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University of Maine civil engineering students will have better access to state-of-the art laboratory equipment thanks to a $75,000 pledge from a Gray company co-founded by the son of a professor who taught at the Orono campus for close to 40 years.
The gift from Gorrill-Palmer Consulting Engineers will be put towards an endowment to maintain and upgrade the Soil Mechanics Lab in Boardman Hall where each year approximately 100 students in civil engineering and construction management technology receive training on how to investigate subsurface conditions and materials.
"This is one way to give back to the university. It will help establish a predictable funding stream that's independent of the legislative process," said Thomas Gorrill, son of UMaine civil engineering professor William Gorrill who retired in 1986. Thomas Gorrill and his partner, Al Palmer, founded the engineering company in 1998.
The gift will help ensure that the UMaine students the company regularly hires are prepared for the workforce, said Palmer. "We'd like to see that graduates out of UMaine have a thorough knowledge of the fundamentals in geotechnical engineering because it's the basis of all civil engineering projects," he said.
In honor of the firm's generous contribution the facility has been named the Gorrill-Palmer Consulting Engineers Soil Mechanics Laboratory. During a dedication in April, 2007, UMaine President Robert Kennedy thanked the company and its 24 employees, many of them UMaine engineering graduates.
"This is really a wonderful example of how companies in Maine can step up to the plate and make a lasting difference to the College of Engineering," Dean Dana Humphrey said. Gorrill-Palmer is highly regarded in Maine and throughout northern New England for its transportation engineering work, he added.
The gift comes as part of UMaine's $150 million capital campaign – the most ambitious in the history of the flagship campus — and makes the third named laboratory in the civil engineering department and the tenth in the College of Engineering.
Endowments are more important than ever because technology becomes obsolete so quickly, according to Humphrey. "We have to replace our equipment on a much more frequent basis and we need to have endowments like Gorrill-Palmer to provide that critical level of support," he said.
A faculty member in UMaine's civil engineering department for nearly 40 years, William Gorrill taught soil courses and was instrumental in hiring Humphrey as his replacement, the interim dean recalled.
The gift "is just a wonderful connection between father and son," Humphrey said
His father "probably would be very pleased" about the gift, said Gorrill, who has maintained close ties with UMaine over the years. He is a member of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering advisory board. And he has been a guest speaker at the Orono campus on numerous occasions.
"The gift is going to be huge for us," said Eric Landis, interim chair of the civil engineering department, noting that a first-rate lab would help recruit top faculty and students.
"We want to be a state-of-the-art facility and this will help us do that," he said.
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This was a last minute cruise purchase. We had and have so many various commitments that any holiday had to be taken within a short three week window so, quite honestly, we would have gone anywhere (well, nearly anywhere) if there was immediate availability and an acceptable price. Find, agree, book, pack and arrive at Southampton for embarkation, all within five days. It was the best deal we could find but we did have some anxiety about our choice. Would the inside cabin be claustrophobic, would the Fore location be choppy, would the Princess Theatre one deck below Emerald prove intolerably noisy, and, finally, would the Norwegian weather be so grim that, coupled with the feared seasickness, we would, on the whole, rather prefer to be in Bognor!
All fears proved without foundation and we have returned with wonderful memories.
The inside cabin was perfectly adequate for our needs. It did have wall mounted bunk beds which didn't impinge upon us at all but we thought the space might feel uncomfortably cramped had we had two children sharing the cabin in addition to ourselves.
We absolutely loved the fore location. It had none of the disconcerting vibrations associated with the aft area though I appreciate that this is a personal preference and some people prefer the vibrations to the rocking of the ship.
For us, the gentle movement at night was soothing and enjoyable. The sea was never more than moderate and, although the side table drawers would occasionally and unexpectedly slide open this was no more than an amusement to us.
Prior to embarkation, in those few fevered days of preparation I had posed the question of whether there was access from the fore of the corridor on Emerald Deck outside to the Upper Promenade. I can now definitively answer this question with an unambiguous "Yes". There are numerous doors from the Upper Promenade into the ship and it is certainly true that the majority of them bear the sign - Crew Members Only. However there are doors which don't bear this sign and one of them is just a few steps away from E112. From the inside it says Emergency Exit but not Emergency Exit Only. Opening the door gives you the advice to mind your step and watch out for high winds. A great way to get outside quickly and a great way to get back in after a walk.
The Theatre is one Deck below and near the location of the cabin and we were prepared to hear a great deal of noise. We heard nothing. However, we spoke to some people two decks above us on Dolphin and they suffered a great deal of noise from the Theatre. We were completely puzzled by this though in no doubt of their truthfulness. We were then very surprised to hear some sound walking back to our cabin along the corridor on Emerald Deck. I then looked more carefully at the corridor. Some of the Ocean view cabins do not face other doors when they open their door but a blank wall. These cabins are around the 200's to the 230's and this is the area where I could hear the Theatre. I then remembered that the people on Dolphin had also had a cabin with similar numbers.
Could it be (though I absolutely stand corrected if I have misinterpreted the situation) that the Theatre extends in height through a number of Decks and that this blank wall is the wall of the Theatre? In E112 we were well forward and with a number of cabins between us and this area and we didn't hear a thing. It was also very quiet as very few people needed to walk this far to reach their cabin. Oh dear, I've just thought, maybe now that I have encouraged all comers to access that very convenient door just beyond E112 there will be hordes of enthusiastic walkers marching onwards outside the door!
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Debra Tate has spent four decades pushing for the rights of victims. Her sister Sharon Tate, pregnant and in her own home, was murdered by members of the Charles Manson family in 1969.
Today, she scored a major victory when Governor Brown denied the parole of former Manson family follower Bruce Davis.
"I know the Fox 11 reports that you've been doing made the difference," says Tate. "The media pressure has helped to keep another one of these sociopaths behind bars."
Davis has spent forty years behind bars for his role in the 1969 murders of Topanga Canyon musician Gary Hinman and stuntman Douglas "Shorty" Shea.
Tate, who is a spokeswomen for both families, says she was surprised and relieved by the Governor's decision to reverse the parole recommendation by a state board.
It was the second time Davis was recommended for parole and both Governor Brown and former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger denied his release.
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ITS supports UC owned smartphones, and allows personally owned smartphones to connect to UCOP email, calendar, and contacts for business purposes.
- For UC owned smartphones: When requested by departments, ITS purchases UC owned smartphones for business use and configures them to receive UCOP email, calendar, and contacts. Two smartphones are supported – the current iPhone or Blackberry. ITS secures smartphones by establishing a passcode and the ability to remotely wipe the device in case it is lost or stolen. ITS provides very limited support for hardware issues and recommends customers visit the Apple Genius Bar for assistance.
- For personally owned smartphones: UCOP personnel may configure personally owned mobile devices to receive UCOPe-mail, calendar, and contacts. (Search for "personal smartphone" in the IT Service Hub knowledgebase for instructions.) Note that ITS does not support or take any responsibility for personally owned smartphones. For support, customers should consult their carrier or the store where the device was purchased. In addition, customers are responsible for securing their personally owned mobile device. ITS recommends the activation of the password lock on smartphones to protect data in case the device is stolen or lost.
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Use the IT Service Hub to request a UC owned smartphone.
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Support is available M – F, 6:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Request support through the IT Service Hub or by contacting the IT Service Desk.
UCOP staff are eligible to receive UC owned smartphones if they meet the business requirements specified in UC policy, Guidelines for the Purchase and Use of Cellular Phones and Other Portable Electronic Resources, G-46. Managers must ensure that employees complete and sign the G-46 usage agreement, which the department (not ITS) retains for its records.
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Departments are responsible for the smartphone purchase cost and the monthly charges associated with the device.
Additional Information
Information about using smartphones may be found in the IT Service Hub. Key search words include smartphone, personal smartphone, iPhone, Blackberry.
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UCOP personnel should not use or store University restricted information on personally owned mobile devices. If you receive restricted information on a personally owned device, delete it immediately. UC policy, IS-3, Electronic Information Security (pdf), provides a definition of restricted data. Examples include Social Security numbers, ethnicity, date of birth, and financial information, such as credit card number or bank account number.
If you need to use restricted information on a mobile device for your job, talk with your manager about getting a University owned device, which can be better secured.
- See also UC Electronic Communications Policy.


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A more than 120-year-old ring that belonged to the 29th mayor of Chicago, whose diamond comes in at just over 4-carats, will be auctioned off to the highest bidder this weekend through Leslie Hindman auctioneers.
Mayor John Patrick Hopkins was voted mayor in 1893 during a special election following the assassination of Mayor Carter Harrison.
Hopkins was the first Irish Catholic mayor of the city.
The diamond ring was eventually passed down to Mary Henebry, who decided to part ways with the family heirloom.
Director of Fine Jewelry, Alexander Eblen, said that it's family heirloom status is another reason the ring attracts attention. "It's been in the family the entire time that also is unusual, just in terms of passing through different hands and family."
The auctioneers believe the stone may have been originally cut between 1850 and 1900. Yet, despite its old age, the ring is in great condition.
"It has history. It's got fantastic quality. It's in great condition, so it didn't come to us with damage. It's been very well cared for. It's a beautiful, beautiful stone," Eblen said.
Auctioneers are estimating the diamond to sell for $100,000 to $150,000. It will the last item auctioned off on Sunday at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers.
For more information on the auction taking place this weekend, visit Leslie Hindman Auctioneers online.
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Collision between two vans and a car
A three-year-old girl was airlifted to Southampton General Hospital after suffering serious injuries in a collision at Wickham.
Police are appealing for information after a Volkswagen van, a Toyota Yaris and a Ford Transit van collided on the A32 near its junction with Forest Lane.
The incident happened around 11am on 27th September 2012. The three-year-old girl, who's from Ryde, was in the Yaris. She was taken to Southampton General Hospital and is in a critical condition.
Her mother went with her to hospital. She and the driver, a 31-year-old man from Essex were uninjured.
The Volkswagen driver, a 54-year-old Romsey man, was uninjured. He was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and bailed until 10th January 2013, pending further enquiries.
The Transit driver, a 34-year-old Southampton man, was uninjured.
– Sergeant Andy Lynch, Roads Policing Unit
This was a serious collision that's left a young girl critically ill in hospital. We closed the road for around five hours in order to investigate the scene and recover the vehicles involved and I'd like to thank anyone who was affected for their patience.
We understand there were at least two other vehicles driving ahead of the three involved in the collision at the time. I'd like to hear from these drivers, or anyone who can help us to identify them, to see if they assist our investigation."


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49ers PK David Akers made a 44-yard field goal with 12:42 remaining in the fourth quarter of the team's Week 16 game against the Seahawks, giving him an NFL record 41 made field goals this season.
Akers, playing in his first season in San Francisco after 12 years as an Eagles, surpassed Neil Rackers, who made 40 field goals for the 2005 Cardinals. The Niners kicker has made at least one field goal in each game this season and has five games with four three-pointers in 2011.


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5/16/11 Ask Charlotte
Week of May 16, 2011
Dear Friends,
As this semester draws to a close, I want to take the opportunity to wish 'Good luck' to all our students as they go into final examinations.
And I offer sincere congratulations to all of our graduating seniors!
Kind regards,
Question: Why is Internet in dorms as well as town houses so slow? Not only Wi-Fi but also the Ethernet is extremely slow.
Answer: Thanks to my friends in the Technology Resource Center (or TRC) for this informative response:
Demand for Internet speed is at an all-time high on college and university campuses, and Hartwick is no exception. The number and types of devices (e.g. laptops, smart phones, iPods, iPads, game consoles) that can connect to the Internet and the number of services (e.g. Web pages, video, video phone calls, games) now offered over the Internet has increased dramatically even within the last few months. While Hartwick's Internet speed was increased by 150% in August 2010, the pace of increasing demand has outstripped the quantum jump in the size of the pipe. Our Internet speed is a shared, finite resource which must be divided ever more finely as each new device and service appears on the network.
In previous years, Hartwick operated its network as an "academic network" on which those services thought to be most germane to the pursuit of academic work were given the highest priority. Services not related to academics were severely deprioritized. This strategy delivered the greatest speed to services like HTML Web pages and made online games difficult to enjoy. In the fall of 2009 the Student Senate made a case that the Internet is as much for recreation as it is for academics. This prompted us to increase the priority given to video (e.g. YouTube, Flash Video), purchased music downloads (e.g. iTunes), games (e.g. Xbox Live, Sony Online), messaging (e.g. Skype, AIM) and non-academic Web sites. As you probably know, all of these services have a capacious appetite for speed.
As vehicle traffic on a freeway slows down when congestion increases, so too Internet traffic also slows down as demand for speed increases. Things are relatively quiet (speed is fast for any one single user because there are few users doing few things) in the early morning and starts a steady ramp-up around breakfast time that continues until dinner, where there is a slight dip. After dinner the Internet link is nearly saturated (speed is slow for any one user because there are lots of users doing lots of things) until early morning.
Question: Why don't we have wireless Internet in the dorms? I understand the Ethernet is supposed to be faster, but it's actually really slow. The wireless Internet on my iPhone is faster than the Ethernet connection in the dorms. Also, why don't we have regular cable channels, such as Bravo and Disney?
Answer: Again, from my friends in the TRC:
There are wireless access points in the residence halls, but only in the common areas (lounges) for each residence hall. A student's ability to pick up a wireless signal will depend on their proximity to the access point. Since the dorm rooms have a wired Ethernet jack for each occupant, and the wired network offers faster and more secure networking, we have focused on other areas on campus when adding access points. We continue to review the campus wireless capability on an ongoing basis, and it will likely continue to evolve in the future.
Please refer to the previous response regarding Internet speed.
And (this is Charlotte responding), while the selection of Hartwick's cable channels clearly can't please everyone, it would seem that its 60+ channels would offer a fine variety from which to choose.
Question: Who do students talk to about a professor who is not doing their job? We have already talked to the department chair, and have had no luck there.
Answer: Your next step should be to make an appointment to speak with Dean Hunsberger in Academic Affairs.
Question: Charlotte: What do faculty secretaries do? And why are they called secretaries? Isn't this 2011 and isn't that a bit sexist?
Answer: The American Heritage Dictionary defines a secretary as 'A person employed to handle correspondence, keep files and do clerical work.' Faculty secretaries at Hartwick do this and much more! To find out what their jobs entail, you may want to stop by and chat with one of these busy individuals.
The position of 'secretary' may be fulfilled by either a man or a woman, so it's difficult to call it a sexist term (think of the 'Secretary of State'). Some perceive the work done by a secretary (which, in truth, is often a woman) as 'less important.' I imagine, however, that many offices would cease to run smoothly (or perhaps implode) without an experienced secretary as part of the team.
Question: How come questions are not answered on a weekly basis? The Ask Charlotte home page says that they are addressed on a weekly basis, but the last posting was a full month ago.
Answer: The timing of my columns varies due to a number of reasons: some queries require research in order to respond accurately; in some months I receive very few questions; and finally, there are times when even a spirit has a lot on her virtual plate.
Thank you for pointing out this discrepancy. I will see that the wording on the home page is adjusted to better reflect reality.
Question: Why is it so hot in the library!!!??? Aren't there fans??
Answer: As mentioned in a recent column, the upgrade of the heating system in Yager is intended to be among the capital improvements that will be addressed in the near future.
Question: I'm filling out this application and it's asking for the catalog number and page number for the courses I have taken and am currently taking, how do I find the catalog number and page number of my courses?
Answer: The application may refer to the pages on which the course descriptions appear in the online catalog.
Question: What is the deal with the hierarchy of housing/scheduling? There appears to be a huge lack of clarity and I would imagine fairness. What exactly are the criteria for all of these things and why can't there just be one universal seniority system?
Currently it seems like any student who wants a good shot at a decent room needs to be an athlete or they can take their pick between a bundle of sticks or a slab of cement to sleep on for the next year. How is it that a group with a sophomore can outweigh 4 juniors just by including a senior in their group for a suite? Furthermore, I have heard rumors that honors students (regardless of year) schedule before everyone. How is it fair that an incoming sophomore, with 6 semesters to fill their requirements can come before a senior who NEEDS certain classes just to graduate? That should be inexcusable under any circumstance, especially considering how poor the course offering is, and the fact that many classes are maxed out before many juniors have even scheduled.
Answer: Our housing system is based on housing points and seniority. While being an active member in clubs, organizations and athletic teams can earn you additional housing points (a student can earn 35 points through being a member of a club, organization or athletic team, or more in a leadership position), the majority of housing points come from a student's cumulative GPA (this is multiplied by 1000).
We give seniors the greatest seniority when ranking students (whether they are grouped with seniors or with other students), followed by juniors, then sophomores.
To ensure clarification, you may review a complete explanation of the points system on the Web site.
And it is true--not a rumor--that Honors students are entitled to priority pre-registration. This is one of the perks of being part of the Honors program; a reward (and perhaps an incentive) for eligible students who elect to enhance their academic experience at Hartwick through the program.
If upperclass students are not able to pre-register for a course needed for graduation, they may appeal to the professor for permission to add the class. In my experience, professors understand this situation and are willing to accommodate students in need.
As you can see, academic success at Hartwick is considered worthy of tangible reward, whether in housing or pre-registration--which, in an academic setting, makes perfect sense to me.
Question: Hi, I was wondering when the "temporary" log in page was going to be removed or done away with. The date seemed to have been pushed back all September, and now there is no date at all, just the "this is only temporary" statement.
Answer: From my friends in the TRC:
Prior to August 2010, it was necessary for the Technology Resource Center to install the Symantec Endpoint Protection (or SEP) in new computers before they could be connected to the network. This did not take place until the weekend before classes. As of August 2010, the College moved to the Web authentication mechanism now in use whereby users log onto the network through a Web page. With Web authentication new students had the convenience of connecting to the network even before SEP was installed on their computers. At the initial implementation of Web authentication, there was a plan to move to Media Access Control (or MAC) address authentication shortly after the beginning of classes thereby eliminating the need for the logon steps, but this has been delayed.
Web authentication and MAC address authentication are mutually exclusive; both cannot be enabled at the same time. By allowing students to forego registration of their MAC addresses and use Web authentication instead, the database of MAC addresses is not complete at this time, thus preventing the change to the more convenient MAC address authentication. A changeover now, with an incomplete database of MAC addresses, would prevent those students who have not registered their MAC addresses with the TRC from connecting to the network at all. Thus the 'temporary' log in.


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The acronym, FMC (Fixed Mobile Convergence) is being thrown around a lot lately. It is the predicted technology bundling strategy that consistently points to fixed wire-line merging with mobile wireless. The combination is an inevitable surety as consumers continually look for ways to connect to content from any device, while doing it with the simplest access possible. This is what service providers who offer traditional wire-line broadband must contemplate for future revenue growth while staying consumer competitive and relevant.
Integrated Service Provider
An Integrated Service Provider offers both fixed wire-line service with a mobile wireless service to customers thereby combining the technologies for the most economical and competitive customer experience. Historically this has not been the case, and is only now beginning to surface as key industry players like Verizon (NYSE: VZ), AT&T (NYSE: T), and now the cable industry are seeing the benefits of integration and bundling to capture demand in the convergence of both mobile and wire-line broadband strategies. Recently, the cable industry and Verizon concocted a vision to marry fixed wire-line and mobile wireless strategies to provide the growing demand for content on any device. This proposed marriage has yet to be solidified. Telecom providers have been using convergence of fixed wire-line and mobile wireless technology bundling for years but need cable's fast broadband, content, and reach to solidify synergies.
Bundling Dynamics: Key factor in Integration
The advent of mobile-wireless solutions to content delivery through IPTV has generated a demand that continues to grow exponentially, extricating the traditional TV platform as the only equation, and moving to broadband, mobile, and wireless access. This phenomenon is not only seen as a content viewing platform but as an application based and social media integration platform as well. The bottom line indicates that if service providers, whether they are cable, satellite, or IP delivered, must have a mobile-wireless plan to address potential revenues opportunities and cost saving advantages. The benefits of integration for service providers are depicted eloquently by Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) in a white paper on Fixed/Mobile Convergence.
Generating revenues from future applications associated with a fixed wire-line/mobile-wireless integration cannot be under-estimated as potentially lucrative from a consumer and business demand metric. In addition, cost savings from having an off-load solution for spectrum use are seen as providing another catalyst for complete integration of the Fixed-Mobile Convergent model. If current triple-play providers move to a quad-play and quad-play plus scenario, potential for success as a competitive bundler of services will out-strip those companies who lag behind the technology curve. It is a must for providers to quickly and responsibly add mobile to the mix.
Cisco sees the convergence model as a platform where Devices – connect across Content, Services, and Applications; then across networks – Cable/DSL, WiMAX, WI-Fi, RFID; to Femto Cell, Satellite, Enterprise, and 2G-4G. The combination is designed to give the consumer the advantages of cross-connectedness which implies the demand generated as convergent technologies continue to merge. It is an irreversible force which must be reconciled by services providers wanting a continued relevance in an increasingly connected world across all devices.
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The Food: Words cannot explain how much I enjoyed all of my meals, weather they were snacks appetizers, main courses, deserts oh my gosh.. mm mm mmmm mmm!
We stayed in a cove balcony extra large and the beds were very comfy... I think it was better than my bed at home. People complain about the set up of the shower sink and toilet, but we didn't have any problem with them Finding the light switches was a bit confusing at first but by day 3 we had them figured out.
Our cabin stewardess was Marilyn, she was there at our beck and call outstanding service.
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With a sexy body like that, it's no surprise that Lapushka is one of the most popular female residents of the city of Teenburg. More than a few guys want to get into her panties, but only a few have been as lucky as Terrence. Tonight, she came over to his house to watch a horror movie, but it's not long before these teen lovers are using the living room couch for something else.


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I design for a wide variety of projects, from small (but very groovy) club events that still use SD and DVDs, to arena shows, tours, and corporate installations that use the latest HD media server/modular LED technology. The single most indispensable tool for me is Adobe After Effects. Regardless of whether the style of a project demands 3D animation, live action, or animated artwork/logos, pretty much all my workflow will pass through After Effects.
Although I have used AE for many years, it has especially come into its own in the HD/custom res era, as it enables you to output at any resolution in any size ratio, which makes it perfect for productions that demand coordinated video on stage wings, balcony edges, etc., and other nontraditional areas.
Of course, it all flows from the design, but once the style/palette/dynamics have been decided, my workflow follows this path:
- CAD design of staging structure/auditorium dimensions.
- Concept art design suggestions created as still montages in Adobe Photoshop.
- Creation of custom media assets: live action elements, Autodesk Maya animation, still art/logos/photography processed through Photoshop and After Effects.
- Compositing/formatting and outputting through After Effects.
- For SD and standard 1080p HD, I may do additional edits in Avid or Apple Final Cut Pro.
- For some projects, the finished video is imported into Adobe Director, where synchronized DMX cues and other data elements are integrated.
- Load onto media server, and off you go!
I am a big believer in appropriate technology, so as I work in a wide range of styles, I often use custom software patches, processing equipment, even ancient video-synths, etc. For example, for an event for Elton John at MSG last year, I used a Fairlight CVI for one segment of the custom HD visuals.
As far as cameras go, I still have a strong preference for 35mm motion picture film for origination, but today's HD cameras offer a quality option if time or budget is limited. I look forward to using a Panavision Genesis digital camera soon. I have a feeling this might be what I am looking for in an all-round imaging solution.
This is only a general outline of what goes into a traditional arena event/tour style production. I do many projects that vary wildly from this template: AV shows for which I create animation that is locked to the music where I am DJ/VJ and LD, and I also perform live VJ events where I use software to trigger clips and effects in realtime.
Event technology is a moving target. Even as I write this, I am looking forward to starting to work in new software specifically for designing 3D/multiplane displays. Next year, I will have a completely different answer. Sometimes, the only constant seems to be the audience's hunger for new and improved event experiences. Feeding that hunger and exceeding expectations is a responsibility that I take very seriously.
-Stefan G.
The content I create is done using a multiple variety of sources. I have never relied on stock footage so far. I like to record textures with a simple digital camera, a Panasonic DVX100B. These are incorporated into the final imagery. I also like to animate using a combination of Autodesk Maya, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe After Effects. My PC is a Dell Inspiron 9600.
-Anaitte Vaccaro, Digital Scenography
Content is king. No matter what media server, display device, or video distribution system you use, your choice in imagery is the most important. For creating animation sequences, I use Apple Motion and Adobe Photoshop. I scan in elements such as artwork from the scenic designer or artwork I've sketched out for the show. The whole Apple Final Cut Pro Studio 2 suite is indispensable for creation of content and film-produced content.
When I want to share custom clips with my client, I will render small previews (usually a quarter of the final size). Using Microsoft Expression Media — available for Mac and PC and formerly iView Media Pro — I import the images and fill in metadata/comments. From there, you can export the file to DVD with the clips or make them available on your FTP site for your client to review. The program is extremely helpful in sorting out all the content you own and recalling it by keyword, resolution, grouping, rating, etc. when sitting at FOH.
For digital lighting, I use a lot of black and white textures, such as those found in the book Crumble. Crackle. Burn. by Von Glitschka, available at www.texturebook.com (there are also some free images on the website to try out). Designer Christian Choi has pointed out previously that having black and white content allows you to make it any color you want through a media server.
When looking for imagery, I make the rounds at the following sites:
www.sxc.hu: I use them when putting comps together to feel out the look of a show with the director. You can often use the photos for free, but make sure to read what rights the artist has allowed. You can purchase the use of the photos through the website, or you can contact the photographer/graphic artist to make arrangements.
www.stockxpert.com: This is the "pro" version of the previous site. You can only purchase photos/clips using a credit system.
www.acclaimimages.com: Another royalty-free/managed rights website for searching photos.
www.digitaljuice.com: They only sell in bundles but come in handy at times. The website has great video tutorials on post production procedures.
www.quartzcompositions.com: When working with a High End Systems Catalyst, sometimes you need content with live, musically interactive elements or even realtime clock displays that are not based on when you start the video. This forum site can help you write your own or find someone that can.
www.showfootage.com: A well indexed "pay-per-clip" or packaged site for content, this one gives you options to download the content optimized for your media server. It comes in handy when onsite with a laptop and a wireless Internet connection, but you just don't have the right content you need for the show. Make sure you have time to download the clip.
shop.bluepony.com: Apollo's branch of digital gobo/signage, this site has packaged content and is now taking the approach of a pay-per-clip deal available online. You can also get custom content created here.
www.artbeats.com: A great source for real-world footage.
www.alunablue.com: A great studio that comes up with unique imagery and has both footage and images available.
www.feedbackvideo.com: Great for seamless loops.
www.footage.net: When in need of new footage.
www.digigobos.com: Another source for box sets of media, great for rock 'n' roll shows.
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RALEIGH — North Carolina is poised to become only the second state to impose a fat fee on its state employees by placing them in a more expensive health insurance plan if they're obese.
Smokers will feel the drag of higher costs, too, as North Carolina state employees who use tobacco are slated to pay more for health insurance next year.
North Carolina officials, coping with a steady uptick in health-care costs for state employees each year, are aiming to improve state workers' health, which saves money in medical expenses.
"Tobacco use and poor nutrition and inactivity are the leading causes of preventable deaths in our state," said Anne Rogers, director of integrated health management with the N.C. State Employees Health Plan. "We need a healthy workforce in this state. We're trying to encourage individuals to adopt healthy lifestyles."
State workers who don't cut out the Marlboros and Big Macs will end up paying more for health care. Tobacco users get placed in a more expensive insurance plan starting in July and, for those who qualify as obese, in July 2011.
Some state employees, though, are criticizing the planned changes. The State Employees Association of North Carolina opposes the tobacco and obesity differentials as invasive steps that could have been avoided if the legislature had fixed the plan.
'An invasion of privacy'
"It's my understanding they're talking about testing [for tobacco use] in the workplace which, to me, would create a hostile environment," said Kim Martin, a sergeant at Piedmont Correctional Institution in Salisbury. "And it's an invasion of privacy. This is America, the land of the free. I don't think [body mass index is] a very good measure. I know some folks who would have a high body mass index because they're muscular."
The health plan covers more than 600,000 state employees, retirees and teachers at a total cost last year of $2.6 billion. Last spring, the legislature bailed out the plan with an infusion of $250million to pay the bills after rising costs and inaccurate projections left little money for claims. Over the next two years, the state general fund will pump about $408 million into the health plan.
Although officials have not yet estimated any potential savings from the obesity requirement, the higher costs for smokers could save $13million in the 2010-2011 budget year, Rogers said, emphasizing that the plan's priority is to improve health and save money in the process.
The idea of penalizing unhealthy lifestyles and rewarding healthy conduct is hardly new among insurance plans. Public health insurance plans in other states already penalize smokers or reward nonsmokers in insurance costs. South Carolina's state employees health plan is scheduled to add a $25-per-month surcharge on smokers in January. Elsewhere in the Southeast, Kentucky and Georgia impose surcharges, and Alabama gives nonsmokers a discount.
Weight checks
Alabama was out front on weight testing. Starting in January, state workers will have their blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose andbody mass index checked by a nurse. If they're in a risk category, such as a body mass index of 35 or greater or a blood pressure of 160/100 or greater, they are charged an extra $25 per month on their insurance premium. If they go to a health screening, either offered by the state or by their personal physician, then the $25 is subtracted, according to Gary Matthews, chief operating officer for the Alabama State Employees Insurance Board.
North Carolina will allow state workers with a BMI of up to 40 to keep the discount, although some experts consider anyone with a BMI of 30 to be obese.
Private sector employers appear to have been targeting tobacco and weight in their insurance pricing ahead of state health plans.
Two risk factors
"We're beginning to see a lot of employers extremely interested in this," said Tim Smith, president of BioSignia, in Durham, which provides for private employers a system of measuring employees' risk factors for the onset of chronic disease. The company presents only aggregate data to the employers and does not disclose information about individuals, Smith said.
Tobacco and obesity are leading risk factors for ailments such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and chronic breathing disorders. BioSignia is not under contract with the state health plan, but Smith said that employers like the state are trying to catch employees who are in pre-disease stages to save both lives and money.
Only a fraction of employers, though, offer financial incentives for healthy behavior or wellness programs, such as gym memberships or smoking cessation, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation study last year. Differences in employees' education, health literacy and access to basic health care could affect the usefulness of financial incentives in reducing health-care costs over time, the study said.
The results are not yet in. The higher costs for smokers and the obese don't appear to have been in place long enough for any state to boast of a healthier workforce yet, according to officials in several states.
Where is the data?
"I don't know that any states have a lot of hard data on this," Rogers said.
The policies have generated a backlash among at least a portion of state workers. Some workers are anxious about the idea of tests for smoking.The tests involve examining a saliva sample for cotinine, a derivative of nicotine found in the system of tobacco users. Health plan officials recognize those concerns and are getting ready to take bids from companies that will perform the tests. The state plan has not yet developed a procedure to monitor members for the obesity standard due to take effect in 2011.
"We're going to have to work out those logistics," Rogers said.
Martin, the prison sergeant in Salisbury, doesn't smoke but considers herself overweight. Instead of financial penalties, she would like to see financial subsidies.
"If they're going to hold us accountable," Martin said, "pay for a gym membership or part of a membership. Give us an incentive, a way to combat it."
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Could the GIGABYTE GTX 480 be faster than even the new Nvidia 500 series? We'll take a look at that in this review.
It has been a while since we have reviewed a GTX 480 video card, and with the newly released GF114 GTX 580 GPUs, Nvidia announced that their older GTX 480 (GF100 GPUs) have been discontinued from production. Interestingly, in November 2010, GIGABYTE still announced their highly anticipated GTX 480 Super Overclock video card (also known as the GTX 480 SOC), and it seems that there are still quite a few cards available online. GIGABYTE is famous for their Super Overclocked cards, which use very high quality components that not only provide fantastic results under factory overclocked settings, but also allow users to run their cards at frequencies above the already highly-overclocked specifications that other manufacturers have. These cards are designed with extreme overclockers in mind, providing them with features and voltage settings that require exotic cooling (LN2) or powerful water cooling to keep the card cool. In return these cards can reach frequencies unmatched by most others on the market. GIGABYTE also installed a more efficient vapor chamber designed air cooler with their triple fan design. With such cooling, the users can enjoy overclocked performance at quiet operation while maintaining great temperatures during full load.
The GIGABYTE GTX 480 SOC has quite a bit of performance up its sleeves. With factory overclocked frequencies, the GTX 480 SOCruns at 820 MHz Core Clock speed, 1640 MHz Shader Clock (or in another words Processor Clock speed), and 3800 MHz memory Clock frequency. The reference speeds from Nvidia that most manufacturers use on their stock cards run at 700 MHz Core Clock, 1401 MHz Shader Clock speed, and 3696 MHz memory clock frequency. So we can definitely see some performance increase in the frequencies all around. With the GTX 480 SOC's components and cooler, there is more overclocking potential possible, and it will be interesting to see if it is possible to reach the speeds that current GTX 580s run at without breaking a sweat on overclocking.
Before we continue to the other pages in this review, let's examine what features the card offers for users interested in overclocking their video cards. One very nice feature for this card is GIGABYTE'S OC GURU overclocking tool, which provides the user with overclocking features that other overclocking tools like MSI Afterburner 2.1.0 BETA 7 do not. Sometimes overclocking tools that are not provided by the manufacturer have limitations on their GPU voltages ranges, the frequency settings, and much more, but In most cases we find other overclocking tools besides the one that the manufacturer provides the best.
In this case it's the other way around. We have tested MSI Afterburner 2.1.0 BETA 7 to see what it offers us with the GTX 480 SOC. After a few minutes of playing with it, we were very disappointed because it only gave us the option to overclock up to 1.14V for the GPU on the GIGABYTE GTX 480 SOC and it had no memory overvoltage options. With GIGABYTE's OC GURU tool, we were able to overvolt the card by up to 1.4V over the standard 1.075V that the card came with. The OC GURU tool also provided us with additional 0.3V overvoltage on the memory. After playing around with the voltages a tiny bit, a 0.4V bump in the Core voltage made the card overheat with GIGABYTE vapor chamber air cooler at 100% fan speed. This just shows that with even higher voltages on the cards, users can use water cooling, or even liquid nitrogen to take their cards to the next level. Using the OC GURU application that GIGABYTE included with their GTX 480 SOC video card might be a bit confusing for some–it was definitely confusing for us. Because OC GURU would not read the voltage settings from the card, and when the voltage would be altered, none of the other applications like GPU-Z or MSI Afterburner could read the voltages accurately, we were confused as to whether the application was actually altering the voltages at all. After testing and tweaking, we realized that it was definitely changing the voltages even though the voltage reading would not work. We hope that GIGABYTE will fix this problem in their future software update.
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GIGABYTE also includes a very nice feature on their cards. This video card comes with two BIOS chips which not only provides security for the user in case overclocking fails, but also the option to switch between a standard BIOS and an LN2 BIOS. The LN2 BIOS is for extreme overclockers using liquid nitrogen to cooler their video cards. Sometimes video cards won't boot because the GPU and other components get too cold, and with this BIOS the cold bug issue is fixed.
Both BIOSes are programmable, so one can be saved with a certain overclocked setting, while the other one stays at factory overclocked settings. The BIOS can be switched while the PC is running, even in Windows, and the new settings will take effect instantly.
In this review, we will mainly focus on checking out how the GIGABYTE GTX 480 SOC compares to Nvidia's latest GTX 580 video card, and also give appropriate advice to those considering buying a GTX 480 as their primary or secondary (SLI) GPU. Let's check out if the GTX 480 SOC still has enough potential to keep up with some of the latest DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 titles on the market.
On the first page, we discussed the differences between a reference card GTX 480 and the GIGABYTE GTX 480 SOC. Now let's take a look at how the card compares to the GTX 580 that was recently released in November 2010. The biggest difference we can see is the number of CUDA Cores that each card has. The GTX 580 has a total of 512 CUDA cores while the GTX 480 SOC only has 480. The interesting part to remember though is that the GTX 480 SOC runs at a higher core clock and shader frequency than the GTX 580. We will put both cards to the test along with some lower end cards to see how they compare to each other.
Besides the CUDA Cores and the frequency differences, the cards are quite identical. Of course, the GTX 580 had GPU transistor optimization for lower power consumption, temperatures, and another another PolyMorph engine has been added, but we still think it's a fair comparison.
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|Memory Clock
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The GIGABYTE GTX 480 Super Overclock video card is a snap to work with in the overclocking field. Its new vapor chamber design air cooler provides enough air to cool down the card at quiet operations. For those used to the noise level on standard GTX 480 video cards, the fans on the GIGABYTE GTX 480 SOC can be ramped up quite a bit to achieve the same noise levels as the reference cooler. However, the GIGABYTE Vapor Chamber design cooler will provide even better performance during gaming, especially after the card is overclocked past it's factory overclocked settings. We can see that the GIGABYTE GTX 480 SOC was able to achieve higher clock speeds at lower voltage settings. This is perfect for those trying to get the most out of their cards without needing to push the voltages too high.
To measure the temperature of the video card, we used MSI Afterburner and ran Metro 2033 for 10 minutes to find the Load temperatures for the video cards. The highest temperature was recorded. After playing for 10 minutes, Metro 2033 was turned off and we let the computer sit at the desktop for another 10 minutes before we measured the idle temperatures.
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|2x Palit GTX 460 Sonic Platinum 1GB GDDR5 in SLI
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|Galaxy GeForce GTX 480
|GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 480 SOC
|Nvidia GeForce GTX 580
|ASUS GeForce GTX 580
|Nvidia GeForce GTX 570
Let's take a closer look at the temperatures the GTX 480 SOC had to offer. It seems that the focus for this card was put into maintaining quiet operation during full load. We can see that the Galaxy GeForce GTX 480 had to run its fan at 73% while maintaining the same temperatures as the GIGABYTE GTX 480 SOC at only 59% fan speed only shows how GIGABYTE's new cooler design excels. GIGABYTE's triple fan design is perfect in our opinion, because three fans don't need to run as fast as a single fan would need to run at to accomplish the same amount of air being pushed through the heatsink fins. With lower RPM, there is less noise caused by the air being pushed through the fins of the heatsink, as well as less motor noise from the fan itself. We are quite impressed with the GTX 480 SOC in our temperature tests.
To get our power consumption numbers, we plugged in our Kill A Watt power measurement device and took the Idle reading at the desktop during our temperature readings. We left it at the desktop for about 15 minutes and took the idle reading. Then we ran Metro 2033 for a few minutes minutes and recorded the highest power consumption.
Interestingly, the GIGABYTE GTX 480 SOC showed interesting drops in power consumption while running overclocked. It's very interesting that the GTX 480 SOC is running at almost the same speeds that our Galaxy GTX 480 OC was running at, though the Galaxy GTX 480 OC used far more power than the GTX 480 SOC. We realized that the GIGABYTE GTX 480 SOC was able to run at lower voltages while overclocked than the Galaxy GTX 480 running at stock speeds. After overclocking the GIGABYTE GTX 480 SOC, the power consumption was a bit higher then the Galaxy GTX 480, though the performance was higher as well. However, if we compare the GIGABYTE GTX 480 SOC to an Nvidia GTX 580 reference card, we can see that the GTX 480 SOC uses far more power than the GTX 580, while the GTX 580 is able to run a bit faster than the overclocked GTX 480 SOC. The GTX 580 has a far better power efficiency than the older GF100 chips. This is not surprising, since Nvidia did re-engineer at the transistor level to optimize their GF110 GPUs for better power efficiency while providing even more performance overall for a single GPU.
Besides the Super Overclock information that GIGABYTE included below, I feel that their SOC cards come with higher quality components to accomplish stable overclocks. They provide the possibility for liquid nitrogen users to take advantage of the card to the fullest. We'll put this to the test and see how far we can push the card with their vapor chamber cooler.
2. Supports PCI Express 2.0
3. Microsoft DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.0 support
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Underrated: "Scarface Once Said He Was One Of His Favorites"
Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 12:15AM
[Mega Man: This week, SOHH celebrates the release of Cormega's new Raw Forever compilation release by featuring artists who boast a connection or maintain appreciation for the ex-Firm member. After the Cool Kids gave Corey the title earlier this week, Cormega comes through and crowns Kool G Rap SOHH Underrated.]
Rap is the only genre where people don't care about their history. They're so worried about what's poppin now as opposed to who pioneered something. If you speak to 100 people, I guarantee none of them - maybe one - will say T La Rock. Listen to a song like "It's Yours". Look at the date and the timeline of when he was rappin' like that; other rappers at that time were rappin about eating chicken and collard greens. [T La Rock] was the first complex rapper that I studied. He's more underrated than Kool G. Rap because at least rappers acknowledge G. Rap.
[However], G. Rap is still my most underrated rapper overall because of his body of work. His creativity spawned a whole new generation of rap. If you take Kool G. rap out of history, then you gonna be taking out a lot of rappers that were inspired by him. Big Punisher, one of our greats, said Kool G. Rap was his number one influence. AZ, myself, a lot of rappers from Queensbridge; Scarface once said Kool G. Rap was one of his favorites.
In one of Jay-Z's raps he said, "Hearin' me rap is like hearin' G. Rap in his prime." That's a hell of a statement. [Kool G Rap] will get on a track right now with whoever you think is dope and be just as good as them, if not outshine them. If you wanna listen to a sheer exhibition of lyricism, listen to "Men At Work"; there's never been a record like it and there probably never will be again.
Alotta younger fans and artists don't really know what they missed.
Cormega is a rap artist from Queens, New York. Previously associated with acts such as Nas and Mobb Deep, his 2001 debut album "The Realness" was met with critical acclaim. His latest album, Raw Forever, was released this week.
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Port of Oakland work stoppage gets chaotic
A work stoppage at the Port of Oakland became somewhat chaotic this morning.
An Oakland police officer had his foot run over by a vehicle crossing a picket line, but opted not to press charges against the driver.
"He's fine," said Officer Johnna Watson, a spokesperson for OPD. "He continues to work."
The incident occurred in front of the gate area of Berths 57, 58 and 59, near 1999 Middle Harbor Road. Picketers gathered early this morning (Wed/27) as part of a work stoppage staged by independent truck drivers who fear job loss on Jan. 1, when their trucks fall out of compliance with new clean-air regulations that will take effect at the port.
Asked for the name of the police officer and the identity of the driver, Watson said, "We're not going to share any of that information." She added, "It's an unfortunate accident. The officer does not want to charge the driver with anything. His primary goal and function was the safety of the protesters in the roadway."
One of the picketers said a vehicle struck her as it drove across the picket line, but police did not apprehend the driver.
"It all happened really quickly," said Effie Rawlings, the woman who was struck. "We were on the picket line. We were walking in circles. There were police there. This one person in a car was trying to pass through. The car lurched into the picket line and hit me. It knocked me off my feet into some other people." Rawlings said she was bruised and sore but not seriously injured.
She said she did not get a good look at the driver or the vehicle, which continued driving after the collision occurred.
It is unclear whether this was the same vehicle that also ran over the police officer's foot, but Rawlings said both incidents occurred in the same timeframe. While she did not see the police officer get his foot run over, Rawlings said she did witness the officer's reaction. "I saw him walking away, making some noise about it. He was kind of cursing and whatnot."
Watson said police did not receive any reports of anyone else being struck by a vehicle.
The picket began a little after 5am today (Wed/27). The work stoppage was staged by independent truck drivers who are seeking emergency assistance to help them comply with clean-air regulations that will take effect on Jan. 1. Since many cannot afford engine upgrades that would bring them into compliance with the rule change, many will be unable to work at the port as a result.
The Oakland Police Department issued at least five citations to picketers, for blocking traffic. Elizabeth Flynn, who served as a spokesperson for the picketers, estimated that between 50 and 70 gathered at entranceways throughout the port. Watson said police estimated there were 30 to 40 picketers as of 6:30am.
As the Guardian reported in this week's paper, the California Air Resources Board made $58 million available in 2011 to assist financially strapped truck drivers in obtaining compliant vehicles. Although only $10 million was spent for this purpose, the remainder of that funding was reallocated, and is no longer available for truckers facing possible job loss.
First the BART tragedy, and now this.
Greedy workers don't just cost us too much, but they can injure or kill people with their selfish tactics.
Those truckers sure are greedy! Next time you have to piss in a bottle at work let me know. Until then, comment only on things you have a clue about.
How is that not greedy?
who ran over his foot. Cops are usually quick to throw the book at anyone for the slightest infraction. You ask an officer why you're being arrested, and they charge you with assault on a police officer for asking. And yet, in this case, it's all fine and dandy. You can tell which side the cops are on.
Oh, and since I don't have a lot of time to mix it up and respond to all the trolls who are sure to flame me, ley me just give a pre-emptive "fuck you" to all you trolls.
All the cops I have ever met are pro union, as their union saves the worst officers jobs, just as unions do across the employee spectrum, you need to get out more Greg and meet the people you rotely love and disdain. I might open you eyes.
Reads like a sly way of dismissing the complaint of the protester who was hit. See? Even a cop -- who *obviously* is a far more valueable person! -- doesn't mind. All for a good cause: keeping the commies down and all.
Anybody know what has happened to the SF cops who tried to paper-over that young bicyclist Amelie's killing at the hands of a trucker?
Mark Goldes' proofless claims regarding his Aesop Institute's make-believe strictly ambient heat engine do not represent any new technology, or even a new pretense - they merely represent a rather old pretense.
"Before the establishment of the Second Law, many people who were interested in inventing a perpetual motion machine had tried to circumvent the restrictions of First Law of Thermodynamics by extracting the massive internal energy of the environment as the power of the machine. Such a machine is called a "perpetual motion machine of the second kind". The second law declared the impossibility of such machines."
"A perpetual motion machine of the second kind is a machine which spontaneously converts thermal energy into mechanical work. When the thermal energy is equivalent to the work done, this does not violate the law of conservation of energy. However it does violate the more subtle second law of thermodynamics (see also entropy). The signature of a perpetual motion machine of the second kind is that there is only one heat reservoir involved, which is being spontaneously cooled without involving a transfer of heat to a cooler reservoir. This conversion of heat into useful work, without any side effect, is impossible, according to the second law of thermodynamics."
Goldes' make-believe strictly ambient heat engine would be a perpetual motion machine of the second kind, as defined above. Goldes is not developing any such engine; he is merely developing a pretense - as usual.
A block of ice just below the freezing point is far above absolute zero, so it actually contains plenty of heat. Can we take advantage of this to boil a pot of water, by setting it down on a block of ice?
Expecting an ambient heat engine to do any work, with only one heat reservoir, is exactly equivalent to expecting a teapot to boil water by absorbing heat from a block of ice.
Both processes are ruled out by the very same law - the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
An engine that only uses ambient heat would need to be able to DECREASE the entropy of the universe. The Second Law tells us that we can never decrease the entropy of the universe, or of an isolated system.
As a consequence of this law:
"It is impossible for any device operating on a cycle to produce net work from a single temperature reservoir; the production of net work requires flow of heat from a hotter reservoir to a colder reservoir."
In the make-believe strictly ambient heat engine there are not two heat reservoirs at different temperatures; no reservoir would be available at any temperature other than the ambient temperature. No matter what cycle we design with this constraint, we will find that the cycle would have to be able to decrease the entropy of the universe in order to do any work.
The formulation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics as a constraint on entropy change is one of the most beautifully simple, and well-established, laws of physics.
The Second Law tells us that we can never build an engine that does some work with heat taken from a heat reservoir, without also transferring some heat to another reservoir at a lower temperature.
An equivalent statement is that we can't decrease the total entropy of an isolated system.
The entropy change differential due to heat transfer to or from a reservoir is inversely related to the temperature at which the transfer occurs. The consequence is that transferring heat INTO a cold reservoir produces a larger GAIN in entropy, than the LOSS of entropy that occurs due to transfer of the same amount of heat FROM a hot reservoir. This noteworthy and remarkable inequality enables a heat engine to use some heat to do some work without violating the Second Law - as long as it can make use of two different heat reservoirs, at different temperatures. The ambient-heat-powered engine only involves a single reservoir, at a single temperature (at any given moment). Use of heat from the single reservoir would reduce the entropy of the reservoir, and with no colder reservoir, the engine has no way to compensate by increasing the entropy anywhere else. Therefore we know for certain that the engine will disappoint us. It will never be able to do any work.
In Mark Goldes' patent application for his "POWERGENIE" horn-powered tuning-rod engine, he described the tuning-rod as "an energy transfer and multiplier element."
But of course, for the tuning-rod to "multiply" energy, it would need to disprove the law of conservation of energy. (Obviously the Patent Office should never have allowed such a description.)
Goldes' use of the term "energy multiplier element" reflects his pretense that the "revolutionary breakthrough" of the amazing "POWERGENIE" could disprove the law of conservation of energy, by presenting the world with a working "energy multiplier."
Goldes even claimed in 2008 that the POWERGENIE had been demonstrated already in an electric car, driven 4800 miles by his energy-multiplying horn-powered tuning-rod.
But it seems that most people, for some reason, had difficulty accepting the notion that the law of conservation of energy could be proven false.
And Goldes no doubt noticed that the Second Law of Thermodynamics - that "the entropy of an isolated system tends to increase with time and can never decrease" - is much less clear to most people than the conservation of energy.
So now, after leaving aside the pretense that he could somehow "multiply energy" with a magnetized tuning-rod, Goldes has chosen to focus, instead, on the pretense that he can disprove the Second Law with an engine powered only by ambient heat.
Once again: Expecting an ambient heat engine to do any work, with only one heat reservoir, is exactly equivalent to expecting a teapot to boil water by absorbing heat from a block of ice. Anyone who claims to be developing a "prototype" of such an engine is only developing a pretense, and nothing more.
There is no "new science" in any of Goldes' "revolutionary breakthroughs." There is only pseudoscience and pretense - and nothing new, at all.
These truckers should all move to Oakland.
It's only 10 minutes away on BART.
I'm sure they'd be much happier there.
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---- — PEABODY — The city is seeking new housing for the migrant workers who pick apples at city-owned Brooksby Farm, following complaints by a state inspector about the condition of the bunkhouse.
"The house was in need of significant repair," Mayor Ted Bettencourt said.
Department of Labor inspector Jose Ocasio cited, among other things, concerns about sanitation in the toilet areas, doors that did not close correctly and problems with the grounds surrounding the L-shaped structure, which includes a trailer-like addition. Vehicles and equipment are often littered about the building.
The bunkhouse, located behind the large building that includes the Brooksby Farm store, housed more than half a dozen migrant workers from Jamaica. The number varies from season to season, and some of the workers have been coming to Peabody for two decades.
Bettencourt said he toured the building, too, and was unsatisfied with the living conditions. "The facility we have is old," he said. "There was just normal wear and tear."
He hopes to purchase modular housing to replace the current building or else locate the workers off site. "We're looking at all of our options," he said.
The cost of modular housing could run into six figures, according to Pat Kriksceonaitis, who runs the program.
Bettencourt stressed that state inspectors have been cooperative and "very fair with the city."
But Kriksceonaitis said he was "frustrated, because we have been doing everything anyone has ever asked us to do."
Both Kriksceonaitis and the mayor agree that the farm earns enough to justify the expense of replacing the housing. Bettencourt added, however, "It is an expense we were not prepared for. Any expense of this nature is not welcomed."
The migrant workers, all men, come to Peabody to pick apples in a program that is 23 years old, according to Kriksceonaitis. Some of the same individuals have been coming all that time. "We're actually getting the children of the first generation that worked here," he said.
The bunkhouse includes multiple bathrooms, a kitchen, and six televisions, said Kriksceonaitis.
The migrant workers are essential to the farm, he added, because they are skilled workers, knowledgeable about the care of the apple trees, and able to pick the apples without bruising them. "If you don't pick the fruit right, you don't have a harvestable crop," he said.
The farm uses migrant workers because there aren't local workers willing and able to do the job.
"There aren't too many skilled tree fruit people in New England," Kriksceonaitis said, adding that most Americans like to go home at 5 o'clock, while migrant workers can work 90 hours a week during the peak harvest time, without overtime.
The Jamaicans come under the federal government's H2A visa program, according to the mayor. Some work from April to October, others for three months. After a successful season, Kriksceonaitis estimates, the longest-serving men can go home with up to $17,000.
Kriksceonaitis worries that the need to replace the housing means might cause a delay in bringing them here, costing the men money.
He described his employees as "country folk" who mainly stay on the farm while here, despite the fact the city provides transportation. "They're not the kind of people who go out to bars," he said.
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PEORIA, Ill. -- Each week, WEEK and HOI 19 team up with the Peoria County Sheriff's Office in a search for people with outstanding warrants in "Manhunt Monday."
This week Police are looking for Charles Ellis.
The 33-year-old is wanted for unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, obstructing justice, resisting arrest, and driving on a suspended license.
Ellis sometimes goes by the alias of Michael Evans. He is 5'10", 230 pounds.
For more information on this fugitive and others, please visit http://www.peoriacounty.org/sheriff/warrants.
If you have any information, please call the Sheriff's Department at (309) 697-7822.