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Datsyuk, Vitaliy and Landois, Perine and Fitremann, Juliette and Peigney, Alain and Galibert, Anne Marie and Soula, Brigitte and Flahaut, Emmanuel Double-walled carbon nanotube dispersion via surfactant substitution. (2009) Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 19 (n° 18). 2729 -2736. ISSN 1364-5501
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b814122n
A new approach for the stabilisation of double-walled carbon nanotubes in aqueous media was developed. A low molecular weight surfactant was used in the first stage for the debundling of the nanotubes followed by substitution with a higher molecular weight surfactant or non-ionic surfactants. Dispersions were characterized by optical density measurements, SEM and DLS. The presence of remaining low molecular weight surfactant was investigated by FT-IR. Double walled carbon nanotube dispersions showed good dispersion stability and non-detectable amounts of the initial surfactant, which was completely removed. Such a method could be useful for preparation of stable aqueous dispersions of carbon nanotubes with low concentration of surfactants, which is especially important for toxicity studies.
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Pulmonary Function Tests
Definition | Reasons for Test | Possible Complications | What to Expect | Results | Call Your Doctor
Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are a group of breathing tests. They can show how well your lungs are working. PFTs may measure:
- How much air you can blow out
- How much air your lungs can hold at different times
- How fast you are blowing air out
Respiratory System
Reasons for Test
PFTs may be used to diagnose lung conditions or diseases, such as:
These tests may also be done to:
- Measure how much a lung problem is affecting you
- Evaluate symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, and trouble breathing
- Evaluate your lung function before or after a surgery
- Determine how well a treatment is working
Possible Complications
There are no major complications associated with this procedure.
What to Expect
Prior to Test
- Review your medications with your doctor. You may need to stop taking some before testing.
- Do not eat, smoke, or exercise 4-8 hours before testing.
- Wear loose-fitting clothing.
Description of Test
Most tests will require you to breathe into a mouthpiece. The mouthpiece may be attached to a simple handheld device or be part of a larger machine. Examples of devices are a spirometer or peak flow meter. You may be asked to breathe in and out in different patterns and speeds. You will rest between tests.
Tell the technician right away if you have breathing problems, pain, or dizziness during testing.
Peak Flow Meter
Other tests that may be used in some situations include:
- A brief period of exercise before the test.
- Oxygen saturation test to measure the amount of oxygen in the blood. Can be measured with a small clip on your finger.
- You may be exposed to a specific chemical called methacholine during the PFT. The test will determine if your breathing changes due to that chemical. This is only done under close and careful supervision.
Your doctor will compare the results of your tests with normal values based on your age, sex, and height, or previous test results. Your doctor will discuss the results with you and decide if further testing or treatment is needed.
Call Your Doctor
After the test, call your doctor if any of the following occurs:
- Headaches, nausea, muscle aches, lightheadedness, or general ill feeling
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Wheezing or persistent coughing
- Chest pain
American Lung Association
Family Doctor—American Academy of Family Physicians
Birnbaum S, Barreiro TJ. Methacholine challenge testing: identifying its diagnostic role, testing, coding, and reimbursement (review). Chest. 2007;131(6):1932-1935.
Chang J, Mosenifar Z. Differentiating COPD from asthma in clinical practice. J Intensive Care Med. 2007;22(5):300-309.
Chu MW. Introduction to pulmonary function. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2008;41:387-396.
Crapo RO, Casaburi R, et al. Guidelines for methacholine and exercise challenge testing (1999). Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000;161:309.
Pulmonary function tests (PFTs). Duke University Health System. DukeHealth.org website. Available at: http://cancer.dukemedicine.org/cancer/health_library/care_guides/treatment_instructions/pulmonaryfunctiontesting. Accessed September 26, 2014.
Barreiro TJ, Perillo I, et al. An approach to interpreting spirometry. Am Fam Physician. 2004;69(5):1107-1115.
Last reviewed August 2014 by Michael Woods, MD
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

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Background: I have Windows XP and Windows 7 on the same machine, on different partitions. Thus, I can perform operations on either OS while said OS is not running.
Terminology: "XP:
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Cut and paste "Documents and Settings", "Program Files" and "WINDOWS" from "
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text: On behalf of the Fireweed Academy community, I would like to acknowledge a heartfelt thanks to all the folks who were able to help with our yurt raising. Community volunteers who were instrumental include: Brad Faulkner our straw boss; Kevin Strong of Strong Construction for loaning out most of his scaffolding in the height of construction season; Albert Arakelian for bringing out his crane and setting the ring in place, and Mike Neace for painting the floor, putting up scaffold and helping with setup. Parent Scott Wright worked diligently to get the floor built. Fireweed parents Malcolm Gaylord, Gunnar Person, Patrick Houlihan and Erik Pullman were an awesome crew to join Brad and Lee Tenhoff from Nomad Shelter in erecting the walls and rafters, then getting the insulation and cover on. Martin Renner, Jesse Sherwood, Mindy Hunter, Laura Barton and Briea Gregory helped in the afternoon with securing everything. Thanks to Kim Fine for providing snacks and pizza. On probably the only sunny Saturday all summer, we were competing with Farmers Market, the city softball tournament and KBBIs Concert on the Lawn for folks time and energy so were especially thankful. Let it rain. Kiki Abrahamson


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St Joseph's Oratory & Mont Royal
Trip Start
Nov 04, 2011
Trip End
Jul 27, 2012
I got on the computer and uploaded all my photos and video from the camera. Trish and I then swapped photos so we both had each others, incase we had good photos that the other hadn't taken.
Got dressed then we were ready to head out site seeing around lunch time. The weather had slowly gotten better over the morning, and was now quite blue and sunny. First on the agenda was to see Saint Joseph's Oratory, and so we bought ourselves day passes for the metro and caught the train to Cote Des Neiges station.
I was hungry so we went to St Hubert's and I got a chicken strips combo and ate this on the walk to the Oratory. Here we took lots of photos on our ascent up the hundreds of stairs to the top of the hill. It was warm enough to be able to walk around in just a T-shirt which was nice!
Saint Joseph's Oratory is one of the world's most visited centres of pilgrimage. Its founder, Saint Brother Andre (canonized in 2010), had started its construction in 1904. Comprising a stately building whose dome reaches 97 metres (second only in height to Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome), a small original chapel, a votive chapel, a crypt church, and a basilica that can accommodate over 2,200 people, this oratory dedicated to Saint Joseph contains many personal items (called ex-votos) left behind by pilgrims - like hundreds of walking canes. Its magnificent organs and its carillon composed of 56 bells give audible testament to the world's great composers.
At the top we entered through the main portico and saw the Basilica. We walked around inside and heard the organ being played. We were surprised at how modern the Basilica was inside. We made our way out the back of the church and found the chapel of Brother Andre. This tiny chapel was very cute and here we saw the room of Brother Andre above the chapel. The mood inside the chapel was very sombre.
We wandered back into the Basilica and found a pamphlet of the things to see at the Oratory. So we decided to see the crypt so went looking for this. Instead we found a funny little building out the side which had lots of bells and there was a lady playing music with the bells. This was the Carillon.
Back inside the Oratory at a lower level and we saw the Votive Chapel, a huge hall with lots of candles, the tomb of Brother Andre, a big rock wall which it looked like people made offerings on, the Saint Joseph Oil and the Crypt Church.
It was getting late and Trish was keen to head to the holocaust museum, so we made our way back down the stairs. We didn't have very good maps, and thought about walking, but I had put the wrong address in my phone and it told us 30 mins so we decided to take the metro. By the time we had made it to the right address there was only 15 minutes before the museum was due to close, so we took some pamphlets and decided to come back another time.
Here we got back on the metro and headed to the University of Montreal campus. We could see the campus from a distance from the bottom of the hill near the station and it looked massive! The Universit� de Montr�al, founded in 1878, the Universit� de Montr�al now contains 13 faculties. Together with its two affiliated schools, it represents one of North America's largest educational centres, ranking first in Qu�bec and second in Canada for higher education and research. Its main Art Deco-style building, designed by Ernest Cormier, was completed in 1943.
We considered walking to the cemeteries at Mont Royal however our lack of maps again was a problem. So we caught the metro all the way around to Mont Royal station where we caught the number 11 bus over the top of the mountain. We got off once to take pictures at a lookout. The day had gone overcast again so it wasn't very nice, and there were so many hoons there with their cars and tunes. The local hangout!
The bus trip took us over Mont Royal past the cemeteries and then back again to Mont Royal station. Here we decided it was time to head home. So back to Place Des Arts station. A quick stop in at Tim Hortons to get a hot chocolate and a muffin for dessert.
We cooked chicken marylands for dinner with veggies, while waiting I had a shower and washed my hair. We ate in front of the tv and relaxed before I headed to my room for a muffin and some French study. Tried to catch up on some diary entries and then off to bed!


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Utricularia Striata
Category: Nature
Photo and caption by matt kaelin
Also known as the "Bladderwort" this aquatic Carnivorous Plant has many tiny little traps that sway under the surface with the water's current in the wind. This individual looks to be well fed due to the large amount of full baldders. The dark colouration is due to the digestive enzymes that are breaking down its prey. Taken June, 2012 (the cameras settings are off a year) Part of Author's local exploration of Carnivorous Plants project.
Location: A sandy pond in Manorville, Long Island, NY, USA


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Let award-winning quilter and teacher Kimmy Brunner guide you in making perfectly geometric quilting designs with just three basic quilting template shapes.
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great fish-I have thiis pattern but have not attempted it yet. I especially like the way you quilted the seaweeds and sky!
Would love to know how you cut and pieced the fish! Just outstanding!!!
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Centaurs, Monsters, creatures with no right to wings Disappeared, died out like some manufactured things Inventions of ancient gene- manipulating men who cowered, once from these, their own inventions? Mis-managed science, genius? or the un-leashing of pure chaos upon themselves, Destroyed and preyed upon by Minotaurs they cherished. June 18 2013


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The original employee-level data was in excel format tagged with cost centre information. Anand used iterative 'vlookup' functions to assign hierarchical levels to each employee. Several pivot tables were then used to organise the data to provide different views. The final output were views of organisation by reporting structure, by Line of Business and Unit, an overview of unit and location and overview by employee type. The client used this information and recommendations to facilitate successful re-organization as per strategic priorities.


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Classic Car, Timeless Techniques
taught by Mike McCarey
Get in gear with cake artist Mike McCarey as you learn how to sculpt any car cake from the curvaceous body down to delicious detail work.
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"Reflections Of A White Bengal"
Category: Nature
Photo and caption by Willy Rader
This photo is originally on slide film, this is a digital photo of a print. It IS MY PHOTO. I have the whole roll of slides-nothing but this tiger, so I can prove this is my photography. If you need better focus I will send you a print if necessary. Thank you very much, Willy Rader PS-it's also on my site-willyrader.carbonmade.com
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There is a large flat screen tv in the great room, and a tv in the master. The home has a formal dining area, but also has a breakfast area for more casual eating.
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More than eighty MPs have reportedly been invited to meet the Catholic Archbishop of Southwark to discuss the equal gay marriage proposals being publicly consulted on by the government.
According to Catholic newspaper The Tablet, Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have been invited to meet Archbishop Smith next month.
The politicians, equivalent to just over 12 percent of the House of Commons, were invited to be briefed by the prelate on the 18 April, but the Catholic Church has not yet confirmed the numbers to PinkNews.co.uk today.
The Archbishop of Southwark was, along with the Archbishop of Westminster, co-signatory of a letter read to the Catholic faithful at Mass earlier this month that told them of their "duty" to oppose marriage equality, even in civil ceremonies.
Dismissing wholesale the arguments from "equality and discrimination", the archbishops wrote: "But our present law does not discriminate unjustly when it requires both a man and a woman for marriage. It simply recognises and protects the distinctive nature of marriage.
It added: "A change in the law would gradually and inevitably transform society's understanding of the purpose of marriage. It would reduce it just to the commitment of the two people involved. There would be no recognition of the complementarity of male and female or that marriage is intended for the procreation and education of children.
"We have a duty to married people today, and to those who come after us, to do all we can to ensure that the true meaning of marriage is not lost for future generations."
The Tablet reported ahead of the launch of the government's equal marriage consultation that it was "expected to bow to public pressure" and open up the consultation to whether equal access to marriage for gay couples should be considered at all, rather than how best to implement it.


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Docket #65183 - L. S., A Juvenile, Petitioner v. State of Florida, Respondent. 464 So. 2d 1195; February 28, 1985.
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Why limit yourself to just one Swinger Halloween Party this year? Put on your favorite costume, come out and start the holiday early at Florida's Finest Couples Pre-Halloween Party No need to pay the high prices charged at the big box clubs. Kirby's is a full liqour bar closed to the public for our parties. This party is open to all lifestyle couples and swinging single females. (sorry no single males at this private lifestyle event) Door fee is just $5pp for those who sign up on SLS at least 24 hours before the party starts! Ladies - dress as sexy as you like - just keep crotch and nipples covered while in the bar. Doors open at 7 PM so arrive early. We keep the music low early in the party to give you a chance to meet others. There is also a mixer dance and a costume contest. Winners of sexiest, smallest and most unique will all receive adult toy prizes. Of course, later in the party we start to turn the music up. Our DJ will be playing the music you want to hear, taking your requests & keeping you close on the dance floor. There are pool tables & even a restaurant. Besides the low door fee, Kirby's has VERY REASONABLE drink prices. The bar is full liquor - open til 2:30AM to meet your needs. Last call 2AM. Notice: To keep their prices low and speed up bar service Kirby's -NO LONGER ACCEPTS CREDIT CARDS - Please bring cash. Two banks with ATMs located across the street, if needed. Kirby's is located close to 41. From I-75, Clark Road exit, head toward Siesta Key. Clark becomes Stickney Point Rd before 41. Kirby's on the south side of the road. Need a hotel? Check out the Holiday Inn Express, Comfort Inn or Days Inn, all located on Clark Road in the 4 miles between the I-75 exit and Kirby's. Make the most of this party by arriving EARLY! Doors open at 7:00PM Kirby's Bar & Grill 2460 Stickney Point Road Sarasota, FL 34231 See you Saturday night! Kisses, Brian & Nancy Founders & Hosts of Florida's Finest Couples |
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There are plenty of online car rental services, but here's one with a twist: rather than renting a company car from a car pool, WhipCar lets you come to an agreement with Mr Jones next door and take his car…
Villagers in Rutland build own high-speed broadband service
Villagers in Rutland, so fed up of their snail-paced broadband speeds, have taken matters into their own hands after service providers such as BT said that it was not economically viable to provide the area with a network upgrade. After…
Twit4Hire – a company who'll Twitter on your behalf, for cash
I can understand people not having the time to update a blog. To grow a blog properly it needs time, effort and careful feeding of the community. A Twitter account, on the other hand, requires considerably less effort – 140 characters, perhaps twice a day? Well, if even that's too much for you or your business, then Twit4Hire is the company for you.
It's targeting business who want to "get on the Twitter" but haven't got a clue how to go about it. Or they might have a clue, but can't spare the resources. Either way, Twit4Hire will sit there and chat to legions of followers about nothing your business on your behalf.
I'm not sure I could recommend employing Twit4Hire. Do it yourself. For top tips on how best to use Twitter for marketing and PR, visit this handy site, instead.
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HP to focus on Internet opportunities and software
Hewlett Packard has announced that it's going to be downsizing the scale of its research operations, and focus upon Internet opportunities and software.
Globally, HP is working on around 150 small projects, but that number is set to fall to around twelve.
HP's chief executive, Mark Hurd, said that the move was "a big deal" for the company, saying that they were "placing fewer, bigger bets".
They'll focus on the likes of Earth-friendly computing, handling digitised information, and providing online services.
Euro bureaucracy requires companies to put complete info on their emails and websites
A new European law came into effect on January 1st that requires all UK companies to put a host of information on their web sites and email signatures, or else face hefty fines for breaching the "Companies Act". Email and…


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After my post the other day about Finding the Contents of a SharePoint Rich Text Column with jQuery, I saw a tweet from my friend in Sweden, Christian Ståhl.
@sympmarc #SharePoint #jQuery – Another great blog from you! Now thinking how to concat or do stuffs to the content of this column.. (?)
— Christian Ståhl (@CStahl) February 11, 2011
The Rich Text column contents are just HTML, so there's really no limit to what you might do to manipulate it yourself with script. Let's look at an example.
In the example, I've typed the sentence "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog." into the System Description Rich Text column and done a little simple formatting. I've used the jQuery I outlined in my earlier post to simply alert the contents of the column on the blur event. Note that SharePoint has seen fit to wrap the text in a div with that lovely external class. That happens from time to time and I really don't know why.
As you can see, the contents of the column are simply HTML. Since it's an iframe with the HTML in its body, we can manipulate it however we'd like. Here's a little code just to show you something you might try.

When the page loads, I'm finding the Rich Text in the DOM and then I'm binding to the focus and blur events for the body of the iframe which contains the value. When I give the field focus, I alert the starting value of the field (line 9 – which is how I got the image above), wrap the span containing the word "brown" in a maroon border by wrapping it in a div (line 10), and alert the result (line 11). When I leave the field, I unwrap the div from the span (line 15) and alert the value again (line 16). Simple, but hopefully it shows something you might be able to do based on user activity.
Here's the alert and the effect when the field gets focus…
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Who better to review a movie about porn than a porn star? That's why we got the beautiful Allie Haze to share… Watch Now »
IMDb has been the go-to source for movie information on the Internet since 'Nam, and it (obviously) takes its work seriously. So it's rare that you'll find a synopsis for a well-known movie that's anything but diligent and professional.
That's what makes those moments when you do find a bad IMDb synopsis special. But what makes a "bad" IMDb synopsis, exactly? In this case, we measured it by two things: undertones of laziness, or undertones of snark — and in some cases, both. Get More »
"I was a big fan of 'The Lost Boys,' but I think 'Nosferatu' is probably my favorite. There's something so timelessly mysterious about it. Just the way that it's shot, it's so dark and shadowy and sinister.
"I believe that guy could be wandering around in the alleys of Transylvania. The teeth and the ears … it's just really scary, the first of its kind. Really ethereal."
Before classically trained actor Benjamin Walker took up his axe as the Great Emancipator in "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," out on Blu-ray and DVD today, he had small roles in "Kinsey" and "Flags of Our Fathers." It was on Broadway where he truly made his name, as our 7th President in the Broadway rock musical "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson."
This week: Before he became an actor, Channing Tatum worked as a male stripper, which inspired Steven Soderbergh to direct "Magic Mike," a behind-the-scenes look at a troupe of male strippers taking it off nightly at a club in Florida.
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When the San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave final approval yesterday [Tues/15] to legislation that would substantially increase the payments landlords are required to give tenants they evict using the Ellis Act, the supervisors made a key change designed to counter a recent eviction push by landlords.
The legislation, approved on a 9-2 vote with Sups. Mark Farrell and Katy Tang opposed, increases the current required relocation payments of $5,265 per person or $15,795 per unit (plus an additional $3,510 for those with disabilities or over age 62) up to the equivilent of two years rent for a comparable unit, which means tens of thousands of dollars.
For example, the Controller's Office calculates that a family evicted from a two-bedroom apartment in the Mission District where they pay $909 per month would be entitled to $44,833 in relocation costs.
The legislation was originally scheduled to go into effect 120 days after passage in order to give city officials enough time to implement it. But after sponsoring Sup. David Campos heard that landlords were rushing to evict tenants before those fees went up, he checked in with the City Attorney's Office and other departments to see whether they could be ready sooner. And after getting the greenlight, he amended the measure yesterday to go into effect 30 days after it's enacted into law.
The question now is whether Mayor Ed Lee, who has not taken a position on the legislation, will act quickly to sign it. He has 10 days to decide, and given that the legislation was approved by a veto-proof majority, the question is really whether the mayor will support stalling the inevitable, thus encouraging more evictions at lower levels of relocation assistance.
But Mayor Lee has publicly touted his concerns about the eviction epidemic and support for Sen. Mark Leno's Ellis Act reform legislation, SB1439 [1]. So I'm sure Lee is warming up his pen and preparing to sign the measure as I write this, right? We've got a message into his office with that question and I'll update this post when we hear back.
UPDATE 4/18: Christine Falvey, the mayor's press secretary, just finally responded to our inquiry and said, "The Mayor is reviewing and considering this legislation. I will keep you updated." Apparently, he doesn't feel the same sense of urgency that supporters of the measure feel.
UPDATE 5/6: Mayor Lee waited 10 days and then allowed the measure to become law [2] without his signature.
[1] http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2014/04/08/lenos-ellis-act-reform-bill-clears-first-legislative-hurdle
[2] http://48hillsonline.org/2014/05/06/politics-on-tuesday-ed-lee-ducks-tenant-bill-the-next-move-for-victor-hwang-and-the-campos-vs-chiu-race-tightens-up/


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Charles I. D. Looff
Charles I. D. Looff | |
Born | Bramstedt, Duchy of Holstein, Denmark |
May 24, 1852
Died | July 1, 1918 Long Beach, California |
(aged 66)
Spouse(s) | Anna Dolle |
Children | Anna (1875-1896) Helen (1877-1956) Emma (1879-1938) Charles (1881-1924) William (1883-1945) Arthur (1888-1970) |
Charles I. D. Looff was an American master carver and builder of hand-carved carousels and amusement rides. Looff built the first carousel at Coney Island in 1876. During his lifetime, he manufactured over 50 carousels, several amusements parks, numerous roller coasters and Ferris wheels, and built California's famous Santa Monica Pier. He became famous for creating the unique Coney Island style of carousel carving. A carousel museum is located at 2500 Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, California 90806.
From Denmark to Brooklyn[edit]
Charles Looff was born in Bramstedt, Duchy of Holstein, Denmark on May 24, 1852 as Karl Jurgen Detlev Looff. He learned the art of woodcarving and immigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City on August 14, 1870. Settling on Leonard Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, he found work as a carver at a furniture factory. Working part-time as a ballroom dance instructor, Looff met and married Anna Dolle in 1874. After working in the furniture factory all day, he took scraps of wood home to his apartment and began carving them into carousel animals. Young Looff assembled his wooden horses and animals onto a circular platform and created his first merry-go-round. In 1876, he installed his ride at Vandeveer's Bathing Pavilion at West Sixth Street and Surf Avenue. This was Coney Island's first carousel.
Charles Looff opened a factory at 30 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn and built two more carousels, doing all the carving himself. He located one at Feltman's Beer Garden on Surf Avenue, Coney Island, and the other at Young's Million Dollar Pier at Atlantic City, New Jersey. Impressed with this new kind of amusement ride, Mr. Young bought it from the ecstatic carver. Looff began to hire expert carvers such as John Zalar, Marcus Charles Illions, John Mueller and Charles Carmel to help with his expanding business.
Charles and Anna produced six children: Anna (1875–1896), Helen (1877–1956), Emma (1879–1938), Charles (1881–1924), William (1883–1945), Arthur (1888–1970). All except Anna, who died at age 21 as a result of a trolley accident, would work with their father in the carousel business. When the City of New York took his property under eminent domain to build a city park, Looff moved his family to Crescent Park, in Riverside, Rhode Island.
Rhode Island Years[edit]
In 1886, Colonel George Boyden established an amusement park named Crescent Park in Riverside, Rhode Island on 50 acres (200,000 m2) overlooking the Providence River. Boyden commissioned Charles I. D. Looff to build a large carousel at the head of a 400-foot pier that received throngs of people from the steamboats that cruised up and down the Bay. Crescent Park became known as "the Coney Island of the East" during this time. In 1895, Charles I. D. Looff built another, larger and more elaborate carousel overlooking the midway. He used this ride as a showpiece for prospective buyers to choose the types of carved horses for their machines. Looff built his workshop adjoining the carousel. Here he would produce many merry-go-rounds for amusement parks in New England and across the United States. Looff's daughter, Helen, and her husband, Charles Simmons bought the ride from Looff's widow's estate in 1930. This carousel has been restored, is still operating in its original location and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. In 1985, the Rhode Island General Assembly proclaimed the Carousel as the "State Jewel of American Folk Art". In 1987, the United States Department of Interior, National Park Service, designated the Carousel as a National Historic Landmark.
Charles Looff's son, Charles, worked in the shop carving saddles and chariots for his father. In 1920, young Charles purchased Crescent Park and operated it until his death. He installed many of the popular rides of the time, including the Rivers of Venice, and the Shoot the Chutes. He converted the huge exhibition hall into the Alhambra Ballroom by adding large roof trusses and removing the many columns, thereby opening the whole floor into one big space. Looff's son, Charles, also built an excursion boat, which he named the "Miss Looff" after his sister Anna, which cruised the waters of Narragansett Bay and the Providence River bringing customers from Providence and Newport, Rhode Island to Crescent Park. Son Charles married Emma Simmons, the sister of Charles Simmons, who had married Helen Looff. In 1909, Charles I. D. Looff built a beautiful carousel with 54 horses and gave it to his daughter, Emma, as a wedding present, when she married Louis Vogel. The ride was installed at Natatorium Park in Spokane, Washington.
California Years[edit]
Charles I. D., meanwhile, had become enchanted with the possibilities for amusement parks on the West coast and in August 1910 moved to California, leaving Helen and Charles Simmons, son Charles and Emma Looff to manage the family properties in Rhode Island. Charles I. D. Looff settled in Long Beach and built a factory on West Sixth Street. He purchased property at The Pike, an amusement area on Long Beach's waterfront, and built a magnificent merry-go-round there. The family lived in an apartment above the ride. Son, Arthur, also operated Lite-a-line, a type of Fascination (game) at the Pike that is still in operation today at 2500 Long Beach Blvd Long Beach, CA 90806[1] it was subsequently moved in the early part of the 21st century it also houses a small but very detailed and vivid museum in honor of his carvings and ride technology but most specifically looff's CA Long Beach pike attraction. In 1943, the carousel was destroyed by fire and replaced with another Looff merry-go-round.
In 1916, Looff with his son, Arthur, designed and built Looff's Santa Monica Pier along the south-side of the city's long, narrow, municipal pier. They constructed a large Byzantine-Moorish style "Hippodrome" building to house one of their ornate carousels, now known as the Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome. The Looff's also erected the Blue Streak Racer wooden roller coaster on their new pleasure pier, along with The Whip and the Aeroscope thrill ride.
In addition to Santa Monica and the Pike, Looff built and operated amusement parks and carousels at Ocean Park, Redondo Beach, Venice Beach, Santa Cruz as well as Griffith Park Los Angeles[2](still in operation) which coincidentally is the very spot that helped to serve as Walt Disney's inspiration to develop design and eventually build Disneyland and subsequent following theme parks[3] to this day, Disneyland Resort still has in its displayed collection the very park bench that he sat on as he watched his daughters and day dreamed about a new type of park and totally immersive theme park experience.There has also been an actual Loof carasoul carved horse added to the exhibit at the entrance to the moments with Lincoln attraction at Disneyland Pak, Anaheim, CA[4] Looff built an amusement Park in Seattle called Luna Park. Looff also built merry-go-rounds and roller coasters for the Oklahoma and Texas State Fairs. Charles I. D. Looff died on July 1, 1918 in Long Beach, California. After his death, his son, Arthur, continued to manage the family's West coast operation, including building the Giant Dipper Roller Coaster at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.
The Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome and the Santa Cruz Looff Carousel and Roller Coaster were both designated National Historic Landmarks in 1987.
Looff carousels[edit]
Year | Name | Location | Notes | |
1876 | Vandeveer's Bathing Pavilion Carousel | Coney Island, New York | Name changed to Balmer's Bathing Pavilion. menagerie, no jumpers, the first of over 25 carousels at Coney Island, burned in the Dreamland fire of 1911 | |
1877 | Feltman's Carousel | Feltman's Beer Garden, Coney Island, New York | menagerie, no jumpers, built, partially burned in the West Brighton fire of 1899, or possibly earlier because Feltman (the inventor of the hot dog) bought a second carousel from Looff in the 1890s. http://www.64nywf65.20m.com | |
1880 | Coney Island Carousel | Coney Island, New York | ||
1886 | Half Moon Beach Carousel | Crescent, New York | ||
1888 | Palace Amusements Carousel | Historical Asbury Park, New Jersey | All horses had real horse hair tails. A few animals were carved by Gustav Dentzel to meet a deadline for the three row, brass ring carousel. Operated 1888-1988 until the beach-front, indoor amusement park, Palace Amusements, closed. The 78 animals were individually auctioned & the Carousel unit as one piece. Palace Amusements was put on the National Register of Historic Places before being demolished in 2004.[5] | |
1890 | Young's Pier Carousel | Young's Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey | ||
1888 | Glendale Park Flying Jenny Carousel | Nashville,Tennessee 1888 to 1932 | ||
1890 | Broadway Flying Horses Carousel | Coney Island, New York | Located at Coney Island until 1905. At Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts. from 1914-1976. Moved to Seaport Village, San Diego, California in 1980. | |
c. 1890 | Midland Beach Carousel | Midland Beach, Staten Island, New York | operated 1890 to 1905, 3 abreast, menagerie | |
1890 to 1897 | South Beach Carousel | Staten Island, New York | ||
1891 | Rocky Point Amusement Park Carousel | Warwick, Rhode Island | ||
1890 to 1897 | Narragansett Pier Carousel | Narragansett, Rhode Island | ||
1895 | Lincoln Park Carousel | Dartmouth, Massachusetts | ||
1896 | Lake Compounce Carousel | Lake Compounce, Bristol, Connecticut | originally located at Savin Rock, West Haven, Connecticut, moved to present location in 1911 | |
c. 1893 | Roger Williams Park Carousel | Providence, Rhode Island | replaced in 1937 with PTC #44 | |
1894 | The Looff Carousel at Slater Park | Slater Memorial Park, Pawtucket, Rhode Island | originally located at Roger William's Park, Providence, RI. Moved to present location in 1910. Originally was fastest Looff carousel made-was slowed down recently. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. | |
1895 | Fair Park Carousel | Dallas, Texas | 1958 to 1967: Pacific Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California; 1967 to 1982: Spanaway, Washington; 1982 to 1992: Willamette Center, Portland, Oregon; 1992 to 1997: AmeriFlora '92, Columbus, Ohio; 1997 to present: Media City Center Mall, Burbank, California, told to move 2004 to Present: Seaport Village, San Diego, California. | |
1895 | Crescent Park Carousel | Crescent Park, East Providence, Rhode Island | used by Looff as showcase for his work, all animals different; operational brass rings; Ruth & Sons organ; listed on National Register of Historic Places | |
1898 | Canobie Lake Park Carousel | Salem, New Hampshire | moved to present location in 1906 | |
1889 | Salisbury Beach Carousel | Salisbury, Massachusetts | 1889 to 1907 | |
1898 | Rosen Heights Carousel | Fort Worth, Texas | 1898 to 1907. | |
1900 | Goddard Park Carousel | Goddard Park, Warwick, Rhode Island | originally located at Lakeside Park, Syracuse, New York, moved 1908 to Rocky Point Amusement Park, Rhode Island and 1930 to present location | |
1903 | Lakeside Park Carousel | Lakeside Park, Port Dalhousie, Ontario | moved to present location in 1921 | |
1905 | Island Park Carousel | Portsmouth, Rhode Island | survived 1938 hurricane | |
1904 | The Children's Creativity Museum—LeRoy King Carousel | Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, California | built in 1904 for San Francisco, sent to instead Seattle's Luna Park due to 1906 earthquake, returned to Playland-At-The-Beach, San Francisco in 1914 until 1972; 1972 to 1984: In storage at Roswell, New Mexico for restoration; 1984 to 1998: Shoreline Village, California; 1998: Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, California | |
1908 | Heritage Museum Carousel | Heritage Museums and Gardens, Sandwich, Massachusetts | original location Crescent Park,Riverside, Rhode Island, moved to Meridian, Mississippi, then to Provincetown, Massachusetts, then to present location in 1969 | |
1909 | Lakeside Carousel | International Market World, Auburndale, Florida | originally located in Harvey Lake, Pennsylvania, moved to Florida in 1986 and present location in 1996 | |
1909 | Natatorium Park, | Spokane, Washington | . A wedding gift for Looff's daughter Emma Looff and her husband Louis Vogel, who later owned Natatorium Park; moved to present location at Riverfront Park in Spokane in 1975; operational brass rings; Ruth & Sons organ; National Historic Landmark | |
1909 | Whalom Park Carousel[6] | Lunenburg, Massachusetts | Moved to Whalom Park in 1912, Featured 2 Looff Sea Dragons,[6][7] Broken up at auction April 15, 2000[7] | |
1909 | Oklahoma State Fair Carousel | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | with a figure 8 coaster | |
1909 | Sherman's Carousel | Caroga Lake, New York | Looff/Murphy carousel platform and mechanism populated with 50 metal animals by (Theel mfg.), in original 12-sided Looff carousel building w/ stained glass windows. Original hand-carved Looff animals were sold in late 1970s to private collectors. Carousel is owned privately and available only for private functions at this time. *Note: This carousel is almost identical to the one operated at Lake Compounce in Connecticut. | |
1910 | Carousel of Happiness | Nederland, Colorado | originally located at Saltair Park, Salt Lake City, Utah, moved to American Fork, Utah in 1959 and sold for parts in 1986; Scott Harrison used the Looff frame and installed new, whimsically-carved figures[8] | |
1910 | Dr. Floyd L. Moreland Looff/Dentzel Carousel | Casino Pier, Seaside Heights, New Jersey | Relocated from Burlington Island Park, New Jersey in 1932.[9] The chariots and some animals were carved by Dentzel, Morris, Carmel, and Illions. Located in a 10-sided unenclosed building on boardwalk pier; 4 Rows, 35 Jumping Horses, 18 Standing Horses, 5 Menagerie Animals (1 Lion, 1 Tiger, 1 Mule, 2 Camels), 2 Chariots, 2016 Lightbulbs, and 15 original antique paintings from 1910 in center casing.[10] The music is provided by the only continuously operating Wurlitzer 146 Military Band Organ in the state.[11] Dr. Floyd L. Moreland bought and restored it in 1984. The carousel survived Hurricane Sandy in 2012.[12] | |
1911 | The Pike Carousel | Long Beach, California | burned down in 1943 | |
1911 | Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Carousel | Santa Cruz, California | National Historic Landmark, brass rings, still in use at original location | |
1911 | Fantasy Fair Carousel | Fantasy Fair, Toronto, Ontario | moved to present location in 1988; Looff platform, fiberglass animals | |
c. 1911 | Lighthouse Point Park Carousel | New Haven, Connecticut | original location unknown, moved to present location in 1916 | |
1911 | Fraser's Million Dollar Pier Carousel | Santa Monica, California | Burned down in September 1912 | |
1911 | Venice Pier Carousel | Venice, California | ||
c. 1912 | Grand Carousel | Knoebels, Elysburg, Pennsylvania | moved to present location in 1941 from Riverview Park in Rahway, New Jersey; Looff frame, Carmel horses; operational brass rings | |
1914 | Pan Pacific International Exposition Carousel | San Francisco, California | ||
1914 | RAB Amusements Carousel | Keansburg, New Jersey | ||
1916 | Santa Monica Pier Carousel | Santa Monica, California | replaced in 1947 with PTC #62; Looff Hippodrome carousel building is a National Historic Landmark | |
1925 | Redondo Beach Carousel | Redondo Beach, California | After being removed from Redondo Beach, the carousel remained in the Looff factory which was purched by Ross R. Davis and his son John O. Davis. Some of the outside row figures remained with the Looff family. | |
1926 | Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round | Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California | Spillman/Looff mix. The carousel, which is still running, was originally a Spillman. After the Davis family purchased the contents of the Looff factory, some of the Looff figures were intersperced with the original Spillmans. | |
1928 | Van Andel Museum Carousel | Grand Rapids, Michigan | original location Lakewood Park, Barnesville, Pennsylvania, moved to present location in 1982 |
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- ^ a b "Minerva - A Sea Dragon", The Carousel News & Trader, November 2004, Edna Caskey Wieier
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- A Pictorial History of the Carousel by Frederick Fried - 1964
- The Great American Carousel by Tobin Fraley - 1994
- Carousel Art - A magazine for people who love merry-go-rounds-PO Box 667, Garden Grove, California 92642
- Painted Ponies by William Manns, Peggy Shank, Marianne Stevens - 1986
- Art of the Carousel by Charlotte Dinger - 1984
- A History of the American Amusement Industry by William F. Mangels
- The Carousel Keepers, An Oral History of American Carousels by Carrie Papa - 1998
- Rhode Island Amusement Parks by Rob Lewis and Ryan Young - 1998
- A Century of Fun-A Pictorial History of New england Amusement Parks by Bob Goldsack -1993
- Dear Old Nat...Spokane's Playground by Nostalgia Magazine - 2003
- Early American Wood Carving by Erwin O. Christensen - 1952
- Lincoln Park Remembered 1894-1987 edited by Thomas, McCabe and Furtado - 1999
- Coney Island: The People's Playground by Michael Immerso - 2002
- Fairground Art by Geoff Weedon - 2003
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Black - Guyana's confidence lifted
Guyana Times article.
Georgetown, Guyana - Guyana's Under-19 Manager David Black says beating the Windward Islands in round two in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Under-19, Three-day tournament has lifted the players' confidence ahead of their final round, beginning today.
The Guyanese are atop the table with 26.3 points will play Trinidad and Tobago, who sit at the bottom of the table on 9.6 points at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground.
The host and Leeward Islands played to a draw in the opening round but Black says the four- wicket win against the Windward Islands has motivated the players going into the final round.
"Mentally, it's good for us," Black told Guyana Times Sport at the conclusion of the squad training session on Tuesday.
"We will take the positives from this game into the final round and it gives the players confidence and self-belief that they can come out victorious," Black said.
An outright victory can propel Guyana to their 13th title since their first in 1974.
Meanwhile, the Leeward Islands are in second position on 25.6 points follow by the Windward Islands 21.9 points, Jamaica 20.8 points and Barbados 12.6 points.
The other final- round matches will see Barbados challenge Leeward Islands at the Enmore Community Centre ground and defending champions Jamaica oppose the Windward Islands at the Guyana National Stadium. All games start at 10:00h and admission to the venues are free.
The full tournament, into its 47th edition, is the main scouting ground for the Region's finest talent and dates back to 1968.
Most of the current West Indies players found their footing in the Regional Under-19 Tournament before going on to represent the West Indies in Test, One-Day International and Twenty20 International cricket.
Guyana have been dominant in the three-day format, winning the title on 12 occasions.
Jamaica captured the three-day title last year in St Kitts when they finished on 47.9 points to top the points table ahead of T&T, Guyana, Windwards, Barbados and Leewards.
Barbados: Joshua Drakes (captain), Chad Williams (vice captain), Leniko Boucher, Alex Fergusson, Lee-Germon Gaskin, Akil Greenidge, Keon Harding, Matthew Jones, Nicholas Kirton, Neil Persaud, Tarik Shorey, Shamar Springer, Jafari Toppin, Dikembe Wilson.
Guyana: Brian Sattaur (captain), Sharaz Ramcharran (vice captain), Balchan Baldeo, Daniel Basdeo, Tagenarine Chandrapaul, Shimron Hetmyer, Askay Homraj, Keon Morris, Keemo Paul, Steven Sankar, Kemol Sevory, Niall Smith, Daimon Waldron, Akel Wallace.
Jamaica: Ramaal Lewis (captain), Nicholas Walters (vice captain), Ryon Burnett, Shahid Crooks, Ramone Francis, Leroy Lugg, Abijai Mansingh, Odaine McCatty, Romaine Morris, Mark Parchment, Odean Smith, Oshane Thomas, George Walker, Malcolm Whyte.
Leeward Islands: Jeremiah Louis (captain), Alzarri Joseph (vice captain), Colin Archibald, Therone Bussue, Kacey Carty, Jaeel Clarke, Mohit Hingorani, Asharn Hodge, Shaquille Martina, Ross Powell, Kenrick Scott, Mrinal Wadwha, Dion West, Saeed Williams.
Trinidad and Tobago: Jeremy Solozano (captain), Amir Jangoo (vice captain), Jesse Bootan, Camillo Carimbocas, Brian Christmas, Tevin Jadoo, Brandon Jaggernauth, Justin Joseph, Keron Kanhai, Jemeel Maniram, Anderson Phillip, Samuel Roopnarine, Akil Seetal, Shane Smith.
Windward Islands: Roland Cato (captain), Kershaskie Jno Lewis (vice captain), Doran Edwards, Melvin Gordon, Kharmal Hamilton, Sherman Hooper, Deron Hypolite, Ryan John, Anson Latchman, Sherman Lewis, Obed McCoy, Craig Phillip, Gidron Pope, Tonis Simon.
First Published In The Guyana Times.


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Internet Basics for ESL Students
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Lesson 13
Reading Usenet NewsgroupsDictionary
Dialogue 1: What's a newsgroup?
ReadingThere are more than 15,000 newsgroups on the Internet. Each newsgroup is about a single subject such as a sport or software system. Using Email, groups of people around the world share information about the topic. To read a newsgroup your ISP must subscribe to it. Most ISPs don't carry all the newsgroups because there is too much traffic.
What are these newsgroups about?
Usenet Newsgroup Classifications alt: Alternative groups not part of the traditionalänewsgroups. comp: Topics about computers misc: Groups talking about things that are hard to classify. news: Groups concerned with the news network and its software. rec: Mostly discussions about hobbies and recreation. sci: Discussions relating to science. soc: Discussions about social issues. talk: Debate oriented groups. Reading: etiquette When writing an Email to a newsgroup make sure you write only about the group's topic. You can't post a question about science to the rec.folk-dancing group. If you do you will probably get flamed. Most Newsgroups are not for buying and selling; it's not a good idea to advertise your business to a group. Some businesses have tried sending mail to many groups at the same time - it's called spamming.
Dialogue 2: soc.culture.japan
Discussion: Some countries are trying to ban or censor some newsgroups because they feel the groups discuss illegal activity or issues that are religiously or politically taboo.
- Should governments have the right to censor newsgroups?
- If someone posts information that is legal in one country but illegal in another what should be done?
- If you see copyrighted material posted to a newsgroup, what should you do?
Dialogue 3 Cross posting
Writing etiquette: When you post a question to a newsgroup you should always give as much background information about your problem as possible. What kind of operating system are you using. What software are you trying to use. What error messages are you getting. You can't just say, ãNetscape doesn't work on my computer.ä and expect someone to tell you what's wrong.
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The Slocumb Galleries review exhibit proposals from artists and curators in the US and other parts of the world. Reviews are conducted by the Gallery Committee during the Spring semester in preparation for the upcoming academic year calendar of events.
Proposals must be in electronic format either on CD or thumb drive including:
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2. Contact info including address (specify state where work is coming from), email, website address, and mobile number,
3. Title of show and Concept of the exhibit - minimum of 2 paragraphs or maximum of one page Curatorial Statement
4. Medium and estimate number of works (with dimension),
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7. Other info, logistics, catalogues, etc. mention if you have funding for shipping or allowance for travel.
Please do NOT send images via email. Submitted materials will not be returned. Accepted proposals will be contacted via email or phone.
The Slocumb Galleries provide venue, postcard invites, publicity and insurance during exhibition; one-way shipping is provided on case to case basis. Artists and curators are encouraged to attend the show or present lecture or workshop; honorarium and flight accommodations are sometimes offered if funding is available but is not guaranteed.
Please send your proposal to:
Karlota I. Contreras-Koterbay
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Box 70708, Department of Art & Design
East Tennessee State University
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Bartling, Björn and Schmidt, Klaus M. (3. August 2012): Reference Points in Renegotiations: The Role of Contracts and Competition. SFB/TR 15 Discussion Paper No. 385 |
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Several recent papers argue that contracts provide reference points that affect ex post behavior. We test this hypothesis in a canonical buyer-seller relationship with renegotiation. Our paper provides causal experimental evidence that an initial contract has a highly significant and economically important impact on renegotiation behavior that goes beyond the effect of contracts on bargaining threatpoints. We compare situations in which an initial contract is renegotiated to strategically equivalent bargaining situations in which no ex ante contract was written. The ex ante contract causes sellers to ask for markups that are 45 percent lower than in strategically equivalent bargaining situations without an initial contract. Moreover, buyers are more likely to reject given markups in renegotiations than in negotiations. We do not find that these effects are stronger when the initial contract is concluded under competitive rather than monopolistic conditions.
Item Type: | Paper (Discussion Paper) |
Status: | Preprint |
Keywords: | renegotiation, bargaining, reference points, contracts, competition |
Collections: | Special Research Fields > Discussion Paper Series of SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems Special Research Fields > Discussion Paper Series of SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems > A4 - Unvollständige Verträge, Marktinteraktion und soziale Vergleichsprozesse Economics Economics > Chairs > Seminar for Economic Theory |
Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
JEL Classification: | C78, C91, D03, D86 |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-13829-7 |
Language: | English |
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Beckman Coulter will shell out $1.55 billion to acquire Biosite. Commenting on this move, Scott Garrett, Beckman Coulter's president and CEO says, "It will position Beckman Coulter as a leading provider of immunoassay tests, especially within cardiac diagnostics."
The company's cash offer of $85 per share represents a 53% premium over Biosite's closing price on March 23. Consequently, Biosite's stock jumped from $55.38 to $84. This is the highest the company has traded during the past year to date. Beckman Coulter's value, on the other hand, dropped by 6% to open trading at $63.01.
In spite of this dip, Garrett is positive about the decision. "We expect the transaction to be accretive to GAAP earnings in 2008, and we remain on track to achieve our full-year 2007 outlook, as stated in our February 8 earnings release, excluding any impact from the Biosite acquisition."
Garrett explains that the transaction is based on a successful four-year collaboration between the companies. The relationship revolved around B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP), a test that aids in the diagnosis, risk stratification, and assessment of severity of heart failure.
"Biosite utilizes third-party distributors, and more than 85% of sales come from within the United States. A major source of value in the transaction is our ability to leverage our global commercial infrastructure and installed base to expand sales of Biosite's immunoassay tests, including BNP," Garrett points out.
"We expect significant revenue growth resulting from the improved effectiveness of our global commercial franchise selling BNP along with other cardiac markers.
"Longer term," Garrett adds, "we will have significant opportunities to leverage Biosite's pipeline of novel diagnostic tests across our large installed base of automated systems in hospital laboratories. Additionally, the transaction will expand our offerings into near-patient testing, providing additional markets for many of our highest-value tests."
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Marriott International Inc. (MAR), unveiled a property under its Marriott Hotels & Resorts brand in Bangalore, India, on Feb 4, 2013. Christened as Bengaluru Marriott Hotel Whitefield, the hotel marks the debut of Marriott Hotels & Resorts brand in the city.
Situated strategically, in proximity to Bengaluru International Airport and city centre, Bengaluru Marriott Hotel Whitefield is located in Whitefield, a major IT as well as economic hub in India. Thus, the hotel enjoying a prime location, is ready to serve business as well as leisure travelers.
Bengaluru Marriott Hotel Whitefield featuring as many as 324 guestrooms and 17 suites including one presidential suite, also has a meeting space covering an area of 10,000 sq. ft. The hotel also comprises restaurant, café, spa and fitness center facilities.
Marriott's expansion plan in Bangalore is mainly driven by the city's strong business growth, especially in the IT sector and an increasing hospitality industry.
This hotel launch is in line with the company's strategy to extend its footprint in India. Marriott Hotels & Resorts brand currently owns and operates 500 hotels across 54 countries with five properties in India.
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I'm hoping someone will take a minute and help me get my last peice working....I've read and read and just can't seem to get my myth output to look right when using interlaced modes. Deinterlacing looks much better but introduces artifacts, my sets native input is 1080i and when I use that any movement like panning etc, I get bad combing effect like it's a progressive display and not a interlaced set. I'm so close but not sure where to go, I'm using an nvidia 6150 based motherboard FC5 86x64 with the proprietary drivers but not using xvmc, but can't get interlaced mode to look right. I'm using the vga input of my pioneer RPTV SD-533HD5 and trying interlaced modelines but its like its not realing doing interlaced, any panning of the camera produces bad combing like effects or striping) my pioneer takes 1080i native and that is what I am trying to feed it. I'm primarily using the "1920x1080i" modeline which works except for the comb effect on movement using the 8774 drivers. I can attach any outputs that anyone might want I'll go ahead and attach my xorg.conf and maybe something is obvious. Thanks...
xorg.conf # XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, a font server independent of the X server is # used to render fonts. ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia" ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules" FontPath "unix/:7100" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "fbdevhw" Load "record" Load "freetype" Load "type1" Load "glx" Load "v4l" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. # Option "XkbDisable" # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. # keyboard, you will probably want to use: # Option "XkbModel" "pc102" # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft" # # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. # For example, a german layout can be obtained with: # Option "XkbLayout" "de" # or: # Option "XkbLayout" "de" # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" # # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and # control keys, use: # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" # Or if you just want both to be control, use: # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" # Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" EndSection Section "Monitor" ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "PHILIPS 107S" ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: HorizSync 31.5 - 37.9 VertRefresh 59.9 - 60.1 ModeLine "856x480" 35.1 856 909 981 1096 480 495 501 539 -hsync -vsync ModeLine "1776x1000i" 74.2 1776 1899 1939 2200 1000 1036 1046 1125 +hsync +vsync interlace ModeLine "1920x1080i" 74.2 1920 1960 2016 2200 1080 1082 1088 1125 +hsync +vsync interlace ModeLine "960x540p" 37.1 960 980 1008 1100 540 541 544 562 -hsync -vsync Option "dpms" Option "HWCursor" "off" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "Videocard vendor" BoardName "nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "856x480" "1776x1000i" "1920x1080i" "960x540p" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Group 0 Mode 0666 EndSection |
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Re: Interlaced modes - Need some help
I think you are expecting too much.
It is possible to set the driver to interlaced output, and that is what you have already done. However, that does not necessarily mean that interlaced material you feed into xvmc remains interlaced all the way. I think the player will take to successive fields, decode them and store them in a single frame, which the videocard will then again output as two successive fields (when you use an interlaced mode). But, there is no guarantee that these fields correspond to the originals, and when there are filtering operations going on they definately will not. Using a computer for true, undisturbed video playback remains difficult (especially under Linux). You can get rid of the combing effect when you apply the proper de-interlacing filters, but there will again be problems once you feed out the result over interlaced video to the HD tv. |
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Re: Interlaced modes - Need some help
It appears you are having similar issues to my posting http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=76819. I'm not happy with the general video playback quality because the card appears to be doing the wrong sort of smarts with the TV signal.
Wish there was some sort of documentation that would indicate what is happening to video during the playback steps. Also it isn't Linux specific. I've seen similar issues with Windows MCE on the same hardware. |
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Re: Interlaced modes - Need some help
For me, driver 8183 was the last version that did interlaced output without the combing/panning affects.
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Friday, June 25, 2010
I don't know how the artists who draw this character do it panel to panel. From Liefild to Romita Jr. to whomever it is that's drawing this big bastard now, I don't know how they do it panel to panel, issue to issue. I mean, look at him. He's this guy with SO MUCH SH*T on him - so much detail and gear and bullets and guns and grenades and tech and babies and whatever else masturbatory detail you can put on one character - that I don't know how, by the third page, the book's artist doesn't put a gun in his mouth.
My bias probably has a lot to do with my overall laziness. I can't draw doohickeys and doodads anymore.
Drawing this much detail is a task left for the young. I remember loving this concept when I was a kid; pile on as much stuff as possible, draw until my hand falls off, be absolutely proud of that first awesome panel and realizing I have 21 more pages to go. And guess what? I was up to the task! Jeebus. Now if I can't be done with a page before a DVD is over I think I'm laboring over it.
Actually, the thing that I've come to find is that I'm just not as tenacious as I used to be. I've also found that my art is cyclical. I started drawing by doing very rudimentary stick figures. Those drawings steadily climbed to becoming more sophisticated and I started doing more detail. I discovered issues of Secret Wars and superhero comic books which then inspired me to drawing them and putting even more detail. Then I break into the animation industry where they intravenously pump the idea of simplifying and streamlining into your system from the moment you sit at your desk which forced me to pare down my work to its basics. And soon, probably as soon as next month, I'm gonna go back to drawing the stick figures again. Hell, I figure why wait until my skills devolve into that sad state? I'll just jump directly to that now and save myself the years of sitting in my office, overweight and eating through a couple bags of donuts, and weeping uncontrollably because no one buys my comics anymore. And in the spirit of devolution, I'm also just gonna start wearing Depends Adult Underwear.
I just laughed at myself because that level of bleakness is morbidly funny to me. Hehe.
Anyhoo... this is all to say that to those artists who have drawn this character, artists who are currently, bravely drawing him, and to those young, adventurous and upcoming artists who are going to draw the hell out of Cable - you have my utmost respect and admiration. But please don't put too much stock in that admiration. I'm the guy who's wearing a pair of OOPS, I CRAPPED MY PANTS.
Have a great weekend, all. And VIVA FIFA!
11 comments:
- samax said...
Rob Liefeld handled it by drawing him as Shittily (yes, it's a word...) as possible. The rest get props! lawl!
okay, this is dope! Although I should probably quit drawing after looking at this, I will continue, 'cause I got bills.
-samax - 1:05 PM
- Jeff Stokely said...
This post is amazing. Not only the most bitchin Cable I've seen in quite sometime but I got to laugh my ass off reading it.
Kudos sir - 1:19 PM
- Skotti said...
*gets out the whip* Getcher ass back to drawing boy! You need to produce more comic for me to buy.
- Geoff Shupe said...
sweet ass.
- j_ay said...
Damn man, that is a bad ass illustration.
you rock, as usual! - 3:34 AM
- Lesley Vamos said...
Fantastic!!! I'm running out of words to describe your brilliance Eric!
- AlexTuis said...
I wish I could have enough money to order you a lot of drawings like this one.
You are better and better!
Please keep the level high! - 2:52 AM
- Daniel said...
I'm impressed enough to lawd your work even though this is a very-thinly veiled pitch for pity. I mean, seriously? With the woe and the is me? I see both Trevor Goodchild and Satanika in your Cable there (except for the vulva, though maybe he's got that in a tactical pocket of some kind). In all seriousness, though...OMG. I'm almost ashamed to type those letters, but it fits.
Very nice to see you're keeping a place open where your admirers can poke fun at your humanity while grappling with the choice of whether to take out pen and paper or drop our pants. Found you by way of Mr. Sam Liu's site, wishing he'd update as frequently. (I'm inculcating small children on _Roughnecks_, by the by.)
Cheers. - 11:21 PM
- Rafa Garres said...
You are great!
Your line B&W art are totally gorgeous.
I love it,I don´t care about what you draw ,
I consider it have some plasticity
beauty on the way you put order to the lines,
that induce a great pleasure to my eyes.
Really! - 4:17 AM
- Oni fabian said...
stick figured hah? guest we all started with the same style and ended with a different kind of way>>>
- Oni fabian said...
guest we started with the same way and ended in different kind of resault.... he..he..