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Thinking of Getting the Phonak Audéo PFE
I think I'm pretty sure of replacing my broken Panasonic RP-HJE900 that broke about a month ago with the Phonak Audeo PFE's but I have a few concerns before making a purchase.
There's no importances of order so first, I'm well aware from digging through this forum, Head-Fi and other reviews on the web that the phonaks, being a analytical phone, has less bass quantity then the pana's but can you get close to the pana's bass quantity with EQing with rockbox or by using the fiio E3 amplifier? How does an EQ'ed or E3 sourced pfe bass compare to the pana's bass in terms of overall quality and punch?
Another concern, I'm not sure if I'm accurately using the right terms here but are the mids on the pfe's containing the same or better texture then the pana's mids? I think I'm asking you can feel sounds in the midrange of the pfe's the same or better then the pana's but I'm not quite sure.
I haven't came across any reviews or comments of anyone really hating the pfe's, so either they're really solid sound phones or people who would potentially dislike them just stay away from them.
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They are really solid phones.
No the bass will never be felt quite like the Pana's which have one of the highest impacts around. The mids on the other hand is a bit more sterile/spaced out. I'd pass on both TBH.
What is your price range? There's always a sleek Zo for you though it's small and able to up the bass a bit I can't use it with the Phonaks though as their out on loan just a thought. If it came between the two I'd pick the Pana. Phonak's are good though why don't you just buy another Pana?
Some people are just more stupid then others, no no no what I'm talking about is the people always being affected by whats going on around them.
Yes my budget is around $100-$150-ish - I may be willing to stretch it by 10 or 20 dollars if there where really good justification for doing so. The main reason for not getting another Pana is because I want to get a pair a phones with a decent warranty (at least a year) and that I can have confidence that they will last a while. I wasn't pleased with the pana's breaking in half while in my ear listening to them in half and not being able to replace them by warranty. Plus the price of the pana's are way more now (even used) that what I payed for them originally. Plus I would like to try something a bit different anyway.
I was considering the nu-700 that lesterstar just did a review on but they're around $90 after shipping to Canada and I was kinda wanting a phone somewhat equal to the pana's (weaker in some areas but stronger in other).
The Panas and the PFEs have completely different sound signatures and if you were happy with the Panas you might look for something else. That being said I prefer the PFEs, I don't dig the overbearing bass and the piercing highs of the Panas, they sure are solid (at least on the outside) but too heavy and the cable is too short IMHO.
YMMV but I heard so many good things about the Panas and for me they just don't live up to the hype. They also seem to have some QC issues with a lot of people reporting that they went bad on them.
There might be reason why they stopped producing them.
The PFEs react well to EQuing but like confispect said they'll never sound like the Panas. Their bass reproduction is more on the tasty than on the heavy side. Everything else is better on the PFEs (speaking strictly for myself here), but then again I prefer a more neutral and somewhat 'dry' sound signature with even mids and highs that shimmer but don't pierce my ears.
The PFEs with the Digizoid ZO can be turned into serious bassmonsters and you can get the bass up to thumping levels with an EQ as well.
A way to describe it is the PFEs always stay in control, even with EQuing while the Panas are a bit more on the loose side but also sound somewhat compressed, just not as open. My impressions of the PFEs are with the grey filters (better mids), don't like their sound with the black filters (bass and treble boost, more recessed mids).
Lestastar would be the one to ask if the Nuforce he recently tested could be a viable replacement for the Panas.
DAP:Cowon X5 64GB, D2+ 16+32GB, S9 32GB, Sansa Fuze, Clip+ 8GB+32GB
IEM: Audéo PFE, UE 10, Panasonic HJE-900, Hifiman RE-0, Brainwavz M3
GUITAR: EBMM Petrucci, Schecter C-1 Hellraiser, Ibanez SZ 320, Ibanez S 420, Dean Cadillac, Peavey HP Special
Grr! It seems like what I fear is true. You only can guess if you like em or not by reading reviews and other peoples opinions. To truly know or not I would have to actually try them. There are Phonak hearing aid centers in Canada, I just wonder if they actually carry the pfe's and would they let people addition them.
I was highly considering getting the Digxoid ZO sometime latter. My preference is deep bass with presents but not overbearing. I guess, having "presents" for bass can be a very different thing between different people so I'll never be able to read anything definitive on the issue.
For the highs, I had the pana's foam moded and even then the highs where good (not amazing) but it seem to me the pana's still exaggerated symbols and stuff by adding more sparkle then there ought to be.
The mids, I not very sure off, I do have the audioengine A5 speakers that with very slight EQing have bit more forward mids then the pana's and less warmth too but I believe they sound signature still possesses a bit of warmth in the mids and not completely sterile - they're somewhere in the middle of sonic monitors and house speakers. I think for a lot of songs the mids sound better on the A5's as you can hear better as vocals and guitar sound a bit more real then flavored. If this helps anybody - read before it's not fair to compare IEM's to cans and comparing IEM's to speakers is even less fair but that is what I have for comparison.
I did the foam mod as well and recently removed the foam again as the highs were tamed but not in a good way, the occasional 'shrieks and shrills' (for the lack of a better term) were toned down but so was the whole treble range. To me the sonic reproduction of the Panas is kind of artificial, not bad but just not very 'natural'. Their bass performance is powerfull though, the mids are pretty decent but certainly not spectacular.
The highs are overdone and unbalanced.
As always, YMMV and what sounds great to one person doesn't necessarily to another and the other way around and yes, testing IEMs with your equipment and your ears is the only way to find out if you like them.
It's a highly subjective thing and getting there can have detrimental effects on your wallet.
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Last edited by razorblader; 08-05-2011 at 03:22 AM.
It sounds like you might like NuForce IEM's. . . I would just buy those.
As far as Phonak and Pana in no way is the Phonak more natural I'd say more neutral but not more natural. Pana smashed plenty of low-end and even high-end when it comes to realism, timbre, soundstage, the Phonak is not a IEM I'd pick over Pana. If it was a Armature I'd pick over the Pana it would be the SM3.
Some people are just more stupid then others, no no no what I'm talking about is the people always being affected by whats going on around them.
unfortunately, the Fx700 from what I understand isolate very little so they wouldn't work with me for on the go.
What sounds 'natural' is kind of a subjective term. What I've read it's almost like do you prefer the sound if you're on stage with the performer(s) which would be more of a analytical sound or do prefer they sound of being a few rows back in the audience which would be phones with equal loudness counters.
I never quite grasped the on the stage, ten rows, eleven rows, bullshit I guess it works for some folks not me though. As far as natural that's not what I would use to describe natural or analytical.
As far as deciding between the Pana/Phonak I'd go with Pana again for the mids question definitely. Sounds much more real-to-life then the way the Phonak decides to do it's mids.
Some people are just more stupid then others, no no no what I'm talking about is the people always being affected by whats going on around them.
The JVC don't have enough midrange for my taste - too V-shaped, so to speak - but they sure are nice phones otherwise (if you are alright with zero isolation).
True I actually thought they'd be more v-shaped.
So Nathan this thread doesn't seem to be much help at least for me it wouldn't be it resembles confusion have you made a decision?
Some people are just more stupid then others, no no no what I'm talking about is the people always being affected by whats going on around them.
I think I'm going to try the pfe's and if I don't like them I can return them with an online vendor's 30 day money back guaranty or possibly buy them used from a person that's offering me a pretty good price for them. Again if I don't like them, they're already used so selling slightly less then what I got for should sell quickly I figure.
And by Monday morning my budget might grow significantly depending how high the Canadian dollar grows - hopefully for everyone's sake the markets aren't too turbulent.
Congrats let us know how you like them.
Warning: It could take some time to get used to the sound sig.
Some people are just more stupid then others, no no no what I'm talking about is the people always being affected by whats going on around them.
yeah, that is why I think I'm going with the used option. I believe from my experience what you like is adaptive. I probably going to the used route so I don't have the pressure of 30 day limit to decide and of course they lower price.
Allright it's been awhile update please.
Some people are just more stupid then others, no no no what I'm talking about is the people always being affected by whats going on around them.
My bad lol, been a bit busy.
Alright for the impression. I really enjoy the pfe's. To me they are at least just as good as the pana's but of course stronger and weaker in certain area's.
As stated in other comparisons the pfe's have a bit more detail. To me, I was expecting maybe just a tad more detail but nothing considerably special to the presentation. However, the 'bit' more detail allows me to hear parts of tracks (or maybe the pfe's present the detail in a different way) that I didn't hear before giving many tracks extra dimensions.
I was concerned about the bass response with the pfe's. In general I would have to say the bass quality is better on the pana's but the pfe's bass is pretty darn good in it's own right. The pana's do have more punch, air and body. With the pfe's, even using the gray filter's, they offer plenty punch for me using rockbox bass setting around +5db. I think the pfe's bass is better in some aspects such as detail, speed and having a razor straight base response all the way down to the lowest ochtive.
For midrange, I actually prefer the airiness of the pfe's to how the pana's did midrange. I also don't mind the 'sterile'/ how the pfe's kind of dissects a track. To me it's just better instrument separation. Despite my preference, I did still very much enjoyed the warmth of the pana's when I had them even though it always seem like the warmth was added into the sound. As such, the pfe's sound more 'natural' to me.
The pana's treble was good but I have to say the the pfe's treble is definitely better in pretty much all aspects. It is more detailed than the pana's treble and has the right amount of sparkle. As previously stated, I found the the amount of sparkle from the pana's to be exaggerated. With the pana's though, I did liked the 'energy' or 'excitement' from the the spikes in the treble for certain tracks.
The sound stage is better with the pana's as the straight line of instruments extends past my head. Again, the pfe's sound stage in nothing to snare at as although it mostly stays inside your head; it's not typical three blob presentation as each instrument has its own space. The sound stage allows me to be engrossed into the music pretty much the same as the pana's sound stage did.
for fit and use, I like how the pfe's housings are lighter and virtually always stay in place. The pana's were pretty good for this but I had to slightly tap an ear piece back in place every 20 minutes or so. I also get considerably better isolation with the pfe's; the pana's isolation with the v-moda tips was slightly better then average for me. The cords are equal with both pares (I have the latter revision of the pfe's) as both allow pretty much no micro phonics noises and are thick, and very tangle resistant. The pfe's chin adjustment works better while the pana's cable looked better with the silver molded connections.
I didn't originally plan on writing a full review/ comparison between the pfe's and the pana's but it appears i did. This is in no way heavily edited piece of writing (I just wrote what came to the top of my head) so feel free to inform me of any major errors or lack of clarity.
I'm still in the 'mental burn in"/ playing with the EQ to get the most optimal sound for these phones. I would appreciate if other Phonak pfe's owners could share with me their EQ setting in rockbox for these phones. Thanks .
Ah it's funny how ears here differently or how minds perceive things as far as EQ I add a bit of lower bass and thats about it.
Some people are just more stupid then others, no no no what I'm talking about is the people always being affected by whats going on around them.
Nathan your experiences with both phones pretty much mirror mine and are not too far off from how I described the differences. I think you are spot on.
The Panas sound very nice but they always have a slightly artificial quality to their presentation and certainly don't sound more natural than the PFEs to my ears. And I don't mean more clinical (which to me suggests a sound signature that's a bit on the trebly side with a tendency of anemic bass performance and dry mids) but somewhat more true to the source with more sparkle and detail.
But everyone's ears and brain hear things differently I guess.
As for stronger bass on the PFEs I dial up the two lowest bands on the Rockbox EQ up a bit, around 3-5 on the 60Hz and 1.5-2 on the 200Hz, sometimes even less.
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Exhausted from the exercise and hot sun, we stopped at the first taverna we came to in Plaka, the pedestrian neighborhood at the base of the Acropolis. We were impressed by the waiter's presentation of menu items, using his iPad. The moussaka and cold beer tasted wonderful! We slept well that night.
After a sumptuous breakfast buffet next morning, we walked down Ermou Street, with its fashionable international chain stores, to the Parliament, just in time for the changing of the guard. The poor guys had to stand at attention in the hot sun, trying to ignore the tourists who took turns standing next to them for photos.
Then back to the hotel where our rental car awaited us. The agent kindly drove us to the outskirts of the city, where he hopped into the Metro. We we glad we'd purchased the Greek GPS program for our iPad. Burger's nine school years (!) of Greek were of little help reading some of the road signs covered with grafitti!
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06/19/2012, Aegean Sea, Greece
The sailing strategy of the Aegean is to get as far north as you're going in June before the Meltemi season sets in, with its strong northwest winds. We got a taste of it next day, a boisterous beat north to Leros. We anchored in the well sheltered Partheni Bay, in front of a military post where political prisoners were once tortured! Leros played a prominent role in the Aegean during World War II, as we were to learn more about later.
As we entered the bay we emailed our friends Craig and Katherine Briggs of sv Sangaris, who we knew were at the Partheni Boatyard. We got an immediate email reply, then a call on VHF: "Come ashore for dinner at 6:30! Bring the laundry, we have a washing machine!" Music to our ears! Craig and I had served on the board of SSCA together, and we'd all met at Gams in Florida a few times over the past several years. They had left Sangaris at the Partheni Boatyard over winter and were renting a cozy little cottage while recommissioning her. We dined several times together and joined them for late afternoon swims at Agia Kioura, a beautiful little cove just over the hill.
We rented a car one day and explored the island, getting lost among the winding roads to the Kastro (castle) and to Lakki, the main port. Lakki is known for its Art Deco buildings, a legacy of the Italian occupation in the 1920's and 30's. The Germans bombed Lakki in 1944 and ships were sunk in the harbor. We visited the WW II museum, built into one of the many tunnels that protected the civilian population during the battle of Leros. We felt sorry for the poor museum employee, who had to spend hours each day inside the tunnel, listening to audios of bombings and sirens.
Just a week after having scrubbed the bottom last, we discovered it just as foul as before. Evidently the antifouling paint from Thailand was no longer doing its job. Since we were anchored off one of the few boatyards in the Aegean capable of hauling our boat, we decided to have the bottom repainted. Since the haul-out price included seven days on the hard, we used the opportunity to travel to mainland Greece for a few days. The small Leros airport was right next to the boatyard, how convenient is that? Craig and Katherine gave us lots of good advice and tips where to go and what to see.
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06/13/2012, Cyclades, Greece
The Dodecanese are a group of 12 islands in the Aegean Sea, just off the southwestern coast of Turkey. We visited six of them: Kastellorizon, Rhodes, Symi, Kalymnos, Leros and Patmos.
We remembered to switch courtesy flags this time, when we sailed north from Bodrum to Kalymnos. Like Symi, Kalymnos also once thrived on the sponge industry. We're not sure what they live from today, since there's not much tourism. Yet the young men can apparently afford gasoline (USD 8/gallon!), given all the noisy motorcycles that zoom around the waterfront. Bikes and golf carts would make so much more sense on these small islands, but they're just not cool.
Soon after we med-moored to the town quay, sv Makani glided in right next to us, a rendezvous pre-arranged per email. They had just been to the island of Kos to pick up Felix' sister who flew in from Germany. We all wandered about the town and then had fresh fish at a waterfront taverna.
It was our last time together as our paths diverged from here. Typical of many northern European retirees, Felix and Monika will spend summer at home and return to the Med in off-season fall, when it's cooler and quieter.
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06/12/2012, Bodrum, Turkey
Oops, just in the nick of time I checked our passports and discovered that our three month Turkish visa was actually 90 days, and it was due to expire the very next day! Good thing that Bodrum was our next stop! Off we went that afternoon, and after a bouncy night anchored near the big, illuminated medieval castle, we spent the next day shopping and doing errands before clearing out after lunch.
Customs required us to tie the boat up to their dock so the built-in purchases could be verified for our VAT stamp, so we dinghied out to Halekai and brought her in. Not realizing how time-consuming the procedure would be, Burger had to first hustle to the police station, harbor master and bank before Customs would issue clearance, and the coveted stamp.
The bank was closed when he got there, but a sympathetic employee let him slip in the door, only to have to stand on a long line before he could pay the fee. He rushed back to the Customs dock where I was waiting, just before they closed. Had we had to postpone till the next day we would have been fined for overstaying our visa. No mention was made of our entry stamps into Greece a few days before. We left the dock just before dusk and motored to a quiet anchorage, and celebrated the mission accomplished with sundowners.
It was finally time to bid Turkey goodbye. Only later did I look at our passport stamps and discover that, quite by coincidence, we left Turkey a year to the day after we had arrived in Istanbul from Thailand!
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06/11/2012, Knidos, Turkey
Our next stop was Knidos, which we almost bypassed due to a friend's bad experience dragging anchor in heavy wind. Luckily the weather was settled for the two nights we were there. It was a very unique place. Where else in the world can you anchor right across from an ancient Roman amphitheater? We hiked up to the lighthouse for a great view of the coast, and had calamari at the taverna that evening.
Next morning we went ashore to visit the ruins and met up with Tas, our tour guide friend from Marmaris, who was leading a group of Brits. It was hot ashore so a swim was wonderfully refreshing, even for Burger, so the water temp is gradually warming up. Later on, sv Makani sailed and we had a nice visit with Felix and Monika.
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06/10/2012, Datca, Turkey
On our way to Datca next day, we remembered to switch the courtesy flag back to the half moon and star of Turkey again.
Datca is known for its almonds and olive industry. We had been there on a bus day trip from Marmaris in early spring, when the almond trees were blooming, and visited an olive oil factory. We had found a shop in town that sold high quality marzipan. Burger told the shop owner that coating his marzipan with chocolate, like they do in Germany, would surely give him a marketing edge. We returned to the same shop and found no chocolate covered marzipan, but we stocked up on it anyway, as well as olive oil.
Then we sought out the Customs office. Only to be told, nope, no can do, only Bodrum Customs can issue the VAT exit stamp ...
Photo: "Evil Eye" good luck charm, seen all over Turkey
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06/07/2012, Symi, Greece
Some Greek islands are a stone's throw off the western coast of Turkey, and we didn't want to miss Symi, a popular stop right on our way to Datca. We weren't ready to clear into Greece yet, not having cleared out of Turkey, but we'd heard that Greek Customs turn a blind eye to transient boaters from Turkey, as long as you keep a low profile. So we sailed to the far end of the island from the town where the Customs office was located. We anchored in the bay of Panormitis, famous for the Monastery of St. Michael the Archangel. A helpful cruiser rowed over to remind us to exchange our Turkish courtesy flag for the Greek one. So much for keeping a low profile!
We went ashore to tour the monastery, and consulted the bus schedule: The only bus to town left at 7:30 am. Next morning we dinghied ashore bright and early, just in time to see the bus depart without us. It left ten minutes early! So we decided to sail around to Symi town instead. Surely Customs wouldn't notice us among all the other boats there?
Within minutes of med-mooring at the quay, an official turned up asking to see our papers, and directed us to the Customs office. Oh well. Our 90-day Greek visa, transit log and Schengen clocks started ticking sooner than planned. No notice was taken of the missing Turkish clearance stamp. Would Datca Customs notice our Greek entrance stamp when we cleared out of Turkey?
Symi is a bustling little town, special for its cheerful multi-hued neoclassical houses that climb the surrounding hillsides. Sponge diving used to be the main occupation, but decreasing demand and then a virus in 1986 all but wiped out the industry. Lots of Symian "spongers" emigrated to America and Australia. Years ago I remember seeing a "little Greece" community of spongers in Florida. They may well have been Symians.
Several giant cruise ships and ferries came into the crowded harbor, with sailboats weaving around them on their way to and from the town quay. Noisy motorcycles zipped around the tourists in the narrow streets and alleyways. Tavernas and cafes were busy and the supermarket was well-stocked. The Greek financial crisis and looming election didn't seem to be affecting business.
|2012 Greece
06/06/2012, Symi, Greece
We awoke early this morning to the sound of this fisherman's engine, mooring his boat next to us. He was out all night, yet his catch was meager. Not surprising, after years of over-fishing and dynamiting in the Med.
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Netanyahu to meet with British premier, US special Mideast envoy and German chancellor with apparent security forum majority in favor of halting settlement construction
Roni Sofer
Published: 08.24.09, 01:11 / Israel News
Roni Sofer
Behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's optimistic
statement suggesting peace talks with the Palestinians may reignite by the end of September, is the apparent silent assurance that Yisrael Beiteinu chair and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman will
not extract his party from the coalition in the event Israel will
comply with the US demand to halt all settlement expansion.
Monday evening will see Netanyahu meet with the UK's top-10 leading newspaper editors, before meeting with Premier Gordon Brown in Tuesday. He will meet with Mitchell on Wednesday morning, before flying to Berlin. Netanyahu will meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday morning and is expected back in Israel later that night.
Sources in the Palestinian Authority confirmed that overtures meant to resume the peace negotiations with Israel have been taking place, but added that Israel's settlement policies would have to be clarified prior to any new round of talks.


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Artists of the Year
Ernest A. Bryant III
It would be a gross understatement to say that 2007 was a busy year for Minneapolis-based visual artist Ernest A. Bryant III. He opened his first solo outing at Franklin Art Works in September, followed almost immediately by a group show at the MCAD Gallery. Now he's gearing up for another solo exhibit at Midway Contemporary Art in early 2008.
In a town blessed with so many contemporary art spaces that have ambitiously expanded their national and international programs in recent years, Bryant's ubiquity—I'm tempted to call it a conquest—is remarkable. His string of public sorties seems to be matching an important turning point in the artist's work. His earlier 2-D mélanges of photorealist renditions, clipped cartoon images, and gestural aerosol tags have evolved to more layered (literally and figuratively) collages that add found textiles and occasional loaded objects like a knee-high boot and military medals. The sensuous collages at Franklin were richly poignant, impudent, and funny, but the artist is clearly packing a few more punches to deploy.
For instance, he staged a public event in his own neighborhood—what he calls a "BBQ potlatch"—in which he served people cooked chickens and collected leftover bones that he fashioned into a suit. The traditional Native American potlatch—a ceremonial feast that earns great prestige for the giver even at the risk of destroying his accumulated wealth—seems incomprehensible to us in our capitalist economy, and it is also a comment from Bryant about today's fatally interconnected global market.
Overall, Bryant is energetically building a body of work that reminds viewers of the almost fetishistic power of images and objects in a world characterized by unbridgeable chasms, unexpected linkages, and chaotic collisions of systems of meaning. With all of his recent success, there is such a thing as overexposure, but Bryant may be acutely aware of that, too. After his Midway exhibition, the young artist will embark on a yearlong journey to West Africa, Germany, and China for a series of apprenticeships and sojourns. We will have to wait and see what he brings back to the American heartland.
Doryun Chong is assistant curator of visual arts at Walker Art Center.
City Pages' 2007 Artists of the Year:
- Stephen Colbert
- William E. Jones
- Diablo Cody
- Matt Sciple
- Christine Boyka Kluge
- Marjane Satrapi
- Ernest A. Bryant III
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- The Writers Guild of America
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- Myron Johnson
- Alex Jones
- Christopher Hitchens
- Paul Dickinson
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- Philip Pullman
- Craig Zobel
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- Ben Olson and Emma Berg
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- Latisha Jones & Patricia Hampl
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- The Body Cartography Project
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Most sites have at least one element, like a navigation feature, a header, or a simple piece of text, that appears on multiple pages. (I really worry about the sites that don't.) Dreamweaver users can use templates and the library to store repeated elements, and if they do, they need only change the repeated item once, rather than many times on each individual page.
Dreamweaver's library can store lots of design chunks, but it isn't always the best solution for repeated elements.
Unfortunately, there are some drawbacks to this method. For starters, all of the library and template code ends up in every page that displays the item. Let's say your site's sidebar navigation is a library item. When you build a new page, you can simply insert that item into your design. It's easy, but check out the page code. It's long and bulky.
Also, when you change a library item, you have to reload every individual page that features the item. If you have a large site, this can take a long time.
Server-side includes (SSIs) serve the same purposes as library items, but without the drawbacks. Imagine again that your sidebar navigation is a repetitive element. The pages that feature the navigation would only need a line of code that calls or includes code from a separate file. All that's required is one little line, and if you ever need to update the navigation, you can simply change and upload the include file. The updates will automatically appear on all pages. There's no need to reload all the pages that feature the navigation.
But wait, don't you need to know how to program to do a server-side include? Not really, but you do need to know how to use them on your server. Find out if your server runs PHP or ASP (or even ColdFusion, though I'll admit I know absolutely nothing about that), and upgrade if it doesn't. Once you're sure you've got a server that can handle your includes, the steps are very simple in Dreamweaver.
First, make sure your preferences are set to display SSIs on your working pages. That way you'll be able to see the includes you create on the pages they belong to, something you'll want if the included items are design elements. To change the setting, go to the Invisible Elements section of your Preferences.
In the Invisible Elements section, make sure the Server-Side Includes box is checked. If not, your page's includes won't be displayed within Dreamweaver, and the page will be hard to design.
Now create a new file for your SSI. It can be an HTML, PHP, or ASP file, an existing Dreamweaver LBI (library item), or something else. The type of file doesn't really matter as long as your server supports it. In most cases, an HTML file will do the trick. Just be sure you remove any tags that would be duplicated by the page the include will occupy. For example, the page you want the include to live in will already have its own html, head, title, and body tags, so take those out of the include file.
Remove the gray code, and save the include. You only want the meat.
Next, you need a page to stick that SSI in. (Eventually, you'll have lots of pages. That's the point!). The file format of the page needs to match the SSI technology on your server. So, when you go to File > New in Dreamweaver, choose PHP, ASP, or whatever your server gurus told you to use.
The next step is as easy as inserting an image in Dreamweaver. Go to Insert > Server-Side Include, and browse to your include file. This will add a line of code to your page that calls the include. The exact nature of this code will vary depending on what technology you're using.
A simple menu item adds the code that calls the include file.
Now, upload the page and the include file to your server, and test it out. Don't worry if it doesn't work the first time. A number of things can go wrong, including something as simple as an incorrect path to the include file or an HTML tag where it shouldn't be. Other more complicated things, like browser incompatibility or the includes simply failing to appear, can also cause problems. Do some basic troubleshooting, and if you still have issues, talk to your server folks. That's another benefit of SSIs. The "server-side" aspect means your host's tech support can usually be of assistance, which isn't the case with Dreamweaver templates or library items.
Switching to SSIs doesn't make sense if you have a large site that already uses templates and library items, but this technique is definitely worth considering when building a new site.
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As the crowd finds its seats in the auditorium, lights dim and an expectant hush falls over the audience. All attention is focused on a rather diminutive woman at the front of the room. With a wave of her hand, Laila Schoenlein unleashes a burst of song from the choir assembled in front of her on stage, setting in motion a joyful noise.
For more than 40 years Schoenlein's steady, guiding hand has kept the Petaluma Chorale in the forefront of Northern California choir groups, delighting audiences with a broad spectrum of musical genres and composers. Though the choir has undergone name changes and formed and re-formed with different configurations over the years, Schoenlein has been the constant force behind it since she was named director in the 1960s.
This season, the co-ed chorale is nearly 50-voices-strong and they will present a very ambitious program with more than 20 different works, all written or arranged by internationally famed composer John Rutter. Director Schoenlein explains, "We have chosen a variety of pieces that showcase the range of his work and highlight the vocal talents of our chorale."
Rutter has been lauded as "…the world's greatest living composer and conductor of choral music," by NBC's "Today Show." In 2011, his composition for the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, "This Is The Day," was heard by millions of viewers around the globe who watched the ceremony.
"The singers are excited about this year's program," said Schoenlein, "From John Rutter's timeless &'Gloria' and &'Wells Jubilate,' to his arrangements of &'Go Tell it on the Mountain' and &'When the Saints Go Marching In,' we're looking forward to offering an expansive collection from this beloved musical icon."
There will be a 10-piece orchestra to accompany the choir assembled from local musicians. Surprisingly, all are from Petaluma or Sonoma County. "We've developed a network over the years and we pay the musicians," Schoenlein notes. "But for the holidays I have to get the word out early or they will all be booked on other events."
One Petaluma musician who got a call was Lucas BeberVanzo. "I had been asked to play flute with the chorale last winter," he said. "And they invited me again this season." At age 18, BeberVanzo is the youngest musician in the band. A graduate of Petaluma High School, he is proficient on several instruments. "I started playing piano when I was about 7 and in the 5th grade I began playing flute."
He then added saxophone, bassoon, xylophone and marimba to his repertoire, and, as he points out, "I play a pretty mean castanet." BeberVanzo will also be singing on some of the numbers. "I love to sing and performing with the choir will help me continue to develop my skills and explore more possibilities," he said.
At the other end of the age spectrum in the chorale is Ron Walters, a lively 81-year-old, affectionately known to locals as "Mr. Petaluma." Walters was an institution on Petaluma's KTOB radio station as its morning man from 1963 to 1996. "Ron has been with the choir, probably through all its history," said Schoenlein. In addition to singing with the chorale, he often acts as the master of ceremonies and creates a comfortable rapport with the audience.
In the upcoming performances, the audience will get an opportunity to try out their own vocal chords in a special sing-a-long portion of the show featuring holiday favorites. As John Rutter has said, "It is wonderful to go to a choral concert, but I think the deepest joy of all is to actually sing."


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This campaign aims to raise the necessary funding for the establishement of internet in rural kenya, thanks to the arrival of the fibre optic cables internet penetration to rural areas is much easier. We are looking foward to introduce computers to schools. The total needed is $50,000, which will cover the purchasing of introduction to computer/internet books, buying of computers, buying of solar panels due to lack of electricity to most of the rural parts of kenya. If all goes well, we'll do another drive for future years. We will keep you updated on the progress with posts on Facebook and postcards from Kenya.What We Need & What You Get
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We have all heard the that helping a young children stay in school helps the whole community, that the longer they stays in school the more their siblings, parents and future offspring benefit. But in Kenya only a small percentage of children attend schools with computer studies facilities. A child equiped with the knowledge of computer and advanced with internet will benefit her community exponentially - and for years to come. They will be able to impact the future of a nation.
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Anoop Deoras, Ruhi Sarikaya, Gokhan Tur, and Dilek Hakkani-Tur
September 2012
Most conversational understanding (CU) systems today employ a cascade approach, where the best hypothesis from automatic speech recognizer (ASR) is fed into spoken language understanding (SLU) module, whose best hypothesis is then fed into other systems such as interpreter or dialog manager. In such approaches, errors from one statistical module irreversibly propagates into another module causing a serious degradation in the overall performance of the conversational understanding system. Thus it is desirable to jointly optimize all the statistical modules together. As a first step towards this, in this paper, we propose a joint decoding framework in which we predict the optimal word as well as slot (semantic tag) sequence jointly given the input acoustic stream. On Microsoft's CU system, we show 1.3% absolute reduction in word error rate (WER) and 1.2% absolute improvement in F measure for slot prediction when compared to a very strong cascade baseline comprising of the state-of-the-art recognizer followed by a slot sequence tagger.
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I never really believed in President Obama. I voted for him, but I didn't believe in him. At least not the "HIM" that was sold to us. I was always suspicious.
I have no idea how politics works on a national level. I saw how it works on the state level. If you don't play the game as the rules are written and kiss the appropriate asses you end up defending toothless meth addicts.
The guy Richardson picked to run against me told me that he was going to spend $250,000 to get my seat. Richardson knew I didn't have 250k. Heck, by the end of my first session I knew I was done. I did not have enough money, brains or brown paper bags and guys named Guido to help me out.
Obama did not climb out of one of the most corrupt political machines in America because he was a bold visionary. He did it by being cunning, ruthless, self-serving and smarter than the other idiots that surrounded him. Most importantly, he never put himself in a position where he could get caught doing something that would have destroyed him.
My suspicions were confirmed again this week after reviewing his proposed budget. I rechecked the website to make sure I didn't turn up an old version of a Republican budget. It doesn't look right. It doesn't look like a proposal from the man who was going to bring change to Washington all by himself. It doesn't look like it came from a Democrat, not a Democrat, but THE DEMOCRAT.
It looked like a carefully crafted script, with talking points and sound bites built in. It reminded me of the song and dance Richardson would spoon-fed the press who greedily gobbled it up before regurgitating it to a public that eagerly awaited any Richardson tidbit. Loyal Richardson Democrats would swallow anything, even putting a spin on his (almost ) 2 percent showing in Iowa.
Most of Richardson's legislative proposals had great sounding titles and the first couple of paragraphs looked good, but beyond that they disintegrated into unworkable goo. Nobody cared back when the money was flowing. If you tossed a rock in Santa Fe you were going to hit a Richardson fan who would do or believe anything to keep their job, their goodies or their kickback.
Obama's budget is full of evil looking ideas, but the drastic cut to the Low Income Heating Assistance program (while he tries to hide a substantial increase in military spending) seems especially devious, reactionary and gutless. I wonder if this budget was prepared the day after the spanking he got in November. This budget does not confront the tough issues — it waters them down and forces them to flow downhill, to the states, the counties and the cities. It shoves them into Congress' lap.
It gives Obama too many outs. It allows the President to say, "good luck, I'll just hide over here in the corner until after November 6, 2012." The challenge in leadership is not in navigating calm seas, but confronting rogue waves. We are facing the perfect storm.
I expected more. This budget hurts the poor. It hurts all those people who bought into the bullshit and put those stupid stickers on their cars. It hurts all those folks that cling to their Bibles and guns in the old industrial town of the Midwest that lost their jobs long ago, but who believed in the myth and voted for a messiah.
I know what it is like to be handed a bucket of sand and be asked to fix a leaky roof. Richardson used to try and stick the Senate behind the eight ball. We would spend hours in useless caucuses while we negotiated against the Governor and against the House. That is not how separation of powers is supposed to work, but try telling that to the Speaker.
My first session we got the budget at 9:30 in the morning the last day of the session. We shut down at noon. The budget was four inches thick. There was no way to find all the goodies that were hidden in it.
The Federal Budget dwarfs New Mexico's. What bothered me the most was the lack of leadership exhibited by the President. There was nothing insightful, bold or any evidence of the change that he promised when he hoodwinked all those hardworking, gun-toting, Bible thumpers into believing that he cared about them.
It bothered me because I was part of the same shell game when we bought New Mexicans a train, a Spaceport and threw them a $50 tax cut knowing that the roof was falling in.
One of the dangers of politics is you compromise small pieces of yourself in order to get what you want. If you get everything you want, what is left? Apparently, not much.
John Grubseic is a former New Mexico legislator, who served as state senator from 2004-2008, representing Santa Fe. He now practices criminal law in Albuquerque.


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in these days, i'm interested in software security. As i'm reading papers i see that there are many attacks and researchers are trying to invent new methods for softwares to get more secure systems.
this question can be a general including all types of attacks.There are many experienced programmers in SO, i just want to learn what are using to check your code against these attacks ? Is there any tools you use or you don't care ?
For example i heard about static/dynamic code analysis and fuzz testing.
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That embarrassing moment when, desperate to spot an animal in the Kruger National Park, any animal, you point into the distance and exclaim to the other members of your safari drive, including the ranger – "LION!". Of course, what you've actually pointed at is a tree-stump lying at an odd angle with a really convincing tuft of grass swaying about just enough to pass as a tail. The ranger (or, in my case, a particularly observant German tourist) will inform you of this, much to the bemusement of all the other safari-goers and your reputation as a competent game-spotter will forever be in question. You can forget holding the light on night drives, it's over for you.
If this has been you at any point in your amateur safari career, you'll sympathise with this baby croc who mistook the ample back of a submerged (and rather large) hippo for the flat surface of a rock. Caught on camera guide, Richard Millar, the moment is definitely of the 'once-in-a-lifetime' sort. Richard says he was was just snapping some pics of the hippo in the water when he saw the crocodile emerge.
He continues, "All of a sudden this small crocodile crawled up one side of it and sat on its back. It must have thought it was a rock in the water and just chilled out on it for a while. They are cold-blooded creatures and need to rest in the sun. The hippo didn't seem to mind and did nothing to shake the croc off. It moved a little but the crocodile remained there for about 15 minutes… It was a complete once in a lifetime situation. I am pretty sure that I will never get another photograph like that for the rest of my life."
But apparently hippos and crocs are much more friendly than you'd think. Although hippos and crocodiles aren't natural rivals, the giant vegetarians are just as dangerous (if not more-so, because of their size) as crocodiles. This clip of a baby hippo chewing on the scaly back of a croc goes to show that, for hippos, crocs aren't that much of a threat. In fact, according to National Geographic, hippos will sometimes hang around the reptiles during feeding sessions – although the reasons for this are unclear.
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The world of credit cards can often be as scary as a horror film. In some cases, it seems that the credit card companies have taken on the role of the villain who preys on the innocent and unsuspecting debtor. While this is an extreme description of the relationship between credit card companies and their clients, it is true that many people have felt vulnerable to the powers of card issuers. In 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Credit CARD act into law. These sweeping reforms offer protections to card holders that are meant to level the playing field.
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1. Carpet Bombing College Campuses
Free pizza, baseball caps and t-shirts were examples of the tempting offers that lenders promised college students in exchange for signing up for a credit card. Many students took the bait and found themselves with overwhelming debt that lasted a lot longer than their free lunch. These days, credit card recruiters cannot offer freebies within 1,000 feet of the campus border. People under 21-years old cannot get a credit card unless they have an adult co-signer, or they can prove that they are credit worthy and have enough income on their own. At some schools, they must also pass out educational materials along with their offers so that students can make informed decisions.
2. Raising Your Existing Interest Rate
Surprise interest rate hikes are a thing of the past. The new regulations require credit card companies to give people at least 45-days notice of an interest rate change. They must also give you the option to cancel the card and they cannot increase the interest rate until after the first year of transactions. The law makes exceptions for this when you have late payments, you have a variable interest rate tied to an index that goes up or if your introductory interest rate has expired. (Paying these rates can impact your disposable income and your investment returns, check out Understanding Credit Card Interest.)
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A dirty little secret of the credit card industry, double-cycle billing is a way of calculating interest that includes both the balance of the current and previous billing period. This technique earns the credit card companies greater interest payments at the detriment of the consumer. The new regulations abolish this practice. (Avoid punishing late fees and keep your credit score intact with these 10 tips, check out Procrastinator's Guide To Bill Payment.)
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Some credit care companies squeezed additional money out of their customers by charging transaction fees when payment was submitted by mail, internet, telephone and other methods. Now, companies can only charge an additional fee if the customer asks for express payment to avoid being late.
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The Credit CARD act requires credit card companies to maintain consistent due dates for payment. They must be on the same day every month, unless it falls on a weekend or holiday in which case it gets moved to the next business day. Also, the bill must be mailed at least 21 days in advance of the due date to notify the card holder of the balance owed for that billing cycle. In addition, consumers are entitled to a timeline of how long it will take to pay off the bill with minimum payments.
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Since it opened in 1921, the Genetti Hotel has attracted a good number of famous figures to its elegant halls. They've also certainly partaken of a cocktail or two at Genetti Hotel's Ale House (formerly Legends' Lounge) or, at the very least, eased back for a respite from the day. Today, locals and other guests carry on the tradition, whether they meet up with colleagues after work or join friends later in the evening.
Genetti Hotel's Ale House is a great way to entertain, celebrate, or just unwind after a busy day at the office, on the road, or with the kids. We offer a complete menu of your favorite snacks and an atmosphere that is perfect for entertaining or simply relaxing. Any drink you could envision is likely available, and a selection of snacks helps take the edge off the munchies.


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My interest in the upcoming U.S. presidential election surprises me. I'm not to the point yet of devouring hourly updates on polling data, but it's bordering on obsession.A friend of mine who's a professional musician did some digging and posted a fine piece of citizen-journalism on his Facebook page. It compares the arts policies of the two U.S. presidential candidates.
I agree with Bob in saying that if it (TV ads or Website video Blurb) is not captioned it is a slap in our faces. I have been following this problem for several years and I remember those who do caption their TV ads or Website Video Blurb when we go to the voting booths.
What I cannot track is what is broad casted on the radio because they are not captioned, but they do carry (repeat) it on the websites. I wish the radio stations would post the text of what was broad casted. Some do and others do not. Granted this is not the issue with the candidates as much as the Broadcasters. If it were posted in TEXT then I would be able to read what the candidates said over the airwaves. This is also true for the video broadcaster (Local and National News).
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growing your own organic garlic...
Growing garlic is one of the easiest and most rewarding things one can do, and if I was to suggest you try just one new thing in your garden this year, it would be this. It can even be grown in pots if you are garden-less. Buying locally grown garlic can get expensive and resorting to buying imported Chinese grown garlic, well, that's just not something one should ever consider. This ridiculously cheap and perfectly white garlic is literally a chemical cocktail, what with all the growth inhibitors used to help stop the garlic from sprouting, chlorine to make it whiter than white and the methyl bromide used to fumigate it on arrival into Australia. (Read here for more info on why buying cheap garlic is a no-no). The third and in my opinion the best option, is to grow your own!
You don't need a whole lot of space, although it will be occupied for 6 months straight. We go by the rule of 100 plants per square metre, but if you have more space you can leave more room between the rows. Finding seed garlic will probably be the hardest step to growing your own and the reason why we didn't grow any last year, having just arrived in Perth we hadn't had a chance to find a reputable source until it was too late to plant. Back home we would always get our seed garlic from friends that grow organic garlic on a huge scale, selling it at the local markets nearly all year-round. Some garden centres will have it in stock right now or the other best way to get your hands on some is to visit your local farmers market. Seed garlic is no different from garlic you would eat, and if you can find locally grown organic garlic for sale, buy this. We brought 3 bulbs of garlic and have ended up with 37 cloves, which in turn will give us 37 new bulbs of garlic later on in the year. Touch wood. I'm not 100% sure how garlic will grow in Perths sandy soil, but I have my fingers crossed it will love it!
Garlic is one of those plants that you can get in the ground and basically forget about, totally my kinda plant. They need no staking, no trimming and are very resistant to bugs and disease.
All you need to do is find a spot in your garden that gets all-day sun, and make sure you dig in some good manure and compost at least a week before planting. Some people say to chill your bulbs a week prior to planting, which we have tried this year. A dear reader pointed out that this helps to trick them into sprouting, by changing their 'body clock' so they think it's time to grow when put into the nice warm soil (thanks Kath!). Although we've never done it any other year before and they've still grown fine...
Just before you are ready to plant, break apart your bulbs into single cloves. Mark out where you are going to plant them by using a grid-type set up like below, not 100% essential but I find it's the easiest way to make sure they are evenly spaced, even though my lines were pretty wonky!
Space rows 10-15 cm apart (or up to 30cm if space permits), with 10 cm between each plant. Plant garlic cloves with the pointy end facing upwards, 3cm below the soil surface and cover well. The best time to plant garlic is in Autumn between March and April (Southern Hemisphere) although there is the old rule that says to plant on the shortest day of the year (June 16th this year) and harvest on the longest (December 18th), so you can plant any time up until mid June, but just note that the later you plant, the smaller the resulting bulbs will be at harvest time.
Once in the ground, water them regularly. At least twice a week or more for sandy soil like ours. Feed up every fortnight over the first two months with a good organic seaweed or fish fertiliser, but avoid feeding in the later months as too much fertiliser can result in lots of leaf growth and very little happening under the soil, where you want the bulb to be fattening up. Stop watering altogether over the last few weeks (November-December) when the leaves start to turn yellow/brown or the plant will retain too much moisture which can lead to bulbs rotting later on.
To harvest, gently dig up each bulb being careful not to damage it. Leave the tops on and shake of excess soil from the roots. Hang in a dry place out of direct sunlight for a couple of weeks. The tops can now be plaited (I'll do a follow-up post once we harvest ours and show you how to do this) or tops trimmed from the bulb. If garlic is stored correctly, in a dry spot it can last until the following autumn, where you will be able to set aside a few bulbs to plant more...
P.s Scroll down to the bottom of this album and you'll see a few recent pics from our new vege garden.
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Wow, what perfect timing! I have been wanting to give garlic a go this year. So am very pleased to hear how low maintenance it is! We boycott the imported stuff - I'd rather go without if we can't find locally grown. Need to order some seed stat! xxReplyDelete
We only buy local garlic, though often go without due to cost. I have been considering growing some for a while and I think I will definitely be giving it a go now. Thanks!ReplyDelete
- JacquieApril 16, 2012 at 9:21 PM
How does China grow garlic for the whole world???99% of the garlic in canada is from China.You really do have to live conciously with even your small items in life don't you!{wow you do have sandy soil}ReplyDeleteReplies
Crazy sandy soil eh?! I'm gob-smacked anything even grows in it at all, but it does!Delete
Well done Emma! I'm trying to get my mum to grow some and I hope that it comes through :DReplyDelete
I kick start my garlic by sprouting it in a little water first. I currently have a whole bulb shooting lovely green spears towards the sky, just waiting for me to get around to putting it in some real soil. Thanks for all the tips, the grid is great, I just usually chuck it in but this makes so much more sense :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Great idea! Will have to try that next year xxDelete
We have just planted our first garlic and they are already sprouting. Love reading your blog! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDeleteReplies
Awesome! Ours have just popped up 2 days ago :-) Once you see how easy garlic is to grow you'll be growing it every year, all the best xxDelete
With you on the chinese stuff, revolting. Seems to have been a bit of a resurgence in locally grown garlic this year so that is good....beautiful plump & delicious cloves of garlic.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yay! That's awesome news. I've found it pretty easy to find over these ways too. I guess there is more awareness around the Chinese stuff these days, which is great :-)Delete
Super awesome, I just have to try... I know you can do just the same with spring onions, this looks amazing. :) Thank you!ReplyDelete
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I'd like there to be a pause before each css transition begins. I'm using the following, but there is no delay in between each update. Instead, they all appear to be updating at once.
function positionCards() {
$cards = $('#gameboard .card');
$cards.each(function() {
setTimeout( function(){ addPositioningClass($(this)); }, 500 )
function addPositioningClasses($card){
I was hoping setTimeout would solve this, but it doesn't seem to be working. Is there a way to accomplish the pause before each CLASS name update of each object?


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|Local hunters go 'buck wild' for deer season
|Written by Wauneta Breeze
|Thursday, 18 November 2010 19:12
Emma Skelton takes pride in the 7-by-7 mule she shot on Nov. 15. The deer's spread was an enormous 23.5 inches. (Lakers Photo)
Nate Nordhausen's 4-by-5 whitetail buck came by way of an archery kill. (Courtesy Photo)
Ron Russell bagged this 6-by-6 whitetail deer on Nov. 13. (Lakers Photo)