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Having come from a flat and moving into a house a couple of years ago, I got complacent. Last year I coped with weeds by just getting some liquid weed killer and killing the weeds. This year, I wanted to do something with the garden. All our garden is is basically a very large patch of grass with a stone pavement running to the bottom of the garden which leads to our garage. No flowers or decking etc.
This year I noticed that the weeds were back and growing in massive groups. Please look at my other review for how I dealt with it. I also had an infestation of ants. My wife said get boiling hot water, which I did. Worse mistake! It killed the grass!!! I also used weed killer for the weeds. That also killed some grass aswell.
I am left with a very large grass garden with patches of dead grass. Some areas are very thick in grass, others in not so thick.
I purchased 500g of this from Amazon for £8.99. I think you may find it cheaper but generally you won't. I did my research and very few people had anything bad to say about this seed.
It arrives in a plastic sealed bag. Its basically grass seed. Instructions are pretty simple, aswell as the packing. Just place the seeds into your hand and sprinkle over the grass. If there is a particular area that needs a lot then I would suggest that rather sprinkle, you actually place a layer of the seed over the area.
Once on the top of the soil, then rake it in, to a min. depth of 0.7cm. Now water the area. You are advised to keep watering the area every day for 2 weeks, so that it slowly beds itself into the soil. Early morning or late night is the best time to water.
The seeds will start to work and after about a week your will see small tiny like grass poking its way up out the soil. After two weeks, your starting to see a thicker lush green grass growing.
I am now a month in and it really has done its job. I keep watering the grass every couple of days if we have not had any rain. I can safely say that this stuff really does work. I have not mowed it and want to grow it as much as possible. There is no need for me to by rolled up grass to relax, this seed has done a fantastic job.
I will be purchasing more but its not going to be this year. It states to spread the seed between March-September. I figure its going to be a waste of money and won't grow due to the cold climate.
Now, lets hope that the same people can find a cure for baldness!
Back in June I undertook a fairly big DIY project for me! It involved removing a large area of rotten wooden decking from my back garden, leaving just a small section of it in place which I then had to rub down and treat to get it looking like new again. I don't normally take on little projects like this, but I had a week off and the weather was good so I just got stuck in, and was actually very pleased with the result.
Once I had treated the remainder of the decking I then had to set about trying to get the soil and rubble that was left behind from the area of decking that I had removed back to a nice grassed area that would blend in with the rest of my lawn. I bought a bag of grass seed and five large bags of top soil from my local garden centre and leveled off the area with the soil, before sowing my grass seed.
The grass seed was called 'Canada Green Grass Seed' and I paid £5 for a 500 gram bag of it. It was the only grass seed that my local garden centre had in stock and so it was a pretty simple selection process. It comes in a plastic bag with a large picture on the front of a worn out area of a garden 'before' and 'after' the seed has been applied and the result looks impressive although I was a little dubious about the truth of this claim when I picked up the bag.
The grass seed was simple to use by following the instructions on the packet. I simply had to rake the area of soil that I had prepared, and then evenly scatter the seed over the area, before giving it a very gentle going over with the rake again. After this a good watering was required, and the watering needed repeating each day for 2 weeks. Something that I did when scattering the seed about, that seemed to work but that wasn't mentioned in the instructions was to scatter a fine amount of the seed onto the edge of the existing grass, in the hope that it would help the 2 areas blend in well together once the new grass grew.
~~~~~ Results ~~~~~
I am over the moon with the results that this seed has produced! It took about 4-5 days for the small green shots to start to appear from the ground, but once they started to appear they grew really quickly. I cut the freshly seeded area for the first time about 3 weeks after sowing the seed, at which point it was a lot longer than the rest of my lawn, but since that first cut it has grown at a very similar rate to the rest of the lawn. The new grass that the seed has produced is a nice deep green colour, and has grown to a good thick consistency. There were a few little bare patches at first where there was little grass growing, perhaps from where I hadn't scattered the seed very evenly, or maybe it blown away, or been eaten by birds, so I simply added a bit more seed to these patches, and repeated the watering process.
3 months have now passed since I finished the little project, and it is virtually impossible to tell that there was ever any rotting decking in place of the nice green lawned area. The seed is probably not the cheapest to buy (if you have an option), but the results that it has produced for me are well worth the little extra I paid.
Thanks for reading.
We laid a new lawn in our back garden a couple of months ago now which was top quality thick rolls of turf but with the naughty dog keep jumping the fencing and racing around like an idiot on it before it had knitted together we got slight gaps in places between the rolls so I was looking for something to fill these gaps and make the lawn look perfect.
Whilst browsing the shelves I must admit there were lots of cheaper grass seed options than this one with it costing me £15·99 for a 1kg bag but that is enough to do an awful lot of seeding or repairs in our case. I opted for this one above the others as it is chemical free so I wouldn't have to keep the children or the dog off it whilst it grew, said it would have strong roots and a lush green grass which was exactly what we wanted.
To be honest I probably used a lot more seeds than I needed too but I thought it better than having to do it twice, I sprinkled then into the gaps on my lawn and put a light covering of soil over them to stop the birds coming and eating them.
It was rather warm and dry surprisingly for British weather when I did them so I watered them each evening and by day five I could see small sprouts of grass coming through and by two weeks it had covered all the patches.
Since doing this the lawn has been mown twice without any problems and now you can't even tell where I used grass seeds and where I put turf as it took that we'll.
For minor repairs you might get away with a cheaper seed but I would thoroughly recommend this if you are doing a large area and want nice thick results.
For lush, green grass.


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Ainsley Earhardt will take over for Elisabeth Hasselbeck on "Fox & Friends" on Fox News, the cable network announced Tuesday.
Earhardt, who has served as host of "Fox & Friends First" since 2012, will make her debut as co-host alongside Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade on Feb. 29.
She replaces Hasselbeck, who left the show in December, stating that she wanted to spend more time with her family.
Also read: Elisabeth Hasselbeck Cries During Goodbye to Fox News (Video)
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"Ainsley's relentless work ethic, congeniality and enthusiasm for connecting with our viewers and staff are extremely refreshing," said Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes in a statement. "She's a superb team player and an excellent on-air host – we look forward to her joining the show during such a pivotal news year."

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It's getting pretty stinky around here, me being that rotten egg and all.
I also missed the 53rd Edition, Carnival of Genealogy, hosted by the incomparable Jasia at Creative Gene.
If I get my act together, I hope to participate in the 54th Edition:
The topic for the next edition of the COG is, The Family Language…Does your family use words and phrases that no one else knows or understands? Where did they come from? Did you ever try to explain your "family language" to outsiders? Tell a story about your family-coined words, phrases, or nicknames. This topic was chosen by Donna Pointkouski who will be hosting the next edition of the COG at What's Past is Prologue. Thanks Donna! The deadline for submissions is August 15th.
My family definitely had its own language. But since this is a "family" blog, I probably can't repeat some of it here!


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Sligo Rovers have announced the signing of midfielder Aaron Greene.
Greene rejoins Rovers after a year's absence, having scored six times in 37 appearances in his previous spell with the club in 2011..
Rovers manager Ian Baraclough said: "It is a pleasing signing and a great addition to the squad.
"Aaron brings a lot of quality and despite being only 22-years-old, he has considerable experience already and a determination to develop his career with Sligo Rovers.
"We are working diligently and patiently to build the squad with players that can improve us and Aaron's capture is a big boost."
Greene said: "It is fantastic to have to the opportunity to link up with the league champions and my former team-mates, it was something I jumped at and an easy decision for me to make.
"I look forward to contributing to the team's efforts next year. As well as my regard for the club, the professionalism and approach of Ian Baraclough was an important factor for me and I can't wait to get down to work in the new season."
Sligo have 12 players under contract next season as they look to defend the Airtricity Premier Division title.


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The betting appeal: Americans bet an estimated $380 billion each year on sports.
"You're making a wager based on some facts and some intuitions.
Such hedging tools are not as readily or even feasible to sports gamblers, Fine said.
To put it another way, the stock market is a lot more forgiving than the MGM Grand (let alone your local sports bookie). It's easy to see why fans may be tempted to gamble on their favorite teams and athletes.
Manning is really, really good at what he does for a living.
"Betting is more difficult and riskier," said one resident of Hoboken, New Jersey, who bets on illegal gambling sites and also invests in stocks.
Those are pretty good odds. Gambling on football star Peyton Manning to win might seem like a safe bet, especially compared with picking winners in the stock market.
Related: Apple and 9 other stocks hit new records
Investors also have the ability to spread their money out among many stocks.
And investors have greater access to tools that can minimize the risk of losing money.
That's the percentage of time that Stovall's research shows the S&P 500 — the gold standard in the stock market — has increased in value during the years since 1926. A bettor gambling on the Green Bay Packers will instantly lose his or her entire $500 bet if Aaron Rodgers and his teammates fail to win or cover the spread. Heck, even his commercials are funny. And in neither instance can you be guaranteed to be correct," said Randall Fine, managing director of The Fine Point Group, one of the casino industry's largest consulting firms.
However, someone sinking $500 into Apple stock has little risk of losing that entire initial investment, especially in the short term.
But take it from one person who has lots of experience in both worlds.
A stock can theoretically be held onto for an infinite amount of time, but a sports bet can end in the blink of an eye.
"You can hold onto your betting tickets all your life, but you're not going to get squat," said Stovall. Gambling on sports may be more fun, but it's definitely a more risky use of money than putting it in the stock market.
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But don't let those similarities fool you.
"A lot of people regard investing as gambling, but I frequently say no.
In the long run, investors have the chance to make more money because there are fewer downside risks.
CNNMoney (New York) First published August 31, 2014: 8:14 AM ET
They both believe they can predict the future, and they sometimes fall into the trap of making decisions with their hearts instead of their brains. While many stocks offer steady returns, investors sometimes hit the jackpot (think: buying Apple back in early 2009 or Tesla in 2012). For example, a stop-loss order instructs a broker to dump a stock when it tumbles below a specific price.
The same can't be said for those who bet big on the Denver Broncos last Super Bowl.
At the same time, investing in stocks actually carries higher upside potential.
Related: How $2 billion Clippers bet could pay off
Gamblers and investors also have far different time horizons. People often invest in funds that buy dozens or even hundreds of stocks, which helps reduce the risk.
Even the unlucky investors who jumped into the market at its peak in October 2007 eventually made their money back when stocks reclaimed their pre-recession levels in 2013.
"A large, steady company has a low chance of plummeting and causing you to lose all your money, but even Peyton Manning doesn't cover the spread sometimes," he said.
All or nothing: Gambling on sports tends to be a zero-sum game. The stock might go up and down some, but it typically doesn't go to zero. He asked for his identity to be withheld due to legal concerns. Which casino in Atlantic City, Las Vegas or Macau pays the bettor 73% of the time?" said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at S&P Capital IQ


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Long before "Saturday Night Live" and "The Colbert Report" found them, Seth Meyers and Peter Grosz were cracking each other up at Northwestern University, where they pledged the same fraternity.
"I had every intention of being the 'funny one' in the pledge class," Meyers tells The Post. "We were all walking to dinner [one night] and Pete pretended to bang his head into a street sign. I've been playing catch-up ever since."
Meyers, "SNL"'s head writer, wry "Weekend Update" host, Jimmy Fallon's eventual replacement on "Late Night" — and best man at Grosz's wedding — is being modest. But Grosz's career hasn't been too shabby either: After honing his chops at Chicago's famed Second City, he moved to New York six years ago to write for "Colbert," piling up Emmy, Writers Guild and Peabody awards along the way. He acts, too — in film, onstage (off-Broadway's "A Kid Like Jake") and TV ("Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Veep").
And now he's cooked up a one-man show for the Fringe Festival: "Recipe for Success with Chef Michael Denardi."
Part live cooking demo, part (demented) motivational speaker seminar — typical tip: "Don't pick your battles, fight them all!" — it may be the only time you'll see someone make a baked ziti burrito.
"The thing is, I'm actually a good home chef," says the 39-year-old, who lives in Park Slope with his wife and 4-year-old son.
"I watch a lot of Food Network shows and I've waited tables for years and years, so I'm not just making fun of it from the outside. A baked ziti burrito is possible."
A baked ziti burrito is also silly, and that's the point.
Grosz (it's pronounced "gross") has been serious about being silly all his life. Growing up in Scarsdale, he used to shoot James Bond parodies with a friend ("We had no editing equipment, so we had to shoot everything in order") and religiously taped "SNL" sketches, watching them over and over and even transcribing them.
After Northwestern, Meyers and he went to do sketch comedy together in Amsterdam for about a year, and had a high old time. Or, as Grosz puts it: "It was 1997, we were 23 years old, had a decent paycheck and no responsibilities." Not only that, he says, but "we were surrounded by tall, lovely Dutch blond women who couldn't be less interested in us, but we tried our best."
The two roomed with Allison Silverman — a tall American brunette. That worked out better: She went on to work for "Colbert," paving the way for Grosz to join the team, both as a writer and performer.
Maybe you caught him on the show as Moses, in a "Passover" sketch in which Colbert set free the Jews under his desk. Or the one about McGnaw the beaver — mascot to gluten-allergic kids, who urged them to chow down on wood instead.
"My favorite is the bit about a family of bobcats that occupied foreclosed homes in Nevada," Grosz says. "Stephen wondered, 'Who was giving loans to a family of bobcats?' So we had an image of a bobcat in a suit behind a desk, [whose] nameplate read, 'Robert Katz.' "
So what does his boss expect him to be doing five or 10 years from now?
"I see him working on my show, but that's just in my dreams," Colbert says via e-mail. "In reality, I'm sure he'll be running his own."
Seems somebody's ready for prime time.
"Recipe for Success" begins Wednesday at SubCulture, 45 Bleecker St., with other shows through Aug. 24; information and tickets ($15 to $18) at FringeNYC.org.


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NEW YORK -- Minor league pitchers Mariano Chevalier of the Chicago White Sox and Richard Rodriguez of the Houston Astros were each suspended by Major League Baseball for 50 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
Both players are members of their organization's Dominican summer league teams and had tested positive for metabolites of Stanozolol.
Chevalier, 19, has gone 3-1 with a 4.36 earned run average in nine games -- four starts -- for his club and will begin his suspension immediately.
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Reaction to Jodie Foster's meandering coming-out speech at the Golden Globes last week has been quick, fierce, and varied. The Advocate's editor in chief argued that by avoiding using the words "gay" or "lesbian," Foster missed an opportunity for meaningful visibility.
And this weekend, SNL's only out cast member, Kate McKinnon, good-naturedly lambasted Foster's abstract coming-out in a spot-on sketch.
Now, fellow out funny lady Jane Lynch has weighed in on the Oscar-winner's acknowledgment of the worst-kept secret in Hollywood.
"It was really moving and touching," Lynch told TV Guide's William Keck. "I loved that she shared a little bit about her inner life with us, and what she said about her mother [who suffers from dementia] broke my heart. I like the fact that she operates without telling everybody what she's doing. It was a big moment that she let us into her private thoughts, and I'm really grateful I was there for it."
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Longtime "Price is Right" host Bob Barker pledged $1.5 million Monday to move the lone elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo to a sanctuary in Northern California. Such a move may affect whether the zoo would continue building a larger enclosure for the elephant.
Barker said in a letter he would donate the money to move Billy the elephant to the facility run by the Performing Animal Welfare Society.
There, Billy would be reunited with Ruby, another elephant previously moved from the zoo.
The sanctuary "offers the nearest thing possible to life in his natural habitat," Barker said in the letter.
Connie Morgan, president of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association, said Billy should not be relocated.
"Billy's home is at the Los Angeles Zoo, not a distant location that is both inaccessible and unaffordable for the working families and schoolchildren of Los Angeles," Morgan said in a prepared statement.
Billy is caught in a long-running dispute between city officials and animal rights advocates about whether the elephant exhibit at the zoo should be closed and replaced with a $42 million enclosure.
The zoo has been working for years on its new "Pachyderm Forest" – an exhibit designed to give elephants the space they need to beat the blues of captivity. The project is about one-third complete.
But celebrity opponents and the tight economy are threatening to turn it into a white elephant.
Construction has been stopped by the City Council, which is expected to decide Wednesday whether to scrap the six-acre exhibit that would be seven times larger than the current enclosure and feature nearly four acres of open space with pools, mud holes and a waterfall.
About 100 people rallied outside City Hall on Monday in support of the project. A dozen animal rights advocates demonstrated in opposition.
Activists and celebrities, including Barker, Halle Barry and Goldie Hawn, have complained that the new exhibit would still be too confining and depressing for the behemoths that walk dozens of miles a day in the wild.
The zoo has had a history of problems with elephants. Officials say about a dozen have died since 1968.
Zoo officials and members of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which accredits the nation's zoological institutions, counter that conditions at zoos have improved, and elephants are now living long, healthy lives in captivity.


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I have made kimchi successfully three times now, but used cayenne pepper instead of gochugaru out of ignorance (which I thought was delicious). This time I used gochugaru and went to check the kimchi after thee days. The cabbage had floated to the top of the jar with the gochugaru all chunky on top and the fluid at the bottom. Is this normal? Will it affect the fermentation or the taste? Thank you for replies!
That's interesting. I have seen kimchi juice separate before (clear liquid on top, red liquid on bottom) but never during fermentation and never with gochugaru floating in chunks. It sounds like you have a lot of excess juice. When you mixed the porridge and the gocugaru with the cabbage, was it thick and pastelike? Also, was the cabbage still very wet from brining? Can you post a picture of what it looks like?
I would suggest draining off some liquid so your cabbage isn't floating and then just mix everything up. As long as its not moldy or really bad smelling (i.e. wrong bacteria growing) then in my opinion it should be recoverable. My last batch had excess liquid in it so I just saved it in a jar and use it when making kimchijeon.
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Malaysia Airlines MH17 flight crashed in Ukraine
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A Malaysia Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has crashed in eastern Ukraine.
Malaysia Airlines confirms it received notification from Ukrainian ATC that it had lost contact with flight MH17 at 1415 (GMT) at 30km from Tamak waypoint, approximately 50km from the Russia-Ukraine border.
Flight MH17 operated on a Boeing 777 departed Amsterdam at 12.15pm (Amsterdam local time) and was estimated to arrive at Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 6.10 am (Malaysia local time) the next day.
The flight was carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew onboard.


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Fraik sworn in as deputy sheriff
A swearing-in ceremony was conducted in the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office Law Enforcement Center Training Room Wednesday, Oct. 6, as Sheriff Phil Hodapp administered the oath of deputy sheriff to Rob Fraik, with his family, friends and colleagues in attendance.
Fraik was formerly a Beltrami County Sheriff's corrections transport officer. He is also a member of the Minnesota National Guard.
Fraik was hired to fill a position vacated earlier this year by two retiring deputies. Deputy Greg Winskowski recently retired after 10 years of service to Beltrami County and a total of 32 years of experience in law enforcement. Earlier in the year, an investigator retired from the Sheriff's Office with 29 years of experience.


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AAPE by A Bathing Ape and Pepsi team up once again on a series of cans featuring the Japanese brand's "MOONFACE CAMO" print. Following last year's collaboration, the two applied a matte red, white, blue and black camouflage print this time around to a can that feels texturally different when in hand. Alongside the cans, AAPE will produce a series of prizes including T-shirts, a mobile phone external battery, an umbrella, and an iPad with the same unique pattern. For your chance to win, purchase two of the limited-edition cans and register here.
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After 10 p.m., when most restaurant kitchens close downtown, food options start to get pretty limited. But Red Feather Lounge and Bittercreek Ale House have a new plan to combat that. Red Feather has launched a new Late-Night Happy Hour starting at 10 p.m., when folks can enjoy cheap drinks and good food.
Rae Willey, front of house manager at Red Feather, said she hopes this will save people from "greasy bar food."
"We wanted to offer to the community a place where they can enjoy a drink and a full menu," Willey said.
Red Feather's Late-Night Happy Hour will borrow Bittercreek's kitchen to pump out a limited food menu Wednesday through Saturday until midnight, and Sunday through Tuesday until 11 p.m.
The Late-Night Happy Hour menu offers several special items like pressed ham with homemade mustard, pickled apples and crackers, and poutine with local, organic fries, Ballard cheese curds and smoked turkey gravy.
"Late night brings in a great crowd," Willey said. "People are sitting down and picking up menus and saying, 'Oh my God, it's happy hour right now?'"
Red Feather also plans to bottle five of its happy hour cocktails in 12-ounce bottles and sell them pre-made. This includes the Hello Kitty, a vanilla-infused vodka with lemonade, lemon juice and cranberry, as well as the Overnighter, made with rosemary vodka, housemade Grenadine and honeycomb.
And in other booze news, Pacific Rim Wine Stop will soon open in the former Amigo's restaurant location at 2870 W. State St. in Boise.
Though the shop is a reincarnation of the similarly named restaurant housed in Hyde Park 14 years ago, owners Janet and Rob Weston are calling it a "totally different concept."
They plan to sell wine and grab-and-go food, including picnic baskets for boating, Idaho Shakespeare Festival or a day skiing at Bogus Basin. The menu will feature fusion cuisine, including Pacific Rim favorites like Sonoran egg rolls.
The family-owned and run shop also plans to cater weddings and will host wine dinners, featuring winemakers from Washington and North Idaho paired with a five-course dinner. The shop will also offer bottled craft beer, and owners hope to open in early June.


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Two-year-old Dax Locke has been battling a rare form of leukemia since he was born.
When doctors told his parents earlier this year that the cancer had won and Dax wouldn't make it until Dec. 25, his parents did the only thing they could think of to make their son happy: They began celebrating Christmas every day.
They just had no idea the rest of their neighborhood in Washington, Illinois -- and, eventually, communities from across the nation -- would celebrate with them.
"It was a silent way for them to offer their support," Dax's mother, Julie said. "He can't have a lot of visitors, so this was a way to give back. But the response has been tremendous."
After learning that Dax, a thin but smiling boy with the barest tufts of thin blond hair, only had four to eight weeks to live, the Lockes put up their tree. They invited their neighbors Trish and Marc Hurtgen, along with their daughter, over to help set up a train set.
"They figured that germs didn't matter anymore," said Trish, referring to Dax's susceptibility to infection. "At that point ... it was about life experiences."
The Locke's early Christmas celebration would've remained a singular display, but the Hurtgens, in a show of support, put their lights up early as well. Then, thinking the whole neighborhood might like to participate, the Hurtgens made fliers asking the neighborhood to "Decorate for Dax."
Soon enough, nearly all of the Locke's neighbors began putting their Christmas light up and sending Dax gifts. Washington's city hall even got into the act, throwing up its Christmas display almost a month early. Then the idea went global.
Word about the light festival spread as far as Taiwan and London via Facebook and Twitter. Families began sending "Decorating for Dax" photos and video clips to show their support.
"It's not a story about pity for a little boy," Trish said. "It's about hope. It's uplifiting and spiritual."
It's not Thanksgiving yet, but every night, Austin and Julie Locke drive Dax on a slow ride through his neighborhood to look at the beautiful Christmas displays.
"It's his favorite thing," Julie said. "He points at every light. He likes to count the houses. The other night we counted 150 houses, but Dax can only count to 10, so every one is number 10."
Afterwards, Dax's dad carries him over to the computer to look at the messages of support coming in from around the globe.
And every day, Dax gets to open one gift that neighbors placed in a donation box outside the Locke's home. Though he's in constant pain from a tumor on his spine and can't walk, but the gifts seem to brighten his day. The largesse is almost overwhelming for the Lockes, who are brimming with gifts.
"We have more packages than we can handle now," Julie said.
The Lockes plan to donate the overflow gifts to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, the charitable hospital that has covered nearly the entire cost of Dax's tests, experimental procedures and medication. The total has hit seven figures.
Visitors to decoratefordax.com are encouraged to send a donation to St. Jude's, so other children can receive the same kind treatment. Another website, www.caringbridge.com, also accepts donations. The hospital has received around $11,000 from donations made in Dax's name.
But Julie says this isn't all about just Dax.
"The main thing we all want for Christmas," Julie said, "is for people to give back."


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Summer and travel are synonymous. As a world traveler who happens to also be a diagnosed celiac with an allergy to all things shellfish, I have developed a checklist that I always follow to ensure that things flow smoothly wherever I might be in the world. A celiac diagnosis or food allergy does not mean that you need to be relegated to a second class travel experience..
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Bad weather has yet to hit NFL games this season, but yellow flags have been raining from the start.
There were 884 penalties called in the first three weeks of games, an NFL record. Oakland and Tampa Bay are tied with the most flags, 33, and Arizona has had the fewest, 17. The most common offense so far? Offensive holding, which through Week 3 had been whistled 154 times.
But Hall of Fame Coach Bill Parcells said all the penalties are having the biggest effect on defenses.
"Defense is just a rumor in the NFL these days; they've made the rules that way," said Parcells, who called the recent rash of flags "ludicrous."
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Alternate Fuels And The Future Of Cars
"We take a look at sustainable energy solutions as gas prices skyrocket, focusing on the increasingly popular hybrid cars. We speak with the founder of hybridcars.com and go to an interview with an activist from the alternative energy movement...The Bush administration has proposed slightly increasing the fuel efficiency of minivans, pickups and some SUVS over the next five years. Environmentalists have criticized the proposals because the rules will not apply to the biggest SUVs such as the H-2 Hummer. This comes as gas prices are reaching record high."
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Sergio Callegari received a D.Eng. degree (with honors) in electronic engineering and a Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering and computer science from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 1996 and 2000, respectively, working on the study of nonlinear circuits and chaotic systems. In 1996, he was working at King's College London, UK. He is currently a Researcher and an Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering II, University of Bologna, Italy where he teaches analog electronics, applied analog electronics and sensing. He is also a Faculty Member of the Advanced Research Center on Electronic Systems (ARCES), Bologna, Italy. In 2008, 2009, and 2010, he was, for short periods, a Visiting Researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle, Wash, USA. His research interests include sensor design, nonlinear signal processing, internally-nonlinear-externally-linear networks, chaotic maps, testing of analog circuits, and random number generation. He has authored or coauthored more than 60 papers in international conferences, journals, and scientific books and deposited 4 national patents. In 2004, he was the corecipient of the IEEE Circuit and Systems Society Darlington Award. He served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems: Part II (during 2006-2007) and Part I (during 2008-2009). He is a Member of the Technical Committee on Nonlinear Circuits and Systems and of the Technical Committee on Education and Outreach of the IEEE CAS Society. Dr. Callegari has also served as a Member of the Organization Committee and Publication Cochair of NOLTA 2006 (Bologna), as a Member of the Organization Committee of Eurodoc 2006 (Bologna), and as a Special-Session Cochair of NOLTA 2010 (Krakow). In 2005 till 2007, he was a Member of the Board of the Italian Society of Doctoral Candidates and Ph.D. Graduates (ADI), and currently he is on the Board of AIR, a national society for the promotion of scientific research.
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98% of plans for country homes given green light
More than 98% of planning applications for rural homes determined under a new planning policy have been given the green light, it emerged today.
Draft Planning Policy Statement 21 (PPS21) was brought in last year to replace the controversial PPS14 which was aimed at preventing bungalow blight in the countryside.
So far, only 25 of 1,778 applications for single or replacement dwellings in the countryside between November 25 and the end of March have been refused, according to a response given to a written Assembly question put by SDLP Environment spokesman Patsy McGlone.
He said the reason behind the high number of approvals is that senior planning officers have sifted through the backlog of applications deferred from the days of PPS14 and dealt first with those that were most likely to be approved — such as farm dwellings and replacement dwellings.
Many more hundreds of planning applications that were refused under PPS14 and deferred until PPS21 was put in place have yet to be dealt with, he said.
"I want to see people being able to live in the area where they grew up and I suppose that there is some evidence of this starting to happen," Mr McGlone said.
"Further to providing homes for people to live in, it might also hopefully stimulate jobs in the building industry."
Environment Minister Edwin Poots said the figures show that PPS21 is delivering a vibrant and sustainable countryside.
He said the high level of replacement dwellings show that older buildings are being reused: "Had the direct rule-inspired PPS14 been allowed to continue then we would have still been living under an effective 'blanket ban' on development in the countryside.
"The figures for applications which have been received between 25th November 2008 and 31st March 2009, under the new devolved rural planning policy, shows that 1,121 planning applications for single dwellings in the rural area and 632 replacement dwellings have been approved across Northern Ireland," said Mr Poots.
"These figures are a demonstration of the positive effect that the new policy is having in rural areas.
"Many applications submitted under the old PPS14 were earmarked for rejection but were held in anticipation of the new planning policy.
"Their reassessment under the new policy is allowing many of them to be approved.
"But it should also be noted that only approvals are automatically being issued.
"Applications recommended for refusal are being deferred (the refusal notice is not being issued) at the request of the district council, provided the applicant does not wish the decision to be issued, until the revised policy is in place.
"The figures for replacement dwellings will be particularly beneficial to the rural areas as it means that older buildings are being reused, and many of those are on farms and are helping to improve the environment within the countryside.
"The changes made to the replacement dwelling criteria and the scrapping of the farm viability test are examples of changes which have helped to deliver real and practical benefits to people living in rural areas of Northern Ireland.
"Our environment in Northern Ireland must be a living one and a sustainable one in which people can live and work in our countryside."
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The stallholders will bring a variety of festive arts and crafts, decorations and jewellery to accompany the ever popular delights of a Continental Christmas with the licensed bar selling Glühwein, German beers and other seasonal specialities such as bratwurst and crepes.
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Bayesian inference on GARCH models using the Gibbs sampler
This paper explains how the Gibbs sampler can be used to perform Bayesian inference on GARCH models. Although the Gibbs sampler is usually based on the analyti-cal knowledge of the full conditional posterior densities, such knowledge is not available in regression models with GARCH errors. We show that the Gibbs sampler can be combined with a unidimensional deterministic integration rule applied to each coordinate of the poste-rior density. The full conditional densities are evaluated and inverted numerically to obtain random draws of the joint posterior. The method is shown to be feasible and competitive compared with importance sampling and the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm. It is applied to estimate an asymmetric Student-GARCH model for the return on a stock exchange index, and to compute predictive option prices on the index. We prove, moreover, that a flat prior on the degrees of freedom parameter leads to an improper posterior density.
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U.S. manufacturing output bounced back in February, the latest signal of strength in an economy that is showing clear momentum after a near-stall at the end of last year.
Other reports on Friday showed the biggest increase in consumer prices in nearly four years last month as the cost of gasoline surged and a tempering in March of U.S. consumer sentiment and New York state manufacturing gains.
Factory production increased 0.8 per cent in February after a revised 0.3-per-cent decline the month before, the Federal Reserve said on Friday. Economists polled by Reuters had looked for a 0.4-per-cent gain.
The increase combined with a big rise in utilities' output to lead overall industrial production up by 0.7 per cent, a good sign for first quarter economic growth.
Separately, the Labor Department said its Consumer Price Index increased 0.7 per cent last month, the largest gain since June 2009, after being flat in January.
Gasoline accounted for about three quarters of the spike in consumer inflation, and so-called core prices advanced just 0.2 per cent, leaving the door open for the Federal Reserve to press ahead with its bond-buying stimulus.
"The way the data has been playing out it gives them a free hand to be extremely aggressive to bring down unemployment," said Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Pierpont Securities in Stamford, Connecticut.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected the CPI to advance 0.5 per cent. In the 12 months through February, it was up 2 per cent, the largest gain since October and an acceleration from January's 1.6 per cent.
Core prices, which strip out volatile food and energy costs, increased 2 per cent. While that was a also the largest increase since October, economists saw it as being within the Fed's comfort zone.
Policy makers at the central bank meet next week to assess the economy and are widely expected to keep purchasing $85-billion in bonds per month to spur even stronger economic growth. The Fed has said it would keep up asset purchases until it sees a substantial improvement in the labour market outlook.
Gasoline prices rose 9.1 per cent last month, the largest gain since June 2009, after falling 3 per cent in January. Prices at the pump, however, have declined in the past two weeks.
U.S. stocks opened slightly lower, while U.S. government debt prices were higher.
The pick up in inflation eroded household purchasing power, which could hurt spending. Average hourly earnings adjusted for inflation fell 0.6 per cent in February, and were up only 0.1 per cent compared with a year ago.
Consumer sentiment weakened in March, according to a Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's. U.S. consumer sentiment tumbled to its lowest since December 2011 in early March, hit by dissatisfaction with government economic policies and as fewer Americans expected improvements in growth or the labour market.
Data on Wednesday showed a big price-related pickup in sales at gasoline stations in February, but other retail sales rose as well, underpinning expectations for solid first-quarter growth.
The Fed's report on industrial production further bolstered those expectations. The gain in manufacturing output reflected a big 1.2-per-cent jump in the production of long-lasting goods.
Auto production rose a sharp 3.6 per cent after a 4.9 per cent plunge in January, the Fed said.
In a separate report, the New York Federal Reserve Bank said its "Empire State" general business conditions index slipped to 9.24 in March from 10.04 in February, an indication growth in the factory sector could be cooling a bit.
The inflation report showed housing costs maintained their steady rise last month. Owners' equivalent rent, which accounts for about a third of the core CPI, rose 0.2 per cent after a similar gain in January.
Apparel prices fell 0.1 per cent after increasing 0.8 per cent in January. New motor vehicle prices fell 0.3 per cent after gaining 0.1 per cent the prior month.
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Without much fanfare, but with diligent effort, the Neighborhood Council in March proposed an ordinance called the "Neighborhood Bill of Rights." All that we had asked was that the St. Augustine City Commission discuss the measure which is almost identical to the St. Johns County ordinance passed in 2006, and similar to an existing Jacksonville ordinance.
What became of this measure to extend a basic list of rights to the everyday citizen who is taking responsibility for their community? First, it was referred to the city staff for comments. Then it received an all-out attack by the city attorney, who inferred that the "everyday" citizen could exercise these at any time.
And of course the commissioners and the mayor voted it down, saying in effect, let's not accept accountability or responsibility to our citizens.
Here's what we asked for (abridged version):
A. Prompt . responses to all reasonable city business questions, document requests, and meeting requests submitted to the city manager or his/her staff
B. A timely personal response of its commissioner or designee questions directed to the City Commission office.
C. Advance notification and a reasonable opportunity to provide input to the city of any substantial city initiated or permitted public works or utility projects.
D. Notification of the submission of any application or pre-application for city approval of a special use, temporary use, variance, vesting, rezoning, Development of Regional Impact, PUD, PRD, Comprehensive Plan change, other significant land use change application, or change or amendment thereof.
E. To allow members of one or more neighborhood associations to ask questions ., concerns, or suggestions regarding said application. .
F. Final version(s) of all land use change application documents must be provided to the city no later than 15 days prior to any public hearing on the matter . notifying affected parties (including neighborhood associations) in writing.
G. Representatives of each neighborhood association representing property within 300 feet of the subject property shall be accorded an opportunity to share. ... time to address and present evidence to any city board, ... so be accorded the right to reasonably cross-examine the applicant's witnesses on the issues which such witness testifies.
H. Misrepresentation, as reasonably determined by the city, provided by an association in materials or testimony provided cause such association to lose its registration status for one year from the hearing date.
I. Opportunity for formal input into the annual budget process, including the opportunity to express preferred city government priorities, suggested capital improvement projects.
J. The opportunity to provide input into the design of publicly-funded projects within or adjacent to the neighborhood ...
So how does this affect us? One of the founding members of the Neighborhood Council, the governing body of St. Augustine's Neighborhood Associations, finds one of its members floundering.
Up until the last meeting in May, and a threat to dissolve, the Lincolnville Neighborhood Association hadn't had a quorum in six months. As a result, we haven't had elections for 2007, too few people have shown up to kick me out.
Meanwhile, the neighborhood's troubles mount; trash, littering, deteriorated streets, graffiti, wandering homeless, hookers on parade, continuing drug deals and murder. I receive complaints about these conditions, from people who mostly won't participate in the association to try to make a change.
The city, while ignoring these problems (with the exception of some much-needed police attention to the corner of Bridge Street and M.L. King Avenue) instead imposes its own will on the neighborhood. Through the Planning and Zoning Board, it strong-arms rezoning by exception, "taking away residentially/historically zoned property to make it a parking lot for the National Guard. It sets an ordinance on density without considering how it affects an already "urban" neighborhood.
One of my colleagues in the Neighborhood Council put it succinctly. "Since the associations (neighborhoods) do not have any authority or power there can not be any liability to the city for their actions"
Or, inactions, I would add.
On Thursday, we will try for a Lincolnville resurrection. On June 24, all neighborhood associations are invited to "pot luck" at the annual Neighborhood Council Picnic. For the sake of Lincolnville be there Thursday. For the sake of all neighborhoods come June 24.
Peter Romano is president of the Lincolnville Neighborhood Association.
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West Showdown
Kobe Bryant remains a member of the Los Angeles Lakers - for now.
With the most recent trade rumor put to rest, Bryant will turn his attention to helping the Lakers try to earn their first win Friday when they visit the Phoenix Suns, who have knocked Los Angeles out of the playoffs each of the past two seasons.
Oddsmakers from Bodog.com have made Phoenix -9.5 point spread favorites (NBA Odds) for todays game, the over/under has been set at 217 total points (Matchup). Our public betting information shows that 78% of bets for this game have been placed on Phoenix -9.5 (View NBA Bet Percentages).
Two days after Bryant scored 45 points in a 95-93 season-opening loss to Houston at home, Chicago squashed a rumored three-team deal Thursday in which the Bulls would get the nine-time All-Star, who slammed the Lakers' front office and asked for a trade in the offseason.
Though trade talk involving Bryant is likely to continue, he insists he won't let it bother him or his teammates.
"When we're playing in a game, we just focus on one another and the bonds that we have," said Bryant, who was booed by his home crowd Tuesday. "It has nothing to do with (trade) speculation or business or anything like that.
"Business a lot of times can cloud the game and take the fun out of the game if you allow it to. And that's something that I won't allow to happen."
He'll also try to help the Lakers (0-1) avoid a seventh straight regular-season road loss to the Suns (1-0), who are again expected to challenge for the Western Conference title and coming off a 106-99 season-opening win at Seattle on Thursday.
Phoenix eliminated Los Angeles in five games in the first round last season after rallying from a 3-1 series deficit two seasons ago against the Lakers.
"They're expecting to win a championship and they're a team that really gets under our skin in terms of knocking us out of the playoffs the last two years," Bryant told the Lakers' official Web site. "We're going to go in there ready to play with a chip on our shoulder and see if we can't do some damage."
Bryant averaged 32.8 points on 46.2 percent shooting in last year's playoffs against the Suns.
On Tuesday, Bryant was 13-for-32 from the field and just 18-for-27 from the free-throw line for the Lakers, who shot 60 percent (27-for-45) from the line and had just one other player in double figures.
Derek Fisher scored 17 points in his return to Los Angeles, which is without Lamar Odom, who will miss the first few games while recovering from shoulder surgery. Odom also suffered a slight concussion in an automobile accident Tuesday.
Bryant will renew his rivalry with Raja Bell, who had a tough assignment in Phoenix's season opener Thursday. Bell helped guard SuperSonics rookie Kevin Durant, who scored 27 points.
Amare Stoudemire had 23 points and 11 rebounds to lead three Phoenix players who posted double-doubles against Seattle. Steve Nash had 18 points and 12 assists, while Shawn Marion added 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Suns, who won despite being outrebounded 50-44 and committing 20 turnovers.
Grant Hill had 13 points and five assists in his Phoenix debut.
"On this team, anyone can make the big plays," said Phoenix reserve Marcus Banks, who added 12 points.
Stoudemire, who played for just third time since undergoing knee surgery a month ago, averaged 24.2 points and 13.6 rebounds in the playoffs last season versus the Lakers.
The Suns return for their home opener Friday after going 33-8 at U.S. Airways Center last season - their best home mark since 1993-94. Phoenix has won 11 of its last 15 home openers.
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As a self-proclaimed Queen of the Dance Party, I feel I have the authority to say that this poster might very well be the official mascot of Good Times.
At what point would you not be having fun at this event? No matter how conservative or wild you may be, there's a spot for you, and you'll be enjoying every minute of it. For example….
You've got your classically-dressed lady in red, getting a little box step goin'. I bet her hair's done up in a tight chignon and she's wearing her mother's brooch. Her boyfriend's name is Brad. He plays varsity lacrosse at Yale (she studies Art History at Wellesley). They're due to be married in June at her dad's country club. Now don't start thinking she's a Stepford wife, because, as anyone who saw Mona Lisa Smile knows, sometimes the most reserved of ladies have a secret wild side.
Then there's GiGi, our monotone can-canista. She's got big hair and bigger dreams. When not auditioning at seedy nightclubs to pay her way through nursing school, she volunteers at a local church. Her hobbies include knitting and ballet, although she gets her high-kicks from being a trained gymnast in Soviet Russia. Her dance may be provocative, but she's a demure lady through and through.
Finally, we've got Mona, the luscious lush in pink. She lives in a flapper's paradise of skinny cigarettes, cropped hair, and short term memory issues. Always the life of the party, her mastery of the Charleston is known throughout town (as is her tendency to wear dresses that lend themselves to indecent exposure). She believes in the mantra "Live Fast, Die Young," and rarely, if ever, calls home to Mom.
So, overall, be you man or beast, this little fest will certainly be a night to remember. Now to find music that one can can-can, Charleston, and two-step to…..


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Just about every politician who's anybody was at the annual parade shaking hands and drumming up support for an election that's just three weeks away (or longer for some mayoral candidates.)
Mayor Richard Daley was all smiles during his final march in the Columbus Day parade as Chicago's mayor. And circling nearby were some of those who'd like to takeover.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart walked the parade route, dodging questions on Rahm Emanuel.
"Haven't seen him," he said.
Emanuel worked the parade-goers along the sidewalk, telling reporters that his listening tour is going well, despite being peppered with questions about how the federal stimulus package is working.
Emanuel said Chicagoans "know there are big issues. They're up for a challenge."
Dart wouldn't say if he's hearing a northside vs southside fight out there.
"That's for the White Sox and the Cubs to fight over," he quipped.
Then there's former Daley Chief of Staff Gery Chico, who's lined up former Ald. Manny Flores' support and said that "people want to talk about jobs."
Mark Kirk (R) was there, and he took the opportunity to take a jab at opponent Alexi Giannoulias (D) over a remark made during their debate on NBC's Meet the Press a day earlier.
"I think we had a big change in the race yesterday when a leading candidate for a national office, Alexi Giannoulias, says he didn't know the extent of the criminal involvement of people he lent money to from a federally insured bank," Kirk said, referrencing
Gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady (R) was there, while his opponent, Gov. Pat Quinn (D) flies around the state to host "Putting Illinois Back to Work" rallies. Both men are locked in a heated battle for the Governor's mansion that could swing on just a few votes.
Recent polling puts this race in the toss up category.
But the most ambitious Columbus Day parader had to be Alderman Robert Fioretti. He scored a political hat trick by appearing not once, but three times in the parade itself.
Fioretti is still weighing whether he's jumping in the mayoral race, but clearly he's good at parades.
Most Chicago schools and government offices, along with postal service, were shut down for the holiday. Parking meters are still in effect.


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text: Hsu Research STF-2 Test & Review By Ed Mullen 1) Introduction: The STF series of subwoofers from Hsu Research are fixed tune units with the tuning frequency carefully chosen to provide an optimal balance of extension and output. These subs were designed for enthusiast who doesn't need the more expensive variable tuning option offered on the VTF series. Hsu Research offers three STF models: The STF-3 (12" woofer), the STF-2 (10" woofer), and the STF-1 (8" woofer). The STF-2 represents Hsu's entry into the $400 subwoofer class, and is essentially a fixed tune version of the venerable VTF-2 operating in Maximum Extension mode. The rated extension of the STF-2 is 25 Hz +/-2 dB. Venting is accomplished with one flared (both ends) port, with an inner diameter of 3 inches and an outer flare diameter of 4-3/8 inches. The STF-2 came with unpacking instructions, a well-written Owner's Manual, a Quick Set-Up Guide (with plenty of diagrams) for HT applications. Warranty is 7 years on the subwoofer, and 2 years on electronics. For review purposes only, Dr. Hsu also provided me with a demo music CD, and a demo HT DVD. The Hsu R&D and general headquarters is located in Anaheim, California. The STF-2 was designed and engineered in the United States, and built in China. The website is located at www.hsuresearch.com. 2) Size, Appearance, Fit & Finish: The STF-2's external dimensions are roughly 14" wide, 19" tall, and 18" deep, including the amplifier controls and the spiked plastic feet. The sub weighs about 40 pounds uncrated. The plastic spiked feet on the STF-2 can vibrate on hard smooth surfaces (like my laminate flooring), so I used a rubberized welcome mat to prevent this from occurring. Owners could also use rubber furniture cups under the spiked feet. Either method is approved by Hsu Research. The STF-2 cabinet has an external ridge on the top and bottom caps, and comes finished in a finely textured satin black vacuum-sealed vinyl coating. The coating application was uniform with no detectable surface defects. The vertical seam in the vinyl discretely runs along the backside of the subwoofer. The amp, woofer, and vent were well fitted. 3) Amplifier Feature Set: The rear flush-mounted digital BASH amp is rated at 200 watts continuous. Standard amp features include: - Off/Auto-On/On - Single Low Level Input - Phase Control (0/180 switch) - CV LPF (30-90 Hz 4th order with defeat switch) - Replaceable Fuse - Detachable Power Cord 4) Ground Plane Frequency Response Measurements: In order to determine the quasi-anechoic frequency response, the STF-2 was placed outside, away from any reflective structures, and measured using ground plane techniques. Per the recommendation of Dr. Hsu, the STF-2 was laid on its side, with the woofer and vent equidistant from the mic. Measurements were conducted at 2 meters from the centerline of the subwoofer enclosure, with the low pass filter disabled, and the phase control set to 0 degrees. FR sweeps were conducted at progressively increasing sound pressure levels until dynamic compression was noted. Dynamic compression is caused by a combination of thermal and mechanical driver limitations and port flow restriction. Using 104 dB as a midpoint, the 2M GP FR curve measured an outstanding +/- 2 dB from 25-100 Hz. The response was –9 dB (95 dB) at 20 Hz. With respect to dynamic compression, the curve stayed linear up to 102-103 dB in the 25-40 Hz bandwidth. 5) Ground Plane Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) Testing: Harmonic distortion occurs when harmonics (multiples) the fundamental signal are produced due to non-linear behavior of the electrical, magnetic, or mechanical mechanism of the driver. A subwoofer with low THD will sound clean and distinct. At the lowest frequencies, high THD means the listener will feel less of the true fundamental note, and hear more of the false harmonics. Measurements were conducted at 2 meters from the centerline of the subwoofer enclosure. To calculate the 1 meter test values, add 6 dB to the 2 meter reading. THD was limited to 10% unless otherwise noted. With the exception of 22 Hz, test frequency spacing was at 1/3 octave intervals. Equipment reviewer Tom Nousaine directly averages his dB values, providing equal weighting to all sound pressures. This method correlates well with our subjective impressions of subwoofer performance, and was therefore used in this review. Output Linearity for a given bandwidth is calculated by dividing the average SPL by the maximum SPL and expressing the results as a percentage. A score of 100% means the subwoofer exhibits perfect output linearity across the given bandwidth. STF-2 10% THD Ground Plane 2 Meters (add 6 dB to obtain 1 meter values): 20 Hz: 74.7 dB 22 Hz: 80.9 dB 25 Hz: 91.7 dB 32 Hz: 99.5 dB 40 Hz: 98.8 dB 50 Hz: 104.8 dB 63 Hz: 106.9 dB 80 Hz: 104.7 dB 20-80 Hz: Average 95.3 dB; Output Linearity 89% 22-80 Hz: Average 98.2 dB; Output Linearity 92% 25-80 Hz: Average 101.1 dB; Output Linearity 95% 6) In-Room Frequency Response Measurements: The in-room frequency response of a subwoofer is affected by things like room acoustics, the location of the listener, interaction with other speakers, and even the bass management circuit of the AVR. Experimentation with subwoofer placement and different listening positions is encouraged in order to obtain the best results in your own room. To simulate a typical user set-up, the STF-2 was placed in the front corner of my 2,000 ft3 home theater room. For bass management, all speakers were set to small with a crossover of 80 Hz, and the STF-2 low pass filter was disabled. The phase was set to 0 degrees (this provided better results than 180 degrees). The in-room FR sweeps were processed through the AVR with only the main speakers and the STF-2 operating. The in-room FR was measured at three popular listening positions, all about 12 feet from the STF-2. The three curves were then combined to create an average response curve. The three curve average is +/- 5 dB from 100-30 Hz, with good extension to about 23 Hz. There is some room gain in the bottom octave, which can help compensate for the human ear's lack of sensitivity to very deep bass. 7) In-Room Maximum Output Levels: The maximum in-room output from a subwoofer is strongly influenced by variables like room size and acoustics, boundary integrity, sub placement, the distance to the listening positions, and room gain. To assess the maximum dynamic output from the STF-2, I conducted frequency response sweeps at the primary listening position at progressively increasing sound pressure levels until dynamic compression was noted. The STF-2 stayed linear up to about 108 dB. I also measured the distortion limited (10%) output at the listening position, and obtained 91 dB @ 20 Hz, 100 dB @ 25 Hz, and 103 dB @ 30 Hz. Obviously, these test results are only valid in my particular room, but they should provide some indication of what to expect from the STF-2 in terms of dynamic output and clean deep bass levels in a mid-size room. Equipment reviewer Don Keele has developed some guidelines for estimating maximum clean output from a subwoofer in a typical in-room environment. He takes the ground plane 10% THD output figures, and adds the following: 25 Hz + 8 dB 32 Hz + 6 dB 40 Hz + 5 dB 50 Hz + 4 dB Whether the enthusiast should use the 2 meter or 1 meter ground plane data in Keele's formula really depends on the room size and how far the subwoofer will be placed from the listening position. In my room, using the 2 meter ground plane data in the formula correlated well with my actual in-room measurements. In a smaller room with the subwoofer closer to the listener, using the 1 meter ground plane data in the formula might be more appropriate. 8) Subjective Impressions and SPL Levels For Home Theater DVD Movies: To provide a real world indication of how loud the STF-2 can play in my mid-size HT room, I measured some sound pressure peaks from a few action-oriented DVDs. I used an SPL meter (set to C-weighted Fast) at the listening position. The sound pressures listed are straight meter reads, with no correction factor applied. This is something the average HT enthusiast can try at home with a Radio Shack SPL meter. For a given DVD, the playback volume was increased until minor distortion and compression artifacts were occasionally noted on the deepest and most challenging scenes. The average enthusiast (without any test gear) can rely on these audible warning signs that the subwoofer should not be pushed any harder. If higher playback levels are desired, the STF-2 can be moved closer to the listening position (be sure to recalibrate). If moving the subwoofer closer is not a viable option, the enthusiast should consider the larger STF-3 or VTF-3. My HT system is calibrated to Dolby Reference Level at master volume 0.0 with the Avia Guide To Home Theater DVD. Master volume settings are listed for reference purposes only. a) Underworld (DD 5.1), Master Volume -15 Most of the bass in Underworld is in the 28-35 Hz region. The STF-2 can play loud and clean in this bandwidth, and felt very dynamic on this DVD. I was particularly impressed with its dynamics at 1:26:24, marking the end of a Sonja flashback scene. Watery Grave (0:30:40-0:30:50): 105 dB Sonja Condemned To Death (1:25:05): 101 dB Sonja Condemned To Death (1:26:13-1:26:24): 105-108 dB Sonja Condemned To Death (1:26:40): 104 dB Endangered New Species (1:46:33): 102-103 dB b) Matrix Revolutions (DD 5.1), Master Volume -7 Revolutions contains significantly deeper bass than Underworld, and the STF-2 occasionally missed infrasonics and lacked deep impact in certain scenes, but otherwise did a convincing job with this demanding DVD. At anything higher than Master Volume –7, the STF-2 started to sound uncomfortable on the APU stomp scene. APU Stomp (0:59:02): 101 dB Rumbling Before Dock Breach (1:02:42): 99-101 dB Driller Hits Ground (1:03:20): 100 dB APU's Firing (1:03:49): 97-98 dB (sustained) Driller OutRigger Stomp (1:05:03): 101 dB Kid Fires APU (1:19:17): 100 dB c) LOTR-ROTK (DD-EX 5.1), Master Volume -9 The STF-2 delivered decent impact on the battering ram and spike ball scenes. It sounded a bit strained on the deep oliphant collision. The STF-2 partially captured the body and weight of Frodo's ultra deep heartbeat, but omitted the infrasonics and started to compress toward the end of this challenging scene. Battering Ram Hits Door (1:46:45): 103 dB Oliphant Stomping (2:04:20-2:04:23): 101 dB Oliphants Collide (2:06:05): 102 dB Witch King Spike Ball Hits Ground (2:10:10): 102 dB Frodo's Beating Heart - Mount Doom (2:40:33-2:40:57): 97-99 dB 9) Subjective Music Evaluation: a) Los Lonely Boys – Or Music, LLC / Sony Music Entertainment, 2003 There is plenty of aggressive electric bass guitar work on this Latino rock CD. The STF-2 sounded rich and resonant, with good distinction of notes and solid extension on low E (about 40 Hz). b) Gladiator soundtrack - Hans Zimmer, Decca Records, 2000 This soundtrack remains one of my favorites for evaluating the musical capabilities of a subwoofer. Virtually the entire soundtrack is filled with deep, rich, and highly textured bass. The STF-2 handled Gladiator very well, playing all the varied bass notes with clarity, texture, and definition. c) Led Zeppelin II - Atlantic Records, 1969 (1994 Digitally Remastered) Moby Dick contains one of the best drum solos ever recorded. The STF-2 displayed excellent attack and impact on the drum strikes, sounding tympanic with just the right amount of decay and no detectable overhang. d) Poem of Chinese Drum – Poems Of Thunder, Yim Hok-Man This was a song from the music CD provided by Hsu Research. This mesmerizing cut contains dozens of deep and powerful drum strikes which the STF-2 handled easily, always sounding realistic and natural, without any boom or slop. The transition from the mains speakers was smooth and the STF-2 filled in the bottom octave nicely. 10) Summary And Conclusion: The STF-2 is a really nice sounding subwoofer. One glance at the commendably flat quasi-anechoic frequency response will tell you that accuracy was Dr. Hsu's first priority when he designed the STF-2. The STF-2 can certainly play loud enough for any reasonable music application. On demanding and deep action-oriented DVDs, I reached its dynamic limits in a mid-size room at moderately loud playback levels (refer to sections 7 & 8 for details). If louder playback levels are desired, the STF-2 can be moved closer to the listening position, or a larger model like the STF-3 can be considered. When operated within its clean limits, the STF-2 will reward the listener with smooth, well-defined bass and good in-room extension to 23 Hz, and represents an excellent value in the $400 subwoofer price class.


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Utah's non-discrimination bill, which would allow for those in our communities to use whatever public facilities they personally identify based on their sexual orientation, is not a good bill. For this segment of society, I empathize with their desire to be who they feel they are inside. However, this bill looks like reverse discrimination to me.
There is no official process by which a person declares their gender identity and therefore could be abused by someone whose desire it is to abuse children or women simply by saying they identify with females and therefore should be allowed to use the bathroom and shower facilities of that gender. This is the same for women who identify with the male gender.16 comments on this story
Elected officials should not pass this amendment. Utah has non-discrimination laws for the workplace and housing for the LGBT community; no other laws are necessary. This goes over the line of public decency and puts our community at risk for abuse. It will increase access to women and children by those who don't have gender identity challenges. It is disingenuous to those members of our community that have a legitimate gender challenge. What happens to them when a person decides to abuse this law?
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The "innovation snapshot" concludes that although nine out of 10 federal employees are seeking ways to better perform their jobs, only about four out of 10 believe innovation and creativity are rewarded.
According to the sponsor of the study, the Partnership for Public Service, the results suggest that "federal workers are motivated to drive change through creativity, but need stronger support from their organizations and leaders to do so."
PPS created "innovation scores" based on the percentage of federal employees who responded positively to what the group identified as three innovation-related questions contained in the 2010 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey conducted by the Office of Personnel Management.
Respondents had been asked to respond to the statements "I am constantly looking for ways to do my job better," "I feel encouraged to come up with new and better ways of doing things," and "Creativity and innovation are rewarded."
The group's analysis of the responses showed that although 91 percent of employees are looking for ways to perform their jobs better, only 39 percent believe innovation and creativity are rewarded.
When broken down by agency, the top five large organizations for innovation were NASA, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the General Services Administration, the State Department, and the Army.
PPS noted that NASA and the NRC also were among the five highest-ranking agencies on the Partnership's annual Best Places to Work in the Federal Government list.
Among the agencies ranking near the bottom of the innovation list were the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; the Housing and Urban Development, Homeland Security, and Transportation departments; and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Government should reward people who come up with ways to increase productivity and save money. The private sector does it. Many good ideas aren't being brought forth simply out of fear that some stupid boss will retaliate against them. The old "don't rock the boat syndrome" is being played out way too much. I think if a person's idea saves the government money that person should be paid a small percentage of the savings as a cash award...like 10% sounds reasonable. Boeing gave out such awards to my dad years ago.
I work for a government agency that always gets the blame for spending too much money for items that the public buys everyday. Most people do not know that Congress is the reason we buy $500.00 hammers and its not going to stop, we are always told to get the best price we can; but there are so many regulations put on us that we cant, we have to follow regulations. I dont think we should buy from countries that we know produce inferior items and we should ban them. But we dont.. congress wont let us; but let this get out and its the emplyees of the agency that are to blame, Congress would never take the blame.
Innovative? We are using the same computer program that was with us in the 1960s, I believe. The data is said to be so cumbersome (humongous) that it would be very difficult to replace. It is used by both federal and state components of the program. Instead of computers helping us do our job, they have become tyrants who force us to work harder than we would if we could just use some of the newer, more efficient programs.
My work center is at the very Center of innovation within US DOT. Yet, we are often bound because we are industrially funded, and our recommendations for cost effective transport and logistics are ultimately accepted or rejected by the agencies who we serve (we're industrially funded). Simple recommendations which could easily save $25B per year, every year, will never see the light of day, because of the politics involved. Meantime, we have a House that is openly hostile to Government workers, an administration who appears always ready to bargain with our benefits to secure another term. After 32 years of service, I do wonder if the nation actually wants to remain united and find better ways. It often seems the partisanship and the political positioning is what is desired, not good government. Not only do I feel innovation is not really desired or rewarded, I fear for the Union I have dedicated my life to.
Most of the management in the government is regurgitated. Brought to the forefront by the buddy system. This has created an environment riddled with the same thought processes. If you are to be truly innovate, you must encompass thought that is diverse (and I don't mean just cultural diversity). We have become stagnant. Add onto that a culture that has been encouraged to be lazy and the perfect storm has been created. I've done 12 years private, and 8 yrs public and must say that I've given the government a chance, but it is so broken I don't believe I can give any more.
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