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He has butted heads with industry titans, from British Telecommunications to Bell Atlantic, always coming away the winner. And in the process, Vodafone AirTouch Chief Executive Christopher C. Gent has built up a reputation as the wizard of the mobile-phone industry, a cheery Briton piecing together the world's first wireless empire. But on a recent gray morning in London, the 51-year-old Gent was in a squeeze. His $107 billion offer for his partner of a decade, Germany's Mannesmann, looked to be in trouble. Two days before a crucial Mannesmann board meeting on Nov. 19, Gent flew off to Germany once again for more frantic talks with institutional investors in both companies.
But Gent is up against an opponent every bit as wily and determined as himself. While he is aiming to create a global power in Vodafone, Mannesmann's 52-year-old chairman, Klaus Esser, is turning his onetime steel-tube maker into the mobile-phone leader of Europe. Within a day of Gent's first friendly offer, on Nov. 14, Esser signaled his resolve by suing in British court to force Vodafone's banker, Goldman, Sachs & Co., to step down, citing conflict of interest. "That was the first bullet," says a banker close to Mannesmann.
A full-blown shootout could well follow. Indeed, more and more, it looks as if Europe isn't big enough for these two aggressive mobile powerhouses to co-exist independently. Whether the struggle lasts a week or a year, one or the other seems destined to become Europe's phone king. But victory will come at a price. Gent may have to pay a big premium, up to $135 billion. That would value Mannesmann's 21 million customers at more than $6,000 each, well above the $1,000 to $2,500 most mobile-phone companies value their customers. And if a sweetened bid doesn't work, Gent will have to wage Europe's biggest hostile takeover battle yet. To stop his rival, Esser will have to persuade his board to turn down a lucrative deal--and may well compromise the company's independence by calling on a white knight. Yet another wild card would be a North American bidder, eager to capture the German market.
However it plays out, this giant cross-border takeover battle, the biggest in Europe to date, looks certain to usher in radical changes. Already, industry insiders expect that the Vodafone-Mannesmann face-off will spur further consolidation in Europe's rich but fragmented cell-phone market. Big players such as Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom will likely come under intense pressure to extend their reach across the Continent. Regional players such as Finland's Sonera and Sweden's Europolitan were especially vulnerable. "Investors clearly are expecting a bidding frenzy," says Salomon Smith Barney wireless analyst John Jensen.
The reverberations extend far beyond phones. The audacity and scope of Vodafone's all-stock bid are testaments to the supremacy of financial markets in the new Europe, as traditional barriers to competition crumble. Gent launched the bid knowing full well that while Mannesmann could round up some old-style support from German bankers, politicians, and unions, in the end the markets would likely dictate the deal. This is the cold logic reigning as Europe's markets merge with America's. It's increasingly a world where companies rise and fall with their market capitalization. The rich acquire, often with their own paper. And those with sagging stocks are vulnerable as would-be predators rifle through their financials and round up takeover teams.
The trend is already taking shape. Even before the Vodafone bid, Spain's Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria was eyeing Italy's UniCredito, while France's Seita announced plans to take over rival Spanish tobacco giant Tabacalera. In short order, American powers are sure to follow the cross-border trend, starting in the racing phone market. Stock-rich MCI WorldCom could well swoop into Europe as a white knight or a raider. And as Europe moves the Internet onto cell phones, deep-pocketed outsiders from Microsoft Corp. to Japan's NTT DoKoMo could buy their way into Europe's mobile web.
MINUTES INTO MONEY. Naturally, the process is racing fastest in cell phones. Fast-growing mobile phones are the heart of Europe's new economy, thanks to its $92 billion bulk and the irresistible allure of the Internet. By the end of next year, European phone companies are betting that they will be selling millions of customers a host of data services, from electronic plane tickets to soccer highlights, over their cell phones. Anticipation of this market, which should boost e-revenues to $124 billion by 2001, is driving up stock prices. Vodafone's shares have more than quadrupled in the past two years, while Mannesmann's have quintupled in the same period. Raging stocks provide cellular stars with currency for takeovers.
In the case of Vodafone-Mannesmann, though, it's a clash between two predators. Gent strides into the contest as the heavyweight. Fresh from his successful $62 billion takeover of San Francisco-based AirTouch Communications, which closed in July, he boasts global credentials and a market capitalization of $136.7 billion, 1.7 times Mannesmann's. The company has consistently met its earnings targets and is on track to deliver profits of $2.3 billion for 1999, vs. $590 million for Mannesmann. Gent has proved to be a master of turning cellular minutes into money. Mobile-crazed Britain, where he leads British Telecommunications PLC, is his most profitable market. But Vodafone has turned quick profits in nearly all of its far-flung ventures, from Egypt to South Africa.
A STEP BEHIND. Gent has managed to stay at the forefront of the rapidly changing wireless business. Vodafone was a pioneer in creating Europe's unified cellular standard early this decade. Vodafone AirTouch was also the first operator to reach an agreement on a standard for the third generation of mobile phones. To Gent's credit, Mannesmann shareholders seem to support a potential merger. Mannesmann's stock is up 35% since news of the offer first leaked.
Still, Gent, a former marketing manager who triumphs in operations, has proved to be a step slow in the takeover wars. His biggest coup was AirTouch. But he wasn't spurred into action last January until Bell Atlantic Corp. issued its $45 billion offer for the cellular company. Gent, traveling in Australia, pieced together a far richer cash and stock offer and landed the prize.
AirTouch provided a base in North America, a crucial piece in Gent's global scheme. But in Europe, he still had only minority shares in national markets. The solution, of course, was to buy Mannesmann. But Gent waited. Bankers close to the companies say Gent and Esser secretly negotiated a merger for months--which Vodafone acknowledges but Mannesmann denies.
CELLULAR JEWELS. Esser certainly knew Gent would come knocking sooner or later, and he rushed to extend his holdings in Europe. Last spring, as part of Olivetti's buyout of Telecom Italia, he picked up controlling shares in Italy's No. 2 cellular and wired phone companies, Infostrada and Omnitel Pronto Italia, for $7 billion--a bargain by today's standards. With further acquisitions in mind, he moved to boost his stock price in September by announcing a decoupling of the company's hot telecom division from its steel machinery business.
Gent, say Vodafone officials, was waiting for Esser to break up the company before making his move. But Esser pounced first. In October, he took the battle right to Gent's turf by buying Orange PLC, Britain's third cell-phone company, for $32 billion. This stunned Gent. Says Arun Sarin, Vodafone AirTouch's CEO for the U.S. and Asia: "Our view was that we're partners, so we thought he'd come to us." Instead, Esser picked a fight.
Over the next two weeks, Gent and his team put together a response, the $107 billion stock offer for Mannesmann. The offer, which Gent delivered personally to Esser in a 2 1/2-hour meeting in Dusseldorf on Nov. 14, calls for spinning off Orange and floating the industrial unit under the Mannesmann name. The cellular jewels--market leadership in Germany and No. 2 in Italy--"would establish Vodafone as an unassailable powerhouse in Europe," says Bob House, a London consultant for Renaissance Business Strategy Group, a Boston consultancy.
For Gent to win the prize, though, it looks as if he'll have to pile on more money in a hurry--or gird for a long and nasty scrap. Esser may look beyond the markets for backing from German banks and unions. And he can delay Vodafone's bid with legal challenges. But the battle will likely be won or lost in the calculators of hard-headed fund managers. Victor Moftakhan, head of a $5.9 billion telecom fund at DGZ-DekaBank, says few of his colleagues will be swayed by appeals for patriotism. "They're not interested in German industrial history. They're interested in returns," he says.
For now, Esser is sticking to a simple argument: Mannesmann, he says, is a better growth candidate than Vodafone. Sitting in his office high above the Rhine River in Dusseldorf, the executive pooh-poohs Gent's global strategy. "Their portfolio is scattered across the world," he says. By contrast, Mannesmann is concentrated in Europe. And while Vodafone is wireless only, Mannesmann is also building its wireline businesses in Germany and Italy. This, says Esser, is key to providing a combination of services, from mobile to broadband Internet connections.
Esser insists that he has not yet contacted potential white knights for the battle against Vodafone. But if the combat heats up, both sides could enlist powerful outsiders. A logical ally for Vodafone would be Bell Atlantic. The New York company agreed last summer to partner with the British company in the U.S. market. By jiggering the agreement, which still isn't final, the U.S. company, say bankers, could add some money to Vodafone's bid. Mannesmann, analysts say, could benefit from any rich American company, from MCI WorldCom to Bell South.
A position in Europe could be a godsend for American phone companies. It would permit them to offer transatlantic service, a strong selling point for business travelers. More important, Europe is two years ahead of the U.S. in developing mobile access to the Internet, a market that could grow to 300 million users within three years, according to International Data Corp. American companies that develop services and brands for cellular businesses in Europe could gain a leg up in the U.S. market.
How will the Vodafone-Mannesmann clash play out? The fight could prove to be bitter. But that's what happens when two strong-willed CEOs with clear visions run up against each other, and when leadership of one of the world's hottest and fastest-growing markets is at stake. Scary valuations, life-or-death risks, mammoth takeover battles. Across the Continent, they're becoming more common as every week passes. Europe Inc. may never sleep soundly again.


text: Nothing is worse than waking up every day and making no progress. I know there's plenty of people out there who feel like their stuck in a rut. As Hir-O provides all of the pain through his production, Red Pill delivers a lyrical diagnosis of what some may call depression, but he speaks the truth. Stay tuned for the duo's project The Kick to drop January 15th.

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text: Who Posted the First iPhone 4S Photos to the Web?Mat Honan10/18/11 11:00amFiled to: iPhone4SCamerasFlickrinstagramtwitterFacebookTop511EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Being first on the Internet is serious business. (Or so a hundred million comments would have me believe.) So who posted the first iPhone 4S shots to the Web? Advertisement The question turned out to be harder to answer than I expected. While it was easy enough on some sites (Flickr, for example) it was damn near impossible on others (Facebook). Let's start with the easy stuff.Flickr Flickr scans the EXIF data from uploads to track the kinds of cameras people are using. It leads to all sorts of interesting data analysis, but also made it easy for them to tell us which 4S photo was the first uploaded to their site. Turns out, they were all taken by Apple. People downloaded the 4S example photos Apple released and re-uploaded them to Flickr. Er. We don't care about those. Advertisement The first original upload to Flickr? It was this photo of a parking structure taken by some blogger named John Gruber who managed to get his hands on the iPhone 4S before it was released to the public. Good job, John Gruber! I hope you appreciate the traffic I am sending to your web log. Instagram Instagram is iPhone-only. (That is, unless you're cheating.) It's ridiculously popular with iPhone users, and so naturally it was going to have some early 4S photos. I asked Instagram to track down the first photo posted from a 4S. They think they found it, and it turns out that it comes from none other than Apple marketing boss Phil Schiller, who posted this one some five weeks ago. And yeah, that iPhone 4S camera is a hell of a marketing tool, Phil. Picasa Like Flickr, Picasa scans EXIF data and lets you sort by the camera type used to take a photo. It also lets you sort by date—although that's a bit flakey. Having said that, this was the first photo I could find using those parameters that was taken with an iPhone 4S. It's of an iPhone 4S box, surprising! It was taken October 14 by David Peacock. Advertisement Sponsored Twitter and Facebook Twitter and Facebook posed bigger challenges. I tried to get Facebook to track down the first public photo posted there, but no dice. (Facebook did thank me for thinking of it, which was nice. You are welcome, Facebook.) Twitter has a public API, and so that seemed like a snap. But because Twitter doesn't use a sequential numerical system to track its photos, you'd have to grab them all and then sort through millions of photos to find the first one with iPhone 4S EXIF data. So lacking hard evidence from Facebook or Twitter, I'm just going to assume that I posted the first photos from a 4S to both. Check it out, an owl from the San Francisco Zoo eating a rodent.That is, unless you can prove me wrong. Can you prove me wrong?Post links to examples of photos from a 4S camera posted to photo sharing services prior to October 14 in the comments below, and we'll update this post with them. You can keep up with Mat Honan, the author of this post, on Twitter, Facebook, or Google+.Reply51 repliesLeave a reply


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My son was born with a single unilateral palmar crease on his right hand and foot. He appears to be otherwise normal. I have heard that the single palmar crease may be a marker for Down`s Syndrome. Is it indicative of other problems and, if so, what should I look out for? He was seen by a paediatrician at birth and she did not appear to be too concerned. I was too anxious to ask her at the time if my son needs further investigation. My son is now 8 weeks old. He has had his newborn screening tests and no one has said anything about there being any problems. However, I still have a niggling worry that he may not be OK.
A single palmer crease is seen in about 4% of the normal population. Bilateral creases - on both hands - is seen in about 1%. While this finding can be seen in children with Down syndrome, less than half of children with Down syndrome have single palmer creases.
If your son has no other problems, I would not be at all concerned. If you are still concerned, you might want to discuss the finding with your pediatrician at your son's next well baby visit.
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Lawrence Council Passes Smoking Ban Ban Goes Into Effect Oct. 1 7:48 AM, Jul 3, 2012 Share Article Lawrence Council Passes Smoking Ban pn.kpatrick Show Caption Hide Caption Previous Next The Lawrence Common Council passed a smoking ban Monday night with a 5-3 vote.The extended smoking ban, which mirrors Indianapolis' ban with its inclusion of hotels and bars and exclusion of private clubs, will go into effect Oct. 1.Councilman Tom Shevlot voted for the ban."I was listening to prospective businesses that were looking at moving into Lawrence and Marion County, and this was important to them," Shevlot said. Councilman Carl Barnett voted against it."The ban as it is, I didn't believe gave the private businessman a choice," Barnett said.A spokesperson for Mayor Dean Jessup said the mayor supports the ban for many reasons, including the public health benefit for Lawrence residents, especially those who work in bars and hotels."And, we wanted to match the Indianapolis ban so there's a simple connection policy [and] people won't be confused," said Keith Johnson, Jessup's chief of staff.Bartender Brian Richardson said he doesn't think the smoking ban will be much of an adjustment for bar patrons."I don't think it's really going to affect much of the business," Richardson said. "People are starting to get used to [smoking bans], especially since Marion County started it off." Share Article A Share A A A Share Article


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The Revd Bernard Green: 1925-2013
Bernard Green, General Secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain 1982-1991, was born at Walgrave, Northamptonshire, in 1925. His father, George, a decorator and signwriter, and his mother, Laura, gave to Bernard and his sister Dorothy the benefit of a devoutly Christian upbringing.
Bernard, having made his own decision to follow Christ, was baptised when twelve years of age, and his calling to become a minister of the gospel was soon apparent. After schooldays he became a student, first at Bristol Baptist College and later at Regent's Park College, Oxford, although his studies were interrupted by his time spent in being conscripted for National Service. Bernard was a Christian pacifist, so instead of serving in the armed forces he opted to be a 'Bevin Boy' - working in the coal mines. He not only shared the dangers inherent in coalmining, but encountered also the opprobrium of those who spurned his convictions.
With degrees from both Bristol and Oxford, Bernard eventually completed his studies and was called to be the first full-time minister at Yardley, Birmingham, a church then only three years old. He served there 1952-1961, during which time he baptised one hundred persons.
In 1952 he married Joan Viccars and to them were born three children, Roger, Pamela and Martin. In 1961 Bernard was called to Mansfield Road, Nottingham, where he exercised another effective ministry for fifteen years.
Then in 1976 he went to Bristol to serve the church at Horfield. He had become well known in the denomination and served on the Baptist Union Council but also in many other capacities. When David Russell, who had been General Secretary for fifteen years, retired in 1982, Bernard was asked to take those responsibilities, which he shouldered for another nine years.
Among the many issues which marked those years were two of particular note: the decision to leave Holborn and to move, together with the Baptist Missionary Society, to new premises at Didcot, thus realising an intention that had been in mind since well before the commencement of the Second World War, and the decision, taken by the Assembly in 1989 to remain in ecumenical partnership by becoming full members of the new expressions of commitment that replaced the former British Council of Churches.
In all the work that came to his hand Bernard brought his readiness to give his very best. His hard work showed both in his grasp of detail but also in the importance of ensuring that the true context, the bigger picture, was held clearly in view.
He travelled widely, preached Sunday by Sunday, attended, often chairing, countless committees, brought his own eirenic and persuasive nature where differing views were held, and still made time to meet many individuals who asked for his counsel and guidance.
The service of the Kingdom of God and his care to be a disciple whose life and work were well pleasing to his Lord were priorities for Bernard. He carried high on his heart the concerns of others where differences remained unresolved. The cost of such dedication was seen in part, but only in part, by the heart attack which he suffered in March 1989 which kept him away from his duties for many months thereafter.
By the time he returned to his desk the offices had relocated to Didcot and he and Joan had moved house to Abingdon. Happily, he was able to enjoy a new measure of strength and energy, although he had, in all prudence, to limit his activities somewhat.
In 1991 Bernard, justly honoured for his work and himself, reached retirement. He continued to live in Abingdon and he and Joan spent many hours in the service of the church of that town. He used some of his new found leisure in gardening, walking and swimming.
He read more widely in Baptist history, out of which he wrote three books. The first, Tomorrow's Man, published by the Baptist Historical Society in 1997, was his biography of James Henry Rushbrooke, which he dedicated to Joan. The second, Crossing the Boundaries, was his history of the European Baptist Federation, a body much indebted to Bernard for the many hours he had spent in its deliberations.
He then turned to writing the third, a brave attempt at telling the often painful story of the European Baptists and the Third Reich. He could not complete it for two pressing reasons. First, in 2006 Joan, his loved wife who had so devotedly supported Bernard, died. It was a most severe blow. Secondly, soon afterwards his own health began to falter. Whilst others had to complete his third volume, Bernard was admitted to hospital.
After a very thorough search by the family to find the most appropriate care home, a place was found in a new Methodist home at Carterton. There for nearly six years Bernard was surrounded by the loving care of his carers, his family, visiting friends, and most of all of his Heavenly Father. During much of that time his mind began to travel paths that none of the rest of us
was able to walk. At length Bernard completed his pilgrimage leaving this world very peaceably, and with his family by his side.
In its 200 years of history, the Baptist Union has been served by some very notable leaders. Bernard has his own place among them and for him we give God thanks, but we remember in our prayers and our affection those who miss him most - all the members of the family, and especially Roger, Pamela and Martin, their wives and husband and the seven grandchildren. '...till the day break.'
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I'm turning these sturdy cardboard monsters into something quite original! You'll see soon!
I always do mylar balloons for parties. I buy the balloons the day before the party so that it's one less to-do item the day of the celebration. Mylar balloons stay inflated (for what seems to be forever) and the kiddies love taking them home! A little tidbit: I'm not a dollar store shopper, but when it comes to parties I buy all my mylar balloons from the dollar store...so cheap!


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text: Ex-Lincoln commissioner wants lighter sentence By Staff reports September 30, 2013 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- An incarcerated former Lincoln County commissioner is asking a federal judge to reduce or set aside his 21-month sentence for lying about altered absentee ballot applications, saying his attorney did not effectively represent him.Thomas Ramey, who is currently representing himself, is serving his sentence in a federal correctional institution in Morgantown. He filed his case in the U.S. District Court in Charleston on Sept. 25.He was sentenced last year for lying to FBI agents when he said he did not know who altered absentee ballot applications after they were filed in the County Clerk's Office for the Lincoln's 2010 Democratic primary. He later admitted to knowing who made the illegal alterations.Before Ramey was sentenced, U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston sentenced former Lincoln County clerk Donnie Whitten to 12 months and former sheriff Jerry Bowman to 18 months in prison for their roles in the scheme. In a court filing, Ramey said that his attorney, Gregory Campbell, did not offer effective counsel. Ramey alleges he was told to expect no more than six months in prison if he pleaded guilty to making a false statement.Other representations "regarding the sentence would prove to be false," Ramey alleged.Campbell did not immediately return a phone message Monday night. Ramey also argued that Secretary of State Natalie Tennant failed to do anything about inflated voter rolls in Lincoln County and that she did not rebuke Whitten for failing to attend necessary trainings, among other claims. "He can say whatever he wants to whenever he's behind bars," said Jake Glance, a spokesman for the Secretary of State's office.Glance said Ramey's allegations are self-serving.Ramey said in the filing that he took it upon himself to make sure thousands of deceased, non-resident or multiple-registered voters were purged from the Lincoln County voter rolls.Tennant had been aware of the inflated rolls but failed to act, he alleged.Glance said the office was aware of the problem but clearly acted to correct it. "I think the fact that he's in prison right now shows we did take action," Glance said.Ramey's case serves as a lesson "that if you commit election fraud while Natalie Tennant is Secretary of State, you're going to go to prison," Glance said.


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A few weeks ago I ordered a book off amazon. It's "Small quilts with vintage charm" by Jo Morton.
I love the look of the quilts in the book, very antiquey vintage style, right up my alley. I've looked at the pics, but never stopped to "READ" the text in the book.
This statement on backings just made me guffaw out loud!
"Purchase backing fabric AFTER your quilt top is complete so you can select a fabric that complements the front of the quilt. Using fabric that you don't want anymore does a DISSERVICE to the quilt top. Remember the two pieces will be stitched together forever; therefore, they need to be compatible and interesting."
Of course, that's easy for her to say since she designs lines of fabrics, she isn't paying $9.00 or more a yard for beautiful fabrics for the back of her quilts!
Who says that my scrappy backings are a disservice to the quilt top? I find them completely compatible and more interesting than if I had waited until the top was pieced, went to the quilt shop, bought 8 yards of something not on sale and had it all matchy matchy!
I love to look at antique quilts and see that they used what they had on the back to make it big enough for the quilt top. To me this is VERY interesting and is a good clue into how the people lived in their lives. They didn't have quilt shops to march into to buy 6 yards of backing fabric that matched the front of their quilts.
I love scrappy backs. I do them all the time. I love the feeling I get from using something up, and the giggles that come from just using something that just DOESN'T go....to me that's the kicker..that's where the fun is. And I'm going to keep doing it!
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- Finn said...
Last day of July, and I am just reading your June archives..LOL. Somehow didn't notice them before..sigh..but that's so me !
Anyway I wanted to say A HIGH FIVE and three cheers !! for interesting quilt backs. How neat it feels to stop someone in their tracks because the back wasn't what they expected.
I hadn't read yours yet when I commented,in my blog, that I find the unique approach to a quilt "interesting vs.nice or pretty". It gets my attention and holds it. I can't imagine living in a sliced white bread with the crusts cut off world..can you?? Actally, don't want to imagine it! Let's grab a fresh country loaf and tear off a piece to celeberate our true independence..making things our way. Finn - 12:15 PM EDT
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Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Lisican showcases a handful of features to read in the April 2017 issue of Water & Wastes Digest.
In October, EPA finalized the Groundwater Rule (GWR). This regulation defines the testing and treatment requirements for all systems using groundwater. The basic components of the rule are:
Sanitary Surveys: States must conduct sanitary surveys for all systems that use groundwater on the following schedule:
• Community systems - every three years unless they already have 4-log disinfection or it is determined that they have had outstanding performance, in which case they may be extended to every five years.
• Non-Community systems - every five years.
Source Water Monitoring: The GWR specifies three types of monitoring.
• Triggered monitoring: required whenever any system has a positive coliform sample;
• Assessment monitoring: required for systems determined by the state to be at risk of fecal contamination; and
• Compliance monitoring: required for systems serving over 3,330 and using 4-log treatment.
Significant Deficiencies: Significant deficiencies and fecal contamination (failed tests) must be corrected within 120 days of discovery/notification or a plan must be developed after discussion between the state and system to outline specific steps and completion dates.
Public Notice/Violations: Systems are required to provide Tier 1 notification for the detection of fecal indicators, Tier 2 notification for treatment technique violations or failure to take corrective action as required, and Tier 3 notification for monitoring violations. Consumer Confidence Reports must also include GWR information.
Primacy: States must adopt rules and apply for primacy within 2 years of GWR publication in the Federal Register. The Rule was published in the Register in November, 2006.
The complete Groundwater Rule can be found at: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/disinfection/gwr/regulation.html
The Water & Wastes Digest staff invites industry professionals to nominate the water and wastewater projects they deem most remarkable and innovative for recognition in the Annual Reference Guide issue. All projects must have been in the design or construction phase over the last 18 months.
Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Lisican showcases a handful of features to read in the April 2017 issue of Water & Wastes Digest.
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Hang on to your wands, Harry Potter fans. The much-anticipated return of J.K. Rowling's magical world of wizards to the big screen now has an official release date.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them will – if all goes as planned – be the first chapter in a brand new trilogy that kicks off November 18, 2016. Rowling herself will pen the screenplay for the film (and possibly the entire trilogy), which Warner Bros. is hoping to spin into a new franchise that will add to the impressive haul of the original, eight-film series.
While there has been no official word on the director of the film or its cast, the story is expected to focus on the adventures of "magizoologist" Newt Scamander, who has dedicated his life to the discovery and cataloguing of magical creatures. The series will be set at least 70 years before the events of the Harry Potter series, in which the book Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them was one of the textbooks studied by Harry and his classmates at wizard school. A real-world version of the book was published in 2001 for fans of the series.
It's worth noting that Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them will hit theaters two days before the 15th-anniversary of the release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone – the first film in the previous franchise.
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Kate Hudson's Big Chill at Yankee Stadium, Baby Pursuit With A-Rod?
By Kat Giantis
Has Kate Hudson's romance with New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez kicked up a kerfuffle with another, less famous actress? So says the New York Post, which claims relations are chilly between Hudson and "Friday Night Lights" cutie Minka Kelly, who's dating A-Rod's teammate, Derek Jeter. "There's been visible coldness between Minka and Kate," alleges a source. "I don't know if it's a personal thing, or just an extension of the ongoing A-Rod-Jeter rivalry." Pipes in another snitch, "People are choosing sides." If that's the case, Hudson may have the advantage. Since she was snapped planting some sugar on Rodriguez in the stands at a Yankees family picnic on July 25, his batting average has climbed considerably, according to the New York Daily News. On Saturday, Kate cheered A-Rod to victory from the front row with help from parents Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, an appearance that sparked speculation that their three-month romance could be getting more serious. But how serious remains open to debate. In Touch alleges that Hudson is eager to give 5-year-old son Ryder (dad is her ex-husband, Chris Robinson) a little brother or sister and feels Rodriguez is up to the task. "She just turned 30 and she's ready to have her second child," a source tells the mag. "She wants Ryder to have a sibling, so she brought up the idea to Alex and told him that they would make a beautiful baby together, and that she would assume all financial responsibility." But Rodriguez, who has two young daughters with ex-wife Cynthia, supposedly isn't keen on having more kids at the moment.


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As Ghanaians get ready to head to the polls on 7 December 2012, we would like to point out local initiatives using new technologies to ensure free and fair elections.
Ghana Votes 2012 uses a Ushahidi-based map to display election related reports:
The Ghana Votes 2012 instance map has been developed and designed to display reports from the elections body, civil society groups and citizens on the upcoming Ghana elections. The map will provide information about everything from security issues to polling station logistics to voter education activities. In addition, the map displays all the polling stations, parliamentary and presidential candidates and political parties by constituency and regions, making the map a one-stop shop for election information.
The reports can be sent by filing out a form online or using the options outlined below:
By sending a message to 7000 or 1902 or 0202841029
By sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com
By sending a tweet with the hashtag/s ghana or ghanaelections or ghanavotes or ghanadecides or elections or johnmahama or nanaaddo or ndc or npp or pnc or cpp or ppp
Sarah Brierley and George Ofosu reported last month that the Electoral Commission of Ghana launched a technological tool in order to expand access to the Provisional Voters Register (PVR). The tool uses SMS technology to allow voters to text in to check that their names and other details have been properly captured on the newly composed Voters Register.
However, they argued that this initiative was flawed:
Firstly, although the donor world (and indeed it is the UNDP that funded this project) have eagerly embraced mobile technology as the latest tool to "empower citizens", it should be recognized that there are limits to how successfully citizen-based SMS projects can be executed. The fifth round of the Afrobaromter (2012) indeed shows that only 36% of Ghanaians ever used SMS when communicating, and the vast majority instead relies on voice calls. This suggests that for all of its efforts and related costs, the EC may be targeting a relatively small voter population. Arguably, the money could have been better spent educating citizens on the importance of visiting polling stations, organizing community meetings for voters to check the register, supporting a free voice hotline to allow voters to verify their details, and allowing for a longer exhibition of the voters register.
Secondly, the project has been launched very late in the day, after two days of the ten-day voter exhibition at polling stations has already been completed. Furthermore, there has been no public education on this new service and a lack of advertising. As it stands, voters are likely to be confused as to how to verify their Voter ID detail, that is whether to use the mobile phone text messaging method or visit their polling centers.
African Elections Project has established Ghana's first Social Media Tracking Centre (STMC) to monitor the use of social media during Ghana's 2012 elections. The center will provide a real time response mechanism on election irregularities, violence and other concerns by reaching out to key election stakeholders for immediate action.
In an e-press release received today, African Elections Project said:
Apart from all these tool deployed, citizens are now empowered to actively participant in the electoral process by simply sending reports free of charge to the SMS short code 7000 on MTN and 1902 on other networks by prefixing their message with 'AEP'. Verified reports will be plotted on the elections instance map.
Recognizing the impact and ownership of mobile phones in the country, a mobile app christened 'Jangbeeshi' (delivering results in style) mobile app which will not only provide citizens with information about where, when and how to vote but also get citizens report to on irregularities at their voting centers during the elections just at the tap of a button has also been developed.
Other tools include the social media platforms such as facebook, twitter, online info and knowledge platform (www.africanelections.org/ghana), Google plus, Flickr and Twitpic for pictures and Youtube for videos.
African Elections Project (AEP) was established in 2008 with the vision of enhancing the ability of journalists, citizen journalists and the news media to provide more timely and relevant election information and knowledge while undertaking monitoring of specific and important aspects of governance
In March 2012, BloggingGhana community launched a social media initiative, Ghana Decides, to train stakeholders to use social media tools for election monitoring and reporting. GhanaBlogging is a group of bloggers in/outside Ghana who blog about Ghana.
Tomorrow all eyes will be on the two main Ghana's political parties, the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).


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In this tutorial you will learn how easy it is to add a reflection beneath your drawing/text. I will be using the latest version of Gimp(2.8) for this tutorial.
To begin, let's make a new file. When creating it, open advanced options and make the background transparent.
From there, go ahead and select your text tool. Let's create some text and we'll use the word: "Reflection"
Now we need to do two things:
1. In your layers panel, right click on your text-layer and click merge down.
2. In your layers panel, right click on your layer and select duplicate layer.
(Make sure to merge first and then duplicate!)
Make sure you have the copy layer selected and then right click in the image area, then go to layer > transform > flip vertically(click this)
Line up the vertically flipped text right below the normal text as seen in the picture below(use the move tool).
Now on our copied layer, the one that is flipped upside down, right click it and go to layer > mask > add layer mask and select black(full transparency).
You can no longer see the layer. Here is where the reflection part happens! Select your gradient tool and in the tool options below select your gradient type and make it foreground to transparency.
Make sure your foreground color is WHITE! From there, go back over to your image. Click and hold the mouse somewhere in the middle of the image and then drag down holding the control key. Drag down over top of where the invisible layer is and release the click. You will now notice that there is a reflection effect! You may have to play around with this final step to get the desired results you want.
Here is the final result:
And here is an example using this technique with a background color and applying some effects such as a gaussian blur:
This technique will work on any image not just text. Feel free to play around with different filters! I find adding a blur is a nice touch.
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Mount filesystem with a regular user
I have a desktop installation of FreeBSD 7, and that's why I need my regular user to have write access to some mounted filesystems. How can I mount these filesystems? I can't see an option to mount giving user ownership rights. I tried with sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1 then change ownership of /mnt directory: chown ivanatora:ivanatora /mnt/* and then issue mount /mnt/storage/ with user ivanatora, and I got: chown: storage: Invalid argument Wtf? What does 'Invalid argument' means? Never seen that for chown. Anyway I tried chowning a different directory with success, and I can mount it with my user. The question is how would it be mounted after a reboot? I don't want to remount these everytime the system starts. There must be a fstab option to set the uid of that mount, maybe? |
Just getting it mounted is not the problem. I can mount everything as root, and here is my current fstab:
# Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/ad4s1b none swap sw 0 0 /dev/ad4s1a / ufs rw 1 1 /dev/acd0 /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/ad0s7 /mnt/storage msdosfs rw 0 0 /dev/ad0s5 /mnt/ntfs ntfs rw 0 0 /dev/ad0s1 /mnt/xp ntfs rw 0 0 /dev/ad0s8 /mnt/linux ext2fs rw 0 0 /dev/ad0s6 /mnt/extra reiserfs ro 0 0 /dev/da1s1 /mnt/mmc msdosfs,noauto rw 0 0 And a one more point on ext2/3 partitions - they are mounted with preserved modes of ownership. I.e. if /mnt/linux/home/user1 is owned by user1 on the Linux filesystem (uid 1500 for example), after mount in FreeBSD the file owner is uuid 1500, which I doesn't have on my system. Can I just ignore these ownerships and make one single user owner of the whole mounted filesystem? And how to keep that after a reboot? Man page of mount didn't have a clue about setting uuid of the mount point. |
there are two different ways to control ownership of ntfs and msdosfs filesystems. The hard way is to specify the user and group when mounting the filesystem - use the -u and -g options: check man mount_msdosfs(8)
The easy way, and better, is to set the user, group and permissions of the mount point. Unmount the filesystem, set the mount point's owner and permissions, and remount the filesystem. All files in the filesystem will now have the same permissions as the mount point. (executable permissions excetped: -x on directories will be carried over, but will be cleared on regular files) I do not know of any way to remap these uids when mounting filesystems. It is an option you can specify when exporting a filesystem over NFS. (which, of course, is no help whatsoever!) Man pages did not help me either, there.
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OK, something is wrong.
I've changed ownership of /mnt with chown -R: Code:
# ls -l /mnt/ total 1 drwxr-xr-x 2 ivanatora ivanatora 512 Jul 1 15:31 extra drwxr-xr-x 2 ivanatora ivanatora 512 Jul 1 15:31 linux drwxr-xr-x 2 ivanatora ivanatora 512 Jul 21 19:31 mmc drwxr-xr-x 2 ivanatora ivanatora 512 Jul 1 13:39 ntfs drwxr-xr-x 2 ivanatora ivanatora 512 Jul 1 13:13 storage drwxr-xr-x 2 ivanatora ivanatora 512 Jul 1 15:25 xp Code:
> sysctl -a | grep usermo vfs.usermount: 1 Code:
> mount /mnt/extra/ mount: /dev/ad0s6 : Operation not permitted > mount -t reiserfs /dev/ad0s6 /mnt/extra/ mount: /dev/ad0s6 : Read-only file system # But /mnt/extra is not succesfully mounted! > mount -t msdosfs /dev/ad0s7 /mnt/storage/ mount_msdosfs: /dev/ad0s7: : Operation not permitted I changed these permissions: Code:
# chmod a+rw /dev/ad* Last edited by ivanatora; 23rd July 2008 at 08:31 AM. |
> I changed these permissions: # chmod a+rw /dev/ad*
the permissions will revert to their defaults on the next boot. you will need to tell devfs to apply the permission automatically on booting: http://bsdforums.com/forums/showthre...t=47864&page=2 |
Have a look at the output of
# dmesg to see extra error messages and information.Note also that FreeBSD only has read-only support for most of the Linux filesystems (XFS, ReiserFS, JFS, etc). There's only read-write support for ext2. The "read-only filesystem" error is mount telling you that you really should add -r to the mount command for these filesystems. It added this for you, output the error, then mounted the fs read-only. |
Yep, everything is OK now.
I've already posted it, but here it is again -
1) Setting vfs.usermount = 1 2) Unmounting all filesystems 2) Chowning the /mnt tree - chown -R ivanatora:ivanatora /mnt 3) Set permissions for these devices - chmod a+rw /dev/ad* and then added into /etc/defvs.rules: Code:
[myrules=10] add path 'ad*' mode 0666 Code:
devfs_system_ruleset="myrules" 4) Added these filesystems to /etc/fstab so they will be automatically mounted after next reboot: Code:
# Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/ad4s1b none swap sw 0 0 /dev/ad4s1a / ufs rw 1 1 /dev/acd0 /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/ad0s7 /mnt/storage msdosfs rw 0 0 /dev/ad0s5 /mnt/ntfs ntfs rw 0 0 /dev/ad0s1 /mnt/xp ntfs rw 0 0 /dev/ad0s8 /mnt/linux ext2fs rw 0 0 /dev/ad0s6 /mnt/extra reiserfs ro 0 0 /dev/da1s1 /mnt/mmc msdosfs,noauto rw 0 0 |
how are you able to write with the ntfs filesystem? i was under the impression that the freebsd mount_ntfs program has no write support and to write to an ntfs filesystem u needed to use the ntfs-3g program provided by the fuse-ntfs package/
You could always use dbus + HAL if you wanted to.
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It will cause strange behavior and filesystem corruption. You are correct - and it is a pity that someone (me included) didn't tweak to that one sooner - he should be using fuse-ntfs.
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Yes, now I'm using the ntfs-3g driver.
Here is how I did it (as long as I remember): 1) Install package fusefs-ntfs 2) Add to rc.conf: Code:
fusefs_enable="YES" Code:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/fusefs start 4) Change NTFS entries in /etc/fstab from ntfs to ntfs-3g, like that: Code:
/dev/ad0s5 /mnt/ntfs ntfs rw 0 0 Code:
/dev/ad0s5 /mnt/ntfs ntfs-3g rw 0 0 |
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The students at Visiting Nurse Services (VNS) Prep Alternative High School Program had a unique and rewarding experience recently. The students hosted Kevin Pruitt, president of Pruitt, Greenberg and Manischewitz Real Estate Investors and Brokerage Firm. In addition to Coach Carter's weekly History's Mysteries lesson, Pruitt sparked the students' attention by relating his life experiences, from going up in Redfern, to leading a growing multi-million dollar company.
Pruitt focused his visit on the important roles "honesty and perseverance" play in any business. In addition to answering the students' questions about real estate, Pruitt talked to the class about the value of education, hard work and pursuing your goals.
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The CW has released the title and a brief synopsis for episode 14 of "The Vampire Diaries". "Crying Wolf" is slated to air February 14th, enjoy :).
SECRETS AND LIES --- Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Elena (Nina Dobrev) get away for what they hope will be a romantic weekend at the Gilbert family lake house, not realizing that they've been followed. Jenna (Sara Canning) starts to worry that Alaric (Matt Davis) isn't being honest with her. Jules (guest star Michaela McManus) explains the importance of the sun and moon curse to Tyler (Michael Trevino), but leaves out an important detail. Damon (Ian Somerhalder) attends a tea at the Historical Society in order to talk to Elijah (guest star Daniel Gillies), but Elijah isn't giving up any secrets. With help from Caroline (Candice Accola) and Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen), Bonnie (Katerina Graham) uses deceptive measures to get shocking new information out of Luka (guest star Bryton James). Finally, Tyler offers Matt (Zach Roerig) some relationship advice. David Von Ancken directed the episode written by Brian Young (##214).


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1 Sep 2009 Kaz said
Hey hayls
How did you go about booking your flights, tour and the extras – through a travel agent or through contiki direct?
Im def going to stay in NY a couple of days after as well going need it hehe – what hotel you staying at?
I really want to see Hawaii, your not going?
ps- are you on the facebook group Contiki USA 2010?
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4 Sep 2009 abs & dee said
hey all
looks liek my holiday dates have changed i have to book best of usa 3rd july 2010 and hawaii !! - 0 people like this
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Hey all
Has anyone actually booked in their flights and tour yet for the Best of USA 2010?
Yup doing mine on the 13th of Feb 2010.. and also Kaz, I booked my stuff through Flight Centre.. They definitely hooked me up some good direct flights using V Australia, like a 150 dollars cheaper than me booking them. - 0 people like this
5 Sep 2009 LucyR said
Hello all, Is anyone thinking of booking on for March 10? I've just been to the travel agents today and I'm looking to book it all when I get paid end of this month for March 6th next year. Very scared as I've never done anything like this before and on my own too! Scary, but it seems like loads go alone so hopefully it won't be bad.
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6 Sep 2009 Pamela said
Has anyone else seen that the Best of USA tour is now only 9 days long ater March 2010, but still the same price as the 13 day tour?
9 days is too short for me, I'm thinking about doing another trip instead. - 0 people like this
7 Sep 2009 SilverV said
yeah i agree, im gonna look at something else too
dont know why they had to shorten it! <!--graemlin::(--> - 0 people like this
7 Sep 2009 Kaz said
Hi all
Ive contacted Contiki about this and they have replied with-
This is going to take 24 hours – my apologies we need to wait on a reply from USA for this. I am almost 100% sure this is 13 days but we just need to get a notice back from USA.
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7 Sep 2009 SallyR said
It also doesn't allow you to book any tour before March. They cannot be full already? It makes me worried that they may be cancelled?
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7 Sep 2009 jen said
So is the Best of USA tour still be running before March 2010 for 13 days? Does anyone know? I was looking forward to going in Febuary, researched alot, and planning to book it this weekend. But now it doesnt seem like it.
I messaged Contiki, so hopefully I'll get a message soon. I'll try calling them tomorrow, and let you guys know the outcome if u wants.
Pretty upset now <!--graemlin::(--> - 0 people like this
7 Sep 2009 Kaz said
quote:Originally posted by abs & dee:
hey all
looks liek my holiday dates have changed i have to book best of usa 3rd july 2010 and hawaii !!
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8 Sep 2009 -mulishatroop- said
Hi all,
I have booked and paid for the Best of USA tour starting April 10th 2010. Has anybody else booked the same tour dates?
I am a 24 year old female from NZ, travelling alone. This will be my first tour!
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8 Sep 2009 Kaz said
Hey Mulishatroop
Im wanting to book asap like now for the Best of USA for next year but it appears the tour has changed cut back to 9 days from 13 days and cutting out LA?? Im spewing <!--graemlin::(-->
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8 Sep 2009 -mulishatroop- said
Hi Kaz,
I booked and paid for this tour just last week and it was definitely for 13 days, starting in LA April 10th, ending in NY April 22nd.
I also booked and paid for 2 nights accommodation in LA prior to the tour starting and 1 night in NY.
I booked the tour myself through Contiki not through a travel agent.
You could try ringing them direct to confirm the length of the tour, but I'm certain it is 13 days. The free call Contiki contact number should be on the back of your Contiki brochure! <!--graemlin::)-->
Are you thinking about doing this tour the same dates as I am Kaz??? (April 10-22, 2010) - 0 people like this
10 Sep 2009 Dave said
Yup everything's cool people. The 13 day trip is still in place.. This is what Contiki replied to me from my email.
Thank you for your email. We currently have an error on the website which is showing the Best of USA as a ten day tour. We are currently looking into amending this.
At the moment we have not been notified of any changes and everything is as it was when you created your booking. Please see the Contiki brochure as a point of reference.
Matthew Sharp
Reservations Sales Agent
Contiki Holidays
I'm also going for the 13th of February 2010 Still.. - 0 people like this
10 Sep 2009 -mulishatroop- said
Thanks for that Dave…should calm everyone's thoughts about this tour now! <!--graemlin:;)-->
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12 Sep 2009 abs & dee said
hey kaz
havent booked yet but my dates will def have to be 3rd july i think. will book in mth or so!!
what date have you decided on? - 0 people like this
13 Sep 2009 Cristella said
I asked my Contiki agent about this "tour change". She consulted with their US head office and confirmed the tour is still 13 days and nothing else has changed.
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29 Sep 2009 LozAus said
Im looking into booking the jan 9th 2010 tour. i am 21, from aus and travelling alone. im a bit nervous but very excited. anyone else doing this tour??? - 0 people like this
30 Sep 2009 Explorer1152402 said
abs and dee . you have a facebook , may be easier…im nicole vracknos if u wana add, im looking at the BEST OF USA and possible separate countries.. look forward to hear from you
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3 Oct 2009 Jess_86 said
Just wondering if anyone is looking at doing this tour middle of next year……Like to chat with anyone that is thinking of doing it in August.
My sister and I are looking at doing the 14th departure. - 0 people like this
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Nikon Coolpix AW100 Review
Image Quality
All of the sample images in this Review were taken using the 16 megapixel High JPEG setting, which gives an average image size of around 6.5Mb.
The Nikon Coolpix AW100 produced images of above average quality during the review period. The 16 megapixel sensor used in the AW100 suffers from noisy images even at the relatively slow speed of ISO 200. ISO 400 exhibits quite visible noise and colour desaturation, and ISO 800 and 1600 are even noisier, although still usable for small prints. The fastest seting of ISO 3200 is best avoided altogether.
The Coolpix AW100 dealt well with chromatic aberrations, with limited purple fringing effects appearing mostly in high contrast situations. The flash worked fairly well indoors, with a little red-eye and adequate exposure, except in the corners of the frame at the wide-angle setting. The night photograph was poor, with the maximum shutter speed of 4 seconds not allowing you to capture enough light.
Macro performance is very good, allowing you to focus as close as 1cms away from the subject. The images were a little soft straight out of the camera at the default sharpening setting and ideally require further sharpening in an application like Adobe Photoshop, as you can't change the in-camera setting if you don't like the default results. Anti-shake is a feature that works very well when hand-holding the camera in low-light conditions or when using the telephoto end of the zoom range, while the new range of special effects and the Easy Panorama mode allow you to add a little in-camera creativity to your photos.
There are 6 ISO settings available on the Nikon Coolpix AW100. Here are some 100% crops which show the noise levels for each ISO setting.
ISO 125 (100% Crop) |
ISO 200 (100% Crop) |
ISO 400 (100% Crop) |
ISO 800 (100% Crop) |
ISO 1600 (100% Crop) |
ISO 3200 (100% Crop) |
Focal Range
The Nikon Coolpix AW100's 5x zoom lens offers a fairly versatile focal range, as illustrated by these examples:
28mm |
140mm |
Here are two 100% crops which have been Saved as Web - Quality 50 in Photoshop. The right-hand image has had some sharpening applied in Photoshop. The out-of-the camera images are a little soft at the default sharpening setting. You can't change the in-camera sharpening level if you don't like the default look.
Original (100% Crop) |
Sharpened (100% Crop) |
File Quality
There are two JPEG quality settings available at full resolution, Normal and High. On the camera, the latter is denoted with an asterisk next to the megapixel count. The Coolpix AW100 doesn't shoot RAW. Here are some 100% crops which show the quality of the various options.
16M High (6.81Mb) (100% Crop) | 16M Normal (3.21Mb) (100% Crop) |
Chromatic Aberrations
For a camera with an internally stacked zoom, the Nikon Coolpix AW100 handled chromatic aberrations well. Here are a couple of 100% crops that show what you can expect in the worst case.
Example 1 (100% Crop) |
Example 2 (100% Crop) |
The Nikon Coolpix AW100 has a very good macro mode. The minimum focus distance is 1cm. The first image shows how close you can get to the subject. The second image is a 100% crop.
Macro Shot |
100% Crop |
The flash settings on the Nikon Coolpix AW100 are Auto, Flash On, Red-eye Reduction, Slow Synchro and Off. These shots of a white wall were taken at a subject distance of 1.5m. It is obvious that the flash struggles to evenly illuminate the entire subject at the wide end of the zoom range, but the flash coverage issue is much less severe at the maximum telephoto setting. In the photos taken without flash, we can also see a bit of light fall-off in the corners.
Flash Off - Wide Angle (28mm) |
Flash On - Wide Angle (28mm) |
Flash Off - Telephoto (140mm) |
Flash On - Telephoto (140mm) |
And here are some portrait shots. The flash has a red-eye reduction setting, though in this test there was not much of a redeye effect to begin with.
Flash On |
Flash On (100% Crop) |
Red-eye Reduction |
Red-eye Reduction (100% Crop) |
The Nikon Coolpix AW100's maximum shutter speed is 4 seconds in the Fireworks scene mode, which is not great news if you're seriously interested in night photography. The shot below was taken using a shutter speed of 4 seconds at ISO 125. I've included a 100% crop of the image to show what the quality is like.
Night Shot |
Night Shot (100% Crop) |
Night Landscape
The Nikon AW100 has a Night Landscape mode that increases the ISO to produce sharper results, although at the expense of greater noise.
Night Landscape |
Night Landscape (100% Crop) |
Vibration Reduction
Vibration Reduction is Nikon's name for anti-shake, which in the Coolpix AW100 works via a sensor-shift mechanism. To test this, I took 2 handheld shots of the same subject with the same settings. The first shot was taken with anti shake turned off, the second with it turned on. Here are some 100% crops of the images to show the results. As you can see, with anti shake turned on, the images are much sharper than with anti shake turned off. This feature really does seem to make a difference and could mean capturing a successful, sharp shot or missing the opportunity altogether.
Shutter Speed / Focal Length |
Anti Shake Off (100% Crop) |
Anti Shake On (100% Crop) |
1/10th / 28mm | ||
0.5 sec / 140mm |
Special Effects
The new Effects mode offers a variety of creative options.
Off |
Soft |
Nostalgic Sepia |
High-contrast Monochrome |
High Key |
Low Key |
Selective Color (red) |
Easy Panorama
The Easy Panorama shooting mode lets you pan the AW100 either vertically or horizontally to create an auto-stitched panorama.
Normal (180 degrees) |
Wide (360 degrees) |
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Piecing together historic record and correlating it with the location of celestial objects nearly 2,500 years ago is an an epic task, but it can prove rather useful for interpreting ancient cosmic discoveries.
After some fascinating astronomical detective work, researchers have (possibly) found the first documented proof of a sighting of Halley's Comet two centuries earlier than when Chinese astronomers first described the famous 'dirty snowball' around 240 BC.
So, who beat the Chinese? The Greeks.
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As reported by Physorg.com, researchers Daniel Graham and Eric Hintz from Brigham Young University at Provo in Utah have modeled the most likely path taken by the comet and found it was possibly visible around 466-467 BC for 82 days.
As they delved into ancient texts prepared by Greek astronomers around that time, it coincided with a meteorite fall and a description of a comet in the sky for a period of 75 days. The fall occurred in the Hellespont region of northern Greece, something that became quite the tourist attraction for five centuries.
But was it Halley's comet they saw?
Graham and Hintz think so. Adding to the coincidental events, the ancient text also mentions a meteor shower. It seems logical that the Earth could have been passing through the debris field of Halley's at the time.
ANALYSIS: Neptune's Cold Case: Shot by a Comet 200 Years Ago?
Twice a year in October and May, the Earth sweeps through the comet's trail of expelled dust and ice, producing two distinct meteor showers, the Orionids and the Eta Aquarids respectively. This trail was left when the famous comet barreled through the inner solar system in 1986, following a similar path every 75-76 years.
But according to the researchers, this meteor shower occurred during July — the text also described strong winds that are typical during that month in the region.
This can be explained by the researcher's model that back-dated the comet's position in relation to the Earth, it turns out that our planet may have been passing under the comet's tail, generating the observed meteors.
Although it might be tempting to link the Hellespont meteorite with the appearance of the comet (did the comet throw a small asteroid toward Earth as it made its passage near the Earth?), it is more likely that the two events were unrelated. "My feeling is that it was just a really cool coincidence," Hintz said.
Of course, dating anything back to 2,500 years ago comes with huge uncertainties. The accuracy of ancient accounts of observations are debatable. Also, trying to model the path taken by a comet over millennia is fiendishly difficult.
Comets are prone to orbital deviations caused by gravitational influences by the planets and as they expel jets of gas when they get heated by the sun, they can tumble more than expected, creating uncertainty in their predicted location.
Although this research is far from conclusive, it is very interesting to think that Chinese astronomers may have been pipped to the post by their European counterparts on this particular discovery. It makes me wonder what other cosmic events are written in long-lost ancient texts.
Publication: An Ancient Greek Sighting of Halley's Comet? by Daniel W. Graham and Eric Hintz, 2010.
Image: Halley's Comet during its 1910 approach (The Yerkes Observatory)