med 3 min promenad avstånd.
Bardzo fajne mieszkanie. Czyste. Piękny widok na Wisłę. Przestronny, duży taras widokowy. Polecam wszystkim pragnącym spędzić niezapomniane chwile w Kazimierzu w Krakowie.
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Lovely apartment - perfectly situated for old Krakow.
Thanks for a great stay!
It was a pleasure to come to Krakow again. The appartment was very nice, and so was the host.
We enjoyed to stay here. Very god location, with a short walk to the market square.
We will recommend this to others!
Kind regards
Sigmund with family.
Tolle, ganz zentral gelegene Unterkunft. Hilfsbereite und nette Gastgeber.
We were 4 ladies that stayed 4 nights in flats 29a and 29b. The apartments were very clean and comfortable. We ordered a pick up at the airport (120 zloty) and were met at the apartment upon arrival at 9:30 in the morning. :) The only draw back was one of the bedrooms had the bed under stairs that led up to a small landing with a sofa and skylight. So no window to see out of when in bed. Not a big problem though. The beds were comfortable. Close to Old town (5-6 min walk). I will not hesitate to book this apartment again if I travel back to Krakow. One more wish would be to have a tv channel with English programs (not just news channels), but again not a big problem.
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Tommy Bennett examined the elements that lead to an enjoyable World Series in the piece reprinted below, which was originally published as a "World Series Prospectus" column on November 2, 2010.
At some point during Derek Holland's third batter faced in Game Two of the World Series, I realized that the level of play on display was not especially high. Holland had come into a relatively tight game—which the Rangers trailed by just two runs—and promptly doused the infield with gasoline. Theretofore entrusted to the right hand of Darren O'Day, the bottom of the eighth had gone like this: K, K, 1B. Holland, called upon by Ron Washington to record a solitary out against a lefty—the one thing you ought to be able to count on in a lefty reliever—walked Nate Schierholtz on four pitches. Then he walked Cody Ross on four pitches. Then Aubrey Huff on five.
After that last walk—which allowed a run to score and was only the beginning of a two-out unraveling that led to a 9-0 drubbing—I think a great many fans decided that the 2010 fall classic was a bad World Series. Never mind the middling average television market for this year's matchup. By "bad" World Series, I simply mean to conjure the image of a best-of-seven contest that isn't well-contested, in which both the individual games and the overall series outcome aren't close, and in which the players themselves are somehow second-rate. I think there's a grain of truth in that evaluation.
The Once and Future Flotsam
And that's just the Giants. As for the Rangers, Colby Lewis returned to the U.S. this season after a sojourn in Japan. C.J. Wilson was a failed closer whose primary source of fame was a popular Twitter account. Darren Oliver is apparently still a baseball player! Vladimir Guerrero signed a one-year show-me deal after a dismal 2009 that ostensibly portended the twilight of his career. Nelson Cruz was a fringy Quad-A outfielder closer to 30 years old than 20 as recently as 2007. Josh Hamilton came as close to ruining immeasurable potential as any player in recent memory.
Of course, most of those players are actually useful. There are plenty of players on these rosters that are still pretty worthless. Players like Pablo Sandoval, Bengie Molina, Jeff Francoeur, and Mark Lowe are all basically replacement-level guys at the moment. So what you have is this combination of players that are either (a) currently or (b) very recently not anywhere close to World Series-caliber players.
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Notice that of those factors, only the first two will be apparent before the series begins. I think these are two very good teams. In fact, historically, the combined quality of the 2010 pennant winners stacks up pretty well (actually, these are harmonic means of Pythagorean winning percentages):
This year's teams are just about in line with how good previous World Series teams have been, at least according to Pythagorean record. Maybe, though, the difference in quality between the better team and the worse team has some impact on the other factors (particularly the length of the series)? The chart below tracks the relationship between the difference between the World Series teams' Pythagorean records and the number of games in the series.
Well, it certainly doesn't appear that way. The relationship is extraordinarily weak—indistinguishable from what a random set of outcomes would look like. I also think the likelihood that an individual game will be close is pretty random. Everyone expected the marquee Game One matchup between Tim Lincecum and Cliff Lee to be a deadlocked pitcher's duel, and it wasn't—that hotly anticipated nail biter didn't come to fruition until their Game Five rematch. And if how close each game turns out is pretty random, so too would have to be the likelihood of extra innings.
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Of course, all of this understates (or rather ignores) the value that a World Series has to the fans of the participating teams. What other factors contribute to the creation of a classic World Series?
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The San Francisco Symphony welcomes its 99th season at tonight's Opening Night Gala. Glammed-out guests will promenade through the lush glow of Davies Hall's opulent lobbies and then treat their ears to the sounds of incomparable soprano Jessye Norman. After the concert, there is the difficult choice of which afterparty to attend. But both have cocktails, dancing, snacks, and entertainment, so you really can't go wrong either way. Tickets range from $140 - $265, but the requisite sparkling wine is complimentary. What makes the gala event more impressive is knowing that all proceeds go to SF Symphony education programs, which provide 75,000 Bay Area kids with music education.
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Chung can also use the Silver Shooter, which can virtually penetrate any enemy's defense. To use this maneuver, players must accept the job class change to "Shooting Guardian" at level 15.
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In Person of Interest, a man known only as Finch (Michael Emerson) plucks John Reese (Jim Caviezel), an ex-CIA operative, off the streets to give him a job: preventing violent crimes with the help of a state-of-the-art machine that can predict who will commit them.
Producer Greg Plageman says one of the aims of Person of Interest executive-produced by J.J. Abrams and written by Jonathan Nolan (brother of The Dark Knight director Chris Nolan)' is to get the audience to think. "What we're trying to do is show the ubiquity of technology, how it's everywhere, but also show how it's a little bit insidious," he says. "And maybe pose some questions to people that they haven't asked themselves about how much information you've given up as a private individual, whether it's to a social network or even to the government. We always say that if we do our show right, you should be looking at your cellphone differently at the end of every episode."
It's a different role for Emerson, perhaps best known for his turn as Ben Linus on Lost."Because I have played so much duplicity over the years, I was anxious to be able to leave that behind and play a straightforward good guy," he says of Finch. "But you also need your character to have some complications. I think the stakes of the show are such, and the world of the show is such, that he has plenty of decisions and questions. It's one thing to be a good man, but then to take the law into your own hands' vigilantism should give every thinking person caution, no matter how good your cause."
Premieres Sept. 26, 8 pm, Fox
The year is 2149, and hundreds of years of greenhouse gases and other abuses have left Earth a wasteland. All life faces extinction. So citizens travel 85 million years back in time to start again in Terra Nova, the first human colony in their new prehistoric home. But things are not as idyllic as they seem: Some truly wild wildlife threatens the lives of Terra Nova's inhabitants. The creatures were designed by Neville Page (Avatar) with heavy input from executive producer Steven Spielberg.
Between 2149 and the prehistoric world, the pilot of Terra Nova has 270 visual effects shots. The creature shots are what take up the most time."The pilot has 50 CG creature shots," VFX supervisor Kevin Blank says. "To put that in perspective, Jurassic Park had 60." Besides, a feature film might have three to six months to create its creatures; on Terra Nova, the visual effects team has four to six weeks. And the differences don't end there. "On a feature film, you would render and light and texture and composite a creature, and show something that looks very finished," he says. "On television, we're stripping that part away, so I'm required to show a creature in gray scale, then say, 'Just pay attention to animation. Do you believe the way they move? Forget about the way they look' that comes later."
There are many different types of creatures, from huge, winged insects to dinosaurs. And though there's no T-Rex on the show–they didn't exist at the time the show takes place–there is something similar. And Blank has dinosaur advisors to help him figure out just what that creature might look like.


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Natural wonders
Majestic red-rock pinnacles and buttes shelter this leafy oasis located in the heart of Uptown Sedona, Arizona.
Creekside dining
American cuisine with Mediterranean influences is served at the award-winning L'Auberge Restaurant. Guests can also dine on a creekside terrace (weather permitting).
Room for romance
Spacious cottages and Lodge rooms feature beds with down bedding and pillows and Fili D'oro Italian linens. Rooms also feature entertainment armoires with flat-screen TV; and decks, patios, or balconies.
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- Spotless guestrooms
- Good location
- Proximity to shopping
- Onsite restaurant
- Helpful staff
- Nice bathrooms
L'Auberge de Sedona
Hotel Amenities
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L'Auberge de Sedona offers a secluded yet convenient location one quarter-mile from Uptown Sedona, a shopping, dining, and tour-departure hub. Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village, with galleries and shops, is a half-mile away. Hiking trails are within a 10-minute drive.
L'Auberge Restaurant on Oak Creek offers destination dining with a patio and terrace area. The landscaped grounds, with arbors, lawn swings, fruit trees, and junipers, invite quiet strolls. A short path borders the creek, where pristine waters tumble over rocks.
L'Auberge de Sedona also has fitness facilities, an outdoor swimming pool, and is home to the L'Apothecary Spa, offering a variety of services.
Pets are allowed in select cottages (not allowed in Lodge rooms).
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Bar/lounge
- Conference space
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Fireplace in lobby
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Wedding services
- Concierge services
- Full-service spa
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Total number of rooms - 88
- Number of floors - 2
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Meeting rooms 3
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Luggage storage
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Spa services on site
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Free WiFi
- 24-hour business center
- Year Built 1983
- Outdoor pool
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Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium bedding
- Furnished balcony or patio
- Free newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Microwave (on request)
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Turndown service
- Private bathroom
- Designer toiletries
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- In-room massage available
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Free WiFi
- Daily housekeeping
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Individually decorated
- Heating
- Cable TV service
Where to Eat
Etch Kitchen & Bar - Etch Kitchen & Bar is L'Auberge's casual, yet, elegant dining outlet allowing guests to relax, eat, imbibe & socialize on their own terms. Whether seated at the 1200-year old Alligator Juniper wood bar or dining creekside on the banks of Oak Creek, Etch offers approachable cuisine and an expert-curated beverage list, served in an artistically designed setting aimed at bringing the beauty of outdoors, indoor. Etch is a Sedona dining experience in an unparalleled setting.
Cress on Oak Creek - Cress on Oak Creek is a fine dining, prix-fixe dinner only culinary destination in Sedona. Inspired by the nature of Northern Arizona, locally foraged and hand-selected ingredients are incorporated in delectable courses served on the banks of babbling Oak Creek (Weather permitting). Guests are invited to indulge in one of the most exclusive, memorable and scenic dining experiences in the world.
Nearby Things to Do
Yoga classes are available daily.
The Sedona area offers dozens of hiking trails for all expertise levels. About 1.5 miles from the inn, Airport Mesa, a reputed New Age vortex site, features a loop trail and sunset views. The Boynton Canyon Trail, six miles away, explores a gorgeous box canyon with abundant wildlife. At Slide Rock State Park, seven miles away, visitors can slide down slippery rocks into Oak Creek. The West Fork Trail, a mile past the park, is a leafy hike with numerous creek crossings and close-up views of sheer canyon walls. (All vehicles parked in trailhead lots must display a Red Rock Pass, sold at the inn's concierge desk.)
Horseback riding, mountain biking, birding, and hot-air ballooning are other popular pursuits. Four-wheel-drive tours visit canyons, Red Rock landscapes, and centuries-old Native American ruins. Golf courses combine top-notch play with spectacular scenery. Courses open to the public include Oakcreek Country Club and the Sedona Golf Resort, both about eight miles away.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
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Dhanu Yatra is one of the biggest open air theater festivals in the world and is held in the Pushya month (December – January) at Bargarh District in Orissa. Dhanu Yatra 2017 will be held from December 24, 2017 to January 2, 2018. The theatrical performance is based on the stories of Lord Krishna – for the performance Bargarh and nearby places are transformed into
and other places in Lord Krishna stories. Mathura
Dhanu Yatra is a 11-day festival and it chronicles the birth of Krishna and his childhood Leelas, visiting
and the killing of Kansa. Bargarh is converted to Mathura and Ambapalli village on the outskirts of the town is the Gopapura (Lord Krishna's village) and the river Jira which flows in between is river Yamuna. This drama is hosted in 14 open air theaters. Mathura
It is observed from Paush Shukla Paksha Sashti to Paush Purnima as per Oriya Calendar.
It is observed from Paush Shukla Paksha Sashti to Paush Purnima as per Oriya Calendar.
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Samba Dasami in Paush month in Odisha
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My room layout is as follows and i am planning a 5.1 system in this family room. We usually listen to a lot of music (60%) and some movies (40%) . I have two Polk Audio RTi10 for fronts and Klipsch 350w powered subwoofer and Denon 3311. I am confused which rear surrounds should i buy ?
I have two questions
1. Which kind of speaker is better for this room BIPOLEs (Defnitive Technology SR8040BP or Polk Audio Fxi A4) or Regular surrounds (Def Tech Mythos Two)
2. Which is the ideal location for this surrounds ?
Or should consider Inceiling (like Speakercraft AIM7 Three) for rears.
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I appreciate if anybody can help me with this. The the arrangement is really tricky
Thanks in advance
1) SW corner near windows and on back wall next to kitchen.
2) In ceiling speakers (not good)
That is why allot of people have to have the TV room upstairs and a theater room other place...all this open living spaces are not easy to have a theater in.
This is just surround sound...so those two should work.
Thanks for the reply. Since it is a open floor plan it is really hard to place the speakers.
I also dont think that in-ceiling is a good option.
I am really concerned about the rear surrounds in this 5.1 setup. Should i go for bipole speakers or regular ones.
if i place the speakers on the back wall (in breakfast nook) near to kitchen, the sound will be obstructed by the small 3 ft wall at the end of the kitchen (next to living room) and also if it is bipole speakers the sound will be dispersed to kitchen
Please advice
Can you put the speaker near the closet wall with the shelf on the diagram...that may work too.
Another option is 3.1 and use virtual surround sound... Not optimal but it is something to think about.
Then when you get a real juicy movie you can break out the stands you have in the closet and a set of something inexpensive like the Ascend 170 SE or the equivlent.
3.1 95% of the time..and 5.1 when it is worth breaking out the stands and speakers...
Regular speakers (monopoles) would be best, in my opinion. I'd say this for virtually every home theater, though. As for which speakers, we can decide on that once we get the placement down (unless you already own speakers that you could use).
I'm not sure that I understand what has been discussed thus far, so I'll provide a diagram of what I'd recommend, just from the diagrams you posted:
Are there any reasons the surround speakers could not be mounted on stands or on the walls at the locations indicated by the red squares?
In-ceiling speakers can work alright for surrounds (especially if your ceiling is level as opposed to slanted), but I still think that regular speakers are the better option of the two.
thanks both of you for the advice.
I am kind of convinced that Bipoles or dipoles are inappropriate as rears.
"Are there any reasons the surround speakers could not be mounted on stands or on the walls at the locations indicated by the red squares?
since the back of the sofa is a passage and since i have small kids, mounting surrounds in stands may not be feasible. If we put on the locations of the red square, the surround rear might be at 90 degree angle (as recommended by THX). But since the distance between the sofa and the TV is short, we might need to pull back the sofa a little, and then the surrounds will be off position.
what is your opinion on this placement (as in pic below). I am thinking of buying "Definitive Technology Mythos Two Speaker" and wall mounting them in these positions slightly tilted towards the direction of the sofa at an angle 110 degree. The REAR RIGHT speaker will be ok, but then we have to make sure that the door near the REAR LEFT is closed while using the speakers.
Which of these TWO options (the one below vs the one suggested by Robert Cook) is best ?
And also to answer a previous question placing speakers near the closet wall is not feasible as it will be in the passage.
Also : Which REAR SURROUND does everybody recommend to suit my fronts and center. Is "Definitive Technology Mythos Two Speaker" a good choice.
My system so far : I have two Polk Audio RTi10 for fronts; Polk CSi5 as center and Klipsch 350w powered subwoofer and Denon AV3311 reciever.
Please let me have your expert opinions.
In a 5.1 system...there are no "rear speakers" there are surround speakers...that should be placed from 90-120 degrees of sitting position and 2-3 feet above ear level while seated.
In a 7.1 you can have rear speakers.. However, the general public things of surround speakers as rear speakers...I know I did.
Now of course..this is all if you are able to shoot for 100% optimal placement. Dipole - Bipole speakers can be used for surrounds...allot of debate on this subject..but they do not work really as rear speakers.
Unless you are listening to multichannel music...allot...it is fine to mix and match front sound stage and rear / surround speakers.
Front left / center and right should be same.
To some extent...your over thinking this... Surrounds dont have a ton of information going through them...you should be fine.
Get Transformers dark of the moon...play the very start...and the stars sound will go around the room. Test it from different speaker placement...go with what sounds best.
Could you mount them on the walls, then, high enough to put them out of the reach of your kids?
That distance looks fine to me--very typical of many if not most home theaters. I'm curious as to why you think the TV may be too close, and whether there is anything that could be done to solve the problem without moving the sofa back.
This should work fine if you decide to move your sofa back a few feet (and keep the door closed while watching movies ), but then your screen would look smaller.
Your positioning is fine, but this speaker seems a bit long and large for what it can do, in my opinion. Definitive Technology's specs for it say that it should be crossed over to the subwoofer at 100 Hz, which is a bit higher than ideal, in my opinion. I'd recommend checking these out instead:
They're a bit thicker but less than half the height, and they can be crossed over at 80 Hz.
These are not rear speakers, by the way, they are surround speakers, and if anything we should call them "side surrounds." Rear or back speakers are the additional pair used in standard 7.1 systems. I don't mean to be pedantic or didactic for the sake of being so, but I think this is an important distinction.
If you'd prefer to place your surround speakers slightly behind the seats, as many people do (including me), then generally I would recommend my surround placement with the sofa moved forward, but if you feel that you must move the sofa back, then I think that your suggestion would be better. One change that I would make, though, is to move the right surround right up to the edge of the 3' wall (the top of the wall in the diagram) in order to avoid strong reflections.
The best match would be the Polk Audio RTi4, but it's a bit chunky at 11.5" deep, which many people would find objectionable. The speaker that I mentioned earlier would not be a close match to your front speakers in terms of how they sound, but they're slimmer and make for great surrounds. Personally, I'd prefer to have as closely-matched a system as possible, including the surrounds, but people have different priorities, so obviously it's up to you. If you have any other requirements for the surrounds, such as maximum depth or whatever, then let us know.
It's still generally better to match than not to match whenever possible, as some effects are panned or imaged between the front and surround speakers. In addition, some movies have multichannel scores that would benefit from a seamless blend between matched fronts and surrounds. Most of the time it doesn't matter, though--that is true enough...except when it isn't.
...except when they do, in which case you'd be missing out if you skimped on your surrounds too much, and some movies (e.g. many war movies) have intense surround content.
It is all a case of diminishing returns though... In a perfect world we would have 5 full range tower speakers...or 7 ..or 9 or 11 and 2, 4, 8 or 16 subwoofers.
If the speaker line you have in L/C/R is expensive and the corresponding surrounds would cost you allot...then its probably better spent getting a decent but not overly expensive set of surrounds.
Rob is right...but if you have to pick an area to "save" surrounds is a good place to do it.
HT = Sub + Center, Music = L/R + Sub
Adjust the rest based on your other priorities...
Thanks so much for all the inputs. Also thanks for correcting me to say "surrounds".
I will do this. I think i will go for the setup as shown below. I will be doing the pre-wiring as the house is under construction now. I have the appointment with the low voltage guys for this next week.
Also attaching below the actual photo of the model home for the house i am building. The room will be set up exactly like this. Please let me know if you have any more suggestions on placement or if the above placement is a bad idea, so that I can finalize the exact placement location
Hope these pics will help to illustrate and judge a suitable option (both placement location and also which speakers)
I listen to a lot of music and i like the Multichannel stereo. So at one point i was thinking of putting floor standing (full range) speakers as surrounds. But if you think this is not a bad idea, then i can think of putting floor standing (full range) speakers as surrounds if we can find something which not that bulky and huge to be placed in a family room as shown above. Please advice.
The reason i chose "Def Tech Mythos Two" is one...many reviews says it is good. Two...its sleek and compact design make the family room look better. I even thought of going with Def Tech Mythos Five (and wall mounting it...eventhough it may look as two long speakers on wall) when i thought the concept of 5 channel stereo music ( which i like when listening to music).
Will Def Tech Mythos (Two or Five) sound match with my current front sound stage setup ? If so what is my option in this room setup in the above recommended positions ?
Please advice if you have something similar in mind which will match the my front sound stage at the same time not compromising the beauty of the family room (esp when we think this has to go in the back). Polk Audio RTi4 is a bit bulky. Some reviews and forum says that Def Tech Mythos Five may sound good for multichannel stereo. I do agree with the concept of Timbre matching the speakers, but Polk surrounds are bit bulky. My friend has Polk OWM5, i have heard it and it didnt sound good to me.
Once again thank you Robert Cook and Newbie01 for the suggestions
Well, my last name isn't Banks or Jewelrystore, so I guess I'm OK with that.
It is all a case of diminishing returns though... In a perfect world we would have 5 full range tower speakers...or 7 ..or 9 or 11 and 2, 4, 8 or 16 subwoofers.
If the speaker line you have in L/C/R is expensive and the corresponding surrounds would cost you allot...then its probably better spent getting a decent but not overly expensive set of surrounds.
Oh, I agree. I just want people to be fully aware of what they're trading off. Budget is the usual culprit that forces tradeoffs, and that's alright as long as we know what we're doing. In this case, the OP has the budget for matching surrounds of sufficient capability, but the question is whether the speakers would be too large (aesthetics and other placement issues are the other major culprit).
Agreed, as long as you don't compromise more than you're compelled to.
Also attaching below the actual photo of the model home for the house i am building. The room will be set up exactly like this. Please let me know if you have any more suggestions on placement or if the above placement is a bad idea, so that I can finalize the exact placement location
My only concern is whether the speakers would get in anybody's way (physically or at least visually), but if this placement is OK with you, then it's OK with me. Actually, on second thought I didn't realize how close the couch would be to the right surround (left surround in the mirror-image model house). Now I see why you originally had it farther across the wall, and now I'm thinking that that placement would be better overall unless your couch will be placed more to the left (to the right in the photo). Whatever you end up doing, make sure that both surrounds are more to the side than behind.
I listen to a lot of music and i like the Multichannel stereo. So at one point i was thinking of putting floor standing (full range) speakers as surrounds. But if you think this is not a bad idea, then i can think of putting floor standing (full range) speakers as surrounds if we can find something which not that bulky and huge to be placed in a family room as shown above. Please advice.
If you like listening to multichannel music (whether it's mixed that way or your receiver duplicates the stereo signal in the surrounds), then I don't think it is necessarily overkill to use full-range tower speakers. Unfortunately, however, to be full-range requires some size, and somehow I doubt that you'd want such speakers standing at those locations.
The reason i chose "Def Tech Mythos Two" is one...many reviews says it is good. Two...its sleek and compact design make the family room look better. I even thought of going with Def Tech Mythos Five (and wall mounting it...eventhough it may look as two long speakers on wall) when i thought the concept of 5 channel stereo music ( which i like when listening to music).
These "toothpick towers" (just coined the term ) sound pretty good, but they're not exactly full-range, as one specifies a 100 Hz crossover to the sub and the other specifies a 120 Hz crossover, so despite all of their drivers they're really more like satellite speakers that can play louder--but not deeper--than most. The other speakers, though chunkier, should sound fuller and can be crossed over as low as 80 Hz, which would be better for both movies and multichannel music. And the following speakers should be slimmer but just as good:
Unfortunately, they're definitely not a match (as in timbral match, or having basically the same "voice") for your front speakers, and I'm not sure about the Def Techs--the only decent match known to me would be something like the RTi4, I'm afraid--pick your poison.
Just from unreliable audio memory, I'd say that they'd match somewhat better than the other speakers (besides the RTi4), but they don't sound the same as that brand and series--even other Polk Audio series don't sound like the RTi series.
There are a few additional examples of surround speakers in there for you to check out, too.
The only way to place a Full range (Floorstanding) speaker as the surrounds for multichannel music will be at the top corners in breakfast nook in the very back. I dont know if this will be of any good as the seating is further down. Please advice
I am thinking of a budget of a maximum of $400 to $500 for both surrounds. I think i shouldnt spend more than this on surrounds.So then the Def Tech Mythos Five (evenif it is matching) is out of budget.
Also what is your opinion on Carver TFM-22 Amplifier. I can get this for $275 in ebay. Will you advice me to buy this for my front speakers
I wouldn't be surprised if there were somebody out there who used this placement and liked it, or even preferred it, but personally I would recommend against it--it's just too far in the rear from what is intended, and more appropriate for 7.1 rear surrounds than for side surrounds in a 5.1 system. I doubt that you would gain enough from using towers to justify this, as well as likely having to step down in sound quality to stay within your budget. I recommend that you just pick the best and best-matching bookshelf/on-wall surround speakers that you can afford and physically accommodate, and mount them on the wall.
Any of the speakers suggested so far fit within this budget, and your choice is constrained by size anyway. With multichannel audio a priority in your case, if I were you I'd find some way--using self-hypnosis if necessary --to accommodate a pair of RTi4s. I've had to make compromises, too, but for me timbre-matching (even of the surrounds) is a significant aspect of sound quality, and that's where I'd like to compromise the least. Others will disagree (some rather strongly) over matching the surrounds to the fronts, but that's their opinion and this is mine, for what it's worth.
It looks like a good amplifier with plenty of power for your speakers, and the RTi series does tend to benefit from more powerful, high-current-capable amps. That said, your AVR is pretty decent and you may not notice much of a difference except at very loud volumes; additionally, the benefit for home theater would be limited to the left & right front channels, while the center channel, which is generally the most important and heavily-used channel with most movies, would be lacking in comparison (again, if you can hear a difference to begin with at your normal volume) unless you bought another amp for it.
I bought Carver TFM 35 today. Can I connect this to the front speakers from the pre-amp out of Denon 3311 and then using the other normal output for center and surrounds ? Is this ok.
I dont think i need another pre-amp. Can i use Denon 3311 as preamp for front channels
Also do i need to buy a special RCA cable to connect the Denon to the amp ? Please advice
I am also looking at a Hafler T3300 for center channel.
Thank you Robert for your advice
Yes, it is OK for the Carver to power your left & right front speakers while the Denon powers the rest. This should help the Denon by reducing its total load, too.
Sure, the Denon will continue to function as your pre-amp, except that it will no longer power your left & right fronts since the Carver will be doing that now instead.
Simply use any decent RCA stereo audio cable; individual cables and video cables will work equally well, too. If you don't have any handy, then Monoprice is a good source. Their premium audio cables are inexpensive and of adequate quality (albeit a bit stiff). Truth be told, however, I seriously doubt that you could hear a difference even if you used the cheapest, thinnest RCA cable (unless you have an interference problem of some kind)--it's just a basic analog cable that carries a fairly undemanding type of signal (unlike HDMI, for example).
thanks for the advice...will follow that
For the center channel i am looking at Hafler P1500 ...somebody is willing to sell it to me for $235. Do you recommend to go for that. I was thinking of bridging mono to get 170 watts at 8 ohms OR should i let Denon handle center channel also
Well, generally I'm a "put more money in the speakers and as little as necessary in the amps" kind of guy, and as stated previously I'm not even sure whether you would noticeably benefit from the more powerful amp you have now for your left & right fronts. Purely on principle, if you upgraded the amplification for those, then you should upgrade the amplification for the center as well, but on the other hand if it wasn't needed to begin with, then you might as well save your money and let your AVR power the center. If you feel that you've benefited from having more powerful amps for your left & right fronts, after listening for yourself, then I'd say go for it, otherwise maybe not (only if the peace of mind would be worth the money in your view). Definitely try the Carver first to see what difference it makes.
Thanks Robert...i am going to wait for some time (may be a month of listening) until to see whether to add another amp or not. Thanks for your advice...i really value your advice
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One morning, the B&B's only guest inexplicably vanishes, leaving behind his personal effects. A few days later, Cate is shocked when armed men storm the house, demanding the mystery man's belongings. Fearing for her children's lives, Cate agrees to cooperate - until Calvin saves the day, forcing the intruders to scatter into the surrounding woods.
The nightmare, however, is just beginning. Cate, Calvin, and their entire community find themselves cut off and alone with no means to call for help as the threat gathers intensity and first blood is drawn.
With their fellow residents trapped and the entire town held hostage, Cate and Calvin have no choice but to take the fight to their enemies under the cover of night. While reticent Cal becomes a fearless protector, Cate makes the most daring move of her life...into the very heart of danger.
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"A surprise"
The mini-background does not give the book justice. I really liked the story and have listened to it twice and purchased more of Linda Howard.
"Cover of Night"
Great listen, I really enjoyed this one.
"Howards most laid back Hero~ I like it~ 4 STARS"
Widow Cate has twin boys to raise in Trail Stop. When Handyman Calvin stops 2 men from holding her at gun point we soon know some one is out to GET Cate. When a Guest at Cate's B&B disappears along with the mysterious FLASHDRIVE he carries along with him. Cate and the entire town of Trailstop are soon under siege with a para miliary gang who want the flash drive at all costs. This is a fun. Cate is clueless that handiman Calvin one of the most laid back of all Howards stud hunks is hopeless in love with her, and he is barely on any ones radar. When he drops 2 men with guns to save Cate we learn the quiet guy is ex military. The shy handiman turn hero is very good in this one. I give this 4 STARS for first rate story and characters and very good reader~ and one of the more interesting characters Calvin who shows us sometimes the quiet ones are the most fun.
"good times."
I loved this story. It was mostly intense-- a little slow at first, but that was just character development, anyway. I liked the characters, I liked the POV, and I liked the pacing of the story. I liked the two readers . . . their voices were easy to listen to, and it made for a fun read.
"Have a Back-Up Plan If You Listen To This Book!!"
This book reminds me of when I taught and you had to repeat things at least 3 times in order for the kiddos to retain it. This is what Linda Howard did, over and over and over again. I got to where when she would go off on one of her LONG repeats of something she had already told us, I would have to fast forward it. I wanted to scream "I get it! You lost your husband and you love your kids. I GET IT!!" There are other things, but I don't want to spoil it for other. And, then, when she had run out of things to say, she throws in graphic sex scenes...I mean, I'm no prude by any means, but really, Linda? The story is a bit absurd, too. And, the ending...OMG!! I am going to ask for my credit back because the ending sucked. All of a sudden, after all the struggle, it's over and everyone lives happily ever after. It ended, BOOM, just like that!!
No, just Linda Howard books!
Dick Hill can do no wrong in my book. Joyce Bean was really good, except when she did the children's voices...like fingernails on a chalkboard. I have NEVER heard a child talk like that....ever....and I taught for 20 years!!
Please, Lord, NO!
I just think you should spend your credit on a book with a better story line....lit went from believable to totally absurd!! And, the ending, albeit, happy for the majority of the people is weak, weak, weak. It;s like Linda Howard just ran out of steam or words because she used all of them repeating her characters thoughts...sheesh!
"Cover of the Night"
Huge Linda Howard fan for years. Think I've read everyone of her novels. Wasn't too impressed with this one. Thought the story was good, characters interesting, but started losing interest 1/2 way through. The "bad guys" were almost laughable at their ineptness and then the story became pretty predictable. Not one of her best.
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"Love Linda Howard"
But I really didn't like this title as much on audio as I did in paperback. Joyce Bean and Dick Hill are fabulous, and I have loved their reads of other Howard novels. I think that this book isn't as strong, and reading it aloud is a good way to point up weaknesses.
"Big Linda Howard fan"
This isn't my favorite book of Ms. Howard's, but I've enjoyed it enough that I wanted to hear it as well. I think the narration was good, except for Cal's voice. I just don't think a woman gets the man's voice right. That is really the only reason I couldn't give this book a 5th star. Try it. I think you'll find it suspenseful and enjoyable.
"Great. Exciting."
I loved the character Cal - his shy side and then his Rambo side.
I read this book at least twice in the past and just now finished the audiobook. The audiobook was fantastic. It's read by Joyce Bean and Dick Hill, with each of them narrating the female vs male parts. (And you don't hear their breaths - yay!)
Layton is accountant for bad guy Bandini. Layton has a flash drive with evidence against Bandini and asks for blackmail money. Bandini hires two killers (Goss and Toxtel) to get the flash drive back. They follow Layton's trail to a small town in Idaho. They pull a gun on Cate. Cal saves her. They didn't get the flash drive and they want revenge on Cal. They hire more killers to help them. Cal and the town fight back against unbelievable odds.
Narrative mode: 3rd person.
Genre: romantic suspense.
"The performance was great, story? Not so much"
I normally love this author but this one was a bit drawn out. First, the good things. The main characters were great. Cate was a wonderful but strict mother who loved her kids and her bed and breakfast. Cal is a heroic man who can't help but blush everytime he's near Cate. Their relationship was adorable and her kids were hilarious. They reminded me so much of my own. The plot was an interesting concept, but I wish it was written a bit better
Now for the bad.
There were too many details. It really drags the story down. The readers are smart enough to figure out what the author is saying instead of explaining every little single action and feeling to the point that we want to fast forward until we get the story going again.
She focused a bit too much on the antagonists situations rather than Cal and Cate's relationship and interactions. It got to the point that I skipped almost all the antagonist's scenes and I was still caught up. It only proved to me that the antagonist's story just wasn't as important to the overall tale.
And last but not least, the love scene. I was so excited to read the culmination of all the sexual tension between the two main characters. But when the scene finally came, I was so disappointed. It just didn't give their relationship justice and it seemed more awkward than anything.
For all these reasons, this book just wasn't on my list of favorite books. I had such high hopes but they were slightly dashed.
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White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Bars
I've got a great bar recipe that is sure to please anyone! I think everyone enjoys the white chocolate and macadamia nut combination. It's almost as great as peanut butter and chocolate.
I made these to send to Jesse for Round 17 of Operation Baking Gals. One of his favorite cookies is a white chocolate and macadamia nut cookies. I wanted to take that flavor combo and make it in a bar format since I was short on time.
I hit the internet and found this recipe. It's great. I like to sprinkle the mixins on top of the bars because it adds some texture and really makes the flavor of the mixins pop. I think I'll be doing it from now on for any brownies or bars that have mixins.
Check out my entire week of bars and brownies here.
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Bars
Yield: ~48
3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 Tbsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup coarsely chopped macadamia nuts, divided
1 cup white chocolate chips, divided
1 tsp shortening
Heat oven to 375. Grease rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches. Heat butter and brown sugar in 3-quart saucepan over low heat about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until butter is melted; remove from heat.
Beat vanilla and eggs into sugar mixture with electric mixer on medium speed. Beat in flour and baking powder on low speed. Stir in half of the nuts and white chocolate chips. Pour into pan. Sprinkle with remaining nuts and white chocolate chips.
Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until top is golden brown and center is set. Cool about 30 minutes. Cool before cutting.
Recipe adapted from Betty Crocker
7 Responses to "White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Bars"
Mmmm. These look so good, and easy! Thanks for sharing.
I adore white chocolate and macadamia nuts!!! These look great, even better than the traditional cookie 🙂
I'm loving this "bar" week! These look great. I love white chocolate and macadamia nuts!
Sounds great. I've actually got a jar of macadamia nuts in the pantry too!
Those definitely sound great. I love white chocolate for a change sometimes. Can't wait to see what else bars week has in store!
I love, love, love white chocolate and these look great!
This is my favorite flavour combo for cookies and it would be amazing in bar form as well!