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Introduction to the Spears and Munsil HD Benchmark Setup and Test Disc – Version 2
Readers of Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity are likely familiar with the names Stacey Spears and Don Munsil. They authored the Secrets DVD Benchmark and brought to light issues like Chroma Upsampling Errors, as well as our recent HDMI Benchmark for Blu-ray players. They also authored the Spears and Munsil HD Benchmark Blu-ray, which was included with the Oppo Blu-ray players and so many people have a copy. Now they have gone back and released the 2nd Edition of the HD Benchmark, with far more tests and features. They sent along a finished disc so I could do an overview of it and how you can utilize the new features.
Be sure to check out the video interview with Stacey and Don, hosted by Scott Wilkinson on TWiT TV.
For The Beginner
If you're new to the idea of calibration, or of optimizing a display, what does the Spears and Munsil disc offer you? The first two sections of the disc, Video Calibration and Audio Calibration, are designed to help you get the most out of your system with almost nothing extra required. By following the on-screen guides, or using the articles they have published on their website here, you can go through and properly set the Brightness, Contrast, Color, Tint, and Sharpness controls. Many of these patterns have 3D versions included, so you can calibrate a display for both 2D and 3D viewing.
Some of these use the included blue filter, though many displays have a Blue-only mode that makes them even easier to do. There is also a Color Space tool that helps you select the proper color space from a Blu-ray player, which people typically don't know.
Once these are set, there is a section called Equal Energy Gamma that helps you to correctly set the gamma of your display for midtones. Gamma is an area where people often disagree about what is correct, but a decent rule of thumb could be considered 2.2 for a normal room, and 2.2-2.4 for a darker, dedicated home theater room. If your display has a gamma control, the only way to get it perfect is using more advanced hardware, but this test pattern will let you choose the preset that gets the mid-tones closest to your gamma target.
This version of Spears and Munsil also includes audio test tones. I know most people have receivers now that have some sort of automated setup, but those should always be double-checked because the reliability of them isn't always great. I've also found that Audyssey gets confused if a speaker is in phase or out of phase, and test tones to verify that are included as well. Ideally you will have an SPL meter to do this section correctly, but there are SPL tools available now for smartphones that likely are as reliable as the small measurement microphones that Audyssey and others include with their systems. You can also verify if there is any audio delay in your system, and adjust it easily in your processor or receiver to eliminate that common issue.
Once you've gone through all of these screens, which might take you 60-90 minutes, your system will likely be better configured than it was before, and you can get more performance and enjoyment out of it than before.
For The Expert
If you are familiar with these controls on your display, or you already have the first Spears & Munsil disc, there are still many more features included on this disc that are very useful. First on that list for me are the new Equal Energy windows for doing measurements for calibration. Typical measurements for calibration are done using windows or fields of the specific color you are looking to measure. For most display types, this works fine, but for plasmas in particular, they are not ideals.
All plasma displays have an automatic brightness limiter (ABL from here on) that regulates the amount of light output from the screen. With small windows, even a 100% white pattern may not cause it to kick in, but with full fields, it will certainly kick in. Because all displays work differently, and the ABL is different on all of them, you can calibrate using windows but get a different result because of how the ABL works.
One solution to this is to use equal energy patterns, where the light output is the same no matter which pattern is up. Most films have an average picture level of around 30-40% for brightness, so a 100% white field almost never comes into play. Using patterns that more closely mimic that level of output can help to more accurately reflect how the ABL works, and give you better real-world performance, even if test charts look identical to windows. Spears & Munsil has a new set of equal energy patterns that can be used for this, and have been designed to be more accurate than any others out there. Not everyone finds that equal energy patterns produce a better result, but for those with a plasma, it is a good approach to try and see how they work compared to windows.
Another important setting to check is the video-processing mode on your Blu-ray player and display. On Blu-ray movies, we now get the film in 24p format instead of 60i, so 3:2 pull-down isn't as essential as it once was. However, we still get a lot of 60i content for concerts and some TV shows, and movies on TV are 60i so 3:2 pull-down on your display need to work correctly to get the full resolution there. Using the 2:2 and 3:2 test patterns, you can determine if your devices should remain in the Auto mode that most ship in, or if you should choose one of the other modes that they offer to get better performance. In testing these devices, we've often found the default mode to be incorrect, but most people that buy them never know this, and endure worse performance because of it.
For The Reviewer
As a reviewer, I want different things that most users do. Most test discs are only structured for the end user, and getting some of those initial settings correct, and not for the reviewer or someone trying to seriously evaluate a product. Thankfully Spears & Munsil come from a background of evaluating a product to determine its performance, not just to get it setup correctly, and there are a ton of features in there to help me in my job, and help you find out what all a product can do.
One request I made to Stacey Spears was to include this uniformity test pattern, which is found in EBU Tech 3325. Using 13 squares located all around the screen, I can determine if the light output of a display or projector is uniform everywhere, or if it's too concentrated in the center. Usually people just measure the center of the screen, but in projectors, the cheaper the lens the less uniform the light output will be across the screen. Expensive lenses take expensive glass and most people don't realize the cost of getting a better lens on a projector, but this helps to measure this and show it to the reader.
Similarly, with 3D reviews we have been forced to rely on describing material that we have seen and hoping those artifacts that we see are caused by the display and not from the material itself. Now we can use these 3D test patterns to determine the amount of crosstalk in a 3D display and be certain it is from the display and not the source, and more easily use this number to compare different devices. We still watch 3D content, of course, but this is bringing an objective measurement to our subjective opinions.
One under-measured feature of displays is how well they handle motion. LCD and Plasma displays might both be 1080p, but that is with a still image. Start to have objects that move and LCDs will quickly start to smear details, while plasmas will remain sharper. With OLED and other technologies coming out, this will become more important for people to test to see the distinction in those.
I can also use these tests to evaluate the motion interpolation that many sets offer. Often you'll start to see sharper details when it's enabled, but also see artifacts that appear at the same time. Being able to partially quantify the benefit they offer but also see the drawbacks helps us to communicate how these perform to our readers. These patterns let us begin to assign numbers to a topic like motion, and let you easily see the difference with different settings enabled.
There are also a number of useful color ramps in Spears & Munsil that don't really let you calibrate off them or fix anything, but show the errors in the color handing of your display. For example, I can find that my display does blue perfectly, but red and green have slight bits of banding introduced into them. It isn't possible to correct this, at least without expensive outside video processors possibly, but it lets me better evaluate a display and decide how well it works, and if I should recommend it to readers or not.
Another problematic area for me as a review is evaluating scaling on a display device or Blu-ray player. I can go back to DVD transfers that I thought were incredible back then, like The Incredibles, but then I enter a realm of being purely subjective, and possibly not always looking at the exact same frame as before. On Spears & Munsil there is now a scaling test image, available at 480, 720, and 1080 resolutions, which has definite criteria to meet. Certain parts of the image should scale a certain way, and other objects in the image are designed to cause ringing, moiré, and other artifacts in poorly designed scalers. It still is a bit subjective, without a number we can assign to it, but it does have certain features that let us assign a passing or failing grade to a device we are testing.
Spears & Munsil HD Benchmark, Version 2 is the most complete setup and evaluation disc out there today that I have seen. There are many discs that can help you setup your display or audio system, but no others that allow you to so thoroughly analyze all aspects of its performance. For the beginner or expert, or the reviewer that wants to know all the limitations of a product, Spears & Munsil is a disc that deserves a place on your shelf. I have used the original now since it was originally released for every single Blu-ray player and display that I've tested, and I plan to use the new version even more. The new disc is $30 and available now directly from OPPO, and is highly recommended for anyone who is interested in getting the highest performance from their system.


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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police say an Austin cab driver has been arrested for forcing a teenage passenger to perform a sex act when she told the driver she was unable to pay the fare.
An arrest warrant indicates 51-year-old Nelson Egwu of Pflugerville (FLOO'-gur-vihl) covered a camera in his cab during the Jan. 19 incident. The Austin American-Statesman reports (http://bit.ly/1fEcNQI ) he's charged with sexual performance of a child.
The 17-year-old teen told police she had called the cab to take her to a friend's house but later realized she didn't have enough money for the fare. Egwu then allegedly drove to a parking lot where the assault occurred.
Egwu remained in the Williamson County jail Tuesday on a $60,000 bond. Online jail records did not indicate an attorney for him.
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Jon Lester said he's not proud of what happened. Josh Beckett called it a "lapse in judgment." Clay Buchholz said he'll learn from "bad decisions." David Ortiz says it won't happen again. We will merely point out that a Major League Baseball team drank beer, and it's been a story for four-and-a-half months.
The Globe's authoritative shit-shoveling upon the 2011 Red Sox has defined a Boston offseason that in other, quieter times would be notable for things that actually matter. Say, a championship-building GM leaving in a cloud of acrimony, or an owner admitting, then backtracking from, the fact that he didn't really support that huge free agent signing. These are important things that might affect a team! Let's ignore them, because beer and fried chicken.
At the behest of new manager Bobby Valentine (whose mug appeared on his own endorsed line of Japanese beer), alcohol is now officially banned from the Red Sox clubhouse.
"It's just what I've always done," Valentine said, pretending this move has nothing to do with all the goddamn questions you people keep asking him about beer. Eighteen other MLB teams also ban booze in the clubhouse, and eighteen other teams don't make a stink when players somehow finagle a can of beer after a long game, or on an off-day, and there's no reason to think the Red Sox won't join these hallowed ranks.
Former Boston skipper Terry Francona calls it "a PR move," and to that we say "duh." "I think if a guy wants a beer, he can probably get one," Francona said, because ballplayers are not children and Terry Francona isn't a moron and I don't know how to make this clearer: the Red Sox did not collapse because some players drank beer in the clubhouse.
"Wow was it a PR move?" Valentine fired back today. "Were 20 teams looking for PR when they made good decisions?" Well, yes. Obviously. There's a media furnace to feed, and there's no shame in Valentine denying it that bit of fuel. It was Clay Buchholz, noted beer drinker, who pointed out that there was more Boston clubhouse drinking in past seasons, seasons that didn't end in 7-20 Septembers. And the Rays, who surged past the Red Sox, welcome the occasional tipple after a game.
No one was actually mad about the beer and fried chicken. They were mad about the late-season collapse. If he could, Bobby Valentine would prohibit late-season collapses. But a ban on losing has about as much chance of being enforced as a ban on beer, and not as much appeal to the loud, dumb, and reactionary.


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You might not feel as if you're in great financial shape as you approach retirement. But a new study shows that the impact of the 2007-2009 recession on some of the oldest baby boomers might not be as bad as first thought.
The report, in the current issue of the Social Security Bulletin, is titled, appropriately enough: "How Did the Recession of 2007-2009 Affect the Wealth and Retirement of the Near Retirement Age Population?" Using data from the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study, the new report finds that retirement wealth held by individuals age 53 to 58 in 2006 declined by a "relatively modest" 2.8% by 2010.
By comparison, when members of age cohorts six and 12 years older were the same ages (53 to 58 in 2000, and 53 to 58 in 1994, respectively), their wealth increased about 5%, the report notes. These groups, of course, benefited from a boom in housing prices and the stock market.
The study calculates that the mean value of total wealth among so-called early-boomer households was $871,000 in 2006. That figure includes projected pensions and Social Security benefits, retirement savings plans, housing values and other financial assets. By 2010, that figure had fallen to $847,000.
Why the relatively small decrease? Most important, the lifetime value of Social Security and pension benefits – which account for 55% of the total wealth of this group – retained their value. As such, those two pieces, the study says, "played a major role in cushioning total wealth from the effects of the recession."
So…are you feeling better? If not, one reason could be the fact that the value of your house is likely still lower than it was when the recession started. But here, too, there's cause for optimism, the report notes: "Housing is the one asset [older boomers are] not likely to cash in for another decade or two; therefore, early boomers have time to potentially recover their lost housing wealth."


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This is a big summer for Oran Etkin '01. Born in Israel, but raised in the U.S., Etkin's debut album, "Kelenia," is receiving accolades from the likes of The New York Times, and All Music even lauded the recording for setting "a new standard for world music in the decade of the 2000s." As Etkin, who plays tenor saxophone, alto clarinet and bass clarinet told BrandeisNOW, his unique voice was developed through a combination of different musical styles that reflect not only what he's learned and listened to, but also where he's been.
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HENNIKER, N.H. – Led by junior forward Travis Daniel's (North Brunswick, N.J.) two goals and one assist, men's ice hockey (1-0-0, 1-0-0 ECAC East) opened their season with a strong win as they defeated New England College (0-1-0, 0-1-0 ECAC East) by the final of 4-1 in the ECAC East and season opener for both teams Friday evening.
The season opening win marks first for the Beacons since the 1997-98 season, when UMass Boston defeated Trinity College (Conn.) by the final of 6-3. It is also the 11th win all-time against the Pilgrims.
UMass Boston got on the scoreboard midway through the opening frame when senior Mike DeGrazia (Novi, Mich.) netted his first goal of the season, off of a Rob Florentino (West Roxbury, Mass.) and Daniel assist. Less than two minutes later the Beacons extended their lead to 2-0, when Daniel drove home his first goal of the 2012-13 season.
Freshman Kit Sitterley (Mooresville, N.C.) pushed UMass Boston's lead to three with the only goal, a power-play score, at the 11:26 mark in the second. In the final period, it was Daniel who clinched the victory, when he redirected a John Houston (Pittsburgh, Pa.) pass. Also getting the assist on the play was DeGrazia.
New England College unfortunately ended the Beacons shutout bid when Samuli Turunen scored his squad's only goal five minutes after Daniel's second tally.
In goal freshman Zach Andrews (Coral Springs, Fla.) quickly showed that he can compete at the collegiate level as he made a combined 25 saves in the win. Shawn Sirman was handed the loss after making 26 saves in the conference game.
Helping Andrews limit the Pilgrims offense, was a combined defensive effort from the Beacons. Of the six defensemen that dressed for Friday's contest six were returners, while on the offensive of the redline there Beacons had only three returners dress for the match-up with the Pilgrims.
On the night, UMass went 1-for-4 on the power-play, while the penalty kill held New England College to 0-for-5. UMass also led the contest in shots with 30. The Pilgrims posted 26 shots in the conference loss.
Men's Hockey returns to action tomorrow when they host St. Anselm College at 7 p.m. in the Clark Athletic Center Ice Arena.


text: Power Hour: Marketing Inaction Could Prove Costly in 2013 June 14, 2013 09:45 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Ed Clark Top Producer Business and Issues Editor Email Less than half the normal corn and soybeans had been forward priced as mid-June approached, and if reticence to pull the marketing trigger continues for long, it could prove a costly strategy, analysts say. Lawrence Kane, Yates City, Ill., branch manager for Stewart-Peterson, estimates that nationwide, only 20% to 25% of expected corn and soybean production had been pre-sold as of June 11, compared to typical levels over time of 40% by that date. For both 2013 corn and soybean crops, Kane recommends that by mid-June, farmers have 25% of their expected production sold with forward contracts, and 50% with put options. Normally, he recommends a 50/50 split. Of course, farmers need to ratchet down their anticipated yields a bit prior to marketing, given late planting, and for some, acres that could not be planted. Four key factors are responsible for discouraging farmers from pre-selling this year, in Kane's view. One is that last year's drought had many producers concerned about 2013 production. Second is that for the past two marketing seasons, those who did no pre-harvest marketing of any kind came out ahead. "If you sold ahead you looked like a fool," Kane acknowledges. Last fall, corn could be sold out of the combine for $7.50/bu. "It's important, however, for producers to understand just how unusual this is," Kane says. Year-in, year-out, farmers who pre-price their grain receive far higher prices than those who are tardy in pulling the trigger, he adds. Third, the wet spring and accompanying production concerns have discouraged some looking at mud holes in their fields from marketing 2013 production just yet. Lastly, and perhaps the biggest reason of all, farmers have had difficulty making new crop sales with the more than $1 spread between old crop and new crop. On soybeans, the spread between July and November futures is an even wider $2/bu. "Farmers need to understand, however, that the market doesn't care about your field or your neighbor's field. It focuses on global supply/demand factors," Kane says. And global production of both corn and oilseeds is set to rebound substantially from 2012 levels. Are any innovative marketing tools and strategies in your marketing toolbox that are tailor made for a year like 2013? In Kane's view, while not new and not innovative to those who already use them, options are one such tool. "Options offer flexibility for a year like 2013." On June 11, an in-the-money December corn put of $5.50 could be purchased for a 35 cent premium, guaranteeing farmers at least $5—factoring in typical basis—for their corn. That hardly seems like a windfall compared to last fall's $7.50. But $5/bu. this fall is about 50 cents higher than the $4.50 harvest price Kane is fearful of. That assumes a more typical weather pattern this summer. The wet spring has added about 50 cents to the market over the past three weeks, and he thinks that's likely to hold, so he no longer expects harvest corn prices to be as low as $4, which some analysts earlier had predicted. Wet springs do not necessarily hurt production all that much. "The poster child for a wet spring is 2009," Kane says. That year, conditions were wet with major planting delays. "But we ended up setting yield records." As a result, corn prices in 2009 crashed and crashed hard, all the way to $3.50, roughly half where they had been just a year earlier. "You need a marketing plan that's flexible for whatever kind of year you have and that's why I like options," Kane says. However, he estimates that only about 15% to 20% of producers nationwide use them. "Soybeans look scary," Kane adds, and offer an even better reason for producers to use options now. Here's why: global soybean and for that matter all oilseed production is expected to rebound considerably this year, with the first sign a huge South American soybean crop. Not only did that region have a huge harvest, for the first time in a long time, they likely will end up with a carryout, he believes. "I can see soybean prices with $10 in front of them within the next six months," Kane predicts. Because of that, he advises U.S. growers to lock in prices for 50% of anticipated production now with $13 in-the-money put options for the November contract. The premium is 60 cents per bushel right now, a bit spendy perhaps, but soybean options could end up being cheap insurance if prices crash nearly $3/bu. between now and November. Kane firmly believes that is in the world of the possible. Back to news


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Topic: Do you have a favorite amusement park ride?
If so, What is it?
Mine is Star Tours at Disney.
Message Boards - Boba Fett Fan Club → Fans → Do you have a favorite amusement park ride?
If so, What is it?
Mine is Star Tours at Disney.
Not sure, but the Hulk Coaster is amazing.
The Patriot at Worlds of Fun is cool
As far as regular carnival rides are, I like em all. And I can take em all. But, as far as "real" amusement park rides go....uh......um.....
.......................................This is hard for me to answer. I've only been to amusement parks a rare 4 times in my life. And 3 of those times were more then 12 years ago....I'll go out on a limb and say the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland.
For me, it is a toss up between the straight drop rides and almost any kind of roller coaster. They really get my adrenaline (or epinephrine) going. I find it a shame that as I get older most carnival rides are starting to make me nauseous.
super man!
I've only been to amusement parks three times. Twice was Kentucky Kingdom, once was Silverwood. Back in Kentucy I was a little kid so I couldn't got on several of the rides, and back then I liked tiltawheels. At Silverwood I was able to go on a roller coaster which was great! But I still like tiltawheels. I like ferris wheels too, those are nice. I dunno. Amusement parks are for people with money who live close enough to go. As a kid, see, I have four brothers and sisters so we never had the money to go. Even if it was only five dollars a kid that'd be a 25 dollars. Or if it was 20 dollars a kid that'd be a hundred dollars. Just not worth it. There's a lot of fun things you can do for free.
I have been to two different parks...SIX FLAGS and ALABAMA ADVENTURE
I've only been to amusement parks three times. Twice was Kentucky Kingdom, once was Silverwood. Back in Kentucy I was a little kid so I couldn't got on several of the rides
In half of my amusement park visits, thats what happened to me. Both times at Disney world I was WAY too young for almost all of the rides, so I didn't really have a lot of fun on those trips. Cause, its not fun to watch the rest of your family go on rides you really want to too, but can't. The only ride I was excited about was Dumbo, and THAT was because i had watched the movie recently. Plus my mom had bought me a little toy replica of the ride before hand, so that had me pretty hyped up. It was also the trip when I realised/decided that the guys in the costumes are JERKS.
The main thing though growing up was that we lived all the way out in South Dakota. The nearest amusement park was thousands of miles away. And all my dad wanted to do during summer vacation was stupid camping out in the middle of nowhere. So I never had a chance to do anything exciting. And it was always embaressing on the first day of school, when the teachers would march us one by one to the front of the class and had us talk about our summer vacations. All the other kids would talk about how they visited realitives, or went to big cities and exciting places. And I was the kid who had to admit they only went camping, and didn't see wildlife. Or anything especially interisting.
Mine is The tower of Terror in Walt Disney World.
That ride kicks ***.
Nitro @ Six Flags Great Adventure. It just doesn't get old.
I think I heard about that one.
Is it in Six Flags, NJ?
Yeah, El Toro is included as well.
I think I remember both of them.
But I have'nt been there in about seven years.
The Dragster at Cedar Point 1 to 100-something mph in 3 seconds!!
Where is that roller coaster at?
Space mountain or terror tower...depends
My SixFlags here in Montreal has a few good ones.
The Mummy is quite something. Don't go there alone.
Else, I still got to re-do the Goliath.
Roller coasters, any and all. The faster and bigger, the better.
Luckily I don't really get nervous about them.
The Storm Runner at Hershey Park litteraly takes your breath away.
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Liberty Channel to broadcast football game at JMU
The Liberty Flames road football game on Sept. 25 will be broadcast live on WTLU, The Liberty Channel.
Liberty (2-1), ranked No. 21 and No. 22 in two national polls, will travel to Harrisonburg, Va., to face No. 3 ranked James Madison University (2-0) at 6 p.m. JMU is coming off its biggest win in program history, a stunning upset of Virginia Tech on Sept. 11.
Liberty sold out of its allotment of tickets for this game last week. More than 1,500 Flames fans are expected to be in attendance. Liberty Athletics is hosting a "Hike to Harrisonburg" event Saturday in which dozens of vehicles will travel from Lynchburg to Harrisonburg together and tailgate before the game.
This game gives Liberty seven football games on WTLU this season. The Flames Sports Network was already scheduled to televise Liberty's first five home games and the Flames Big South road game at VMI on Oct. 16. The Sept. 18 loss at Robert Morris was also broadcast.
WTLU can be found on Comcast in Lynchburg on Channel 10, Shentel/Jet Broadband on Channel 13 and DTV on Channel 43. WTLU also streams live on www.libertychannel.com.
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Of all the stories about outlaws in the American West, for me the weirdest is "Billy the Kid." Not because the facts were particularly strange, but because so much was later made out of them, mostly fictional.
The young man who called himself William Bonney was a cattle rustler involved in the famous Lincoln County Wars in New Mexico, a series of revenge killings in the 1870s that started with the murder of an English rancher for whom Billy had worked. Billy was later sentenced to hang, but then escaped from jail in Lincoln, killing two guards in the process. All told, he may have killed seven or eight men in his career. At the age of 21, he was shot dead by Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett, at one of Billy's hideouts near Fort Sumner.
The myth making started when New Mexico's governor put a price on Billy's head in 1881, the year he died. The New York Sun picked up the story, and then Billy became one of the main characters in the numerous Western dime novels published at the time. My theory is that the nickname "The Kid" caught on with the mostly younger readers of those adventures. And although these stories were supposed to be cautionary tales about criminal behavior, there was a feeling of romance about being an outlaw that was the source of much of their popularity. Dozens of movies have been made over the years about Billy the Kid—usually turning the short scrawny young man of reality into a hero or at least a leading man. A typical example of the Hollywood treatment is the movie Billy the Kid from 1941, directed by David Miller.
Robert Taylor—tall, dark, handsome, and not at all like a kid, plays Billy, who is hired by a group of rustlers to drive an English rancher out of the territory. After discovering that an old friend works for the Englishman, Billy eventually switches sides and is hired as a ranch hand. The rancher's murder drives him to seek revenge, even though his friend, now the marshal, insists on keeping to the law.
It's a fairly standard picture for the time, a lot of it shot in Tucson—you may recognize Sabino Canyon in some scenes. There's the element of Billy the Kid shooting left-handed, one of the widely held beliefs about him that turned out to be false, and a very free use of elements from the Lincoln County Wars. The main idea is that Billy is a bad guy who, deep down, is really a good guy—he just needed some encouragement and understanding to go straight. This was a popular idea because audiences got to enjoy the actions of the outlaw while still feeling morally pure.
Moving ahead to 1958, we have Paul Newman starring in The Left Handed Gun, the debut film by director Arthur Penn, who would later make Bonnie & Clyde and Little Big Man. The script tries to follow, in highly condensed form, the outlines of the truth. Pat Garrett is in this one, and he makes friends with Billy and even welcomes him at his wedding. There is no evidence that they were friends in reality, but the idea that the sheriff who killed Billy the Kid used to be his friend has been a very potent element of the myth.
Here Billy is played as an inarticulate, hot-headed adolescent. Paul Newman was 32 at the time, but he looks younger. What strikes me is that the performance is a lot like the kind of sensitive, emotionally tortured young men cropping up at that time in movies featuring Marlon Brando and James Dean. The 1950s were when Hollywood really discovered the teenager, and this Billy the Kid is essentially a troubled misunderstood teen, who tries to do what's right but can't control his angry impulses. Another typical element is the search for a father figure that can help heal the wounded hero — first the English rancher, then Pat Garrett, both times ending in failure.
My final example is Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, from 1973 and directed by Sam Peckinpah. Here the supposed friendship between Garrett, played here by James Coburn, and Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson) takes center stage. The West has been corrupted by big money interests, the old free ways of the cowboy are doomed, and Garrett is hired by a group of cattle barons to find Billy and kill him.
The troubled youth of the 50s has now become the rebellious youth of the 1960s. Kristofferson's Billy is an easy-going hedonistic outlaw—I hesitate to use the word "hippie" but that's kind of what's implied. The counterculture element is even more evident because Bob Dylan is on the soundtrack, and actually appears in a small role.
Coburn's Pat Garrett is a tragic figure here, someone who has lost his honor and sold his soul. The film is very uneven, crammed with old western character actors that Peckinpah brought together, and there are so many gunfights and other scenes of violence that the effect is jumbled and confusing. But the feeling of loss, of an old order corrupt and dying, so characteristic of the time, is quite stirring, and the scene where Garrett shoots Billy, and then his own image in the mirror, sums up in a way Peckinpah's vision of the West.
It's remarkable how all these films about Billy the Kid reflect and amplify the eras in which they were made, and how such a small group of mythic elements could be expanded in so many ways. That's how the movies transform history into legend. In this case, the Western outlaw ended up representing a lost ideal of American freedom. Maybe someday a film will be made about the real story of Billy the Kid—but I doubt it.
Who is Chris Dashiell?
Chris Dashiell has been writing about movies for seventeen years, serving as the editor of the online film lovers' guide Cinescene for ten of them. He currently reviews films for Flicks, a weekly program on Tucson's community radio station KXCI, and he confesses to shamelessly idolizing Carl Dreyer, Jean Renoir, and Luchino Visconti.


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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger issued a defiant defence of his position after guiding the Gunners into the fourth round of the Carling Cup with a 3-1 win over Shrewsbury.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger issued a defiant defence of his position after guiding the Gunners into the fourth round of the Carling Cup with a 3-1 win over Shrewsbury.
Wenger's squad have endured a miserable start to the season, and the misery around the Emirates Stadium when James Collins headed the npower League Two side a 16th minute lead. However, England defender Kieran Gibbs levelled before the break before Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Yossi Benayoun wrapped things up late on.
Despite the criticism, Wenger has no intentions of letting anything deflect him from his job. Asked if he should consider bringing in a defensive expert - such as former player Martin Keown - to help shore up the backline, the Arsenal manager responded: "I have just completed 30 years of coaching. I don't want to answer this kind of question."
He added: "I am not bothered at all by this speculation. I am completely focused on doing well. I can understand that people are unhappy and criticise, but you know as well as I know people are very quick to go overboard.
"I accept critics and I do not say it doesn't matter that people criticise us, and like anybody else, I prefer it when they say I am good. When we do well we take all the plaudits, so we have to take as well all the blame when it doesn't go as well - but we have as well on both sides to take some distance.
"When it goes well we must not completely believe what people say and when it does not go as well, we must not completely believe it.
"I have just managed 14 years at this club and I have kept them 14 years in the Champions League and I hope it lasts another 14 years."
Shrewsbury manager Graham Turner had plenty of empathy for his opposite number.
The veteran former Aston Villa and Wolves boss said: "The reaction of the Arsenal supporters was terrific - they were chanting his name.
"The die-hards were here tonight and that shows you what they think of him and the respect they have for him."


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"The Historic New Orleans Collection is a museum, research center, and publisher dedicated to the study and preservation of the history and culture of New Orleans and the Gulf South region. General and Mrs. L. Kemper Williams, collectors of Louisiana materials, established the institution in 1966 to keep their collection intact and available for research and exhibition to the public. Over the 40 years since its founding, The Historic New Orleans Collection has added to its holdings and augmented the physical structures that house them, established ambitious publishing and exhibition schedules, and developed innovative educational programs.
In a complex of historic French Quarter buildings at 533 Royal Street, The Collection operates a museum, which includes the Williams Gallery for changing exhibitions and the Louisiana History Galleries, (ten galleries showcasing permanent displays tracing Louisiana's multifaceted past); the Williams Residence (a house museum); a museum shop; and administrative offices. The Williams Research Center at 410 Chartres Street, which opened in 1996, makes available to researchers The Collection's holdings which comprise some 35,000 library items, more than two miles of documents and manuscripts, and approximately 350,000 photographs, prints, drawings, paintings, and other artifacts."
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The mission of Svenskt visarkiv is to collect, preserve and publish material concerning instrumental folk music, folk songs and traditional music in general, from the end of the 16th century up to the present. The archive is also responsible for material on the history of jazz in Sweden, and since 2005, we have the added responsibility for music of ethnic minorities in Sweden.
At Svenskt visarkiv we are proud to work in close cooperation with different kinds of music customers, both active musicians, researchers and the general public. The archive has, during its 60 years, gradually expanded its responsibilities. Beginning with a focus on song texts and ballads, and later instrumental folk music and eventually Swedish jazz, we now include multicultural musical expressions found in Sweden. Today the collections are quite extensive - recordings, manuscripts, sheet music, interviews and photographs. And they are growing day by day.
Music is an important part of our history and a key to knowledge about people's lives. This is a knowledge everyone should have access to. Ensuring this access is an essential task for Svenskt visarkiv.
Svenskt visarkiv is part of Statens musikverk – Music Development and Heritage Sweden"
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"Welcome to the Folger Shakespeare Library, located on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Home to the world's largest and finest collection of Shakespeare materials and to major collections of other rare Renaissance books, manuscripts, and works of art, the Folger serves a wide audience of researchers, visitors, teachers, students, families, and theater- and concert-goers.
The Folger is a world-renowned research center on Shakespeare and on the early modern age in the West. Its conservation lab is a leading innovator in the preservation of rare materials. Its well-known public programs include plays, concerts, literary readings, family activities, and exhibitions, as well as numerous K-12 and college programs for students and teachers. Advanced scholars participate in a variety of Folger Institute seminars and colloquia.
The Folger also publishes the illustrated, completely re-edited Folger Editions of Shakespeare's plays, award-winning exhibition catalogs, and the journal Shakespeare Quarterly. "
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Welcome to the recorder Museum. Recorder Museum was created in collaboration with many friends, recorder, players and collectors. It is a museum for old instruments. It is a reference book for many recorders of all generations flute. It is an informative walk through the company and the flute recorder makers. .."
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Dating a Bach manuscript, instrumenting a Bach chorale and discovering the sound of the baroque instruments! The Bach Museum Leipzig offers visitors many opportunities to become active themselves.
On 20 and 21 March 2010, the days to Johann Sebastian Bach's 325th Birthday, the Bach Museum was opened. .."
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"The Handel House Museum at 25 Brook Street was home to the great baroque composer George Frideric Handel from 1723 until his death in 1759. The only composer museum in London, this landmark address is where Handel composed some of the greatest music in history, including Messiah, Zadok the Priest and Music for the Royal Fireworks.
The Museum celebrates Handel's life and works, displaying portraits of Handel and his contemporaries in finely restored Georgian interiors and bringing live music back to his house. There are frequent music rehearsals, weekly concerts and special musical events in addition to regular displays and exhibitions that bring Handel's world to life."
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"Finchcocks is a fine Georgian manor set in a beautiful garden, surrounded by parkland. It now houses a celebrated collection of over 100 historical keyboard instruments, of which more than forty are in full working order. It makes a wonderful day out for all the family. .."
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"Welcome to the Bate Collection, one of the most magnificent collections of musical instruments in the world. The Bate has over 2000 instruments from the Western orchestral music traditions from the renaissance, through the baroque, classical, romantic and up to modern times. More than a thousand instruments are on display, by all the most important makers and from pre-eminent collectors. .."
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"The Stockholm Music Museum has been in existence for more than 100 years. During this time over 11,500 objects have been acquired. The musical instrument collection makes up the larger part of the collection, but there are also many works of art.
Please note that only a small fraction of the collections are on view at the museum. Persons with a special interest in particular instruments, experts and researchers are welcome to visit the museum's storage, by special appointment, where the entire collection can be viewed.
We are planning a new instrument exhibition in which a much larger number of our instruments will appear. We hope it will open in the not too distant future! " .. .
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"Pianosromantiques is dedicated to French grand pianos built before 1850, particularly those of the great firms Boisselot, Erard, Pape and Pleyel. The idea is to create a photo database of the instruments disseminated in different private or public collections around the world, with a brief history of their makers. I hope this virtual museum will contribute to the appreciation of these rather neglected instruments (compared for example to the Viennese pianos), that a lot of pianists have never had a chance to play because of the scarcity of well-restored examples. The admiration that composers such as Liszt (Erard and Boisselot), Mendelssohn (Erard) or Chopin (Pleyel) expressed towards their French pianos should be motivation enough to rediscover these instruments, whose touch and sound shed fascinating light on the romantic music composed on and for them. .."
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"The history of the Swiss Museum of the Organ is the result of in the double safekeeping of important goods of the musical and architectural patrimony of the nation: a wonderful collection of antique organs showed in a barn post which is nine centuries old. As soon as you enter the museum, you will run your eyes over the hydraulic organ (about 246 before J.-C.), passing by instruments such as the Elysée organ, the one of the Emmental, the one in cardboard, the barrel organs, the flute clocks, the open organ, the harmoniums, until the great organ of Radio Lausanne. .."
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"In 1980, Gerald Woehl, a renowned German organ builder and instrument restorer, discovered a magnificent Italian Baroque organ in Florence, where it was on the verge of being sold as furniture. Twenty-five years later, the instument has taken its place as the only full-size antique Italian organ in North America. Now owned by the Eastman School of Music, the fully restored and thoroughly documented organ now fills the Gallery's Fountain Court with the sounds of the past. .."
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"Trace the history of music with a visit to Denmark's most comprehensive collection of instruments from all over the world at the Danish Music Museum, close by the gardens of Rosenborg Castle.
The museum's evocative exhibitions provide a historic journey through the fascinating world of European musical instruments, with a special emphasis on the period from the renaissance to the beginning of the 20th century. See such curiosities as the amoeba-shaped violin and the giraffe-piano. Or visit one of the many permanent thematic exhibitions focusing on for example the raucous guitars of the mid-60's Danish rock bands, or the ingenious creations of Danish instrument-makers.
The museum has a constantly varying series of special exhibitions. Throughout 2006 the special exhibition is dedicated to The Danish Piano – from piano to forte. .." Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"This site is devoted to tracing and cataloguing all surviving clavichords made in the various countries of Latin America before about 1920, with photos and descriptive details. Clavichords were introduced into Central and South America, along with other European musical instruments, by the conquistadores, and they continued to be made there right through until the late nineteenth century if not later. Some of them are of particular interest because they preserve elements of the style of construction of the original sixteenth- and seventeenth-century models. So far 19 instruments have been traced; it seems highly likely that there are more to be discovered, and I hope the web-site will encourage researchers in the region and elsewhere to report their findings. The web catalogue will be continuously updated to incorporate new information. (Peter Bavington) " ... Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"On display are some 50 of the world's most important and best-preserved early keyboard instruments: harpsichords, virginals, spinets, organs and fortepianos from the period of their first construction to around 1840, many in playing order, and a new display of harps, lutes, citterns and guitars. The auditorium at St Cecilia's Hall which dates from 1763 is the oldest concert hall in Scotland, and the second oldest in Britain. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"The Miller Flute Collection contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and nonwestern examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.
This online presentation includes images of over 1,500 instruments, 33 photographs and other illustrations, and a 17th-century flageolet tutor. In addition, there are accompanying essays and writings about Dayton Miller, his collection, and flutes and flute makers. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Music making around the world is represented by the Horniman's collection of musical instruments, one of the most comprehensive in the UK. The museum has over 7,000 objects made to produce sound. The oldest instrument is a pair of bone clappers in the form of human hands made in Egypt around 1,500 BC. Electric guitars and synthesizers dating from the 1990s are among the most recent acquisitions.
The Museum aims to acquire sound and video recordings with the documentation for each new instrument. Recent collections of instruments commissioned from makers in Belarus and Uzbekistan, and the newest collections associated with traditional music in India, are supported by a rich archive of such recordings.
Normally instruments are not played in order to ensure that they are preserved for future generations. The music that the instruments make will be made available to visitors via accompanying recordings alongside the gallery displays, recitals and performances. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"The Joe R. & Joella F. Utley Collection of more than 500 brass instruments is a splendid assemblage of cornets, trumpets, and related instruments that Joe and Joella collected in a remarkably short period of time. Roaming the globe in a tireless effort to assemble an inclusive collection that would tell the story of high brass instrument-making during the past 400 years, they exceeded even their own dreams. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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There is a beer from a brewery in St. Louis that gives me a headache if I drink more than one.
I've found the headaches from fusels come on quickly, within 10 minutes typically, of drinking. And they seem to hit me mostly in the temples. Is that the kind of headache you get?
I wonder if this is not something similar to what is happening in your (DrewG's) case.
Please do not take Ibuprofen after drinking. Water and B-complex and something sugary before bed will work. Alcohol is already hard on the liver- you don't want to throw Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen or Aspirin on top of alcohol habitually or you may end up regretting it.


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Alabama coach Nick Saban attended this year's NFL draft and saw five of his players go in the first 35 picks. Next year NFL teams are likely to take a similar haul of talent from Saban's roster.
Our friends at College Football Talk pass along the word that Saban said on his weekly radio show that junior offensive tackle D.J. Fluker is "a guy who's probably going to go out for the draft."
The 6-foot-6, 335-pound Fluker looks like he's ready to step onto an NFL field right now, and if he decides to declare for the 2013 NFL draft, then Alabama's offensive line could have as many as three first-round draft picks in April. One of the starting guards, Chance Warmack, is a lock to be a first-round pick, and the other starting guard, Barrett Jones, may be a first-round pick as well. Fluker isn't a sure thing to go in the first round, but the fact that Saban thinks he'll leave suggests that he may have been told that Fluker will get a high grade from the NFL's draft advisory board.
Another Alabama junior, cornerback Dee Milliner, could be the first cornerback off the board in April, and two players on Alabama's front seven, defensive tackle Jesse Williams and linebacker C.J. Mosley, look like they could be first-round picks as well. Amazing as it is, Alabama could provide even more talent in the 2013 NFL draft than it did in the 2012 NFL draft.


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Marco Pantani's Mercatone Uno Bianchi Mega Pro XL Reparto Corse was tailor-made for the wispy climber's attacking style and slight build and epitomises the cycling technology of the day.
The custom-built bike was light, stiff enough and crafted to perfection, and ultimately carried 'Il Pirata' to the top step of the podium in both the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia in 1998, earning a firm place in cycling history.
Bianchi's Reparto Corse race shop built the custom frame to Pantani's exact specifications, using a lightweight Dedacciai doubled-butted 7000-series shaped alloy tubeset, a very slightly sloping geometry and a relatively generous head tube to suit the Italian's aggressive in-the-drops climbing style.
Convention was the rule back then, rather than the exception, with a standard threaded bottom bracket shell, non-integrated 1in head tube, telescoping 27.2mm seat tube, and well-proven tube shapes that ventured only slightly away from round in select areas. Aerodynamics was barely even a concern a decade ago outside of time trials.
Aluminium was the material of choice throughout for its predictable durability, from the beautifully polished Campagnolo Record drivetrain and dual-pivot brake calipers to the tubular ITM Big One stem and standard-diameter handlebar – and even the Campagnolo Electron tubular wheels.
A Time carbon fork is used up front.
More exotic materials can still be found, though in limited quantities. Carbon fibre was used for the Time fork and nine-speed Record Ergopower levers – though this may have been a post-season change as most race photos from the time show alloy ones – the Time Equipe Pro pedals sported magnesium bodies, and titanium was used in the seatpost mast and rear cogs.
Though not super-stiff compared to today's carbon fibre machines, Pantani's bike was undeniably light, even by modern standards. Total weight was just 6.96kg (15.34lb), including bottle cage and pedals.
The 170mm-long Campagnolo Record cranks are fitted with enormous 44/54T chainrings.
That light weight obviously helped Pantani up the mountain but somewhat surprising is the massive gearing he used to do so. The cassette spread is a fairly standard 11-23T but the chainrings measure a comparatively enormous 54/44T – something more commonly found on a time trial bike but assuming they're period-correct, perhaps still appropriate to Pantani's out-of-the-saddle climbing style.
Pantani's trademark attacking style and bandana earned him one of the most memorable nicknames in cycling.
Compared to today's crop of hyper-customised machines, personalised touches on Pantani's bike were more subdued – and arguably in better taste. There's the usual name on the top tube but also the custom embroidered Flite saddle from then-sponsor Selle Italia, not to mention the trademark single bottle cage as opposed to the more common two.
The popularity of integrated brake/shift levers has made down tube stops like this mostly a thing of the past but back in the day, these Campagnolo bits were among the finest examples of the breed
Pantani's life outside of cycling ultimately consumed him in a lonely hotel room six years ago. Though his career was also clouded with controversy in its later years, legions of fans still prefer to remember him for his emphatic performances on the bike – this bike – and will continue to honour his memory as one of the greatest Italian cyclists of all time.
Complete bike specifications
- Frame: Bianchi Mega Pro XL Reparto Corse, Dedacciai double-butted 7000-series aluminium
- Fork: Time
- Headset: Campagnolo Record
- Stem: ITM 'Big One', 11cm x -11°
- Handlebars: ITM Super Italia Pro 260, 42cm (c-c)
- Tape/grips: Bianchi cork
- Front brake: Campagnolo Record
- Rear brake: Campagnolo Record
- Brake levers: Campagnolo Record
- Front derailleur: Campagnolo Record
- Rear derailleur: Campagnolo Record
- Shift levers: Campagnolo Record Ergopower, nine-speed
- Cassette: Campagnolo Record, 11-23T
- Chain: Campagnolo Record
- Crankset: Campagnolo Record, 170mm, 54/44T
- Bottom bracket: Campagnolo Record
- Pedals: Time Equipe Mag
- Wheelset: Campagnolo Electron tubular
- Front tyre: Vittoria Corsa CX TT tubular, 21mm
- Rear tyre: Vittoria Corsa CX TT tubular, 21mm
- Saddle: Selle Italia Flite, signature edition
- Seatpost: Campagnolo Record titanium
- Bottle cages: Ciussi stainless steel
Critical measurements
- Rider's height: 1.72m (5ft 8in)
- Rider's weight: 57kg (126lb)
- Saddle height, from BB (c-t): 710mm
- Seat tube length, c-t: 505mm
- Seat tube length, c-c: 470mm
- Tip of saddle nose to C of bars (next to stem): 520mm
- Head tube length: 127mm
- Top tube length: 519mm (actual)
- Total bicycle weight: 6.96kg (15.34lb)


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Is a fairly common problem where people experience 'obsessions', recurring unwanted thoughts which are difficult to stop, and 'compulsions', rituals of checking behaviour or repetitive actions which are carried out in an attempt to relieve the thoughts.
by Barizzy January 26, 2006
Also known as OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder is a neurotic mental illness in which intrusive, negative thoughts and/or impulses which regularly enter the person's mind (obsessions) are counteracted by repetitive acts or rituals performed to alleviate the anxiety and general distress created by these obsessions. It is possible to qualify for a diagnosis of OCD if only obsessions or compulsions are present, although the vast majority have both.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is much more than being quirky or a bit of a neat freak.
by Doc_B April 14, 2015
Disoder in which the sufferer has a 'need' to have everything perfected to the 't'. They are usually very anal and will induce bodily harm should you ruin their arrangements.
by Sai Wolf May 29, 2005
To be so absolutely obsessed with a person that one talks about this person in everything that one does.
Man, Steven Keating has obsessive compulsive disorder, he is so in love with that girl that he talks about her in every conversation and shes even in his clan tag.
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USDA is projecting a world cotton crop for 2009-2010 of 107 million bales, a 2.3 percent decline from the previous year and the lowest output since 2003-04.
In a report presented at the Agricultural Outlook Forum in Arlington, Va., in late February, USDA said the decline reflects significant reductions in China, Pakistan and the African Franc Zone countries, which were partially offset by higher production in India and Australia.
The remainder of the world's major cotton producers are projected to produce the same or slightly less cotton in 2009-10, according to USDA. Global harvested area is projected to fall to 73.4 million acres while average yield is expected to increase to 700 pounds per acre.
In China, 2009-10 production is forecast at 33 million bales, down 3.5 million bales (nearly 10 percent) from a year earlier. Cotton area is forecast at 13.2 million acres, a decline of about 11 percent from the previous year. China's cotton prices have been weakening and prices to farmers fell below expectations for the 2008 crop.
Prices for food crops in China remain high enough to attract some acreage from cotton. USDA says state reserve purchases of cotton give some price assurance to cotton farmers, but the government is also supporting grain prices. Anecdotal reports suggest cotton area will be reduced at least 5 percent in the Xinjiang region and more than 10 percent in the eastern production regions.
India's 2009-10 production is projected at 24.5 million bales, higher than the previous year's output by 6.5 percent. Area is projected to decline only marginally by 0.5 percent to 23 million acres, mainly because cotton prices to farmers were supported by the government purchase program in 2008-09. The yield is expected to grow by 7.1 percent assuming normal monsoon conditions.
The increased use of Bt cottonseed, combined with improved crop management practices and irrigation systems, are expected to support yields. However, the rate of yield increase is slowing as Bt adoption reaches the saturation point. According to the government of India, Bt cotton now accounts for more than 70 percent of total cotton acreage in India.
For Pakistan, production in 2009-10 is projected to decline to 8.9 million bales as compared to a year earlier. This production decline derives solely from an expected 3.3 percent area reduction with yields remaining steady.
Australia's cotton production is projected to rebound by 50 percent to an estimated 2 million bales in 2009-10. Acreage is projected to expand about 40 percent as recent precipitation has partially replenished irrigation supplies. Cotton yield in 2009-10 is expected to increase slightly to 1,749 pounds per acre, about equal to the 5-year average.
In the Franc Zone of sub-Saharan Africa, the 2009-10 crop is projected at 2 million bales, down more than 20 percent from 2008-09 and the lowest output recorded since 1987-88. Domestic structural and economic problems continue to weigh on farmer incentives. Cotton sectors in Burkina Faso, Benin, and Mali — three of the major producers in the bloc — are struggling as a result of low international cotton prices, exchange rate fluctuations, debt burden, and government policy choices.
USDA says recovery in world cotton consumption in 2009-10 will depend on economic growth and its effect on global textile demand, which is estimated to fall sharply in 2008-09. Most macroeconomic forecasts now project world GDP growth will bottom in the third quarter of 2009 and begin to recover thereafter, albeit slowly.
USDA says world cotton consumption has a history of rebounding sharply following periods of economic weakness, as the replenishment of yarn and textile inventories adds to the growth in consumer demand.
USDA projects that 2009-10 world cotton consumption will rise 2 percent to 115 million bales. This projection is likely to understate potential consumption if economic recovery begins in fourth quarter 2009 and follows a typical historical pattern. On the other hand, the projection will prove optimistic if the expectations of world economic recovery fail to materialize.
With lower world production and higher consumption, world trade is projected to recover 33 million bales in 2009-10, nearly 4 million bales above the estimate for 2008-09. Higher imports by China will be partially offset by lower imports in most of the developed economies.
On the export side, India, African Franc Zone and Central Asia are expected to recover market share due to large beginning stocks, more than offsetting a modest decline in U.S. exports. World ending stocks are projected at just above 56 million bales, a 9-percent decline from the previous year, but still sufficient to support projected demand.
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Downtown, Apr 2004, 13.00, 320 pp. ISBN: 0743471148 In spite of journeying down different paths in the Seattle area, the three sisters, all in their thirties, remains close as they get together quite often but at least once a month to do each other's hair. The youngest Emily is a widow of eighteen months raises her seven year old daughter Abby with the help of her parents, siblings, and her deceased spouse's pal Jake. Middle daughter Claudia ha...