text: by Kent Harrington Apr 1, 2013 Comments (0) AIChE Topics: Energy Sustainability & Environment Share This Post: Rumors had been flying around the biofuels industry for weeks. Then, soon after operations began at its Boardman, Oregon, cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant, federally backed ZeaChem announced layoffs. Since technological and funding hurdles have forced many cellulosic ethanol companies to shut down, ZeaChem's latest news is par-for-the-course as the cellulosic biofuels industry flails at mandates from the wildly ambitious Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Instead of delivering 500 million gallons of mandated cellulosic biofuels for 2012, only 20,069 gallons dribbled out of the struggling industry. Just months after shipping that first small batch of cellulosic ethanol, Western Biomass Energy, an early company on the scene, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Nevertheless, the DOE's Energy Information Administration still estimates that output could grow to more than 5 million gallons in 2013 as operations ramp up at several plants. With better luck, several more plants could begin production by 2015, with a capacity of around 250 million gallons. Locally sourced biomass Last month, after completing its 250,000-GPY biorefinery, and as the rumors of financial trouble began to spread, ZeaChem finally produced commercial-grade cellulosic chemicals and ethanol from locally sourced poplar chips. At the time, Jim Imbler, president of the company, said, "The start of cellulosic production is a significant milestone for ZeaChem as we demonstrate our highly efficient biorefining technology, develop our first commercial-scale biorefinery, and expand global opportunities." Watch a short company promo: With the capacity to use 10 tons of biomass a day, Imbler wouldn't say how much ethanol had been produced in the initial run or the conversion rates achieved. While he did say the plant would become more efficient over time, he wouldn't forecast how much ethanol would be produced in 2013. "Anything we make, we'll sell," Imbler assured the Seattle Times. Finding a use for lignin residue Regardless of its financial difficulties, ZeaChem still possesses a promising technology. By using a hybrid biochemical and thermochemical process, the company has leapfrogged the yield and CO2 problems associated with first-gen cellulosic processes. After fractionating the biomass, the sugar stream is sent to fermentation where the company uses a microorganism found in termites to process five- and six-carbon sugars to acetic acid without producing carbon dioxide. In comparison, traditional yeast fermentation creates one molecule of CO2 for every molecule of ethanol. The carbon efficiency of the ZeaChem fermentation process is nearly 100% vs. 67% for yeast. The acetic acid is then converted to an ester which can then be reacted with hydrogen to make ethanol. To get the hydrogen to convert the ester to ethanol, ZeaChem takes the lignin residue from the fractionation and gasifies it to create a hydrogen-rich syngas stream. The hydrogen is separated from the syngas and used for ester hydrogenation and the remainder of the syngas is burned to create steam and power for the process. The net effect of combining the two processes is that about two-thirds of the energy in the ethanol comes from the sugar stream and one-third comes from the lignin steam in the form of hydrogen. No longer a prisoner of corn or sugar cane Similar to a petrochemical refinery that makes multiple fuels and chemicals, ZeaChem's demonstration facility is employing its C2 (two-carbon atom) platform to produce cellulose-based ethanol and intermediate chemicals such as acetic acid and ethyl acetate. Imbler says the commercial market potential for all C2 products is $485 billion. Through relatively simple processing adjustments, the ZeaChem platform technology can create C3 chemicals, including propionic acid, ethyl propionate, propanol and propylene. Together, ZeaChem's C2 and C3 products address markets of more than $1 trillion. ZeaChem's other advantage: unlike conventional biorefineries, it can convert nearly any non-food biomass into fuels and chemicals. This allows the company to source feedstock locally and less expensively, no longer leaving it a prisoner of corn or sugar cane. The Oregon demonstration facility receives its feedstock from nearby tree farms and other local agricultural residue processors. Another hurdle for ZeaChem While development of an adjacent commercial-scale biorefinery was underway, the company announced layoffs after it failed to secure a bridge loan "intended to carry ZeaChem into its next funding round," according to an e-mailed received by Bloomberg. Last year ZeaChem received a $232.5 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Agriculture Department to build their commercial stage cellulosic-ethanol plant right next door to the demonstration plant. Unfortunately, Zeachem needed about $391 million on the plant. The e-mail also said, "...management is committed to the top priority of quickly raising additional capital in order to get employees back to work." Will ZeaChem have a Solyndra effect on the market? Images: Various, ZeaChem video screengrab Log in to post comments


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- The photo is of Coursera founders Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng
- The quote is mis-attributed to the guy who got like 300,000,000 gazillion people to sign up for an A1 course, and for all major newspapers, magazines, is the founder of MOOCs much to the chagrin of our friends in Canada.
- And just for a fourth leg to this troll, I put an edX logo on Ng's laptop.
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|20 Feb 2013
gregrocker thanks for reply
I don't know what exactly is tech enthousiast....(hehe..)
I always unistall manually the boatware...applications, which I don't need
for to have a more light and quick system...(it works!)
...Unfortunatelly I don't have a W7 original disk....so neither oem cds
or restoring to factory settings will give me a clean install...
...Thats why I ask if I can use the W7 disks I made from "digital life-iso"
But Kaktussoft told me I will mess with the differents languages...
...The best for me would be a clean install but with a recovering partition....(because I know some things but I am not a "guru"...so it seems for me a "handy" way to roll back quick,if need it...)I know is possible to do anything..with WAIK you can build your own enviroments (recovery partitions etc) but it needs.....to study....to study....
and to read....
....In this moment I have to finish the story, I wanted just to make a repair...and later when I'll be able
I will make my sytems like i want them..
I'm sorry I don't have in this moment time...so I write everything very quick....I'll be back soon..
Thanks thanks thanks to all of you...you are so kind in this forum...
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|20 Feb 2013
Did you read Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7?
The installer is provided in Step 1.
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But since he has VSS errors in eventlog, he should check the harddisk. At least that's my opinion. Without a good working harddisk ... reinstall is useless
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|20 Feb 2013
I didn't get that he wants the Greek version from his reply which we waited so long for:
It remains Greek to me.
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|20 Feb 2013
Ok friends...I am back in business...
Gregrocker - sorry ..just now I finished reading the page you suggest me "clean reinstall-Factory oem W7"..
Really is everything someone can need....I didn't know about this page. So I can try a clean install...and if something goes wrong I can (with the recovery oem cds I have made already), bring laptop in the state it was when I bought it.
Did I understand well? ........Yeeeeaaaa!
So I can give a try. I am a little afraid to mess reinstalling drivers or to find any difficulties....but like we said I can bring the system back to factory oem settings.
So I will mark the thread as solved!
I really thank you all...... of course I have still thousant of questions....about repairing and and and...but I believe until I die I will have questions.....so we will finish it here....
I really appreciate all of you for the time you gave me...
Kaktussoft -...I will test my hard drive.........don't worry.....if Ι will be inside of new problems.......I'll come back...
......(not often I find so kind people.......and hoping next time I am speaking a little better english....)
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|20 Feb 2013
I would keep the thread open so we can help you with your reinstall. You might as well since it is a specialty of these forums, where we've helped tens of thousands of happy users do this.
Pay close attention to how drivers are handled in Win7 because it's different than in the past.
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I thought you want GREEK win7...you don't have the dvd yet as far as i know.
Why not restore to "factory settings"? it's the same as clean install. factory settings have all drivers already installed and is automatically activated. Only negative thing is it has all kinds of bloatware.
Why not do a restore to factory settings?
Of course backup important files first!
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|20 Feb 2013
Hello (again)...people...
Ok .I want of course to keep the thread open.... Just the "big job" will be tomorrow. Now -in Athens- is 1 oclock midnight
and I am in a friends house ( I don't have Dell laptop with me).
Kaktussoft yes I have greek windows but like I wrote you..I don't care so much to keep the os in greek...
Of course is easier for me to use greek.... but anyway the most important actions you can do is in english..like debugging, tutorials to learn C or visual basic or command prompt or anything....so I thought if I'll change to english maybe is an "opportunity"..to learn also better english...
Having in mind always that I can change easily back to oem factory settings....it was looking a good idea...
Like I wrote you in the beginning I start with the will just to repair......All my questions was if I can make the repair with the image W7 or with disks from iso...and....Now after the informations you gave me (that is not possible to repair greek os with english disks), and the page gregrocker show me....I started to think more and more about to give a try to a clean install....
But after the last post of Kaktussoft.....when you told me why to go in problems? just make a restore to factory settings....again I change my mind ....because somehow you are right....when I can unistall all the apps I don't want (like I have done always)....why to go inside all this stress?......Only if I see it like a tutorial for learning......
.........So that I don't make you crazy.....in true in this moment I cannot decide.....I'll wait until tomorrow......
hoping that you will be still in the mood.....we will think about when I'll be infront of dells monitor...
Again thanks to everybody..........I wish to all of you good time........
See you soon ....
Kaktussoft...... Just I read again your last post.........I think man......you win me....You are right.....who likes problems?....
I can make the easy restoring to factory settings....unistall al the boatware......apps.......And when I will become a Guru .....
......after I can build even my own operating system......haha!
.............I will know for sure tomorrow.....
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Whatever you decide is fine with us. We will be here to help.
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|21 Feb 2013
Hello friends.
...first Goodmorning, second I have more clear mind today.
So, I decide to try
a)to repair!...(an old strory..) how?...here there is a problem...
B)to roll back to factory settings (the easiest!)
c)to try a nice clean install! (the best but stressfull!)
The above order I'll follow...
Now if you know you can help me to clear up the situation.
I pass earlier chkdsk/f with no errors. In my events I am full of errors...They speak for an unknown device...which brought mess...speaks for unable to create shadows copy...That some services couldn't start...like MiniRedirector..like Network Awareness...that some prog. could not load...and more...more...some I believe comes from the failed Renesas driver, also in device manager I have 2 unknown dev!. Anyway maybe is not clever to speak for all this now.
Unfortunatelly I had unistall the Dell diagnostics. Kaktussoft You gave me yesterday 2 apps for hard disks checking.
Seagate is my external drive. **The second app do you think has compatibility with my inner hard disk?
(I wrote you already what hard disk I have, but is just numbers...)**so do you know can I use your program?
Before I'll do anything I would like to check my disk like you advice me **(supposing chkdsk is not enough..)
So after I'll try repairing. I cannot find easily greek W7....because ...my neighbors or they don't use computers or they have preinstall Windows like me..
I have two possibilities...a) In one forum I remeber was giving instructions how to change language packs in
that iso files from "digital river"...I had keep in my favorities the site..I have to search to find between of hundreds...
..and B) I found in some sites a program called "vistalizator"...but looks a little strange...**Maybe someone from you knows what is this...They say you can -very easy- change languages in os...maybe is a virus?
**So if somehow I could build a greek disk after could I repair?
If all the above is not possible I'll try the rest two solutions. First the factory set. and if not possible
I'll try clean install in english..it's ok. For to make easier to you to answer me I put two stars infront of every question...**...
Like you understood.....is going to take a long long time to fix my PC...I have also my first Acer and is ok.
I feel to thank you again... any advice, idea, thinking is wellcome...
(gregrocker I am not so experience forum user....if we continue speaking..do I have to unmark the thread as solved?)
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Ok, so the aliens are here – about to drop on your head – well some reaction is perhaps worth considering-nah!
Just kidding.
Ok, so the aliens are here – about to drop on your head – well some reaction is perhaps worth considering-nah!
Just kidding.
There are so many things we cannot understand: take time travel fpr one. In some ways it is possible – objects moving rapidly in space are in a different time relation to slower ones. So while we cannot go back in time, it is imagineable that those who have travelled away at high speeds, not even approaching light speeds – that if they return, we would all have passed away!
TIme really is a variable. That is something weird isn't it? And then as for black holes and all the rest of it, well wow. Light cannot go inside, but there is an event horizon – check out that film, for a fun encounter with the devil and the beyond of now!
Pretty amazing end to Supernatural don't you think – well at least till they come back next time!
A pretty weird idea shutting angels out of heaven – a better one than the whole purgatory thing (I must admit now that I did not like those monsters with teeth really, and I am not talking vampires). A beautiful ending actually!
Anyway, I miss them already, and look forward to their return. And Doctor Who is also gone for a few months – what to watch now, I wonder? Even the Shades are gone!
Such a great idea! Love John Hurt – and Dr Who of course! Here is a clip of what we can expect from the oldest doctor!
This is, well, different, in every sense. He has sung it, but after his joy ride, changed the script!
What do you think of this? I am not sure – .with this weird interstellar transmission. Well not interstellar – not exactly!
NOW THAT IS A FUNNY IDEA!!! Then again, what if Sam were Samantha?
A Blog devoted to Supernatural
A thread on the forum sparked my imagination for today's blog entry. We all no how much Dean loves a real woman, how he flirts with women regularly. When Castiel first came on the scene, many got the relationship and shipped the pair because of their chemistry and attraction. I can see the bond, but as far as the relationship is concerned, I can take it or leave it.
What sparked my thought was, how would we have felt if Castiel was in fact a woman? Would this change our perception of the Dean and Cas relationship if the gender were reversed? Would there have been much more of an attraction if Castiel were a woman not a man? So if Cas was a women would fans have really not liked her. As we no how well women go down on this show, and what reception they often do receive. Would we have felt…
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The darkened skies
And lightning
Terrified you shy
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You remind us
How we love you
WIth your snapping jaws
crazy eyes staring
Scratchy hunting claws
The mouse, we wonder
Why we love you
So much in our house.
Then purring and rubbing
We pour out crackers
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Lack of transportation, not jobs, blamed for unemployment
Windsor Enterprise Skills Training and Pathway to Potential to host conversation about transportation
Windsor's unemployment rate is 8.9 per cent but for some people looking for work, transportation, not lack of jobs, is the real problem.
Some just can't get to the available jobs.
Several groups in Windsor-Essex are trying to address the lack of affordable, available and reliable transportation.
Windsor Enterprise Skills Training and Pathway to Potential are to host an public conversation about transportation barriers in the region Wednesday between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at Tecumseh Arena.
Nour Hachem, the youth project coordinator for WEST, estimates 50 per cent of those looking for work with help of WEST say transportation is a barrier.
"We often help clients get to interviews," Hachem said.
Earlier this month, the organization bused approximately 20 job seekers to interviews and orientation sessions for a handful of job openings in Leamington.
"But because of [a lack of] transportation, most couldn't take the position," she said.
Hachem said the employer went so far as to arrange for all 20 of them to work the same shift, so they could car pool, but none of them could maintain a car because they all said it was too expensive.
Low pay can't support cars
Hachem said many of the job openings pay between $12 and $15 an hour. It's an income level that she said can't possibly pay for a car, given gas, insurance and upkeep.
Hachem said lack of regional bus service also stops people from being able to take jobs on the city's edge.
She said there are lots of employers in Oldcastle, but Transit Windsor service stops at Silver City on Walker and Provincial Roads.
She knows one woman who takes a bus to the end of its route and then hails a cab to complete the trip to a communications job.
"Often times, the bus doesn't get to the location they need to get to," Hachem said. "It's a regional issue. We want to have a regional transportation discussion."
Hachem said employers in Windsor and surrounding municipalities have talked about transportation challenges.
Some of them will be at Wednesday's open discussion.


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One of the frustrating things about teaching in schools is that you can't always treat children as individual all of the time – you need to treat them like a class some of the time whilst at the same time constantly reminding yourself about their individuality.
This is not always as easy as it sounds when you are trying to get through the amount of learning that each students needs to be taught and to learn.
Images in Matthew leave no doubt about the importance and urgency of a school's focus on children and their learning. The focus must be on children as individuals, not simply children as a collective. We do not teach classes, we teach individuals. We only do it in class groups to achieve economy of scale.
In my role I am continually reminding teachers that each of the students in their class are little people with different ways of learning and of showing their learning. We try to teach to the range of learning styles (e.g. aural, kinaesthetic, visual, logical, holistic etc) but always knowing that each child has a preferred learning style. Some teachers might find this daunting and more than once a teacher has said to me "Does that mean I have to teach everything 20 different ways?" the answer of course is no – use a variety so that every child has his preferred way of learning some of the time.
In Matthew 18:12-14 we are invited to imagine the response of the shepherd upon realising that one of his sheep has strayed. Straight away his heart goes out to the lost sheep and he leaves the ninety nine to go in search of the one. We sense the shepherd's deep compassion and concern and his immediate and urgent striving to attend to the stray.
What does this look like in our school? Is there a sense of urgency about under-achievement or social unease? Will we 'do whatever it takes' to attend to children whose levels of achievement/development are below that which we might reasonably expect?
This is certainly the way we operate at MCC. We might teach classes but we know when individual students are struggling – we know it by what we observe students doing in class, we know it by the questions they ask, we know it by the results they achieve and we know it by poor behaviours.
We try to get a holistic view of why they might not be learning, through teacher conferences, discussion with parents and individual chats with the child.
As Simon Birmingham (Federal Minister for Education) reminded us last week; "There are three partners in the learning process: students, their parents, and schools. If students aren't learning then each partner has a role to play".
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Partner Highlight: Zoom into Nano: Bringing Nano to a New Audience in Towson, Maryland
Port Discovery Children's Museum in Baltimore is committed to providing educational programming to children of all socio-economic backgrounds across Maryland. The Museum and Community Partnerships Explore Science: Zoom into Nano kit was the perfect opportunity for the museum to reach a new audience - the faith based community. The museum partnered with Babcock Presbyterian Church A+ Care in Towson, Maryland, which provides before and after care for a low fee. Our partnership began with them in the spring of 2015, where they received NASA's BEST after school curriculum through a grant with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. This site was chosen for this project to further engage the faith based community.
Port Discovery's Explore Science: Zoom into Nano kit served 28 students in Kindergarten through 5th grade at A+ Care last school year. The students come to the program from two Title 1 schools in Baltimore County and include an ethnically and economically diverse group of students. The museum provided a five week after school program, free of charge, all about nanoscience. Session themes were 1) Nano is very, very small, 2) Unexpected things can happen at the nanoscale, 3) Scientists can make and study tiny things, 4) Nano is found in nature, and 5) Nano inspires new technologies. The program was designed using the Zoom into Nano kit, previous NanoDays kits, as well as Port Discovery designed activities. Activities from the kit included Gravity Fail, Ready Set Fizz, Smelly Balloons, Rainbow Film, Stained Glass Art, and You Decide. Additional activities included building marshmallow molecules, Feel Nano Magnets, strawberry DNA extraction, Nano Fabric/Pants, Make a Flying Car, and more.
The program was a success for both the museum and community partner! The staff, students, and parents at A+ Care were very enthusiastic about the program. The church does not often receive this type of enrichment activity because it is not affiliated with the school and the church isn't in an accessible location in the county. Parents reported that their students did not want to go home during Port Discovery afternoons. They would pick their children up later on days where the museum was coming, so they could complete the program. With the support of the NISE Network, A+ Care received the programming free of charge and with continued support from Baltimore County, will receive two new free programs during the current school year. Additionally, the museum has received support to extend our reach into the faith-based community from a local funder. With their support, Port Discovery will be serving four Catholic Schools in Baltimore City in 2017.
The NISE Network's Museum and Community Partnerships Explore Science: Zoom into Nano kit provided Port Discovery with the perfect vehicle to reach a new audience with nanoscience programming and beyond. It allowed the museum to sustain a partnership with Babcock Presbyterian Church as well as extend our reach into the schools of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
For questions about Port Discovery's Museum and Community Partnerships program, please contact Sarah Zimmerman, Associate Director of Education.


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Gel Extracting a 15kb Band? - Quick and Easy method (Nov/15/2010 )
I am trying to extract a 15kb Band from agarose gel for ligation. I have used the Qiaquick Gel Extraction Kit, and it didn't work. The kit says it is designed to extract and purify DNA of 70bp to 10kB so I am not surprised. But is there another kit or another method out there that's easy, quick and cheap for larger fragments?
Any help would be much appreciated! Thank you
There's plenty of methods out there for ligation in the gel. Otherwise you could try eluting onto DE81 paper (see Sambrook et al Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual), or "freeze 'n' squeeze" (freezing the gel, spinning out the agarose and using the supernatant).
and you can try electrolution or beta agarase treatment.
Or you could just use a genomic DNA extraction kit. It's designed for long DNA fragments.


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One must assume that their reasoning (if, indeed, reason was involved in the process at all) was to (A) avoid lay-offs in a bad economy, and/or (B) to secure the flow of tax revenue from the casinos for as long as possible.
Neither option plays well, however, as literally the first thing the casinos did was say that $8 million probably wouldn't be sufficient to avoid lay-offs:
However, Dover Downs CEO Ed Sutor indicated Monday that the $8 million, which will be spread out among the three casinos, may not be enough to hold back job cuts.If that's the case, then we're down to reason number two, which Wade Malcolm shot in the ass this morning:
And darker days could lie ahead for the state's three casinos in 2014 and beyond as competition from other states intensifies, and some degree of layoffs could be inevitable in the near term – no matter what action legislators decide to take.There's more to Wade's story, including the numbers, but you can get that yourself.
You can also read this story, which explains that lawmakers like Senator Robert Venables knew when they decided to donate $8 million in taxpayer dollars to keep private businesses afloat that it probably wouldn't work:
Sen. Robert Venables, who chairs the committee, said the $8 million is "better than nothing" for the casino industry, which has pleaded with lawmakers and the governor in recent weeks forhelp to reduce its tax burden.There are two realities here.
1. The General Assembly is just as willing to send $8 million down the tubes as corporate welfare on the off chance the gaming industry will recover as the Markell administration was to bet the farm on Fisker or Bloom Energy. So now we know just why our legislators don't do any better at counter-balancing the Governor's bad decisions: given the choice they do just as badly.
2. That $8 million would not have prevented all teacher lay-offs across the state, but it sure would have been "better than nothing." As it is, the Bond Bill Committee has just voted to spend money to prevent lay-offs that they already know won't prevent lay-offs.
Apparently neither math nor logic is necessary to make multi-million-dollar decisions with your tax money.


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Wax Seal Jewelry – wax seal necklaces, charms, rings and things, all handmade using a collection of antique wax seals and intaglios dating from 1730's to 1910's.
Welcome the magical world of antique wax seals and the jewelry that was created from their matrix impressions!
Celebrate the Present with mottos and symbols from the Past.
Little pieces of art – meaningful symbolic wax seal jewelry with incredible detailing from RQP Studio. Tiny charms, bold rings, statement necklaces, bracelets and more, proudly made in the USA.
Upcycled jewelry made of recycled metal. The antique wax seals date back to the 18th and 19th Century, and most of RQP Studio's seals come from England or France.
The old mottos, symbols, quirky and whimsical inscriptions still resonates today, some two-three hundred years later. Fabulously meaningful, and a great way to celebrate the Present with designs from the Past.
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Gov. Nixon signs measure with potential to benefit MU's campus
COLUMBIA - Gov. Jay Nixon signed legislation that would authorize $200 million in bonds for repairs and renovations to college campuses in Missouri.
This comes just a week after MU's Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin announced the University of Missouri needs to reallocate $3.8 million because of losses in state funding.
Nixon's budget director says there are no plans to actually give the bonds out. He froze funding from bonds earlier in the summer and cited concerns about state revenue.
MU has been trying to renovate Lafferre Hall, which is home of the engineering building. It is waiting on funding for the renovation.
Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, said the question now is if anyone benefits from the bonds.
He said the General Assembly will discuss the issue in September when it meets for the veto session.
Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, said the bonds will be issued if all of the vetoes the governor vetoed the last day of session are sustained in September.
Kelly said if the vetoes are sustained, MU will be able to renovate the engineering building.
Schaefer said higher education is a pressing issue and needs to be discussed further.
MU is also planning on repairing and renovating other areas on campus.


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FlatOut Days by WD-40 BIKE 2019
Spectacular Flat Out Days are coming back to Ljubljana, this time in the form of a two-day event with Friday night pump track competition and Saturday show with dual slalom race and the Bike Line Session! Add a concert, great food, cold drinks and of course loud fans! Everything will of course happen in Bike Park Ljubljana.
Big Line Session
Only riders with invitation can enter the event.
Big Line Session is a competition without qualifications and finals, all riders can ride all the time and enjoy jumping over multiple big jumps. The main challenge is to make a whip as big as possible, but they also have a best trick and the highest jump competitions.
Dual Slalom
Dual slalom is a competition on two nearly identical tracks. Two riders race at the same time, each one once on a different line. Faster rider advances to the next round.
Riders on pump track gain speed with pumping on the track. Two riders race at the same time, each one once on a different line. Fastest rider advances to the next round.
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Powdery mildew is a fungal disease
Powdery mildew is a fungal disease that attacks a wide variety of plants, including all begonias.
The damage due to infection by the fungi can be slight to severe; affect some plants and not others; and be worse in some seasons than in others.
Usually the first symptoms of the disease are white to pale gray fungus growths-similar to small white stars-which appear on the leaves, stems or flowers. Young plants and those under any stress, such as one that is badly in need of water, tend to be the first affected and more severely damaged than older, healthy ones.
Generally speaking, mildew is more prevalent in the fall when high humidity is rapidly converted to moisture by the onset of cooler evenings. Moisture allows the spores to germinate. In a conservatory or greenhouse, adequate air circulation is vital, as is control of the humidity.
Shade houses have the advantage of better ventilation, but jamming plants close together will be counterproductive, as it will reduce the all-important airflow around them. In the open garden, good spacing will reduce the chances of infection. Spraying and watering is best done in the early morning, with care taken not to wet the foliage when watering.
Organic remedy: One old remedy, for those who prefer not to use toxic sprays, is to use 2 tablespoons of baking soda to 1 gallon (4 L) of water applied as a spray. Another natural product one can use is milk.
In an experiment carried out in South America, it was found that milk diluted with ten parts of clean water and sprayed once a week was very effective in controlling powdery mildew on vegetables.
An option in areas particularly mildew-prone is to consider adopting a preventive spray program from the beginning of the season. Before buying the spray, check the information given on the container for the following names, as these are the present-day chemicals supposedly best suited to controlling powdery mildew: proaconazole, myclobutanil, triforine, tridemorph, penconazole and fenarimol. In some instances, copper fungicides can also be effective. Sulfur, both as a spray or a dust, is also effective and is now available as a soluble powder. As opposed to all other sprays, mildew does not become resistant to sulfur.


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The Alpha banker is a leading source of information for financial professionals working in the City and Wall Street.
Since the financial crisis, increased regulatory requirements, declining profitability and falling pay have roiled the industry. The alpha banker is the voice of financial professionals who make and run the industry. New rules and cultural shifts have changed the way the finance industry operates and does business.
The alpha banker mission is to keep up to date with developments affecting the world of finance and your career and to inspire you by sharing insight information about your peers and your industry.
Our obsessions are not only news about "asset management" and "investment banking" but also the popular "life in finance" and "future of finance".
The alpha banker is made by and for financial professionals. Our contributors to date work in well-regarded and reputable assets managers, hedge funds and investment banks and are based in New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris and Zurich. They holds positions of asset managers, traders, brokers, risk managers or journalists. The alpha banker is optimized for the devices closest at hand: tablets and mobile phones as it embraces our modern lifestyle.
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Bookkeepers Coffee Club – Cambridge
October 26, 2018 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
The Bookkeepers Alliance have arranged a series of Bookkeepers Coffee Club Meetings. IAB members are invited to attend these meetings which are informal gatherings of bookkeepers and they provide an excellent opportunity for networking. You don't need to pay to attend, and will just need to pay for any refreshments you have. These meetings are for both employed and self-employed bookkeepers. The Bookkeepers Alliance is a membership organisation providing support to those working in the bookkeeping sector.
There is a meeting take place in Cambridge on 26th October between 2pm and 3pm at Espresso Library, 210 East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1BG.
If you have any questions about the meeting or would like to find out more about The Bookkeepers Alliance please visit their website: https://www.bookkeepersalliance.co.uk/.
To book to attend please visit: https://www.bookkeepersalliance.co.uk/events/bookkeepers-coffee-club-cambridge-6/.
- IAB Event
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Do you want to learn new skills, network with like-minded people and get to grips with industry changes the easy way? You can — at one of our regular events.
Open to IAB members, students and non-members alike, our events offer you opportunities during the year to gain:
- Expert guidance and advice from guest speakers
- Practical ideas on how to run business efficiently
- Network contacts and allies, as well as support
And since events count as proactive CPD points (as listed in your Members Handbook), time is well spent maintaining best practice — and learning new strategies to take back to the office.
Better still, by staying on top of new regulations and legislation, you offer clients even more value. You can even attend the Institute of Financial Accountants' (IFA) branch meetings and seminars at the sarne cost as an IFA member! Simply contact the IFA direct to find out more


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BT has launched an iPhone and Android app for its Total Broadband customers that seeks out and connects to BT Wi-Fi hotspots to access the Internet.
Once the BT Fon app has been downloaded to a handset, users simply enter their BT username and password, and from then on they will automatically connect via Wi-Fi when within range of a BT hotspot area. All BT Total Broadband customers get free unlimited access via BT Wi-Fi hotspots.
"Millions of BT Total Broadband customers already get free access to the UK's biggest Wi-Fi network. This free app makes accessing Wi-Fi so simple you don't even have to think about it," said John Petter, managing director, for BT Retail Consumer.
"This represents real value to our customers at a time when more and more people are using their mobile phone to access the internet."
BT has also revealed that it will donate 50p to Children in Need for every BT FON app downloaded, up to a limit of £10,000
For more information visit BT's dedicated webpage. The iPhone app can be downloaded here.


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Julia Ann Moore
Hiram Helsel
Poem by Julia Ann Moore
Air -- "Three Grains of Corn"
Once was a boy, age fifteen years,
Hiram Helsel was his name,
And he was sick two years or so;
He has left this world of pain;
His friends they miss this lovely boy,
That was patient, kind and brave.
He left them all for him to mourn --
He is sleeping in his grave.
He was a small boy of his age,
When he was five years or so
Was shocked by lightning while to play
And it caused him not to grow,
He was called little Hi. Helsel
By all friends that knew him well --
His life was sad, as you shall hear,
And the truth to you I'll tell.
His parents parted when he was small,
And both are married again.
How sad it was for them to meet
And view his last remains.
He was living with his father then,
As many a friend can tell;
'Tis said his father's second wife
That she did not use him well.
Just before little Hiram died --
His uncle and aunt were there --
He kissed them both -- bid them farewell,
They left him with a prayer.
Now he is gone, Oh! let him rest;
His soul has found a haven,
For grief and woe ne'er enters there,
In that place called heaven.
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text: Document Title: =============== Magento Commerce T2 - (attr) Persistent Web Vulnerability References (Source): ==================== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=1459 Release Date: ============= 2018-02-06 Vulnerability Laboratory ID (VL-ID): ==================================== 1459 Common Vulnerability Scoring System: ==================================== 4.3 Vulnerability Class: ==================== Cross Site Scripting - Persistent Current Estimated Price: ======================== 1.000€ - 2.000€ Product & Service Introduction: =============================== Magento is an open source e-commerce web application that was launched on March 31, 2008 under the name Bento. It was developed by Varien (now Magento, a division of eBay) with help from the programmers within the open source community but is now owned solely by eBay Inc. Magento was built using parts of the Zend Framework. It uses the entity-attribute-value (EAV) database model to store data. In November 2013, W3Techs estimated that Magento was used by 0.9% of all websites. Our team of security professionals works hard to keep Magento customer information secure. What`s equally important to protecting this data? Our security researchers and user community. If you find a site that isn`t following our policies, or a vulnerability inside our system, please tell us right away. ( Copy of the Vendor Homepage: http://magento.com/security & http://magento.com/security ) Abstract Advisory Information: ============================== The Vulnerability Laboratory Research Team discovered an application-side vulnerability in the official Magento Commerce web-application. Vulnerability Disclosure Timeline: ================================== 2018-02-06: Public Disclosure (Vulnerability Laboratory) Discovery Status: ================= Published Affected Product(s): ==================== Ebay Inc. Product: Magento - Connect Web Application 2015 Q2 Exploitation Technique: ======================= Remote Severity Level: =============== Medium Authentication Type: ==================== Restricted authentication (user/moderator) - User privileges User Interaction: ================= Low User Interaction Disclosure Type: ================ Bug Bounty Program Technical Details & Description: ================================ A persistent input validation web vulnerability has been discovered in the official Magento xCommerce web-application. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject own script code on the application-side of the affected service module. The vulnerability is located in the `attr` value of the `magento-connect/message/message/create/ ` module. The attacker needs to create a `New Message` and tampers the POST method request. Then he changes the vulnerable attr value with a malicious payload. The execution occurs in the same modules context. The request method to inject is POST and the attack vector of the vulnerability is located on the application-side of the magento service. The security risk of the persistent web vulnerability is estimated as medium with a cvss (common vulnerability scoring system) count of 3.9. Exploitation of the persistent web vulnerability requires a low privileged web-application user account and low or medium user interaction. Successful exploitation of the application-side vulnerability results in session hijacking, persistent phishing, persistent external redirects and persistent manipulation affected or connected module context. Vulnerable Domain(s): [+] www.magentocommerce.com/ (Magento Connect) Request Method(s): [+] POST Vulnerable Module(s): [+] New Message Vulnerable Parameter(s): [+] attr Proof of Concept (PoC): ======================= The application-side input validation web vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers with low privileged web-application user account and low or medium user interaction. For security demonstration or to reproduce the vulnerability follow the provided information and steps below to continue. Manual steps to reproduce the vulnerability ... 1. Open the following url of magento commerce (https://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/message/message/create/) 2. Click Magento send message 3. Tamper the session to intercept the attr value to bypass the filter 4. Application-side script code (html or js) execution occurs in the followup request of the same module page 5. Successful reproduce of the filter bypass issue and application-side input validation vulnerability! POC: Execution Point#document --- PoC Session Logs [POST] (Injection Point) --- POST https://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/message/message/create/ Load Flags[LOAD_DOCUMENT_URI LOAD_INITIAL_DOCUMENT_URI ] Content Size[-1] Mime Type[text/html] Request Headers: Host[www.magentocommerce.com] User-Agent[Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:37.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/37.0] Accept[text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8] Accept-Language[en-US,en;q=0.5] Accept-Encoding[gzip, deflate] Referer[https://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/message/message/new/] Cookie[frontend=p5vvhp956ob5td8jvfhn4p7006; frontend=p5vvhp956ob5td8jvfhn4p7006; bvReturnPosition="PRR/4643co-en_us/27261/BVRRWidgetID"; optimizelySegments=%7B%22239237138%22%3A%22referral%22%2C%22237962548%22%3A%22ff%22%2C%22238367687%22%3A%22false%22%7D; optimizelyEndUserId=oeu1427859799829r0.9503229301677888; optimizelyBuckets=%7B%7D; s_fid=1EA04ABDF830C3FB-06BD2154AEEBE2E4; utm_src=expired; ClrSSID=1427859801483-7868; ClrOSSID=1427859801483-7868; ClrSCD=1427859801483; __utma=1.1287583223.1429705092.1429705092.1429705092.1; __utmz=1.1429705092.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none); fsr.r=%7B%22d%22%3A90%2C%22i%22%3A%22d5e2305-49168485-0768-7e1c-278cb%22%2C%22e%22%3A1428580157028%7D; exp_domain=c; exp_last_activity=1428276395; exp_last_visit=1112916395; s_cc=true; s_sq=magentocommerce%3D%2526pid%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.magentocommerce.com%25252Fmagento-connect%25252Fmessage%25252Fmessage%25252Fnew%25252F%2526oid%253DSend%2526oidt%253D3%2526ot%253DSUBMIT; fsr.s=%7B%22v1%22%3A-1%2C%22v2%22%3A-2%2C%22rid%22%3A%22d5e2305-49905479-c81c-469a-6629b%22%2C%22to%22%3A5%2C%22c%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.magentocommerce.com%2Fmagento-connect%2Fmessage%2Fmessage%2Fnew%2F%22%2C%22pv%22%3A26%2C%22lc%22%3A%7B%22d0%22%3A%7B%22v%22%3A26%2C%22s%22%3Atrue%7D%7D%2C%22cd%22%3A0%2C%22f%22%3A1429706048882%2C%22sd%22%3A0%7D; __utmc=1; interstitial=3; frontend=4gl45gttc5ov0r2mmubj7ibeu2; frontend=4gl45gttc5ov0r2mmubj7ibeu2; __utmb=18.104.22.1689705092; __utmt=1; optimizelyPendingLogEvents=%5B%22n%3Dengagement%26u%3Doeu1427859799829r0.9503229301677888%26wxhr%3Dtrue%26t%3D1429706070752%26f%3D2527220085%2C2569020185%2C2580670009%26g%3D28355055%22%5D] X-Forwarded-For[126.96.36.199] Connection[keep-alive] Post Data: POST_DATA[-----------------------------4019507141167413819708507218 Content-Disposition: form-data; name="to" addext01 -----------------------------4019507141167413819708507218 Content-Disposition: form-data; name="subjects" lklk -----------------------------4019507141167413819708507218 Content-Disposition: form-data; name="description" -----------------------------4019507141167413819708507218 Content-Disposition: form-data; name="extension_url" -----------------------------4019507141167413819708507218 Content-Disposition: form-data; name="parent_message_id" 0 -----------------------------4019507141167413819708507218 Content-Disposition: form-data; name="prevent_click" 0 -----------------------------4019507141167413819708507218 Content-Disposition: form-data; name="draft" 0 -----------------------------4019507141167413819708507218 Content-Disposition: form-data; name="send" 0 -----------------------------4019507141167413819708507218--] Reference(s): https://www.magentocommerce.com https://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/ https://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/message/message/ https://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/message/message/create/ Solution - Fix & Patch: ======================= The vulnerability can be patched by a secure filtering in the attr value of the affected POST method request. 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The Septuagint (LXX) bears upon a number of questions central to biblical studies and its sub-disciplines. Beyond its significance for textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible, it raises questions about the textual form(s) of biblical traditions during the Second Temple period, the written and oral dynamics by which those traditions were accessed during this period, and, since the LXX would in time become the peculiarly Christian canon of the Hebrew Bible, the relations and distinctions between Judaism and Christianity. Also, the discovery of Hebrew and Aramaic biblical texts at Qumran, some of which reflect Septuagintal readings rather than Masoretic readings (though these latter are found in the majority of biblical texts among the DSS), has raised the question of the extent to which the translators were glossing on their Hebrew exemplars and to what extent they reproduced fairly literally those exemplars in their translations.
Speaking on my own behalf, I am particularly interested in the ways that the LXX sheds light on the reception of Hebrew biblical traditions in the Second Temple period. This is an especially important issue, I think, because this reception of biblical tradition formed the matrix/-ices within which the Jesus movements, as expressions of Second Temple Judaism, developed and spread. In other words, had the Septuagint taken a significantly different shape than that which it did, it is likely that Christianity, too, would have developed differently than it did. As two very brief examples, I note the peculiarly Septuagintal readings quoted in Luke 4.18–19 and Acts 15.16–18. In these two Lukan texts, it is precisely the divergences between the LXX and the Masoretic traditions we presume to be more original than the Greek readings that form the basis of Luke's reading of the texts (from Isaiah and Amos, respectively).
Before you participate in the translation efforts here, I recommend you read the introduction to the LXX, and to the LXX of Genesis, included in the NETS files linked to the Front Page (under Septuagintal resources).


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This is good topic to ask questions about GH3 that have no answer in manual and share your knowledge.
And discuss anything other than initial impressions, reviews, etc.
GH3: Auto ISO drives me to 1/60s in Europe.
Hi everyone. Sorry if someone came up with this before.
I just wanted to point out something that I noticed in the camera settings. Here's my story:
I have been shooting lately in Movie Manual Exposure Mode. I noticed that in this mode, there's no Auto ISO. I thought it'd be handy to be able to set aperture and speed (to 1/50, since I live in Barcelona, ie Europe, and I shoot at 25fps or 50fps), max Auto ISO to 1600 and good to go! So I swapped to Movie Aperture Priority Mode; press Q and bam! Auto ISO is there! BUT I am stuck to 1/60s. Nor the front or the rear wheel let me change that. Shouldn't it be 1/50s?!?!
Bug? Purpose? Walk-around? Is there any other way I can get Auto ISO is Manual Exposure Mode?
Thank you in advance for your feedback!
Ira Block:
"If you're out in the cold and it's a fairly bright day and you've got good exposure, turn your stabilizer off the lense. The lens stabilizer eats a lot of battery power."
I have so many of these it wouldn't do them justice just writing them down. I will try to do a video for them. This post is a place holder for now.
Here is a sample.
The Economy setting that controls when the camera goes to sleep and turns off the monitor is not controlled by the C1,C2...etc settings like it was on the GH2. If you need to have the camera stay on then you have to adjust this setting instead of just switching modes.
The High Dynamic mode uses Program Priority but with a much longer shutter duration. It does an excellent job of flattening out the image in stills mode. However, in video mode it doesn't always work if the shutter speed needs to drop below 1/60th of a second.
The "Flicker Reduction" shutter duration setting is disabled in High Dynamic and Aperture Priority video mode. That is just stupid. Those are the two modes where it would be most useful. It is enabled in the Aperture Priority stills mode. This would allow you to fix shutter speed, control Aperture, and still use Auto ISO. That could be huge for some people who have lighting that varies a lot.
For RAW stacking you can use any shutter duration including Bulb mode. However, you are limited to ISO 1600 and you can't do aligning in that mode. For the HDR mode you can use any ISO but you are limited to 60 seconds or less shutter duration.
HDR stacking reduces noise significantly. Also the RAW stacking mode has a setting that will reduce noise. Too bad we can't go above ISO 1600 for that mode.
Shoot RAW only or burst mode if the single exposure LCD black-out takes too long and you are using an ISO at or above 3200.
There is a lot more where that came from. I will do another video like this one that goes into more advanced features.
Hi all, not sure if this has been covered yet but when I first got my gh3 i did what i usually do with my gh1/2 and dialed down everthing to -5 except sharpness (because i like sharpness). I instantly noticed a very plasticy pinky magenta skintone on subjects, its almost like someone has passed one of those bad 80's beauty filters on it.
Same for raw photos on cam, although when imported into lightroom it autocorrects and the image looks great. How do I get a neutral flat video profile like the GH2 on the GH3? What setting is everyone using? Ended up reaching for the GH2 to shoot instead today.
Tempted to leave the cam on standard portrait mode with contrast dialed down only as saturation seems to be the main cause of this plasticy look. Whats everyones thoughts on this?
PS. great walkthrough video!
Dpreview's preview report is the best summation of the color modes that I have seen.
The cliff notes are that the portrait and natural modes offer the flattest profile. Ironically the natural mode actually is ever so slightly flatter than portrait. Scenery and Standard are next flattest. Scenery offers a realistic image in my opinion. When I don't plan to ever edit the image then I use Scenery at -2 Contrast and everything else at zero except for Noise Reduction. I always use -5 noise reduction.
Standard is fine for shadows but falls off a bit for highlights.
The one that is most interesting is Vivid. Yes it completely crushes the blacks. However, it is fine for the highlights. I use it for Astro Photography in very light polluted areas with contrast set to +5. With these settings it acts like an artificial light pollution filter as long as the objects are fairly bright. It works very well with HDR images of Orion's Nebula.
Monochrome is a black and white version of standard.
Another interesting thing is that i.dynamic finally does something useful. It actually underexposes the RAW image and then raises the shadow region. For low ISO images and videos this is useful as it mimics what you would do in post processing anyway.
If you want the absolute flattest image I would try Natural with contrast at -5 and use the idynamic feature set to high. You can turn sharpness and color to -5 if you want. However, I don't know how much benefit you will really get from that(Except for if you shoot RAW or use the HDR mode).
And contrary to other popular findings the extended ISO settings are not real ISOs even on the low end.
@mpgxsvcd Thank You!!!! That saved me a ton of time and irritation. I was getting frustrated with the plastic look I was getting trying to use GH2 settings. I tried scenery (which I never use) just to see what it looked like without post. It was like having another camera.
Glad I could help. However, just for the record I am not advocating any particular color mode. That is completely dependent on the user's taste.
The nice thing is that all of the GH3's color modes are usable and they all will yield the exact same RAW exposure values. The GH2 color modes all yielded vastly different RAW exposure values.
On video ISO 400 is great. Don't like ISO 640 because under exposed/dark areas on indoor practical lit set appear very grainy. Used 25mm Voigt at F.95 and F1.4
All my GH3 video stutters during playback on all pan and tilt shots. Especially pans. Static shots look fine, even with motion in the frame. I've seen a few other posts her regarding this issue. Any recent solutions found? I'm using MBP 2.8 GHz/8GBRam, with graphics card NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT. When playback raw MOV files from camera on the Mac, in Quicktime and VLC players, all panning shots stutter. Also tried importing both optimized and non-optimized footage in FCPX - stutter continues. same shots also stutter on 60 Hz external 1280x720 monitor. While testing chose all record quality options and settings, finally settled on 30p/72mb All-intra, as it gave smoothest result during pans and tilts. Dolly shots or handheld shots were unusable. Tried shutter speeds between 60 and 400. Oddly, shutter speeds higher that 160 seem better. What is the solution? Is this a Mac issue? Is it a monitor issue, compression, codec or cpu issue? Spoke to a Panasonic techs, their only suggestion was to view footage on a PC! Not too helpful. Playing panning shots back on the GH3 look better, but I still see some stutter in pans. The seller has no idea and no GH3 users have reported this issue to them. I've read some of the threads on this site, but have seen no solution that works for me. Only have 2 more days to resolve the problem, then must return it to store for refund. When I imported my footage into FCPX, I tried transcoding a few panning shots to ProRes422 (optimized), strung them together in a project and then shared from timeline to MOV H.264 file. Stutter effect in playback continued. Also tried outputting from timeline as ProRes422 file, same stuttering results. Normally when shooting HD video on other cameras, I select 30fps with shutter speed @ 60, and I get smooth flowing pans playback no problem. But panning shots on GH3 @ 60s, look jerky. When shutter speed is @ 160, 200 or 250, pans look a bit smoother. But then of course higher shutter speed makes image darker when shooting in manual mode, aperture @ F4. There must be a solution. Other users are having success dollying, tracking, zooming and panning with GH3. Thanks in advance for your help.
Post a sample video to youtube. Just upload it straight out of the camera to youtube so we can see if it is your computer or not.
On second thought. Post it to Vimeo as well so we can download it. I forgot that this was 60p video and youtube will trans-code it to 30p.
I've been testing the GH3 today, trying to find any jitter. I didn't succeed. The closest I got was 50P AVCHD, but it was only jitterly in playback on my monitor, not when rendered out as a 50P Cineform AVI. So for me, there's no jitter/shuddering with the GH3. Tested all frame rates/modes in MOV, MP4 and AVCHD.
It's nice not be alone in this GH3 adventure. Looks like my camera may have some issues, so to rule out manufacturing defect the local seller is giving me another GH3 to try out tomorrow. The Class 10 SDHC card I'm using is rated @ 10MBs. I'll buy a SDHC Class 10 rated @ 30MBs tomorrow to rule out video read/write speed issue. Any thoughts on SD cards for GH3? Pany specs say we don't need SDHX @ 95MBs card for GH3. But what is your experience? Discovered that some of the stutter/jitter I was seeing had to do with my display setting, and graphics card. I have two Graphics cards on my Mac, the normal and a GT. I was curious about that this morn, so switched it back to the normal, so called slower G-card, from the GT card, where I usually have it set. Lo & behold raw HD video from GH3, in MOV H.264 all-intra played back more smoothly, but not yet stutter free. And notably, still terrible stuttering playback in FCPX, both in raw form and when transcoded to ProRes. Then I cleaned up FC plists and ran Mac HardDrive thru disk utility repairs, fixed a few errors. Got even better playback, but still intermittent stutters. According to Mac tech support, there may be issue with my FCPX app itself, so I am reinstalling the software tonight. Hopefully this will cure the beast. Regarding shutter setting: A GH2 user recommended I shoot 30fps @ shutter speed of 1/160th or @ 1/200th. Other say 1/60th is fine for 30fps. My only experience is shooting HD video at 30fps, with shutter speed @ 1/60th. But that is with EX1 and other camcorders that have 3 RGB sensor systems, not a single sensor like GH3. From my tests shots it images certainly seemed smoother at speeds higher than 1/60th. Are the single sensor cams and 3 sensor cams such different beasts? Haven't had much need to shooting at 24fps. Do appreciate the look it gives though, and may be inspired to experiment with it down the road now that the option presents itself more reliably. All tolled, from this forum support and feedback, and Mac support, I'm feeling confidant now we'll fix the stutter issues I've been having. Decided I'll keep the GH3, and am looking forward to more productive, worry free use of this amazing little camera in the near future! Lens& Tripod: I've been using the 14-14mm Lumix lens with GH3, and even after one week, I've realized how faster glass would be useful at dawn and dusk, my fave times to shoot in the wild. So i'm thinking bout, M42 prime lenses and wondering what your experience is with them on GH3? I understand they are more affordable. But does loss of GH3's auto features have significant drawbacks I may not be aware of? I trained on everything in manual mode in formative years shooting 16mm cameras, and am comfortable eyeing aperture/iris manually even without zebras on fixed lens video cameras. Will M42 to M43 adaptors work well on GH3. Any lens recommendations? I'm also debating better tripod and head system and looking at Miller DS20 or Compass 12 heads for use with GH3 and EX1. Pricey though. Any thoughts on tripod systems for GH3? I may have veered away from tips & tricks discussion. Happy to go where lens & tripods are best discussed. Thanks heaps for your help!
I think you need proper formatting.
Also check http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/526/gh2-stutterjudderstrobe-issues-discussion/p1
@Lumens what are your colour profile settings?
ok scenery and all on level 0
I'm using natural -3 -1 -1 -5. It's fairly flat and there's no magenta as far as I can see.
ok ill try natural at these and note the difference ,im not trying for as you say filmic look so do i need noise reduction -5 is it like stills where I can use a custom white balance,
also how does one differentiate between stills and video shooting styles ,I change photo style and video style syncs to it or vice versa. cheat and set a custom dial mode to it?
@ everyone into color profiles:
What is it that makes a spcific. profile different from another one? Color Temperature + Contrast Curve + variations of the usual 4 parameters? Wouldn't it be cool if someone would come up with an equivalence chart between them? Example: Vivid = Natural + xxx*kelvin + curve + 3,-2,1,0.
What for? Personally, I prefer to leave the factory profiles untouched (it's always good to experiment with whatever the maker provides), and only modify my Custom profile. Let's say I'd like to match my Custom with @azz_act 's Natural -3,-1,-1,-5: which parameters should I tweak?
All of them?
All what? Profiles? There's basically 4 of them.
DPreview did some comparison between them. From the aforementioned article:
Ok they all look very similar to me in curvature ,looks like portrait and standard look to have a bit more range ?
By the way, going back to my "Auto-ISO=1/60s in Europe" (first post in this Topic), are you European-based guys ('n gals) experiencing the same?
I keep wondering if it is some kind of programming bug, or is my camera partially European (I get 24fps & 25fps), partially American (Auto-ISO does not let me shoot slower than 1/60s). Any feedback?
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