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Men are literally disposable in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver. But the film, particularly for fans of the gynophilic, flamboyantly color-coordinating maker of loco melodramas, is essential. The title translates as Coming Back—as in "back from the dead," referring to the matter-of-fact resurrection of Irene (Carmen Maura), an old grandmother who refuses to let her own demise get in the way of unresolved family matters. Always an admirer of vintage Hollywood, the Spanish director has offhandedly referred to the new movie as being a throwback to Arsenic and Old Lace, itself a casual nod to the uncanny persistence of the past.
For Almodóvar, Volver represents a return of other sorts as well: to his childhood home of La Mancha, to lighter material after his elaborately Hitchcockian Bad Education, and to All About My Mother's Penélope Cruz, who, cast here as Irene's catering daughter Raimunda, delivers her most loose-limbed and endearing performance. In fact, the film's playful ode to female resilience owes enormously to the dynamic ensemble work of five gifted comediennes, all fully deserving of their special award at Cannes. Fair warning: If you're not terribly fond of women, you probably shouldn't see Volver, a movie wherein mere mortality doesn't stop mothers from loudly smooching their daughters' cheeks, a breezy comedy in which a seemingly typical male gets stabbed, stuffed into a fridge, and buried at swamp's edge. Not amused? Almodóvar and his fans would be reasonably delighted to go about their business without you.
Suitably for a film that celebrates the supernatural strength of women's work, Volver opens on the image of ladies scrubbing headstones in a windswept cemetery—as if to suggest that their scrupulous care of the departed will bring material benefits in this life and maybe the next. Almodóvar gets a gentle kick out of mixing the extraordinary and the everyday, putting otherworldly elements in the most familiar of contexts: Maura's reincarnated Irene is a bemused granny with stringy hair and a slightly ratty turquoise shawl; her first appearance, startling but hardly flabbergasting her daughter Soledad (Lola Dueñas), is on a staircase in the middle of the afternoon. Later she shows up in the trunk of Sole's car.
Dueñas, as a Madrid hairdresser with the straightest bangs on the block, adorably evokes the niña next door, whereas Cruz, even in proletarian costume, playing protective mother to fragile teen Paula (Yohana Cobo), inevitably signifies International Movie Star. Almodóvar tailors Volver to Cruz's specifications, using her cleavage as the dominant element of countless shots and temporarily halting the narrative so that she can enjoy belting out a musical number that wouldn't look out of place in a Doris Day vehicle. The reel flirts freely with the real: Almodóvar has also name-dropped the eternal Mildred Pierce, though the fate of Paula's lazy, lecherous stepfather, Paco (Antonio de la Torre), more closely resembles that of Johnny Stompanato, legendarily carved up in 1958 by Lana Turner's 14-year-old kid Cheryl.
Red, in every conceivable shade, is, not surprisingly, a key color in Volver, a movie about the towering virtues of high heels and the indomitable power of good old 35mm celluloid. (David Lynch may have gone digital, but this director never will.) About a half-hour into the film, Almodóvar's effortlessly gorgeous shot of blood saturating two sheets of paper towel—you'd think you were watching time-lapse images of a rose in bloom— momentarily suggests a tonal shift for the entire movie, white turning to a crimson so deep it's practically noir. Channeling Hitchcock even in this, the slightest work of his 16-film career, Almodóvar isn't what he used to be (who is?), but he's a master of the medium nevertheless, deploying color and light and shadow not merely to express emotions but to tap into ours, directing the blood flow of the audience as much as he directs the movie.
Volver could veer anywhere from that sopping towel, so complete is Almodóvar's control of the mood, but it's no disappointment that the movie remains in a relatively low-key register. With a corpse on ice and in need of burying, Cruz's caterer is suddenly, absurdly saddled with 30 extra mouths to feed and it's hardly a burden: In a single shot, Almodóvar follows Raimunda up the road as she meets one girlfriend and then another, easily enlisting them to supply pork and some sausages. The meatball in the fridge can be dealt with later.


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It's that special time of the year when men get to embarrass their girlfriends by sending flowers to their work. When chalky, little heart-shaped candies pass as actual food. And most important of all, it's the day you get to spend with that special someone. It's Valentine's Day and the love is certainly in the air. We here at the flux blog had some fun with our previous playlist, but we haven't forgotten all of you love birds out there! So grab a blanket, light some candles and enjoy our Valentine's Day playlist with that special someone.
- God Only Knows -The Beach Boys
- Fell in Love With a Girl -The White Stripes
- Just One Kiss -Raphael Saadiq ft. Joss Stone
- The Girl -City and Colour
- Mario Kart Love Song -Sam Hart
- Sexual Healing -Marvin Gaye
- Best Love Song -T Pain ft. Chris Brown
- It Girl -Jason Derulo
- Heartbeat -The Fray
- You and I -Ingrid Michaelson
- Stay With You -John Legend
- Sure Thing -Miguel
- Let's Stay Together -Al Green
- Prototype -OutKast
- Lost Without You -Robin Thicke
- You're Still the One -Shania Twain
- Kiss and Tell -Adam Lambert
- She Will be Loved -Maroon 5
- Thinking of You -Katy Perry
- Your Love -Nicki Minaj
- Tighten Up -The Black Keys
- Just a Kiss -Lady Antebellum
- At Last -Etta James
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Monday was a day totally spent in the yard. Sheer bliss. I'd been spending a fair bit of time at the kitchen table, little old Toshiba connected, going through the study materials of the gardening course I'm taking. I've stayed there through some sunny days and thought to myself, well, it's good to spend the time now so I'll have the knowledge later.
But, my goodness, how much can a gardener take .. staying indoors all this time, anyway! So, Monday was my decadent day .. to spend completely outside. Except for some quick trips inside to make more Yorkshire Tea and a quick-lunch, Monday was devoted to outside things.
I had a mission .. to tidy up the yard so that my gardening class could freely move around the yard. Thus I moved hundreds of cuttings & potted plants to one area, so nice and tidy, I impressed myself. Then, time to address the mountain of leaf mulch. I filled tarp after tarp load with the leafy stuff and dragged them over to the perimeter of the yard, nicely topping up the side gardens, being careful not to cover the emerging bulbs.
This time of the year is such a delight .. so many surprise flowers popping up, awakening from their winter sleep. Perfuming the air with their scent and delighting the senses with their delicate beauty.
I accomplished quite a lot on Monday .. so on Tuesday, I decided to continue. Morning was chilly and then the sun fought to come out. Clouds 1. Sun 0. But, a lovely warm mug or two of Yorkshire Tea kept me warmed up.
Our backyard is actually quite large. Now that I've moved the potted cuttings, reduced the size of the leaf mulch pile, removed part of the homemade bamboo/twig fence that encircled it, bundled the support twigs that comprised the fencing .. the yard is looking quite spacious.
Normally I'm the only person playing out here, so I've allowed myself to have some lazy habits. And now that I've been organizing the space, I've quite impressed myself with my activity.
Next I moved the loose rocks and boulders to encase some island beds. Dug in some broken bricks in the back pathway, adding to the rustic charm of a relaxed garden. Mended some loose boards in the fence.
Stood back, admiring my work from the past few days. I can feel the lovely fresh energy that now emanates from my garden .. my real living space.
And although the work was for naught, as the location has now been changed for the pruning demonstration and will not take place at our yard .. I feel that all was not done in vain. For, if not for the push of the upcoming Saturday's pruning event, I would have dillied and dallied and wouldn't have been so active. Much like preparing for an upcoming visit of someone and plans changed at the last-minute. The result is a tidy space. And the feeling of pride and joy of discovering that my organizational skills are smoking hot! Chalk one up for me .. I've proved to myself how hard I can work. Had forgotten that skill .. so this was a good reminder.
Funny .. during the last few days, when I've been busy doing something or the other in the yard, suddenly I'd heard some sharp rap-tap-tap noises .. looked up and some (variably) a little Chickadee or Nuthatch. Nicely settled on an acrylic sided bird feeder. Noisily tapping away at the clear sides … the bird version of a slot machine. Expecting the seeds to fall into the trough? Or, trying to catch my attention? Either way, I complied to their needs and put some sunflower seeds into the feeder.
The idea that wild birds can communicate to us mere humans was reinforced this winter. The front Hummingbird feeder had frozen solid, so I took it inside, thawed it out, refilled it .. and placed it by the front door. Then DH & I would look out the front window and observe the little Anna fly around, checking it out and then settle in for a feed. After, of course, flying up to the window, flying horizontally and vertically, thoroughly checking us out. She knew we were there and that I had "fixed" her food source.
One morning, looking out .. I saw that the feeder was again frozen. This time, little Anna tried to get some nectar. No joy. she turned her little head in my direction, looked back at the feeder, then back at me, then back to the feeder. She acknowledged that I was the "fixer" .. the nectar was frozen .. so .. "fix it"! Body language was clear.
So I did fix it … and soon she was happily feeding away.
Yesterday the winds were so wild that the backyard hummingbird feeder went crashing to the ground. Finally, I picked it up, took it inside, cleaned & added some nectar and then hung it from a little branch at a side cedar tree. I knew the backyard Anna would find it. She's smart.
Well, nature and all of the beauty have been inspiring me with a wonderful gardening energy and today I will return again to the garden.
A brand new lovely day ….


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Was There Really A Census During the Time of Caesar Augustus?
Archaeology Illuminates & Affirms a Key Fact in the Christmas Story
By all counts, Luke's gospel is a wealth of historical information.
He opens it this way:
Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which have been fulfilled among us… it seemed good to me also, having had a perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus, that you might know the certainty of those things in which you were instructed. (Luke 1:1;3-4)
Luke's primary concern is order and accuracy, so that the recipient of the document (a certain Theophilus), "might know the certainty of those things in which he was instructed (v. 4)."
Not only is Luke's account orderly, but it is also an excellent record of what truly happened that no-so-silent night, two thousand years ago.
The great classical archaeologist Sir William Ramsay, said that Luke was a "first-rate historian…"
One who writes "…historical works of the highest order, in which a writer commands excellent means of knowledge, either through personal acquaintance or through access to original authorities, and brings to the treatment of his subject genius, literary skill, and sympathetic historical insight into human character and the movement of events. Such an author seizes the critical events, concentrates the reader's attention on them by giving them fuller treatment…"[1]
One such event to which Luke draws attention is a government census which took place during the reign of Augustus before Christ was born. This event is a pivotal event in the Christmas story and is often looked at with skepticism by some.
At the very beginning of Luke's Christmas narrative in Luke 2:1-5 we are told that a census took place in the entire Roman world. The words are very familiar during Christmas as they are read aloud in so many sermons, plays, musicals and Christmas celebrations.
And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered, to Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child (Luke 2:1-5).
For many years, historians and scholars have pointed to the passage above mentioning the decree by Quirinius, as problematic if not completely inaccurate. Did a census really take place in the entire Roman world during that time, and did Mary & Joseph actually go up to Bethlehem to be registered, as Luke Gospel says?
New Testament scholar Dr. Harold W. Hoehner has summarized some of the top challenges faced by those who hold to the historical accuracy of Luke's account.
He writes:
"[Emil] Schurer states that Luke cannot be historically accurate because: (1) nothing is known in history of a general census during the time of Augustus; (2) in a Roman census Joseph would have not had to travel to Bethlehem but would have registered in the principle town of his residence, and Mary would not have had to register at all; (3) no Roman census would have been made in Palestine during Herod's reign; (4) Josephus records nothing of a Roman census in Palestine in the time of Herod – rather the census of A.D. 6-7 was something new among the Jews; and (5) a census held under Quirinius could not have occurred during Herod's reign for Quirinius was not governor until after Herod's death."[2]
At first glance, these objections to the Roman census during the reigns of emperor [Imperator] Caesar Augustus (Octavius) and governor [legatus] Quirinus may seem insurmountable and quite difficult to answer, but an honest appraisal of the historical and archaeological evidence suggests that they are not.
The objections we will answer here are 1 and 2 – (1) the claim that nothing is known in the history of a general census during the time of Augustus, and (2) that in a Roman census Mary & Joseph would not have had to travel to Bethlehem to register.
Was There Census During the Reign of Augustus in the Roman World?
It is a commonly held assumption that the decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world was to be taxed, was a single census [a single event] in the entire Roman empire. The question is, is this how Luke understood it, or intended it to be understood? Very likely, not.
According to Hoehner, "What is meant is that censuses were taken at different times in different provinces – Augustus being the first one in history to order a census or tax assessment of the whole provincial empire. This is further substantiated by the fact that Luke uses the present tense indicating that Augustus ordered censuses to be taken regularly, rather than only one time."[3]
New Testament historian Jack Finegan says, "As to the taking of such an enrollment in general, it is known from discoveries among the Egyptian papyri that a Roman census was taken in Egypt, and therefore perhaps also throughout the empire regularly, every fourteen years. Many actual census returns have been found, and they use the very same word (ἀπογράφω) which Luke 2:2 uses for the "enrollment."[4]
The specific census which Luke mentions (Lk. 2:2), is that it "first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria."
Apart from Luke, we have two other historical sources concerning Quirinius – the Roman historian, Tacitus (Annals 3.48) and the Jewish/Roman historian, Flavius Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews 18.1-2).
According to Tacitus (Annals 3.48), P. Sulpicius Quirinius died in A.D. 21.
Josephus's reference to Quirinius in Antiquities of the Jews (18, I,1.) poses somewhat of a problem, because he informs us that the "taxings conducted by Quirinius while governing Syria were made in the thirty-seventh year of Caesar's victory over [Marc] Anthony at Actium in 31 B.C. This would place the census in about A.D. 6/7, a date which is too late to be brought into alignment with the birth of Christ which was likely in the winter 5/4 B.C.[5]
In Luke's account in Luke 2:2, he speaks of a census which "first" took place when Quirinius was governing Syria, so it is not out of the question that the census to which Josephus is referring was the second one, while Luke mentions the "first" one [i.e the earlier one].
Gleason Archer also notes that Luke, "was therefore well aware of the second census, taken by Quirinius in A.D. 7, which Josephus alludes to… We know this because Luke (who lived much closer to the time that Josephus did) also quotes Gamaliel as alluding to the insurrection of Judas of Galilee "in the days of census taking" (Acts 5:37).[6]
Additional evidence also seems to suggest that Quirinius served as governor twice which would then put him in an official position over Syria to enact the census of Luke 2:2. In 1784, a Latin inscription was discovered near Tivoli, located about twenty miles east of Rome. It is known as the Lapis Tiburtinus inscription, and according to Jack Finegan it, "…contains the statement of a high Roman official that when he became governor of Syria he entered the office for the second time (Latin, iterum). It has even been thought that this personage might have been Quirinius…"[7]
Whatever the identity is of the Roman official mentioned in the inscription, at minimum shows that it was not uncommon for Roman procurators to have served twice, and maximally it may eventually reveal that it was Quirinius himself, through further research.
Is it Plausible that Mary & Joseph Traveled to Bethlehem for the Census?
Luke 2:4-5 states: And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
Objection 2 listed above states, that in a Roman census Joseph would have not had to travel to Bethlehem, but would have registered in the principle town of his residence, and Mary would not have had to register at all.
It was generally understood that Roman law instructed property owners to register for taxation in the district where they owned land. However, "…a papyrus dated to A.D. 104, records an Egyptian prefect who ordered Egyptians to return to their ancestral homes so that a census could be taken. In the first century Rome, since the Jews' property was linked to their fathers (i.e. patriarchal), the Romans would certainly have allowed them the custom of laying claim to their family estate for taxation."[8]
Since every person needed to appear in his ancestral homeland and since Mary was betrothed to Joseph, and pregnant with child, the two traveled to Bethlehem together. Surely Mary & Joseph would have understood the Scriptures, and the prophecies concerning Israel's Messiah – that He must be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2). It must have been truly amazing from their perspective, to see pieces of the Messianic puzzle fall in place – even if the pieces were official decrees from the Roman empire!
Once again, when Scripture is placed under the scrutiny of historical and archaeological research, it stands the test in amazing ways.
This is but one small example of where archaeology and history corroborate the Scripture to the finest detail. Luke's gospel is just the first part of a two-volume set in which Acts is the second. Colin Hemer's massive study, The Book of Acts in the Setting of Hellenistic History details at least 84 facts in the last 16 chapters of Acts that have been confirmed by either historical or archeological research.
Truly Luke is indeed a remarkable historian. Like Theophilus, we can know the certainty of the things in which we have been instructed (the Gospel of Jesus Christ).
Jesus Came In the Fullness of Time
In Galatians 4:4 the Apostle Paul wrote: But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
When Jesus the Messiah arrived, His timing was perfect! From the appearing of the star to the wise men to the taking of the census by Rome, it was not too soon, and not too late. His first coming was not only perfect chronologically and historically, it was perfect in God's providential time.
If Christ's first coming is any indication of what the Second coming will be like – we can rest assured that the timing of His Second Coming (Revelation 19:11-21) will be right on God's perfect divine time, once again.
[1] William Ramsay, Saint Paul: The Traveler and Roman Citizen (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2001 reprint), 16.
[2] Harold W. Hoehner, Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1977), 14.
[3] Ibid., 15
[4] Jack Finegan, Light from the Ancient Past: The Archaeological Background of the Hebrew-Christian Religion, Volume II (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969), 258.
[5] See Finegan, Ibid., 259, See also Hoehner's work on this date which goes into much more detail in the original sources; Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1977), especially Chapter 1, 'The Date of Christ's Birth,' pp. 29-44.
[6] Gleason L. Archer, Jr., New International Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982),
[7] See, Jack Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology: Principles of Time Reckoning in the Ancient World and Problems of Chronology in the Bible, Revised Edition (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1998), p. 304. A view also held by William Ramsay, Bearing of Recent Discoveries on the Trustworthiness of the New Testament, 4th Ed., London, 1920, pp. 275-300.
[8] See, Harold Hoehner, p.15
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Norman, OK (Sports Network) – Acie Law IV and Joseph Jones scored 21 points
apiece as sixth-ranked Texas A&M came from behind to beat Oklahoma 56-49 at
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Jones went 8-of-12 from the field for Texas A&M (22-4, 10-2 Big 12), which
bounced back from a 77-75 loss to Texas Tech on Tuesday.
David Godbold made a career-high five triples and scored a career-high
20 points for Oklahoma (15-10, 6-6), which has lost two straight since their
four-game winning streak. Nate Carter added 10 points for the Sooners, who
lost to the Aggies for the first time ever in Norman.
The Sooners led 38-37 as late at the 7-minute mark before Texas A&M went on a
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Michael Neal cut Oklahoma's lead with a three-point play, but Jones answered
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The Sooners got no closer than four points thereafter.
Law missed the front end of two one-and-one opportunities but rebounded the
second miss, was fouled and made both free-throws to put the Aggies' ahead,
50-43, with 1:30 showing on the clock. He made four more free throws in the
final 32.6 seconds to seal the deal for the Aggies.
"It was a tough loss," said Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel. "We missed some shots
in the second half when I thought we had some real good looks. A&M is a very
good team. They are one of the best teams in the country."
Oklahoma shot just 7-of-30 in the second half.
With the score tied at 7, Oklahoma went on an 11-5 run, capped by an Austin
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Oklahoma led 26-19 at the break.
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Law and Jones were the only two Aggies to score more than five points…Texas
A&M swept the season series 2-0 after coming into the season with a 1-25
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Peaton Hill magazine, or ammunition store, was constructed to the southeast of Coulport on the Rosneath peninsula during World War II, on the south side of Peaton Road. The 1965 1" Ordnance Survey map shows the road system of the site, which is still largely extant in 2007, and some sixteen buildings. The War Department (WD) type steel post and chain link fence, painted green, still remains on all the site boundaries.
Remains from the time amount to a number of assorted concrete bases which would have formed the building foundations. Only two significant buildings have been reported, both corrugated iron buildings having a reinforced concrete covering approximately six inches thick which has then been banked up with earth, and would have served as the actual magazines. One building has survived relatively intact, and was latterly used as a hay bale store for the residential centre which has taken over the site. This building is reported to have the name of the American manufacturer stamped into the metal, still visible within the building. More unusually, we have been told that this hut contains a picture of Hitler, described as being etched onto the end wall. This remains unconfirmed. The second building was partly cut into the hillside, but has suffered a collapse towards its rear, leaving only the entrance open.
Although the material may be American, visible design and construction features of the buildings identify them as Nissen huts.
The site has been turned into a residential centre for artists and writers, and forms part of Cove Conservation Park. [1] Accommodation is either in converted shipping containers, or in the pods which were used for the BBC programme Castaway, broadcast in 2000, where a group of people were left to fend for themselves on the island of Taransay for a year - not counting the TV crew in attendance.
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List of female presidents who are currently in charge is made to represent those world leaders and priceless women politicians who managed to breaks glass ceiling and have their worth place in politics. The list includes current running presidents who are ranked among the strongest and most influential women in the world.
The participation of women in politics is highly under-represented in a number of countries. Although every year we see positive changes and more women politicians in the governmental system, the participation of women in politics is still blurry.
The global representation of women in politics is only 23% compared to their male counterparts. However, the history has proved that women are capable of presenting themselves in politics not worse than men.
Among the most popular world leaders, you'll definitely recognize some strong women as Margaret Thatcher and Indira Gandhi. Those women were captured in the history as the most powerful and influential women ever.
Besides such historical figures, there is also a considerable list of currently running presidents who deserve respect for breaking glass ceilings and leaving their men rivals in the second place. Check the list of female presidents today.
List of Female Presidents & Leaders 1: Theresa May
Theresa May is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016.
Being a British conservative politician, May is the current UK Home Secretary. May was actively engaged in the politics of the country starting from her early years of career.
In 1997 may was elected as a member of Parliament for Maidenhead. Later she was appointed as the Chairman of the Conservative party. Theresa May was also the Minister for Women Equalities till 2012.
May is never silent about women issues. She was even nominated as one of the Society's inspiring Women of 2006.
Theresa May was described as Britain's second most powerful woman after Queen Elizabeth II in 2013. Already in 2017, Forbes ranked her as the second most powerful woman in the world after Angela Merkel.
List of Female Presidents & Leaders 2: Tsai Ing-wen
Tsai Ing-wen is the president of Republic of China starting from 2016
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Monday, October 12, 2015
Chronocam Startup Presents Event-Driven Sensor
"The initial image sensor is QVGA resolution (320 by 240 pixels) with a pixel size of 30-microns on a side and sampling circuit alongside each pixel. The sensor is not clocked and does not send frames of data, said Christop Posch, chief technology officer. Each of the pixels in the array acts independently and sends information that is time-based. In addition, the pixel only sends information when there is a significant change. The result is scene-dependent data compression that results in time-continuous but sparse stream of events sent over an asynchronous data bus. Chronocam calls the technology CCAM EyeOT.
Combined performance figures include up-date speeds equivalent to 100k frames per second, a dynamic range of greater than 120dB. The video compression is a factor of 100 up from conventional image sensors and a power consumption of less than 10mW."
The first sensor uses UMC process, and has a size of 1cm by 0.8cm. The company is working on the pixel size reduction.
The company fundings include ones of €750,000 from Robert Bosch Venture Capital and CEA Investissement.
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- AnonymousOctober 12, 2015 at 6:16 PM
This looks a lot like this presentation we had at the IISW this year from Chenghan Li: http://www.imagesensors.org/Past%20Workshops/2015%20Workshop/2015%20Papers/Sessions/Session_13/13-05_Li_Delbruck.pdfReplyDelete
Really interesting technology.
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2015 at 7:07 PM
Toibi of ETH has designed a sensor for University of Vienna in an European project.ReplyDelete
Well I am the founder of an event-driven computing technology company, that's based on software. For the longest time, I thought it all should be done at the hardware level--the further on very front end, the better. This sensor is in the right direction.ReplyDeleteReplies
Maybe you would be interested to know that you can buy prototypes of event-based vision and audition sensors at inilabs (www.inilabs.com), spin-off of the institute of neuroinformatics (INI) in Zurich, where the first version of this event-based sensor originated.Delete
Chronocam's sensor was originally developed at the Austrian institute of technology by Posch et al, and is itself based on the sensor developed by Tobi at Patrick at the INI.
Li's IISW paper is different from Chronocam's sensor because it combines an asynchronous change detection pixel with an standard (synchronous) APS pixel, while Chronocam combines an asynchronous change detection pixel with an also asynchronous 'time-to-first-spike' pixel.
For reference, I am former PhD student of Tobi and co-author of Li's paper.
Thanks a whole bunch for all these information!Delete
I bookmarked this page, will check out the inilabs' stuff. Good to see universities in Europe are getting out ivory towers, actively putting their discoveries into good technology/products. I have a naive question, is the asynchronous nature of the pixel allowing you to subscribe the changes whenever happening at the individual pixel level?
I don't really understand your question, but I'll try to answer anyway. For this I can only talk about the sensors coming out of INI, and it hold for the vision as well as the audition sensors. At the output of the chip you get the addresses of the pixels with very short latency after a change in illumination in the corresponding pixel.Delete
The cameras that are sold by iniLabs have a USB interface, and at the driver you get packets of events, where an event is an address and a timestamp with microsecond resolution.
I was using even-driven computing's terms. Basically subscribe-model means the down-stream applications only get specific events that are of interests, e.g., the change of pixels in the center area but not on the edge. Based on your reply, this type of sensors do not do that, they stream out the events regardless and asynchronously.Delete
You are right, there is no subscibtion. Something like that would have to be implemented off-chip in an FPGA or so... The earlier sensor had a way to shut off rows, but that's not really the same thing, and since it was never used we abandoned it for later chips.Delete
Btw, there is a new startup that will try to use these sensors for visual positioning, navigation, etc:
- Jack HayesMarch 29, 2016 at 8:26 PM
What is the relation between Chronocam and Insightness?Delete
There is no direct relation between Chronocam and Insightness, except that they are using very related vision sensors and that the founders used to collaborate for their research. Insightness is a spin-off from the institute of neuroinformatics in Zurich and it involves Tobi Delbruck, the co-inventor of the Dynamic Vision Sensor.Delete
Congrats for your works on log sensor, Dr Delbruck!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2015 at 9:31 PM
It was actually initiated by a guy called J. Kramer that passed away, then carried out by Delbruck, Lichteiner and Posch. Posch took it further by integrated a time based coding of gray levels making the sensor a full asynchronous camera, While Delbruck followed a more conventional path adding conventional APS pixels to the initial chip, which looks like a step backward for the technology....ReplyDeleteReplies
True, Kramer initiated the event-based sensor, but I would argue that Patrick (Lichtsteiner)'s pixel design really made it to work. After all, all subsequent publications I am aware of use his differentiator circuit, Posch included.Delete
Whether adding a conventional APS pixel is a step backward is debatable, I think both approaches have their advantages and disadvantages. It will depend on the application which one will be more suited...
What is the definition of DR for an asynchronous sensor?ReplyDelete
Can all pixels change simultaneously, constantly, like for flicker?
Also, what is the lowest light level change a pixel will respond to? (in electrons).
Is such a sensor used in any product today? Or anticipated to be widely used in any product?
Lastly, the work of Jurg Kramer is from early 2000's, right?
Carver Mead's group (incl. Tobi) looked at changes in signal before then.
And even Bell Labs/JPL published a paper on a motion sensitive CMOS APS in 1995 ISSCC.
Finally, event-driven readout was well understood for sure in 1988 as discussed by several groups in a conference in Leuven on detectors for physics experiments.
I am just not sure what timeline Berner is on. Is it just the biomimetic work?Replies
About DR, we were not able to encounter a scene which surpassed the DR of our sensors, so the DR numbers are scene illumination in full sunlight to scene illumination where the sensor still perceives 50% contrast without changing any bias parameter. The numbers are academic, let's say these sensors have enough DR...Delete
Pixel response time is light dependent and usually fast enough to react to flicker, which can cause quite a lot of headache.
Lowest light level in electrons I have to admit we never assessed.
The austrian institute of technology tried to market traffic sensors (essentially car or people counters) using such a sensor. I think they sold some, but I have no clue how many. Otherwise I am not aware of products using such a sensor. I think largely because there were no algorithms available that could really make use of the new kind of output data. Recently there are more and more publications about algorithms, so I am curious if we see products in the near future.
Yeah, Kramer's latest work to which I referred above is from 2003 I think, but as you mentioned there have been silicon retinas since the 80ies. But as far as I know Kramers, and much more so Lichtsteiners sensor where the first ones that were really usable in real world situations.
I don't know about event-based readout in detectors. I have developed the readout circuits used in Tobi's group nowadays during my PhD, they are based on Boahens work and use word-serial address events, but compared to Boahen use less transistors in the pixel to make it smaller. And it was hard enough to get it to work reliably...
So, my timeline are the last 10-15 years, and in our work there is not so much biomimetic left... The early silicon retinas were much more biomimetic.
Thanks for the information. Historical event-driven and data-driven detectors can be found via Google Scholar search but I understand your interest area. Also, it is easy to make a decent sensor that operates under relatively bright light conditions. But what separates the wheat from the chaff is the low light performance, which involves fill factor, QE, and read noise. Anyway, the sensors are interesting but I still think scanned sensors are better. Another axiom: Never do in analog what can be done digitally, despite the allure of analog solutions!Delete
Well, we followed your axiom and built single-bit AD converters into the pixel! ;-)Delete
The ATIS by Posch et al is really a fully digital pixel where also intensity information is transmitted off-pixel (not just off-chip) in a digital manner, at the cost of a complex pixel.
Our dynamic range numbers of 120dB or so actually mean that the sensors work quite decently in low light, however I don't know how well they compare to the latest image sensors from the Sony A7s and the like. But I am curious to see the output of the latest sensor from Tobi's group which will be BSI. In combination with the relatively big pixel that makes a big photodiode...
Scanned sensors surely take nicer pictures and are better for lots of applications, but the event-based sensors do have a latency and data reduction advantage which could make them useful in Robotics especially. The future will tell if event-based sensor catch on or not...
We have developed a commercial available logarithmic differential sensor which can operate correctly to 1lux. But We are always looking for applications for this sensor. If you have any ideas, please let me know. Here is an example : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaV_ZP1CQ1cReplyDelete
Thanks !
-yang niReplies
Dear Yang Ni, is there more information on this sensor available?Delete
- AnonymousAugust 10, 2016 at 10:21 PM
does anyone know what the difference between the chronocam and the dynamic vision sensor from inilabs are?
i mean the dvs is the sensor for the chronocam. is it right?


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It's as Good Here as it Gets Anywhere
by Greg Kosmicki
In plain, unassuming language and without a hint of hype or excess sentiment, Greg Kosmicki ushers the reader into the most mundane aspects of his life, from the stains on his shirt to the frustrating phone call with an IT support person. We sit with him at the kitchen table where he writes, near the garbage can he has emptied that morning of its watermelon rinds. We wake up with him and follow him to the bus and to work. These poems pay attention to the actions and sensations we normally dismiss, everyday moments that accumulate to compose our lives. Kosmicki depicts two worlds: the social and physical machine we have engineered and must inhabit, feeling alienated and lost, and the authentic natural world one longs for, which is ancient and enduring. The geese are not lost, he writes. The poet leads us out onto his deck at night, where he communes with raccoons and possums drawn to the food and water he has left for them in the yard. As he feeds the discards to birds and animals, Kosmicki offers up to us, with startling generosity, the cast off details of one particular life. But no one could fail to recognize oneself here.
These poems are universal, capturing what it feels to live, minute by minute. And they remind us that the minutes are all we have, are as good as it gets, because death is a certainty. We are all riding the same bus, crossing the River Styx. These are not poems about heartbreaking loss (notwithstanding the powerful ones about the death of a brother). Kosmicki s focus is on the routine intersections with people and things that take on significance in the light of our inevitable death. The continuous strip of orange peel the poet throws into the garbage leads into an elegy for a co-worker. It is easy to discard those things that seem trivial; yet out of those our lives are made. Each moment is momentous. These remarkable poems cause us to ask, with the poet, why could I have ever let/ even a second go by without weeping/ for joy that I had it…? -Jeanne Emmons
GREG KOSMICKI is a poet and retired social worker who lives in Omaha, Nebraska. He founded The Backwaters Press in 1997, which he now serves as Editor Emeritus. Greg's poetry has been published in numerous magazines since 1975, both print and online, Some of his earliest publications were in Poetry NOW in 1975 and Paris Review, in 1977. Greg has continued to publish poems in literary journals including Briar Cliff Review, Chiron Review, Cimarron Review, Connecticut Review, Cortland Review, Dacotah Territory, Green Hills Literary Lantern, New Letters, Nimrod, Paris Review, Poetry East, Poetry NOW, Rattle, Smoking Poet, SolsticeLitMag, Paddlefish, and Windless Orchard. He received artist's fellowships for his poetry from the Nebraska Arts Council 2000 and 2006. He is the author of four books and 8 chapbooks of poems. Two of the poems from his book from Word Press, Some Hero of the Past, and one poem from his chapbook from Pudding House Publications, New Route in the Dream, have been selected by Garrison Keillor and read by him on The Writer's Almanac on Minnesota Public Radio. His newest book, It's as Good Here as it Gets Anywhere, was published in November 2016 by Logan House/WSC Press. A new collection, Leaving Things Unfinished: Forty-some Years of Poems is due out in 2017 from Sandhills Press.


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I can't say I'm happy about every aspect though. In the past 5 years I've had some definite pauses in creativity. Worse yet, I think what I've written in more recent history is perhaps not as unique as some older creations. I think maybe it's because I've fallen into the rut of doing what is expected of me. In the past I didn't care if my music didn't fit someone else idea of what it should sound like. Perhaps I didn't have the consistent skill capacity to always cop the lick or feel of what was required, so I invented a new way of filling the spot, often with a unique creative edge.
So I've demonstrated a couple of interesting phenomenon here. Necessity was the mother of invention. I either figured out how to make my body manipulate my instrument of choice in such a way to work for the song, often with unique nuances due to my odd technique, or I replaced a given part entirely with one that I wrote. Despite the occasional struggle or learning curve to get there, creativity was the result.
So here's where I find myself today. I've made some changes in my technique on bass, though certainly not entirely conventional. I've developed a sound and style of playing that is my own. Looking back though, I hear a HUGE evolution in my sound. Through various rock bands I hear a heaviness and drive that I've carried until this day, through most of the past 10 years. The more jazz and experimental groups have fostered a sense of harmonic adventure. I stepped out on a limb to try things. A band that never made it beyond my basement in a year's time grew my drive to put out raw, urgent pieces. Then my time with 1000 Days saw a culmination of creativity which employed that rawness and urgency, combined with a new-found freedom for expression through nuance. The urgency often came from the nuance. At that time I ceased using outboard effects. I used only EQ, tube overdrive, and speaker distortion, in their basic forms.
This all sounds good right? So why is there a negative along with the positive. Well, I've spent a lot of time playing in cover type bands in the past couple of years. It has been great for my ability to copy what another has done. I've become a decent chameleon. It's fun to step into a character for one song, then become someone else for the next. The problem is I seem to have neglected the skill set that lets me blow away the boundaries of what role I'm supposed to serve. I suppose I just find myself questioning whether I'm growing as an artist. OK, so I suppose I am. I can play pretty much anything now, but just because I can doesn't mean that I do. I've developed further restraint. I'd like to think I play more tastefully than I did 5 years ago. On top of that I'm a better guitarist and singer than I've probably ever been.
Where does all this leave me? It leaves me with a few lessons learned.
- Because you can does not mean you should.
- There is a time for weirdo, uber-creativity.
- Cover bands often are not the above mentioned time.
- Sometimes they are...
- Chops are no substitute for creativity.
- Creativity is no excuse for lack of chops when you need them.
- Being willing to try some new musical adventure is always a good thing.
Alright, it's late for me for a non-gigging night. Time for bed. My hope and prayer is that if you are reading this, you learn that God is truly the only one that creates. We artists merely rearrange the pieces He has made. Let us take joy in working alongside the Creator, and in turn honor Him with our work. Blessings to you.


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A fresh, healthy ricotta tartine with broad beans and asparagus. Perfect for spring!
Spring is finally here after a very long winter so it's time to celebrate! How about we start the season with a simple recipe involving some fresh seasonal greens?
I was in Washington DC with my boyfriend for Easter a couple of weeks ago and I was lucky enough to enjoy spring at its best: a sunny, warm weather with a refreshing cool & crisp air, and beautiful green nature with cherry blossoms everywhere. Having just flown in from Sweden, it was like rebirth!
Unfortunately, I couldn't fly back to Sweden as originally planned since my flight via Brussels airport got cancelled due to the sad events we are all aware of. Since I had to stay a few more days in the US before taking the next available flight, I decided to travel to our home in Chicago, where my boyfriend has been living for the last few months.
For adventure's sake and based on a crazy idea (and a lot of persuasion) from my boyfriend, we took the Amtrak Capitol Limited train to travel the 600 miles which separate Chicago from DC, for a long 18-hour journey. As you might imagine, we got to see a lot on the way, enjoying the landscape, forgotten cities, and a beautiful sunrise in the Indiana countryside. After all, it's quite a unique way to visit the US!
Once we arrived in Chicago, I noticed the city was still to grips with winter. The weather was still cold and we even had snow flurries! But it was too late for me: my mind had already switched into spring mode already! Then I saw this beautiful cooking magazine with a fresh tartine with greens on the cover. Inspired by the idea, I bought the magazine straight away, went home and opened the magazine to look for the recipe.
But oh! surprise: the recipe of the cover was nowhere to be found inside the magazine. Rather, they just put the recipe of a sourdough bread. Hmmm, quite disappointing although exciting at the same time: I love cooking challenges! So I glanced long and hard at the picture again, thought a little bit and minted this recipe you are now reading. It's a very easy one that will totally put you into spring mood for good!
A little bit later, we got to try these tartines with my boyfriend; I didn't expect any special reaction from him since it's just a slice of bread after all. But he totally loved it, found it extremely tasty and healthy, and was still talking about it a few hours later. Sometimes, you don't need to spend hours in the kitchen to impress your loved ones: just choose some fresh seasonal ingredients, and put them together on a generous slice of bread with the usual drizzle of olive oil!Print
Spring Vegetables and Ricotta Tartines
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 20 mins
- Yield: 4 tartines 1x
- Category: Savory
- Cuisine: Vegetarian
A fresh, healthy ricotta tartine with broad beans and asparagus. Perfect for spring!
- 1 handful asparagus (4–6 stalks), cut lengthwise
- 10 oz (300g) broad beans + extra for topping
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1/4 cup (50g) grated parmesan
- 4 Tablespoons (60ml) extra olive oil
- 1 handful basil leaves (about 12 leaves)
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- Salt & ground pepper, to taste
- 4 slices bread, 1/2-inch thick
- 1/2 cup (125g) fresh ricotta cheese
- 1 small handful radish (4–6 radishes), sliced
- Cook asparagus in boiling water for 3 to 5 minutes. Take them out, drain and plunge into ice-cold water. Reserve.
- Cook broad beans in boiling water for about 5 minutes. Drain, empty into cold water, slit each pod along its seam and run your thumb along the furry inside to push the beans out.
- In a food processor, combine together podded beans, crushed garlic, grated Parmesan, olive oil, basil and fresh lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper.
- Put 4 slices of bread in a baking tray, covered with parchment paper. Drizzle some olive oil on top and bake on the grill position for about 5 minutes, until golden-brown.
- Spread ricotta cheese on the tartines, and bake for 3 more minutes at 350 F (180 °C).
- Put the bean pesto on top of the lukewarm ricotta cheese tartine, and top with asparagus, broad beans and sliced radishes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.


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This story appeared in Bank Digest.
A Government Accountability Office report analyzes the effects of the amended and original versions of Section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Act--the "swaps push-out rule"--which requires banks registered as swap dealers, in effect, to stop engaging in certain swap activities to remain eligible for federal financial assistance but allows them to "push out" such activities to nonbank affiliates within the same bank holding company. As originally enacted, section 716 would have covered certain equity, commodity, and credit default swaps activities, but amendments made in 2014 now cover only certain swap activity based on asset-backed securities.
The GAO reported that: (1) a significantly larger volume of swaps would have been pushed out under the original section 716; (2) Section 716 increases risks and costs for BHCs and end-users; and (3) other Dodd-Frank Act provisions mitigate risks.


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And a garage.
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Hello again!! I guess its that time when we start decorating our homes with seasonal trinkets, garlands, trees with ornaments etc etc
I always wanted to make my own wreath and decided to try making one out of paper!
Everyone thought it was real!!
It looked so good that I decided to make a tutorial showing how I created it, if you have an electronic paper cutter such as the silhouette cameo then this tutorial is perfect for you, and you can also cut the leaves etc by hand!
I hope you enjoy this tutorial and I look forward to seeing your creations!, please feel free to post them up on my art group here


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With all the recent cyber breaches that have made the news these last few months; company confidential information is now becoming public news. No longer are company's assets an internal matter, they are being made available on the dark web for sale to the highest bidder.
Companies are struggling to keep their assets up to date and adhere to all the security best practices, such as patching and last privilege access, even two-factor authentication, malicious attackers are finding easy routes into what was once a safe-haven. These attacks are not just for large corporates, but even small businesses are now being targeted, though automated scanning and exploitation.
Pressure is now building, companies are now looking to ensure they are protected and that they aren't the next one to make the news. Accreditations such as Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001 can help a business ensure that that the foundations are put in place, but if a company doesn't have the resources to keep up with the threats daily, they need to look elsewhere.
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My name is Brownie Tuiasosopo and I am a transfer student from the territory of American Samoa. I am currently a senior here at Portland State University (PSU) majoring in Micro/Molecular Biology and General Science; I plan to pursue a career in medicine. My life as a student is filled with great and exciting challenges. I serve as one of LSAMP's Tutoring Program Coordinators for science courses, and as a member of the LSAMP Student Advisory Board. I also participate in a research project at PSU studying samples of microbial metagenome; the research is led by Dr. Kenneth Stedmen.
My life outside of school is composed of working as a Hemodialysis Technician at the Portland VA Hospital, volunteering at OHSU in the Remedy Program, and serving as a member on the Board of Directors for SPDC (Samoa Pacific Development Corporation), a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to providing services for Samoans and Pacific Islanders in Oregon and Washington. My hope and dream is to one day return to my homeland and serve my people, and be an inspiration to the younger generation.
Favorite Samoan proverb- "The path of becoming a great leader begins with taking the first step of being a servant"- O le ala I le pule o tautua.


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As you may know, one of your intrepid Bus Leaguers has the good fortune to write a little for the ESPN: the Magazine website. This week, minor league merchandise managed to sneak onto the pages for the mouthpiece of the Worldwide Leader, and we wanted to share it with you:
Tina Gust is the Director of Licensing for Minor League Baseball. She has seen merchandise sales grow along with record-setting ballpark attendance over the past four years, as teams and retailers have paid close attention to what customers want. "Baseball fans and card collectors enjoy following young stars, hoping to catch a game or pick up the card of the next all-star shortstop or Cy Young award-winner." she says
"Team operators are becoming more attuned to their fans' merchandise needs—expanding the product selection to satisfy both casual and die-hard fans." Minor league gear has shown up in on film, in music videos, and even on high-end retail shelves at Bloomingdales and Saks Fifth Avenue.
Also quoted in the article is Bus Leagues contributor Will, who waxes nostalgic about the Brooklyn baseball scene.
Hope you enjoy!
In addition, Rick Reilly wrote a piece about minor leaguers who missed their shot because they refused to take steroids. Read it here.