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Is it possible to schedule consecutive timelapse sessions with different pan/tilt settings and immediately one after another without interruption (using the Galileo)?
I noticed in the timelapse session settings, you can specify to start immediately, or X seconds after tap, or on a specified date and time. I tried to select a date and time, which triggers the countdown "after tap" but that's the problem. You have to "frame and start" the timelapse session and tap start for the schedule settings go into effect, and there's no way to save that scheduled session or back out of that session to set up another scheduled session.
If this isn't possible, please add this as a feature request.
Please expand on the session settings to allow saving a scheduled timelapse session or for a certain timelapse session to start X seconds or immediately after "project 1, 2 or 3, etc".
This would be extremely useful and time saving and would allow you to capture a timelapse session that pans horizontally, then capture another session right after that in the same spot with no pan/tilt settings, and then another session with only tilt settings but in a different direction, or something similar to this. It would really open up the possibilities of the Galileo and the app itself.

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Gabe witnesses the spiraling sadness of the Disney/Bruckheimer machine...
The Lone Ranger (Armie Hammer), the last of his kind, teams with Tonto (Johnny Depp), a dark and mysterious vigilante, to seek vengeance after justice has failed them. It's a runaway train of epic surprises, as these two unlikely heroes must learn to work together before the ultimate showdown between good and evil explodes. (From Disney's official synopsis)
Being a home video reviewer, I rarely get the chance to jump on a bandwagon until it has already found its way back into the station. When it was released, Gore Verbinski's The Lone Ranger was the favoured whipping boy among critics and audiences, but that time has passed, as has the time to complain about everything inherently wrong with the production. Was it stupid for Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer to throw something like a $250 million budget (plus $150 million in advertising) at an adaptation of a 1930s serial – especially following decades of similar flops, like The Phantom, The Rocketeer, The Shadow, and, of course, Disney's own John Carter? Yes. There was never any chance of enough audience interest to drive a profit on that level of spending. Was it insensitive, nay, offensive to hire Johnny Depp to play a famous Native American supporting character in 'red face'? Absolutely. Is 149 minutes too long for an adaptation of this type? Oh, my goodness, yes. But five months have passed and these discussions have already run their course, so I have nothing to add to that particular lexicon.
I ended up enjoying John Carter, which gave me something to talk about when I wrote about it months after the poisonous word of mouth had already dried up. Unfortunately, The Lone Ranger is just as spotty, bloated, and racist as I thought it'd be. The script was sloppily cobbled together by Terry Rossio and Ted Elliot, both obvious choices following their work on the Pirates of the Caribbean screenplays, along with Justin Haythe, who wrote Revolutionary Road. The key issues here are bloat – there's a ton of plot and a number of characters that could've very easily have been deleted – and random tonal shifts – Verbinski and the writers try to cram every genre designator into a simple cowboy adventure story. A similarly confusing tone had arguably worked for the first Pirates movie, but that movie had a semblance of balance. In this case, the story wanders off on obnoxious comedic tangents that have almost no effect on the basic narrative. The framing device, for instance, where a little boy discovers an elderly Tonto living in as a statue in a traveling side-show, at first seems cute, but turns toxic as the film continues cutting back at dramatically inappropriate moments. The occasionally gross comedy is also met with graphic, PG-13-stretching violence. As an adult that watches a lot of horror movies, the film's gruesome bits doesn't offend or disturb me, but it seems out of step with the source material and the family movie brand in general. Another issue is that this is yet another origin story/franchise set-up and, as such, it is littered with the hero's journey clichés. This adds to the already unbearable runtime, since almost an hour is wasted in turning lowly lawyer John Reid into the title character.
The good news is that Gore Verbinski is still a talented visualist and a great action director, so, despite everything, The Lone Ranger has its moments. Verbinski's images are typically lush and opulent, employing a palette that recalls the famous oil paintings and pop art that signify the Old West period. Disney and Bruckheimer likely hoped audiences would draw comparisons to the Pirates series, but Verbinski is coming off his best and most personal film, Rango, which also happens to be a post-revisionist western. Having gotten the themes out of his system with Rango, the director appears to have taken The Lone Ranger as nothing but an excuse to string together a series of spectacular action set-pieces. These elaborate and explosive high points are certainly spectacular, but the gunk between them bogs the film down. Viewers willing to deny the filmmaker's prerogative and employ the power of their remotes' chapter-skip buttons might have something to look forward to. In fact, the elongated Buster Keaton meets Jackie Chan double train sequence is, more or less, the only reason to watch the movie. Following more than two hours of dark and gloomy stuff accentuated by stupid slapstick gags, this light-hearted romp set to Gioachino Rossini's 'William Tell Overture' gives us a glance at what kind of movie might have been made, had fewer cogs been crammed into its engine. Verbinksi's visual references to classic westerns are unsurprising, following Rango's Sergio Leone catchall worship, but, at some point, The Lone Ranger turns into a theme park ride version of Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West, right down to character tropes, story themes, and even music. I suppose there are worse things in the world, and most of them don't have a cute visual nod to Jordorowrsky's El Topo, either.
The Lone Ranger was shot using both 35mm and Arri Alex HD digital cameras. This 1080p, 2.40:1 image is a sharp blending of the two formats. It's generally not easy to tell what scenes were shot using which format, because grain and details are mostly normalized between shots. There are a few wide shots that appear slightly fuzzy, indicating the slightly smaller resolution of 35mm, but the overall image is overwhelmed with front-to-back texture (I did very much enjoy the director's patented baroque elaborations). Verbinski and cinematographer Bojan Bazelli (who, surprisingly, did not shoot the Pirates movies) keep up a pretty consistent look throughout the film that includes a lot of dusty browns, muted acrylics, harsh contrasts and blown-out skies. Those occasional 'fuzzy' long shots aside, the edges are super crisp without any sharpening artefacts. The nighttime images tend to look more digital. The colours here are more aggressively smoothed-over and the highlights that keep the details from disappearing into the darkness tend to purposefully bloom. These scenes are tinted slightly green without sullying the deep blacks or the subtle, consistent reds. I noticed no major instances of blocking or edge enhancement, but a bit of compression noise flashes onto screen during the busiest action moments.
Verbinski's movies, even the cheaper ones, like Mouse Hunt, are aurally aggressive and this DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 soundtrack is no exception. The sound designers do a great job creating a dynamic soundscape that feels at once authentic and stylized. The mix is pretty eclectic as well and includes the use of soft, 'glowing' silence to offset the bombast of the driving action scenes. The LFE gets a steady rush whenever horses are trampling, trains are chugging, or dynamite is exploding. The stereo and surround channels get a healthy directional work-out via ricocheting bullets and rushing trains, all of which sounds fantastic and delightfully immersive. Composer Hans Zimmer scores points for this score simply because it doesn't sound exactly like the Pirates of the Caribbean scores. Unfortunately, he loses a few more points for recycling the tones and themes of his Sherlock Holmes mudic and ripping off Ennio Morricone's spaghetti western scores, specifically 'Man with a Harmonica.' The music is best when loudly supporting action or dialogue without overwhelming them.
The extras on this Blu-ray Combo Pack include:
- Armie's Western Road Trip (14:40, HD) – An Armie Hammer-hosted look at the film's many real-life western locations and their historic relevance. It includes footage of the cast and crew being welcomed by the various native tribes and dealing with the elements.
- Becoming a Cowboy (8:00, HD) – A glance at the actors' cowboy bootcamp, including interviews with the cast, crew, and cowboy trainers.
- Riding the Rail of the Lone Ranger (10:40, HD) – Concerning the historical backdrop of the transcontinental railroad and the process of physically building the rails for the film.
- A deleted scene, presented as an animatic (3:50, HD)
- A blooper reel (3:50, HD)
- Trailers for other Disney releases
There are good things hidden within the gnarled mess of stuff that is The Lone Ranger, but the scent of creative malaise permeates beyond any real critical dissection. I just don't think anyone cared about this particular movie, except for the people that stood to make money from it. The fact that any of it works is a testament to director Gore Verbinski's skills as an action director, but I hope he stops wasting his talents on empty blockbusters from here on out. The image quality of this Blu-ray is solid with only a few minor blips of compression noise, the DTS-HD MA soundtrack is bombastic, but the extras are weak, likely due to Disney's disinterest in playing up the film's rocky production period.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray and have been resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking the individual images, but due to .jpg compression, they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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I would respectfully disagree with parts of the review. Often times movies are criticized for not letting the characters develop or not letting the story breathe, i think this movie did this well. There are definitely some instances where dialogue could have been changed but i think the length was just fine and the actors picked were great.
I loved the 7.1 track in this movie. I have a 7.1 system and most movies mixed in 7.1 don't take advantage of the speakers this movie did and i loved it! The action was top notch and i loved Hans Zimmers redoing the original Lone Ranger theme. I thought it was a great feel good movie.
I loved the 7.1 track in this movie. I have a 7.1 system and most movies mixed in 7.1 don't take advantage of the speakers this movie did and i loved it! The action was top notch and i loved Hans Zimmers redoing the original Lone Ranger theme. I thought it was a great feel good movie.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 17th December 2013
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: No
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 English, DVS 2.0 English and DTS Digital Surround 5.1 Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Riding the Rails of The Lone Ranger, Armie's Western Road Trip, Becoming a Cowboy, Deleted Scene, Bloopers, Trailers, DVD Copy, Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Gore Verbinski
Cast: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner, Helena Bonham Carter
Genre: Action, Adventure and Western
Length: 149 minutes
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In Iraq, the US Army calls it "clear, hold, and build". On Slide to Play, we just call it "Galcon-esque". In the last few months we've seen Galcon's signature lite RTS gameplay replicated in games like Castle Warriors, Judgment Day War, and now Square Enix's mobile port Hills and Rivers Remain. With its evocative title and stirring story, Hills and Rivers Remain is an excellent addition to this budding new genre.
The gameplay of Hills and Rivers Remain requires capturing new territories, then building up more troops in these new areas so that you can expand and keep pressure on the enemy armies. In the first of many twists on the genre, though, you only build troops in one territory at a time, but the more territory you hold, the more troops you'll get. Because you choose where you want more troops to appear, you're constantly redefining where you want the front lines of the battlefield to be drawn.
In our day, we had to fight uphill in the snow both ways.
It takes a lot of time to see the elegance of this system in action, however, because Hills and Rivers Remain gets off to a very slow start. For the first few minutes of every round, your armies will move and develop at a snail's pace, and it isn't until midway through a 10 or 20 minute mission that you'll start to appreciate the game's subtle complexity. Forts that strengthen your attack and stables that help your armies move faster become the biggest prizes you can claim mid-mission, but randomly assigned powerups can make a difference as well.
It wouldn't be a Square Enix game without some kind of under-the-hood dice rolling, and a tearful, overwrought storyline. The first we're not so excited about'"it's irritating to lose control of a territory because of an invisible number generator that decided your guys would simply lose. But we did find ourselves enjoying the story, with its myriad twists and constant surprises. Alliances form and break, new villains are introduced, and in the end, well, only hills and rivers remain.
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Square Enix hasn't had the best track record on the iPhone so far, and the slow-paced and mostly derivative gameplay of Hills and Rivers Remain may turn off some players. However, having played quite a few of these "clear, hold, and build" style RTS games, we think the storyline and strategy elements do make this one stand out in a good way. It's a mixed bag, maybe, but if you were to roll the dice on Hills and Rivers Remain you'd likely come away with a win.


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There are plenty of privileged over achievers who compete. But the film tends to focus on students from humbler, or sometimes troubled, backgrounds; for example, star-football-player brothers, who grew up in a small California town and watched their father shoot and kill their mother and grandmother.
Whatever their background, all these students are motivated and driven by the joy of acting and a love of Shakespeare. And, that power of theatre to change lives for the better is exactly what Miller wanted to remind policy makers and educators of when she produced the film. The need for more funding in arts education had become a personal issue for her as she watched her own daughter enter second grade in the Los Angeles public school system. "I've always been concerned about education in our society, even before I became a mom," Miller says. "What's missed by policy makers is that theatre education is a way of increasing literacy, communication skills, and complex thought."
Miller didn't start out making documentary films, having spent years producing commercial feature films, including Panic with William H. Macy in 2000 and Perfect Opposites with Martin Henderson and Piper Perabo in 2004. She even produced one horror film, 1997's Campfire Tales. A few years ago, she decided to tackle more personal projects that might not make as much money, but would tell compelling stories of personal triumph.
Her first endeavor was They Came to Play, which was released in 2009, and is currently in distribution. Like Shakespeare High, it's about a competition. The film chronicles the pianists who take part in the Fifth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, hosted by the Van Cliburn Foundation. These musicians have faced heartache and loss, from divorce to drug addiction. have simply put their musical aspirations on hold to raise a family or have a stable career that doesn't require constant travel. Whatever their stories, they too have found solace and the power to persevere through the arts and music. "The theme is the joy that music brings to their lives and the healing power that it has for them," Miller says.
Music brought the same joy to Miller's own life. She grew up in a house where classical music was played all the time, and she herself played the flute and the piano in various chamber-music groups and orchestras. "I wanted to show this world in a more fun light," Miller said. "The classical musical world has this reputation of being stogy and boring. The people in the film are so funny."
In many ways, the project was inspired by her grandmother, Elsa Klahr, a German immigrant to the United States who survived the Holocaust and lived to be 103. Her grandmother took piano lessons until the family had to flee Germany in 1939, leaving their piano behind. When they arrived in Delaware, there was no time or money for piano lessons, Miller says. Her grandmother had to help out with the family business instead. It wasn't until she turned 70 years old that she took up playing the piano once again. "This was the greatest thing … that happened to her. She found music again," Miller adds.
Klahr even performed a piano concert at her retirement community on her 102nd birthday. And, she got to see They Came to Play at a screening for her retirement community before she died last year. "I think it's a wonderful story," Miller said. "I really felt like I was honoring my grandmother with that film."
Links to Lori Miller's films: theycametoplay.com and shakespearehigh.org
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'difficult teenager', the majority of adolescents do not have
significant or severe difficulties.
Emotional Problems
Sexual Problems
Parental shock
It can be surprisingly upsetting when your child has their first
serious relationship, or you find out that they have started to
have sex. For the first time in your life together, you are not the
most important person to them. The sense of shock will pass, but
you may need a while to adjust to the new state of affairs.
Behaviour problems
Refusal to go to school can be due to:
Those who go to school, but then play truant, are usually
unhappy at home and frustrated at school. They prefer to spend
their days with others who feel the same way.
Emotional problems will often affect school work - worrying
about yourself or about what is going on at home makes it difficult
to concentrate. Pressure to do well and to pass exams may come from
parents or teachers, but adolescents usually want to do well and
will push themselves. Excessive nagging can be counter-productive.
Exams are important, but they should not be allowed to dominate
life or to cause unhappiness.
Bullying can cause all of the above. Around 1 in 10 secondary
school children is bullied at some point; about 1 in 20 is bullied
every week. Short children are more likely to be bullied. If you
are worried that this is happening, talk to the school to make sure
that they enforce their bullying policy.
Trouble with the law
Most young people do not break the law, but those who do are
usually boys. When they do, it usually only happens once.
If a parent doesn't feel that breaking the law is particularly
important, it is more likely that their children will offend.
Unhappiness or distress can also lead to behaviour that will get
them into trouble with the police. It is always worth asking about
their feelings if an adolescent is repeatedly getting into
Eating problems
Weight can be a real problem. If an adolescent is overweight and
is criticised or made fun of, they are more likely to dislike
themselves and to become depressed. This can lead to inactivity and
comfort eating, which worsens the weight problem - dieting can
actually aggravate the situation. It is more important to ensure
that they feel happy with themselves, fat or thin.
Many adolescents diet. Fortunately, few will develop serious
eating disorders - only around 1 in 100 teenagers develop anorexia,
1 in 50 have bulimia. However, these are more likely to occur in
those who take up serious dieting, think very little of themselves,
are under stress and who has been over-weight as a child.
Drugs, solvents and alcohol
What if they ask about the drugs you used to use in your
younger days?
Honesty is generally the best
policy, although it is probably worth stressing the differences in
drugs available now. For example, much of the cannabis available
today is many times stronger than was available 20 years ago, and
we now know a lot more about its risks to both physical and mental
Mental illness
Much less often, changes in behaviour and mood can mark the
beginning of more serious psychiatric disorders. Although uncommon,
bipolar disorder (manic depression) and schizophrenia may emerge
for the first time during adolescence.
Extreme withdrawal may indicate schizophrenia, though there are
usually other explanations for such behaviour. Parents who are
concerned about these possibilities should ask to see their GP.
The good news for parents
Adolescence has had a bad press. However, recent studies have
shown that most teenagers actually like their parents and feel that
they get on well with them. It is a time when the process of
growing up can help people to make positive changes, and to put the
problems of the past behind them.
It is not just a difficult stage, although it can feel very much
like it at times. The anxiety experienced by parents is more than
matched by the periods of uncertainty, turmoil and unhappiness
experienced by the adolescent.
Difficult times come and go, but most adolescents don't develop
serious problems. It's worth remembering this when things are
Parents may sometimes start to feel that they have failed.
However, whatever may be said in the heat of the moment, they play
a crucial part in their children's lives. Helping your children
grow through adolescence can be profoundly satisfying.
Don't be jealous
The good times and opportunities that adolescent children have
may well make you feel very middle-aged. Their physical strength is
increasing at a time that yours may well be waning. Jealousy can be
the hidden fuel for all sorts of arguments and trouble.
Make your home a safe base
Adolescent children are exploring life, but need a base to come
back to. Home should be somewhere they feel safe to come back to,
where they will be protected, cared for and taken seriously.
Mutual support
Parents need to:
It's difficult for a teenager to respect parents who are always
at each other's throats or undermining each other. A common trap is
for one parent to ally themselves with their child against the
other parent. This usually leads to constant trouble.
Easy Listening
Adults need to be a source of advice, sympathy and comfort. A
teenager needs to know that his or her parents will not
automatically jump down their throat with a judgement, a criticism
or routine advice. Listening comes first
However fast they may be growing up, you are your children's
providers and it is reasonable that you should decide what the
ground rules are. Whilst adolescents may protest, sensible rules
can be the basis for security and agreement. They must be:
You can't (and shouldn't) have
rules for everything. While some issues will not be negotiable,
there should be room for bargaining on others.
Sanctions, such as grounding or loss of pocket money, will only
work if they are established in advance. Don't threaten these if
you are not willing to carry them out.
Rewards for behaving well are just as important - probably more
important, in fact.
Managing disagreements
Involve your children in making family rules - like all of us,
they are more likely to stick to rules if they can see some logic
to them and have helped to make them. If a teenager is reluctant to
discuss rules for him or herself, they may still do this if they
can see that it might be helpful for younger brothers or sisters.
If they don't want to get involved, they will just have to put up
with the rules you decide on.
Parents should pick their battles. A lot of things adolescents
do are irritating (as you probably irritate them), but not all are
worth an argument. It's usually better to spend time on praising
good decisions or behaviour. Most annoying habits will burn
themselves out once parents stop reacting to them.
Don't use corporal (physical) punishment
Although it is now viewed as unhelpful, many people still
occasionally smack younger children. If you do this with adolescent
Set the example
Although they are becoming more independent, your children will
still learn a lot about how to behave from you. If you don't want
them to swear, don't swear yourself. If you don't want them to get
drunk, don't get drunk yourself. If you don't want them to be
violent, don't use violence yourself. If you want them to be kind
and generous to other people ….. try to be like this yourself. "Do
as I say, not as I do" just won't work.
Don't worry if your children aren't as grateful as you would
like. It's great if they are, but they may not be until they have
children of their own and realise how demanding it can be.
Sometimes, all of this may not be enough and you (or your child)
may be unable to cope. Worries about the physical changes of
adolescence - are they too early, too late or ever going to happen
- or about relationships can be discussed with your GP.
If there is violence in your family - parents hitting one
another, children hitting each other, parents hitting children or
children hitting parents - ask for help.
When problems arise at school, obviously teachers may be a
useful source of information. The teacher may suggest that an
educational psychologist becomes involved. Psychologists can find
out if there are any particular problems with learning, but can
also offer counselling if relationships are the issue.
Adolescents who experience turmoil or distress for more than a
few months - persistent depression, anxiety, serious eating
disorders or difficult behaviour - generally require outside help.
Counselling agencies may be suitable if things have not gone too
far. They exist for young people and for parents and some contact
addresses are listed below.
However, specialist help may be needed from the Child and
Adolescent Mental Health Services (see our factsheet 'Who's who in
CAMHS). They mainly offer out-patient treatment and can be
contacted through your GP.
As they grow older, your children will want more privacy.
Adolescents may, quite naturally, wish to see the doctor on their
own. The law allows them to agree their own treatment from the age
of 16, or younger under certain circumstances.
Brook -
Provides a free and confidential sexual, health advice and
contraception by young people up to the age of 25. Helpline: 0808
802 1234.
ChildLine -
Provides a free and confidential service for children. Helpline
0800 1111.
Kidscape - Provides
advice, run training course and produce helpful booklets and
information about bullying.
Lives - Parentline offers help and
advice to parents bringing up children and teenagers: 0808 800
Talk to
Frank - Free confidential drugs information and
advice line. Tel: 0800 776600.
Minds - Free advice and support for parents
worried about their children's behaviour, emotional problems and
mental health. Parents Helpline: 0808 802 5544.
Teenager - Website which focuses on how to handle
teenage behaviour and build a positive parent/teem
Recommended reading
The Young Mind: an essential guide to mental health for young
adults, parents and teachers. Edited by Bailey, S. and Shooter,
M. (2009). ). This is an accessible, user-friendly handbook
produced by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Revised by the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Child and Family
Public Engagement Editorial Board (CAFPEB).
With grateful thanks to Professor Richard
Williams, Dr Professor Ann Le Couteur, Dr Virginia
Davies, Dr Vasu Balaguru, and Thomas Kennedy.
This resource reflects the best possible evidence at the time of
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Due for review March 2020
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 - In their search for middle ground on the subject of abortion, Democrats are encountering a mixture of resistance and retreat from abortion rights advocates in their own party.
Since its defeats in the November elections, nothing has put the fractured soul of the Democratic Party on display more vividly than abortion. Party leaders, including Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and the new chairman, Howard Dean, have repeatedly signaled an effort to recalibrate the party's thinking about new restrictions on abortion.
Adding to that, Congressional Democrats named a professed opponent of abortion rights, Harry Reid of Nevada, as the leader in the Senate. Some Democrats supported another abortion opponent, Timothy J. Roemer, for the party's chairmanship.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has actively recruited at least two abortion opponents to run for the Senate in 2006. And perhaps most symbolically, the party is seeking to enlist Robert P. Casey Jr., Pennsylvania's treasurer, to challenge Senator Rick Santorum, a stalwart foe of abortion rights.
Mr. Casey is the son of former Gov. Bob Casey, a hero to abortion opponents inside and outside the Democratic Party. After trying unsuccessfully to have the party's 1992 platform state that Democrats did not support "abortion on demand," Governor Casey denounced the party for refusing to let him speak at its convention in New York on behalf of other Democrats who shared his views.Continue reading the main story
In contrast, the younger Mr. Casey said that Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, chairman of the party's senatorial campaign committee, had encouraged him to run as an opponent of abortion rights. "He was very welcoming and very candid about the party's need to speak for a broad section of Americans," Mr. Casey said in an interview.
But Mr. Schumer's overture has roiled party loyalists who remain unyielding in their support for abortion rights, exposing a deepening rift in the party. Abortion rights groups that are major financial donors to Democratic campaigns say they may fight Mr. Casey in a primary with a candidate who shares their beliefs.
Karen White, political director of Emily's List, a group that raises money for female candidates who support abortion rights, said the group was "very excited" about possibly backing an abortion rights supporter, Barbara Hafer, a former Pennsylvania treasurer.
Emily's List and other groups have also sounded alarms about the direction the party leadership is taking over all. During the search for a national Democratic chairman, Ms. White posted a rallying cry on the group's Web site: "We fought like mad to beat back the Republicans. Little did we know that we would have just as much to fear from some within the Democratic Party who seem to be using choice as a scapegoat for our top-of-the-ticket losses."
Emily's List is circulating a study it commissioned by the pollster Mark Mellman stating that abortion "was not a factor in voters' decision-making" in the November elections.
Ann Stone, president of Republicans for Choice, an abortion rights group, said her organization's members had not been re-examining their positions, as their Democratic counterparts have. Ms. Stone added a cautionary note that cut across each party's support base.
"The Democrats have to be very careful about this because they could end up undercutting themselves with the donor base," Ms. Stone said. "The pro-choice donors in both parties tend to be the more wealthy."
Mr. Schumer, for his part, said abortion rights groups should worry about Republicans, not Democrats, if they want to preserve Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion. "What we find is that even the most pro-choice Republican senators just vote down the line for judges that are chomping at the bit to overturn Roe," he said.
Another large abortion rights group, Naral Pro-Choice, is reversing course, saying it will drop its opposition to the proposed Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act, a bill that would require doctors to offer anesthetic for the fetuses of women seeking abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Nancy Keenan, president of Naral Pro-Choice, said the organization was saving its ammunition to fight judicial nominees who might overturn Roe v. Wade. "We are standing strong in the next Supreme Court battle," Ms. Keenan said.
There are "bigger issues to fight," she added, "to draw attention to the broader issue of reproductive health." For example, in this week's edition of the conservative Weekly Standard, Naral placed an advertisement asking abortion rights groups to "please, help us prevent abortions" by increasing access to birth control.
But Carol Tobias, political director for the National Right to Life Foundation, dismissed the invitation as an effort "to get the pro-life movement into a debate over birth control," on which her organization takes no position. Ms. Tobias called the Democrats' talk "pulling the wool over the eyes of voters."
Still, Senator Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, a champion of abortion opponents and the sponsor of the fetal-pain bill, said he was watching the Democrats' steps with great interest. "Just the language that allows for the Democrats to open up and even encourage people to run for office as a pro-life candidate is an enormously positive development for me," Mr. Brownback said, adding that Naral's decision not to oppose his fetal-pain bill made him much more optimistic about its passage.
But abortion rights advocates warn of a bigger revolt within the party if its members start compromising on new abortion restrictions like parental notification laws or the fetal-pain bill. Karen Pearl, interim president of Planned Parenthood, said some of her allies were saying that "to the degree that the Democrats move away from choice, that could be the real birth of a third-party movement."
But Ms. Pearl added, "When the day is done, I don't believe they will backslide," in part because of the importance of abortion rights advocates to the party's base of activists and contributors.
In a New York Times poll last month, 36 percent of respondents said abortions should be generally available, 35 percent said the procedure should be available but under stricter limits, and 26 percent said abortions should not be permitted.
The financial balance sheet is much more one-sided. Single-issue abortion rights groups gave over $1.4 million in the 2004 elections to candidates for national office, more than twice as much as the total from groups opposed to abortion rights, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. In addition, Emily's List raised $34 million for female candidates who support abortion rights, according to the center. By comparison, the National Right to Life Committee, the largest donor opposed to abortion rights, raised about $1.7 million.
Senator Reid said that he welcomed the new "emphasis on recognizing the diversity of the party." He added, "We have had a lot of pro-life Democrats, but the pro-choice folk haven't reached out to them and haven't protected them."
He acknowledged some complaints from abortion rights groups about the party's shifting rhetoric. "They have to keep their folks geared up, just like people who work for more highways," Mr. Reid said. "That is what they do, just like the pro-life groups."
Correction: February 19, 2005, Saturday An article on Wednesday about the Democratic Party's search for a middle ground on abortion referred incorrectly to the position of Naral Pro-Choice, the abortion-rights group, on the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act, which would require doctors to offer anesthetic for the fetuses of women seeking abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The organization only recently took a stand, deciding not to oppose the legislation; it did not reverse course and drop its objections.Continue reading the main story


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Robyn Borges writes, "It is a plural noun (presidents). The apostrophe signifies possession. In theory, the day was created to honor multiple presidents. So, it is a day honoring more than one president. It is one of my many grammar pet peeves to see the plural possessive used incorrectly. And, I'm glad to see my dad, Dave Reily, still guessing the song lyrics correctly!"
Larry Lewis waded in, saying that pinning down an answer is akin to the judge in "Miracle On 34th Street" having to rule on whether Santa Claus exists. Larry explains that the federal government does not observe this holiday. In Washington D.C., it's still Washington's birthday.
"Certain states, cities and above all, retailers, invented the presidential version of Washington's birthday in the 1970s (long story). So, this is a 'holiday' literally having many birth mothers and no offi cial spelling. If pressed, I'd opt for Presidents' Day as the grammatically correct take.
"Now, if America's billboard and signage companies could only learn the difference between 'its' and 'it's,' I'd be a happy man."
Thanks, guys.
Next Wednesday from noon to 6 p.m. is the drop-off time for your 12-inch square works of art for Collaboration '10 at the Jamestown Gallery at 47 Conanicus Ave. All ages and talents are invited to become part of this community art installation reflecting the island's creative community. No matter what medium you like to work in, if you can fit it on 12 inches square and hang it on a wall, then come display it and support the Jamestown Arts Center.
Also, beginning March 3 and every Wednesday through April 7, the Jamestown Community Theatre will offer "A Smorgasbord of Acting" from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Jamestown Country Club.
The class is open to adults, teens and children ages 10 and up. For more information and/or to sign up, call Mary Wright at 423- 1586 or email her at ms.wright@ cox.net.
J.C. Pease's query about the drug store at East Ferry brought replies from across the country.
Joe Campo in Las Caruces, New Mexico, wrote, "The answer to J.C. Pease's question is Crowell's drug store, if my memory serves me correctly. They did a great ice cream float and a super banana split.
Former Jamestowner and now northern California resident Mary Frances (Czarnetzki) Doss said, "If he is talking about the early 50s, it would be Crowell's drug store. I worked there one summer with Barbara Drummond. Mr. and Mrs. Crowell were owner/operators. That would be 1952/1953."
(Walrus note: Sanford Crowell was my uncle and his wife, Hellen (cq), was my father's sister and my aunt. When "Uncle Sam" bought the business in the 1940s, he continued the establishment's name, Hunt's Drug Store. I worked there as a "soda jerk" one summer, I think 1948, with a beautiful island girl named Maxine von Schade.)
This week, Dorothy Strang and Lyla have devised some puzzlers about Jamestown's street names.
"We think they would be fun for families to do together. Lyla insists that people should try these puzzlers with only the knowledge they have gleaned from walking and driving through our fair town. I think, though, that it is just fine to consult a Jamestown street map. Important note: These are openended questions, which means that many Jamestowners will come up with answers we have not discovered. Therefore, expect no answers."
1. By-way designations
For a small town, Jamestown designates its roadways in a remarkable number of ways. Here's the list, in alphabetical order, that we put together from our observations: Avenue, Circle, Court, Drive, Lane, Road, Street, Terrace and Way. What have we missed?
Try re-ordering the list from the largest to the smallest kind of roadway.
Then, list as many examples as you can of Jamestown roadways for each designation.
Next week, we'll have some scrambled names.
B.J.'s poser drew these responses. Elizabeth Mancini wrote that the lyrics are to "Surfin' Bird" by the Trashmen but the Big Bop- per also sang these lyrics to "Bird is the Word." "Thanks for the fun of remembering lyrics long forgotten."
Larry Lewis emailed, "The bird lyrics can be found verbatim in two songs, by different acts. The Rivingtons first released 'The Bird is the Word' in 1963. The Trashmen then (ahem) borrowed the song, coupled it with a classic earlier Rivingtons' hit, titled, 'Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow,' and released this as 'Surfin' Bird,' also in 1963....classic garage rock."
John A. Murphy wrote, "That is a tune in the 'Molty' and the Barbarians genre, if anyone can identify Molty's unique musical talent, they deserve a prize. By the way, Molty played at a joint in Newport about 40 years ago."
Thanks, all!
How about, "Feed the babies who don't have enough to eat."
Larry Lewis, Marjorie Cottle and John A. Murphy wrote that Peter Pemantell's movie quote is from the great Harper Lee book and motion picture, "To Kill a Mockingbird." It's from a scene in which Scout talks about her father, the great lawyer, Atticus Finch, played in the film by Gregory Peck.
John added, "In the movie version of the book, the character 'Boo Radley' is played by a wonderful actor who had a well-known Jamestowner as his classmate." Who are they?
Don't forget tonight's foreign film series at the Jamestown Philomenian Library. The movie is "Le Violon Rouge" (Canada/Italy, 1998) and it begins at an earlier time tonight, 6:45.
*** A Snapple cap moment: The scientific term for sneezing is sternutation.
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Towering waterfall mural installed at UC Davis Medical Center
Five-day installation of 544-square-foot tile mural
Artist Yoshio Taylor describes his vision for the mural
Art curator Susan Willoughby discusses the collection
The crown jewel in UC Davis Medical Center's Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion has been installed, piece by hand-made piece, in the hospital's new main lobby.
Reaching three stories high, the 32-foot tile mural of a waterfall amid mythical fauna and medicinal plant life now greets hundreds of visitors to the hospital each day.
Created by Sacramento artist and art instructor Yoshio Taylor, the mural, entitled "Resurgence," represents one of the most significant pieces ever commissioned by the health system, and is the largest project ever for Taylor, whose most recent public art project was a 32-foot bronze clock tower for the Sacramento Arts Commission at Arden Way and Del Paso Boulevard.
The installation took a professional tile setter and his assistant five days, as each of the hand-carved, glazed and fired tiles was mounted on the wall. The waterfall project consumed 9,000 pounds of clay for the creation of 500 square tiles that weigh eight to 10 pounds apiece. Taylor spent 18 months on the project.
Throughout the installation, onlookers marveled at the scope and breadth of the artwork, and chatted with Taylor about his vision for the piece and the complex process of creating and executing the work.
In addition to Taylor's tile mural, the new 472,000-square-foot pavilion includes nearly 150 pieces of work by a wide spectrum of artists, most of them from the Sacramento region. Throughout the building's corridors and waiting rooms are paintings, photographs, prints and mixed-media pieces by more than 40 different artists, including Stan Padilla, Armando Cid, Donna Billick and Maija Peeples-Bright.
"Everything in the collection was produced in the territory served by UC Davis Medical Center," said collection curator Susan Willoughby. "And the diversity among our artists and their work reflects the diversity of the community we serve."
Taylor, an art instructor at Cosumnes River College, said he came up with the waterfall concept while thinking about the building as a sometimes-chaotic place for people in need of care and their loved ones.
"I wanted an image that would soothe the people, calm people down and at the same time project a positive image," he said. "In most cultures, water is a healing type of thing. And a waterfall is pretty dynamic and soothing."
Because he was creating the piece for a health-care setting, Taylor decided to incorporate depictions of herbs and medicinal plants such Echinacea and dandelion. The piece also includes hidden images of fish and other figures.
Taylor, who holds a master of fine arts degree from UC Berkeley, has held major exhibitions at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, the Dorothy Weiss Gallery at the San Francisco Crafts and Folk Art Museum, and The Society for Contemporary Crafts in Pittsburgh, Penn.
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The alpaca (Lama pacos) is somewhat similar in appearance to the guanaco and llama, but significantly smaller at around 55 to 65 kg, with body hairs up to 500 mm long. The alpaca was apparently domesticated in Peru thousands of years ago, having been selectively bred for its fine wool, which still has great commercial value. (Nowak 1991 and references therein)
The alpaca is one of four South American camelids (mammals in the camel family) recognized today, two of which are wild species, the guanaco (Lama guanicoe) and the vicuña (Vicugna vicugna), and two of which are domesticated forms, the alpaca (Lama pacos) and the llama (Lama glama). Wild vicuña and guanaco diverged from a shared ancestor two to three million years ago. (Wheeler 1995). At one time it was widely believed that both the alpaca and the llama were derived from guanacos. However, in light of new archaeozoological evidence from 6000 to 7000 years ago in the central Peruvian Andes linking alpaca origins to the vicuña, Kadwell et al. (2001) investigated the origins of these domesticated forms using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers. Their results supported the hypothesis that the alpaca is derived from the vicuña (and confirmed the hypothesis that the llama is derived from the guanaco), although this work also revealed genetic evidence of historical hybridization and gene flow (at least among domesticated forms). Chromosomal analyses have also indicated that the llama was derived from the guanaco and the alpaca from the vicuña (Marín et al. 2007). Given the well established divergence between the guanaco and vicuña, many authors suggest that the correct name for the alpaca is therefore Vicugna pacos (Kadwell et al. 2001; Marín et al. 2007).
Like the vicuña, the alpaca is strictly a grazer (the guanaco and llama both graze and browse) (Nowak 1991 and references therein).


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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. economists said their "capex tracker" of 15 indicators such as loan demand and capital-goods orders shows a speedup in nonresidential spending may already have begun. They see such investment climbing in 2014 by 7.5 percent, more than twice the forecast for 2013. Economist Joe Carson of AllianceBernstein LP predicts a broad-based surge with staying power.
Behind the optimism is a confluence of positives: Corporate America is lean and flush with cash, credit is easing, and aging durable goods from machinery to cars need to be replaced. A pickup in business spending would be welcome for an economy held back by cuts in government outlays, the January tax increase and the partial federal shutdown.
"We're on the cusp of some significant changes that have the potential to give a powerful lift to investment," said Carson, director of global economic research at New York-based AllianceBernstein, which has $445 billion under management. Compared with the performance since the recession ended in June 2009, there's a "much broader advance coming," he said.
Production and investment are starting to climb, based on announcements by companies from automaker General Motors Co. to aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. That in turn benefits suppliers including United Technologies Corp., the maker of Pratt & Whitney engines, and steelmaker Nucor Corp.
Stocks advanced as investors awaited data this week on jobs and economic growth. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 0.3 percent to 1,768.50 as of 10:35 a.m. in New York.
Global Contrast
Signs of the U.S. investment resurgence, driven by the automobile and housing rebounds and the move toward American energy independence, contrast with the rest of the world. Western Europe is sluggish, China is cooling and emerging markets in Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region are showing "capex fatigue," according to a July report from Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
S&P projects that North America, principally the U.S., will account for a decade-high 36 percent of global nonfinancial capital spending this year, up from a low of 24 percent in 2009.
Companies have catching up to do after a virtual "drought" in investment in this expansion, David Mericle of Goldman Sachs said in an Oct. 14 report from a team led by Chief Economist Jan Hatzius. The value of all equipment, structures and intellectual property per worker rose 0.1 percent a year on average from 2010 through 2012, down from about 1 percent in comparable periods following prior recessions since 1960.
Weak Beginning
"This low starting point is a positive for the investment growth outlook," Mericle said in the report. After a weak first half in 2013, business investment over the next year will climb by 10 percent on equipment, 8 percent on structures and 5.5 percent on intellectual property products, Mericle forecasts.
U.S. private investment, including housing and inventories, will rise at more than twice the pace of economic growth in 2014 and 2015, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey in early October.
Among the earliest to gear up are companies such as Hartford, Connecticut-based United Technologies, which is increasing spending for jet-engine production as it prepares for a ramp-up in aircraft manufacturing at customers such as Boeing, and demand for spare parts.
"There's a lot of capex coming in the fourth quarter of this year; you'll see even more next year," Chief Financial Officer Greg Hayes said of his company's plans during an Oct. 22 call with analysts.
United Technologies also is benefiting from a recovery in commercial and multifamily residential construction. In its Otis elevators unit, "bookings look very strong," Hayes said.
Automakers Expand
The outlook for business spending is getting a boost from carmakers, which are projected by Autodata Corp. to record the most U.S. deliveries this year since 2007. Suppliers, already operating at about 80 percent of capacity, will have to start expanding to keep up with sales, said Dave Andrea, senior vice president of industry analysis and economics at the Original Equipment Suppliers Association, a trade group based in Troy, Michigan.
GM plans to invest about $16 billion on U.S. factories and facilities through 2016, the Detroit-based automaker said in May. Ford Motor Co. will boost annual investment to about $7.5 billion by mid-decade, from a prior forecast of $6 billion, Chief Financial Officer Robert Shanks told investors at a conference in August. The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker sees "improved near-term cash flows" and additional investment opportunities beyond 2015, he said.
Ford's Opportunities
"We're going to be taking our capital spending to higher levels because we believe that we've got a lot of momentum and some really, really great growth opportunities," Shanks said in the presentation.
Energy-related exploration and infrastructure investment will feed off the oil-production boom in North Dakota and Texas and the rise of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.
Diamondback Energy Inc. plans to drill 65 to 75 horizontal wells in 2014 at an average cost of $6.9 million to $7.4 million each as it doubles production. Its capital spending will jump to $425 million to $475 million, up about 48 percent from this year's projected level, the Midland, Texas-based company said Oct. 23.
Energy and automotive demand is rippling through to industries including steelmaking, driving earnings at companies such as Nucor. U.S. steel plants were running at an average 78 percent of capacity in the third quarter, up from 75 percent a year earlier, American Iron and Steel Institute data showed. Increased capacity utilization can be a prelude to fresh investment.
Wal-Mart Openings
Other industries also are participating in the improvement. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said Oct. 15 that it will boost capital spending in the U.S. for fiscal year 2014 while trimming it for overseas markets. The company will accelerate U.S. small-format store openings and e-commerce fulfillment centers, it said in an Oct. 15 release.
Driving the expansion are strengthening corporate finances, resilient U.S. demand, stabilizing overseas markets and easing credit. All are helping to "clear the decks" for a resurgence in capital spending, said John Canally, an investment strategist at Boston-based LPL Financial Corp.
Nonfinancial companies had $1.8 trillion in liquid assets including cash at the end of the second quarter, close to a record high, Federal Reserve figures show.
Corporate finance chiefs forecast capital spending will rise 4.8 percent over the next year, according to a September survey of 530 U.S. firms conducted by Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and CFO Magazine. That's up from the 3.7 percent growth pace they expected a year earlier.
Investment Hurdles
The projected ramp-up in investment won't happen overnight, nor is it without hurdles, economists including Carson and Canally caution. They point to regulatory and tax changes, the new healthcare law, and fiscal constraints such as the federal budget cuts known as sequestration. Borrowing conditions will be less easy once the Fed begins to withdraw stimulus.
The investment rebound won't necessarily bring more jobs, as companies seeking to limit costs may choose to spend on cutting-edge equipment and software instead of adding workers.
Some companies are hesitant to commit to big investments after they came close to "losing it all" in the recession, said Bill Diehl, chief executive officer of BBK Ltd., which helps clients such as GM and Oshkosh Corp. to improve efficiency at suppliers.
Gradual Increase
Even so, "you're starting to see the ordering," said Diehl, whose Southfield, Michigan-based advisory firm consults with manufacturers of everything from die-cast parts and electronics to parts for heavy equipment and automobiles. "You're not going to see the switch change and all of the sudden you go from nothing to a lot. You're just going to see that gradually rise."
Companies are raising spending to replace old equipment and meet current demand, while holding off on investment for future growth, Diehl said. That may still happen "as we get further away from '09 and the stability of the economy gets better," he said.
Even though the U.S. emerged from the recession more than four years ago, leading indicators such as purchasing-manager surveys are only now showing a turn in capital spending that's more typical of the early stages of a rebound, indicating business investment is set to gather steam, said AllianceBernstein's Carson.
Extending Expansion
The resulting boost to growth may help extend the economic cycle "well beyond" the average length of past ones, he said. American manufacturing is now more competitive than it has been in decades, backed by relentless cost control, constant innovation and the adoption of new technologies, which may encourage companies to invest in expansion, he said.
LPL's Canally said capital spending may become "the best performing part of the economy," given that it outpaced gains in consumer purchases and residential investment in the second half of every expansion since 1960. "We're likely to see the same kind of pattern," he said.
"The conditions are in place, it's just a matter of getting that spark," said Canally, who helps manage about $414 billion. "Then you'll see a move from fear to greed."
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Lasers are superior for marking medical tools and devices because the marks they make are flat, which is crucial: Any crevice, no matter how small, can provide a home for germs to congregate and reproduce.
So an impending new rule expected from Washington may help companies that sell laser marking systems to medical device manufacturers fatten up their bottom line.
In 2012 the Food and Drug Administration proposed the new rule requiring the more than 5000 domestic medical device manufacturers and their foreign counterparts to add a unique device identification—a numeric or alphanumeric identifier—to some of the 1700 different types of devices used in the US. Examples of devices that would have to bear a UDI are implants and multi-use surgical instruments.
A final rule isn't expected until June. But if implemented, the rule could mean much more business for medical device makers, even if it means $132–$176 million a year in extra costs for the domestic and foreign medical device industry.
The rule is designed to help improve device safety and the reporting of device-related adverse events.
"It will improve how tools and devices are used and help define the life cycle of a device," said Alex Boffi, key account manager for Technifor, a GravoTech Inc. company (Duluth, GA). His company offers a wide range of laser and other solutions for medical application UDI marking compliance. "At the end of the day, it comes down to safety."
But even as the FDA creates additional costs for medical device manufacturers, insurance companies and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—who pay for their products, which are often cut with lasers—are forcing them to do more with less.
"Produce more in less time for a lower cost per part" is what customers want from lasers and laser systems from Trumpf Inc. (Farmington, CT), said Sascha Weiler, micro-processing product manager.
Geoff Shannon, laser technology manager at Miyachi Unitek Corporation (Los Angeles), agrees. He's noticed a big cost-reduction drive among manufacturers who now operate smarter and leaner, compared with 10–15 years ago when money was no object.
Part of operating smarter may mean making more powerful lasers. "We are always working on increasing the laser's power," said Weiler, "but still maintaining high efficiency. The tricky part is how to use this power, and merge it with the capabilities of motion control."
That's where Aerotech Inc. (Pittsburgh) comes in. Aerotech manufactures extremely precise motion control systems for laser processing and micromachining.
"Capabilities 10 years ago were normally limited to micron-level resolutions and accuracies," said Scott Schmidt, laser processing and micromachining group manager. "Today we already offer standard products that function in the nanometer range, and we fully expect that 10 years from now many standard systems will be capable of picometer resolutions and accuracies."
G.T. Schmidt Marking Systems (Niles, IL) has several marking product lines, but since the turn of the century lasers have taken over.
"We do see lasers as truly the future for GTS," said Dave Noonan, product manager. Growth in Schmidt's laser marking sales grew by about 50% in 2011 and 40% in 2012.
Not only are lasers the future for Schmidt, the company will likely expand into systems for cutting and ablating as well as for marking, Noonan said.
Schmidt's laser systems include the scanning head, software and programmable controller in addition to the laser itself. Medical device makers use the system to add their corporate identifying names and logos, as well as serial numbers and 2D matrices to artificial joints, pacemakers and their nerve-stimulating cousins, catheters, tubing, and surgical tools.
"About anything steel or plastic that needs to be marked, our lasers are marking," said Noonan, whose customer base is mainly in the United States and Canada, with a few clients in South America, Europe, China and India. "Most of our customers are opting for the fiber laser these days due to its price and durability. The sources are rock solid and the design is well proven.
"I think durability speaks for itself by simply looking at the expected life of the lasers," Noonan said. "The fiber laser sources are projected to have a 100,000-hour life cycle while the diode laser sources are rated for 30,000 hours."
Fiber lasers are also becoming more powerful, up to 70 W, and are more environmentally friendly because they're air-cooled vs. water-cooled like CO2 or YAG lasers. But they also have another distinctive advantage.
"The nice thing about a fiber laser is that it's compact," said Bob Henry, product manager for Epilog Laser, (Golden, CO).
It's not uncommon for visitors at medical device trade shows to approach Epilog's booth and hand over a bag of jangling metal parts to mark, said Henry.
"We love the challenge when people bring us materials," said Henry. "We haven't seen a metal yet that we can't get a good mark on.
"The trick is to get a nice, thick oxide layer that can stand up to passivation [a cleaning process] and autoclaving," said Henry.
Epilog's latest products include the Fusion FiberMark Laser System. The FiberMark's work area, at 640 in.2 (4129 cm2), is more than double that of its predecessor, which has a 288-in.2 (1858-cm2) work area. It also features bigger motors, an enhanced motion control system, a central processing unit on the laser motors, an all-new bearing assembly and steel-reinforced belts, and bidirectional communication between the computer and laser. The two-way communications, along with the operator's ability to pause the system's operations, make it handy for prototyping.
Another handy feature for job shops is the Epilog systems' time estimator, which is activated after an image is uploaded to its programmable logic controller.
Epilog's open-source software, along with off-the-shelf writing or graphics software, such as Microsoft Word, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW or BarTender, control the system.
"With our approach, you can use so many different approaches for printing," said Henry.
Device manufacturers intent on cutting production costs not only want options, they want the process to be fast as well.
Technifor's TC 500 35-W CO2 laser is fast enough to keep up with production of plastic-molded parts, said Boffi. Just out this year, the TC 500 is galvonometric-steered vs. gantry-based, easy to integrate, cost-competitive and extremely powerful. As a result, it offers a low cycle time and increases throughput.
"We anticipate it's going to be popular in the food and beverage industry, automotive, and for medical devices," said key account manager Boffi.
Also innovating to increase speed is Miyachi Unitek.
"To make the commonly required dark, or so-called annealed mark, on stainless steel faster is a challenge, as it's very easy to overheat the part," said Shannon. "However, using the correct laser technology, this is possible, resulting in significant throughput gains."
Shannon said his firm's new LMF 3500-HP laser marker cuts this type of marking time by up to half, compared with its previous technology.
Faster marking is not the only innovation Miyachi Unitek has to offer. The company's as-yet unnamed tooling option for its Sigma Tube Cutter can cut features in small-diameter nitinol tubing for neurovascular applications. Not only will the new technology cut tubing as small as 254 µm in diameter, it will immerse the part in an ultrasound bath that eliminates the need for electro-polish finishing.
"If you can provide a cutting process that produces minimal need for postprocessing you can shave time off the manufacturing process and save money," said Shannon. "We think we've come up with a nice, elegant solution."
For this particular application the Miyachi Unitek technology—with an estimated cost of $20,000–$25,000—can be used with a system that includes a $40,000 fiber laser to make acceptable cuts. Previously the process required a $250,000 ultra-fast laser, Shannon said.
Joining Miyachi Unitek with new technology is Trumpf, with the second generation of its TruMicro Series, which was first offered in 2008. The TruMicro Series 5000 uses a hybrid design for laser-cutting metals and polymers. A fiber laser is amplified by a disk laser and uses six pico-second pulses for cutting polymer stents and other materials that are sensitive and react to heat affect.
Also offering revamped technology—and making it price competitive in the medical device market—is Prima Power Laserdyne LLC (Champlin, MN). Prima started selling its Laserdyne 430 just this year, but it's based on laser system designs initially created 20 years ago and used since then primarily in the aerospace industry.
Prima reduced the Laserdyne 430's price by modifying its design: For example, the work area has been reduced to a cube that measures 23 × 16 × 20" (584 × 406 × 508 mm), a work envelope compatible with the size of medical device components to be laser processed. The cost of the control system has decreased as, for example, industrial computers have become less expensive, explains Terry VanderWert, company president.
Also multi-generational is the system's BeamDirector, a rotary and tilt axes laser beam positioning device that gives the 430 full 3D cutting capability.
"It's the cleanest head on the market today, without external cables and hoses that can interfere with parts being laser processed," said VanderWert, who sees great potential for using the Laserdyne 430 to make orthopedic implants and process-formed and tube-based medical instruments.
He also points out that his new technology can be used for laser drilling and welding as well as cutting, and promises quick company responses to users' changing needs for the 430's operating program as the marketplace evolves.
Essential to many cutting jobs is motion control that controls chattering, and that's exactly what Aerotech focuses on with its VascuLathe Stent Manufacturing System and its Toric Lens Generator.
"Potential users of the VascuLathe get the benefits of better quality stents, produced more quickly, with easier and quicker system start-up," said Scott Schmidt, laser processing and micromachining group manager. He promises a two- to five-fold increase in vascular and neural stent throughput with VascuLathe.
That's because Aerotech, Schmidt explains, integrates VascuLathe's linear-rotary system with material handling and wet-cutting capability.
"Aerotech's direct-drive and advanced control architecture also means better quality output," Schmidt said.
The Toric Lens Generator is designed specifically to create toric lens profiles (that correct for astigmatism as well as near and farsightedness) to manufacture contact lenses and intra-ocular (implantable) lenses.
"By limiting the application scope of the product, the TLG provides a smaller, less costly solution than competitive products," Schmidt said. ME
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How does spatial reasoning work? Does it vary across cultures? Researchers at the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC) have used their CogSketch simulation of spatial reasoning to investigate these questions. Prior work by Dehaene and Spelke used a visual Oddity task, where participants identify which image of six is "odd" or "different", to compare spatial reasoning in Americans and Mundurukú (a South American indigenous group). Andrew Lovett, Kate Lockwood, and Ken Forbus used CogSketch to simulate their findings. CogSketch was given as input the same Power Point files used to generate displays for human subjects. CogSketch automatically computes a variety of qualitative spatial relationships, such as whether lines are parallel or intersect. Analogical processing, based on SILC researcher Dedre Gentner's structure-mapping theory, is used to compare images and compute generalizations from them, to find the "odd" one. CogSketch was able to solve most of the problems that human participants solved, and problems that were hard for people were also hard for the simulation. Moreover, the differences between Americans and Mundurukú were further explored by selectively ablating capabilities of the simulation, to make its performance correlate more strongly with one group or the other. The ablation study suggests that Mundurukú have more difficulty focusing on groups of shapes, and that they focus more on the individual edges of shapes -- possibly because Americans, unlike the Mundaruku, have names for shapes such as triangle and rectangle, which could invite a focus on the whole object. In addition to improving our understanding spatial reasoning in people, such simulation studies help provide the science base for creating educational software that can understand student sketches.
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The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office is investigating shots being fired at a Bluffton apartment complex early this morning.
Just after 5 a.m. Tuesday, Sheriff's deputies responded to the Preserve at Woodbridge in reference to reports that shots were fired in the area. Upon arrival, deputies made contact with several residents who reported hearing multiple gunshots being fired within close proximity to the apartments.
One witness said he was sitting on his porch in the G building when he heard several shots being fired nearby. He then saw an unknown person run behind the G building, through the parking lot, and disappear behind the H building.
The person was described as a white male wearing a white hooded sweatshirt with a grey design on it, and blue jeans.
Two apartments in the F building sustained minor damages as a result of the gunfire. No injuries were reported.
The Sheriff's Office asks anyone with information to contact the Beaufort County Dispatch Center at 843-524-2777.


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Green Car Deals: December 2012
Shoppers looking for a fuel efficient new car will find a great deal this month. Many automakers are looking to meet sales goals, leading them to offer strong deals. That even applies to models that aren't usually discounted, like hybrids, diesels, and other "green" cars. We've listed some of the best green car deals available this month on some of our favorite gas-sipping new cars.
Chevrolet Cruze ECO
While it doesn't boast hybrid technology, the Chevrolet Cruze ECO returns more than 40 miles per gallon on the highway. In December, it's a great deal for shoppers. Buyers interested in financing the sedan can get 1.9 percent interest for up to 48 months on 2013 models, or zero percent for 60 months on leftover 2012s. For shoppers who would rather buy outright, Chevrolet is offering $1,000 cash back on the 2012 Cruze and $500 back on the 2013 model. All are good deals considering the Cruze ECO will also provide considerable savings at the pump.
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Chevrolet Volt
The best December deal on the Chevrolet Volt hatchback is a lease offer. The automaker says qualified shoppers willing to put down $2,749 can get a 2013 Volt for just $299 per month. The only caveat is that the lease deal lasts 36 months and mileage is limited to just 36,000 miles. That means most drivers will have to watch their mileage. But for those who don't drive much, the Volt's offer is attractive - especially since the car will save drivers even more money in fuel costs.
Honda Civic Hybrid
Honda rarely offers incentives on its Insight hatchback, but there are several deals available on the miserly Civic Hybrid. The best offers are lease deals: one 35-month deal starts at $199 per month, while another starts at $270. The difference is the down payment, which ranges from $2,799 down to get the lower rate to nothing down for the higher payment. Honda is also offering interest rates as low as 0.9 percent for up to 60 months on the Civic Hybrid for drivers who would prefer to finance the sedan.
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Hyundai Sonata Hybrid
While Hyundai isn't offering a deal on the 2013 Sonata Hybrid, it's touting several incentives on leftover 2012 models. Lease shoppers get a good deal, as Hyundai is offering payments from just $309 per month with nothing due at signing. But buyers looking to finance the sedan get the best deal, with especially attractive interest rates. Qualified buyers can get a Sonata Hybrid with zero percent interest for up to 60 months, or 0.9 percent interest for 72 months. Best of all, finance buyers can also get up to $1,500 cash back in addition to the low rate, making the Sonata Hybrid highly attractive.
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Toyota Camry Hybrid
Some of the best green car deals in December are on Toyota's midsize Camry Hybrid For the first time since the Camry Hybrid's debut earlier this year, Toyota is offering several incentives on the fuel-saving sedan. The first applies to lease shoppers, who can lease a 2012 Camry Hybrid for 36 months at just $229 per month after $1,999 at lease signing. Shoppers looking to finance a 2012 Camry Hybrid can also get a great deal this month. The automaker says qualified buyers can get the sedan with zero percent interest for up to 36 months, or 0.9 percent interest for up to 60 months.
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What it means to you: Many fuel efficient cars are available in December with better deals than ever before.


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Man May Have Used Javelin to Rob Lolo Coffee Shop, Missoula and Ravalli Sheriff's Departments Investigating
The Missoula County Sheriff's Department is looking for anyone who might know about a burglary that occurred on May 1, in Lolo.
The incident occurred early Wednesday morning at the Florence Coffee Shop near Highway 93 South and Lewis and Clark Drive.
"A witness observed somebody breaking into the building and it appeared like it was a single male operating by himself," said, Missoula County Sheriff's Deputy Paige Pavalone. "He used what was described as 'a javelin of some type' to break into the building. He rummaged around, vandalized the security camera and also took off with the safe."
The suspect fled northward, toward Ann's Lane. The suspect escaped on foot, but is thought to have entered a car, however there is no vehicle description available. Because of the early morning darkness, much of the suspects description is difficult to come by.
"It was an adult male," Pavalone said. "We don't know the race of that person. He was about 6 foot tall and he was wearing a white hooded sweatshirt and jeans and gloves."
Deputy Pavalone also said that the Florence Coffee robbery may be connected to multiple robberies that have occurred in Ravalli county, and that the Ravalli county Sheriff's department was also investigating.


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There are over 10,000 portraits in this London gallery's primary collection, many of which are on display across several floors from Henry VII and Florence Nightingale to The Beatles and the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.
Entry to the Portrait Gallery in London is free to the general public but The London Pass grants you access to the current exhibition at no extra cost. When an exhibition is not showing, London Pass holders will receive a fully illustrated Visitor's Guide worth £5.00
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