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With our 18.80 carat purple sapphire pendant necklace and free matching 7.80 ct. t.w. earring set, you'll get a coordinated look for a great price. Sterling silver necklace and earwire earrings.
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Necklace Drop DROP: A dangling or stationary detail which "drops" from a bale, strand or earring backing. Length:
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Sterling STERLING SILVER: Also known as "Standard Silver," sterling silver is silver alloyed with other metals to increase the hardness and durability. Generally, sterling is 92.5% silver and 7.5% other metals. Some sterling silver jewelry is plated with 14kt-18kt gold and referred to as "vermeil," or "gold over sterling." Silver
Polished POLISHED: A buffed-out finish used to produce a mirror-like shine.
Wire WIRE: sometimes called "shepherd's hooks" or "fishhooks," earwires are a thin, hook-shaped earring backs. They thread onto the ear and can sometimes be squeezed into place or held on with a rubber clutch.
Hanging Length:
1 1/8 inches
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Popcorn POPCORN: A lightweight, tubular chain with a beaded texture created by convex links.
Chain Size:
1.5 mm
Lobster LOBSTER CLASP: named after the pinching style of the hook, this clasp is often shaped like a lobster's claw. Use your finger to work the lever to open the clasp.
Fits Chain:
3 mm
Chain Included:
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Sapphire SAPPHIRE: A favorite gemstone of ancient priests and royalty, the sapphire radiates sophistication and grace. This prized gem comes in every hue of blue, plus the more unexpected shades of pink, yellow, green and orange, and is September's birthstone. (Color: Purple, Quantity: 1, Shape & Cutting Style: Pear PEAR: Similar to the outline of a pear fruit, this is a round shape that comes to a point on one side. Fancy, Weight: 18.80 carats, Size: 20X15 mm)
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Sapphire (Color: Purple, Quantity: 2, Shape & Cutting Style: Pear Fancy, Weight: 7.80 ct. t.w., Size: 12X8 mm)
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Wall Street dealers appear to be ending a practice in which they have routinely assigned values to clients' holdings of asset- and mortgage-backed bonds free of charge.
Most top underwriters in the business have recently told buysiders that they plan to make such moves or have made hints to that effect, with some of the shops already taking action. The banks say they have little choice, due to fallout from the credit crisis - such as staff and budget reductions, and additional efforts that have become necessary in determining bond values.
The complimentary pricing services, usually offered via traders and salesman at major investment banks, have long provided regular buyers of structured products with subsequent mark-to-market valuations of those holdings on a daily, monthly or quarterly basis. The bondholders, in turn, have come to rely on the marks in managing their portfolios.
Some banks are now planning to charge fees for broader versions of the services, while others are cutting back on the pricing information they supply to clients.
The move away from free support has drawn mixed responses from buysiders. Some investors understand that cash-strapped banks must now charge asset managers for marks, realizing the institutions can't afford to absorb the related infrastructure costs - especially given the fact that volatile market conditions have made such exercises more labor intensive than ever.
However, some see it as just another sign that investment banks have abandoned their franchises as market makers.
One of the major banks planning to launch fee-based pricing services is RBS, which is aiming for July 1 to start an initiative called PriceSmart (see article on this page). The move would follow J.P. Morgan's adoption of Bear Stearns' PricingDirect platform last year.
Some investors are also thinking about turning to non-bank vendors for pricing data, including Interactive Data Corp., S&P and Thomson Reuters. Elsewhere, a slew of smaller broker-dealers and advisory shops that have stepped up or introduced pricing services during the financial crisis could now see their customer bases grow. But even with those options available, buysiders are bemoaning a decline in the up-to-the-minute marks they are used to receiving from traders on the front lines.
"This all started in the last few weeks . . . The whole world has changed," one asset manager said, noting that he just stopped receiving monthly marks from UBS. "You would usually go to your salesman for the marks, but now they're telling us, 'Sorry, we don't have the resources to support the market.' "
Another portfolio manager said he's still getting daily prices from UBS, but the bank warned him about two months ago that they would eventually stop. That's not surprising, as UBS largely withdrew from the structured-finance industry late last year.
As for RBS, the bank will cease providing complimentary marks in the next month or so - roughly coinciding with the launch of the PriceSmart platform. J.P. Morgan is said to have taken similar steps already, although one investor said he still gets daily pricing information from the bank for free.
Before the financial market tanked in mid-2007, stable bond values and a gushing pipeline of new benchmark issues made it relatively easy to figure out daily values for client holdings, said Scott Eichel, RBS' global co-head of asset- and mortgage-backed securities trading in Stamford, Conn. But activity is now concentrated in the secondary market, where prices range widely and require far more analysis.
At this point, "Your traders should be focused on your firm's risk and trade ideas for customers," Eichel said.
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On Monday night in Melbourne Australia, Paramount Pictures held there Media review that was also attended by Members of Austrek, The Second oldest Startrek fan club in the World, as you could imagine the cinema was full with not a spare seat in the house and all Cell Phone had to be surrendered at the door. Bellow I have posted a copy of my review on the movie.
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Star Trek fans of old and those non Trekkies venturing out uncertain of what they will get will be equally impressed with the film. It is Star Trek for a new generation, fresh, and yet familiar at the same time. The opening sequence prior to the title's will blow people away in their seats. It sets the scene well and introduces the audience to Starfleet and the crew of the Starship Kelvin engaged in battle. Wecome to the birth of James T Kirk and Star Trek.
The film is a fast paced action adventure flick with just the right amount of lines that all Trek fans will remember mixed with a script and storyline befitting current tastes of mainstream audiences. The cast is young and memorable and should I say it, "cool". This is no politically correct morality play and indeed the bar fight sequences, the bedroom play and pure gritiness of the film is a far cry from the Star Trek of old. Although we loved it in the 1980's, there be no whales here and this film simply packs a punch.
The development of the characters, especially that of Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) are central to the film. We see them emerge and change from child to adult due to their environment and the expectations placed upon them. Don't be fooled, there is no long drawn out from boyhood to adult story here. Just enough to develop the characters so you can believe in them and why they are like they are. The runaway successes however are the characters with a little less importance placed on them. Zoe Saldana as Uhura is underused however her scenes with Zach Quinto's Spock are memorable to say the least and John Cho as Sulu too could have used some beefing up. However it is Simon Pegg (Scotty) and Anton Yeltsin (Chekov) who steal some of the spotlight with their banter, and undoubtedly, Karl Urban as McCoy has the most memorable of performances.
Star Trek cannon is not broken, in the true sense of the word. Without giving away too much, how can you break Trek cannon with an alternate timeline forced upon us by the events at the start of the film. It is this freshness that in fact is the backbone of a ripping good yarn and hopefully will lead to more down the track. I am deliberately being vague about the storyline and what you will see in the film, because you need to go along, sit back, and be amazed and surprised. You know the characters in name, the Starship Enterprise and a feast of aliens such as Vulcan's and Romulan's. What you need to experience is how they are all brought back together in such a new and exciting way.
And speaking of being blown away, the score and sound mixing are amazing. So they should be according to JJ Abrams, as that is what principally held up the fims release from Christmas to now. Certainly a story to be told on the special features of a future DVD release.
So go along, see it once, see it twice....but you simply have to see Star Trek
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- Yusuf Mallie
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- South Africa
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Are multiple personalities common amongst everyone, or only with the gifted??
What is Multiple Personality?? Its when a Person has a schizophrenic tendency. Possessing a Kaleidoscope of identities / behaviour. But is this common only amongst those susceptible to this random act of 'delusions'.
Its not the same as Dissociative identity disorder
This is only my personal hypothesis, We all have it. Every single being has a boardroom filled with various personalities. Interacting with our Conscious on various levels of awareness. From our Subconscious to Consciousness. Every Personality has its domain and its reign, being educated with our daily life lessons and experiences. Once those lessons become instinctive, it's reaches a level that those Personalities Automatically engages.
These attributes is present during youth, our invisible friends are most common then, we confide in them and have interesting talks with them, this part of our self education. Some innate Personality being more negative and aggressive either through negative visual stimulation or stress relating to aggression:- inflicted on the victim or seen done to someone with deep connection with the Victim.
Every stimulation has its personality, a level of education taught by the constant introduction to that specific but random stimulation. This is done on a Micro cellular level and at Nanosecond speeds. Our internal physiology clock and bio-mechanical functions occur at speeds far superior than the Reality we perceive. Our soul is the trigger mechanism interacting with each personality at speeds that could only be understood and analysed at Femto speed. Learning how the body reacts to various stimulation is remarkable. Our greatest quandary is how our mind interact with such perfection and with each and every single cell's mundane task efficiently. Being alive in this moment with such mechanical precision. consuming so little energy for those task. With highest concentration of energy, being consumed by the brain. For creative thought and Imaginative ingenuity
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I would like to say that we need to be more intune with our Multiple Personality. Even if you don't believe you have it. You will discover it, when you allow yourself to be open Minded. Meditation is the Best form of Inner discoveries. There is various forms of Meditation. I particular have been introduced to a specific Meditation at a very early age and used It extensively for self healing.
Physical chronic pain, is the most difficult Trauma to overcome. I have been in Pain since my accident in 2010, till now. It has been a Horrendous and horrifying experience. Constant Pain, Numbness in Limbs and extremities. You cannot focus on anything, even Meditation. You need some kind of Pain blocker to concentrate and try and meditate. I had to overdose myself with sleeping tablets. Even high dosage of Pain tablets or Spinal Blocks had no effect. I had to overdose myself with 5 to 6 sleeping tablets to get a good nights rest.
Since I have been, a very difficult sleeper due to the pain. It would take me longer to fall asleep even with an Overdose. It was during these session, I have encountered the various brain states from the Conscious to subconscious. I could feel each one switching off while I was Blogging on my facebook page. It happened several time. It was then I was re-introduced to this notion of multiple personality syndrome. I could interact with heightened consciousness with my subconscious. I was amazed how my mind could relate to old memories and refresh it with New one's concocting new Innovation and inventions.
I have realized that out of my 35 life threatening, horrific accidents and calamities, there is a purpose for me. Lots of people don't see my Creative Vision. With specific meditation I could pinpoint and ascertain the best case scenario for my Inventions, with this ability I clarified my vision and my purpose. Not just to survive or live but to contribute and SHINE!!
I would like to thank all those who have Participated in this Conversation.
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May 14 2013: good description of cognitive function,with factors that effect outcome(thrown in for perspective) I have thought about this subject often and am in two camps for this debate...One I dont think anyone is entirely one person,but collectives of belief,often that conflict...and two multiple personalities have a common thread in motif...and I suspect them to be illustrative of a subtext in all humans,viewable only when traulma occurs. I have had the opportunity to hear voices several times...mostly after extreme violence,lack of sleep or starvation..( all techniques for visions in some cultures) I present the idea that the voices are present as a derivative of a collective consciousness and we with our internal chatter cannot hear...but some one gifted...or damaged is usually alone alot and receptive to soul searching for help...and now voila...in pops an external guiding force/companion...I would enjoy an anthologhy of all these characters...mostly who have "godlike" qualities...I am interested in their collective message....rather then be afraid of our subconscious frankenstein...I want to know more
Yusuf MallieMay 14 2013: hi Carolyn Thank you for your comment. I do appreciate your time and effort to comment. Yes I agree with you, we only fully understand these voice's and personalities when trauma occurs. But after that we pay more attention becoming self aware and hearing this chatter. Getting louder and more topic specific and after that the occurrence is more frequent determining a more conclusive approach.
I have discovered that with Meditation allowing myself to be creative and come up with New creative idea's allowing this interaction with personalities. I am able to dissect and extrapolate the desired information without any practical just Theoretical. But I am very inquisitive and trying to ascertain the authenticity of this hypothesis. I perform Practical investigation and experiment and I am amazed how precise my result verifies my theoretical hypothesis. In this method I have concocted creative, innovative and futuristic designs and Idea's. Coupled with my life lessons and experience. Idea's and designs are unlimited. I feel blessed having this gift of debative scrutiny amongst a boardroom of personalities schooled in my forgotten historical accounts and experiences.
Carolyn you are so correct with Trauma, as introspection and investigative comprehension is more common during that time period. Than any other period. It is a recovery method that allow our brain to put things into perspective. This is so good for self counselling, and self diagnosis. I have ben in 7 MVA and 30 life threatening accidents. I know lotz of people don't believe in their voices, interacting with our subconscious, but they truly deny a more creative and imaginative existence.Only once we achieve this holistic spiritual global perspective, We reach a consciousness that is sustainable and a renewable creative imagination .
Allow yourself the experience of Self discovery. you would be amazed on your Results. Deep meditation while listening to your inner voices.is of utmost importance!!
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Rainbow Ranch Vacation Rental in Mount Shasta
- bedrooms 5
- baths 5
- sleeps 10
- pool no
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type House
- community Siskiyou County
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$ 4,000 - $ 10,000 / month
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Rainbow Ranch Vacation Rental is a spacious and modern home designed to give you the best possible views of Mt. Shasta and it's neighboring Black Butte Mountain while providing maxiumum comfort. The high lofted ceilings and numerous windows provide just that; The best view of Mt. Shasta. We are close to skiing, golf, swimming, hiking and all the great outdoorshas to offer. We are located at 4,000 Ft. as little as Five minutes from the interstate "Where Heaven and Earth Meet."
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All Season Hot Tub with a breathtaking view of Mt. Shasta is nestled privately into the corner of the back yard. A large picinic area with table and chairs, BBQ and cooking utensils are provided. The kitchen area is a dream! A formal dining area with a large oak table is perfect for family meals and playing board games or cards. It is attached to the kitchen which offers a large cooking Island with a butcher block, an abundance of counter space, two ovens, microwave and refridgerator. Cookware and modern appliances are avaliable for your use. We have provided; a guest laundry area with a washer/dryer, utility sink and iron and ironing board. Flat Screen TV's/Cable and a telephone are avaliable for local calls. You may use your calling cards to make long distance calls or you may purchase one from a locall store for under five dollars. We will make every effort with resonable requests to provide you the best service, the cleanest enviroment with the best price value.
activities and attractions in Mount Shasta Shasta Cascade
- The location of our home allows for a quick 8 minutes drive to central Mt. Shasta where you will find numerous mouth watering places to eat. The art galleries and shops in town offer fantastic gifts for yourself or someone else. Local artists have provided some of the best work in our community to show in our home. For your convience you may purchase the art through us directly.
- Within 15 - 30 minutes you can easily arrive at; the Sacramento River, Lake Siskiyou, Mt. Shasta Golf Resort, Shastina Golf Resort and our local Weed Golf Course. Swimming, fishing, boating,hiking and bird watching are all within 5 miles from our home.
- Fish Hatchery, Ice Skating Ring at Shastina Park, Mt. Shasta Ski Park and trail heads are close as well.
- The 4th Of July Events in Mt. Shasta allow for some of the best times you can imagine; parades, music, internatinal foods and entertainment along with friendly people everywhere...and the most incrediable fireworks display in the evening. For more information about other special events in our area please contact us directly we would love to share information with you about our community.
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We base our rates on the number of individuals that stay in our home. We offer discounts to all groups and large families. We are open minded to rate changes in order to provide you the absoute best price and home! Contact us so we can work with you on an individual basis.
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Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center
Top things to do in Mount Shasta
- Skiing
- Hiking
- Fishing
- Golfing
- Shopping
Top things to do on a budget
- Ice Skating
- Hiking
- Swimming
- Site seeing and viewing wild life
- local museums and art galleries
Top things to do with a family
- Visit Historic Fish Hatchery
- Movies
- Bowling
- Picinic at Lake Siskiyou or Castle Lake
- Relax at home at play games
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Whether you're a weekend warrior or have put on a few extra pounds, (or both!), your poor knees bear the brunt and often begin to wear out by middle age. If you're suffering through the pain and cutting back on your favorite activities because you think you're too young for a knee replacement, you might want to think again. More and more people are having the surgery at a younger age, and for good reasons. In fact, the greatest increase in knee replacement is among 45-to-55-year-olds.
Knee replacement is among the most successful surgeries, with 90 percent of patients experiencing dramatic pain relief. More than 700,000 people in the U.S. have the procedure every year.
"Knee pain can really limit activity and knee replacement can help people get back to enjoying life," said Caitlin Carroll, physical therapist at Athletico. "One of the keys to a successful recovery is fully committing to physical therapy to help the knee regain strength and flexibility."
Your new knee should last 15 to 20 years before it needs to be replaced, and taking good care of it will help ensure you get the most out of it. Athletico offers some tips for increasing your odds of successful knee replacement:
· Consider pre-surgery physical therapy –You can improve your odds of having good results if you lose weight and get in the best shape possible before surgery. A physical therapist can help you work around your sore knees, as well as prepare you for what will come after surgery, including exercises you will do and how you will walk. Your therapist also can advise you on how to make changes to your home, such as removing loose rugs and other tripping hazards. If you're not quite ready for knee replacement, physical therapy can strengthen the muscles around your knee and help ease the pain. A stronger knee is a less painful knee.
· Take someone with you to your appointment – We remember only 5 percent of what doctors tell us during an appointment, so take a friend or family member to your pre-operative visit to the surgeon. You should write a list of questions before you go, and take notes during the appointment.
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· What not to do after surgery – There are several things you should avoid after having your knee replaced, such as sleeping with a pillow under your knee, which can make your knee stiff and reduce range of motion. Squatting and kneeling are no-nos as well, because they put excessive pressure on the new knee. And some activities, such as singles tennis, skiing, jogging and football, are just too stressful on the knee. Don't worry, you've still got lots of activities to choose from, including swimming, golf, yoga, bicycling, dancing and doubles tennis.
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He's a valley hiker with an inspiring story. This 78-year-old man has trekked up Camelback Mountain three times a day, six days a week, for 37 years.
Wednesday was his last daily hike. He's retiring. So this morning, there was a surprise waiting for him at the mountaintop.
Sam Wagman began hiking Camelback Mountain 37 years ago.
"1975. I've been doing it every day except Sundays, three times a day."
That's more than 34,000 times. Wednesday, on his 78th birthday, he's wrapping up his amazing regimen.
"It was kind of difficult to hear that, but I also know that, like I said he'll always be here in spirit," says friend Nina Ingrassia.
What was waiting for him before the break of dawn? A big party on top of Camelback Mountain.
Dozens up friends hiked up to greet him at the mountaintop for his final hike at sunrise.
"On behalf of all your friends on Camelback Mountain, you have been the most consistent thing on this mountain, you are always a happy face, you're always here."
A parade of friends with gifts greeted him at the top. Sam opened every card and present, including a memory book filled with photos, and a trophy.
Over 34,000 hikes, a record for all time to come.
Sam has lived an amazing life. He's a Holocaust survivor. All his friends say he's an inspiration.
"Happy birthday, thanks for inspiring us, I've told your story, I tell your story 100 times," a friend said to Sam.
Sam says these daily hikes keep his body strong -- but his knees are giving him trouble. So what's his plan now?
"I'll be walking or hiking but on level ground only. I wish I didn't have to but I have no choice."
Everyone who came up to the mountain met him during a hike.
"And a lot of gifts and a lot of laughs and good times. It gives you a great feeling in the morning, a desire to go on living. It's beautiful… Especially when you get up and it's still dark and you see the whole city. All you see is lights shining."
Sam's knees just won't allow him to hike the mountain three times a day, all week long anymore.
But some of his friends are hoping he'll take a couple more hikes sometime just for old time's sake.
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text: Crazy Baby Shower Trends 7 Questionable Baby Shower Trends by Katharine Stahl 4/22/13 3 Reactions 35 Shares Print 16 10 8 1 0 If you've been following our April Showers series, you might think you've seen it all when it comes to baby shower trends. Unfortunately, you'd be wrong. We try to stick to the good when it comes to baby showers, but the bad and the ugly also exist. So in which of the previous categories would you put the following seven questionable shower trends — from on-site ultrasound technicians to cash-only requests? Click through and weigh in by leaving us a comment below. Ultrasound Parties What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Traditionally, ultrasounds are a personal experience reserved for the mom-to-be, her significant other, and the ultrasound technician. Can you imagine taking that procedure out of the doctor's office and into your home, along with 20 or so of your nearest and dearest friends and family? 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YARD, Angeline C., of Trenton, Mercer County, New Hampshire, under date Feb 15, 1860, is property owner in Denver, for she confers Power of Attorney at that date upon H. J. Brendlinger, of Arapahoe County, to sell, rent, or dispose of all, or any part of her property there. Edward Scudder is a witness to her paper, which is certified to in Trenton. If not a resident of the place in 1859 she is no doubt a property owner of that year, and the record should be included as it may throw light upon some other matters concerning the pioneers of Denver.
YASE (YATE?), Emily, is grantee, from William Clancy "For a valuable consideration" lot 2, block 278, City of Denver, Dec 3, 1859. (Arapahoe County Land Records)
YOST, ---, had four lots donated in Denver 1859. (Clipping)
YOUNG, J., of Missouri, arrived spring 1859. Mentioned in RMN, files, May 28, 1859 during early part of year. The following marriage may be of value to someone of the Young family, even if not relating to this pioneer: (RMN, files) John S. Young and Melissa Foster, married Sep 7, 1863, Denver, by the Rev. Hitchings. (Episcopalian Minister)
Also the following: Died, in Eureka Gulch, Jul 27, 1862, Lucinda Louisa, daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Young, aged 7 years. The last notice is from the Tri-Weekly Mining Register, Central City, Jul 28.
YOUNG, J., arrived goldfields with D. L. Russell, Jun 1,1859, with 5 wagons and 30 men, by Santa Fe Route. (RMN, list, June)
YOUNG, Moses, is grantee, consideration $200, lot 12, block 32, City of Auraria, Dec 9, 1859. On Dec 11 he sells Denver lots to William West, and there are several other transfers, and Jan 13, 1860 he acquires from Auraria Town Company, eight Auraria lots, and on Jun 24 Denver lots from Thomas Warren. On Mar 12 in this year, Young shot William West (the purchaser of his lots sold in December before), and the act occurred near the Larimer Bridge. He was tried, found guilty, and the following day executed at the same spot. On May 16, same year, a note payable to him the previous Jan 9 was contested. (RMN, and Arapahoe County Land Records)
YOUNG, Valarious (Valorous?), joined Russell Party in Kansas, so it is said. V. Y. Young is stockholder Auraria City Town Company 1858. The name of V. W. Young occurs in Arapahoe County Land Records, Liber D, p. 129, old, as grantee from Auraria Town Company of 17 lots in Auraria City, the transaction dated Dec 8, 1859. The same name is mentioned in paper as a miner in Gregory during summer of that year. (Probably these three are variations of the same name.)
YOUNG, William, resident of Golden Sep 1859, for it was in his cabin that Vanover took refuge from the mob. The place was near the present site of the Baptist Chcurch, according to description in the Western Mountaineer, or RMN (?). Both papers circulated in Golden. Hall's Colorado History, Vol. 3, p. 450, says that William H. Young and wife had a son, Emory Young, (eldest son) said to be first white child born south of the Divide. William H. Young was a founder of Canon City in 1859.
YOUNGBLOOD, Harry, farmer of Arkansas Valley 1859, went under an assumed name according to Bancroft, Vol 25, p. 395) He arrived with Robert Middleton.
YOUNKER, Jason T., living 1895, original member Auraria Town Company. (See Hall's Colorado History, Vol. 2, p. 4) John T. Younker is mentioned by Bancroft as of Lawrence Party in 1858, born Ohio, Aug 28, 1833, former teacher, then telegraphy, emigrated Kansas, fought border ruffians, lived five miles from Denver, after failure to find gold on Platte, where he remained until 1879, when he removed to the City.
He married 1867, Annie R. Thompson. (Bancroft, Vol. 25, p. 366) In the records of the Colorado Pioneers' Society his arrival is dated Jun 22, 1858, and there is a mention somewhere of his occupying the 7th wagon and it is said that while engaged in a buffalo hunt on the plains at one time during the trip, he was lost for three days, but found alive. He had Donation Lots in Auraria City.
YOUNT, Capt. Abram K., grocer, rancher, banker later in Fort Collins, was at old Fort St. Vrain in 1858, arriving with party accompanying Capt. Thomas Aikens. (October)
There is a supplement to the Denver Tribune, Mar 13, 1876, published during the session of the Constitutional Convention in that year. Possibly this may not be included in the bound files of that paper, and some of the files have disappeared too, but of which this compiler has a copy, and the following information has been taken from it. There seems to be a doubt as to whether the Capt. Yount mentioned above is identical with the Abram K. of this Convention, and of Fort Collins, unless he may have visited Fort St. Vrain on going eastward from Nevada in autumn of 1858, as the account says he went home to Ohio in 1859, but as it does not say that he did not start in 1858, there is no reason to doubt that he did do so.
"Abram K. Yount, born 1831, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at age of five years emigrated with parents to Northwestern Ohio, near Perrysburg. In year 1851 he went to California, remaining there until 1857. Then to Nevada, and settled on the site where Virginia City now is standing. He located a claim on the celebrated Comstock Lode, and abandoned it, and returned to Ohio 1859. (This was probably through Colorado, leaving Nevada fall of the previous year?) In 1860 came to Kansas, and Oct 24, 1865 came to Denver. (This is probably the date of his permanent coming.) The following December, located on the Big Thompson, kept store, sold out 1871, and took pleasure trip to California, visiting San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and points on the coast and in the interior. In the succeeding March, he returned to Colorado, locating at Fort Collins, then in 1872 opened a banking business under name of A. K. & E. B. Yount. (The E. B. was Ella B. (Doolittle), his wife.) He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1865, (? His name not included in list of members published in Hall's Colorado History, Vol 2, pp. 548-9?) and of that of 1876. He carried on the banking business until about 1879 or 1880 when he had a fall by trying to board a railway car in motion. This caused his death, but his widow continued the bank in Fort Collins, also building and carrying on a mill in Boulder, Colorado. From the Woman's Who's Who of America, edited by J. W. Leonard, 1914, p. 914, we learn that his name was Abram Knox Yount, and that in 1865 she crossed the plains with him, they having been married in Hiawatha, Kansas May 1861. She always assisted him in the store and bank, and after he died made some unsuccessful efforts to develop some mining properties, which proved unworthy and with other expenses and losses occasioned the failure of the bank. She came to Denver, never revisited in Fort Collins, until late in life when very old, and after the death of her devoted sister, Mrs. Woodman, she went there to end her days with a niece. But she died while on a visit to some relatives in Mancos, Colorado about Apr or Mar 1925 or 1926.
YOUTSE & COMPANY, mentioned in RMN summer of 1859, as mining in Pleasant Valley, four men.
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Burial will be Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at 10 a.m. at Odom Memorial Cemetery in Parrish.
Patton was preceded in death by his parents, Charley and Rockell Patton; sisters, Jibbie Bigham and Patty Kimbrell; daughter, Marjorie Ellen Patton; two grandchildren; father-in-law, Kirby G. Cannon; father-in-law, Tommy D. Beasley; and father-in-law, Mancil Hays.
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Loel Woodbine, Duke of Marche woke at his accustomed time on the day he learned of his engagement. His valet arrived as usual, setting down his burdens to pull back a judicious number of curtains, allowing in just the right amount of light after a late night at Mrs. Dahlram's Tearoom. The sun shone from its accustomed seat in the firmament, several degrees past its zenith. As Marche sat up against the pillows, the red-haired manservant placed the breakfast tray and daily newspaper over his lap."Good morning, Negus," Marche said. "I trust that it is a good morning.""Aye, that it is. Every day in your employ is a good one, sir."Marche looked at the man over the top of the Morning Post. "Oh dear, have you been unlucky at cards again? If you need a loan, you have but to ask.""Nay, sir. The cards always do well by me. It is the blasted nags as have a mind of their own.""Ah, I see. Let me rephrase my question. Have you made some ill-considered wagers?""Ill-considered," Negus repeated the term as though savoring a mouthful of ale. "Your Grace always has the precise word."Marche frowned, golden brows drawing together over eyes of dark amber. "You called me 'Your Grace.' Just how much money do you need?""Well, sir, I had information from a rascal what I thought was reliable, bein' me own baby sister's husband and all, and I put down a month's wages." Negus shook his head. "And then I made another bet so as to win back my losses like. As I am known to serve a gentleman of the highest quality, I was given leave to mark down an amount and sign my name, which you yourself taught me to do, thankee.""I may live to regret it. Since you don't mention the amount right away, may I assume it's more than a month's wages?""I owe more than fifty guineas, sir!" Negus burst out."The devil you say!" Silver rattled against china. "I am afraid that stretches my purse a bit at the moment. Fifty guineas! What were you thinking, man?""It were a powerful good tip, sir.""Apparently, it was not all that powerful, or we wouldn't be having this conversation. How soon must you make good on your note?""Soon, sir.""Well, I don't see how I can manage it before the week's end. I will be attending Lady Bolbracken on Saturday, but until she hands over my allowance, I'm on the rocks myself. High rank does not, alas, guarantee ready wealth."Negus kept his expression carefully neutral at the mention of the duke's great-aunt. Thrice married, thrice widowed, turning a tidy profit each time, Willamina, Lady Bolbracken, held the strings of a very deep purse, and she could be quite generous. However, she considered that subsidizing the lifestyle of her great-nephew conferred the right to a say in how that lifestyle was conducted. After all, Lord Marche represented her when he went about in society, and she would not tolerate behavior that reflected badly on their decimated but lofty family. As the only heir to her fortune, he was expected to attend certain social functions and to be well groomed while doing so. Negus knew that his master chafed at being a performing bear, as he put it, but Marche accepted that he was a prisoner of his birth, and, when he wasn't on display, he was left to his own devices. As the valet thought about the forms those devices sometimes took, his impassive mask slipped a trifle."What the deuce are you grinning at?" Marche raised his voice a trifle."Sorry, m'lord. I believe my troubles have given me a nervous twitch.""You'll be fortunate if that's all they give you.""That's the gospel truth, sir. The betting parlor is under new management, and the bookkeeper has got a new fellow works for him, as in doin' the collectin' like. A large fellow he is, nearly as large as your lordship and you six and a half feet in your stockings.""Do I take it that you've been threatened with dire consequences?""Dire consequences! Didn't I just say that your worship always has the precise word as what is needed? That's the mark of a first-rate intelligence and no mistake.""Oh, do stop fawning. It doesn't suit you. I plucked you from the gutters because I saw something in you. You're common as horse dung in the streets, but you give me no more respect than I've earned. That is why I tolerate your comic theater manner of speaking and your damnable gambling, not to mention that face of yours, which could do double duty as a saddle bag.""I've a hangdog look; it is true, sir. Me own mother told me so."The duke sighed. "Well, I can't let you be thrashed by a bookkeeper's hired man, even if you are ginger-haired. It just won't do to have you sporting bruises while on duty, and, if by chance, this large fellow breaks one of your limbs, how will you serve me at all? While you can still draw breath, why don't you lay out my clothes? I will have my tea and think on your predicament.""Aye, sir." To the rustling sound of newspaper pages being turned, Negus proceeded across the room to a large armoire. The valet chose a bottle-green jacket with short tails and a black silk waistcoat liberally embroidered with vines of gold to go over the duke's customary buff-colored breeches. He was touching up the shine on a pair of black calf-length boots when Marche swore under his breath and crumpled the paper in his big fist. The valet hurried to take away the breakfast tray as his master rose. "What is it, sir?" "Damme, Negus, I am engaged to be married.""Are you, sir?""It is printed here in the Society section of the Morning Post. Therefore, it must be true.""As you say, m'lord." Negus paused. "Who are you tyin' the knot with then?""Just a moment." Marche retrieved the balled-up pages and spread them open on the bed. "I was so shocked that I confess I didn't catch the young lady's name. This is bound to be my great aunt's doing, you know. She threatened me not two weeks ago over luncheon, claiming that an unwed man above thirty is a scandal.""The old dragon's got a lot of company in that opinion.""You've become a bit too familiar, don't you think?""It's a regrettable failing of mine, sir. I'll do better; I swear.""You do swear; that's true enough, and I am in no fit shape to flog you this morning."Negus smiled at the timeworn joke. "Have you not found the hussy's name yet, sir?""Yes, I was simply recovering from the second shock inside of ten minutes. I may need a drop of restorative in my tea. My dear aunt has outdone herself this time. I am to marry the Honorable Miss Valeria Randwick, daughter of Julius, Earl of Blythestone.""Never heard of her.""No one has, but when I was a lad I knew someone who knew her father. The Blythestone lands bordered ours before Sir Julius lost Lamberglyn Park and all the rest of it. He had unfortunate political connections, an obstacle that he might have overcome had he not fallen gravely ill. He was still quite a young man when he exiled himself from England, taking his pregnant wife to Brittany to live in what I heard were greatly reduced circumstances. It was never proved whether the threat of violence was a real one or the imaginings of a mind unhinged by disastrous turns of fortune. Whatever the truth may have been, he chose to flee, unwisely, as it happened. He trusted an agent to sell off his holdings, and the blackguard sent him only a pittance of the profits, absconding with the rest of the money." Marche frowned. "I haven't thought of that sad story in nearly twenty years. Now the hapless earl has passed out of this world as well as out of mind, and I am to marry the child he spirited out of England in the womb." The duke sighed heavily. "She'll probably be the type that's prone to the vapors.""It all sounds powerful romantic to me, sir." Negus held up Marche's snowy white shirt, adopting a casual tone when he spoke again. "I suppose you've a reason now to attend on Lady Bolbracken before Saturday.""I suppose I have." Lord Marche slipped his arms into the sleeves of the tailored garment. "How very convenient for you."Negus cocked his head as he navigated the complexities of Marche's cravat. "That's the first time you've not had the precise word, Your Grace. This ain't convenient for neither of us, I wouldn't say." "If you insist on being factual, I'll finish dressing by myself.""Pardon me, your lordship." Negus waited for Marche to shrug into his jacket before he pulled the man's tawny shoulder-length hair back and tied it with a simple black ribbon. "I'll do me best to pretend this marriage is a good idea.""And so will I." Lord Marche sighed. Poor Miss Randwick, I hope for your sake that you are not a naïve young girl who yearns for true love and a houseful of children. "Valeria!" Anne Kermartin, the Randwick's housekeeper—who also cooked and had been a nanny in her time—heard no reply. "Where is the girl?" she muttered as she ended her search where she'd begun it. There was no one in the kitchen except for the marmalade tabby licking a paw by the hearth. Seeing she'd be getting no help, Anne tied an apron around her plump middle and set about getting dinner started. She'd got as far as chopping cabbage to add to the pot over the fire when she heard voices outside. A moment later, Valeria came through the side door that let onto the herb garden. "Where have you been, miss?" the housekeeper asked, ignoring Valeria's attire. She had already expressed her opinion on the wearing of trousers by females, and she was not a woman to waste her breath in futile exercise."Dear Anne." Valeria bent to kiss the woman's furrowed forehead. "I've been helping you with dinner as I promised." "I'll not lie to your mother for you.""Since when?" Valeria replied pertly."What a vulgar turn of phrase! You're a lady in name, but lately you've been acting the hoyden, cutting didoes as if you've no shame at all. I don't think you know how bold you've become, living as we do. You've no one to set an example for you.""What about my mother?""The countess barely has time to eat and sleep after the work is done.""I take your meaning. Perhaps if I were to contribute more to the running the household, Mama would have time for other things, such as teaching me deportment.""I would not presume to tell you your duty, miss.""Since when?"Anne changed the subject. "What have you got behind your back?"Valeria laid a brace of dressed rabbits on the cutting board. "I told you I was helping you with dinner. What do you say to a nice bit of meat in the stew?""Bless you, girl. I am tired to the bone of fish and fowl.""I am tired to the bone of everything." The tall young woman sat and put her chin in her hands, her morning glory eyes going vague as she stared into the middle distance."Everything?" Anne went back to chopping. "Did I not hear my nephew's voice just now?""Randall was returning from the village when I came out of the forest. Naturally, we walked together.""I hope he did his job well.""He got the cow serviced by Mayor Loic's bull," Valeria answered matter-of-factly. The doings of the barnyard and stable were no mystery to her, and she saw nothing shameful in them. Animals simply did as Nature intended and were humans not of animal nature as well? "That's why we had to walk so slowly. For poor Blossom's sake.""Valeria!" Lady Amandine, Countess of Blythestone stood poised in the doorway, a hand clutched at her bosom."Mama!" Valeria hurried to offer support, towering over her dainty mother as she settled her in a chair and offered a cup of tea. "Good heavens! Are you all right? You gave me such a turn. You looked as though you were going to faint.""What would you expect when I hear my only daughter speaking like a plowman? If your father were alive, he would die of shame.""Mama—" Valeria began."No! I won't hear it. I have let you run wild long enough. How I wish we could have provided for you as we did for your brother. In a convent, the nuns would have seen to your training in dignified deportment." Amandine sighed. "However, I could not bear to be parted from both my children. My selfishness is to blame for your circumstance.""Mama, no! I am glad you didn't send me away. I wish Valentine could have stayed as well.""You know that was not possible, my dear. We could not take the chance that our enemies would harm him."Valeria held her peace though she chafed at it. When she was small, she'd looked for lurkers in every shadow, but as she grew, she came to see that her father's fears were of his own invention. Not for the world would she have suggested aloud that he was a bit soft in the head, but she knew it to be true. She did as her mother did and indulged the gentle, deluded man until his sudden death. Valeria banished the memory of her father's face when his body was pulled from the river."And we are not speaking of your brother," Amandine was saying. "Your father and I hoped that one day you would marry well and know the bliss of wedded life, even though we were doomed to exile here."Valeria snorted, tossing the thick braid of dark auburn hair over her shoulder. "Long and plain as I am?""You're a handsome lass, miss," Anne was goaded into saying.Amandine gave the housekeeper a sharp glance before she spoke. "Listen to me, daughter. It is true that we are reduced to living hand-to-mouth on foreign soil, but we are still of the highest quality. It does not matter that I have turned our home into a laundry so we may supplement what our garden provides. Nor does it matter that I am chief laundress of a staff of three. I am still Lady Blythestone, daughter of the Earl of Danswell, and shall be until I die. No one may take that from me, even if fate has taken all that goes with those proud names.""You have been working too hard, dear Mother," Valeria said quickly, anxious to head off one of her mother's bouts of black depression. "Anne and I are preparing rabbit stew. Won't you put your feet up until it is ready?""I have not yet told you the news.""What news?""There was a letter in the packet that Randall delivered from town. It is there on the floor where I dropped it. Do be an angel and fetch it for me."Valeria strode across the kitchen, her long legs making little of the large open space. As she bent to pick up the sheets of creamy vellum, she noted the crest at the top. She didn't recognize the blazon, but she was certain of the lofty quality of the letterhead."You will never guess the contents of that blessed letter," Lady Amandine said. "The answer to all our prayers is in there.""Good heavens," Valeria said, exchanging a doubtful glance with Anne. "I cannot imagine.""It is the best news possible. You are to be married, my girl! Six weeks ago, your hand was asked for and I sent a reply accepting for you. Today the official answer arrived. In three months time, Loel Everett Woodbine, the Duke of Marche, only heir to the Brackenmourse, Falkertin, and Marche fortunes, will make you his bride!""I have never even met the man!""My mother met my father on their wedding day, and they had a happy life together.""Grand'Mere was French and betrothed in the cradle. We live in more modern times.""I am shocked by your reaction," Amandine said. "I thought you would be happy to hear that such a man had offered for you. Why, his endowment is the largest in all of England!""I am sure Miss Valeria is merely stunned," Anne said. "When the news has a chance to sink in, I know that a clever girl will see the advantages of such a marriage."Valeria's expression clearly revealed her shock at this betrayal. "Anne, how could you say that when you know…." The girl's words trailed off."What does Anne know?" Amandine demanded."I- I was considering entering a convent," Valeria stammered with swift invention. "Perish the thought! One religieuse in the family is quite enough. How can you speak of locking yourself away, as well? Am I never to see my family as one again?""I am sorry, Mother, but I would rather take vows than marry a stranger.""And I would rather be in our estate at Lamberglyn Park with your father still alive and both my children at my side, but sometimes we have no choice and we do as we must. I know my Julius would say the same if he were here." Amandine rose and went to the door. "I am going to lie down for a bit. By the time dinner is ready, I expect you will have resigned yourself to this marriage, and I hope you realize that I only want what is best for you.""Yes, Mama." Valeria curtsied as the lady left the kitchen. "How eager she is to marry me off to this no-doubt ancient Englishman with a name for each of his fortunes. I was born in Brittany; I have lived here all my life, and I've no wish to leave. I cannot even imagine what life as a grand lady would be like, but I doubt I will like it.""I noticed how red and chafed my lady's hands are," Anne said softly. "When I came to work for your family, your mother had the smoothest, whitest hands I'd ever seen, like porcelain they were. To see them now, so rough and work-worn, near breaks my heart. She was never raised for a life such as we live, but she does the best she can."Miss Valeria Randwick closed her mouth on whatever she would have said next and thought about Anne's words. Valeria had been conceived here, in the region the French called Bretagne, and had never known another life. She loved the old farmhouse and the ancient orchard, loved hunting game and tending the garden, loved wearing men's clothing when no one was around, but most of all, she loved Randall Cleary. How could she marry a stranger when her heart was already given away? Valeria picked up a knife and began chopping turnips as she considered her dilemma. A clever girl should be able to solve this problem.
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Speaking of 4K Broadcast, Japan is Flying off the Handle: TV is 4K in 2014. Plus, an 8K Future?
Several recent developments are helping to bring more 4K (or "more-K") to your television screen than many of us might have anticipated, even a year ago. RED has big ideas for your home theater (pictured left), consumer electronics companies are starting to roll out some screens with very high pixel densities, media mega-vendors YouTube and Netflix will (or already do) support 4K, and to bring just about everything together, H.265 will be dilating streaming efficiency on 1 billion devices near you. 4K will likely find its way to you via the web a lot sooner than it will through your cable subscription — unless, of course, you live in Japan. To reinvigorate the country's (somehow) floundering consumer electronics economy, its ministry of communications will be making 2014 the year of 4K in Japan. And perhaps beyond, not long after that.
This comes as a surprise to me, especially with (or despite?) the news of H.265′s acceptance as the next great encoding standard still hot off the presses. Here's CNET's Crave Asia reporting the story, which originally broke on the Asahi Shimbun:
Having been one of the pioneers of 4K technology, Japan is set to become the first country in the world to broadcast in 4K resolution come July 2014. This is almost 2 years ahead of the original plan in a bid to revive its ailing domestic consumer electronics industry, according to the Japan communication ministry. The launch of this 4K broadcast service is timed to coincide with the knockout rounds of the FIFA World Cup 2014 football tournament.
To mitigate the bandwidth limitation of existing digital broadcasting systems, dedicated communication satellites will be used initially. However, the 4K transmission will eventually encompass both commercial broadcasting satellites and terrestrial channels in the future. This TV service is unlikely to be free for viewers, although the Japanese government is said to be funding the overall running cost.
Dedicated communications satellites? Wait, did they not hear about H.265, which halves the bandwidth strain necessary to achieve a given level of quality as compared to H.264? Or maybe, they don't even want to wait for universal support for the codec to begin rolling out? Given that some kind of standard is going to be necessary to implement anyway, something's a little strange about all this — if not kind of exciting. Just as art can imitate life of the reverse, so too can spec drive tech, and vice-versa — and there's a lot to be said for the changes a 4K transition could bring to Japan's TV media, not to mention the world over.
But wait, there's more. And it gets better:
As if this is not enough, the ministry might also be bringing forward Japan's experimental 8K broadcasts to 2016, just in time for the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Could this be a hint for the arrival of 8K TVs in about three years time?
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Work is also in progress on 8K technology, which would have 16 times the resolution of the current high-definition TV broadcasting. Ministry officials are also considering pushing up the start of experimental 8K broadcasting by two years to 2016 when the Summer Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro.
I realize that spec can drive tech and all that, but 8K? In 2016? 8K in any time-frame is simply amazing, there's nothing else to say about it — but in just three years? Pretty unbelievable stuff, even if it doesn't materialize: the push alone is going to make waves. Of course, 4K TVs may be (well actually, they pretty much are) pointless at certain distances / screen sizes, but apparently that isn't stopping Japan, nor does the fairly considerable lack of 8K content in existence seem to be affecting their disposition on all of this res-upping business.
What are your thoughts on all of this? Do you think 4K by 2014 is reasonable, likely, or worthwhile? What about 8K, how could this affect the industry if it moves forward? Can you imagine what the 8K "RED fish" would look like to swallow those below it?
Link: Ministry eying world's first broadcasting of next-generation TV technology — The Asahi Shimbun
[via CNET via Crave Asia]
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Amir on 01.29.13 @ 7:52PM
Why 4K is stupid ? a great article
I completely disagree with him. You'll notice the difference in pixel density.
Marcus on 01.29.13 @ 10:19PM
make sure you are 10 inches from your TV
PeterK on 01.30.13 @ 5:30AM
No you won't. The math may not be exatly exact, but the principle is true http://prolost.com/blog/2013/1/22/4k-in-the-home.html
MEgaman on 01.30.13 @ 10:26AM
I have seen a 4k tv right next to a1080p tv and trust me there is a big difference!!!
Marcus on 01.30.13 @ 10:37AM
well that will hinge on the specs of the 1080p TV, contrast ratio, blacks, etc
Alan Nogueira on 01.29.13 @ 8:00PM
Now I am full of doubts. What about my Blu Ray and DVD collection, will I have to rebuild my collection with the next generation of whatever come?
kevin on 01.29.13 @ 9:56PM
up rezing works well…and digital download and streaming seems to be the way of the future anyway.
Marcus on 01.29.13 @ 10:22PM
You wont need to rebuild your collection for the simple fact that 100% of current movies weren't mastered in 4K. Well maybe 99,9%
Christian Anderson on 01.30.13 @ 11:51AM
DVD? What is that?
I think its those things game cubes use
Japan does need a boost in its economy and it seems a move to 4k is it … at least for media. Who knows what is up their sleeves! Would this mean a quicker implementation of H265 … or a new approach to backend broadcast downsizing?
alex on 01.29.13 @ 8:21PM
8K!? Can we not do this right now ? I JUST got to 2.5k. It's getting a little frustrating.
Anyone watch Japanese television lately? It has bigger problems than lack of resolution.
tvphreak8k on 01.29.13 @ 8:56PM
What problems? Sucky content? Seems like USA TV has a similar snafu. It's a pandemic! 8k is not the cure!!!!?>???
Rishaar on 01.29.13 @ 10:59PM
ahah i hear you! have been living in Japan the last 10 years and am still amazed ;)
Just yesterday, i had lunch with a group of NHK producers i used to work with couple years ago.
They told me that most of TV broadcast companies (including NHK) are still using a lot of aging post-production technology and are planning to update their whole park.
Also, there are way too many different formats in use by smaller ENG productions, i often see 8-10 years old DV cameras in line with the latest Sony or JVC monsters.
Since they do that kind of renewal rarely, I guess they plan it to be as future-proof as possible.
Marcus on 01.29.13 @ 10:25PM
I can't wait to watch my TV shopping channel in 4K shot on Red Dragon downsized from 8k, amazing experience.
George on 01.30.13 @ 2:01AM
I hope you know there's no such thing as the hater of the year award on the Internet.
jake on 01.30.13 @ 5:25AM
You can surely see a difference with 4k. Text looks incredibly smooth with no jaggies. 8k must look similar to IMAX but you will need a big ass screen to take advantage of it ;)
mikko löppönen on 01.30.13 @ 3:54AM
Actually, IMAX resolution plateaus at about 3k way before getting to 4k.
The reason text looks smooth with a higher resolution monitor is because we sit quite close to them.
Marklondon on 01.30.13 @ 12:26AM
Europe will go 8k.
Raphael on 01.30.13 @ 9:19AM
what makes you think that?
if the quality of TV shows will increase by factor 2 as well, then I will be glad to purchase a 4k TV : D
Fresno Bob on 01.30.13 @ 4:01AM
Film is the equivalent of approx 5k.
So what is the point of going above that?
As someone says, the only material that will be available in 8k will be shopping channels.
Marvin on 01.30.13 @ 5:58AM
I reckon anything beyond 4K will be primarily projected rather than displayed on a flat panel screen (LCD or PDP). Mainly because of picture size, cost and power consumption. A projected 200inch image is definately easier to achieve than a 200inch panel.
I went to the 8K Super Hi-Vision experimental broadcast of 2012 London Olympics in Bradford National Media Museum, they used a JVC projector with e-shift technology to project a 8K image onto a standard cinema screen. it looks amazingly vivid (8K@50fps).
Clayton on 01.30.13 @ 6:03AM
They should be upping the frame rate, not the pixel resolution. The BBC wrote a paper concerning this http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp169.shtml
8K is almost redundant if you don't shoot for a higher frame rate first.
Marvin on 01.30.13 @ 9:13AM
UHD indeed has higher framerate, 50P/60P default for PAL or NTSC, there are plans for 100P/120P.
The world's first UHD TV channel in Europe is broadcasting in 3840×2160@50P
Clayton on 01.30.13 @ 9:35AM
I didn't know that, sweet!
Christian Anderson on 01.30.13 @ 11:55AM
I thought we all learned how untrue 'more fps = better' was when we saw The Hobbit in 48fps…
Clayton on 01.30.13 @ 12:37PM
We're discussing television here, not cinema. 50p and 60p are already put to use in live sports broadcasts because of how higher frame rates handle motion. If not the Olympics in HFR 4K, then I'm sure these formats will find use in other contexts where the image needs to have a live and immediate feeling (eg, the news or even perhaps Sitcoms, who knows?).
Plus, you're looking at an example of a single film from a specific genre, story, director, dop, etc. that is the first of it's kind in terms of mass distribution. I'm sure it can be done better in the future… especially if television moves on to HFR broadcasts and we become used to it.
Anthony Marino on 01.30.13 @ 7:43AM
I surmise resolution is lost when the image is broadcasted. I've noticed SD looks decent in the edit suite but as soon as its broadcasted it looks pretty bad compared to HD. Even the HD channels suffers from this though looks way better than SD. Transmitting 4k I can only think will resolve even better than HD giving us a cleaner image. I'm not sure we need bigger and badder cameras at this point more so then we need leaner and meaner codecs…I guess H.265 is a step in the right direction.
MEgaman on 01.30.13 @ 10:24AM
You guys are thinking small. it all about 8k on your iPhone.
Christian Anderson on 01.30.13 @ 11:56AM
No no…THAT is thinking "small"!
Kevin on 01.30.13 @ 12:55PM
8K, lol… Now this is just getting to be a joke.. People still cant broadcast HD properly and now this… hahah it will be the next 3D and fall flat on its face…
ruben huizenga on 01.30.13 @ 2:31PM
Damn! I can only see in SD and hear up to 10 khz!
Shawn on 02.4.13 @ 9:02AM
US Broadcasters and their opinion on 4k broadcasting.
4k is very much real and coming to the US sooner than later. Cable companies see this as a major feather in their cap against DirecTV and Dish which currently don't have the bandwidth to support a lot of 4k channels. Broadcast cable does.
Laugh all you want about 8k, but it's already here. Three cameras were on display at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas last month and we expect a lot more to be there next year. 4k cameras and monitors were everywhere at the show and 4k production has been happening in the US and the world for years now. Fox, CBS, NBC and ESPN have been using 4k cameras during live sporting events about the past two years, generally calling the camera their "super zoom" because the image size is so large they can "zoom" into the picture.
Prevailing wisdom at the convention is that 4k will come very quickly to US Broadcast and television production. 8k will come in the next few years to Cinema production and scale down easily to 4k broadcast production.
The other wisdom at the show is that 3D TV is all but dead, thankfully.
james braselton on 06.6.13 @ 8:25PM
hi there yeah 3d 4k 8k 16k 32k 64k 128k 256k 512k 1m and 2d unlimted d more options the better every one can be differant me like 3d watching espn 3d xbox one ps4 both suport 4k thats when i upgrade soo new game console new tv
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We work with many small manufacturers, and often our demand exceeds their capacity. Our products often sell out, and when they do a "notify me" badge will appear on the product's page, which we encourage you to sign up. The instant the product comes back in stock you will receive a one-time email notification. We do not keep waiting lists, or allow pre-orders, and all information you provide will be kept private.
Currently we do not wholesale, but are developing wholesale operations so we would love to hear from retailers interested in carrying Best Made products. We work with individuals and corporate clients on custom orders of 12 or more axes. Please contact us directly if you'd like to work on a project together.