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Rail transport in Switzerland
Switzerland | |||||
Operation | |||||
National railway | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||
Major operators | Swiss Federal Railways BLS AG Deutsche Bahn Rhaetian Railway Furka–Oberalp-Bahn BVZ Zermatt-Bahn |
System length | |||||
Total | 5,063 km (3,146 mi) (all gauges) 3,652 km (2,269 mi) (standard gauge) |
Electrified | 3,641 km (2,262 mi) (standard gauge) | ||||
Track gauge | |||||
Main | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||||
1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge | 1,383 km (859 mi) (total) 1,353 km (841 mi) (electrified) |
800 mm (2 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | 55.2 kilometres (34.3 mi) | ||||
750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | 13 km (8 mi) | ||||
Electrification | |||||
Main | 15 kV 16.7 Hz | ||||
1,353 km (841 mi) | |||||
Features | |||||
Highest elevation | 3,454 metres (11,332 ft) | ||||
at | Jungfraujoch railway station | ||||
Lowest elevation | 242 metres (794 ft) | ||||
at | Giubiasco | ||||
The Swiss rail network is noteworthy for its density,[1][2] its coordination between services, its integration with other modes of transport,[3][4] and a thriving domestic and trans-alp freight system. This is made necessary by strong regulations on truck transport,[5] and is enabled by properly coordinated intermodal logistics.[6] Switzerland is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Switzerland is 85.[7]
Standard-gauge lines[edit]
Three quarters of the Swiss rail network is at standard gauge, comprising 3,652 km, administered mostly by two companies. Important railway stations are the Zürich Hauptbahnhof, the Basel SBB railway station and the Bern railway station.
Swiss Federal Railways[edit]
Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS) is the largest railway company in Switzerland and handles the majority of national and international traffic. It operates the main east-west track in the central valley area and the north-south routes through the Alps via the Gotthard tunnel (Lugano to Zurich line) and the Simplon tunnel (Domodossola to Lausanne-Bern-Geneva line).
- Total route length: 3,000 km
BLS (Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon) is the other main company, with 10% of the standard gauge network. It manages the other major Alpine route Bern-Brig via the Lötschberg tunnel and connection at Brig with SBB's Simplon tunnel to Italy.
- Total route length: 345 km.
Rail links to other countries[edit]
- Standard gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
- Austria — same voltage 15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC
- France — voltage change 15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC / 25 kV, 50 Hz AC or 1,500 V DC
- Germany — same voltage 15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC
- Italy — voltage change 15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC / 3 kV DC
- Liechtenstein — same voltage 15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC
Although both Austria and Germany use the same voltage as Switzerland, only specially adapted trains are able to run to and from those two countries, because narrower pantographs are used in Switzerland.
The German national railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) owns cross-border lines from the German border to Basel Badischer Bahnhof station, which is also operated by DB. It also owns and operates an east-west line across the Canton of Schaffhausen that forms a link in the largely German Upper Rhine Railway, and jointly owns Schaffhausen railway station with the Swiss Federal Railways.
The DB operates longer-distance trains from Germany to Swiss cities, including ICE services to Basel and Zurich.
Narrow-gauge lines[edit]
RhB, FO, and BVZ[edit]
The Rhaetian Railway (RhB) is the longest 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge railway in Switzerland, linking Disentis, Davos and St. Moritz in the high Alps with Chur, a rail junction with the SBB. It passes through the upper Rhine Valley and several side valleys, as well as the Engadin, the upper valley of the Inn River. The Bernina Pass is the highest point on this line, at 2253 m. Total length: 366 kilometres.
The Furka-Oberalp-Bahn (FO) is a 1,000 mm railway in the high southern alps. Its name refers to two passes, the Furka Pass and the Oberalp Pass. The Furka pass lies at the upper end of the Rhône valley. The Oberalppass is the highest point on this line at 2033 metres, and lies at the upper end of the Rhine valley. The total length of the railway is 100 kilometres, and the line runs from Disentis to Brig. Brig is a rail junction with the SBB and BLS and sits at the north end of the Simplon tunnel on the Milan to Lausanne SBB line and Milan to Bern BLS line.
The Brig-Visp-Zermatt (BVZ) railway, commonly known as the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn, is a short line between Brig and Zermatt. It passes through the Visp and Matt Valleys, tributaries of the Rhône. Total length: 43 kilometres.
In 2003, the FO and BVZ merged to form the Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn (MGB).
The Glacier Express runs on the combined three line route St. Moritz-Chur-Disentis-Andermatt-Brig-Visp-Zermatt. A one-day trip in panoramic-view cars takes tourists from St. Moritz/Davos to Zermatt, or vice versa, through some of the most spectacular scenery of the Alps.
Further narrow gauge lines[edit]
The Chemins de fer du Jura (CJ), the railways of the Jura canton in northern Switzerland, is a 85 km rail network of which 74 km is metre gauge, the remaining 11 km being standard gauge. It connects La Chaux-de-Fonds to Glovelier and Tramelan, both via Le Noirmont.
The Gornergratbahn climbs for 9 kilometres from an elevation of 1600 metres near the Zermatt station of the Zermatt RR to a 3000-metre high-end station on the shoulder of the Monte Rosa Mountain. The entire route is a rack-and-pinion railway.
The Berner Oberland Bahn is a 24-kilometre line from Interlaken to Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald. It begins at Interlaken Ost station and divides at Zweiluetschinen, about 10 kilometres south of Interlaken. The western branch leads to Lauterbrunnen, while the eastern branch leads to Grindelwald. It is possible to make a loop by taking the Lauterbrunnen branch and returning via the Grindelwald branch. The two branches are connected by the Wengernalp Bahn.
The Wengernalpbahn is a 19-kilometre line from Lauterbrunnen to Grindelwald, leading over the Eiger ridge at the junction station of Kleine Scheidegg. In the winter, this junction is a ski resort served by many lifts and trails, as well as the rail line. Skiers can ride the train from the valleys below to return to the top of the runs.
The Jungfraubahn, which is also rack-and-pinion throughout, starts at Kleine Scheidegg and runs 9 kilometres through tunnels in the Eiger and Mönch, leading to the "Jungfraujoch," a saddle between the Mönch and the Jungfrau summits. At the saddle are a visitor centre and an observatory. The Aletsch Glacier, largest in Europe, runs to the south toward the Rhône valley.
The Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren (BLM) is 6 km long, divided into two independent parts, the first part being a cable car (which runs above the old funicular railway, which was replaced in 2006), the second adhesion railway.
The Martigny–Châtelard railway is 19 km long, with one track railway section, in the canton of Valais. It connects into the Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway in France, the joint services being marketed as Mont-Blanc Express.
The Montreux-Oberland Bernois line runs 75 kilometres from Montreux on Lake Geneva to Zweisimmen, with a connecting line to Lenk in the Simmental. The section from Montreux to Zweisimmen, approximately 63 kilometres long, is part of the "Golden Pass Panorama" trip from Montreux to Lucerne, a trip which combines rides on the MOB, the BLS and the Brünig lines.
From Interlaken, the narrow-gauge Brünigbahn section of the Zentralbahn runs 74 kilometres further to Lucerne. It skirts Lake Brienz and passes through the range of mountains to the north of the lake via Brünig pass, and then drops into the Sarner Aa valley to Lucerne.
At Brienz the Brienz Rothorn Bahn (BRB), a steam-hauled rack railway, ascends to near the summit of the Brienzer Rothorn.
Narrow gauge links to adjacent countries[edit]
- Gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
- Italy (Bernina Railway), break-of-gauge and voltage change at Tirano
Urban rail[edit]
There are trams operating on nine systems in seven Swiss cities. Street-running tramways are nearly all 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in). The Chemin de fer Bex–Villars–Bretaye (BVB) in Bex is more of a mixed interuban light rail line connected to a rack railway but it does have some street running portions, particularly in Bex where the BVB operates along the right of way of a tramway system originally built in the 1890s.
City | System | Start of electric operations |
Gauge | notes |
Basel | Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB)[8] | 6 May 1892[8] | 8 lines | |
Baselland Transport (BLT)[8] | 6 October 1902 | metre gauge | 4 lines, 65.2 km (40.5 mi), 100 trams, serves suburbs | |
Bern[8] | Stadtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern | 1 July 1902 | ||
Bex | Bex–Villars–Bretaye railway (BVB) | 1898 | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge | connects to rack railway in Villars-sur-Ollon |
Geneva[8] | Transports Publics Genevois | 22 September 1894 | ||
Lausanne | Tramway du sud-ouest lausannois | 2 June 1991 | ||
Neuchâtel[8] | Tramways de Neuchâtel | 16 May 1897 | ||
Zürich[8] | Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ) | 8 March 1894 | ||
Stadtbahn Glattal | 10 December 2006 |
In German-speaking parts of Switzerland, the frequent town to and from city commuter service known as the S-Bahn in Germany or S-Linien in Switzerland has been built in several cities such as the Zürich S-Bahn and the Basel Regional S-Bahn.
In French-speaking parts of Switzerland, the service is known as the Réseau Express Régional such as in the Léman RER.
The construction and operation of Swiss railways during the 19th century was carried out by private railways. The first internal line was a 16 km line opened from Zürich to Baden in 1847. By 1860 railways connected western and northeastern Switzerland. The first Alpine railway to be opened under the Gotthard Pass in 1882. A second alpine line was opened under the Simplon Pass in 1906.
In 1901 the major railways were nationalised to form Swiss Federal Railways. During the first half of the twentieth century they were electrified and slowly upgraded. After the Second World War rail rapidly lost its share of the rail market to road transport as car ownership rose and more roads were built. From 1970 the Federal Government has become more involved in upgrading the railways, especially in urban areas and on trunk routes under the Rail 2000 project. In addition, two major trans-alpine routes—the Gotthard Railway and the Lötschberg approach to the Simplon Tunnel—are being rebuilt under the AlpTransit project.
Integration of services[edit]
Between rail services[edit]
Services on the Swiss railway are integrated with each other and with other forms of public transport. Unlike its European neighbours, Switzerland has not developed a comprehensive high-speed rail network,[9] with the running speed on its one stretch[10] of relatively high-speed line being 160 km/h.[11] Instead the priority is not so much the speeding up of trains between cities, but the reduction of connection times through the nodal system.[12] Journey times on main lines between hubs are multiples of 15 minutes so that on the hour or half-hour all trains stand in the main stations at the same time, thus minimising connection times. Indeed the above-mentioned Rothrist-Mattstetten line reduces journey times from Bern to Zurich from 72 minutes to 57 minutes,[13] in keeping with the clock face scheduling.
Between modes of transport[edit]
Rail timetables are integrated[14] with the extensive[15] network of postal buses (fr. Car Postal ger. Postauto) which serve both plain and high mountain villages. For example on postal bus line 12.381[16] the 10:35 from the mountain village of Les Haudères is planned to arrive in the regional city of Sion at 11:20 where a train departs the station (located next to the bus station) at 11:24 for Visp. Indeed it is a familiar sight to for the postal cars to be already lined up outside the station for the arriving train. From this perspective, the Swiss rail network functions as the core of a wider public transport network.
See also[edit]
Railways of Switzerland – Wikipedia book
- AlpTransit
- List of railway companies in Switzerland
- List of mountain railways in Switzerland
- Swiss locomotive and railcar classification
- Transportation in Switzerland
- Gotthard Base Tunnel
- ^ 3000km for 41 000km2, p.6 http://www.osaka-sandai.ac.jp/ce/rt/19xx/07/WCTR-070501j.pdf
- ^ http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Rail_network_modernises_to_stay_on_track.html?cid=33124756
- ^ http://goeurope.about.com/od/switzerland/a/swiss_passes.htm
- ^ http://www.gemut.com/switzerland-transportation/70-switzerlands-trains-boats-buses.html
- ^ Section 'Rail transport policy': http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Railway_upgrades_include_no_fast_track.html?cid=8540784
- ^ Anitra Green (2012-09-20), "Swiss operators optimise short-haul railfreight", International Railway Journal
- ^ "UIC country codes, 920-14" (xls). Retrieved 2011-05-15.
- ^ a b c d e f g Buckley, Richard (2000). Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria. Light Rail Transit Association. ISBN 0-948106-27-1.
- ^ http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Railway_upgrades_include_no_fast_track.html?cid=8540784
- ^ Called the Rothrist-Mattstetten line
- ^ http://www.rts.ch/video/info/journal-19h30/120993-rail-2000-le-nouveau-troncon-rothrist-mattstetten-permet-de-relier-zurich-a-berne-en-moins-d-une-heure.html
- ^ p3. http://www.osaka-sandai.ac.jp/ce/rt/19xx/07/WCTR-070501j.pdf
- ^ p.29 http://upcommons.upc.edu/pfc/bitstream/2099.1/13979/1/LEARNING%20FROM%20SWISS%20TRANSPORT%20POLICY_Lydia%20Alonso.pdf
- ^ p.36 http://upcommons.upc.edu/pfc/bitstream/2099.1/13979/1/LEARNING%20FROM%20SWISS%20TRANSPORT%20POLICY_Lydia%20Alonso.pdf
- ^ table, p.18: http://upcommons.upc.edu/pfc/bitstream/2099.1/13979/1/LEARNING%20FROM%20SWISS%20TRANSPORT%20POLICY_Lydia%20Alonso.pdf
- ^ http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2011/12.381.pdf
- Organ, John (2003). Swiss Narrow Gauge: featuring steam in the Alps. Narrow Gauge Branch Lines series. Midhurst, West Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 190170694X.
- Organ, John (2012). Northern Alpine Narrow Gauge: Interlaken to Puchberg. Narrow Gauge Branch Lines series. Midhurst, West Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781908174376.
- Organ, John (2012). Southern Alpine Narrow Gauge: Montreux to Tirano. Narrow Gauge Branch Lines series. Midhurst, West Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781908174222.
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Total Fat | 13g |
Saturated Fat | 5g |
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Sodium | 360mg |
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Total Time: 45 min
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Reuters photographer Todd Korol examines the oil sands industry in Alberta.
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Reuters photographer Todd Korol examines the oil sands industry in Alberta.
Greg Kohn 0 Comment Daily Brief, World Afghanistan, Canada, Chile, crimea, Festival of Colors, fire-breathing, flight MH370, Germany, Holi, Malaysia, Russia, treaty
Russian President Vladimir Putin and two Crimean leaders signed the treaty making Crimea part of Russia, Indian Sikh youths performed fire-breathing, Holi celebrations marking the start of spring continued, and more in today's daily brief.
Matt Bracken 0 Comment Olympics, Sports Canada, Closing Ceremony, gold medal hockey, sochi olympics, Sweden
The Canadian men's ice hockey team blanked Sweden, 3-0, to win gold. In other Olympics results, Russia won gold in the four-man bobsled event, while Russia's Alexander Legkov claimed gold in the men's cross-country 50 km mass start free event.
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A look at what's coming up on the East Coast and around the world. This week, that includes a new creamery, a new panda, and a continuation of a diplomatic spat with India.
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The world celebrates as Nelson Mandela turns 95 today, a exhibit to honor Bruce Lee opens in Hong Kong, British Open golfers don their fashion attire during the opening round of the tournament and more in today's daily brief.
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Thirteen people confirmed dead and 37 missing after a train derailment and explosion in Lac-Megantic, Quebec early Saturday. The driverless, runaway fuel train that exploded in a deadly ball of flames in the center of the small Quebec town started rumbling down an empty track just minutes after a fire crew had extinguished a blaze in one of its parked locomotives according to witnesses.
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An inside look at guns in Canada: Andy Clark of Reuters takes you to the DVC Indoor Shooting Centre in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia — the only indoor shooting centre in the province that rents firearms to the public without a license and the Vancouver Gun Club — a shotgun-only club that has a regular membership of about 400 and sells an estimated 1,100 day passes each year.
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The unique sport of curling remains mostly out of the spotlight. But every four years, that changes, says brothers Hunter and Caleb Clawson, of Clarksville. After each winter Olympics, the Potomac Curling Club in Laurel sees a huge influx in interest at its meetings and open houses. For now, it's just a core group of devotees shuffling up and down the ice.
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Banking On Bedbugs
Exterminators converge for North American bedbug summit.
The bedbug business is booming for Bruce Klassen's Heat Assault company.
It makes equipment designed to heat entire buildings to kill the bedbugs living inside.
"We have done 17 story buildings, a floor a day, knocking the bedbugs down to zero," he says.
You may not hear as much about bedbug infestations as you did a year ago, but at the Bed Bug University North American Summit taking place in Rosemont, Illinois this week it's clear the business of beating them is growing by leaps and bounds.
"Last year we had about 45 exhibitors and this year we're over 75. So it's a huge leap, our attendance is double from last year," says BedBugCentral.com's Phil Cooper.
Some have invented boxes to kill the bugs in your luggage with heat.
Others have invented trailers to do the same thing to your furniture.
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Others do the dirty work of finding and killing the bugs in homes and commercial buildings.
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if you can walk away from the landing, its a good landing.
looks like a fun weekend toy, but i agree, way under armored ;)
should be great for getting away from those pesky roaming zombies.
i want to get my PPL, but funding is running a little low, so it will wait a few years.


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Russia, the most steadfast ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, today joined the international condemnation of the brutal massacre of more than 100 people, most of whom were women and children, laying the "main responsibility" for the continued bloodshed in the 15-month uprising on the government.
"Both sides have obviously had a hand in the deaths of innocent people, including several dozen women and children," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said today. "This area is controlled by the rebels, but it is also surrounded by government troops.
"The guilt has to be determined objectively," Lavrov said. "No one is saying that the government is not guilty, and no one is saying that the armed militants are not guilty."
In some of Russia's sharpest criticism yet, Lavrov said the Syrian government "bears the main responsibility for what is going on" by failing to keep its citizens safe.
Conflicting accounts of how the massacre Friday in Houla, a collection of villages in the province of Homs, unfolded make it unclear who is to blame for the killings, . Some anti-government activists said Assad's forces attacked the villages with artillery after protests on Friday. Other activists say the majority of the bloodshed came when pro-regime thugs gunned down men in the street and stabbed women and children in their homes.
The Syrian government told a much different story, saying that the army was just fighting back after rebels attacked their bases.
Despite the differing accounts, the massacre in Houla — the worst single day of bloodshed since a U.N.-brokered ceasefire was supposed to go into effect on April 12 — led to an outcry from the international community, calling for both sides to lay down their weapons.
"I am personally shocked and horrified by the tragic incident in Houla two days ago, which took so many innocent lives, children, women and men," U.N. envoy Kofi Annan said today when he arrived in Damascus for talks with Assad and Syrian officials.
Annan called on both sides of the conflict to lay down their weapons, saying "this message of peace is not only for the government, but for everyone with a gun."
The U.N. Security Council called an emergency session Sunday, condemning the killings in Houla but avoiding placing explicit blame on either side. It did, however, criticize Syrian forces for attacking residential areas with artillery.
The Council said "those responsible for acts of violence must be held accountable," and enlisted the U.N. observer mission in Syria and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to investigate the killings.
Of the estimated 108 people who were killed in the massacre, U.N. observers counted 49 children and 34 women among the dead.
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2:20 PM — A woman has been arrested for dressing her 10-year-old son in girl's clothing, allegedly as a "punishment" for bad behaviour.
5th December 2014
London GP killed himself after mother told him to 'cure' his homosexuality 83
12:24 PM — A London doctor killed himself after his mother pushed him to 'cure' his homosexuality, an inquest has heard.
21st October 2014
X Factor contestant: Girls are put off dating me because my mum is gay 25
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17th September 2014
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25th July 2014
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11:12 PM — A supportive mother penned a letter to her 13-year-old son after he came out to her as gay.
18th July 2014
US: Woman arrested for violently beating her 17-year-old lesbian daughter with a shoe 5
5:32 PM — A woman in the state of New Mexico has been arrested after allegedly beating her daughter with a shoe for coming out as gay, and forcing her to strip naked and masturbate.
16th July 2014
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1:32 PM — A mother has delivered a speech defending her transgender daughter.
7th July 2014
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3:43 PM — A study has found that gay parents provide children with better "general health and family cohesion", than children of straight parents.
10th February 2014
US: Catholic priest refuses to give lesbian communion at her mother's funeral 5
10:37 AM — A Catholic priest has refused to give communion to a lesbian at her mother's funeral, after discovering she had a female partner.
10th December 2013
US: Pastor sentenced for aiding lesbian in kidnap of daughter calls for case to be dismissed 8
6:51 PM — An American pastor who was sentenced for helping a woman flee to Central America to escape a custody battle with her lesbian partner has said the case should be dismissed as the crime did not take place in Vermont, where he was sentenced.
28th July 2013
US: Kansas sperm donor asks judge for ruling in his favour without trial 6
8:59 PM — A Kansas man who was previously ordered to pay child support for a child born through sperm he donated to a lesbian couple, has asked for the judge in his case to make a ruling in his favour without a trial.
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1:54 PM — The mother of a PinkNews.co.uk reader has spoken of her disgust after coming across an allegedly homophobic greeting card sold in a branch of Card Factory in Essex.
15th March 2012
Comment: Protection pre-conception, should gay parents consider it? 10
4:02 PM — Should gay couples enter pre-conception agreements with a 'third parent' when planning to have a child? Family lawyer Amanda Melton examines the issues.
24th February 2012
Video: US teen posts coming out video to YouTube 32
1:30 PM — A teenage YouTube user in the US has recorded the conversation in which he comes out to his mother and posted it online saying he hopes it will be an "inspiration".
17th January 2012
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4:08 PM — Sarah Palin's daughter used the word 'faggot' to attack someone who criticised her mother. Willow Palin, 16, told a Facebook friend that he was "so gay" and used the homophobic insult after he criticised former Alaska governor Mrs Palin's reality TV show.
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I caught this story on the morning news and it raised some questions for me. Full Story Here
Another story herePolice: Woman Used Stun Gun In Walmart Parking Lot Robbery
A woman was in custody on Wednesday, accused of robbing a woman in a Walmart parking lot.....Lewis, 27, allegedly tried to shock the woman with a stun gun
The television news story said that it was a taser where both of these print news stories mention it as a stun gun. Yes I know the news is always great about getting details right so I'm not as worried about that but it poses an unique scenario I haven't thought much about.
What is a good course of action if someone attempts to rob you at "taser point"? or "stun gun point"? Or with OC spray?
None of those fall under lethal force, so what is an appropriate reaction?
How though are we to know what their intentions are though once they incapacitate us with those options? That could easily lead me to believe I am at risk for serious bodily harm, so that is where I am at a loss as to how to mentally prepare for this situation.


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Welcome to The D-Word! Stop in and sign the guest book - let us know a little (or a lot) about yourself.
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which I'm writing, and exploring directorial options. Coming from
the world of film music recording & mixing in LA. But now I have
this documentary itch... and an opportunity to pursue it, so I'm
setting sail to the filmmaking world, but docking in D-Word for a
while first. Greetings to all!
in china.(sounds like there should be a punchline) I want to know
everything there is to know but I'll start with. How do I get
funding? How much money is 6x1hr (great) docos worth? How much help
can we hope for from the 5 goverments of the countries we pass
through? p.s. this is a great site steve
like to know ;-)
But you can get a good start on what the international marketplace
for docos is like by reading Jan Rofekamp's conference here: {LINK NOT IMPORTED}
Lotsa luck, Steve.
plug for my new, improved website, Cine-Journal, which can be found at
(a drumroll please!):
Later this week I'll be posting an interview with Jennifer Dworkin
about "Love and Diane," which is superb by the way, and I expect to
cover the doc scene as much as possible.
And for them that celebrates with us, a khag sameakh (joyous festival)
for Passover,
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for on the international market or domestic. My backers are very
interested in numbers for some reason(go figure eh?) even though we
hope to keep the cost below $12,000. Ours will of course be second
only to "The nature of Australia" by the ABC but substantialy
cheaper:-) I realise I'm asking "how long is a piece of string" but
any indication would be great. We will make it anyway but a bit of
funding will make it easier. (as i'm sure many will agree) steve
filming. Other then filming my 4yr at the beach on weekends I have
no experience but I love filming and learning more about it, I guess
thats why we are all here. Anyways I'm working on my first
documentary this summer about the SteelBand Orchestra I am apart
of. So wish me luck as I wish you all luck on your various projects.
I am an undergraduate film student at the moment soon to be "taking a year
off" to develop my skill in the field. My filmmaking interests lie in
anthropological/ experimental/ productive social documentaries. I am fairly
unfamiliar with anything going on right now in these realms. I am idealistic,
confident, and without responsibilities. I am going to go wherever the art takes
me and my sensibilities allow. I wish all with luck in shaping a life that makes
the most sense to you.
I've been making radio for years - much of it educationally oriented,
for kids and for African teachers. That has led to some teacher
training video programs and international project documentation...
and I've done some short videos of musicians in China, Brazil,
Haiti... My musical interests are perrenial... no, make that
constant. Just returned from producing a song for HIV/AIDS awareness
in Benin - a sort of "We Are the World" concept with Beninois pop
musicians and now am trying to get support for a music video of that
piece. Also have a number of unfinished things in the can, e.g. our
daughter as a young viewer's guide to Ethiopia, also a piece fully
shot on project-based interdisciplinary learning in high schools. But
so much remains unfinished when financing is elusive. Happy to see
what's going on here and learn from ya'll.
industry, save for the fact that I'm approaching 150 docs on DVD. I
fancy myself a self-directed, self-taught documentary lover -- but I
limit myself to documentaries on DVD. Unfortunately, some of the
best documentaries arent yet on DVD -- almost everything by Errol
Morris, Hearts of Darkness, etc., etc. I think documentaries on DVD
have some unique advantages. Namely, the extra material can be
particularly insightful and illuminating -- more so than the
commentary track on a blockbuster movie. Anyway, I'm very happy to
have found this forum.
I've been chided for not introducing myself, so here goes.
My name is Riley, and I've been making docs about outdoor and
adventure sports for the last 4 years. I love all kinds of
documentaries (and even a few fictional films) - but have chosen
a niche that i am particularly passionate about in order to
(hopefully) develop something of a reputation in the industry. It
has been a long road, but i'm finally making a living doing film
and video work (much of it commercial) - so i'm thrilled about
that. I was born in Seattle, and live and work here now, but hope
to move to a smaller town at some point in the future.
I've been on Mount Everest for each of the last 2 springs, so it
feels a little weird to not be in the himalaya this spring. In 2002, I
was working on the South Side for Discovery.com documenting
an expedition about American Women trying to climb the peak,
and in 2001, I was on the North Side with a group trying to solve
mountaineering greatest mystery: Did Mallory and Irvine summit
the peak first in 1924 and die on the way down? Or, was Hillary
the first to summit in '53 (he was certainly the first to come down
alive). Long story short, I ended up making a feature about the
2001 trip called 'found on everest.'
Before that, I worked as something of a video journalist for
mountainzone.com (when they still had funding) - and before
that, I made 2 films about ski town culture - which is essentially
how i started learning about documentary filmmaking. A process
that continues, and won't stop for some time to come.
I've started my tapes in the 'tape bin' rounds. Sarah George has
them now, so contact her if you have any interest in seeing the
I'm in between projects right now, developing some ideas, and
doing freelance work. I'm always interested in helping out with
other projects, as a shooter, editor, or just about anything else -
so keep me in mind for that.
I've been grateful to read many of the helpful posts here on
D-word, and will continue to check in. thanks gang!
feature films: http://www.soulsticefilms.com
freelance work: http://www.epicentertainment.com
not necessarily at The D-Word Forum ;-)
this whole community/forum thing has been a bit confusing for
me (as you can see) but i'll go do it there.
thanks doug.
i'll get it together soon enough.
private, limited to doc professionals. Forum is open to one and all.
bran-newbie to d-word forums... and glad to be here... planning
to jump in and train to shoot/edit (at dv dojo) after years working
as producer/pm in tv/film. had the opportunity to see a screening
of "homepage" at dojo earlier tonite... thank you doug -- i really
enjoyed it. Look forward to learning lots from all the folks here...
I'm currently living in Cape Town, South Africa. I've just started
working on my first doc. We're following the life of a pre-apartheid
political activist who was imprisoned on Robbin Island for 15 years
with Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu. that's the basic idea anyway.
As this is my first project, I'm hoping to find out all I can about
funding, distribution and sales and what to look out for.
Best of luck to all those out there with their projects.
Johannesburg and Cape Town next February. Good luck with your own
film - sounds intriguing.
after much foot dragging; and jump ahead with a documentary of sorts.
I am just a little timid about this but I am gonna plow ahead with it
anyway. Any advice for first timers would be greatly appreciated!
into documentary. And what a daunting yet addictively invigorating
plunge it's been thusfar! I did my undergrad in literature and
recently decided to pull up stakes, so to speak, and transplant
myself from Montana to Scotland for film school. After a ridiculous
amount of utterly unnecessary worry, I've finally decided it's all or
nothing and am jumping in headfirst with my first documentary. I'm
still in the pre production phase, but it seems to have grown to
unexpected and somewhat daunting proportions all by itself. So my big
challenge right now is to orient myself as to what sort of structure
and form I would ultimately like the film to take. So, as general as
that is, any insights or recommendations (and I do mean any) about
first time documentary making would be happily received. So, thanks
and luck to you all.
recommend you read the various discussions we've held in this Forum.
The Al Maysles/Susan Froemke discussion would be particularly
valuable, I think.
I usually find it best to leap in by doing interviews first. They
don't cost much and preparing for them is a good way to bone up on the
subject at hand. I usually approach interviews by coming from a point
of innocence or downright ignorance, even if I'm familiar with the
subject. So it's not like you have to be an expert before proceeding.
My name is Scott davis and I am a filmmaker. I have been in the film
industry for 20 years. Last year I embarked on my first doc.
I am part of a group of 4 called Common Sense Films.
We are in the last stages of post production of our first feature
documentary, The Fort Fisher Hermit, The Life and Death of Robert E
Harrill. I look forward to the exchange of ideas and guidence that
this group has to offer.
We'll be able to accomodate you later tonight. Be sure to re-post
this intro once you're in there.
I am a doc distributor based in Germany and have joined the doc
platform with my own company HS Media Consult in 2000. Beforehand I
have been doing this job for a company mainly specialized in music
I consult and distribute mainly for German distributors who want an
international platform for their programs - so yes, all foreign doc
producers are welcome to contact me the other way round should you
seek help in German speaking territory. My main focus is arts, human
interest, historical doc and - this is new scientific programs as
Right now I am looking for advise from people who love gypsy music and
could recommend the best place to go theatrical in the US with a
feature length doc film on a gypsy group from Romania called the
Fanfare Ciocarlia. They have been touring and fascinating the world
since about 5 years and they are back performing in the States again
in the end of June. So whoever wants to help spread their fame give
me a hint.
I look forward to correspond with a lot of interesting people on as
interesting topics in the d-word community!
If you have an NTSC version of the doc, I'd love to see it (though I
am no expert in Roma music, I do quite enjoy it.) At least in
Washington DC, there is an audience for Roma concerts and films.
Tony Gatlif's films seem to have a following and I know there was a
Czech film (about a woman singer -- I can't recall her name) that
also played a small circuit here. And of course Jasmin Dellal's
AMERICAN GYPSY which isn't about music so much as the culture as a
If Fanfare Ciocarlia are touring, it would be great to combine
showing the film with performances. D-Word's Nina Seavey did this to
great effect with the Russian country band Bering Strait and their
performances and the film really enhanced each other.
Is the band popular in Romania? Not sure how much help they'd be to
you, but you might want to try the cultural section of the Romanian
Embassy in Washington (only thing is they may have a new cultural
attache, so I'm not sure how active they are in promoting events; if
the film is produced by Germans, you could also try the Goethe
Institut in different cities)
Other possibilities are to try for festivals like South by Southwest,
FullFrame, and, of course, Sundance.
thank you so much for your interest and prompt reply.
Let me know your address by return mail and I will send it to you,
however we only have PAL versions so far. Do you have access to a
player then??
I will certainly take your advice and will let you know if I am
Sincerely Heide
your film in U.S. territories. It's very difficult for international
docmakers here, however (something we're working hard at The D-Word to
correct). Don't get your expectations too high.
I suggest you check out the website for The Ballad of Bering
Straight. It's a good model for your film:
Greetings from a Munich burgher...
thank you very much for your note and welcome. I will keep you posted
on my proceedings - hopefully ending in success.
Kindest regards,
I'm a casual documentary fan, as in, when I see them I usually like
them, but not obsessed or anything. I am, however, obsessed with
backpacking (budget travel, not wilderness stuff) and would love to
one day chronical my travels and encounters with others in docu form.
This is just me starting to research into the world of documentaries!
Pop and Me (http://www.imdb.com/Title?0196002)
Hitchhiking Vietnam (http://www.pbs.org/hitchhikingvietnam/)
Assume you're already a fan of the Globetrekker series on PBS (if you
are based in the U.S.)
making a doc about "travellers"/ budget backpackers-- she also was/is
one herself (& her cameraman husband as well). Her name is Pegi Vail.
(Not sure she checks in here though.)
I'm new to this forum. Just wanted to say hi. Everyone in
Reelity/Reality knows me as Zion. Pleased to meet you all :-)
This forum is a real find! A wealth of information
exchanged amidst a real sense of community.
My name is Fas, I am 29 years of age and and
I live in London, England. Here's my situation:
I have big ideas but limited resources (sony
pc101, new iMac). I can't help feeling the
professionals amongst you will have heard this
many times before :)
So I'm looking for examples of great, innovative
or just interesting docs made using similar resources.
Any genre.
Doc-making long held strong appeal for me.
Yet it only recently feels that it's become
accessible in terms of resources. I'm
currently putting together a travelogue of a
3 month trip to South America - this will be
my first, a personal doc and steep learning
curve at the same time.
Once I've some basic insight into the craft side
of doc-making, I'd like to explore other ideas.
One that has been fertilising for some time is a doc on
street preachers. Portraits of street preachers -
anyone with a cause. Fanatical in the street, but
ever-so-normal behind closed doors?
Fas Ghauri
username: aurelian
mind: www.guyville.com/finer/movies/targetshootsfirst.html
bad ;-)
That is a hard work.our group consists of 15 people,and the conditions overthere is so bad,most people of our group live in Tibetan Area for a long time(at least 20 years), also work on documentary film for a long time. Our group have a profound knowledge about Tibetan Buddhism, and a deep understanding why the harmonious unity between politics and religion, culture and religion as well as life and religion in Tibetan region can be achieved and we are familiar with the spots where we intend to shoot the film, and to establish long-term cooperative relations with the local governments, monasteries and common people, so that we can enter many mysterious places to shoot film. At the same time, our group get accustomed to the language, food and life there, so that we can to live and work at Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau which is 4300-6000 meters above sea level for a long time.
Based on all things above, the documentary fodders our group bring back is quite worthiness and in a class by onself.
Main contents of the Documentary Fodders 1. When will Qinghai-Tibet Plateau--- the third pole of the world, rise? 2 Is it the origin of the country with two ancient civilizations and the Mother River? 3. Why Buddhism has withered away at its birthplace while flourishes in QinghaiTibet Plateau? 4. And has evolved into the unique Tibetan Buddhism? 5. When did the eternal epic ¡°King Gesar¡± come into being? 6. How could the illiterate children manage to recite tens of thousands of lines from the epic without missing a single word? 7. What after all is ¡°Mani¡±, which has blended into the life and flows in the blood vein of Tibetan people? 8. Who carved the 15-kilometer-long¡° Tripitaka¡± lying at the bottom of the river and how was it carved? 9. How could the souls of Tibetan people be able to reincarnate from kalpa? 10. When did the deities of the age-old Pon Po give up their own religion to become the protector of Tibetan Buddhism? 11.How was the sublime and heroic Khams-pa songs and dances created? Who first created the stirring Tibetan drama? 12.Do you know the myriad changes of unique ¡°Kalachadra calendar¡± and ¡°Nag-rsthis calendar and Tibetan festivals? 13.How does the Buddhist pagoda manage to accommodate the boundless universe? 14.What is Mandala (the residence for deities) and meditation of Tantra? 15.How the Wind-horse flag, Mu-thag(heavenly rope) and three realms find their expressions in people¡¯s residence? 16 Tibetan medical science, Tibet pharmacy, deity¡¯s curse, prayer, pilgrimage and wind funeral. etc........
Ceremonies&festivals\Historical\Monks\Monasteries\Wind funeral\Mani\Wind-horse flag\Buddhist pagoda\Khams-pasongs\King Gesar\Tibetan medical science\Tibet pharmacy\deity's curse\Prayer\Pilgrimage\Prayer wheels\Statues\Stupas & chortens, etc........
My name is Todd and I am 29 years old and I live in Minneapolis, MN. I graduated
from Film School in Bozeman, Montana about 4 years ago and have been working in
the Corporate/Government video sector snce then (gotta pay off those school loans).
I still consider myself a beginner when it comes to the world of documentary, so I will
probably be doing a lot more listening than talking. I have made a couple of short
Docs; one about urban sprawl, and one about using the movie making process as a
learning tool for children. I am slightly confused by the site architecture, but the
content is amazing. I am really excited about the international flavor of the site. It is
like the Doc. filmmakers U.N.
Thanks for having me
Looking forward to being part of the discussion.
think you're confusing the Forum with the Community. Since you've
also joined the Community (where the professionals reside), you should
introduce yourself there again. Just click on the D-Word Community
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Baltimore won 2-0
Game 1: Tuesday, August 6 | ||
Baltimore | 4 | Final |
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Game 2: Wednesday, August 7 | ||
Baltimore | 10 | Final |
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3:40 PM ET, August 7, 2013
Petco Park, San Diego, California
W: F. Rodriguez (1-0)
L: L. Gregerson (5-6)
Adam Jones may have grown up in San Diego attending Padres games as a kid, but that hasn't stopped him from tormenting his hometown team each time he makes a visit.
He seeks to follow up a career night with another solid performance as the Baltimore Orioles look to sweep their two-game set with the Padres on Wednesday afternoon.Jones was a high school star in San Diego before being drafted by Seattle in the first round of the 2003 draft. He doesn't get to play much at Petco Park, but he's seemed more than comfortable in his home surroundings when he does.He tied his career best with four hits, including a solo home run, and scored twice as Baltimore (62-51) beat the Padres 4-1 on Tuesday. Jones is 8 for 15 with two homers in four games in San Diego and also hit a two-run homer in his last visit in 2010."It's cool to hear the cheers and all that stuff, but we're here to play a baseball game," Jones said. "I have all offseason to hang out with (family and friends from the area). I'm just glad we got the win."Chris Davis recorded his major league-best 103rd RBI on Tuesday while Jones is 9 for 19 with five RBIs over his last five games, and they'll look to help the Orioles provide some support for scheduled starter Miguel Gonzalez, who hasn't fared well lately.Gonzalez (8-5, 3.88 ERA) went 6-1 with a 2.35 ERA over his previous eight starts before back-to-back rough outings. He gave up six runs in 4 2/3 innings of a 7-1 loss to Kansas City on July 25 before allowing a career-worst nine runs -- four earned -- and nine hits in 3 2/3 frames of last Wednesday's 11-0 loss to Houston."Everything's been flat," Gonzalez said after losing consecutive outings for the first time in his career. "You just can't pitch that way. You're going to have rough outings or there's going to be rough games out there."The right-hander has never faced the Padres (52-61), who have lost three of five following a four-game winning streak. They've been held to one run twice and been shut out another time in that stretch.San Diego was 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position Tuesday and is 7 for 43 (.163) during those five games."Our situational hitting was not good," manager Bud Black said. "We need to do better at it, there's no doubt about it. We talk about it but we have to execute. I think that was the game."Yonder Alonso, whose average has risen from .271 on July 14 to his current .297, went 2 for 4 and had an RBI single in the sixth.San Diego will look to bounce back with help from Eric Stults, who has posted a 4.58 ERA while dropping his last three starts.Stults (8-10, 3.55) gave up four runs -- one earned -- and 10 hits in 6 2/3 innings of last Wednesday's 4-1 loss to Cincinnati. He allowed two runs in 15 innings while winning his previous two outings.The latest defeat marked the first at home for the left-hander in eight home starts, as he's 5-1 with a 1.35 ERA in that stretch. He's allowed one earned run seven times in that span.Stults has never faced Baltimore, which is hitting .245 against lefties -- a far cry from the .274 it's batting versus right-handers.Orioles catcher Matt Wieters is mired in a 2-for-31 (.065) slump.Copyright by STATS LLC and The Associated Press
Gameday Matchup
Baltimore | San Diego | |
Night | 58-48 | 54-59 |
Grass | 78-64 | 76-83 |
Current Streak | W2 | L1 |
Last 10 | 4-6 | 5-5 |
Pitching Matchup
Baltimore | San Diego | ||
M. Gonzalez 11-8, 3.78 ERA Last Game: 9/26 vs TOR 7.0 IP, 0 ER Dec = Win |
E. Stults 11-13, 3.93 ERA Last Game: 9/28 at SF 7.0 IP, 3 ER Dec = Win |
Gameday Lineups
NO. | Baltimore | San Diego |
1. | N. Markakis, RF | W. Venable, RF |
2. | M. Machado, 3B | C. Denorfia, LF |
3. | A. Jones, CF | C. Headley, 3B |
4. | C. Davis, 1B | Y. Alonso, 1B |
5. | M. Wieters, C | J. Gyorko, 2B |
6. | J. Hardy, SS | A. Amarista, CF |
7. | S. Pearce, LF | R. Cedeno, SS |
8. | B. Roberts, 2B | R. Rivera, C |
9. | M. Gonzalez, P | E. Stults, P |
Injury Report
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Regular Season Series
Research Notes
Chris Davis' 8th-inning home run off Colt Hynes was calculated at 447 feet, his longest homer since he hit one 452 feet off Brad Bergesen on April 26, 2009.
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I don't even remember the song.
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Hey, we were eventually with 26 (a bunch didn't show up unfortunately), but we were able to 1 shot it. Some people wanted to do blitz afterwards, which was even easier to accomplish. I will definitely set up more stuff like this and the AB/EoTS from last week, in the future, have some alts I want to get the battlemaster title for as well. Haven't decided yet on dates, but it's not going to be months. |
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Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - LeBron James finished with 33 points and seven rebounds, as the Cleveland Cavaliers set a franchise record for consecutive home wins with a 101-83 victory over the Toronto Raptors.
The Cavaliers improved to 23-0 as the host this season, breaking the previous 22-0 mark set during the 1988-89 campaign. Cleveland also became the first team to win at least its first 23 home games in a season since the Chicago Bulls (37 games) and the Orlando Magic (33 games) accomplished the feat in the 1995-96 season.
"It's just another thing for us," James said. "We take one game, one play and one day at a time, but there's no way you can look past it. It's a great feat and another record in the franchise book that we can all be proud about."
James also had a landmark night, becoming the youngest player ever to reach 12,000 career points. He entered Tuesday's game with 11,970, but cracked the mark at 24 years and 35 days old, earlier than the Lakers' Kobe Bryant, who did it at 25 years and 220 days.
Daniel Gibson added 18 points of the bench, while Mo Williams ended with 16 points and nine assists for the Cavaliers, who have won three in a row and seven of eight overall.
Chris Bosh had 29 points and Jermaine O'Neal added 20 points and eight boards, but the Raptors lost for the third consecutive time. Andrea Bargnani had 10 points and 10 rebounds in Toronto's loss.
"We kind of let them get into a rhythm, and they have some good shooters," Bosh said of the Cavaliers. "We could have done a better job of rotating out to the shooters. Even though we were in a zone, we could have still contested shots and played 100 percent on the ball. I think we could do a much better job of defensive intensity on the ball."
Despite being down 22 points after the first quarter, the Raptors got back in the game and were within 83-75 after a Bosh layup with 7 1/2 minutes remaining. But the Cavaliers countered with seven straight points -- four free throws from James and a three-pointer from Gibson -- to take a 15-point lead.
It was a back-breaking run for the Raptors, who didn't get within single digits the rest of the game as Cleveland held on for its 38th victory this season.
The Cavs were in full control early in the game, taking a 14-4 lead just over four minutes in after a James dunk. James later had a three-point play and a three-pointer to give Cleveland a 26-12 advantage, and the Cavs expanded the margin to 37-15 going into the second quarter.
Cleveland then held a 59-40 lead at halftime, though Toronto had a 13-3 run in the third quarter to trim its deficit. Bosh had four points in the stretch, including a layup, to bring the Raptors within 70-59 with 2 1/2 minutes left in the frame.
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Samsung's graphene breakthrough could finally put the wonder material into real-world devices April 7, 2014 at 5:38 am
Samsung appears to have stumbled across the holy grail of commercial graphene production: A new technique that can grow high-quality single-crystal graphene on silicon wafers — graphene that is suitable for the production of graphene field-effect transistors (GFETs) — and afterward, once the graphene has been peeled off, the silicon wafers can even be reused! Samsung is dressing this up as a breakthrough for flexible, wearable computers — which is fair enough, given the company's recent focus on curved smartphones and watches.
Graphene smart contact lenses could give you thermal infrared and UV vision March 17, 2014 at 11:36 am
A breakthrough in graphene imaging technology means you might soon have a smart contact lens, or other ultra-thin device, with a built-in camera that also gives you infrared "heat vision." By sandwiching two layers of graphene together, engineers at the University of Michigan have created an ultra-broadband graphene imaging sensor that is ultra-broadband (it can capture everything from visible light all the way up to mid-infrared) — but more importantly, unlike other devices that can see far into the infrared spectrum, it operates well at room temperature.
60,000 miles up: Space elevator could be built by 2035, says new study March 6, 2014 at 12:15 pm
A new international report lays out the challenges to building Earth's next great mega-project — and they're more surmountable than you think.
Graphene-based microbattery could power biotelemetry implants February 26, 2014 at 9:00 am
A new battery the size of a grain of rice has more than double the power of previous microbatteries. It coul open up a new era in implantable sensors, and it's all thanks to graphene.
Graphene nanoribbons could be the savior of Moore's Law February 17, 2014 at 11:01 am
Graphene might finally have a shot at making electronics faster in a slimmed-down nanoribbon format. The trick is to make it with enough precision.
IBM builds graphene chip that's 10,000 times faster, using standard CMOS processes January 30, 2014 at 9:28 am
Engineers at IBM Research are claiming to have built the world's most advanced graphene-based computer chip, with performance that's 10,000 times better than previous graphene ICs. The key to the breakthrough is a new manufacturing technique that allows the graphene to be deposited on the chip without it being damaged (something that has heretofore been very hard to achieve). Perhaps more importantly, though, this new method is actually compatible with standard silicon CMOS processes. In short, we are closer than ever before to realizing a commercial graphene computer chip.
High quality graphene wafers fabricated using beetle tech December 13, 2013 at 1:49 pm
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have used a similar bubble trick to develop a way to make high quality graphene films. Their new technique is the first which can accomplish both the growth and transfer steps of graphene onto a silicon wafer.
Stanene is '100% efficient', could finally replace copper wires in silicon chips November 25, 2013 at 11:25 am
Move over, graphene and carbyne — stanene, with 100% electrical efficiency at temperatures up to 100 degrees Celsius (212F), is here, and it wants to replace the crummy, high-resistance copper wires that are a big limiting factor in current computer chips. Where graphene is a single-atom-thick layer of carbon, stanene is a single-atom-thick layer of tin.
The world's smallest FM radio transmitter – made from graphene November 21, 2013 at 4:51 pm
Engineers from Columbia University have just revealed to us the world's smallest FM transmitter, which they managed to build around a nanoscale graphene oscillator. Details of their device, and other fantastic graphene creations, have just appeared in the current online issue of Nature Nanotechnology.
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USA Network Sets Second 'NFL Characters Unite' Doc After Super Bowl (Exclusive)
The one-hour film profiling Larry Fitzgerald, Jameel McClain, Troy Polamalu and Justin Tuck will air Feb. 8.
USA Network and the NFL are reteaming for a good cause.
The cable network will broadcast the second one-hour NFL Characters Unite documentary to air the week following Super Bowl XLVII on Friday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m., The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.
Part of USA's Characters Unite public service campaign to fight prejudice and discrimination, the documentary will feature NFL players Larry Fitzgeraldn, Jameel McClain, Troy Polamalu and Justin Tuck. NFL Characters Unite will profile the four players through personal stories, from bullying and embracing one's heritage to discrimination and being homeless. The first NFL doc that aired last year featured Tony Dungy, Hines Ward, Tony Gonzalez and Jimmy Graham.
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Kam–Tai languages
Kam–Tai | |
Zhuang–Dong Be–Kam–Tai |
Geographic distribution: |
Southern China, Southeast Asia, Hainan |
Linguistic classification: | Tai–Kadai
Subdivisions: | |
Glottolog: | kamt1241[1] |
The Kam–Tai languages, also called Zhuang–Dong in China or Be–Kam–Tai, are a proposed primary branch of the Tai–Kadai language family, and include all major languages of that family. Ethnologue lists 76 languages in this branch. This makes it the largest branch of the Tai–Kadai language family containing over 80% of those languages.[2]
Based on the large number of vocabulary they share, three of the five branches of Tai–Kadai, namely Kam–Sui, Be, and Tai, are often classified together as Kam–Tai or Be–Kam–Tai. However, this is negative evidence, possibly due to lexical replacement in the other branches, and morphological similarities suggest that Kam–Sui should instead be grouped with Kra, one of the other branches, as Northern Tai–Kadai, and that Tai should be grouped with the final branch, Hlai, as Southern Tai–Kadai (Ostapirat 2005).
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kam–Tai". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ^ Ethnologue.com
- Ostapirat W (2005). "Kra–dai and Austronesian: notes on phonological correspondences and vocabulary distribution." pp 107–131 in Sagart L, Blench R & Sanchez-Mazas A (eds.) The peopling of East Asia: putting together archaeology, linguistics and genetics. London/New York: Routledge-Curzon.
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