text:
Paul Landau "Macros to Cosmos"
Photography Exhibit
Photographs by gallery guest artist Paul Landau may leave you with the impression you're looking through a microscope -- even when capturing birds in flight, the focus is feather-crisp, the colors radiate with intensity. The Scottsdale artist is our guest in the gallery for a solo exhibition of his work from June through September.
Macro Photography Workshops
Look closely at the bright red larvae of a Pipevine Swallowtail; before the colorful caterpillar morphs into one of the blue-black butterflies seen throughout AZ, they have a beauty all their own - with intricate rows of dorsal spikes making them resemble an undersea creature more than an insect of the Sonoran desert. The human eye can only look so close; Scottsdale photographer Paul Landau has learned to capture microscopic scenes with his camera, revealing compound eyes, antennae and patterns almost invisible to the human eye. June 23, 2018 Landau wi'll share techniques during an evening spent in search of tiny creatures and plants at Boyce Thompson Arboretum."You'll probably be amazed to find out what your camera can do," predicts Landau. "Even the simplest 'point-and-shoot' digital cameras have close-up capabilities that reveal inner worlds of detail, iridescent green beetle wings, and the intensity of nature on a scale that's overlooked until you learn where to look - and how to see. One of the great things about macro photography is that my quarry is tiny - and often fairly easy to photograph once you know where to look for them. Boyce Thompson Arboretum is my favorite place, no question, to photograph vivid insects and flower blossoms, along with other natural phenomenon."
"My real purpose on Earth is to worship and document nature in many forms," said Landau. "And this approach has guided me for as long as I can remember. Just before my third birthday as a little boy, my two older brothers caught a five-foot long black-rat snake and let me play with it. To this day I remember it looped around my neck and I can pinpoint that as the start of my fascination with animals. I was upset when they let it go -- and I've spent the rest of my life trying to find it again.
"Hummingbirds, arthropods and reptiles fascinate me because of their 'design.' With hummingbirds that can only really be seen when slowed-down and magnified -- or simply magnified in the case of spiders and arthropods.Typically when this is done with photography, it appears flat and clinical, almost sterile. I employ off-camera speedlites muted with softboxes - I approach these subjects same as a photographer for Vogue magazine shooting a model layout, except my "models" can range from the size of your thumb to smaller the head of a pin."
"I shoot all manual, all the time - and my main camera body is the Canon 7D, and my preferred hummingbird lens is a 50-500mm zoom. Yes, that can be a real light-hog, but that's taken care of with Speedlites that render an image sharp as a tack -- and allow me seemingly unlimited framing opportunities. As for macros, the Canon MP-E 65mm macro allows true macro up to five-power magnification. You can picture it as a microscope strapped to a camera body. I also use a 180mm macro prime lens for venomous reptiles, and a Schmidt Cassegrain telescope with a computerized tracking mount for astrophotography."
View images of the May 20 annual solar eclipse Landau got here at the Arboretum.
"My dream is to be a prominent photographic artist and have the chance to give, teach and help my fellow human beings understand and respect nature. Influences? I was born in Virginia, my father was an optometrist, my mother was an Ansel Adams fan and my brother was a hobbyist photographer. I grew up with a darkroom in the house and all sorts of optical devices as toys. At age 11 my father gave me a Leica microscope; both optical theory and photographic were ingrained at a very early age. I remember at the age of 8 or 9 my brother explaining 'bokeh' to me; this term describes when your subject is in sharp focus but the foreground and background are pleasantly blurred."
Landau is a fulltime working artist; he sells large custom prints from landauimaging.com, and travels on assignment for a Los Angeles agency shooting corporate events worldwide.
Shoot Alongside Paul Landau June 23
"Anyone who owns a camera can shoot better hummingbird photos," added Landau, "at least anyone with patience who's willing to learn a little about the birds' behavior - and about their own camera's functions for zoom and macro photography. And a tripod helps, of course!" On June 23 Landau will coach a special workshop here at the Arboretum specifically dedicated to the art of macro photography -- teaching 12 enrollees about technique. "We'll discuss everything from how to camouflage yourself with appropriate clothing, to position yourself advantageously for the best photos and the ideal natural light - and without disrupting wildlife or their natural behavior. Ethical wildlife photography is crucial; and we'll also talk about the art of wildlife photography - the factors that elevate a photo from simply capturing a split-second in time to being something unforgettable, and something you want to see enlarged to poster-sized and hanging on a wall."
Each workshop is limited to ten photographers; Landau is donating his time and the $30 fee ($42.50 for nonmembers) benefits BTA. Call 520-689-2723 to enroll and prepay.
"I love the Arboretum because it has everything I moved to Arizona for, and more: exotic plants and animals, desert vistas, mountain landscapes, history and -- as an added feature -- great clear, dark skies for astrophotgraphy at night. I also shoot in the Superstition Mountains and the Mazatzals range. The Desert Botanical Garden and the Gilbert Riparian wetlands are two more on my list of favorite places."
"One thing I'm sure of, there is a divine consciousness. This consciousness has an individual plan, a duty, a role or service for every single person. When you find out what it is you are free.
All images in the exhibit are available for purchase, prices range from $175 to $475, and a portion of sales are donated to the Arboretum. Landau will also print almost any of his images up to three or four feet wide or tall; landscapes can be even larger
See more of Landau's work at
Connect with Paul Landau
on Facebook
Read a few more quotes here
Boyce Thompson Arboretum is located at Highway 60 milepost #223, just three miles west of the town of Superior - a drive of about one hour east of Phoenix or two hours from Tucson (take Oracle Road North to Highway 79 past Florence to Highway 60, then East for another 12 miles).
During summer months exhibits may be seen in the Visitor Center gallery daily from 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. during May, June, July and August. The Arboretum is an Arizona State Park and daily admission must be paid to enter the Visitor Center where the gallery is found. Admission is $9 for adults and $4.50 for ages 5-12. Annual memberships at the Arboretum begin at $45, and include a year's access, guest passes for your friends and family, along with many other benefits. A membership may be purchased in the gift shop on the day of your visit.
Review other recent gallery shows from...
Legumes of Arizona March - April, 2012
Michael Madsen February, 2012
Bud HeissNovember-December, 2011
Mesa Art League September-October, 2011
Kim Hosey July-August, 2011
Pima College & CACApril, 2011
Jim Burns March, 2011
Kay Cummings February, 2011
Paul Kinslow January, 2011
Mesa Arts League September, 2010
Rick Cameron April , 2010
Lawrence March,
Barbara AtkinsonFebruary, 2010
Nancy MatusJanuary, 2010
Barbara CoxDecember, 2009
Margaret WhittakerNovember, 2009
Artists of the Superstitions October, 2009
Marilyn Barton September, 2009
Gila Community College August, 2009
Deborah A. Lee June, 2009
Margie Porter May, 2009
Timm Chapman January, 2009
Paul Kinslow December, 2008
Maggie Leef November 2008
Sharon Sieben October 2008
Nicole Royse September 2008
Judy Bottler Photography May 2008
Bob Estrin Photography April 2008
Mary Isham Watercolors March 2008
Susan Strom and Cathy Franklin Lightning Photography February, 2008
Arizona State Parks Plein Air Paintings January, 2008
Carolyn Gray & Connie Thomas December, 2007
Jean Sullivan November, 2007
Sue Cullumber October, 2007
Adriane Grimaldi September, 2007
Mesa Arts League June-July, 2007
Fred Charlton May, 2007
Paul Mudersbach March-April, 2007
Linda Kaiser February, 2007
Edith Kreueger-Nye December, 2006 - January, 2007
Cindy Carrillo October-November, 2006
Bob Rice September, 2006
Bud Heiss July-August, 2006
Mesa Arts League June-July, 2006
Sandy Tracey April-May, 2006
CJ Rider March, 2006
Jessica Green February, 2006
Steve Davidson January, 2006
Don & Carole Schupp December, 2005
Carolyn Gray November, 2005
Martha Burgess October, 2005
Boeing Photographers September, 2005
Lightning Lady Susan Strom July/August, 2005
Mesa Arts League June/July, 2005
Jeanette Bronson May, 2005
Tom Stanley April, 2005
Kathy McClure February-March, 2005
Pam Smyth January, 2005
Tina Faust December, 2004


text:
By Lisa Capobianco
Staff Writer
The Southington Town Council voted in approval Monday night to hire an engineering firm with the town of Plainville for the design of the Rails to Trails pathway, which is part of the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail.
Currently, a nine mile gap exists from northern Southington through Plainville into southern Farmington. Southington Town Manager Garry Brumback said the project costs a total of $159,500, and the Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency (DEEP) has proposed to pay 80 percent of the costs. He also said the Farmington Valley Trails Council and the Plainville Greenway Alliance have proposed to cover 10 percent of the costs, which leaves the remaining 10 percent to be split evenly between Plainville and Southington.
"With our investment of $8,000, we could make continued progress," Brumback said. "We are great neighbors with Plainville."
Plainville Town Manager Robert Lee said the Plainville Cuncil will vote for the contract at Monday's meeting. Lee said he feels confident that the council will vote unanimously in favor of hiring the engineering firm to make progress with the project.
"We have been working toward trying to get a definitive plan" Lee said. "It is a wise use of money for a common cause to link Southington and Plainville together."
In Southington, the trail runs 4.1 miles in length from the Cheshire/Southington town line to Hart Street near Curtiss Street. Brumback said the town has plans with Solvents Recovery Service (SRS) to connect the portion of the trail from Curtiss Street to Lazy Lane. Brumback added that SRS will focus on remediating the property for environmental issues before starting the work on the trail.
Brumback said he feels excited to take the next step in the Rails to Trails project.
"This is fantastic," Brumback said. "It will be a great use of the property."
Connecting the trails; Town looks to partner with Plainville
By Lisa Capobianco

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Home >> Course Descriptions >> College of Education
Special Topics in Secondary Reading: Strategies for Teaching Reading in the Secondary School
Three semester hours. (SP)
The course will focus on the integration of reading and language arts in the content areas to develop general and specialized vocabularies; and reading and language arts skills, including critical thinking, research, and study skills. Also emphasized will be methods for teaching reading and content to diverse school populations, especially ESL students. Prerequisites: Admission to the College of Education and 2.7 overall grade point average.
Home - General Information - Student Services -
Academic Undergraduate Regulations -
Undergraduate Degrees - Academic Graduate Regulations -
Graduate Degrees - Course Descriptions - Faculty -
Appendix A - Appendix B - Appendix C - Appendix D


text:
DailyDirt: Saving The Planet By Using Better Packaging
from the urls-we-dig-up deptPetroleum-based plastics have been getting a bit of bad publicity recently, as "greener" plastics made from renewable plant materials are becoming more cost effective. It also doesn't hurt that these new plant-plastics can perform about as well as traditional plastics in a variety of consumer packaging. Here are a few examples of some environmentally-friendly containers.
- Pepsi has created a 100% plant-based plastic bottle, trumping Coke's environmentally friendly bottle that contains only 30% plant materials. The new Pepsi bottle will go into pilot production in 2012 -- right before the world ends, anyway. [url]
- The first version of the biodegradable SunChip bag -- which was apparently unbearably noisy -- has been replaced by a new plant-based bag that isn't so loud. The real question, though, is when will they make a bag that you can just eat after you're done with the chips...? [url]
- Coca-Cola has licensed its ("only 30% plant") PlantBottle bottles to Heinz for ketchup containers. So does that mean Pepsi will resell its 100% plant-based bottle for Hunt's ketchup bottles? [url]
- To discover more interesting science-related stuff, check out what's currently floating around the StumbleUpon universe. [url]
Filed Under: bioplastics, consumer packaging, petroleum, plastics
Companies: coca-cola, heinz, hunt's, pepsi


text:
INDIANAPOLIS -- High school junior Alexa Efraimson earns USATF Athlete of the Week after her Feb. 1 record-setting performance at the 2014 University of Washington Invitational in Seattle.
Efraimson (Camus, Wash.), the 2013 World Youth 1500m bronze medalist, finished Saturday's 3,000m in 9:00.16, setting a new American junior record on her way to placing fourth overall among the field of collegiate runners. Her time replaces the 9:02:10 mark set by Mary Cain at the same meet in 2013.
Efraimson's performance is particularly notable since she will line up against Cain and other professional runners in the Wanamaker Mile at the 2014 Millrose Games set for Saturday, Feb. 15.
Earning her second honors as USATF Athlete of the Week, Efraimson first won the distinction Dec. 11, 2013, after she won the Nike Cross Nationals Dec. 7 in Portland Meadows, Ore.
Now in its 13th year, USATF's Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on www.usatf.org. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week.
2014 Winners: January 15, Chris Derrick; January 22, Galen Rupp; January 29, Galen Rupp; February 5, Alexa Efraimson.
Pedro's Cup -- If reigning world indoor shot put champion Ryan Whiting can throw as well in Sopot in March as he did at Bydgoszcz to win the Pedro's Cup on Jan. 31, he will run the USA win streak in that event to six. Whiting threw a world-leading 21.37m/70-1.5 to beat two-time Olympic champ and local favorite Tomas Majewski.
Russian Winter Games -- The 400 bronze medalist at the 2012 World Indoors, Natasha Hastings ran a world-leading 51.68 to win in Moscow. World Championships relay gold medalist David Verburg made it a Team USA sweep of the quarter with his 46.58, while Lekeisha Lawson took the women's 60 in 7.21.
Karlsruhe -- Ageless Bernard Lagat has won three World Indoor 3000 titles, and his 7:38.51 in Germany showed that he might be looking for a fourth. That time placed him fourth and was the 10th-fastest U.S. time ever indoors. Jarret Eaton (7.54) and Kevin Craddock went 1-2 for Team USA in the 60H, and Chauntae Bayne notched a PR 7.18 to take second in the women's 60.
Düsseldorf & Mondeville -- 2012 Olympian Jeff Porter presaged his big run in Mondeville with a PR 7.52 to win at Düsseldorf on Jan. 31, beating Cuban star Dayron Robles in the process. The next day in France, Porter slashed his lifetime best to 7.46, .01 behind Pascal Martinot Lagarde.
Trinec -- Olympic silver medalist Erik Kynard sailed over 2.27m/7-5.25 to win this special high jump competition in the Czech Republic.
Razorback Invitational -- Arkansas invited a group of the nation's top collegiate teams to Fayetteville and came away with a pair of team wins, but it was Florida's men's 4x400 that may have turned in the top effort. The Gators, running with 2013 World 4x400 gold medalist Arman Hall on anchor, clocked 3:04.46 to beat the hosts by .56 and Texas A&M by .6 seconds. Hall also had a U.S.-leading 45.63 in the 400.
National Invitational -- Distance medley relay fireworks highlighted the Penn State meet, and the hosts were some of the brightest lights as the men's quartet of Brannon Kidder, Brandon Bennett-Green, Za'Von Watkins and Robby Creese rolled to the second-fastest time ever with a 9:26.59.
Jennett Invitational -- Fourth for Team USA at the Thorpe Cup heptathlon last year, Nebraska-Omaha's Sami Spenner rocketed to No. 9 on the U.S. all-time list and sixth on the collegiate list with her 4,406-point pentathlon at Cedar Falls.
Washington Invitational -- The World's Greatest Athlete showed that he hasn't lost a step, as reigning World and Olympic decathlon champ Ashton Eaton won the 60H in 7.61. He also cleared 5.00m/16-4.75 for fifth in the pole vault. Olympic 4x100 silver medalist and 100 fifth-placer Ryan Bailey won the 60 in 6.62, and Daniel Quigley's 3:59.59 for fourth in the mile made him the 409th U.S. sub-4:00 runner.
Findlay Open -- A hotbed of weight throwing recently, Findlay didn't disappoint as Purdue's Chuk Enekwechi threw the men's 35-pound implement 23.62m/77-6 to climb to No. 8 on the all-time collegiate list.
About USA Track & Field
USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track and field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world's oldest organized sports, some of the most-watched events of Olympic broadcasts, the country's #1 high school and junior high school participatory sport and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States. For more information on USATF, visit www.usatf.org.


text:
Atlassian Sourcetree is a free Git and Mercurial client for Windows.
Atlassian Sourcetree is a free Git and Mercurial client for Mac.
This is the source code for the Tincr Chrome Extension. The docs are hosted here.
Getting Support
Please seek help on the Tincr google group. I actively monitor this group. It's better than trying to contact me directly since other people may be experiencing the same problem and I can help everyone at once.
Tincr is a chrome extension. You can simply checkout the source code and load it as an unpacked extension in Chrome. This will require that Chrome is in Developer Mode (go to chrome://extensions and tick the box). Alternatively, you can pack the extension yourself using Chrome.
NPAPI Chrome File API
Tincr relies on an NPAPI plugin (NPAPI Chrome File API) for all of it's native file support. For example, reading and writing local files from a chrome extension and watching local directories for changes. The source code for this is here.


text:
My garden is pretty much founded on Mexican Petunias. They are everywhere.
They were the first plant I planted in earnest spending over $100 on them from Home Depot. I can remember how many I brought but it was a lot.
These are kind of established now, especially in the sunny part where im now taking to trimming them like a hedge which I think is a good id as it stops them getting long and scrawny and encourages the stems to woody up a bit.
These are doing really well, in particular the cuttings are really taking off. Below there is a new picture of a clump of cuttings I made to populate a bare area. Also, a picture that shows the incredible density of the petunias in the hot area.
To be honest, Mexican Petunias might not have been the best choice. I wanted them for two reasons, firstly I wanted to soften the sides of the house which were stark with neglect, and still are to some extent its just you cant see it. And secondly I wanted to create a border around the house to keep the kids out as there was pretty much no boundry fence at all. From the photos below you'll be able to see my progress.
They are a bit of a favorite either way but they are not really the instance barrier that I was hoping for, I would have been better off focussing on a solid Ligustrum type hedge, however, they are ok. I started out buying loads of plants from Home depot but spacing them 3-4 feet apart was too loose and I have spent the last two years thinking of cheaper was to develop my main garden feature, primarily through cuttings planted mainly directly into the ground as well as pots, but also by flattening long thin stems so they root, the latter being a more recent technique yet to be carried out in earnest but having already proven itself a number of times by chance.
As you can see from the photos they have grown quite a bit but they are hardly a creen. The plants with the most sunlight have grown the most to an almost impassable dense mass whilst the plants just meters away havnt even done half as well even with much more of their share of the water seeing as they are below the roof line.
The photos above show an assortment of shots associated with propogating Mexican Petunias. For the past year or two I have been simply taking cuttings and putting them in the ground but now im experimenting with 'laying' which means taking a long stem and pinning it to the ground. You can see how im making the pins from 14 gauge wire, cutting it and them bending it with my hands. Its a pretty good process. The photos show two layed stems. I figure they'll either root or sprout normally. The last photos are of a cutting I accidently dug up. Its either about a week old OR from December? I think its from December as the roots look pretty well developed.
Its easy to overlook the Mexican Petunias as there are so many of them. However, I guess they have really come along. They are not quite what I hoped for as the label said they grow to 6 feet, but they are still quite large. They definatly preffer sunlight. Im also quite happy with the rate to which the cuttings are taking off. Its a bit selective, I think the cuttings dont like drying out, but id say its about a 40% success rate. However, now that they are so well developed I dont need to go to the beech to take cuttings, I can have all the cuttings I want right there, and whats better, I can take the cutting and plant it right away whereas before they were sitting in a hot car all day and not getting planted for hours so not only do I have vitually all the cuttings I need, but they are fresh.
I have taken photos of some of the denser crops and you can really see the tangled mass that they have become, especially considering that I didnt really start planting them until February 2010 so thats really only 1.5 years of growth!! Now thats fast. So im pretty happy with them, they serve much of their purpose, now all I need to do is wait for the Oleanders to grow up and complete the screen. I have also put a lot of other plants in there to help so the Petunias are like an advance party but once the trees, palms, oleanders and other plants kick in im pretty sure that 'eventually' it will be a pretty private garden.
I have just found a photo were I was first planting them in February 2010, its the large one with the shovel, so you can see how far its come.
A quick note on laying. I dont think id really recommend it as it only works about 30% of the time and you loose a good stem. I think pruning the tops and planting those is easily the best option.


text:
Discussion in 'Trek Tech' started by Ronald Held, Jan 30, 2013.
Did the letter classification scheme of planets come from Vulcan, as in Minshara for Class M?
I'm an old timer TOS fan, way before "Minshara" came into the picture. Alls I ever knew was Class M, no explanation given. But way back when I was a kid...
Why M? Only thing I could think of was M being smack in the middle of the alphabet. Class M were the planets just right for human life.
Like some kind of Goldilocks thing, I thought the 26 letter alphabet was the gamut of planets. Class A planets were way too cold, Class Z planets were way too hot, but Class M planets were just right (smack in the middle).
Arbitrary? Probably. But at least I didn't invent some Minshara planets to explain the "M".
There haven't been that many in the episodes. I can recall:
Class D planetoids - rocky, no atmosphere, minor planets (presumably like Pluto)
Class K planets breathable but uninhabitable due to temperature extremes
Class ? What was the Demon planet again? Was it Y?
Class G - I might have dreamed this one but I think it was a gas giant.
I think some non-canon sources have tried to map out the classifications. Has one ever been formally adopted?
Yeah. I like to think that "Class-M" and "Minshara-class" just happen to both start with the letter M.
I'm not sure that temperature is the main qualifier of what class of planet one is, but is one of numerous factors in the over all habitability of a given world. Things like Atmosphere composisiton, gravity, exposure to radiation and other features no doubt play a role as well. But I agree that the closer to "M" in the middle are the habitable worlds.
Demon was considered class Y. Class K, such as the planet of Mudd's androids, could be inhabited but required structures like pressure domes and artificial habitats. Mars would fall under this category in the Star Trek: Star Charts.
Other canonical mentions include class T (includes some gas giants, mentioned in VOY "Good Shepherd"); Class J planets are also gas giants, similar to Saturn and Jupiter. (DS9 "Starship Down"). Class H is for areas generally uninhabitable by human life, although they could be adapted like Class K since the colony under Sheliak threat was on a class H world. Class H environments were primarily desert, whereas class K might have an intolerable atmosphere. Class N, mentioned briefly in "Night Terrors" but only elaborated on in Star Charts, is a greenhouse environment similar to Venus. Lots of gases and no liquid water. Class L planets, seen in DS9 and VOY, were "marginally" habitable planets with fewer natural resources than a class M, but where survival for a time was not impossible.
Star Charts also mentions a couple of other categories, including class F (geologically active with no atmosphere) and class P (glaciated with lots of surface ice, such as Andor and Psi 2000). The full list is on Memory Alpha.
These are the known classifications:
Class 6 Gas Giant - "Extreme Risk"
Class 7 Gas Giant - "Broken Bow"
Class 9 Gas Giant (Q'tahl Class Gas Giant) - "Sleeping Dogs"
Class D Planet - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Class H Planet - "The Ensigns of Command"
Class J Planet - "Starship Down" (a type of gas giant)
Class K Planet - "I, Mudd"
Class K Planet (Transjovan) - "The Royale"
Class L Planet - "The Chase"
Class M Planet - "The Cage"
Class M Planet, Type IV - "The Bonding"
Class N Planet - "Night Terrors"
Class T Planet - "Good Shepherd" (a type of gas giant)
Class Y Planet - "Demons"
Type 4 asteroid - "Practical Joker"
Type C asteroid - "A Matter of Time"
And, there are types of asteroids from A to N. The type is based on size. ("Metamorphosis")
And, there are types of atmospheres from H to M. ("Metamorphosis")
I can't make sense of this.
Note: In the Star Trek: Star Charts, planetary classifications are determined by many factors, including the diameter of the planet. Interestingly, there is a gap - between 15,000 and 50,000 diameters - for which there is no classification, and Neptune falls into this range.
When I was very young and was watching TOS for the first time, I always thought that M-class planet meant Maa-class planet. Maa = Earth in Finnish. It seemed pretty logical at the time.
...Yeah, it took some time to realize that the letter wasn't being translated for our benefit in the subtitles, and was indeed M (rather than E) in the original dialogue as well.
We have heard various attributes (atmosphere composition, surface temperature) associated with certain classification letters, but we have also witnessed contradictions. Class D is appropriate both for the lifeless, airless rock Regula of ST2:TwoK, the large, solid body Weytahn from ENT "Cease Fire", and the ringed, atmosphered planet of VOY "Emanations".
So I'd argue that any individual parameter, such as atmosphere composition or temperature, is irrelevant to the classification. What counts is the end result, the sum total of attributes: M is something you can colonize simply by pitching a tent, K is something that requires airtight domes, and L requires something in between.
D calls for extensive use of technology if one wants to remain there even temporarily - but the moving down the alphabet from M towards A may also denote the decreasing usefulness of the world to the settlers. That is, D, E and F are all impossible to live on unless you live in a bubble and wear a spacesuit when you go out, but F can at least be mined economically, E could be mined if one went to a lot of effort, and there's nothing to mine on D.
Why the scale would also have to go "up" from M, I don't know. Clearly, the higher letters of the alphabet again denote planets that cannot be easily inhabited, but it sounds redundant to have both A and Z to denote a planet maximally difficult to colonize. Perhaps A stands for planets that are impossible to live on but also worthless, whereas Z is for planets that are impossible to live on but full of treasures? That would allow for Y in "Demon", as it did have enriched deuterium for immediately useful starship fuel, and for gas giants J and T both (because the gases involved might be worthless or valuable).
Timo Saloniemi
Ooooh, when I heard T'Pol say Minshara, I just KNEW retcon-happy fans would jump on the class-M thing. The idiot who wrote "Federation: the First 150 Years" even states it plainly.
Dammit, not everything has to tie in with everything else! For 30 years it was just an alphabet designation on a scale!
^"Not everything has to tie in?" An odd comment, given that the whole point of ENT was to show the origins of the Trek universe we knew. Naturally the intention was that "Minshara-class" would be the designation that eventually got shortened to M-class. I liked it. I liked the idea that something in standard Federation usage originated with the Vulcans instead of everything being Earth-based. ENT did a very good job of breaking free of that "everything is human in origin" assumption and showing that some familiar things originated with other species -- for instance, Vulcans and Andorians having deflector shields and tractor beams before Earth did, Klingons and Vissians having photon(ic) torpedoes first, Xyrillians inventing the holodeck, etc.
And no, we do not know canonically that these classes are just parts of an alphabet scale. That's a fan assumption, but we don't have enough letters canonically specified to know that for sure. Assumptions are not inviolable truths. And of course, even if there is an alphabet scale in the 23rd or 24th century, they could easily have chosen the letter M to represent Earth/Vulcan-like planets because of the established "Minshara-class" usage. That would make perfect sense and it's a bizarre thing to get angry about.
Yes, Geoffrey Mandel's Officer's Manual had a list with planet illustrations, I'm not sure if he was the first one.
Of course, "M" could also stand for "Mother (Earth)", indicating a class of planet you'd feel absolutely safe being there.
They should just ask some real world astrophysicists to work on some proper, consistent classifications based on our current planet hunting.
Currently I assume that we would need differing classifications for:
Planets, Planetoids/dwarf planets, asteroids, and satelites.
We'd need gas giants, rocky planets, and ice planets with or without rings.
We'd need geologically active or inactive, strong or weak magnetic field.
We'd need atmospheric composition, atmospheric pressure, and temperature/temperature extremes.
We'd need life or lifeless.
I bet plenty of scientists would work on the classifications for free!
That gives us a fair range of possibilities with enough scope to cover our list. They need to get to grips with a logical progression though. Class M sits in the middle so what should be either side of it? It would make more sense to me if they started with rocky, then gas, then ice with variations on the scale.
So Class A would be very hot, rocky, low atmosphere, low magnetic field, tidally locked, lifeless, close to a star - like Mercury.
Class B would be gas giant, hot, low atmospheric pressure, low magnetic field, tidally locked, lifeless, close to a star.
Class C would be gas giant, hot, high atmospheric pressure, low magnetic field, tidally locked, lifeless, close to a star and so on.
I suppose they could also adjust classification depending on whether a ship could safely pass through the atmosphere.
Back in 2006, I posted a thread in this forum that critiqued Star Charts's version of the planetary classification scheme and offered an alternative suggestion based on modern understanding of planetary sciences. It doesn't seem to be on the forum anymore, but fortunately I saved a copy, so I'll repost it here:
Rethinking STAR CHARTS planet classification?
The other day, I was looking through the planetary classification scheme covered on pp. 22-29 of Star Charts (which is more or less a mix of the conjectural schemes from tie-in publications over the decades and the few letter classifications that have been established canonically), and I came to realize it has some flaws in its assumptions, particularly where gas giant planets are concerned.
I realized this when I discovered it has no classification specifically for Neptune-class planets. Neptune and Uranus are a distinctly different class of planet from Jupiter and Saturn, sometimes called "ice giants," because they have a different internal composition and structure including a greater proportion of water, ammonia and methane in ice and/or liquid form. But there's no class in Star Charts for that kind of planet. Indeed, Class J, the class including Jupiter and Saturn, is the smallest of the four proposed gas-giant types in SC. Class I is called a "Gas Supergiant" and is said to be considerably larger than class J, ranging up to 10 million kilometers, while classes S and T are said to be even more immense, ranging from 10-120 million km -- which doesn't even make sense, since the Sun is only 1.4 million kilometers across!
Also, when planets get as big as Jupiter or bigger, their cores are so compressed that they collapse into degenerate matter (the stuff white dwarfs are made of). So the more mass you pile onto them, the more you compress their cores, and that shrinking cancels out any size increase you'd get from adding more stuff. That means there aren't any gas giants or even brown dwarfs that are significantly bigger in diameter than Jupiter. 140-150,000 km is the biggest that just about any Jovian or brown dwarf is ever going to get. The only exception is if a Jovian is really close to its star, which would heat its atmosphere and cause it to expand.
This brings up the remaining flaw in SC's categorization of gas giants -- it assumes they would all be in the so called "Cold Zone" beyond the ecosphere. But in recent years we've discovered many "hot Jupiters," Jovians orbiting close to their stars, in other star systems, so we now know that Jovians can be found anywhere in a star system, not just in the outer reaches.
And a fellow named David Sudarsky has come up with a classification scheme for extrasolar Jovians as a function of their distance from their primary stars and thus their atmospheric temperatures, which would affect their appearance and composition.
So instead of the four Jovian classes in Star Charts, three of which are physically impossible, we probably need something like six -- one for each of the Sudarsky classes, plus one for Neptune-class ice giants. Since classes U, V, and W are undefined in the book, those could perhaps be used. Unfortunately, we're canonically stuck with Classes H and K being terrestrial planets and Class J being Jovian, so we can't put those six classes together.
Here are some other Star Charts classifications I have thoughts about:
Class A: Geothermal: A young, partially molten rocky planet. Cools to become Class C: Geoinactive, a dead, frozen planet with Pluto and Psi 2000 listed as examples. Now, the problem here is that Pluto is now classed as a dwarf planet, and that bodies like it are composed as much of ice as of rock.
Class B: Geomorteus (huh?): A hot rocky world close to a star, like Mercury -- except said to be "partially molten" on the surface, which Mercury isn't.
Class D: Asteroid/Moon. The problem here is that there should be more than one class of this. There are several distinct types of asteroids, including silicate, carbonaceous, icy/carbonaceous, or a mix. Luna is a mostly rocky moon, while most large moons in the outer system are a mix of rock and ice (indeed, Saturn's moon Mimas is almost entirely made of water ice). Some moons are bigger than some planets, while others would qualify as dwarf planets if they weren't satellites.
Class E through G: all intermediate stages in the cooling process of young worlds that become class K through P. Do we really need three of them?
Class O: Pelagic: a world with water over more than 80% of surface area. This is a reasonable category to have; recent findings suggest that the inward migration of "hot Jupiters" or the presence of a red dwarf companion could send tons of comets into the inner system to bombard the planets, possibly resulting in terrestrial planets with as much as 100 times as much water as Earth. So worlds that are mostly or entirely covered in water are quite possible. Although I'd set the dividing line between M and O somewhat higher, maybe 90%.
Class Q: Variable: Allegedly something that changes "due to eccentric orbit or variable output of star," but its example of the Genesis Planet is pretty iffy and the category is vague. It might make more sense to say that a planet changes from, say, Class L to class P conditions as it moves in its orbit.
Class R: Rogue, a planet expelled from its system like Dakala in ENT: "Rogue Planet." Actually more scientifically credible than it seems. This class might also encompass what are being called "planemos," planetary mass objects that formed independently in deep space. The problem is that the class doesn't distinguish between terrestrial and Jovian rogues.
Now, canonically, only ten letter classifications have been used: Classes D, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, T, and Y. That leaves the rest up for re-evaluation. And some of the canonical ones could have their details tweaked too without violating onscreen material.
So here's my tentative proposal for a revised classification scheme:
A: A young, molten planet or dwarf planet. (Gothos, Excalbia)
B: A moon or dwarf planet with an outer layer of water ice and perhaps a liquid-water mantle, found in the middle portions of a system. (Ceres, Europa)
C: A moon or dwarf with an outer layer of water, methane, ammonia and/or carbon dioxide ice, found in the outer part of a system. (Pluto, Triton)
D: A dry, silicate moon or dwarf planet. (Luna, Regula I)
E, F, G: Maybe make these lifeless rocky planets of varying sizes, from Mercury-sized to Earth-sized to super-Earth-sized.
H: Canonically, the H-class world Tau Cygna V is habitable but subjected to levels of hyperonic radiation that humans can't survive. Perhaps generally this could be a world that's habitable but too irradiated for humanoids.
I: A Neptune-class ice giant.
J: A Jupiter-class (Sudarsky I) gas giant.
K: Canonically, "adaptable with pressure domes." Say, something reasonably close to Earth gravity but lacking a dense or breathable atmosphere.
L: An almost Earthlike world, but with relatively little oxygen in the atmosphere. Essentially what Earth would've been about 400-500 million years ago.
M: Duh.
N: Let's stick with Mandel's idea of making this a Venus-like world, superdense atmosphere. Fits with the earlier classes being distinguished by their thin or oxygen-poor atmospheres.
O: Pelagic, again sticking with Mandel. Actually I'd like to have N and O the other way around for a better progression, but N is already sort of canonical.
P: Glaciated -- essentially the "Snowball Earth" scenario.
Q: Let's call this a carbon planet of the kind that's been conjectured.
R: I'm willing to stick with Mandel's classification for a rogue terrestrial planet.
S: Call this a rogue Jovian or a sub-brown dwarf. Outside of a star system, it would have different properties from any of the Sudarsky classes.
T, U, V, W: Sudarsky classes II-V.
X: Maybe a hyperthermic environment, hotter than the standard boiling point of water but with enough atmospheric pressure to raise that boiling point and allow hyperthermophilic life to exist.
Y: Demon class, as seen in VGR: "Demon."
Z: Let's call it "other."
Ok, I found this here: http://phl.upr.edu/library/notes/amassclassificationforbothsolarandextrasolarplanets
It seems to be a scientifically based classification system. I think Christopher is on to something and if we look at adding in sub-categories to include common sci fi issues such as survivability using pressure suits and pressure domes and ship survivability as key points in the subcategories.
Planet Type Mass (Earth Units) Radius (Earth Units)Potential Atmosphere*
Asteroidan 0 - 0.00001 0 - 0.03Asteroidans are small irregular bodies (below the hydrostatic equilibrium) that are not able to hold a stable atmosphere.
Mercurian 0.00001 - 0.1 0.03 - 0.7Mercurians are only able to hold a significant atmospheres in the cold zones beyond the snow line (i.e. Titan).
Subterran 0.1 - 0.5 0.5 - 1.2Subterrans are able to hold a significant atmospheres after the outer edges of the habitable zone (i.e. Mars).
Terran 0.5 - 20.8 - 1.9
Terrans are able to hold a significant atmosphere with liquid water within the habitable zone (i.e. Earth).
Superterran 2 - 10 1.3 - 3.3Superterrans are able to hold dense atmospheres with liquid water within the habitable zone.
Neptunian 10 - 50 2.1 - 5.7Neptunians can have dense atmospheres in the hot zone.
Jovian 50 - 5000 3.5 - 27Jovians can have superdense atmospheres in the hot zone.
* The cold zone is the zone farther from the star after the habitable zone (which includes the snow line), the hot zone is the zone between the star and the habitable zone.
I'd argue that by the time of Star Trek, sufficiently many distinct planet types (that is, permutations on the dozens of relevant parameters) would have been discovered to make a letter-based system impractical - there'd be at least a hundred distinct permutations there, and probably a thousand, if we allow something like the mass difference between 0.5 and 1.5 Earths to be a distinction.
It's not as if our heroes would have much use for such categorizing of planets, either. It doesn't appear to reveal anything noteworthy about the geohistory or -future of the worlds, about the odds of life evolving there, of dilithium being there. It's just diversity forced into a format.
Timo Saloniemi
But presumably outside that mass range, gravity would be too great or too low to be class M anyway, proceeding on the assumption that a smaller planet's magnetic field would be too weak within the habitable zone to sustain its atmosphere long enough for life to develop. Although having said that, I think Venus' magnetic field is not all that strong presumably its atmosphere is so thick because of all the volcanic activity?
I suppose a smaller planet would be able to maintain an atmosphere if it has a regular enough supply of icy meteorites to restock it but its hard to see that that could be maintained long enough for complex life to develop.
There are probably only so many classifications that occur in nature so other classifications would need to be for unusual planets that require further investigation. If the demon planet is classified as such because its atmosphere and radiation make it dangerous to both ships and personnel even with protection then those should be considerations taken into account in the classification system.
It's believed that Earth might be toward the low end of the size range for habitable planets, because smaller planets wouldn't have plate tectonics, which is necessary for recirculating carbon from the atmosphere or something like that. An exception might be a large moon of a Jovian in the habitable zone, where tidal stresses might drive plate tectonics in a smaller world than could otherwise have it. But there are questions about whether such large moons would be possible, except in rare cases of initially independent planets being captured into Jovian orbit.
We are discovering new types of planets constantly. Along with those mentioned, astronomers have discovered diamond planets (http://www.ibtimes.com/discovery-diamond-planet-opens-new-rocky-world-847633) and Hot Neptunes (http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=1263).
Here is a real world list of planet types - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_planet_types
Like the situation with dinosaurs - where certain types of species will never be discovered because of where they lived, that there may be planet types that we might never discover.
* http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/din...-editing-will-we-ever-find-all-the-dinosaurs/
Back in the good ol' days--a.k.a. the 1970's--I assumed (and as I recall, along with other fans, too) that the "M" in "Class M" stood for "Mars", because the Star Trek Writers/Directors Guide said, in so many words, that "Class M" stands for "Earth-Mars conditions".
From the Star Trek Writers/Directors Guide, series created by Gene Roddenberry, third revision, April 17, 1967:
...in as ham-handed a way as possible.
"Reed Alert!!"
Separate names with a comma.


text:
As for tun size, considering my 48-quart cooler can be a bottleneck for really big beers, I recommend the 10-gallon at least.ajk
Am I missing something here? a 48-qt is a 12 gallon cooler. How is that a bottleneck for really big beers?
Quote from: wort-h.o.g. on February 27, 2013, 01:33:32 AMVery nice set up. Obviously it is very close to my set up that I posted above. Do you have issues getting the inside of your copper clean of debris with it all soldered together. I take mine apart after every mash to wash and can be a pain to put back together. I was just wondering what you do, because I may certainly consider soldering mine.


text:
Unlimited Free Hosting
One-Click Distribution
Monetize Your Podcast
Podcast With Friends
Straightforward Analytics
Record From Anywhere
Episode Builder
Editing Tools
Creation Tools
Transcribed Videos
Switch to Anchor
Sign up
Log in
Sign up
Log in
Jax Daily Get the Oscar 2019 Best Moments Highlights
An episode of A.V.A Live Radio Music
By Jacqueline Jax
Daily entertainment news updates. Independent Music, Interviews, Music spins, tech news, music business and controversial news headlines explored hosted by Jacqueline Jax on A.V.A Live Radio. Visit the website
Listen in your favorite app
Available on 11 platforms
Ep 695 Behind The Music with VOVKULAKA on Purple Door
Metal band VOVKULAKA features their new release Purple Door. VolK and Producer, Darian Rundall join host Jacqueline Jax to speak on music production, building a musical production team and how to leave your ego at the music business door. https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/behind-the-music-with-vovkulaka-on-purple-door
April 25, 2019
New Electronic Circus Playlist with host Jacqueline Jax
TODAY'S SHOW CELEBRATES SOME FRESH ELECTRONIC SINGLES FROM A.V.A LIVE RADIO ARTISTS. THIS IS A MIX OF INDIE POP THAT WILL INSPIRE YOU AND SEND YOU SEARCHING THE ARTISTS PAGES FOR MORE. EPISODE HOSTED BY JACQUELINE JAX. https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/new-music-monday-electronic-circus
April 22, 2019
4.15 New Music Monday Music Business News with Jacqueline Jax
Featuring brand new singles just released in all genres from talented artists all over the world. Music Business News: – Warner quietly launches free Tunecore rival for unsigned artists – What does Spotify's new 'hate content' policy mean for artists – YouTube launches expanded music charts in 44 countries https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/2019/4/15-new-music-monday
April 15, 2019
Behind The music with TJ Marion on Disposable | Educating yourself and the Music business Today
TJ Marion chats with Jacqueline Jax about building on your own organic flow when making music. TJ went to school to study acting with a double major in theatre. He became a producer and a writer publishing his Masters Thesis all while writing songs to follow his passion. Also listen to his views on formal education vs self education. It's a great show that will inspire all creators to push themselves and make some tough decisions about your future. https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/tj-marion-disposable
April 3, 2019
Behind The Music with M4ch1n3 Jacob Machine on Make it Rain
Jacob chats with Jacqueline Jax about his music, upcoming release and how he uses writing to improve himself. The power of positive thinking to generate wealth and success. How to figure out your best self. "I've produced, filmed, created soundtracks for & released full length no budget feature films. I have every single day written down from my life since September 16th, 2006. " April 19th New Hip Hop Album with a modern edge coming out. https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/machine-make-it-rain
April 2, 2019
New Music Monday April Songwriters Gold Showcase hosted by Jacqueline Jax
LIST OF WHAT'S FRESH COMING INTO A.V.A LIVE RADIO. THIS IS A SONGWRITERS GOLD SHOW SEGMENT FULL OF MUSIC THAT WILL INSPIRE YOU AND SEND YOU SEARCHING THE ARTISTS PAGES FOR MORE. EPISODE HOSTED BY JACQUELINE JAX. Todays show is all about songwriters who are producing music that is meant to move and inspire you.
April 1, 2019
Behind The Music with Rosetta Fire | Why we are in a label-less music business
Host Jacqueline Jax sits down with Anthony Gliddon from Rosetta Fire in Liverpool UK to chat about their single "Shakedown", what the band is most looking forward to and why it's a label-less music industry today for indie artists. Come walk the journey, listen in today.
March 30, 2019
Behind The Music with Pixy Muse on Fallen Angel | Borderline Personality Disorder | Songwriting | Ageism in Music business
Pixy Muse (Jenn Rodgers) speaks with Jacqueline Jax about being a writer, lyricist, and singer with Borderline Personality Disorder. Ageism in the music business and what drives her projects. They also talked about rhyme versus rhythm in the structure of a hit song. Find out what's on her "Bucket list". Keep an eye out for her up coming book about living with Borderline Personality Disorder. https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/pixy-muse-fallen-angel
March 29, 2019
Behind The Music with Greg Hoy & The Boys on Brilliant Jerk
Greg Hoy joins Jacqueline Jax for a chat on the high tech changes in San Francisco and renovation of their bus to get on tour. The plan to collaborate with other musicians across the US to play the shows. Also fun ideas for gathering amazing content while on the road that can boost your subscriber base and provide special content for your fans. Understand why this artist choose to focus on licensing vs online fan seeking first. His feeling on music merchandise, vinyl, cassettes and CDS. https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/btm-greg-hoy-amp-the-boys-brilliantjerk
March 27, 2019
3.25 March Rock Mania New Music Monday Playlist
TODAY'S LIST OF WHAT'S FRESH COMING INTO A.V.A LIVE RADIO. THIS IS A ROCK GENRE SHOW SEGMENT FULL OF MUSIC THAT WILL INSPIRE YOU AND SEND YOU SEARCHING THE ARTISTS PAGES FOR MORE. EPISODE HOSTED BY JACQUELINE JAX. Todays show is all about Rock and Roll. Get ready Rock fans to discover some new favorites.
March 25, 2019
Behind The Music with B.D.Kold on God On It and How to Break Through as an Artist
B.D. Kold speaks with Jacqueline Jax about dealing with your demons and how he reaped the rewards of the hard work. These are amazing times we live in with technology and many opportunities for the indie artist everywhere. We spoke about how he got his music video to blow up even after he hit a view plateau also when you know that you are self sabotaging your career and how to face those fears of stepping up to the next level. We celebrated the small wins and let them build confidence so we can move onto huge life changing events. https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/bdkold-god-on-it
March 22, 2019
Behind the Music with Then Falls The Sky on Letting Go
Nick Barlage (Vocals ) speaks with Jacqueline Jax about their new single "Letting Go" the current direction of the band and what you can expect from the New EP coming out in June. Also what their Backstage Pass Subscribers Area is like for music fans and how important it is to build a special connection with your band members. Nick gave us some amazing insights into reaching that next level of comfort with your sound. What most inspires you?: Music can be timeless. One song can transport me to a good memory of my past, another can get me through the hardest of days. I just don't know where or who I would be without music in my life. https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/thenfalls-the-sky-letting-go-
March 21, 2019
How you can sell things on Instagram like fashion and beauty
I Instagram is testing and in app shopping tour with 20 fashion and beauty brands check out the details
March 21, 2019
Behind The Music with Boston Songwriter Kristin Moura on Turn On The Gravity
Listen to the Interview: Behind The Music with Kristin Moura on Turn On The Gravity Kristin Moura songwriter from Boston speaks with Jacqueline Jax about her single "Turn On The Gravity", how she stays productive and finds her balance. What does "Hustle" mean for a creative? Independent artists need to focus on their growth and you need to figure out who you are and what you want to do with it. Then you can come up with ways to get there just in your own speed. Being a musician today means… you need to be ready for all the opportunities that come your way. If you love writing, keep writing. It will strengthen your skills so that when someone asks you to co write; you can say I'm on it! If you love singing, do it daily! It will keep your motivation up there. https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/kristin-moura-turn-on-the-gravity
March 21, 2019
Behind The Music with Intellect on Being a Creator Today and New Single Then There Were Two
Behind The Music with Intellect on his New Single 'Then There Were Two ' . Mike Intellect speaks to Jacqueline Jax about making music and the need for creators to focus on growth and development rather than a pushed "Hustle" that weakens their quality and ability to emerge as a unique artist. **Why creators are missing the ability social media can bring them in viral promotion and how to capture it. The importance of effective indie music promotion and how it fits into a creative journey. "Our totally new sound is exciting to me because we have incorporated elements of Jazz and Hiphop into the music where each musician is able to be heard and have a special voice. I'm hoping to create timeless work that offers the listen a special listening experience." https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/intellect-then-there-were-two
March 20, 2019
March New Music Monday Dance Pop | Electronic Mix | Hip Hop | Americana Rock
March New Music Monday Dance Pop | Electronic Mix | Hip Hop | Americana Rock TODAY'S LIST OF WHAT'S FRESH COMING INTO A.V.A LIVE RADIO. THIS IS A MIX OF INDIE POP, HIP HOP AND ROCK SONGWRITERS THAT WILL INSPIRE YOU AND SEND YOU SEARCHING THE ARTISTS PAGES FOR MORE. EPISODE HOSTED BY JACQUELINE JAX. https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/3-2/march-new-music-monday
March 18, 2019
Behind the Music with Soul Exchange on Right Here
Jacqueline Jax speaks with Hans von Bell from Stockholm Metal Band Soul Exchange. "I'm really excited to listen to a band that is trying to bring awareness to the world about pollution and global warming. Taking care of our own precious eco system is something that sadly gets overlooked. I recently discovered the water bottle crises in the world and it's been songs like this that remind me to take action. Thank you for making a difference through your art. Much respect. " https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/the-soul-exchange-right-here-btm
March 17, 2019
Rock Band New Clue Reviews Their Single Homeless and Tackles Tough Social issues
Neil Whittington and Jacqueline Jax tackle some tough topics and social issues like Homelessness and how music needs to be used as a tool to dive deeper into important problems and raise awareness for human problems. https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/newclue-homeless
March 16, 2019
Behind the Music with Regina Hicks on Real Love
Regina Hicks talks about the Atlanta Music scene. I am blessed to live in a city that has made it's mark on the music scene in such a short time. It's really becoming a mega for music. Featuring her song 'Real Love' .
March 15, 2019
Behind The Music with Den of Ashes on California and his New Album Journey forward with host Jacqueline Jax
Ash has made a powerful impact with his New Album released this month. Through this music, he has successfully reminded himself of the reasons why he went to California to pursue his dreams and he continues to remind me of my dreams every time I listen to it. I'm in the Den of Ashes and never wanting out. Thanks for inspiring me. https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/2019/2/28/behind-the-music-with-den-of-ashes-on-california
March 14, 2019
Behind The Music with Musician Steve Parisien on OverLoad
Interview featuring Steve Parisien from Ottawa Canada on his single 'OverLoad', the music, film and tech industry in his local city. Also how he gets inspired to write and create music.
March 12, 2019
New Music Rap Caviar Generation Next is Here 3.11 with host Jacqueline Jax
WELCOME TO AVA LIVE RADIO #RAPCAVIAR FEATURING A WIDE SELECTION OF MUSIC FROM THE HIP HOP CREATORS OF THE WORLD. When you listen to our Rap Caviar Next Generation segment, expect nothing less than excellent production, inspiring lyrics that will move you and get ready to meet some talented and very active music creators. Meet the artists: https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/rap-caviar-next-generation
March 11, 2019
Behind The Music with Wildman Pebo Wilson on I Drink Alone
From burning guitars on stage to sitting in a burning casket with a snake, entertaining in unique ways is crucial to getting attention in the biz and Wildman Pebo Wilson has probably done it. Listen to his action packed Episode hosted by Jacqueline Jax where he tells his secret to playing with his guitar on fire. 'These days everyone wants to hear tail gate and party songs in country music, so you've got to push your own boundaries on stage and think of ways to stand out." Todays Country music has a wide open spectrum of what's acceptable today from Rock influences to pop infusions. Pretty much anything goes as long as it's entertaining and memorable. Wildman Pebo Wilson is Co-staring in a movie 'Red Forest' available on Amazon Prime. I'm getting ready to do another movie soon as well as a Behind The Scenes Tv series. I'm also trying to get my own Tv show series started on Amazon Prime about a day in the life of making music, hunting and doing what we do in Tennessee. https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/wildman-pebo-wilson-on-i-drink-alone
March 8, 2019
Ep 686 Behind The Music with Chris Stephen on Home
Tennessee songwriter, Chris Stephen speaks with host Jacqueline Jax about his New Single "Home" the upcoming EP and how he feels about being a country musician today. You'll learn about what it takes to be a great songwriter and make music in Nashville today. Also how this next generation of artists are navigating the codes and traditions of the industry. From song writing tips to making music that's authentically your won, you won't want to miss this incredible Songwriters journal episode. https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/btm-chris-stephen-home
March 8, 2019
3.4 Country Music Songwriters Gold New Music Monday
TODAY'S LIST OF WHAT'S FRESH COMING INTO A.V.A LIVE RADIO. THIS IS A SONGWRITERS COUNTRY GOLD SHOW SEGMENT FULL OF MUSIC THAT WILL INSPIRE YOU AND SEND YOU SEARCHING THE ARTISTS PAGES FOR MORE. EPISODE HOSTED BY JACQUELINE JAX. Todays show is all about Country goodness and singer songwriters who are producing music that is meant to move and inspire you. https://www.avaliveradio.info/featured/3-3-country-songwriters-showcase
March 4, 2019
Jax Daily Music Business News Nirvana Releases A special edition and Record Store Day 2019
Jax Daily Music Business News Nirvana Releases A special edition and Record Store Day 2019. In 2011, Nirvana's Live at the Paramount was released on DVD and Blu-Ray to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band's seminal album, Nevermind. Now, the live performance is getting pressed to vinyl for the first time—and it's coming out soon. With Record Store Day 2019 just six weeks away, the organization has shared its list of this year's releases. Among the hundreds of special-edition pressings are 5000 copies of Foo Fighters "Big Me" on 3'' vinyl , 4500 copies of Gorillaz "The Fall," 6800 copies of Green Day's "Woodstock 1994," 7000 copies of Greta Van Fleet's "From The Fires," 3500 copies of Mumford & Sons "Delta Acoustic Sessions Live From Electric Lady," My Chemical Romance's "The Black Parade Is Dead," 6000 copies of Pearl Jam's "Live At Easy Street," and 905 copies of The Struts "Young & Dangerous."
March 4, 2019
Jax Daily The Value of Social Media and Streaming sites to Indie Artists in 2019
Jax Daily The Value of Social Media and Streaming sites to Indie Artists in 2019 Jacqueline Jax speaks with Hip Hop artist D The lyricist about the value that streaming sites bring to indie artists and what you need to do in order to benefit from them. We also discuss the best social media strategies that give you more impact for your time. Music from from EvaSight, Popichilo and D the Lyricist.
March 1, 2019


text:
Dental Hygienist
Oasis Dental Care have a fantastic opportunity for a part time Dental Hygienist to join a well-established practice in our Holt practice.
Hours to be worked: We have the following days and hours availablepleaselet us know how this role can work for you. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays any hours between (8-5)
Six surgery Platinum practice that offer Periodontics, Endodontics, and Implants.
It's a fantastic time to join Oasis as wehave recently been welcomed to the BUPA group making us the largest dental provider in the UK.
Our practices pride themselves on providing clinical excellence with an exceptional level of patient care. We can offer modern working environments. You will be supported both operationally and clinically by professional team members including Registered Practice Managers, Dental Nurses and Reception Teams allowing you to focus on 100% dedication to your patients care.
If you are asking yourself the question 'why join Oasis' allow me to highlight just some of the incentives:
- Excellent Working facilities
- Most enjoy modern equipment such as digital X-rays
- Opportunities to develop your personal career
- Opportunities to relocate to other practices, with an easy transition process.
Oasis Dental Care can provide a long and fulfilling career with continued training, support and development that includes structured on-boarding programmes, corporate inductions, central support and annual company events and conferences.
If you or someone you know would be interested in working with a dynamic and expanding healthcare business we would love to hear from you! Please contact me directly for a confidential and informal discussion on 07587 132131 or to apply just forward your CV to [email protected]


text:
Marc Silvestrini
Special to The Observer
West Springfield, Mass.-based United Financial Bancorp Inc., parent of United Bank, plans to close three branches in Connecticut, including an office in the Terryville section of Plymouth and one of its two in Southington.
The bank will close its branch at 98 Main St. in Southington and consolidate it into its remaining Southington branch at 158 North Main St., after briefly closing the North Main Street branch for renovations, said Dena M. Hall, the bank's senior vice president of marketing and community relations and expansion.
The North Main Street branch is less than a half-mile from the 98 Main St. location, Hall said.
The bank will also close its branch in East Windsor, she said. The three Connecticut branches are expected to be shuttered by May 31.
Customer accounts at the Terryville branch have been transferred to the bank's office on Farmington Avenue in Bristol, which is about 5 miles from the Terryville branch, Hall said.
The three branches scheduled to close were part of United Financial's $91 million acquisition last fall of Enfield-based New England Bancshares, parent of New England Bank.
The closings will leave United Bank with 16 branch offices and two express drive-up branches in the Springfield area; seven branches in the Worcester area in central Massachusetts; and 12 branches in Connecticut, including two in Bristol and single branches in Cheshire and Southington. The bank also operates loan production offices in Beverly, Mass., and Glastonbury.
The bank has about $2.4 billion in total assets.
"The decision to close and consolidate these branch locations followed a thorough review of our branch operations and is based primarily on improving the efficiency of our branch network while maintaining convenient banking locations for our customers," said Richard B. Collins, president and CEO of both the bank and its holding company. "We remain strongly committed to our new Connecticut Region and to providing Connecticut customers with the excellent level of service for which United Bank has become known."
United Financial is a publicly owned company. Its common shares are traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol UBNK.


text:
Hi, last nite i was trying to setup a FTP server for my friends to download jpg files taken on birthday party.
I realise that it was unusually slow.
Is it true that, running ip services on broadband is going to be slow?
Any difference if my friend are on the same broadband provider?
I suspect it has something to do with the caching. Broadband works base on pre-caching contents.
What would happen if the application real-time, interective type?


text:
An key role for the U.S. Grains Council is to inform world trading partners about advancements and trends in agriculture. And to hammer home new technology benefits for global agriculture. Two events this week highlight that activity.
A group of journalists and a farmer from Japan are in the United States this week exploring how biotechnology has helped U.S. farmers increase production while reducing the environmental impact of their operations. The team, sponsored by the U.S. Grains Council, has seen biotech crops and conventional crops co-exist in the field and learned about new biotech products in development.
The Japanese group spent time at USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to learn about the regulatory framework for ensuring biotech product safety. They even visited an E85 station to learn more about the renewable fuel. The trip started in Washington, DC, but the visitors made it to the Midwest to see crops in the field.
"The team was impressed by the capability of growers to make their own decision about planting acreage and selecting crops by collecting and analyzing information," said Hiroko Sakashita, USGC associate director in Japan. "The Japanese reporters and farmer also found out how aggressive U.S. growers are in collecting information about new technology when they visited the Farm Progress Show." The tour ended Thursday with a visit to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to learn about research into production to create a sustainable food supply.
Meanwhile, a team visiting Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri and Louisiana from Egypt, got a lesion in distiller's dried grains with solubles and reliability of supply. Representatives of the Egyptian feed milling, aquaculture, dairy, beef cattle, water buffalo and poultry sectors, as well as a grain importer, received an in-depth look at U.S. DDGS production, handling and use as they toured ethanol plants, a dairy operation and a grain loading facility.
The team met with USGC members NorthStar Grain International; Land O'Lakes, Inc.; Consolidated Grain and Barge, Inc.; Eurofins GeneScan, Inc. and U.S. Commodities. The tour wraps up today with visits to a Cargill grain elevator and the Federal Grain Inspection Service field office in Destrehan, La.


text:
Hayward offers an Industry leading range of thermoplastic ball valves in PVC, CPVC and GFPP materials and options for your process needs.
Hayward offers an Industry leading range of thermoplastic butterfly valves and options for your process needs, now featuring the BYV Series!
True union check valves, y-check, spring-loaded y-check, swing check and wafer check valves.
Valve lockouts are offered to prevent unauthorized use or operation of a valve in a piping system. Can be used with up to 3 locks.
Solenoid valves and true union ball valves packaged together with either an electric or pneumatic actuator.
Hayward offers two lines of actuators, electric and pneumatic, that are perfectly chosen for use with it's actuator ready valves.
NEW products and solutions specific for the demanding needs of chemical feed systems. Ideal for applications such as chemical dosing, transfer & processing and chlorination systems.
Hayward's flow control valves cover the entire application from controlling line flow to precision drip applications in the lab. Available in all thermoplastic construction, they are ideal for corrosive and high-purity applications.
The HEX800 Series Flowmeter has no moving parts, 0.28 to 20 FPS flow range, Cast Aluminum Housing, PVC body, Hastelloy™C Electrodes, EPDM o-Ring, Built-in Indicating Transmitter displays Flow rate, Total and provides 4-20mA output signal, 24 VDC powered, full line of matching insertion fittings available.
Hayward Level Pressure Sensors are designed for continuous level measurement for aggressive liquid media.
Hayward offers HMC Series Indicating Transmitter, HLST Series Indicating Level Transmitter and VSA Series Industrial Visual/Audible Sentry Alarm System.
Hayward Offers GA Series Single-sided all thermoplastic pressure gauges, GDS double-sided all thermoplastic pressure gauges, GD Series Digital LED Pressure Alarm and GLD Series LED Pressure Indicating Transmitters.
Hayward now offers Pro and Industrial Electrodes. 3/4" MNPT connections and 10 ft of cable.
Hayward's Industry leading SB and DB Series strainers available in PVC, CPVC, GFPP and Eastar® materials with FPM and EPDM seals with either socket, threaded and flanged end connections. Size range of 1/2" - 8" for PVC and CPVC and up to 4" for Eastar and GFPP. Each strainer comes with a standard plastic basket. Metal baskets optional.
Haywards Y-Strainers set the industry bar for inline strainers. Available in PVC, CPVC and clear PVC materials, stops debris from reaching the process fluid. Size range of 1/2" – 4" with threaded, socket and true-union connections. Choice of EPDM and FPM seals.
Hayward's Industry leading all thermoplastic industrial bag filters designed for the most challenging corrosive applications and services. The FLV Series now offers now a complete range of material options for your specific applications, with GFPP (glass filled polypropylene), PVC and CPVC materials. All with true-union connections in sizes 1-1/4" – 4". Hayward also offers a complete range of industrial filter bags in multiple materials and micron ratings, for size 1 and size 2 filters.
The CFLV Series in Platinum GFPP for single or multiple (5) cartridges, features one piece injection molded Platinum GFPP, incorporating flexible true-union end design, from 1-1/4" to 4" with socket, threaded, fusion and flanged end connections. Available in Simplex and Duplex assemblies and others upon request. Now available from Hayward also, a complete range of pleated cartridges in multiple micron ratings and materials.
The LS Series Aquatic Sand Filter comes in 31 in. and 36 in. spherical design. It is ideal for sensitive aquatic environments or salt water systems due to its corrosion resistant housing and base. The LS Series features all hardware in 316 Stainless Steel, including the pressure gauge for maximum corrosion resistance. The LS Series comes without the multiport valve, which must be ordered separately.
The Z Series brings simplicity to your metering pump needs in all aspects of design, function and performance. The Z Series features only one design configuration allowing for easy and flexible installation. Available in analog and digital versions.
The T Series features a single, non-coupled motor/impeller shaft with a proprietary patent-pending PTFE shaft seal.
Consists of two heavy-duty magnet assemblies whose frictionless drive offers extremely energy efficient operation.
Rugged, chemical duty pumps for handling a wide range of corrosive liquids.
The C Series features a totally enclosed 56C frame motor designed for continuous duty chemical service.
Ideal for medium head aquatic and animal life support systems as well as commercial aquaculture with superior hydraulic performance over other aquatic pumps. Available from 2hp to 7hp.
Specifically designed for operation in aquatic and animal life support systems. Its specialized construction and materials makes it safe for sensitive aquatic habitats. Featuring both ODP and TEFC motors from 1/2hp to 5hp.
A self-priming, energy efficient and fully rated variable speed pump designed for operation in aquatic and animal life support systems. Features an innovative multi-position digital control interface providing high flow rates with reduced energy consumption.
Bulkhead Fittings or tank adapters are designed for several applications that require varying shaft lengths.
Vacuum breakers are available in PVC with an FPM membrane and threaded end connection only. Mounts into the 1-1/2 in. socket BF, BFA or BFAS Series bulkhead fitting or directly to 3/4 in. pipe. All valves are assembled with silicone free lubricant.
Guages and guards are available in PVC, CPVC, PP and PVDF. All guards have an FPM diaphragm. Gauges are offered in 0 to 30 PSI, 0 to 60 PSI, 0 to 160 PSI, and a stainless steel gauge of 0 to 160 PSI. Gauges and guards can be separate or mounted together.
BVX Series ready flanges are available in PVC with flanged end connections. Conforms to ANSI #150 bolt pattern.


text:
One Direction's Zayn Malik & Louis Tomlinson Reportedly Smoke Marijuana in New Leaked Video
Two members of One Direction were allegedly caught smoking marijuana in a new video released by The Daily Mail.
Louis Tomlinson, 22, and Zayn Malik, 21, are reportedly seen passing around a joint while lighting up in the back of a car during their recent trip to Lima, Peru.
During the five-minute clip, you can hear what sounds like Louis narrating the experience, saying, "So here we are, leaving Peru. Joint lit. Happy days!"
He continues, "One very, very important factor of Zayn's warm up, of course, is Mary J., herself."
The other three members of the band – Harry Styles, Niall Horan, and Liam Payne – are seemingly not present.
It's unclear whether the video has been altered or not, but a rep for the band told Us Weekly, "This matter is in the hands of our lawyers."
Posted to: Louis Tomlinson, One Direction, Zayn Malik


text:
CR2450 Coin Cell Charger
This project was mainly a way for me to learn Altium Designer. It started out with me just messing around, but slowly a nice looking board started to emerge. So, I sent the design off to Gold Phoenix and got back 90 boards. It's a charger for a single CR2450 (LIR2450 to be exact) coin cell. CR normally applies to primary cells (non-rechargeable). I'm guessing LIR stands for Lithium Ion Rechargeable. I bought a few of these cells from SparkFun a while back, but never really used them because I didn't have a convenient way to charge them. Sparkfun sells a single-cell lithium charger based of the MAX1555 IC, but that chip has been hard to source lately. Regardless, its charging current is too high for this 110 mAH cell, and their board requires another daughterboard to hold the coin cell.
This board is based around the MCP73832, which contains all the logic and active devices to charge a single lithium ion/polymer cell. It has multiple charge modes, including constant current which does the bulk of charging. R3 sets the constant current. I chose a resistance of 20k ohms, to get a constant current of 50 mA; that's about the max charging current one should charge a 110 mAH battery at.
Right now I'm only selling bare-boards, $5 each including shipping in North America. If there's enough interest, I'll sell fully populated boards. Email me to purchase one.
- Altium Files
- Schematic (PDF)
- Bill of Materials (Google Doc)
Post edited. Someone reminded me to post the Bill of Materials (BOM).


text:
|Home | Stories | News | Theaters | Drive-Ins | Profiles | The Authors | Other Books | Links
The Green/Greene Family
Dr. John Thompson Green, Sr. built the Playland Theater in Elloree, SC
J.T. Green,
Jr., owned or operated these theaters:
F. Greene (and his wife Dolly)
Joseph (Jody) Cannon Greene ran a theater in Johnston
Harrell Rentz
William Harrell Rentz opened the VACO Theatre, the first movie theater in Varnville, South Carolina, in 1915. In 1917, a fire destroyed a section of downtown Varnville, including the movie theater. Mr. Rentz provided continued film screenings in an outdoor setting until he could open another theater. He opened the Strand Theatre in 1919. A Clemson graduate with a degree in Civil Engineering, Mr. Rentz was a friend and mentor to Gerald Meeks, who took over theater operations in 1924. The 1921 edition of The Julius Cahn - Gus Hill Theatrical Guide and Moving Picture Directory states that Mr. Rentz also managed the Pastime Theatre in Allendale, South Carolina.
Ireland Thomas
D. Ireland Thomas ran the Lincoln Theater in Charleston beginning in the early 1920's. He was born in 1875, near New Orleans. In 1900, he managed the Bijou Theater in Tampa, Florida. By 1904, He was managing a tent show for entertainment entrepreneur, Patrick H. Chappelle.
In 1916, Mr. Thomas was the New Orleans District manager for the Lincoln Motion Picture Company's national film distribution organization.
In 1919, Mr. Thomas and Mr. Harry Gant co-directed "A Man's Duty" for the Lincoln Motion Picture Company. For much of the early 1920's Mr. Thomas wrote a weekly column on motion pictures for the Chicago Defender, a leading national African American newspaper. Mr. Thomas helped organize the Theater Owners Booking Association (T.O.B.A.), an African American vaudeville circuit. He was very committed to the community. He donated land for a new fire station and for a school.
Lee Little
In the 1900's, before getting into motion picture exhibition, Mr. Little brought fair attractions and carnivals to Camden. He booked "live" shows into the Opera House. He booked the motion picture "Birth of a Nation" into the Opera House as a special attraction with accompaniment of a full orchestra.
One of the South's pioneer exhibitors, Mr. Little began operating his Majestic Theater in Camden on April 7, 1915. He opened the 1,000-seat Little Theater in 1948 to replace the Majestic. He also operated the Haigler Theater and the Sky-Vue Drive-In. An artice published in the Camden Chronicle in 1955, states, "Few exhibitors can claim such a lengthy career. In the whole of South Carolina, only "old-timers," Lee Little [of Camden] and Albert Sottile of Charleston, have remained independent exhibitors against the inroads of the chains and the ravages of time and fortune."
Born in Sicily in 1880, Albert Sottile came to Charleston in 1891. "I came here because my older brother had already found Charleston and found it to be a good place for a young man to get along in the world."
In 1908, relations between the three groups showing movies in Charleston, according to Albert, "was bitter and unfriendly and it developed into a fight of extermination. Gradually, as they all became satisfied that they were playing a losing game, a spirit of trying to get together to solve their problem developed among them and at this juncture, I was invited to sit in with them, in the capacity of a mutual friend and ways and means of forming a merger were the subject of discussion." Pastime Amusement Company was formed to consolidate all the theaters in Charleston. According to Sottile, "In compliance to the urgent demands made by all interested parties, I became its first president."
Albert Sottile served as president of Pastime Amusement Company until his death in 1960.
Samuel Suggs
Before moving to South Carolina in 1937, Sam Suggs managed movie theaters in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia. He was City Manager of the seven Columbia Theatres (Palmetto, Ritz, Strand, Carolina, 5 Points, Star-Lite Drive-In and later the Richland Mall) in the Wilby-Kincey Theatre Chain, which was based in Charlotte, NC. He became Distric Manager of the Palmetto Theater Company after the retirement of Warren Irvin in the late 1960s. Mr. Irvin described Mr. Suggs as "one of the finest theater men in the South."
Describing the qualities of a good theater manager, Suggs said, "He's got to have the ability to feel the pulse of the theater-going public and know what it likes. In other words, he's got to keep forever young. If he doesn't, he will get behind the times."
Sam Suggs retired in 1974, after spending 47 years in the film industry. He saw motion pictures evolve from the silent era, through the "talkies" and from black and white to wide-screen technicolor.
B. Kerr
Many Charlestonians remember him as the manager of the Palace Theatre at 566 King Street. During the 1940's and 1950's he carried on the movie traditions, started by his father Basil R. Kerr, who opened the Palace Theatre in 1931 as a combination vaudeville and movie theater. Francis Kerr once said, "During the Great Depression, people found it cheaper to spend hours in the theater than to go home and heat their homes. So, in actuality, we were their home-away-from-home."
When a theater admission tax was required in 1955, Francis Kerr reduced the 10 cent price of tickets for children to 9 cents, so they wouldn't have to pay the extra penny to see the Saturday Westerns, cartoons, and serials.
While Hollywood was designing "Cinemascope" in 1955, Francis and his father came out with their own three-dimensional screen, which they patented. The Palace Theatre closed in 1957 and was torn down in 1968.
Harry Osteen, Sr. was not only a theater owner, but a theater historian as well. He produced a DVD called, "The History of Theaters in Anderson, S.C." which he narrated. His father, Mr. P.C. Osteen operated several theaters in Anderson that showed motion pictures and staged Vaudeville performances. Between 1946 and 1974, Harry, along with his brothers Percy, Bill, and Albert, opened a series of movie theaters in Anderson.
S. Brantley and Florence Brantley
George Brantley and his wife Florence opened the first movie theater, The Theatorium, at 321 King Street in Charleston, in 1907. He leased the space on the ground level of the old American Hotel. They bought 114 kitchen chairs, which George nailed together into rows of seats. They covered some boards with cheesecloth and hung it for the screen. George built a small ticket booth and painted a sign that read, "Theatorium." Florence suggested he put a phonograph with a large horn on top of the ticket booth to attract attention.
A newspaper account stated, "Here you will see some of the best moving pictures that can be produced on canvas by the most powerful apparatus."
Later that year, he sold The Theatorium and opened the Majestic Theatre and The New Theatorium. With so many theaters in operation, no one was making a profit. In 1908, George joined James and Albert Sottile, John C. Sherrill, and A.T. Jennings to form Pastime Amusement Company.
George became General Manager of all the theaters operated by Pastime Amusement Company. They closed two of the theaters and negotiated better prices from film distributors. The new venture began to show a profit. After a few years, George sold his interest in Pastime Amusement Company and opened White Swan Laundry. He never returned to the theater business. He died in 1936 at the age of fifty-nine. Florence died in 1972.
Mr. Gus Mason opened the Capitol Theater in Laurens on June 10, 1926. In 1974, Mr. Mason recalled, "The initial receipts were poor and rather depressing, but business picked up as months passed by. Then the depression hit, and attedance was really off. After the banks re-opened and the mills began production again, people started going to the movies more and more."
During World War Two, business increased. Mr. Mason opened a second movie theatre in Laurens, the Echo Theatre. Each theatre had two showings in the afternoon and two in the evening. Every morning there was a showing at one of the theatres for the people working on certain shifts at the local mills.
The popularity of Drive-Ins and the introduction of television caused attendance to fall off at the Laurens movie houses. Mr. Mason said, "Up until the time that I retired from the motion picture business in 1963, the crowds got smaller and smaller."
|Home | Stories | News | Theaters | Drive-Ins | Profiles | The Authors | Other Books | Links


text:
ABACUS: Test for MOSFET Tool
Additional materials available (2)
Licensed according to this deed.
Published on
The objective of this test is to give an idea to a self-learning students or to instructors in the case this test is used in a classroom the level of understanding of this topic when students have gone through the learning material, worked exercises and have completed the assignments and the challenge problem.
Cite this work
Researchers should cite this work as follows:


text: Tax Reform: Before and After Full Size Version Share | Have A Question About This Topic? Address Thank you! Oops! Related Contents The Facts About Income Tax Millions faithfully file their 1040 forms each April. But some things about federal income taxes may surprise you. What Do Your Taxes Pay For? Here's a breakdown of how the federal government spends your tax money. Tax Management Strategies Learn more about taxes, tax-favored investing, and tax strategies.


text:
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers got trounced by the Carolina Panthers last night, but they did succeed at making Cam Newton and Steve Mariucci nearly die of fright.
Mariucci and Newton seem to have forgotten that the Bucs fire off a fake cannon every time they score in their home stadium, and that's a good thing because it means we can enjoy the video above for years to come. It's hard to say whose reaction is funnier, but I think the edge goes to Mariucci simply because his freakout is contrasted by Marshall Faulk's absolute calm.


text:
Stefano Domenicali resigned as Ferrari's Formula One team principal on Monday, and the company's North America president and chief executive Marco Mattiacci was appointed as his replacement.
The Italian glamour team, the oldest and most successful in the sport, have made a poor start to the season with two fourth places for Spaniard Fernando Alonso, the team's best results in three races so far.
Ferrari have not won a driver's World championship since Kimi Raikkonen in 2007, although they were constructors' champions in 2008. At the most recent race in Bahrain, Alonso and his Finnish team mate were ninth and 10th.
"There are particular moments in all of our professional lives where you need the courage to take difficult and very painful decisions," Domenicali, who had been principal since January 2008, said in a Ferrari statement.
"It is time for a significant change. As the boss, I take responsibility, as I have always done, for our current situation.
"This decision has been taken with the aim of doing something to shake things up and for the good of this group of people that I feel very close to," added the 48-year-old Italian.
Mattiacci will take overall charge of the Gestione Sportiva - the carmaker's sporting activities including the Formula One team that has competed in every championship since 1950 - with immediate effect.
Ferrari had hoped to make a strong start to Formula One's new V6 turbo hybrid era this season but they and Renault - who power champions Red Bull - have been eclipsed by rivals Mercedes.
The German manufacturer has won all three races with a power unit that looks for more competitive and reliable than others.
Domenicali, who has been with Ferrari for 23 years in various roles, replaced Jean Todt as team principal when the Frenchman took on a more senior management role at the Maranello headquarters.
Todt, who presided over a golden era at Ferrari when Michael Schumacher won five titles in a row between 2000 and 2004, is now head of the sport's governing International Automobile Federation (FIA).
Domenicali brought a friendlier, more open and less combative atmosphere to the team in a new era of greater collaboration with rivals at a time when global financial troubles were threatening the sport.
He was one of the youngest and most approachable principals but that landscape has changed considerably with Mercedes, Lotus and McLaren all revamping their management structures since the end of 2013.
Mercedes and McLaren have scrapped the formal role of principal, with Ron Dennis in overall charge of the latter following the exit of Martin Whitmarsh.
Domenicali thanked Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, who has been involved in Formula One since the 1970s, and the fans with the regret "that we have been unable to harvest what we worked so hard to sow in recent years."
Montezemolo, who has strongly criticised the sport's new rules, thanked Domenicali for his contribution and "the great sense of responsibility he has shown even today in putting Ferrari's interests ahead of his own".
The next race is the Chinese Grand Prix on April 20.
Image: Stefano Domenicali
Photograph: Mark Thompson/Getty Images


text:
Burnside Marina is located on the eastern side of Lake Cumberland, and known for its houseboat vacation rentals near the town of Somerset, Kentucky. Burnside Marina is a full service facility offering floating boat slips with direct access to the lake. Visitors to Lake Cumberland will find Burnside Marina Vacation Houseboat Rental along with the Boat and Personal Watercraft Rentals the perfect way to spend a day on the lake. While visiting the lake you may want to check out nearby Somerset which offers excellent shopping and many other activities such as concerts, music festivals, car shows, craft shows, and more. The marina is just 2 blocks from the town of Burnside where you can find a variety of restaurants/bars.
Houseboat slip spaces include water, electricity, phone and cable. The marina has covered and uncovered docks that can hold houseboats from 20 feet to 110 feet. The numerous slips offer a wide variety of accommodations for every budget.
Visti http://www.burnsidemarina.com to learn more about the marina or book your next houseboat vacation.
Like what you read?
Want to know when we have important news, updates or interviews?
Join our newsletter today!
Send to your friends!


text:
Skylanders: SWAP Force Video: The Boomcast Premieres
To celebrate the coming of Skylanders: SWAP Force, Activision has premiered the first episode of Skylanders BOOMCAST, a show that centers all things Skylanders.
The show is hosted by Diary of a Wimpy Kid's Zach Gordon and deals with everything the Skylanders world has to offer. You'll find out news, check out character spotlights and even see fan-submitted pieces of art from fellow Skylanders aficionados.
In the debut episode, we get to meet Fryno and learn what makes him tick. It turns out this Skylander sometimes gets a little too excited and starts wheeling around where he shouldn't. We also get an inside look on some of the upcoming members of the SWAP Force, such as Washbuckler, the merman/squid-pirate.
This show will be a weekly affair, so be sure to tune in and check out all of the Skylanders-fueled goodness.


text:
Transform your photos into one-of-a-kind, hand painted masterpieces!
The watermark in the lower right corner of the image will not appear on the final print.
Onaping Canada Sunrise by Marjorie Imbeau - 8.000" x 5.375"
Luster Photo Paper
Rolled in a Tube
Assembly Charge
Art Print
Onaping Canada Sunrise art print by Marjorie Imbeau. Our prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
Ships Within
2 - 3 business days
All prints ship in durable cardboard tubes.
Fine Art America is one of the largest, most-respected giclee printing companies in the world with over 40 years of experience producing museum-quality prints. All of our prints are produced on state-of-the-art, professional-grade Epson printers.
We use acid-free papers and canvases with archival inks to guarantee that your prints last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. Paper prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting. Canvas prints include a 2.5" white border to allow for future stretching on stretcher bars.
Prints ship within 3 - 4 business days in durable cardboard tubes.
Average Rating (4.94 Stars):
Christie Prender
April 18th, 2019
Cindy Howard
April 17th, 2019
Margaret Graf
April 17th, 2019
Jessica Price
April 16th, 2019
Jessica Price
April 16th, 2019
My favorite quote: �To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." Ralph Waldo Emerson All artwork is COPYRIGHT protected. Any use, copying, download or reproduction without the express consent of Marjorie Imbeau is strictly prohibited.
Our return policy is very simple:
If you're not happy with a purchase that you made on FineArtAmerica.com, for any reason, you can return it to us within 30 days of the order date. As soon as it arrives, we'll issue a full refund for the entire purchase price. Please note - Fine Art America does not reimburse the outgoing or return shipping charges unless the return is due to a defect in quality.
Fine Art America sells thousands of pieces of artwork each month - all with a 100% money-back guarantee. We take great pride in the fact that hundreds of thousands of artists have chosen Fine Art America to fulfill their orders, and we look forward to helping you select your next piece!
All art prints ship from our production facility within 2 - 3 business days of your order.