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Xavi explains why Coutinho would be perfect for Barca

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Liverpool are rightly pinning their title hopes on star man Philippe Coutinho after his phenomenal start to the season.

The Brazilian has scored six goals and created five assists for the Reds, making a nonsense of fears that Jurgen Klopp’s side could be undone by their lack of a top out-and-out striker.

The success of their current attacking formula has often left Daniel Sturridge sidelined altogether, sparking rumours he could be on his way out of Anfield.

Yet, Coutinho’s own future is far from certain.

Barcelona have made no secret of their admiration for the 24-year-old, and they’ve never shied away from unsettling players in the past.

It seems they’re at it again. Barca legend Xavi has already started speaking about the prospect of the playmaker joining the Catalans, telling Goal:

“Coutinho is a player I have always thought is special – but under Klopp he has gone up another level. On form there are not any better midfield players in Europe.

“When you play at the level he is there is always going to be talk, but for now he needs to ignore all that and stay focused, because I think Liverpool have a real chance this season.”

That sounds fairly innocuous, but Xavi added:

“There are not many players that can improve Barcelona, but if you are asking me if he is one of them, on this form, I think he is. Technically he is very good. He would suit Barcelona’s philosophy well.”

Liverpool are actually yet to receive an official approach, but it could be that Luis Enrique’s men are working behind the scenes, putting in the groundwork first.

Coutinho doesn’t have a buyout clause in his contract, so Liverpool would not be forced to sell if they didn’t want to. There’s every danger, though, that regardless of how their title race plays out, the player himself may want to follow in the footsteps of Luis Suarez and head for the La Liga champions.

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What went on in Arsenal’s team meeting after the Chelsea game

It would have been great to be a fly on the wall during Arsenal’s team meeting after the Chelsea game.

Arsene Wenger watched his side’s title hopes all but ended by the Blues as they slipped to a 3-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge.

However, according to the Telegraph, there was no ranting and raving from the manager, and their post-match debrief was conducted in much the same way as it always is.

The newspaper’s correspondent Matt Law has claimed, though, that there was unrest surrounding Wenger’s perseverance with Mesut Ozil.

The Germany international performed poorly again, and there have to be serious questions raised over his mentality.

Few players seem to lack appetite like Ozil, especially when it really matters. And unfortunately, players with that problem rarely win titles.

On his day, the playmaker is undoubtedly one of the few world-class players at the club.

Yet, too often, it isn’t his day, but Wenger refuses to drop him.

The Gunners boss can’t risk alienating one of his star men, especially as he’s yet to sign a new contract, so that could explain a further motivation for keeping the faith with him.

If things don’t improve, though, it could well influence the club’s decision whether to let him go if another big side comes calling this summer.

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Latest Entrant to my gadget family – iPad Mini

After having owned many mobiles, tablets from various brands like Nokia, Samsung, Micromax, Motorola, it was time for some premium, top of the line gadget to make way into my Gadget Family. I had plans of purchasing the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 but just around that time the iPad Mini was launched. So I decided to go for the Apple product. This is my first Apple product and hope for some great experiences ahead.

Before narrowing on to the iPad Mini, I had a tough choice to make between the Google Nexus 7 and the iPad Mini. After reading hundreds of blogs, forums, checking out videos, I chose the iPad Mini.

Some of you might certainly ask meWhy the iPad Mini over the Powerful Nexus 7 ?” There are two major reasons for the same.

    • First one being that I couldn’t check out the Nexus 7 hands on anywhere, but the iPad Mini was widely available.
    • The second being the lack of back camera in the Nexus 7. I know I’m purchasing a tablet and not a camera but still addition of camera pulled me towards the iPad Mini.

Other than this, various factors like the Nexus’s service in India, availability etc made my go for the iPad Mini. Also the Apple factor did play a minute role in this decision. Which now I feel was a good decision made.  As said, this is my first Apple product, so enjoying the all new experience of the iOS.

iPad Mini Box.
iPad Mini Box.
iPad Mini.
iPad Mini.
iPad Mini catalog.
iPad Mini catalog.

Purchased the 16 GB wifi version, as the memory capacity is more than what I need. And I must say, this piece of technological marvel fits perfectly in my hand and has everything a tablet must have. The features / apps that I love on the mini include iBooks, Siri, International Keyboard (amazed to see that it has Auto-Correct for Hindi !! :O), iSight Camera, Facetime, Flipborad etc. etc. etc.

All new Lightening Connector.
All new Lightening Connector.
Lightening Connector port, home button and the stereo speakers.
Lightening Connector port, home button and the stereo speakers.
Side view - Volume Keys, Switch, iSight Camera
Side view – Volume Keys, Switch, iSight Camera

Along with the tablet, I also purchased a smart cover courtesy: eBay. I’m certainly enjoying reading books on this, and playing games (Temple Run 2 was the first game installed on this) Initially it did take me some time to figure out how to transfer stuff using iTunes, but now I’m quite aware as to how things are supposed to be done.

After all this, I feel this is good purchase made. A light, handy, powerful device that can do amazing things ! Please do recommend some great free Apps that I could use on my mini. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

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GOP frontrunner Donald Trump won Kentucky on Super Saturday.

Trump finished with 35 percent of the vote.
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TWN-Africa Critiques Revised GIPC Bill

Tetteh Hormeku

Third World Network-Africa (TWN Africa) has punched holes into the revised Ghana Investments Promotion Centre (GIPC) Bill, noting that there has been little change to the provisions.

According to the non-governmental organization, the changes in the provisions did not offer any relief for domestic producers.

Tetteh Hormeku, Head of Programmes at TWN Africa, who made the statement recently at a two-day National Economic Policy seminar organised by the Economic Justice Network in Accra, said the revised bill was devoid of any vital inducement to influence and prop up Ghanaian manufacturers.

Some of the provisions that have been slightly altered in the bill include the fact that foreigners can no longer operate taxi or car hire services in a business venture that owns 25 vehicles or less.

They can also not operate beauty salons or barbers’ shops and they have been barred from printing recharge scratch cards for mobile telecommunications services.

But Mr Hormeku explained that the afore-mentioned provisions were inadequate to facilitate any transformation of the Ghanaian economy and give prominence to the concerns of local business people against foreign investors.

Furthermore, he said the bill did not insist on the right to protect Ghanaians producers by taking away a proposal to ensure 30 per cent Ghanaian participation in joint ventures.

He stated that certain tactical exceptions that could have supported the local economy to grow as envisaged have been expunged owing to Government’s consideration of donor pressure.

Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Trade and Industry, reacting to concerns raised at the forum, said the revision was meant to make Ghana a sociable destination to attract requisite foreign direct investment so as to develop essential infrastructure.

In July, this year, Parliament passed the amended GIPC Bill 2013 to amend Ghana’s investment laws to project shifting economic situations that will provide optimum business opportunities and motivation for local businesses.

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Secundo volumine haec continentur, de natura Deorum libri III.

Venice, Aldus and Andrea Torresani, 1523.

8vo, ff. 214, (2). Roman and Italic letter, Aldine device on title and verso of last, a couple of little splashes at head of first few leaves. A good clean and well-margined copy in contemporary russet deerskin, remains of clasps, boards blind-tooled with border of repeated initial ‘A’s, urns, triple-ruled frames and florets to corners, a central elaborate floral panel typical of Lower-German bindings in the first quarter of sixteenth-century (Foot, A Collection of Bookbindings, II, nos 325, 329 (an Aldine), 332); cords exposed on spine, leather partially torn away at tail, compartments ruled and roll-stamped to pattern as covers, gauffered edges gilt. On pastedown and title, ex libris of George Vasbachs, presumably the founder of the family chapel in Kirchhundem in 1667; sixteenth-century inscription of Arnold von Vitringen beneath; contemporary inked over ex libris of Joannis Georgii V? beside device.

FIRST ALDINE EDITION edited by Gian Francesco Torresani and containing seven of Cicero’s philosophical and political works, many of which survive only in part and whose missing fragments are designated multa desunt throughout: “On the Nature of the Gods”, “On Divination”, “On Destiny”, the six surviving books of “The Dream of Scipio”, the famous dialogue “On the Laws”, a commentary on Plato’s Timaeus, and a treatise “On Running for Consul”. The first two works were hugely influential from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment – Voltaire regarded De Natura Deorum as ‘the best book of all antiquity’ – offering detailed accounts of Epicurian, Stoic, Academic and Sceptical philosophies, as well as a critical approach to types of divination common in pagan theology. A continued discussion of omens, lots, dreams, and divination in De Divinatione influenced the writings of sceptics into the 18th century.

The sixth book of Cicero’s De re publica, also known as Somnium Scipionis, offers a comprehensive view of Roman cosmology in the form of a dream vision. In it, Scipio is visited by his dead grandfather and shown the heavens, the Milky Way, the earth’s atmosphere, and its insignificant size in comparison to the rest of the universe. It is the earliest known mention of the Wheel of Fortune (rota fortunae), which along with the planetary spheres enjoyed such popularity throughout the middle ages and gave rise to many beautiful illustrations. De Legibus was written in the final years of the Republic before Caesar assumed power, and discusses the foundations of Natural Law. The concluding treatise advises electioneering for Counsulship, and claims to be written for Marcus Tullius Cicero by his brother, Quintus, but its authenticity is contested.

‘Ces deux volumes complètent l’ancien Cicéron donné avant Paul Manuce, soit qu’on veuille le former absolument des premières éditiones, soit qu’on y admette les secondes ou les troisièmes, données justqu’en 1522. Au reste, toutes sont tellement rares, que l’on n’a guère la faculté de choisir, et qu’il faut prendre celles qu’on recontre, si l’on veut parvenir á se complèter mème dans le cours de beaucoup d’années: d’ailleurs leur réunion ne forme nullement disparate.’ Renouard, Annales des Alde, p. 97.

BM STC It p. 175; Adams, C 1741 (Vol I. only); Brunet, II, 15; Thorndike, VI, 503; Renouard, 97:5.

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Paris, Cinqieme jour de Octobre, 1594.

Single vellum leaf, [ cm. x  cm.] folded in two. Ten lines of manuscript, in a fine C16th French secretarial hand, autograph of Henry IV below, another illegible beneath, title of document on outer fold, with autograph ‘Marssl.’ beneath, for whom the debt was paid. Original paper flaw, sewn up in upper blank margin, small stain across manuscript not affecting script, light yellowing in places. Very good.

Most interesting document signed by Henri IV of France, the year of his coronation and legitimisation as King of France, in which he settles the debt, of 70,254 sols or sous, of his former councillor, the celebrated jurist and author, the protestant Francois Hotman. Francois Hotman was one of the most important Jurists of his age, and some have described him as an early revolutionary, for his legal treatises which proposed curtailing the power of the monarchy, and introducing greater democracy to court. In 1580 he was appointed councillor of state to Henry, as King of Navarre and was admitted to the Privy Council of King Henry (of France) in December 1585. In 1589 he retired to Basel, where he died, leaving two sons and four daughters; he was buried in the cathedral. His most important work, the Franco-Gallia (1573), found favour neither with Catholics nor with Huguenots in its day (except when it suited their purposes); yet its vogue has been compared to that obtained later by Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s, Contrat Social. It presented an ideal of Protestant statesmanship, pleading for a representative government and an elective monarchy. It served the purpose of the Jesuits in their pamphlet war against Henry. He intervened directly in support of Henry IV in his writings on many occasions such as when Pope, Sixtus V, appalled that France was going to fall into Protestant hands, wrote the Declaratio, freeing all Frenchmen from obedience to his authority in the event of Henri’s becoming King. Hotman was incensed at this intervention in France’s internal affairs and responded with a polemical and scholarly attack on the Declaratio, the temporal authority and political pretensions of the Papacy.

In October 1594 when this document was created, Henri had been crowned and legitimised as King of France, only seven months earlier, suggesting it was given some priority. It is witnessed by Philippe Hurault, comte de Cheverny (1528 – 1599) the leading minister and lawyer who was Chancellor of France from 1583 to 1588 and again reinstated by Henri IV in 1590. During his term as chancellor under Henry III he was considered de facto head of government.

This document does not state why this sum of money was being paid four years after Hotman’s death; it may have been a  royal acknowledgement of Hotman’s long term and invaluable defence of Henri’s right to the French throne, now finally achieved.

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Friday, June 03, 2011

Eight Fears

Ten Day YOU Challenge: Day Eight.
The irony of today's post is that I was scared shitless last night in my bed, I truly felt like someone or something was in there with me and not a good energy at all! When I called fellow this morning he mentioned it and I said, "you know I'm not scared of much but I was so scared!!" With that said here is my list of fears!

- failing as a mother.
- losing him.
- my emotions.
- not being good enough.
- genetics.
- losing myself.
- regret.
- never finishing what I started.

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Linda Pochinda said...

felt like something was there? eek. don't say that, i truly believe in those things. darkness and mad ghosts are like the two things on top of my fear list....
but hey lala. I don't know any woman as strong as you, so I'm sure you'll do fine fighting those fears of yours (:

ps. thank you for the sweetest comment that have ever been posted on my blog. and I simply just use the free program photoscape and paint xD It's not that magical haha. thanks again ♥

Call Me Alisha ッ said...

you are a very strong woman that has time to over some all these fears that you and I have. I think those are not really fears but they are "set backs" r.. Am i am sure that you will get past all of them.. on that same note i guess we have the same set backs/ fears alike .. but the one of losing him are the

I am sure that it will work out and everything is great..

all I do it take it ONE DAY AT A TIME..!

I changed my blog from "Love.Eat.Prey to CallMEBright"

love, keys said...

<3. you're fear's will never become somethign you have to face just because i knwo how much of an amazing person you are & you will NOT allow ti to happy. <3 ILY.

mama bear said...

You and i both are scared of the same things, and i agree with Keys!

Briana said...

Keys pretty much said it perfectly. <3


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Scrabble Tile Christmas Ornament

For the Scrabble lovers in your life,  craft this simple Christmas ornament using Scrabble tiles!

Every year, we get new a new ornament for our Christmas tree. We usually buy it, but I'm loving the simplicity in this ornament from Typically Simple. We could do one for each family member, just our last name, etc. The scrabble tiles lend themselves to so many options!

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Fuck SS - demo CS

Skinner: Only one question remains, gentlemen...what do we call ourselves?
Nigel: How about, "Handsome Homer Simpson Plus Three?"
Barney: I like it!
Apu: Wait, I do not.
Skinner: Er, um, we need a name that's witty at first, but that seems less funny each time you hear it.
Apu: How about, "The Be Sharps?" "Fuck SS?"
(Everyone laughs loud at first, then less, then the laughter tapers off)
Skinner: Perfect!
- Homer's Barbershop Quartet

From edge-pushing flirtation with fascist iconography a la Sid's notorious swastika shirt, to worn in and worn out nastypunk signifier, the SS appellation has proved almost as an enduring part of punk monikers as the Dis-prefix. From Japanese hardcore originators the SS and nearmythic neverwas potentiapunx London SS through Italian teenage lo-fi KBD idiots Hitler SS and Swedish rawpunk legends Crude SS (who maybe did more to popularise it than anyone else) all the way up to the present day and the likes of this band right here. Deployed for ironic juxtaposition (Black SS, Reagan SS, Sunshine SS, Lysol SS, Honnor SS, Stress SS, Stakanov SS, Blank SS, Harper SS, Stepdad SS) or just some shockrock collision of repulsive grotesqueries (White SS, Reagan SS, Attack SS, Heroin SS, Genocide SS) or even painting anything into a fearsome regiment of death (Tampere SS, Kajun SS, Ctakahoø SS, Netjajev SS, Veuve SS, Tempe SS). Commonly cited as Society System, but with those everpresent acrid Schutzstaffel overtones, it's a reminder of punk's eternal inability to sweep clean its vulgar obnoxious corners, guaranteed to get you some off looks, some sly chuckles, some knowing nods, guaranteed to lock you out of any fucking chance of being anything other than a way shitty basement punk band, just the way you'd probably want it.

So here's a list of free topical SS-based bandnames for anyone on the lookout, some of which may or may not get you sued:
Aspiration SS
Austerity SS
Neoliberal SS
Mortgages SS
Osborne SS
Corbyn SS
Obama SS
Skip Bayle SS
Newscorp SS
Trump SS
Walmart SS
Wholefoods SS
Fuckboy SS
Upworthy SS
Tumblr SS
Smartphone SS
Di SS (or maybe Dis SS)
Drake SS
Beyhive SS
Meme SS
Actually SS
T-shirt SS
Prince SS

It's also an interesting insight into the subtle details of associations. Flip that SS to the front of the word (SS Decontrol, SS Kaliert) and it brings to mind a big fucking boat more than a bunch of murderous scum. Or go the other way and drop a stray space somewhere onto carefree innocent band names and the meaning immediately slides into the dark, Crass become Cra SS, Piss become Pi SS, The New Dress become The New Dre SS. La Urss, Rock Goddess, Gess, Juntess, Gay Kiss, Kiss, The Mighty Mighty Bo SS Tones all end up grubbier and shittier and in the same realm as bands like the The Mau Maus, Joy Division, Adolf Hitler Klan, Sieg Heil, Nazi Dust, Marilyn Manson, Boston Strangler, Viet Cong, Pol Pot, Khmer Rouge, Jack & the Rippers, Doctor & the Crippens, Slaves, Massacre 68 and others who have or have not caught varying degrees of shit over their decision to emblazon something as ultimately trite and trivial as a rock and roll band with the moniker associated with the very worst moments and decisions and trends in human history.

SS's staying power probably springs from a particular balance of comic dulling and resonant notoriety, fed and sculpted by the constant pop culture presence of the Nazis, Hitler long more meme than man, running for election in a sleepy Somerset town in Monty Python, smashing through windows in Danger 5, his soldiers the go-to evil monsters for any guilt-free blast-em-all war movie along the lines of Where Eagles Dare, even profound attempts to get to grips with the horrible humanity present somewhere within like Downfall get flattened into safe silliness by endless youtube variations, all these things (and thousands more) putting us at some psychological remove from the disgusting truth of them and their acts. And the notoriety/familiarity coming into play cos there's no point tagging your band LRM and then spending loads of time explaining what the Lord's Resistance Movement is, you want that immediate jolt of shockvalue recognition.

"How many years was it between Charlie Manson being the terror of California and Charlie Manson being an image on joke t-shirts? I have a shirt somewhere with a pic of his face and, underneath it, the words CHARLIE DON'T SURF. Hitler's a cartoon figure now. Eminem dressed up as bin Laden within a couple of years of 9/11. It's interesting to me how we defang our nightmares -- by mocking them, but also by wearing their skins." - Warren Ellis

So here we have a contender for possibly the most spitefully moronic name yet (still waiting on a Cunt SS but I'm sure punk will make that leap some day). This demo comes emblazoned with a crossed out totenkopf, raising yet another interesting linguistic wrinkle, the difference in visions conjured by the name Fuck SS (sex party swinger death squad) and Fuck The SS (righteous antifa headkickers). It's all wretched out screams echoed into incomprehensibility and submerged deep in the filth and squawl of furious poundings and crushing raw guitar rage, from Trend On, bass thrum into crash and chaotic clinking, to the weirdo 1-2 stomp/warble of Social Real Estate, shadows of a sneer somehow present in the bonefeel of the blasted-out screams, descending into utter shitstorm panic. Slow Club's roll feeding into a superspeed thrash that rattles with grindcore relentlessness. Father's Day born out that noise, getting into jump-up punk beat, running itself over with weird scribbleshatters, exploding, fading. It's a compelling mix of modern punk's smoothest touchstones, d-beat fills, käng reminiscences, pogo guts, vocals like the excavated field-recordings of a rebellious tortured ghost, carrying a certain playful snot through hellish howls, like a tape-decayed longlost Comes demo filtered and churned up with Fader War noise.

Bloody dumb name though.

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Thursday, 13 October 2011

Chronic kidney disease is kidney damage or a decrease in renal physiology, more or equal to three months prior to diagnosis. As per the recommendations of the NKF-DOQI (The National Kidney Foundation Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative) (2002):

1.    Kidney damage for ≥ 3 months.The meaning there is kidney damage, is found when structural abnormalities or renal function with or without decreased GFR, with one of the manifestations:
- Abnormalities pathology, or
- Alert kidney damage, including abnormalities of blood or urine composition, or radiological abnormalities
2. GFR <60ml/men/1, 73 m2 ≥ 3 months with or without kidney damage.

           GFR <60ml/men/1, 73 m2 ≥ 3 months, classified as CKD regardless of the presence or absence of renal damage because of the level or lower GFR, renal function had lost ≥ 50% and there are complications. On the other hand the existence of kidney damage regardless of the level of GFR is also classified as CKD. In most cases, renal biopsy is rarely performed, so that renal damage is based on the presence of several markers such as proteinuria, abnormal sediment (hematuria, pyuria with a cast), blood disorders are pathognomonic for renal disorders, such as tubular syndrome (eg renal tubular acidosis, diabetes insipidus nephrogenic), and the presence of abnormal radiological images, such as hydronephrosis.

To determine the stage of CKD, need to estimate GFR. Two commonly used formula to estimate GFR, shown below, and combining plasma creatinine concentration was measured, age, gender, and ethnic origin. Now, many laboratories report estimated GFR, or "e-GFR," using one equation.
1. Equation of a study on the modification of diet in renal disease
Estimated GFR (mL / min per 1.73 m 2) = 1.86 x (PCR) -1.154 x (age) -0.203
Note: Multiply by 0.742 for women
          Multiply by 1.21 for African Americans

2. Cockcroft-Gault formula
                                                        (140-age) x body weight   X (0.85 if female)
Creatinine clearance (ml / min.) =                      72 x serum creatinine

Stadium    Description    GFR (ml/men/1,73 m2)
1    Kidney damage with normal or increased GFR    ≥ 90
2    Kidney damage with mild decrease in GFR    60-89
3    moderate decrease in GFR    30-59
4    Severe decrease in GFR    15-29
5    Kidney failure    < 15 or dialysis

Decrease the annual average of normal GFR, with the age of peak GFR (~ 120 ml / min per 1.73 m2) 'achieved during the third decade of life, is 1 mL / min per 1.73 m2 per year, reaching an average value of 70 ml / min per 1.73 m2 ~ at age 70. Mean GFR was lower in women than in men. For example, a woman 80's with a normal serum creatinine may have a GFR of only 50 mL / min per 1.73 m2. Thus, even a mild elevation of serum creatinine concentration for example, 130 mol / L (1.5 mg / dL)], often indicating a substantial reduction in GFR in some individuals.
Measurement of albuminuria is also useful for monitoring the nephron injury and response to therapy in various forms of CKD, particularly chronic glomerular disease. While the capacity of the 24-hour urine accurate is the "gold standard" for measurement of albuminuria, the measurement of albumin-creatinine ratio in morning urine samples is often more practical to obtain and correlate well but not perfectly, with 24-hour urine. The value remains in the urine> 17 mg albumin per gram of creatinine in adult men and 25 mg albumin per gram of creatinine in adult women usually indicate chronic kidney damage. Microalbuminuria refers to excretion of albumin in the amount too small to be detected by conventional measures stick urine or urine protein. This is a good screening test for early detection of kidney disease, in particular, and may be a marker for the presence of microvascular disease in general. If a patient has a large amount of albumin excreted, there is no reason to do a test for microalbuminuria.
Stage 1 and 2 of CKD are usually not associated with symptoms arising from the reduction in GFR. However, there may be a symptom of kidney disease itself, such as edema in patients with nephrotic syndrome or signs of hypertension secondary to renal parenchymal disease in patients with polycystic kidney disease, some forms of glomerulonephritis, and many renal parenchyma and other vascular diseases, even with well-preserved GFR. If the decrease in GFR progressed to stage 3, and 4 clinical and laboratory CKD complications become more prominent. Nearly all organ systems are affected, but the most obvious complications, including anemia and related fatigue easily; decreased appetite with progressive malnutrition, abnormalities in calcium, phosphorus, and mineral regulatory hormones, such as 1,25 (OH) 2D3 (calcitriol) and parathyroid hormone (PTH), and abnormalities in sodium, potassium, water, and acid-base homeostasis. If patients progressed to stage 5 CKD, toxins accumulate so that patients usually experience a marked impairment in their daily activities, welfare, nutrition, and water and electrolyte homeostasis, especially in the uremic syndrome. As discussed above, this situation will lead to death unless treated with renal replacement (dialysis or transplantation).

Etiology and Risk Factors
Aetiology CKD varies greatly from country to country. The main causes of CKD in the United States (1995-1999) are:
a.    Diabetes mellitus (44%)
- Type 1 (7%)
- Type 2 (37%)
b. Hypertension and vascular disease large (27%)
c. Glomerulonephritis (10%)
d. Interstitial nephritis (4%)
e. Polycystic kidney disease (3%)
f. Systemic disease (eg, lupus and vasculitis) (2%)
g. Neoplasms (2%)
h. No known cause (4%)
Until the year 2009, in the United States, diabetes mellitus and hypertension is still a major cause of CKD. According to the Nephrology Association of Indonesia (Pernefri) in 2000 recorded the cause of renal failure undergoing hemodialysis in Indonesia, namely:
a. Glomerulonephritis 46.39%
b. Diabetes mellitus 18.65%
c. Obstruction and infection of 12.85%
d. Hypertension 8.46%
e. Other reasons (polycystic kidney, interstitial nephritis, nephrolithiasis, and idiopathic) 13.65%
The most common causes of CKD are diabetic nephropathy, most often secondary for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Hypertensive nephropathy is a common cause of CKD in the elderly, where chronic renal ischemia as a result of renovascular disease of small and large vessels can be underrecognized. Nephrosclerosis progressive of renal vascular disease are correlated the same process that causes coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease. The increasing incidence of CKD in the elderly has been ascribed, in part, to reduced mortality from heart and brain complications of atherosclerotic vascular disease in these individuals, which allows a large segment of the population to realize the components common renal vascular disease. However, it should be appreciated that very many of them with early stage kidney disease, particularly vascular origin, will succumb to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular consequences of vascular disease before they can progress to the most advanced stages of CKD. Early stages of CKD, manifesting as albuminuria and even small reductions in GFR, is now recognized as a major risk factor for heart disease.
A striking interindividual variability in the rate of progression to CKD have a significant heritable component, and a number of genetic loci that contribute to the progression of CKD has been identified. Similarly, it has been noted that women of reproductive age who are relatively protected against the development of many kidney diseases, and sex-specific responses to angiotensin II and blockade have been identified.

Potential risk factors of  CKD incidence
Clinical factors
autoimmune diseases
systemic infection
Urinary tract infections
Urinary tract stones
Lower urinary tract obstruction
Family history of CKD
Recovery from ARF
Decrease in renal mass
Exposed to certain drugs
Low birth weight

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Polka Dots

Happy Wednesday Hope everyone is have a wonderful week.

I enjoy playing along in all challenges, and today the challenge is Polka Dots. here is what I used to make this card.
The Spring Fling Summer days 12 X 12 combo pack from DCWV I also used white card stock for the base of my card.

I then added my Roses and other Embellishments by Really Reasonable Ribbon,   I love their little store. I then used my Spellbinder die labels twenty.  I stamped my label using my clear stamp "Happy Messages" from Michael's craft store.

I added some green gems from my stash . I hope you enjoy this card, I always enjoy making them.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today. I hope you will become a new follower of my blog and I will be happy to do the same for you. I always enjoy making new blog friends.

I am sharing this card in the following challenge
Simon Says Wednesday challenge Polka

God Bless

Lin said...

Lots of pretty dots, Dottie! I love your addition of the pretty flowers and the gems, too! Thanks for sharing your card with us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!

Carole Robb Bisson said...

Dots rock. Thank you so much for entering your truly creative and beautiful art in our challenge this fortnight at Word Art Wednesday.
Blessings, Carole


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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Traveler IQ Challenge

So far, I've gotten to level 6:

Fortune Cookie

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Random Thoughts...

1. In Denmark, they celebrate Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the 26th of December, which they call "The Second Day of Christmas." Way to draw it out, Denmark.

2. It is effin' freezing here.

3. Girls Aloud are such wanna be Spice Girls.

Friday, December 21, 2007

Burberry & Denmark

I don't know what it is, but Danish people absolutely LOVE the traditional Burberry Nova Check (herein referred to as BNC) pattern to an extent that is probably unmatched anywhere else in the world. Seriously, I imagine Danes love to wear it even more than people in the UK do, which is amazing for a London-based company.* If I earned one kroner for every BNC patterned item I saw each day (scarves are most popular, but I see a fair amount of skirts, gloves, small accessories - wallets handbags, and a woman I work with owns a poncho(!)), I would be able to afford some of it myself - though I'd personally want to spend any significant amount of disposable income on a Mulberry bag. But, yes, admittedly I am guilty of purchasing Burberry London duty free when I flew to Amsterdam a few months ago. I was sick of my Burberry Brit and I like the more honeysuckle-esque overtones of London. Also, a boy recently told me that he really like the way it smelled on me, and that he would forever associate Burberry London with me... have I found a signature scent?! :) I am apparently a fan of Burberry perfumes. Must be my Danish blood.

In other news, check out this recap in Copenhagen revisited of a traditional Danish julefrokost that I attended. I couldn't have written about it better.

* I am making a comparison to Italian-headquartered companies, which are popular worldwide, but seem to be particularly prevalent in Italy - Though this is perhaps skewed on account of the (frankly, rather scant when one considers how much these luxury items cost in the first place) Italian-made discount one receives if these products are purchased in Italy...

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Top Christmas Songs

I compiled my Christmas playlist today (Don't worry, Mich. I still have Miami Boys Choir for when I'd like to get in touch with Judaism :)) My top 5, can't-live-without-them during the holidays:

1. Trans-Siberian Orchestra | Ukranian Bell Carol
(in fact, all versions of Ukranian Bell Carol/Carol of the Bells. This is my all-time favorite Christmas carol of all times and I have even been known to listen to it in, like, June)
2. Mariah Carey | All I Want for Christmas is You
3. Tchaikovsky | Nutcracker Suite
4. Christmas songs by Nat King Cole or Frank Sinatra
5. Mannheim Steamroller | A Fresh Aire Christmas (album)

** Bonus: DJ John Mash Up | Lonely Siberian Winter (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Blackeyed Peas, The Beatles mashup)

Thursday, December 6, 2007

My favorite gas station in Denmark...

Is definitely Q8. Now that I live in a new apartment, I bike by one everyday (I used to bike by a Statoil everyday). Q8, "under it's distinctive "Q8 sails" logo" amuses me everytime. It's like they know it wouldn't sell in Denmark or anywhere else in the world if it was actually named Kuwait Petroleum and they weren't clever enough to come up with some other snazzy name. Haha.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Inspektør Tingest...OR... if Inspector Gadget was Danish...

Inspector Gadget was one of my favorite shows as a kid. Today, over my normal Danish-to-the-max lunch of smørrebrød med pålæg (open faced sandwich with, um, stuff on it) and tomato soup, I got to talking with Libby about what kind of gadgets my favorite bumbling Inspector would have if he were Danish.

First, his name would translate to Inspektør Tingest, which goes nicely with the song:

Inspektør Tingest
Ooh ohh
Inspektør Tingest

Inspektør Tingest
Ooh ohh
Inspektør Tingest

Gå Tingest gå
Gå Tingest gå

Inspektør Tingest
Ooh ohh
Inspektør Tingest

... but I wouldn't be surprised if the Danes made it something like Inspektør Tingestsen either, to make it as Danish as possible.

Now, for the gadgets... Among his usual helicopter, umbrella, spring and stretch legs, etc., he would have some things suited specifically for living in Denmark. They would be stated in the usual "Go-go-Gadget" command style, but in Danish, of course:

1. "Gå-gå-Tingest-fyrfadslys!" (Go-go-Gadget-tealights!) - Perfect for creating hygge when badies come around to fight. Hygge is like weed. No one ever fights when they are stoned. Likewise, no one ever fights when they are hyggelig. Hygge and Hatred are antonyms.

2. "Gå-gå-Tingest-cykel!" (Go-go-Gadget-bike!) - Extremely necessary for Copenhagen. Everyone needs a bike, not least of all Inspektør Tingest. For night time he would also be able to utilize the command "Gå-gå-Tingest-cykel lygter!" (Go-go-Gadget-bike lights!) so he wouldn't get pulled over and given a ticket while he was chasing badies. Also, "Gå-gå-Tingest-regnbukser!" (Go-go-Gadget-rain pants!) for when it's raining. Handy and so Danish it hurts.

3. "Gå-gå-Tingest-saltlakrids!" (Go-go-Gadget-salt licorice!) - Best when used against non-Danish badies. One taste and they are down for the count, clutching their throats and crying for Mama.

4. "Gå-gå-Tingest-klippekort!" (Go-go-Gadget-clip card!) - The Inspektør uses this when he has to ride public transportation to catch a badie. Danes never cheat and ride for free, and neither would Tingest.

5. "Gå-gå-Tingest-vejkryds!" (Go-go-Gadget-crosswalk!) - Tingest uses this handy gadget for crossing streets to chase after badies in the middle of the night. He shoots out his own crosswalk whereever he wants so he doesn't have to wait for the light to change. It comes shooting out of his wrist, like Spiderman's webs. Spectacular.

More may follow as I continue to Dansk-ify my favorite childhood tv show.

Man, I would totally watch Inspektør Tingest.


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Monday, 26 December 2011

Sunday service on bank holiday Tuesday 27th December

Because Christmas Day was on a Sunday this year, tomorrow (Tuesday 27th December) is a bank holiday, so that most people still get two days off work.

If you need to get about, there's a Sunday service on all bus operators in our region. Sadly this means no service for Marchwood, Colden Common, Bishops Waltham and others. People stuck in those places can get going again on Wednesday.

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Wednesday, 19 August 2015

Bluestar 16 to run via Bitterne

Bluestar have revamped their website and given notice that the 16 will be rerouted via Bitterne and Northam from 28th September:

First 12 currently links Townhill Park with Bitterne and will be withdrawn on this side of the city from 6th September. Bluestar 16 currently runs via Bevois Valley, Portswood and St Denys, which will continue to be served by First 7.

  1. Great news for those who would have been shafted,in the Midanbury and Townhill area,with no direct connection to Bitterne,but as ever there are losers and i feel sorry for those in the Cobden Ave and triangle area,who lose their Bluestar 16 service.

  2. Why is the change of the 16 not going to happen till the 28th September?

    And I thought the timetable changes can only take place on Sundays.

  3. Yes, Anon at 22.44, it is unfortunate that Blue have pulled out of the Cobden Avenue and Triangle area. Not their brightest move, perhaps. I can't help but wonder if keeping that bit, and adding the Bitterne variation on to the end, producing a loop, might have been a better idea.

    Reece, I'm not aware of a legal requirement to change only on Sundays. So far as I'm aware, it's a tradition because of having fewer buses on a Sunday, so there are fewer people to confuse. Talking of which, there was a news item some months ago - and in the Milton Keynes area, not round here - about a service running only on the 5th Tuesday of the month. "Why not every Tuesday?" was the question nobody could answer!

    1. There is no legal requirement to change services only on a Sunday - different operators change on different days, including Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays.

      Reece asks why the change is not coming until September 28. In the ordinary course of events, a bus operator wishing to change the times or route of a registered bus services must give the appropriate area Traffic Commissioner 56 days notice of the change. I assume that this is why the change is not coming until the 28th. There are circumstances in which a change can be accepted by the Traffic Commissioner under shorter notice, but I am not familiar with the legislation which details those circumstances,

      As for the question "Why not every Tuesday?", probably because there were too few passengers to justify a weekly service. Surely the question should be "Why the 5th Tuesday??". I have known examples of services which operated only once a month which might have been, for example, on the 3rd Tuesday in the month, but operating only on the 5th Tuesday gives only about four journeys per year.

  4. What happened if you didn't have a 5th Tuesday in the month? February for example?

  5. Regarding the comments about the 5th Tuesday, I can well understand that there might not have been enough demand for a bus every week. The question was being asked on the radio - I've no idea if anyone did manage to answer it, but not while I was listening - and it may have been a market run. Going on from that, a look at services to market in Salisbury suggests they run every week. Ah well!

  6. If it's the same service, it's come up before.

    The reason the service in question ran on the fifth Tuesday of a month was that the community transport operator ran a service every Tuesday, but varied where it served depending on the week of the month.

    It would have been poor use of their resources to leave the bus parked up on a Tuesday just because it was the fifth day of the month, so this was the logical solution!


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Welcome to Nutrition Services

Healthy Changes in Our School Cafeterias!

Dear New Prague Area families:

New Prague Area school cafeterias are meeting challenging new federal nutrition standards for school meals and snacks ensuring that meals are healthy and well-balanced and provide students all the nutrition they need to succeed at school.  Now is a great time to encourage your kids to choose school lunch!

School meals offer students milk, fruits and vegetables, proteins and grains, and they must meet strict limits on saturated fat, trans fat and portion size with additional standards including:

  • Age-appropriate calorie limits
  • Larger servings of vegetables and fruits (students must take at least one serving of produce)
  • A wider variety of vegetables, including dark green and red/orange vegetables and legumes.
  • Fat-free or 1% milk (flavored milk must be fat-free).
  • More whole grains.
  • Less sodium.

We know that at times change can be hard, but with your support, we can be sure that children adopt the kind of healthful eating habits and lifestyles that will enable them to live longer, more productive lives.

  • School meals are a great value and a huge convenience for busy families too! For elementary students, breakfast is $1.40 and lunch is $2.55.  For secondary students, breakfast is $1.50 and lunch is $2.70. Parents can make Nutrition Services payments online, here:  Campus Portal.
  • We look forward to welcoming your Nutrition Services paymentschildren to the cafeteria this fall.  .
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A Short Discourse on (Home Theater) Surround Sound

Here are home theater setup suggestions and a mini-history from the original THX to "now", and towards the future. If you're thinking about going from stereo to surround, or from 5 channel surround to 6 or 7 channel surround, read on...

Since everyone in HOME situations don't always build or install rooms using an acoustics consultant (or even a protractor) the results will vary and nothing is cast in stone. There are always personal preferences, decor objectives, etc. which override everything else. And while this is all my opinion gleaned from 55+ years in audio, your mileage may vary.

Everyone is entitled to operate their sound system as they see fit. If you enjoy it and it's right for you; great. But I like to assist people by getting all the wrong things out of the way first (speakers in the ceiling is always good for starters) so that you don't wind up with a room full of equipment which annoys you and you feel you're not getting the bang for the buck you feel you deserve.

I can't tell you whether to prefer red wine or white wine - that's up to you - but the careful convergence of setup ideas for the room acoustics, speakers, electronics, AC power, and wire hookup all play a part in the sum total of your overall enjoyment.

Whatever you do, enjoy experimenting. You could discover something great!

And don't forget that a sound (and video) system is definitely a weakest-link phenomena. ONE loose and crackling wire, in an otherwise pristine system, will cause the owner of the system to remark that the whole thing sounds like junk, or worse. I would suggest that the utmost care and attention be paid to what you might initially think is the smallest detail - such as contact cleaning and enhancing chemicals... and even labelling wires! You'll thank yourself later.

Perhaps because of genetic, physical, or chemical attributes, some people are "Bass Freaks" or "Treble Freaks", etc. Some people will listen to a song and not even notice the bass is present, while some won't pay any attention to the singer but know every bass line. The point is people are different. You may like something completely different than what any artist, record producer, or engineer ever intended! There is, therefore a very wide range of what you might personally consider "loud enough" or "enough bass" or "too loud", etc. Fortunately the engineers at THX studied this very carefully and came up with a technical set of parameters designed to minimize the confusion.

The whole concept of surround sound is a complex psychoacoustic phenomena which if set up well is convincing, and if set up poorly is annoying at best, and becomes frightening to some, because people are not used to, nor prepared for, sounds coming from behind them without turning around to see what the sound is; and in the case of a movie this becomes a momentary distraction instead of an emotional concentration toward the screen.

Many people put surrounds too high or behind them -and then turn them up too loud and the result is not pleasant. Placing the surround speakers at the most desirable angles and getting the most desirable room coverage / splay will do wonders to smooth out the desired immersiveness of the experience.

My suggestion is to START with everything set at a calibrated, neutral position (and that includes the correct geometric placement of the speakers as I will explain) and then work outward from there, continually fine tuning your system mechanically and electrically until you feel it sounds right to you. This is not a trivial issue. Expect to spend a few weeks at this.

There are methods of setup which are DESIGNED and SUGGESTED if you want to experience the seat-of-your-pants, this-is-how-they-hear-it-in-Hollywood type of setup. There are suggested setups for those who might like classical music and like the feeling of being, for example, in the 5th or 15th row center. This also brings up a whole series of questions such as, "How was the piece mixed? From whose vantage point? From the guitar player's perspective? From the conductor's perspective? From the 5th row center concert seat? Nowadays, DVD's with movies on them intended for home release are specifically mixed with the intent of being played back in a home setup, where the speakers are essentially near to mid-field, at perhaps 4 to 15 feet from the listeners' ears. The soundtracks for the Theatrical release of the same film is usually different: it is intended for playback in a much larger space, with the speakers much further away to begin with, and therefore the spatial characteristics that are an integral part of the mix are different between these two different releases.

One way to approach this entire setup phenomena is to get the stereo image correct first, before concentrating on the overall home theater experience (meaning 'surround sound' ) as a whole. Some people concentrate only on the picture and the visual phenomena, and then stick some speakers up wherever they can. That result is often disappointing. If, after the system is completely set up, you find yourself "leaning in" to the sound, subconsciously trying to get "closer" or "more immersed" in it then I would suggest repositioning your seating so you are somewhat closer to the picture, then reorganize the speakers. Sometimes a good way to determine speaker placement is to set up ladders with boards between them and keep moving things around until you are convinced things are the way you like them. Another method might be to hire an acoustics consultant/studio designer to get it right the first time!

Besides the simple psychoacoustic effect of the stereo image, there is an even larger psychological effect when the sound is coupled to picture. The HIGHER and WIDER the placement of the L and R speakers are the more "Hollywood" the effect. The closer together and lower the L and R are (to a certain extent) the more "intimate" the effect.

The Center Channel is mostly for dialog, and the L and R are mostly for M&E (Music and Effects). Historically, music engineers/mixers have only had a stereo pair to work with, and all the LR placement and panning heard by you the listener was based on the psychoacoustic phenomena of the phantom center channel.

But movie engineers and mixers have had a REAL center channel to work with, and so operationally we now have the following sub categories:

Music mixed in stereo
Music mixed in surround (5 channels)
Film mixed in surround for the theatrical release.
Film mixed in surround for the home DVD release.

Different film mixers and rock n roll mixers have rather varying operational philosophies about all of this. Do not expect to play a movie DVD and then switch to a rock n roll CD and then switch to a classical CD and not expect to have to adjust things. This brings up a serious point: Just because you think your system is calibrated, there is such a wide range of program material differences that you essentially MUST adjust each and every disc -- perhaps each and every song, if you want to lean towards being an audio perfectionist.

For the movie, the real C channel is essentially for dialog, and therefore should be placed as close to the spot on the screen where the actors mouths are! Unfortunately this means right in front of the picture, which of course we typically cannot do... so in the case of a projection screen, it MAY be advantageous to place the speaker behind a perforated screen; in the case of a tube, Plasma, or LCD picture it should be placed below the picture if possible. The L and R can go somewhere near the centerline of the picture, or a little higher. The L, C and R tweeters do NOT necessarily have to be lined up as long as they are not too far (many feet) away from being in a line. In other words, if the C is below the picture, the LR might be on a line 2 or 3 feet above where the C is. When figuring out these angles and setups, it is a good idea to make the subtended angle of the L and R speakers 60 to 75 degrees, with 60 degrees being the preferred number. More about this will be shown in the diagrams below.

Placing all 3 front speakers too high up such as in a row above the picture near the ceiling is generally not a good idea and is to be avoided whenever possible. Among other acoustic anomalies, this often causes the audience to "lean in" to the sound, tightening the occipital muscles as opposed to relaxing them, and the result is an experience which leaves the viewers tense, not relaxed.

However there is an interesting phenomena with a moderate room and the subwoofer in the front somewhere: when the younger 'kids' are sitting on the floor as they often do, they love the bass. So they are sitting nearer the sub and the higher frequencies are splaying sort of over their heads. The more mature and elderly, who usually do not like bass so much, are more in the direct field of the higher frequency drivers, and also get somewhat less bass. So now, rather than attempt to get the sound "the same" everywhere in the room, (the concept of making the room "flat") we have used the natural acoustic phenomena and anomalies of the room to accomodate the auditory desires (real or imagined) of the listening audience. Do not underestimate this phenomena! I would suggest getting the sound "right" for your main "sweet spot" seating area, and allowing the natural sound patterns in the room to then be used to their full advantage --- even to the point of intentionally UN-balancing the room somewhat. Use the anomalies of the room to your advantage! Have a mother-in-law who hates bass? put her in the null. Now everyone is happy.

Once the speakers and the sound system is adjusted properly, it should essentially disappear into a continuum of surround sound, where the localization appears real and smooth; which is to say if some dialog appears as if its coming from over your head then it isn't set up correctly!

In a studio, the front speakers are usually placed in an arc because we're really dealing with panned mono signals, and the easiest way to help to ensure that all the levels are the same, and in true electrical phase with each other, is to place the speakers the same distance from your head, in an arc. But at home, many people simply put the speakers on a straight line and adjust the levels [to be the same] accordingly.

Once we get past the phenomena of stereo, we arrive at the next historical stop: the suggested THX setup with DIPOLES placed at 90 degrees. The listener is sitting in the null of the out-of-polarity (often somewhat incorrectly stated as 'phase' - they are actually "180 degrees out of phase") surround dipoles, and the dipoles are splaying the Ls Rs outward along the walls of the room. This decorrelated [side] splay gives the listener the sense they are in a large(r) theater.

Fig (1) - one of the original THX SETUPS

Notice in the above diagram there's NOTHING behind you. (Of course many people place the surrounds "anywhere" because that's the only place they'll 'fit' or 'go'.) Some people put the "surrounds" in the back, or incorrectly stated, in the "rear". This is psychoacoustically and psychologically wrong. Tom Holman (and others, including myself) found, after much experimentation, that sounds from directly behind frighten the young and the elderly, and in fact detract from the theatrical experience, and cause people to turn their attention away from the screen toward the offending sound.

The THX phenomena did and continues to do a lot for the industry by not only specifying minimums, and by continually exceeding these minimums and raising the bar so that manufacturers are always striving to build a better product. If you were to do nothing else than buy all THX approved products, and blindly hook them up, and set the switches to the THX position, you would at least be assured of a minimum theatrical experience which is quite respectable and satisfying, even if you were not an audio, nor video, nor home theater expert. Often, this is the best and certainly easiest choice.This makes the entire setup painless and almost plug-and-play!

Even following the THX guidelines, you can expand and extrapolate on their good foundation by making things "bigger"; specifying for instance a higher powered version of all the equipment so that the overall experience is maintained at a high level but there's MORE of it still.

Of course all the great equipment of the world cannot sound good if it is hooked up wrong, adjusted wrong, or set up in a space which is an acoustic nightmare. You would not want to listen to the best speaker in the world if it were placed in a glass shower stall with continuous reverberation which builds up to complete distortion. Therefore there has to be at least some attention paid to the room acoustics and its acoustic surroundings, which become part of the overall audio (and theatrical) experience.

There were some speakers intended for "surround use" which were dipoles, as originally suggested by the THX setup, and as shown in FIG. 1. There were also some speakers which were just like the speakers at the front of the room, i.e. "front-firing", (out of the front of the cabinet) and these were placed at the Ls Rs surround positions.

Then Ken Kreisel at M&K invented the Tripole, people in studios put the Ls Rs at 110 degrees of arc from the "C", the ITU and the AES published their suggestions, and that gives us the world "standard" 5 channel surround sound setup. This is typically how things are set up, monitored, and mixed in studios.

Fig (2) - Typical 5.1 suggested setup.

This diagram does not presuppose you put speakers in a circle - although that would be best. The supposition is you extend the angular lines outward until they intersect a wall and you put the speakers on that wall. IF front-firing speakers are used, (at the Ls Rs positions) you aim them as shown. If TRIPOLES are used, you place them flat on the wall, so that the correct ratios come out of the [sides of the] box and splay on the walls.

6.1, 7.1 and MORE

Many receivers have a combination of proprietary "surround " modes which support a 6th or a 7th additional speaker. To make a very long issue short these surround modes are usually digitally synthesized and additionally processed and reverberated from the original 5 channels. I suggest to most people that the better path is to set up a "better" 5.1 system (which is how things are mixed) than a more diluted 6 or 7.1 system. Merely adding sound sources to a room does NOT enhance intelligibility in any way --- to the contrary, often you are adding 2 more sources but have not changed the relative levels of the rest of the speakers therefore the relative level of the all-important Center dialog channel is now lower!

The setup below shows a typical setup using a moderate to high-end home theater receiver or control center such as a Denon, Marantz, Pioneer, Harman, some Yamahas, etc. They typically have a pair of Lb Rb outputs which for the most part ARE NOT DISCRETE! They are resynthesized from the 5 channels that already exist, and the signal(s) sent to the back contain either a simple delay and/or artificial reverb and digital processing to MAKE THEM SOUND AS IF THEY WOULD IF THERE WERE REAL CHANNELS BACK THERE. Certain decoding methods, such as DTS have one (6.1) or more (7.1) channels and those 'extra' back channels are synthesized and then encoded AT THE TIME OF ENCODING, therefore they are already on the disc.

Certain other companies, such as Yamaha and Lexicon, have their own proprietary surround resynthesis schemes which sometimes suggest that speakers be placed in locations that can only be described as "unconventional". Even so, some of the schemes, although considered odd by the engineers and producers who set up and mix the original music, are nonetheless very interesting, proving that the art of audiophile experimentation is not dead!

To take this even one step further, Tom Holman has demonstrated a 10.1 channel sound system, (and more...) and as the software upgrades for the various receivers and decoders matures, we may expect to see all sorts of unusual and proprietary processing tricks emerge.

In some rooms which have a ratio of very long to wide; or are acoustically 'dead' or dampened, the addition of these channels 6 and 7 MAY be somewhat beneficiary. The overall suggestion is to not go to a 7.1 setup if it is going to compromise the "correct" 5.1 setup in ANY way.

FIG (3) - 7.1 Channel setup for the home theater

If you feel you MUST set up 7 channels, do it this way. The angles of the Lb Rb speakers becomes part of a psychoacoustic balance: if you think there's sound that DOESN'T BELONG behind you, it will be frightening. If it properly blends into the scenario of the film and the rest of the acoustic phenomena happening in the room, it will feel "correct". It would seem that firing a speaker right into the back of your head cannot be correct. My suggestion is to make the back pair about half the subtended angle of the front pair, therefore about 30 degrees a part. See below for some other alternative surround setups (either 5.1 or 7.1).

But here's a catch: we don't actually need Lb Rb; (the back channel resynthesis) we can make this 2nd pair of surrounds ALSO be Ls Rs, just like in a movie theater, where there are almost always multiple sets of Ls Rs. In fact we can have multiple rows of listeners, and multiple rows of Ls Rs; all we need are (usually) dedicated channels of amplification to drive each "pair, like this below:

Fig (4) - Multiple Surrounds, such as in a larger home theater presentation room,
with multiple rows of seating.

You will notice that the surrounds are placed so that each row of listeners gets hit by a surround pair at about 110 degrees of arc from the C spaker. So Surround sets 1 and 2 can be Ls Rs, and surround set 3 can be EITHER Ls Rs -OR- Lb Rb, depending upon if the receiver in question supports it. There is absolutely nothing wrong with using multiple sets of surrounds. Some receivers have the option to adjust the delay timing to these multiple sets, so that the additional few milliseconds of delay to these "rows" makes the room seem larger.

In some instances, notably if the room is reflective, close to square, or the entire listening area is quite small, the addition of a Lb Rb pair may muddy up the whole thing and may detract from the intelligibility of the C channel dialog, because you're adding 2 more uncorrelated sources, with different delay timing into the equation, and this muddys up the entire soundfield. This may cause the C dialog channel to be less intelligible because now the Center dialog channel represents LESS of the overall averaged sound level.

In a room which is very rectangular, (and it depends where you are sitting in this room) very dead (plush carpets, wall hangings, soft furniture, acoustic trapping) the Lb Rb surrounds may be VERY beneficial.

What's the future? The industry, now that real multiple panning output plug-ins are available for DAW's, may be moving in the direction of "Panning Pairs" that is, where every pair of adjacent speakers has ITS OWN PHANTOM CENTER IMAGE, just like a stereo L R has its own phantom center.

The film industry has ALWAYS had a center channel speaker for dialog, and places M&E (Music & Effects) in the L and R.

The MUSIC industry, (i.e. rock n roll, classical) has NEVER had a discrete Center channel; they have always used a PHANTOM center image formed between the L R. This has formed a remarkable dichotomy in the world of mixing which is continually unresolved. "Where do we put the voice? In the C only, with a little reverb in the LR?" (that's the film mixer talking) vs "Where do we put the voice, in the LR with some in the Center to make it "feel " correct? and if we have the voice in all three, then what happens when it's downmixed to stereo? We're not used to this available Center channel --- help!!!" (that's the music mixing engineer speaking...) There are always issues and workarounds.

So now if we put every pair of speakers 60 degrees apart, that gives us this: (6 x 60 degrees = 360 degrees; while the 7th speaker [the Center] is ALWAYS separate and distinct). That setup then looks like this:

Fig (5) - 60 degree splay setup - part of what the future may hold...

Now there's a phantom center image between each pair, (between L and R; between L and Ls; between Ls and Lb and so on, around the room) and yet the speakers are "placed" in the room in such a fashion as to be approved by spouses (of any gender) and interior "designers" and "decorators". The setup becomes "easy".

This gives fabulous spatial localization even with systems which have less than ideal phase linearity (important) or frequency linearity (somewhat less important); or where, say, one set of speakers on one side of the room is higher than on the opposite side of the room, because that's the only place you could "stick" them.

But guess what? !!!!! The Ls Rs are at 90 degrees to the 'main' listener again, just like in the original THX setup, except that the original THX setup called for DIPOLES at the sides and these later diagrams call for front-firing speakers all around.

One very desirable solution is to set everything up so you can, in fact, hear everything how the producers, directors and engineers intended, and this holds true for both the visual, the audible, and the sum total of the theatrical emotional experience.

Once you understand that entire philosophy, then you are able to modify it, if you so choose, to fit in with your lifestyle, room decor, budget, and technical adjustibility, so that the end result is most pleasing to you.

You could also strive to make your room seem like a pro studio, setting up the room with the speakers not necessarily against the walls, but in a much tighter circle as shown in the diagrams, perhaps, say, in an 8 or 9 foot diameter circle. What that does is tend to focus you in this tight sound [near]field, where you hear every nuance of what is in the mix, and LESS from the room; kind of the opposite of the philosophy of widely splaying tripoles (or dipoles). You are in the nearfield, and you do NOT really hear the first order reflections, because you are so tight in the circle. By the time the sound hits the walls and comes back to the inside of the circle, the Haas or precedence effect has long since taken over, and the room splay now becomes a much smaller percentage of the overall sound.

For an even added tightness, and the MOST up close and personal mix possible, treat the room acoustically to help make it flat, neutral, and have little or no first reflection and THEN sit inside the 'small' circle. The widely splaying effect is great for relatives, friends, neighbors, lookers-on, and so on, but there is nothing so personal as being in your own self-contained, focused, field of the mix; sort of flying in the cockpit as it were as opposed to "looking out the side windows" as an uninvolved passenger...

One last word about this 'small circle' setup: this becomes the most effective way in a smaller apartment where you would want to bother the neighbors the "least" --- since you are sitting 6 to 10 dB CLOSER to all the speakers than might otherwise be the case, you have all the added benefits of the initmacy and a wider dynamic range, because you're "starting" with the speakers turned down 6 dB. Therefore you just gained a "free" 6 dB additional headroom and dynamic range.

If you have the time, patience, and room, experiment with this circle starting as small as possible and then extending the so-called circle out to the room's boundaries. You just may find the magic combination FOR THAT ROOM where the direct, nearfield sound properly balances out the room's own refelectivity, and this then makes the entire system disappear, and the surround field, even with a 5 channel system, seem quite seamless.

For some interesting reading on room acoustics and how to preserve the acoustic balance and purity in a Home Theater room check out Art Noxon's articles at the ASC / Tube Trap site:
Click on the Volume I, II, III etc links, not the PDF versions. The link to each of their next page is WAY, WAY down at the bottom of each page.

For a very interesting and somewhat differing view on subwoofer placement, read Floyd Toole's article here:
http://www.harman.com/wp/pdf/multsubs.pdf   PDF file, 815k

LEGENDS used on this page
L or LF  Left Front
C  Center
R or RF  Right Front
Ls  Left Surround
Rs  Right Surround
Lb  Left Back - NOT REAR !!!
Rb  Right Back - NOT REAR !!!
lf or l.f.  low frequency
hf or h.f.  high frequency
SUB  The SUBwoofer channel, typically designed to reproduce 20-80 Hz
AES  Audio Engineering Society  www.aes.org
DAW  Digital Audio Workstations (ProTools, Nuendo, Sadie, Fairlight)
ITU  International Telecommunications Union  www.itu.org
LFE  Low Frequency Effects (channel)  NOT the SUBWOOFER channel!!!
SPL  Sound Pressure Level (slow weighted C)

For further information contact Barry by emailing  barry@soundoctor.com  with your speaker and setup questions.

There is no plug-in for experience...
SOUNDOCTOR                  BARRY OBER                 336 347 7002                  EMAIL: barry@soundoctor.com
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Oral history of British science

Hooper, Ralph (Part 7 of 11). An Oral History of British Science.

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    Hooper, Ralph, 1926- (speaker, male)

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    Part 7: Comments on construction of prototypes: construction methods, such as machining and spot welding; flow of design from project office to drawing office to experimental department; differences between experimental prototypes and ones intended to lead to production; role of external companies, such as Dunlop, Plessey, Dowty, Vickers, Ferranti. [06:30] Comments on interaction between project and drawing offices and experimental shop; continued interaction of other offices in process, such as on fatigue and aero-elasticity tests; mock-up aeroplane. [11:25] Comments on intake problems: changes in intakes due to engine changes; unique problem of having to worry about intake when aircraft was static; experiments with inflatable intake lips; eventual solution on the Harrier with blow in doors. [15:05] Remarks on problems with reaction control system, inlets, pitch control; rough design of original wing; overlap of work on P1127, Kestrel and Harrier. Comments on computing: Ferranti Pegasus from 1958; apprehension of some staff toward computer; writing only one program himself; later impact and changes in computing in 1970s during Hawk work; pocket computers; expanded computer facilities; [21:35] Hawker Siddeley group, not SC, wanting computing. Remarks on Avro analogue computer: used on early P1127 work, such as transitions; Robin Balmer's assignment of its operation to another member of staff, who later left for Canada; replacement with digital equipment; longevity of manual calculations. [26:15] Remarks on: knock on effects of changes to design; making do with minor problems on prototypes; first P1127 flights; facilities for testing; initial problems with outriggers, solution of 'dead leg' on the Harrier, patented by Dowty [33:10] Comments on: not seeing first flights himself; Thomas Sopwith and Spencer Spriggs' view of second test flight. Comments on context of work after 1957 defence white paper: several people, including Ken Causer and Bill Napthine leaving in 1957; concentration on P1127, bright future of P1154 expected; self defeating exercise of 1965 redundancies. [37:35] Remarks on: systems approach; Harrier's analogue electronics from TSR2; [PICTURE of moving map display]

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    Interview with aeronautical engineer Ralph Hooper

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Southaven and DeSoto County Schools

Southaven schools are part of a county school system that is recognized for its academic accomplishments and innovative teaching initiatives. The DeSoto County School District provides a diverse academic curriculum, as well as opportunities to explore the arts. Every classroom is equipped with computers and internet accessibility, as well as opportunities for distance learning and one of the best technical preparatory programs in the state of Mississippi. The district has the largest gifted education population in the state, and the Gifted Instructional Management System offers a differentiated curriculum in five broad instructional areas. Computers in the Classroom, a recent statewide initiative, has placed a computer (with internet access) in all classrooms at all grade levels. Mississippi was the first state in the nation to have computers in all classrooms.

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Session Proposal: Converting the DH Agnostic

My institution has a newly-established Digital Scholarship Lab that falls under the umbrella of Digital Scholarship and Special Collections. Since this is such a new endeavor (three months old), the concept and “brand” of digital scholarship (and specifically digital humanities) is still forming in the minds of library faculty and staff as well as teaching faculty and graduate students at our university. My colleague, Donna Lanclos, and I are interested in exploring a few questions:
-How can we, as digital humanists, gain buy-in from colleagues and faculty who may not see the value in digital scholarship (or who may be hostile to the whole idea)?
-What are some methods, talking points, elevator talks, etc. we can use as digital humanists and digital scholars?
-How can we gently introduce technophobic folks to the world of digital scholarship and digital humanities?
These are just a few starting points — I would love to hear how you have engaged new and varied constituencies in digital humanities and discuss new ideas and possibilites.

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I've worked in digital librarianship since 2003. I am interested in metadata, linked data, issues in user-generated content, and social media applications for digital libraries and digital scholarship, among a whole lot of other stuff. I like tacos, Alabama football, my cats, other people's cats, other people's dogs, and trashy reality television.

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  1. donnalanclos says:

    So our session ended up being a lot more show-and-tell than we originally thought–we talked about the reorganization of part of the UNC Charlotte Atkins library into our Digital Scholarship Lab ( For that new department, only one new hire (thus far) has been carried out–the rest of the staffing was done by repurposing expertise from other parts of the library.

    We discussed in our small group issues of disruption among library staff, and also a struggle to define and claim a mission that has not traditionally existed within libraries, necessarily. There were people from universities whose digital scholarship is located within individual departments, or in ITS departments, or centers for teaching and learning. At UNC Charlotte, we were going for some sort of central “neutral ground” that allows the stage to be set for digital scholarship in all of its varied forms

    We thought we’d talk more about “digital scholarship” in contrast (or at least, in comparison) to “digital humanities” and I think that’s still a discussion I’d like to have. There are both political and disciplinary reasons to choose one over another, and each has implications for signaling to other scholars what might (or might not) be possible in terms of collaborations across and within certain fields (for instance, we had an attendee to our session who was attracted by the fact that we said “scholarship” not “humanities,” because “I don’t work in the humanities.”

    When Atkins library claimed digital scholarship as turf, we centered ourselves as a place where scholars at UNCC (and, we hope, from elsewhere) can meet and work together with tools we discover, provide, and explore along with them.

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Headlines > News > Space Adventures Congratulates Scaled Composites And Paul Allen on the Success of Their First Ansari X-Prize Flight Attempt

Space Adventures Congratulates Scaled Composites And Paul Allen on the Success of Their First Ansari X-Prize Flight Attempt

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Space Adventures, Ltd., the world’s leading space experiences company, congratulates Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites and Paul Allen on their first flight in the quest to win the Ansari X-Prize. Space Adventures was delighted to have several of their suborbital spaceflight reservationists present for the historic flight and is the only company with an existing waiting list of over 100 deposits for reservations on future suborbital flights.

Space Adventures is the marketing and experience operations partner for
many of the leading space vehicle manufacturing companies, including the
Cosmopolis XXI Aerospace System (C-21), XCOR Aerospace, and several others.
The C-21 was developed by the same company that built and flew the orbital
Russian space shuttle, Buran, a decade earlier.

“The dawn of private space tourism is here and it is a reality –
privately funded suborbital space vehicles will be available for tourists in
the next few years,” said Eric Anderson, president and CEO of Space
Adventures. “For the past seven years, we, at Space Adventures, have been
working diligently on shaping the market for future suborbital space travel.
We’ve proved that there is a market and we’re going to continue to lead the

More recently, Space Adventures highlighted the tremendous future
potential of the space tourism industry when they conducted a survey of 500
teenagers who overwhelmingly indicated a strong interest in space travel.
When asked how much money they would start saving today to fly to space in the
future, 61 percent of respondents said they would be willing to save at least
a portion of their monthly allowance.

Private space tourism officially began in 2001, when U.S. businessman
Dennis Tito became the first private citizen in space with Space Adventures
and showed the world that there was a market of people willing to pay to fly
to space — even at the price of $20,000,000 (USD). “It was a privilege to be
involved in the first mission of this kind and to lead the way for other
private space explorers to fulfill their dreams too,” said Mr. Tito.

Space Adventures also congratulates Mr. Allen and the Vulcan team on their
plans to enable the creation of many licensed space vehicle operating firms
that utilize the technology of SpaceShipOne, and Richard Branson on his plans
to make Virgin Galactic one of those firms.

“These emerging companies are a testament to what Space Adventures has
professed for almost a decade,” said Eric Anderson, president and CEO of Space
Adventures. “This is the essence of private industry cooperation and
competition providing the availability and affordability for all citizens to
visit space. Space Adventures and Virgin Galactic plan to collaborate. Space
Adventures’ clients will fly to space on safe and reliable vehicles built by a
variety of manufacturers.”

Space Adventures is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia with an office in
Moscow, Russia. It offers a variety of programs such as Zero-Gravity and MiG
flights, cosmonaut training, space flight qualification programs and
reservations on future suborbital spacecrafts. The company’s advisory board
comprises Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, shuttle astronauts Kathy Thorton,
Robert (Hoot) Gibson, Charles Walker, Norm Thagard, Sam Durrance and Byron
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Panorame Projects

Initiative Project

Hermeneutics and transcendental. Photography is a matter of interpretation (to express, to illustrate, to translate). This project interprets a series of Nusantara’s natural phenomena in landscape photography. Indonesian landscape photography journey was started in the 1930s, when the Chinese came to Nusantara and stunned by what they found.

As an Indonesian myself, there’s a calling to capture one of God’s greatest gift to us Indonesian; our majestic nature. Panorame is a solo project to portray it all. Panorame derived from two words; panoramic and me, as I collect landscape photos in panaromic format. This way, i could capture the phenomena and the beauty of what i’ve witnessed.