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Epson Launches Projectors Including World's Slimmest Epson EB-1700 series

Epson has launched a range of business projectors and peripherals targeted at both businesses and educational entities. The new projectors, comprising the world's slimmest Epson EB-1700 series and the high-powered Epson G-5000 series amongst others, stay true to Epson's commitment to innovation by combining both form and substance to deliver outstanding performance.

Using industry-leading 3LCD technology, the Epson projectors deliver colour brilliance that bring multimedia presentation to life. Designed to offer key features such as outstanding mobility, high-quality image performance and interactive features, the new suite answer the needs of consumers, particularly those in the business and education communities.

Epson Ultra-Portable EB-1700 Series - World’s Slimmest, High-Performance 3LCD Projectors

Designed for mobile professionals, the Epson EB-1750, EB-1760W, EB-1770W and EB-1775W are the slimmest, high-performance 3LCD portable projectors in the world.

The new projectors weigh only about 1.7kg and feature a super-slim chassis with a height of just 44mm (height of a credit card), enabling them to slip easily into a laptop bag. Besides outstanding mobility, the projectors, featuring Epson’s 3LCD technology, deliver class-leading brightness (among other portable projectors) of up to 3,000 lumens White and Colour Light Output (CLO). This enables them to be used in even the brightest of rooms to project images with bright and vibrant colours.

The projectors also come with a wide range of features that includes wireless connectivity, quick startup and instant shut down, automatic keystone correction, and one button screen fit.

The Epson Ultra-Portable EB-1700 Series will be available at all authorized distributors from 20 Jan 2011 at the following prices (with GST):

  • Epson EB-1750 - SGD$1,599.00
  • Epson EB-1760W - SGD$1,749.00
  • Epson EB-1770W - SGD$1,949.00
  • Epson EB-1775W - SGD$2,149.00

Epson High-Powered EB-5000 Series – Multimedia Projectors with High Performance and Great Versatility

The Epson High-Powered EB-G5000 Multimedia Projector Series – Epson B-G5650W / EBG5750WU / EB-G5950 – offers users a wide range of choices with outstanding performance in terms of projection quality, brightness and interactive features.

The new projectors are highly suitable for users in corporate, higher education and government sectors, as they offer excellent brightness ratings of 4,500 lumens to 5,200 lumens (White and Colour Light Output), which is ideal for installation in large auditoriums or lecture halls. With high-definition resolution of up to WUXGA (1920 X 1200, that is higher than Full HD!), the projectors are able to display clear, quality images ideal for applications in simulations, museums, galleries, cinemas as well as medical environments.

Other key features of the Epson High-Powered EB-G5000 multimedia projector series include high contrast and flawless picture quality with Crystal Clear Fine (C2 FINE) Technology, improved colour management, advanced sharpness and wireless connectivity.

The Epson High-Powered EB-G5000 Multimedia Projector Series will be available at all authorised distributors from 20 Jan 2011 at the following prices (with GST):

  • Epson EB-G5650W – SGD$3,999.00
  • Epson EB-G5750WU – SGD$4,999.00
  • Epson EB-G5950 – SGD$6,999.00

Other Exciting New Business Projectors and Peripherals by Epson

  • Epson S10/X10/W10 Series – Highly affordable, entry-level business projectors that deliver excellent performance and value, making them ideal for a wide range of applications from business presentations to education and even home entertainment.
  • Epson EB-95/96W/905/915W/925 Series – The rich connectivity options of the EB-9 series make it highly versatile and easy to integrate with other devices for presentations at schools or boardrooms, enabling users to have greater control and flexibility over their presentations.
  • Epson EH-455Wi – An enhanced model to EB-450Wi, the EB-455Wi is an intelligent, interactive, ultra-short throw projector that allows teachers and business presenters to conveniently turn any standard whiteboard or smooth surfaces into an interactive learning and presentation area. The Epson EB-455Wi expands on the features of EB-450Wi by introducing a new capability of vertically projecting an interactive surface onto a tabletop, expanding the possibilities for interactive presentations.
  • Epson ELPIU01 – Working together with any conventional projector, the Epson ELPIU01, comprising an interactive pen and an infrared receiver unit, conveniently turns any standard whiteboard or smooth wall into an interactive learning and presentation area. The Epson ELPIU01 is an ideal solution for schools and businesses seeking to enter the world of interactivity on a budget, or for those looking to trial interactivity before deciding on a broad interactive infrastructure investment.
  • Epson ELPDC06 and ELPDC11 – The Epson ELPDC06 portable document camera and the ELPDC11 high performance desktop document camera designed to work with projectors to help presenters expand their presentation options by projecting live videos of desktop items that can include hard copy documents or live demonstrations.

For a list of authorized distributors, please visit http://www.epson.com.sg

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In my late 20s and early 30s, I had a male best friend I'll call Peter. We were both straight and sometimes even single at the same time, but the friendship was truly platonic on both sides. Nonetheless, I adored him, and he adored me back. We were like family, so close that I could go over to his apartment and wax my legs (okay, I did that only once, and I was in the other room) while he obsessed about his intense crush on a female lawyer at the law firm where he worked as an administrative assistant.

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With Peter acting as matchmaker, I fell in love with his best friend from high school. My friendship with Peter was unaffected; the three of us hung out in bars together, went to Coney Island, met for dinner. But then Peter and his lawyer fell in love. And our friendship was ... over. She couldn't tolerate my close friendship with Peter, so she engineered its demise by bad-mouthing me to him. As soon as I heard this, irrational as it may have been, I no longer trusted Peter. I was heartbroken. They came to our wedding, just as we went to theirs, but there was no longer any sense of closeness between me and Peter. I couldn't be comfortable with him, knowing how she felt about me.

After several easy, happy years, my marriage ran off the track and became bogged down in treacherous territory. Out of intense loneliness and a need for attention, I had a series of two or three ongoing e-mail flirtations with men I had crushes on--never sexual but highly charged and intense. I often drank too much at parties and flirted, sometimes outrageously. My husband was never jealous or possessive--in fact, he liked to flirt himself--but even so, I knew internally I was crossing lines, and it didn't feel good, but I couldn't stop myself; I felt as if I were starving. Transgressing felt like a survival mechanism; it enabled me to stay in my marriage without imploding. Finally, I even had a brief, desperate affair. I was intolerably unhappy, of course, and I needed to leave, but instead I stayed, or tried to, and ended up behaving badly. Two and a half years ago, after 12 years of marriage, I finally left for good.

Given my history, I hardly consider myself a poster girl for marital etiquette. But I do have strong ideas about these matters, based on my own experiences, namely that platonic opposite-sex friendships are healthy, crossing marital lines out of unhappy yearning is painful and humiliating, and it's much better to leave a marriage, if it's over or close to it, than stay and stray. And controlling jealousy is lunatic and pathetic.

Three years ago, a friend of mine found herself suspected of having an affair with a married male colleague. His wife spied on them, reading their e-mails and texts, watching them together, and gathering evidence, or so she thought--even though my friend has been happily married herself for 15 years. "We were definitely flirting," says my friend, "and definitely hot for each other. But sleeping together? Never! To this day, she still thinks we were." His marriage ended because of it. When I asked my friend if she regretted flirting with her colleague, she answered, "No! A strong marriage would have easily withstood it. He didn't seem to love her. That was the point--not me. But she hates me with almost scary venom. I keep looking over my shoulder for a hit man."

"It's pathetic to think that in a marriage, you can no longer have friends of the opposite sex," says my friend Cathi, a novelist who lives with her husband, Dan, a fellow writer and editor, and their two kids in a New England college town. "I have a few male friends whom I e-mail and occasionally see. Dan has never expressed jealousy about any of it, and I'm very glad; I've never done well with being controlled, but also it makes me appreciate him more to know he's a grown-up about certain freedoms."

Couples as secure as they are can tolerate a lot. "I did once go out drinking till all hours with a male friend," Cathi remembers. "I was away on a book tour, so my husband never would have had to find out, but I told him anyway, because why not? I had nothing to hide. And in the end, at least part of why nothing happened is that I didn't feel my husband deserved to have anything happen."

On the other hand, such a trusting relationship affords Cathi the luxury of cavalierly tossing out "What I don't know won't hurt me" about her husband's activities. In any case, any uncomfortable situations are neatly avoided by geographic distance. "Dan rarely sees any of his female friends because none live around here," she says. "But even if he did, I don't think I'd be jealous because I totally trust him."

But even in the happiest of marriages, a content husband has been known to do a bit of harmless flirting. My sister Susan would practically encourage it if she could get her everlastingly loyal Dutch husband to partake. "I love seeing Alan flirt and flirted with," says my sister, who runs a yoga center in Amsterdam. "He has a whole life in another town where he works as a high school art teacher, where God knows what goes down--we joke about the other family he has there--but I also deeply trust his dedication to our marriage. And given that the guy spends most of his time with ripe, hormonal, navel-pierced 16-year-olds, I never feel jealous, even when he spends a week in Rome each year with a giggling gaggle of them."

Obviously, none of these marriages are in any danger of running off the same rails mine did. These wives all sound committed, mature, rational, and accepting of the flatlining of passion and romance that happens in just about every long-term marriage I've ever heard of. And their husbands are all devoted and true.

Now let me speak for the other half, as both a wife who did cross lines and a female platonic friend who was ousted by a possessive wife. I have developed, through these painful experiences, my own sort of inner compass. I understand that the urge to control--like the urge to cheat--often comes from a lack of true closeness with one's spouse. Feeling insecure and threatened by another woman--or, conversely, feeling drawn toward another man beyond the enjoyable innocent fantasy--indicates that something is amiss in the union itself, something that needs addressing; the other person is often not the point.

If there's a rift in the marriage--if someone feels neglected, frustrated, tempted by others, or unsure--then trouble can easily arise. My friend Peter's wife no doubt sensed that his closeness with me was too intimate to be tolerable to her. She had to come first with him, and I was in the way. I understand that now.

Even secure, nonpossessive spouses want primacy with each other. "If Cam did have a purely platonic relationship with another female," says my sister Emily, who lives in New Zealand with her husband and their four kids, "I would want to have first place with him, even timewise, or I probably would end up resenting the other woman, even if there was nothing going on between them."

This also makes perfect sense to me. Six months after I left my husband, I fell in love with a much younger man. Now, after two years together, I feel this way about Brendan, as he does about me. Even though he and I are both guilty of misbehavior in prior relationships, we're deeply devoted to each other. Neither of us has any interest in anyone else, and that, as they say, is that. When he goes out with a female friend, I'm not threatened or worried. And with my male friends, I am extremely conscious of boundaries, and I never even come close to violating them. The thought of doing so literally sickens me now; the memories from the last years of my marriage are still raw and painful. It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true, to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.

I've never felt more boring or been happier.

Kate Christensen's sixth novel, The Astral, is out June 14.

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fantatic as always. does that mean they have a soul bond? I love your harry and hermione, they are so perfect for eachother.

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Thanks for your kind words =) No, there's no soul bond between Hermione and Harry. There's an artificial link between their magic, just like there's now a link between all seven witches of the ritual and the kids. Remember the tokens, they're very important as well!

Harry is surrounded by old magic, protected by it, and it will push all participants to aid and support him in any possible way. It can be against He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, or it can be so that he does well in his final exams, for example =) In any case, the magic will fade in time unless renewed.

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Review #1, by WitnesstoitAll Memories and Wolves

28th December 2011:

This was an interesting start!! I'm not much of a werewolf-fic fan, so I'm not sure how original this is or whatever, but stylistically, it seemed to flow very well. The flashback was very well incorporated into the narrative of the chapter. I do think that this chapter has a lot of potential to be better if little things like the formatting are fixed. Please, don't feel down about this... the formatting was just a little untradditional. Typically the indented paragraphs are a little jarring for the reader. The only other critique I have is that it may prove beneficial to have a beta read over this. There are a few places where the tenses of your verbs shift. Other than that, this was a good first chapter. Your MC's emotions were accessible and presented well. Your introduction of zoi was executed well too. You may have hinted a bit too strongly that zoi is most likely a child animagus, but then again it may not be meant to be a mystery.

Good work. I'd read something of yours several months ago and from then to now I can see improvement.

Author's Response: Thanks!

I'm glad it was an interesting start, and this is... Well I guess it does focus on werewolves... It's a collab and point of view switcher so future chapters will be different!

I never thought the formatting would be an issue... Huh... Guess I'll change that then! Thanks for telling me!

I do need to get a beta xD

Thanks and everything about Zoi will be... Explained sometime from now! For now... It's spoilers :P

Thanks! And I'm glad I've improved. :D

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Review #2, by EverDiggory Memories and Wolves

22nd December 2011:
This was a good chapter to set up the story,but it was missing stuff...
First,I think here needs to be more internal conflict. He was taking a wolf into Hogwarts...thats a big deal.
Also,theres needs to be more details.I don't have much to say for this chapter,but I will on the next(: I can't abandon this story,cuz you've got me hooked! 7/10

Author's Response: More internal conflict, got it! xD Usually, I think I put too much... Guess sometimes I don't put enough... And DETAILS! I need to work on that...

I need to tell you though, this is a collab so the next chapter won't be by me, just out of the 3 stories on here this one was... neglected in reads and such. xD

Woo! :D Thanks.

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In a cramped flat in Muggle London, Harry Potter was startled from sleep by a vigorous pounding on his front door. Carefully lifting aside the arm that had been draped over his chest, he sat upright. After pausing for a moment to let his eyes adjust to the darkness of the room, he grabbed his glasses and wand from the nearby nightstand and slowly stood. Every muscle in his tired body protested the movement and as he gazed with longing at his wife’s still slumbering body, cozied up next to the space he had just left behind the one in his chest protested loudest of all. Quidditch season was in full swing again until the end of May and between his odd hours and her training schedule in Holyhead, nights together would be few and far between.

Grumbling he donned an undershirt and pants and dragged himself to the door. Gazing through the peephole, he could see his superior, Head Auror Gawain Robards waiting impatiently outside. Harry muttered several incantations and waved his wand thrice, dispelling the enchantments surrounding the entrance. Releasing a heavy sigh, he manually unlocked the deadbolt and opened the door.

“Sorry to wake you, Harry,” Robards apologized. “Afraid there’s been a serious incident that simply can’t wait,” he added grimly.

“Where?” Harry asked. Despite six years having passed since the Battle of Hogwarts ended, the young wizard still feared the worst when he received this late-night visits. Despite their best efforts, rogue dark wizards still remained at large and there were few more appetizing targets than his closest friends and their families.

“The Corinthia…” Robards said solemnly, running a hand through his thick, golden hair.

Harry breathed in sharply. “Hell…”

“Come in then,” Harry waved, shutting the door behind them. “Do be quiet though. Ginny’s asleep.”

“No I’m not,” the fiery-haired witch said from the entrance to the bedroom as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes. Looking toward the kitchen she spotted Robards and offered a tepid smile. “Hello, Gawain.”

The Head Auror took a sip from the coffee he had brought with him. “Hello again. Sorry about the hour.”

Harry looked at his wife. Even in her pajamas, with her hair mussed, her natural beauty struck him. The moonlight entering through the lone window in the kitchen barely reached her face, illuminating the freckles that spattered her cheeks. He immediately went to her, stroking her hair back and giving her a peck on the lips. “Sorry, Gin…I tried not to wake you…”

“Well…” she said, a wry smile creeping onto her face, “perhaps if you weren’t so clumsy…anyway, I’m interrupting,” she finished, sharing one last look with her husband before retreating to bed.

Robards gestured toward the bedroom with his head. “Get dressed. I’ll fill you in on the way.”

Several minutes later, having donned his black suit and tie and kissed Ginny goodbye, Harry met his boss on the street outside his flat.

“Who?” he asked simply.

“Hughes,” Robards replied. “Just about bad as can be, given the situation.”

“Is it–”

“Scene’s secure of course. Two of the Department’s best patrolmen. I’ve made sure nobody’s entered.”

“Good,” Harry nodded. “I don’t want any premature conclusions clouding my thinking.”

“Naturally,” the older wizard said. Robards looked around them before ducking into an alleyway. “Safe to apparate?”

Harry nodded once more and with two pops, they were off.

Across the city, Ron Weasley was shaken awake by a hand on his shoulder. His eyes shot open immediately and he grabbed his wand from under the pillow next to him, poking the person standing over him in the chest.

“Wha? Who?” he stuttered as his vision came into focus. “Bloody hell, Harry! You could knock!”

Harry smirked at his disoriented friend. “Never as much fun that way.”

“Bastard,” Ron said crossly. “You know Hermione could’ve been here…”

“The night before the biggest hearing in the last few years? I don’t think so,” Harry chuckled.

Ron scowled. “What are you here for anyway?”

“Not just me,” Harry tutted. “Gawain too.”

“The Corinthia,” Harry said simply.

“Bloody hell.” Ron muttered, shaking his head. “Should I–”

“No. Official channels all the way on this one.”

“Right. Suppose she’ll find out soon enough.”

Harry changed the subject. “Any idea where we might find Neville tonight?”

“Haven’t heard from him,” Ron shrugged. “He’s really not taken the news about Luna and that Scamander character well I don’t think.”

“Oh?” Harry cocked an eyebrow.

“Yeah. Been spending a lot of time at the Leaky from what I hear. I suppose that’d be a fair place to start.”

“Get dressed then, mate,” Harry said. “We’ll wait for you to Floo over.”

Inside the Leaky Cauldron, Neville Longbottom sat alone at the bar, staring at a tumbler of Firewhiskey. This was the fourth consecutive night off that the young auror had spent sitting in this same barstool. Sighing, he picked up the tumbler briefly, noting the beginnings of condensation on the glass and dumped some salt on the napkin it had been resting on. Setting it back down, he scanned the room for a sign of anyone he knew. He was met with only disappointment. He should have known better than to expect a familiar face in the crowd on a Tuesday night. As he tilted the glass back and set it down again, he was confronted by the young, blonde bartender who was wearing an amused smile.

“You know, most people that come here actually drink,” she teased.

“Well…as you ought to know by now, I’m not most people,” Neville shot back.

“No,” the bartender said, shooting him a flirtatious smile, “you’re most certainly not. You’ve turned out to be nothing like I imagined you’d be when we first met.”

Neville laughed and leaned closer to the young witch. “Come on, Hannah,” he whispered, “close up early tonight. Let me take you someplace.”

Hannah Abbott blushed and flicked her hair back behind her head. “You know I can’t do that. I’d lose loads of galleons. Not to mention disappointing all these toothless old men you seem intent on hanging around with. Besides, where would you take me? It’s already after one!”

“I’m sure we could think of something…” he whispered.

“Merlin, Neville!” Hannah gasped. “To think you always used to be so quiet and shy–” The blonde girl stopped abruptly, lowering her voice to a whisper. “Harry and Ron…” she said quickly.

Neville looked toward the door immediately as Hannah stepped away. Immediately he noticed his two old friends were not alone. As they searched the crowded room, he waved his hand in the air to signal them.

“Ah, Neville, Ron thought we might find you here,” said Robards, eyeing the glass of Firewhiskey warily. “Been here long?”

“No sir, just a bit. Haven’t even had a drink yet.”

Robards sniffed the air lightly.

Neville furrowed his brow disapprovingly.

“Had to be sure. Serious business tonight. It’s a good thing you’re decently dressed. We’ve got to get a move on,” Robards said, patting Neville on the back and gesturing for him to join Ron and Harry near the door.

As they exited, Neville cast a look back at a disappointed Hannah Abbott, emphatically mouthing ‘I’m sorry’ across the room as he was dragged out the door.

After an uneventful trip in a Muggle taxi, the four men arrived at the Corinthia Hotel London and immediately made their way inside. With its high ceilings, elegant stone floors, and ornately-carved furniture, the establishment oozed wealth and status. The group immediately proceeded through the lobby, following Robards down a short hallway to the left where they waited for a lift to arrive.

“Room 1218,” Robards said quietly.

Neville and Ron opened their mouths to speak but were quickly silence by the Head Auror’s raised hand.

“We’ll talk inside,” he finished.

Shortly, the pair of golden doors farthest from them on the right opened with a soft ding. After a swift ride to the twelfth floor, they made their way to Tobias Hughes’s room. Nodding curtly at their arrival, two wizards dressed as hotel staff stepped aside and allowed them to enter.

Harry stepped in first, immediately noticing the old wizard’s dead body lying at the foot of the bed, eyes gazing past its far edge toward the clock on the bedside table. Its red numbers now read 1:48, with a small dot indicating AM. As he made to move forward, he discovered the broken wand at his feet. Lifting his own, Harry drew a magical line from the doorway to the object and again from each side wall to where it was located. According to his measurements it was roughly nine and one-half feet from the door and just two inches left of the center point between the two side walls.

“Nev, check the bathroom would you?” Harry asked, watching as his former classmate moved into the clean, well-lighted room to their left.

Once Ron and Robards had stepped inside, Harry turned around, allowing the door to close. They parted as he raised his wand to check the door. His detection spells illuminated a few potential pieces of evidence in the vicinity. First, caught in the side of the gold ring around the peephole was a single strand of gray hair. Next was a small stain that would have been unnoticeable to the naked eye just inside the closed door. Harry signaled to Ron that the evidence should be collected before stepping carefully over the wand in front of him.

He regarded the body carefully. Hughes had died lying on his stomach. From the wounds in the man’s back, it was apparent that he had been stabbed twice with a sharp object and based on their size, Harry speculated that it had most likely been a dagger. Looking around the room, there appeared to be no sign of a struggle. Whoever had killed the older wizard had taken him by surprise.

“Go ahead and lift it,” Harry said to Ron. “Neville, figure out a way to conceal it so we can get him out of here.”

Both men nodded. Ron raised his wand and used the mobilicorpus charm to levitate the body, placing it on the stretcher that Neville had transfigured the small entry table into.

“First to guess his next move doesn’t have to do the inventory,” Ron whispered.

“You’re on,” Neville replied. “Hmm. I say he checks the carpet where the body was.”

“No way,” Ron scoffed. “Tracing charm.”

Behind them, Robards chuckled. “Looks like you’ll both be splitting the work.”

Ahead of them, Harry had crossed the room and was casting detection charms on the sitting chair, table, windows, and curtains on the far side. Despite his most careful searching there wasn’t a shred of evidence to be found on any of them.

“Now, he’ll do the tracing charm,” said Robards, gesturing toward the dark-haired wizard as he raised his wand.

Vestigium magicus,” Harry stated, drawing a circle with his wand and poking its invisible center.

Immediately, a faint yellow color fell over Hughes’ body. A few minutes later, the lights in the room were illuminated with a light blue hue. A faint red trail crossed from the corner where Harry now stood to the other three’s position just in front of the doorway. Harry tilted his head to the right and furrowed his brow, his mouth drawing into a frown. A few minutes passed without incident until a deep green line originating a few paces from Harry shot to the area where the body had been. Shortly the lights in the room were again illuminated with the same blue and a small white mist appeared just in front of him. Looking further, Harry noticed that a small white dot had appeared at some point just in front of Ron’s chest. Waving his wand, all vanished.

“What you reckon, Harry?” Ron ventured.

“Hughes cast some positive magic on himself. Probably after he came in from the weather," he answered, beginning to pace. "Killer was waiting for him somehow. Put out the lights with something non-verbal…that must be when Hughes lit his wand. Seeing it must have been what made the killer cast to disarm. Then at some point Hughes gets his wand broken…”

“Maybe stepped on it in the dark?” offered Neville.

“What about the hair and blood over there though?” Harry asked.

“Maybe the killer stomped it,” Ron said. “Came over and roughed him up a bit by the door. Explains the hair and the stain…blood maybe.”

Harry nodded. “We should check the body for confirmation. And then the question is where those wounds came from and when. Hughes got led over here somehow…maybe after the incident at the door. Then he gets either the Killing Curse or the stabbing. Turned the lights back on when it was done.”

“Interesting…” Robards mused.

“Interesting?” Neville asked.

“Yes…quite. Our killer was either foolish, trying to hide the Killing Curse with the stabbing…or merciful to an extent. Killing Hughes before the loss of blood could do the job.”

“Whoever it was certainly kept their hands clean enough,” Harry muttered darkly. “We’ve got nothing about who they are…aside from that they’re magical.”

“Fat lot of good that is,” Ron grumbled. “Anything in the bathroom, Neville?”

“Afraid not,” Neville answered glumly.

Harry pocketed his wand. “Let’s get everything from this area up too. See if we can find anything. I’ll get working on the background…see what we can learn.”

“I’ll inform the Department that we’re done here. Try to handle the circus from the press as well, at least until they learn you’re running this thing, Potter. Longbottom, you’ll make arrangements about the body and get back to help Weasley with the inventory.”

Each nodded in turn as Robards turned his attention to Harry.

“Potter, you’re double lead on this. Report your initial findings to the Department’s Trial Division. They’ll probably assign a special prosecutor. Then follow up with the Minister. The hearing will have to be delayed.”

Harry nodded.

As Robards made to leave, he turned back and fixed each of his aurors with a meaningful stare. “Welcome to our little piece of hell, gentlemen.” Spinning around again, he left the room briskly, leaving the three friends to handle the mess.

A/N: One big challenge with this chapter was the investigative techniques that an auror could utilize. I’m not sure I went quite deep enough with it, but hopefully what Harry did doesn’t come across as beyond the scope of reasonableness. Another was bringing these characters together while dealing with some of the “spoiler” material about each of their personal lives. It won’t play a huge role in the story, but will come up here and there. I would also love to hear people’s thoughts on my writing the canon characters. I usually avoid them unless it’s an AU fic, but I’m trying to get over that so I can publish some Post-Hogwarts stuff, which I always enjoy musing about. Let me know what you think!

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2013/14 New Works Residencies

The Harvestworks Artist-in-Residence Program is pleased to announce our 2013-2014 recipients. The recipients are commissioned to create a new work in the Harvestworks TEAM (Technology, Engineering, Art and Music) Lab. The applications were reviewed by Paul Geluso (Master Teacher, Chief Recording Engineer, NYU Steinhardt), Laura Blereau (Director Bitforms Gallery NYC), Alexis Bhagat (co-founder <audience>) with support from Harvestworks Director and New York Electronic Art Festival Producer Carol Parkinson.

New Works Residencies

Andrew Demirjian: Music For Subtitles

demirjianAndrew Demirjian is an artist who uses databases, computer programming and audiovisual production to create experimental portraits and landscapes. At Harvestworks he creates Music For Subtitles, a database artwork that uses a large collection of still images from subtitled movies as its source material to create a new digital poem that is a video with multi-channel sound. In the work, static images are isolated from their original context and woven into a new narrative whole.

Art Jones: Hypercartogram

art jones HypercartogramArt Jones works with photography, the moving image, audio, and hybrid media. He will create Hypercartogram, a sound installation with projected video. It is a multichannel, interactive audio map of several cities, punctuated by live action and animated video projected onto a sculptural collage of urban spaces.

Ed Osborn: Palm House Transect

SONY DSCEd Osborn works with many forms of electronic media including installation, video, sound, and performance. At Harvestworks he will create Palm House Transect, a large-scale, site-specific sound installation developed for the greenhouse at the Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown, New York. Built in 1881, it is one of the earliest iron-frame greenhouses in North America and, at 376 feet long, one of the largest of its time. The piece consists of a generative sound composition played through a set of three-dozen loudspeakers spread irregularly throughout the greenhouse structure.

Christina Campanella, Latitude 14: I Went To The Lighthouse (and It Wasn’t There)

christinacampanella_hvstwksComposer and performer Christina Campanella works with music and sound across artistic disciplines. At Harvestworks, she will collaborate with writer Stephanie Fleischmann to co-create I Went To The Lighthouse (and It Wasn’t There), a performance installation that places both the audience and the work’s composer at the center of a multi-speaker sonic environment designed to evoke the visceral sense of an imagined world—the dimensionality of a place that has been erased by the tumult of rising seas. Using sound spatialization as a compositional tool, the work evokes unique associations in the listener conjured by the physical distribution of ambient and repurposed sound.

Timothy Fodness: Spacemen Waving at the Camera

tim fodnessTim Fodness is a sound designer, sound artist, and producer who studied audio engineering at the New School University. At Harvestworks he will create essentially a 5.1 surround sound album. It will consist of sonic landscapes inspired and guided by his own writing process. This process involves the interpretation and re-interpretation of dreams, journaling, storytelling, and stream of consciousness methods. It will be composed, arranged, and mixed in a 5.1 surround sound environment. Sound creation will include field recording, sampling, live instrumentation, Foley art, and analog modular synthesis.

Takashi Horisaki + Nina Horisaki-Christens: Metabolic Morpho-Historia

horisakiTakashi Horisaki and Nina Horisaki-Christens are New York-based sculptors whose work has been exhibited internationally. At Harvestworks they will create Metabolic Morpho-Historia, an interactive performance to be presented at a Soho art space. The project is based on the architectural history of Soho, and will integrate architectural casts made of colored latex, stretched over plastic and wire structures that incorporate sensors, to create modular components that, when rearranged over the course of the performance, trigger sound and/or video refragmented remix mimicking processes of urban development.

Steven Litt: SuperDrum

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Andrea Parkins: Three Rooms in the Memory Palace

parkinsAndrea Parkins is a composer, sound artist and electroacoustic performer who engages with interactive electronic activities. At Harvestworks she creates Three Rooms In The Memory Palace, a 3-part electroacoustic work reflecting her ongoing exploration of poetic interrelationships between physical/acoustical spaces, objects, and human gesture. The work will be presented at a location divisible into 3 separate acoustical spaces (“Rooms”) with 2 locations designated for multi -channel/multi-diffusion installations, and a third for presentation of a live 20-minute electroacoustic piece, scored for a small ensemble with quad-spatialized electronics.

Dana Karwas & Gabriel Winer: Eyes In The Sky

karwasDana Karwas is a designer and educator working in interactive media including installation, architecture, video, web, art, and user centered design. At Harvestworks she and artist Gabriel Winer will create Eyes In The Sky, an unprecedented portrait of the changing face of our planet. Beyond scientific, educational, or informational models, it is a personal and psychological experience of Earth.

Dan Joseph & Andrea Williams

josephwilliamsBrooklyn-based composer Dan Joseph and Oakland-based sound artist Andrea Williams create collaborative electroacoustic soundscapes with hammer dulcimer, field recordings, soundmakers and electronics. At Harvestworks the duo proposed to create a fully produced studio recording suitable for publication on CD or vinyl and a multi-channel mix for installation purposes.

John Driscoll: Virtual Sound Objects

driscollJohn Driscoll is a founding member of Composers Inside Electronics and has collaborated on and managed the Rainforest IV project since its inception in 1973. At Harvestworks he will create Virtual Sound Objects, a new performance work that will immerse the audience in a number of highly focused moving sound fields creating a unique sound experience. This will involve a minimum of three small robotic ultrasonic speakers and one larger ultrasonic speaker mounted on a larger dual axis motor drive unit. These ultrasonic sound fields will be combined with an array of small speakers with highly articulated sound patterns.

Weiwei Jin & Margaret Schedel: The Self

schedelweiwei jinMargaret Anne Schedel is a composer and cellist specializing in the creation and performance of ferociously interactive media whose works have been performed throughout the United States and abroad. Originally from China, Weiwei Jin is a Sweden/UK based composer, sound/multimedia artist, producer and pianist, whom works in both electronic and acoustic music. At Harvestworks they will create The Self, a multimedia installation opera that takes the psychoactive drug Ayahuasca as a thread to reach into its three main characters: a retired US forest servicer, his wife and a Shaman. Based on a fragmented non-linear storytelling drama, created from elements of its situations and characters, and generated by the data of psychoactive drug modified neuronal activities, The Self has neither singers nor accompanying ensemble. It travels the space between an opera and an installation.

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Amber Hawk Swanson: Five Dolls

swansonAmber Hawk Swanson will work on video edits for her current project, Five Dolls. She will commission five more Amber Dolls in her current likeness and place them in five geographic locations based on the analytics from the last eight years of making her live-performance Doll work.

Educational Scholarships

Educational scholarships were awarded to: Terry Dame, Stephanie Dinkins, Michael Evans, Luke Folger and Christina Wheeler.

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A BEE-utiful day at Havenscourt Homestead

Posted by Kitty Sharkey , Sunday, May 23, 2010 12:08 AM

I walked out the back door today and Spring promptly slapped me across the face.

"WAKE UP KITTY!!! I've been knocking on your door for a while, but you never noticed!"

So I spent an hour or two in my side yard with my camera. Except for the pictures of the animals, all other pictures were taken within about 20 feet of each other.

One of the things I'm really proud of is my Constructed Wetlands, aka The Bog Gardens. I love the variety of shapes and colors all packed neatly into a small package. And my bees love them too! There are a few favorite "watering holes" that I've affectionately given names to.

The Red Leaf is by far the most popular spot to stop while cruising along the strip. The water here is guaranteed to be fresh and cool. It has a wonderful awning that is great for lounging under while sipping something cool and refreshing.

Across the street, you'll find The Spiral. The neighborhood over here is a bit dicey, but once all the twists and turns are navigated successfully, it turns out to be quite a fine establishment. Patronage used to be mostly limited to a few locals, but the word got out somehow and now it's the hip place to be.

The Fountain Court is great if one prefers full sun, tanning, and playing in the surf. The cool water here flows smooth, steady, and sweet. After someone tests the water the call usually goes out. "Come on in girls, the water's fine!" This joint doesn't discriminate either. The Hummers play daily, morning, noon, and night. They must have seen the Cirque de Soleil show ‘0’ because they put on quite a show which includes such things as singing, aerial acrobatics, and water ballet.

Of course with all this action concentrated in such a small neighborhood, it’s bound to attract a few unsavory characters. Luckily the big burly guy in the fur coat usually just watches from the street corner.  It's sort of creepy actually.  But as long as he stays in his place, all weapons remain concealed.

With so many tasty establishments popping open along the strip each day, the food choices are almost endless. Thanks to organized community development this place is buzzing with activity!  Heck, they've even got publicity photo's posted online!  Seriously!  Check it out:

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Hi, was going to look at your pictures but the link wouldn't work - it takes me to a flickr page where it says I don't have permission it is private. Love your place! would be great to see pics if they're still available - urchinblue@aol.com thanks!

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Thanks for alerting me. I've fixed the link now.


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    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Sophomore Anthony Torres hit a go-ahead RBI single through the left side of the infield in the top of the 11th inning, sending the University of Iowa baseball team to a 2-1 win over Purdue at Alexander Field.

    "It was a great college baseball game that had pace to it," said UI head coach Jack Dahm "We did some great things. Torres has been coming up big all year long, and I felt good about bunting in front of him because I thought he would get it done."

    Iowa (20-27, 8-14) improved to 5-1 in extra-inning games this year, and 3-1 in Big Ten games that stretched into extra-innings. The Hawkeyes have outscored opponents 9-1 after the ninth inning.

    The 11-inning contest lasted two hours and 34 minutes, as starting pitchers Matt Dermody (Iowa) and Robert Ramer (Purdue) went toe-to-toe. Dermody tossed 9 2/3 innings, allowing one run on eight hits, while Ramer allowed two runs on eight hits in 10 2/3 innings.

    "Those guys competed and made pitch after pitch," Dahm said. "It was a great job by Matt to keep his concentration and focus, and keep doing his job. That's a mature pitcher that went out and played the game pitch-to-pitch like we talk about."

    Dermody was relieved by sophomore Nick Hibbing, who picked up his second win of the season. Hibbing held Purdue scoreless over 1 1/3 innings, allowing one hit and striking out two. Hibbing had to earn the win against the Boilermakers, working out of a jam in the 11th inning to secure the win.

    With runners on first and second and two outs in the 11th, Purdue first baseman Angelo Cianfrocco blasted an 0-2 pitch over the right field fence. The bomb was originally called a home run by umpire Scott Inman, giving the Boilermakers a walk-off victory.

    Dahm protested the call, prompting a meeting between umpires. The umpires would overturn the call, ruling it a foul ball. Hibbing ended the threat two pitches later by striking out Cianfrocco swinging.

    "The job that Nick did at the end after all the fireworks was great," said Dahm. "That's not very easy to get refocused, and he made a heck of a pitch to get the strikeout. It was a big time effort, and Nick likes those situations. He's made plenty of big pitches for us in games like that."

    The Hawkeyes took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth inning, plating the run on two hits. Sophomore Eric Toole scored the run, crossing the plate after a wild pitch by Raber.

    Purdue (17-32, 6-16) evened the score, 1-1, in the bottom of the seventh inning courtesy of a Kyle Wood RBI single.

    Dermody, who made his final collegiate start, set a new career-high in innings pitched (9 2/3). The senior from Norwalk, Iowa, added six strikeouts, taking a no-decision. Dermody finishes his senior season with a 7-2 record and a 3.39 ERA.

    "That's as good as any kid could throw in his last outing," said Dahm. "I'm so proud of the way he pitched. To be able to go 9 2/3 innings and do what he did was a great job by him."

    Dermody's performance was aided by an Iowa defense that turned three double plays behind him, including two that ended innings. The Hawkeyes entered the game third in the Big Ten in double plays, turning 51 in 46 games.

    "Don't forget about the defense," Dahm said. "The double play by Nick Day and Nick Roscetti in the sixth was a tremendous double play, and we had three of them. Our defense played really well."

    The Hawkeyes generated eight hits against the Boilermakers. Seven different individuals collected a hit, led by sophomore Taylor Kaufman's two singles. It was Kaufman's 11th multi-hit effort this season.

    Iowa and Purdue return to Alexander Field tomorrow at 6 p.m. (CT) for the second game of a three-game set.

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     W:  Hibbing (IOWA) 2-3
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Sports Complex Sales Tax to Sunset

bickle schmidt sports complexAt the end of the month, the sales tax approved by Hays voters to build the Bickle Schmidt Sports Complex will sunset. The sales tax will go from 8.55% back to 8.05% at midnight on March 31st.

The tax was approved in 2008 and is expected to collect $11 million. City Finance Director Kim Rupp says the voters approved $8 million for construction and the additional funds are set aside for continued maintenance.

Retailers need to start charging the 8.05% tax beginning at 12:01 a.m. on April 1st. That tax rate is broken down with 6.30% going to the state and 1.75% to the city.

If Ellis County’s sales tax question is approved by the voters, the rate in Hays would again be 8.55%.

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    A lower Sales Tax is good for business and consumers!!!!! I hope the voters of Ellis County realize this!!!!!!

  • No more tax

    Nobody should vote for the sales tax increase the County wants. They are going to try to push all this though by putting everything ie. jail/court house/ems/fire department on one ballot. Don’t let them get away with it! First is was to be for ems/firehouse which I thinking is obsurd. After figuring out that they may not get that voted through, they added the remodel of bank building for offices, then they added that the jail is too small. Anything to get the stupid millions of dollar fire station built!~

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    I agree with No More Tax’s statement of not passing and supporting the half cent sales tax. It is ludicrous. When will it quit? Never. Belly up and propose a bond issue with exact amounts/costs not guesses. The electorate is tired of paying for the unknown in the case of the jail, EMS building and all the other things the commissioners are wanting to add to the wish list.

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    No more dang 1/2 cent sales taxes for awhile, give the residents a break. Vote NO. I would rather have spent the money from the sports complex on our EMS, then adress the jail and then after the necessities of our town and area were taken care of worry about a sports complex.

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    Let the sun set.

  • don’t care

    I’ve emailed the county commissioners and Mr Sund about my concern of how this will affect my business and not one single reply. They just don’t care that higher sales tax means less business.

  • passin threw

    so the tax being lifted is going to hurt your business? that has to be the dumbest thing i’ve ever heard…..chances are your business will fail either way since the ceo of your company has less brain capacity than a slug snail

    • Bob

      No one said that. Apparently, you cant read and comprehend English.

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    A previous article from the Hays Daily stated that a protest had not been filed concerning the issuing of the $14.5 million in bonds. If that is true, the bonds can be issued since the protest deadline has past (Mar 5). So the question becomes…does one one to pay back the bonds with a sales tax or thru property tax. A vote no to sales tax = yes to higher property taxes. At least that my understanding of the bond issue.


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Why You Should Refrain from Strenuous Exercise on the HCG Diet

It’s been pounded into your head ever since you started trying to lose weight; the only way to get rid of the pounds is to eat less and to get up and start exercising a lot.  Then you find out the HCG diet plan that tells you to reduce your food intake, take the HCG injections or oral HCG drops, but refrain from strenuous exercise. It almost seems impossible to believe; how can a diet work without strenuous exercise?  Is it really possible to drop pounds without doing some kind of rigorous workout three to four times every week?  What about building muscle to burn fat or working off excess calories?

Dr. ATW Simeons clearly states not to exercise strenuously on HCG diet. Some people new to the HCG diet plan have trouble comprehending why exercise is not recommended on the HCG weight loss process. While it is true that a bit of moderate exercise such as walking won’t hurt you, a lot of exercise or strenuous exercise can backfire on you while on the HCG diet plan.  It is because, despite the fact that taking HCG makes you feel full, even on a five hundred calorie per day diet, the low intake of food is not sufficient for strenuous exercise.

When you start exercising on a HCG diet, the body will perceive it doesn’t have enough energy sources to rely on and it will believe you are starving.  This reduces the metabolic processes and severely slows, if not all together stalls the weight loss process.  This is why it is so vital that you refrain from strenuous workouts until you have achieved your set weight loss goals while using an HCG diet plan. In addition, you are already burning abnormal fat with the very low calories diet while on hCG diet. Extra exercising will result in the loss of lean muscle tissues instead.

Does being on an HCG plan mean that you have to give up exercising forever?  No. In fact, once you have lost the weight you set out to lose you can put yourself on an exercise regimen to keep the weight off permanently.  Meanwhile, during the dieting process, limit your exercise to brief walks, stretching, and very low impact exercises.  You will find that your dieting efforts will be far more successful because you maintain a fast metabolism with a low calorie intake.

  1. John. says

    Workout the old fashion way. Start by stop stuffing ur face and get off the couch. U put yourself in that predicament you need to get out. Hcg may work, so does hard work. Need to lose 17.5 lbs, everyday I do my best. Eat health, exercise and know when I hit my goal,it was all me. Not some drug. But what ever suits you, then go for it.

  2. Lorenzo Legge says

    I am about to start the hcg weight loss program. IM accustom to exercising doing cardiovascular exercises in the gym walking on mornings and I play basketball recreational y. So i basically exercise 4 to 5 times a week. While on the HCG is this to much I exercise approximately 2.hrs on those days. 1hr in the morning and one hour in the afternoon.

  3. Marie says

    I am on the 4th day and I feel pretty good so far. I have read mixed reviews on these shots. I don’t want to get discouraged, I do Zumba for an hour 3-4 times a week
    and 1 day training for 30 minutes is this too much to do
    where it will mess up the routine.

  4. kafont1 says

    Exercising strenuously will increase insulin levels after working out. That's why high intensity exercise it not recommended.

  5. Scott says

    You can't exercise because with only 500 calories a day you will probably pass out a normal human body needs about 1200-1500 calories a day just to function you drop that down to 500 calories a day doing anything more then getting off your couch might actually kill you.

  6. Karen says

    I do the Silver Sneakers workouts daily plus an hour twice a week with a personal trainer. I've been working out for about 18 months so I was worried about losing muscle instead of fat. My Doctor said to eat more protein and eat 3 egg whites for breakfast and if I was real hungry add a yoke – before I work out. So I eat more breakfast and lunch and less at dinner – losing the weight and not hungry – also taking the L-Carnitine before I work out.

  7. Maria says

    I have just started the HCG diet and losing a little over 1 lb a day, but I am exercising, riding my bike to burn about 100 calories and doing sit ups, weights and resistant type exercise. weights every other day and the bike every day, I am losing steadily, I was told to eat a fruit before exercise and a protein or protein shake after in addition to the 500 calories and I am losing steadily. just don't do too much strenuous exercise, if you do you need to eat just a little more.

    • Susan says

      This what I was worried about. I have been excercising and then started the drops. I read that adding the protein drink after the work out would only help. I am glad to know that I can still have the 500 calories and the protein drink. Thank you

  8. Lisa says

    I am on day 8 (R2P2D8), I am a personal trainer (train clients lunch hr) and yoga teacher. Last night I worked out to the max both sessions with my clients. Today, I am super tired and did not lose. I feel like I got hit by a bus.
    I am not doing that again. Stick to moderate walking. It worked for me on round 1!

  9. Lolabird says

    Dr S DOES NOT recommend exercise, and the starvation mode theory definitely does apply. Where people are getting confused is there is a difference to starting a new work out plan from couch potato, or continuing a routine your body is used to. If you've been weight training/running etc for a long time (I'd say 6months or more, but maybe even only 3. If you've made your initial muscle/cardio gains and hit a plateau, your body should be adjusted enough) you can continue, but you should do so at a moderate pace, ie do not add weight or endurance. Aim only to stay roughly where you're at, perhaps a little less, especially as you go into week 3 and beyond. Supplement with additional protein. I used up to 200g extra protein somedays. Add carbs post workout as well, but healthily. I would rely on fast acting sports supplements for this, as that is what they are designed for to feed muscles. Most of all, listen to your body. You WILL lose muscle if you're not careful. Your body will have no choice but to cannibalize itself.
    If you've never exercised before, DON'T do it. What's the point? You want to start a healthy lifestyle, all this will teach you is you're exhausted and weak, because you'll b e putting too much strain on your system. In a few short weeks, you can start with P3. You'll be carrying on average 20 to 30lbs less fat for your joints and heart to deal with. Less chance of injury. More chance of sticking to it. Quicker results, as you'll be able to see the muscle gains with less lard on you. HCG is fun and quick but still very very hard. Why set yourself up to blow it???

  10. Sharon says

    A few weeks back I did the HCG diet, but on a 800 calorie plan.. what I can tell you is.. 1-yes it works.. within a week I did lose 5.3 pounds.. 2- DONT do any sort of heavy exercise.. I was boxing at home..speed walking up hills on the treadmill for an hour 3-4 days a week.. and by the end of my 2nd week on it.. I wanted to die in a corner. I couldn't sleep from the appetite suppressant pills I was given (I went to an actual weight loss clinic who provided me with all of this and told me the more I work out..the better)… at the end.. yes I did lose weight.. but I also lost all of my appetite.. to the point of I refused to eat even after the pills stopped.. everything disgusted me.. I didn't sleep for a week straight.. I'd get an hour or 2 in during the day.. my stool wasn't the same even.. headache's/earache's..you name it.. I had it. Bottom line is… DONT DO HEAVY/RIGOROUS EXERCISING.. it won't pay off during this diet…

  11. karen says

    I am 8 days in to my first round and I could not resist a fun morning of surfing- now I am more tired than I have ever felt for such a moderate level of athleticism and am wondering just what happened physiologically, did I mess up my hcg metabolism? Did I digest muscle? hmmmm

  12. evelyn flynn says

    I started the diet almost 3 weeks ago. I love doing Zumba as a workout!! If I do Zumba 2-3 times a week, will that affect my weight loss on the HCG ultra drop diet? How much can I possibly hurt myself if its an hour class a couple days a week? I saw on another site to just make up the calories you burn after working out. Would eating some veggies or fruit after the workout to suppress my appetite hurt me or will it be ok??

  13. ProjectMe says

    I’ve been reading up on the ‘no exercise’ rule while on HCG. What I found was that (1) Dr. A.T.W. Simeon didn’t seem to have such a prohibition and (2) there is some valid debate on whether the “starvation mode” theory rightly applies. Have a look at the article and leave a comment. Is the exercise prohibition really time-tested no-no, or an overreach in theory that doesn’t stand up to facts? If you have any thoughts or experiences, I’d love to hear them!

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A Pain Specialist's Challenges and Rewards

In the late 1980s, when Ira Fox, MD, DABPM, FIPP, ABIPP, joined a large medical group in south Florida, pain management was in its infancy. Being “the new guy at the practice,” Fox took an interest in the specialty and spent his spare time traveling and learning from national and international experts on the subject.

Now he looks back and considers himself very fortunate.

“Because there were not many people doing [pain management], they were amused by my interests, so they allowed me to visit with them and learn from them,” Fox recalls. “And after doing that for several years, I realized I was in a position to do a lot of different things to help people with chronic pain.”

Today Fox is an interventional pain specialist and founder of Anesthesia Pain Care Consultants in Tamarac, Fla. He is also chairman of the Advisory Board for the World Institute of Pain Executive Board until 2013 and is chairing the local organizing committee for the 6th Annual Pain Congress that will be held in Miami in February 2012.

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In years past, anesthesiologists involved in pain management would do three epidural injections in someone’s back in the recovery room, and if that helped, great. If it didn’t, that was it.

Not satisfied with that take-it-or-leave-it approach, Fox began exploring the field of pain management and soon came to a realization. Many of the procedures performed would offer greater results if done under X-ray using fluoroscopy or X-ray guidance.

“We could make sure the medication was reaching targeted areas,” he says. “And the results were a lot more dramatic.”

Fox started Anesthesia Pain Care Consultants in 1996 with Jay Lazner, MD, his original partner, and began performing procedures that today are much more common, including radio frequency, a procedure that burns nerve endings so patients no longer feel pain. He made a commitment to play a large role in the development of the pain management specialty. The hours were demanding, he recalls, but very rewarding.

“When you can work with somebody who most people have felt could never get better, and you can get them better, that’s extremely rewarding,” Fox says. “And it really is what keeps you going. It provides you with a mentality of not giving up so easily. A lot of these patients are challenging, and you may have to try different things before you can get the results you hoped for. But once you get it, you really change someone’s life.”

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Fox still spends a great deal of time traveling, but it’s not necessarily for leisure. He is an examiner for the Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice, a board certification given by the World Institute of Pain. Candidates are not only tested on their didactic ability through a written and oral exam, but they’re also given a practical exam where they perform procedures on cadavers.

As an examiner, Fox is able to assess physician skills as well as their ability to be safe. He also believes that not only is the FIPP the only exam of its kind, but it’s also needed in other specialties.

“An orthopedist does a hip replacement,” Fox says. “No one has ever seen him do one, yet he’s board certified. So we have put together this exam that allows the observation of people’s techniques.”

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An avid golfer, one of Fox’s goals is to play on each of the top 100 golf courses worldwide. With his travel schedule, that might seem easy to do, but Fox admits that he’s probably only about a quarter of the way toward his goal.

“I just got back from playing the number two ranked course in the world, which is Pine Valley in New Jersey,” he says. “That was a big deal for me.”

To put that in perspective, Golf Digest, which biannually ranks the top 100 courses, ranked Augusta, where the Masters is held, number one. Pebble Beach is ranked sixth.

“I’ve played Pebble Beach, but have not played Augusta. So if anyone out there reads this and can get me on Augusta that would really be good.”

First, Fox would have to fit it into his busy schedule, which includes working with the World Institute of Pain Foundation to raise money for indigent people throughout the world who need pain care. The foundation also raises money to develop educational programs to teach physicians worldwide the latest in pain management techniques. In fact, Fox recently returned from India where he lectured and gave workshops at the country’s first ever pain symposium.

It’s an exhausting schedule, but emotionally rewarding.

“I have people who thought they would never work again, and they’re able to go back to work and be productive, and prove everyone around them wrong,” Fox says. “It can be very emotional to hear their story and know that you’ve made a big difference in their lives. I can probably get at least one [story] every day that will just about bring a tear to your eye.”

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Global shipments of plasma TV sets experienced a huge year-on-year growth in 2010, according to a recent report from California-based market research and consulting firm DisplaySearch. However, LCD TV is expected to remain as the dominant display technology sold worldwide this year, essentially becoming the leading flat-screen choice for consumers wishing to replace their ageing CRT televisions.

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Every three months, DisplaySearch publishes a Quarterly Advanced Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report which gives insight into TV and panel shipments broken down by region, size and brand. Its latest Q4’10 version revealed that plasma television shipments grew 30% Y/Y in 2010, comprehensively reversing the negative trend of -1.5% seen in 2009. Although the report attributed this turnaround to a rise in value-seeking behaviour among consumers who are still affected by the present economic climate, as well as a quicker erosion in plasmas’ average selling prices (15%) compared to that for competing LCD televisions (10%), we think that the push towards 3D TV technology played some part too: plasma televisions typically boast a faster pixel response time than LCD-based 3D TVs, which is important in reducing the amount of crosstalk for an engaging 3D viewing experience.

Moving forward though, DisplaySearch predicts that sales of plasma TVs will slow down significantly, and start falling during the second half of 2011 as LCD televisions regain market share for screens below 50 inches in size. In total, LCD TV displays are expected to make up 84% of all televisions shipped globally this year, posting a 13% year-on-year increase from 192 million units in 2010 to nearly 217 million units in 2011, eventually hitting 270 million units by 2014.

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Hello everyone,

I was examining the PCM2704 datasheet to compare their suggested circuit to what was included in a simple DAC I have when I noticed some differences. Specifically, on my DAC there are no pull-down resistors on the output (in front and behind the caps). Are these something that I should add?

Also, I was wondering about series resistors on the headphone output. I noticed that some people add 120 ohm guys in series at that location. What are the benefits/uses of this? It's gonna increase the total output impedance, and I would guess it will cut down on volume and lower the noise level.

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Wont affect the audio. Look like they're there to discharge the cap when open so no fast discharges when closing the circuit. Wont hurt to use them but probably don't need them.

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Ahh, that makes sense.

Now what about adding series resistors? Will that cut down on the noise level? There is definitely some hiss, not as bad as straight out of the headphone jack on my laptop, but it is there nonetheless.

Also, this thing is loud - I have to set windows volume at 2 in order to not blow my ears out. Is there anyway to decrease the volume? The op amp gain on the tda1308 if I remember correctly (-R2/R1) is at around 1.5. I don't feel like I can lower that anymore with the risk of destabilizing the amp. With that said, is there anyway to decrease the overall gain so that I can set windows volume at around 50 for a comfortable listening volume. I don't think there is anyway to decrease the output on the USB receiver (PCM2704) so I'm not sure what my options are...

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Anyone have any input on the series resistors at the output of the amp?

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