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The returning saga of Cloud, the wild, white stallion finds us back in the Arrowhead Mountains of Montana. Cloud is now a confident band stallion in his prime. As he rules the mountains, gathering mares and expanding his reign, the story turns to his two sons. Bolder is his by birth -- beautiful and golden, the success of his father and grandfather flowing in his veins. Flint, sired by another stallion, is the colt Cloud raised. Now, Bolder has gathered some mares of his own while Flint has joined a group of bachelor stallions, young guns roaming the mountains. Who will rise to challenge the mighty Cloud? Will nature or nurture produce the next great stallion of the Arrowheads?
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About the East Indian Negroni Cocktail
A transatlantic twist on the classic aperitif.
Ingredients in the East Indian Negroni Cocktail
- 2 oz Banks 5-Island Rum
- .75 oz Luxardo Bitter Liqueur
- .75 oz Lustau East India Solera Sherry
Garnish: Orange twist
Glass: Rocks
How to make the East Indian Negroni Cocktail
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Deport me? If America won't change its crazy gun laws... I may deport myself says PIERS MORGAN
..............To me, this is a warped, twisted logic that bears no statistical analysis and makes no sense. Do you fight drug addiction with more cocaine? Alcoholism with more Jack Daniel's? Of course not.
My Comments: Facts and Math elude Mr. Morgan, by his own admission! ROFLMAO! Mr. Morgan, you are a MORON! Please take your privileged butt back to the UK, where poor people on retirement hide in their flats with kitchen knives to protect themselves from criminals who have ............ dare I say....... Guns (which are outlawed in the UK you twit).
..............But woe betide anyone who dares suggest this. In the days following Sandy Hook, I interviewed a number of gun-rights representatives and grew increasingly furious as they trotted out these hackneyed old disingenuous lines.
My Comments: Just like many HollyWierd people, and you, Sir, have some balls and prove it! Go already! I'll send you $5 bucks (not Pounds) to go already. Just join this Forum and IM me (OK - I know which one of you jokesters is going to - this is between me and Piers... LOL).
Put up or Shut Up! We do not respect you now, but you will gain credit as a 'Man' who has a 'clue' if you Deport Yourself.
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If you're just starting out as a filmmaker, deciding if you should attend a traditional film school is something you need to decide. And it's a costly decision – some of my friends here in Los Angles are over fifty-thousand dollars in debt…
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One benefit of shooting with the Canon 7D was at a train station. Normally shooting this scene with another camera, it would catch a lot of attention and we probably would have been run off by security immediately. Knowing that there was no dialogue during this scene, I was able to shoot bare bones with the 7D and probably from a far, it looked like we were just taking pictures. No security ever questioned us and we filmed that entire sequence in under 40 minutes.
Are You Part of The Filmmaking Class?
I don't give a crap about the idiot Hollywood snobs who would much rather ignore you and your HD camera. And so what if you never worked with Spielberg or for that matter any "name" talent. And who really cares if some band of ivy league film school graduates spent their 30k making an 8 minute, 35mm short, when you decided to make a feature?
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Here is the official Filmmaking Stuff list of the top 3 filmmaking books! (I didn't put them in order. Rather, I just listed the one's that really resonate with me.)
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If this is your first feature, don't feel bad if you cry. Most filmmakers either lose their temper or cry or both. If you have to cry or lose your temper, call a time out and take a walk. Go somewhere nobody can see you. There is no quicker way to lose credibility than losing your emotions on set—especially a low-budget set.
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If you've ever wondered what it takes to finance and sell your movie… Then your guess is as good as the studio's guess. Micro-budget movies are changing the landscape. In this article Jason Brubaker discusses some things filmmakers can expect when it comes time to sell your movie…
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Rick Schmidt has written, directed and produced over 20 features which have premiered at major national and international film festivals all over the world, including Sundance, Berlin and London. His best selling filmmaking how-to books, Feature Filmmaking at Used-Car Prices and Extreme DV at Used-Car Prices have influenced countless up-and-coming filmmakers and many noted indies, including Kevin Smith and Vin Diesel. In this filmmaker interview with Filmmaking Stuff, Rick Schmidt offers filmmaking advice to up-and-coming filmmakers on how to go out and make a feature now!


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New Controls Have Donkey Kong Moving to a New Beat
Legendary video game character Donkey Kong is on a quest to become king of the jungle, and he needs some help. Today's launch of the New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat video game for the Wii console lets players grab their Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers to assist him. Players control Donkey Kong's running, jumping and banana grabbing by using the traditional control stick and buttons, while motion controls add a realistic feeling to actions like grabbing vines and boxing.
"Donkey Kong is one of Nintendo's oldest and most beloved characters," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat provides a rich environment that lets the great game play - and Donkey Kong's personality - shine."
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat originally debuted on the Nintendo GameCube system. This new version has been remastered with motion controls, new enemies and obstacles, and a new final boss battle. Nintendo also has added special monkeys to each stage that give tips or let players save their progress. The new controls make this well-reviewed game accessible to new players while giving those who played the original new challenges.
The goal of the game is to guide Donkey Kong through beautifully rendered stages like lava caves, tempestuous oceans and even a ninja-chimp fortress. Racing through the game will get players to the goal, but the real skill comes from helping Donkey Kong perform multiple mid-air acrobatic moves as he collects bananas in each stage. The more sweet moves he does in a row, the more bonus bananas he gets at the end of the stage. To become the king of the jungle, he must team up with animal friends and defeat multiple contenders in boxing matches.
The first two games in the New Play Control series, New Play Control! Pikmin and New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis, launched March 9. New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is available at an MSRP of $29.99, $20 below the typical MSRP of Wii games. This makes it a great value for people keeping an eye on their entertainment dollars.
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Mimic 3: Sentinel
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In a decaying neighborhood, asthmatic and allergic amateur photographer Marvin Montrose spends his days and nights confined in his room, snooping on his neighbors in the next building with his camera.
Alexis Dziena, Karl Geary, Lance Henriksen, John Kapelos, Rebecca Mader, Nick Phillips, Nick Phillips, Amanda Plummer, Keith Robinson, Keith Robinson
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Fresh: an inoculation of uniqueness and a victorious mix of character-detail and plot...youll cheer writer-director J.T Petty for the change
- Clint Morris, Moviehole, Thursday, June 24, 2010
Rotten: Imagine Rear Window with giant humanoid insects in the Raymond Burr role.
- Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com, Thursday, June 24, 2010
Audience Reviews
See all the other reviews . . i "mimic" them .. at least it wasnt longer
- jmanard52, Wednesday, August 6, 2008
In a nutshell this is Rear Window with giant bugs. This is a decent sequel to " Mimic" that works despite its low budget ( most of the film, even the exteriors are shot on a set). It has its own sense of style and actually has some very creepy and scary scenes that are played in shadow. I'm sure its one of those cases of financial necessity leads to creative invention since you can tell they didn't have the budget for huge effects shots. Also you have a solid cast here with Alexis Dziena and Lance Henriksen being the standouts To sum up, This one is worth a look if your in the mood for a good horror rental and if your a fan of Mimic.
- cancercapricorn2002, Wednesday, December 21, 2011
A very unconventional take on the giant bug genre. Pretty much 'Rear Window' meets the original 'Mimic'. Does a good job tying into the original films and continuing the story. Unfortunately, the pacing betrays the film, as it is pretty boring for the first 45 minutes, and we're left watching questionable actors struggle with a questionable script, in questionable direction production. Director Petty does a good job of covering up the awful effects by keeping his creatures back-lit and almost exclusively in the shadows. Despite the majority of the film being fairly boring, the last 20 minutes is a brutal gore-fest that at least comes close to making the previous 45 worth it. Even though he's only in it for a short period, Lance Henriksen makes any movie he's in way cooler. All in all, the interesting attempt with a frenzied climax, but its slow beginning and amateurish production keep it from being anything other than so-so.
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The 13th Annual UW-Green Bay Alumni Phone-A-Thon gets underway in mid-October as more than 20 student callers attempt to reach more than 26,000 alumni. Callers will be taking time to update your alumni profile (address, employer, etc.) as well as seeking contributions to UW-Green Bay in support of scholarships and academic programs.
This year we'll be calling different majors each month. In October, we'll be focusing on alumni who earned degrees in Growth & Development, Human Development, Psychology and the Master's program in Community Human Services. Calling will take place on October 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22.
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Football NSW have teamed up with Sydney Olympic Park Women's Sport Festival to host the fifth annual celebration of Women in Sport on Sunday the 17th of February at Cathy Freeman Park in Homebush.
The Football NSW initiative will commence at 9am on Sunday with a number of activities on display to promote and encourage girls and women to register to 'Play Football' in 2013.
Through-out the day, star players from the 2013 Westfield W-League Championship winning team Sydney FC as well as players from the Western Sydney Wanderers will be participating in small sided games, signing autographs an providing plenty of promotional giveaways.
Current Matildas (Australian women's national team) midfielder Renee Rollason will also be providing free coaching clinics presented at 10am, 12pm and 2pm for all ages on the day.
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Boston leads 3-1
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Game 2: Thursday, March 7th | ||
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Game 3: Saturday, March 23rd | ||
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Coverage: NHL
7:00 PM ET, February 2, 2013
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Points | Goals | Assists | |
BOS | B Marchand 36 | B Marchand 18 | D Krejci 23 |
TOR | P Kessel 52 | P Kessel 20 | P Kessel 32 |
J. Reimer (Maple Leafs - G): Saves: 33, Save Pct.: .971
T. Rask (Bruins - G): Saves: 21, Save Pct.: 1.000
C. Bourque (Bruins - LW): Goals: 1, Assists: 0
TORONTO -- Chris Bourque had gone so long without a goal, he almost forgot what it felt like.
Bourque, the son of former Bruins icon Ray Bourque, scored his first goal with Boston in a 1-0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.
The 5-foot-8 Bourque crashed the net to stuff in a nifty angled pass from behind the net from Chris Kelly at 8:54. Bourque's only other NHL goal was scored in December 2008 when he played for the Washington Capitals.
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"I kind of blacked out I was so excited," Bourque said. "I don't think I've scored an NHL goal in four years."
The Bourques are the fifth father-son combination to play for the Bruins. Chris led the AHL in scoring in 2011-12 with 92 points for Hershey. Brother Ryan is currently playing for the Rangers' AHL farm team in Connecticut.
Since 2007-08, Chris Bourque has played 13 games for the Capitals, 20 for Pittsburgh, and seven for Boston.
"It was nice to see him score that goal," Boston coach Claude Julien said. "That's what we've been talking about. We know he's very capable of doing those kinds of things. The confidence he had -- you could tell he was a different player. It was nice for him to get that monkey of his back and get the winning goal.
"I joked around with him before the game and told him that I'd bag skate him if he didn't score."
The Bruins threatened throughout the tightly played game, but James Reimer stopped 33 shots from all angles as Boston came at him in waves.
"James Reimer gave us a chance," Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said. "That's all you can ask of your goaltender. I thought he made some big stops."
Toronto turned over the puck too often at the Boston blue line and got bottled up in the neutral ice.
"That's the way they play, and they're a good team," Carlyle said. "They did what they had to do to be effective to play a road game and we didn't do enough of the things that we're capable of to establish a strong home game in the 60 minutes."
The Bruins (6-1-1) limited the Leafs to 21 shots and killed off two penalties in the last nine minutes to hang on to beat Toronto (4-4).
"We were close, and close isn't good enough," Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf said. "We did a lot of good things but we did a lot of things that we felt we could be better at."
This was the first meeting between the teams this season. Boston won all six matchups last season, outscoring the Maple Leafs 36-10. The one-sided series included 7-0 and 8-0 margins.
Boston is 24-5-5 in its last 34 games against Toronto and 13-2-3 in its past 18 visits to Toronto.
Tuukka Rask, acquired from Toronto for Andrew Raycroft in 2006, earned the win.
"That was our type of hockey defensively, and for the most part offensively, too," Rask said.
Phil Kessel came into the game in search of his first goal -- and 100th with Toronto -- despite leading the Maple Leafs with 33 shots in the seven previous games. He has four assists.
Kessel's first drive came midway through the second period and glanced off the crossbar.
A Toronto goal was called off at 11:32 for goalie interference. Rask seemed to come out of his crease and run into Nazem Kadri as he tried to stop Cody Franson's shot from the point. Carlyle was incensed by the call after watching the replay on the big screen.
Boston won 17 of 21 faceoffs in the first period.
The Bruins had a goal disallowed at 6:30 of the second when the puck appeared to deflect off Seguin's skate past a prone Reimer. The NHL said the referee was in the process of calling the play dead before the puck went in, because of incidental contact between Boston's Brad Marchand and Reimer.
Marchand ended up crashing into the end boards on the play and went to the dressing room. He didn't finish the game.
Reimer was sharp in the second, when Boston outshot Toronto 12-6. Rask was also up to the task, stopping Kessel from close range with five minutes remaining.
The Bruins, killing off a slashing penalty to Seguin, hit the post with the Maple Leafs net empty with a minute remaining.
The Bruins were coming off their first regulation loss of the season, a 7-4 defeat against Buffalo on Thursday. They had given up only 12 goals in their previous six games.
Toronto had won two straight.
Game notes
Miami Heat star LeBron Jones, who was in attendance, tweeted: "At my first hockey game. Pretty Damn cool." James will be back in the arena on Sunday to play the Raptors. ... This was Boston's third away game in eight contests. They will wrap up their two-game trip to Canada on Wednesday at Montreal. ... Toronto will concludes its three-game homestand on Monday against Carolina. ... Jamie Tardif, called up from the Providence Bruins, made his NHL debut at 28 in his seventh pro season. Tardif, who has played 449 games in the ECHL and AHL since turning pro in 2006-07, led the Bruins out for warmups.
Game Information
Arena: Air Canada Centre Location: Toronto, Ontario |
Referees: Chris Lee, Ian Walsh Linesmen: Mark Shewchyk, Brad Lazarowich |
Attendance: 19,246 (102.4% full) |
Team Stat Comparison
Boston | Toronto | ||
1 | Goals | 0 | |
0 | Power Play Goals | 0 | |
2 | Power Play Opportunities | 3 | |
0 | Shorthanded Goals | 0 | |
6 | Penalties | 5 | |
18 | Penalty Minutes | 16 | |
34 | Shots on Goal | 21 | |
29 | Hits | 44 | |
35 | Faceoffs Won | 29 |
Scoring Summary
1st Period | BOS | TOR | ||
8:54 | Chris Bourque (1)
Assists: Chris Kelly, Rich Peverley |
1 | 0 | |
2nd Period | BOS | TOR | ||
No scoring this period | 1 | 0 | ||
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An award-winning journalist, Jeanne Theismann began her career at WTNH-TV in New Haven, Conn., where she was a news reporter and anchor as well as co-host of the daily "Good Morning, Connecticut" program. She went on to work for Seaway Communications, the first minority-owned U.S. broadcasting company before moving to Tokyo, where she spent several years working as a writer and editor for the Yomiuri Shimbun, the world's largest daily newspaper.
During her time overseas, Jeanne traveled extensively, covering the third Indochina War between Vietnam and Cambodia as well as the Seoul and Sydney Olympic games. She began several relief projects for children and refugees and has personally delivered more than five tons of medical supplies to orphanages throughout the world. She serves as a visiting professor at the Ukrainian Catholic University, in L'viv, Ukraine.
Jeanne serves on the board of directors for First Night Alexandria, the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra and the Alexandria Sportsman's Club. She is a member of the National Press Club, American Legion Post 24 and Rotary International, and is the media representative for the City of Alexandria's Local Emergency Planning Commission. She loves travel, technology and trivia and dreams of one day writing headlines for the New York Post.
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All in the Family for Alexandria
SSA to honor generations of giving.
'Twas the night before Christmas, literally, when a man walked into the Senior Services of Alexandria office and handed an envelope to then-executive director Janet Barnett. The year was 2007 and the man was Ron Bradley. "Ron asked how he could help the seniors of Alexandria," Barnett said. "When I explained that the city did not provide meals to seniors on holidays, Ron stepped in with $10,000 to fund a holiday meals program. But he had a condition — that they could not be ordinary meals. He wanted our seniors to enjoy a festive meal just like we do at home."
Alexandrian WWII Veteran Remembers The Battle of the Bulge
'We Were Annihilated'
It was one of the best kept secrets of World War II. When 20-year-old U.S. Army Medic Robert Wineland arrived in the village of Laudersfeld, the wooded countryside of far eastern Belgium was relatively peaceful, a quiet buffer zone disrupted only by occasional artillery fire and brief skirmishes between opposing infantry patrols. But on Dec. 16, 1944, the sleepy Ardennes front was about to wake up.
Citizens to the Rescue
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Academy accepting applications.
The Fairfax County Citizens Fire and Rescue Academy, a free nine-week program to learn about the work of firefighters and paramedics, will begin its next session March 12, with the deadline for online applications closing on Feb. 16.
Alexandria: Amazing Grace
APD mourns loss of first female police K-9.
For more than a year, it looked as if she would defy the odds, but on Christmas Eve, Gracie, Alexandria's first female police K-9, lost her battle with kidney cancer. "Gracie was not only an outstanding police dog, she was a great family dog," said APD K-9 officer Steven Escobar.
Warm Welcome in Alexandria
Owner Laurent Janowsky, left, welcomes California winemaker Merry Edwards to La Bergerie restaurant Dec. 9.
Ushering in the New Year in Alexandria
First Night fireworks light up Alexandria.
Fireworks lit up the sky over the Potomac River to usher in 2015 as part of the 20th anniversary of First Night Alexandria.
Alexandria Civil Rights Pioneer Ferdinand Day Dies
The force behind the philosophy of "Every Student Counts."
When Ferdinand Day was born in 1918, Virginia had just passed its first compulsory school attendance law for children ages 8-12. But with legalized segregation, funding for the education of African American students was sorely limited, with only four black public high schools in the entire state. It would take decades before one existed in Alexandria.
Secret Santas in Alexandria
Departmental Progressive Club collects toys for Jefferson-Houston families
Members of the Departmental Progressive Club stopped by Jefferson-Houston Elementary School Dec. 15 to deliver more than 100 toys for students in need. "We are so thankful for what the Departmental Progressive Club has done," said Jefferson-Houston principal Chris Phillips. "Each toy here means one more kid will wake up happy."
Alexandria: Bows, Baskets and Bikes
The Alexandria Convention and Visitors Association held its third annual Bows, Baskets and Bikes event Nov. 20, bringing together area event planners and hotel partners to help build bicycles for needy families and announcing its new partnership with Volunteer Alexandria.
Hope for the Holidays in Alexandria
'Tis the season of giving: of gifts, of parties and of thanks. But what should be a time of hope and happiness too often can be a time of despair for Alexandria's vulnerable and low income families.


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Does Your Cookie Need All That Sugar?
I've made these cookies three times in the past 3 weeks. They are chewy, crispy, ridiculously delicious and SWEET. The best part, they have hardly any added sugar. I used only a 1/4 cup of organic coconut palm sugar because the almond flour I also used has a natural hint of sweetness. Did you know the famous Nestle Toll House cookie recipe has 1 and 1/2 cups of added sugar plus the sugar contained in 2 cups of chocolate chips?! That is close to 600 grams of added sugar per recipe, which is crazy! I still can't believe I used to use make those cookies back in the day. Talk about a sugar hangover.
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Hack a Canon camera and controll it with an Arduino
For our Z-Pan-&Tilt-System I needed to controll a camera with an Arduino. My first plan was to use a servo motor to switch the snapshot button of the camera. But this approach would be very complex. So I thought of bypassing the snapshot button with an electronic hack.
At first I disassembled the camera (Canon Ixus 70). A disassmebly video can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsJAYNCPWng
At the switch there are two points we need to solder a wire to, the ground and signal terminal. They are marked in the picture below:
I used a very thin enamelled copper wire because the terminals are very thin.
I extended the enamelled copper wire with normal wire and bond it there, where the damaged lcd once was.
[Update] I found out, that the metal sheet on the back of the lcd must not be removed from the camera, otherwise the CMOS sensor is not correctly shielded and produces noise on the captured image.
So this setup will cause noise on your images:
Add the metall sheet, and the noise is gone:
For the cable feedthrough I filed a small hole in the enclosure:
Finally the fully assembled system with the camera and the pan&tilt system.
The circuit can be found here:
The Arduino connects the switch signal to GND via a npn-transistor. With the signal to GND, the camera takes a picture.
Note in the code, that the transistor is inverting.
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int CamPin = 8; // Cam trigger connected to digital pin 8
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void setup() {
// initialize the digital pin as an output:
pinMode(CamPin, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(CamPin, LOW); // set the CAM trigger off
// the loop() method runs over and over again,
// as long as the Arduino has power
void loop()
digitalWrite(CamPin, HIGH); // set the CAM trigger on, capture image
delay(1000); // wait for a second
digitalWrite(CamPin, LOW); // set the CAM trigger off
delay(4000); // wait for 4 seconds
Finally the video, don't mind the lcd, it was broken before. The camera captures an image every five seconds.
Please note: These instructions need quite a lot of skills in mechanics, soldering and electronics. Don't use this project to start with electronics. You may use an old or partly damaged camera, instead of an expensive new one. Use at your own risk.
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Hello, nice work, from the technical side of view. But why do you not use CHDK with an timelaps script instead?
sure you can. Use an usb remote:
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HELLO!! i have tried to do the same, following your steps but to me it didnt work, could you answer me this questions please
1)"Note in the code, that the transistor is inverting." what do you mean by this?? is inverting the polarity??
2)what resistor is the useful one? wich one did you use?
3)what is the number of the transistor that you use??
4)why it has to be a pnp and not a npn transistor??, i have several npn on old circuits and only one pnp that i use to follow your instructions, but i just can´t figure it out why is not working for mei was tryng with this transistor:
http://www.datasheetcatalog.org/datasheet/nationalsemiconductor/DS013155.PDFand with two resistor one of 850 and the other of 350, as 1200 was what i believe you use from the color code on your schematic
as i really don´t know much about circuits, i´m just a poor filmmaker
please help me
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and from your transistor wich legs is the base, wich one is the emitter and wich one is the collector??
@lolo: the base is in the middle and emitter is the left one, so the collector is then on the right (in my sketch above).
@lolo: the transistor is just used to short-circuit the signal at the switch to ground. a npn-transistor is inverting, cause you need a positive signal (e.g. 5V) to short-circuit the signal at the switch to ground (negativ signal: 0V).
Not sure if you still have questions, coz it has been a while, but let me just answer all of yr questions
1) When the Arduino port goes high. It opens the transistor, drawing the collector to a low
2) I guess a 1k should be OK but if you have an 850 or a 1200 that would do fine
3) I think any regular NPN transistor would do, like a BC547
4) If you ask me, the description says NPN transistor, not PNPYour TN4033 would not work coz it is a PNP transistor.
Get a BC547 for a few pennies and you'll be fine -
Recently I got the question, how does the camera circuit works and what was the "magic" behind finding the two signals, that were then connected to the arduino and a transistor?
So here is my answer:basically the circuit works like this:
There is a pull-up resistor (R2 in the image) in the camera circuitry.
The part U2A is not part of the camera circuit (it's just an inverter).
With the pull-up, the signal at U2A (pin 1) has a voltage level of 3.3VI added transistor T1 to switch this signal to ground potential. So the voltage level at U2A (pin 1) changes to 0V (in real life you would measure 0.7V since it is a NPN transitor) if the transistor is activated by the Arduino.
So the challenge is to find the two signals that are connected to the trigger switch of the camera. One signal is the ground potential, the other the logic signal (that is connected to a pull-up resistor).
Hope that helps,
How can i send the captured pictures to the computer? Pls reply soon
hi, thanks for the tutorial. When I try the switch via the arduino, the initial red-eye reduction light comes on, but it never triggers the shutter. When i press the switch on the camera, the red-eye reduction light comes on, then the shutter is engaged..Any advice as to why it's not completing the full process?
@BerndDasBrot : May be you should increase the delay from 1 second to longer (check physically on the camera) before the trigger is released. So your code for a 2 second delay would be :-
void loop()
digitalWrite(CamPin, HIGH); // set the CAM trigger on, capture image
delay(2000); // wait for a second
digitalWrite(CamPin, LOW); // set the CAM trigger off
delay(4000); // wait for 4 seconds


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Alan Mulally Retirement Plans - Good or Bad for Ford?
john500 Posts: 409Apparently, it took your neighbor and 1000 of his buddies just to pay Alan's 28 million $ salary for 4 months. Unless Ford plants are opening up in the US soon and quality is documented as equivalent to Toyota and Honda, I'll have to give him, the employees and the board of directors an F for having the audacity to allocate that much money to one person in a time of fiscal crisis.
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stever Viva Las CrucesPosts: 43,039"In his New York speech, he even thanked the media for being so kind to him in his first months on the job.
He may regret that remark. The media buzz at the show was that the honeymoon is soon over. With sales and market share continuing to slide and profit-hitting historic lows, Mulally needs to do something."
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hpmctorque Posts: 4,358Ford reported a loss of $282 million, or 15 cents a share, vs. $1.4 billion, or 76 cents, a year ago. The latest quarter's loss included $113 million, or 6 cents a share, to reflect one-time accounting for restructuring efforts.
Total revenue, including its finance arm, rose 5.4% in the three months ended March 31, reaching $43 billion from $40.8 billion, helped by currency translations but partially offset by lower volume.
Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had forecast, on average, a loss of 60 cents a share and sales of $34.45 billion.
Although it's moving in the right direction, Ford obviously has a long way to go. -
rockylee Wyoming, MichiganPosts: 13,989Heirs reject hiring Wall Street adviser at tense meeting over what to do about ailing automaker's future.
Wow, this as almost as interesting as the Hiltons..... :P
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hpmctorque Posts: 4,358While analysts' consensus estimates called for a loss of 37 cents/share in the second quarter, Ford reported a 13 cent profit. That's a pleasant surprise, and suggests that Mulally is doing a good job.
Ford, especially, and GM have a long way to go to become healthy and strong, but recent results are encouraging. -
hpmctorque Posts: 4,358Ford has improved its car and truck quality while Toyota slipped from the No. 1 spot, according to the 2007 Consumer Reports quality survey. Forty-one of Ford's 44 models scored average or better in predicted reliability, the consumer-advocacy magazine said.
The Ford Fusion/Mercury Milan sedans ranked among the most reliable family cars, along with the Toyota Prius and Honda Accord, the magazine said.
"We used to recommend all Toyotas because of excellent reliability," Consumer Reports Auto Test Center Senior Director David Champion told the Detroit Free Press. "We're not going to do that any more."
Honda edged Toyota out of the top spot and Subaru moved to the No. 2 spot.
Of U.S. models rated, 93 percent of Ford, 67 percent of Chrysler and 49 percent of GM models had average or better predicted reliability, the magazine said. -
carguy58 Posts: 2,303"The Ford Fusion/Mercury Milan sedans ranked among the most reliable family cars, along with the Toyota Prius and Honda Accord, the magazine said."
Thats very good news for Ford that quality/reliability is really significantly improving. I wonder if Mulally is behind this significant quality/relability improvement that Ford has going on.
I know CR for the past few years has rated Ford as a whole more reliable than GM and Chrysler as a whole but we never heard how Ford was doing this good in reliability a few years ago. -
volvomax Posts: 5,274Thats very good news for Ford that quality/reliability is really significantly improving. I wonder if Mulally is behind this significant quality/relability improvement that Ford has going on.
Quality iniatives take time to work out.
Doubtless, this growth in quality was started before Mulally came on board.
Of course, he will get credit for it.
It's just like when the economy gets better. The sitting President gets the credit, even if he didn't do anything to deserve it. -
circlew Posts: 8,434...Dead by 2012?
Mercury sold 180,848 vehicles in 2006 — the division's lowest total since 1960 — and was 11 percent off that pace through the first nine months of 2007. Most industry observers expect a gradual death for Mercury. By 2012, it's a good possibility the last ever Mercury will roll off the line then.
While there have been rumors about Ford importing European cars to America and badging them as Mercury models, sources say this scenario is unlikely. Federalizing and importing foreign market cars is expensive and reengineering them for U.S. production is also costly. Whether the Mercury brand is worth this investment is highly questionable. GM used a similar strategy by aligning its Saturn and Opel brands, but Saturn was considerably stronger than Mercury when this decision was made. -
scape2 Posts: 4,119Read this article and pass on the word!
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stever Viva Las CrucesPosts: 43,039Hey Scape - thanks for the link!
I missed the Green Car Advisor blog post about it - Ford To Introduce Fuel-Saving Direct Injection EnginesModerator
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hpmctorque Posts: 4,358A front page article in today's Wall Street Journal, entitled "Ford Eyes More Cuts As Recovery Advances" has favorable comments on Mulally, and Ford's turnaround progress. Ford is clearly not out of the woods yet, but there are hopeful signs. For example, quality ratings are way up, and expenses are under control.
euphonium Great Northwest, West of the Cascades.Posts: 3,354there would be too many assembly problems with the Dreamliner. It has already proven to be a mess due to the lack of fitness of the modules made by different manufacturers in various countries.
ARM was smart enough to let some other inmates of the Adult Daycare Center of Boeing inherit the insects of production of the 787. There will be another delay in getting the DL off the ground -
iluvmysephia1 Posts: 5,726that sure is too bad to hear about those Dreamliner delays. Couldn't happen to a finer bunch of dorks than Boeing-ites. Nice to read hearty news stories like that, they truly help me enjoy this Arizona sun even more. Ha-ha-ha-ha-haaaaaaaa! Eat your heart out Boeing! Fall in to Puget Sound and battle the largest Octopii on the bottom of the dark cold Sound you can find!
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iluvmysephia1 Posts: 5,726a 9, at least. Their idea to sell off assets long ago and to borrow privately enough money to get them through without borrowing from U.S. taxpayers has been a sales pitch for Ford that their best salesman would never be able to match. Bravo, Mulally!
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stever Viva Las CrucesPosts: 43,039The stock is up again today, so the market is liking what Ford is doing (today's bump, if it lasts, is more likely due to the UAW concessions with Chrysler - they should trickle over to Ford and GM).
It would be nice to see Ford actually start making some money again though.Moderator
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iluvmysephia1 Posts: 5,726yeah, and it's also funny how oil prices don't always accurately reflect market conditions, Obama objectives, global warming fears, etc. The oil industry is basically, even though they tell us it's all very logical and well-meaning and all, run by greed. The sooner I hop off their gravy train of inequity the better.
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stever Viva Las CrucesPosts: 43,039Gonna grab onto a "clean" coal car eh? :P
Of all the evils, drilling a hole in the ground is less damaging than a lot of the alternatives.
What would Alan do?
Or maybe the question is, is he still switching after making this comment last July?
"Mulally also said Ford will double its production of hybrid vehicles next year, becoming the second-largest provider of hybrids in North America after Toyota."
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berri Posts: 4,384I agree he's done a good job. However, he faces some tough potential situations in the near future. Not just if the economy goes further south, or stays trapped where it is for a long time, but he's looking at a possible GM bankruptcy that may not go as smoothly as hoped (look at the Delphi Chapter 11 mess that still isn't resolved). That will probably cause big time vendor problems, shortages and cost pressures. If GM gets a big cost advantage out of a successful bankruptcy and Ford is doing better, they may not be able to get the same advantageous terms from their employees, vendors and dealers, hence they could wind up with higher production costs than a low cost, restructured GM. That could be a big longer term impediment. There is also the possibility of big time inflation due to all this government debt down the road. That is usually ugly for manufacturing. Personally, I think its good Ford has him right now and hope they can keep him around. If the industry rights itself, I hope Ford doesn't return to its fiefdoms and self serving managers and executives, that ugly history returning would probably get Mulally to bail quickly.
iluvmysephia1 Posts: 5,726how many self-serving Ford managers Mulally's already angered in this "drive" to come out of this money depression and slowed-down sales. He's the Man, and he has the authority to topple little Ford Kingdoms inside the Big Ford House if he sees the need. As I recall working at Boeing in Everett, WA, when Mulally was the CEO there, he was not one to shrink back from making the important decisions of any variety and generation, if they need to be done and benefit the Company in the end. I do think Mulally's sound as a pound.
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iluvmysephia1 Posts: 5,726did any of you see this story?
At 9:08 yesterday morning, a team of drivers managed to surpass the 1,000 mile mark in a production 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. An astounding feat considering that all of the miles were driven on only one tank of gas. But with 1/3 tank of fuel left, the team pushed on.
At 5:37 am this morning, they finally burned their last drop of gas. The team recorded 1,445.7 miles on a single tank of fuel and finished with an average fuel economy number of 81.5 miles per gallon.
81.5mpg?! Hypermiling or not, them are some good miles-per-gallon numbers, gentlemen!
http://www.allcarselectric.com/blog/1020291_fusion-hybrid-finally-runs-out-of-ga- - s-1445-7-miles-on-single-tank-81-5-mpg
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A dozen heads bow as Derek Baars prays that God will bless their day at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary.
``Holy Father, as we gather for prayer, we thank thee so much for the opportunity to come to thee,'' prays Baars, a blind student from British Columbia. ``We pray thou wouldst be present here and that we would know thy presence ... our refuge, our strength, our tower, our joy.''
It is with such humble prayer that faculty and students go about their work each day at this small but industrious seminary tucked away on Grand Rapids' Northeast Side.
In a handsome colonial building, Puritan Reformed's 38 students study a conservative theology dating to America's earliest settlers.
But theirs is not the dour-faced, severe faith of Puritan stereotype, say students and faculty at this 12-year-old school.
Students come here from around the world to learn a Christ-centered worldview meant to infuse their preaching with both intellectual rigor and heartfelt joy.
``Every day here is a gift from God,'' said Baars, 26, who is in his second year pursuing a master of divinity degree.
``Besides just the knowledge we gain, it's the opportunity to be in God's word and know that's the kind of knowledge that matters -- and is going to matter at the end of time.''
Antoine Theron arrived recently from South Africa, where he said no school approaches Puritan Reformed's standards of preaching and piety. The former lawyer believes the school's theology of head and heart will help him become an effective minister.
``If you want to be a pastor, you have to use your mind, but first of all you've got to be a holy man,'' Theron, 36, said cheerfully. ``I don't think I can do better than study here.''
Since 1995, Puritan Reformed quietly has been attracting more students under the leadership of its president, the Rev. Joel Beeke.
The longtime pastor and widely published author founded the seminary with the support of Heritage Reformed Congregations, a small denomination that owns the seminary, its 8-acre grounds and an on-site bookstore.
Despite West Michigan's abundance of seminaries, Beeke saw the need for one in which every class was grounded in the Puritan tradition. That tradition took root in 16th-century England and was brought to America by such pioneers as Cotton Mather and Jonathan Edwards.
``That's the reason we exist,'' said Beeke, one of two full-time teaching faculty teachers along with Gerald Bilkes. ``We wanted to have a seminary where all the professors would consistently maintain a Puritan Reformed emphasis.''
The Puritans fleshed out the doctrines of John Calvin and other Reformation giants by wedding them to a deep spirituality and a reforming social conscience, Beeke said.
``They said Reformation doctrine is fine, but you need to apply it to the heart. You need to live it,'' explains said Beeke, 54, pastor of the 700-member Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids.
``Head, heart and hand ministry: That's what we're aiming for. We know it in our mind, experience it in our heart and live it out with our hands.''
That mission has gained ground as the seminary has grown from four students to nearly 40, 17 of them full-time.
Nearly half are international students from as far away as China, Brazil and the Philippines. They come from the Heritage Reformed and Free Reformed denominations, as well as Lutheran, Baptist and other churches.
The student body is all male, reflecting the seminary's belief the Bible prohibits female ministers. The two-year master of arts and one-year master of theology programs are open to women provided they don't use the degrees toward pastoral ministry.
With growing enrollment came the move from classes held in a nearby home to the opening of the $3 million, 20,000-square-foot seminary building in 2004. More than 1,000 donors funded its construction.
The seminary's founding in 1995 grew out of a denominational split two years earlier.
A dispute over theological and personal issues led to the breakup of the Netherlands Reformed Congregations. The majority of Beeke's church stayed with him in the newly formed Heritage Reformed Congregations. It now has nine churches and about 2,000 members.
The new denomination offered the chance to found a seminary devoted to Puritan teaching, Beeke said. He also helped found Reformation Heritage Books, a nonprofit bookstore carrying 3,500 titles with close to $1 million in annual sales.
The seminary's library of 45,000 volumes reflects Beeke's passion for print. He is the author or editor of some around 50 books and 1,500 articles.
He continues to write at a prodigious rate. He recently co-authored a massive volume, ``Meet the Puritans,'' and edits the denominational magazine, ``The Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth.''
His reverence for literature is evident in the 3,000 rare books in the library's Puritan Resource Center. They include the 1612 three-volume works of William Perkins, considered the father of the Puritan movement.
``Books were very instrumental in bringing me to spiritual liberty,'' says Beeke, sitting in his office surrounded by many of the 30,000 books he owns.
As a teen growing up in Kalamazoo, Mich., Beeke voraciously read his father's collection of Puritan literature. There he grasped the centrality of Christ and the possibility of his own salvation.
One night he heard his family's minister say, ``There's a way of escape in Jesus Christ.''
``Those words just penetrated my soul,'' Beeke said. ``I was overwhelmed with the thought that Christ could be my savior. I came down at 3 in the morning and said, `Dad, I've been saved.'''
The Puritans spoke to his mind and touched his heart. That personal experience of Christ is part of what the seminary teaches its students to preach.
Appealing to the intellect and confronting the conscience also were cornerstones of Puritan thought. They challenged people's sins and believed personal afflictions were God's way of bringing people to greater submission.
``They weren't afraid to go into God's gymnasium and be buffeted,'' Beeke said.
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It was a long bus ride to where we would hunt, near the town of Palanga, on the Baltic Sea. While the hunt was primarily for wild boar, we could also shoot female roe deer and female red deer. The problem was that the males had shed their antlers and a mistake would be costly. I saw several roe deer, but never was sure enough about what I was looking at to pull the trigger. Twice they moved past my stand and were shot by other hunters. Also on the "shoot them" list were red fox and raccoon dogs. The raccoon dog is a tree-climbing canine that is native to East Asia and is considered an invasive species here. While not related, they look remarkably like a raccoon, hence the name. For the uninitiated, a driven boar hunt is something that will give the average American hunter-safety instructor cold sweats at night. The game is chased to waiting shooters and, almost without exception, it is shot while running. Despite the disorganization I witnessed that first morning, which proved to be a one-time thing, these drives are conducted with military precision. Each person knows his job. The hunters are carefully placed so that the shots are directed down into the ground. The drivers make enough noise that the hunters know their locations at all times. It's far less dangerous than it sounds. This is the primary way that boar and many other animals are hunted throughout most of Europe. The safety record is excellent. I am not sure exactly when it happened, but the American culture has decided that shots at running game are unethical. There was a time, before America became feminized and stifled, when shooting at running game was the norm. Writers such as Townsend Whelen and Jack O'Connor wrote instructional articles on how to hit running game and magazines published them quite regularly. There were running-deer competitions at most shooting ranges; hitting running game with a rifle was a skill that hunters were expected to learn. I grew up in a camp full of trackers and still-hunters and was well into my 20s before I realized you could shoot a deer that's not running. I am not exactly sure how all of that changed, but when I write about shooting at running game today, I get a lot of hate-filled letters, most calling me names and questioning my credentials as a hunter. In Europe shooting running game is a tradition and, just as with American hunters of the past, you are expected to acquire the skill. The traditional way to learn is on a running-boar target, which can be found on any shooting range. In today's high-tech world there are also shooting theaters, like the one I shot in at the Blaser factory in Germany before this hunt. With these popular shooting theaters you can hone your skills shooting live ammo at a movie screen with running boar or other game playing out like a movie. A computer records your hits or misses so you can review your performance after the shot.
They are a great training aid and are becoming very popular throughout Europe.
Even if you make a poor shot on the boar, which can happen with standing game as well as running game, they have tracking dogs that are trained to find the wounded game. As far as I know, we didn't lose any wounded animals during the entire hunt. A European driven hunt is a fast-moving, exciting way to hunt wild boar. You never know what to expect. It might be one boar or a dozen that shows up at your stand. There are no bag limits so you can shoot as many as you want. One afternoon I was up the road from Aimpoint's Sabine Eriksson when I heard her start shooting. From my perspective, it looked like she was in a castle battlement and under siege by wild boar. It appeared like a dozen or more were attempting to overrun her position while she was shooting in self-defense. I expected to see her pouring boiling oil on them any second. My luck improved and I saw game from every stand but one during the three-day hunt. I had opportunities to shoot on about half the drives, which is a good balance. In one instance, those years of 3-gun competition paid off as five boars crossed the small opening I was watching. I started with the lead boar and, moving back like running a plate rack, I fired three shots and got three wild boars in about two seconds. The meat is sold to restaurants so that the public can enjoy one of the better game meats, but the excitement, memories and freedoms of such a day remain mine forever.


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February 1, 2007
Chair Burtner called the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m.
ROLL CALL Members Present
Tony Anderson Mike Carter
Roger Burtner, Chair Steve Giano
Fred Canfield
Helen Hall arrived after roll call.
Members Absent
Larry Iboshi Cameron McCune
Gerald Lucas Carl Samantello
Robb Port Paul Stover
Chair Burtner indicated that the minutes for the two previous meetings (December 21 and January 11) were not yet available, and would be scheduled for approval at the next TWG meeting scheduled for February 22.
Corning Cost Estimates and Design
Chair Burtner distributed copies of the revised cost estimates provided by Corning, which consisted of two quotes, one based on 144 fibers ($400,000), the other on 216 fibers ($500,000) in the backbone loop and 12 fibers from each hub to the individual sites. He noted that he had anticipated a reduction in costs from their previous quote, but Corning had informed him that they had originally used an underground burial cost of a little more than $4 per foot, when they should have used $15 per foot (which is typical for California).
Mr. Giano asked at what point it would be appropriate to start giving out real numbers. Chair Burtner indicated he was trying to get an accurate number before the February 20th presentation. He pointed out that he had broken the numbers down on the basis of the number of drops, the amount of undergrounding that would occur for each of the facilities, the electronics, etc., and came up with a cost for the Fullerton School District of approximately $410,000 and $319,000 for the High School District. He noted that a number of the institutions are near the hub, which would result in relatively short runs. He indicated that if the school districts and the City decided to go with an RFP, he would contact Corning, who would send out an engineer from their Hickory, North Carolina, facility to do on-the-ground surveys to come in with a firm proposal.
Mr. Burtner pointed out that the costs were based on the conceptual design and information contained in the conceptual design, but what the costs do not include are closets for the electronics at each hub, air conditioning, or backup power – nor does it include any markup by Engineering for permits and engineering. Chair Burtner stated that he did not know what the final markup would be, but that Engineering had originally estimated 35%-40%. A Corning rep had estimated that optoelectronics will cost about $1500 per line from PacketFront. However, prior to the showcase event at CSUF, Chair Burtner will contact PacketFront for a more definitive cost estimate for the optoelectronics and these will be used to create revised estimates for the three agencies.
Showcase Event at CSUF
Chair Burtner indicated that the invitation letter to the February 20th showcase event had gone out on January 26. They were hand delivered to the two school superintendents' offices with copies for all boardmembers. He further indicated that Joe Felz had informed him that the City would pay for parking passes for attendees. Mr. Giano stated that 50 parking spaces would be blocked off adjacent to the Titan Student Union. It was noted that the venue had been confirmed as Pavilion C, and the caterer just needs a final headcount. Mr. Giano indicated he would start coordinating with Mr. Samantello regarding the technology needs for the event.
A brief discussion was held regarding the schedule of presenters and time allotment for each. Chair Burtner will present the case for the I-Net; Amir Dabirian, CSUF, will give an overview of CSUF's fiber network and their experience with it. Ellen Junn, CSUF, will discuss the importance and role of technology in education; Ted Malos, Ventura School District, will report on his experience with the Ventura I-Net; and Chair Burtner and Joe Felz will present estimates of the cost to create the I-Net. Mr. Burtner proposed a handout packet for attendees consisting of: copy of the I-Net map, two or three summary case sheets, assumptions and cost breakdowns, Corning estimate, and a sample memorandum of understanding.
Discussions with Trillium
Chair Burtner reported that Mr. Samantello had met with Trillium, but he has decided to continue under his existing contract. It was noted that the state's agreement will be expiring in December 2008, so the school districts will need to do something before then. The question was raised as to whether or not Trillium, a registered telecommunications services provider, would be considered for operating the I-Net. Chair Burtner indicated that he had asked Corning to provide a list of service providers that operate I-Nets.
Chair Burtner reminded the group that he and Helen Hall had been asked by the City Manager's office to attend the Wireless Internet Institute conference in Tempe, AZ, February 12-14, and to return with a recommendation as to the direction the City should take with regard to municipal wireless.
Helen Hall informed the group that she had recently learned that the City of Anaheim had entered into an agreement with the City of Fullerton to rent part of the Fullerton Airport for its helicopters, and as a result, needed a fiber connection from Anaheim to the Airport. Because they are using Homeland Security money, the fiber connection would have to be run from Anaheim to the Fullerton Police Station and from there to the Airport. The route is the same as a portion of the I-Net backbone. Consequently, there is the possibility of cooperating with Anaheim to get a portion of the I-Net built at the same time. Ms. Hall will set up a meeting with the Homeland Security people in Anaheim to further discuss options.
Recap of same agenda items.
With no further business, Chair Burtner asked for a motion to adjourn. The motion to adjourn was made by Helen Hall and seconded by Mike Carter. The meeting was adjourned at 10:10 a.m. with unanimous approval.
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The Soul of Django Unchained
Examining the cinematic roots of Quentin Tarantino's Western.
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Quentin Tarantino has called his upcoming film Django Unchained a "Southern," as it takes place in the South, moments before the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter. His story of runaway slave Django (Jamie Foxx)
has been tied to Spaghetti Westerns as a major influence (certainly the title), but the cinematic roots of Tarantino's project are more complex than just Euro Westerns, and these deserve to be explored.
Decades before Fred Williamson or football star Jim Brown made their Western debuts, directors Raoul Walsh and John Ford blazed a trail by casting black stars in major roles, which challenged audience expectations of the genre they helped invent.
Released in 1957, Walsh's Band of Angels remains a bizarre mix of Civil War clichés and frank scenes about race and sex. Sidney Poitier plays the "house servant" who hates his master (Clark Gable) for killing him with kindness. Poitier joins the Union Army and later confronts Gable and his woman (Yvonne De Carlo), a half-caste who he despises for betraying her race.
These raw scenes almost make up for Angels' embarrassing "Old Massa" moments; but despite its faults, Walsh's film took a significant step by addressing Poitier's character's anger.
While Poitier was becoming a star in modern subjects, a black lead in a major Western was years off. Ironically, John Wayne's curmudgeonly mentor would be the one to launch a bombshell against the "Western Color Barrier."
Coming after 1959's listless The Horse Soldiers, 1960's Sergeant Rutledge was Ford's least appreciated masterwork. Anchored by Woody Strode's superb performance as the Buffalo Soldier wrongly accused of killing a white girl, Rutledge lays bare racial and military hypocrisy.
Ford loved tradition, but he also embraced revolt; if he could upset the apple cart, he would. Rutledge explodes the cart by creating the first black hero in a studio Western; Ford honors the black cavalry while despising its treatment from command.
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Time to update the specs in the game
400 missiles, of which 80 can be ASu. That's a heck of a lot of firepower.
Or 80 ASW missiles.... or 80 LACM.
If they just get a new, modern, long-range SAM system to fit on it then the Kirovs will be a mighty sight.
Will there be any upgrade options in game? Because stuff like this would fit the bill perfectly.
No upgrades as such, but we'll have different loadouts for ships (obviously for different missions; you can't change in-game).
Yes, the diversity instead of "upgrades" sounds good. As long as we can customize ships, I am happy.
Its about time the Russians got something similar to the Mk.41! 80 vertical launch cells which have the ability to hold ASuW, ASW, or land attack missiles will greatly increase the capabilities of those ships.
Indeed, 20 Shipwrecks can only do that much. And what ships carry the Mk.41 BTW.
186 ships and 19 ship classes, in 11 navies around the world. The system currently serves with the US, Australian, Canadian, Dutch, German, Japanese, New Zealand, Norwegian, South Korean, Spanish, and Turkish navies. It's also perhaps going to find its way into the Type 45 to replace the SYLVER A50 though the SYLVER A70 looks more likely.
"The best thing about the British is our ability to laugh at ourselves. By ourselves, I mean other people and by laugh, I mean invade."
Sweet. Except I have to redo the kirovs again.
But, there is a new article about a Russian something or other being upgraded every two weeks, and 90 % of them are retracted a month later.
Yeah, dont take it too serious.
But you can be sure that it will carry Onyx and Kalibr. S-400 can mean anything and the point-defense weapons could be naval Pantsir which is in the works. One cant be sure at all though.
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than the others" "The choice before human beings, is not, as a rule, between good and evil but between two evils"
"The object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war." "War is peace, Freedom is slavery, Ignorance is strength" -
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The kiss cam is a social game that takes place during arena, stadium and court sporting events in the US and Canada. It is intended as a light-hearted diversion to the main event during a timeout, television timeout, or similar downtime. A 'kiss cam' camera scans the crowd, and selects a couple, their images being shown on the giant Jumbotron screens in the arena. The couple are then invited to kiss one another, encouraged by the rest of the audience. A kiss is traditionally rewarded by cheers and whistles, whilst a refusal to kiss is booed.
When the kiss cam is in action, the audience may be alerted by a known 'kiss-related' song being played, and/or an announcer warning the crowd. The crowd attending then pay attention to the marked 'kiss cam' video screen. Normally several consecutive couples are selected, and appear on the screen. As each pair appear onscreen, they are then expected to kiss.
The kiss cam tradition originated in California in the early 1980s, as a way to fill in the gaps in play in professional baseball games, taking advantage of the possibilities of the then-new giant video screens.[citation needed]
The couple focused on by the camera may not be in a romantic relationship. They may in fact be brother and sister, friends, or not know each other at all. A platonic, perhaps awkward kiss often then results. Sometimes a refusal can generate a humorous twist for those watching.
The kiss cam screen often appears on television if the event is televised. The couple focused on may not wish their attendance together at the event to be widely publicized.
Gay or lesbian couples may feel excluded from the Kiss Cam routine, or if included, may feel subject to homophobic expressions of disapproval from members of the watching crowd.[1]
Kissing under such public scrutiny can be severely embarrassing for either or both members of a couple, whom may not be comfortable with public displays of affection to that level.
Some couples, although not wishing to kiss, feel intimidated by the crowd reaction, and feel forced to do so. Other instances may find the couple not noticing themselves on the screen, and the resulting inaction can be humorous or embarrassing.
On The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, O'Brien parodied the Kiss Cam in comedy sketches, focussing on unlikely couples, such as a hunter and a bear.
The Canadian group, the Arkells released a song titled "Kiss Cam" in July 2011.
The Great Khali once hosted a weekly segment in his wrestling appearances called 'Khali Kiss Cam', in which he would kiss a female supposed audience member. He was preceded in this by the late wrestler Rick Rude, who would kiss a woman selected from the crowd after his victories.
In "Family Portrait", the finale of the first season of the US TV comedy Modern Family, Phil is caught on a Kiss Cam, and reluctantly kisses Gloria, his step-mother-in-law.


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Reader Email: If You Had To Pick A Five-Person Philly Sports Dodgeball Team To Go Against Other Cities, Who Do You Choose?
If you could put together a 5 person All Philly dodgeball team up against the other barstool cities, who ya got?
Vick? Utley? Thad? Giroux? DeSean?
This is kind of a stupid question but I'm kind of a stupid person so why not? Five-person all-Philly dodgeball team. Simple:
Michael Vick
Pros - Cannon arm, quick, competitive, and has leadership experience.
Cons - Ex-con. Will be intercepted four times a game.
DeSean Jackson
Pros - Speed. Dodgeball is all about lateral quickness and speed and nobody is hitting this guy. Plus he can catch.
Cons - Me-first player. Teammates often don't know the fuck he's talking about.
Jimmy Rollins
Pros - Still has some speed to him at an older age, plus enough power in his arm help on offense.
Cons - Old. Refuses to run out fly dodgeballs.
Jrue Holiday
Pros - Youth, athleticism, and a point guard's accuracy.
Cons - Tallish. Big target.
Zac Rinaldo -
Pros - Toughness. Team needs an enforcer who will punch another's team's captain in the mouth for talking slick.
Cons - Will probably get tossed out the game for punching another team's captain in the mouth for talking slick.
Kapoow — simple as that. That's the best five in the city. Utley, bruh? With those knees? And why would I pick a 6'9″ giant target on my squad? Dumb.