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I bought this engine used and finally got around to running it.
Powermaster 5/22
Rev Up wood 10x6
13,489 rich of peak (TNC Tach)
That seems like a good number to me.
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I bought this engine used and finally got around to running it.
Powermaster 5/22
Rev Up wood 10x6
13,489 rich of peak (TNC Tach)
That seems like a good number to me.
Very nice numbers dave, mainly because this st muffler is very much restritive .... hot engine
Thanks. And, the carb seems somewhat oversized, too. In fact, it has the same .351" venturi as the carb on my .60 Blue Head. It's also loud as heck!
ORIGINAL: stg61abc
Very nice numbers dave, mainly because this st muffler is very much restritive .... hot engine
so if it was less restrictive the numbers would have been higher?
\"Propellers are notorious for inflicting serious bodily harm while vigorously defending their space\" George Aldrich
sure.... i bet this engine taps 14 / 14.5 K with the modern ST silent muffler...
Hi Dave. Bout time you posted some stuff here. I was getting lonely.
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Howdy Jeff! I've got more to come... I recently bought a TNC tach which is an absolute pleasure to use, so I'll be taching a lot of oldies.
Hmm, I don't have a .40/.45 size ST quiet muffler. I do have one of those "Paw" types. I wonder if that would add any revs.
Ok, I'll run it again with this muffler. So, you think I'll pick up a few hundred?
hi Dave. I bet this muffler will improve the power of you ST 40. It has a bigger chamber than the other muffler that you used. Please test it and if possible post the numbers ok?
stg61abc, I ran the engine again with a new ST muffler.
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Rev Up 10x6
14,111 peak
6.33lbs static thrust
Wow! I gained 622rpm. With an APC 10x6 it would probably rev a bit higher still (but, I don't have one).
Thanks for the muffler suggestion! I wonder what it would do on a pipe?
Hey Dave.
I've tested a GS 45 with an old no name tuned pipe and gained 500 RPM.
It's very easy to test a pipe on that engine on the test bench, because you just have to take of the muffler and put a 15 cm long peace of silicone tube on. No need to buy a manifold for the test. Let the pipe go straight out from the engine and fix it, so it's possible to move it towards the engine when you tune it.
The set up of the pipe is similar to the picture.
Iâve bought a OS super silence muffler VERY cheap and removed all the stuff inside and enlarged the exit hole to 7,5 mm. The RPMâs are the same and the muffler is 35 grams lighter than the stock muffler (the muffler you have). Because of that I could take off 15 grams in the tail of the plane.
A downside is that you will have to modify the exhaust screw holes on the engine.
Good luck
0% nitro in car fuel? That works! :-)
Hi Dave, good to know that the silent muffler worked well for you. I love the sound produced by this muffler, really nice. I have this muffler in my ST GS 40 as an OEM part and is really nice. Super Tigre also made some years ago a series of tuned mufflers called "tiger paw" that were telescopics tuned mufflers in a header, but they were taken out from production.
Also a hot muffler from ST is the tuned muffler specially made for the quickie 500 engine version of their .40, called the ST G-500 ABC. The engine is out of production now, but the muffler is still for sale in some places at the USA
a pic from my G 500
nice flying friend
Hey David,ORIGINAL: rainedave
stg61abc, I ran the engine again with a new ST muffler.
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Rev Up 10x6
14,111 peak
6.33lbs static thrust
Wow! I gained 622rpm. With an APC 10x6 it would probably rev a bit higher still (but, I don't have one).
Thanks for the muffler suggestion! I wonder what it would do on a pipe?
I plan to run this same engine with a Macs 6.5cc muffled pipe and 10x6 and 11x5 props in the spring. I'll report back with some results... 15K on a 10x6!? or maybe 14K on an 11x5?
Cheers, David.
David, your Tsunami looks great.. and very fast. I'm sure that engine will scream on the pipe. Maybe try a 9x8 for even more speed?
Thanks David. I'm fairly happy with how she turned out. As always, a few things that I wish I'd done differently but chalk it up to experience!
I'm looking forward to running that 25+ year old ST! I've never run it on a pipe! I should have some figures sometime in March-April.
The Tsunami is almost finished. I completed the radio installation today so I'll be able to finish up the linkages. More on that in my thread.
Cheers, David.
Ran it again today with a Mac's muffled pipe:
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APC 10x6
14,972 peak
6.99lbs static thrust
I could cut another 1/2" off the header, go up to 15% nitro and break 15,000, but this is an old engine and I don't want to push it. Parts are hard to come by.
Dave sweet setup. Iam considering something similar on my MVVS 40. Just need to decide what airframe, (like i'm in a hurry)
Ijust need to get the header for it and Iwill make a tuned pipe.
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Tell us about makingyour ownpipe. Ihavemadesome pipes in the past but they weren't for smoking model engines.
Terry in LP
Impressive numbers there.
Terry in LP
Yeah, I remember getting in trouble for stealing the screens out of the faucets. That was around the 8th grade, I guess.ORIGINAL: anuthabubba
Tell us about makingyour ownpipe. Ihavemadesome pipes in the past but they weren't for smoking model engines.
Terry in LP
Outstanding figures David!
15K it is!
From the stock muffler at ~13.5K gaining almost 1.5K on a pipe is impressive!
I'm glad I didn't decide to retrofit the Tsunami for a YS 45. Although speed is fun I'm also curious about how she'll stand up to higher loading - an 11x5. I think I'm going to do the final push on the Tsunami this week and get her ready for takeoff. Beforehand, some testing of the bluehead will be required. It'd be nice to have an APC 9x8, 10x6 and 11x5 on hand.
What's the length of your header at present? I'll cut mine 1/2" longer to try out the 11x5 for a starters.
BTW, do you have the conversion formulas for thrust, hp and pitch speed or does the Fromeco do all that for you? Iguess pitch speed is easy to convert from RPM.
Thanks Terry and David.
I'll dig through my props for an 11x5. I know I have an APC 9x7 and 9x8. I used the 10x6 since it's easy to compare to existing data for other forties.
The header is 4 7/8" long measured the way shown on the Mac's site (see image below). Here is the info from their site:
ST S 40 Zinger 10 X 6 7.5mp 13,550 14,850 4.75"
The first number is open exhaust, the second with the header at 4 3/4" length.
What's interesting is that Zingers are a lighter load than APC's, yet I still bettered their figure!
You need to download Pe's spreadsheet for calculations. It's excellent:
And, you can use Open Office Calc to run the file.
Excellent stuff David - thanks. I'll be using that spreadsheet soon. A Matlab program of it would be even cooler. One could make it an executable which then could run in the absence of Matlab on the local machine. It's been at least 10 years since Itouched the stuff though.
It seems to me that every time an engine is tested with various props, the APC's always deliver. They must be seriously efficient despite their weight.
More importantly though, at almost 7 lbs of static thrust in a 5 lb plane, the rocket could practically take off right out of my hand pointed straight up. Ever try that with a pattern design? I haven't... yet.
rainedave said,
"What's interesting is that Zingers are a lighter load than APCs, yet I still bettered their figure!"
That's 'cause they have a better shape for moving air. Or at least moving through air. A 'normally shaped' prop, like most wooden model props & even mostmetal full scale props, are only really efficientforabout half of each blade's length.
Aircraft propellers (airscrews)
A propeller's efficiency is determined by
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A well-designed propeller typically has an efficiency of around 80 percent when operating in the best regime.
Changes to a propeller's efficiency are produced by a number of factors, notably adjustments to the helix angle , the angle between the resultant relative velocity and the blade rotation direction, and to blade pitch (where θ = Φ + α ). Very small pitch and helix angles give a good performance against resistance but provide little thrust, while larger angles have the opposite effect. The best helix angle is when the blade is acting as a wing, producing much more lift than drag. However, due to the shape of the propeller, only part of the blade can actually be operating at peak efficiency. The outer part of the blade produces the most thrust and so the blade is positioned at a pitch that gives optimum angle to that portion. Since a large portion of the blade is therefore at an inefficient angle, the inboard ends of the blade are hidden by a streamlined spinner to reduce the resistance torque that would otherwise be created. Another method used is to have a curved pitch propeller, in which the individual blades are actually airfoils of varying camber and angle of attack across the span. This is achieved by twisting the airfoil across its major neutral axis(span length). It is usually set with the inner airfoil section of the blade in the direction of travel; that is, axial speed, or U (here freestream velocity), and the outer edges at right angles to it.
Do the last three sentencesbring to mind the shape of a particular brand of model airplane propellor?
Terry in LP
edit: to fix the symbols that were made into emoticons!
OK, most of that went over my head, but I have a question: what's the difference between helical pitch and "twisting" of the airfoil? I always thought a prop with constant or helical pitch had blades that are twisted.


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Aktiengesellschaft | |
Traded as | FWB: FIE |
Industry | Retail, health care |
Founded | 1972 |
Headquarters | Hamburg, Germany |
Key people
Günther Fielmann (founder, CEO and chairman of the management board), Mark Binz (Chairman of the supervisory board) |
Services | Ophthalmic opticians, prescription eyewear and sunglass retail |
Revenue | €1.51 billion (2015)[1] |
€240,1 million (2015)[1] | |
Profit | €170.5 million (2015)[1] |
Number of employees
17,287 (2015)[1] |
Website | www.fielmann.de |
Fielmann AG is a German optics company focusing on retail eyewear. External sales in Europe with 695 branches in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia (including franchises and industries) amounted to €1.51 billion in sales and 7.8 million glasses in 2015. The Fielmann stock is listed in the German MDAX index and at the northern German regional HASPAX index. With its 586 stores in Germany Fielmann enjoys a 52% unit market share of the industry, as well as a 21% sales market share. The company is seen as the market leader in Germany[2] and largest optical chain in Europe.[3]
Günther Fielmann, a state-approved master optometrist, is the founder, major shareholder, and chief executive officer of Fielmann AG.
Ownership Structure[edit]
The Fielmann family controls more than 71% of the company's shares through its family holding, KORVA SE, the Fielmann Familienstiftung and directly held shares.
Share | Ownership Structure |
5,88 % | Günther Fielmann |
8,78 % | Marc Fielmann |
1,98 % | Sophie Luise Fielmann |
28,36 % | Free float |
In 1972 Günther Fielmann established an optometry shop in Cuxhaven. He recognised a gap in the market for eyewear for consumers using mandatory health insurance as payment, as these customers often faced a disappointing lack of covered choices in frames. At the time, there were only six plastic models of eyeglass frames for adults and two for children.
In 1981 Fielmann signed a special contract with the AOK insurance at Esens and designed 90 frame models of plastic and metal in 640 variants. This was the end of an era with unitary health insurance glasses in Germany. In 1984 Fielmann started an advertising campaign with the slogan "Mein Papi hat keinen Pfennig dazu bezahlt! (My daddy didn't have to pay a cent himself!)" From 1987 to 1990 Fielmann expanded his share in the quantity market from 11% to 16% and at the time held 3% of all eyewear stores in Germany.
Fielmann is listed at the stock index since 1994. In the same year the company with 294 subsidiaries and 4,986 employees made a turnover of DM 868 million and a pre-tax profit of DM 80.5 million. In 1995 Fielmann took over Pro-Optik AG of Basel, Switzerland, with its 6 Swiss branches. The Fielmann shop in Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse gained an annual turnover of €16 million. With 4% of all German eyewear stores, Fielmann increased its market share from 32% to 38% from 1995 to 1998. 1999 brought about the market entry to Austria and 24 branches were opened there until 2007.
In 2001 the non-profit Fielmann-Akademie was established, which bought Plön Castle from the government of Schleswig-Holstein in 2002 and opened a training centre for optometrists there. Since 2005/2006 bachelor's and master's degrees in optometry are being offered in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Lübeck. After several years of refurbishments the castle was re-opened for visitors in 2006.
In 2002 a large production and logistics centre was opened in Rathenow, Brandenburg, where 5 million spectacle frames are being shipped per year.
After the cancellation of eyewear products from the catalogue of Germany's mandatory health insurances, Fielmann together with HanseMerkur insurance created an initial tariff insurance.
At the start of July 2015, Fielmann opened its first branch in Italy, in Bolzano and is now present in seven European countries.
On 6 January 2009 Fielmann's stock indexing advanced from SDAX to MDAX.[4]
In 2015 the revenue increased at 5.7% to €1.51 billion. Pre-tax profit increased at 6.2% to €240.1 million, income increased at 4.7% to €170.5 million.[1]
As of 31 December 2015 Fielmann operated 695 subsidiaries, employed 17,287 people, 3,065 of whom were in training. With a share of 5% of all German optometric stores, Fielmann trains more than 40% of all optometrist apprentices in Germany.
As a producer, broker and service provider, Fielmann covers the entire supply chain of the optometry branch. Not only glasses, sunglasses and contact lenses but also hearing aids are offered.
Other activities[edit]
Every year, Fielmann plants one tree per employee.[5] In 2009, chancellor Angela Merkel, minister-president Peter Harry Carstensen and Günther Fielmann planted the one-millionth tree in Büdelsdorf.[6] Fielmann is also engaged in environmental protection, historic preservation and organic farming. Günther Fielmann does this as an organic farmer on his farm in Luetjensee farm as well as on the Schierensee and Ritzerau estates. Fielmann supports schools, municipalities, old people's homes and promotes youth sport.
- ^ a b c d e "Annual Report 2015" (PDF). Fielmann. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ Nicolai, Birger (27 September 2004). "Fielmann vor Einigung mit Krankenkassen (Fielmann to reach agreement with health insurances)" (in German). Die Welt.
- ^ "Bloomberg Markets: Hidden Billionaires". Bloomberg Businessweek. September 2011.
- ^ "Unscheduled Adjustments in MDAX and SDAX". Deutsche Börse.
- ^ Fielmann.de – Gesellschaftliches Engagement: Fielmann-Bäume
- ^ Angela Merkels Stippvisite beim Brillenkönig 20. Mai 2009
- "Fielmann - zwischen Discount und Qualität (Fielmann - between quality and discount)". NDR online. 2 December 2008.


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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently affirmed a decision by the Southern District of Florida that substantially expanded a litigant's ability to obtain discovery in aid of a foreign proceeding. The court's decision affirmed the grant of a party's application pursuant to Section 1782 of Title 28 of the United States Code to obtain discovery in aid of a proceeding that was not ongoing, but rather "within reasonable contemplation." Clients should be aware of the broadened scope of § 1782, as requests that were once outside of the statute's scope are now permissible.
Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecomunicaciones S.A. v. JAS Forwarding (USA), Inc., 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 531; 2014 WL 104132 (11th Cir. 2014) arose out of a foreign shipping contract billing dispute between Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecomunicaciones S.A. (CONECEL) and Jet Air Service Equador S.A. (JASE). CONECEL filed an application in the Southern District of Florida pursuant to Section 1782 of Title 28 of the United States Code (USC) to obtain discovery for use in a foreign proceeding in Ecuador. The application sought discovery from JASE's U.S. counterpart, JAS Forwarding (USA), Inc. (JAS USA). The district court granted the application and permitted CONECEL to issue a subpoena.
CONECEL's claims included allegations that JASE improperly overbilled CONECEL by millions of dollars. Specifically, CONECEL alleged that an internal investigation revealed that two of its employees colluded with JASE by processing invoices that were artificially inflated. CONECEL believed JASE's inclusion of an "extra-contractual multiplication factor" into the billing equation inflated the prices charged to CONECEL. JASE counterclaimed, alleging that CONECEL failed to pay several invoices.
CONECEL sought to file a claim for collusion in the civil-mercantile court in Quito, Ecuador. Furthermore, if CONECEL succeeded in the civil proceeding, it could then bring a private criminal action against its former employees. As a civil law country, Ecuador requires litigants to attach to the complaint all evidence necessary to support their claims. Therefore, CONECEL sought § 1782 discovery before commencing suit in Ecuador. The district court granted the application, and JASE appealed on the grounds that: 1) § 1782 could not be used to obtain discovery for a proceeding that was not pending and 2) CONECEL's subpoena request was unduly intrusive and burdensome, as it sought confidential materials, i.e., JASE's pricing formula.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that § 1782 properly permitted litigants to obtain discovery in aid of a proceeding that had not yet been initiated but was "within reasonable contemplation." It believed that the legislative history of § 1782 supported a finding that the statute should be applied broadly and "strengthen the power of district courts to respond to requests for international assistance. Furthermore, the court stated that the propriety of a § 1782 request did not require an ongoing proceeding, but rather it reasoned that Congress' amendment of the language of the statute from "in any judicial proceeding pending in any court in a foreign country" to "in a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal" supported the proposition that a § 1782 request could be made to obtain discovery in aid of a proceeding that was only "within reasonable contemplation." Finding CONECEL's sworn declaration that it was considering the institution of a civil, and possibly thereafter a criminal, action in Ecuador as sufficient evidence that a proceeding was "within reasonable contemplation," the Eleventh Circuit held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in granting the application. Finally, the court rejected the opportunity to answer the question of whether a § 1782 discovery request could be made to obtain discovery for aid in foreign arbitration.
The Eleventh Circuit also held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in granting CONECEL's application, which requested confidential and proprietary information. While the court typically analyzes four factors in considering a § 1782 request, it only examined the factor addressed by JASE, "whether the request was otherwise unduly intrusive or burdensome." Acknowledging that the request sought confidential and proprietary information, the court held that it was neither overbroad nor improper because it was narrowly tailored to discover pricing information from JASE and JAS USA that was only pertinent to CONECEL. Indeed, all requests in the application that bore on pricing information used "language limiting the request to information relating directly to CONECEL."
The Eleventh Circuit has now considerably expanded the scope of § 1782 discovery by permitting an applicant to subpoena evidence from an American citizen or company, even though the applicant is not presently involved in a proceeding in a foreign court or tribunal. The Eleventh Circuit holds that the proceeding must only be "within reasonable contemplation;" this definition is sure to require further interpretation.
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41 traveller reviews for Young Island Resorts
Scout - travellingmom
- Lives in Bangalore
- 1 Review
"This resort is a nice..."
- Posted Jun 25, 2010
This resort is a nice place to visit over the weekend from Bangalore. The rivulet close to the resort is very beautiful in the early mornings. There are many birds to be seen. The nearby village is worth paying a visit to shoot photographs.
Best Experience: Loved the serenity and tranquility of the place early in the morning. Rooms are clean and big. Food at the restaurant is nice
Worst Experience: Room service is very slow. Most of the time we had to walk up to the front desk to get water or call to change bed sheets
Best Experience: Loved the serenity and tranquility of the place early in the morning. Rooms are clean and big. Food at the restaurant is nice
Worst Experience: Room service is very slow. Most of the time we had to walk up to the front desk to get water or call to change bed sheets
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Scout - Rajesh Vs
- Lives in Bangalore
- 1 Review
"Been a Horrible experience.Worst experience..."
- Posted May 30, 2010
Been a Horrible experience.Worst experience ever with stay in a resort. Never seen staff demanding Tip, and almost insulting you if you don\'t pay, while a board in the reception says dont pay them any Tip. Restaurant folks were really rude, took 30 minutes to get a coffee, didn\'t deliver plates with home delivery, was throwing food on the table, behaving like street rowdies if you ask anything, lights are not working, backup generator down, ask me what not, complete chaos. No proper lock on the cottage doors, so cant keep anything inside and go out. The worst part is there is absolutely no one out there who is responsible for that place to whom you could complain. All I could see was a queue of guests checking out, everyone really upset and promises to never come back, like me. It was the only thing that spoiled my trip. Whoever is the owner, poor guy he don\'t know that his staff is ripping his business apart and damaging his reputation in business.
Worst Experience: 1. Asked for a coffe, and the restaurant guy almost yelled me asking \'What ?\'
2. You ask for anything, it takes 30 mts ..whether its for Coffe, water 30 mts, or any foog
3. Staff is really bad, almost asks you for Tip, and insults you if you dont pay!.
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- 3 votes
Scout - Ravi Joseph
- Lives in Bangalore
- 1 Review
"good place to stay on..."
- Posted Sep 24, 2009
good place to stay on a holiday,natural beauty with full of greenary.side by river cauvey bring plesure to stay.
Worst Experience: Booking was to delayed they made us wait for very long.......? without any reason.
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Scout - Nandini Krishnankutty
- Lives in Bangalore
- 1 Review
"The location is good, easy..."
- Posted Oct 3, 2007
The location is good, easy to find and quite........A palce to getaway on a weekend from the maddeing crowd.....can hear the river flwoing......neat roooms and surrondings.....
Worst Experience: the service is really bad. The food is horrible, and the resturant is really hopless...that spoiles the whole fun and the fornt office staff has little knowledge about the places to see, and didnt seem that willing to help either......you can look at it as just a place to stay and relax...but b4 going do find out more about the places to see on ur own if u want to explore and enjoy the holiday..coz nobdy there to help u out
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Scout - Rohith H
- Lives in Bangalore
- 1 Review
"Sick and disgusting... The reception..."
- Posted Jul 26, 2007
Sick and disgusting... The reception needs a strict mannerism class...
Best Experience: the location is good and the ambience is ok... The room sucks... its not clean and the people there act as if they are providing stuff for free...
Worst Experience: I can write for a whole day if i have to write negatives about that place.
The receptionist has no manners and the helpers act as if they are doing us a charity favor... My god, if to be frank I was so pissed off with their attitude and service, I felt it would have been better i just threw away money in water... All of them there deserve one tight slap...
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KNOWLEDGE: The key to welding productivity?
Study's findings have different meanings across manufacturing sectors
In the year 2000 manufacturing, construction, and mining industries had $34.1 billion worth of welding-related expenses. At the same time more than a half million people in the U.S. had welding-related jobs -- and that's not counting self-employed and nonproduction welders.
In the year 2000 manufacturing, construction, and mining industries had $34.1 billion worth of welding-related expenses. At the same time more than a half million people in the U.S. had welding-related jobs -- and that's not counting self-employed and nonproduction welders.
Yet many companies haven't studied, or only somewhat understand, the economic impact of the welding-related processes they use every day.
These figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics are included in "Welding-related Expenditures, Investments, and Productivity Measurement in U.S. Manufacturing, Construction, and Mining Industries," a study released last year by the American Welding Society, Miami (AWS,www.aws.org), and the Edison Welding Institute, Columbus, Ohio (EWI, www.ewi.org).
The report provides information on welding-related expenses and measurement of welding productivity in the welding-critical industries -- automotive, aircraft, aerospace, electronics, medical, light and heavy manufacturing, construction, and capitalized repair and maintenance.
But not all of the major findings apply to these industrial groups in the same way.
Analyzing the Findings
The following seven statements, taken directly from the report, are deemed its major findings. Depending on whom you talk to, these findings evoke a different response.
1. Most firms have not studied, or have only a minimal understanding of, the economics associated with the use of welding-related processes.
This assertion is based on how central welding is to a company's manufacturing processes, according to Charles Miller, senior vice president and research director at Insight*MAS, a management consulting firm in Dublin, Ohio (www.insightmas.com). He was the principal researcher for the study.
"For example, heavy industrial or structural manufacturers have a better understanding of the economics associated with welding," Miller said. "When it's less of a critical factor, they have less of an understanding."
Another reason this finding might be accurate is that welding is a complicated process with many variables, from the materials welded to the consumables used, and from the joining process selected to the tooling needed, said Bruce Albrecht, who served as an expert on light industrial manufacturing for the study. He is vice president and general manager of light industrial products at Miller Electric Mfg. Co., Appleton, Wis. (www.MillerWelds.com). The economy has affected how companies look at all manufacturing processes.
"We're in a pretty challenging economy, which changes how we manage business," Albrecht said. "A team has to rally around the process and see what needs to be improved.
They need to ask, "What are the total costs?' and then target the big-cost items in the process. Then they need to ask fundamental questions about why they do certain things in manufacturing."
Miller agreed that attitude is everything where welding economics is concerned.
"The ones who understand how you generate value in the final product and their manufacturing processes will look at the inputs of welding," Miller said. "Heavy industrial and construction companies think, "If I weld it, it's going to cost more in the short run, but in the long run, it's going to be more lightweight and therefore of more value to the customer, which means that I can make more money because I can sell it at a higher price.'
"The bottom line surrounding economics is that there's a lot that manufacturers can learn about their manufacturing processes to best utilize their assets and produce the best product," he said.
On the other hand, Duane Miller believes that the construction industry, while it might not measure welding productivity in the same way as other sectors do, is aware of welding's economic impact. He is manager of the Weld Technology Center at The Lincoln Electric Co., Cleveland (www.lincolnelectric.com), and was a construction expert for the report.
"There are two classes of construction companies: shop fabricators and field erectors," he said. "Shop fabricators supply structural steel for buildings and bridges. They cut, they drill, and they weld. Field erectors erect buildings and bridges. They are highly cognizant of the cost of welding because the rate at which welding is done dictates how fast the building will go up. These people are very schedule-restrained. They may not know the specific cost of welding one joint, but a lot of field erectors measure how many pieces of steel they can place per day, so they know how many joints they need to weld per day."
2. Most firms do not evaluate the role and contribution of welding in the complete manufacturing process.
As with the economics of welding, manufacturing companies in which welding is not a critical process don't evaluate its role.
"Welding is not primary to our business. It's such a very small piece of our puzzle that it's not helpful to track it," said Jim Harris, senior staff welding engineer at Ashland
Specialty Chemical, Columbus, Ohio (www.ashchem.com). He was the study's expert in repair and maintenance.
The same is true for automotive component manufacturers, according to Kurt Hofman, vice president of RoMan Manufacturing Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich. (www.romanmfg.com), and president of RoMan Engineering Services, Madison Heights, Mich. He participated as an expert in this field for the report.
"Many of the manufacturing companies are inherently nonwelding companies -- it's not their core competency," Hofman said.
Even though his company doesn't track the contribution of welding in repair and maintenance, Harris said its importance to their business is not downplayed. Instead of tracking the contribution of welding to their work, they track and monitor weld quality.
"We buy welding equipment to stay in business," Harris said. "Tracking the weld quality is directly proportional to our reliability, and our reliability is the key to our remaining competitive."
For firms that do evaluate the role of welding in their manufacturing process, Albrecht said it's important to focus on the operation as a whole rather than how one process affects the work.
"I think what you measure is what you improve," Albrecht said. "If you measure the wrong things, you improve the wrong things. You have to look at the big picture, and improve the important things. In other words, work on the big hitters as a team, You have to bring all departments together from manufacturing to purchasing to uncover all costs and find solutions, such as automation. You may have to make trade-offs in the costs, but in the end it reduces the overall costs."
3. U.S. manufacturing firms that (a) understand the role and contribution of welding in the complete manufacturing process and (b) understand the economics associated with welding-related processes are competing successfully.
Getting everyone to understand the importance of welding and properly evaluate processes can be the keys to success, especially in companies that rely heavily on joining, according to Charles Miller.
"It takes a focus on understanding what's going on in the manufacturing process and the trade-offs and how they affect the end product," he said.
"If you don't understand welding, you don't understand the economics associated with it. That's a global problem," Hofman said.
4. There are no consistent measures of welding productivity currently being used in establishments where welding is a critical enabling technology.
Because the criticalness of welding varies across manufacturing sectors, consistent measures of welding productivity have not been set up to address welding quality so that every industry sector can adequately evaluate its processes, according to some participants in the study.
"As a business owner, if I decide it's important enough to measure, it's to meet specifications of quality, contain costs, or make sure that the welding process is not a bottleneck," Charles Miller said.
Measuring welding productivity can be done for more than one reason, he added, so the measurements will vary based on the reason for measuring it. Because of this, consistency doesn't exist.
Also, he said, many companies don't measure welding because it's not a financial constraint, not because it's a small part of the process.
5. The shortage of qualified operators, technicians, and engineers in the field of welding is a potential threat to some U.S. industries.
Although the way manufacturing firms understand and evaluate their welding processes may be inconsistent, those in various industry sectors have one consistent opinion: No matter how critical welding is, the shortage of qualified welders is significant.
On the Gulf Coast when shipbuilders bring in extra projects, it's difficult to find enough qualified welders, according to Charles Miller. And shortages are for welders as well as welding technicians and engineers, he said. For example, too few engineers in the field have studied welding in enough depth to be welding engineers.
"Each year that goes by, the shortage gets worse," Harris said. "There's a need for vast improvement in welding educational programs with emphasis placed on the full spectrum of welding education programs. This improvement should also include raising the bar for the qualification and certification of welding instructors."
And the shortage isn't going to go away with an increase in automation, Albrecht pointed out.
"It's a big deal even if you automate, because you still need qualified people to run the operations. It's a real threat," he said.
For now the best way to address the shortage is to give all workers knowledge, Hofman said.
"Companies need to be mentoring young engineers to be experts and foster the in-house expert idea and spread it throughout the company," he said. "Right now you have to go to third-party consultants for that expertise."
6. Nearly one-half of the establishments studied reported that their welding-related training needs are not being adequately met.
Another trend that many industry sectors can agree on is the need for training. Manufacturing companies know that training is key to creating a skilled work force, but how to get people trained well enough for a variety of welding operations is a struggle, some experts said.
Companies' opinions that their training needs are not being met is a reflection on how educational agencies are training welders before they're hired, according to Charles Miller.
"Businesspeople would like to have people trained to the level they need at their doorstep," he said. "In reality, they can find an entry-level welder, but they know they'll have to train that person."
And from the time a welder walks through the door of a company, supervisors have to decide the best way to train that welder for their specific applications. Economics plays an important role in this decision, according to Hofman.
"One of the problems we have today is cost associated with in-house training versus sending people out to seminars," Hofman said. "And enthusiasm is needed to grasp the content, especially if being involved in welding is a new responsibility. People tend to gravitate toward [technologies] they're comfortable with."
Albrecht thinks training should begin in the public school system -- long before a welder even starts to look for a job -- but with the industry's help.
"The responsibility falls on the industry and the schools," Albrecht said. "Industry needs to take more of a role in its communities; it needs to be outspoken. Industry people need to be working with schools before cuts are made. If cuts are made, manufacturers will then have to bring in training institutes for specific training."
7. Establishments relying on the use of welding processes are generally not actively pursuing additional automation of these processes.
Like the cost of training, an often expensive investment manufacturing firms must weigh is automation. However, if manufacturers aren't actively pursuing automation, it isn't because of cost alone.
"There's more interest in automation than ever, but it's still surprising to see how many people are not actively looking at automation," Albrecht said. "For instance, if you don't understand your welding costs, then you won't understand how automation can help you reduce your costs. Also, there's a fear factor with automation, so the system needs to be simple. Automation doesn't have to be a robot to work well for a manufacturer. A simple side beam may be just right for the job."
"In the majority of instances, there are many considerations for how to be more productive and generate more value for the customer," Charles Miller said. While one of these considerations may be automation, most manual welding operations already have flexibility, which is why some manufacturers shy away from automation at first, he said.
Because welding is critical in the shipbuilding industry, many companies in that sector are attempting to automate because so much of their end product is welded, he added.
But in the automotive industry, it's a different story.
"In the automotive sector, fewer companies are actively seeking automation compared to some of the other industrial sectors because they have what they want," he said.
But some automotive manufacturers still are considering more automation and applying it to their processes, according to Hofman.
"We continue to automate and continue to get more sophisticated tooling," he said.
Depending on the types of automation and the processes involved, various other industry sectors are considering automation -- cautiously.
"A lot of companies view automation as a major capital investment," Charles Miller said. "The primary approach is to step back and see how effective a leader in the industry is. If they can see that it's economically advantageous in the long run, then they'll invest in it."
"In one area, we're looking to automate a little more to increase productivity, but we're also looking at how much money we're going to put into it, and if we'll have enough business to pay for that equipment," Phil Grimm said of the storage tanks manufacturing industry. An expert for this sector, Grimm is corporate quality assurance manager of Modern Welding Co., an Owensboro, Ky., manufacturer of storage tanks (www.modweldco.com). "We want to invest and we want to improve, but we're going to watch our investments carefully."
In repair and maintenance, automation isn't that necessary, Harris said.
"Shielded metal arc welding is still the top process. We use automation, but only when it's practical," he said.
The same can be said for construction, according to Duane Miller.
"Automation is not an emphasis in shops or in the field for two reasons," he said. "One is because of the restrictions placed on them every day -- in the building industry, the fabricators don't make the same things day in and day out. The sizes of the members used in fabrication change from one building to another, and the buildings are of different sizes. The other reason is the lack of consistency in the dimensions of the members used. The structural steel shapes vary slightly, piece to piece, and when you go to assemble the members, you have variable fit-up, which makes automation more difficult."
European automakers are having different experiences with automation -- experiences that will eventually, if they haven't already, affect how domestic manufacturers regard automation.
"We're seeing automakers in Europe that are totally changing their processes," said Fritz Saenger, former director of international marketing with EWI and co-director of the study, "and I think American automakers will find themselves behind if they don't look into new technologies, such as incorporating lasers in more of their processes."
Opportunities for Improving Productivity
By identifying major trends in welding productivity and economics, members of the advisory panel for this study believe that it's possible next to detect opportunities for improving the welding industry.
"There's the tendency for companies to look at welding as a cost to be reduced, but there are some major exceptions in some manufacturers who are very productive," Saenger said.
One way to improve productivity, as Albrecht said, is to look at an entire process, from start to finish, and study what can be improved, how it can be improved, and at what cost.
Another way is for a company to review the improvements it has made and to determine how much progress has resulted. AWS hopes to establish reference points for improving productivity.
"The people in the industry identified the idea that there's an opportunity for productivity improvements, to get people focused on applications on the factory floor," said Richard French, deputy executive director of AWS and member of the study's advisory panel.
"I'm sure AWS committees will be looking at developing standards that will help the industry to measure the productivity of welding," he said.
No matter the methods for measuring welding productivity, however, it's clear to those in welding-critical manufacturing sectors that joining is key to their success.
"Welding is a terrific process for joining and can be integrated into punching and forming," Albrecht said. "Welding should be front and center and invested in." l
To read the study in its entirety, visit www.ewi.org/news/HIM.pdfor www.aws.org/research/HIM.pdf.
Stephanie Vaughan
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Procedure: Post-operative chemoradiotherapy / accelerated radiotherapy |
Phase 3 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase III Trial of Surgery Followed by Conventional RT(5fr/Week)Vs.Concurrent Chemo-Radiotherapy Vs.Accelerated RT(6fr/Week)in High Risk, Loco-Regionally Advanced, Stage III&IVA, Resectable, Squamous Cell Carcinomas of Oralcavity |
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- Overall treatment time
- Quality of life: assessment by EORTC-QLQ-C30 and EORTC-H&N-35
Estimated Enrollment: | 900 |
Study Start Date: | June 2005 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | June 2017 |
Locally advanced, stage III and IVA, resectable, squamous cell carcinomas of oral cavity are conventionally treated with surgery, followed by post-operative radiotherapy. Local-regional recurrence remains the most frequent cause of failure of this treatment. The results of conventional therapy are dismal with five-year survival of less than 30% and 60-80% incidence of local-regional failure within 3 years. There are various known histological prognostic factors. The local-regional control and overall survival are extremely poor in high risk patients with these poor prognostic factors. In an attempt to improve the outcome of this high risk group, various alternative treatment policies such as addition of chemotherapy to radiotherapy or altered fractionation schedules have been tried. But till date, there is no alternative treatment modality with acceptable toxicity, available for these patients.
Aims Of Study: To demonstrate whether addition of Concurrent chemotherapy to post-operative adjuvant radiotherapy OR shortening of duration of post-operative radiotherapy, by administering 6 fractions / week instead of 5 fractions / week improves local-regional control and / or overall survival in high risk, locally advanced, resectable, squamous cell carcinoma of oral cavity.
Eligibility criteria: Locally advanced, stage III and IVA, resectable, squamous cell carcinomas of oral cavity with one of the following poor prognostic factors extracapsular nodal extension, involvement of > 2 regional lymph nodes, margin of resection with invasive cancer Extensive soft tissue and / or skin infiltration requiring major reconstructive procedure.
Peri-neural invasion with positive lymph node. Lympho-vascular embolisation with positive lymph node.
Trial Design The eligible patients will be randomly allocated to one of the three arms
- Arm 1 (Control arm): Surgery followed by conventional radiotherapy
- Arm 2: Surgery followed by Concurrent chemo-radiotherapy
- Arm 3: Surgery followed by Accelerated radiotherapy
Surgery: Surgery will be same in all three arms. Wide excision tumour with appropriate nodal dissection and reconstruction utilizing accepted criteria for the region involved will be done.
Radiotherapy: Total dose of radiotherapy will be 56 – 60 Gy. Patients in Arms 1 and 2, five fractions per week for six weeks. Patients in Arm 3, six fractions a week for five weeks.
Chemotherapy: Patients in Arm 2 will get weekly chemotherapy (Inj Cisplatin 30 mg / m2)
Stratification: Patients will be stratified according to following factors Site: Gingivo-buccal complex cancers Vs Tongue and Floor of mouth cancers. T stage. N stage. Extra-capsular spread (Peri-nodal extension) Surgical margin Extensive soft tissue infiltration
End points Primary end point: Local-regional failure. Secondary end point: Overall survival. Other parameters to be assessed are Treatment related toxicity Protocol compliance Overall treatment time Quality of life: assessment by EORTC-QLQ-C30 and EORTC-H&N-35 Sample size: 900 pts (300 pts in each arm). Duration of accrual: 7 years. Duration of follow up: 5 years. With minimum follow up of 2 years. Analysis: Intent to treat analysis will be done. Interim analysis will be done after 450 patients (150 pts in each arm)
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Previously untreated, resectable, loco-regionally advanced, stage III & IV, biopsy-proven squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity. (Clinically lower stage patients will also be included if upstaged to pathological stage III or IV after Surgery)
One or more of the following must be present:
extracapsular nodal extension, involvement of > 2 regional lymph nodes, margin of resection with invasive cancer (on histopathology) Extensive soft tissue and / or skin infiltration requiring major reconstructive procedure.
Peri-neural invasion with positive lymph node(s). Lymphovascular embolisation with positive lymph node(s). Age > 18. Karnofsky performance status of > 60. WBC > 3500, platelets > 100,000 Serum creatinine < 1.2 mg / m2 Signed study-specific informed consent form. Protocol treatment must begin within 8 weeks surgery.
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Evidence of distant metastasis. Any post-operative complication which will delay starting of adjuvant treatment for more than 8 weeks.
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Principal Investigator: | Mandar S Deshpande, MBBS,MS,DNB | Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 12, Maharashtra, India |
Principal Investigator: | Mandar S Deshpande, MBBS,MS,DNB | Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 12 .Maharshtra, India |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00193843 History of Changes |
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Study First Received: | September 13, 2005 |
Last Updated: | December 23, 2005 |
Keywords provided by Tata Memorial Hospital:
Oral cancer Head and neck surgery Accelerated radiotherapy Chemo-radiotherapy |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Mouth Neoplasms Head and Neck Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site |
Neoplasms Mouth Diseases Stomatognathic Diseases |
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We are a leading trade association for firms who engage in the provision of alternative financial services. Our members serve consumers that the banks are unwilling or unable to. This includes lending such as short term loans, guarantor loans and credit brokerage. We also represent third party cheque cashers, who often provide a range of money services such as money transfer and foreign currency.


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Mountain View resident Libbie Katsev was one of 152 YoungArts Finalists picked from a pool of about 10,000 applicants from all over the country and U.S. territories. Thanks to her writing ability, she recently joined the other 151 finalists in Miami for a series of seminars, lectures and speaker panels intended to nurture the young dancers, actors, musicians, writers and visual artists recognized this year by the National YoungArts Foundation.
"I loved it," Libbie said, reflecting on the time she spent at the week-long YoungArts camp, which ran from Jan. 6 through Jan. 12. "It was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, week of my life."
Established in 1981, the National YoungArts Foundation, was created to support the "next generation of artists, and to contribute to the cultural vitality of the nation by investing in the artistic development of talented young artists," according to the organization's website.
While in Miami, Libbie met with a range of accomplished writers and poets, who helped her and the other writer finalists hone their craft. During the day, Libbie and her high school-aged peers participated workshops that pushed her to expand her vocabulary, her descriptive powers and the ways in which she thought about language. At night she would attend live performances featuring the YoungArts acting, dancing and musician finalists.
"I was exposed to so many different kinds of writing and ideas," Libbie said.
She worked on interdisciplinary pieces with a YoungArts dancer and spent time in the Miami Botanical Gardens with Beth Kephart, winner of the National Book Award and Speakeasy Poetry Prize. In the gardens, Libbie and her fellow YoungArts writers were pushed to describe the sounds they heard around them.
According to the YoungArts website, finalists in the writing category are picked because they possess a "unique, authentic voice. ... Finalists are writers who are not just good mimics, but are gutsy enough to pursue their own vibrant and original voices."
Libbie was picked after sending in a variety of writing samples, including short personal stories and prose poetry.
In one short story she submitted — a meditation on the difficulty she finds in understanding and describing the natural world — she tries to make sense of the powerful emotions she feels as she watches the sun set over the ocean. In the process she demonstrates her grasp of rhythm and syntax:
"Eventually, the tangled suburban streets flatten out into a coastal highway, moving from cities to beaches and forests to gas stations and always to California," Libbie's story begins. "The road runs parallel and never ending next to the sea, moving on even as the car stutters and stops along the beach in time for sunset.
"At the top of its flight, every tossed ball halts for an instant before falling back down to earth. We get out of the car just as the sun begins to set, and from 7:45 to 8:04 p.m. I understand gravity. I hang there in that moment, closer to the sky than I've ever been, and also more aware of the ground."
The tone of Libbie's writing is often dreamy and bittersweet, if not outright forlorn. "I'm so cold, cold and hateful," she writes in one of her poems, "and if I cry on the couch sometimes, at least that must mean some part of me is melting."
"When I write, a lot of the time what I'm trying to do is just to capture for myself what I see and what's around me," Libbie said. "By doing that I can almost make sense of my thoughts."
Allison Katsev, Libbie's mother, said she was proud of her daughter. She and her husband have always encouraged Libbie to pursue writing and storytelling, which the LAHS senior has apparently enjoyed for as long as anyone in her family can recall, Katsev said.
"She's always liked to make up stories," she said.
Before she could write, Libbie would make up elaborate stories for her toys to act out, or she would make rudimentary illustrations and explain them to her mother, so that she could write them down for her.
Libbie's father grew up in the Soviet Union before emigrating to the United States, and her mother, who was born in America, teaches Russian History at San Jose State University. Libbie's writing often focus on the stories she has heard about her father's family back in Russia and the Jewish folktales her grandparents told her growing up. She said she intends to study writing and Russian literature in college — an aim that is "really meaningful" to her parents.


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New York -- A group of large U.S. retailers – including Macy's, Target and J.C. Penney – filed suit against Visa and MasterCard on Thursday, abandoning a proposed $7.2 billion settlement reached last year over allegedly inflated credit card processing fees.
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Among the plaintiffs are also Kohl's and TJX Cos., as well as other retailers that opted out of receiving proposed damages from the pending settlement that would end litigation by merchants that accused Visa and MasterCard of inflating swipe fees.
The lawsuit seeks compensatory and triple damages, as well as other remedies.


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X-Change Corporation's AirGATE Technologies Approved by China EPC Working Group
Jul 08, 2004, 01:00 ET from X-Change Corporation
DALLAS, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The X-Change Corporation's (OTC Bulletin Board: XCHC) AirGATE Technologies subsidiary has been approved by the People's Republic of China for membership in the Technology and Service League -- China EPC Working Group (Electronic Product Code). "With record import volume coming from China into the United States, particularly in the consumer products area, China has been positioning its own radio frequency identification -- RFID -- push," said Michael Sheriff, CEO of AirGATE Technologies. "RFID tagging of cases, pallets and containers at the point of origin in China makes sense since much of their output is headed toward Wal-Mart and other large U.S. retailers that have mandated the use of RFID for goods moving through the supply stream. We are pleased to be recognized within China as a leader in the development of RFID technology." AirGATE's Matrix Analytic Engine is a data mining engine that is built to manage the enormous amounts of data generated by RFID tracking of millions of items moving through the global supply stream. It can be customized for the unique requirements of various vertical industries such as retail, health and medical, manufacturing, etc. About China EPC Working Group The China EPC Working Group of China Association for Standardization, established in March 2003 and consisting of industries and individuals engaged in RFID, is a not-for-profit organization initiated by China Association for Standardization (CAS). At present, the Working Group's objectives include monitoring the EPC RFID technology and standard developments, informing and educating Chinese companies about EPC RFID, demonstrating key EPC RFID products in selected sectors, and providing technical and consulting services in EPC RFID arena. About AirGATE Technologies AirGATE Technologies is a development stage company specializing in wireless data management technologies. The company designs and develops applications utilized in RFID deployments. AirGATE will deliver RFID solutions in selected vertical markets built around a data management and integration strategy based on its Matrix Analytic Engine. This strategy is designed to ensure rapid market penetration and maximum return on investment. Please visit www.AirGATEtech.com for more information. About the X-Change Corporation The X-Change Corporation is a company that was organized to seek merger or acquisition candidates. The Company intends to acquire interests in emerging technology opportunities, such as RFID, that the Company believes will generate significant revenues and return a profit to shareholders. AirGATE Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of the X-Change Corporation. Please visit www.x-changecorp.com for further information. Forward-Looking Statements Except for historical information contained herein, the statements made in this release constitute forward-looking statements (including within the meaning of Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations that are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict, including statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the X-Change Corporation, AirGATE Technologies and their respective managements regarding strategic directions, prospects and future results. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding future events and the future financial performance of the X-Change Corporation that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents filed by the X-Change Corporation, which are on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and may be accessed at http://www.sec.gov or the X-Change Corporation's investor relations web page at http://www.x- changecorp.com/index.html, and specifically the most recent reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q, each as it may be amended from time to time, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. The X-Change Corporation disclaims any obligation to update or correct any forward-looking statements made herein due to the occurrence of events after the issuance of this press release. For further information, please contact Bevo Beaven, Vice President, firstname.lastname@example.com, or Carl Thompson, Principal, email@example.com, both of CTA Public Relations, +1-303-665-4200, for X-Change Corporation.
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Official Sony Firmware 1.8 Update Page
Posted by Blackstaffer in PS3 software on May 24th, 2007
This is the official PS3 firmware update page over at Playstation.com. Check it over for things you may have missed, or more details.
PlayStation.com – PLAYSTATION®3 – Network – Update 1.8
The above page links to the following page, which goes into much more details about the new firmware features.
Notes on PS3's Firmware 1.8
Posted by Blackstaffer in PS3 on May 24th, 2007
Hey folks. Now that we've seen the big news about Firmware 1.8 for our black PS3 boxes, we've had time to digest the news. Did anything strike you as interesting, or something to be wary of? For me, there were a couple things:
- A reader (Jason) pointed out that you can now copy savegames from your PS3 back onto your PS2 memory card using the memory card adapter. This was a major criticism of the PS2 – PS3 back-and-forth story, and now it's been addressed.
- If you go into the menus and take a look at the upscaling options for PS2/PS1 games and for DVD's, they are anything but intuitive. I'm going to have to look them up to see what they do.
- Upscaling a DVD, while a nice feature, isn't really that big a deal unless your HDTV is crappy at it. Your HDTV upscales all input resolutions to its own native resolution anyway, so what does it matter if the PS3 does it or your HDTV does? It only matters if the PS3 does a noticeably better job at it. Of course, that doesn't mean I won't try it. But I honestly don't expect to see a big difference. The story for PS1/PS2 games is different – take a look at these screenshots.
- The update includes the ability to output Blu-ray movies at 24 FPS. This is great news for all you videophiles out there who want to avoid all that pulldown nonsense and have a display with a refresh rate that is a multiple of 24. (Unfortunately, that's not me. 🙁 )
- I haven't tried TwonkyMedia yet because I was at my weekly games night last night. (We played Xbox 360 Burnout and Guitar Hero, as well as the really good card game San Juan, in case you're wondering.) But reports are that it may not be able to support the AAC format, which would be very disappointing.
- Unfortunately, here at work we use a wireless security protocol not supported by the PSP. 🙁 So I can't stream music (or whatever) from home to here at work. I'm just a wee bit disappointed.
Any other thoughts?
Update: According to someone over a HD Engadget:
- The PS3 can now downscale BD (1080p) movies to 720p. (Wait a sec. Didn't it already do this?)
- Blacker-than-Black (BTB) and Whiter-than-White (WTW) support with (full range/limited) the BTB has been confirmed by DVE
- HQV DVD test and the PS3 1.80 firmware passes ALL tests!! Cadence, interlacing, artifacting, you name it, it passed!!!
Information is from this PS3 thread at AVSForums.
Update 2: Someone shows off their installation of Vista seeing the PS3, and vice versa:
PS3 1.8 firmware streams music, photos, and video from Vista
More screenshots of same:
Sony PS3 Firmware 1.8 Screen Shots Surface
Update 3: There's also a new photo slideshow mode that's supposed to be pretty good.
Update 4: Here's a link that shows off the upscalling and smoothing feature for PS1 and PS2 games:


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cleanup confusing sections and fix sections which contain a todo This page needs to reflect Marble's move from svn to git. Additionally the creation of language files must be explained. GHNS map themes are missing as well (osmarender and hikebikemap) |
Maemo packages are based on the Debian package format. The git repository at marble.garage.maemo.org contains necessary files for quick packaging.
We are going to check out a fresh subversion copy of Marble, add the debian specific packaging files from the marble garage git repository and build a Maemo .deb package for the armel target. It will be readily usable on the N900.
First, we check out a fresh subversion copy of Marble to a temporary directory. Make sure to do this inside scratchbox with the armel target activated if you intend to use the package on the N900.
cd "$(mktemp -d)"
rev="$(svn info "${repo}" | grep Revision | awk '{ print $2 }')"
svn co "${repo}" "marble-0.10+svn${rev}"
Inside, we'll add the debian packaging files.
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cd "marble-0.10+svn${rev}"
git clone https://vcs.maemo.org/git/marble garage
ln -s garage/packaging/debian
Update the changelog, if needed.
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
Afterwards, build the packages:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=debian/marble/opt/marble/lib dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
Four debian packages -- marble-$version.deb, marble-plugins-$version.deb, libmarble-$version.deb and marble-data-$version.deb -- will end up in the parent directory. Compared to the original Debian package, they contain the following adjustments:
* Split into more packages
* Install prefix changed from /usr to /opt/marble ([http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/Maemo_5_Developer_Guide/Packaging%2C_Deploying_and_Distributing/Installing_under_opt_and_MyDocs Maemo suggestion])
* Application manager icon contained in the control file
* bin/marble.sh wrapper script that sets PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH and XDG_DATA_HOME
* marble.desktop and marble.service files for application menu integration
* Marble icons copied to /usr/share/icons/hicolor/apps/
Currently there is a bug related to scratchbox which affects the creation of the marble-data.deb package. It will contain too little data when created on the ARMEL target. As this will trigger a segfault on the N900, the marble-data.deb package must be created on the X86 target. Because the -data package is architecture independent, you can just overwrite the faulty package created on ARMEL.
To install the four packages on your N900, copy them to the device and install them using dpkg.
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scp ../marble*.deb root@IP-OF-N900:/home/user/MyDocs
ssh root@IP-OF-N900 -- "dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/marble*.deb"
You can start Marble on the N900 from the application menu. To uninstall -- how dare you! -- use the application manager.


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Do you have a quality photo editing program?Haven't put them on the computer yet.
Do you have a quality photo editing program?Haven't put them on the computer yet.
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Great camera. I bought one for my wife for her birthday back in may. I just got her that 75-300mm lens for christmas. She was quite overwhelmed when she opened it and water to return it. SHe watched some youtube videos and then just started tinkering around with it. She wouldn't trade it for the world. She loves it and it takes fantastic pictures! Someone was on Santa's nice list!
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That's a major plus! Not only high capacity, but fast data transfer rates. The more you use this camera, the more you'll love it. Nearly all my still and video equipment has been Canon. Start collecting information on lens filters. Information is easily available online and in photo magazines. They can make a big difference! But get good glass filters; Canon or Nikon.
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
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Training is not science, it is art. A blend of this, a measure of that, a deep breath at the appropriate moment and always a loving touch.
Here is a search from Amazon.com on books for the Canon Rebel T3i.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...keywords=canon rebel t3i
Third party books are often written in a much easier way to understand. Also a digital photo class as your local Adult Education or local college can help a lot too.
Training Isn't Expensive..... IT'S PRICELESS!
Vickie , try this link, I promise you'll be glad you did. I've had several Rebels over the years, and recently upgraded to a Canon 7D. My new camera made my rebel look like a polaroid compared to this 7D at first.(as far as me using).. I discovered this guys tutorial on my new camera, and was amazed at how thorough, and complete he explained the camera functions, and how to use them. In case the link doesn't copy correctly, just google Michaelthemaven.com
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The Yamaha CRX550 is very much the mini system for the audiophile. If you use an iPod or an iPhone a lot then youll love this Yamaha mini system. Featuring a built-in dock, you can now charge, control and listen to your iPod/ iPhone without the need for wires or separate dock and remote control. Better still, the CRX-550 uses a digital connection for a purer sound quality. Rather than using the Digital to Analogue Convertor (DAC) built in to the iPod or iPhone, the digital signal is passed straight through to the Yamahas own DAC. This DAC, which is also used by the CD player, is of very high quality - especially for a mini system. The high grade Burr-Brown DAC means that music from both iPod/iPhone and CD sounds dynamic, detailed and natural. In addition to the high quality digital components, the CRX-550 also uses a high performance analogue power supply for the amplifier. Designed for low noise and clean power, the 2 x 32 Watt power output is ample to drive a wide range of speakers to higher levels than you might imagine. Other expensive components, including custom-made block capacitors, combine to give class- leading sound quality to match the above average power. Finally, to give a further boost to MP3 or iPod/iPhone music, the Music Enhancer restores data lost during the MP3/AAC/WMA compression process. The result is near CD quality performance with greatly enhanced dynamics. As well as sounding great, the Yamaha CRX-550 comes equipped with everything youre likely to need from a mini system. In addition to the digital iPod dock theres also a USB port. This lets you connect other MP3 players or smart phones and access the music stored on them. Added to this theres of course the CD player and DAB/DAB+ tuner. With DAB+, the CRX-550 is fully equipped for the future yet can still receive todays digital broadcasts and those from analogue FM, too. Built to Yamahas usual high standards and with a clean, minimalist look, the Yamaha CRX-550 looks every bit the smart and sophisticated mini system it is. If you love listening to music from your iPod/iPhone and are looking for a mini system that will make the most of it, you need look no further.
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