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|George E. Platzer, Jr.
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|Platzer Jr George E
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This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 10/784,668, filed on Feb. 23, 2004 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,097,312, which claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/449,370, filed Feb. 21, 2003.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to mirrors having multiple surfaces of differing magnification and, particularly, to the application of such mirrors as external side rearview automotive operator aides.
2. Background Art
Originally, motor vehicles, particularly passenger cars, did not have mirrors to assist the driver. Early in this century however, both inside and outside mirrors were added to automotive vehicles to provide rearward and limited lateral visibility. As the number of vehicles and driving speeds increased, rearward visibility became ever more important.
Today, all passenger cars have a mirror centrally located inside the vehicle. This mirror is the primary mirror. It provides a wide viewing angle, giving an excellent view to the adjacent lanes at a distance of two or more car lengths to the rear. However, it is deficient in that it is unable to view the adjacent lanes at distances of less than one to two car lengths to the rear. In an effort to eliminate this deficiency and to provide rearward visibility when the rear window is blocked, outside mirrors were added to vehicles.
Presently, passenger cars are required by law to have a unit magnification outside rearview mirror on the driver's side. A unit magnification mirror is a plane mirror which produces the same size image on the retina as that which would be produced if the object were viewed directly from the same distance. Furthermore, as provided in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 111 (FMVSS 111), "The mirror shall provide the driver a field of view of a level road surface extending to the horizon from a line perpendicular to a longitudinal plane tangent to the driver's side of the vehicle at the widest point, extending 8 feet out from the tangent plane 35 feet behind the driver's eyes, with the seat in the rear most position." FMVSS 111 thus effectively determines the size of the mirror, which a manufacturer must provide. The size will vary among different manufacturer's vehicles because of the placement of the mirror on the vehicle with regard to the driver's seat location.
Unfortunately, outside mirrors meeting FMVSS 111 still do not provide adequate adjacent lane visibility to view cars that are in the range of one car length to the rear. That is, a blindzone exists where a vehicle is not visible in either the inside mirror or the outside mirror. Even a glance over the shoulder may not be adequate to observe a vehicle in the blindzone. For many vehicles, the door pillar between the front and rear doors obscures the view to the blindzone. Furthermore, this obstruction is not obvious to most drivers, and they may assume that the "over the shoulder glance" has allowed them to see the blindzone when in reality it has not.
Rearward vision in automobiles is mathematically described in a paper published by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) in 1995. That paper is designated as SAE Technical Paper 950601. It is entitled, The Geometry of Automotive Rearview Mirrors-Why Blindzones Exist and Strategies to Overcome Them, by George Platzer, the inventor of the present invention. That paper is hereby incorporated by reference.
A common method of overcoming the blindzone is to add a spherically convex blindzone-viewing mirror to the required plane main mirror. Spherically convex mirrors provide a wide field of view, but at the penalty of a reduced image size. However, this may be acceptable if the mirror is only used to indicate the presence of a vehicle in the blindzone and it is not used to judge the distance or approach speed of vehicles to the rear. Simply placing a round segment of a convex mirror on the main mirror surface, as is commonly done with stick-on convex mirrors, does not solve the problem. Doing so can provide a view to the rear which includes the blindzone, but it will also show much of the side of the car, the sky and the road surface, which are distracting and extraneous to the safe operation of the vehicle. What is required is a convex blindzone-viewing mirror that shows the driver primarily only the blindzone. In this way, if the driver sees a vehicle in the blindzone-viewing mirror, he knows it is unsafe to move into the adjacent lane. All extraneous and distracting information should be removed from the blindzone-viewing mirror. Furthermore, by eliminating the irrelevant portions of the bull's-eye mirror, the remaining portion can have a larger radius of curvature, thereby increasing the image size for the given amount of area that is to be allocated to the convex mirror.
Other problems with add-on mirrors are that they:
One object of the present invention is to provide a unit magnification main mirror, which meets the requirements of FMVSS 111 and simultaneously provides a blindzone-viewing mirror having a magnification of less than unity that, in application, is able to show an automobile driver's side blindzone.
Another object of the invention is to provide a less than unit magnification mirror that meets the requirements of FMVSS 111 on the passenger's side and simultaneously provides a blindzone-viewing mirror having a magnification of less than unity that is able to show the driver the blindzone on the passenger's side.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide a mirror having a combination of two surfaces of different magnification that is not objectionable in appearance.
Still another object of the invention is to provide a mirror having a combination of two surfaces of different magnification that is inexpensive and easy to manufacture.
In an embodiment of the invention, an auxiliary blindzone viewing mirror having a less than unit magnification can be adhesively attached to a main viewing mirror. The auxiliary blindzone viewing mirror can be comprised of a discrete mirror body can be optimized in size and orientation to provide primarily only a view of the blindzone while leaving the region surrounding it available to meet the requirements of FMVSS 111. Moreover, the discrete mirror body can be comprised of a recessed ledge formed in a base of the auxiliary mirror for retaining adhesive while maintaining flush contact with the main viewing mirror. The auxiliary blindzone viewing mirror can be located in the upper and outer region of the main viewing mirror.
In another embodiment of the invention, an auxiliary blindzone viewing mirror can be inserted into a cut-out region of a main viewing mirror. The auxiliary blindzone viewing mirror can comprise a convex reflective surface optimized in size and orientation to provide primarily only a view of the blindzone while leaving the region surrounding it available to meet the requirements of FMVSS 111. The auxiliary blindzone viewing mirror having a rim about its perimeter for resting against a surface of the main viewing mirror. The rim can be canted to obscure the reflection of the auxiliary blindzone viewing mirror in the main viewing mirror.
In still another embodiment of the present invention, an automotive outside rearview mirror comprising a main viewing mirror having a generally planar reflective surface, an auxiliary blindzone viewing mirror having a generally convex reflective surface, and a case for retaining both mirrors is provided. The auxiliary blindzone viewing mirror is shaped and positioned for viewing primarily only a driver's blindzone. The automotive outside rearview mirror further comprises a lip along the border between the main viewing mirror and the auxiliary blindzone viewing mirror. The lip comprises a canted surface for obscuring the reflection of the auxiliary blindzone viewing mirror in the main viewing mirror. Moreover, the lip can be integrally formed within the auxiliary blindzone viewing mirror, or rather, the lip can be integrally formed within a wall formed in the case.
These and other aspects, objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood and appreciated from a review of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments and appended claims, and by reference to the accompanying drawings.
The features of the present invention which are believed to be novel are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The present invention, both as to its organization and manner of operation, together with further objects and advantages thereof, may best be understood with reference to the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which:
As required, detailed embodiments of the present invention are disclosed herein. However, it is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of an invention that may be embodied in various and alternative forms. Therefore, specific functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a representative basis for the claims and/or as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ the present invention.
Referring now in greater detail to the drawings,
SAE Technical Paper 950601 describes the horizontal field of view of a plane mirror in a mathematical equation as a function of the mirror's dimensions and the position of the eyes relative to the mirror. Typically, the angle θ subtended by lines 16 and 18 is in the order of 15� to 20�. Angle θ is given by Eq. 1, and it is,
As described in SAE Technical Paper 950601, the peripheral vision line 20 cannot be precisely located. It depends on the location of the drivers' eyes relative to the mirror 12 and several other factors. For example, Burg (Journal of Applied Psychology/Vol. 5/No. 12/1968) has shown that the angular extent of peripheral vision is a function of age. At age 20 it extends 88� from straight-ahead to the side. At 70 years, this angle has dropped to 75�. Angle φ in
Angle θ has a value of about 11.5� for almost any passenger car, and the variation in θ produced by variations in SL is a second order effect. Hence, the width of the mirror required by FMVSS 111 can be calculated by solving Equation 1 for w. Then,
Angle θ in this case is equal to 11.5�. Using values of SL=45.7 cm, ST=70 cm, and D=6.4 cm, w is found to be 9.4 cm. This value can vary significantly among vehicles, since in Eq. 3, SL and ST variations no longer produce only second order effects as in Eq. 2. In practice, vehicle manufactures will specify mirror widths in excess of the FMVSS 111 requirements to further reduce the blindzone size.
where: Sv=vertical distance in the vertical plane from the eye to the mirror;
λV=� tan−1(SV/SL); and
Substituting measured values of h, SL, and SV from one mid-size passenger car gave a value for wv of 6.4 cm.
The FMVSS 111 requirement for the vertical dimension of the mirror is only a minimum, and it does not provide a satisfactory mirror. Drivers usually set their mirrors so that if the car is on a straight and level road, the horizon will be in about the center of the mirror. This means that if point 24 is to be visible with the horizon centered, the mirror should be about 12.7 cm high. Most passenger car mirrors are not this large vertically, and are closer to 10.2 cm to 11.4 cm. However, the requirements of the standard are met.
As previously mentioned, a mirror constructed to just meet the requirement in its horizontal field of view would have an excessively large blindzone. This could be remedied by providing an auxiliary blindzone-viewing mirror of less than unit magnification with a wide field of view, located such that it does not interfere with line 34. Such an auxiliary mirror 36 is shown in
All of the variables in Equation 7 are the same as Equation 1 except for r, which is the radius of curvature of the convex mirror. Angle θ in Equation 7 is to be taken as the angle between lines 18 and 38 in
A key factor in the shaping and positioning of the blindzone-viewing mirror is the required location of the center of the sphere from which the segment is taken. A vehicle in the blindzone should appear centered in the auxiliary blindzone-viewing mirror.
As previously stated, most drivers adjust their mirrors so that if they were on a straight and level road, the horizon would be approximately centered in the mirror. Vertical centering of an image in the blindzone-viewing mirror 36 then requires that the image of the horizon pass through center 46 of mirror 36. This simply requires that radius 42 lie in a plane perpendicular to plane mirror 40, and that the plane also pass through center point 46, as shown in
Horizontal centering of the view of the blindzone in mirror 36 requires that radius 42 be located such that it passes through center 46 of mirror 36 and also falls along line 48 in
The field of view in the plane main viewing mirror is θ degrees wide as shown in
The same reasoning applies to the convex blindzone-viewing mirror. If radius 42 were perpendicular to the surface of plane mirror 40, the field of view of the convex mirror would be centered about line 52 in
The criteria required to size, place and orient the less than unit magnification auxiliary blindzone-viewing mirror have now been established. Using these criteria will provide a mirror which conforms with FMVSS 111, centers the image of a vehicle in the blindzone in the less than unit magnification mirror, and optimizes the image size for the space allocated to the less than unit magnification mirror. Mirror 36 in
Next, various ways of implementing the combination of the main viewing mirror and the blindzone-viewing mirror will be shown. One simple way is to adhere a glass or plastic segment of a spherically convex mirror to the plane mirror, as shown in
Another advantage of the skirt 62 is that it helps to blend the auxiliary mirror 60 into a planar main viewing mirror making it appear a more integral part of the main mirror. This is especially true if the base 64 can be made flush with the main mirror. However, it is important to note that adhering the stick-on auxiliary mirror 60 to the main mirror with a thin film of an adhesive having a high modulus of elasticity may be undesirable. For instance, the difference in thermal expansion between the auxiliary mirror 60 and the typical glass main mirror, along with the rigidity of the bond, may cause warping and distortion of an image in the main mirror. The image distortion is generally observable when the ambient temperature is 20� F. or more away from the bonding temperature.
To achieve a close fit between the auxiliary mirror 60 and a main mirror surface 71 and to avoid distortion, a shallow ledge 72 can be provided in the base 64 of the auxiliary mirror 60, as shown in
Alternately, a double sided adhesive pad 75 may be used to affix auxiliary mirror 60 to the main mirror surface 71. The ledge 72 can be utilized to retain the pad 75. Thus, the pad 75 can be die cut to fit the ledge 72. Moreover, the depth of the ledge 72 and the thickness of the pad 75 can be sized to produce the minimum protrusion of the pad 75 below the base 64 of auxiliary mirror 60 that will still provide adequate adhesion to the main mirror surface 71. The width of ledge 72 can be extended inward when using the double sided adhesive pad 75 to increase the adhered area. Furthermore, the lightening volume defined by cavity 74 may be eliminated. Accordingly, the adhesive pad 75 may be a desirable alternative for aftermarket applications.
Yet another advantage of the skirt 62 on auxiliary mirror 60 is that the canted or flared surface 70 can act as a deflector of impact loads, such as that produced by an ice scraper. The skirt 62 tends to deflect the scraper away from the auxiliary mirror 60, thereby minimizing the likelihood of dislodging the auxiliary mirror 60 from the main mirror surface 71.
Referring back to
With reference now to
Rim 82 is depicted in
Generally, outside rearview glass main mirrors are held in a thin injection molded plastic case. The case is used to cover and protect the edges of the glass. The back surface of the case provides an attachment member for connecting the mirror to the case. The attachment member is typically coupled to a positioning mechanism used to move the plane of the mirror about a central pivot point for positioning the view seen by the driver. Typically, the case will have slots which are used to engage tangs on the surface of a pivoting plate which is supported on a central pivot point. The plate can be pivoted by electric motors or cables. The mirror assembly 77 of
Referring to
While embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described, it is not intended that these embodiments illustrate and describe all possible forms of the invention. Rather, the words used in the specification are words of description rather than limitation, and it is understood that various changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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Aww man. We're just a few short weeks away from the Man of Steel flying across theaters of America. Warner Bros. has posted one final trailer online before the momentous occasion. It's as if the action and epic set pieces glimpsed in this trailer is making up for the lack of both in Superman Returns. This is truly the Last Son of Krypton on an epic scale. The trailer is an extension of the viral video of Zod (Michael Shannon) calling for Earth to give up Superman. I literally still have goosebumps after watching it. I will call it now. Man of Steel will be the film of the summer.
The also film stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fisburne, Antje Traue and Russell Crowe. Man of Steel opens in 3D on June 14th.
Here's the official synopsis for Man of Steel:
In the pantheon of superheroes, Superman is the most recognized and revered character of all time. Clark Kent/Kal-El (Cavill) is a young twentysomething journalist who feels alienated by powers beyond anyone's imagination. Transported to Earth years ago from Krypton, an advanced alien planet, Clark struggles with the ultimate question – Why am I here? Shaped by the values of his adoptive parents Martha (Lane) and Jonathan Kent (Costner), Clark soon discovers that having super abilities means making very difficult decisions. But when the world needs stability the most, it comes under attack. Will his abilities be used to maintain peace or ultimately used to divide and conquer? Clark must become the hero known as "Superman," not only to shine as the world's last beacon of hope but to protect the ones he loves.


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It looked to be a pochette but im not sure which one and the price. Does anyone know? TIA
Which bag? She has carried quite a few chanels...
Can you post pics?
I'll look for a screen cap. It is the bag she is carrying when she is at the cleaners, she has on a short army green trench.
I think that's a cambon pochette, correct me if I'm wrong.


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Two weeks ago, the CW released a Vampire Diaries promo video featuring Sky Ferreira's 'Obsession.' Well, now the 18-year-old L.A. native has her official video for you to check out, sans Damon, Elena and Stefan.
Sky and her director, Marc Klasfeld, came up with the concept together, putting a lighter spin on the song, which the singer said is about "narcissism or being obsessed with someone. It's up to you."
"Instead of doing something like 'One' (her last single), I wanted to do something less serious and fun; kind of like one of those movies that Jennifer Love Hewitt would be in 10 years ago," she tells JSYK.
The video is about a girl who is, well, obsessed with actor Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill), who actually guest stars in the video with Sky. She becomes so preoccupied with the celeb that she alienates her friends (they're so over her anyway). But in the end, it's Sky who gets the last laugh.
'Obsession' will be included on Sky's as-yet-untitled debut album, which will be released early next year, as well as the 'The Vampire Diaries: Original Television Soundtrack,' due out on October 12. Watch the full video below. What do you think? Are you obsessed with the song?


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Steel trusses - Portals
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Selvoline wide range of steel trusses is designed for those who need sturdy and reliable products. Various surface treatments (for indoor use and outdoor use) will satisfy customers needs: hot-dip galvanizing, polyester painting, cataphoresis, polyester powder painting. Square trusses are extremely versatile: accessories (cubes, elbows, T-shaped elements, trapeziums) allow to easily build fair stands and other personalized structures. Trusses can be used to build structures in shops, public places, theatres, discos and to build fair stands, showrooms, advertising billboards. The user can create different original fair stands by varying the position and the number of trusses. GA hooks, made of bent, drilled, fl at plate, allow to easily connect pillars to the beams in any point or to add new beams to the structure. At your request, we realize non-standard length trusses in a short time.


text: Not sure where you are coming from on this one. I have found over many years use that if you want the best GPS software Garmins offerings are among the best. The one exception being areas of the globe they don't support. Easy to forget that: Garmin has for years led in consumer GPS and software. We as consumers would not have the options and function if not for Garmin. Where/are the others? Megellan, Delorme & Lorwance to name a few. It wasn't that long ago that GPS units didn't have any detail map! Garmin was among the first to offer mapping GPS units and the maps to go with them. Several years ago Garmin started to support 3rd party developers which has resulted in the numerous offering now available. While getting better I have yet to see a 3rd party map product which surpasses Garmins offerings when considering all aspects of the software. It's a little hard for me to understand why, after spending $200-$600 on a state of the art GPS, anyone would then balk at $100 for a routing street map with thousands of Points of Interest that covers an entire continent. Garmin's limit of one install on some of their map products is frustrating and IMO short sighted. 2 installs would seem much more reasonable, Microsoft Office gives you 3. I would have updated my equipment on several occasions if not for that limitation. I guess value is a personal thing. Bruce


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Film advertisment created by DDB, United States for Bud Light, within the category: Alcoholic Drinks.
Sr. VP Creative Director: Mark Gross
VP Creative Director: Chris Roe, Chuck Rachford
Assoc. CD, Art Director: Chris Carraway
Assoc. CD, Copywriter: Pat Burke
Agency Executive Producer: Will St. Clair
Agency Producer: Kate Hildebrant
VFX Facility: Brickyard VFX
Shoot Supervision: Mandy Sorenson, Robert Sethi, Sam Kao
Lead 2D Artist: Mandy Sorenson
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2D Artists: Patrick Poulatian, Gavin Miljkovich, Narbeh Mardirossian, Christel Hazard, Cathy Gochnour
3D Artists: Dan Guiterrez, David Blumenfeld, TV Tran, Carl Harders
VFX Executive Producer: Sue Troyan
Visual Effects Producer: Amy Russo
Production Company: Smuggler
Director: Stylewar
Director of Photography: Crille Forsberg
Live Action Exec. Producer: Patrick Milling Smith, Brian Carmody, Lisa Rich, Allison Kunzman
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Get a life, pal. Annoying others can give you fun only for a limited time.
I was under the impression that Photoshop was used for tangible media. No?
I like the idea, but 'summer state of mind' , although easy to understand...seems to fall a bit short in regards to originality...seems like there's a better choice of language for BL to own.
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Re: Origin of the name Gupton?
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Betty Cravens 12/31/00
My late grandfather, Lucian Gupton, who had lived from 1912-1998(if I remember correctly, died at Lourdes Hospital, Paducah, KY), had always told me his las name came from Whales.So Welsh it is.I do not know what Gupton means, if anything.Now the traditional Welsh language is different than an Gaielic or Cant talk....so you would have to get an old welsh language scholar to answer the meaning of the prefix, Gup.
Just thought I would help.
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WerkMaster Launches Sandpaperless Wood Floor Refinishing System
Orlando, Florida – WerkMaster launches new Sandpaperless wood Refinishing System at ARA Show in Orlando.
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Release Date: 2012 |
Album Rating: 4.0I've never been too big on "World Fusion" but this was one really good album. Review is a little shorter than expected.
Sounds good. I'll be checking this out.
Album Rating: 4.0Thanks Bloodbirds.
I forgot about these guys and saw them on the new releases list, I had to review it. I'm also reviewing the Niechec probably tomorrow night if you're interested.
Album Rating: 4.0good stuff man, pos!
Album Rating: 4.0Thanks, Zed.
And Thanks, Silent. Yeah you have a really great taste and know a lot of great but overlooked albums. If there are ever any albums you want me to review dont hesitate to ask.
Album Rating: 4.0enjoy Norway fusion hero; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1kXykovXu8
Album Rating: 4.0I'll check it out. Damn Zed, it's great to see you Jazzing it up. I'm still hooked on Tohpati Ethnomission, I've been listening to their youtube jams a lot lately.
Album Rating: 4.0Yeah glad that you like Ethnomission, I'm digging Rypdal's Odissey because a friend of mine said Tohpati is a bit reminiscent of Terje Rypdal...
I've been absent for a while but a massive congrats on finally getting contibuter status Paperback, always thought you deserved it.
You're a machine, dude. Keep it up
Album Rating: 4.0Thanks for the feedback guys.
Yeah Jazz is a bit overlooked, but not too many people are into it here so I can see why its somewhat ignored. One of my goals in sputnik is to do for Jazz/Jazz Fusion what Deviant. has done for Electronica.
Album Rating: 3.0yeah but it's hard to find decent modern jazz
Album Rating: 3.0that said i'm not liking this much. sounds like a fela kuti ripoff band
Album Rating: 3.0yeah but they could do something with it. like add black metal or something
Album Rating: 3.0yeah or maybe deathcore
Album Rating: 3.0yo if you want to hear interesting afrobeat fusion check out the Shaolin Afronauts. also, paperback, i wouldn't call this fusion
Album Rating: 3.0probably the new one
Album Rating: 4.0
yo if you want to hear interesting afrobeat fusion check out the Shaolin Afronauts. also, paperback, i wouldn't call this
Album Rating: 4.0You're probably right. I dont know too much about Afrobeat, but the Fusion influence in this album is very obvious and it was what attracted me to it.
There's a lot of Fusion bands from the 70s like The Weather Report who fused funk with World music- that's why Id say its Fusion. Though John Coltrane was one of the first to bring traditional African music influences into Jazz. but yeah I this probably closer to Afrobeat.
Album Rating: 3.0this is 100% unbridled fela kuti worship. they do a solid job of it for sure.
i think you are confusing the term fusion with being a mix of something else with jazz. most people use fusion to mean jazz mixed with rock and general wackiness. afrobeat tends to use both jazz and funk, while including traditional african instrumentation and tribal music nuances.
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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Semtech Enables Leader Electronics' UHDTV Test and Measurement Platform with Next Generation 12G UHD-SDI Interface Product Portfolio
Leader Electronics uses Semtech's 12G UHD-SDI retiming cable equalizer and cable driver to enable its UHDTV waveform monitor
Camarillo, California - April 18, 2016
Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced that its portfolio of 12G UHD-SDI solutions is enabling the LV5490 UHDTV waveform monitor LV5490SER06 option card from Leader Electronics Corporation (JASDAQ: 6867), a leading supplier of test equipment solutions to the broadcast industry.
Leader Electronics' LV5490SER06 option board provides a 12G UHD-SDI interface with eye monitoring and jitter measurement capability to the LV5490 UHDTV waveform monitor and utilizes Semtech's GS12141 retiming equalizer and GS12181 retiming cable driver products.
UHD-SDI is the only standardized broadcast UHDTV interface, and the GS12141 retiming cable equalizer and GS12181 retiming cable driver, with their advanced feature sets and class leading performance, provide a commercial, off-the-shelf interface solution for next generation UHDTV equipment and infrastructure.
"Next generation UHDTV infrastructures will require advanced UHD-SDI test and measurement capabilities," said Ryosuke Takagi, Director of Leader Electronics Corporation's development department. "Semtech is a recognized leader in 12G UHD-SDI interface and gearbox products, and the GS12141 and GS12181's advanced feature sets and high performance, uniquely enable our next generation UHDTV test and measurement portfolio."
"Sophisticated test and measurement solutions are required to address the critical performance requirements of broadcasters as facilities are updated with UHDTV-enabled UHD-SDI infrastructures," said Don Shaver, Director of Video Marketing for Semtech's Signal Integrity Product Group. "Leader's LV5490 waveform monitor, when equipped with the LV5490SER06 12G UHD-SDI option card utilizing Semtech's high performance 12G UHD-SDI solutions, offers powerful and flexible UHD-SDI test and measurement solutions for next generation UHDTV facilities."
Semtech's UHD-SDI products feature ultra-low power consumption and provide industry-leading performance at 12Gbps rates. UHD-SDI is ideal for UHDTV infrastructures, including routers, cameras, monitors, switchers and more. It offers pristine image quality, is backwards compatible with existing SDI systems and is standardized by both the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), simplifying UHDTV infrastructure upgrades and reducing risk for broadcasters.
Key Features of the GS12141 & GS12181
Key Features of the LV5490
The GS12141 and GS12181 are available now. Semtech offers comprehensive design assistance, including field- and factory-based support. Data sheets, volume pricing and delivery quotes, as well as evaluation kits and samples, are available at www.semtech.com/info.
About Semtech
Semtech Corporation is a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors for high-end consumer, computing, communications and industrial equipment. Products are designed to benefit the engineering community as well as the global community. The company is dedicated to reducing the impact it, and its products, have on the environment. Internal green programs seek to reduce waste through material and manufacturing control, use of green technology and designing for resource reduction. Publicly traded since 1967, Semtech is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol SMTC. For more information, visit www.semtech.com.
About Leader
Since its beginning 60 years ago, Leader has earned a worldwide reputation for designing and manufacturing some of the most reliable, practical and cost effective electronic instruments available. The products were originally developed for production testing and servicing. These are applications in which ease-of-use and highest reliability are essential. By expanding into a broad line of industrial and video instruments, Leader was able to add to these fundamental qualities a cost-performance ratio unequalled in the industry.
Manufacturing quality is built in every step of the way. Only the finest parts are used for optimum reliability. At each production run, sub-assemblies are separately tested before they are integrated into the finished product. Then product is tested. Less than 1% of all Leader products made are ever returned for warranty repair or adjustment.
More and more, Leader products, over 100 of them, ranging from 4K Waveform Monitors to rasterizers and video test equipment, are being specified for research, development, production and service applications in addition to over 100 instruments customized for production line applications.
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Semtech and the Semtech logo are registered trademarks or service marks, of Semtech Corporation and/or its affiliates. Third-party trademarks or service marks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
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A TOP Lothian consultant has welcomed the introduction of a new drug to treat bladder complaints.
Betmiga, which can be used to treat incontinence, has been approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium.
Ammar Alhasso, a consultant urological surgeon, said: "For decades, clinicians have only had one class of drug treatment to offer patients. The SMC approval of the treatment means patients in Edinburgh are offered a new option."


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In this article, we discuss with Dr. Jerome Chevallier the role of business development and key best practices to professionalize this important functional area. Managers of technology-driven companies will find here a number of benchmarks to help them fine-tune their business development processes.
Jerome Chevallier is the Director of Business Development & New Ventures of Midmark Corporation, a major manufacturer of medical ambulatory care equipment focused on patient-caregiver interactions and exam-room workflow efficiency. Prior to this position, he led the introduction of La Roche-Posay in the U.S., making it a top-3 cosmetic brand within 3 years in the U.S. physician dispensed cosmeceutical market; at L'Oréal also, he has accelerated go-to-market cycles for a portfolio of brands, resulting in export sales growth from $50 million to over $500 million in 4 years. Over his career, he has successfully launched brands internationally, sourced and facilitated deals between companies of various sizes, and led business development efforts for corporations in several industries ranging from cosmetics and aesthetics, to pharmaceutical products and medical devices. TG: Jerome, how do you define business development? What does a business development executive do? JC: I define business development as a first step towards acquisition, licensing deals or any strategic partnership. Part of the business development executive's responsibility is to feed the company's M&A team with screened opportunities that make sense strategically and help it grow into new market segments. Many companies put a "business development" title on sales positions, especially for strategic sales such as Key Account managers. I consider business development as the strategic growth of a business by expanding its offering, providing either new technologies and products or access to new market segments, not by selling more of its current offering in the current outlets. Business development managers are on the lookout for new products and activities to expand their product portfolio. They focus on the medium to long range growth. Of course both sales and business development are keys to a company's growth and indeed complementary. TG: What are the skills of a successful business development executive? JC: First, you need similar talent as an entrepreneur. You need to be able to look at a target (ie an opportunity or project) as if it was a startup and find how you may create value. Second, you need to have a COO's skills to see how the combination of the target's assets with your company's may increase the target's potential and fulfill the extrinsic growth need of your own business. Ask yourself, how may we develop this product better than the third-party company would be able to alone? The question is not whether you can do the target's job better, but whether you can help the target do their job better and how it can benefit you: in most cases it will come from mobilizing your sales force and sales channels, and/or by developing economies of scale and synergy with your existing portfolio. TG: What other skills are needed? What does a professionalized business development executive do, that "amateurs" don't? JC: Professional business developers have a formal process and don't run after any potential deal. Larger companies hold quarterly review sessions of all projects identified during the quarter. They have what is referred as a "BD funnel": to make sure they are always looking at new opportunities, starting new projects, screening, advancing a few to the review step and finally moving even fewer to M&A, and licensing or deal building stage. This enables their team to better screen opportunities. So for example 40 projects would end up in 2 selected projects. This may be harder for smaller companies because they see fewer projects, which leads them to focus too quickly on what's on their table at any point in time. Additionally, smaller companies may feel that whatever is on the table is "the" opportunity. The key to business development is patience. You need 10 projects to have 1 viable, so it is best to make sure you look at all 10 rather than focus on the first that you come across. TG: What are the risks of not having formal business development process? JC: The main risks include focusing on the wrong opportunities (the "shiny object in the sky"), going in the wrong direction, choosing projects too quickly and being driven by excitement rather than reasoning. A company with useful technology was selling it to the wrong people because it didn't really understand where its core market was. It retained sales people to sell to a market segment directly, whereas it could have rolled out sales much faster and more easily by targeting the true added value of their product and focusing their efforts on partnering with the makers of another product category that would much better market the products to the final users. What looked like a technology on its own may have found a better place on the market as a feature of a broader technological product. Big opportunities may be missed when no one in the company looks "out of the box." TG: Can you elaborate on the emotional factor? JC: If a senior manager is emotionally attached to one project, he or she and their teams won't be as neutral and objective as they should towards the project and towards alternatives. There are many examples of companies acquired at an unreasonable multiple because a high ranking executive may have been too excited and built momentum. The more reasonable process is to identify several targets and hold negotiations with more than one company to assist in benchmarking the deal. The trick is, however, that you need to be "in the project" enough to be able to understand it from the inside and champion it, but at the same time stay "outside the project" to remain objective. TG: You have frequently been approached by companies seeking to make deals with yours; what would you advise them to do to maximize their chances of making a deal? JC: To be objective, honest, and reasonable about what they present and what they ask in exchange. Don't misrepresent the product or technology. Be reasonable on the valuation and don't just think about how much money you want and what you think your product is worth. Also, define the value of the product for the buyer by answering the following questions: how much money can your technology save them? How much money can they make with your technology? By providing this information, buyers are usually better able to assess the value of your technology on their market. This isn't a used car salesman strategy. The value has to be established objectively. One more thing, once you close an acquisition or exclusive licensing rights deal, be ready to transfer all rights to the buyer and walk away. Despite the quite common consulting agreement attached to such deals, rarely will a business owner be able to become an employee. The seller should only expect a check and not to remain in control and/or advise the buyer on the evolution of his or her "baby". TG: What are the main errors that companies have made in trying to make a deal with you? JC: A number of inventors have excellent technologies but are unable to sell them. For example, an engineer had a very interesting innovation that replaced an expensive high-tech component with a much cheaper one without reducing performance, but was unable to present the product from a commercial standpoint to go through the filter of business development people. The opposite is true too. Companies may be good at preparing nicely-packaged presentations and business plans with little substance behind them. Some financiers are especially good at selling anything and making a deal because they know how to package their project in the right way. Learn to see through this with proper screening and due diligence. TG: Is business development only for companies seeking to license or to acquire companies, products, or technologies? JC: No. First of all you should have a formal business development process even when you are not looking to acquire anything specific yet. That enables you to monitor your market and find new opportunities you may not have thought about, so a company should always consider that it is looking for something and constantly screen opportunities. Moreover, when you will actually need to move forward with extrinsic growth, this will give you better benchmarks on opportunities and projects. In addition, the more you assess opportunities and perform due diligence, the better you get at it. Finally, as mentioned earlier, the stronger your deal-flow, the better, so your business development team should constantly identify opportunities because that gives you more perspective, choice, and negotiation power when the time comes to make a move. TG: What goes on during this formal process of opportunity screening and due diligence? JC: The most organized companies have a disciplined review process of all opportunities according to clearly formalized standards. You should develop a checklist and apply it systematically to any opportunity that is presented to you, whether from an internal or external source. Never reduce your standards, always look at many options and many technologies. If no opportunity on the table meets the standards, don't make a deal. For example:
- Is the opportunity valid and credible?
- Is it coherent with your company's strategy?
- Even if it is coherent with your company's strategy, can it fit within your business processes? Sometimes a product or technology seems a fit but isn't because it doesn't match your teams' skills, sales channels, etc.
- What are the financials? Margins, ratios, Net Present Value, multiples, cash flow projections, and etc.
- What assumptions are you making? Are you sure they are true or do they need to be verified?
- Perform a risk analysis, make sure to uncover all red flags, always think "and what if…"
- Each project needs to have a business plan, and needs to have a clear integration path into your company's business.
- Due diligence: A due diligence is like "kicking the tires on a car"; never assume that what is disclosed is correct. Perform a comprehensive due diligence on all items, including revenue projections. Don't move to the due diligence stage until you are sure the project is the best fit and you have looked at alternatives. Remember that once you get into a due diligence, it's not time to check that the opportunity is an actual fit for you. If anything appears to be unclear, biased, inconsistent, or not well represented, you have to raise warning signs. You have to consider any problem as a red flag and assume that it is just the tip of the iceberg.
- Use your checklist to control external pressure; often, someone outside or an internal champion tries to put pressure to make a deal: curb unwarranted enthusiasm. Go through your checklist and make sure all items are checked for all projects. Avoid any deal where someone is putting pressure to sign, either internally or externally. Never engage in a deal where there is bias pressure (pressure is normal, but interested or irrational pressure is not).
- Sometimes, all these items aren't sufficient to be right; a project may look viable and correct, and everything is on green-light mode. But if the project is not sold internally then it won't get support. Make sure that the project has support from all stakeholders otherwise it is very difficult to make it happen.
If you find this conversation interesting, contact us to examine how we can apply these processes to expanding your business development.


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Quality Vinyl!
Vinyl is still making an amazing comeback, but if you've got the time here's an excellent read on how there's more to a quality vinyl album than the medium. It's mostly for musicians wanting to release on vinyl, but I still found it interesting, if only to remind me that the audio that gets cut into the vinyl is ultimately the most important part of the record.


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As we approach a day I personally hope will live in infamy – Election Day, November 2nd — I have with great pleasure watched the left spin around like packs of Tasmanian Devils, elevating their namecalling to a tornado, if not an art form, and revealing to all the world just how panicked, hysterical and utterly desperate they have become.
Just a sampling:
Barack Obama (as his approval ratings plummet to the 30s): "We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in the back."
Arrogant, ratings-starved anchorwoman Katie Couric, in her quest to determine the potential outcome of the mid-term election, toured what she referred to as "this great unwashed middle of the country."
It's no secret that Joy Behar, co-host of insipid talk show The View, is dedicated to salvaging the career and agenda of endangered Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). In her daily rant against Reid's republican opponent Sharron Angle, Behar screeched that a recent Angle ad would never survive a New York airing. "Come here, bitch," she shrieked. "Come to New York and do it….I'm not praying for her. She's going to Hell, the bitch." Sharron subsequently sent Ms. Behar a thank-you note for the influx of campaign contributions her rant inspired.
Barack Obama again: After commenting that "pressure has to be put on the Republican Party" for immigration reform, he continued in his customary rambling, incoherent manner that "if Latinos sit out the election instead of saying we're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us." Huh? Must have been off-prompter.
And quotes from the other side, as well:
As unabashed voter fraud is already revealing itself in broad daylight from coast to coast, we find this statement from Jon Ralston, Sharron Angle's campaign attorney: "I am sorry to report that the Democrats and their cronies are up to their same old tricks of trying to manipulate the election in hopes of skewing the results in their favor….Two days ago, the Democratic Secretary of State [of Nevada] announced that voters can be provided 'free food' at 'voter turnout events.' Harry Reid has been offering free food and, according to other reports, some Democratic allies such as teachers' unions are offering gift cards in return for a vote for Reid. Before we were even able to document the reported infractions to report to the authorities, the Democrat Secretary of State slammed the door shut on preventing this behavior and issued a public statement permitting these ACORN-style tactics."
All is not rosy and supportive on the democrat side, either. Rhode Island Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio was not happy when Barack Obama offered his endorsement to Caprio's opponent. "He can take his endorsement and really shove it," said Caprio. "We had one of the worst floods in the history of the United States a few months back, and President Obama didn't even do a fly over of Rhode Island. He ignored us and now he's coming into Rhode Island and treating us like an ATM machine."
I won't even bother including quotes from Obama's appearance on The Daily Show. As a proud American, my embarrassment threshold just can't stand anymore. I will thus close with this quote from conservative radio host, Rush Limbaugh:
"Americans will not tolerate the ending of American exceptionalism on purpose or a regime that happily presides over an America in decline. This is what the election on Tuesday is about."


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About Landscape Architects
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Adam Levine Surprised With Birthday Cake On "Today" Show (VIDEO)
Adam Levine was surprised with a birthday cake during a live interview on Wednesday's "Today" show. Check out the video below!
The singer spoke to Matt Lauer and Carson Daly in a live segment on the morning show about this season of "The Voice," new music and life as a father. Towards the end of his interview, however, the "Today" show presenters surprised Levine with a birthday cake to celebrate his 38th birthday.
"Happy birthday buddy, you can take it, go ahead," Lauer said. "Don't we have to cut it?" Levine asked, before digging his fork into the giant sweet treat. "Oh my god! Where are my candles? Where are my candles?!" Levine joked.
Before being presented with the enormous birthday cake, which had "Happy Birthday Adam" written in icing on the top, Levine discussed this season of "The Voice," his 12th, and gushed about his fellow coaches. "It is a family, the show. It feels like such a tight knit thing at this point. I don't know what I'd do without it, it seems bizarre. It's a permanent fixture in your life," he said. "I can't see my life without 'The Voice.'" Check out Levine's interview below!


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2000 Horsepower Pontiac Lemans
Whatever happened to Butch Leichtfuss' 1963 Pontiac Lemans?
This beast sports a twin turbo 522cid big block Chevy that screams out 1250hp on pump gas (with 6psi of boost) and a ridiculous 2000hp on race gas! Ever go 0 to 150mph in 5 seconds – this car can. Butch and his 3700lb Pontiac cruise the local streets (with parachute, of course) and run the quarter in 7 seconds. The Pontiac was transformed into this behemoth at Nelson Supercars.
The car was listed for sale back in 2008/2009:
FOR SALE – 1963 Pontiac LeMans Street/Strip Warrior
522 Cubic inch twin turbo, injected, intercooled, big block Chevy motor – makes 1250 HP on pump gas and 2000 HP on race gas! Chassis is a full tube frame certified for 7.50 ET, A1 Turbo 400 transmission, performance differential, 9 Inch rear end. Fuel system – Product Engineering Dual Stage pump hard lined with bulk heads all the way to the engine, Cooling system – Ron Davis radiator and air to air intercooler. Comes with spare rims and tires – 1 set for streetr and one for track. The car was just completely repainted.
This is the fastest thing with current registration your going to find! Owners wife says it's too fast and he's got to get rid of it – First $79.500.00 takes it. Over $50K in the Nelson Racing Engine alone.
Serious inquiries only!!!
Contact Tom Nelson (818) 998-5593 or email NRE
And we found a forum post in 2013 where the current owner states:
Here is mine (some glory shots) with 17.5 MT Street meat out back. Those tires used to let go at 70, when shifting or basically anytime…..lol. Motor is a TT NRE 522…..used to take this to the dary queen with my kids (really) – could ride all day and never go over 190 degrees….
It looks like the last known owner listed his location as Chicagoland.
So whatever happened to this beast?
Make sure you check out the video and photos below.
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BassGrabbers Tournament Trails
The BassGrabbers Bank Fishing Individual Trail is a 4 hour event held once a month through the months of Feb-Oct. Tournaments are won on the best total length within a 4 bass limit.
In the Teams Events, the bass are judged by best 5 bass limit combined for the team.
The best bass limits for both the Individual Trail and the Teams Trail in length wins 1st place which is a 60% payout followed by second place at 30% and 3rd place with 10%. If only 2 competitors place, the payout can go either 60/40 or 65/35. Registration and administration fees shall always be paid on the day of the event at check in. These fees pay for website, trophies, T-shirts, etc. This trail is funded by the competitors who compete within the trail.
The BassGrabbers reserves the right of refusal to anyone. However, we do not discriminate against age, sex, race, or national origin. These tournaments are all ages events and can make for some awesome family quality time so don't leave your kids behind! Just make sure all the rules and regulations are followed so that it may provide a safe and fun time for all..
These tournament trails are a lot of fun and it possesses a great group of people with various skill levels . We look forward to having anyone who believes they are up to the challenge and has a desire to learn, win, and most of all, have fun.
1st Tournament of the Year: $35.00
-$20.00 to Pot
-$10.00 for Yearly Registration (one time charge)
-$5.00 for Monthly administration Fees
-$5.00 Big Bass (optional)
-$2.00 20UP Pot (optional)
Each Tournament after the your first tournament: $25.00
TEAM BANK FISHING TRAIL (Must have paid Yearly membership fee to participate)
-$20.00 to Pot
-$5.00 to Monthly registration fee
-$5.00 to Big Bass Pot (optional)
-$2.00 20UP POT (optional)
Individual & Team Bank Fishing Tournament Rules
Section 1 Fishing Distance
1. Each participant must allow a casting fan between each other while fishing. This means that each fisherman must be permitted to fan cast within reason without interference of another competitor. In some situations, you will not be able to fan cast due to obstruction.
2. You are allowed to stand and talk next to a competitor however, a mutual agreement with competent judgement must be made. If a competitor tells another to give space and he/or she is there first, the approaching competitor must yield to his or hers wishes. All request must be made politely with the up most respect . If a dispute breaks out, notify the nearest Director onsite immediately. Take a picture or video to bring to the Director. If the approaching competitor catches, the fish can be protested with PROOF OF PICTURE OR VIDEO WITH TIME AND DATE STAMP. No competitor by any means is allowed to cast under you while you are casting out or in the process of changing lures, or equipment maintenance . This creates a safety hazard and is unsportsmanlike. If someone is in "your spot" politely and respectfully find another.
3. Do not cross lines or try to cast in someones area if someone has found a hot spot. Be up to the challenge and find your own. Failure to comply will result in 1 warning from an official and if the occurrence is documented by picture or video, the violator will receive a DQ
Section 2A Presenting your catch
1A. The fisherman who caught the fish must present a picture of the fish or the fish will not count. People are allowed to help young kids, older competitors, and the disabled.
1B. in teams, a Team member cannot catch a fish and picture then hand it off to their partner to picture, This will result in DQ for the team and a permanent ban from any BassGrabbers Sanctioned Event.
1C. The code on the forehand must be present in the picture with the fish and measurement. It must be visible and legible.
2. Pictures must be visible with a VISIBLE measuring board and code written on forehand.
4.THE WHOLE FISH MUST BE PICTURED AND THE WHOLE MEASUREMENT MUST BE VISIBLY PICTURED!! IF IT IS NOT YOU WILL ONLY RECEIVED WHAT THE MEASURING DEVICE SHOWS IN THE PICTURE BY INCHES SHOWN.. NO EXCEPTIONS. If you are using the type of measuring board where the numbers start after 0" and you have a fish on the board but you board cannot measure such a small fish, the fish in counted invalid because the it cannot be visibly measured. Please use a board that can measure the whole fish. Any fish presented pictured with measuring tape will NOT be valid. The board is now our oficial way of measuring. ALL fish must have the head facing the bump board and tail facing the measurement.
5. If you loose the tournament code, please call the Tournament Director for a new one. You must find him. They do not have to come to you. Remember that they are competing too so please be respectful. Its best to carry a marker on you to write the days code incase yours rubs off.
6. Winner is judged by the best 4 bass in individual or the best 5 within a team. Each inch of each bass counts as a point. Any member of the black bass family qualifies: (largemouth, smallmouth, spotted or guadalupe In length to nearest 1/4" going forward from tip of mouth to tip of tail. YOU WILL ONLY RECEIVE CREDIT WITH WHAT YOU PRESENT. If your picture does not show tip of mouth to tip of tail, you will only get what is shown in inches.
7. If a tie occurs between 2 or more competitors or 2 or more teams that caught a limit of 4 bass, the winner will be based on a "Big Bass Challenge". Whoever has the largest bass in length out of the tie, will claim the victory. If 2 competitors or teams have the same length, the winner will be judged on the next best bass and so on.
8. If a tie occurs between 2 or more competitors or teams and one has less than a bass limit and the other has a bass limit, the competitor or team with the limit will claim the victory unless other competitors or teams are in a limit tie (see Big Bass Battle above).
9. If all lengths match in a total tie, sudden death will be declared. Sudden Death allows ALL competitors to re-enter. Once a fish is caught, pictured and released, the competitor or team must present the picture immediately to claim the victory. (Competitors or teams who re-enter can only win by sizes instead of first fish within the sudden death hour). If a competitor or team who re-enters ties the competitors without the competitors who caused sudden death, we will go into another hour of sudden death. If a tie cannot be broken, the pot will split among the tie.
10. If no one catches within original tournament hours, one sudden death hour can be declared by a unanimous vote. If sudden death is not declared, we can proceed a make up date to have a winner for the month. If no one catches after that, the pot will be a full return to each competitor except for registration and membership dues.
11a. You can not use the same species of the same length in your measurements. A spotted bass and a largemouth are two different types.
11b. In teams, if both team mates can have the same size fish in their limit but must individually have different lengths, the fish are valid because they were caught by 2 different people. 11c. In the ECS, you can have the same size fish. However, they have to be caught on separate days.
12. You can use the same species of bass with a different measurement.
13.All fish must be measured accurately. NO EXCEPTIONS.
14. If no one catches anything during the tournament, we will go into a 1 hour sudden death or everyone can take a vote to have a whole new redo of the tournament on a different day that does not interfere with other tournaments. The first contestant that catches first within the hour will claim the tournament win. All contestants must report back to check in before sudden death is declared. If no one catches, your money will be refunded. Refunds are not permitted after the tournament begins. Money can be refunded if there are No catches after 1 hour sudden death.
15. Helping anyone by giving them a fish that you caught is STRICTLY PROHIBITED or you taking a fish from anyone is also forbidden.
2b POINT SYSTEM
1 Point per fish inch
Example 12" bass=12 points
20 points for winning a monthly tournament
15 points for coming in 2nd
10 points for coming in 3rd
Teams: points are calculated by fish inch only. Teams points are calculated by the best overall limit for the regular season Teams events. The top 5 limits throughout the season will receive an invitation to the Teams Championship. In the Championship, every team starts with a clean slate and winner will be the best team of that day.
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16. You must report back in a timely manner to final measuring. You have 10 minutes to report back or otherwise given by the Director to report back. If you do not show up for final measuring and have not contacted the Director past 15 minutes, you will receive an automatic disqualification.
Section 3 Ground
1. If you are caught going past the limited area for the tournament, you will be disqualified without refund. If someone reports you, it can not be word of mouth. Everyone should have a photographic device to take video or pictures and report back with the tournament director for any action to take place. Report all rule breaking the day of the tournament. If you hold your peace, it never happened and no one will ever know the truth.
2. Use common courtesy and common sense at all
3. Boundaries are to be available on the website and verbally given on the day of and prior to the tournament. If not given by the Director on site, It must have been on the website within 24 hours prior to the event.
Section 4 Fishing License
1. Fishing License is required by the State of Texas. BassGrabbers Tournament Trails can not and will not be held responsible for anyone who is caught fishing without a license. It is the competitors responsibility to purchase a license in order to fish legally. If caught fishing illegally by authorities, BassGrabbers Tournament Trails will not vouch for the violator and they will be removed from fishing the trail and presented a DQ until a valid license is presented and verified through the Director.
2. Anyone who wins any money at an event will be subject to a fishing license check. If they do not have their fishing license on them, they will not receive the money or points and it will be given down to the next individual who meets this criteria. It will not matter if they left it at home, etc.. All competitors must be licensed and have their license on them. No exceptions.
Section 5 Live Bait, Electronic gear
1. NO fish finders or other devices that can electronically locate fish or determine a type of bait or lure the fish will want for the day will be allowed.
2. Live bait is now prohibited from all BassGrabbers sanctioned events.
Section 6 Foul Language and Sportsmanship
1. Try to keep language classy.
4. NO personal attacks verbal or physical is allowed during the tournament , on the BG Facebook page, or on any level PERIOD. This is your warning. If I find out that someone is being harassed , I will do a brief investigation and rid the trouble makers. This is not a place for high ego prima donnas. Fish hard or go home.
Section 7 Disqualifications
1. You are responsible for your own gear and safety. And you are responsible for knowing and understanding all rules and regulations. You are to check these rules and regulations BEFORE EVERY TOURNAMENT.
2. Any cheating of any kind will either disqualify a competitor from all of BassGrabbers Tournament Trails depending on the violation and the final call by the Head Director. If you see someone fishing beyond the rule book, contact the Tournament Director immediately and use your phone or camera to document the occurrence.
3.All tournaments are scheduled for 4 hours except for championship events which are 5 hours.
4. If everyone is fishing except for a few, the ones who are done must wait until the tournament is complete.
5. All buckets and ice chests and tackle boxes/bags are subject to inspection prior to fishing. (the reason is to ensure that no one is bringing fish to measure that they did not catch during the tournament).
6. You must be present for the entire 4 hours of the tournament (depending on given duration) and report to check in after the tournament to receive your points. You do not have to stay for final measuring however, it shows good sportsmanship.
7. If you have to leave the tournament for any reason before final measuring, notify the designated tournament director and text your pictures to him so that you may receive credit for your catches. All pictures must be in no more than 15 minutes after a tournament has ended. If not, your points will be void and you will receive and automatic DQ.
8. No one is allowed to fish a tournament location the day before for before a tournament begins. If area is policed and a violation is found, it will be immediate DQ
Section 9A The ECS
1. The ECS will be invitational only.
2. The ones qualified and that are in the top 10 in points will make it to the ECS.
3. The events will be 5 hours.
4. In that duration, all of your catches need to be measured because your best 5 of the day will be your daily total. YOUR BEST 5 THROUGHOUT THE 2 DAY EVENT WILL BE YOUR ECS TOTAL.
5. However, no fish of the same bass species can be the same length unless its on a different day.
1. In teams, the top 5 Teams will advance to a 1 day Championship
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6. If an individual who has earned the right to participate in the ECS cannot make the FULL SERIES, their spot will be forfeited and given to #16. If they claim their spot at day 1 ( or day 2 but canot make day 1) of the ECS, and cannot appear at the following event, their spot will still stand and the tournament will go with 14 rather than 15.
7. Participants who did not make the cut can participate in optional pots.
Section 10 Protests
1. A picture can be protested at final measuring. The protest must take place when your name is called before final measuring is complete. Once completed, all protests are invalid
2. All protest decisions will be decided by the Tournament Director on hand OR higher authority.
3. All protests must be for a the common good of all competitors.
4. They may not be out of bitterness.
5. All protests must be the day of and prior to final measuring ends. If a problem is spoken after it happened, as far as rules are concerned, it never happened. SPEAK UP
Section 11 Payout
1. At each tournament, there must be a 60%, 30%, 10% payout. If only two people catch fish, it will change to a 60%, 40% payout or 65/35 depending on directors discretion. If one person catches, it will be winner take all.
2. There will be NO REFUNDS even if you have to leave early or are disqualified.
SECTION 13 Fundraiser Tournaments
1. All rules apply to fundraiser tournaments with the exception of 3 bass limit. Fundraisers are based on your biggest bass in length (Big Bass) UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
2. Big Bass Battle:
Anyone even non-members can enter this event. Points will be rewarded only to current members. This tournament winner will be based on the best overall 1 bass.
3. The winner will receive the total pot along with 10 points for placing first unless specified in stipulations.
4. Also, newcomers are allowed to compete but cannot earn points at this event because registration and yearly dues are not to be paid for this event. The tournament entry is $20 per person. $10 will go to the pot and $10 to the proceeds. (Dan Taylor Fundraiser: all proceeds ($20) will go to Dan Taylor fund and $5 worth of unopened fishing gear or cash goes to the pot) If a competitor can not attend, you have to option of gaining 10 points by donating $10 to the proceeds (Per Dan Taylor fundraiser: $20 donation will get you 12 points). If a competitor can not attend, donations must be sent to Rus Prater PRIOR of the event in order to receive points . Also please remember that this a fundraiser first and a tournament second.
5. Food Drive:
Anyone can fish this event. Entry fees are 5 can goods or 5 non-perishable items plus at least $10 to donate to the pot. This event will be based on BEST BASS.
6. Toy Drive:
Anyone can fish this event. Entry fees are 1 toy (boy or girl,you pick) and $10 to donate to the pot. This event will be based on BEST BASS.
7. Team Lotto: Everyone puts their name in a hat and their partner is drawn for them
8. 1 Rod/1 Lure: If this is implied to a fundraiser event, you are only permitted to carry 1 rod and 1 type of pattern.
example: if you like to fish with crankbaits you can carry a box of crankbaits lipless or billed any color any size.
9. Winner is judged on best ONE Big Bass. In other words, if your team mate has the big bass, you win along side! This way, its open game and everyone has the same fair shot of winning.
SECTION 15 Take-off
1. You are now only permitted to leave from check in 15 minutes prior to fishing time unless otherwise instructed. This allows the Directors to have the same fair shot as the rest of the competitors. Sometimes people arrive late adding stress and time the Directors must take to taking care of a competitor. Official Check in ends 15 minutes before 1st cast.
2. 4 or more people will make an official tournament.
3. If less than 4, the competitors can either vote for a redo (depending on available dates) or cancel all together depending on tournament Directors discretion.
SECTION 16 Teams
1. In teams events, winner is judged by the best 5 bass limit within the team.
2. Both team members can have the same length in a fish but one can not have 2 of the same length in species,
3. The same fish is not allowed to be pictured twice by both team members, If this occurs and the violating parties are caught by protest, this will lead to automatic ban from all tournaments within BassGrabbers Tournament Trails.
4. You can only change team members once during the season. In this occurrence, a record is taken for which team member caught fish. they can form another team using their previous fish.
5. If you need a substitute for your team, your sub can not add to your teams limit count in the standings. They can only help win the single event. However, the person who is on the original team can earn length for their team.
6. If two members from 2 different teams come together, each individual person can win length for their teams. If an individual who is a member of an official team can not compete for whatever reason, they can have a sub. a sub can be from another team if their team is not participating that day. The fish that EACH INDIVIDUAL measured can be used to win that event but the individual fish can also be sent back to their original team and add to that teams limit if needed, If you sub without an official team and accumulate measured fish, you can hold your individual fish length and when you find a partner, you can use that length if needed.
6b. You choose to fish solo for your team if your partner is absent
7. Your team can enter at any time during the trail except the championship,
8. The teams that will be invited to the Championship are the top 5 teams with the best 5 overall limit within the teams seasonal trail. If your partner cannot attend the championship, you are allowed to have a sub to participate for the Championship. Even though your partner may not be able to make it to the Championship, if your team made the top 5, you will not loose all season limit. In this case, since this is the last event for the year, your new sub becomes your new partner. The Championship will begin with all teams at a clean slate. The team that produces the best 5 bass limit that day, wins it all.
Section 17 Big Bass
1. Big bass is always optional. It is $5.00
2. You must have paid the 1 time yearly membership fee in order to compete for Big Bass.
3. Big Bass is a members only side pot.
4. You can only buy in before the start of a tournament.
Section 18 20UP Pot
1. Cost $2.00 per person per event.
2. In order for each person to compete, they must pay the $2 fee.
3. The way this will work is: If a competitor catches a bass 20'' and above, they will win the pot
4. This will be 100% payout and the jackpot will always be listed on the website.
5. You can not buy in after you have completed a tournament. You can only buy in prior to any event.
6. Each picture must have a date and time stamp or tournament code,
7. If jackpot is not won by the seasons end, the money will carry on until we have a winner.
8. If two competitors both catch bass over 20" then Big Bass Battle Rules come into play. (Sec 2.7)
Section 19 Angler of the Year
1. Angler of the Year or AOY is determined by whoever is number in points after the last regular season event of the year .
2. Angler of the Year winner will receive an award and also receive 1 free entry into any event for the following season.
Section 20 Weather
1. With Winter Mix with road and ground conditions, it makes fishing very dangerous. The Head Director will make the call. All other conditions, the Directors on Site will make calls. We buy no means, call an event because "the fish are not biting" We rough through them. If you notice any bad weather, contact the Director on site immediately
2. All rules and regulations are subject to revisions and additions at any time during the trail except for during tournament hours. Some rules will be enforced from direct order from the Head Director.
3. It is wise to always revisit these rules prior to each tournament.
4. It is also, the competitors responsibility to check periodically for any changes. At each competitors first appearance for a new season, they will sign an online liability waiver and a safety waiver stating that they will understand, comply, and keep up with any changes within the year.
5. BassGrabbers Tournament Trails reserves the right to refuse service for not complying with these rules and regulations.
Section 21 Late Arrival
1. Please register online no later than the night before the tournament (preferably no later than 10pm) . This gives Directors ample time to check the database and have all registrations prepared. If you do not, you will have to register online the day of the tournament. This will make your check in time longer than what it has to be.
2. If you are GOING TO BE LATE , contact your Director 15 minutes prior before take off to notify via text or call. (Directors numbers are located in this contact tab on this site.) Please do not call the Director who is not in charge of the event. Call the correct Director. At this occasion, the Director can leave a marker and let you know the code of the day by text or call to mark on your forehand to use. If marker is left for you, please return it where you got it from. in the text or call you must verify if you are also fishing for Big Bass or/and 20+ pot. You are to find the director and pay the director or work out another arrangement when you find him. They will NOT come to you.
3. If you do not notify the Director before take off of late arrival, they will assume that you are a no show. If in fact, you are a no show, you will be charged the $5.00 registration fee for the date that was a no show unless called or texted that you have to cancel and will not be able to make it.
1. All registrations must be completed online prior to being checked in the day(s) of or prior to an event.
2. If a new competitor registers but no shows, they will be charged the registration fee of $5.00 and it will stand until paid in full along with membership fee and the monthly registration fee for the month.
3. If a regular registers with a no show, their membership will be suspended until the month is paid.
4, If you have registered but can not attend, please notify one of the Directors on hand prior to the event via text, email, phone or the form in registration and the monthly registration fee will not receive penalty.
5. Cancellations must be made prior to start time. If they are not then the monthly registration fee charge will stand until paid in full.


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So it's Holiday Season!
But wait, where's Santa Claus? No Menorah? No sugar cookies or snowmen or pine trees? And what's with the spunky aviator gals in leather jackets, that's not very Christmassy!
Well, okay, traditionally the holidays are a time for festive celebrations, fun, frivolity, togetherness, and generosity. But also they're a time for year-end reflection. And my goodness, what a year 2017 has been!
What a year indeed.
So, setting aside any bright moments you may have enjoyed in your personal life this year (and I'm hoping there were many, many of them!)… does anyone else think that 2017 may have been the most toxic, noxious, depressing, abysmal, terrifying nightmare of a year we've ever experienced?


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