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- 17 September 2019
Daily FX Market Roundup Sept 16, 2019
There are four central bank monetary policy announcements on the calendar this week but the Federal Reserve's is hands down the most important. On Friday we talked at length about what to expect for FOMC and we'll touch on that again tomorrow, the eve before the Fed meeting. However for now, we'd like to discuss the broad based rally in the US dollar. The greenback strengthened against all of the major currencies except for the Japanese Yen. The decline in USD/JPY is consistent with the sharp decline in treasury yields and sell-off in stocks. Investors are nervous ahead of the Fed meeting for a number of reasons. First the most recent piece of US data - the Empire State manufacturing index was disappointing. Secondly, last night's Chinese economic reports fell short of expectations and lastly, the attacks on Saudi Arabia oil facilities has investors worried that it could escalate into a US attack on Iran.
The attacks are believed to have come from Iranian soil and shortly after the strikes, President Trump said the US military is "locked and loaded," waiting to hear from Saudi Arabia "as to who they believe was the cause of this attack and under what terms we would proceed." Iran dismissed US allegations as "unacceptable" and "baseless" and threatened to retaliate on US bases. Oil prices jumped well over 10% on the back of the attacks, shrugging off Trump's decision to release oil from the US' strategic petroleum reserve. While the actual disruption to the oil markets should be limited, the greater fear of armed conflict could keep oil prices and the Canadian dollar elevated. We expect USD/CAD to drop to 1.3150.
The Australian and New Zealand dollars are in focus as significantly weaker industrial production and retail sales numbers puts pressure on China to increase fiscal stimulus. The New Zealand dollar has been hit the hardest, falling for the fourth trading day in a row while softer Chinese data only stemmed the rise in A$. Part of this divergence can be attributed to the Reserve Bank of Australia's optimism. Tonight, the minutes from the most recent RBA meeting will be released and the overall strength of the Australian dollar reflects their optimism. When they last met in September, the RBA recognized global uncertainty but also said they expect growth to strengthen gradually to around trend. They also noted upward pressure on wage growth and signs of a turnaround in the housing market that should support spending. If the minutes are optimistic, AUD/NZD will extend to fresh 5-month highs. If they give investors any reason to believe that easing is still a possibility this year, A$ will extend its slide quickly, far outpacing the decline in NZ$.
Euro and sterling also fell sharply on Monday. The euro was hit by dovish comments from ECB member Lane who said the convergence of inflation towards their goal has recently slowed and may have partly reversed. The ZEW survey is scheduled for release tomorrow and while investors may be pleased with the massive stimulus packaged expected from the central bank, the German economy is still very weak. Sterling on the other hand continues to be pressured by Brexit risks. Johnson and Juncker agree that more intensive talks are needed but the possibility of a delay to the October 31st Brexit deadline has been put to question by Luxembourg leader Bettel who said he would only delay Brexit if the deadline serves a purpose. The UK and the EU needs Luxembourg on board because the decision needs to be unanimous.
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China gears up for first 3D TV channel launchBy : CIOL Bureau |November 30, 2011 0
BEIJING, CHINA: Television viewers in China can expect a totally different viewing experience as the country's hopes to launch its first 3D television channel Jan 1, 2012, the government has announced.
The TV channel will go into official operation during the Lunar New Year Festival in late January, Xinhua reported.
"We have officially started preparations for the country's first experimental 3D TV channel and have issued two technical guidelines on the production and airing of 3D television programmes and 3D television signal transmission," said Cai Fuchao, head of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.
Cai said the channel will be launched through the joint efforts of six TV stations, including China Central Television.

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Bernard E. Mason is a 225-unit existing elderly and disabled rental property located on approximately 11.662 acres in Baltimore, Maryland. Using HUD's Section 221d4 program for substantial rehabilitation, AGM obtained a HUD-insured mortgage of $13,000,000 with a fixed rate and 40-year term. The property was acquired by the sponsor, and will be substantially renovated and preserved as affordable housing. The sponsor plans to invest approximately $62,098/unit in rehabilitation costs for the property.
The project will also be financed with equity from the sale of 4% Low Income Housing Tax Credits. The Housing Authority of Baltimore City will maintain its participation in the tenant selection and oversight of the property, and has provided a seller take-back mortgage loan. Two hundred twenty-three of the units are expected to be converted from public housing to long-term, Section 8 project-based rental assistance ("PBRA"), and an additional two units are being added from space that is currently medical space.
The property participated in HUD's Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Program and received a Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract to replace the former public housing funds that HABC received from HUD. The HAP contract will provide project-based rental assistance ("PBRA") to 100% of the units at the property. Additionally, the low income housing tax credits include the long-term use restriction of 99.4% (all but one) of the units to serve tax credit eligible tenants.


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CULTURE: Take A Ride On New York's Last Working NY-Built Wooden Tugboat (7.31.19)
When the heat hits, we head for the water. For the very first time, New York's last working New York built wooden tugboat, W.O. Decker, is offering public sails on Saturdays and Sundays thanks to The South Street Seaport Museum.
The W.O. Decker was built in 1930 by the Newtown Creek Towing Company and originally named Russell I, after the towing company's owners. She was renamed W.O. Decker in 1946 after being sold to the Decker family's Staten Island tugboat firm. The tugboat was donated to the Seaport Museum in 1986 and was refit with a diesel engine. Decker is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is an exemplary model of the types of steam tugs that were once an abundant sight in New York Harbor.
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Five Military Technologies that have become Household Necessities
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When we hear about war, the things that come to mind are pain, suffering and loss of lives. It's hard to imagine that something as brutal as war can create anything positive. But surprisingly, throughout the history of warfare, large scale research and development have led to many post-war contributions in technology, some of which have flown into our everyday life. Let us have a look at some of the military technologies, that we use every day.
The Global Positioning System (GPS)
When you use your smartphone maps to navigate to a point, order an app based cab service, or order food, you rely on the GPS navigation technology.
A large constellation of 31 satellites constantly beam their orbital positions all over the earth like a global radio transmission. By receiving the signal from 3 or more satellites, your phone can calculate your exact position via triangulation.
Artist's impression of a GPS satellite
GPS was originally invented for the US Air Force for navigation of aircrafts and missiles to the target. In 1996, US President Bill Clinton, made the system available for civilian use.
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator), the first electronic computer that was capable of being programmed to serve different purposes, and it was designed for the U.S. Military, during WWII. The army paid for the computer to be built so they could use it in their Ballistic Research Laboratory.
ENIAC was designed and primarily used to calculate artillery firing ranges for the United States. ENIAC calculated a missile trajectory in 30 seconds that could take a human expert more than 20 hours.
ENIAC being programmed by engineers
The modular design of ENIAC, and its general purpose programmability, pioneered the era of modern day computers and programming.
Microwave Oven
Like many other inventions throughout history, Microwave oven was invented accidentally.
In 1945, Percy Spencer, an American engineer, was working in a lab, testing high-powered vacuum tube transmitters which emits microwave radiation to power military radars. He observed that while the equipment was on, a peanut butter chocolate bar in his shirt pocket has completely melted and created a gooey mess.
Interested by the event, he repeated the experiment with corn kernels and eggs. After the corn successfully popped and the egg exploded, Spencer tried heating more foods and found that the microwave radiation can boil foods like potatoes in a matter of minutes.
Spencer worked for several months for a method to contain the radiation within a sealed metal enclosure and thus the microwave oven was born.
Penicillin, the first antibiotic was invented by Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming in 1928. But, it was not used practically, until World War II, where it helped treat soldiers with infected wounds.
The success rate of penicillin against the wounds of the soldiers were unprecedented, and it encouraged manufacturers to start mass production of penicillin in 1940s, for all kinds of infections including STDs.
Alexander Fleming won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1945 for his extraordinary work in the field of medicine. Penicillin started a new era of antibiotics in medical science. Antibiotics are still the primary treatment being used against infections.
Ballpoint pen
The old-school fountain pens used an ink tube, which turned out to be unusable by air crew.
The Royal Air force (RAF) crew was frustrated by the ink leakage of fountain pens, during high altitude operations. The lower air pressure at high altitude caused the pens to bleed ink as the pressure inside the ink tube was higher than the high altitude atmosphere.
Hungarian Journalist and scientist brothers Laszlo and Georg Biro noticed that the ink used in newspaper print dries as soon as it comes in contact with paper.
They designed a pen which use a rolling ball at its tip instead of an ink nib. The ink cannot push the ball out of its groove even if there is a pressure difference. The ink can only come in contact with the paper when the ball rolls over the paper while writing. This eliminated the chance of ink spill.
Also, unlike a fountain pen, the ink does not need to flow to the nib using its liquid properties. So, denser, gel-like inks can be used in a ball point pen, making it more resistant to spillage.
One of the ballpoint pen's first customers was the RAF, taking out an order of 30,000 units which made the ballpoint pens popular.
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The Canandaigua Police Department reports the arrest of a Stanley resident, who was working as a home health aide, after thousands of dollars was stolen from two victims.
Tasha N. Knaak, 27, of Stanley was charged with third-degree grand larceny on May 17th.
She's accused of stealing a total of 20 checks from a pair of victim's in Canandaigua. Police say Knaak worked for the two victims as a home health aide over the last year.
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Appointment to economic zones uplift company stirs row
PESHAWAR: The appointment of a manager to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Economic Zones Development and Management Company has become a bone of contention between the government-owned company's management and board of directors.
The board's human resources committee had objected to manager (legal) Zair Nawaz's appointment in Feb this year and sought his immediate termination declaring the hiring process earlier last year 'non-competitive and non-transparent'.
The committee's report about the hiring of Mr Nawaz was presented before the board in its April 30 meeting.
In a harsh rebuke to the company's management, the board declared that the manager (legal) selection process, arbitrary decisions to hold second interview, and the subsequent tampering with human resource records made the entire exercise non-transparent and non-competitive, void and ab initio.
BoD seeks removal of manager (legal) over hiring anomalies
"Mr Nawaz, while still being on probation, has also committed misconduct, fraud and unprofessional behaviour in a blatant violation of his employment contract," noted the minutes of the board meeting, a copy of which is available with Dawn.
The BoD also directed the HR committee's chairman to formally ask the company's chief executive officer to explain his position about the 'hiring of the manager (legal), tampering with official record with his permission and subsequent facilitation to Mr Nawaz to use official counsel for personal gains'.
In light of the board's directions, committee chairman Wahajul Siraj also issued a four-page letter to the CEO on May 10 seeking that explanation.
Following the Nawaz hiring fiasco, the BoD decided to direct the CEO to formulate a detailed recruitment mechanism for all posts of the company.
The BoD has issued specific instruction from qualification for the post to short-listing and criteria for inviting external subject experts in interview panels and asked the company management to get the criteria approved from the HR committee and the policy will be applicable to all future appointments in the company.
"Any future recruitment in violation of above will be considered illegal and void," the minutes read.
According to the minutes, the post of the manager (legal) was advertised in July 2018, while interview of the shortlisted candidates took place on Aug 20, 2018, by a selection committee of five members, including three internal and two external subject experts.
Six people appeared in the interview and Mr Nawaz, one of them, stood third on the merit list.
Later in Sept, the company's executive management committee decided to re-interview the top five candidates. Another selection committee interviewed the candidates and placed Mr Nawaz on top of the merit list with 64.8 marks.
The board was informed that out of 60 marks, Mr Nawaz was awarded 33.8 for qualification and 30 for experience but he after joining the company took the file from the assistant manager (HR) on the CEO's orders and changed the marks to 39 in another mark sheet in an act of forgery.
"Both marks sheets are available on company HR record and assistant manager HR had brought this on record in his written email," the minutes said, adding that the board members expressed shock at the act of forgery by Mr Zair Nawaz.
The board was informed that Mr Nawaz had also engaged the company's lawyer, Ashraf Ali Khattak, for litigation against the HR committee and BoD, which amounted to a bizarre case of misconduct that Mr Nawaz hired a counsel, get him paid from company accounts for official cases and then engaged the same lawyer to plead his two personal cases against the company.
"This conflict of interest, besides being highly unethical and unprofessional on part of Mr Ashraf Ali Khattak, speaks the scale of mockery that manager legal had made of a reputable organization," the minutes read.
The board also declared the CEO's conduct in the entire exercise 'compromised' and noted that the company's chief took sides with the manger (legal) by trying to protect his illegal acts, making mockery of laws, rules and regulations, causing the organisation financial losses and harming its reputation.
In a statement, the company insisted that there was no confrontation between the board and the CEO and that both were working in close coordination.
It added that the difference of opinion in some meetings didn't amount to confrontation.
"No notices have been served to the CEO," it said, adding that the CEO and board have accomplished many things together, including the signing of Rashkai special economic zone concessional agreements.
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 Universal Power Quality Conditioner (UnPQC) for Enhancing the Power Quality in Distribution System http://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/1591
This paper proposes a novel custom power device (CPD), called a Universal Power Quality Conditioner (UnPQC), which
enhanced the quality of power in a distribution system. UnPQC consists of shunt and series compensators without a common
DC link. The series compensator of the presented system, also known as Transformerless Dynamic Voltage Restorer (TDVR),
eliminates power quality problems related to voltage without utilizing any injecting transformer. The shunt compensator of the
proposed system consists of an improved DSTATCOM (Distribution Static Compensator) topology, which mitigates the current
harmonics originating from the nonlinear loads with a reduced DC link voltage. UnPQC is more suitable for applications where
weight and size of the CPDs are critical factors. A simulation was carried out to verify and validate the performance of the
UnPQC and the results demonstrate superior performance in minimizing voltage and current related power quality problems.
 K VENKATRAMAN Kiran Kumar N Moorthi S Selvan M.P. Copyright (c) 2019 Journal of Power Technologies 2019-09-21 2019-09-21 99 3 195 203 Economic analysis of an installation producing hydrogen through water electrolysis http://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/1513
This paper presents an economic analysis of an installation that produces hydrogen through water electrolysis. The purpose
of the economic analysis performed for the hydrogen generator was to determine the break-even price of hydrogen. In
calculations the NPV (Net Present Value) indicator was used. The reference system had installed power of 10 MW and
worked 8 hours a day (2920 hours per year) during the valley of demand for electricity. The installation's lifetime was assumed
to be 100,000 hours. The efficiency of the hydrogen generator was assumed to be 80% during operation at maximum power.
 Janusz Kotowicz Michał Jurczyk Copyright (c) 2019 Journal of Power Technologies 2019-09-14 2019-09-14 99 3 170 175 Concept of the thermal integration of the compressed air energy storage system with the power plant http://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/1600
The article presents the concept of an innovative hybrid system that integrates the compressed air energy storage system with a conventional power plant. Using simple mathematical models, the proposed hybrid system was compared with the classic adiabatic system. The article also presents the results of more detailed thermodynamic analyzes for the compressed air energy storage system, which has been thermally integrated with the 600 MW coal-fired power plant. The first stage of integration enables the storage system to utilize the heat of compressed air (air cooling) for condensate heating, which results in partial replacement of the low-pressure regeneration of power unit and subsequently power increase. The second stage of integration allows to heat the air during discharging of the energy storage system before air expanderusing the heat of superheated steam which is directed from the steam turbine bleeding to the high pressure regeneration exchanger. Such organized integration, although contributing to the decrease in the efficiency of the power unit, allows to eliminate the need for gaseous fuel in the energy storage system, as in the case of diabatic systems, or heat storage, as in the case of adiabatic systems.Three variants of the hybrid system were analyzed. The evaluation of hybrid system variants was made using the energy storage efficiency defined in the article.
 Łukasz Bartela Sebastian Adam Waniczek Marcin Lutyński Copyright (c) 2019 Journal of Power Technologies 2019-09-18 2019-09-18 99 3 176 186 Novel technical and economic analysis of water and power co-generation in coastal areas http://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/1545
Analysis of the current status of power plants and finding solutions to increase their efficiency is essential because of longterm
rising fuel prices, environmental concerns and an ever-increasing demand for energy in the world. A basic approach
to maintaining the existing units is to increase energy efficiency by using these units in the cogeneration cycle, based on
technical and economic considerations. In this paper, the technical and economic evaluation of a gas power plant in central
Iran is used with reference to a combined electricity and freshwater generation system on Iran's southern shores. Results
show that the two gas turbines, a heat recovery boiler, condensing steam turbine and reverse osmosis unit at Chabahar is the
most attractive scenario, because it has the highest net present value, internal rate of return, the quickest payback period and
the lowest price in the studied scenarios.
 Somayyeh Sadri Fereshteh Rahmani Copyright (c) 2019 Journal of Power Technologies 2019-09-26 2019-09-26 99 3 209 217 A High Step up DC/DC Converter with Reduced Input Current Ripple http://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/1067
In this paper, a modified DC/DC high step up converter is proposed. Maximum power point tracking, which is very important
in photovoltaic (PV) applications, is dependent on input current ripple of the PVs. In some other converters where the input
current ripple is high, maximum power point cannot track properly. Therefore the proposed converter is designed based on
the premise of reducing input current ripple compatible with the photovoltaic energy sources. The converter has six different
modes, which are detailed in this paper. All inductor currents are illustrated and the sizing of the inductors used in the
proposed structure calculated. The output voltage gain and input current ripple are investigated. The proposed converter is
compared to other recent high step up converters from the angle of input current ripple. Finally, simulations are done in the
PSCAD/EMTDC software package to verify the operations of the proposed converter.
 Naser Hassanpour Amin Ashraf Gandomi Mehran Sabahi Copyright (c) 2019 Journal of Power Technologies 2019-09-19 2019-09-19 99 3 187 194 Design of Dimmable Light Emitting Diode Driver for Low Power Applications http://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/1564
High-brightness light emitting diodes (HB-LED) are used in various applications in preference to conventional light bulbs due to
following merits: eco-friendly nature, high luminous efficacy, prolonged life, compactness and low heat dissipation. This work
presents the boost converter fed dimmable light emitting diode where illumination control is required. The proposed work uses
pulse width modulated (PWM) controlled switch in series with LED load to control the illumination level by adjusting the pulse
width. The closed loop control is designed in Matlab/Simulink to regulate the load voltage. This paper first illustrates in detail
the basic operation of the converter and dimming control and then provides the simulation results with different illumination
levels to demonstrate the effectiveness of converter and controller.
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HOLLAND — Construction at the corner of 16th Street and U.S. 31 is nearing its completion and will soon be home to Rx Optical and Starbucks.
The project started in early January and at the time, management for GDK Construction, the company building the project, confirmed the businesses which would fill the space.
As of Monday, Aug. 6, construction on the outside of the building is largely completed and signage for Starbucks and Rx Optical are visible on the property. The site, which is accessed from the Menards driveway off 16th Street, will see Starbucks in the south end of the new building and Rx Optical in the space closest to 16th Street.
According to Doug DeKock, co-owner of GDK Construction and Geenen DeKock Properties, they do not have a definitive completion date, but they expect the businesses to open around the end of September or the first part of October.
The new Rx Optical location will be the company's third in the Holland area, joining locations at 12659 Riley St. on the north side of town and a south side location at 1148 Washington Ave.
"Rx Optical has been serving patients in Holland since the early 1980s, and we are excited to open our third location in this area," said George Jepson, vice president of marketing at Rx Optical. "The new office, which is set to open early this fall, will help us better serve our growing patient base with Holland."
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When it does open, it will be the eighth Starbucks in the Holland area joining standalone locations and branches in Meijer, D&W Fresh Market, Family Fare and Target and one in the Family Fare in Zeeland.
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Shanghai West Bund Development (Group) Company, Ltd, ("West Bund" for short) is authorized by the People's Government of Shanghai's Xuhui District. It is a solely state-owned enterprise that is responsible for the comprehensive development of the Xuhui waterfront area, one of the six core functional areas to be developed as part of Shanghai's "12th Five-year Plan." West Bund was founded in 2012 with 660 million RMB in registered capital and is now staffed by approximately 300 employees. Currently under the Group's management are nine primary subsidiaries and seventeen secondary subsidiaries, including Shanghai Xuhui Land Development Co., Ltd., Shanghai Guangqi Cultural Industry Investment Development Co., Ltd., Shanghai Xuhui Waterfront Development, Construction, and Investment Co., Ltd., Shanghai West Bund Media Port Development & Construction Co., Ltd., Shanghai Huiyu Construction, Investment& Development Co., Ltd, Shanghai Longhua Construction & Development Co., Ltd., Shanghai West Bund Artwork Bonded Development Co., Ltd., Shanghai Longhua International Aviation Investment Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Golden World Commercial Building Co., Ltd.
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This is one of my favourites lately!
And a few more from the weekend...
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A perfect day today!
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Heres a series from today. I spent the afternoon in town making the most of the light - it's great taking a break from all this nature sometimes ;)
I thought the different reflective qualities of the metal and stone were interesting in this shot.
Not so special overall maybe but something grabbed me about the different weights of the lines. I think this needs another layer of interest
Again I'm not that happy with this one, but I do like the way the 2 buildings angles work together, and how the windows on the right bring the sky back in to the building, and contrast with the transparent panes of glass on the balcony. You can see the low sun kicking light from the walls back up into the underside of the roof on the left building..
I love this for the different areas and colours of light. There is the obvious area of direct, warm sunlight and shadow both in the curve of the arch and tree brancjes, and the ribs of the metal. You can also see the sunlight reflected back up in to the underside of the metal area, and to the top left you can see a brighter area of ambient cool light in the shadow.
This tree actually looked really strange in colour too, with 2 different colours of leaves. I'm happy with the sense of motion created by the shadows (including mine) and the people walking in to the picture.
I took a few shots of chairs today, I like the first one a lot more but I thought the orange cones in the second were an interesting twist to the fairly serene setting..
16 June 06
Well, this is the last shot I think I like from last weekends adventures down the coast. As can be seen in the last couple of shots, there were some amazing beams of light coming through the clouds all arvo. Well, bring on this weekend!
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The 'aging' didn't quite work, I think. Still a bit interesting though.
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We went driving up to Murray Bridge today - an interesting place to visit, seems like there were lots of old houses and buildings. Definately going to head back for some more exploring, I think.
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I wanted a bit of a nostalgic feel to this but sepia is getting old, so I used a reddish cast which I think is a little bit reminiscent of those photos your mum still has lying around from the 80's.
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I used a single curves layer to change the blue values in the dark tones here and bring up the yellows in the high tones - A favourite effect, it kind of looks like cross processed film I reckon.
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This is the back yard of my new place!
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It's been a while between posts, I've been moving house! Looking forward to exploring the new surrounds though.
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I still haven't got the shot I want of the autumn leaves, but I think this first one is better,
25 April 06
The hills are lit up with crazy autumn leaves at the moment, fluro yellow, red, orange, all on the same tree sometimes. I haven't been able to take a photo that comes close to doing it justice so I've mostly just been enjoying it ;)
This isn't the most fascinating subject maybe but it's a technique that I am liking, a black and white HDR. The tonal range of black and white film compared to digital BW has always amazed me (not that I shoot much film) so lately I've been bracketing a lot of exposures and combining them into a single image. I think the best results come from something that actually has a lot of tonal range but even with a fairly flat scene you can really bring out a lot of detail with a bit of tweaking.
I like this shot but I don't know if it's for everyone - the trunks looked like scattered bones or something but I'm not sure if I captured what I saw.


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How Barcelona could line up with Neymar if PSG star completes transfer
BARCELONA are trying to sign PSG striker Neymar before the end of the transfer window, after selling him to Paris for £200million two years ago. Here's how Ernesto Valverde could line up his Catalans in a 3-3-1-3 formation.
Barcelona are in talks with Paris Saint-Germain over the return of Brazilian Neymar to the Nou Camp.
The forward is desperate to leave the Parcs des Princes this summer, and is in favour of a move back to Barcelona.
But, the transfer window shuts on September 2, and there's still plenty to iron out before any deal is confirmed.
If they were to sign Neymar, the Brazilian would almost certainly head straight back into the Barca starting 11, leaving with the Catalans with an extremely top-heavy team.
With Suarez, Griezmann and Messi already in the team, Valverde will likely have to make some changes
With Luis Suarez, Antoine Griezmann and Lionel Messi already in the team, Valverde will likely have to make some changes to his usual 3-4-3 formation.
Neymar would be operating on the left-hand side of a front three, with Suarez down the middle, and the left-footed Griezmann on the right, following his £107m move from Atletico Madrid.
That would force Messi to drop back into a kind of number 10 role, but with the flexibility to help control the centre of midfield alongside starlet Frenkie De Jong.
A player of his quality shouldn't have a problem in adapting to his new role, and he may even prove to be more influential by seeing more of the ball in the middle of the field.
Barcelona: How Ernesto Valverde could line up his team with Neymar, if PSG transfer is completed
Meanwhile, De Jong will play the centre-midfield role; specifically to sure up the defence.
He'll have Jordi Alba and Sergi Roberto alongside him, operating as wing-backs.
That'll also give the team more width going forward, with both players tending to push forward out of habit anyway.
The back three will be formed of veteran Gerard Pique, Clement Lenglet and natural right-back Nelson Semedo.
Semedo will be forced into playing a similar role that Kyle Walker did during Gareth Southgate's first World Cup, in Russia.
Samuel Umtiti could fill in for Semedo - and subsequently Semedo fills in for Roberto - but the Frenchman appears to have fallen out of favour under Valverde.
This system would also provide Barca with an extremely talented bench, made up of Umtiti, Ivan Rakitic, Sergio Busquets, La Masia graduate Carles Alena, Arthur, Rafinha, and Ousmane Dembele.
Barcelona predicted line-up with Neymar
(3-3-1-3) Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet; Roberto, De Jong, Alba; Messi; Griezmann, Suarez, Neymar


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As some of you know I've been working on a roots blower setup for my car. Everything I have fabbed up is working flawlessly now but I've come to the conclusion that it just aint gonna run on the stock compression ratio. I've gotta get it lower. I know the easiest way would be to put thicker head gaskets on but that will open up the squish area quite a bit and make the detonation problem even worse probably. My only option other than that (with the exception of pulling the motor) is to hog out the combustion chambers. I was just wondering if anybody knows how much someone like Loyd Elliot hogs the combustion chambers out when they unshroud the valves?? I was using the CR calculator at the top of the page and according to it I need to hog them out to about 73 cc to get it down to an 8.5:1. I know some aftermarket heads are 76cc, I'm just curious if I have enough material there to hog it out that much. Any of you guys that have had head work know what yer cc's were??
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Men's leather and mango wood necklace, "Earth Connections"
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Inspired by nature's unique beauty, Thailand's Pornpimon designs a necklace of ecological elegance. The pendant is crafted by hand with reclaimed mango wood and set in silver. Centering a leather cord, the necklace's theme is Earth's warm hues.
.950 silver
- 10 grams
- 0.35 oz
- Cord: 49 cm L
- Cord: 19.25" L
- Pendant: 4 cm L x 2 cm W x 0.5 cm D
- Pendant: 1.6" L x 0.8" W x 0.2" D
"I love to design from reclaimed wood. By doing this, I not only create jewelry I love, but I also get the chance to help the environment while adding more beauty to people."
"I'm Pornpimon Pattamasukhon. My name means 'the perfect blessing.' My nickname is Golf. I was born on November 25, 1982 in Sanpatong district south of Chiang Mai. My parents have only me and my sister who is 12 years younger than I am.
"I can always use the wood around me to make anything I like. I don't want to see it thrown away or burned for cooking. When I grew up, I saw more beauty in these small pieces of wood and began using them to make ornaments. As I designed more and more, I began to combine wood with silver. It turned out to be quite nice and I like it very much.
"I grew up in a warm family. My mother is a salesperson for things she loves to sell. I remember well how my parents took good care of me. When I was young, I once got sick during the night. My parents were in another province quite far away from our home, but they hurried back that night just to be with me during my sickness. It's always in my memory. Now that I'm married with a daughter born in 2003, I pass all my love on to her. Getting married a bit young helped me to become more mature and have more sense of responsibility in life.
"My husband runs a silver shop; we married only a year after we met and just one year later, we had our daughter. He still manages the silver shop. I help him with what I can, and also design my jewelry to pass on to the silversmiths to create nice pieces. My husband also runs a pub and restaurant where I also help when I have time.
"In 2008, my husband and I took a two-month break to visit England. We spent most of our time in London to absorb all its beauty and history. We missed our daughter but we knew that our parents were taking good care of her. So we enjoyed our trip a lot. "I love to design from reclaimed wood. By doing this, I not only create jewelry I love, but I also get the chance to help the environment while adding more beauty to people. My designs are focused on reclaimed wood, showing its natural texture as much as I can. My styles aim to complement both traditional and modern dress."
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Update: 26/06/2018
Given that the Miiverse service has now been discontinued (thanks Nintendo), I've decided to edit this guide since it's still gaining relatively good traction. As always, let me know if you have any questions either here (in the comments) or on my Tumblr!
So, the 3DS is a great handheld – it's lightweight, portable and has a fantastic range of exclusive titles *looks at the New Leaf cartridge sitting comfortably in my 3DS*, but one thing Nintendo has left to be desired (as always) is the internal resolution. With the 3D effect turned on, any pixelation is barely noticeable, but particularly in screenshots, there is a clear lack of definition.
Let's fix that! Well, kind of… I mean, your screenshots will look pretty at least!
So, there's two paths you can take at this point (choose wisely young explorer):
- The easy way: Using the online tool: Waifu2x.
Despite the questionable name, Waifu2x is a powerful online tool that can both upscale and intelligently reduce noise in any photo or illustration. This technique is simple, all online and doesn't require Photoshop.
- The hard way: Photoshop.
If you're feeling more adventurous, feel free to take the process into your own hands. While not really challenging, this method does take a lot longer than simply throwing your picture at Waifu2x and taking whatever it spits back at you.
Using Waifu2x to improve your screenshots really is self explanatory. Simply click here to access the site and upload your image.
You're going to want to choose "artwork" as your style, and be sure to scale the image up for the best results (I tend to do 2x). As for the level of noise reduction, that depends on the image in question so be sure to experiment. It can be tempting to go straight for the highest level of noise reduction but, be warned, this can often make your colours look muddy and cause a loss of definition in your screenshots.
When you're happy with your settings, hit 'Result' to view your final image. Looking silky smooth? Great! Go ahead and download your sparkly, new screenshot! Not quite the result you expected? Change your settings, rinse and repeat.
Step 1 – Take your screenshot and transfer it to your computer
For the best results, use Miiverse for capturing your moment and download the image from there. For the purpose of this tutorial, I visited a dream of Citàlune, the beautiful town of my friend Amy! Here's the original, unedited picture:
Step 2 – Create a new Photoshop document
Simply open Photoshop, go to File > New… and create a new document. Feel free to use whatever dimensions you like but I've provided some below in case you're at a loss!
Copy and paste your screenshot into your new document.
Step 3 – Resize to fit
The next step is to scale your image up to fit your workspace. I find noise reduction is more effective on larger images. To resize, simply right click your pasted screenshot and click 'Free Transform' like so:
From here you can simply resize the image by dragging on its corners until they're in line with the corners of your canvas. Be sure to hold shift to maintain the original aspect ratio. When your size seems good, hit the enter key to apply the transformation.
Step 4 – Applying the filter!
We're almost there, just one last step! Go to Filter > Noise > Reduce Noise and take a look at the dialogue that pops up:
The above settings are what worked best for this picture although I encourage you to mess around with each of the sliders until you find the perfect balance for your screenshot! When you play with the settings, you'll notice both the picture in the dialogue box and your screenshot (in the background) will change. Unchecking the 'preview' button is an easy way to switch between your edit and the original image without having to leave the Reduce Noise window. When you're happy with your work click the 'OK' button.
Step 5 – Save and pat yourself on the back!
That's it, you're done! Head to File > Save As… and save your new silky-smooth image in your desired format (e.g. png, jpeg…).
Thanks again to Amy for, um, having a really, really pretty town!