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Blame Disney. Blame a children's book. Blame cartoons. Japan's farmers are victims of the guests that will never leave — raccoons. The agricultural damage is widespread, mounting and costs in the millions each year.
And how did American raccoons wind up running loose across Japanese farmland? There was no stowaway in a cargo ship; no zoo escape; no underground raccoon smugglers — they arrived in plain sight and became the guests that never left.
The unlikely tale begins with the 1963 U.S. publication of Sterling North's Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era. The book was received with acclaim and became part of the must-read canon for American junior high kids. North's true account, about his attempt to raise a baby raccoon, became a Disney movie in 1969 — Rascal. The movie may have been the seminal moment for future Japanese coon troubles. In 1977, Japan piggybacked on the Disney film and ran a cartoon series based on North's book. Unfortunately for Japan's farmers — the show was a smash and catapulted raccoons to the top of kids' wish lists across the country.
The 52-episode series lit the fuse on an agriculture bomb. Into Japan came pet raccoons by the hundreds and then the thousands. Jason Goldman, writing in Nautilus, has an excellent account. "… every Japanese child wanted their own pet raccoon, like the boy hero of the cartoon. At the peak of their popularity, Japan imported more than 1,500 North American raccoons each year. And while the government eventually banned their import and the ability for Japanese citizens to keep them as pets, it was too late."
The raccoons were cute and curious while young; nasty and temperamental as adults. When the raccoons got too big to handle, it was the same story across Japan: owners dumped their pets. With no natural predators in the entire country, it was only a waiting game until the raccoon population exploded. As Mieko Kawamichi, a Japanese mammalogist, told PBS: "Right now, all over Japan, our buildings, farms, fields, and even our native wild animals are all under attack by raccoons."
Kawamichi takes a direct approach, despite a lack of public support for culls: "My job is to kill as many raccoons as possible before the problem is transported. Unfortunately, that's my mission…"
(For related, see: Agriculture and ecology clash over badger cull)
Buyer's remorse
On farms, raccoon damage is increasing. "In some parts of the country, they invade cattle farms, where they feed on the same corn that gets fed to cows, and find safe spaces for reproduction in the tall grasses of grazing pastures … The animals damage crops across the food pyramid: corn, melons, strawberries, rice, soybeans, potatoes, oats, and more."
Japan's raccoon buyer's remorse is not without precedent. Germany imported raccoons in the 1920s, hoping to feed the pelt market through a breeding program. The scheme backfired in 1934 — a few were released into the woods for hunting fodder and after only a few years of breeding, the hunters couldn't keep up. As in Japan, raccoons are now permanent residents in Germany — over 1 million strong.
The Japanese raccoon saga is a textbook case of allowing an invasive species in through the front door — or maybe right through the television set.
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But city funding for the auto inspection stations and employees runs out when the current fiscal year does, at the end of June.
The middle ground is the latest wrinkle on a politically volatile topic among those on the Memphis City Council. But talks of an interim solution are under way.
City Chief Administrative Officer George Little told council members Tuesday, March 5, city talks with the state Department of Environment and Conservation and with Shelby County government continue on the future of auto inspections.
But Little said state officials have said they want to wait to assume responsibility for auto inspections until new federal environmental standards take effect in two years.
"From our end, we would take care of our employees and be prepared to adhere to the wishes of this body," he said when asked by council member Myron Lowery what would happen at the end of the fiscal year if nothing is worked out.
Because of the developments, the council put off a discussion Tuesday on a resolution that would establish a severance package for city employees who work in the auto inspection bureau.
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Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. has talked with the group of 50 city employees who work at five stations several times and the city has sent them a memo indicating their jobs will not exist as of July 1. Little said Wharton recently met with the employees again to update them on the possibility they will still be working in those jobs after July 1. But the memo remains in effect.
"We made the determination before we completed our budget that we were going to be out of this business by the end of the year," Lowery told Little. "We gave adequate time for everyone … to figure this out. … Somebody should have been ready. It is not our responsibility."
But council members Shea Flinn and Jim Strickland, who sponsored the budget resolution last year that ends city funding on June 30, say the cut-off remains in effect as all three governments look for an interim solution before the new fiscal year.
"In all of those conversations … the city's position did not change," Flinn said. "Now what we are figuring out is given the different time frames and the different controlling authorities, what can be done to meet everybody's interest including the notice we gave them of our intentions."
In other action, council members delayed final votes on two ordinances involving permanent name changes for three Confederate-themed parks.
The delay was to give a committee on renaming the parks time to come up with a set of recommendations.
But council member Lee Harris argued the council should have taken the final votes to send the message to the committee that the council wants different names.
"The committee has been given no real direction from this council," he said. "I think we have to go on record that we want change."
The council stripped Confederate, Jefferson Davis and Forrest Park of their names and gave them temporary names because of pending state legislation that would forbid the renaming of parks commemorating wars or military leaders.
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"There's an argument that if we didn't take the signs down immediately then this bill could prevent us from ever doing that," said City Council attorney Allan Wade. "I don't agree with that."
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The other co-chairman, council member Harold Collins, said the goal was to have recommendations and action by the council on new names by the end of the current fiscal year.
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I'll be left out; how about you?
Corporate taxes will be cut dramatically, but the chances that those benefits will reach workers in the form of higher wages or new jobs are slim.
We'll all share equally in another cut, though: the House bill repeals tax deductions for out-of-pocket medical expenses. Whether you're in a nursing home, being treated for a chronic condition, or raising a child with special needs, the high cost of care will not be tax deductible.
A close reading of the bill finds other repeals, like deductions for state and local taxes, interest on college loans, moving expenses, and many more.
We were promised big, beautiful tax cuts by the president. I'm not rich enough to see the beauty, I suppose. According to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, the House bill gives the top 1 percent a $129,030 tax cut in 2018 compared to $660 for the middle 20 percent of American families. Millions of families get no cut at all. This inequality will widen further as time goes by.
Republicans are looking to steamroll a tax bill through Congress before Thanksgiving, with no time for the public to understand it. This tells me that the tax plan is nothing but a scam.
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Michaels also cried a little bit during the show -- after Oprah ran an interview with Bret's 9-year-old daughter, in which she expressed how sad she was at the thought of life without her dad. It's pretty emotional stuff.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary Herbert says there are lessons to be learned from the fight Sen. Mike Lee helped lead against the new health care law. But he said Lee doesn't deserve all the blame for the federal government shutdown.
"As a Republican, I think there is blame to go around for everybody," the governor said at the taping of his monthly news conference Thursday on KUED Ch. 7. "I think it is unfair to say Sen. Lee is all to blame for this."
Herbert said he met with Lee and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, the leaders of the effort by tea party Republicans in Congress to stop the Affordable Care Act — commonly known as Obamacare — by refusing to pass a budget bill that included funding for it.
The impasse shut down the federal government for more than two weeks and was settled midmonth, on the eve of what would have been the first default on repaying the nation's debt.
"I have concerns about the strategy they went forward with," the governor said, noting that others in the GOP share those concerns. "Speaking as a Republican now, I think we need to learn from what happened."
Speaking as a Republican now, I think we need to learn from what happened.
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Herbert expressed frustration with the shutdown that furloughed government employees, halted programs and closed the state's national parks until Utah came up with money to reopen them.
"I just say to you that the shutdown, there were no winners," the governor said. "The attempt to shut down the federal government, I don't think is a good idea. And I'm disappointed we got to that point."
Just as Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, did earlier this week in an interview with KSL and the Deseret News, Herbert declined to say he would endorse Lee should the state's junior senator run for re-election in 2016.
"I haven't been asked for his endorsement," the governor said. "And who knows what's going to happen? It's a long time to re-election in 2016, so we'll have to wait and see how that plays out and make a decision at the appropriate time."
While Hatch said Lee and other Republicans who joined him need to be "rehabilitated" to prove they are worthy to voters, Herbert said that's a decision Lee needs to make.
"I'm not going to tell him what to do as senator," the governor said of Lee. "But based on polling and what we see nationally, the Republican Party took a hit at least in the short term. But let's not forget there's a long term."
Lee said he would continue to combat Obamacare in a speech on the Senate floor the day of the vote to end the shutdown and avoid default. He was not available Thursday to talk about what he intends to do next.
"Lee tends to keep his legislative strategy close to the vest rather than talking about it publicly," his communications director, Brian Phillips, said in a statement. "It is obviously unwise to tell the Democrats what the plan is before we execute it."
Hindsight, Herbert said, will determine if Lee is right. But the governor said with Democrats, including President Barack Obama, now acknowledging problems with the implementation of the new health care law, there may be room for compromise.
"That's been the impetus, the catalyst for Sen. Lee and others to, in fact, be so harsh in their approach in Washington, D.C.," the governor said.
State Capitol security
Also Thursday, Herbert said he has called for a new look at security at the state Capitol after a man drove his truck up the steps of the building Tuesday. The man was taken into custody moments later on the other side of the building.
"I am concerned about it as somebody in a government position that tends to be a target on occasion," he said.
Herbert, who was not at the Capitol during the incident, said he would not talk about specific security measures.
"In light of the ease that person accessed the Capitol and how they did it, I have talked to our security team and said we need to re-evaluate and analyze what should we be doing, can we do things better," he said.
With such incidents becoming "a fact of life" around the country, Herbert said the Capitol must be made safe for lawmakers and others who work there.
"There's no way to give a 100 percent guarantee any place," he said. "But we need to analyze that and review it, and make sure we're doing everything we can."
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Posted 05 July 2003 - 06:41 PM
Life is a beach and then you dive.
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Posted 06 July 2003 - 12:36 PM
However, I might question the suitabilty of the lenses and the weird and wonderful effects a small chip would have upon them.
The picture looks like a 4a with an RS grip!
Posted 06 July 2003 - 02:32 PM
Life is a beach and then you dive.
My Website
Posted 06 July 2003 - 02:51 PM
There are several places where this photoshop mock up fails. The textured area on the left of the camera body is inconsistently lit, the viewfinder front element and surrounding bezel are obviously old and show wear. You can see a Gaussian noise addition around the word "Digital", attempting to mimic the texture of the remainder of the body. There's an alpha channel artifact around the F P dial on the viewfinder...
A reasonably well carried off photoshop hoax, but boy, what a concept. I know I'd buy it...
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Posted 07 July 2003 - 06:34 AM
I would be a bit more believable if I didn't already know that Nikon is retreating rapidly from underwater photography. The beginning was in the early 1990s when the RS flopped so badly.
We can dream, but for the foreseeable future, housed DSLRs are the way to go for serious U/W photography.
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Nikon D300 in Aquatica housing with housed SB800 flash.
Posted 07 July 2003 - 06:45 AM
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It would have been a great April Fool's Day post!
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Nikon D300 in Aquatica housing with housed SB800 flash.
Posted 07 July 2003 - 10:55 AM
Hurry up.
Posted 07 July 2003 - 11:50 AM
Who knows, they really might do it!
Posted 07 July 2003 - 02:32 PM
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Posted 10 July 2003 - 06:51 PM
Unless you're a photographer and don't require all that help of course!
We can dream, but for the foreseeable future, housed DSLRs are the way to go for serious U/W photography.
Posted 06 February 2006 - 12:42 AM
Until such time as Nikon actually acknowledges that there are customers out there, until they actually take heed of those customers (none of which took place during the development of the RS - it is seriously technically flawed quite apart from the weight) I, for one, will no longer entertain a Nikon/os product.
Yes, I know, I'm well aware that I'm possibly cutting off my nose to spite my face.
I bought mine immediately after the euphoria that was engendered by its appearance, probably at the instigation of the quite brilliant German magazine UWF (UnterWasser Foto - Film und Video) who first declared it to the world in a supplement to their standard publication - I still have every UWF, unfortunately no more.
Sadly although truly excellent in some respects, especially as to the lenses and that viewfinder, underneath it all the RS was a truly compromised system (I've seen it stripped bare and some of the engineering is quite shocking, O Ring issues, FLAT RUBBER SEALS fer gorsakes - I hasten to add from a water integrity point of view). The list BTW goes on.
I will not make that mistake again - it was supposed to see out my diving days. I hope that is also a salutory lesson to those that lust after a digital equivalent.
Don't, DO NOT, just jump in as I did.
The RS was a camera in a housing, just like the previous Nikonos cameras starting with the Calypso. The difference was that with the Nikonos non-SLRs Nikon had an excellent basis from which to engineer their products. Yet they even got those wrong with the IVA.
Posted 06 February 2006 - 06:44 AM
I must have missed it. Can't seem to locate the link anymore. Wonder if someone got wise and removed it?
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Posted 06 February 2006 - 07:13 AM
another faker me thinks too
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photo is linked from here
Posted 06 February 2006 - 07:20 AM
Looks too phoney for me. I would like to see the back. It really does look like a IVA with some good Photoshop work.
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Posted 29 September 2009 - 06:12 AM
Lenses for the 4:3 and M 4:3 cameras are designed to mate with the 4:3 sensor, so they have no crop factor. The Nikonos lenses are designed for the 35 mm format which is a 3:2 format. In your Q&A section no reference is made to the "crop factor" which will apply using Nikonos lenses on the M 4:3 sensor. If it is X2 the Nikonos 15 mm lens would have the effective AOV of a 30 mm lens is this correct?
Phil Rudin
Posted 29 September 2009 - 07:37 AM
I started this thread as merely a "pipe dream" Not expecting that anyone would ever make a housing that could use Nikonos lenses.
I should be noted that Nikonos lenses do not have the usual 35 mm degree of coverage.
For instance the legendary Nikonos 15 mm has the same angle of coverage as a 20 mm lens on a 35 mm SLR. 94 degrees if I remember.
The 20 mm Nikonos had the same coverage as a 24 mm lens on a SLR.
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WELLESLEY, Mass. – After his performance at the Wheaton Invite over the weekend, freshman Dion Low (Valparaiso, Ind.) was named the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) men's Swimmer of the Week. He wrapped up the two-day meet with a second and a third place finish.
Low started off the weekend by coming in second place in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 52.92. Later on, he came third in the 100-yard backstroke in 53.56.
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Intel VP Sean Maloney kicked off the Intel Technology Summit today with a broad-ranging discussion of a number of themes that Intel has been pounding recently, including the state of the global computing market and the chipmaker's recommendations for and relationship to various government stimulus projects. Maloney also spoke to a few other hot topics in the ensuing Q&A, including netbook cannibalization of existing laptop sales, the impact of Windows 7 on the upgrade cycle, and rumors of the end of Moore's Law.
Global stimulation
Intel is currently trying to convince companies that it makes "overwhelming sense" to replace a three-year-old PC because of the increased cost of maintaining such old hardware, and in this respect Maloney sees Windows 7 as a "big positive."
One of the biggest factors affecting any company with a foot in any kind of infrastructure market—and this includes everyone from Caterpillar to Intel—are the various global stimulus packages that are being rolled out by governments in their efforts to combat the downturn.
Maloney made a few references to the Chinese stimulus package that contributed to Intel's latest quarter earnings, some of which were direct and some of which were oblique. An example of the latter was his statement that "countries with foreign exchange reserves" can compensate for depressed IT spending. This latter statement was fascinating, and it initially me wonder if Maloney knows something the rest of us don't.
As for as domestic stimulus, Maloney thinks that the projects should be audited to ensure that they make use of the latest and greatest technology. He made some generalizations about how the architects and engineers on many large projects can be a bit behind the technology curve, so someone, presumably from Stimulus Central Planning, needs to make sure that all comrades use only the most glorious and auspicious technologies for the benefit of the motherland.
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"Business IT spending hasn't recovered," Maloney told the audience. He went on to explain how IT departments the world over make their spending decisions in September and October, and the last time around, they opted to save their cash and limp along with existing equipment. Intel, along with the rest of the industry, is hoping that this fall will release a tidal wave of pent-up IT spending demand, and IT departments will finally do a round of long-needed upgrades.
Maloney characterized the currently delayed upgrade situation as "well outside historical norms," and said that the entire industry is in uncharted territory when it comes to the degree to which they've allowed their systems to age. Maloney says that Intel actually has data on the number of systems that are three years old or over, and that it's in the hundreds of millions.
Intel is currently trying to convince companies that it makes "overwhelming sense" to replace a three-year-old PC because of the increased cost of maintaining such old hardware, and in this respect he sees Windows 7 as a "big positive."
"In the US and Europe, there is a massive, massive number of three- and four-year old computers around," said Maloney. "I don't think it's physically possible to put Windows 7 on them."
Analyst Nathan Brookwood was the one who asked Maloney about Windows 7's impact on the demand environment, and as part of his question he dropped a fact that I wasn't actually aware of: internally, Intel skipped Vista. The chipmaker is waiting on Windows 7 to do OS upgrades, and intends to make the move without waiting for the first service pack to appear.
The end of Moore's Law?
In response to a question about the possible end of Moore's Law, Maloney
addressed both of the commonly cited reasons for predicting the law's demise.
With regard to the ability of Intel's process engineers to keep shrinking transistors to ever smaller sizes, Maloney proclaimed that there was "no loss of confidence whatsoever inside Intel."
As for the economically based criticism of Moore's Law—that new fabs will simply cost too much to build at some point—Maloney sidestepped it a bit. "The second slam against Moore's Law is that you're not going to get paid for the transistors, but we haven't seen that so far," Maloney told the group. "We think there's plenty of neat things we can still do with transistors to make people want to buy them."
Again, the "second slam against Moore's Law" is not that nobody will want to buy transistors. It's that it will cost too much to build a fab at some point, that you won't be able to make enough money on the transistors to justify the up-front expense.
In all, Maloney's presentation was very cautiously optimistic about Intel's ability to adapt the current global downturn, where governments are suddenly as large a potential source of demand as private industry, and where uncertainty still reigns.


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Amazing Comic Con Aloha Cancelled Due to Hurricane
Posted on: 08-24-18 03:51 PM
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Amazing Comic Con Aloha
announced at 9:44am HST today, what would have been the first day of the convention, that it would be rescheduled due to Hurricane Lane.
The announcement by Jimmy Jay, founder of Amazing Comic Con states, "We watched the weather closely and as hurricane lane weakened we made a decision to utilize the vendors, talent and media that had made it to Hawaii to still move forward with our show but due to circumstances beyond Amazing Comic Conventions Control the convention center became unavailable for use. The safety of our attendees and guests is paramount to us."
In response to those who have asked about refunds after flying in for the convention, they have been told, "Thank you for reaching out, I completely understand your concerns and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. We are currently working with the convention center to see what our options are with regards to the future of the event. As soon as we have a full assessment of what the situation is, we will be in contact with our attendees ASAP when more information becomes available. If you have additional concerns or questions please feel free to send us a message or email."
There has been no new date for the convention announced, but that doesn't help those who had already flown in for the convention who are upset that they likely won't be able to fly back for the re-scheduled convention due to travel costs. Had the convention, Hawai'i Convention Center, or Hawai'i Tourism Authority decided to cancel sooner, perhaps on Wednesday when a hurricane warning was issued, travelers who had not arrived would very likely have been able to reschedule or cancel flights with their airlines for no fee.
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Izumicon Looks Like It's Cancelled...But They Haven't Said So
Posted on: 08-14-18 11:18 PM
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For more than 24 hours, rumors have been circulating about
which is scheduled for August 31st through September 2nd in Midwest City, Oklahoma. It has all the appearances of a cancelled convention without anyone from staff specifically saying if it has been cancelled or not.
Sometime in the last week, the
convention's web site
had been modified to make every page look like the home page. The
convention's Eventbrite page
was also modified to no longer sell tickets even though it had previously stated an August 31st deadline. Nothing has been posted on Izumicon's Twitter since August 6th and there have been no staff posts on their Facebook page since an August 7th post encouraging people to book their hotel rooms by August 10th.
On an unofficial Izumicon Facebook group, there are multiple screenshots claiming that all the convention's directors have resigned. In the day since these first appeared, there have been no posts by staff members to dispute these claims or to communicate anything at all.
Guests are cancelling.
Jād Saxton
posted on Twitter
that she would not be attending "because of some recent issues".
Daman Mills
had also
he would have to cancel "due to some recent issues that are unfortunately out of my control". (
Morgan Berry
J. Michael Tatum
had previously cancelled, but were still listed on some pages of the Izumicon site.)
With no official word from staff yet, there is also no word on refunds if the convention is in fact cancelled. According to the Sheraton Midwest City Hotel's web site, cancellations of prepaid room reservations cannot be refunded but rooms that were not prepaid can be fully refunded if cancelled more than two days in advance.
Izumicon was founded in
. The convention name was sold to a new organizer for 2018. The previous organizers have no affiliation with the current convention.
We reached out to Izumicon staff for comment, but did not hear back. We will post an update if we do.
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Posted on: 08-13-18 12:41 PM
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Washington, D.C. (August 12, 2018) - The official attendance for
Otakon 2018
has bounced back up from a slower year,
Otakorp Inc.
has announced. The final number, including all departments, is 29,293.
The number is up roughly 5,000 from the
final number of 24,894. The final attendance number includes total memberships/attendees, both pre-registered and at door, as well as staff, dealers, artists, industry, contractors, guests, and members of the registered press.
Significantly, the total number of paid registrations -- 26,590 -- exceeds last year's total attendance numbers, according to convention president Andrew Zerrlaut.
Zerrlaut said, "Thank you to everyone who attended or supported Otakon 2018! We are thrilled to be back in Washington, D.C. and are looking forward to next year. We are already hard at work planning the next, best Otakon yet. Please save the dates for July 26-28, 2019."
This was the second year the convention was held in Washington, D.C.
Otakon 2019
will be held from July 26 to 28 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.
ABOUT OTAKON AND OTAKORP, INC.: Now entering its twenty-sixth year,
is an annual celebration of Japanese and East Asian popular culture, and also one of the largest gatherings of fans in the United States. Otakon celebrates popular culture as a gateway to deeper understanding of Asian culture, and has grown along with the enthusiasm for anime, manga, video games, and music from the Far East. Historically, Otakon has drawn up to 34,000 people for three days each year (for a paid attendance of over 100,000 turnstile attendees). Otakon is a membership-based convention sponsored by
Otakorp Inc.
, a Pennsylvania-based, 501(c)3 educational non-profit whose mission is to promote the appreciation of Asian culture, primarily through its media and entertainment. Otakorp, Inc. is directed by an all-volunteer, unpaid staff - we are run by fans, for fans.
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Posted on: 03-14-18 05:47 PM
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It's just not possible to repair SPWF to the grandeur that the community justly expects in 6 weeks. That said, we have found someone who has stepped forward to run a smaller-scale event on those days so that the Steampunk community has an entertaining, fun, and casual event to attend. We, SPS, are in the midst of planning a new large-scale event for a future date that will be able to be held up to the lofty standards of SPWF. Communication has been spotty and we apologize for that. Here is the TL;DR:
There will be a smaller-scale event held on May 4 - 6, 2018. It will be smaller scale and details are being fleshed out - expect a plan to be announced within 72 hours.
SPS is planning a new event for the future, tentatively the fall, that will be better organized and better planned than what we could have done in 6 weeks or less.
We would love your help, advice, and input on both of these events to make sure that you, the community, are happy with them. We admit that SPWF was too much for us to take on this quickly - and we are asking for your help to bring it back as much as we can for the future.
According to our source, the convention has not cancelled its contracts with the venues or it would face a large cancellation fee. The hotels themselves are not going to break the contract, which means that nothing else can be booked into that space. Because of this, Steampunk World's Faire still is still financially responsible for the space and is planning to have a small event in order to encourage people not to cancel hotel rooms. The more rooms are cancelled, the larger bill they will receive due to not filling the hotel block in the contracts.
The source also states that the sales departments of the convention hotels have confirmed that attendees only have 72 hours to cancel their reservations or the single-night deposit for their rooms will be charged.
Anyone with a room booked may wish to cancel
in order to avoid losing their deposit. If, for some reason, you want to re-book at a later date, there's an excellent chance that there will be plenty of rooms available.
No information has been shared on refunds for attendees or vendors.
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Largest North American Anime Conventions of 2017
Posted on: 01-01-18 03:38 PM
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Every year, in the first week of January, AnimeCons.com takes a look back at the previous year to see which anime conventions were the largest in North America, how the numbers have changed, what may have caused the changes, and if there's any trends that may affect other anime conventions or fan conventions as a whole. As we always remind people, this
absolutely is not
meant to be a list of the "best" anime cons, but merely the largest.
Before we present the list, an explanation is needed for the different ways that conventions count their attendance:
The most common method for conventions, but one that is very misleading, is used by most non-anime conventions and trade shows. A "turnstile" attendance count method counts people multiple times for every day of the convention that they attend. For example, if there are 10,000 people at a three day convention each day, they would report their attendance as 30,000...as if each of those 10,000 people passed through a turnstile once per day. A four day convention with 10,000 people each day would report a turnstile attendance count as 40,000 people. Although anime conventions are starting to report turnstile numbers, they are often offered in addition to one of the following two counting methods. Although this site considers turnstile counts to be misleading and disingenuous, we've recently started listing them in order to be able to help people distinguish the difference and be able to compare attendance numbers more fairly.
Another method is to count each person who was issued a badge. This is often referred to as "total attendance", "badge count", or a "warm body count". This will include attendees, staff, press, vendors, guests, and anyone else who was wearing a convention badge. If the people attended multiple days, they just get counted once. It does not include people without a badge such as convention center-provided security, hotel employees, or custodial staff.
The final method commonly used to report attendance is a paid attendance count. This simply counts the number of people who paid for a badge. Unlike the warm body count, it doesn't include staff, guests, press, or others with a badge...unless they paid for it. This method also only counts people once even if they're attending multiple days.
All the attendance figures we present in this report and on AnimeCons.com have been provided by convention staff members themselves. They have been announced on the convention's own web sites, on the convention's social media, reported directly to this site, or one of our site's staff have reported back a number officially announced by an authorized representative at the convention (such as announced at closing ceremonies). None of these numbers are guesses by AnimeCons.com staff and none have been pulled from anonymous sources such as unsourced Wikipedia entries. Where attendance is marked as "approximately" signifies that the number reported by the convention is likely rounded and not an exact count.
Our annual list also
consists of conventions with a primary focus on anime. This means that multi-genre conventions are not included. We also do not include conventions such as comic cons or sci-fi cons that have anime programming. To include those in this list would be impossible due to the number of those conventions in existence, the unavailability of attendance numbers for many of them, and the vast differences in counting methods. Anime conventions that share admission with non-anime conventions (such as comic, steampunk, or video game conventions) are also not included on this list because it is impossible to tell how many are attending the anime part of the convention.
Twelve Largest North American Anime Conventions of 2017:
Anime Expo
- 107,658 warm bodies (up 7.21%)
Anime Matsuri
- 36270 warm bodies (up 20.04%)
- 33,102 warm bodies, 25,289 paid attendees (up 11.08%)
Anime North
- 32,167 warm bodies
Anime Weekend Atlanta
- approximately 31,500 warm bodies, 29,872 paid attendees (up 3.79%)
Anime Central
- 30,221 warm bodies (down 3.97%)
Anime Boston
- 25,848 warm bodies (down 4.18%)
- approximately 25,000 warm bodies (up 8.70%)
- 24,894 warm bodies, approximately 22,000 paid attendees (down 14.49%)
- 22,142 paid attendees (up 5.26%)
- 22,065 warm bodies (up 3.52%)
Anime NYC
- approximately 20,000 warm bodies (first year)
Anime Expo safely holds onto the top spot for the 14th year in a row. The vast difference between Anime Expo's attendance and the other conventions on the list means that it will likely hold this spot for years to come. In 2017, they grew by 7,238 attendees. Their turnstile attendance count was also up 52,379 to 357,178. While overcrowding and lines remain a common complaints among Anime Expo attendees, it continues to be a convention that many people (particularly those outside California) tend to put on their bucket lists.
For the second year in a row, there's a different convention climbing into the #2 spot. Anime Matsuri in Houston, Texas has reported an increase of 6,055 attendees and yet another year of reporting more than 20% growth. However, as we've said in previous years, the growth rate simply cannot continue in such a competitive market as Texas where popular conventions in nearby Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio markets are also gaining attendees and even more conventions continue to appear every year.
Speaking of Texas, the #3 spot is once again held by the longest continually running anime convention in North America, A-Kon. The convention has reported a 1.42% growth rate over
their 2016 convention
. They had reported greater than 10% growth rate for the previous three years, so the slower growth this year may be attributed to the convention's 30 mile move from Dallas to Fort Worth. However, A-Kon continues to be a popular destination for anime fans every June.
Anime North in Toronto, Ontario holds onto the #4 spot for the second straight year. This year, they reported a warm body attendance count of 32,167.
Last year
's attendance was reported as 29,973 paid attendees, so we're not able to compare the two years to calculate a growth percentage, but it would appear to be up.
Moving up another spot this year, Anime Weekend Atlanta, another of the longest running anime cons in North America, comes in at #5. Although we didn't have a warm body count for them
last year
, their paid attendance count is up 3.79% from 28,789. This is slower growth than the past few years where AWA had reported more than 10% growth.
Although it was in the #3 spot last year, Anime Central near Chicago drops to #6 in 2017. The convention's attendance has dropped 3.97% from
's 31,469 warm bodies. The convention had rather significant growth in
, but was seeing less than 5% growth since then. This is the first reported attendance decrease at Anime Central.
Anime Boston moves up a spot to #7 this year even with an attendance drop of 4.18%. The turnstile attendance count dropped 5.19% to 74,578, which would seem to indicate that more people that more people were buying 1-day badges. This is the second straight year that Anime Boston's attendance has dropped and it's likely still attributable to increased convention center security following guns that were seized during an August 2015 Pokemon Championship at the venue which resulted in excessively long security lines at
Anime Boston 2016
. Although the security checkpoints were improved in 2017, a number of attendees had cited the lines as a reason for sitting out a year to see if the situation would improve. For the most part, it has, and hopefully those attendees return again in
Seattle's Sakura-Con reported approximately 25,000 attendees in 2017.
Last year
's attendance was reported as 23,000 which is an 8.70% growth rate and puts them up a spot to #8.
By now, you may have wondered what happened to Otakon on this list. In
, it dropped to #5 with the largest attendance drop we've ever seen by any convention. It held onto the #5 spot last year and grew to 29,113 warm bodies in
. The convention moved from Baltimore to Washington, DC in 2017 and it seems that the attendees did not follow. Otakon lost over 4,000 attendees and dropped to #9 on our list and is no longer the largest anime convention on the East Coast. With
Otakon Vegas
not reporting large growth over its first few years, hopefully Otakorp has planned for rainy days such as this in order to be able to handle the situation financially.
Detroit's Youmacon returns to our list for the second year in a row at #10 with a paid attendance of 22,142, up 1,106 people from
. Last year, Youmacon and Otakuthon were essentially tied for the 10th spot, but Youmacon has now pulled ahead slightly.
For #11, we head back up into Canada for Otakuthon in Montreal. The bilingual convention reported 750 more people than
for growth of 3.52%.
The twelfth anime con on our list just held their first convention in November, Anime NYC. On their site after the convention (although now only available
via archives
), Peter Tatara, the Event Director, was quite clear about their attendance reporting saying, "Anime NYC welcomed over 20,000 fans. That's not turnstile, but 20,000 unique, individual fans who came together to celebrate what we all love." (This was likely noted due to some
which have been known to report turnstile numbers.)
It's worth noting that there is less than a 10% difference (or only 2,881 people) between the third through sixth conventions. There is also a difference of less than 1,000 people between the seventh and ninth conventions on the list, which just about puts them in a three-way tie.
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As always, we remind you that these are merely the largest conventions and are not necessarily the best. If past history is any indication, this list is almost guaranteed to be copied and used as some other site's "Best Anime Cons" list. That's a shame because
there are some absolutely wonderful small and mid-sized conventions out there
that are not mentioned on this list. You can have a lot of fun at smaller events and we strongly urge you to find the conventions near you and try them out.
If you want to compare the growth of conventions over the last ten years, here are some links to our annual reports (either written or as reported by
our AnimeCons TV
To start planning your 2018 conventions, our
sites are an excellent resource to find lists of conventions in your area or around the world. We also offer
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The equipment features:
What we have been testing is the Winnwell Pro Stock elbow pads. The elbow pads, the company says, have been built to the specifications and demands of the professional player. When you look at the gear out of the box (or bag in this instance), the elbow pads definitely have an 'old-school' feel to them and a look and profile that is akin to the days of the good old Jofa protective. In fact if you Google Jofa 9144 Pro Stock Elbow pads, you'll see a striking resemblance between the two.
Where most elbow pads have gone towards a more low profile look, Winnwell has provided a protective that calls back to the good old days of hockey. The shoulder cups are actually quite deep in comparison to many other elbow pads in the market. This design ensures good strong fit for the pads. However, it can be a bit of a shock depending on what you are used to wearing. If you have been wearing some of the lower profile elbow pads, the first time you wear the Winnwell product you'll feel a bit out of sorts to begin with, but even towards the end of our first session with these pads they felt really comfortable towards the end.
The elbow pads come with Winnwell's clean hockey technology which is designed to keep its equipment smelling fresh. After 2 months of use on the pads, there is hardly any "hockey" scent on the elbow pads.
Breaking in and fit:
Breaking the elbow pads in was a bit of a strange experience. Out of the bag the elbow pads do feel a bit stiff, which is to be expected with any new piece of equipment. On first use the pads felt extremely comfortable, but for the first 20-30 minutes of training the elbow pads felt a bit stiff which did affect shooting and puck handling a little bit. This trend lasts probably about 3-4 training sessions before you are fully accustomed to the elbow pad. But like said above, towards the end of each of the first few sessions the pads actually feel really comfortable and you hardly notice you are wearing new pads.
As mentioned the elbow cups are a bit deeper than other elbow pads, which can take a bit longer to get used to. However, what the deeper cup has resulted in is comfort and great fit. The elbow pads come with a sticky liner on the wrist that has been designed to keep the pad in place against the compression layer. Having used both T-shirt and compression long sleeve, the elbow pads do stay in place, which is a rare feat in elbow pads. Often during a game you have to fix and alter the position of your elbow pads, but the Winnwell Pro-Stock does actually stay in place relatively well.
However, the only criticism that there is to the Winnwell Pro-Stock elbow pads is that the Velcro attachment areas could be a bit bigger to ensure a tighter fit. Despite wearing the right size, there is still a little bit of slack on the bicep area of the elbow pad.
Value for money
What the Winnwell Pro-Stock elbow pad scores big on is value for money. The elbow pad provides protection that is equal to the top of the range CCM, Reebok, Bauer or Warrior gear, but at a fraction of the cost. The graphical design isn't something that will set the world on fire, but then again the elbow pads are under your jersey, so it doesn't matter what they look like. The main point is that they protect your elbows and bicep.
For £45 for elbow pads you cannot go wrong. Do not let the relatively low price tag of Winnwell's equipment fool you. It does not mean that the product is bad quality or that there's something wrong with it, far from it. We think that this piece of equipment is where price and quality meet. You are not paying over the odds for a top of the range elbow pad and it will not leave you hanging dry. The elbow pads do not rely on any gimmicks and we have been positively surprised by them.
As mentioned above, the Winnwell Pro-Stock elbow pad will not break the bank, but one thing that people will question is that whether a sub £50 elbow pad will actually last or if it is going to fall to pieces after a few months use. We have had these elbow pads for almost five months in active use, but during the time there have been no faults with the equipment. The straps are still where they're supposed to be, the elastic straps have not lost any elasticity (though this will happen over time on any piece of protective).
Despite taking a few falls and purposefully elbowing plexi glass at the rink, there are no signs that the cover of the protective cup has worn.
Once the elbow pads have been fully broken in, they perform really well and equally to other top of the range elbow pads. The Winnwell Pro-Stock elbow pads hark back to the era of the good Jofa equipment. The pads are relatively lightweight compared to others. In comparison, the Winnwell Pro-Stock weighs about the same as CCM U12 elbow pads, so that's not too bad.
We'd recommend the elbow pads for both league players, as well as recreational players who are looking for good quality protection but don't want to spend too much money. That's not to say that this is a beer league level pad, far from it. It can cope with the demands of the professionals, but for those that want top of the range protection, why pay over the odds.
- Great value for money
- Durable
- Stays in place during play
- Comfortable
- Great 'old school' feel
- Can take a while longer to break in than others
- Can feel a bit bulky at first few uses
- The Velcro strap areas could be a bit longer for tighter fit in places


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A Voice: See, the home of God is with His people.
He will live among them;
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And God Himself will be with them.
4 The prophecies are fulfilled:
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes.[a]
Death will be no more;
Mourning no more, crying no more, pain no more,
For the first things have gone away.
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Aluminum hull and superstructure
ABS + A1 Yachting Service, AMS
Naval Architect
Trinity Yachts, Inc.
Interior Designers
Dee Robinson/Victory Lane Enterprises
Year Delivered
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Beam (max.)
7´ (half load)
Displacement (light)
225 Tons
Fuel capacity
18,000 US gal.
Water capacity
4,070 US gal.
Range at 12 knots
6,000 Nautical miles
Top speed
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Cruising speed
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Number guest cabins
5 guest cabins plus owners stateroom
Number crew cabins
5 cabins, total of 9 crew
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Main Engines
Caterpillar 3512B
Horsepower 2250
Gear Reduction
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Caterpillar 3306,
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Grey water
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Oil dirty
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Orcs IIA-24 720 gal.
Naiad 505 22 sq.ft. fins
Bow Thruster
American 24 duo-prop electric
Pratt & Lambert Jet Glo
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Atlas shorepower system
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(6) Sub-Zero RP249 under counter
(3) Maytag washer/dryer combo units
(3) dishwasher
(5) Whirlpool 50lb. ice makers
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(1) Furuno NavTek receiver
(2) Sea 156 VHF radio
(1) Sea 225 SSB radio
(1) Sea 8000 loud hailer
(2) Shipmate RS8300 VHF radio crew/nav.
(2) B&G hydra cruise package
(3) B&G 20/20 displays
(2) Northstar GPS w/differential
(1) Lazer plot 20/20 NS XP
(1) Best Ferrup power source
(1) Data Marine 3000 depth
(2) CCTV 9 monitors nav./crew
(3) CCTV color camera
(2) CCTV color camera pan-tilt eng./mast
(1) Toshiba DK22 phone system
(1) ABB Nera Standard M Satcom
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(1) Seatel 2494 digital TV system
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JD Nall Aqua Air 30 tons total capacity
(2) Trane scrol compressors 15 tons each
(2) variable frequency drives
Heat strips for individual control
(31) Aqua Air fan coil assemblies
Thermostats with controls in each cabin
Air conditioned engine room
Crew Lounge:
Sub-Zero RP249 refrigerator
Audio and video equipment
security monitor
VHF radio
Engine room alarm trouble panel
One Filtration Concepts 2500 gal per day
Sanitary System:
Microphor LF 210 System
LF 210 toilets
Kohler bidet
Orca IIA 24 waste treatment system
(3)Black water tanks
Security System:
Security camera system: cameras cover sides and stern boarding areas, engine room, swivel mast head; camera monitors in wheelhouse and crew mess.
Alarm System:
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One Noveurania EQ600 19 8 11 person , 230 hp Yanmar diesel with Hamilton water jets.
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Alexandra Schicharva
Born: January 19, 1923
Magovka, Soviet Union
Alexandra was the second-youngest of six children born to Russian Orthodox parents. Her family lived in a small village in the Orlovskaya region, some 250 miles south of Moscow [in the Soviet Union]. She attended public school, where she learned German. Alexandra's father was a plasterer and painter, and often worked away from home for months. Her mother worked at a collective farm in the village.
1933-39: In 1933 food was scarce. The government seized grain harvests for export; other crops were taken to feed the military. We improvised for food. Nettles picked from a meadow made a good soup; oak leaves, dried, crushed and mixed with a little flour made bread. In 1936 we joined my father in Zhdanov on the Azov Sea where he had moved for work. We lived in a one-room apartment, and shared a kitchen with two other families.
1940-44: In May 1942 I was deported with other Soviets by cattle car to Germany. We were now slaves to the Reich, and had to wear a patch to show we were "easterners." I was assigned to work at an inn on the Mosel River. My Nazi boss, a cold woman, relished telling me I was a subhuman. Secretly I'd listen to Soviet news on their radio. One day I was caught and questioned by the Gestapo. I told them I listened only to hear my own language. They warned me that next time I'd be sent to a concentration camp.
Alexandra was liberated by American forces in March 1945. She remained in Germany, working in both the Soviet and American zones, before emigrating to the United States in 1949.


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BNZ is calling all Kiwi 'webtrepreneurs' to enter BNZ Start-up Alley at Webstock 2013, where two talented tech start-ups will win prize packs that include $10,000 cash and trips to Silicon Valley.
The competition will see eight finalists pitch their ideas to a panel of judges at the upcoming web technology conference Webstock, to be held in Wellington in February. Each finalist will also be able to create a stand at the BNZ 'Start-up Alley', an area specifically designed for the finalists to display their product or idea to the top tech-heads in the country.
BNZ head of digital Steve Bowe says, "This is a significant boost for New Zealand's burgeoning tech economy. Our finalists will not only have the opportunity to propel their businesses to global success with this prize, they will be showcasing their offering to the rock stars of the international web industry."
In addition to the cash prize, the winners will also receive flights to Silicon Valley, San Francisco to meet with top names in the web and technology industries, a 12 month BNZ banking package, use of the BNZ Edge Centre and access to ongoing mentorship and connections.
The 2012 winner of BNZ Start-up Alley was Go Vocab, a language learning start-up founded in Wellington, which has already signed up hundreds of teachers and thousands of students across Australia and New Zealand.
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Olliver Hoping for Established Tradition with Men's Lacrosse
HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Heading into its third season of play, the Coker men's lacrosse team is looking forward to making a name for itself. The team finished last season 5-10, which was an improvement from its 2-14 record posted in its inaugural year. Under David Olliver, who begins his first full season as head coach, the Cobras ended last season on a three-match win streak. Last year's finish has Olliver setting the bar high for this year's squad.
"Our biggest goal is to be competitive and win those close games," said Olliver. "Another really big goal is to make it to the conference tournament. Only four of the eight teams get in, so if you can make it there, it's a whole new season within itself."
Olliver will be quite familiar with the competition the Cobras face this season in the South Atlantic Conference. He played and coached at Wingate University prior to joining Coker midway through last season.
"It's a new start for the program," said Olliver. "In the past you could pencil in Limestone to win the conference every year. That's just how it was. The top of the standings could change from week to week in the SAC, which makes every game that much more important."
Although this is just the third season of play for men's lacrosse at Coker, this team does not lack in experience. The 35-man roster consists of 11 juniors and six seniors.
"We are really relying on that junior class to help lead this team," said Olliver. "They have been here the longest and have tons of experience. I am definitely looking for Timothy Smith, Ryan Maurer, Andy Campos and Josh Smith to be the catalysts to this year's team. As for a few younger guys that will shine, look for Austin Holgate and Paxton Caristi to get quality time on the field."
Olliver will certainly be looking to improve the Cobras' offensive and defensive stats from last season. They managed to average 9.67 goals per game, however they also gave up 12.1 goals per game.
"We are a big and fast team, so we will be looking for lots of transition, faster-paced lacrosse," said Olliver. "Defensively, we really want to focus on consistently holding teams under 10 goals a game."
Olliver's club has momentum going from the end of last season, and should it carry over, this could be a team to watch in 2014. It just has to utilize the combination of speed, size, youth and experience it possesses to bring the first winning season.
"These guys have what it takes to do something special," he said. "The conference is up for grabs and they are hungry to make a splash in our first year in the SAC. If we can play to what we are capable of game in and game out, there's no doubt in my mind that we will be a competitive team."
The Cobras kick off their season Feb. 8 on the road against Shorter University.
Story written by media relations intern Aaron Beebe '15.


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Introduction to Electronics (condensed)
Electrical Circuit
An interconnection of electrical elements that contains a closed loop is an electrical circuit. The closed loop allows electrons to flow through the electrical elements. We now explain how to analyze simple electrical circuits in terms of voltage, current, and resistance.
Current, Voltage, Resistance
Current describes the quantity of electrons passing through a point in a circuit at a given instant in time. Current is measured in Amperes (Amps, A).
Voltage describes the potential difference in electrical charge between two points in an electrical circuit. Voltage (also known as electric potential) is measured in Volts (V).
Resistance (a special case of Impedance) describes the capacity of a circuit element to resist or impede the flow of electrons in the circuit. Resistance in measured in Ohms.
A common analogy may be used to relate these three quantities to water flow in pipes in place of electrons in wires. Imagine you have two water tanks connected from the bottoms by a pipe (such as the drain of a double sink). If one tank is full of water and the other one nearly empty we know intuitively that the water in the full tank will flow through the pipe into the nearly empty tank.
Current I0 is analogous to the quantity of water flowing through a pipe at a given moment in time.
Ohm's Law
V = IR Ohm's Law states that Voltage = Current x Resistance or V = IR. The equation can be rearranged to find any one of the three quantities given the other two.
Consider the following circuit:
The voltage in the circuit is given (10V from the battery) and the resistance is also given as the 100 ohm resistor is the only resistive element in the circuit. So we can compute the current in the circuit as: I = V/R = 10V / 100 Ohms = 0.1 Amps or 100 milli-Amps.
Button LED Example
The following circuit diagram shows the most basic LED (Light Emitting Diode) circuit:
For a red LED, Vled is often about 1.7V. Diodes are from the family of semiconductors. Unlike a resistors, diodes always have a fixed voltage drop in a circuit. A diode passes current in only one direction, a very useful property for protecting circuits from incorrect current flow. The arrow in the diode symbol points in the direction that current flows, so normally you would place a diode in your circuit with the arrow pointing to a ground. Kirchoff's Current Law implies that the current flowing throught the resistor is the same as the current flowing through the LED. Therefore, once we know the current passing through the resistor in this circuit, we also know the current passing through the LED. The brightness of an LED is proportional to the amount of current passing through it. How would you make the LED shine brighter? less brightly?
Now consider the following circuit which adds a button:
The button simply interrupts or re-connects the flow of current through the circuit lighting or extinguishing the LED in the process.
Series Circuits
Consider this slightly more complicated circuit:
When two resistors are connected in series, their combined resistance is equivalent to the sum of their individual resistances.
We can use Ohm's law to calculate the voltage drop around each of the individual resistors after calculating the voltage drop accross the total resistance.
We can further rationalize the series circuit by going back to our analogy:
Parallel Circuits
When two resistors are placed in parallel in a circuit, their combined resistance is equal to the product of the individual resistances divided by their sum. (Smaller total voltage for parallel in contrast to larger for series).
One again we use ohm's law to calculate the voltage across the resistors (same for both) and the current through each resistor.
Here we use the water analogy again:
Voltage Divider
Pull-up and Pull-down resistors
Often we would like to set a "default voltage" for a circuit. This is done using pull-up and pull down resistors.
Here is an example of a pull-down resistor in a circuit. When the switch is closed, Vout=Vin, but if the switch is open, Vout=Ground.
Here is an example of a pull-up resistor in a circuit. When the switch is not on any lead, Vout is high.
In general, the R values for pull-up and pull-down resistors should be very large, much larger than those in the rest of the circuit, so that the effect of the pull-up or pull-down resistor on the Vout voltage is small if there is any else "down the line" of the circuit.


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Day's Best: Better jail services for the deaf
Deaf inmates at the Adams County jail are set to get better services after the settlement of a federal lawsuit highlighting significant problems in the incarceration of deaf people.
Unfortunately, the improvements follow a disturbing situation in which a deaf man was held Adams County Detention Facility on domestic violence charges for 25 days with no ability to communicate with his jail staff members. After 25 days, all charges were dropped.
The settlement, approved by Senior District Judge John Kane, will require the jail provide sign language interpreters when deaf suspects are brought to the facility.
The lawsuit was filed by the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition and the Colorado Association of the Deaf on behalf of Timothy Siaki and Michaelee Owen. Both of the plaintiffs are deaf.
The interpreter requirement is a necessary step forward, but it's unfortunate it had to come after such a troubling episode.


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