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Former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Eric Crouch is considering coming to Canada to resume his football career.
Crouch, who won the Heisman Trophy in 2001 after starring for the University of Nebraska, said he will decide this week whether to give his agents the go-ahead to begin contract negotiations with the Argos, who own his Canadian Football League rights.
A third-round pick of the NFL's St. Louis Rams in 2001, Crouch retired abruptly later that year after the Rams tried to convert him to a receiver. He since has had two tryouts with the Green Bay Packers, most recently this past May.
While NFL critics have concerns about his arm strength and height, others believe his mobility is tailor-made for the CFL.
Crouch, 25, and his wife were in town this past week and he watched the Argos' 38-31 win over Hamilton and met the team's football operations staff.
"I was there to absorb the atmosphere and see if it's something I would like to pursue," Crouch said by phone yesterday from Omaha, Neb. "From what I saw I was pretty impressed."
Crouch didn't work out for the Argos and the team has no imminent plans to sign him, but there appears to be mutual interest in doing something for next year.
Crouch has concerns about a playground equipment business he began earlier this year and how that would be handled if he leaves it for six months to play football.
"Those are things in the last three or four days I've been thinking hard about," he said. "But I'm talking about it with my wife and my supporting people -- family, mentors -- to see if this is something that will work.
"I'm excited about it. It's not like I've been out of football forever. I've been in three different (NFL) mini-camps and two training camps the last three years. I've had spurts of it, I've just never been able to find a fit for me. I'm hoping this might be it. I feel good about it.
"I'm 25 years old. I'm going to turn 26 in about three weeks. To me, it's like now or never. You either make it happen or it never will. It's something I just don't think I want to look back on it and say 'What if, what if?'"


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Remember our favorite scumbag local politician Hiram Monserrate of Queens, the City Councilman who was against the redevelopment of Willets Point and the guy who was strong arming money and favor from the Mets in order to get his YEA vote on the building of $iti Field ? Well it seems ol' Hiram is in the news again this time not for bullying around the Mets but for ALLEDGEDLY kicking the living shit out of girlfriend:
{City Councilman Hiram Monserrate, a Queens Democrat who was elected to the State Senate last month, was arrested and charged with assault early Friday morning in connection with an injury to his girlfriend, law enforcement officials said.
Paul J. Browne, the Police Department's top spokesman, said that Mr. Monserrate had been arrested and charged with assault in the first degree.
Officials said that Mr. Monserrate, 41, had taken his girlfriend, Karla Giraldo, 30, toLong Island Jewish Medical Center with what appeared to be a serious injury in or around her left eye.
Ms. Giraldo told hospital staff members that it was Mr. Monserrate who had assaulted her, officials said. It appeared that she had been punched and slashed in or around her left eye with a shard of glass, and officials said it took 20 to 40 stitches to close the wound. A doctor at the hospital, which straddles the border between Queens and Nassau County, called the police at 4:50 a.m.
New York City police detectives arrived at the hospital, arrested Mr. Monserrate and took him to a Queens precinct house for questioning. The episode occurred in Mr. Monserrate's apartment, at 37-20 83rd Street in Jackson Heights, officials said.}
This is so nasty and vile that I can't even crack wise about it. But the saddest part of this story is the girlfriend did not wish to press charges against this ALLEDGED animal.

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May 2, 2014
Source: U.S. Wheat Associates news release
Seventy-five representatives from across the world's grain chain experienced firsthand the dry, cold, windy conditions that have deteriorated the Kansas hard red winter (HRW) wheat crop this year on the HRW Wheat Quality Tour.
After three days and 587 stops across the entire span of the state, scouts projected an average Kansas wheat yield at 33.2 bushels per acre, the poorest in 13 years.
Kansas farmers plant more HRW acres than any other state, representing about 32 percent of total U.S. HRW seeded area on average. Tour participants projected total 2014 Kansas wheat production at 260.6 million bushels, the lowest estimate since 2011. If realized, this would be the lowest production since 1996 when Kansas farmers harvested a total 255.2 million bushels.
Overall, tour reports indicated the wheat crop across the state is behind normal crop progress, short and in need of moisture soon.
Just 21 percent of the wheat crop was rated good to excellent as of April 28, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Overall, NASS reported that 56 percent of the Kanas wheat crop was jointed as of April 28, compared to the five-year average of 74 percent. Just 4 percent is headed, slightly behind the five-year average of 9 percent.
Representatives from Colorado, Nebraska and Oklahoma also joined the tour to share perspective and estimates from their respective states.
Darrell Hanavan, executive director of the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee, projected an average Colorado wheat yield of 32.0 bushels per acre on Tuesday, significantly more than the 2013/14 Colorado crop. For Nebraska, Royce Schaneman, executive director of the Nebraska Wheat Board, also reported on Tuesday improved wheat yields of 45.0 bushels per acre, above the state's 10-year average of 41.4 bushels per acre.
Mark Hodges, executive director of Plains Grains, Inc., shared Oklahoma's estimates with the group on Wednesday. He predicted average production of 18.52 bushels per acre and total production at 66.5 million bushels, well below last year's 115 million bushels.
USDA will update overall U.S. wheat production numbers on May 9 in the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report.


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Wait, you mean not everyone has out-of-body experiences at their own will?
It was apparently a surprise for a University of Ottawa graduate student studying psychology that it was unusual for her to be able to will herself out of her body, as she claims she can do.
According to a case study published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, the woman not only described what this was like but researchers studied her brain while she had an "extra-corporeal experience."
The 24-year-old was an undergraduate when she learned that having an out-of-body experience was not necessarily the norm.
"She appeared surprised that not everyone could experience this," the study authors wrote.
She first remembers willing herself out of her body when she was in preschool, using it as a "distraction during the time kids were asked to nap." As she grew up, she assumed "everyone could do it."
When in such a state she said she could see herself in the air above her body. She could watch herself move but was aware that her "real" body was not moving.
"I feel myself moving, or, more accurately, can make myself feel as if I am moving. I know perfectly well that I am not actually moving," she told the researchers. "There is no duality of body and mind when this happens, not really. In fact, I am hyper-sensitive to my body at that point, because I am concentrating so hard on the sensation of moving. I am the one moving – me – my body. For example, if I 'spin' for long enough, I get dizzy. I do not see myself above my body. Rather, my whole body has moved up. I feel it as being above where I know it actually is. I usually also picture myself as moving up in my mind's eye, but the mind is not substantive. It does not move unless the body does."
In the case study, researchers conducted tests that included MRI analysis and questionnaires. What they found was that the brain during such "extra-corporeal experiences" exhibited activation in areas that are consistent with other studies about out-of-body experiences, which neurologists had associated with hallucinations.
Here are a couple bullets of some of the specific observations made of her brain:
The results suggest that the ECE reported here represents an unusual type of kinesthetic imagery that shares some features of previously described out-of-body experiences and some features of more typical motor imagery.
The cerebellum also shows strong activation that is consistent with the participant's report of the impression of movement during the ECE. There are also left middle and superior orbital frontal gyri activations, structures often associated with action monitoring.
The researchers called the woman's experience "a novel one," as she was healthy, young and didn't have any brain abnormalities.
They acknowledged that there are limitations to the study in that it only relies on one woman's account. However, they wrote that due to her level of detail and unusual descriptions, "we are inclined to take her report at face value."
Overall, the authors believe this woman's experience could mean that others have such an ability to will themselves out of their bodies as well, but, perhaps like this woman, they don't report it because they think it is normal and widely experienced. The researchers also wondered whether if it is an ability held by infants and children that is lost and forgotten without practice.
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U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen has been dropped from CNN's list of the 100 most competitive House races in the country. In the wake of polling that shows Republicans with a 10-point edge in generic balloting — the largest such advantage ever recorded — four additional Republican incumbents have been removed from the rundown of contests that warrant watching.
Paulsen is a freshman in a swing district that President Obama carried by six percentage points in 2008. But he won the open seat two years ago by a surprisingly comfortable eight-point margin and has a massive financial advantage over DFL challenger Jim Meffert. Paulsen ended the second quarter with $1.4 million cash on hand compared to barely $30,000 for Meffert.


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Princess Charlene of Monaco isn't the only one who has welcomed two babies this week. Zoe Saldana and her husband Marco Perego have welcomed twins!
The 36-year-old Aviator actress gave birth in a Los Angeles hospital on Monday, however the sex of her babies is yet to be confirmed.
According to the Daily Mirror a source has said, "Zoe and Marco are delighted, Zoe has been ready to drop for some time and they are both ecstatic to be meeting the twins.
"This a dream come true for both of them, they are absolutely delighted," the source added. "They have been looking forward this day for the last nine months. Both want a big family so this is the start."
Zoe announced her pregnancy back in July (although Britney Spears did totally give it away beforehand) and has made several red carpet appearances since, showing off her beautiful bigger-by-the-day baby bump.
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Most recently she attended the premiere of The Book of Life in mid-October with her husband at LA's Nokia Theatre.
As for Brit giving the game away? In a US TV interview she was asked about collaborating with Zoe again on the big screen and she said, "Who knows? That's a very good idea. But she's pregnant with twins right now. So I'm sure she's got a huge future ahead of her."


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With the upcoming update of Android 7.1 Nougat scheduled for December, Cinkciarz.pl will release a coordinating update of its online currency exchange app. The application will implement App Shortcuts, which are supported by Google's new operating system.
The most important update of the Cinkciarz.pl Android app is the support of an App Shortcuts function. App Shortcuts will enable you to define shortcuts to perform specific actions in the app. When you hold the application icon, shortcuts will appear, allowing you to choose among a currency calculator, news and analyst's commentaries.
Each element of the menu can be defined as a stand-alone shortcut. This enables the user to freely define which functions he wants to access intuitively. Creators of the app also focused on the design of the application and introduced the round launcher icon, which is consistent with Nougat system guidelines.
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Connecting and Collaborating to Improve the Customer Experience
Given the rapid expansion of social and mobile technologies, organizations have increasing opportunities to connect with customers. The IT organization will play a key role not only in capturing and analyzing customer data and increasing the number and value of online customer interactions, but also in terms of creating the means for internal departments to collaborate and better serve the needs of customers.
Some organizations mistakenly believe that customers want an online relationship with their company and bombard customers with surveys, questionnaires, and offers, whereas the reality is that what most customers really want is information and discounts. Organizations that examine and continuously improve their customers' experience in their ease-of-search, ease-of-purchase, and ease-of-tracking delivery progress will likely gain advantage. Measuring what matters to customers in terms of factors such as perfect-order delivery performance and first-time-right responses to customer inquiries and complaints helps round out the picture of the customer experience.
The importance of viewing the business from the "outside-in" or the customer's point of view is hardly new. I emphasized this concept over a decade ago in my book Business Process Management is a Team Sport: Play It to Win! Nevertheless, the majority of organizations persist in emphasizing a set of traditional financial performance measures over the timeliness and quality-based metrics that really matter to customers. This is particularly puzzling given the advances in analytics and Big Data — with techniques and technology that simply were not available a decade ago.
Gathering and analyzing customer data is just one challenge. Getting the various departments in an organization to work together to deliver an exceptional customer experience may be even more daunting. That's where business process management suites (BPMSs) can play an important role. A robust BPMS includes not only a process modeling capability, but also a process engine and a rules engine. A BPMS also features analytics and content management, including document handling and version control, as well as collaboration through portals and forums. Portals are particularly useful in enabling personalized interfaces across departmental boundaries for managing tasks, contents, forms, documents, notifications, and reminders involved in a process.
In order to deliver on promises made to customers, cross-functional collaboration needs to be part of how the departments involved in executing the full set of marketing, sales, and support processes behave. How can we improve our performance in delivering orders on or before the promise date? How can we improve our performance in launching new products/services on our promise date? How can we improve our performance in responding to customer inquiries/complaints — first time right? These are just some of the questions that a BPMS can help an organization answer.
Connecting with customers and collaborating in delivering value requires close collaboration between CFOs and CIOs. CFOs typically provide standards and guidelines on what data is needed — and CIOs are frequently accountable for capturing needed data — especially as sophisticated analytical techniques evolve.
Avoiding certain misconceptions is equally important in deploying the organization's resources to connect and collaborate with customers. Two of the more common misconceptions that can stand in the way of success are:
Delivering an exceptional customer experience is expensive. In fact, it's quite the opposite. When an organization acts to streamline customer-touching processes and make good on its promises to customers, the cost of operations is reduced.
Process slows us down — and dampens innovation. In fact, an understanding of customer-touching processes and taking action to deploy technology in fueling collaboration across departmental boundaries is an important driver of innovation — especially in organizations dominated by knowledge workers.
Connecting with customers is a good start. Collaborating to create customer value is even better. I am reminded of a key principle that Ted Levitt is said to have taught at Harvard Business School about what customers really want: "People don't buy a quarter-inch drill bit; they buy a quarter-inch hole. You've got to study the hole, not the drill. The drill is just the solution for it."
Andrew SpanyiAndrew Spanyi is a Senior Consultant with Cutter's Business & Enterprise Architecture practice. He focuses on helping leaders transform outdated, traditional mental models and behaviors to those based on enterprise business process principles.
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Algerian international Hassan Yebda is fit for their first match in Brazil World Cup against Belgium on June 17.
Yebda picked an injury in his team training last Tuesday.
"I am now fit to play the game. It was not a serious injury but the technical staff asked me to take a rest away from training but I did the train with the entire team Thursday " Yebda said.
The Udinese player picked up a muscle injury in the Algeria training camp in Swiss making his participation in the tournament in doubt.
" All the players ready and keen to play. The atmosphere here is good and the preparation camp in Swiss went well too".
"Our match against Belgium very important but all games matter. We should do our best and let us wait to see" Yebda added.
Algeria are in the same group with Belgium, Russia and South Korea.
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Implications of the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment
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The standard three-neutrino model has three mixing angles, three masses, and a CP-violating phase. Two mixing angles and two mass-squared differences have been well-measured by experiments that detect solar, atmospheric, reactor and accelerator neutrinos. A nonzero value of the third mixing angle is essential for detecting leptonic CP violation and determining the ordering of the neutrino masses. Until recently there was only an upper bound on the third mixing angle, but short-baseline reactor experiments, including the one at Daya Bay, have now established that it is nonzero at better than 7-sigma. The theoretical implications of these measurements will be discussed.


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David Einhorn has a stomach for risk.
The hedge fund manager openly bet months ahead of Lehman Brothers' infamous collapse that the investment bank's value would decline. He has publicly clashed with Microsoft Corp.'s leadership. He is an avid poker player who once made more than a half-million dollars in a tournament.
And now he wants to sink $200 million into the New York Mets.
"Having an opportunity to become part of the Mets franchise is exciting beyond my wildest childhood dreams," he said Thursday.
Einhorn rooted for the Mets during his early boyhood years in Demarest, N.J. He even dressed up as Dave Kingman in a homemade Mets uniform for Halloween in 1975.
"I've been a baseball fan my entire life," he said.
In fact, Einhorn and his original partner, Jeffrey Keswin, ended his hedge fund's first quarterly report to investors by quoting baseball superstar Ken Griffey Jr.: "I don't consider myself a home-run hitter. But when I'm seeing the ball and hitting it hard, it will go out of the park."
Einhorn, 42, the son of a mergers and acquisition banker, started the hedge fund Greenlight Capital in 1996. It is now worth $7.8 billion.
In 2008, Einhorn took the unusual move of publicly talking about his financial bets that Lehman Brothers stock would plummet. He did something similar in 2002 with another financial firm, Allied Capital. He wrote about that move in the book "Fool Some of the People All of the Time: A Long Short Story."
In 2007, he resigned from the board of New Century Financial Corp., a subprime mortgage lender that faced a criminal probe, which was settled later. Greenlight had held a 6.3-percent stake in the company.
This week he stepped into controversy, calling for Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer's ouster at the Ira W. Sohn Investment Research Conference, a high-priced charity event that draws financial leaders.
"It's time for Microsoft's board to tell Steve Ballmer, 'All right, we see what you can do, let's give so-and-so a chance,' " Einhorn said, according to published reports. "His continued presence is the biggest overhang on Microsoft's stock."
Einhorn's bets haven't been limited to the stock market.
In 2006, he entered a World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas on a whim. He won $659,730 and finished 18th. He donated his winnings to the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
When told that Einhorn is a card player, like a handful of the Mets, pitcher Mike Pelfrey joked that he would reserve a spot for him in their games. "He can come to the back of the plane," Pelfrey said. "Tell him to bring his wallet."
Einhorn also once paid $250,000 in a charity auction to have lunch with Warren Buffett.
Asked how he came to put his hat in the ring to buy a stake in the Mets, he said he saw a story in a newspaper in January that the Wilpons were looking to sell a stake in the team. "So I called over to their investment bankers and got involved with the process," he said Thursday.
Though Einhorn was a young Mets fan, his family's move to Milwaukee when he was 7 led him to also embrace the Brewers. Current baseball commissioner Allan Huber "Bud" Selig lived next door to Einhorn's best friend. "We played a lot of softball in the yard and if we hit it really far, it went into the Seligs' yard and that would be a home run," Einhorn said.
Einhorn returned to the East Coast to attend Cornell University and then worked in the New York financial world at Siegler, Collery & Co. and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. He now lives in Rye, with his wife, Cheryl, also a Cornell graduate, and their two daughters and a son. He coaches his daughter's softball team.
Einhorn's fortune and philanthropy have earned him fans. David Saltzman, executive director of the nonprofit Robin Hood Foundation, said Einhorn has been extremely generous with his time as a board member and with donations.
Einhorn is "a remarkable human being, with a soaring intellect and one of the biggest hearts I've ever met," Saltzman said Thursday.
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By Sandra McCulloch
VICTORIA — Five B.C. teenagers are fortunate to have survived two nights in the woods after the pickup truck they were riding in ran out of gas on Vancouver Island.
A snowstorm complicated their rescue early Wednesday, which had to be completed by volunteers from the Sno-Blazers snowmobile club, based in Nanaimo, B.C.
Two 17-year-old girls, one 18-year-old man and two 19-year-old men went for a drive Monday night on a logging road.
The vehicle ran out of gas and the teens had no emergency equipment such as candles, blankets, appropriate clothing, food or water.
There was no cellphone coverage so they could not call for help, said Cpl. Warren Potter of Lake Cowichan RCMP.
On Tuesday, one of the men walked to his home in Caycuse, B.C., a distance of about 20 kilometres, and telephoned his father for help.
But a snowstorm had moved in, and the father and son were unable to reach the others.
About 11 p.m. Tuesday, a search commenced involving members from the Cowichan Search and Rescue and three members of the Sno-Blazers snowmobile club.
It took about 90 minutes for the snowmobilers to reach the stranded truck, said Rob Hanna, president of the Sno-Blazers club.
"It was fairly tough going," said Hanna.
En route to the stranded group at 4 a.m. Wednesday, the searchers found the two girls, who had walked several kilometres in an attempt to get out and had collapsed in the snow, said Hanna. One was wearing sandals with no socks, said Mario Gauvin of Cowichan Search and Rescue.
They were rescued and treated for hypothermia and foot injuries.
The snowmobilers went back and got the two remaining men, getting them out to the Caycuse fire department by 6 a.m., when they were taken to hospital for routine examinations.
The teens were fortunate to survive the event relatively unscathed, said Potter.
"This case should stand as an example of what not to do," he said in a statement. "Always let someone at home know where you are heading and when you will return. If you plan to venture into remote areas, ensure you are prepared to spend more time than you expect."
He urged anyone going into remote areas to take along emergency equipment, including extra fuel.
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Our midwife Melissa says:
It is normal for women to remain pregnant for 37-42 weeks, and a baby born between 37 and 42 weeks is considered "term", but we give women an estimated due date which is at the 40-week mark. That is not to say that this is the date that the baby will be born, and only about 2% babies arrive on their estimated due date. The majority of babies, however, arrive at a time around their due date, being 37-42 weeks. Therefore, we don't consider a baby to be early unless he is born before 37 weeks, or late unless he is born after 42 weeks.
Some midwives and obstetricians will perform some monitoring of babies who are at or beyond 41 weeks of pregnancy, to ensure that all is well. There are two forms of monitoring that can be used, one being a CTG and the other being an ultrasound.
A CTG is a fetal monitor, and it can be used on women during pregnancy or labour. It involves two belts being placed around the woman's belly. One measures and records the baby's heartbeat, while the other records when contractions are occurring. This allows the heart beat to be recorded against the contractions, so that we can see how the baby is responding to contractions. This form of monitoring can tell us if the baby is healthy.
An ultrasound looks at the AFI, growth of the baby and flow of blood through the placenta. The AFI is the amniotic fluid index, or basically the amount of fluid around the baby. Amniotic fluid is formed by the baby's urine after 12 weeks of pregnancy. We know that in a baby who is not getting enough blood through the placenta, the doppler flows will be affected and the baby will tend to put out less urine, and hence the AFI can fall. The other thing that can happen if the blood flow through the placenta is not optimal, is that the baby's growth can slow down. The baby may still be growing, just not at the rate at which s/he was previously growing.
Normal growth percentiles are between 5% and 95%, so if your daughter's baby is on the 40th percentile, that sounds perfectly normal, however your daughter should have discussions with the midwives and doctors who are looking after her, as they will be best –placed to provide advice.
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For most students, it's the first place that's out from under mom, dad or caretaker's roof. It's a space of ownership and growth, and it's imperative that said space reflects personal tastes, fosters a creative and homey environment and shows off just a bit of style.
Since the room you've got to work with is small, the little things matter most.
For example, one of the best ways to create a fond memory or delightful environment is by smell. A whiff of a pumpkin pie — or at least a candle that smells like one — is a surefire way to transport oneself to thoughts of Thanksgiving with family. Similarly, the scent of clean laundry is excellent for a clear mind and a lot of studying.
While most candles are discouraged (and even against regulations in some dorms), home sprays make a fine substitute. Blue Seven (7518 N. May; 604-5199) carries a line of deliciously intoxicating fragrances called Voluspa. You'll probably notice the gorgeous candles alongside, but just remember those have to be saved for bigger spaces with different fire codes. Hey, it's for your own safety!
Once you've got the place smelling nice, start adding charming touches. For example, the walls will likely be painted eggshell. And while that might seem appealing — and you might've even said, "Great! That will go with everything!" — inevitably, it will get boring.
It will be less dull, however, if you hang some artwork. At Twisted Root Gallery (1705 N.W. 16th; 557-1141), you'll find a bit of everything to spruce up those walls. Who knows? It might even inspire you to major in the arts.
Last, and especially if an out-of-town school is on the docket, you need to ensure that your roots are represented. Do that by filling the
teeny-tiny "closet" you'll have with Oklahoma-inspired T-shirts and
carrying your books in a bag that reads, "There's Thunder in Our
Get your hands on those at Collected Thread (1705 N.W. 16th; 557-1141). You might even get some inspirations for DIY projects while there, because the shop decor is quirky and perfect for making spaces feel welcoming.
If dorm days are in your past and you're feeling a little nostalgic for college, shop Gil's Clothing (7644 N. Western; 848-0334) for a T-shirt that says "I Miss Stillwater" or "I Miss Norman."
Whether you're decorating the dorm or reminiscing about the time you spent in the student union, metro shops provide a variety of items to help beautify any kind of space. Let's shop, OKC!


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October 5, 2016
International midfielder: Why I don't regret leaving Man United over the summer
McNair's outings for United's senior team all came under Louis van Gaal and mainly in a defensive role.
That is not where either McNair or his current boss David Moyes see his future, though, with the Scot claiming his youngster was 'very much an attacking midfielder' following a recent brace in the EFL Cup against QPR.
"I'm not a defender; I've never been a defender," McNair said.
"I filled in there a few times. Van Gaal played me there and I was happy to play there for him (but) in the back of mind I always thought, 'No, this isn't my position, I know I'm a midfielder'.
"I don't play in defence any more, I've not played in defence in ages. I read people still calling me a defender; but I play in midfield for club and country."


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Accor becomes AccorHotels
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Accor, the world's leading hotel operator, becomes AccorHotels. With its new name, AccorHotels intends to place the brand at the center of its ecosystem of hotel brands. It also aims at increasing the clout and visibility of AccorHotels, which is both an institutional and a commercial brand, by connecting it to its digital platform AccorHotels.com.
The Group also has a new simple, striking and universal signature that emphasizes on its desire to federate: Feel Welcome.
Feel Welcome encapsulates the generosity and the very essence of hospitality. It is a promise addressed to all our audiences: customers, employees and partners, so that they feel expected, unique and privileged.
Sébastien Bazin, AccorHotels Chairman and CEO, declared "Today, our Group changes and loudly and clearly proclaims its desire to go further, faster. Accor becomes AccorHotels and proudly re-assumes its role as a pioneer hotelier that never stops innovating and surprising, at the cutting edge of digital technology, but while remaining a hotelier, first and foremost. The Feel Welcome promise is a strong commitment to all our audiences and enriches the bond between the Group and its brands."


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A Long Island teen has pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving while intoxicated after a late-night crash that killed his two passengers.
Ryan Foote, 17, of Mastic, was ordered held on $100,000 cash bail at his arraignment Sunday.
Assistant District Attorney Patricia Brosco told the judge that Foote admitted to drinking several beers before getting behind the wheel on Saturday, according to Newsday.
Brosco said the charges could be upgraded.
Defense attorney Michael Malone said it wasn't clear if Foote would make bail. He declined further comment.
Authorities say Foote's car ran off the road and hit a fence and some trees in Mastic. His passengers were ejected from the vehicle.
Killed were James McClease, 18, of Mastic and Rashawn Minter, 17, of Mastic Beach.
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Township takes a resident to court over scrapyard
Castle Rock Township is going to court with one of its residents over an unlicensed scrapyard that sprung up last year and has drawn numerous complaints from neighbors.
The township started getting complaints in July of last year about the property on Biscayne Avenue. According to court documents the property is owned by J. Empey Development, which is owned by three brothers. Cole Empey is the only individual mentioned by name in the complaint summons filed in Dakota County Court.
According to Terri Pearson, who lives nearby, the problems on the property started when someone started hauling scrap metal around the property late last spring.
"We just kind of thought he was cleaning up the property, because it's an old farmstead," Pearson said.
But as the weeks went on, the junk kept coming. And the operation kept getting louder. Gary Johnson, another neighbor who lives about four houses away, said there were people working on the property from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. There was banging and grinding and the sound of large pieces of metal slamming together.
At one point, neighbors heard blasts loud enough some started driving around to see if someone's house had exploded.
"We had neighbors who didn't even want to sit out in their hot tub and enjoy a nice night because of the noise," Johnson said.
Neighbors complained to the town board, and the board sent a letter to Empey in August informing him of the complaints. A second letter in August demanded that Empey stop any scrap metal activity on the property. But operations on the property continued, and neighbors said the amount of junk on the property kept showing growing.
As the work continued, neighbors got more and more frustrated.
"Residents feel the township board really was not responsive to complaints," Johnson said. "They have what they call a process. I will say their process is very inefficient and doesn't work. They are not truly enforcing the township ordinance."
In September, Empey filed a public hearing application form with the township in which he requested an interim use permit to create and maintain a farm equipment recycling/junk yard. But according to court documents the request was incomplete and in places illegible. The Castle Rock Town Board did not act on the request because it was not complete.
Neighbors eventually complained to Dakota County, and county inspectors came out twice to look at the property. The first time they found scrap metal, but not enough that the operation would have required permitting from the county. The second time, investigators found more scrap metal. According to an e-mail from Jeff Harthun, the county's environmental management director, investigators found hazardous waste on the property including used oil, appliances, lead acid batteries, gas cylinders and solvents.
Harthun said the county did not pursue the complaints against the operation because it was not supposed to be there in the first place.
"It's really in the hands of the township and their attorney right now," Harthun said. "We're just sort of waiting to see how it gets resolved."
For the time being, at least, it appears that resolution will come through the court system. The township filed criminal charges against Empey because a code enforcement violation is a misdemeanor, township attorney Robert Bauer said.
There was a pre-trial hearing in the case against Empey on Feb. 2. The matter is scheduled to go to trial April 4.
County board chair Russell Zellmer declined to comment on the matter because of the lawsuit. Empey did not return a call seeking comment.


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If you've ever administered a Windows NT network for more than a few minutes, you've probably encountered problems with Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS). When Microsoft began touting the benefits of Windows NT 5.0, now known and shipped as Windows 2000, it promised that you wouldn't need WINS anymore. As Windows 2000 becomes adopted by more and more organizations, network administrators are beginning to find out that they still need WINS.
Although the basics of WINS are the same, the interface is a little different. In this Daily Feature, I'll show you how to implement WINS on Windows 2000.
Why do I still need WINS?
The main reason you still need WINS on your Windows 2000 network has nothing to do with problems inherent in Windows 2000 Server. Instead, you need to install a WINS server if you haven't fully migrated your network to Windows 2000 Server on the server side and Windows 2000 Professional on the client side. If you still run Windows 9x, Windows NT, Windows 3.x, DOS, OS/2, or any other NetBIOS network clients on your network, you'll still need WINS.
WINS allows your network to resolve NetBIOS names on the network. It helps clients find network resources by translating a computer's NetBIOS name to a TCP/IP address, in much the same way DNS does. Windows 2000 doesn't need WINS because it relies on its DNS to resolve all TCP/IP information.
New WINS functions in Windows 2000
Microsoft did more than just slap the old WINS server from Windows NT onto Windows 2000. Improvements to WINS in Windows 2000 include the following:
- Persistent connections: Windows 2000's WINS server can maintain persistent connections with one or more replication partners.
- Manual tombstoning: Windows 2000 allows you to mark a record for deletion. Microsoft calls this tombstoning—a term that originated with Exchange.
- WINS Management Console: This is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC)-based administration utility that makes administering WINS much easier than before.
- Enhanced filtering and record searching: You can now filter records and search for only those records that fit specified criteria.
- Multiple selection and dynamic record deletion: The new WINS administration utility allows you to delete both static and dynamic entries. Additionally, you can select and delete multiple entries at once. You also now can delete records that contain nonalphanumeric characters.
- Record verification: Windows 2000 now can double-check the records returned by NetBIOS queries to different WINS servers against its own records.
- Export function: Windows 2000 allows you to export WINS data to a comma-delimited text file. You can then import that file into other programs, such as Microsoft Access.
- WINS Users group: The WINS Setup program automatically creates a group in Active Directory called the WINS Users group. You can grant members of this group read-only access to WINS-related information in the WINS MMC.
Implementing WINS on Windows 2000
The biggest difference you will notice in WINS on Windows 2000 is that it doesn't require a reboot after installation. To install WINS, go into Control Panel and double-click Add/Remove Programs. Next, click on the Add/Remove Windows Components button.
When the Windows Components Wizard screen appears, scroll down until you see Network Services shown under the Components list. Highlight Networking Services and then click on the Details button. Scroll down the list of Subcomponents Of Networking Services until you see Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS).
Select the check box beside that option and click OK to return to the previous screen. You will be prompted for the location of the I386 directory on a floppy. (That's right; apparently someone was asleep at the switch when this screen was designed since I have never heard a CD-ROM referred to as a floppy.)
If you haven't already done so, I recommend placing a copy of the I386 directory from your Windows 2000 CD somewhere on one of the server's drives so you always have it handy and don't have to hunt down the CD when you need to add a service. Enter the directory where you copied the Windows 2000 files or the drive of your CD-ROM and click OK.
Click Next when you return to the Add/Remove Programs screen, and the actual install process for WINS will commence. When it is finished, click Next and then Close to close out of the Add/Remove Programs application.
As you can see, setting up WINS isn't a whole lot different from what you have done in the NT 4 world. For those new to Windows 2000, setting up WINS is the one thing that could help get systems to see each other when nothing else seems to work.
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Traffic humps could be used to slow vehicles in Wildomar neighborhoods if enough residents supported the devices, according to a policy recently approved by the City Council.
A majority of council members have endorsed a proposed Neighborhood Traffic Management Policy that includes a series of measures to combat traffic problems in residential areas and steps for putting the measures into effect.
Specific tools that could be used are speed display trailers that show drivers how fast they are going and warn them that they are over the speed limit; beefed-up police enforcement; pavement striping and speed-limit signs; and the speed humps.
Speed humps are sections of pavement raised a few inches above the surface, forcing a driver to slow the vehicle. The policy refers to it as the least preferred method and requires the most rigorous process to be put into effect.
"Speed humps aren't the silver bullet to solving all problems, but they can be effective in certain situations," Wildomar Public Works Director Tim D'Zmura told the council during a discussion of the issue earlier this month.
Councilwoman Marsha Swanson was the only one on the five-member panel to vote against the policy.
"I'm totally against any kind of bumps, humps or whatever you want to call them," she said.
The other council members agreed, however, that there were enough safeguards in the policy to avoid the use of humps when they might pose a safety hazard or most neighbors didn't want them.
"At least this (policy) gives us a chance to hear it," Mayor Tim Walker said.
Creation of the policy stems from complaints from residents concerned about speeding and heavy traffic in their neighborhoods, with Canyon Ranch Road being a particularly troublesome spot.
Residents who live along the street that runs between Bundy Canyon Road and Gafford Road circulated a petition signed by 40 residents that demanded the city install stop signs at Canyon Ranch's intersections with Leaf Stock Trail and Tent Rock Trail.
City officials warned that without strict enforcement, the signs might not accomplish much, but offered to look into the idea of using speed humps, which is what some of the residents initially had requested.
"We've been trying to get something done about this problem in excess of 2 ½ years," Canyon Ranch Road resident Ron Borgeson told the council. "So, I'm really happy that this finally has come to fruition."
D'Zmura said that according to studies, raised areas that reach 3 to 3 ½ inches and stretch about 12 feet across the street lane slow vehicles to average crossing speeds of 15 mph to 20 mph.
However, they also could create rough rides for disabled drivers, slow emergency vehicles and buses, and increase noise for residents who live near them.
According to the city's new policy, the use of humps would be limited to two-lane residential streets with a speed limit of 30 mph or less; a minimum of 750 feet between traffic controls; and volumes of 500 to 4,000 vehicles per day. A traffic study would have to show drivers are traveling an average of 5 mph or more over the speed limit.
A minimum of 10 households from a street would have to support the installation and the fire department would have to sign off on it.
Wildomar Fire Chief Steve Beach said that because of the provisions built into the policy, he supported it. He said the kind of bumps the city would allow would not be as bothersome as those found at some locales.
"Everybody has been to those Albertsons shopping centers where driving over a traffic hump nearly blows your windshield out," he said.


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Available ebook formats: epub mobi pdf rtf lrf pdb txt html
I've been writing/storytelling as long as I can remember, they tell me I spin a fun yarn. If I can make you smile, think or laugh out loud, then, my day is complete. Enjoy my stories, ebook trailers. Come, play with me!
Review by:
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Fantastic read! Need to make this into a series!!
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More than 70 suppliers of inks for wide-format.
Like oil is to industry, inks could be said to be the "liquid gold" of the printing market. Yes, it's sometimes all too easy to neglect the costs of inks when compared to the costs of rigid substrates, direct labor, and so on, but pull out your records and see what you spent on ink last year – it adds up.
In fact, when you consider the amount of ink that's used per job coupled with the consumable's rising costs, it's a wonder that ink suppliers haven't begun delivering this valuable commodity to print shops via armored car these days. And since very few business costs once elevated to a certain plateau ever significantly drop, it's safe to say that print providers should be closely analyzing their ink usage and their supplier roster on a regular basis.
Of course, price isn't the only factor when choosing an ink. There are several variables to consider when selecting inks including qualitative issues like color gamut, jetability, elasticity, adhesion, abrasion-resistance, lightfastness, and warranties, to name just a few.
This year's Ink Sourcelist is a comprehensive directory of nearly 80 suppliers of inks for wide-format printers. The list includes printer OEMs who are branding their own inks, ink manufacturers, and suppliers of private-labeled/branded inks. Note that we have not included companies who are only selling other companies' branded inks (unless it is an exclusive arrangement).
Aldura solvent-based inks; Anapurna, Agorix, and Anuvia UV-curable inks; Grand Sherpa dye and solvent inks; ABISS bulk-ink supply system; AquaJet Pro inks (aqueous-based, disperse dye) for the Jeti AquaJet.
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
Walking a Rope Bridge at Gunpoint
3 comments:
- Jo Wolfe said...
Hi Trish!
The book sounds so exciting and action filled with a twist or mystery or two! I hope your readers and fans all enjoy it and have that 'I can't put it down' feeling all the way through, making them want even more when the next sequel comes around ;)
As for your question about the bridge? YES at gun point, of course but knowing my adventuress side I'd actually like to try crossing the old fishermen version of the bridge so much more than I would the tourist/safety version! lol
Keep up the great work, I'm very proud of you, proud to know you and I knew you before I knew the author!
Blessed Be
- February 2, 2017 at 4:34 PM
- p.m.terrell said...
Thank you for taking the time to read the post and leave a comment, Jo! You are far braver than I am. Even with a rope handrail and safety guards, I'm afraid I would be one of those that would require a boat back to the mainland. Thank you for all your kind words. I truly appreciate it, and I'm glad we've connected.
- February 2, 2017 at 4:53 PM
- Jo Wolfe said...
There is an old saying...'People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime' and although I might not read your books. I find you are a dedicated and beloved author. I have rather enjoyed getting to know you a little as we've become friends. The things you share and the stuff we have in common are an unique mutuals. It may be because of your heritage and my help in finding information but, I hope it's a lot more than that. I hope our friendship grows over time, leaving seasons and reasons long behind...
Maybe one day we will meet and adventure something together, conquer fears side by side ;)
- February 3, 2017 at 5:54 AM


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GENEALOGY-DNA-L ArchivesArchiver > GENEALOGY-DNA > 2004-08 > 1093126839
From: "Bernd Burgey" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] unexpected results
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:22:16 -0300
References: <email@example.com>
Straub has also and mainly the meaning of a straub= in old German
something like BUSH (Orthographisches Woerterbuch from 1880,Leipzig)
it also is in adj/attr. straeuben,= resisting
Straub= Bush, bushy./resistant, resisting
insted of shock headed, also shake headed (shaking his head: no no =
It is not a uncommon Family name in Germany
----- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [DNA] unexpected results
> In a message dated 08/21/04 9:00:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> writes:
> > I'm the admin, so I can see the member's page. The results
indicate no
> > match with any known haplogroup. The closest is a two-step
mutation (n=1)
> > in group I. They suggest an SNP test.
> The SNP test is interesting to many, but it's not essential for
> genealogical connections. Your STR results are quite sufficient
for that.
> > The surname is STRAUB, which originates primarily from southern
> > (Rhineland-Pfalz, Baden-Württember, and Bavaria), plus the
> > German-speaking part of Switzerland and the adjacent ethnic
German enclave
> > of Alsace-Lorraine in France.
> I checked the Ancestry.com database of surnames (visible in the
> World Tree section if you are a subscriber) for the meaning of
Straub. I get a
> mental picture of the current modish spiky hair styles for men :)
> "German: nickname for a shock-headed man, from MHG strup rough,
unkempt (OHG
> strub)"
> Their source is "A Dictionary of Surnames" by Patrick Hanks and
Flavia Hodges
> 1988, which presumably explains the abbreviations (?? Middle High
German, Old
> High German ??). Anyway, it is apparently a surname based on a
> characteristic, so it would not be surprising to find several
independent lines of
> Straubs, even living in the same location. Your project may also
be interested
> in variant spellings with P's instead of B's
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Mario Party: Island Tour
Comments (23)
|fedfed (on 26 January 2017)
sold so much in just 2 weeks... 2 mil already!
|fedfed (on 11 January 2017)
2 millions by year end update possible?
|ExplodingBlock (on 15 June 2014)
@S.Peelman Hey, can you give me a link to that financial report?
|S.Peelman (on 18 May 2014)
Is at 1.14m in Nintendo's financials.
|S.Peelman (on 15 April 2014)
Lol, Mario Party; the king of legs. Another 50k week. And people said this would fail XD
|KHlover (on 15 April 2014)
o.O Where did that sudden push come from? New bundle?
|NintendoPie (on 10 April 2014)
Japan, what's wrong with you?
|DarkRPGamer007 (on 10 April 2014)
Wow Japan is really into this game. I don't know anybody in the US that has this. Obvious that people do but no friends of mine.
|t3mporary_126 (on 03 April 2014)
Isn't the screenshot in this game page from 3D World?
|S.Peelman (on 31 March 2014)
Nice start in Japan. Will easily reach 1m. At the end of it's life, I wouldn't be surprised if it got all the way to 3m.
|NintendoSupporter (on 10 March 2014)
If this had online, I would buy it. I'm sure others would too. Nintendo you deserve these low sales.
|JWeinCom (on 09 March 2014)
So... sold 0 copies in Japan?
|supernihilist (on 04 February 2014)
EU sales are always undertracked for Nintendo 1st party. LOL
40k must be week 1
|Nintentacle (on 02 February 2014)
Such low sales.
|biotonne20 (on 24 January 2014)
there is definitely something wrong with the european tracking. Release date was January 17. and it was doing pretty good on amazon overall
|supernihilist (on 12 January 2014)
i think ppl underestimate the legs this game is gonna have. it will sell close to a mil
|subsamuels (on 09 January 2014)
No online play was a huge upset, this game was meant to be played online there's no excuse why it shouldn't.
|GdaTyler (on 08 January 2014)
No online play? Deserves bad sales. When will we have a handheld Mario Party with online? For fvck's sake Nintendo!
|oniyide (on 04 January 2014)
the reviews didnt help either
|biotonne20 (on 03 January 2014)
why are there european sales when it isn't out yet? It will be released on January 17. here
|Screamapillar (on 31 December 2013)
The about this game is... it was released the same day as Link Between Worlds in the US. There was never a question of if it would sell in high numbers in comparison to more blockbuster-type games. This is a game that will sell continually for years on end. Just look at the legs so far. Averages 30,000 per week. That adds up.
|subsamuels (on 30 December 2013)
Really low sales, was expecting more.
|benji232 (on 21 December 2013)
Those european sales are impossible... literally.


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Grr. I don't know what it is about winter. Our basement has been flooding again!
All summer long, the sump pump hardly went off, due to our severe shortage of rainfall. I have to say, I was so thankful for the dry summer. My basement was dry!
Now all of a sudden, ever since the first snowfall a few weeks ago, we're dealing with water in the basement again. I woke up to find 6 inches of water this morning. My poor cat was stranded on top of a box until we rescued him.
We found out that one of our pumps had died. My husband waded in ankle-deep, freezing cold water to pull out the dead pump. Off he went to Home Depot to get a new pump.
I don't know what it is, or why it is. I'm thinking it has more to do with run-off water than a high water table, because the precipitation hasn't been heavy enough to warrant a a lot of underground water.
At any rate, my discouragement at seeing water in the basement again was back to an all-time high. I really don't like living in a house that floods regularly, like this.


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6V6 Variant with Hammond 1608
After finishing "Baby Huey" - final arrangement was 18K for cross coupled "shunt feedback set" resistor with zero global feedback, I moved on to building a 6V6 push pull amp for niece Kristy.
Due to low HT supply I was stuck with fixed bias for the 6V6s. This meant 100K for 6V6 grid to bias supply resistors. This with the lower gm of the 6V6 (compared to EL84) suggested that the Baby Huey circuit would not be suitable.
I therefore tried ultralinear plus cathode feedback for the 6V6s and 6SL7 for the diff amp front end. This required separating the 4 Ohm secondaries of the Hammond 1608 rather than parallel connecting them as per manufacturere instructions. In order to get the anode loads on the 6SL7 diff amp up to a reasonable value (150K) I had to fit direct coupled mosfet source followers on the diff amp output. The finished amp had a -3dB HF rolloff at 23kHz and was just subjectively slow with no real attack.
On the weekend I removed the cathode feedback allowing "correct" connection of the OT secondaries and rewired it to the Baby Huey circuit but retaining the MOSFET Source Followers between the diffamp and the 6V6 Outputs (47K for source follower Source to 0V resistors). What a dramatic improvement. HF -3dB point now >50kHz and the amp is lightening fast and has the same huge bass authority. The shunt feedback divider used was just scalled off the original EL84 schematic in accordance with the diffamp anode resistors change. NO global feedback.
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Diffamp anode loads: 150K
Shunt Feedback divider: 39K from each 6V6 Anode and 13K for the cross connect.
The use of the MOSFET source followers has two advantages:
1) allows use of low Rg1 on the 6V6 which in turn allows use of fixed bias.
2) isolates the 6V6 input (grid + miller) capacitance shifting the high frequency roll off much higher.
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It requires a separte decoupled supply for the source followers.
So if you want to use 6V6 or any other tube in fixed bias for the output all that is really required is to add direct coupled MOSFET source followers between the diffamp and the output tube grids. The 6SL7 was NOT a great choice for the diffamp but I wanted to stick to octal tubes on this amp (for looks only). If you use 12AX7, ECC803S etc. you can use all the original values from the "Baby Huey" posted design.
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But the cathode feedback should have reduced the output resistance, allowing a lower impedance load on any given secondary. Are you certain you had negative cathode feedback and not positive? (It's so easy to get it wrong that I normally try it both ways round and measure the gain in each case to ensure that I have the right connection.)
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Hi gingertube,
I looked at splitting the secondaries of a Hammond for cathode feedback as well, in my case a 1628SE connected to an EL84. I notice Hammond shows the same schematic diagram for the secondaries of the single ended 1628 as the PP 1608. Before wiring it to the cathodes my standard paranoia kicked in and I measured the secondaries to confrm they conform to Hammond's diagrams. In the case of the 1628 they don't at all. There's continuity between all secondary windings. On the odd chance my Fluke DMM was having a bad reaction to the inductance I applied 9 VDC to one winding and measured the others to ground. 9 volts appeared on all.
To be as fair and accurate as possible, in the case of my Hammond OPTs the wiring diagram is for illustrative purposes only and doesn't represent the actual winding schematic. It may explain the abysmal performance above 10 kHz. I recommend double checking yours as well if you haven't already.
BTW, I ended up flipping the polarity of the primary and connecting the ground end of the EL84 cathode bypass directly to the 8 ohm speaker post. So far I like it a lot, cathode feedback doesn't appear to generate the high harmonics I've seen of global. Spice sims also suggest a much smaller bypass cap can be used (15 uf in this case with a 270 ohm cathode resistor) and still retain solid output to 20 Hz. Measurements confirm it.
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|27th February 2006, 12:21 AM
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Some "off the cuff" comments.
The cathode feedback was connected correctly - confirmed by Zout measurement. The Ultralinear plus cathode feedback did sound OK (or even reasonably good) - it was detailed with good bass, it just did'nt have any real attack which was'nt noticable on all music selections but stood out like the proverbial canine testicles on some other selections.
With the 4 Ohm secondaries of the 1608 separated rather than parallel connected I was jusy not getting the HF response out of it AND there were some nasty resonances at quite low frequencies which were very touchy to supress using zobels from anode to screen connections of the OT. I think that these resonances were also getting back into the amp via the cathode feedback.
By wiring the OT secondaries in parallel as per Hammond instructions and wiring the output stage as Ultralinear plus shunt feedback the observed resonances were at least X2 higher (up around 68 to 70 kHz). I'm beginning to think that cathode feedback requires VERY good quality OTs to work.
I changed one channel first and listened for a while. I thought that the ultralinear plus shunt feedback (the "Baby Huey" arrangement) was just marginally better. Then I did the second channel and changed my mind - it was MUCH better. One of those mods associated with HF response where it impacts speed/attack and imaging where you have to do BOTH channels to appreciate the full improvement.
I'm still going to have a mess around with Ultralinear plus Cathode feedback in the future BUT I will be using VDV2100 CFB/H Toroidal OTs with bandwidth to 250kHz.
For inexpensive OTs then the Ultralinear plus Shunt feedback is "the go".
I'll draw up a schematic for the 6V6 version as time allows and post it. The EL84 version remains as per the posted schematic here.
For your info - the EL84 version is better but then its built with better OTs so ......? The shunt feedback trades output tube gm for reduced rp so its my view that the EL84 version (gm is double the 6V6 gm) will always be a bit better given the same OTs etc.
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So in the case of the 1608 the 4 and 8 ohm secondaries really are isolated windings? My interest is this aspect may point to the cause behind the issues with the 1628SE.
Hi EC8010, I've only tried cathode feedback with a James 6123HS/EL84/fixed bias and a Hammond 1628SE/EL84/cathode bias and haven't seen anything so far to suggest instability. The James is flat to ~65 kHz and the Hammond is a mess above 10 kHz but to 100 Mhz both were clean as a whistle save for the normal 120 Hz. What combination of tube/OPT parameters should I be cautious attempting? In the pile of next projects is an AMI/Rowe PP jukebox amp for donor iron. The secondaries include 70 volt windings and it's my intention to try them for cathode feedback.
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Hello rdf,
I'd love to offer you some guidelines about cathode feedback but I've still not seen anything that even suggests useful predictions. It seems that you just have to try it and keep a close eye on the 10kHz square wave response. The only thing I will say is that CFB seems to work better with high-mu valves than low mu (for the same amount of feedback) and that it's unpredictable with pentodes.
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