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The Complete Guide to iPod, iPhone and Apple TV Video Conversion (Windows)
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In our last article, we looked at some of the options available for Mac users to convert various types of video content for the iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. This article follows a similar format to the last one, focusing on those tools that are of interest to Windows users.
As with most software applications in general, the possible applications and options for Windows users to perform video conversion into an Apple-ready format can be somewhat staggering. In the process of reviewing the options available for this article, we looked at no less than 30 different applications that could be used for this task, and most of which were specifically designed with this purpose in mind. In reducing that to a list of our recommended options, we considered the following specific factors:
- Does the software support a wide range of Apple formats? Can it convert for iPod, iPhone and Apple TV? There are many software packages available that perform conversion for the iPod, but very few of these actually provide support for the higher resolutions and different codecs used by the Apple TV. We tried to focus on tools that are more versatile in this area, and mostly excluded single-purpose tools from consideration except in cases where there was simply no other option available for the task at hand.
- Is the software being actively maintained and updated by the developer? Since the original video-capable iPod release in the fall of 2005, there have been many tools that have become available for iPod video conversion. Many of these have not been updated since their initial release one or two years ago.
- What is the price of the software? All other things being equal, free options that can do the same job as a more expensive counterpart are definitely worth giving more consideration to.
With that in mind, we've tried to narrow the field down to what we consider to be the "best-of-breed" applications for video conversion in each category, and remain focuses on these. Alternative applications are made mention of in certain places, but for the sake of simplicity, we will try to remain focused on how to use the preferred tools.
Converting DVDs
One of the most common sources of iPod content for users outside of the U.S. will be DVDs. Since the availability of Apple-ready movie and TV content outside of the U.S. is almost non-existent, the easiest way for international users to actually get commercial content onto their Apple devices is to encode it themselves from DVDs that they already own.
Although the legality of ripping content from DVDs varies in different jurisdictions, many countries outside of the U.S. have no specific restrictions on the conversion of DVDs that you already own into other viewable formats. That having been said, it is always recommended that you confirm and comply with the laws of your particular jurisdiction concerning the copying of DVD material and the circumventing of the copy protection found on commercial DVDs.
The converting or "ripping" of commercial DVDs creates an additional task in the normal video conversion process, and that is the extraction of the actual DVD content. Since most DVDs are copy-protected, special software tools are required to extract this content. It is actually this process of circumventing the copy protection that makes the "ripping" of DVDs illegal in the U.S. and some other jurisdictions, rather than the copying of the content itself.
To convert a commercial copy-protected DVD, you must first extract the video content into a non-protected format. Once this has been accomplished, the remainder of the conversion process works in much the same way as for any other type of video content, as the extracted DVD content will simply be an MPEG-2 format video file.
Unfortunately, complete solutions for both ripping and converting commercial DVDs are extremely limited. Although Handbrake can handle the extraction of copy-protected DVDs on the Mac, the Windows version does not presently support DVD decryption, requiring you to first extract the DVD to an unprotected format in some way.
The good news is that there are a number of third-party tools available for Windows that can accomplish the actual DVD extraction for you. Since there are several applications available such as Handbrake that can easily convert unprotected DVDs, the real goal is to present the DVD to Handbrake in an unprotected format. A third-party tool, DVD43 (free, available through http://www.dvd43.com/) accomplishes this task very nicely by running in the background and simply handling the DVD decryption process transparently in memory as the DVD is read, presenting an underlying encrypted DVD to any application reading it as if it was not copy protected. Running this utility is simply a matter of downloading it and installing it. It will run with a happy face icon in the Windows system tray (down beside the clock), indicating that the presently-inserted DVD is being presented in non-copy-protected form:
Once this is running, simply insert your copy-protected DVD and access it normally.
For users who would like to separate the ripping process, the are a number of additional tools available that can also perform this task. The classic option for this is DVD Decrypter (free, available through various Internet sites such as http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/), and AnyDVD ($49, http://www.slysoft.com). For normal standard DVD to iPod conversion, AnyDVD doesn't offer anything particularly remarkable, but it is worth mentioning that they also offer an HD-DVD and Blu-Ray option for the main AnyDVD software for an additional $30. Conversion of HD-DVD and Blu-Ray content is a more advanced task and currently beyond the scope of this article, although suffice it to say once the content has been extracted, most of the normal video conversion tools can be used on the resulting MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 video files that are contained on HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs.
|Handbrake 0.8.5b1 http://handbrake.m0k.org/ Mac/Windows/Linux, Free
Our recommended DVD conversion solution for Windows users is actually the same tool we recommended in our last article for Mac users: Handbrake, which provides an integrated solution that performs that extraction of unprotected DVD content and handles the conversion of it into an Apple-ready format. With the addition of the DVD43 application described above, Handbrake can easily convert most commercial DVDs to an Apple-ready format as efficiently on Windows as it can on the Mac.
Handbrake has the advantage of being free, being actively developed, and supporting a wide variety of Apple-ready formats, including the higher resolutions offered by the Apple TV. Handbrake also offers anamorphic encoding, the ability to queue up multiple tracks from a DVD (particularly useful for TV shows on DVD), support for the conversion of chapter markers from a DVD and the ability to downmix a Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound track into a Dolby Pro-Logic II Surround track compatible with the Apple TV.
Using Handbrake is relatively straightforward, with built-in presets included for the iPod and the Apple TV. The available presets use the following settings:
- iPod 1.33:1 - 1000 kbps average bitrate, 640 x 480 maximum resolution
- iPod 1.78:1 - 1000 kbps average bitrate, 640 x 352 maximum resolution
- iPod 2.35:1 - 1000 kbps average bitrate, 640 x 272 maximum resolution
- Apple TV - 3000 kbps average birate, 720 x 480 maximum native resolution, anamorphic encoding enabled
All presets also provide the encoding of chapter markers, 160kbps AAC audio and the downconversion of 5.1 Dolby Digital (AC3) audio tracks to Dolby Pro Logic II. These presets can of course be further customized, and you can save any of the pre-sets or your customized settings as the program's default settings.
Handbrake has a number of advanced features, and settings that can be customized and tweaked to create content for different uses. However, for the purpose of this article, we will be focusing only on those features that are directly relevant to converting videos for the iPod, iPhone or Apple TV.
In terms of actual use, simply insert a DVD and start Handbrake. You will be prompted to either choose a physical DVD or point Handbrake to a DVD ISO image that has previously been stored on your hard drive:
Click the BROWSE button to locate the DVD disc or ISO DVD image. Note that when selecting a physical DVD, you must select to the VIDEO_TS folder directly, as shown in the example below. Handbrake will then simply read the inserted DVD or DVD folder/image and you will be presented with the main settings screen:
The presets described above can be accessed from the "Presets" menu on the menu bar, which will show the available pre-sets for iPod and Apple TV encoding:
The top portion of the Handbrake screen allows you to select the specific source tracks that you wish to encode. The "Browse" button will allow you to select a different DVD disc or folder/image, much like the initial screen shown when you first run Handbrake. The second drop-down list allows you to select the specific titles that you wish to extract and convert. To extract specific chapters from a given title, simply enter the chapter numbers in the "Chapters" field, using the format shown.
Note that it's important to select the correct title, as most DVDs will have more than one. For movies, the main feature is not necessarily the first title, but will generally be the longest title. The length of each title in hours, minutes, and seconds is shown to help you determine which ones you want to encode. By default, all chapters of the current title will be encoded, but you can use the "Chapters" drop-down entries to limit these if you only want to encode part of a given title for whatever reason.
Note that if you want to encode more than one title from a DVD, you will need to either do them manually one at a time, or use the Handbrake "Queue" system, which we will discuss further on.
Once you have selected the source DVD and title that you wish to encode, you can then move on to the "Destination" settings:
The first field simply specifies the target filename, which can be typed in manually, or selected using the "Browse" button. From here the video and audio encoder is also selected. The presets will normally take care of this, but as a rule the following encoders should be used to encode for Apple devices:
- Mpeg 4 - To encode for any device using the MPEG-4 codec instead of the H.264 codec.
- H.264 - For Apple TV encoding. Videos encoded using this codec will not play on the iPod or iPhone.
- H.264 (iPod) - For Apple TV, iPod and iPhone encoding using the Baseline 3 Low Complexity profile, suitable for 640x480 encodes.
- H.264 Baseline 1.3 - For iPod and iPhone encoding using the older Baseline 1.3 profile—320x240 maximum resolution at 768kbps.
The preferred general codec is normally H.264, which is suitable for the majority of users. If you would prefer to use MPEG-4 for whatever reason, you can choose this instead from the list above, but as a rule, H.264 will offer better quality at a given file size, and is definitely the preferred format for Apple TV encoding. For iPod and iPhone encoding, MPEG-4 does allow you to use a higher bit-rate at the cost of a larger file size, however.
For audio encoder, AAC should always be chosen when encoding for an Apple device.
The width and height will normally be filled in automatically if using a pre-set, but can also be specified manually in the appropriate fields. Ideally, the width and height should always be divisible by 16, and the width and height fields will turn green or red depending on whether an optimal value is entered. The Aspect ratio of the current title is also shown to help determine the correct resolution.
The next section of the Handbrake screen provides tabs for Picture, Video, and Audio Settings, as well as some other tabs for more advanced encoding options.
The Picture Settings tab allow you to specify whether or not you want to crop the video, either automatically or manually, and whether you want to embed a subtitle track into the video.
For cropping, the default of "automatic" should suffice for most purposes, and will even support most "Hard Letterboxed" content (see our Video Formats Guide for a more detailed description of this). In the event that the "automatic" setting does not properly crop off unnecessary space, you can choose the "Manual" setting and specify the number of pixels to be cropped from each side of the video image.
This feature can also be used if you want to format a video to a different aspect ratio via cropping—for example, permanently turning a 16:9 movie into a 4:3 version to maximize the vertical resolution for standard iPod and TV output.
The "Subtitles" option on the right allows you to choose on of the specific subtitle tracks from the source DVD. As the warning note indicates, if subtitles are chosen here, they will be permanently encoded into the resulting video, and cannot be disabled during playback. The Apple video devices do not presently support separate subtitle tracks.
The next tab, "Video Settings" allows you to specify the bitrate or quality settings for the output, advanced output settings, and the framerate of the resulting video.
The "Quality" can be specified in one of three ways: The average birate in kilobits per second, the desired size of the target file in megabytes, or a constant quality specified as a percentage. Most users should simply use an average bitrate of 1500 kbps for iPod/iPhone encoding, or an average bitrate of between 2500-4000 kbps when encoding for the Apple TV. Keep in mind that this is the average bitrate, so some segments of your video may actually be encoded at higher than normal bitrates. As a result, this setting should always be set slightly on the conservative side to avoid exceeding the maximum settings.
The "2-pass encoding" checkbox can be selected to improve quality at the expense of encoding time. This option will instruct Handbrake to perform a separate analysis pass through the video before doing the actual encoding. This helps Handbrake to determine the best possible bitrate to encode for any given section of the video, and will generally result in better overall quality and the reduction of artifacts in the resulting video stream. The downside to this is that it will double the required time for conversion.
The "Anamorphic (PAR)" checkbox allows for anamorphic video output. This is primarily useful for Apple TV encoding to allow a native 720x480 video to be properly stretched to a 16:9 screen without having to add unnecessary pixels. It will essentially encode the video in its native 720x480 resolution while telling the output device (ie, Apple TV) to play the video back at 854x480 in order to display a proper aspect ratio. See the "Anamorphic Encoding" section in our Video Formats article for a more detailed description of this concept.
The "Create Chapter Markers" checkbox will copy the chapter markers from the original source DVD title into the resulting MP4 file. This will allow you to use the previous/next buttons to skip between chapters when playing the movie back on your device, as well as enabling the chapters pop-up menu when playing the video in iTunes or Quicktime on your computer. Note that unlike movies purchased from the iTunes Store, the chapter markers will simply be numbered as "Chapter 001, Chapter 002, etc" rather than given specific names and thumbnails:
|Chapter Markers from Handbrake
|Chapter Markers from the iTunes Store
Framerate can normally be left to "Automatic" which will produce a 24fps framerate for NTSC (North American) DVDs and a 25 fps framerate for PAL (European) DVDs. Most theatrical DVD releases are 24fps, although if you're encoding an NTSC TV show from DVD, the 29.97fps setting should be specified manually to match the video content. Handbrake unfortunately has no way of making the distinction between the different types of content on a DVD, since the DVD itself will generally always specify a 30fps framerate. For European users, most PAL DVDs should be 25fps regardless of whether they are movie or TV content.
Lastly, the Audio settings can be used to specify more advanced audio conversion options. There is seldom a need to change anything here for basic DVD conversion, but the options are provided to encode different audio tracks (if you wanted to select a different language or director commentary track, for instance), and to select a different output quality.
From here you can also enable the audio mixdown feature to convert a 5.1-channel audio track down to a Dolby Pro Logic II track. Simply check "Enable" beside "Audio MixDown" and select the appropriate source track and output setting.
Once you have chosen the desired source, destination, and output settings, you can either click the "Encode Video" button to start encoding the current selection immediately, or "Add to Queue" to add the current selection to the queue for later encoding. Note that even if there are items in the queue, the "Encode Video" button will only begin encoding the current selection.
Adding an item to the queue will display the content of the queue, and provide an "Encode Video" option to begin encoding content from the queue. The queue window will remain open, and items will disappear from the list as they are submitted for encoding.
To access the queue list without adding a new item to it, you can choose "Encode Queue" from the "Tools" menu. Entries can be removed from the queue simply by highlighting the item and choosing the "Delete Item" button from the bottom of the queue window.
As the Windows Handbrake client is actually merely a graphical user interface for the Handbrake command-line tool, the queue actually just shows the command-line that will be passed to the underlying encoding application. Further, when encoding begins a Windows Command Prompt dialog will open to show the encoding progress:
To abort the encoding process, simply highlight the command prompt window that is opened, and press CTRL-C.
When encoding completes, the window will be automatically closed, and the Handbrake GUI will place the resulting converted file in the destination specified.
Other DVD Conversion Tools
While Handbrake has the advantage of being completely free, there are other commercial tools available that will convert non-copy-protected DVDs to an Apple-ready format that provide a slightly more user-friendly approach and a packaged solution. These include tools such as Nero Recode (available only as part of Nero Ultra Edition, $80, http://www.nero.com), and Roxio Crunch ($40, http://www.roxio.com).
The great advantage of the DVD43 tool described above in this case is that it will basically allow most of these tools to also convert copy-protected DVDs, since the DVD43 tool will simply make these DVDs appear unprotected to any high-layer application. Applications like Recode can therefore simply see an unprotected DVD and deal with it accordingly (for some reason, this does not work with Roxio Crunch, which reads the content protection flags directly and therefore requires that the DVD be actually extracted manually using a third-party tool before it will be able to read the content)
These tools don't necessarily accomplish anything more than Handbrake does, but their level of user-friendliness and polish combined with the fact that they provide a more comprehensive video conversion solution may make them a more attractive option for some. Nero Recode is part of an entire suite of tools that focuses on various aspects of CD and DVD ripping, burning and other conversion tasks. Roxio Crunch provides video conversion for normal standard source formats, in addition to reading in DVDs directly.
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Is it possible to get this guide as a PDF? And the other guides, too?
Posted by GrilledGrouper in Toronto on September 4, 2007 at 10:16 PM (CDT)
how to use in sim cade contan, how to transfer music & Videos to the Iphone & How to Converting Videos & Audios Plz Tail my about.
Posted by mohd.afzal in Toronto on May 9, 2008 at 8:06 AM (CDT)
Good !!!
Posted by pRinCy in Toronto on May 19, 2008 at 5:55 AM (CDT)
I Downloaded some Movies and When i tried to play them on my 80 GB Ipod Classic It Said TV Out Enabled. Please Connect Video Accessory. What does that mean and how do i do that?
Thank-you for all your help.
Posted by Garrett in Toronto on May 24, 2008 at 5:18 PM (CDT)
That message implies that you have the "TV Out" option turned on under Video, Settings. Simply go to that menu and turn it off, unless you actually do want to watch your videos on a TV screen, in which case you will need to attach an iPod classic compatible video out accessory.
Posted by Jesse Hollington in Toronto on May 25, 2008 at 3:05 PM (CDT)
Can you retreive lost songs, if so how do you?
Posted by catilyn abercrombie in Toronto on June 8, 2008 at 12:53 PM (CDT)
Hi Jesse,
Do DVDdecrypter and DVD43 run on windows Vista yet?
Posted by phillipjfry in Toronto on July 6, 2008 at 11:48 PM (CDT)
I got an iphone 3g 8g! Incredible…However, I am trying to add movies that I burned on my hard drive and I keep getting the "Ghostbusters" sign. Is it possible that the movies are ripped at an mpeg4 instead of another format? If so, which format? Do I have to rip it again (entire movie)? or can I just rip the mpeg4 to the correct format. Thanks!
Posted by Jason in Toronto on July 12, 2008 at 12:33 PM (CDT)
Great guide; can you help with this issue? When trying to use the iTunes conversion option (for video podcasts I have downloaded via iTunes or for external h.264 video, for example) iTunes will start the conversion process, then after a few minutes will give me an error message that "the disk could not be read from or written to." This happens whether I have the iPod connected, or not. Any advice about what's up with that?
Posted by Lee in Toronto on September 5, 2008 at 11:47 AM (CDT)
Hey, thanks for the great help. I have a queiry though…I have copied a couple of videos onto itunes which is fine but then when I tried syncing them with my ipod nano (latest 8gb version) it said that the format was not conpatible. So I tried clicking on it as you said to 'convert to ipod' but it didn't come up at all, does this mean I should download Handbrake and see if it works that way? Also my digital camera records in AVI format, itunes is not resistering anything in that file at all so can I convert them for use on my ipod with Handbrake?
Posted by Nina in Toronto on September 14, 2008 at 10:09 AM (CDT)
can you walk me though the process for copying videos from my hard drive to my i-pod touch?
Posted by ccpot in Toronto on October 4, 2008 at 5:49 PM (CDT)
i had a quick question- my friend sent me a movie.. and im not sure how to get it into my itunes in order to put in onto my ipod
what do i do?
i tried importing it.. and nothing happend!
thanks so much!
Posted by tals in Toronto on October 24, 2008 at 6:49 AM (CDT)
trouble adding second ipod on my computer
Posted by bill price in Toronto on November 25, 2008 at 12:18 PM (CST)
How do I make my 30 G ipod compatable with my windows vista and re arrange songs in folders???? please reply
Posted by Howard Griffith in Toronto on December 1, 2008 at 2:46 PM (CST)
I have my video ipod connected to a tv through the headphone jack and when I try and play my ipod, I get a message "please connect video accessory" I thought it was connected? What's the deal?
Posted by Jacobb in Toronto on December 25, 2008 at 12:34 AM (CST)
You should really change the title of this guide to "DVD to Ipod/Iphone/Apple TV" because this said nothing about avi/mpeg/wmv video conversion.
Posted by andy in Toronto on December 30, 2008 at 2:33 AM (CST)
Hi Jesse,
This doesn't really have anything to do with avi/mpeg/wmv video conversion, but it's great help for other purposes. Anyway, I have an ipod touch 2G 8gb and I want to put videos into it but it only allows "MPEG-4" files. Do you reccomend any programs I can use to convert different files into "MPEG-4"? Please help.
Posted by cathh in Toronto on January 15, 2009 at 11:44 PM (CST)
i got an ipod touch and i recently purcahsed applications and it wont let me sync them on my ipod its making very frustrated please help me.
thank you
Posted by brooke crenter in Toronto on January 22, 2009 at 8:13 PM (CST)
I have the newest version of HandBrake, 0.9.3, for windows, the GUI version, and I have a 3rd generation video nano iPod. I use DVD43 to encode them and then use HandBrake, but the movies won't fit on my iPod because I can't change the aspect ratio to 1.33:1. Do you know how to change the aspect ratio on HandBrake 0.9.3 for windows? Thank you please help me!!!
Posted by Danny in Toronto on March 28, 2009 at 3:17 PM (CDT)
Nevermind, I fixed it using custom crop. By the way this is a nice page for help on converting.
Posted by Danny in Toronto on March 29, 2009 at 9:18 AM (CDT)
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Lincoln Mayor Don Wesely today announced that the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) and its partners have received a $250,000 grant from the Tobacco Free Nebraska Program of the Nebraska Health and Human Services System (HHS). The funds are part of the national tobacco settlement and are designated specifically for use in schools and communities. Locally, the funds will be used for efforts to prevent children from starting to use tobacco and to protect the public from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.
"Tobacco use costs Lancaster County tens of millions of dollars a year, and the cost to the state is in the hundreds of millions," said Wesely. "Using tobacco settlement funds to prevent our kids from starting to use tobacco and to protect the public from environmental tobacco smoke will have a huge economic payback."
The LLCHD and its partners, the Lincoln Medical Education Foundation and the Lincoln Council on Alcoholism and Drugs, were notified last week that their application for the tobacco prevention and control funds had been approved. Other agencies included in the project are the Lincoln Public Schools; Health Education, Inc.; BryanLGH; the UNL Health Center; the American Lung Association; the American Cancer Society; the American Heart Association; and the Lancaster County Extension Service . The participating agencies are all part of the Tobacco Free Lincoln Coalition, and the projects funded by the new grant complement the local Coalition's efforts to reduce disease and death caused from tobacco use.
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Fiberglass and Lung Cancer Risk
I would like to know if there is a link between breathing in fiberglass particles and lung cancer? Also, is glass fiber-reinforced epoxy resin harmful? Where I work, these are used and the dust is freely dispersed into the air, causing some of my fellow workers considerable breathing discomfort. My employer has said it is as safe as adding sugar to my morning cereal, but I have my doubts.
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Fiberglass insulation is a man-made product that is made of natural ingredients such as sand, and recycled products such as window glass and bottles. The ingredients are melted and spun to form strands of fiberglass. According to the National Academy of Sciences, epidemiological studies of glass fiber manufacturing workers "do not appear to increase the risk of respiratory system cancer." At present, there are not enough data to support a link between fiberglass and cancer. However, I do not believe that it is as safe as adding sugar to your morning cereal. OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) has recommended maximum exposure levels in the workplace (more information can be found at their website), and they recommend several work practices along with the use of protective clothing for those working with fiberglass. These include the following: wearing loose-fitting, long-sleeved clothing and long pants; wearing gloves; not scratching or rubbing your skin if fiberglass particles accumulate on your skin; wearing safety glasses with side shields; wearing a hat; not rubbing your eyes while working with fiberglass. If the environment is dusty or if you experience any irritation of the nose, mouth, or throat, you should consider wearing an N95 particulate respirator mask. These are available in most home improvement stores.


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This means the Badgers will have to rely on their always good front-court more than ever. Luckily they have two really good talents up front in senior wingman Ryan Evans and Senior center Jared Berggren. Evans is a second-team preseason All-Big Ten selection and Berggren is a fourth-team preseason All-Big Ten selection. How far the Badgers go this year will largely depend on the play of these two.
So how does this all add up? Well, they should be able to make the NCAA tournament but the lack of stability at the point guard position may prevent them from going anywhere once the reach the dance.


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Since my grandpa has become ill, we spent part of August in New Jersey at the house he built when my dad was a boy. Its east facing windows look out on a backyard that saw the childhoods of eight children. At night the calls of crickets and katydids cut through humid air. It's a place that seems so little touched by change since I've known it. Our visits there have always been years apart, but somehow the details stayed with me better that way. My grandma's sewing room under the sloping gables, the smell of Pa's basement, the chestnut tree by the fence and the way the light in the kitchen feels golden.
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15 comments:
- nicole said...
a beautiful description of place, your time there may be bittersweet, just know we miss your posts!
- August 30, 2010 at 6:37 AM
- Katherine said...
I am so sorry to hear about your grandpa. My grandparents' old homestead was such a comfort to me during my childhood and I'm so glad for memories made there. Praying that you get to make many more with your grandpa!
- August 30, 2010 at 7:41 AM
- Kathy Martin said...
What a wonderful place full of memories! :)
- August 30, 2010 at 4:13 PM
- Kristy said...
What a lovely picture you have painted in my mind. Sounds like a great place to be!
- August 31, 2010 at 4:36 PM
- Jess. said...
I am the same way, I can stay away from a place for years, and when I go back so many memories come flooding through all at once. I like memory places like that, when they never seem to change, even if we do.
- September 2, 2010 at 10:11 AM
- Clara said...
lovely blog!!
- September 2, 2010 at 1:58 PM
- Michelle said...
oh, this makes me lust for my own sewing room so very bad!
it sounds like a lovely place to spend your time.
- September 3, 2010 at 4:50 AM
- Pearl Maple said...
Fabulous photos in the college post
- September 5, 2010 at 2:45 AM
- Sarah said...
your blog is so wonderful. i am a fan already.
- September 9, 2010 at 1:36 PM
- magdalena said...
grandparents are usually so full of memories!!hold on those tight!
- September 11, 2010 at 6:51 AM
- IzzieBennett said...
All The Photo's On Your Blog Are So Lovely, Do YouTake/Edit Them Yourself? xx
- September 13, 2010 at 2:30 AM
- Nome Alone said...
Love the memories, I think this photo captures them perfectly.
- September 13, 2010 at 9:20 AM
- Tracy Elaine said...
I'm so sorry about your grandfather. My memories of my great-grandparent's home are so deeply embedded within me that I can still feel it and remember the smells of it when I think of them and that house even now several years after they passed away. It was hard to lose them, but they are such a part of who I am that they'll never really leave me completely.
- September 17, 2010 at 10:02 AM
- lois said...
You have a way with words. I could just imagine sitting under the gables with your grandma and made me think of the time mine brought us girls fabric scraps and grandpa brought fishing poles for the boys.
My wish is for your grandpa to regain his health and for serenity for you and your family during this time. A big virtual hug comes your way
- September 29, 2010 at 1:41 PM
- Craftiness NOW said...
what sweet sentiments. i hope your grandfather is feeling as well as can be and your family is all around you.
- September 29, 2010 at 8:43 PM


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Mission Statement
The Tigé R20 was designed to provide an entry level wakeboat that still maintains the company's demand for performance and construction quality. The price is kept down by eliminating high end upgrades and options while ensuring that the ride quality is not sacrificed.
Differentiating Features
Inboard Engine.
True wakeboats are able to get a better wake, with a better table between the wakes, with inboard propulsion. Tigé will not compromise on this so the R20 makes a good transitional boat to inboard power. •
Engine in Stern.
Other wakeboats mount the engine in the middle of the boat, creating a huge engine box right in the center of the cockpit. It's in the way, it's ugly, and it's not necessary. With a V-drive transmission, Tigé is able to move the engine to the stern, where it belongs. •
Pickle-fork Bow.
This allows Tigé to carry most of the R20's beam fully forward providing more room in the bow.•
Deckadence Mat.
Rather than put a regular snap-in carpet as an option in the R20, Tigé went with the optional Deckadence mat which is made from a synthetic material that drains water better and promotes faster evaporation. This is an important feature when dealing with a boat made specifically for watersports. At one point or another nearly all of the occupants will be coming back on board wet.
Build Quality Remains
Tigé uses the same build quality, same Convex V hull, and same performance ride, and includes every needed to tow to perfection, her mission is to keep the price down. It does this by keeping a check on some of the more expensive equipment, that while making life easier, adds little to the ability to get the job done.
Simple is as Simple Does
Case in point is the tower. Tigé's Vector tower provides everything needed to accompany a great tow boat, and does it without adding items like LED courtesy lights, embedded docking lights, or ratcheting board racks. It does however, include the fixed racks and it's still collapsible for easy storing in the garage.
The helm panel utilizes a Speedset controller to maintain, and make incremental corrections to, the tow speed. It's mounted to the right side of the helm just above the stereo remote. A soft touch upholstered dash keeps glare down and it's sewn with UV resistant Gore Tenera thread.
The swim platforms on all Tigé boats are large and mounted low to the water. This eliminates the need for reboarding ladders, and it also makes it that much easier to get into the water with boards attached.
Keeping the Beef
First and foremost, Tigé's mission in life is to produce premium wake boats. It is here that Tigé excels, although its boats are also equally as good for skiing and, in the case of the R20, a good all-around sportboat for the family. In order to remain competitive, and make no mistake, these boats are competitive, Tigé has come up with a triple whammy for creating the wake that everyone craves.
First -- The Hull Shape:
Tigé has reconfigured the traditional skiboat hull (that produces a flat wake) into one designed to help create, and perfectly form, the wake. The hull design is called Convex V. Where other wakeboats have bottoms that run in a straight line until they get to the stern and then hook down, Tigé's actually curves slightly upward. That drops the transom down, and the more of the transom in the water, the more wake the boat creates.
Second -- Plenty of Ballast:
The deeper the hull is in the water the more water it will displace and the bigger the wake will be. Ballast bags are a tried and true method of adding weight, sinking the boat lower in the water, and increasing wake. Tigé's R20 has dual ballast sacks in the stern and a horseshoe shaped one at the bow that add a total of 900 lbs. (408 kg) to the boat. Optional ballast sacs can be added to bring the total weight to 1.600 lbs. (726 kg).
Third -- The Wake Tab:
Tigé calls this tab TAPS2. TAPS stands for Tigé Adjustable Performance System, and it's patented to work along with the Convex V hull design. TAPS2 is a trim plate affixed to the aft end of the hull, so operators can adjust the parameters from the helm in ways that were previously unavailable. Want a bigger wake? Adjust the TAPS2 plane up and you have a fatter wake. Want to take some curl out of the wake? Bring the TAPS2 plate down and you tame the beast a bit.
Our test revealed that this boat handled as well as the high-end Tigé boats, and that means that the hull was just as solid, with no flex, and the performance additions of the Convex V-hull remained intact.
Also, as with the rest of the line, I found that the TAPS2 system is most effective as a fine-tuning device for the wake when the ballast tanks are full. At the high end of the speed range, I did notice that there was a bit of a bow porpoising, but that was easily stabilized by bringing the TAPS2 plate down and planting more of the forefoot on the water. This is a factor of the Convex V-hull, which by design is to tune the wake, so along with the use of TAPS2, the driver can also stabilize the cruise attitude.
She turns like she's on rails, and bleeds off speed during the turns so don't hesitate to add power, or let Speedset handle the chore. If power is reduced just before entering the turns, she can be made to fishtail around to quickly reverse course.
By the Numbers
The Tigé R20 has a LOA of 20' (6.1 m) and a beam of 94" (239 cm). With an empty weight of 3,075 lbs., 28 gallons (106 L) of fuel and 2 people onboard, we had an estimated test weight of 3,666 lbs. (1,663 kg).
With the 350-hp 5.7L Indmar M57 powering our test boat, we reached a top speed at 5300 rpm and 41.7 mph. At that speed the R20 was burning 22.3 gph which translates into a range of 64 miles. Pulled back to a more economic cruise setting of 3500 rpm and the R20 was running at 27.8 mph with only an 8.1 gph fuel burn. That extended the range to 117 miles and the R20 could keep that speed up for 4 hours and 12 minutes while still maintaining a 10% reserve. Time to plane was only 2.1 seconds which is remarkably fast. We reached 20 mph in 4.2 seconds, and accelerated through 30 mph in 6.6 seconds.
Although Tigé has a broad offering of wakeboats that can take a wakeboarder/surfer to the professional level, not all of us are able to get to that level. Sometimes weekends on the water are all that matter, and as such, spending top dollar for every bell and whistle is not part of the equation. Our test has shown that the Tigé trademark performance is still there with the R20. The size of the wake is the same as with other Tigé models of the same specifications. The hull, deck, stringers and other substructures are the same. Frankly, all that's missing is a higher price tag that those added accessories command. And that means everyone wins.
Test Result Highlights
- Top speed for the Tigé R20 (2014-) is 41.7 mph (67.1 kph), burning 22.30 gallons per hour (gph) or 84.41 liters per hour (lph).
- Best cruise for the Tigé R20 (2014-) is 23.0 mph (37 kph), and the boat gets 3.43 miles per gallon (mpg) or 1.46 kilometers per liter (kpl), giving the boat a cruising range of 117 miles (188.29 kilometers).
- Tested power is 1 x 350-hp Indmar 5.7 M57.
Standard and Optional Features
|Air Cond./Heat
|Optional 3-vent heater
|Battery Charger/Converter
|CD Stereo
Exterior Features
|Outlet: 12-Volt Acc
|Swim Platform
|Tower: Watersports
|Transom Shower
|Bimini Top
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Schwartz grew up in the Bronx, where he experienced a troubled home life and became a member of a notorious street gang. After serving in the navy during World War II, he studied drama and briefly appeared on Broadway before going in 1949 to Hollywood, where he adopted the name Tony Curtis. He acted in adventure films, such as The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951), and many of his early movies were panned. However, he earned acclaim for his performances in Houdini (1953), as Harry Houdini; Trapeze (1956), as an aerialist; and Sweet Smell of Success (1957), as an unprincipled press agent. In The Defiant Ones (1958), his portrayal of an escaped prisoner chained to a black convict (played by Sidney Poitier) earned Curtis his only Academy Award nomination.
Curtis became better known for his role in Billy Wilder's screwball comedy Some Like It Hot (1959), in which he and Jack Lemmon are musicians trying to escape the mob. They disguise themselves as women in a band whose lead singer, played by Marilyn Monroe, fails to notice their subterfuge. Although Curtis's comedic work was interspersed with more serious roles, such as that of a former slave in Spartacus (1960), his roles became primarily comedic, in such films as Operation Petticoat (1959), The Great Imposter (1961), and Sex and the Single Girl (1964).
Curtis made a string of films with his first wife, Janet Leigh, including Houdini, The Perfect Furlough (1958), and Who Was That Lady? (1960), before the couple divorced in 1962 after an 11-year marriage. (One of their two daughters, Jamie Lee Curtis, became a successful actress.) Tony Curtis had recurring roles in the British television series The Persuaders! (1971–72) and in the American TV series Vega$ (1978–81). He continued to perform onstage and in films into the 21st century.


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Pie de la Cuesta, Mexico
It once served as the backdrop for a Rambo movie, but the vibe of this under-the-radar village is thoroughly mellow.
You won't find much in the way of glamour in the Mexican town of Pie de la Cuesta, a 20-to 30-minute drive from perpetually buzzy Acapulco. But the sense of escape is precisely what's been drawing an increasing number of travelers to this peaceful, six-mile stretch of coast. "It's rare to find a place that still has that slightly wild look," says Parwin Kojani, a fashion designer from Los Angeles. In 1996,Kojani opened the now-26-room Hacienda Vayma, decorated with mosquito nets and colorful Mexican blankets (vayma.com.mx, from $73). On any given day, Kojani's guests sprawl out under palapas and lounge in hammocks near the swimming pool, which looks out over the Pacific Ocean.
The rest of the village is made up of a handful of seafood shacks, family-run quintas (small hotels), and half-finished, vine-covered houses scattered among mangroves and palm trees. On one side of the main road lies the town's beach (it's not ideal for swimming in the summer months because the undertow is strong). Opposite, the roughly 28-square-mile Coyuca Lagoon provides a waveless expanse perfect for waterskiing and wakeboarding; the lagoon-side Tres Marias Ski Club rents out motorboats and equipment (tresmariasacapulco.com, boat, driver, and wakeboard or water skis $60 per hour).
At the town pier, captains linger, ready to shuttle customers on a 15– to 30–minute ride upriver (about $12) to see Doña Polita, whose Barra de Coyuca spa consists of a single thatched hut. Inside, she offers one treatment: a cleansing mud mask, applied to just the face or the whole body (no phone, facial mud masks $4, full-body $10). Visitors can wait 15 minutes for the clay to dry and rinse it off there, or ride back to Pie de la Cuesta looking like extras from Rambo—the 1985 sequel was filmed in the jungly hills above the lagoon. It's the closest thing to a Hollywood scene you're likely to see in this lovably ramshackle refuge.


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Mum is the Word
"A Leader is someone who is building a light house while everyone else is building Ships. "
I can't remember to this day who said that 1st quote and I apologize for not knowing from the top of my head who said it, but I believe that those 2 simple quotes say volumes about the Dallas Cowboys 2008 season. Metaphorically speaking, well the 2008 season can be summed up in a million ways.
Over the past 14 years, I have always tried to kid myself into believing that this was the year that we had a chance to get back to the super bowl. Even with the Chan Gaily, Dave Campo, Bill Parcells and now Wade Phillips era, I always tried to make myself believe this team, one way or another had a shot at being Super Bowl champs. And maybe we did, oddly enough. I know many of you share this thought process with me, and me myself being the optimist, I just couldn't help it. I just couldn't help myself into believing into this year round passion I have for the Dallas Cowboys.
Now, don't get me wrong. I am not trying to write a negative piece about the dismal 2008 season because believe me, dismal is saying it lightly. I am just trying to conjure up what I think is really wrong with America's Team. For one, I don't blame Jerry Jones although the majority disagrees probably.
In all honesty, I think we have the best owner in pro sports. I have heard repeatedly from former players to former coaches that no one in the NFL wants to win as badly as Jerry Jones. Would you guys rather have an owner like the Clay family in Detroit who accepted mediocrity after going 0-16 this past season? Everyone from the GM to the bottom should of been fired including players. I believe that the reason many fans are so critical of Jerry Jones is due to the fact, and I say fact, that the Dallas Cowboys fans are probably the most passionate fans in all of sports.
Do you guys honestly believe that Jerry Jones doesn't toss and turn in bed thinking of what went wrong this past season and what he can do better to improve the team? Come on guys seriously…. give the guy a break. Jerry Jones I believe wants to win as badly as you, me and every other die hard fan wants the Dallas Cowboys to win. So lay off Jerry, the guy gave you 3 super bowls. How teams in the NFL have even been to 3 super bowls?
The problem with the 2008 season in herein lies in 2 very powerful things: Accountability and Leadership. Thats why we went 9-7 this past year and couldn't win a game to save our lives at the end of the season. Mum was the word. No one spoke and when they did, they were treated as a cancer.
ESPN did a wonderful job of bias journalism in the great way they exploited Terrell Owens relationship with Romo and Witten. Do I believe Terrell Owens was a cancer on this team? No, I honestly believe that when Owens spoke out against the offense and Romo's & Witten's relationship at the end of the season, he was just being T.O.. I don't believe he didn't say anything that wasn't true and already stated. Do some research and see what I mean. And I do believe that Terrell Owens was made the scapegoat for the 2008 season. Thats why he isn't here anymore. Do you guys believe that if Dallas would of beaten Philly or Baltimore at the end of the season and made the playoffs and made it to the NFC Championship game or Super Bowl and lost, Terrell Owens would of still been released?
I am trying to look at this past season as a realist instead of a dreamer. There are deeper and more troubling issues than Terrell Owens on this team. Terrell Owens is only one part of the equation and I really hope Roy Williams, the receiver, is what Jerry Jones touts him to be. Jerry Jones also believed at one time Quincy Carter was the next Donovan McNabb if you guys remember and we all remember how that experiment ended but then again Quincy Carter wasn't a first round pick so I will give him the benefit of the doubt.
In lamen terms, we needs leaders on this team and people who hold themselves accountable. Leaders as in Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Ray Lewis, Brian Dawkins type leaders. Very respected by teammates and feared by opponents and always are the ones that take the blame in losses and always say that they couldn't have won without their teammates when they win. We might have players like these on this team and I know Demarcus Ware, Tony Romo, Jason Witten and Bradie James can be that type of player if they want to be or should I say, choose to be. Then again, Leaders aren't raised, they are born so we will see. Here is finally saying goodbye to the 2008 season officially.


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FAIRFIELD, CT (January 19, 2010) – Pat Feeley of the Sacred Heart wrestling team was named the SHU / Enterprise Rent-A-Car Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of January 11th through 17th.
Feeley, a red-shirt junior from Johnston, RI, went 3-0 this past weekend in the 125 lb. weight class at the Colonial Athletic Association Duals in Fairfax, VA. Against the host school, George Mason, he won a 9-1 major decision over senior Brian Wright. Feeley registered another major decision with a 10-1 win over Binghamton freshman Dan Riggi. He also recorded a win by forfeit in the Pioneers' first round contest with Hofstra.
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Change makes big impact
In nature, sometimes the smallest change makes all the difference.
A few rocks in a stream make a dam. A couple seeds in the ground produce a plant. Like the old saying reiterates – with every action, there is a reaction.
A lumber company in Maiden is proving that the same saying goes for society too, as one minor facility change at the company will produce numerous benefits for people as well as the planet.
Lawrence Lumber Company, a wood treatment, drying and shipping facility in Maiden, will soon update its lumber drying equipment. The change will save the company bundles of money, produce jobs in the area and help the environment prosper.
Lawrence will update its downdraft predryer system, which currently uses airflow and heat to dry red and white oak wood during the treatment process. Looking more like a warehouse than a drying system, the predryer is massive – slowly sucking out water and acid from 450,000 board feet of lumber stacked to the ceiling on a daily basis.
The facility's downdraft predryer is inefficient.
"Doing it the downdraft way is very inefficient because the top (of the lumber stacks) get the driest, and it decreases as you go lower and lower," said Lawrence accounting representative Kim Beam.
Because of this, Lawrence is investing in a new cross flow predryer that will evenly distribute air throughout the stacks of lumber instead of top-to-bottom.
"The new system is a cross dryer, and it comes from the side so the airflow is evenly distributed across the wood," Beam said.
Cross flow cash
The cross drying system will produce a better product, but will also save Lawrence bundles of money.
Currently, Lawrence can fill its downdraft predryer about eight times a year – drying a total of 3,645,000 board feet a year at an electrical cost of $50,208.54, or $12.88 per board foot, Beam said.
With the new cross flow predryer, Lawrence can fill its facility about 12 times a year, allowing the company to dry about 5,400,000 board feet in a year at a much lower price of $5,785.32, or $1.07 per board foot, Beam said.
The change will be an 88 percent reduction in electrical costs.
The drastic drop in cost is because of drying time. With the downdraft dryer, it currently takes 45 days for a full load of lumber to be dried. It will only take 30 days with the new cross flow predryer, allowing Lawrence to do more loads throughout the year and use less energy.
"The upfront cost is a bit higher, as the total project will cost about $1,000,000 total," Beam said, adding that the company will make its money back through lower electricity costs.
Lawrence recently received a little help in paying for the project as well, as the state granted the company about $230,000 to help with the project. The money came from the North Carolina Green Business Fund, a fund created in 2007 that grants money to companies using energy and electricity smarter to create jobs.
"As part of our statewide job creation strategy, we must continue to invest in North Carolina's growing green economy," said Commerce Secretary Keith Crisco. "These fast growing industries hold vast potential for the future and resources like the Green Business Fund are critical to keep our momentum strong."
It's sustainable, too
As the grant shows, the cross flow predryer will help save energy, too.
The natural gas savings from the new predryer will total about 2,307 MMBTUs annually, Beam said.
"It's also going to be saving gas," Beam said. "Basically, the money you were afforded was based on your saving of energy."
As Beam said, the state grant money was awarded based on the amount of energy each company would save.
More jobs as well
Because Lawrence will be predrying and processing more loads of lumber each year with the new cross flow system, Beam said the company will need more manpower.
Beam estimates that about 50 jobs will be either created or retained at Lawrence, with some of them also coming from Southern Installation Inc., which will help install the new system.
"Maiden is proud to have companies like Lawrence Lumber being very successful during a time in which the entire nation is facing such a troubled economy," said Maiden Town Manager Todd Herms. "Not only is Lawrence Lumber expanding, it is also looking for ways to become a more 'green' company, which is great for our environment."
Beam estimates that about 5,680 labor hours will be created for the whole project.
"It is outstanding when a company who has been in your community has an opportunity to expand and create more jobs," Herms said. "Whenever Maiden has an economic announcement that brings jobs to our community we are excited and grateful, but whenever it is a local company adding more jobs to its workforce, well, there is just a little something extra to it."


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The National Marine Manfacturers Association (NMMA) and Boating Writers International (BWI)recently announced this year's judges for the 2011 International Boatbuilders' Exhibition and Conference (IBEX) Innovation Awards taking place October 17-19 in Louisville, Ky. One of the judges will be Houseboat Executive Editor Brady L. Kay. The judges' committee is made up of BWI members who perform product testing throughout the year and have expertise in marine OEM and equipment. Joining the Houseboat magazine editor as a judge at this year's show include:
The NMMA and BWI will recognize up to 13 new products at IBEX 2011, plus one Environmental Award. Exhibiting companies must have their products submitted by Sept. 20 for consideration. IBEX runs from Oct. 17-19 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., and will host more than 500 OEM and aftermarket exhibitors. Innovation award winners will be recognized during the annual IBEX industry breakfast Monday, Oct. 17, from 7:30-9:30 a.m.
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Have you worked hard for months in the gym? You've been eating healthy and keeping up with your workout routine and now you're seeing the results you've been patiently waiting for. Hooray!! Reaching your fitness goal is a huge accomplishment, and it's such a great feeling, isn't it? Your next goal should be to maintain it. Many of us find that maintaining our weight loss is difficult, but the truth is, it really doesn't have to be! Here are some tips that continue to help me stay on track!
Meal Plan
Meal planning has helped me stay on track with my eating habits. I always plan out meals for the family on a Thursday or Friday along with a grocery list. On Sunday, I prep all meals for the week. Yes, this is very time consuming. On average, it will take about 3-4 hours for me to finish them. But it's completely worth it. I'm a mother of two children (2 year old son and 4 month old daughter), and I am constantly busy taking care of them, working and making sure I get my workouts in every day. It's very easy to choose bad foods when you are constantly on the go, which is why I love knowing that my food is already prepared in the refrigerator. It makes my life much easier.
If your schedule isn't as busy as mine, making meals for the entire week isn't all that necessary. You can do it on a day to day basis. Plan your breakfast, lunch and dinner the day before.
Try either suggestions for a week, and you will notice how much better you feel physically and mentally!
Keep Track of Your Progress
If you've been tracking your progress throughout your fitness journey, good for you! Continue doing it even after you've reached your goal. It's a good idea to keep an eye on your weight, measurements, etc. before it has a chance to creep up again! If you missed my blog on different ways you can track your fitness progress, you can check it out here: https://www.9round.com/blog/how-to-successfully-track-your-fitness-progress
Keep Up The Good Work - Mentally
It's easy to start feeling like you're starting to lose everything you worked so hard for. Try to remember it's a process, and it's about finding the right balance. Have an active mind and an active lifestyle. Don't be too hard on yourself if your scale says you've gained one or two pounds. Think about what you can be doing differently. Did you eat more fast food during the week? Did you skip the gym two extra days? Get back into the groove of things, and you will find yourself back on track.
Stay Active!
You don't have to go hard at the gym every single time, but you do have to show up. Create a workout plan for yourself. I set a goal to get my 30 minute workout in at least 3 days a week. It's not difficult even with my hectic schedule. On days you aren't going to the gym, try to add physical activity into your daily routine. For example - Going to the store? Park further away from the entrance, so you can get in a short walk. Going up? Avoid using the elevator and take the stairs. It will help work those glutes and hamstrings! You may not think it, but these little things will help you in maintaining your weight loss.


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TotalCAE Portal and VCollab Make CAE Data Smaller, Portable, More Usable
Visual Collaboration Technologies Inc. (VCTI), the leader of 3D Visual Collaboration Solutions for CAE and developer of VCollab software, announced today that it has partnered with TotalCAE, a leading provider of CAE and CFD products and consulting services, to distribute VCollab software as part of TotalCAE's extensive CAE solutions portfolio. TotalCAE will also combine innovative VCollab Software into its TotalCAE Portal services to bring benefits such as smaller CAE file sizes and increased file portability to end users in automotive, oil and gas, and manufacturing industries. Total CAE will distribute VCollab in North America, Europe, and Asia.
TotalCAE gives customers a seamless workflow from solving to the output of significantly compressed and portable result files, an option that has until now been out of reach to industries using CAE software. CAE data files are known to be massive and difficult to move, share, access, and store. Cutting edge VCollab software addresses these issues and enables enterprise teams to collaboratively review CAE data and interact with it in 3D while maintaining file portability.
"We welcome TotalCAE to our partner network. TotalCAE's responsivenes sto customer demand for more portable and usable CAE data is exceptional," said Prasad Mandava, CEO of VisualCollaboration Technologies Inc. "The TotalCAE Portal provides customers with very fast WEB submission to solve almost any CAE problem. The addition of VCollab to this already impressive portal gives customers an edge by shrinking CAE file sizes, deepening data review, and extending data access between analysts,designers, non-technical specialists, and all decision makers. "
"With VCollab added to the TotalCAE Portal, we can provide all CAE customers an excellent solution to shrink massive CAE simulation data into portable files that can be deeply examined as well as easily shared, visualized, and stored," said Rodney Mach, President of TotalCAE. "With storage requirements for simulation increasing exponentially, better selection and compression of key data is crucial to the most effective CAE processes."
TotalCAE offers solutions and services for the CAE/CFD market that enable engineers to get their jobs done faster and more efficiently. The company provides HPC cluster design services for CAE, Managed CAE IT support services, benchmarking, and virtual CAE engineering in the cloud. The TotalCAE Portal is the company's flagship CAE-specific productivity solution for manufacturing enterprises. Visit: www.totalcae.com for more information.
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Niagara Falls Park receives another installment of $125,000 extreme makeover
In what has become something of a rite of spring, more than 50 National Grid employees returned to Gill Creek Park in Niagara Falls Wednesday to continue efforts to beautify and transform this popular public park and community asset into one of Niagara County's most picturesque and useful green spaces. This is the fourth time in five years that National Grid volunteers have worked with city and neighbor organizations on projects in the park.
"Our commitment to transforming Gill Creek Park over the years continues the company's long tradition of volunteering throughout Western New York, safeguarding the environment, and working with the communities we serve," said Dennis Elsenbeck, regional executive for National Grid. "National Grid is very proud of what our employees have accomplished at Gill Creek Park and we are thrilled to be able to help make this public park into a true community treasure."
The team of National Grid employees completed some ambitious gardening projects during this year's effort, including trash pick-up, flower planting, weeding, mulching, hedging and edging. The company also helped build two regulation-sized beach volleyball courts in the park for the community. The courts will be operated by the Niagara Street Area Business & Professional Association, which plans to schedule leagues and will coordinate free for use by area residents when not being used for leagues.
In addition, National Grid expanded on its educational component of this annual cleanup by hosting more than 30 students from the Niagara Street School for an outdoor lesson at the park by one of the company's head environmental engineers. Students learned about the importance of protecting the environment and the benefits of practicing sustainability.
This year's cleanup completes the latest phase of a plan to transform the once underutilized park into a true community asset and beautiful public space. In addition to extensive cleanup, weeding and hedging of bushes over the years, National Grid has constructed very large landscape planters out of concrete pavers, created new raised flower beds to plant a myriad of flowers, planted many new shrubs and refreshed existing flower beds with new top soil, mulch and flowers.
The company also constructed a 50-foot by 10-foot garden that serves as a centerpiece of the park and is used to educate children at Niagara Street School about environmental sciences. The peace garden also includes more than 40 indigenous plants that will be fully top soiled and mulched. National Grid made sure all improvements adhered to the master plan for the public park developed by the Niagara Street Area Business & Professional Association and the City of Niagara Falls. National Grid's investment into Gill Creek Park over the years is more than $125,000.
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Shares of MSCI were pummeled on Tuesday after Vanguard Group said it was switching 22 of its largest index funds away from benchmarks provided by MSCI to cut costs. Vanguard was MSCI's largest index licensing client and the change is expected to affect both ETFs and mutual funds.
Vanguard is shifting six international funds with $170 billion of assets to track indexes provided by the FTSE group while 16 U.S. stock and balanced funds with $367 billion in assets will switch to indexes developed by the University of Chicago's Center of Research in Security Prices (CRSP). Additionally, four Canadian ETFs will see their benchmarks change with three going to FTSE indexes and one going to a CRSP index.
MSCI said the switch will be phased in over a number of months starting in January 2013 and will represent a loss in roughly $24 million in licensing fees. CEO Henry Fernandez said that ETF managers' choice of index provider "may not be as sticky as we all thought. That said, BlackRock (BLK) said it would stick with MSCI indexes on its iShares family of funds, calling it "the gold standard of global and international equity indexes."
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A Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) is used in digital radiography to manage the storage, retrieval, distribution and presentation of DICOM images (i.e., X-rays, MRIs, CAT scans). A picture archiving and communication system is often used in conjunction with a Radiology Information System (RIS) to efficiently execute the radiology workflow.
The picture archiving and communications systems market is fairly large and complex. There are a number of software companies and medical device manufacturing companies developing PACS for all sizes of medical organizations and all types of specialists. The result is a market that is fragmented and potentially confusing to buyers. We've assembled this guide of the PACS market to help buyers know where to begin their initial research and comparison.
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What Is Picture Archiving and Communications Systems Software?
Deployment Strategies
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If "a picture is worth a thousand words," then picture archiving and communications systems may give the Library of Congress a run for their money. PACS programs are used in digital radiography to store, manipulate and distribute images. The universal standard format for these images is DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine), and they may include X-Rays, MRIs, CAT scans or ultrasounds.
A PACS consists of four major components: the image modality such as MRI or CT, the network by which images and patient information are securely transmitted, the individual client workstations for viewing images and a database for storing image data. Web-based or Web-enabled systems will allow for the distribution of image data across a distributed network of provider organizations.
Picture archiving and communications systems are often implemented as standalone systems. They may be sold along with an imaging device by vendors such as GE or Philips, or may be sold separately by software vendors. PACS will often need to be integrated with electronic medical records (EMR) systems, but these are rarely sold together since buyer needs vary so much and the timeframes for purchasing can be very different. Finally, radiology centers often purchase PACS integrated with radiology information systems (RIS) to have one integrated package to manage images and corresponding clinical patient data.
Before you can evaluate picture archiving and communications systems, you'll need to know what type of buyer you are. We have found that almost all buyers fall into one of the following three categories:
Hospitals. These buyers typically have very robust needs for the storage and efficient retrieval of lots of images. Due to the varying nature of care provided, they need a flexible system that can be accessible from multiple departments or locations.
Midsized and large outpatient practices. These buyers work for private practices with robust enough imaging needs to warrant a formal PACS. These practices typically have multiple physicians on staff specializing in orthopedics, cardiology, neurology, ophthalmology and other image-intensive specialties.
Radiology centers. These buyers typically process a high volume of images and require a robust system. They will often purchase a RIS and PACS as an integrated suite, although they may buy either system on a standalone basis.
PACS are designed to benefit both clinical and administrative staff by storing and manipulating images and making them easily accessible to appropriate staff members. Because of this, users should expect the following benefits when adopting a formal PACS:
Software as a Service (SaaS). SaaS applications have become very popular in enterprise computing and the healthcare market. Due to the distributed nature of many PACS users, SaaS can be a suitable option to many organizations. They can make it much easier to share images without complex network infrastructure.
Mobile applications. As physicians and other healthcare providers accomplish more on the go, the use of mobile devices such as iPhones and iPads has grown quickly. Many vendors are reacting to this trend and making systems accessible from handheld devices.
EMR adoption. Although not a substitute for PACS, government legislation requiring eligible providers to implement EMRs could potentially impact PACS purchases. Most organizations will need a picture archiving communications system with an HL7 interface to enable integration, or may even try to use a robust EMR to meet their image storage needs if they are not very complex.
While the picture archiving and communications systems landscape is highly fragmented and may at first appear confusing, the available solutions are differentiated by their appeal to the different buyer types.
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Tom Chance: C.T. Leung on LTSP and KDE at Sisler High School
In a recent two part article, Linux Journal documented the transition of Sisler High School in Manitoba, Canada, to an LTSP-based desktop. In this informative interview, Tom Chance follows-up with Mr C.T. Leung on the ups and downs of the deployment of LTSP and KDE. "The cost saving is huge, in my case. [...] In my lab, I save $1000 for a copy of Windows NT/2000 server, $200 x 30 copies of Windows XP or equivalent, $1000 x 30 1GHz pc, $100 x 30 copies of Office, $100 x 30 C++. The total saving is about $45,000. However, the greatest saving is confidence! We are proud to be the first computer lab in our city doing all kinds of computer teaching without Windows!" Should be inspiring for other institutions considering the switch to a Linux-based desktop.
Oh wow -- there's another KDE person in Winterpeg other than myself that is involved in promotion of KDE and Unix?!
*does a little dance*
You hiring by any chance? *grins maniacally*
Anyway, back to coding.
By Troy Unrau at Tue, 2004/03/23 - 6:00am
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I'm here too, eh. Didn't go to Sisler though.
By John Hughes at Wed, 2004/03/24 - 6:00am
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hmmmm .. KDE in winterpeg .. who would have thought.
By Michael Young at Wed, 2004/03/24 - 6:00am
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Winterpeg sucks you geeks..Decode this 8===============>
By Steve at Thu, 2004/07/01 - 5:00am
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...software to see in KDE...
> TC: Is there any software you'd like to see in KDE related to the LTSP?
> CTL: If there were something similar to MS Access, I think it would be a
1) Kexi, when it will come. But even before there were little useful apps. Using one of the web frontends to mysql/psql would do for now, I believe.
2) lisa daemon activated for netneigh browsing. Although smb:/ does the work right out of the box for connecting to the windows posts.
Excellent report. Thanks to Tom Chance. And thanks to M. Leung for giving Linux and KDE visibility in Canada.
By Inorog at Tue, 2004/03/23 - 6:00am
Re: ...software to see in KDE...
Kexi will indeed be great, but right now Knoda is none too shabby. Have a look.
By Eric Laffoon at Wed, 2004/03/24 - 6:00am
Re: ...software to see in KDE...
Or perhaps take a look at theKompany's Rekall as it's dual licensed under the GPL. http://www.rekallrevealed.org/
By Morty at Wed, 2004/03/24 - 6:00am
Re: ...software to see in KDE...
What's the situation with Kexi? I've tried it out, and it is certainly great so far, but I have been hearing a lot of things about non-standard widgets etc.
By David at Wed, 2004/03/24 - 6:00am
ltsp+kde is great
I've set-up a lts3+kde3.1 on my old job, worked like a charm serving up to 3 pcs (without conting my pc that was the server, just a athlon xp, nothing big).
By Iuri Fiedoruk at Wed, 2004/03/24 - 6:00am
"Cache the return of the end() method call before doing iteration over large containers."
Since a reasonable -O would do turn this into an inline function anyway, it seems redundant. Plus it detracts from readability.
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Shure Mics Performed Perfectly at the Largest Karaoke Event in the World
NILES, IL, May 19, 2009 — Hand Held Audio Ltd (HHA), a leading tour production company based in the UK, supplied 160 channels of Shure UHF-R wireless microphones for the latest T-Mobile flash-mob advertising event. Several Associates from Shure Distribution UK (SDUK) provided technical support for the karaoke style event, which was a world first and the largest RF event of its kind ever recorded.
Led by international pop/rock star Pink, more than 13,000 people descended on London's Trafalgar Square to sing hits, including "Hey Jude" and "Is This the Way to Amarillo?" Members of the crowd were supplied with 160 Shure wireless microphones, including the Beta 58A® and SM58® models, each transmitting on independent RF channels. Footage from the event will be used to produce a series of television advertisements for T-Mobile, some of which can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orukqxeWmM0
HHA was responsible for deploying the wireless technology for the event and determined that 160 wireless channels were required to meet the needs of the project. Faced with such a massive technical challenge, HHA called on Shure to assist during the planning and to provide onsite support throughout the event. The final frequency plan comprised 162 channels (two extras for Pink) occupying 518 MHz to 865 MHz.
Providing coverage for all of Trafalgar Square, which measures 100 meters by 60 meters, presented a significant challenge because every microphone needed its own channel, as they would have to run alongside each other simultaneously all day. In addition, the busy RF environment in Central London and the potential inter-modulation between frequencies also compounded the problem of successfully isolating enough frequencies.
"We decided to use Shure UHF-R, as it offered the best in current radio mic technology and frequency ranges needed to make this work," said Tarkan Akdam, Technical Manager at HHA. "The antenna system, designed to feed the 80 dual receivers, had to have enough gain to provide sufficient levels of coverage, but not too much that inter-modulation and RF interference would cause problems. It was a question of getting the balance right."
"We opted for a four-way antenna system, with passive Shure wideband paddles [PA805SWB]," he added. "I designed and built a four-way wideband, low noise, high gain RF head amp system, all interconnected with over 400 meters of double shielded Triax cable."
This set-up ensured that voice data from every microphone would be picked up, while minimizing interference from other RF channels. A second pair of Shure active wideband antennas were installed on the broadcast truck aimed at Pink's podium to guarantee coverage for her microphone. To properly distribute the RF signal, Tarkan opted for 21 Shure UA845 antenna distribution units.
"Isolating 160 channels is a big task in any location, and being in the center of London made this an incredibly technical and precise task," Akdam explained. "We faced several issues. Trafalgar Square is already a busy RF environment, with frequencies in use by local business, TV stations, and theater productions in the nearby West End. We needed to take into account any local TV transmitters so we didn't interfere with anyone else whilst ensuring that the singers' voices came through crisp and clear. Sufficiently strong wireless coverage, to ensure we picked up all the mics, was a must."
Before the event, several field strength tests were conducted to check for potential interference and ensure that all 162 channels would run alongside each other.
"We ran tests initially with 40 channels, and the day before the event we had 160 running at once," Akdam commented. "The task was incredibly daunting, but on the day it went off without a hitch, and we are very pleased with the result. The Shure mics and UHF-R equipment worked superbly, with voices of the singers delivered seamlessly to the receivers. In terms of size, we believe this is a world's first in RF events."
"Events of this nature require resources and having fewer things to worry about is always a great help," he added. "I knew with Tuomo Tolonen from SDUK, I had the full backing of Shure…which in turn meant I was a lot more positive that we could achieve what we set out to do. Using the knowledge of the application engineers put me in a better position to cross any technical hurdles."


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