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Wireless Analyst Jeff Kagan Congratulates Softbank on Winning Sprint over Dish
Technology Industry Analyst Jeff Kagan is available to speak with reporters, or may be quoted through this release.
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) June 19, 2013
Dish has backed off their effort to acquire Sprint Nextel. That means Softbank is the apparent winner of Sprint Nextel according to Reuters on June 19.
Tech analyst Jeff Kagan offers comment on this story.
"Congratulations to Softbank on winning Sprint. This was the craziest deal we have seen in a very long time in wireless. It looks like it´s a done deal. Dish is walking away. That means it looks like Sprint Nextel and Softbank will do their deal. My guess is it will happen in the next several weeks. However I won´t count this deal as done until it´s signed, sealed and delivered, but it´s very close to that right now," says Principal analyst Jeff Kagan.
"This is not the end of the game. Rather it´s just the end of this inning. There are still many more innings left over many years in this game. Now we move onto the next steps and wonder what will happen after the deal is concluded. How will Softbank change Sprint? What are the chances the new Sprint could change the entire competitive wireless playing field? What will wireless look like a year or two from today? Is this a threat to AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless? We´ll just have to keep our eyes open going forward," says analyst Jeff Kagan.
"What is next for Dish? Don´t expect them to quietly fade into the background. They have made their intentions clear. They want to be a player in the US wireless world. First, what will they do with the extra spectrum from Clearwire if they win it? In fact, will they continue to try to acquire Clearwire? That´s what they originally wanted to begin with," says Kagan.
"Sprint owns 51 percent of Clearwire stock so that should say that Sprint will acquire Clearwire, but we cannot assume anything until it´s done. The future of Dish depends on what happens with Clearwire. If they win or lose, Dish will be no doubt be a player going forward. However let´s take this one step at a time and see what happens next," says Kagan.
About Jeff Kagan
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Office 365—monthly Dev Digest for May
Early look at Office 2016 Public Preview for Windows—on the desktop and phone
Power Map for Excel–May update for Office 365
In the May 2015 update of Office 365 we are proud to introduce a new core feature to Power Map: Custom Regions. The Custom Regions feature allows data to be mapped to the regions that matter most to you, even if they are not the traditional zip code, county, state or country regions. Custom regions are useful for plotting data on sales districts, school districts, congressional districts, land lot development,…
How the Lotus F1 Team implemented Office 365—the IT journey
In response to viewer requests for us to feature a real organization adopting Office 365, today we kick off a special series featuring the IT staff of the Lotus F1 Team to follow their implementation. The roll out spans their race, engineering, operations and design teams. This first show in the series explores the decisions around their IT implementation of Office 365.
Live from a Microsoft technology center—Office virtual events
Sway is coming to Office 365 for business and education and adding more languages
Early look at the new Outlook on the desktop, Windows 10 and phones
Evolving Data Loss Prevention in SharePoint Online/OneDrive for Business and Office applications
Enhancing transparency and control for Office 365 customers
Announcing the new Office 365 Management Activity API for security and compliance monitoring
We currently provide customers with a range of logs on their user interactions with content in Office 365. This provides customers with visibility that is important for meeting business policies, as well as regulations. Today we are announcing the expansion of these logs to include the majority of user, admin and policy related actions across Exchange Online and SharePoint Online in Office 365.
Announcing Customer Lockbox for Office 365
For the purpose of maximizing data security and privacy for Office 365 customers, we have engineered the service to so that nearly all service operations performed by Microsoft are either fully automated so there is no human interaction, or the human involvement is abstracted away from Office 365 customer content. As a result, there are very few activities requiring any direct involvement by a Microsoft engineer.

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Bornea, Marcial in semis
Filipino hopefuls Jade Bornea and Eumir Felix Marcial hurdled their respective rivals yesterday to barge into the semifinals of the 2013 ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships at Subic gym in Subic Freeport.
Bornea dumped Rakhmankul Avatov of Kyrgyzstan, 16-6, in the 49-kilogram division while World Youth champion Marcial whipped China's Wang Qingqui, 19-11, in the 64kg division.
Three other Filipinos were eyeing semifinal seats at presstime.
Flyweight (52 kg) Ian Clark Bautista is pitted against Sagidyk Moldashev of Kazakhstan, bantamweight (56 kg) Jonas Bacho against Nursuitan Nisanbaev of Uzbekistan, and lightweight (60 kg) James Palicte against Nagesh A Kharare of India.
"I just read his (Wang) moves," said Marcial, a fourth year high school student at University of Baguio. "I also watched his straight so that I can counter."
Heavier by more than 10 pounds from the time he won the gold in Kazakhstan two years ago, Marcial said the extra weight made him a little bit slower.
Marcial will take on Anvar Turamov of Uzbekistan in the semifinals. The Uzbek crushed Kyrgyzstan's Izatillo Shermakhammadov, 18-9.
Bornea, the World Junior bronze medal winner from General Santos City, will face Turkmenistan's Shatlykyrat Myradov—an 11-8 winner over Iran's Houman Myradov in the other quarterfinal fight on Friday.
"I got him right at the start because he was small and easy to hit," said Bornea, also a high school senior at UB. "I just needed to keep my distance."
Attacking furiously from the opening bell, Bornea took the first round, 8-1, and built it up to 15-4 going to the third of the 10-division tournament backed by the MVP Sports Foundation, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, PLDT, Smart, NLEX, Maynilad, Clarktel, Subictel, Department of Tourism, Tourism Promotions Board, Videogear Inc., Exile Lights and Sound, Philippine Olympic Committee, and the Philippine Sports Commission, and supported by Sony Philippines, Nestlé Philippines, and Trame Oil & Environmental Specialist. Roy Luarca
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Does anyone have any daycare suggestions in Chattanooga....near the Hamiliton Place area?
Day Care in Chattanooga!!!!
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I wish I could offer you some suggestions, but I'm wondering the same thing! Except we live downtown... due mid to late May 2013... I think there's a Siskin location over in "Hamilton World" -- they specialize in special needs kids, but also take typically developing children. Why not choose a place that has trained medical staff on site, right? Hoping to hear some more suggestions!
Hey SarahMichelle203--is that your first and middle name? If so, so is mine! lol.
As for daycares, I know nothing about the ones downtown so can't offer suggestions there but can say that in the Belvoir neighborhood of Brainerd is The Shiny Penny Child Care Center and it is the best daycare in this town. Small but wonderful. All of the positives I could give you about it would take so long so I won't go into it now but absolutely the best.
Also, off of Hickory Valley is Ridgedale Baptist Church Child Development Center. It is great as well and very affordable. In Hixson, for 2 years to 5 years, Abba's House Academy has a very affordable and really great daycare/preschool program. Our oldest just started school in August and when we told them he was coming from Abba's House Academy they said the kids from there always do really well in kindergarten.
I have had personal experience with all three of the above. We would still be at the Shiny Penny if we still lived on this side of town and would still be at Abba's House if they took infants. I do really like Ridgedale a lot too. They are peanut free which is nice for my middle son's allergy, and they have a learning environment as well (and again, very affordable). I also have experience with two Childcare Network locations and can tell you I would avoid those completely. One left our middle son as an infant in wet diapers for 5 or 6 hours at a time, the other failed to wash milky sippy cups before putting them in the cupboard for the weekend. I witnessed that one myself and the girl said 'oh yeah, we just rinse those'. HELLO!!! So I would be very cautious of those.
Also, if you haven't seen it yet, if you're on Facebook we have a group Chattanooga Mommies, if you want to join and meet some more moms in the area. Most in the group have infants.
Sarah--mom to Nate (10/25/06), Adam (5/14/09) and Tyler (4/3/12)


text: I got my hands on a very modest set of parts:- 39cm dish Single Sensor thing Comag SC25-S = Scart out 100% on remote control Comag AG It claims to pick up 8 Satelltes:- Astra 19E Hotbird 13E Turksat42E Sirius2 5E Amos/Atlantic4-5W Astra2 28E Eutel W2 16E HispaSat 30W Now I have no 'jargon', so I could easily get lost. So far all I get when I press 'info' on the remote is a nice screen with signal strength at 85% and quality of signal at 15% when the dish is pointing anywhere. I assume this is background 'Cosmic' noise ? Questions:- which satellite is best to start with ? And where is it ? I'm use to 0 deg being true north, 90 deg Eat etc so i'm not sure how to interpret the cryptic 30W etc. All the local dishes seem to be pointing SE (135 deg very very approx.) And whats the Altitude is this satellite? 0 deg horz, 90 deg straight up. 15 deg ish? Are there loads 'must do' settings I have to adjust before I have a hope of a picture? A signal strength meter is on its way as I suspect the 'info' readings are not a very convenient way to align a dish. Any thoughts very very welcome ! Tim


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Ravenhill & Burke Make NT Monologue Headlines
Editorial Staff • West End • 23 Sep 2004
In contrast to Stuff Happens, which largely follows decisions taken at the highest levels of government, the new 20-minute solo pieces, performed by members of the company (casting still to be confirmed), will focus on the personal experiences of ordinary people. The material is adapted from interviews with individuals directly affected by five issues – school league tables, foot-and-mouth disease, asylum seekers, consumer debt and the National Health Service – that routinely hit the headlines.
Each performance will be followed by a discussion about the points raised, with participating panels comprising politicians, journalists, workers and campaigners posing a range of perspectives.
Ravenhill's Education kicks off the series on 12 October 2004. With the growing pressures posed by league tables and government policy, Education reveals the drastic and controversial measures teachers take to produce results. Ravenhill's stage credits include Mother Clap's Molly House, Shopping and Fucking, Some Explicit Polaroids and Handbag.
Buffini's Asylum, presented on 18 October 2004, gives the personal account of a refugee's experience within the British asylum system and their vision for the way forward. Buffini's previous plays are Dinner, Loveplay, Silence, Gabriel, Blavatsky's Tower and Jordan.
With rampant consumerism contributing to growing middle class debts, Burke's Debt, performed on 19 October 2004, asks if debt is becoming a national addiction. Burke's plays include Gagarin Way and The Straits. Gupta's Health, performed on 21 October 2004, follows one mother's journey through the NHS, reeling from spiralling waiting lists and alarming accusations of negligence and malpractice. Gupta's credits include Hobson's Choice, Inside Out, Sanctuary and The Waiting Room.
The fifth monologue, which follows Education on 14 October 2004, is Farming, written by director Paul Jepson, who is also coordinating the National Headlines series. It examines how one British farmer was affected by foot-and-mouth, an epidemic that contributed to the comprehensive and ongoing overhaul of the farming industry.
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The electrostatically actuatable light modulator utilizes an opaque substrate plate patterned with an array of aperture cells, the cells comprised of physically positionable dielectric shutters and electrostatic actuators. With incorporation of a light source and a viewing screen, a projection display system is effected. Inclusion of a color filter array aligned with the aperture cells accomplishes a color display. The system is realized in terms of a silicon based manufacturing technology allowing fabrication of a high resolution capability in a physically small device which with the utilization of included magnification optics allows both large and small projection displays.
1. An electrostatically actuatable light modulating device comprising:
a substrate plate patterned with an array of light passing apertures; and,
a co-located array of shuttering cells to spatially control light transmission through the aperture array, each of the cells comprising:
a mechanically positionable shutter means;
an electrostatic field actuator means to forcibly move the shutter means;
a position dependent mechanical restoring force means acting on said shutter means and in opposition to said electrostatic field actuator means; and,
an electrical switch element means which is uniquely addressable within the array, to provide electrical energy to said electrostatic field actuator means.
2. The device according to claim 1 wherein the shutter means is a mechanically positionable opaque dielectric.
3. The device according to claim 1 wherein the shutter means is a slotted shutter physically aligned to a slotted aperture array.
4. The device according to claim 1 wherein the shutter means is a wedged Fabry-Perot interferometer.
5. The device according to claim 1 wherein the electrical switch element means is a diode.
6. The device according to claim 1 wherein the electrical switch element means is a transistor.
7. The device according to claim 1 wherein the electrostatic field actuator means is a charge-based drive circuit.
8. The device according to claim 1 wherein the electrostatic field actuator means is a voltage-based drive circuit and a storage capacitor.
9. The device according to claim 1 wherein the position-dependent restoring force means is a mechanical spring element.
10. The device according to claim 1 wherein the position-dependent restoring force means is an electrostatic force element.
11. The device specified in claim 1, in combination with a light source, an optical system for concentrating light onto the modulating device and a viewing screen for displaying spatial images transmitted by the modulating device.
12. The combination specified in claim 11, in combination with a tristimulus color filter positionally aligned to the light modulator to produce color images.
13. The combination specified in claim 12, in combination with a second optical system for projecting magnified color images.
14. The combination specified in claim 13, in combination with an infrared filter or mirror interposed between light source and modulator to reduce heating of the modulator array.
15. The combination specified in claim 11, in combination with a second optical system for projecting magnified images.
16. The combination specified in claim 15, in combination with an infrared filter or mirror interposed between light source and modulator to reduce heating of the modulator array.
The present invention relates to electrostatically actuatable light modulators for spatially modulating incident light to produce images dependent upon the applied controlling electrical signals. The most common technology employed for television and other similar graphics display applications is the well known cathode ray tube. This well-developed scanning electron beam and light emitting phosphor technology has the disadvantages, however, of requiring rather high voltages and large evacuated glass enclosures and of being relatively expensive to manufacture.
A second display technology gaining importance, especially in smaller display applications, is the liquid crystal display. This display requires low driving voltages and operates in either a reflective or transmissive mode to modulate the incident light. A flat panel construction makes it attractive for small physical volume applications. It has a rather limited color capability, however, and is somewhat temperature sensitive. The ability to produce large arrays with individually addressable pixels, moreover, is a serious manufacturing challenge.
Some of these disadvantages have been addressed in more recent inventions of H. C. Nathanson disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,746,911 entitled, "Electrostatically Deflectable Light Valves For Projection Displays", of L. J. Hornbeck disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,441,791 entitled, "Deformable Mirror Light Modulator", and of G. E. Ott disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,680,579 entitled, "Optical System For Projection Display Using Spatial Light Modulator System". These inventions utilize the semiconductor processing technology to effect the fabrication of high density pixel structures on silicon. The advantages of low cost batch processing techniques, therefore, accrue to these inventions but these advantages are offset by the requirement for concomitant complicated auxiliary elements; in the case of Nathanson, an electron beam tube and in the case of Ott, incorporating the modulator of Hornbeck, a Schlieren optical system.
It is a purpose of this invention to provide a high intensity, high persistence, transmissive type, high resolution light modulator. Advantages of low cost and small physical size result from photolithographic batch-processing manufacturability. It is also a purpose of the invention to provide an electrostatically controllable array of light transmitting apertures to effect image generation through spatial modulation of incident light from a companion light source. The electrostatically controllable aperture array is constructed of spring positionable shutters, electrostatic field actuators and a substrate plate patterned with an array of light transmissive apertures.
It is a further purpose of the present invention to transmit the generated light images onto a viewing screen and with an included color filter array to project color images onto the viewing screen the size of the images being controlled by included magnification optics.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a projection system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of the light modulating device of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged plane view of the light modulator cell structure.
FIG. 4 is a sectional view along line A--A of FIG. 3 of the light modulator.
FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing another embodiment of the projection system according to the present invention.
FIGS. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 illustrate steps in the manufacture of the light modulator.
FIG. 13 is an enlarged plane view of a Fabry-Perot mechanically positionable shutter.
FIG. 14 is a sectional view along line B--B of FIG. 13 of the light modulator.
FIG. 15 is an enlarged schematic view of an alternative embodiment of the light modulating device incorporating a slotted aperture and slotted shutter.
FIG. 16 is an enlarged schematic view of an alternative embodiment of the light modulating device incorporating an electrostatically-driven position-dependent restoring force element.
FIG. 17 is an enlarged schematic view of an alternative embodiment of the light modulating device of the present invention incorporating a voltage drive system.
FIG. 1 illustrates a projection system. The system comprises an electrostatically actuatable light modulator 100 illuminated by a light source 200. The light from the source is intensified by an optical system, consisting of a reflecting mirror 210 and concentrating lens 220, onto the input face of the light modulator. The transmitted and spatially modulated light beam from the modulator is passed onto viewing screen 300. As the incident light beam strikes modulator 100, shown in detail in diagrammatic FIG. 2 and in the sectional and plane views, FIGS. 4 and 3, only that light fraction striking the apertures 111 will pass on through the opaque substrate 110 to the shutters 120. The substrate 110 and the aperture definition layer 113 are omitted in the plane view of FIG. 3 to allow better visibility of the constructional details of the spring element 140 and the shutter element 120. The position of the opaque shutters 120 over the apertures 111 and therefore the amount of light able to pass on through the modulator 100 is indirectly controlled by the electric field formed by the plates 130 and 131 and by the restoring spring 140. The window area of each aperture 111 in the modulator array 100 is individually controlled by its own aperture diode switch pair 150 and 151 which connect the field plates 130 and 131 to the electrical voltage source 170. Alternatively, the switch pair 150 and 151 can be constructed as transistors. Separate addressing circuitry of standard design 180 activates switches 150 and 151 and allows the drive circuit 190 to charge the cell capacitance formed by field electrodes 130 and 131. Electrical interruption or isolation of the cell upon termination of the charging process produces the condition of a charged capacitor connected to the back biassed diode 150, which is an extremely low leakage current switch, in other words, an extremely high resistance discharge path, therefore disallowing the physical position of the shutter 120 from changing, thus producing an extremely long persistence image. Writing speed or image production speed on the other hand is determined by the mechanical response time of the shutter-spring combination which is directly dependent on the shutter 120 mass and inversely dependent on the spring constant of the spring element 140. Typical response times are 10 microseconds or less.
The physical arrangement depicted in FIGS. 2, 3, and 4 is used with a charge-based drive circuit 190. The electrostatic force tending to pull the dielectric shutter 120 into the field gap between plates 130 and 131, therefore exposing the aperture 111, is to first approximation a constant force and directly proportional to the charge placed on the field plates 130 and 131 by the current drive pulse from the drive circuit 190. Drive pulse timewidths are dictated by the number of pixels in the array and the number of images to be created per second for flicker free performance as viewed by the human observer. This electrostatic force is balanced by the position dependent restoring force of spring element 140 thereby causing a unique equilibrium position of the shutter 120 and therefore generating a window area for light transmission which is directly dependent on the electric charge and inversely proportional to the spring constant. The individual aperture's window area and therefore the intensity of light allowed through the aperture 111 is consequently electrically determined. Each of the apertures 111 in the modulator array is activated in a similar fashion to that just described and according to the electrical signals associated with the image pattern to be displayed. In the unactivated field condition, the relaxed position of the shutter 120 completely covers the aperture 111 and no light is transmitted while in the fully excited field condition the shutter 120 is positioned totally within the lateral boundaries of the field plates 130 and 131, consequently fully exposing the aperture 111 whereby maximum light transmission through the modulator takes place. All light intensities from zero to this maximum are possible on a continuous scale determined by the position of the shutter 120 over the aperture 111 and controllable by the electrical charge-drive circuitry 190. The maximum achievable light intensity is therefore the ratio of the total aperture area to the total modulator area. This area ratio is on the order of 10-20% for the design geometries utilized to date. The present invention is therefore able to efficiently utilize the high light intensities of projection system lamps.
Image generation in this invention is understood to be of a discrete pixel type where each of the individual apertures 111 constitutes a pixel or picture element. In this sense, the image production is similar to that produced by the shadow mask technology of television tubes.
Insofar as the geometry of the apertures 111 allows a bundle of diverging rays to pass through each aperture then the transmitted light output of the modulator 100 can be considered an object source of light and can be viewed directly by the eye within the divergent light angle cone emanating from the apertures 111. A further scattering and diverging of the light rays (see FIGS. 1 and 5), takes place at the viewing screen 300 allowing for a still larger viewing angle. While the image size at the modulator 100 is the physical dimensional extent of the modulator array 100, a second optical system consisting of a magnification control lens 600 placed between the modulator 100 and the viewing screen 300 allows the image size to be further controlled, that is increased or decreased.
In the embodiments illustrated in FIGS. 2-4 and 6-17, small scale microstructures achievable with semiconductor integrated circuit processing technology and silicon micro-machining technology are shown. The ability to fabricate the light modulator device of this invention in semiconductor integrated circuit technology makes possible the achievement of microscale aperture cells and therefore, a large number of elements for a high resolution display.
To allow maximum visible light intensity to be incident on modulator array 100 from light source 200, while minimizing the heat or infrared radiation from the source 200 from striking the modulator 100, an infrared filter or wavelength dependent mirror element 500, shown in FIG. 5, is interposed between the light source 200 and the modulator array 100.
A color display system is realized as in FIG. 5 when a tri-stimulus color filter array 400 is positionally aligned over the aperture array 111 of the modulator 100, each color filter element coinciding spatially with an individual cell element or aperture 111 of the modulator 100.
As mentioned above, modulator 100 manufacturing technology can follow standard silicon integrated circuit fabrication methodology in conjunction with silicon micromachining techniques to form free moving three dimensional mechanical elements such as the springs 140 and shutter elements 120 incorporated in this invention. Such manufacturing steps are illustrated in FIGS. 6-12.
Electronic circuit switch components 150 are first fabricated with appropriate interconnection lines in the silicon substrate 110 as shown in FIG. 6; cover layer 112 on both top and bottom surfaces is then deposited. This layer 112 serves the three functions of (1) providing an optically transparent layer, which (2) is electrically insulating and which (3) serves as a chemical-etch resistant layer to control the fashioning of the silicon. This layer 112 is patterned on the bottom surface to allow aperture formation as the last fabrication step. The cover layer 112 is typically silicon dioxide or silicon nitride.
A metallization layer is then deposited on the top surface and patterned to form the field electrodes 130 on top of layer 112 after appropriate connection vias have been provided to form electrical connections to switch elements 150. These steps are shown in FIG. 7.
Aperture definition at the top surface of the modulator 100 is accomplished as illustrated in FIG. 8 by depositing an opaque layer 113 such as polysilicon and then removing the material in a rectangular pattern aligned with the bottom-surface aperture channel definition.
A sacrificial layer 114, typically a glass compound, is then laid down over the entire wafer surface. A subsequent dielectric opaque layer is then deposited and patterned to form the shutters 120 and restoring spring elements 140 as an integral unit, as illustrated in FIG. 9.
A second sacrificial glass layer 115 is then put down, as in FIG. 10, followed by patterning and then deposition and patterning of the field electrode support pedestals 160. The support pedestals are of an insulating material which can be commonly silicon dioxide or polysilicon. The support pedestals 160 are fabricated to physically join with the base end of the spring element 140, thereby providing the fixed foundation terminus of the spring element 140. The moving end of the spring element 140 is fashioned integrally with the shutter element 120 during the deposition stage of FIG. 9.
FIG. 11 illustrates the structure after a glass dissolution processing step which removes the sacrificial glass layers 114 and 115 leaving the free standing shutter 120 and spring 140 elements. The dissolution step is preceded by the electrode 131 deposition process.
The final micromachining step, shown in FIG. 12, consists of chemically etching channels, the apertures 111, into the modulator substrate 110. The use of a proper crystalline orientation, in this case (110) silicon, is necessary to produce the vertical walled aperture channels 111 of this structure. This step is possible by using appropriate anisotropic silicon etchants such as potassium hydroxide, KOH, which etch fastest along the (110) directions and extremely slowly in the (111) directions which form the walls of the aperture channels. Silicon crystalline orientations, indicated here in parentheses, are not to be confused with the reference numbering system.
An alternative shuttering concept is depicted in FIGS. 13 and 14 wherein a triangular shaped aperture 116 is incorporated. In the plane view of FIG. 13, the substrate 110 has been omitted to illustrate with more contrast the constructional details of the spring elements 141 and 142 and the shutter element 135. The aperture 116 is totally covered with an electrode film 134 of a material also suitable as a mirror, such as gold or aluminum. The shutter element 135 is attached to folded spring elements 141 and 142 and plated with a conductive layer, also acting as a mirror and forming the top field electrode of the actuator 100. The top electrodes are interconnected by the conductor array 132. Upon electrical charging of the electrode pair consisting of the plated shutter 135 and the film 134, an electrostatic force normal to the plane of the electrodes is produced and pulls the top shutter electrode 135 toward the bottom electrode 134. This electrostatic force is counterbalanced by the supporting position dependent force of the spring pair 141 and 142. The cantilever construction of the shutter 135 and spring elements 141 and 142 causes the tip end of the shutter 135 to deflect more than the base end attached to the spring pair 141 and 142, and a geometrical wedge relationship is generated between the two mirror surfaces 134 and 135, as a result. The wedged cavity bounded by the mirrors 134 and 135 constitutes a Fabry Perot interferometer and transmits any incident light from the aperture 116 only at a point along the wedge axis where a constructive interference condition exists. For sub-micron mirror separations and for monochromatic incident light, there will be a unique position for a given deflection or given electrostatic force where the constructive interference condition exists. In conjunction with the triangular shaped aperture 116, the intensity of the emergent light will be controlled therefore by the charge placed on the electrode pair 134 and 135. Outside of the lateral boundary formed by the overlap of the shutter electrode mirror 135 and the electrode mirror film 134, only the mirror 134 is seen by light moving through the aperture 116, and this light is therefore reflected back down the aperture and not transmitted. The rhombohedral shape of the aperture 116 is a result of the orientation of the (111) planes in the (110) oriented silicon substrate. A composite color cell will be constituted by light beams of three monochromatic tristimulus filter wavelengths generated by an auxiliary color filter array, each incident upon an individual modulator cell wherein relative control of the three cells' transmission achieves the desired chrominance while control of overall cell intensity achieves the desired luminance.
To effect a reduction in the required mechanical excursion of the shutter element, the aperture-shutter concept in FIG. 15 is disclosed. Such mechanical motion reduction afforded by this slotted design is desirable to effect a strain reduction in the spring element 140. Another consequence of the motion reduction is a reduction in the electrostatic force required, given no change in the spring constant of spring element 140, and therefore a reduction in electrostatic voltage. The original single aperture element 111 of FIG. 2 has been subdivided into aperture subelements 119. Similarly, field electrode elements 130 and 131 have been subdivided into electrode subelements 138 and 139 and shutter element 120 has been subdivided into subelements 129. For a minimization of the required mechanical excursion, the individual partitional subelements, in all cases 119, 138, 139 and 239, are physically separated or spaced apart by a separation distance equal to the subelement dimensional extent along the partitioning axis, thereby forming a slotted pattern where the slot extent is equal to the slot spacing. For the aperture-substrate slot pattern, for example, aperture extent 119 equals substrate extent 118. To move from the completely closed window condition, where shutter elements 129 completely cover aperture elements 119, to the completely open window condition, where shutter elements 129 are positioned over substrate elements 118, requires a motional excursion distance of only one slot extent. The slotted structure 129 is illustrated in the electrically actuated condition, positioned in the electrical field gaps formed by electrodes 138 and 139. In this condition, the slotted openings in the shutter element 129 are positionally aligned over the slotted aperture openings 119 in the substrate 110 thereby allowing maximum light transmission through the modulator 100.
Although a position dependent restoring force element has been discussed thus far in terms of a mechanical spring element 140, the restoring force function can also be accomplished in an electrostatic force realization. FIG. 16 illustrates in diagrammatic fashion the modifications required to the mechanical spring element 140 to generate the electrostatic element 144. The electrostatic element 144 consists of electrodes 145 and 146 connected to the voltage supply element 170. The electrostatic field in the gap between the electrodes 145 and 146 acts on the extended dielectric shutter element 120 pulling the shutter control region 121 into the gap. This restoring force acts in a direction to oppose the electrostatic actuating force of field plates 130 and 131 acting on the dielectric shutter region 122. The shutter control region 121 is geometrically fashioned in combination with the fashioning of the field electrodes 145 and 146 so as to create a position dependent electrostatic force which is linearly dependent on the shutter's position relative to the aperture 111. An electrostatic equivalent 144 to a mechanical elastic spring 140 is thereby accomplished. The extended shutter element 120 is shown with no physical attachment to the surrounding structure although a supporting attachment can be fabricated if the supporting attachment element does not inhibit the electrostatic restoring force element.
An alternative drive concept in cooperation with an alternative modulator cell construction is illustrated in FIG. 17. The two primary differentiating features of this alternative embodiment are the drive circuit 192 and a cell storage capacitor formed by electrodes 130 and 133 with dielectric element 136, therebetween. This large capacitor, approximately ten times the capacitance of the shutter actuator capacitor formed by field electrodes 130 and 131, is electrically in parallel with the shutter actuator capacitor and is charged during actuation to the cell signal voltage. Because of this capacitance ratio, the cell storage capacitor acts as a voltage source for the actuator upon termination of the drive signal. With a voltage drive source, the shutter element 120 experiences an electrostatic force tending to move it into the field gap of field electrodes 130 and 131 and away from the aperture 111, thereby increasing the window area. The magnitude of this repulsive electrostatic force is K, the dielectric constant of the shutter material, times greater than the charge-drive embodiment force. The position dependent spring force of spring element 140 again opposes the electrostatic force and an equilibrium shutter position is attained where the two forces are balanced. Because of the larger electrostatic force, lower modulator actuation voltages are advantageously achieved in this embodiment. Operation at less than 10 volts is possible which is compatible with standard semiconductor operational voltages.
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This is the first time I am using a mortar and pestle. I bought it to grind down whole allspice when I am seasoning meat and fish. I am very pleased with the results so far. I have not used it for anything else, yet. The mortar and pestle seem to have the tendency to retain the color of the allspice if it is not washed immediately after grinding, so I expect it to be discolored years from now. It is very sturdy though, so I DO expect to get many years use out of it.I recommend this product.Was this helpful?
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Beautiful and very functional. Love it for herbs!I recommend this product.
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I'm getting more and more interested in growing and cooking with freshly grown herbs. This is just what I needed and works just fine.I recommend this product.Was this helpful?
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I've been wanting a mortar and pestle, and this is just the right size for grinding the spices I grow in my garden. I like the weight of the marble and it's pretty too.I recommend this product.
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A perfect size for grinding herbs and seasonings. I use coconut sugar which tends to be a bit lumpy. A few seconds later and it comes out just right. A must have for every kitchen.I recommend this product.Was this helpful?
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I get a lot of questions about the name of this blog. TRUM, in case you skipped the lead-in above, stands for "thoughts, ramblings, useless information and musings," and that description has probably never been more accurate than today, with a perfectly nutty Week 17 finishing off an insane year.
So here are a bunch of random thoughts as I watched today's games and, as a treat to you readers, I'll finish with what I believe is the first set of fantasy football rankings for next year.
So let's go back to one of my favorite catchphrases with a little
Just Saying
That Week 17 tends to be like a high school reunion. Or being on Facebook. There are a lot of old, familiar names you haven't thought about in years. Oh wow, you think, Michael Clayton is still alive?! He had 87 yards receiving, and I'm as surprised as you to report it was not in an Arena Football League (RIP) game.
Also, DeShawn Wynn, who was a trendy pickup for one week last season, had 122 total yards and a score for the Packers. Thanks to Pierre Thomas being scratched, Deuce McAllister had one last day of fantasy relevance, with 81 total yards. There was a Ryan Moats sighting; he had more than 50 total yards and a score. Moats plays for Houston these days, in case you were wondering. Or didn't know. Or, more than likely, didn't care. Najeh Davenport, a member of the Colts these days, had 80 total yards, and midseason darling Donnie Avery had 40 yards and a score while sitting on waiver wires.
|Hey, at least the Rams' Steven Jackson finished strong.
That in a week in which a lot of studs didn't play much (both Mannings, Pierre Thomas, Marshawn Lynch, Chris Johnson, Brandon Jacobs, Anquan Boldin, Frank Gore) or didn't show up even though they did play (the Patriots' passing game, Larry Johnson, Matt Ryan, Tony Romo, Jason Witten, Tashard Choice, Brian Westbrook), we should applaud the studs who did show up, including: Andre Johnson, Adrian Peterson, Le'Ron McClain, Steve Smith, DeAngelo Williams, Drew Brees, Marques Colston, Aaron Rodgers, Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald, Michael Turner, Clinton Portis, Greg Jennings and Calvin Johnson.
That Pacman Jones made it rain for the Eagles.
That I said on Fantasy Football Now this morning that Brett Favre is an overrated choke artist.
That Tony Romo is the new Brett Favre.
That I saw my first previews of the "new" "American Idol." You know how we have that "countdown to kickoff" clock on "Sunday NFL Countdown" and Fantasy Football Now? Well, having seen what the new female judge looks like, can we go ahead and start that clock on "Idol"? The countdown to Paula's last show, that is.
That the most surprising performance in an already-shocking day was Michael Bush's. The third-string running back, on the road against a Tampa Bay team that had yet to give up a rushing touchdown at home all year, ran for 177 yards and scored twice. He was started in 0.6 percent of ESPN.com leagues.
That for the third straight week, Michael Jenkins had more yards than Roddy White. White, however, got the score. Jenkins finishes the regular season with at least 50 yards in nine of his last 11 games.
That Bill Simmons wrote the following in his mailbag column Friday: " the Celtics' 19-game winning streak came to a screeching halt on Christmas Day, thanks to Kobe Bryant and a gritty 15-man Lakers team (I'm including the refs)."
That Bill and every other Celtics fan should note that after Game 2 of last year's NBA Finals, in which the Celtics had 38 free throws to the Lakers' 10 -- backup center Leon Powe had three free throws more than the entire Lakers team -- and the Celtics won by just six points, you are all banned from whining about ref calls in any Lakers-Celtics game from here 'til the end of time. And you're certainly banned from whining about the refs following a regular-season game in which Tony Allen and Rajon Rondo shot a combined 6-for-20 from the field. Seriously. The Lakers shot seven more free throws than the Celtics. Not something crazy like 28 -- in a Finals game.
That you should consider these numbers from the past three weeks:
Running back A: 462 total yards
Running back B: 360 total yards
Running back C: 377 total yards
Running back C is DeAngelo Williams. Running back B is Adrian Peterson. And running back A is Cedric Benson. This doesn't include touchdowns, but still
That Detroit's Kevin Smith scored in his last three games, and on Sunday, he finished 1 yard short of posting his third straight 100-yard game. Nice sleeper for next season.
|We salute Johnnie Lee Higgins ... and consider him a 2009 sleeper.
And three other "under-the-radar" guys who finished the season strong: Deion Branch, Mark Clayton and Anthony Fasano.
That JaMarcus Russell finishes the year with two touchdown passes in each of the last three games, the last one coming on the road at Tampa Bay.
That second only to Michael Bush's performance in weirdness was Jamal Lewis'. On the road at Pittsburgh, he managed to run for 94 yards.
That I love that fantasy commercial with all the sad fantasy teams, promoting postseason fantasy football -- which we have for free right here on ESPN.com. Compete with me and all the other ESPN fantasy analysts in Gridiron Playoff Challenge. You can sign up to play here.
That it was a week too late for Donald Driver, DeShaun Foster, Lance Moore and Dwayne Bowe, among others, to help us. They had nice games, but we really could have used those last week. A lot of people got burned by Foster, especially, last week.
That it was nice to see Carnell Williams get two scores. Not as nice, though, was seeing him clutch his knee in pain. Again.
That despite all the crap I took when I called Frank Gore a second-rounder before the season, he will finish the year as no better than the 14th-best fantasy running back. And he once again killed owners down the stretch, with two goose eggs and three single-digit-fantasy-point games in his final six games.
That I'm sick of the commercial in which the crazy-hot blond bartender says, "Let's talk about commitment," and the guys freak out until she says something like, "Relax, I'm talking about the beer's commitment to excellence." And she proceeds to lecture them on how great the beer is. First off, I've never been lectured by a bartender in my life, at least not about how good a beer I've just ordered is. The guys just ordered it -- they're convinced it's good. Plus, not one guy in America would freak out if that girl started talking about commitment. These guys have "tool" written all over them. Trust me, they'd be thrilled to get attention from a girl like that.
That those who want to hear my preseason predictions -- what I nailed and what I whiffed on -- should tune in to an upcoming Fantasy Focus podcast Nate and I will do. Be sure to look for it.
That it has been a blast, a privilege and occasionally a pain in the butt (not gonna lie) to write for you every week. I appreciate all of you taking the time to read. Even the haters; your page clicks count the exact same as the nice folks! I'm taking a good long break and will see you back around these parts for baseball season.
But I will leave you with my top 10 at quarterback, running back and wide receiver for next season, just off the top of my head. It's never too soon to think about it:
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Running back
1. Michael Turner
2. Adrian Peterson
3. Matt Forte
4. Brian Westbrook
5. Clinton Portis
6. Chris Johnson
7. Steven Jackson
8. Brandon Jacobs
9. Maurice Jones-Drew
10. LaDainian Tomlinson
(Sorry, I just don't think DeAngelo Williams or Thomas Jones will score the way they did this year, and I think LT gets healthy and gets a true fullback and offensive line in the offseason.)
Wide receiver
1. Randy Moss
2. Calvin Johnson
3. Anquan Boldin
4. Andre Johnson
5. Steve Smith
6. Roddy White
7. Larry Fitzgerald
8. Marques Colston
9. Reggie Wayne
10. Greg Jennings
Matthew Berry -- The Talented Mr. Roto -- has a birthday on Monday the 29th. He has always hated having a birthday this close to the holidays. He is the creator of RotoPass.com, a Web site that combines a bunch of well-known fantasy sites, including ESPN Insider, for one low price. Use promo code ESPN for 10 percent off. Cyberstalk the TMR | Be his Cyberfriend


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Celebrating 176 years of service!
Five long-time faculty are retiring from Johnson in June
May 28, 2015
A Video Discussion about Career Services for Executive MBA's
Laurie Sedgwick, Director of Career Management, Executive MBA, interviews an EMBA Alumna
May 28, 2015
Taking stock in inventory
A study co-authored by Johnson Professors Vishal Gaur and George Gao demonstrates that improved inventory management yields positive financial returns.
May 27, 2015
Aetna CEO Bertolini, MBA '84, Profiled on PBS Newshour
On Thursday, May 28, the PBS Newshour will describe how Bertolini, a two-time college dropout, aced the GMAT on a lark and earned a Cornell MBA
May 27, 2015
Message to Johnson Grads: Make Business Better
Dean Soumitra Dutta addressed MBA and PhD graduates at the Johnson commencement recognition ceremony, charging them to use their connections and knowledge to make business and the world better.
May 27, 2015
Johnson Graduate Recognition Ceremony
Two-Year, One-Year and Cornell Tech MBAs
May 23, 2015
Graduating MBA Students Honored at Dean's Awards Brunch
More than 50 students received awards for their achievements while studying at Johnson at Cornell University
May 22, 2015
Graduates: Leadership is about Courage, not Popularity
Professor Jim Detert exhorts graduates to undertake worthy acts despite the potential risks and fears associated with doing so.
May 21, 2015
Miwa Takaki Named One of Top 50 MBAs of Class of 2015
Johnson Cornell Tech MBA student selected by Poets & Quants as one of the top 50 graduating MBA students in the U.S.
May 18, 2015
Johnson's Karolyi Releases Rankings of Emerging Markets for Investors
Research takes a first-of-its-kind look at the fundamental risks associated in investing in emerging foreign markets
May 14, 2015
A Behind-the-Scene view of The Cornell Executive MBA Metro NY program
May 13, 2015
Flash Crash: Could It Happen Again? Maureen O'Hara Tells the BBC
May 06, 2015
Data Science Trek/Hackathon Drives Development of Innovative Ideas and Solutions
More than 150 MBA and engineering students from five campuses converge at Cornell Tech for an intense, data-driven weekend
May 05, 2015
Cornell-Tsinghua MBA/FMBA to launch May 5th in Beijing, China
The inaugural class is comprised of 59 students
May 04, 2015
MBA Student Startup Wins $100,000 Business Contest
Germinating from a campus incubator, Uma Bioseed won the 2015 New York Business Plan Competition, besting more than 500 other student-led teams.
May 04, 2015
Cornell alumni and Industry experts take on "The Internet of Things"
Cornell alumni and Industry experts take on "The Internet of Things"
April 27, 2015
Negotiating MBA Job Offers: Dos & Don'ts
Cynthia Saunders-Cheatham discusses MBA job offers and states "We've had the strongest year that we've seen in recent years in investment banking and consulting, with the large numbers of offers that have gone to our students in both of those areas,"
April 24, 2015
SXSW 2015: Cornell's EII Showcases Entrepreneurship at its Best
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute held two successful sessions at the world-renowned South by Southwest (SWSX) Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas this March, an event attended by more than 30,000 people.
April 23, 2015
"Entrepreneurship, Family Business and the Global Enterprise"
At a business roundtable hosted by Johnson's Smith Family Business Initiative, Peter Cuneo, managing principal at Cuneo & Company, shared his views on leadership today and family businesses at Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration 2015.
April 23, 2015
Johnson Profs Among World's Top 40 Under 40
April 22, 2015
Reflections on 60 Years of Philanthropy, with Joan and Sandy Weill
Johnson Dean Soumitra Dutta leads a conversation on their decades of philanthropic work, with Sandy and Joan Weill, Friday, April 24, at 3:30 p.m., in B09 Sage Hall
April 20, 2015
Annual Ranking Reveals Limits of the Digital Revolution
Johnson's Dean Soumitra Dutta, co-author of Global Information Technology Report, calls for greater urgency in bringing the benefits of information technology to more global economies and citizens
April 20, 2015
Johnson Professor Ya-Ru Chen appointed Academic Dean of China Initiatives
Cornell-Tsinghua MBA/FMBA to launch May 2015
April 13, 2015
Johnson, sponsor at Fourth Annual Cornell China Conference 2015
April 10, 2015
Tales of a Corporate Idealist
Christine Bader, author of The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil, delivers 2015 Day Family Ethics Lecture at Johnson
April 10, 2015


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Trolleybuses in Leeds
|Leeds trolleybus system
An original Leeds trolleybus, ca. 1912.
|Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
The Leeds trolleybus system served the West Riding of Yorkshire city of Leeds in England between 1911 and 1928. In July 2012, plans to construct a new system, the New Generation Transport (NGT) project, received provisional approval from the UK Department for Transport.[1][2]
The original system was one of the first two trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, along with Bradford.[3][4] Both systems commenced operation on 20 June 1911,[3][4] but public service in Bradford did not start until four days later.[3][4] The Leeds system had three routes, and closed on 26 July 1928.[5]
If the proposed NGT project goes ahead, it will be the first non-heritage trolleybus system in the United Kingdom[6] since the Bradford system closed in 1972.[5][7] Its predicted ridership is 8-9 million passengers in the first year.[8]
The twentieth century routes[edit]
The original Leeds route, operated by Leeds Tramways, was from City Square to Moor Top via Lower Wortley and Farnley.[9]
The route was launched at Thirsk Row, off Wellington Street on 20 June 1911. The first of two buses to set off on the first official run was driven by the Lord Mayor, William Middlebrook, and the second by his deputy, Frederick James Kitson. Both buses went on a round trip to Farnley, four miles from Leeds, returning 45 minutes later.[9][10]
When the original route commenced operation, it had four trolleybuses.[9][10] They were manufactured by the Railless Electric Traction Company, and powered by Siemens motors.[9] They had solid rubber tyres and carried 28 passengers, who paid their fares when boarding.[5] Known officially as "trackless cars" to distinguish them from trams,[10] they ran on rural routes, to which trams were not suited.[11]
In 1915 two further routes were opened, unconnected to the first route and operated from a stone depot at Guiseley, which still exists.[5] These were feeder routes to the tram system.
The three routes were:[5]
- Leeds–Lower Wortley–Farnley–Moor Top, opened 20 June 1911;
- Guiseley–Otley, opened 9 September 1915;
- Guiseley–Burley-in-Wharfedale, opened 22 October 1915.[3]
The system was not hugely successful.[11] There was controversy between Leeds Corporation and the various councils over several issues relating to its operation.[5] As time passed, internal combustion engined buses became more competitive. They soon replaced the trolleybuses, which closed on 26 July 1928.[11]
The proposed NGT system[edit]
Proposed vehicles[edit]
The NGT trolleybus vehicles would likely be single-articulated single-deck vehicles with multiple doors (typically three or four sets). They would be fully DDA-compliant with low floors to allow through movement by wheelchair users and those with pushchairs and prams.[12]
Proposed routes[edit]
Three initial routes were planned, to north, south and east Leeds:[13]
- North route - from a new park & ride site at Bodington (up to 800 spaces)[8] to Leeds city centre;
- South route - from a new park & ride site at Stourton (up to 2,200 spaces)[8] to Leeds city centre; and
- East route - from Leeds city centre to St James's Hospital. This route was later withdrawn from the proposals.
Proposed demolition[edit]
Several buildings are set to be demolished to accommodate the scheme, all of these lie on the Northern leg of the route. The buildings are as follows:
- A parade of eight shops at Hyde Park Corner
- A former stable block and lodge building at the former Leeds Girls High School
- A terrace block within Headingley Business Park, between Headingley Lane and Victoria Road
- A residential brick built villa on Wood Lane, Headingley
- The former First Church of Christ Scientist building on Alma Road, Headingley which is currently used as offices
- Changing rooms and a groundsmans' cottage at the University of Leeds site in Weetwood[14]
Progress of the NGT proposal[edit]
A 'Major Scheme Business Case' was submitted to the Department for Transport in October 2009[15] In March 2010, the Government announced that the proposal had been awarded 'Programme Entry Approval'.[16]
Funding was approved for the North Route to Bodington and an extension to Holt Park, the South Route to Stourton and a section of the city centre loop linking these two lines. The Government did not approve funding for the East Route or a full city centre loop.[17]
The scheme is currently being reviewed (along with all major schemes) as part of the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review.[13]
The DfT approved the Holt Park - Stourton route on 5 July 2012,[1] The planned scheme is now subject to a Public Inquiry.[2]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b "Leeds trolleybus comeback scheme approved". BBC News. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Go-ahead for Leeds trolleybus network". West Yorkshire Metro. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ a b c d Joyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). British Trolleybus Systems. London: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-1647-X.
- ^ a b c Bruce, Ashley. "British Trolleybus Systems". British Trolleybuses website. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f Andrews, FA (August 2007). "Light Rail Transit Association Discussion Document 48: Trolley buses - A second time around in Leeds" (PDF). Light Rail Transit Association. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- ^ "Leeds Trolleybus - the Tbus: modern electric transport for Leeds". Insideyorks.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ^ "Bradford Trolleybus Association". Bradford Trolleybus Association. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ^ a b c "Frequently Asked Questions about NGT". New Generation Transport. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ a b c d "History". New Generation Transport. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- ^ a b c Thorpe, John (23 June 2007). "First outing for city's 'trackless cars'". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- ^ a b c "Leeds Experimental Trolleybus, no. 503". Leodis. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- ^ "Leeds NGT - Major Scheme Business Case - Strategic Case". New Generation Transport. October 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ a b "About NGT". New Generation Transport. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ "Revealed: Demolition list for Leeds trolleybus". Yorkshire Evening Post. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ^ "Leeds trolleybus bid on way to DfT". New Generation Transport. 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ "Major boost for City Region economy". New Generation Transport. 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ "NGT Routes". New Generation Transport. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
Further reading[edit]
- Lockwood, Stephen (2011). Trackless to Trolleybus: Trolleybuses in Britain. Brora, Sutherland: Adam Gordon. ISBN 978-1-874422-86-0.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trolleybuses in Leeds.


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The latest in a series of successful Kickstarter adventure videogame campaigns, already Greenlit psychological horror adventure Asylum achieved its funding goal of $100,666 over the weekend. With this, Senscape intend to bring Asylum to completion and release it before the year's end.
With less than forty eight hours to go, Senscape are aiming for a number of exciting stretch goals that combine their own ideas and requests from the community, including versions of Asylum for iPad, OUYA, and Oculus Rift virtual reality support. An overview of the stretch goals is available via the official Senscape website, here.
The final stretch goal of $166,666 is a complete rework of Asylum dubbed Memories, featuring a brand new story that returns players to the haunted asylum in broad daylight, which is intended to be distributed as an expansion in 2014 and will be given for free to every backer who pledged $15 and above.
"Whereas the original game is gritty, dark and oppressive, the additional content will be dreamy, melancholic and beautiful," says Agustín Cordes, lead designer and founder. "Fans of Scratches will feel right at home with its similar atmosphere of decaying beauty and sadness."
Much in line with their mission to focus on the community, Senscape launched the "Backer Spotlight" initiative that gives fans a chance to tell their own story, to be featured in the upcoming "A Tour of Hanwell" documentary. Video clips of many different themes and moods have been received in which fans talk about why they love adventure and horror games, what they like about Asylum, and a diversity of other things related.
Often perceived as the spiritual sequel to sleeper cult hit Scratches by Agustín Cordes, Asylum received immediate and widespread support from adventure and horror videogame fans from all over the world. They were joined by many Linux enthusiasts upon last week's open-sourcing of the Dagon engine, which is specially geared toward adventure videogame development and was originally created for Asylum. With the initial funding achieved Asylum is scheduled to arrive prior to the end of 2013. Electronic Theatre will keep you updated with the latest details on Asylum and other titles from Senscape.