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We don't need no stinkin' HDR Hassles!! – Use ACR instead …
Want to take advantage of the positives of High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography, while bypassing all of those confusing HDR plug-ins and software (with their sometimes unpredictable and "plastic-looking" results)?
Then you're going to love this – you can make all of your adjustments in the powerful Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) plug-in that comes with Photoshop, instead of confusing third-party software…
First, what is HDR? From Wikipedia: "It's a set of techniques used in photographic digital imaging to reproduce a greater dynamic range of luminosity than possible using standard digital imaging or photographic techniques."
Here's how this technique works:
Start by shooting your subject in RAW, with 3 or more bracketed exposures of the same subject, preferably using the Automatic Exposure Bracketing (AEB) function of your DSLR. Then these exposures are merged together in the ACR plug-in, giving us increased Dynamic Range, resulting in quite a bit more digital information to work with.
• What I'm going to show you in the accompanying video is mostly procedural, so you'll need a working knowledge of ACR and AEB, plus the steps listed below.
• For more on working with Adobe Camera RAW, here's Part 1 of my 2-part Apogee Photo Magazine article on RAW fundamentals – or better yet, buy my Photoshop Book 🙂
• For more on setting up your Automatic Exposure Bracketing, consult your camera's user manual, or simply Google "Automatic Exposure Bracketing" and you camera model number.
Here are the steps, feel free to follow along in the video above:
1) "File" -> "Automate" -> "Merge to HDR Pro …"
- Browse for RAW Files
- Check: "Attempt to Automatically Align Source Images"
- Press "OK" button
- (Automation Begins)
2) "Merge to HDR Pro" Dialog Box Opens
- Check: "Remove Ghosts" (3 or more images)
- Choose "32 Bit" from the drop-down menu
- Check: "Complete Toning in Adobe Camera Raw"
- Press "Tone in ACR" button
- (Automation Begins)
3) Opens as 32-Bit merged File in ACR – Make necessary RAW adjustments
- Save settings: Your settings are NOT automatically saved, so once all of your adjustments are made, go to the "Presets" tab in ACR, and choose "Save Settings …" under the "Options" drop -down menu – Save as a .XMP File (NOTE: Choose an appropriate name – If you need to reload the .XMP file , you will need to manually use "Load Settings …")
- Press "OK" button in ACR
4) Opens as 32 bit file in Photoshop
- Flatten Image: "Layer" -> "Flatten Image"
- Convert to 16 Bit: "Image" -> "Mode" -> "16 Bits/Channel …"
- "HDR Toning" Dialog Box Opens
- Choose "Exposure and Gamma" from the "Method" drop-down menu
- Press the "OK" button, save file as your 16-bit Master File (TIFF, PSD, PSB)
Questions? Email me: email@example.com – Oh, and comments below are always welcome!
Thanks again, and cheers!
John 🙂
Photoshop vs Lightroom? Wrong question!
Lately, I've been asked a version of this question over and over – "For working on my images, should I use Lightroom or Photoshop?"
To me, that's the wrong question, perhaps not even a fair question. Photoshop and Lightroom are not designed to replace each other; they're designed to complement each other – they're two different programs, with two different purposes.
So, what are the right questions?
"For enhancing my image and getting the absolute most out of my digital capture, which is the better program?" Answer: Photoshop
"And for critically editing and managing my collection of images, which is the better program?" Answer: Lightroom
Here's another way of thinking about it: Photoshop is your "Digital Darkroom", whereas Lightroom is your "Digital Library".
Let me explain – and to do so, let's first define each program, both products from Adobe.
What is Photoshop? It's an image manipulation & enhancement software program – or for you propeller-heads out there, it's a "raster graphics editor". It's an industry standard for a reason: it's an incredibly powerful (and complex) program.
What is Lightroom? I like this definition from Wikipedia – it's an image management application database which helps in viewing, editing, and managing digital photos. It's also powerful for what it's designed to do, but not near as complex as Photoshop.
Is there "crossover" in what each program can do? Of course, and therein lies the confusion – for instance, the program "Bridge" comes free with Photoshop, and it's a very good "file browser"; Lightroom has a "Develop" and "Print" module.
But you should never confuse what you can do in Bridge with the organizational power of Lightroom, nor should you even remotely confuse the "Develop" module to the full capabilities of image enhancement capable in Photoshop.
With that in mind, you have 3 choices when choosing which program(s) to use. In my comments, I'm going to focus (pun intended) on getting the absolute most out of your digital capture, which is my passion and area of expertise.
1) Use Lightroom Only: The best "Digital Library" out there, but for critical digital output, I don't consider this the best choice. It's a fallacy that the "Develop" module in Lightroom is "just as good" as Photoshop – in fact, the "Develop" module is exactly the same as the Adobe Camera RAW Plug-in in Photoshop, and no more. In this regard, Photoshop is a "NASCAR race car" to Lightroom's "passenger car" – no comparison.
Another question I get asked: Should a newbie try Lightroom first to enhance their images, and then step up to Photoshop later? Unless you need the power of Lightroom (Digital Library), I would recommend against it. If you want to start right and truly discover the power of digital capture, learn Photoshop first (Digital Darkroom). The learning curve is a bit higher than Lightroom (see below), but the results to your digital output are worth it.
2) Use Photoshop Only (with Bridge): As a custom photographic printer for over 30 years, I've seen what works and what doesn't, and Photoshop is the best – no serious pro would consider not using the best in any discipline. A downside: Photoshop can be a bit harder to learn than Lightroom, no doubt – but as a photographer, you only need to use about 10 to 15% of this complex program, and you can pretty much ignore the rest. Oh, and it's not nearly as complicated with the right instruction designed for photographers (hint-hint: shameless plug – click here)
3) Use both Lightroom and Photoshop: Now, I confess – I'm not a Lightroom fan and don't use it, but I also don't shoot hundreds of images a week. If you do, then you may want to consider using Lightroom, too. Keep in mind the added complications to your digital workflow, as well as having one more program to learn. If you don't need the power of Lightroom, why learn a second program?
My approach? As I'm big on keeping things simple (and don't shoot hundreds of images a week), I rely on Bridge as my file browser, and use Photoshop exclusively. Oh, and I don't run every image through Photoshop – only those that, after critical editing, I've decided need a Master File – click here for more on Master Files from an article I wrote for ApogeePhoto.com.
My recommendation? If your goal is to get the absolute most out of your digital capture (for print in particular), you should include Photoshop in your arsenal. If you're a newbie, I'd suggest that you start with Photoshop (Digital Darkroom), and use Bridge as your Digital Library… If Bridge is not getting the job done, step up to the better "Digital Library" – Lightroom.
By the way, you can download both programs from Adobe's Creative Cloud for Photographers, for $10 a month – click here … You can also read more on Photoshop CC on my blog here …


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A Few Words on Using Statistics
Poker students often ask me which statistical values I use in my playing - even more often they ask if this or that value is a good statistic to use. I will try to answer these two questions in this article.
Maybe you already know, or maybe not, but as it turned out at the beginning of my journey into the world of poker I did not have the opportunity to use statistics - and now, looking back that time, I think it did my skills a world of good. Once the moment came when I decided to take the game seriously, I had a bankroll worth a couple of hundreds euros residing on B2B network accounts (since re-named Entraction and now closed). I did not bother to transfer the bankroll somewhere else, and I was more than satisfied with playing for euros and the high rakeback percentage.
This network was not supported by the HUDs that were popular at the time. Eventually I had the opportunity of uploading hands into Poker Tracker 2 for analysis, but did not have real time statistics. Then, PokerOffice with a built-in HUD appeared, but as I was playing well without it, I did not even try to use it. Moreover, by that time I was already playing middle buy-ins where the list of regular players was the same month after month, it being a small online network.
I support thoughtful playing and do not usually play more than four tables at once, and seldom did when I was just starting out as a serious poker player. I think that statistical value analysis would have devoured a large dose of the time I assigned to roll (by the way, there was no time bank button on Entraction network) and instead of training in poker by logical thinking, my brain would be busy with comparing numbers.
In addition, in my opinion, statistics have a bad habit of persuading you to do things that are not really worth doing (especially if you are a newbie). For example, you bet two streets with a low set, your opponent plays check/call, the flush draw is closed on the river and you are donkbet into. Probably your experience will tell you to fold, but your eye stops on the value river with aggression factor four, and you pay the flush saying "I'll never fold against this" or "What do you have there?"
You may well have thought that I am against statistics as a matter of principle - not quite. In large networks, where new players appear and old ones disappear frequently, statistics are more of a necessity.
If I have the opportunity, I will put VPIP, PFR, 3-bet, fold for 3-bet, aggression factor and WTS all on the table. Sometimes I display more values thinking that they will be useful (for example, continuation bet) but in truth I always forget about the new values while playing, and don't use them. If I don't have the opportunity to play with statistics, it does not upset me, and I simply continue playing without them.
Generally speaking, I need statistics to visually divide the opponents into plain fish and regulars from the beginning; and, by the way, using statistics you cannot say a lot about how strong regular players are. The second function of statistics is to prevent yourself from getting into obviously marginal situations, especially before the flop. For example, not to 3-bet lightly with 67s into a guy who never gives up to 3-bets, or not to call a 3-bet with AQ on button against blinds with a 3-bet ratio of two, putting him on re-steal.
Present-day programs like Hold'em Manager or Poker Tracker 3 introduced a large amount of new statistical features. I will not evaluate their potential use, as for all their diversity only 3-bet and Fold for 3-bet appeal to me.
I see all the other numerous values either "over-specialized" or too connected with meta-games or requiring a respectable distance. For example, raise vs continuation bet OOP. It's obvious that if this value is equal to 20 it is way too much, i.e. the opponent cannot have a good hand every fifth time, although this value is strongly connected with his call pre-flop raise. If an opponent against you out of position will call only pocket pairs, in twelve percent of cases there will still be a set, and in eight percent of cases some kind of bluff or, rather, a semi-bluff with a draw hand. Rolling against such a player with TPTK or over-pair and further playing for the stack will be a big mistake. At the same time it will be correct against the guy who calls against you out of position with a significant amount of hands, protecting them from the steal.
Next, what distance is necessary for this value to have anything in common with reality? Obviously, the fewer amount of hands a player calls, the larger amount of data on him you should have.
Finally, are you sure that this opponent will play check/raise correctly against you in 20 percent of such situations? The difference between 15 percent against you and 25 percent against other players may play the devil with your stack.
What do we have as takeaway? If you realize all this on an instinctive level, and thinking over this information does not eat into your valuable time allotted for decision-making, or your general level of playing neutralizes the win-rate loss because of these imprecisions, use it for good.
If not, BBs are disappearing from your win-rate very slowly but surely, every time you make a decision based on the cold hard facts of statistics. For the sake of experimentation, try to get all these colorful numbers away from your screen and go and play a couple of thousand hands instead. I am almost sure that you at least will not do worse than normal, and if there is no difference, why should you overload your brain with unnecessary information? Let the free neurons work on logical poker thinking and memory - anyway, you will not lose anything and you're always able to get back to your beloved numbers.
Personally, I get much more out of my own notes or "float" on my opponent and the two previous playing rounds than some bet turn versus missed bet value equal to eighty percent for 357 hands. When you are playing four tables and are focused on them, it is not too much of a complication to remember which opponent never folds to your continuation bet when in position. By the way, make sure you are playing four tables, and not four tables and Skype and forums and an episode of the Simpsons.
I will now give you one more point that's worth thinking about. If you can make right decisions purely based on statistics, why has the world of online poker still not been taken over by bots? Who better than a computer to multiply all these percentages with sufficient accuracy?
Why do you need all these values if you cannot trust them? I suspect that they can be used only for your own playing analysis. For example, you can compare them with the similar values on your limit of the successful players in your room - however it is only an assumption, as I have not done so.
That last paragraph raises one more issue: some students aim to match their values with others - the ones they saw a "cool" guy on the forum had.
Reality shows that different players can stay in the black by playing in totally different ways, as long as you don't make logical mistakes. It's not important whether you play, for example, 31/25 (VPIP/PFR) or 16/14, you can win either way. It's difficult to do in first instance as there are lots of complicated situations that will appear, and in the second case you are easily read. That is why at the moment I recommend that all my students to play a middling style - something like 21/17. But this does not mean at all that it is a necessary requirement to beat the field. It's just some kind of "balance" between "unreadability" and "high infrequency of complex decisions".
Why am I saying all this? Your statistics are not worth dwelling on, if you, like most of my students, possess some large logical "holes" in your understanding of the game. Don't search for the black cat in an unlit room - all the more so because it is not there. It's better you spend this time watching my videos.
"Won without showdown" or, more popularly, "red line" generates a special buzz. In my opinion there is no big difference as to where this line goes – up, down or parallel to equator - the main thing is where the profit line is heading.
Say one player selects a table but does not play if there is not at least one fish present. He plays as straight as possible against fish, without over-bluff attempts, which in general is correct. In this case the red line will naturally head downhill, as weak hands will be folded and strong hands will often go to a showdown. Another player on this limit plays nine tables with the same pre-flop statistics and does not bother too much about which tables he selects. With relative success he uses squeezes, floats, light 4-bets, double and triple barrels, bluff bets on rivers etc. against regulars. His "red" is accordingly heading, or trying to head upwards; at the same time the loss on showdown decreases when he misses with the bluff.
What is the point for the first player trying to lead his "red" to the same point where the second has, if they play against different types of opponents? Not long ago nobody ever worried where their "red line" was heading to as there was no place to check it, and now the profit graph is not considered a graph anymore if there is no "red line" upon it.
To be fair, I will say that you can - on-the-fly - calculate some systematic holes by the statistical values in your play. For example, a low fold to a 3-bet together with high VPIP will immediately say that you will find a systematical leak of money in 3-bet pots.
The main message I am trying to get to you to understand in all I have written is this: trust yourself, your perception, your memory, and your logical conclusions more than cold and hard statistical facts – and your probability of being "lucky" will be equal to 88.73 percent for 1965 hands.


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2,500 acre solar farm constructed in Southern India
The largest solar farm in the world has been constructed in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, taking the record from a facility in California.
The vast 2,500 acre site was built in a record eight months, despite monsoons and floods, and is the equivalent to the size of nearly 60 Taj Mahals, while the area of the solar panels alone could hold 476 football pitches.
The solar farm, which is located in the south of the country, is capable of generating 648 megawatts of clean, green electricity.
It goes some way to helping India realise its ambition to power 60 million homes using solar energy by 2022 in an attempt to position itself as a world leader in renewable energy generation.
Vneet Jaain, CEO of Adani Power which constructed the facility, said: "Before us, the largest solar power plant at a single location was in California in the US. That was 550 MW and was completed in around three years. We wanted to set up a solar plant of 648 MW in a single location in less than a year."
The enormous solar farm took just eight months to build by 8,500 people in Kamuthi, Ramanathpuram, Tamil Nadu.
The plant comprises of 380,000 foundations, 2,500,000 solar modules, 27,000 metric tonnes of structure, 576 inverters, 154 transformers and 6,000 km of cables.
The overall cost of the mega-structure was approximately $679m (£545m).
"We have a deep commitment to nation-building. We plan to produce 11,000 MW of solar energy in the next five years, putting India on the global map of renewable energy," said Adani Group Chairman Guatam Adani.
The huge number of solar panels is cleaned daily by a robotic system, itself charged by its own solar panel.
The solar farm should help the Indian government to reach ambitious targets to reduce carbon emissions by 33-35 per cent and to produce 40 per cent of its power by non-fossil fuels by 2030.
Increasingly, developing countries around the world are jumping on the renewable energy bandwagon, sidestepping the need to construct fossil fuel-based facilities.
Myanmar recently started constructing a series of hydro-electric power plants in order to solve its energy crisis and move away from coal.


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Grilled Fish Tacos with Tomato-Green Onion Relish
Photo: Jean Allsopp; Styling: Julia Rutland
These delicious grilled fish tacos feature a homemade tomato-green onion relish that provides fresh, spicy flavor.
How to Make It
Step 1
Combine first 8 ingredients in a bowl. Add fish; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate 15 minutes.
Step 2
Wrap tortillas in foil. Place fish and tortillas on a grill rack coated with cooking spray. Grill fish, covered with grill lid, over medium-high heat (350° to 400°) 3 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
Step 3
Divide fish among tortillas; top with relish. Serve with lime wedges.
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goaugiedoggies's Review
I would have given four stars, but the description reads: "worthy of a special occasion" and this is not a special occasion dish -- it's a very casual comfort food dish. The spice on the fish was very very good. The tomato relish was fresh and light. I made it with tilapia and it worked great. A great dish for a casual and light weeknight dinner.
eppercival's Review
Very good recipe (used halibut). I used canned diced tomatoes w/jalapeño to speed up the preparation. Quick, weeknight meal!
nancystump's Review
we loved this recipie...used yellow bass for the fish and baked in the oven..it was very flavorful and fresh tasting...easy too! My husband was a little skeptical, but he enjoyed it very much...we did top it with shredded cabbage and a little sour cream..
lknewms4's Review
light, tasty, and healthy deserves 5 stars in my book - we used halibut and traditional corn tortillas. Relish is very fresh and simple. Quick and easy weeknight meal.
Julia1000's Review
The fish marinade and relish both had excellent flavor. I used tillapia and baked it in the oven instead of the grill- it tasted fine. I added black beans to the relish and sprinkled it with cheese. Delicious!


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Immigration Corner: He took my son from me
Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington,
I am seeking your assistance regarding my six-year-old son. He went to America on December 18 2014. His father, while filing for him, only made me aware at the end of the process, when he was to attend a medical at Andrew's Memorial, and when he went for the interview, I was not asked whether I agreed with anything. He assured me and my family members that he was not planning to keep the child for longer than the Christmas holidays. However, by December 19, he stopped answering my calls, and to date I have spoken to my child seven times.
I called the police in Richmond, Virginia, and they visited the house and encouraged me to contact the Magistrates office; however, I was told that I have to be in America for any steps to be taken. I will be travelling to New York at the end of the month then to Virginia. I was of the impression that I would have to sign documents handing custody to him and I did not sign any documents.
Dear AC,
Unfortunately, this is a scenario that plays out all too often, where one parent is sponsored for permanent residency, their minor child is also filed for, and they take the child to America and sever ties with the other parent left behind in Jamaica.
Lucky for you that you have a US visa and are able to travel to America to sort this out. You should hire a family-law attorney in Richmond, Virginia, who has experience in custody matters and you need to do so quickly. The longer your son remains in the States, the less likely it will be that a judge will change custody and return him to Jamaica. I am sure that your son is already enrolled in school in Virginia. Although you did not sign any papers, you tacitly gave permission for your son to migrate when you allowed his father to take him for the immigrant visa interview.
Your attorney will have to convince the judge that your son's father tricked you into allowing your son to have a green card and that he has severed your ties with your son. Send all communication and documentation to the attorney in Virginia. If you do not know of an attorney in that area, contact the Virginia Bar Association and they will be able to direct you to a referral.
As an example to other mothers and fathers in Jamaica, only permit your child to receive a green card if you intend for that child to migrate with the other parent. All persons in possession of a green card are supposed to live and work or attend school in the States. If you are not ready for your child to migrate, seek the proper legal advice and decide whether the migrating parent should, in turn, file for the child at a later date when the child is ready to reside in the US.
- Dahlia A. Walker-Huntington is a Jamaican-American attorney who practises immigration law in the United States; and family, criminal and personal injury law in Florida. She is a mediator, arbitrator, and special magistrate in Broward County, Florida; and an adjunct professor at Miami Dade College's School of Justice. firstname.lastname@example.com


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Gilmore Girls is Back!
Ever since Gilmore Girls ended, I've been dreaming of the day of its return. After all, when the show ended back in 2007, Rory was headed to work on Obama's campaign trail and Lorelai and Luke were splitsville.
So when I heard Netflix was having a pop-up Luke's Diner in 200 coffee shops around the US, I just knew at least one had to be in the Houston area!
On October 5th, I woke up early and headed to Bosta to get my superfan on! Yes, getting there at 6:40am was not ideal, but I knew there was going to be coffee at the finish line! The importance of October 5th is that this was the day the show first aired back in 2000. When I got there, the line had at least 75 people already in front of me - and it didn't even start until 7am! By the time 7am actually rolled around, the line was down the block and around the building. In fact, the line was still that long when I left. Yikes! That's commitment!
At the pop-up event, the staff donned Luke's diner t-shirts and aprons, flannel shirts, backwards baseball caps, and handed out 250 cups of free coffee complete with Gilmore Girls cups and sleeves. I heard that at the same event in another state, the legit Luke Danes (in real life his name is Scott Patterson) made appearance - how fun!
The event was really cool! It was neat to see how this tv show had so many generations engrossed in it and with such a love for the characters. Some people were dressed up like Luke, some like Rory in her Chilton uniform, and I even found a reason to finally wear my Luke's Diner hoodie my hubby gave me last year!
As for where these characters are now...I'm off to Netflix to found out...


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I confess that I dropped my iPhone in the toilet at the doctor's office on Wednesday, and in my horror, reached in mid-flush to retrieve it. Twenty minutes later, while I'm sitting on the examination table, Eric is trying his hardest to dry out the phone as toilet water is slowly leaking onto the counter. I heard a lot of "No, I'm not mad at you. You just really need to be more careful!" *Glare, glare.* I guess it didn't help that I was giggling uncontrollably while Eric was seriously peeved. Sorry, honey. But you did laugh about it later!
I confess that Eric and I enjoy taking walks in the evening for fun and to help stay in shape, but when we get home we eat huge bowls of ice cream. Evelyn has gotten so used to this ritual that she starts chanting "Ice keem, ice keem!" almost immediately after we take her out of the stroller. Whoops!
I confess that just as I was wrapping up this blog post, my daughter came waltzing out of our room sporting a beautiful new scarf.


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Johannesburg: Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela remains critical but he is responding to treatment at home, South African President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday, days after the 95-year-old statesman was discharged after nearly three months in a hospital.
"We feel very good... That he could leave hospital which indicates the progress he has made," Zuma told editors at a breakfast briefing in Pretoria.
"You have heard that Tata Madiba (Mandela`s clan name) left hospital for his home...He remains critical but stable, responding to treatment," he said.
It is the first time that Zuma has commented on the status of former democracy hero since he was discharged from hospital at the weekend.
South Africa`s first black President`s hospitalisation had sparked worldwide concern during his stay for 86 days, including his birthday in July, in a Pretoria hospital.
"We acknowledge that he is old and that he is not well, but we are very happy that he has gone home."
Mandela has a long history of pulmonary illness and his advanced years may make recovery even more difficult, pulmonologists have warned.
The Presidency said on Sunday that Mandela was discharged from the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria where he had been treated since his June 8 admission with a lung infection.


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Enhanced optical options for wider range of applications
Enhanced optical options for wider range of applications
SALEM, NH--(Marketwired - Sep 25, 2017) - ProPhotonix Limited (OTC PINK: STKR) (LSE: PPIX) (AIM: PPIX), a high technology designer and manufacturer of LED illumination systems and laser diode modules, with operations in Ireland and the United Kingdom, is pleased to announce the addition of new optical options to its COBRA Cure FX™ Series of UV LED curing systems providing higher intensity and dose. These new optical options allow end users to further optimize the systems to their specific application requirements.
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The optical design of a UV LED curing system dramatically impacts on the system's curing performance. With more than a decade of experience in UV LED systems and an in-house optical engineering team, ProPhotonix is well positioned to optimize solutions for specific application requirements. The COBRA Cure FX Series now has three optical options. Each option has been custom designed to maximize uniformity, ensuring an even cure. With the new range of options, depending on the optical configuration chosen, the energy density delivered by a COBRA Cure FX1 can range from 5.1 J/cm2 to 7.8 J/cm2. For the higher power COBRA Cure FX3, the energy density ranges from 43.4 J/cm2 to 55 J/cm2, depending on the configuration selected.
Ken Reynolds, Business and Technology Manager, ProPhotonix Limited, commented: "UV LED technology offers significant advantages over traditional technologies for a wide range of UV curing applications. At ProPhotonix, we excel at adapting this technology for use in very specific and challenging applications. Our approach to developing solutions for UV LED curing systems is unique. Essentially, we are taking what is a certified, stable and reliable platform and progressively developing additional options, allowing users to optimize the COBRA Cure FX Series to address their specific application challenges to configure their UV LED curing system."
The new optical options will be on display at Booth 11A09, Labelexpo Europe on 25 - 28 September 2017.
Further information on the COBRA Cure FX™ Series is available at http://www.prophotonix.com/led-and-laser-products/UV-Solutions/
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ProPhotonix Limited, headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire, is a high technology designer and manufacturer of LED illumination systems and laser diode modules for industry leading OEMs and medical equipment companies. In addition, the Company distributes premium diodes for Ushio (formerly OCLARO), Osram, QSI, Panasonic, and Sony. The Company serves a wide range of markets including the machine vision, industrial inspection, security, and medical markets. ProPhotonix has offices and subsidiaries in the U.S., Ireland, U.K., and Europe. For more information about ProPhotonix and its innovative products, visit the Company's web site at www.prophotonix.com.
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According to the New York Times, there are currently about 460 VW lawsuits pending against the German automaker, with plaintiffs claiming that VW committed fraud by falsely advertising its diesel vehicles as being environmentally friendly, when in truth, they were emitting some toxins (including nitrogen oxide) at levels above those allowed by U.S. law.
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The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) heard arguments on consolidation on December 3, 2015, in New Orleans. VW argued for Michigan, while plaintiffs made their cases for other courts.
In a December 8, 2015 order, the JPML noted the parties advocated for 28 transferee districts across the nation. In addition to those listed above, the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California; Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois; Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio; Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee; Northern District of Alabama; the District of Arizona; District of Columbia; District of Kansas; Western District of Kentucky; Eastern District of Louisiana; District of Massachusetts; District of Minnesota; District of New Jersey; Northern District of Texas; and Western District of Washington were all put forward as good options.
The JPML agreed that consolidation was a good idea, since the actions involve common questions of fact, and centralization "will serve the convenience of the parties and witnesses and promote the just and efficient conduct of the litigation." Among those common questions of fact include the main one: VW equipped certain diesel engines with software allegedly designed to engage emissions controls only when the vehicles undergo official emissions testing, while at other times these controls were allegedly released, allowing the vehicle to emit toxins in excess of legal limits.
The panel also agreed that centralization would help eliminate duplicative discovery, avoid inconsistent pretrial rulings, and conserve the resources of the parties, their counsel, and the judiciary.
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In deciding where to hold the new VW MDL, the panel considered the following:
• The controversy touches multiple districts across the U.S. For example, VW Group of America is based in the Eastern District of Virginia, "where corporate executives and certain relevant documents and witnesses may be found." New Jersey is the domestic VW affiliates' State of Incorporation and where some of its U.S. regional operations are based. There are several other examples. Tennessee, for instance, is home to a large VW manufacturing plant that produced some of the vehicles.
• Because so many districts may yield discovery, the court decided that no single district had a "paramount fatal connection to these cases."
• California is the state with the most affected vehicles and dealers.
• California is also where the vehicles were tested, and the fraudulent software originally discovered.
• California is the home of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), which played a key role in investigating and revealing VW's use of the defeat devices.
• None of the cases filed so far has advanced far enough to give any particular insight or knowledge to any one district.
The panel ultimately chose the Northern District of California because there are already 30 actions pending there, including the first one to be filed in the country, and plaintiffs have filed a total of 101 cases there. In addition, witnesses may be found there, because of the CARB.


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Question about Nintendo Game Boy Advance Console
Do you have any troubleshooting help for a Leapfrog Leapster? The touch screen doesn't seem to work anylonger (even after new batteries). Any help on how to fix it so that the pen will work with the touchscreen would be great. My niece gave it to me for my toddler to use...so I would guess it would be about 4-5 years old (the original Leapster).
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I'm having the same problem! When it turns on you can hear the sound quite clearly but the screen just doesn't turn on. I called a 800-701-5327 for Leap Pad products and they offered to replace it at half the cost to me $35 plus shipping and handling. Not really the solution I'm looking for. I could go buy a new one for around $50.
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Got the same problem with my daughters and its only 2 months old.
My daughters leapster has the same problem the touch screen is not working or the volume controls.
Same problem here...I called LeapFrog Help line at 800-701-5327. They said to recalibrate the screen by doing the following:
1 - turn on unit
2 - press Home, Hint then B button
3 - Follow recalibration instructions onscreen.
This didn't help me :-(
I also have the same issue. The touch screen doesn't work anymore after 2 months. I have read many complaints of this happening-but no solutions-like Leapfrog will fix it. I guess I will have to buy a new unit!
I have the same problem on a Leapster 5 months old. The screen is blank when you look straight at it, but you can just make out the activity if you hold the unit below eye level and tilt it forward as if you are looking down from the top of it. The problems started after my son threw up on it, him and me while playing it. (Sorry if too graphic. Being a nurse and mother, it isn't too much for me) I thought I wiped it pretty good right after wards. However, after I read all the helpful hints about cleaning around the edge of the screen, and I actually got lots of crumbs out. I was wondering if the fact that there was a liquid consistency has anything to do with the fact that it still won't work.
I have a leapster Learning Game System that has been working well for 2 years. All of a sudden the game just won't turn on anymore. I have tried changing batteries and plugging in an external power source...I don't know what else to do. HELP!!!!!!
My Leapster is less than 6 months old and it has a blank screen. I have sound and my pen works on the screen, as well as the Home button and pause. I just can't see any picture. I've turned it on and off, installed new batteries, cleaned around the edge of the screen, adjusted the brightness (circle buttons) and nothing is working. Again, I can use my pen on the screen, I just don't see any picture.
I have twins and my other daughter's Leapster did not turn on at all, so we had to replace it. I'm note having a good time with Leapster!
HELP! Now my twin's little sister wants one.....
My daughter's leapster that we bought her for Christmas 2007 is not working properly. The pen has not worked on the touch screen since the day we opened it. She becomes very frustrated whenever the pen is required to play any of the games. Please help!!!
we changed the battery.
we used a different pen.y
My Leapster touchscreen no longer works. I tried cleaning the edges of gunk as suggested, but this had no effect. I tried the calibration instructions (home, hint, B) but nothing happened. I did not get "calibration instructions" as suggested on other posts. Any ideas?
the pen quit working on the touch screen
the screen wont respond to the the touch of the stylus
The leapster seems to work except the video display. Playing with the brightness buttons hasn't helped. Any suggestions to fix it will be welcome.
This is the second Leapster 2 we have bought in the last 2 weeks...the first one just quit completely and now this one won't recognize the pen. Please help!!!
my son has only had this leapster for a couple of weeks and the touch screen has stopped working
I had the same problem with the touch pad not working.
I used the compressed air and recalibrating ideas. I'm not sure which one really helped, but after doing both the Leapster now works like new. Thank you to everybody for the ideas.
i got my son a leapster2 for chrismas he has only played with it a few times and the touch screen has stopped working
my son used for less than 10 times and now the screen is not working stopped responding, does somebody know why
My son's Leapster 2 says "it's time to sign in please enter your name." But the touch screen doesn't respond when you touch it. We tried recharging the battery, we tried non rechargable batteries and nothing has worked. We just got it at Christmas.
thankyou i have recalibrated the leapster and it works what a relife
Got my son's to work. Used these instructions.
Question Why doesn;t my Leapster2 respond to the stylus pen? Answer If your Leapster2 does not respond to the stylus pen, it needs to be calibrated. Calibrating the Leapster2 is easy:
1) Ensure that a cartridge is not inserted 2) Hold down the Hint button while turning the unit on 3) When the LEAPSTER menu screen appears, press the A button 4) Touch each of the crosshairs that appear with the stylus 5) Restart unit
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Thanks a million! This was a quick and simple solution to a problem that I was willing to invest hours!
I tried all the other suggestions and this one finally worked
Here is another thanks to you! You saved me from my little one's bugging.
AWESOME!!!!!!!! If I knew you I'd treat you to dinner! We are preparing for an 18hr car trip and I really didn't want to buy another.
AWESOME!!!! I'd treat you to dinner if I could. We are preparing for a 16hr car trip and i really didn't want to invest in another one of these things. Thanks a bunch!
THank you so much! YOu rock. My 3 year old thanks you and you just saved me $ and time.
Thank you so much i had almost given up on the stupid thing :)
I just did this, you need to have the unit off, press and hold down the question mark button as you turn it on. It will bring up a screen, press the B button. Then touch the plus sign with the stylus in each corner then the middle. It will send you back to the first screen. Turn it off, then back on. Try it again.
Hope that helps. THats the recalibration everyone is talking about.
Posted on Apr 23, 2009
I found a solution at http://www.watercoolergames.org/archives/000028.shtml
Basically, if there is gunk around the edge of the screen it will essentially disable the touch screen. I took a paper clip and cleaned out the small crevice around the edge of the screen then used a compressed air can to blow out the rest. I ran the touch calibration as noted in other posts and this time I actually had a target to select and everything worked after that.
Posted on Mar 15, 2008
Maybe this will help someone...
I called LeapFrog Help line at 800-701-5327. They said to recalibrate the screen by doing the following:
1 - turn on unit
2 - press Home, Hint then B button
3 - Follow recalibration instructions onscreen.
Posted on Feb 28, 2008
You need to calibrate your leapster...here's how:
(1) Do NOT insert a cartridge, turn the unit on and wait for the sign-in screen to appear.
(2) Hold down the Home, Hint and B buttons simultaneously.
(3) When the screen changes, press the A button.
(4) Using the Stylus, touch the center of the targets.
Posted on Jul 31, 2009
WOW,I tried eveything and my pen wasnt working,I thought it needed to be calibrated but I tried leaning around the screen and there was a little piece of paper stuck inside, it works perfectly now.thanks for the tip..My son will be happy
Posted on Apr 09, 2008
The unit needs to be recalibrated. I had the same problem with my son's game system. Go to leapfrog wesite, customer support, find answer and type in recalibrate screen for your system. follow instructions. Hope that helps
Posted on Feb 11, 2009
This solution may sound silly, but we have two leapsters (one is dead now - corroded on the inside). After a few weeks, we had sound and no picture on one. After several days of trying new batteries and pressing all the buttons and stuff, it ended up being one of the little buttons on the bottom that my son had been playing with. Try pushing the circle buttons at least five times each and see if that makes a difference. I had tried them, but only once or twice and it hadn't made a noticeable change. It wasn't until I started just pressing them over and over that I saw the change. Good luck!
Posted on Mar 27, 2008
My son's Leapster 2 says "it's time to sign in please enter your name." But the touch screen doesn't respond when you touch it. We tried recharging the battery, we tried non rechargable batteries and nothing has worked. We just got it at Christmas.
Posted on Jan 28, 2011
This actually worked for me! I didn't think it was working because when it said to touch the center of the target it didn't seem to recognize it. But when I turned it off and back on it was working again. We had actually put it away for months because we could not figure anything out. Thanks for the help!
Posted on Mar 02, 2008
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"Promised Land," an anti-fracking propaganda film dressed up as Oscar-season fare, re-teams "Good Will Hunting" star Matt Damon with director Gus Van Sant. Neither can salvage a story that exists solely to demonize natural gas companies and the process of fracking.
Sure, Van Sant's camera captures some quaint landscapes, and Damon remains a rigorously engaged actor. But who could push past a story top heavy with silly twists, undernourished subplots and a hero without a clue as to why his enemies hate his handiwork?
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"Promised Land," co-financed by forces eager to squash new American-based energy sources, casts Damon as a salesman climbing the corporate ladder at a billion-dollar natural gas firm. Steve is sent to a rural Pennsylvania town, one of many dying in our flailing economy, to secure drilling permit rights for farm land loaded with shale. The company will use the controversial process of fracking to dig deep into the shale deposits to line its corporate coffers and throw much needed cash to the land owners. Steve's co-worker (Frances McDormand, far too good for such material) is on hand to help seal the deal.
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Wouldn't a fracking salesman be up on both the alleged criticisms of his industry as well as the best ways to shred his opponents' arguments? Not here. And didn't Steve expect at least some resistance to his proposal? That there Google has plenty of anti-fracking videos even the hayseeds he's dealing with can peruse.
Things get uglier when Krasinski's character makes a move on the purty teacher (Rosemarie DeWitt) Steve courts by getting drunk and passing out on her couch.
Van Sant and co. aren't subtle about their intentions with "Promised Land." The energy company here is depicted as ruthless, its workers spit out the same tired jokes and sales pitches. The locals are given little complexity. Either they're angry at Steve for potentially ruining their land, eager to spend the money he's promising to give them or simply pawns swayed by a town fair or emotionally charged poster.
At one point, a banner with the natural gas company logo flutters and falls on Steve's car windshield as a storm washes away his plans to win the townsfolk over. If only we could decode what the symbolism means.
"Promised Land" leaves us with a twist so hackneyed it should have been laughed out of the first table read. Instead, it arrives to make sure we don't forget the messages the film has been screaming at us from the opening sequence. Fracking bad. Big business very bad. And movies based on pure ideology, not sturdy storytelling, are even worse.


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Discussion in 'GBAtemp & Scene News' started by JPH, Dec 7, 2007.
Nice Boxart
You got confused with the Game Icon
you inverted the 2 images
Nice Game Icon
You got confused with the Boxart
But seriously, nice game.
Sorry bout dat.
It's interesting that a game based on an American show is released at Europe (#1542) first.
The problem is thy have to edit the text in the game to misspell all the words like colour before they can release it in the US. Joking aside strange delay on the US release.....
Oh yeah, I forgot to try out the (E) version after some pretty weak feedback. I hope this is interesting.
i haven't turned to the previous one but is this good?
Ehm, this is the previous one
It's quite good I played the first 3 cases of the EUR release so far. Never liked the console games but it works well on DS imo.
tommy, how is the game's style/gameplay? i dont get what "detective" gamestype mean. is it like those detective moments in condemned?
If you like Phoenix Wright, thats the Game for you =)
Loved this one, its very gooooood! (But not as good as PW, of course)


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Discussion in 'GBAtemp & Scene News' started by shaunj66, Aug 5, 2006.
I bet this is kiddy crap!
No it`s realy fun. Try it.
dumbo punches this fool straight in the face
Damn, i used to watch the cartoon when I was a kid. Does it even exist now?