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Partial Discharge Testing Equipment (4)
This is an 'All in One' solution for testing and analysing partial discharges in the insulation of high-voltage transformers, cables, GIS and electric machines. The DIMRUS 'PD Analyser' help diagnose their insulation state and find any type of defects very effectively.It can be used for temporary or constant monitoring of partial discharge in medium and high voltage systems and cables of any rated voltage.The PD Analyser is the most useful device for condition estimation of high-voltage insulation. This multipurpose device is designed for -
- Partial discharge measuring in high-voltage insulation at a high noise level.
- Fast detecting of the defects in different high-voltage equipment and identifying how dangerous they are.
- It separates stray noise pulses and partial discharge pulses while comparing their frequency and time of arrival.
- It uses phase resolved partial discharge (PRPD) and time frequency analysis (PD- Cloud).
- It has the database of the most defects which can be upgraded with new diagnostic information.
- Danger level shows how severe the signal can be.
- It uses special algorithms to estimate if the received data is authentic.
- Automatic report generation on the condition of the insulation of the high-voltage equipment.
|PD Analyser 3
|PD-Analyzer HF/UHF
|Sensor options
|HF discharge pulse frequency
|0.1 to 20 MHz
|UHF discharge pulse frequency
|200- 1500MHz
|HF discharge amplitude
|20 to 100000pC
|UHF discharge amplitude
|-70dBm to -25dBm
|Computer connection
|USB, Wi-Fi
|Supply voltage
|90 to 260V AC
|Operating temperature range
|-10 to 50
|222 x 160 x 45 mm
|520 x 435 x 230 mm
|12 Kg
PD Defect Location in High-Voltage Equipment Insulation by Acoustic Sensors To act on deteriorating insulation the source of PD must be known.The insulation defects produce partial discharges, which emits electrical impulses, radiation of electromagnetic waves as well as acoustic signals.The AR700 measures acoustic signals with multiple sensors spread over the transformer. Then the software determines the failure location using the time difference of all incoming signals. Finally, these coordinates are shown in a 3D model of the transformer. AR700 device is used for measuring of acoustic signals on the external surfaces of gas-insulated breakers and substations, power transformers and other tank high-voltage equipment. The acoustic signals are caused by partial discharges in the insulation, which is the sigh of the defects.The advantage of "AR700" device is the quick installation of the acoustic PD sensors on the external surface of high-voltage equipment tank. The sensors have magnetic holder that is why there is no need to de-energize the equipment for the sensors installation. "AR700" device has 4 syn-chronic channels for acoustic signal measurement. This gives the possibility not only to find the defects in the insulation, but also to locate them. The location function of the "AR700"device is unique for acoustic devices.
- The signal analyses and the PD zone location could be carried out both in manual and automatic modes.
- Software calculates the fault location based on the time difference between the incoming signals.And report is generated about PD source location.
- Convenient and handy through light weight, small size and battery operation.
- Can be used for multiple assets like Transformers, CTs, GIS, Cables etc.
- Defect type identification by synchronised measurement of PD
|Acoustic channels for PD measuring
|Frequency range of acoustic sensors
|30 - 300 kHz
|High-frequency channels for PD measuring
|Frequency range of high-frequency sensors
|0.1 - 20 MHz
|LCD resolution
|PC connection
|Operating temperature range
|-20 to +60 ºc
|<98%, noncondensing
|Operating time from build-in accumulator
|8 hours
|Device weight, without sensors
|1.1 kg
|Dimensions of transportation case
|Device weight in carrying case
The DIMRUS DIM-Loc-4 is a multipurpose device equipped with FOUR sensor technologies- Acoustic, RFCT, TEV and UHF. This makes this device very unique and versatile for use in both AIS as well as GIS and for a varieties of equipments in these substations.
The device is most effective for PD measurement in –
- Power transformers
- Instrument voltage transformers and current transformers
- Switchgears and Gas-Insulated switchgears
- Cables and joints
- Insulators of various types
|Number of measuring channel
|Acoustic Channel
|30 – 300kHz
|HF Channel
|0.5 - 30MHz
|UHF Channel
|200 – 1500MHz
|10 – 100000pC
|LCD resolution
|480 x 272 pixels
|PC interface
|Operating Temperature
|-20°C to +50°C
|220 x 170 x 35
|Weight of Device
|1 Kg
|Weight with all the accessories in case
|12 Kg
The portable multipurpose 3i device (Intellectual Insulation Indicator) is for eff ective high-voltage equipment insulation monitoring on-line. The 3i device measures and analyses partial discharges (PD). For eff ective PD measurement and noise rejection, there are two types of sensors used in the device: the acoustic sensor and the TEV sensor. Both the sensors are built into the device case, and so do not need any connection cables. The device is supplied in a strong metal case; at the faceplate there are the colored screen and two buttons: power button and function button.
- 6 - 35 kV switchgears of various designs;
- Terminations and joints of cables;
- High-voltage gas-insulated equipment (Gas-Insulated switchgear (GIS)) of any rated voltage.
- The tanks of power transformers, breakers, etc.
- The multipurpose 3i device is for on-line insulation condition estimation in the following equipment:
|In-built PD sensors
|acoustic, TEV
|In-built acoustic sensor frequency range, kHz
|40 ± 2
|In-built TEV sensor frequency range, MHz
|10 - 100
|LCD resolution, pixels
|240 x 320
|PC connection
|Battery life, hours
|Operation temperature range, °C
|-20 ÷ 40
|Device dimensions, mm
|187 x 78 x 43
|Weight, kg


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Cinnamon buns are a family favorite around our house. We don't have them on a regular basis, but when we need a warm, sweet treat I often whip up a batch. I used to make cinnamon buns with, at most, 50% whole wheat flour and 50% white flour. I couldn't imagine a cinnamon bun tasting good with just whole wheat flour. Until now. I have had the good fortune of being given a Wondermill Grain Mill. I have tasted the difference and I'll never go back!
I finally have discovered the secrets to getting 100% whole wheat flour to rise as well as white flour, without any additives. I have been making my own 100% whole wheat sandwich bread for years now and have been employing secret number 1. It is quite simple, really: you soak half the flour in the liquid the recipe calls for, for half and hour (or more). This helps release the gluten from the whole wheat and enables it to rise beautifully. Secret number one is vital. Secret number two is the icing on the cake.
My children eat the bread dough raw from the bowl. I remember doing that when I was young, and loving it. Now, as an adult, I actually don't enjoy the flavour of raw bread dough. There is a bitterness to it that I don't remember being there when I was a kid. When I received my grain mill from Wondermill I expected a difference, for sure. How could there not be a difference between flour that was milled who knows how long ago, and flour that was milled minutes ago? What I didn't expect was that the bitterness I was tasting in the raw dough would disappear completely. That bitterness, then, must have been a slight rancidity that is in previously milled whole wheat flour. The freshly milled flour contained none of that bitterness. This could only make the bread taste better! And so, secret number two is the freshly milled flour.
When I received the Wondermill I decided I would attempt 100% whole wheat flour cinnamon buns. I began playing around with my recipe, and quite frankly, I have created THE perfect whole wheat cinnamon recipe for you. It is sweet, moist, tender and full of whole grain flavour without any bitterness. They rise like white flour, they have the nutty flavour of whole grains, and they are soft and incomparable. I am in love! And you will be too.
100% Whole Wheat Cinnamon Buns
Makes 2 batches, or one can be made into a bread loaf.
- 8 c. freshly milled whole wheat flour, divided into 3 cup and 5 cup portions.
- 2 c. warm water
- 1/3 c. plus 1 tbsp. honey, divided.
- 1/3 c. butter
- 1 tbsp. yeast
- 1 tsp. sea salt
- 1 egg
Cinnamon bun filling (per pan of buns):
- 2 tbsp. butter, softened
- 2 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 3/4 c. demerarra sugar or other dark cane sugar
Glaze (per pan of buns):
- 1/2 c. maple syrup
- 1/2 c. butter, melted
- 1 c. toasted pecans (optional)
- To make sponge add yeast to 1/4 c. warm water with 1 tbsp. honey in a 2 cup glass measuring cup. Mix well and set aside.
- Add 3 cups flour to 2 cups water. Mix well and set aside. This is your flour soaking, releasing the gluten.
- Melt butter and 1/3 c. honey together and set aside until room temperature.
- In half an hour, add yeast mixture to flour mixture and mix well.
- Add butter and honey mixture and mix well.
- Add salt, egg and remaining flour (one cup at a time) and mix well.
- Once dough is of the right consistency (neither wet nor dry but tacky) kneed dough for 10 minutes.
- Set dough aside in a large bowl, cover with a damp tea towel and allow to double in size. (1-2 hours).
- When dough is doubled, kneed it briefly, divide into two, then roll out onto floured counter top.
For cinnamon bun filling:
- Spread butter over the dough with your fingers or a pastry brush.
- Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar evenly over the dough. Roll dough up and pinch closed. Slice into evenly sized buns
- Place buns in greased baking dish with a small bit of space around each bun. Cover with a damp tea towel.
- Allow to rise until doubled in size: 1 hour or so.
- Once buns have doubled in size, bake at 350F for 30 minutes or until lightly browned on top.
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What Would Tree Rings Sound Like on a Record Player? [VIDEO]
We've all seen the rings created by a tree as it grows, but have you ever wondered what those rings would sound like on a record player? Artist Bartholomäus Traubeck wondered, and he's created an audio recording to share the answer to that question. Utilizing a computer that "reads" the rings, he has released a pieced called "Years."
LiveScience explains that it's all done using a custom record player, a PlayStation Eye Camera, and a program called Ableton Live. "The tree rings are actually being translated into the language of music, rather than sounding musical in and of themselves."
Take a listen and let us know if it sounds anything like what you had imagined.


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Attorneys for a central Indiana county treasurer want charges that he mishandled public money dismissed, arguing that other officials who've done the same thing haven't been prosecuted.
Delaware County Treasurer John Dorer was charged in April with 47 counts, 44 of which involve failing to deposit public money within 24 hours as required by state law.
His attorneys have asked special Judge Dennis Carroll of Madison County to throw out the charges. Their court filing says state audits have found the Delaware County sheriff and officials in each neighboring county haven't met the deposit deadline but have not faced criminal charges.
Deputy county prosecutor Eric Hoffman tells The Star Press that prosecutors will contest the defense assertions.


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Beasty necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 125 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
Beast Internet
BeastInternet dot com is a web hosting and design start up. Our business model has an emphasis on simple, no hassles web hosting with a strong emphasis on support and reliability. Our catch phrase is "Unleash the Web"
small business, independents, personal websites and gamer guild types.
The domain name lends itself to a slightly "dark edge". This is hoped to assist with attracting gamer guild and forum type account, that is to say a younger or youthful audience. The logo should not be overly colourful or happy etc. The logo should not be too aggressive and "dark" however as to deter small business type account, a balance needs to be struck in this regard. We are also open to beast images of a more basic or "symbol" type, though this is not exclusively sought. This is a project you can have a little fun with and let your creativity run. We have not set colour scheme in mind but a light and bubbly colour set would probably not suit. Our catch phrase "Unleash the Web" should be worked into the design. Please remember to have fun and enjoy your work :).. we will review and provide feedback as best we can.
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Bills DE Williams says texts of him mentioning 'suicide' taken out of context by ex-fiancee
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – Buffalo Bills defensive end Mario Williams denies ever contemplating suicide, and says private comments he made in text messages are being taken out of context by his ex-fiancee in a lawsuit over the possession of a $785,000 diamond engagement ring.
Calling himself "completely fine," Williams says he was "venting" his feelings to someone he thought he trusted.
Williams spoke after practice Monday, in his first chance to respond since Erin Marzouki's attorney released a series of texts the two exchanged in November. The texts portray Williams as being despondent over their breakup.
In one text, Williams writes: "No money in the world should leave me with suicidal thoughts."
Williams says he wrote that out of anger. He adds the decision to release the texts reveal Marzouki's true character.


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JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – The Lipscomb Bisons golf team is in fifth place after two rounds of the Grub Mart Intercollegiate at the Silver Lakes Golf Course in Jacksonville, Ala.
The Bisons finished with a team score of 613 (305, 308) Monday over 36-holes. Jacksonville State, the host team, leads with a team score of 583.
Alex Cox is the top golf for the Bisons after two rounds. He is tied for 12th with score of 151 (72, 79). Also in the top 20 is Dustin Wilder. He is tied for 17th with a score of 152 (78, 74).
Paul Kleine-Kracht shot identical scores of 77 in each round. His score of 154 is tied for 25th.
Blanton Farmer shot back-to-back 78s, His 156 score is tied for 33rd.
Ryan Terry has a two-round score of 159 (79, 80) placing him in a tie for 40th.
The 54-hole tournament ends Tuesday.


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-The game takes place from golden age upto black swordsman
Unfortunate that they're stopping near Black Swordsman... A Golden Age retread is just about the last thing I want.
That's not what it says, just that it'll go from Golden Age era Guts to Black Swordsman Guts. Could very well go up to Fantasia for all we know.
If this game is just mindless hack-and-slash fun with playable characters like Guts, Casca, Griffith, SK, Zodd, then I'm way more excited for it than the goddamned anime.
Also, do we know if this is releasing in Japan first and then some months later in West or does it have a simultaneous release?
There are 2 trailers.One for the Japan relase [2016], and one for the West relase [Coming Soon]
Barring the Pachinko (which I have no access to ... still want to play it cos it's so over the top), this'll be the first time I'll get to play a Berserk game as it is released. So, I'm excited about that part! Speaking of the game play, I have no experience with Dynasty Warriors/Musou (had to look it up), so I don't know if I'll like/hate it or be good/suck at it but I'm up for the challenge.
How many playable characters could there be? Ideally, Guts, Casca, Griffith, Judeau, Pipin, Zodd, SkullKnight.... Anyone else? Maybe Locus, Grunbeld and Irvine too.
Pure hack and slash action games dont do it for me, but then I imagine Berserk as an rpg i cant imagine it as anything other than story driven rpg. Which in itself is fine, but i can only imagine how weak the rpg elements would be when you consider guts has maybe 3-4 weapons , and two of those are just swords. Or two armours etc.
Wouldn't you say that the Teaser trailer was pretty sexy?
Translated Interview.http://www.play-asia.com/berserk-musou-starting-from-the-golden-age-famitsu-interview-translated/5f/747x1
As everyone knows Berserk is both a very Gorey and erotic manga and so we want to reflect that in the game itself too.


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Southeastern will be looking to make a statement in the Great American Conference this weekend as it hosts league-leading No. 17 Southern Arkansas in a three-game series on March 29-30 at The Ballpark in Durant.
The schedule was adjusted slightly from the beginning of the season in anticipation of potential rain in the Durant are and will now feature a 1 p.m. double-header on Friday and a 1 p.m. single game on Saturday.
The Savage Storm enter the weekend at 16-11 overall on the season and 9-6 in GAC play, but have not faced a conference opponent since March 16 and has not played a game at all since March 20 at Oklahoma State.
SAU comes to town with a 23-10 record overall and a 14-4 mark in league play.
Despite the fact that Southeastern tied for fourth in the standings, a sweep of the Muleriders would knot the two teams based on winning percentage.
Southeastern comes into the weekend second in the conference in team pitching with a staff ERA of 3.82, just ahead of SAU's 4.11.
Vance Woodruff paces the SE pitching staff to the tune of a 2.54 ERA, but has seen his team struggle to give him run support and has a 2-5 record which includes the loss against OSU.
Brandon Marris and David Cagle have posted the most starts beyond Woodruff and both boast ERA's under four.
Cagle is at 3.43 on the season with a 2-0 record in six starts and eight appearances, while Marris is at 1-3 on the season with an ERA of 3.56 in seven starts and 10 appearances.
Cameron Mann leads the relievers with a 2.76 ERA in a team-high 14 appearances. He leads the team and its third in the GAC in saves at seven while also posting a 3-0 record.
Eddie Cervantes leads the team with four wins and is 4-1 on the year with a 3.56 ERA in 10 appearances which includes a pair of starts.
Cervantes, Levi Lewis and Mann have at least 10 appearances each with just two starts and have combined for 10 wins in relief.
SE is ninth in the league in hitting at .277, while the Muleriders lead the league with a .329 average.
However, the Storm have picked up the pace over the last 16 games with a .318 average and an 11-5 record dating back to Feb. 26 in a sweep of Tarleton State and has outhit its opponents in 11 of those games.
Evan Ramsey has been a big part of that resurgence on offense as he has climbed to the team lead with a .360 average and is tied for the top spot in the conference in homers with six. He is tied for fifth in the GAC in RBI with 25 and is slugging .663 with an OPS of 1.113.
Five others have pushed their averages back above .300, with Tucker Alexander, Chevis Springer, Ryan Salter, Troy McCartney and Nick Grimmett all batting at .306 or better.
All five also boast double-digit RBI totals, while Salter leads the conference in stolen bases with 21.
SAU has four players ranked in the league's top 10 in hitting, led by Jason Dahl who is batting .426 with 14 doubles, two homers and 25 RBI.
David Harris, William Townsend and Chris Quinn each post averages of .378 or better.
Phillip Menou leads the Mulerider pitching staff with a 6-1 record and a 2.58 ERA in eight starts.
Justin Thomas paces the SAU relievers with a 1.96 ERA and 10 saves in 13 appearances and 18.1 innings pitched.


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he Las Vegas metropolitan area suffered a foreclosure rate that was five times the national average and the highest rate in the country in 2009, according to a report on Thursday by RealtyTrac, an online foreclosure marketplace.
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Matsyyoga needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 195 designs submitted by 55 freelance designers.
Matsy Yoga
I am a qualified yoga instructor, with a passion for promoting healthy living and giving back to society. I am a qualified marketeer and have experience of building successful businesses. This next venture will blend my passions and I am keen to get started in the best possible way through the promotion of a strong logo and brand.
The company vision is to build a UK based, boutique, full service, yoga business that is globally franchisable. Segments for targeted yoga classes are:
1 Golfers
2 Seniors
3 Maternity
4 General classes
5 Kids
6 Charities
7 Private Lessons
The main business goals are the promotion of health, happiness and healing: This is epitomised with the inclusion of charity work and donations throughout all business activities.
The Brand personality of the business would exude the following traits:
The promotion of the business will be both real world and virtual, therefore there is a need for a strong headline Logo, backed up with a small range of icons targeting the 7 segments listed at the start of this section.
The business will develop its on line retail element, therefore global sales and distribution will be necessary. As such the logo must be language neutral.
I would like for a yoga Icon that epitomises the brand personalities above. We request herein, a strong headline Logo, backed up with a small range of icons targeting the 7 segments listed perviously.
As a Pisces I am keen to have a fish theme run through the business, hence the link with Matsya.
The background to the phrase Matsy is shown below.
The actual pose relating to the Matsy is shown below
A theme/logo involving the Yin and Yang concept would be of interest
I have attached an illustration/cartoon/characature of myself that will be the website theme, of cool sophisticated and trendy. I WOULD LIKE A LOGO ALONG SIMILAR LINES.
The best outcome will be one cool logo with 7 simplistic icons in the same style
Thanks so much for your time and interest and good luck one and all !!
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The Americanized Akira remake is rattling forward, with the blandest possible red-carpet casting. Garrett Hedlund has been offered the role of Kaneda, and now Kristen Stewart has been rumored to be up for the part of his love interest Kei (presumably because Blake Lively was busy).
Kei is a medium and a member of an underground terrorist group, and the film's female lead. The reports of Stewart's casting come via Twitch Film.
We have no problem with Stewart — in fact, we liked her quite a bit in Adventureland. But this whole casting process has just been so... uninspired. We know Akira isn't a well-known commodity and casting Stewart brings in the hungry Twilight fans — maybe — but we would have enjoyed to see a little risk taking. Perhaps some Asian actors? Or characters known for their heavy-duty acting chops — this way, you can bridge the sometimes hard-to-grasp science fiction world with genuinely brave acting, Dark Knight style.
It bears repeating: Akira is a dark tale set in a horrible bleak future world with lots and lots and lots of pain. Casting the most popular Tom, Dick and Sallys from the red-carpet circuit just seems like a bad move. This is a movie that demands a lot of darkness from its actors — and maybe these two are capable of that and we'll be eating crow down the road, but right now it just feels like glossy magazine casting.
At least Gary Oldman and Helena Bonham Carter have been offered roles, and we're huge fans the crazy these two enjoy channeling. So there's always that. In other casting news, Tetsuo hasn't been cast but Ezra Miller (We Need to Talk About Kevin) and Alden Ehrenreich (Tetro) are rumored to be the top two contenders.
Akira (based off the manga series from Katsuhiro Otomo) will now be set in Neo-New York (instead of Neo-Tokyo). It takes place in the future and follow a motorcycle gang, a secret military project and psionic psychopath powers.


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College of the Holy Cross alumnus Cornelius "Neil" B. Prior, Jr. is giving the school the single largest gift in its history: $25 million for a new performance facility that he hopes will inject more fun and joy into students' education.
"I started to think about what I could leave behind," said Mr. Prior, who graduated in 1956 and is 79 years old. He decided, he said, to "put it in something that was fun for me and for you."
He recalled how the Rev. Gerard Mears, S.J., started an art appreciation course during Mr. Prior's years there, but at the beginning, there was not much else in the way of fine arts at the college. Mr. Prior, an English major, spent a lot of time at the Worcester Art Museum.
Holy Cross has changed since then. In the introduction to Wednesday's announcement, the packed crowd in the Rehm Library watched a video of students working in theater, music, dance and art before live performances afterward. Graduates include actors, artists and directors.
Mr. Prior's gift will be not a beginning, but a new beginning, Holy Cross President the Rev. Philip Boroughs said.
Wednesday marked for Christians the beginning of Lent, which comes from the world "lencten", meaning spring.
"Today, we begin a new springtime for the arts at the College of the Holy Cross, because of Neil Prior, an alumnus, a philanthropist and inspiring man who wants us to be all we can be," Rev. Boroughs said.
Shirish Korde, chairman of Holy Cross' music department, which was once part of the visual arts department, said, "Your gift is a game changer for us."
Mr. Prior, who started his career as a lawyer with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, lives in the Virgin Islands and is chairman of the board of Atlantic Tele-Network Inc., a Beverly-based telecommunications services company. He is a former U.S. Navy officer and Fulbright scholar and is a graduate of Harvard Law School. In St. Thomas, he is chairman of the Forum, a not-for-profit arts organization, and in Maine, he is a director of the Kneissel Music School.
"I appreciate this recognition of the gift that I am able to make thanks in great part to the great education I got here and little bit from Harvard later on, and I've always wanted Holy Cross to have that same level of recognition in the country that Harvard has," Mr. Prior told the crowd Wednesday. "The arts give you that joyous feeling... It elevates you. At the same time you're having fun, you're experiencing another dimension."
He said he was moved almost to tears by a student and faculty performance of part of Heitor Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras on Wednesday. A recording of Salli Terri singing the same piece was the first 33-1/3 record he ever bought. "You were better than Salli Terri," he told the young soprano Wednesday.
As he left the library, he was greeted by members of the college's choir singing on the stairs while wearing T-shirts reading "Thank you for making the arts a Prior-ity."
It is not the first time Mr. Prior has given a record-setting gift to Holy Cross. In 1998, he gave what was then the largest gift with a $5 million pledge that established three professorships: the Rev. Gerard Mears, S.J., professorship in fine arts; the Rev. Maurice F. Reidy, S.J., professorship in history, named for a second priest who was also a mentor to him; and the Stephen J. Prior professorship in humanities, after Mr. Prior's late son. He made a second $5 million gift to those professorships in 2006 and has also made large donations to support exhibitions at the Cantor Art Gallery and to sponsor art and art exhibitions.
The location of the new facility has yet to be determined, Rev. Boroughs said. One possibility is in the area of the parking lot across from the Hogan Campus Center.
Currently, student performances occur at several places on campus, including the Fenwick Theatre (206 seats), which was last renovated in 1965; the John E. Brooks, S.J. Concert Hall (200 seats) and Seelos Theater (360 seats).


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D-backs, Padres hit hard by injuries requiring TJ
SAN DIEGO -- The epidemic of elbow injuries and subsequent Tommy John ligament replacement surgeries among Major League pitchers as of late has hit the D-backs and Padres particularly hard.
The two clubs have eight guys between them in different stages of rehab from the surgery. In the Padres' case, they are missing practically an entire starting rotation: Josh Johnson, Cory Luebke, Joe Wieland and Casey Kelly, who made his first Minor League start since last year's surgery on Saturday night.View Full Game Coverage
SAN DIEGO -- The epidemic of elbow injuries and subsequent Tommy John ligament replacement surgeries among Major League pitchers as of late has hit the D-backs and Padres particularly hard.
The two clubs have eight guys between them in different stages of rehab from the surgery. In the Padres' case, they are missing practically an entire starting rotation: Josh Johnson, Cory Luebke, Joe Wieland and Casey Kelly, who made his first Minor League start since last year's surgery on Saturday night.View Full Game Coverage
For the D-backs, the spate of injuries has been no less devastating, shelving starters Patrick Corbin and Daniel Hudson, plus relievers Matt Reynolds and David Hernandez for the foreseeable future.
The surgeries have been the second each for Luebke, Johnson and Hudson, whom the D-backs hope to have back later in the season. Hudson is doing well throwing a series of bullpen sessions, but he reinjured his left elbow last year during his first Minor League rehab assignment.
"I love the way Daniel competes. I've told him so," Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said before Saturday night's game against San Diego at Petco Park. "He was a huge loss for us when we lost him. He's a game-changer for us."
At the start of the 2009 season, the D-backs also lost Brandon Webb to shoulder surgery. Webb, the team's workhorse and a National League Cy Young Award winner, never pitched in the big leagues again after Opening Day of that season. Add Hudson and most recently Corbin and that run of bad luck has had a debilitating long-term effect on the franchise.
Imagine if the same had happened to the core of San Francisco's rotation: Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum and Madison Bumgarner. Well, it's hard to conceive that the Giants would have won their two World Series championships in 2010 and '12.
Add to the mix that the D-backs have also traded away the likes of Brett Anderson, Dan Haren, Max Scherzer, Ian Kennedy, Jarrod Parker, Joe Saunders and Tyler Skaggs. It all has had a ripple effect on Arizona's current pitching staff, which general manager Kevin Towers said this weekend is void of top-of-the-rotation starters.
"There's no two ways about it," said Josh Byrnes, who was the D-backs' general manager when Webb was lost and holds the same position with the Padres now. "When one of your top pitchers goes down, it's very hard on you. Usually it torpedoes your season. Any big league roster starts with starting pitching, so when you have to go to plan B, C or D, it's hard to have the kind of season that you want."
San Diego suffered the same fate because of Tommy John surgeries. The Luebke-Kelly-Wieland trio was tabbed to be the young core of the rotation the last two seasons, but that has yet to happen.
"That's three pretty good guys," Byrnes said. "And for 24 months, they've literally barely been on the mound."
The spate of elbow injuries is causing baseball people in both organizations to re-evaluate everything from training techniques, to personnel decisions and the amount of time their pitchers throw in the offseason. One of the top theories most bandied about right now is that players put undue stress on their young arms well before they even turn professional.
"I think they throw too much when they're young. They're on all these traveling teams," said Towers, a former pitcher. "We used to be just Little League and you were done. Then you went out and played basketball. Now it's baseball all year 'round. Parents are paying 100 bucks a session to have instructors come out and work with their kids three days a week. 'Here's the video. This is how you're supposed to look.'"
"Going back to my generation, we didn't throw nearly as much as the kids are throwing now, competitively, at a young age," added Padres manager Bud Black, a left-hander who won 121 games for five teams in 15 big league seasons. "I'm not playing doctor. I've just been doing some research and reading about all this. Tendons, ligaments and muscles are stressed at an earlier age than ever before."
Dr. Frank Jobe, who passed away earlier this year at 88, devised the ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery for Tommy John back in 1974 when the left-hander was playing for the Dodgers. John resumed pitching two years later, wound up lasting another 14 seasons, and logged 164 of his total 288 career victories.
Hundreds of pitchers have undergone the surgery, 15 this year.
The procedure involves the transplant of another ligament, often from the opposite forearm, to replace the one that is irreconcilably damaged. That is both a blessing and a curse, Black said.
"You're replacing a natural body part with a revision from another part of your body," Black said. "Over time, that's going to weaken. That's my fear -- that it will hold for a while and at some point, because it's not natural, it will suffer."
The Padres are reviewing every part of their process, but the injury seems to fit no pattern. How a pitcher tears the ligament seems to be a phenomenon of each individual.
"I don't want to disclose everything," Byrnes said. "Some of it we've implemented and some of it is in discussion. The notion of more injuries and how it affects the organization is almost too long to list. I've accumulated a lot of notes and I'm talking to everybody: pitchers, pitching coaches, trainers, strength conditioners, doctors, researchers, other GMs, scouts, anyone I can ask, so over time we can come up with something tangible."
Barry M. Bloom is a national reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Boomskie on Baseball. Follow @boomskie on Twitter.


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Gleeks! Did you watch the same episode I did tonight? The Swan Song episode? Did we really see Glee club almost fall apart? And get all the answers to the "are our favorite couples getting back together" questions we've been waiting for?
Even if all the answers weren't exactly the ones we thought we wanted (who saw Sam coming out of nowhere? Not me!), let me just say it. The writers just threw us one squirrelly curve ball ... or maybe a few.
First up, let's talk about the biggie. The New Directions lost Sectionals for the first time EVER. 'Memba Marley passing out onstage before the group finished singing last week? Turns out you can't exactly win a competition you don't complete ... not even on Glee.
But this little dose of reality pretty much means Glee club is kaput, at least for the rest of the year. They have no chance of getting to regionals; forget nationals. Technically, they are done until next year. That means no more choir room; Finn had to scrounge up some random space for hanging out and singing just for the sake of singing (after he reminded the New Directions that they actually really enjoy singing after all).
And SPEAKING OF done, I guess we have our answers on all the major Glee couples now, don't we?
Brittana: I thought these girls might actually have a shot of getting back together one day down the line, but it looks like 'ol Trouty Mouth has been crushing on Brittany for a long time. Now that Santana is officially out of the picture (even if she's still hanging around Lima and telling off bitchy Kitty for trying to bully Marley into bulimia), he's moved in. I didn't want to love these two together. But I gotta say there's something adorable about the show's two most dim-witted characters getting all cuddly. I'm still struggling on nicknames here though. Sattany? Brittam? It may take awhile, but we'll get one.
Finchel: We knew they were over, but when Brody slept with Cassie July there was that slim possibility that Rachel Berry might go running back into the arms of her first love. Not anymore. She had her big night at the NYADA showcase -- the first freshman to be invited in years -- and Brody wasn't just by her side, he was there to kiss her and hold her hand and act very much the boyfriend. It would all be easier if Finn weren't left in Lima to morph into an old man so quickly; he needs a relationship, stat!
Klaine: I know, I know, we have been promised that these two are going to work toward some kind of happily ever after. But Kurt nailed his impromptu NYADA audition, and he got in. At best we are only going to get more long distance lovin' for these two lovebirds. Is that what we really want? Or is it time to accept Blaine needs someone back home to play his superhero sidekick?
What do you think of the new directions for all your favorite New Directions couples? Are Brittany and Sam going to be a new favorite? Any suggestions for a flame for Finn?
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It sounds like a dream; styling some of the world's biggest stars including Kirstie Alley for Dancing with the Stars, Kristin Chenoweth (Glee, Wicked The Musical, Broadway) for the final Oprah season and having Blake Lively wear your designs, but for Aussie fashion icon Sophia Banks-Coloma, it's is all in a days' work. With ten years of fashion experience in New York, L.A and Australia, Sophia is a formidable force in the fashion industry, with many labelling her the Aussie Rachel Zoe.
With international success as a highly established creative director, designer and stylist, and a wealth of acknowledgement in the industry; recognised by Forbes as one of its Top Ten Undiscovered Designers on the rise in 2009, and Harpers Bazaar Style leader two years running, it seems the world is her oyster.
Sophia's fascination with fashion began at just 10 years of age when she enrolled in fashion drawing classes. Even after leaving school and moving to New York to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Sophia always knew her passion lay in fashion.
Sophia became co-owner of award-winning Hollywood hotspot Satine Boutique, styling celebrity clientele including Nicole Ritchie, Scarlett Johansson, Michelle Williams and Rachel McAdams to name a few. Sophia and business partner Jeannie Lee would also frequently provide internationally renowned stylist Rachel Zoe with their key fashion tips and trends.
Sophia's style is influenced by her global travels and, with Sophia's strong Australian roots, the Satine showroom regularly showcased Aussie designers including Sass and Bide, Fleur Wood and Camilla and Marc.
Sophia's mantra is simple: "Buy what flatters you, not just what is trendy. If you are uncomfortable in it, don't buy it; otherwise that is exactly how you will end up looking – uncomfortable."
In 2008 Sophia, keen to put her skills as a designer to full effect, launched contemporary label Whitley Kros. The label has since established itself as a celebrity favourite, worn by the likes of Katy Perry, Blake Lively, Taylor Swift and Kate Hudson, and featured on U.S reality TV show 'The Hills'. Testament to Sophia's eye for detail and the brand's innovative designs, Sophia was a semi finalist in the Ecco Domani Fashion Award and her collection was selected as a Mercedes Benz highlighted fashion show – a huge accolade for a designer.
Sophia is currently involved in the costume design for a new film by Academy Award winning Director Barrie M.Osbourne (Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Matrix and the new Great Gatsby) starring Amber Heard (Drive Angry 3D, Rum Diaries), Kellan Lutz (Twilight) and Shiloh Fernandez (Red Riding Hood). The film 'Syrup' is due to launch in Australia in 2012.
As with every successful person, Sophia has her own influences:
"I hugely admire Haider Ackermann and Riccardo Tisci for their great designs, Hubert Givenchy for creating the best dresses ever seen this century, and Coco Chanel for being such a rebel! In terms of style icons, I love Cate Blanchett for her elegant beauty and Charlotte Gainsburg for her effortless style. It could be said that all of the above have acted as a collective muse for my various fashion projects!"
With luxury fashion houses including Dior, Chloe, Cartier, Roland Mouret and J Mendel already lined up to provide the wardrobe for her latest venture, it seems her admiration is reciprocated, with design houses clamouring over themselves to be a part of her projects.
What an amazing woman and a fortunate opportunity to delve into the world of one of the worlds best stylists.
This is the incredible Sophia Banks-Coloma…
Sophia on Work
What projects are you currently working on or have in the near future?
I just finished the movie 'Syrup' in New York, designing all the wardrobe. It is an amazing project staring Amber Heard, Kellan Lutz, Shiloh Fernandez and Britanny Snow. It was a great project to work on – the director overheard me doing an interview for MTV and decided put me in the movie as the TV host interviewing one of the actors!
I am also working on dressing a number of celebrities for the red carpet and some image revamps for various new clients.
You are currently working on a movie starring Amber Heard, is this your first movie and what was your reaction when you found out?
Yes it was my first movie, and it was exciting and terrifying all at the same time. When I was pregnant I would watch the Devil Wears Prada and would think if I had the opportunity to work on a movie like that I would do it. A year later I was sitting with the director of 'Syrup' at the Chateau Marmont discussing the movie and he asked me to work on the costumes.
You've achieve incredible results for many of the brands you have worked for, landing them in major magazines around the world – how have you managed such success?
I never look around and say 'gee I am so successful', I am always striving for more and trying to do more things so I don't really think about it. Right now I am thinking about two new film projects and a some fabulous new clients.
For 10 years you have been working with Hollywood's A-List, who are the ones you really loved working with – or even loved to hate?
Kirstie Alley has been great, we started working together at the beginning of Dancing With The Stars show and it was great to see her weight transformation.
I loved Amber Heard on this latest movie, she is so beautiful, graceful and elegant – a real old Hollywood star, I am sure she will be getting an Oscar soon.
You travel a fair bit between the US and Australia, how do you manage?
I have travelling under control, especially with my daughter. We even ship our bags ahead…. We have a whole travel plan.
You are married to Marcus Coloma, who appears on hit shows like CSI and One Tree Hill, how long have you been married and how did you meet?
My brother's friend, Nick Bosher (creator of beached whale) was staying with us in the USA and he went to an acting class and met my husband. They hit it off and decided to go for a run and he brought Marcus over – the rest was history.
Does Marcus ask for your fashion advice all the time?
All the time….. When he was filming Syrup in New York, he would call me and ask, 'What am I wearing to this premier?'- I'd say the Black Jacket, Blue tee, and the Brown boots- I tell him what to wear all the time.
He says he can't shop or get dressed without me.
How do you maintain a life balance between work and home?
I have to turn off my phone and on Sundays we have a family day. I'm also lucky to have a studio at my house, so I have Coco around me all day and she can come say hello whenever she wants.
My husband and I like it best if we are working together as then we get to spend lots of time together- otherwise we have date night.
My Mother/Father always told me…
My father and mother both always told me to there wasn't anything I couldn't do and that I could never really lose, by reaching for the stars. They showed me anything was possible, they live life, they take risks, they are adventurous and always changing …. That has given me the guts to do things most people would think are crazy and brought me here to this point now.
Sophia on Food
Which foods and drinks most excite your taste buds?
Chocolate and coffee. I live for these things. I can not get enough chocolate.
How often do you eat out and cook at home?
I am sad to say we don't really cook at home, only occasionaly. We had someone cooking for us a little in Los Angeles, before we left so we could have family meals. But the last three months have been in New York…..I don't know if anyone in that city actually owns a frying pan!
What is one of your best cooking tips?
Hmmmmm…… wear heels, so if your food tastes terrible you will look good.
Sophia on Fashion
Being a leading fashion stylist, working with names some people could only dream of working with, you need to look the part. What would you normally wear to feel comfortable, but also look fashionable showing your experience and authority?
I have to say that in New York I did have to learn to adjust my style, as wearing killer heels on set for 12 hours was not going to be easy. So for long days I wear wedges or platform sandles… YSL has a really comfortable pair of sandles.
I do always try and look good, I wear cropped trousers to be casual but always with some heels. I have to admit I suffer for fashion a little, I had to do a interview on the set for WWD and I had just bought a new Celine outfit- wool pants and shirt- but yes I still wore it in 100 degree heat.
I love hats, and will always wear one if my hair is not done- that's my cheat.
Fashion must-have's?
Cropped pant trousers look so chic with a shirt tucked in and a great heel. Plus burgundy nails.
Which celebrity wardrobe do you think is spot on?
Amber Heard, Dianne Kruger and Cate Blanchett.
What is your favourite piece of clothing or accessory?
Right now my burgundy Celine Bag, my Birkin bag, a new Celine outfit and a navy lace dress by The Row.
Sophia on her Home
Who or what influences you most in home décor?
I design my house like my wardrobe which is good and bad. I love wallpaper so have lots of it . I also try and go a little more classic as I will have the urge to decorate my house yellow or burgundy for the color of the season and then want to change it about six months later.
Do you have one feature in your home you love most?
The front entrance has yellow wallapaper with birds on it and the dining room has black wallpaper, which I think it really mysterious.
Do you think rules in fashion also apply to the home?
Yes but on a different scale. There are fashion rules, such as certain things make you look larger. In houses certain things will make a room look smaller and clutered and others will make it feel larger and spacious.
Sophia on Lifestyle
Where did you grow up?
Where is your favourite place to relax in Australia and the US?
Anywhere in Australia- I love it. But mostly Sydney with my family and Palmbeach.
In the USA – Big Sur in northern California, Florida on the beaches and Palm desert at a spa.
What car(s) do you drive, best thing about the car and why you bought it?
Lexus Hybrid- I love big cars and I really wanted a Range Rover as that is my favorite car, but I bought the Lexus for the environment.
What is your greatest extravagance?
Where would your ultimate holiday destination be?
The Maldives. I'm actually going to be going soon and I am so excited it is to a new resort – I just have to find the time to go.
The one thing I can't leave home without is…
My iphone, lip gloss and a great handbag.
If you could be a fly on the wall of any celebrity home, who's wall would you like to sit on?
The royal family.
Three pet hates?
1. Airport Security
2. Dropped Phone Calls
3. Changer over time for the taxi in New York when it is raining – fashion disaster.


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Collinson, Simon (2013) The making of an innovative multinational firm: Chinese capability development through the acquisition of MG-Rover. Discussion Paper. University of Birmingham, Birmingham.
Edwards, Paul (2014) Working for Ford Forty Years On. Discussion Paper. University of Birmingham, Birmingham.
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UW Assistant Professor of Horticulture Receives Young Scientist Award
Research and commitment to teaching have earned an assistant professor of horticulture in the University of Wyoming Department of Plant Sciences the 2013 Young Scientist Award from the Society for In Vitro Biology.
Sadanand Dhekney's current research focuses on expanding grape production in Wyoming. He will receive the award during the 2013 In Vitro Biology meeting in Providence, R.I., June 15-19.
Stationed at the UW Sheridan Research and Extension Center, Dhekney also holds the E.A. Whitney Professorship in Agriculture position. The position, which implements the enhanced degree program with UW's agroecology curriculum, is endowed by Whitney Benefits in Sheridan.
"I am very happy for Sadanand," says Bret Hess, associate dean of research at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and director of the Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station, which overseas four research and extension centers in Wyoming. "He is a very kind and genuine person whose research has potential to revolutionize plant breeding. It is a true honor to have such an award bestowed for his contributions to an emerging field of science."
The Young Scientist Award is given to scientists who are SIVB members and conduct research in the disciplines of in vitro plant and animal biology. Nominations for the Young Scientist Award come from academia worldwide.
Dhekney was nominated by his mentor, Dennis Gray, professor of developmental biology at the University of Florida.
"I've been a society member for 12 years," says Dhekney, whose research is based in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. "I first started attending meetings when I was a graduate student at the University of Florida. I've published a number of peer-reviewed articles in the SIVB journal In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology: Plant. I was happy that all my hard work has paid off."
The SIVB awards committee strongly considers nominees' research but also their commitment to teaching, he says.
"I've been involved with teaching and mentoring a number of graduate, undergraduate and high school students," he says. "I owe this award to the mentors and students I've worked with."
His research focuses on expanding grape production in Wyoming, determining varieties and rootstocks that will grow well in Wyoming's challenging climate. He also works to improve existing elite varieties for drought and salinity tolerance using genetic engineering technology. He studies mostly wine-grape varieties and some table grape varieties. He also teaches classes.
"I started work at UW in 2012, and my research program studying grape production is relatively new," says Dhekney. "A number of growers statewide are interested in the research, and this award will hopefully help raise more awareness of my programs."
Dhekney credited the AES and the plant sciences department for their roles in providing facilities for his research.
"They deserve credit for any honors or awards that I receive," he says. "I'm also fortunate to collaborate with faculty members and students from Sheridan College."


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January 30, 2013Joyent Takes Gaming Companies to the Next Level by rachelbalik
When it comes to gaming, surprises are often part of the fun: You never what's just around the corner or what challenges you'll find in the next level. But for mobile and social game makers, surprises are often the cause of a whole lot of problems, especially when it comes to traffic to a site.
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January 29, 2013Moonshadow Mobile offers visual technology on Joyent Cloud by joyentirene
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Priceless Antiques Roadshow The specialists reveal how they deal with unidentifiable mystery objects. Furniture expert Lennox Cato goes back to his roots in Brighton.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "Venice: City of Dreams" Rick begins a two-part visit to Venice by tracing its history from Europe's most powerful city to its most hedonistic one. He cruises the Grand Canal, luxuriates in a venerable caf? and savors fresh fish canalside with friends. Part 1 of 2G
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The Lawrence Welk Show "Christmas" This 1966 Christmas celebration is new to public television. Lawrence makes his singing entrance on "Jingle Bells." Barbara and Bobby are Raggedy Ann and Andy for the "Doll Dance." The Lennon Sisters sing "Star Carol" while JoAnn Castle rocks the house with "Frosty The Snowman."G
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Are You Being Served? "Christmas 1979, Punch and Judy" Staff members decide to put on a traditional Punch and Judy show.G
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Keeping Up Appearances Christmas Specials "1995" Hyacinth decides to organize and direct a local pageant titled "Our Town in the Civil War." She also casts herself in the starring role of Queen Henrietta Maria and coerces various members of her family to play assorted Cavaliers and Roundheads. The Church Hall is soon in pandemonium.G
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As Time Goes By "Judith's New Romance" Judy has a new romantic interest. Sandy is evasive. Jean believes there is a problem but her efforts on her daughter's behalf lead to further complications.G
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It's A Merry Red Green Christmas Red demonstrates cooking Christmas dinner while Harold writes a letter to Santa. Lodge members put holiday greetings on answering machines. There are recommendations on choosing pets as presents and practical applications for fruitcake.G
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My Family "It's A Gift (Christmas Special)" Ben gets Susan a present from the store where Alfie works as one of Santa's elves. But he soon learns it is the wrong gift for a happy holiday. He tries for something more romantic but finds he could have gotten a better deal by waiting. Then, a present to themselves turns up with the wrong picture.G
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Doctor Who Series "The Rebel Flesh" A solar tsunami sends the TARDIS hurtling toward a factory on Earth where human doppelgangers are used to mine dangerous acid. A second wave hits and the doppelgangers separate. The Doctor must try to prevent an all-out civil war between humans and the "almost people" before the factory explodes.G


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AFC Champions League Wrap: Wanderers recover
Western Sydney Wanderers left it late to complete a 2-0 AFC Champions League triumph over Sanfrecce Hiroshima to progress on away goals.
Brendon Santalab's 85th-minute strike earned the A-League grand final losers a 3-3 draw on aggregate against the J.League champions.
The Australian side's hopes were left hanging by a thread after conceding late in Japan to trail by two goals and that first-leg deficit remained until the second half on Wednesday.
But two excellent strikes after the interval got the job done for Tony Popovic's men as Shannon Cole's leveller and Santalab's powerful volley secured a last-eight spot in Shinji Ono's last game for the club.
The Japan star is returning to his home country but signed off with a fond farewell at Pirtek Stadium.
Last season's losing finalists Seoul also progressed on away goals despite a 2-1 second-leg loss at home to Kawasaki Frontale.
That result left the aggregate score tied at 4-4, with Seoul having scored three times in Japan.
The South Koreans looked to be heading for a far more comfortable margin of victory when Sergio Escudero gave them an eighth-minute lead, but Yu Kobayashi levelled before the break.
Yasuhito Morishima then scored in stoppage time but it was too little, too late for the visitors.
Elsewhere, Al Sadd followed up their goalless home draw against Iranian outfit Foolad with a 2-2 result on the road to go through, while Al Hilal prevailed 4-0 on aggregate after a 3-0 second-leg triumph versus Bunyodkor.


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'The Amazing Spider-Man,' 'Twenty Twelve,' 'Savages' — Check It or Chuck It
It's Check It or Chuck It, a weekly column in which we recommend five things to check out and five things to "chuck." Highlights this week include some web-slinging superhero fun, Oliver Stone's return to the criminal underworld and BBC America's Summer Olympics spoof. And, as always, we recommend a few things to avoid in your weekly media diet, including a fairy tale-based Blu-ray release and a pair of slumping reality shows.
The Amazing Spider-Man
Spidey's back! And he's all new (for some reason). Despite the middling reviews for Sony's 'Spider-Man' reboot, opening Friday, we're still itching to see '(500) Days of Summer' director Marc Webb's take on the web crawler's origin. The movie's story may not surprise, but the special effects are sure to dazzle. Plus the cast features a few of our favorite Hollywood heavies, like angry comedy genius Dennis Leary and the lovely Emma Stone.
After last year's disappointing 'Wall Street' sequel, we're glad to see Oliver Stone return to the violent, blood-soaked crime movie genre with 'Savages,' opening in theaters this Friday. The film follows two California pot dealers (Aaron Johnson and Taylor Kitsch) who come up against a deadly Mexican cartel (led by Salma Hayek), after the cartel kidnaps their Blake Lively-shaped girlfriend (Blake Lively). John Travolta and Benicio Del Toro also appear in supporting roles.
Beloved character acting badass David Morse and indie vet Martin Donovan star in this tense and funny crime thriller written and directed by Donovan, opening at New York's IFC Center this Friday and now available on VOD in most areas.
Twenty Twelve
Premiering Saturday on BBC America, this mockumentary spoofs the making of London's 2012 Summer Olympics. 'Downtown Abbey's' Hugh Bonneville leads a cast that also includes UK comedy vets Jessica Hynes ('Spaced,' 'Shaun of the Dead'), Olivia Colman ('The Office,' 'Green Wing'), and Graham Hitchins ('Primeval').
Marc Maron Interviews Joel McHale
'Community' star Joel McHale sits down with comedian Marc Maron for a fun, revealing chat on Maron's WTF podcast. Maron is never one to shy away from probing questions, so 'Community' fans can expect to hear what McHale really thinks about show creator Dan Harmon getting the boot shortly after its fourth season renewal.
People Like Us
A new film involving Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the co-writers of 'Star Trek,' 'Fringe' and 'Transformers' would usually land on our "Check It" list. Unfortunately, Kurtzman's directorial debut, the recently released 'People Like Us,' is a poorly received two-hour long soap opera – perfect "Chuck It" list fodder.
Mirror Mirror on DVD and Blu-ray
There couldn't be a more perfect "Chuck It" contender than this flamboyant retelling of the 'Snow White' story (yes, another one), available on DVD and Blu-ray this week, which was booted out of theaters after only a few short weeks.
Support for a Spin-Off of 'The Office'
We have nothing against Rainn Wilson, the comic actor who plays Dwight Schrute on 'The Office.' But it's hard not to expect the worst from NBC's hammy idea for an 'Office' spin-off centered on Dwight and his relationship with two very sitcom-y siblings (who have never been mentioned before now) and their efforts to run a bed and breakfast. Yeah, that's happening. Probably next season. And the writer-producer mostly responsible for the last few crummy seasons of 'The Office' is in charge. We will not watch, we will Hate Watch.
Feeling Sorry for Bristol Palin
The premiere of Palin's new reality show 'Life's a Tripp' was number one on our "Chuck It" list a few weeks ago, and it looks like the rest of America agreed with us. The show premiered to dismal ratings (726,00 viewers), forcing the Lifetime network to air it an hour later than originally planned, essentially killing its chances for renewal. Instead of feeling sorry for Bristol, let's celebrate a wonderful development for man, child and animals alike — the Palin name finally seems to be fading away from the cultural landscape. (What can we say Bristol? Life's a trip!)
Feeling Sorry for Snooki and JWow
Last week's premiere of 'Snooki & JWoww' on MTV wasn't a mega success either. The show pulled in lower ratings than Snooki's former 'Jersey Shore' housemate Pauly D's spin-off, 'The Pauly D Project,' earning a little more than 2 million viewers. Could this be the end of the 'Jersey Shore' crew polluting our TV screens with their banal crudity and stupidity? Untanned fingers crossed.


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Today I launched my new website, Star Observer, a website dedicated to the observation of stars and open clusters. I created this website to have a more structured way to present my observing reports from my favorite objects: stars and open clusters. At the core of Star Observer you will find a new and growing collection of visual observing reports. There is a separate page for every object observed. On an object's page you will find my personal observing report, a sketch (or image) and some notes and background information about the object. The observing reports can be found in the top bar menu under "Single and multiple stars" and "Open clusters". In the section "observing stars" you will find some information about the equipment and resources I use for planning, executing and evaluating my observations.
In the future new observing reports will be added on a regular bases. I am also planning to publish a few articles about stars and clusters, and the method I developed for planning, executing and evaluating / publishing my observations.
You can navigate through StarObserver.eu using the different menus or the sitemap. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact me, using the contact form.
Updates on StarObserver.eu will be announced in this blog. Follow this link to go to the homepage of Star Observer.
Clear skies
Math Heijen
It's been a long time since you heard from me, but during the last few months I've been working on a new website dedicated to the observing of stars and star clusters. It will take a little while before it will go online, but I will let you know! In the meantime I'm working on the design and content for this new site, and every now and again I look outside, and wow, in the last week of January Venus and the Moon were lined up in the evening sky. Hope you like the images. Please click to enlarge.
Last week I shot a few images with my Canon Powershot handheld at the 85mm Zeiss Diascope. Here's a nice sample!
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I will inform you about the equipment set-up and the stacking/processing software in the near future. Right now I'm busy reading the software manuals and experimenting with the few movies I recorded. In the end this monochrome camera will be used to shoot detailed images of the Moon, the Sun in combination with the Baader Herschel Prism/Continuum filter and the Sun in H-Alpha with the Coronado PST. I will keep you updated!
I would like to thank Jim Kaler (Prof. Emeritus of Astronomy, University of Illinois), for helping me with my "spectral riddle" in NGC 6910, the Rocking Horse cluster. Here's why the B1 supergiant looks yellow visually instead of bluish-white what you would expect from a B-type star.
As you know it is in the middle of Cygnus, near Gamma Cygni, not far off the galactic plane (you can see my wide angle picture at http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/sadr.html). As such it is subject to a great deal of interstellar extinction and reddening from interstellar dust. The dust selectively absorbs and scatters blue light (roughly 1/wavelength), so when you look at a star thru dust it will appear redder than it really is (basically the same reason the sun is reddened at sunset). The intrinsic B-V color of a B1.5 Ia supergiant is -0.2. The observed color is 0.83, about the color of a K0 dwarf or a G5 giant, so the star appears yellowish to the eye.
The whole cluster is highly reddened in fact by about the same amount. The "color excess" (E) is the observed minus true color, which is about 1.0 for this cluster. The absorption at V is usually taken as 3.2E, so Av (abs at V) is 3 magnitudes. If there were not dust, a 7th magnitude star would appear 4th magnitude, and the cluster would be visible to the naked eye. Good observing on your part to notice that. You can see the effect in many other distant clusters near the galactic plane.
Jim Kaler
Thanks again!
Where can you find NGC 6910? The map below should give you a rough idea. Just center your telescope on Gamma Cyngi and move just about half a degree north-northeast. There you will find this nice clump of stars.
(Image from Voyager 4.5, http://www.carinasoft.com)
When you start looking for NGC 6910, bear in mind that it is a small cluster, only 7' in diameter, but then again, at lowest magnification it jumped out at me in my 12-inch scope. With the 22mm Nagler (fov 68') I already saw the complete outline of the little horse, and with the 7mm at 230x I could see a few dimmer, magnitude 12 stars. NGC 6910 is a Y-shaped cluster oriented northwest southeast. I counted between 20 and 25 stars but its always difficult to tell which do belong to the cluster and which are not included. The two brightest stars looked definitely yellow and are from the 7th magnitude.
There is however something that riddles me about these two yellow suns. According to all planetary programs and Internet databases, the Northernmost of the two stars is SAO 49556, a spectral type K1III, which explains the yellowish color. The southernmost of the two is SAO 49563 (or V2118 Cygni), a variable star of spectral type B1.5Ia. Normally I would think that a B1 star shines Bluish or at least mainly white, and not yellow. I checked other observing reports and I found that Sue French's (Celestial Sampler, page 132) reports:
At 87x, two yellowish stars of 7th magnitude and a pearly, split chain of eight 10th magnitude stars unite in a Y-shaped pattern about 5' long.
Sue sees two yellow stars as well, so I'm very curious why this B1 star seems to appear yellow instead of white. Does it have something to do with the Variable character of the star? Maybe one of you out there can help on this one.
Anyway, visually it is a very interesting group, so I made a sketch. The sketch below was made with the 300mm dob, a 7mm eyepiece (fov 18') giving a magnification of 230x. South is up and west is to the left. The next time when you're in the area observing, check out on NGC 6910 and let me know which colors you could see.
About one and a half years ago I bought a 12-inch telescope for deepsky observing, an f/5.3 Newtonian telescope from Orion optics UK. The tube is mounted on a dobsonian rocker-box and equipped with the Argo Navis Digital Telescope Computer. During the past 18 months I have put together my set of eyepieces for this telescope. I had four major criteria for selecting the eyepieces:
1. High quality
2. Large true fields of view
3. Weight between 400 and 800 grams
4. Lots of eye-relief
All selection criteria were important, but the most important was number four, eye-relief. In this article I will tell you why these criteria were more or less important to me, which eyepieces I finally chose and why I chose them.
1. High Quality
I wanted high quality eyepieces, for two reasons. The first reason was that good eyepieces stay with you forever, even when you buy and sell telescopes in the future, the eyepieces stay with you. The second reason was I had the money for buying them.
2. Large true fields of view
If you have a push-to telescope (you follow the object by pushing the telescope manually) you want fields of view that are as large as possible. The higher the magnification the more important this becomes. If for instance you watch the Eskimo Nebula at a magnification of 600x, it virtually flies through your field of view, so the larger the field of view is, the longer you can concentrate on observing before having to move the telescope again.
When I bought the Orion Optics 12-inch, I only had a set of Vixen lanthanum LV eyepieces with an apparent field of view of 50 degrees. Compare that to a Pentax XW eyepiece with a field of view of 70 degrees, you will see that the Pentax's field of view is twice as big, in other words, at the same focal length and magnification, it will take an object twice as long to cross the field of view when using a 70 degree eyepiece instead of a 50 degree eyepiece. So I was looking for high-quality eyepieces with large fields of view. These two criteria already narrowed the search down to Televue Naglers and Panoptics, Pentax XW's or Vixen Lanthanum LVW's.
3. Weight
The Orion-Optics UK dobsonian is a lightweight instrument. I wanted eyepieces that were in more or less the same weight-class to prevent problems with balancing the scope and adding an optional friction brake, which has to be adjusted when switching eyepieces of different weight. So I wanted eyepieces that weighed between 400 and 800 grams.
4. Eye-relief
The last criterion for me was the most important, lots of eye-relief. I always observe wearing glasses. First of all, I have astigmatism. The Televue Dioptrx was no option for me. I tried one for a while, but they can only be used on Televue eyepieces. On top of that, every time I want to look in my star-atlas or make a sketch of the object, I have to put on my glasses anyway, so I want to keep them on all night while observing. With glasses you need eyepieces with lots of eye-relief, preferably 17mm or better (some people find 15mm also OK).
The four criteria narrowed down the search, and in fact only a handful of eyepieces met all my wishes. So in the end, the choice wasn't that difficult at all.
The set of eyepieces I chose
In the first column you will find the eyepieces I chose for my Orion Optics 300mm Dobson. In the second column you see the apparent field of view in degrees, in the third column the magnification of the eyepiece when used in combination with my 12-inch f/5.3 telescope (focal length 1600 mm), in the fourth column the true field of view in arc minutes and in the last column the eye relief in millimeters.
The 35mm panoptic is the eyepiece with the lowest magnification and a large field of view. The three Type 4 Naglers are for medium magnifications. The three Pentax XW's are for high power viewing.
Why I chose these eyepieces
This eyepiece is for low power viewing. When searching for objects or observing large objects, this is my favorite eyepiece. The 35mm Panoptic is a wonderful eyepiece. The views of larger objects like the double cluster in Perseus or the Rosette Nebula are simply stunning. A flat field of view with sharp and crisp images.
Another candidate for low power was the 31mm Nagler, but it was too heavy for this telescope and the eye-relief was not as good as with the 35mm Panoptic (19mm vs. 24mm). The true field of view however is a bit wider in the 31mm Nagler.
These eyepieces really surprised me. The first I bought from this series was the 12mm. At first light a had a lot of problems with the kidney-bean effect, large blackout areas, due to the fact that my eye was placed at the wrong position. But once I understood how to use the adjustable eye-cap, I was completely convinced that this eyepiece would stay.
The 12mm Nagler Type 4 produces very bright and clear images, and the field of view is simply overwhelming. It really looks like you are in space. It is not possible to take in the whole field of view at once. You have to move your eye around more or less to look around the rim of the field of view. The spacewalk experience with this 12mm Nagler Type 4 convinced me completely and without hesitation I ordered the 17mm and 22mm Naglers Type 4 as well. These three eyepieces are at the core of my set of eyepieces for my 300mm Dobson and they are the most used magnifications. They are simply wonderful. Open clusters like M 35 or M 37or the Orion Nebula with the 22mm, M81 and M82 with the 17mm, M13 with the 12mm, it al looks just right.
Other eyepieces I tried in the 22-12mm range were the 24mm Panoptic and the 22mm Panoptic (smaller eye-relief and smaller field of view than the Naglers) , the 21mm Denkmeier (smaller field of view, but a very good eyepiece), 17mm Panoptic (poor eye-relief) and the 13mm Type 6 Nagler poor eye-relief, kidney bean effect, pin-cushion distortion).
For high power viewing, the Pentax XW eyepieces are the only high-quality eyepieces with an eye-relief of 20mm and a field of view of 70 degrees. Of course the Nagler Type 6 have a much wider field of view, but the eye relief again is rather poor. It is possible to use eyepieces with an exit-pupil smaller than 2mm without glasses, and still get a sharp image, but as I said before, I want to be able to read, write and draw at the telescope, so I want to keep on my glasses. That's why I chose the Pentax XW over the Naglers in this range. The adjustable eye-caps make me decide for the Pentax over the Vixen LVW eyepieces, which are also very fine, with their 20mm eye-relief and 66 degree field of view. With the Pentax's adjustable eye cap it is possible to adjust the position of the eye, making it easy to take in the whole field of view without getting the kidney-bean effect. It is possible to take in the whole field of view at once. For planetary nebula, small galaxies, globular clusters and double stars, these eyepieces provide the high magnification, but of course to seeing has to be stable to use the high powers.
The choice of this set of eyepieces for this particular telescope was based on my personal wishes (criteria 1-4) and I only can say that all the eyepieces I've tried, were of an excellent quality. Often it was eye-relief that tipped the balance in favor of a certain eyepiece. If you do not wear glasses, the range of eyepieces to choose from becomes much wider. The best advice I can give you is that when you have the chance, try out the different eyepieces before buying them. Also try to write down the things you expect from your eyepieces (price, weight, focal length, eye-relief, which telescope etc.) This will narrow down the number of eyepieces to choose from. In the end the right choice will give you a lot of satisfaction when using them, and probably save you some money as well. Should you have any questions about the eyepieces or my telescope, please feel free to contact me.
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The estimable editors of the New York Sun have a far higher threshold for pain than we do. They are able not only to continue reading New York Times columnist Frank Rich, but also have the patience to subject his columns to the critical examination they merit. Don't miss today's editorial on Rich's Sunday Times column: "Frank Rich's war." See also Jed Babbin's closely related Spectator column: "The Vietnamization of Iraq."
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