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Patent application title: PLL LOOP ABLE TO RECOVER A SYNCHRONISATION CLOCK RHYTHM COMPRISING A TEMPORAL DISCONTINUITY
Thierry Tapie (Rennes, FR)
Serge Defrance (Rennes, FR)
Catherine Serre (Saint Gregoire, FR)
IPC8 Class: AH04N504FI
USPC Class:
Class name: Television synchronization automatic phase or frequency control
Publication date: 2010-08-26
Patent application number: 20100214477
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The present invention relates to the domain of video equipment. It relates
to a phase-locked loop able to recover the timing of a synchronization
signal comprising a temporal discontinuity of a maximum amplitude equal
to PCR_Modulus, the loop comprising:
a sample comparator comparing the samples and the local samples of a
synthesised signal,
means for producing the synthesised signal from a corrected signal,
a corrector receiving a comparison result delivered by the comparison
means and delivering the corrected signal, According to the invention,
the comparison means comprises the means to determine a difference in
value between the local samples and the samples of the synchronisation
signal and in that the comparison result has a value that depends on the
value ε and on the difference between the value ε and the
value PCR_Modulus/2.
1-5. (canceled)
6. Phase-locked loop that can recover the timing of a synchronisation signal comprising a temporal discontinuity of a maximum amplitude equal to PCR_Modulus, the loop comprising:comparison means comparing samples of a synchronisation signal and local samples of the synthesised signal, said comparison means issuing a comparison result;means for producing the synthesised signal from a corrected signal,a corrector) receiving the comparison result delivered by the comparison means and delivering the corrected signal,wherein the comparison means comprises means for performing a difference ε=PCRr-PCR_loc1 and in that the comparison result has a value that depends on the value ε and on the difference between the value ε and the value PCR_Modulus/2.
7. Phase-locked loop according to claim 6, wherein the corrector comprises a single corrector block having a z-transfer function that is expressed in the form y0+y1Z-1, where y0 and y1 are real numbers.
8. Phase-locked loop according to claim 7, wherein the corrector further comprises a single corrector block having a z-transfer function FS that is expressed in the form Z-1/(1-Z-1).
9. Phase-locked loop according to claim 8, wherein the corrector block is placed in series with the corrector block.
10. Phase-locked loop according to claim 6, wherein the synchronisation signal has a sawtooth time waveform.
[0001]The present invention relates to the domain of video equipment.
[0002]The present invention relates more particularly to a phase-locked loop of a receiver device for the transmission of a synchronisation signal comprising a temporal discontinuity, for example of the "Genlock" type (synchronisation locking), on a packet switching network, of for example IP (Internet Protocol) type, whether the network be wired (for example Ethernet (IEEE802.3)) or wireless (for example IEEE 802.16 D-2004).
[0003]Progress in the ability of IP networks to transport all types of signal (data or video) has made it possible to use these networks as the "backbone" architecture for video studios. Of capital importance to this evolution is therefore having a single infrastructure for the transport of data. Whereas in the past, several media were necessary to transport different signal types, the multiplexing properties offered by the IP layer enable a reduction in the number of media necessary: an IP network that links the different equipment.
[0004]In the prior art, the synchronisation of items of video equipment (cameras, etc.) in a studio is carried out by the transmission of a synchronisation signal commonly called "Genlock" or "Black burst". For example, the Genlock signal comprises two synchronisation signals, one is repeated every 40 ms and indicates the start of the video frame, the other is repeated every 64 μs (for a standard format and less for an HD format) and indicates the start of lines in the video frame. The waveform of the synchronisation signals depends on the format of the image transmitted over the network. For example, for a high definition image, the signal synchronisation has a tri-level form (-300 mV, 0V, +300 mV).
[0005]A known disadvantage presented by an IP/Ethernet network is that it introduces a strong jitter in a transmission of signals, and particularly for the transmission of a synchronisation signal. When such a signal is routed by an IP/Ethernet connection to different items of equipment for synchronising, this jitter results in fluctuations in the length of time required for the information carried by the synchronisation signal to reach the equipment.
[0006]In the prior art, devices are known for reconstructing, for each camera, a timing clock specific to this camera enabling the jitter to be overcome. The underlying principle of these devices is a high attenuation of the synchronisation signal jitter amplitude at the level of reception. In such a way, it can be guaranteed that an image generated by a camera is rigorously in phase with all of the images generated by neighbouring cameras connected to the same network.
[0007]Examples of such devices are described in the international PCT application FR2007/050918, they act on program clock reference (PCR) signals that represent very accurate reference clock signals. These digital signals are sent to cameras across a network so that they can locally reconstruct clock signals that are in phase with the reference clock.
[0008]According to the prior art, the reception device comprises:
[0009]means for receiving packets containing samples of the network coming from data sampled every Tech period,
[0010]means for regenerating a first counter CSR_PCR1 using a phase-locked loop PLL1,
[0011]means for initialising a second CPT counter every zero-crossing of said first counter CSR_PCR1,
[0012]means for generating image cues at every zero-crossing of the said second CPT counter, and
[0013]means for reconstituting a synchronisation signal from said image cues.
[0014]The phase-locked loop PLL1 of the reception device acts as a low-pass filter that partially attenuates the jitter present in the samples received PCRr that have circulated on the network.
[0015]It is known that it is possible to create a digital phase-locked loop using an RST architecture. In this type of architecture, the phase-locked loop comprises three corrector blocks, known as R, S and T, positioned at two inputs and one output of a signal comparator. It is also known that these three corrector blocks combined with a synthesised signal generator allows the easy creation of a phase-locked loop that acts as a second-order low-pass filter in certain conditions. For example, these conditions are fulfilled when the z-transfer functions of two of the corrector blocks R and T, those placed at the signal comparator inputs, are y0+y1 Z-1 type, with y0 and y1 that are real numbers and when the z-transfer function of the corrector block S is in the form of Z-1/(1-Z-1). An example of one such phase-locked loop of the prior art will be described more specifically in what follows, particularly with the help of FIGS. 4 and 5.
[0016]However, it can be established that while a phase-locked loop with this particular architecture functions perfectly when an infinite ramp input is applied to it, this is not the case when the input signal has temporal discontinuities. Indeed, in the latter case, when coefficients y0 and y1 of the two corrector blocks R and T are identical, these corrector blocks R and T deliver to each of the signal comparator inputs signals that contain the same type of discontinuity. At the output of the comparator, these discontinuities cancel each other out if they occur at exactly the same moment, in other words no discontinuity occurs at the output of the comparator when the output signals from corrector blocks R and T are perfectly in phase.
[0017]Conversely, when the output signals of blocks R and T are not exactly in phase, a double discontinuity in the output signal from the comparator is observed that is detrimental to the functioning of the phase-locked loop PLL1. During a first operating phase of the loop PLL1 known as the "acquisition phase", the synchronisation signal and the synthesised signal are not exactly in phase, but the double discontinuity of the output signal is acceptable. However, in a second operating phase that corresponds to a steady state, the loop PLL1 oscillates around a set point: it is not possible to guarantee that the discontinuities of the output signals of the blocks R and T are in phase: yet, during this second operating phase, the double discontinuity is not acceptable.
[0018]In a real system, a counting ramp cannot have an unlimited range value. This range value is generally limited by a capacity (PCR_Modulus) of a counter. The counting ramp moves from 0 to PCR_Modulus-1 then returns to 0. Specifically, a PLL loop whose architecture is of the RST type is not suitable for a sawtooth input signal.
[0019]A solution to this problem consists of offering a PLL loop architecture compatible with a synchronisation signal comprising a temporal discontinuity, and specifically compatible with a synchronisation signal whose time waveform is of the sawtooth type.
[0020]For this purpose, the present invention relates to a phase-locked loop PLL1 that can recover the timing of a synchronisation signal comprising a temporal discontinuity which has a maximum amplitude equal to PCR_Modulus. The phase-locked loop PLL1 comprises:
[0021]a sample comparator CMP1 comparing the samples PCRr of a synchronisation signal and local samples PCR_loc1 of a synthesised signal CSR_PCR1;
[0022]means GEN1 for producing the synthesised signal CSR_PCR) from a corrected signal ERC;
[0023]a corrector COR1 receiving a comparison result (ERR) delivered by the comparison means CMP1 and delivering the corrected signal ERC.
[0024]According to the invention, the comparison means CMP1 comprises the means to determine a difference in value between the local samples PCR_loc1 and the samples of the synchronisation signal and in that the comparison result ERR has a value that depends on the value ε and on the difference between the value ε and the value PCR_Modulus/2.
[0025]According to a particular embodiment, the corrector (COR1) comprises a single corrector block R having a z-transfer function FR that is expressed in the form y0+ylZ-1, where y0 and y1 are real numbers.
[0026]According to a particular embodiment, the corrector COR1 further comprises a single corrector block S having a z-transfer function Fs that is expressed in the form Z-1/(1-Z-1).
[0027]According to a particular embodiment, the corrector block R is placed in series with corrector block S.
[0028]According to a particular embodiment, the synchronisation signal has a sawtooth time waveform.
[0029]A first advantage of the invention lies in its capacity it offers to function with a synchronisation signal comprising a temporal discontinuity.
[0030]A second advantage of the invention lies in the simplification of the PLL loop architecture in comparison with standard RST architecture as a PLL loop according to the invention comprises only two corrector blocks, namely one less than an RST type PLL loop. It is known that a phase-locked loop PLL1 can be designed from VHDL code (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language) in a programmable component, this simplification is advantageous as it allows a reduction in the number of operations and correlatively a reduction in the number of logic flip-flops used to create the loop PLL1. This frees up space for creating other functions in the same programmable component.
[0031]The invention will be better understood from the following description of an embodiment of the invention provided as an example by referring to the annexed figures, wherein:
[0032]FIG. 1 shows the transmission of genlock information between two cameras linked via an IP/Ethernet network,
[0033]FIG. 2 shows the interfacing between the analogue domain and the IP/Ethernet network,
[0034]FIG. 3 shows the regeneration of the Genlock signal on the reception side according to the prior art,
[0035]FIG. 4 diagrammatically shows a phase-locked loop architecture according to the prior art,
[0036]FIG. 5a diagrammatically shows an architecture of an R corrector block according to the prior art,
[0037]FIG. 5b shows the time waveforms of an input signal Sin of a corrector block comprising a temporal discontinuity and an output signal of the same corrector block for the given values of y0 and y1 according to the prior art;
[0038]FIG. 6 diagrammatically shows a phase-locked loop architecture according to the invention,
[0039]FIG. 7 shows an example of a flowchart for the sample comparator of a phase-locked loop according to the invention.
[0040]The current analogue domain is interfaced with the IP/Ethernet network on the transmission side, and the IP/Ethernet network is interfaced with the analogue domain on the reception side, as illustrated in FIG. 1.
[0041]In the same figure, the transmission side comprises a "Genlock master" MGE that is connected to an IP/Analogue interface I_AIP. The Genlock master MGE sends a Genlock signal SG0 to the interfaces I_AIP.
[0042]The reception side is constituted by two cameras (CAM1, CAM2) each connected to an IP/Analogue interface I_IPA. The interfaces I_IPA that will eventually be included in the cameras themselves are responsible for reconstructing the Genlock signals SG1, SG2 intended for cameras CAM1, CAM2. The cameras CAM1, CAM2 each produce a video signal SV1, SV2 that is required to be synchronised perfectly.
[0043]The transmission and reception sides are linked together by a packet switching network that is the source of a jitter occurring in the Genlock signal SG0.
[0044]A sampling pulse, in the Tech, period, is generated from a first synchronisation layer, for example IEEE1588, and is sent to the transmission and reception sides. Indeed, the PTP protocol (Precision Time Protocol) based on IEEE1588 enables synchronisation to be obtained between the equipment connected on the Ethernet network to an order of microseconds. In other words, all the time bases of every item of equipment progress at the same time with a precision close to the order of microseconds. Each of these time bases can be used in this case to generate its own sampling pulse in the Tech, period. Use of the IEEE1588 layer is not a required route. Any system capable of providing sampling pulses to the various items of equipment on the network in the Tech period could be suitable. For example, a 5 ms sampling pulse from a wireless transmission physical layer can be used.
[0045]FIG. 2 details the processing of the Genlock signal SG0 from MGE within the interface I_AIP.
[0046]First, a module EXS extracts the synchronisation information from the signal SG0 in order to recover a video timing clock (noted as Clk on FIG. 2). More specifically, the module EXS is responsible for the generation of an image cue at the beginning of each image. Furthermore, the module EXS comprises an image counter, for example a 40 ms counter, which is not shown on FIG. 2. The output of this image counter progresses according to the counting ramp, crossing 0 at each image period, that is every 40 ms in the case of the image counter cited in the aforementioned example.
[0047]The image counter delivers a stair-step signal. The steps have a unitary height. The signal range value, that is to say the height corresponding to the difference in level between the highest step and the lowest step is equal to 40 ms.Fout, where Fout is the frequency of the video clock Clk. The counter CPT successively delivers all of the integer values from 0 to 40 ms.Fout-1.
[0048]The timing video clock is used to determine the rhythm of a counter CPT_PCR. The output of the counter CPT_PCR is a counting ramp, whose period is m image periods. Every "m" image, the counter CPT_PCR is reset, that is to say that the counting ramp CSE_PCR is reset to 0.
[0049]Next, a module LCH samples the counting ramp CSE_PCR every Tech period to produce samples PCRe. These samples PCRe are sent across the network and travel to the reception side through a network interface (block INTE).
[0050]FIG. 3 shows the reception side according to the prior art. The interface I_IPA recovers the PCR samples that have been sent on the network. These samples PCRe are received by a network interface (module INTR) with a delay linked to the transport between the transmission device and the reception device: the module INTR produces samples PCRr. The samples PCRe, which are produced at regular Tech intervals on the transmission side, arrive at irregular intervals on the reception side: this is largely due to the jitter introduced during transport on the network. The samples PCRr are taken into account at regular Tech intervals and hence, the majority of the jitter introduced during packet transport is eliminated.
[0051]The imprecision between the transmission and reception sampling times is absorbed by a phase-locked loop PLL1 whose bandwidth is appropriated. The characteristics of the phase-locked loop PLL1 guarantee a reconstituted clock generation CLK_out1 with a reduced jitter.
[0052]The phase-locked loop PLL1 acts as a system receiving PCRr samples and delivering:
[0053]a reconstituted clock CLK_out1,
[0054]a counting ramp CSR_PCR1 and,
[0055]local samples PCR_locl.
[0056]When the loop PLL1 operates in a steady state, the samples PCRr are noticeably equal to the samples PCR_loc1.
[0057]The reconstituted clock CLK_out1 determines the rhythm of a CPT image counter similar to the image counter on the transmission side, for example a 40 ms counter. The image counter CPT is reset each time the counting ramp CSR_PCR1 crosses 0. Between two successive initialisations, the image counter CPT progresses freely and produces an image cue that supplies a local Genlock generator, GEG to produce a reconstructed Genlock signal SG1, SG2 designed to synchronise the cameras CAM1, CAM2.
[0058]The reconstructed Genlock signal SG1, SG2 that is generated from the counting ramp CSR_PCR1 and the reconstituted clock CLK_out1 is in phase with the Genlock signal SG0 on the transmission side, to the nearest clock pulse.
[0059]FIG. 4 diagrammatically shows a PLL1 phase-locked loop architecture used in an I_IPA interface according to the prior art.
[0060]As shown in FIG. 4, the phase-locked loop PLL1 whose architecture is known as RST comprises:
[0061]a sample comparator CMP1 that compares the samples PCRr, corrected by a corrector block T and local samples corrected by a corrector block R, the comparator delivering a sample comparison result, or an error signal ERR, the error signal is corrected by a corrector block S,
[0062]a corrector COR1 comprising three corrector blocks R, S, T, the corrector COR1 delivering a corrected error signal ERC,
[0063]a configurable oscillator VCO1 receiving the corrected error signal ERC and delivering a reconstituted clock CLK_out1, the clock CLK_out1 has a frequency that depends on the signal ERC and that is proportional to a fixed gain G,
[0064]a counter CPT_PCR1 that produces a counting ramp CSR_PCR1 according to a rate that is printed by the reconstituted clock CLK_out1,
[0065]a support system with the value LATCH1 that generates local samples PCR_loc1 from the values of the counting ramp CSR_PCR1 at the times Tech,
[0066]Hereafter, it is agreed to group together the digital oscillator VCO1, the counter CPT_PCR1 and the support system with the value LATCH1 in the means GEN1 to produce a synthesised signal PCR_loc1 from a corrected signal ERC.
[0067]FIG. 5a diagrammatically shows an architecture of a corrector block R, T.
[0068]FIG. 5b shows the time waveforms of a signal Sout sampled at four points. Sin is an input signal from the corrector block R, T shown in FIG. 5a, it comprises a temporal discontinuity. Sout is the corresponding output signal of the corrector block.
[0069]Values are chosen, for example y0=2 and y1=-1. A discontinuity occurs on Sout (jump between an Sout value equal to +5 and an Sout value equal to -2). When two signals with a waveform similar to Sout are compared, for example Sout--A and Sout--B, the discontinuities of each of these signals appear in a comparison signal if the two discontinuities do not appear at the same time.
[0070]FIG. 6 diagrammatically shows a PLL1 phase-locked loop architecture according to the invention. The loop PLL1 receives samples PCRR from a synchronisation signal comprising a temporal discontinuity of maximum amplitude noted PCR_Modulus.
[0071]For example, the samples PCRR from the synchronisation signal PCRR have a sawtooth time waveform with a maximum amplitude PCR_Modulus. "Amplitude" is understood to mean the maximum difference between the samples PCRR of the synchronisation signal.
[0072]The sample comparator CMP1 comprises the means for determining a difference value ε between the local samples PCR_loc1 and the received samples PCRr. A comparison result ERR delivered by the sample comparator CMP1 has a value that depends on the difference value ε and on the difference between the value ε and the value PCR_Modulus/2.
[0073]An example of an operation flowchart for the sample comparator CMP1 is shown in FIG. 7. It constitutes an illustration of the dependence of the comparison result ERR in relation to the difference ε and the difference between ε and PCR_Modulus/2.
[0074]The corrector COR1 comprises a single corrector block R having a z-transfer function FR such that FR(Z)=y0+y1Z-1, where y0 and y1 are real numbers. The function of the corrector block R can be considered to be "factorised".
[0075]The corrector COR1 further comprises a single corrector block S having a z-transfer function Fs such that Fs (Z)=Z-1/(1-Z1).
[0076]Advantageously, the corrector block R is placed in series with the corrector block S.
[0077]The invention is described in the preceding text as an example. It is understood that those skilled in the art are capable of producing variants of the invention without leaving the scope of the patent.
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Nostalgia gets a hold of me at times, making me want to return to the city where I spent most of my life and the neighborhood where I lived for 27 years. My years in the Ile Saint Louis were the best years of my life.
The airport in Nice is about 40 minutes on the train. This is to the nearest train station to the airport plus a good 15 minutes walk. I always walk from the train station to the terminals, rain or shine, heat or cold, day or night. Some might say it's unsafe but I never had any problems.
Air France has its base in Terminal 2, the newest of the two terminals, a glass terminal with its distrinctive flying saucer shape. One short ride on the escalator gets me to the main hall and the express check-in for the mid-day flight to Paris-Orly.
The G-20 Heads of State meet-up in Cannes was well over but they still had some empty desks iwth G-20 signs in the hall. Note how they used the Eiffel Tower (Paris landmark) as a symbol for France with a meeting taking place in Cannes.
Baggage drop-off counters (Air France).
Access to the boarding gates with security check and passport control.
A view on the apron with Terminal 1 in the distance.
Air France Airbus A-320 ready for boarding.
My flight to Paris
I have the advantage of priority boarding so I am one of the first passengers to board. A view of the terminal right before getting inside the airplane.
A quick chat with the pilots before most other passengers start coming in.
A view of the cabin with the chief stewardess, from my seat. Tight spacing between the seats.
The wing with the engine.
I am sitting in the third row with a window seat.
This one was the nicest stewardess on the flight.
We will have an on-time departure. We start the roll-out. Nice is a beautiful airport right on the sea always with awesome views on take-offs and landings - some times to the East, other times to the West depending on the weather.
I always lurk at business jets. This airport hosts some really nice machines. Sometimes the Sheikhs park their 747-400s for days. The G-20 had some of the most amazing aircrafts including Air Force One (with accompanying B-757). What you will see here is less sophisticated but still very nice.
Meet Y-BBJ a B-737 operated by Global Jet Austria. Most probably a rental biz jet for a private client. Not bad I must say!
I really liked this baby. I would love having this little machine for my own use! Can you imagine? No more waiting in line, no more boarding procedures, no more cheap food on the flight... life would be so much easier!
Her name is SP (Brazil)">VP-CNR a Gulfsteam GV-SP (G550) operated by Rashig Engineering. So sleek and elegant and probably fast too!
Right across my window making their way for take off I see an Air France regional jet. This is a Bombardier CRJ-1000. She is quite new, delivered 2011-09-01. She flies in the colours of Brit'Air. She is named F-HMLJ.
Making our way from take off we are on stand still waiting for another Air France plane to land.
We will take off with some steep bankings and be on our way immediately after.
Starting our climb and leaving the airport behind with some good overhead views
The runways were built from land reclaimed from the sea.
Baie des Anges (the bay of angels) with the city of Nice right below
Leaving the coast, we quicly reach the Alps with its snow-capped summits
The service begins promptly after reaching our cruise altitude. The choice is between soft drinks, still water or instant coffee with cookies or salted crackers.
I go for the cookies with some water.
Flying above the clouds. The wings have the traditional Air France logo "la crevette" (the shrimp).
We had an uneventful flight with no turbulence all along. After about one hour and a quarter we land at Orly-Ouest. I see an Easyjet on our way to the gate which I suppose must be an A-320. You can also see the ATC Tower in the background.
I have not landed at Orly Ouest in ages. I always choose CDG when going to Paris but there were no flights available to CDG the day I bought the trip on the Air France website.
Exiting the terminal will take very little time. The weather is beautiful. I go to the bus stop to find the bus to the train station. The train is the fastest way to the center of town. I will be heading to Saint Michel Notre-Dame.
This is a view of the Orly Sud Terminal with the ATC Tower.
Orly Sud was the first true major airport built in Paris. It took years for Orly Ouest to be built. Orly is a true historic airport. You can learn facts about Orly airport history on this link.
I will pass on the train ride. It is somewhat unexciting to ride through suburbia but it is the fastest way to reach my stop at Saint Michel/Notre-Dame and the most central and most historic part of Paris.
Coming off the station and taking a couple of sets of stairs I am on the left bank of the Seine right across the river from the cathedral and back in my old neighborhood again. I am a happy bunny! I feel like I am home again! Each time I go back is just like I never left.
Walking across the bridge to Ile de la Cité and across another bridge to the right bank I meet with one of the jazz bands that is almost always there on the weekends. These are American musicians residing in Paris. They have been around several years.
My very first stop will take me to my old bakery, rue (street) François Miron in Le Marais. I found some changes as they had just completed some renovation work with remodeling and improvements. They had re-opened just 3 days back. This bakery is an absolutely wonderful place like there are few in the city. The quality of the production is some of the very best you will be able to find and sold at non-inflated prices, which is rare.
The owner was awarded the title of Meilleur Ouvrier de France in 1986. In Japan they would call him a "living trasure". It's the highest existing standard for the trade. You can learn more about what it takes to become a Meilleur Ouvrier de France and the high value of this title by looking at this link:
You will get an idea just by looking at the pictures! This is no Starbucks! Everything you see is made from scratch and coming out fresh the oven twice a day.
The rue François Miron. Le Marais is an old quarter in the center of Paris where most buildings date from the 17th Century in the days when they travelled by horse and carriage or on foot. The streets are narrow, there was no question of automobiles not even bycicles.
I took pictures as I went along to the places where I had to go on the Saturday afternoon. I had one shopping stop. Here, some café terraces in Le Marais
The BHV (Bazar de l'Hotel de Ville) the well-known department store across the street --rue de Rivoli-- from the City Hall. I used to work all-year part-time jobs in this department store when I was a student.
Famous French names such as Maxim's, Chanel, Dior. The store was very busy. People have already started their Christmas shopping.
Right nearby is the Tour Saint Jacques. This is what's left of a medieval church, Saint Jacques de la Boucherie. This is still one of the official starting points for the pilgrimage to the famous town of Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
Hotel de Ville - the Paris City Hall
Behind the Hotel de Ville is the famous church of Saint Gervais from where King Louis IX and his followers had started on their way to the first crusade. This is a very impressive church with magnificent stained glass windows. It was damaged by a bomb during WWI and restored albeit some of the original stained glass windows being replaced.
This church also houses the organ of the Couperin family, same as it was when built with no transformations.
A contemporary nativity scene in the Church bookstore.
The Louis Philippe café and restaurant a few cobble stone steps from the church. It has the same name as the Pont Louis Philippe, the bridge right across the road.
I stayed in this beautiful building. This is 17th Century architecture from the time of Versailles. You can see large courtyards with arches. They had stables at street level for the horses and large courtyards to host the carriages with wooden structures between the buildings. The underground level is where they had the kitchens and dining rooms.
This is where the rue de Rivoli changes name to become the rue Saint Antoine at the Saint Paul Le Marais metro stop. Rue Saint Antoine leads to the Bastille, the next metro stop on the line. There is another massive church some meters down the street named Eglise Saint Paul. This part of the street has a lot of food stores, bakeries and small restaurants and a couple of small hotels.
I took the metro in the early morning to meet a friend in Saint Germain des Prés. This is the metro station, outside first and then inside.
Famous landmarks in Saint Germain des Prés. Café des Deux Magots (also a restaurant) and the famous Brasserie Lipp Boulevard Saint Germain, with the church of Saint Germain des Prés, the oldest church in Paris. This area played an important part in the cultural renaissance after WWII mostly in literature, politics and music. Lipp and Deux Magots were the meeting point of the intelligentsia and they still are - now sharing them with well off tourists.
Place Saint Germain des Prés with the rue de Rennes and the Montparnasse Tower.
Back to the Ile Saint Louis and across the bridge to the Left Bank with a view on Notre-Dame. These are my most favourite views of the cathedral with the Seine.
Further along the Seine toward the West near the Pont des Arts on my way to the Louvre.
The Institut de France hosting the French Academy (Académie Française)
The reversed pyramid in the gallery below the Louvre. I can remember the first day they opened the gallery to the public after the inauguration. I really liked the idea of this reversed pyramid.
You can access the Louvre museum from the underground level below but also a selection of stores and restaurants/cafeterias as well as access to two metro lines, line 1 and 7 with the Palais Royal stop.
The top of the Pyramid from below.
The Louvre as seen through the Pyramid. A mix of 17th-20th C. architecture: the old meets the new!
The Arch of Triumph of Carrousel, built by Napoleon Bonaparte. The interesting point is the fact that the Pyramid is aligned with Notre-Dame, the Carrousel, the Etoile and the Grand Arch of La Défense. They are all in perfect alignment. The idea of the Pyramid and the Grand Arch of La Défense came from former President François Mitterrand a Free Mason and Rosicrucian and also a well versed intellectual and writer.
The Louvre with the Pyramid.
Time was pressing as I had to get a flight back to Nice in the evening. I had to set back and walk toward the islands again.
Looking to the East from the Pont des Arts, this is a view on the Pont Neuf (which in fact is the oldest bridge in Paris) see the link with the list of bridges. The Pont Neuf dates back from the reign of King Louis XIV also known as "the Sun King" of Versailles.
Looking to the West with the Musée d'Orsay and the Eiffel Tower.
Going on my way to the islands, a nice view of Notre Dame cathedral with the Hotel Dieu. The Hotel Dieu used to be a monastery later transformed into a hospital. It is still a hospital with an emphasis on emergencies being in the center of the Paris, plus a number of medical and surgical specialties.
The Ile de la Cité on the right with the Ile Saint Louis further away.
The shadow of Notre-Dame at sunset time.
I always had a fascination for Notre-Dame. The place has incredible history. You probably all know the musical of the same name from the book by Victor Hugo.
I had about two more hours left to see a couple of old friends in the neighborhood and they went very quickly. Then came the time to go back to the train station and on to Orly to catch my flight. Take-off to Nice was scheduled a 9.00 PM
Views of Notre-Dame at night, while walking on my way back to the station. Sacred architecture. These genius Gothic architects and builders sure did not need computers. It took one hundred years to build Notre-Dame.
My time in Paris had come to an end. The train station at Saint Michel Notre Dame with trains going in all directions. You can go from here directly to Versailles also.
I had to catch that same bus the other way after I got to the Pont de Rungis station. There were a few travellers going to the airport although not many. The bus arrived relatively quickly and got us to the Orly Ouest terminal in no time.
After I went through the self check-in, security and passport control (had to remove the shoes and place everything on the moving belts, you all know the story) I went to the designated gate only to find a little later that the flight was delayed. The incoming aircraft arrived late.
The boarding gate area was packed with the delays and several flights leaving about the same time. There was not enough seats for everybody. A lot of people were standing up and others were sitting on the floor. The flight got delayed some more and we did not get scheduled to leave until past 10.00 PM.
It made no sense standing idle. I walked around and noticed there was a Mariage Frères tea store with some very pretty displays. This came as a surprise as I was a client for years in their original store in Le Marais. I still buy from them through their web site. My orders always come quite promptly and without fail.
.The flight was finally called and it was time for boarding. The flight was full. It was an A-321 this time, completely full with 212 passengers. Good thing I had priority boarding. I could take my time and get set up before the great most of the passengers would come in, called by row numbers.
The glitch was that my window seat in fact did not have a window! It was a window-less seat. Getting all the passengers in took quite a while which made up for an even longer delay.
Air France safety card are small and three-fold. It was the same on the Air France Concordes. They were the exact same format only portraying Concorde's security features.
I was tired so I slept through the flight and did not get anything from the expedited service. I knew I still had to get home this late in the night. I was fortunate to have a seat neighbour who worked in one of the High Schools in Monaco and heading in the same direction. He offered to give me a ride to a not too distant place from where I would catch a taxi as chances to catch a train this late in the night were few if none at all.
This was our airplane in the night as seen from the terminal.
There was no bags to pick up so that saved time. By the time we got out it was just about midnight.
I believe in playing good luck and getting it on my side. The weekend was wonderful albeit much too short and the weather was perfect. I had nothiing to complain about.
Paris has the kind of magic you cannot find in any other city. I don't know what it is - maybe the history, the people, the architecture, the stores, the food, the culture, the charm... there is definitely something unique to this city.
I will end this trip report with three of my most favourite songs about Paris - all are beautiful timeless songs illustrated with beautiful pictures of the city.
Revoir Paris - Charles Trenet
Sous le ciel de Paris - Edith Piaf
I love Paris - Frank Sinatra
I must say I totally agree with Frank Sinatra. I love Paris too and I know I will love this city for my entire life.
I would have liked to cover more about the city but one and a half day is not enough. There is so much to see and do, whether one is a local or a transplant or a tourist. Never any idle time.
For those who have never visited Paris I really encourage you to go and spend some time. You will not be disappointed.
I hope you enjoyed this trip report. Thank you very much for your attention and most of all enjoy your travels and your flights wherever they may take you.


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PENNS GROVE -- Summer nights just got a little less sweet for Penns Grove's youth. After months of debating, the borough council finally adopted an ordinance to make the curfew for minors 10 p.m.
Previously the curfew for minors was 11 p.m. on weekends, but due to a rapid increase in the amount of complaints regarding large groups of children vandalizing property and disturbing the peace, the council decided to take action and change the curfew.
Over the past few months, the borough council has heard numerous tales of minors being out all hours of the night breaking car windows, destroying trees, and writing graffiti on public property.
The new ordinance, which is effective immediately (pending a public announcement), makes it illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to be outside without adult supervision between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. seven days a week.
Those who violate the law can be fined up to a maximum of $1,000. Previously, the maximum fine was $100. The ordinance also allows a judge to enforce mandatory community service if he believes the situation calls for it.
Several concerned citizens spoke during the ordinance's public hearing, using the time to voice their concerns regarding exactly when the new ordinance will become effective and the amount of fines violators will be given.
"The kids are out of control," said Penns Grove resident Ed Spinelli Sr. "If the parents knew they would have to pay $1,000 or even $250 if their kids are caught violating curfew, they would keep a closer eye on their children. We need the new curfew to be effective before the summer is over."
Spinelli was also concerned because the ordnance did not list a minimum fine or include a scale listing the way that fines should be given to repeat offenders.
"I know judges have a tendency to be lenient," he said. "If they are too lenient the children won't learn and they will keep disregarding the law."
Mayor John Washington and the rest of the council members assured Spinelli and the other residents that they would do their best to explain the borough's situation to the judge and hopefully he will enforce the punishments accordingly.
"The time for minimum fines is over," said Councilman Joseph Venello. "Now we must take action."
Before Mayor Washington closed the public hearing, Councilman Clifford Poindexter took a few moments to apologize to the residents on behalf of the borough council.
"We hate that this is the only solution but we have seen this coming for a long time," he said. "We can try this and hope it works. I don't want to see the curfew moved to nine, eight, six o' clock."


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This species is relatively common within its range, but given that this area is very restricted the global population is thought to be moderately small. It is also thought to be losing suitable habitat through logging pressure, and therefore is considered Near Threatened. Recent records from heavily degraded habitats suggest it may be resilient to habitat degradation and current concerns of its status may prove unwarranted in the future.
Taxonomic source(s)
Sibley, C. G.; Monroe, B. L. 1990. Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.
BirdLife International. 2001. Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
Clement, P.; Hathway, R. 2000. Thrushes. Christopher Helm, London.
Collar, N. J. 2005. Family Turdidae (Thrushes). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Christie, C. (eds), Handbook of birds of the world Vol. 10, pp. 514-807. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Christie, D. 2005. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 10: Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Further web sources of information
Detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001).
Explore HBW Alive for further information on this species
Search for photos and videos, and hear sounds of this species from the Internet Bird Collection
Text account compilers
Benstead, P., Bird, J., Khwaja, N., Mahood, S.
IUCN Red List evaluators
Butchart, S., Symes, A.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2016) Species factsheet: Zoothera schistacea. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/10/2016. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2016) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/10/2016.
This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List.
To provide new information to update this factsheet or to correct any errors, please email BirdLife
To contribute to discussions on the evaluation of the IUCN Red List status of Globally Threatened Birds, please visit BirdLife's Globally Threatened Bird Forums.
Additional resources for this species
|Key facts
|Current IUCN Red List category
|Near Threatened
|Turdidae (Thrushes)
|Species name author
|(Meyer, 1884)
|Population size
|Unknown mature individuals
|Population trend
|Distribution size (breeding/resident)
|3,500 km2
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On the Island, 51.6 percent of students scored proficient or better in English, up 2.3 points from last year. In math, 65.3 percent of students here were proficient or better; up 4.3 points from 2010.
Students citywide, while scoring below statewide averages, outpaced students statewide in improving their scores -- proficiency across the five boroughs rose by 1.5 points in English, to 43.9 percent, and 3.3 points in math, to 57.3 percent. Statewide, English scores fell slightly and math rose slightly.
"All of our students, teachers and principals should be very proud of their progress and the fact that we continue to raise achievement levels and outpace the rest of the state," said Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday. "But as much progress as we have made, we know we have much more work to do."
The exams are given to students in grades 3 through 8, and scored a level from 1 to 4, with 3 being proficient. Test standards were revamped in 2010, when the score needed to be ranked proficient increased -- and the number of students scoring proficient or better plummeted.
The proficiency bar was raised by the Board of Regents after research showed students could rank proficient and still struggle in high school and need remedial courses in college. Officials said the new scores better reflect whether students are on track to earn "college-ready" scores when they take Regents exams in high school: An 80 or above on a math Regents and a 75 or above on the English Regents.
"This is real proof that when expectations are raised, our students can rise to the occasion," Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said.
This year's exams had additional changes from last year: there were more multiple choice questions, and students in all grades had to write essays for the ELA exam.
Additional questions added to the test made it easier to measure the Level 4 -- or highest-- cut score more accurately, state educational officials said. That sent the amount of students earning the top score down this year in math and English. Just 3.5 percent of Island students earned Level 4 on the English test, compared to 3.5 percent statewide. In Math, 24.2 percent of Island students scored Level 4, compared to 23 percent statewide.
Statewide, just 63.3 percent met or exceeded math standards statewide, a 2.3 point boost over last year. The percentage of students excelling in English was 52.8 percent, falling less than a point from last year.
"Student outcomes have been stubbornly flat over time," Education Commissioner John B. King said. "The Regents reform agenda is designed to change that, by driving long-term gains in student performance."
New York was alone among the "big five" cities -- the others are Rochester, Yonkers, Buffalo and Syracuse -- in seeing increases in both math and English.
The exams are used in large part to help determine if a student will be promoted to the next grade in the city. This year and last, however, the state has given the tests late -- leaving the city to use preliminary results to decide if children in grades 3 through 8 should attend summer school.
The city recommended 34,069 students for summer school in June, by estimating where the cut-off score for proficient would be set by the state. But after receiving official test results from the city, officials learned that 7,117 students recommended for summer school actually met the test standard for promotion. Of those, 4,808 students had no other issues that would have required them to go to summer school -- and wouldn't have been sent there if the state had released test scores earlier.
Starting Aug. 17, Island families can view their child's test results online through the ARIS Parent Link, at arisparentlink.org.


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Michigan senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow announced the funding on Wednesday.
The money will come from funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed into law in February.
The Michigan Aerospace Corp. in Ann Arbor will receive $748,002 for a turbine reliability study and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor will receive $413,534 for a study on voltage control and transient stability.
Dow Corning announced in February that it would purchase 97 percent of the energy used at its corporate headquarters from a wind-energy farm near Ubly.


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Some patients who were treated at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver may have been exposed to hepatitis C, the Clark County Public Health Department announced Monday.
The medical center and the health department said patients may have been exposed to the virus by a former employee who worked at the center from 2012 to March 2014. The health department and PeaceHealth are conducting a joint investigation.
PeaceHealth did not specify what kind of position the employee held in the hospital, but officials said the employee "provided direct patient care."
Patients who may have received care from the former employee will receive certified letters by May 20, the medical center said. Those patients will be urged to get tested for hepatitis C.
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Movie Review: "Print the Legend" Offers a Peek Behind the Home 3D Printing RevolutionPosted on 11
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They left in their wake several angry homeowners, and bewildered officials wondering how, next time, the impact of the work can be lessened.
Otsego City Manager Thad Beard said he's not sure how many of Otsego's trees were trimmed or removed.
"We are trying to address the practical matter at hand," Beard said. "That is, we want to have as many trees as possible, for them to be aesthetically pleasing, and we will remain active in planting and maintaining trees. We hope they will not require such noticeable trimming in the future."
A generation ago, when some of the trees were young, the custom was for utility crews to visit a community every few years, precision pruning twigs in immediate danger of interfering with power lines.
Now the crews come through far more infrequently, and instead of trimming everything within a foot or two of the lines, they're lopping of big branches, whole sides and tops of trees.
"Now we're looking at 10-15 feet, creating a trimming that will last 10-15 years," Beard said.
"They control their right of way, and it's their right to do so," in a reasonable way, Beard said. "Many residents believe they've crossed the line."
Diana Morris wrote to the Kalamazoo Gazette last month to complain that she returned home from work one day to find the blue spruce in front of her home had had the top third lopped off.
Beard said other residents complained to city hall.
A different pruning standard
If the trimmed trees end up looking like a bad haircut, it may be science to blame, not the utility company.
Ben Yost, owner and general manager of Landscape Arborist Services LLC in Kalamazoo, said the pruning standards now in use nationwide are based on what science has shown about the old-school way of pruning trees.
The impact of those multiple, precision cuts was tough on tree health, Yost said. Each cut created a spot for disease organisms and decay to enter, and gave rise to weak, energy-draining water sprouts.
Those weak sprouts and decayed limbs were more likely to fall during ice and wind storms, and to require frequent re-trimming, Yost said, so they weren't really improving protection of the utility lines, either.
For the past 10 years the standard for pruning endorsed by arborists calls for fewer, larger cuts.
The directional pruning used now is not only healthier for the tree but is also aimed at more permanently removing growth that will come back toward the power lines, said Jon C. Hall, communication director for the Consumers Energy's forestry operations branch.
Trimming schedule
In 2011 crews contracted by Consumers Energy trimmed trees in Richland, Augusta, Hopkins, Wayland, Dorr, Merson, Pullman, Saugatuck, Fennville, Martin, Otsego and the townships of Alamo, Oshtemo and Pine Grove.
On the trimming schedule for 2012 are:
Merson, Hopkins, Dorr, South Haven,
(Austin Lake Area and later in the year Oakland Drive neighborhoods between Milham
and Romence), Plainwell
- In the past five years the company has spent more than $35 million a year and cleared more than 25,000 miles of overhead line,Hall said.
"No one likes it, because it changes shape of the tree," he said, "but the vast majority recognize the need to maintain safe, reliable power."
Yost said even a funny-looking tree serves a valuable purpose, providing shade and habitat for wildlife.
And young trees can bounce back from removal of as much 25 percent of their live branches; mature trees are not as resilient, Yost said.
Planting shorter trees an option
When trees are removed entirely, Hall said, or new trees are going in, the company is working with homeowners and cities, embracing Arbor Day Foundation's "right tree, right place" campaign that suggests planting short, slow-growing varieties are best suited for placement around power lines.
Even that's not foolproof, though.
"We are always conscientious—almost all of the trees planted in the downtown were supposed to be dwarf trees," Beard said. Now, as they have matured, they are "goliath, breaking the concrete," he said.


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4/7 Minor matters
Ryan Sweeney went 3-for-3 in his first game with the Iowa Cubs but it wasn't enough as they lost, 8-3, to Albuquerque. Brooks Raley took the loss, giving up four runs on seven hits over four innings.
Tennessee scored eight runs in the top of the 12th to beat Pensacola, 9-1. The Smokies sent 14 batters to the plate in the 12th. Matt Szczur hit a two-run single to break the tie, Jae-Hoon Ha added a two-run single, then Rafael Lopez hit a two-run double and Szczur finished his night and the inning with a RBI single. Frank Batista picked up the win in relief.
Jorge Soler hit his first home run of the season in Daytona's 4-2 win over Brevard County. Soler was batting .417 so far. Tim Saunders was 3-for-4.
Oliver Zapata had three hits and five RBIs in Kane County's 13-10, 11-inning loss to Quad Cities. The two teams combined for 36 hits. Rock Shoulders was 4-for-6 and Dan Vogelbach had three hits.
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Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly
Dean Essner - Entertainment Weekly
Here comes a mega-movie that actually delivers what mega-movies promise...
Janet Maslin - New York Times
It could be argued that this movie's callousness toward human life is nihilistic and nasty. But Woo takes everything so absurdly far that audiences laugh at what horrified them moments before.
Andy Seiler - USA Today
Most enjoyable blockbuster of the summer.
Desson Thomson - Washington Post
If there has been a major Hollywood release with a higher body count, I don't remember it.
Jeff Millar - Houston Chronicle
You see what thickets this plot constructs; it's as if Travolta adds the spin courtesy of Cage's personality, while Cage mellows in the direction of Travolta.
Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
A dizzying, beautiful ride.
Jonathan Rosenbaum - Chicago Reader
Susan Stark - Detroit News
Watching John Travolta and Nicolas Cage square off and literally exchange roles brings back the old-fashioned pleasure of astutely judged movie star pairings in a major way.
Todd McCarthy - Variety
John Woo's Face/Off puts the acting into action flick...
Dean Essner - Globe and Mail
Florid, passionate, frequently hilarious and loaded with messy emotions that nobody in his or her right mind should even attempt to explain, it's operatic in its nutball intensity.
Stephanie Zacharek - Salon.com
capable of moments of rare cinematic perfection
James Berardinelli - ReelViews
With Face/Off, John Woo, the Hong Kong auteur (The Killer, Hard Boiled), has made his smartest, wildest, positively Woo-siest American thriller.
Dean Essner - TIME Magazine
Scenes of high-voltage action vie with wild hilarity as two guys with guns switch faces and identities.
Peter Travers - Rolling Stone
It's difficult to describe the jolt his films deliver when [Woo]'s on, and he is on with a vengeance here.
Kenneth Turan - Los Angeles Times
Though the plotting is preposterous, this is John Woo's most successful American movie, demonstrating his unique signature as auetur applied to a a blockbuster.
Emanuel Levy - EmanuelLevy.Com
Overwrought, sci-fi crime thriller. Not for kids.
Elliot Panek - Common Sense Media
Watching Travolta and Cage play dual hero and dual villain roles remains the most enjoyable aspect
John A. Nesbit - Old School Reviews
Dean Essner - Bullz-Eye.com
This brutal, stunningly choreographed spectacle weaves together lyrical beauty, blasphemy, sadistic cruelty and grotesque sentimentality with breathtakingly smooth assurance.
Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide's Movie Guide
Sets new standards for a genre which plays it safe and predictable too often.
Dean Essner - Film4
Typical for Woo, the sheer force of the imagery is supposed to carry viewers past plot absurdities ... while at the same time, the director wants the audience to buy into the emotional lives of his obsessed and haunted characters.
Steve Biodrowski - Cinefantastique
This is your action movie on drugs--any questions? [Blu-Ray]
Peter Canavese - Groucho Reviews
The dramatic scenes have emotional gravity, while the exhilarating action sequences defy gravity.
Rob Gonsalves - eFilmCritic.com
Garbage of the finest vintage.
Walter Chaw - Film Freak Central
...director John Woo takes an incredibly silly premise and despite its limitations turns it into an entertaining thrill ride.
John J. Puccio - DVDTown.com
John J. Puccio - Movie Metropolis
possibly the greatest, and definitely the most exuberant, action film to come out of the studio system in the '90s
Chris Barsanti - Filmcritic.com
Woo's poetic-kinetic style has evolved, if not to the point of abstraction, then to delirium: he makes a virtue of incredulity.
Dean Essner - Time Out
Stars Cage and Travolta are fine in their roles.
Robin Clifford - Reeling Reviews
...a nihilistic thrill ride; a breathless ultra-violent fantasy with real characters and smart actors
Philip Martin - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Woo es probablemente el mejor director de accion que existe.
Alex Ramirez - Cinenganos
After seeing this numbing action flick, I'm still stumped what all the hype is about. So many critics and viewers arond the country marveled at this movie, but for what? It's not a horrible movie, but it certainly isn't very good.
Eugene Novikov - Film Blather
Travolta and Cage are exceptional, performing as their own characters and each other's.
Jeanne Aufmuth - Palo Alto Weekly
I think I finally isolated what irritates me about this movie: It is the fact that it promotes the idea that you can indulge in hatred and vengeance with a positive result.
Robert Roten - Laramie Movie Scope
What we have here is the first, true American John Woo movie.
Ron Wells - Film Threat
All in all, Mr. Woo has made Face/Off into an eye-popping magic show.
Margaret A. McGurk - Cincinnati Enquirer
Thank God for John Woo, the best action director in the world.
Kevin N. Laforest - Montreal Film Journal
The concept of Face/Off is a multifaceted benchmark: it is John Woo's best American film, a requisite entry in the library of action films, and it is an actor's dream.
Rumsey Taylor - Not Coming to a Theater Near You
The biggest kick is watching two charismatic actors at the top of their form essentially play each other.
Jeffrey Westhoff - Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
Arguably the best action director in the world, Woo also manages complex emotional content and a deft way with music.
Karen Achenbach - Boxoffice Magazine
Face/Off is the kind of action film that gives summer movies a better reputation.
Leslie Rigoulot - Film Scouts
the film succeeds in overcoming its implausibilities because director Woo offers such a tantalising package.
Martyn Glanville - BBC
A slam-bang-in-your-face action thriller with big explosions, multiple bullet storms, spectacular stunts and (get this), great performances, interesting characters, an intelligent script, witty dialogue, a strong female presence, and an intriguing premise
James Kendrick - Q Network Film Desk
The biggest screen thrill of the year.
Urban Cinefile Critics - Urban Cinefile
Watching Face/Off, I was reminded again and again of the great artist who made those great Hong Kong films.
Jeffrey M. Anderson - Combustible Celluloid
This is grand moviemaking with grand acting.
Mick LaSalle - San Francisco Chronicle
Stars John Travolta and Nicolas Cage and director John Woo are all at the top of their game in Face/Off
Jack Garner - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
John Woo is showing signs of maturing as a filmmaker.
Mark R. Leeper - rec.arts.movies.reviews
The story is completely nuts, the characters bigger than life ...
Chris Hicks - Deseret News, Salt Lake City
A $100 million movie with a $3 plot.
Rob Blackwelder - SPLICEDWire
Face/Off works like a charm right on down the line thanks to brilliant, exhilarating performances from Cage and Travolta...
Marc Savlov - Austin Chronicle
The premise is, of course, absolutely ridiculous. It also is absolutely brilliant, and incredibly subversive.
Scott Renshaw - rec.arts.movies.reviews
...it is as elegantly made as it is violent, mating movie mayhem with bits of poetry, opera, psychology and the abstract.
Joe Baltake - Sacramento Bee
Face/Off is smarter than many other action movies, but it lacks heart. It's interesting to ponder, but it doesn't suck you in.
Marty Mapes - Movie Habit
...with Face/Off, [Woo] wonderfully balances bloodbaths with plot and depth.
Ted Prigge - rec.arts.movies.reviews
Style overwhelms any hope of discerning story or acting through the haze of burning, crashing, bleeding and exploding.
Barbara Shulgasser - San Francisco Examiner
Travolta plays the over-the-top, oddball villain with gusto, but it is Cage who really impresses, striking no false notes in the more difficult, subtle, emotional role.
Michael Dequina - TheMovieReport.com
Ain't it cool -- indeed.
Bob Thompson - Jam! Movies
An action picture that finally pleases the mind as well as the eye.
Madeleine Williams - Cinematter
The cop, more messed up than the criminal he chases, ignores his family and becomes almost as twisted as the criminal he is seeking. Woo makes these characters and themes refreshing...
Dan Jardine - Apollo Guide
a truly original plotline and a magnificent cast
Wesley Lovell - Cinema Sight
It is, of course, beyond ludicrous. But Woo's strength is to positively revel in the unlikeliness of his conceit.
Dean Essner - Empire Magazine
For something with such a bizarre premise, face/identity swapping, kind of like Freaky Friday on LSD--Woo pulled this sucker off.
Widgett Walls - Needcoffee.com
Crash, bang, Woo!
Dean Essner - E! Online
Travolta and Cage then had the acting difficulty of adopting the other person's mannerisms while retaining their own voice and body. There are both superb at it...
Steve Rhodes - Internet Reviews


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I read your grammar post on the another thread:
[QUOTE=Paleobird;1220464]Mark should put a sticky up at the top saying, "You LOSE weight so your pants will be LOOSE".
And another saying, "YOU'RE looking great because YOUR muscles are toning up".[/QUOTE]
And I have just the thing for you: [URL="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Typing-in-full-sentences-because-youre-an-educated-hero/134617819950015"]Typing-in-full-sentences-because-youre-an-educated-hero[/URL]
Lots of LOL moments :o
[QUOTE=Paleobird;1254151]Yeah, I know it's "vanity weight" mostly. The size 6s still button but with a muffin top that is not attractive.
Thinking back to how I did the most losing before it really [B]was[/B] mostly carnivorous. I would generally do 6 eggs for breakfast and then a piece of meat or fish for dinner with a little side of something like asparagus. I think all the extraneous things like desserts, booze, fruit snacking etc. got cut out in the name of calories but I was on a high protein focus. I was advised in the Calorie Counting thread to up my protein so even the veg sides were minimal.
Then I started eating a lot more veggies when I started taking care of my Dad. And putting on weight. Hard to tell which is the confounding variable there, stress or diet.
I've been thinking about that girl who has that egg fast thread going. I could do that easily. A dozen eggs a day is only 850 calories depending on the size of the eggs. Add some butter and/or mayo and that would be a good day's eats.[/QUOTE]
It's true - stress can definitely contribute to weight gain.
If that's how you lost the weight the first time then do what works! I'm trying to lose vanity weight too, and I'm going a route I never tried before - exercise! :p
The egg diet is scary... I can't believe she's lost 20 lbs so quickly! wtf. I just wonder how likely she is to keep it off...


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The ordeal began when police received reports of a woman wearing men's underwear was walking in the 3900 block of North Mississippi Avenue with a child that did not appear to belong to her.
When officers contacted the woman, they recognized her as 30-year-old Lisa Lee Kemper, who is reportedly known to police as an alleged drug user and is often found to be in a "mental health crisis," a press release said.
When Kemper could not tell police who the child was, officers determined he did not belong to her and took him into custody. He was placed in foster care as they searched for his parents.
At 1:30 p.m. on the same day, Portland police were called to the 3800 block of North Borthwick Avenue on a report of a missing 2-year-old child. Police told the parents reporting the child missing that he had been found earlier in the day.
Officers did not immediately return the boy to his parents' custody. Instead, they looked into their explanation as to how the child came to be with Kemper.
The child's father, Edward Erschbock, 29, told police he thought his son was with the boy's grandparents, but when they returned home at 1:30 p.m., he reported him missing. Detectives investigated, and they believe Kemper allegedly took the boy from the yard of the home.
Kemper does not know the child or his family, police said. Kemper is charged with second degree kidnapping and second degree custodial interference. She is also charged with a parole violation, and it was not immediately clear if that charge stemmed from the incident.
Kemper is being held in the Multnomah County jail on $300,000 bond.
-- Molly Hottle; Twitter: @nwpdxreporter


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Kings of Leon, U2, Green Day face-off in 2010 Grammy predictions for Best Rock Performance:
As we continue to look at the upcoming Grammy Awards, today we look at the contenders for Best rock performance by a duo or group with vocals.
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood, "Can't Find my Way Home"
Coldplay, "Live in Technicolor II"
Green Day, "21 Guns"
Kings of Leon, "Use Somebody"
U2, "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight"
Why is a live recording of a 40-year old song in here? It doesn't seem fair to me. Or why don't the Grammys start a live category since they also saw fit to nominate Hall & Oates' live version of "Sara Smile" for best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals. There are deserving acts that should have gotten that slot, such as Ben Harper & the Relentless 7. Otherwise, there's little padding here. Coldplay's year was last year, so this is a three-way race between Green day, Kings of Leon and U2. Perennial faves U2 may snare the trophy if too many geezers vote, but Kings of Leon 100% deserves the Grammy, as much as we adore Green Day. "Use Somebody" has a great vocal performance by Caleb Followil and it was one of the biggest rock hits of the year.
The Grammys goes to: Kings of Leon, "Use Somebody."


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As the culmination of its six-week course, the Youth Theatre Class will present "The Elephant's Trunk" in English, at 7
Supported by a grant from the CC of WC – Cultural Coalition of Washington County, LESTA's Family Bilingual Musical Theatre eight-week course will present "Sponge Bob y los Vaqueros en España," featuring kids, parents and senior citizens in its cast.
"Sponge Bob" is easily understood by native speakers of both English and Spanish with no experience in a second language necessary.
During the one performance at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, the Chatty Cats will try to get their magic internet spiderweb to motivate the audience to play together, even though their servers are overloaded!
Don't miss this FREE family fun at the Walters Cultural Arts Center, 5th & Main in Hillsboro, with only one performance of each play.
For more information, contact Maestra Cyndi Turtledove at 503-617-6986, email@example.com or www.lesta.net
-- Cyndi Turtledove


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Beautiful Creatures series
I just finished book 3 and all I can say is Wtf!!! The ending pissed me off!!
I read the first book in the series. While I thought the story line was good and the writing was even better, at the time I read it, it seemed like every book I was picking up was high school oriented. Was getting kind of tired of reading about high school romance. So I didn't read the other 2 in the series.
Currently, I'm reading Ancestor by Scott Sigler.
i haven't read any. I didn't even know it was a series, just saw the trailer for the movie last week and I"M SO EXCITED TO WATCH IT..when it comes out on DVD lol. Wish i could see it with DH in the theater but now that i know its a book series i'm gunna check that out!
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Maybin back in action
A mild groin strain kept Cameron Maybin out of the lineup a couple of days for Triple-A New Orleans.
The 22-year-old, however, was in center field, batting second in the Zephyrs' 5-1 loss to Portland.
Maybin went 1-for-4 on Tuesday, and his average is .375 in seven games since he was optioned by the Marlins.
Maybin exited a May 15 game after two at-bats against Tacoma, and he missed two games before seeing some action on Monday.
Since being sent down, Maybin has been hitting mostly in either the leadoff of second spots. He is 9-for-24 with a triple, three RBIs and three runs scored.
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The Washington Post and The New Yorker published stories Friday that highlight the problems of using cellphone data against criminal suspects, and each highlighted the case of a Portland woman whose murder conviction was recently dismissed.
WW on June 11 published the story of Lisa Marie Roberts, who saw a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge dismissed the charges against her earlier this month after a federal judge ordered the state to either let her go or try her. The federal judge ruled the original defense attorney for Roberts, who spent 12 years in prison after a plea bargain, failed to challenge prosecutors' 2004 claims about cellphone data that supposedly put her near the scene where the victim's body had been dumped.
"The use of cellphone records to place suspects at or near crime scenes is coming under attack in courts nationwide," Tom Jackman of the Post writes, "challenging an established practice by federal and local law enforcement that has helped lead to thousands of convictions."
Roberts' attorney never challenged those assertions. Instead he encouraged her to plead guilty on the spot and avoid a potential life sentence.
State and federal agencies across the country filed more than 1.1 million requests people's cellphone data in 2012, the Post reports.
The New Yorker, in also highlighting Roberts' case, says the Portland case is only one of many cases where law enforcement built a case based on what experts say is increasingly shaky evidence.
The magazine quotes Michael Cherry, the C.E.O. of Cherry Biometrics, a consulting firm in Falls Church, Va., who worked on the Roberts' case. (He was also quoted in the Post.)
"We think the whole paradigm is absolutely flawed at every level, and shouldnât be used in the courtroom,â Cherry says. âThis whole thing is junk science, a farce.â


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The NFL is cruel to aging players who don't know how to deal with losing some of their athleticism. Every year it seems like a handful of players hit the wall and just look old. This year won't be any different.
Looking across the NFL, I pinpointed several veterans who are on the last leg of their careers. We can expect to see a drop in production from this list of players. It's even possible that they experience a drop in playing time.


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Midnight Run
- Directed by Martin Brest
===Story=== Director Martin Brest rocketed to the top of Hollywood's A list with the blockbuster success of ''Beverly Hills Cop'', and this 1988 follow-up is even better. ''Midnight Run'' is a genuine rarity--an action comedy that's dramatically satisfying--thanks to a sharp script by George Gallo, the superb teaming of Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin, and Brest's consummate skill in combining suspense and humor with well-developed characters. De Niro plays a maverick bounty hunter whose latest assignment is Grodin, an accountant accused of embezzling from the Mob. De Niro thinks he's in for an easy job, transporting Grodin (who's afraid to fly) from New York to Los Angeles, but soon discovers that both the FBI and the Mafia are hot on Grodin's trail. Equal parts road trip, action thriller, and a quirky character study, ''Midnight Run'' moves at a breakneck pace but still gives De Niro and Grodin time to create rich, memorable performances as two men who seem to be opposites, but gradually develop mutual respect and admiration. Mainstream entertainment at its best. ''--Jeff Shannon'' ===DVD Features=== *Color *Dolby *Widescreen
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|Jack Walsh
|Charles Grodin
|Jonathan Mardukas
|Yaphet Kotto
|Alonzo Mosely
|John Ashton
|Marvin Dorfler
|Dennis Farina
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- Genre: Comedy Movies
- Director: Martin Brest
- Producer: Image
Theatrical Release North America Jul 20, 1988
Ratings North America R Europe 18 Australia M
DVD Release North America Oct 17, 2000