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Most modern passenger vehicles use disc brake systems on all four wheels. Brake rotors are the final part of the braking system, and use friction created by the brake pads to slow or stop the vehicle. When the brake pads are changed, the rotors must be replaced, but if sufficient thickness remains, the rotors may be resurfaced to a like-new condition.
How does a brake rotor work?
As the term "disc brake" implies, the brake rotor is shaped like a disc. This disc rotates with the vehicle's wheel until the brake pads squeeze the rotor from both sides to create braking force. The brake rotor transmits this braking force directly to the wheels, and causes the vehicle to slow down.
What are the symptoms of a brake rotor issue?
Brake rotors are mainly maintenance free, but when they have been subjected to abnormally hard use, the heat they absorb can cause the metal to turn blue, and cracking to occur. When this occurs, customers often specify they have lost braking power, or the vehicle's brakes are making noise. There may be no symptoms at all related to replacing or resurfacing the brake rotors, since it is recommended to resurface or change brake rotors when performing a standard disc brake service.
Can I drive with a brake rotor problem?
It is not safe to operate any vehicle with any braking problem. If there exists any sign that the brakes are not performing as originally intended, the vehicle should immediately be placed out of service, and repaired. If the rotors are being replaced as part of routine maintenance, with no symptoms noticed, the vehicle can safely be driven to a repair shop.
How often do brake rotors need to be replaced?
Brake rotors are typically replaced or resurfaced as part of a standard brake service, so the average serviceable lifespan depends on driving style, and operating conditions. The manufacturer recommended maintenance schedule for each vehicle may be different, and the owner's' manual will contain this information.
How are brake rotors diagnosed?
Trained technicians have replaced or resurfaced hundreds, if not thousands, of brake rotors through their careers, and training time. The signs they look for when disc brakes are suspected of failure are deep grooves, stress fractures, and a blue color indicating the brake rotor has exceeded the allowable heat range. If any of these conditions exist, the technician will recommend replacement, or resurfacing if appropriate.
Brake Pad Replacement, Resurface Rotors Cost Estimates
The average cost for a Brake Pad Replacement, Resurface Rotors is between $232 and $376 but can vary from car to car.
How is a brake rotor replaced?
To replace a brake rotor, the wheel, brake caliper, and a retaining screw must be removed from the vehicle. If the rotors are being replaced, the replacement rotor is installed by sliding onto the hub and bearing assembly, and cleaned before installing the brake caliper and brake pads. If the brake rotor is eligible for resurfacing, according to material type and thickness, the rotor will be installed on large piece of industrial equipment known as a brake lathe. The brake lathe resurfaces the rotor by spinning the rotor while a stationary metal cutting head is applied to the surface, and scraped across. Once the cutting head has made several "passes" across the sides of the rotor, it will be cleaned, and measured to ensure adequate thickness has been retained. If the thickness is too low, the rotor must be replaced, otherwise, the rotor will be installed by sliding onto the wheel studs, and a retaining screw may be used to position the rotor against the hub and bearing assembly. Afterwards, the brake caliper and pads will be installed, and the brake system will be bled and flushed to eliminate air and contaminated brake fluid. Wheel nuts, also called lug nuts, must be tightened to manufacturer's' specification to complete the repair.
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When replacing a brake rotor, it is important to replace the corresponding rotor on the other side of the vehicle. This will ensure the braking power is even and predictable. Brake pads show wear patterns after many times of grinding into the old brake rotor, and must be replaced to avoid brake noise, uneven braking pressure, and unpredictable braking performance.
What to look out for when dealing with brake rotor issues
Some brake rotors are mounted onto the wheel bearings, and those bearings should be repacked with grease or replaced when the rotor is removed. Any grease or automotive fluid, besides water, on the brake rotor will instantly contaminate the brake pad, necessitating replacement of the pads. To avoid this, the rotors should be cleaned with brake parts cleaner prior to installation of the brake pads and caliper. Some modern rotors are manufactured using composite materials which may be metallic, semi-metallic, ceramic, Kevlar, or carbon fiber. Metallic brake rotors are the only type eligible for resurfacing, and all others must be replaced. Semi-metallic brake rotors may be an exception to this rule, depending on manufacturer specification. Rotors that cannot be machined are typically more expensive, and offer much higher braking performance. If they are re-used, uneven pressure from new, flat brake pads may cause cracking, loss of braking power, and unpredictable braking performance, which may lead to a collision. These rotors must be changed when a brake service is done, or the vehicle will not be considered safe to drive.
Can I replace the brake rotors myself?
Specialized heavy equipment is necessary to resurface a brake rotor. There are several products available to consumers to resurface rotors at home, on the vehicle, but these products will not produce the smooth, flat finish necessary for proper mating to a new, flat brake pad. If a resurfacing service is not available, the rotor should be replaced with a new part.
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CLARENCE, N.Y. (AP) – A western New York man will get $1.6 million to settle a dispute that left him hopping mad when flooding from a nearby development left him inundated with frogs.
The award settles a seven-year legal fight involving Paul Marinaccio, the town of Clarence and a developer.
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Think about how you sleep. Do you sleep on your back, on your side, or are you a stomach sleeper? If you sleep on your back – this is good news! If you sleep on your stomach or your side you may wish to readjust your sleeping habits. Pushing your face into a pillow for hours at a time can cause the skin to contort in a weird way and causes your skin to involuntarily flex. We've all woken up with those big wrinkles down the side of your face that go away soon after wakening but repeating that night after night and your skin may not stretch back so quickly! We all know that as you age your skin thins and doesn't bounce back so quickly so it's a good idea to train your body as early as you can to prevent unnecessary sleep wrinkles.
But not only wrinkles – if you are rubbing acne prone skin onto your pillowcase each night it can not only aggravate the active acne but can spread the bacteria to the other side of your face if you turn over. And products from your hair can get onto your skin too.
Many people – I know I am one – are just plain destined to be side sleepers. It doesn't matter if we fall asleep on our backs – we will automatically turn on our sides during the night and we don't even remember doing it! But luckily manufacturers are now on our side – go have a look at your local bedding department and you will see special "anti-wrinkle" pillowcases which are softer and less prone to damage your skin. I know my skin hasn't wrinkled up during the night since I switched to a silk pillowcase – and my hair doesn't tangle as easily during the night either. This is only half of our problem though – we still have the bacteria on the case to deal with.
The best advice for all the side and stomach sleepers out there is to change your "wrinkle free" pillow case each night, clean your skin well before bed, and try to at least fall asleep on your back – even if you do flip over, half a night on your side is better for wrinkles than a whole night on your side.


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Six Nations – the best in Europe meet to compete for the coveted title.
It is that time of year again! The Six Nations is here and you can see all the highlights of every game right here on LineoutCoach.
The Six Nations is a tournament steeped in tradition, national pride and top quality rugby. Each year throws up a surprise result and the Champions are rarely decided before the final week of games. Last year saw England claim the title but a year is a long time in rugby and their performance at the World Cup sees a new team and coach face the auld enemy, Scotland, at Murrayfield in the opening match.Catch all the action here on LineoutCoach
Who will win this year's Six Nations Championship?
Will it be Rugby World Cup Finalists, France?
Some fresh faces in the squad and new direction under Phillipe Saint-Andre gives France a very good chance of winning the Grand Slam.
Six Nations Player to watch: Captain and World Player of The Year – Thierry Dusautoir
World Cup semi finalists, Wales will also fancy their chances of winning the Six Nations tournament. Wales have some very exciting, fresh talent emerging. Players like Toby Faletau, Alex Cuthbert and young captain, Sam Warburton will all become very familiar names over the course of the 6 Nations.
Six Nations Player to watch: George North
Ireland will still be hurting from that Rugby World Cup defeat to Wales and will want to set things straight. The absence of skipper, Brian O'Driscoll gives a great opportunity for a fresh combination in the midfield for this Six Nations. Fergus McFadden will wear the 13 jersey against Wales. McFadden is well capable, but has some big rugby boots to fill!
Six Nations Player to watch: Stephen Ferris
Scotland appear to have been a team in transition over the recent seasons and I am expecting big things from them in the near future. Scotland's record points scorer, Chris Patterson retired after the Rugby World Cup. His presence will be missed but Scotland have a dynamic and exciting team for this years Six Nations. Hooker, Ross Ford takes over captaincy. Expect a big upset…
Six Nations Player to watch: James Hamilton
Italy will continue to improve in the Six Nations. Their historic win over France last year will give them renewed belief in this year's tournament. Teams always know that they face a very tough battle against Italy. Let's hope new Coach Jacques Brunel can build on the great work of departed Coach Nick Mallett.
Six Nations Player to watch: Martin Castrogiovanni
The rugby world are watching England very closely. The World Cup and all the antics that went with it are in the past. For better or worse, the majority of the management, the captain and some familiar faces have been replaced. England start with a clean slate for the Six Nations and must be allowed time to gel as a squad. World Cup 2015 will be held in England and the 4 year building cycle has already begun.
I am excited to see the new look England…
Six Nations Player to watch: Chris Robshaw
Six Nations Fixtures
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As an avid participant in the L.A. dining scene, the closure of a favorite "go-to" restaurant borders on tragic for me. For years, I enjoyed (with alarming regularity) the Osaka-influenced izakaya cuisine of Chef Morishita Noriko (known to his regulars simply as Mori-san) at his restaurant Place Yuu on Sawtelle. Incidentally, it must be mentioned that the high quality sushi served at Place Yuu was as good as any that can be found on Sawtelle Boulevard (if not better), which meant I could get my cooked Japanese food and sushi fix, all at the same joint. To say that I was utterly devastated when Place Yuu closed in 2011 would be sorely understating my grief.
Izakaya is Japanese bar food - Small dishes meant to be enjoyed casually over a glass of beer or wine, much like Spanish tapas. For me, Mori-san elevated izakaya to an artform at Place Yuu. It was where you'd find Japanese expats at 11PM on any given night, drinking, nibbling, and chatting away until closing. Though Mori-san never garnered the media accolades I thought he should have, for selfish reasons, it meant that I could usually get a seat at his restaurant.
Morinoya represents the latest venture for Chef Morishita Noriko. I was happy to see that he had taken over the space previously occupied by noodle house Yashima in the Olympic Collection, just down the street from Place Yuu. Here, in this more intimate dining room, Mori-san is free to focus even more on creating exceptional izakaya and sushi-based dishes. Much to my relief and delight, the essence of the excellent food I enjoyed at Place Yuu is very much alive at Morinoya. Draft Japanese beer, and a good selection of wines and spirits (sake & shochu) give Morinoya a special upscale feel. The ordering is casual and a la carte, and the pacing is leisurely.
Without further adieu, onto the food! We tried a fair cross-section of the menu (forgive my crappy photography):
Pan-fried shishito peppers with konjac & bonito shavings… An izakaya classic, and Morinoya's version is excellent.
Oden "The Works" with daikon radish, konjac, fish cake, egg, suji niku (beef tendon) & atsu age tofu… Wow. The best oden I've had so far in L.A. Nothing fancy; just solid execution of a very traditional Japanese favorite...
Renkon manjyu (yam and lotus root paste, sea salt, scallop & edamame, served with soy-based house sauce)… This was a new dish for me. Those of you who like sweet & savory, with many different textures all in one bite will really enjoy this dish. The addition of the edamame beans really balances the whole thing.
Seared albacore sashimi with onions & garlic ponzu sauce… Mindful of seasonality, and with albacore at its height this time of year, Mori-san prepared us this incredible appetizer.
Mini soymilk hot pot… A clay tabletop furnace lined with hot binchotan coals is brought out. Then, a hot pot with soymilk base and 5 different assorted mushrooms (shiitake, eryngii, enoki, shimeji & maitake) emerges. The resulting soup is phenomenal. The earthiness of the mushrooms is tempered by the lightness of the soymilk. A must-get.
Yakitori: Torimomo (chicken thigh) & teba (chicken wing), served with a green yuzu+wasabi shio (salt)… True beer food. Very glad there was a cold draft beer at our table when this dish came around!
Cold inaniwa udon noodles, with shredded nori, scallions, minced ginger, and dipping sauce… Another izakaya classic.
Buta ara-ni (slowly boiled tender pork)… Richer than your average buta kakuni, it is even more tender than advertised: The meat crumbles before the chopstick, and the stewed au jus is simply porky goodness.
Mini hitsumabushi (freshwater eel filets grilled on charcoal with ponzu over rice)… Even better than a typical unagi don (eel bowl), this comes with shredded scallions, freshly grated wasabi, and a teapot containing a light dashi broth on the side. First you eat some rice & eel, then you add the scallions & wasabi for a different "second dimension". Finally, you pour the teapot filled with dashi broth into the remaining rice & eel in the bowl, chazuke-style, for a third way to enjoy this dish. The eel is perfectly cooked, by the way.
Cherry stone clam miso soup… The clam was huge! Very satisfying.
Ama ebi (sweet shrimp)… Three pristine, jewel-like Santa Barbara spot prawn are presented with the tail sashimi style and the shrimp heads fried to perfection.
Albacore sushi… The first round of seared albacore appetizer was so gloriously fresh, we had to get some albacore nigiri!
Ikura (salmon roe) sushi… Marinated, with proper texture, the quality of these salmon eggs is undisputed.
Mini chirashi don (sashimi over rice)… Akami (lean tuna), hamachi (yellowtail), sake (salmon), tamago (egg), ikura (salmon roe), over a fluffy bed of rice. Super good. Again, the sushi selection here, while not particularly extensive, is all of high quality.
Think of Morinoya as a very upscale izakaya, with great quality sushi and reasonable prices. The atmosphere may be cozy and casual, but the food is definitely meticulously conceived and prepared – Izakaya fare worth lingering over. Just please save me a seat, Mori-san.
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Dumbbell Algebra Story 12 24 2011
Add a framed image of this to your High School locker room, shop class, fitness center or weight room to put forth an understanding of Algebra. Algebra is one of the hardest math skills to master and it is the failing point of many students. This image teaches algebra through humor. In this image the painful skull trying to learn algebra and make the equation balance drills out 10 pounds from the left underside (A) of a 110 lb. Dumbbell to get his equation to match. And B does indeed therefore equal 55lbs.
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Okay, let's admit at the start that it looks weird. Still, as grandmothers used to say, "Pretty is as pretty does," and the Rhino revolver does extremely well. The bottom-chamber, lower-barrel system changes everything, and it's all for the good. The background story of this design is interesting.
In the summer of 2000, Emilio Ghisoni sold his Mateba auto-revolver design to another company. (It featured the lower-barrel placement, but otherwise was entirely different.) He decided to apply that most prominent feature to a "non-automatic" revolver, and so the Rhino was born.
In 2006, Signor Ghisoni and his partner Antonio Cudazzo made the first test models. Tragically, Emilio Ghisoni died April 24th, 2008. But the project continued, and prototypes were shown at the IWA Show in Nuremberg in 2009. Signor Cudazzo took the idea to Rino Chiappa; now the Rhino is in production.
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a hidden hammer to a barrel lined with the lower chamber of the cylinder!
Something Unusual
First, let's look at the barrel placement. As any gun person will be aware, the top-chamber arrangement of a conventional revolver puts the main recoil force well above the shooter's hand. Predictably, this intensifies the felt recoil, and causes considerable muzzle-whip, especially noticeable with Magnum loads. With the bottom-chamber, lower-barrel arrangement of the Rhino, this effect is greatly modified. There is still felt recoil of course, but it comes straight back into the web of the hand and the arm. In firing the Rhino, I found full-house .357 Magnum loads felt like I was using regular .38 Special cartridges.
The unusual barrel placement is not the only good design feature. The 6-chamber cylinder is hexagonal in shape, with flat planes protruding far less than a conventional rounded type. The pivoting crane latch is perfectly located at upper rear on the left side, and it's pushed downward for release. At the front, the crane has a secondary lock, a vertical plunger and spring. The ejector has ample travel for full-case ejection.
At upper rear center, there is what appears to be an external hammer, but it's not. It is a cocking lever for the internal hammer, which is of course, far down in the frame. The lever is used to cock the hammer for single-action fire, and can also safely lower a cocked hammer. The top of the lever is cut to be a good square-picture rear sight. At the top-left rear of the frame, beside the sight channel, a small, orange pin emerges when the hammer is cocked.
The trigger is wide and well shaped, and I'm glad to report it has no annoying serrations. The double-action trigger pull is smooth and very quick. The single-action pull on my test gun was a clean, crisp 3.5 pounds. The front sight is a nice, non-snagging ramp; retained by two cross-pins, it could be changed for height adjustment.
Due to the Rhino's unusual shape, MKS offers a specially fitted holster of good quality.
Surprising Shooting
The shape of the rubber grip may look strange, but when taken in the hand it's perfect. There's ample room at the front for all three fingers of the average hand, and the upper curve of the backstrap nestles nicely into the thumb-web. The grip is a 1-piece unit, retained at the butt by a single Allen screw.
The Rhino will be offered in barrel lengths of 4″, 5″ and 6″ in addition to the 2″ version I tried out. At the range, with a variety of loads, the accuracy was surprising. As regular readers will know, I often use the Champion VisiColor 110-yard sight-in target, because its 8″ black center is much the same as the center-of-mass area on a combat silhouette.
At 7 yards, with a 2-hand hold, double-action, the Rhino delivered a nice group all in the black and measuring 2×4″. This was with a .38 Special load, well centered, just a little low. With the .357 Magnum rounds, single-action, one group was dead center, and the measurement was 2″. For a 2″ barrel and fixed sights, outstandingly good, especially in my, shall we say, senior hands!
Because of the unusual shape, the US importer is offering a nice optional holster. For those who want the numbers, the weight is 25 ounces empty. The overall length is 6.5″, height is 4.75″ and width is 1.25″. Suggested retail price is $739, a reasonable amount, for this level of quality and performance.
For more info: www.americanhandgunner.com/mks-supply
The hexagonal cylinder may look strange, but actually allows a higher level of concealment.
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Name: Candice
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Location: Cleveland
Is there such a thing as porn for women?
Ya, sure, ya betcha!
There's never gonna be a simple answer to the question "What turns women on?" anymore than there's a simple answer to the question "What turns men on?" Women are just as unpredictable in their eroticism as are men. And you can be pretty sure that what turns an individual on will most likely change over time. Let's face it; for some women, a man wielding a vacuum may be more erotically charged than a dude wielding an erection.
Nowadays, porn comes in all shapes and sizes. And it is designed to titillate a much broader swath of the population then ever before. Before I begin to address all the marvelous porn being produced by women for women, let me mention that loads and loads of women love gay male porn. It stands to reason, right? After all, men are the erotic object for most of these women and gay male porn offers some of the most stunning and tantalizing examples of male flesh around. And there are no women in these movies. There are no women to compare one's self too. No women are ever degraded or exploited in gay male porn. And lots and lots of women love seeing men on the receiving end of penetrative sex. It's such a delicious and refreshing change of pace. And if you don't mind a bit of shameless self-promotion, check out the work I did at Daddy Oohhh! Productions. We did eleven films in our heyday. There are trailers for each and links where you can watch scenes and/or download the whole film HERE!
First, let's take a look at porn produced for straight women. There used to be very little in this category. Nowadays, there's been an explosion of such productions and there are a number of production houses cranking it out.
The Main Producers are:
Candida Royalle and Femme Productions
The first person to create porn movies for straight women, Candida Royalle's Femme series has been selling like hotcakes since 1985 – and she's still going strong. Candida legitimized the idea of women enjoying porn, and she has been inspiring a new wave of directors and producers that are following in her footsteps. Candida's movies have internal cumshots, no unseemly facials, romance, plots… and, of course, hardcore sex.
Candida pioneered the idea of creating adult films for straight women and forged a new path in the adult industry, insisting that female viewers of porn should have their own films. She is much revered in feminist porn circles for her work and her films continue to be best sellers.
Lust Films
Spanish feminist director Erika Lust has made waves with her own vision of hot, hardcore women's porn. Her collection of short films, Five Hot Stories For Her, won Film of the Year at the 2008 Feminist Porn Awards and Life Love Lust won the same award in 2011.
Erika has a degree in Political Science, specializing in Feminism. In 2004 she made an erotic short called The Good Girl, which received much critical acclaim. She went on to found Lust Films, a media company, which aims to create feminist, female-friendly adult films. She's also an author of note. She's become one of the better-known female directors of porn for women.
Her Porn
UK independent filmmaker Petra Joy has created her own brand of adult film. Her motto is "feeling it, not faking it" and the focus is on sensuality, without sacrificing the heat. Her films feature real-life couples acting out explicit sexual scenarios, and are based on her own fantasies, as well as those of other women.
Her aesthetic is a more sensual one; she is interested in suggestion rather than blatant, gynecological close-ups.
Petra originally worked at a German TV network where she produced short erotic pieces for the series Love and Sins. Her photography has won numerous awards, including a nomination at the British Erotic Awards in 2003.
Petra says, "I want porn that stimulates the mind and feeds the soul. That is educational and inspirational, creative and kinky. And because I can not find it anywhere else; I make my own."
Sweet Sinner and Hard Candy Films
After a career performing in and making girl-on-girl films (via her Sweetheart Video line) Nica Noelle decided she wanted to create movies depicting heterosexual sex for women and couples.
The big challenge was applying her ideals of intimacy and realism to boy-on-girl scenes. She wanted to make porn that was more emotional and personal with a real emphasis on female pleasure and orgasms. The result was Sweet Sinner, a line of hardcore erotic films that women totally enjoy. Nica says there are no facial cum shots in these films, although there are some external spunk. She herself prefers the guys to come inside and stay connected to their partner before, during and after ejaculation. Her films always ensure the women have an orgasm, even if it's after the guy. So hurray for that.
Nica also directed some of Sweet Sinema films, which are features inspired by mainstream movies.
Nica left Sweet Sinner (and Mile High Media) and started a new studio she calls Hard Candy Films. It's a company that makes couples-oriented porn, which is basically the same thing as woman-oriented films. Nica says she likes to create more emotionally nuanced films with her new company and is embracing a greater creative freedom. Her films still offer non-formulaic sex and complicated relationships within the confines of a feature. She writes and directs all of her own films.
Ok, that's it for today. We'll pick this topic up again at the end of the week.


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Part II Diesel Particulate Final Rules
MSHA published final rules in the Federal Register on January 19, 2001. These rules deal with diesel particulate matter exposure for underground miners in both coal and metal/nonmetal mines. This page is your single source page to the rules and the Regulatory Economic Analysis for these rules.
Over time we have compiled quite a bit of information. Due to this we have created a page for metal/nonmetal mining information and one for coal. Please use the links below to access the single source page you want.
Single Source Pages
Metal/Nonmetal Mining Related
Coal Mining Related
Other Resources
Hazard Alert - Diesel Exhaust/Diesel Particulate Matter
Practical Ways To Reduce Exposure To Diesel Exhaust In Mining -- A Toolbox
Diesel Equipment Health and Safety -- Information Consolidation Page
NIOSH - Diesel Exhuast Resource Page
"It is of particular importance that the fuel entering at the mouth should be thoroughly consumed and without the formation of soot."
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- Builds on successful deployment of current ST ARM-based SoCs, including its 'Cannes,' 'Monaco,' and 'Alicante' product families
- Leverages latest 64-bit ARM cores to support the increasing performance and memory requirements of future SoCs
GENEVA, Jan. 6, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leading manufacturer of High-Definition (HD) and Ultra-High-Definition (UHD) set-top-box ICs, has released details of its innovative STi8K(TM) architecture addressing future Systems-on-Chips (SoCs) for the Digital Home.
Based on the latest ARMv8-A cores, STi8K(TM) SoCs will further enhance the available Cannes/STiH3 (FHD[1]/UHD HEVC Client-Box), Monaco/STiH4 (FHD/UHD HEVC Server/Gateways), and Alicante/STiD12 (DOCSIS®) product families, providing, in combination with them, a smooth and future-proof industry transition from 32-bit to 64-bit computing.
"The consumer industry has initiated the transition from 32- to 64-bit computing in the mobile market," said Gian Luca Bertino, Executive Vice President and General Manager Digital Convergence Group, STMicroelectronics. "New upcoming, highly demanding technologies, such as DOCSIS 3.1 or full-featured 10-bit High-Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) in Ultra High Definition at 60 frames per second, will drive this same transition in the Digital Home market. We have already built a solid, fast time-to-market and future-proof foundation with our Cannes, Monaco, and Alicante families; our new STi8K architecture is the next evolutionary step for our winning product families and brings 64-bit computing to the digital home."
Optimized for ST's 28nm Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (FD-SOI) and smaller-geometry manufacturing processes, the STi8K(TM) architecture leverages the increased data throughput, the extended memory addressing, and the reduced power consumption of the latest ARM® Cortex(TM)-A53 and Cortex(TM)-A57 64-bit processor technology, combining high performance and reliability with outstanding energy efficiency to meet end-user and eco-design requirements, such as the US Energy Star and the EU's EuP (Energy using Products) directive.
Tom Cronk, Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, at ARM added, "We share ST's vision for the future of the digital home market. Full-color Ultra HD applications together with ultra-high bandwidth home-network-access systems made possible with DOCSIS 3.1 technologies will transform the home-entertainment experience. Our long-term collaboration with ST, including its recent integration of our latest 64-bit processors, together with our mutual investment in software-ecosystem development, for example through Linaro, are key building blocks that will help make more advanced and immersive media experiences a reality.
ST's STi8K(TM) architecture features industry-unique Faroudja® transcoding, managing, for example, 8 HD streams and advanced hardware-assisted networking capabilities, to enable extremely advanced scenarios for distributing multimedia content, as required by tomorrow's satellite, cable and hybrid home servers and gateways.
With its support for Ultra High Definition up to 60 frames per second with wide gamut and 10-bit color, as required by the ITU-R Recommendation BT.2020, and high-performance full-frame-rate graphics based on OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenGL ES 3.0 standards, users will enjoy a true Ultra HD immersive digital-viewing experience, including stunning realism for live-action sports and gaming, allowing operator branding at native 4K resolution.
The STi8K(TM) incorporates the newly defined HDMI 2.0, running at the highest data throughput of 6Gbps per channel, together with the latest HDCP 2.2 (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) security and DisplayPort v1.2, to provide the high-speed connectivity to full color and full-frame-rate Ultra HD screens.
"Our recently launched Cannes, Monaco, and Alicante product families are enjoying strong momentum and have positioned ST as a leader in Ultra HD and HEVC technologies," added Bertino. "By adopting these families our customers are securing time-to-market advantages in their introduction of tomorrow's digital home."
In Las Vegas during the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), ST will host extensive demonstrations of its technologies and SoCs for the Digital Home in a private hotel suite for select customers. The demos will include DOCSIS Home Gateways and Cable Modems, as well as Full HD and Ultra HD Set Top Boxes demonstrating full interoperability of ST SoCs with all the major providers of HEVC encoders in the marketplace.
About STMicroelectronics
ST is a global leader in the semiconductor market serving customers across the spectrum of sense and power and automotive products and embedded processing solutions. From energy management and savings to trust and data security, from healthcare and wellness to smart consumer devices, in the home, car and office, at work and at play, ST is found everywhere microelectronics make a positive and innovative contribution to people's life. By getting more from technology to get more from life, ST stands for life.augmented.
In 2012, the Company's net revenues were $8.49 billion. Further information on ST can be found at www.st.com.
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We love the Bay Bridge. We have many, many fond memories of being stuck in traffic, having our alternator crap out in the rain just past the tollgates and thus missing AFI play a secret set at Bottom of the Hill, of loony drivers jockeying for position in the toll lanes, prospective suicide jumpers making us late for dates; of sitting in traffic for three hours on our way to work when the city of San Francisco blacked out in December, 1998. Essentially, if one little thing goes wrong on the bridge, it can easily back traffic up all the way from Vallejo to the north to Hayward to the south.
And that's just what happened yesterday when a suspected brake problem set fire to a semi filled to the roof with a shipment of Coors. Headed eastbound into Oakland, the rig caught fire on the bridge's lower deck, shutting down all lanes of traffic, as well as two lanes on the westbound upper deck (the part that so famously collapsed in 1989). Although the fire happened in the early afternoon when the bridge is generally relatively calm, authorities weren't able to completely open all lanes until 6pm, as they had to remove the truck's entire cargo of barley pop before the truck could be towed away. How much y'all wanna bet this never happened to Bandit and Snowman? [Thanks to former San Franciscan CTE for the tip.] [Update: Big Rick from KFOG offers a photo of the proceedings from afar.]
99 Bottles of Beer on the Bridge... [SFGate]
Snack Attack: Man Steals Frito-Lay Van for Beer Money [Internal]


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Anaconda (UK - BD)
Chris Gould tries to think of an amusing joke involving J-Lo and and giant snake
While shooting a documentary about the long-lost Shirishama Indians on the Amazon River, director Terri Flores (Jennifer Lopez) and her crew—anthropologist Professor Steven Cale (Eric Stoltz), cameraman Danny Rich (Ice Cube), production manager Denise Xalberg (Kari Wuhrer), soundman Gary Dixon (Owen Wilson), and upper-class twit Warren Westridge (Jonathan Hyde)—happen across stranded Paraguayan snake hunter Paul Sarone (Jon Voight) and offer him a lift. This turns out to be a huge mistake, as Sarone deceives the group into thinking that he can lead them to the Shirishama, when in reality he is attempting to track and capture a giant anaconda. During the hunt allegiances are switched and several members of the crew are killed before the final showdown with the mother of all snakes.
What could be better than a film featuring a sneering Jon Voight, an unconscious Eric Stoltz, a pre-mega-stardom Jennifer Lopez, a fresh-faced Owen Wilson, and ex-rapper turned 'stereotypical black character for hire' Ice Cube? Well, quite a lot as it turns out. Anaconda follows in the traditions of the old creature features, but apart from a wonderfully over-the-top performance from Voight it falls flat on pretty much every level. Dialogue is laughable (save for a few one-liners), and Voight aside the performances are universally dreadful. There's very little tension because every death is telegraphed, but you pretty much know which characters are going to make it through to the end in the first five minutes anyway. The giant animatronic snakes ('voiced' by Frank Welker no less) don't look too bad, but the late-nineties shoestring CGI leaves a lot to be desired. There are a few unintentionally hilarious moments (the sight of a character's legs kicking furiously as he's eaten head-first by a snake), but on the whole I couldn't help but compare the film unfavourably to Stephen Sommers' Deep Rising, an altogether more enjoyable B-movie romp.
Anaconda is presented in 2.40:1 widescreen (1080/24p AVC) and looks about what you'd expect from a catalogue title of this vintage—competent, but unspectacular. Detail isn't particularly bad, but neither is it particularly impressive. Facial close-ups aren't as revealing as I'd have liked, but wider shots look reasonable. I seem to remember that the film was always a little on the soft side (although I can't really substantiate that), so I wasn't really expecting it to look razor sharp anyway, but it' possible that there could be some filtering at work. Colours are quite muted, but seem to be consistent with the intended look of the film. Black levels aren't what they could be and the darker scenes are quite noisy, which is problematic given that here are so many of them. To be honest the whole image looks a little dab (for want of a better word), but it's clearly a step up from the DVD so fans should be happy enough.
The primary soundtrack is a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 affair that's actually fairly engaging. There is plentiful use of the surrounds, with some nice discrete touches here and there (such as the snake attacks and gunshots), but the subtle sounds of the jungle are also very atmospheric. Bass response is also pretty strong during the action scenes, with the thunderstorms providing some of the meatier moments. The melodic, flute-filled opening fills the soundstage nicely and gives way to suitably foreboding score that remains the strongest element of the mix. Dialogue is well-rendered and balanced throughout, which is a bit of a mixed blessing in this instance. Still, I have to admit to being quite impressed with the track, which sounds better than it has any right to.
The disc includes the film's theatrical trailer and a BD-Live link to unrelated content, so there's nothing to get excited about here.
Perhaps the best thing I can say about Anaconda is that it's mercifully short at only eighty-nine minutes in length. Other than that, it doesn't really have a lot going for it. The disc itself fares a little better, with the strong TrueHD track a particular highlight. Even so, I can't bring myself to recommend this one to anyone other than die-hard fans and masochists.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Chris Gould
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I have fond memories of Barry Norman reviewing this and exclaiming (about Jon Voight): "That is not just a leer, that's a KING Lear!".
Ever since hearing him say that, this movie is known to me and my friends as the one which features the "King Leer".
I have fond memories of Barry Norman reviewing this and exclaiming (about Jon Voight): "That is not just a leer, that's a KING Lear!".
Ever since hearing him say that, this movie is known to me and my friends as the one which features the "King Leer".
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 19th October 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 French, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 German, Dolby Digital 5.1 Czech, Dolby Digital 5.1 Hungarian, Dolby Digital 5.1 Polish, Dolby Digital 5.1 Russian
Subtitles: English, English SDH, French, German, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Turkish
Extras: Trailer, BD-Live
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Luis Llosa
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Eric Stoltz, Jon Voight, Ice Cube, Owen Wilson, Kari Wuhrer
Genre: Horror
Length: 89 minutes
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Do-On Robert Thomas stumbled into a Buddhist monastery in the forests of Thailand and began his Buddhist life at age 34. Today, his kind and thoughtful presence is the result of a 20-year commitment to Zen Buddhism, including six years of intensive meditation at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, America's first Zen monastery, located in California's Ventana Wilderness area. He was ordained as a Buddhist priest in 2000 and received dharma transmission from his Zen teacher, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, in 2009. As a dharma teacher, he leads meditation retreats and workshops and gives public lectures throughout the year. With his wife, yoga teacher and acupuncturist Samantha Ostergaard, Robert created "Zen Mind, Yoga Body" retreats to help people realize the practical benefits of integrating the body and mind practices of Zen meditation and yoga and extend a deeply grounded, yet open awareness into their daily lives.
Since 2001 Robert has been a leader of the San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC), one of the largest Buddhist sanghas outside of Asia. From 2005 to 2013 he served SFZC as President/E.D., overseeing its three centers and guiding its long-term strategic vision. In 2012 Robert became a visiting dharma teacher at Upaya Zen Center (Santa Fe, NM), and he currently leads a small team working on an exciting SFZC project to develop an innovative internet-accessed Zen practice community.
He is active in the San Francisco community, having served on the board of the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association and for 10+ years serving as a board member of Everyday Inc., which oversees Greens Restaurant in San Francisco. Prior to full-time involvement with SFZC, he worked professionally as a film and video producer/director, helped found a successful SF restaurant, and was a magazine editor, creative director and magazine founder.
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Julie Smolyansky Joins United Nations Foundation's Global Entrepreneurs Council
Council will help the Foundation drive innovative solutions to support the UN as it takes on the world's toughest challenges
Feb 11, 2013, 01:37 ET
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The United Nations Foundation today named Julie Smolyansky, CEO of Lifeway Foods, INC (LWAY) as a member of its Global Entrepreneurs Council (GEC), a group of leading innovators dedicated to helping the Foundation apply an entrepreneurial approach to its mission of helping the United Nations solve global problems. The 2013-2014 Council is comprised of 10 of today's leading entrepreneurs under the age of 45, and draws from multiple industry sectors.
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"To help the UN solve global problems, we must adopt an entrepreneurial approach, turning the challenges of this generation into opportunities," said UN Foundation President & CEO Kathy Calvin. "With leaders like Julie Smolyansky of Lifeway Foods, the Global Entrepreneurs Council brings a fresh way of thinking to our efforts and will help us sharpen support for the UN's best work around the world."
Julie Smolyansky became the youngest female CEO of a publicly held firm when she took over her father's kefir business in 2002 at the age of 27. Lifeway Foods has grown from $12 million in sales in 2002 to almost $90 million in 2012.
"I am honored to have been invited to join the UN Foundation Global Entrepreneurs Council," said Julie Smolyansky, CEO of Lifeway Foods. "I look forward to collaborating with my fellow Council members as we tackle some of the world's most pressing issues from global malnutrition and health to educating girls and women to ending violence against girls and women. Using innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship, we can lift humanity in ways not possible 20 years ago."
The GEC is comprised of a unique group of entrepreneurs from multiple sectors who have proven leadership experience in the areas of global advocacy and philanthropy, as well as business. The members of the 2013-2014 GEC include:
Neil Blumenthal – Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Warby Parker, a socially-conscious business offering designer eyewear at a revolutionary price;
Ruma Bose – Managing Director, Innovators Fund, a fund focused on investing in emerging, innovative business models;
Barbara Bush – CEO and Co-Founder, Global Health Corps, an innovative nonprofit promoting global health equity by connecting outstanding young leaders worldwide with organizations working on the frontlines of health;
Troy Carter – CEO and Founder, Atom Factory, a multidimensional management company working with innovators such as Lady Gaga, John Legend, and Mindless Behavior;
Ido Leffler – "Chief Carrot Lover" and Co-Founder, Yes To Inc., one of the world's leading natural beauty brands;
Haroon Mokhtarzada – CEO and Co-Founder, Webs, do-it-yourself website building tool, and Vice President of Digital Products, VistaPrint, a leading provider of marketing products to small and micro businesses globally;
Narry Singh – Technology Entrepreneur, most recently the Chief Business Guru at Outfit7 Inc., the company develops the tremendously popular "Talking Friends" mobile apps and toys, with over 650 million user installs in more than 100 countries;
Julie Smolyansky – President, CEO and Director, Lifeway Foods Inc., America's leading supplier of the cultured probiotic dairy products known as kefir and organic kefir;
Ingrid Vanderveldt – Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Dell Inc., multinational technology and technology services provider; and
Tina Wells – CEO and Founder, Buzz Marketing Group, marketing and marketing research firm.
The Global Entrepreneurs Council was launched in 2011 as a strategic advisory body to the UN Foundation comprised of successful, high-profile entrepreneurs under the age of 45 who are committed to finding innovative solutions to global problems. The Council carries on the bold vision of leadership Ted Turner set when he committed $1 billion dollars to UN causes 15 years ago, establishing the UN Foundation and bringing entrepreneurism and creative ideas to humanitarian issues. The Council works closely with the UN Foundation to bring innovation and a new generation of supporters to the UN to increase the impact of its work on issues ranging from climate change to supporting adolescent girls and strengthening global health. Members support the UN Foundation in pioneering international campaigns such as Shot@Life, Nothing But Nets and Girl Up, in addition to helping to develop new campaigns to benefit UN programs. For more information, please visit www.unfoundation.org/GEC.
About Julie Smolyansky
Julie Smolyansky became the youngest female CEO of a publicly held firm when she took over her father's kefir business in 2002 at the age of 27. Julie and her family were one of 48 families allowed to settle in Chicago from the Former Soviet Union in 1976 when she was just a year old. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago (B.A., 1996), where she majored in Psychology and minored in Women's Studies. She began her career as an in-home family counselor in Chicago's under served neighborhoods. She left the social service field to support her father at Lifeway Foods in 1997. Julie serves on the board of directors for multiple philanthropic organizations and is a member of several civic groups. She is a frequent speaker for various organizations on topics ranging from healthy communities to innovation, entrepreneurship, leveraging social media, and increasing women's participation and leadership roles. She has been featured on most major media outlets. Follow Julie on Twitter at @JulieSmolyansky.
About Lifeway Foods, Inc.
Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY), recently named one of Fortune Small Business' Fastest Growing Companies for the fifth consecutive year, is America's leading supplier of the cultured dairy products known as kefir and organic kefir. Lifeway Kefir is a dairy beverage that contains 10 exclusive live and active probiotic cultures plus ProBoost™. In addition to its line of Kefir products, the company produces a variety of Frozen Kefir and probiotic cheese products. Lifeway also sells frozen kefir, kefir smoothies and kefir parfaits through its Starfruit™ retail stores.
Find Lifeway Foods, Inc. on Facebook: www.facebook.com/lifewaykefir
Follow Lifeway Foods on Twitter: http://twitter.com/lifeway_kefir
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/lifewaykefir
About The United Nations Foundation
The United Nations Foundation builds public-private partnerships to address the world's most pressing problems, and broadens support for the United Nations through advocacy and public outreach. Through innovative campaigns and initiatives, the Foundation connects people, ideas, and resources to help the UN solve global problems. The Foundation was created in 1998 as a U.S. public charity by entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner and now is supported by global corporations, foundations, governments, and individuals. For more information, visit www.unfoundation.org.
Hanni Itah
(847) 415-9324
SOURCE Lifeway Foods, Inc.


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I was asleep; and then I was not. My eyes snapped open to land on the smiling face of my son who was standing next to my side of the bed. He smiles at me. It is 5:30 am on Saturday, but he is so cute, I can't be mad.
I am in the shower. Midway through washing my hair, the curtain is whipped back to reveal my son who wants to know when I will be done. I tell him to go and play in his room and try to remind him about "privacy." He has a seat on the floor next to the cat instead and says he'll just wait for me. He talks/sings/asks questions for the remainder of my shower.
I am wandering the house while attempting to pack for our upcoming move. My son is following me. I suggest that he play while mommy collects items and then he can help me pack them. I am told that he wants to follow me and that he will "just be in whatever room you are in."
My son is upstairs napping while I am downstairs working on my blog/answering email/doing whatever it is I do when I am at the computer. Without warning, I hear a "hi, mom!" right next to my ear and I jump about three feet out of my seat and try not to yell, because I don't want to startle him. Evidently nap time is over.
And evidently, my son is a ninja.
He doesn't make sound anymore when he wanders around the house. He used to stomp around or sing or make enough noise that I had no trouble pinpointing his exact location. Now he just appears next to me and it is the greatest/creepiest magic trick I've ever seen.
Let me be clear: I am at the point where I want to put a bell on him so I can hear him coming. I used to have a bell on my cat's collar, but she learned how to walk in a way that didn't make the bell ring, so I don't have high hopes for this plan.
I feel like I am being stalked by my son. But it's OK. I know it won't last forever: One day he'll start stalking his father.
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Albrighton ready for Villa challenge
Aston Villa's Marc Albrighton is hoping the lessons he has learnt from departed wingers Ashley Young and Stewart Downing will help him to step up and fill their boots this season.
• Given still has self belief
• Villa make £10m bid for N'Zogbia
The pair left the club for a total of £35 million this summer, and both manager Alex McLeish and star striker Darren Bent have tipped Albrighton to shine in their absence.
"It's always nice to hear that from your manager,'' Albrighton said. "They are big boots to fill, but for me it's an opportunity. "I'll go out there and do my best and hopefully something will come of it.''
The 21-year-old is now hoping to thrive without the players who have been instrumental in his development, even if he will miss their help and advice.
"That's something that I haven't got this year which I think I'm going to miss,'' Albrighton said. "They are two of the best wingers in England at the moment so to learn from players like that for the last two or three years is great for me.
"I don't have them this year, but hopefully they've given me enough lessons to show my own ability and go out there and perform.''
Albrighton, who was speaking at the launch of Aston Villa's new home shirt, sponsored by Genting Casinos, believes he needs regular first-team football to improve his game further.
He said; "Playing in Premier League games is the only way you're going to be able to test yourself, and you're testing yourself against the best there. To play every week would be great for me if I can manage that.''
Despite the loss of key players this summer, Albrighton believes Villa should forget about a disappointing 2010-11 season and aim for a top-six finish.
"I think we've got to say that our target's Europe,'' he said. "I don't know what happened last year, we should have been up there, but we conceded sloppy goals that have cost us victories and a lot of points in the end.
"This year we've got to jump back on it and finish where we should be. Aston Villa are a European club.''
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The statement on Apple's website couldn't be more direct and to the point. "Other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies, not just by stealing ours," said Bruce Sewell, Apple's General Counsel and senior vice president. That's about all it says, really. Interestingly enough, Nokia said more or less the exact same thing back in October.
Apple hasn't specified yet which 13 patents Nokia infringes upon, but in all likelihood, Apple is probably right. However - so is Nokia. In this world, everybody infringes upon everybody else's patents, which is why you see few large companies really going head-to-head when it comes to patents; it's usually smaller companies out for money preying on the large ones.
We'll probably see some flexing of the muscles in the coming years, before all this will end in some sort of settlement, never to be heard of again.


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Both books have been written by several "Apple Developer Connection" tech writters and it ... shows. At places, both of the books seem disjoined and manifest different writing styles throughout the books. However, if you are after just a reference rather than ... a piece of literature, then you probably won't mind it.
Both books are a good introduction and they do describe the basics that could get an experienced programmer going. I can't say that both books are written for absolute beginners, though. Exactly because of the disjoined nature of the book, it seems probable that lots of people "won't get it" immediately.
While Carbon supports C++, the book "Learning Carbon" does not make use of the popular language, but instead all the samples are written in plain C. On the other hand, a large part of the Cocoa book is about introducing Project Builder (RAD tool), but a fair amount of Objective-C is there as well. Surprisingly, Java-Cocoa programming is not even mentioned to the Cocoa book!
Carbon has some good examples on the Navigation Services and the Event model. However, the book does not describe much about threading or symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), as these are topics that more advanced programmers would be interested in most. The Cocoa book is a bit more confusing at places (one could say that it is more "advanced" overall) than the Carbon one, but I have to admit that the Objective-C introduction was well written. Content listing and some sample pages (excepts) of both books can be found here and here.
A serious issue with these book is ambiguity about their target audience. These books are neither targetting amateurs nor advanced programmers very well. They are too confusing for new programmers, and already known ground for experienced ones (1/3 of the chapters of both books can be downloaded for free from Apple's Developer site, for years now, or found on the Developer Tools CD)!
The only great thing about them is that they are good all-around references. If stuck on your project, they can serve you pretty well, when you are able to track down the exact information you need. My recommendation would be to get these books if you already have mastered C or C++ and you want to jump to Mac camp. However, in any case, it won't be wise to go only for these two books alone, as you will probably lose track at some point of what is what exactly. I suggest you also take a look at "Cocoa Programming for MacOSX" as a tutorial book, and have Cocoa or Carbon books as reference books. If you are already a Macintosh or a NeXT programmer, maybe the knowledge you have so far is enough to get you going, so get these books only if you need a printed reference.
Overall: 7 / 10
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That is true, but a read noise of 4 electrons for a small pixel has a quite different effect on measured noise than for a large pixel because of camera gain, which is the number of electrons collected per data number (raw value). Since the P&S sensors use 12 bits per pixel for their output, I will use this bit depth for comparison.A small pixel camera such as the Canon S70 may collect 8200 electrons and has a read noise of 3.2 electrons. Assuming that the raw pixel value at full well is near the maximum 12 bit pixel value of 4095, the gain is 2.0 electrons / data number. A larger pixel, such as with the Nikon D3, can collect about 66,500 electrons with a read noise of 4.9 electrons and a gain of 16 electrons /data number. The data are from Roger Clark.When we look at measured noise in the image, we are concerned with data numbers, not electrons. A read noise of 3.2 electrons for the S70 would translate to 3.2/2.0 or 1.6 data numbers. The read noise in terms of data numbers for the D3 would be 4.4/16 or 0.27 data numbers.
Where is the "cutting point" in exposure time when film generally give better results than digital?
And I've done my own little version, comparing my MFDB to my Canon 5DII. Surprise, surprise, the Canon trounced the MFDB. I still prefer the MFDB at low ISO and short exposures, and the handling of a MF camera.
Leica is looking into this as a firmware update for the S2. It would be a user-selectable menu option.
Neither yours nor any other Canon turn their NR off when you instruct them to do so from menu, it stays on to some extend by default!
Lots of hot air, lots of opinion, no references.-h
I feel that answer is a bit misleading. Aren't the keywords "high speed" here? You can find all kinds of instruments in professional telescopes, including some based on relatively exotic designs (we aren't getting Aladdin III In:Sb sensors in our cameras any time soon, I think). CMOS based architectures are of course widely used in fields where high speed is possible or desirable (photometry of occultations for example, solar observation etc...). But CCD still reigns in imaging applications. I was so surprised by the above statement that I double checked what current major observatories use as imagersESO Paranal - http://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/paranal/instruments/index.html - have a look at the detailed description of the instruments, too many to list hereGran Telescopio Canarias - http://www.gtc.iac.es/en/pages/instrumentation/osiris.php#DetectorSubaru - http://www.naoj.org/Observing/Instruments/SCam/If the purpose is going deep and long exposures, everyone seems to still be using CCDsNot that I disagree with the increased usefulness of CMOS based sensors in many fields in general - but do you have examples of CMOS sensors used for image acquisition in fairly long exposures?
Neither yours nor any other Canon turn their NR off when you instruct them to do so from menu, it stays on to some extend by default!
I've never seen any proof for that assumption, I did see proof to the opposite. A simple method to detect noise reduction is to shoot a well focused image of a "White noise" patch, and then display the Fourrier transform. The gradual signal decline towards higher spatial frequencies (caused by MTF, finite sensel size, and AA-filter for suppressing Bayer CFA related aliasing) is pretty gradual, unlike the Fourier transform of a noise reduced image. The Fourier transform of the Read noise alone also doesn't show signs of noise reduction.If you have any trustworthy proof for your assertion, a lot of people would be interested, I'm sure.Cheers,Bart
What I said was "CMOS...is now beginning to displace CCDs in research instrumentation". Not "CMOS has displaced". The instruments you linked to are all relatively old; some were completed in the 1990s, the rest commenced development before the recent surge in CMOS performance. They generate science, not income, so they won't be replaced unless absolutely necessary. It's going to take time.Another reason is that we still await large low-noise CMOS sensors (the same reason why there are still no CMOS MF digital backs). Large research telescopes have giant focal planes to populate with mosaics of imaging sensors, so the availability of large CCDs keeps them at the forefront. You are right insofar as CMOS usage in research at present is mainly in the high-speed or timeseries niche. Any scenario where you have to take many frames, is where their low readout noise per frame makes the You ask if I "have examples of CMOS sensors used for image acquisition in fairly long exposures"? I presume you mean discounting amateur astro-imagers, who use both off-the-shelf and modified CMOS DSLRs for exposures running to hours net? Well in research there are areas like wide-field auroral monitoring which use similar setups.
Ray,1. On your first quote on me, I suggest that perhaps there was ....low oxygen in the place where you read my post! What are you talking about? It clearly has nothing to do with my statement! 2. On your second quote on me there was certainly much CO2 present in your room! Its just an answer to the quoter not a post on the OP! 3. Neither yours nor any other Canon turn their NR off when you instruct them to do so from menu, it stays on to some extend by default! Cheers, Theodoros www.fotometria.gr
Link to such a patch?
Theodoros, clearly you are a man of many, and very strong, emotions. 1 short message, 9 emoticons! Could you please identify the offending parts of my "first" and "second" quotes to you? As I am having trouble matching up your objections to what I had said. On your 3rd point, if what you say were true, no-one would be able to produce a photon-transfer curve which obeys Poisson statistics, from Canon RAW files. So, how do you explain the fact that several Canon users have successfully done so?When you say that Canon's NR cannot be turned off, are you perhaps thinking of Canon's on-chip double-correlated sampling? That is not noise reduction in the sense that everyone assumes; it is better described as noise prevention. In no way does it usurp the integrity, statistics, or spatial correlation of the signal, unlike true "NR". It's kosher. This is a good LL thread on that topic (page 2 is the important part).Ray
Totally random noise will do, even Photoshop could produce something usable.A program like ImageJ has plugins to create various types of noise.
as for references, if my British MechEng BEng degree doesn't do,
Sorry, does not impress me. If that education was worth anything, surely they must have taught you what people mean when they ask for references?-h
According to this study by Emil Martinec, The D3 and D300 apply noise reduction at exposures of 1/4 sec. and longer which can't be turned off by the user.


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Show begins at 8;30 p.m.
The Eagles Club in Crookston on Saturday presents Scott Hansen, the five-time winner of the Minnesota Comedian of the Year Award.
Hansen's show, the "Last Laugh Retirement Tour" begins at 8:30 p.m. General admission tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. The VIP reserved section ticket package includes two reserved seats and a Hansen CD for $30 in advance, $40 at the door.
Hansen began a one-year retirement tour on Dec. 31, 2012. This year will be his final year of public standup comedy performances. The tour started with sold-out shows at the Maple Tavern in Maple Grove and has been winding thru Minnesota with selective dates and locations. As seen nationally on HBO, Showtime and Comedy Central, Hansen will bring his unique "hit and run" style of comedy the Crookston Eagles.
Hansen has achieved fame and notoriety for his sharp audience interaction and patented "hit and run" style of comedy. His comedic depiction of the "Minnesota situation" provides unique fodder and perspective that has made over a million of his fellow Minnesotans laugh. He has become the voice of local comedy, the conscience of Minnesota and an icon that fills clubs and concerts statewide.
When the stand-up comedy industry was an embryo in America, Hansen jumped at the opportunity to write, produce, direct, present and develop the ideas that had been making his friends (and enemies) laugh since he was a toddler.
As much as he despised the scrutinizing public eye, Hansen knew of no other forum that could allow him to be totally free and enabling to his comic creativity. In 1977, in a small bar named Mickey Finns, Hansen gave comedy a try because, "Making people laugh made me feel good about myself. It's about the laughs," he said.


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House of Commons
Session 2014-15
Publications on the internet
The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1
As at 14th July 2014
KWARTENG, Kwasi (Spelthorne)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Address of donor: 63D Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1PH
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, accommodation and meals with an approximate value of £1,000
Destination of visit: Cadenabbia, Italy
Date of visit: 3-6 October 2013
Purpose of visit: To attend an annual event with leading politicians from the UK and Germany, to discuss the financial markets and European economic affairs
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Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bahrain
Address of donor: PO Box 547, Government Avenue, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights and accommodation; £3,700
Destination of visit: Manama, Bahrain
Date of visit: 6-9 December 2013
Purpose of visit: to participate in the IISS Dialogue in Manama
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Name of donor: Conservative Middle East Council (CMEC)
Address of donor: 55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, accommodation and costs in Egypt to value of £1,100
Destination of visit: Egypt
Date of visit: 9-13 January 2014
Purpose of visit: fact finding visit including meetings with Egyptian Government Ministers and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
(Registered 25 January 2014)
8. Land and Property
Flat in Bayswater, London, from which rental income was received until November 2011. (Updated 11 June 2012)


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Ashdown EVO III Combo voted #1 Best Live Amplifier by Music Radar
It's that time of year again where Music Radar take a look at "The Best of..." readers poll. From iPhone making apps, VST plug-in synths, acoustic amps to electric guitars, Music Radar and its readers vote for their ultimate. Ashdown have once again excelled in "The 10 best live bass amplifiers under £1000" category with the EVO III ABM C210-500 combo being chosen as the ultimate gigging solution!
Music Radar hail the Ashdown EVO III by saying:
"There are a few Ashdown combos and stacks that would fit the bill here and indeed their 2x10-inch version of this is exactly the same price but we have plumped for the 1x15 format due to that accepted all-round versatility and quality.
It's a British company of course so you tend to get more for your money and 575 watts says you do! The footswitchable EQ has three main controls but with two pairs of additional sliders for some fine tonal tuning. The standard Ashdown amp section features a retro-style meter and the magic sub-harmonic octave generator. With the addition of an effects loop, DI and tuned birch-ply cabinet this combo offers great value and is a tough act to follow. A more than worthy winner!"
Ashdown's ABM series is now in its third generation, with the 115 combo being joined by a 2x10 model, as well as seperate heads and cabs. You can find them all here at Dolphin Music...


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One of the best things about sharing stories in our newsletter is reading the amazing feedback we receive. After reading The Wonder of Knitting, Lois O. wrote a touching email to author Michelle Edwards. She has given us permission to share her fantastic note with you. Thank you, Lois, for your letter and your fantastic outreach work.
I learned to knit at and early age, and was taught by my Grandmother. I fell in love with knitting, and over several years, made several afghans, hats scarves, etc, most of which were given away to friends and relatives. Someplace along the line I quit knitting, as it seemed like work, instead of having fun. After turning the ripe old age of 55, I joined an organization that matches senior citizens with needs of the community. Everything from knitting , crocheting, making quilts, calling daily to check on seniors, reading to children-and the list goes on.
The organization is called RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program). They ask citizens, companies, yarn shops etc. to donate yarn, and each skein is turned into something not only useful but needed. I remember being asked if I would like to help start a knitting group. Why I answered yes, I do not know but it has turned out to be one of the best things not only in my life but many others as well.
We started out with 3 women, we now have about 12 that consistently come every Wednesday morning-sometimes more-as we squeeze a little closer and always make room for another. We have become a group that not only is doing something for someone else-WE ARE HAVING FUN! We knit, talk, and of course eat, as someone always brings treats. We have been through the highs and lows together-from new grandchildren, surgeries, and death.
As you can imagine we have laughed and cried together, and from all this we have become like a family-and all due to our love of knitting. I would love to tell someone who is saying gee I always wanted to kit, but I'm either too old, or I wouldn't have time-to just give it a try! It may the best thing you could not only do for yourself, but be able to pass some love on to someone you not only don't know, and probably never will. What a joyous thing!! I will think of you looking out your window when I pick up my needles, with a smile on my face.
With love to you, and all the knitters who make a difference in this world of ours, and they probably don't even know it.
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Seahawks will play 5 games at 10 AM East Coast
What do you think about it?
Meh? That's sucks? Bulls#it? Really Nice? Haha
San Francisco 49ers will play only 2 games 10 AM
Basis4day wrote:Real teams win. It's like the Madden Curse. Easy thing to blame when things go wrong.
DavidSeven wrote:It's a disadvantage, plain and simple. You can give all the "man up" talk you want, but at the end of the day, these are human beings who respond to time zone shifts the same way other humans do. The numbers back it up. The eyeball test backs it up. They very well may end up winning all five of these games, but that doesn't mean there wasn't a disadvantage e.g. a 14-12 game might have been a 27-6 game with a later start time.
The team didn't get off to a great start in any of their 10am games last year. They go to Toronto for a 1:00pm start and blow out Buffalo in the first half. We've been seeing this happen for YEARS now.
Remembering that the schedulers always try to screw us, certain things can be ruled in and out: We won't play an east coast team away on SNF, only at 10am. We'll play division opponents in such a situation as to give them the best chance to beat us.
rjdriver wrote:It is statistically proven that the odds of winning are reduced when a west coast team plays at 10am PT. There is a pretty large sample of control that validates this. This is no excuse, it is math. I understand the anecdotes and the rhetoric, but it doesn't change the fact the odds of winning decrease with 10am games.
"Soft" and non contender west coast teams will, on average, have a reduced likelyhood of winning 10AM games.
"Tough" and champion caliber west coast teams will, on average, have a reduced likelyhood of winning 10AM games.
Should we win these games? Yes. Does our chances of winning these games go down by playing at 10am? Yes
I'm not being a crybaby, but face the facts, this is a disadvantage. One I hope we overcome. If something is proven to create an unfair advantage then it should be addressed. Perhaps a rule stating no west coast team can have more than 3 regular season 10AM starts. Perhaps a rule stating the visiting team playing a Thursday game has to stay in the same time zone, things of this nature. They created a de facto rule stating east teams didn't have to travel west more than twice or something, I guess that only applies to big market teams. And yes, I would feel exactly the same way if the Niners had 5 10am starts.
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Andrew W.K. thinks of himself as a tool — but not the bad kind. Friday night, he'll embark on another journey at the Chance Theater in Poughkeepsie. He'll go solo, opening up the possibilities for greater connections and enhanced spontaneity. Energy will be high.
Andrew WK thinks of himself as a tool — but not the bad kind.
"I'm just another way to get out that feeling of excitement, and I want to have different ways to get there," said the party rocker. "If I can help someone get there, I consider myself a steppingstone. It's an honor and a privilege to be able to do that, even for your closest friend."
Andrew W.K. isn't your ordinary rocker, really. Since releasing his iconic 2001 album, "I Get Wet," which provided a euphoric release for quite a few young listeners following Sept. 11, Andrew W.K. has stayed true to his mantra of partying. But it's not really breaking stuff and causing havoc, and it's much more than a fleeting withdrawal from self. To Andrew W.K., partying — living an energetic life filled with optimism and focus — is most definitely a lifestyle.
And moreover, Andrew W.K. has stayed connected with his fans, who live the same lifestyle and see the rocker as an embodiment, more than just a human jumping around in a white T-shirt and white jeans.
"The nature of this very music, and adventure I'm on, is we're in on this together," he said. "It's a sense of camaraderie and partnership that we're going into this world together. In that very heartfelt way."
So Andrew W.K.'s concerts are more than just handouts from artist to fan. They're experiences shared between like-minded people, and Friday night, he'll embark on another journey at the Chance Theater in Poughkeepsie. He'll go solo, opening up the possibilities for greater connections and enhanced spontaneity. Energy will be high.
"The vulnerability and challenge of it makes it very exciting," he said. "It's like you're hanging out in a room and singing songs with someone you like."
His songs — "Party Hard," "It's Time to Party," "Party til You Puke" — emphasize that loose and fun partying lifestyle. And with a renaissance of that lifestyle (thanks to party rock groups such as LMFAO), there has been a renaissance of sorts for Andrew W.K. "I Get Wet" celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a rerelease, the rocker went on tour to celebrate that anniversary, and late in the year, Andrew W.K. was named U.S. cultural ambassador to the Middle East, only to be quickly and surprisingly rescinded of that honor. Whatever the news, people are back with the party.
"Part of me thinks that it was just the ongoing support and growing passion that a lot of other folks have had, and what I've been fostering for the past 10 years," he said. "It's more up to other people believing in this feeling. This type of work really relies on the involvement of other people. It's something that we built together: this idea of fun and joy and believing in these feelings and believing in me. We should feel the success."