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One way of mitigating alkali chloride induced corrosion in biomass and waste-fired boilers is by using additives or by co-combustion and thereby decreasing the corrosiveness of the flue gas and deposits....
Experimental and numerical investigations into the effect of heterogeneities on the recovery of heavy oil by VAPour EXtraction (VAPEX)
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An investigation into six coal fly ashes from the United Kingdom and Poland to evaluate rare earth element content
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Rare earth elements have been identified by the European Commission as a critical raw material. Six European coal fly ashes have been investigated for their rare earth element content. A coal fly ash...
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Miscanthus combustion properties and variations with Miscanthus agronomy
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Niobium carbide as permanent modifier for silicon determination in petrochemical products by emulsion-based sampling GF AAS
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Maciel S. Luz | Pedro V. Oliveira
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Determination of API gravity, kinematic viscosity and water content in petroleum by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and multivariate calibration
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Paulo R. Filgueiras | Cristina M.S. Sad | Alexandre R. Loureiro | Maria F.P. Santos | Eustáquio V.R. Castro | Júlio C.M. Dias | Ronei J. Poppi
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Laminar burning characteristics of 2-methylfuran and isooctane blend fuels
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Xiao Ma | Changzhao Jiang | Hongming Xu | Haichun Ding | Shijin Shuai
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A simple electroanalytical procedure for the determination of calcium in biodiesel
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Joseany M.S. Almeida | Rafael M. Dornellas | Sakae Yotsumoto-Neto | Mirela Ghisi | Jethânia G.C. Furtado | Edmar P. Marques | Ricardo Q. Aucélio | Aldaléa L.B. Marques
An alternative method is proposed for the determination of calcium in biodiesel samples using square-wave voltammetry and a glassy carbon electrode in a solution containing EDTA. A microwave assisted...
Characterization of polar compounds in a true boiling point distillation system using electrospray ionization FT-ICR mass spectrometry
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Guilherme P. Dalmaschio | Majorie M. Malacarne | Vinicius M.D.L. de Almeida | Thieres M.C. Pereira | Alexandre O. Gomes | Eustaquio V.R. de Castro | Sandro J. Greco | Boniek G. Vaz | Wanderson Romão
In this work, electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (ESI(±)-FT-ICR MS) was applied in the chemical characterization of polar compounds. These compounds...
Forecasting Brazil's crude oil production using a multi-Hubbert model variant
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Tiago Abilio Saraiva | Alexandre Szklo | André Frossard Pereira Lucena | Mauro F. Chavez-Rodriguez
Different methodologies have been applied to forecast oil production curves in many regions or countries. The scientific literature indicates that curve-fitting models, especially the approach of Hubbert,...
In-line monitoring of the transesterification reactions for biodiesel production using NIR spectroscopy
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In this work, methods for in-line monitoring of the transesterification reactions of soybean oil with methanol using NIR spectroscopy are developed. Gas chromatography was employed for determining the...
Line shape analysis of the Raman spectra from pure and mixed biofuels esters compounds
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Alisson M. Miranda | Eduardo W. Castilho-Almeida | Erlon H. Martins Ferreira | Gabriela F. Moreira | Carlos A. Achete | Raigna A.S.Z. Armond | Helio F. Dos Santos | Ado Jorio
This work provides a systematic and comprehensible lineshape analysis of the Raman spectra from (i) the main esters that compose the soybean biodiesel, namely Palmitate, Stearate, Oleate, Linoleate...
Development of an analytical method for the determination of tert-butylhydroquinone in soybean biodiesel
January 2014
Lorena Athie Goulart | Ana Ruth Lima Teixeira | Douglas Arruda Ramalho | Ailton José Terezo | Marilza Castilho
In this paper we present a novel method for the analysis of the antioxidant tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) in soybean biodiesel by differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) on a glassy carbon (GC) electrode....
Using the Doehlert matrix as a tool for studying the influence of gasoline components on octane numbers
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Júlio C.R. Assis | Josanaide S.R. Teixeira | Luiz A.M. Pontes | Paulo R.B. Guimarães | Regina F. Vianna | Marcos A. Bezerra | Leonardo S.G. Teixeira
After production and formulation, but before being brought to market, gasoline must conform to the specifications set by regulatory agencies. Octane numbers are among the most important physico-chemical...
Application of near infrared spectroscopy to predict the average droplet size and water content in biodiesel emulsions
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A model system to assess the phase behavior of asphaltenes in crude oil
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M.S.E. Garreto | C.R.E. Mansur | E.F. Lucas
Determination of the precipitation onset in heavy crude oils is difficult due to their high viscosity. Dilution is one method utilized to enable this analysis. However, it is known that the asphaltenes...
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Combustion and emissions characterization of terpenes with a view to their biological production in cyanobacteria
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TravelPod Member ReviewsTravelodge San Francisco Airport North South San Francisco
Wouldn't stay here again. Very old units, spread out, ours was a long walk from reception with lots of bags. Staff weren't very helpful. Also very noisy. Was close to airport and had shuttle which was good. MacDonalds over the road which was handy for breakfast. Will stick to Holiday Inn in future.
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Hotel staff are rude and lie. They aren't upfront about fees particularly on the phone beforehand. I had to battle it out a bit in front of other customers to stop them from ripping me off $60. I wish I went to the BW. At least they have a world reputation of being cheapish but still having some basic manners. I had the unique experience of seeing a crack addict take a dump right at the hotel front door. Which they didn't do anything about. Perhaps she was giving her own form of review. I Concur
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Historical Traveler Reviews Travelodge San Francisco Airport North South San Francisco
I may have to disagree with some reviews
I took my chance with this motel since Hotwire gave an atrociously low rate and I was satisfied the moment I stepped in. The lobby was small but very neat and the morning front desk staff were simply great. My room was big and it was cleaned daily. I had a complaint with my alarm clock and they fixed it ASAP. The best thing, besides the staff was its location. The bus stop is right in front of the hotel and it takes you straight to downtown or in my case at the doorsteps of the Moscone Convention Center where I had a 5 day conference. I was able to save a lump of my hotel money and spent it on steak dinners and shopping instead. To Lito and his staff, I'll be back this fall.
The worst!
Where should I begin. The location couldn't be any closer to the freeway if they tried. It is used for overflow parking for Fox. The front desk staff take forever. We saw someone miss their flight because it took so long just to check their car in for parking? The rooms are tired and questionably clean. Perhaps, the most frightening, were the guys in oversized clothes that seemed to be able to bypass the long reception lines and were being sent upstairs. Finally, after sleeping with our bags against the door, and swearing never to stay here again, the shuttle was not there. They say it travels every half an hour, but it is not actually on a set schedule. The russian shuttle driver seemed to be at the whim of the front desk who was desperately trying to book in overflow parking and guests. It was a mess!
Not pleasant
We stayed here for 3 nights. It was booked thru Expedia and rate was really low. I think we paid under $50/night. Yes, rate was low but quality of the hotel was also low. The only good thing about this place is it has a nice lobby w/ internet connection. The room was pretty old. The shower tile had slight mold or gray-ish discoloration. I hated taking showers because the bathroom just felt dirty. We tried to do laundry but both machines were not working. I called the front desk and didn't offer any explanation. We were to get free breakfast from IHop that is connected to the hotel. I called the front desk and I was told we qualify for 1 free breakfast. I picked up the voucher from front desk. This voucher offers 3 breakfast choices. I chose the french toast meal which was suppose to come w/ 3 fluffy french toasts, egg, and meat choice of bacon or sausage. What I got was one half of a french toast, not even a whole slice and one slice of bacon. I had it to go so I didn't open the box until I got to my room. I wondered when I picked up the bag it was awefully light. Since it was free I didn't complain. They do not clean your room. If you need extra towel or soap you can pick up at front desk. I would not stay here again.
Horrible !!
Avoid at all cost ! This was the worst room I stayed in during my recent trip to San francisco......it just reeked of mildew and mold. We only stayed for 6 hours as we had a very early flight - this place is very close to SFO airport.
Not a pleasant memory.
Bad location, Truly Budget Accomodation
The check-in staff was pretty rude. The room was acceptable, although it was really a motel room, I dont know where they get off calling this place a hotel.
The location is good if you need a place to sleep after a flight and are leaving the next day, but if you are going into San Francisco using the Travelodge as a base, I suggest a closer hotel.
While the shuttle to the airport is free, it costs about $6 to take the BART from SFO to downtown San Francisco. Also, the shuttle can be sporadic.
If you are forced by economical circumstances to find a cheap place to stay, the Travelodge is doable, but I think one could do better.
Great Stay
Really good place to stay. Very close to the airport and has a free shuttle from the airport to the hotel. Clean, nice rooms, friendly, helpful staff. Nice bathroom. Breakfast isn't included and can be pricey at the IHOP next door.
The airport travelodge is a-ok.
i stayed here for a quick overnight to catch an airplane home. it was clean, staff was pleasant, rooms were spacious. i was very pleased with the accommodations. having the IHOP restaurant right on location and a gas station next door was just what the doctor ordered for our trip. it was incredibly easy to get to the car rental return and airport from the travelodge. i recommend it for this kind of travel needs!
Gets the Job Done
I stayed at this hotel during 5/18/04 - 5/20/04, and found it to be an excellent 'sleeping room' with an IHOP restaurant next door and a McDonald's across the street.
Given the close proximity to the airport (airplane take-offs) and the south bay location (howling winds in the afternoon and evening), this isn't a hotel that you'd spend much time hanging around. I'm unsure why they have an outdoor pool, since only members of a Polar Bear Club would be likely to use it.
However, this is a clean and economical hotel if you're looking for a place to sleep between day trips in the Bay Area.
Nice for the Price
Definitely a great place to stay for ~$50/night. The air conditioning was quite noisy but is my only complaint. Breakfast at the IHOP (adjacent to the hotel) in the morning was great. Just a short drive into downtown.
We were afraid being right on the freeway would make this noisy but no.
We were in the part closest to US101 but it was very quiet. The pool is a nice touch that took me back to my childhood when ALL motels in California had pools. Even though it's out of town, SF is easy to get to on BART plus the free hotel shuttle. Next time in SF I might consider it even for a night when we DON'T have an early morning flight.
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|April 16 2008, 10:28 PM
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Re: ST XI Enterprise conjecture
Bashir: »Out of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?«
Garak: »My dear doctor, they're all true.«
Bashir: »Even the lies?«
Garak: »Especially the lies.«
|April 16 2008, 11:08 PM
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Re: ST XI Enterprise conjecture
That doesn't mean I like the changes to the design, but last time I checked, you're not the guy who did it for the film. So any criticism of the design is not targetted at you.
You haven't reacted badly to the conversation, anyway, so it's 99% clear that you "get that" already. I just thought it would be a good idea to try to chill out the attempts at starting flamewars in here by pointing that out in an unambiguous fashion.
For the record, as well... I've said it several times... there are ways that this version could appear in the movie and actually make a certain degree of sense (alternative timelines, etc). I don't think it's a HORRIFIC DESIGN. It's just a CHANGE... and change is only a good thing when you're going from something not so good to something better. Sometime change is change for the worse, after all.
That's my point in this discussion. There are people in the world who think that change... ANY CHANGE... is always good. There are other people in the world who go by the adage "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." I'm one of those. My argument is with the proposition that there's something inherently "broke" about the original 1701 design, which NECESSITATES CHANGE. I really, REALLY don't see that as being the case, nor do many many other people.
I'm not opposed to doing new things... I don't want to see the same thing over and over. But I do not want to order my steak at dinner and have them bring me a "Vegan-burger" instead, and try to tell me it's the same thing! I may actually LIKE that sort of thing sometimes... but I know the difference, and I hate the "bait and switch" game that would entail.
The 1701 is top sirloin. I'm not sure what this new thing is... it may be prime rib.. it may be shoeleather. But it's not sirloin, that's for sure. Yet it SEEMS that it's being served to us on the menu as "sirloin."
|April 16 2008, 11:22 PM
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Re: ST XI Enterprise conjecture
I think you can keep some of the same lines, but it definately needs more curves, and far more detail and texture to fix a modern audience's aesthetic expectations. If they used the TOS Enterprise, unchanged, most of the audience would laugh at how absurd it is that a design like that is supposed to be futuristic. Especially the interior control panels on the bridge. I work in a TV control room that looks more futuristic than the TOS Enterprise Bridge.
Some can accept change, and some cannot, but it IS needed to appeal to a wider audience, rather than the fanboys. If this movie can't capture anyone other than die hard fans, then Star Trek will be dead for a long time after, if not forever.
|April 16 2008, 11:26 PM
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|April 16 2008, 11:42 PM
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Re: ST XI Enterprise conjecture
Bashir: »Out of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?«
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Bashir: »Even the lies?«
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|April 17 2008, 12:11 AM
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Location: Austin, Texas
Re: ST XI Enterprise conjecture
Oh, and you're a poster on the TrekBBS... so by any rational argument, you, too, are a "fanboy." Your use of the term is not, therefore, really an ACCURATE term, is it? Instead, you seem to be using the term to attack those who don't agree with you. IE, "fanboy" is your way of belittling those who don't agree with you.
I AM looking at it objectively, and further, I'm trying to engage in an OBJECTIVE DISCUSSION, using logic, rationally stated points, and actual ARGUMENTS to support my position.
I keep hoping that the other side of the argument will engage in the same sort of an approach. Rather than engaging in personal sniping, I mean.
For the record, "lots of curves" and "lots of detail" is nothing new. Fins and greeblies and so forth don't make for "more advanced." You had that stuff on the 1930s Flash Gordon serials, for cryin' out loud!
ST-One has raised the TMP Enterprise as an example of "good change" and (except for the idea that it's the same ship... an idea which is specifically addressed in the script when it's demonstrated that Kirk can't even find his way around inside her, and as Decker says, it's an "almost totally new Enterprise.") I can agree with that in large extent. However, the TMP Enterprise didn't have a "more curved" shape, overall, nor did it have lots of extra detail added to it (in the sense it seems to be addressed here, I mean). The ship was actually quite smooth and enclosed. Again, that's because Probert was actually thinking through WHY things ought to be, not just what they out to look like.
Look at real technology. Do you see a car with a perfectly smooth, graceful exterior, compare it to a car covered with all sorts of exposed nuts and so forth, and see the one with "more detail visible" as being more advanced?
Further... look at airplanes. Modern aircraft are no more "curvy" than they were in the 1940, 1950s, 1960s...in fact, they're quite a bit LESS so.
The same goes for naval vessels. Here's concept art of a new US Navy vessel currently being created. Far from having "more exposed detail," it has a lot less. And that makes it seem MORE advanced, doesn't it?
I do not accept your proposition that "the audience would laugh." Why not? Because there is NO evidence to that effect. I believe the exact opposite... that if the original design were shown, in high-definition, high-quality images on the big screen, just as we remember it but in such clarity that we can finally see all the fine detail that was never visible on the 320 x 200 TV broadcast... I believe that the audience would GASP.
That's my opinion. Your opinion is that they'd laugh. Neither has anything remotely like "proof" behind them. That's why it's OPINION. And that's why I don't argue from that basis... and instead try to argue points that CAN be argued logically and can be taken to some sort of conclusion.
Does everything fit together, as a unified whole... or is your "advanced" control room actually a hodge-podge of slightly similar, but very much distinct, pieces of hardware?
Does your control room have rack-mounted equipment, stacked up in columns on frames made from mass-produced aluminum and steel extrusions, rolling around on casters?
I'm not saying you don't work in a state-of-the-art facility... only that it's doubtful that your workcenter is REALLY "more advanced looking." A control center, ideally, should be clean, streamlined, and have exactly the controls and displays and so forth required to do the job it's required to do... no more, no less.
Now, for the record, I'm not saying that the original set, without alteration, must be used. For example, I've always envisioned the big framed areas above each workstation on the outer ring to be a massive flat display. We just normally see one or two "windows" open on it at any time... but you could have more than that, you could have different background colors, you could have the whole thing displaying data... it would be very flexible. Yet it would still be the same in every meaningful way. Same with the "pegboard" display in Engineering... that might just be one display, representing a wiring schematic, that can be put up on a large wall-sized display panel.
You don't have to throw the old away, you can "update" it without contradicting it. There's nothing dated about the designs... the limitations that can, and SHOULD, be addressed are rather those of budget and available technology.
But even with that... unless you're one of those "arteeest" types I mentioned earlier (which is, for the record, not the same as an actual ARTIST)... you ought to recognize that the set isn't the core of what matters. If's a place to set action. So if the audience is looking at the set more closely than the actors... you've got a "Star Wars Prequel" situation and you've failed as a storyteller!
That's the sort of thinking that the FANBOYS of which, let's be blunt, YOU ARE ONE, are accused of... isn't it?
General audiences will go to this movie to see a good story... or they won't go at all. Most are JUST familiar enough with the designs to know generally what it's supposed to look like, but few know or care about whether the bridge is straight or skewed. They have a mental image and as long as the show doesn't contradict that mental image they already have, they'll be able to stay absorbed in the story. IF IT'S A GOOD STORY.
It's ONLY THE "FANBOYS" who are interested in seeing the fine details of the design. And it's only a subset of those who are interested in seeing it change... the subset who think as you seem to, that it's "dated" (without having a clear reason that they can give for WHY it's "dated").
Face facts... you, I, EVERY LAST ONE OF US qualifies as a "fanboy" by virtue of the fact that we joined, and post on, a BBS called the "TrekBBS." If you throw around that sort of thing as an insult... you're really trying to say something else, aren't you?
A truly well-told story will be successful with what might be considered "sub-standard" effects, and even production design. While a badly told story cannot be saved by "new cool ships with huge 'splosions."
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|April 17 2008, 12:19 AM
Re: ST XI Enterprise conjecture
They don't want people to get the impression, that they just paid ten bucks to see exactly the same as could be seen daily on TV for ten bucks less.
|April 17 2008, 06:49 AM
Location: Hot Springs, AR
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Honestly, I simply used the trailer shots, and text descriptions which alluded to "bigger/aerodynamic/organic" nacelles, "a bigger bite out of the secondary hull", and "the rest of the ship looked like a combination of TOS and TMP Enterprise" to conjure this up.
(The "TMP" references convinced me to add the neck photon torpedo structure, and the "flux chiller"? black square things under the nacelle humps.) Personally I never liked the photon torpedo thing on the neck, but it did look cool in ST:TWOK!
Just my thoughts.
And thank you again to everyone for the compliments and suggestions.
|April 17 2008, 07:43 AM
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Location: Germany - with UHC since the early 1900s
Re: ST XI Enterprise conjecture
Because the refit I saw in 'The Motion Picture' most definitely had more curves that the original design. The whole shape of the saucer and engineering section are much more round on the refit. The warp drive nacelles are a combination of different shapes. And even the 'neck' is curved (on the starboard and port sides of the hull).
The detail work on the refit is (compared to the original) quite 'exessive'...
So (as is the case with this new design) the refit is vastly different from her predecessor in appearance and yet they represent the same ship.
TMP was a reboot, one that you can accept and even manage (as the rest of us) to work into the continuity.
But this new reboot you cannot accept? Even though the design elements we have been shown so far (the parts of the ship, the corridor image, the shuttle) are closer to the TOS designs than anything we have seen in TMP (and that one is supposed to play only two or so years after the end of TOS)?
|April 17 2008, 07:49 AM
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Re: ST XI Enterprise conjecture
But there is one thing that jumps to my eye which I do not like: The Franz Joseph-'dent' on the underside of the engineering hull... not good, IMO
|April 17 2008, 08:39 AM
Location: Hot Springs, AR
Re: ST XI Enterprise conjecture
Yeah, that does need fixed
|April 17 2008, 11:11 AM
Location: Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Re: ST XI Enterprise conjecture
J.J. and gang are picking and choosing what they want and ignoring the rest to start from scratch to reboot the property.
And I don't care if 5 billion people think, "Hey, that looks about right." If it's wrong, it's wrong.
But we're arguing a moot point. As a reboot they can do whatever they want and not be contradicting anything previously established because it's not in continuity with the original. But I would argue that it's still corrupting some other aspects of TOS. The ship in the Trek XI teaser looks like something a goth would design and doesn't look like the product of a future society of idealism of aspirations and optimism. It's reflecting something of the cynicism of today. And it's visually consistent with the industrial dark gray piece of shit that was the NX-01.
And aspiring to something better and optimism is an integral part of TOS. But I'm not really surprised to see it jettisoned.
But there is something else at play here and it may be generational. For a lot of TOS fans the Enterprise mattered as something more than just a piece of sci-fi hardware. It wasn't just another disposable Star Wars type thing or nearly any other bit of tech that has been rolled out in Trek since the '80s. The Enterprise was as important as Shatner as Kirk, Nimoy as Spock and the rest of the cast. The TOS E was a physical representation of so much of what we loved about Star Trek. To drastically change it is to tamper with a core element of Star Trek's appeal for many of us. It's a work of fiction, but the TOS creators did such a damned fine job of making it seem real that for many fans it pretty much is real.
Many of us had lumps in our throat when the refit E was destroyed in TSFS. But people were actually cheering and saying things like, "Aw, kewl." when the 1701-D was wrecked. Why? Because the producers saw it only as a piece of disposable hardware unlike the original and that was conveyed to the audience. Too bad really because while I never much cared for the 1701-D it was a helluva lot better than the 1701-E-yuch.
We argue about the TOS E because she matters to us and represents much of what we loved about Star Trek. TPTB have corrupted so much of what we loved about the show that this is the last bloody straw.
It's probably part of the reason I and many others continue--decades after the fact--to try to flesh out aspects of TOS to make them seem even more believable. The TOS tech says something to us that little Trek tech since ever has.
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|April 17 2008, 11:47 AM
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Location: Ontario, Canada
Re: ST XI Enterprise conjecture
Have you considered taking the original series Enterprise and try giving it the details to make it movie presentable? Tweaking some bits for detail- using the same detail oriented idea as the trailer Enterprise maybe? Doing so without changing the overall design of the ship. The remastered series has attempted it, but it doesn't look like it would cut it- but I think it's because the CGI isn't movie grade (it's barely TV grade for that matter).
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|April 17 2008, 12:41 PM
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Location: Germany - with UHC since the early 1900s
Re: ST XI Enterprise conjecture
I actually like this larger/extended cut-out...
I meant THAT little 'dent':
It looks ugly and totally destroys the flow of the hull's shape... (IMO)
|April 17 2008, 12:45 PM
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Television producers are bucking the system by financing new projects themselves.
About a year ago, producer Ami Amir, an owner of the Matar Plus production company, tried to interest the television organizations in Israel in a comedy series that had come across his desk.
Amir, equipped with a script and an enthusiastic creative team, made all the familiar stops: From the Channel 2 franchisees he went on to Channel 10 and from there to the satellite and cable companies. But the answer was always no.
Amir's story is indicative of how the industry works in Israel. Since the television market is small and poor, creative people who join together in a production company are subject to the good graces of the few broadcast platforms. Even if the idea wins a producer's full confidence, large sums of money are needed to take it from page to screen. Only Yes, HOT, Channel 2 operators Keshet and Reshet and Channel 10 are in a position to finance new series.
In the end, though, Amir's attempt met with success. In an unusual move made possible by his production company's strong economic backing - the advertising powerhouse McCann is a partner in it - money was invested independently to produce a pilot for the series.
The second round of meetings, with three completed episodes in hand, ended in a completely different way. The series, "Gavoah and Greenbaum," was purchased by Channel 2 franchisee Keshet. Ten episodes, in addition to the three that have already been filmed, have been purchased for broadcast. The director is Daniel Adar and the writer is Ran Appelberg.
The cost of developing the show, including the writing of an episode or two, is between $8,000 and $12,000, the cost of producing a pilot runs from NIS 400,000 to NIS 600,000 and the cost of producing an entire series can cost millions of shekels.
The other side of the equation is the producer's copyright on the finished products. In Israel, unlike in European countries, there is no legislation to standardize intellectual property rights for television works. Therefore, when the money leaves the pockets of the franchisees the producer is likely to discover he has hardly any rights to the final product and he does not receive any income after the first broadcast.
Amir's method of bypassing the usual players to get a pilot, may indicate a sea change in the way things are done. Gradually, though as of now this applies only to the large production companies, the industry is moving in toward international standards.
Joining the list of production companies that have self-financed and come out ahead are Herzliya Studios, which is investing more and more money in developing and producing shows, and the Dori Media group, which created the interactive Internet reality show "uMan," and gambled on the television series "Split."
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The new trend, say various producers, has to do with changes in the television industry in recent years.
"The system in place at the moment in fact robs the producer of his copyright on the final product," says Yoav Peretz, the CEO of Herzliya Studios. "Maybe he has a share in the profits when the program is broadcast on television but he does not have a share in the copyright. This is becoming particularly problematic nowadays, when a broadcast organization has additional income from broadcasting content on the Internet or on sites with which it has cooperation agreements, on cellular phones or on video on demand. I see myself as the farmer, but instead of buying the fruit, the broadcast organizations want to buy the tree."
Peretz's farmer analogy is well-suited to the story of the production of the successful daily drama "Asfur." Sources in the industry say the producer of the series, Udi Segal, read the reports about his hit series, which has been ordered more than a million times on VOD, but discovered he had no part in the profits coming in from the orders.
"We, as a large production company, know how to put down money," explains Peretz, giving as examples the program "Let's See You," which is broadcast on Channel 2 and was funded by Herzliya Studios, and another drama under development, the entire production of which will be funded without the involvement of a franchisee.
"We realized that in the long run a production company that doesn't own copyrights will die," says Peretz. "When there is additional income today from side media you can't give it up. We invest many millions in development, we look for dramas and sitcoms and we are prepared to fund them without a franchisee. Until now a producer would set out only in cooperation with a franchisee. It's not like that any more."
Even though the risk is huge?
"The higher the risk, the greater the return. In television there is no return nowadays. If you go to a franchisee or a broadcast organization in the usual way, you receive producer's pay up to 10 percent of the cost and you see from the side how the VOD and the websites are broadcasting what you have made. A producer who doesn't have copyrights has no future." Yoni Paran, the CEO of Dori Media Darset, agrees that producers must protect their rights in the changing media landscape.
"Large production companies, with economic backing, are raising the gauntlet. In 'Split' we did go with HOT from the outset but since this was a project intended for broadcast only on VOD, the budget was limited. We could have made do with that funding but we preferred to make an excellent product and we invested quite a lot of money. This was also manifested in the copyright on the final result," he said.
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Creating a higher quality product increases the chances that the show or format will be ripe for international picking. The past several years have been characterized by increasing openness on the part of the international market to Israel formats and programs. The possibility of selling a format to a foreign market is becoming attractive to producers when they have rights to it.
"What Herzliya Studios, Matar and Dori Media Darset have in common is that they're thinking about outside Israel more than the others," says Karni Ziv, deputy CEO for programming at Channel 10 and until recently deputy contents CEO at HOT. "Someone who has started selling abroad on his own, or through a format distribution agency, is prepared to and wants to develop on his own. He sees a chance of covering the risks."
Pushing out smaller fish
However, calling this new trend the norm may be jumping the gun. According to content directors at the broadcast organizations, only a few producers will be able to take the large risk entailed in this kind of work.
If this does become the standard, small or mid-sized production companies could go under.
Even now, say producers, there are a number of prominent production companies able to produce and specialize in a variety of genres, among them reality, entertainment and drama.
The next phase could be production companies that become larger media organizations and leave smaller competitors behind.
"This is a move that requires a number of things from you as a producer," explains Amir. "You have to aim at a product you are able to make and know it is something in your area of expertise, and you have to be ready and able to absorb a loss."
In Amir's case, this entailed an investment of $150,000, which to a large extent was made possible thanks to the partnership with McCann.
Throwing some cold water on the enthusiasm, deputy CEO for content at Yes, Yona Wiesenthal says, "There's a big difference between investment in a drama and investment in the Internet. When that happens here in Israel, it is welcome but it isn't really happening in this country. Few organizations have deep pockets. There is hardly a production company today that is able to do this. I don't see this as the start of a trend, but rather as an exception that proves the rule."
"To get to a franchisee with a pilot is an advantage, but also a disadvantage," explains Ziv. "On the one hand, it is easier for the franchisee to make a decision when he sees a finished product. On the other hand, broadcast organizations in Israel want to be partners on the creative side and they don't like getting a cassette because they feel, and rightly, that they know their viewer at least as well as the producer does. The system of 'take a cassette and broadcast it' works less well in this country."
What will this do to the small and mid-sized production companies? "In the world of scripted dramas the big money isn't the development or the pilot. At the end of the day the broadcast organization invests a lot of money in the production of the series. No producer is able to do this alone. When a broadcast organization decides to invest a good several million, on the bottom line the thing that will play a role is whether there is a good story. If someone has already invested in development or a pilot this might make the processes move a bit faster. If it's half-done that could help but if it isn't good enough, nothing can convince a franchisee to choose it."
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Building upon the intense momentum of the 2005 inaugural festival, Wall to Wall, Take Two, will feature domestic greats like Sonny Landreth, Toubab Krewe, Yohimbe Brothers with Vernon Reid, Fareed Haque, Buddy Guy, Kaki King, John McLaughlin and Bob Brozman, as well as international artists from India, Scotland, Spain, France and Iraq including Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Pierre Bensusan and Rahim AlHaj.
There will be nine mainstage concerts (most with multiple artists), six free performances in the Krannert Center lobby, the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, guitar workshops at local music stores, Guitar Hero competitions and plenty of "impromptu collaborations," as festival artistic director David Spelman (founder/director of the New York Guitar Festival) puts it.
Sounds like a cool lineup, but I heard about it in an Honest Tune a while back.
Where is this occuring? Dead link.
The YOHIMBE BROTHERS! Strap your wig and lace them boots tight if them Yohimbes is back. Them sum funked-up creatures of Groove.
Yohimbe Brothers??!!! Yeah!!!!If only they would tour more often. Be sure to check out this new project called Baby Elephant. It's a collaboration between Prince Paul, Bernie Worrell, and Newkirk. Their album called Turn "My Teeth Up" comes out on September 11th and features guest spots from David Byrne, Geroge Clinton, Gabby La La, and Reggie Watts and Shock G to name a few. Check em out at http://www.myspace.com/babyelephantmusicAlso, does anybody have a live recording of the Yohimbe Brothers show when they opened up for Robert Randolph at the TLA in Philly sometime around Halloween 2002? "I was watching that Spice channel last night and I was wondering when is Black Tail gonna get their own channel?!! Shiiiiit" - Prince Paul on "6996 (Club Yohimbe)"
right in my hometown free north miss allstars showhopefully ill be able to make it to some of this
fantastic lineup. i would go just to see mclaughlin
I just might have to check this out.
if u live in the area.. u should go. I would :)