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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is an American television series that was broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1964, to January 15, 1968.
James Bond creator Ian Fleming contributed to the show's creation. The book The James Bond Films reveals that Fleming's TV concept had two characters: Napoleon Solo and April Dancer (The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.). ("Mr. Solo" was originally the name of a crime boss in Fleming's Goldfinger.) Robert Towne and Harlan Ellison wrote scripts for the series, which was originally to have been titled Solo. Author Michael Avallone, who wrote the first original novel based upon the series (see below), is sometimes incorrectly cited as the creator of the series (such as in the January 1967 issue of The Saint Magazine). At one point, Fleming's name was to have been connected more directly with the series. The cover of the original prospectus for the series showed the title Ian Fleming's Solo. Solo was originally slated to be the "solo" star of the series, the only "Man". But a minor walk-on by a Russian agent named Illya Kuryakin caught fire with the fans, and the two were permanently paired.
The series, though fictional, achieved such notability as to have artifacts (props, costumes and documents, and a video clip) from the show included in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library's exhibit on spies and counterspies. Similar exhibits can be found in the museums of the Central Intelligence Agency and other agencies and organizations involved with intelligence gathering.
Though executive producer Norman Felton and Ian Fleming had developed the character of Napoleon Solo, it was producer Sam Rolfe who created the organization of U.N.C.L.E. Unlike the nationalistic organizations of the CIA and James Bond's MI6, U.N.C.L.E. was a worldwide organization that comprised agents from all corners of the globe. The character of Illya Kuryakin was created by Rolfe as a Russian U.N.C.L.E. agent.
The creators of the series decided that the involvement of an innocent character would be part of each episode, giving the audience someone with whom it could identify. Through all the changes in series in the course of four seasons, this element remained a factor — from a suburban housewife in the pilot, "The Vulcan Affair" (film version: "To Trap a Spy"), to the various people kidnapped in the final episode, "The Seven Wonders of the World Affair".
UNCLE headquarters in New York City were most frequently entered by a secret entrance in Del Floria's Tailor Shop. Another entrance was through The Masque Club. Mr. Waverly had his own secret entrance. Unlike the competing TV series I Spy however, the shows were overwhelmingly shot on the MGM back lot. The same outside staircase was used for episodes set throughout the Mediterranean and Latin America, and the same eucalyptus dirt road on the back lot in Culver City stood in for virtually every continent of the globe. The episodes followed a naming convention where each title was in the form of "The ***** Affair", such as "The Vulcan Affair", "The Mad, Mad, Tea Party Affair", "The Waverly Ring Affair", and "The Deadly Quest Affair", the only exceptions being, "Alexander the Greater Affair", parts 1 & 2.
Rolfe managed to make the implausibility of it all seem not only feasible but entertaining. Frogmen emerging from wells in Iowa, shootouts between UNCLE and THRUSH agents in a crowded midtown Manhattan movie theatre, top secret organizations hidden behind innocuous brownstone facades; this was a parallel universe that lay just beyond our own. Rolfe left the show at the conclusion of the first season, frustrated by lack of recognition of his role in the show's success and his lack of monetary compensation.
In its first season The Man from U.N.C.L.E. competed against The Red Skelton Show on CBS and Walter Brennan's short-lived The Tycoon on ABC.
This campiness was most in evidence during the third season, when the producers made a conscious decision to increase the level of humor (though second season had shown a considerable increase towards a farcical approach with "The Yukon Affair" and "The Indian Affairs Affair"). With unfunny shows like "The My Friend the Gorilla Affair," the show tested the loyalties of its supporters and this direction resulted in a severe ratings drop, and nearly resulted in the show's cancellation. It was renewed for a fourth season and an attempt was made to go back to serious storytelling, but the show's final producer, Anthony Spinner, turned it into a grim, plodding shadow of its former self, and it was cancelled midway through its fourth season.
The theme music, written by Jerry Goldsmith, changed slightly each season. Goldsmith only provided four original scores and was replaced by Morton Stevens, who also composed four scores for the series. After Stevens, Walter Scharf did six scores, and Lalo Schifrin (who later wrote the memorable Mission: Impossible theme) did two. Gerald Fried was composer from season two through the beginning of season four. The final composers were Robert Drasnin, Nelson Riddle and Richard Shores. The music reflected the show's changing seasons – Goldsmith, Stevens and Scharf composed compelling and dramatic scores in the first season using brass, unique time signatures and martial rhythms, Gerald Fried and Robert Drasnin went for a lighter approach in the second, employing harpsichords and bongos and by the third season, the music had become pure farce exemplified by an R&B organ and saxophone version of the theme. The fourth season's strained attempt at seriousness was duly echoed by Richard Shores' somber and uninspired scores.
One prop, often referred to as "The Gun," drew so much attention that it actually spurred considerable fan mail, often so addressed. Internally designated the "U.N.C.L.E. Special", it featured a modular semi-automatic weapon, originally based on the Mauser Model 1934 Pocket Pistol, but soon replaced by the more-readily available Walther P38 pistol. As such, the gun could be converted into a longer-range carbine by attaching a long barrel, extendable shoulder stock, telescopic sight, and extended magazine. The magazine was actually a standard magazine with a dummy extension on it, but it inspired several manufacturers to begin making long magazines for various pistols. The gun usually fired some form of a fast acting tranquilizing dart instead of bullets as opposed to the lethality of a THRUSH weapon. While many of these continue to be available 40 years later, long magazines were not available for the P-38 for some years. However, they are now being custom made, as are reproduction parts for the U.N.C.L.E. carbine, and sold at "TheUncleGun.com" . "Pictures" of their U.N.C.L.E. gun reproductions can also be seen on the official "Man From U.N.C.L.E. DVD set" The "U.N.C.L.E. Special"-configured Walther P38 would later become the distinctive alternate mode for the Transformers character Megatron, the evil leader of the Decepticons. THRUSH had an equally impressive range of weaponry, much of it only in development before being destroyed by our heroes; their most notable item was the infrared sniperscope, enabling them to target gunfire in total darkness. A major design defect of the sniperscope (both in the TV series and in the real world) was that its image tube's power supply emitted a distinctive whining sound when operating. This device was built around a U. S. Army-surplus M1 carbine.
A few of the third- and fourth-season episodes featured an "U.N.C.L.E. car", which was developed from the Piranha, a concept car built to prove the usefulness of plastics in auto construction.
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. rated so highly in America and the UK that MGM and the producers decided to film extra footage (often more adult to evoke Bond films) for two of the first season episodes and release them to theaters after they had aired on TV. The episodes with the extra footage that made it to theaters were the original pilot, "The Vulcan Affair" retitled To Trap a Spy, and also from the first season "The Double Affair" retitled as The Spy With My Face. Both had added sex and violence, new sub-plots and guest stars not in the original TV episodes. They were often released as an U.N.C.L.E. double-feature program first run in neighborhood theaters, bypassing the customary downtown movie palaces which were still thriving in the mid-60s and where new movies usually played for weeks and even months before coming to outlying screens.
A selling point to seeing these films on the big screen back then was that they were being shown in color, at a time when most people had black and white TVs. The words IN COLOR featured prominently on the trailers, tv spots and posters for the film releases.
Subsequent two-part episodes, beginning with the second season premiere, "Alexander The Greater Affair," retitled One Spy Too Many for its theatrical release, were developed into one complete feature film with only occasional extra sexy and violent footage added to them, sometimes as just inserts.
All of the films were successful in many parts of the world, even those where the TV show did not air, sometimes surpassing box office receipts of the most recent Bond film. The later films were not released in America, only overseas, but the first few did well in American theaters and remain one of the rare examples of a television show released in paid theatrical engagements.
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The U.N.C.L.E. fad also inspired a related series of books, the best of which, in most opinions, were written by David McDaniel. See below for a listing.
Other spin-offs included a Man from U.N.C.L.E. digest-sized story magazine, board games, action-figures, and toy pistols. The show also inspired the naming of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents.
Several comic strips based on the series have been published. In the US, there was a Gold Key Comics comic book series (one based on the show), which ran for about a dozen issues. Entertainment Publishing released an eleven issue series of one- and two-part stories from January 1987 to September 1988 that updated U.N.C.L.E. to the Eighties, while largely ignoring the reunion TV-movie. A two-part comics story, "The Birds of Prey Affair" was put out by Millennium Publications in 1993, which showcased the return of a smaller, much more streamlined version of Thrush, controlled by Dr. Egret, who had melded with the Ultimate Computer. The script was written by Mark Ellis and Terry Collins with artwork by Nick Choles, and transplanted the characters into the present day.
Two Man from U.N.C.L.E. strips were originated for the British market in the 1960s (some Gold Key material was also reprinted), the most notable for Lady Penelope comic, which launched in January 1966. This was replaced by a Girl from U.N.C.L.E. strip in January 1967. Man from U.N.C.L.E. also featured in the short-lived title Solo (published between February and September 1967) and some text stories appeared in TV Tornado.
The movie briefly filled in the missing years. THRUSH had been put out of business, and the remaining leader was in prison. (His escape begins the story.) Illya had quit U.N.C.L.E. after a mission had gone sour and an innocent woman been killed, and now designed women's clothing at Vanya's in New York. Napoleon had been pushed out of U.N.C.L.E. and now sold computers, though he still carried his U.N.C.L.E. pen radio for sentimental reasons (which is how the organization is able to contact him after so many years).
Solo and Kuryakin were recalled to recapture and defeat Thrush once and for all, but the movie misfired on a key point: instead of reuniting the agents on the mission -- and showcasing their witty interaction -- the agents were separated and paired with younger agents. Like most similar reunion films, this production was considered a trial balloon for a possible new series, but none emerged.
In an episode of the The A-Team, season five, where Robert Vaughn had a recurring role as General Stockwell, David McCallum guest starred in an episode titled "The Say Uncle Affair" as Stockwell's former espionage partner, Ivan. Footage from the series was used for flashbacks in the story, and the signature change of scene music from The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was used whenever scenes changed in that episode.
McCallum played one of the few characters ever to have been killed in an A-Team episode.
A region 2 DVD (PAL for Europe) release of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. movies was released on September 8, 2003. The DVD contains five of the eight movies, missing the following: To Trap a Spy (1964), The Spy in the Green Hat (1966) and One of Our Spies is Missing (1966).
Two dozen original novels were based upon Man from U.N.C.L.E. and published between 1965 and 1968 (for a time, the most of any American-produced television series except for Star Trek, though there have now been more original novels published based upon Alias and Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Freed from the limitations of network television, these novels were generally grittier and more violent than the televised episodes and were very successful.
Another volume, The Final Affair, also by David McDaniel, was completed but not published. Copies of the manuscript have circulated among fans for decades. Written after the series was cancelled, it was intended to provide a definitive conclusion to Solo and Illya's adventures. At one time there were plans to publish The Final Affair in a limited deluxe edition, but the project failed. Another book, The Catacombs and Dogma Affair, has been mentioned in some sources, but it isn't listed as one of the official U.N.C.L.E. novels (it's possible it might be one of the above volumes, retitled, or it may be the unpublished second U.N.C.L.E.novel by J. Hunter Holly, which has been circulated in mimeographed form among fans). Volumes 10-15 and 17 of the series were only published in the United States.
Two science-fiction novels - Genius Unlimited by John Rackham (a pseudonym used by Phillifent) and The Arsenal Out of Time by McDaniel - appear to be rewrites of "orphaned" U.N.C.L.E novel outlines or manuscripts.
The Rainbow Affair is notable for its thinly-disguised cameo appearances by The Saint, Miss Marple, John Steed, Emma Peel, Tommy Hambledon (at whose flat Solo and Ilya encounter Steed and Peel), Neddie Seagoon, Father Brown, a retired, elderly Sherlock Holmes, and Dr. Fu Manchu. The novel uses the same chapter title format that Leslie Charteris used in his Saint novels. (The title of one of the theatrical versions of UNCLE episodes, The Spy in the Green Hat, is very close to the title of The Man in the Green Hat, one of the "Hambledon" novels by "Manning Coles".)
Whitman Books also published three hardcover novels aimed at young readers and based upon the series. The first two books break the naming convention "The .... Affair" used by all other U.N.C.L.E. fiction and episodes:
A children's storybook written by Walter Gibson entitled The Coin of El Diablo Affair was also published.
The aforementioned digest magazine based upon Man from U.N.C.L.E. and often featured original novellas that were not published anywhere else. There were 24 issues running monthly from February 1966 till January 1968, inclusive.


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"Here is what I would like for you to know: In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body—it is heritage."
Last Sunday the host of a popular news show asked me what it meant to lose my body. The host was broadcasting from Washington, D.C., and I was seated in a remote studio on the far west side of Manhattan. A satellite closed the miles between us, but no machinery could close the gap between her world and the world for which I had been summoned to speak. When the host asked me about my body, her face faded from the screen, and was replaced by a scroll of words, written by me earlier that week.
The host read these words for the audience, and when she finished she turned to the subject of my body, although she did not mention it specifically. But by now I am accustomed to intelligent people asking about the condition of my body without realizing the nature of their request. Specifically, the host wished to know why I felt that white America's progress, or rather the progress of those Americans who believe that they are white, was built on looting and violence. Hearing this, I felt an old and indistinct sadness well up in me. The answer to this question is the record of the believers themselves. The answer is American history.
As the world frets over Greece, a separate crisis looms in China.
This summer has not been calm for the global economy. In Europe, a Greek referendum this Sunday may determine whether the country will remain in the eurozone. In North America, meanwhile, the governor of Puerto Rico claimed last week that the island would be unable to pay off its debts, raising unsettling questions about the health of American municipal bonds.
But the season's biggest economic crisis may be occurring in Asia, where shares in China's two major stock exchanges have nosedived in the past three weeks. Since June 12, the Shanghai stock exchange has lost 24 percent of its value, while the damage in the southern city of Shenzhen has been even greater at 30 percent. The tumble has already wiped out more than $2.4 trillion in wealth—a figure roughly 10 times the size of Greece's economy.
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Where did it come from, and what are its intentions? The simplicity of these questions can be deceiving, and few Western leaders seem to know the answers. In December, The New York Times published confidential comments by Major General Michael K. Nagata, the Special Operations commander for the United States in the Middle East, admitting that he had hardly begun figuring out the Islamic State's appeal. "We have not defeated the idea," he said. "We do not even understand the idea." In the past year, President Obama has referred to the Islamic State, variously, as "not Islamic" and as al-Qaeda's "jayvee team," statements that reflected confusion about the group, and may have contributed to significant strategic errors.
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That seems an absurd question. This is an age when Confederate monuments still stand; when white-privilege denialism is surging on social media; when legislators and educators in Arizona and Texas propose banning ethnic studies in public schools and assign textbooks euphemizing the slave trade; when fear of Hispanic and Asian immigrants remains strong enough to prevent immigration reform in Congress; when the simple assertion that #BlackLivesMatter cannot be accepted by all but is instead contested petulantly by many non-blacks as divisive, even discriminatory.
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The Dalai Lama had a different question for Davidson when he visited the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader at his residence in Dharamsala, India. "He said: 'You've been using the tools of modern neuroscience to study depression, and anxiety, and fear. Why can't you use those same tools to study kindness and compassion?' … I did not have a very good answer. I said it was hard."
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In today's leftward drifting Democratic Party, however, it's hard to see Webb—who declared his candidacy Thursday—getting very far. As surprising as Bernie Sanders's rise in the polls has been, he looks more like the Democratic base than Webb does. The Virginian is progressive on a few major issues, including the military and campaign spending, but he's far to the center or even right on others: He's against affirmative action, supports gun rights, and is a defender of coal. During the George W. Bush administration, Democrats loved to have him as a foil to the White House. It's hard to imagine the national electorate will cotton to him in the same way. Webb's statement essentially saying he had no problem with the Confederate battle flag flying in places like the grounds of the South Carolina capitol may have been the final straw. (At 69, he's also older than Hillary Clinton, whose age has been a topic of debate, though still younger than Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden.)
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The following table lists the number and rate of marriages and divorces in the United States from 1900 to 2009.
NOTE: (—) Data not available. Marriage and divorce figures for most years include some estimated data. Alaska is included beginning 1959, Hawaii beginning 1960.
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after using a ReadyNAS Duo for quite some time to play FLAC music files using SqueezeCenter, I decided to go to the next level - Movies. My plan is to convert my DVDs and Blu Rays to some to-be-defined format, place them into a folder on my newly acquired and fully loaded ReadyNAS Ultra 6+ and stream them to various clients using the ReadyDLNA Streaming service. I considered this setup rather common, so I did not expect too many challenges. Seems I was wrong.
I moved all audio files to thew new device and successfully launched SqueezeCenter. I could easily place a couple of thousand photos on the NAS and the ReadyDLNA media scan would finish in roughly two minutes. After some research on the internet, I decided to give the MKV format a try and produced 4 MKVs from DVDs using the utility MakeMKV. All files play nicely on my computer and contain multiple languages and subtitles plus the main feature of the movie.
Then I transfered these 4 files to the NAS and started the media scan. I expected a little more than 2 minutes, but the job will not finish at all, with no error messages, no information given in the upnp-av.log. I even left it running over night, still no finish line. A client connected to the service will display one of the 4 files, but not the other three. I tried to modify the file names, because the originals had some Umlauts (Ä), to no avail. I even deleted all the files, which have been transfered to the NAS via a wireless connection, stored them onto an external USB hard disk and copied them into the folder on the NAS using a backup job. Still no luck. I am running out of ideas...
The NAS has the latest firmware installed (4.2.15) and the ReadyDLNA service displays v220.127.116.11. I thought about using one the "ReadyDLNA Debug Update Addon Package" to get more info into the logfile, but the one in this forum is on version 1.0.17 and the 1.0.19 just seems to be in the 4.2.16 beta, which I am afraid to install because I cannot go back again in case something is unstable.
The logfile shows some error but has no further info on the actual scan, the first run was a successful one after deleting the movies and a restart and then I transfered the movies and started the scan two times (second time by altering some info on the configuration and then launching the scan):
[2011/03/29 08:41:53] minidlna.c:717: warn: Starting ReadyDLNA version 126.96.36.199.
[2011/03/29 08:41:53] minidlna.c:743: warn: Creating new database...
[2011/03/29 08:41:53] minidlna.c:808: warn: HTTP listening on port 8200
[2011/03/29 08:41:53] scanner.c:724: warn: Scanning /c/Media/Movie
[2011/03/29 08:41:53] scanner.c:792: warn: Scanning /c/Media/Movie finished (0 files)!
[2011/03/29 08:41:53] scanner.c:724: warn: Scanning /c/Media/Photo
[2011/03/29 08:44:05] scanner.c:792: warn: Scanning /c/Media/Photo finished (8519 files)!
[2011/03/30 22:12:48] daemonize.c:76: error: Unable to open pidfile for writing /var/run/minidlna.pid: File exists
[2011/03/30 22:12:48] minidlna.c:717: warn: Starting ReadyDLNA version 18.104.22.168.
[2011/03/30 22:12:48] minidlna.c:743: warn: Creating new database...
[2011/03/30 22:12:48] minidlna.c:808: warn: HTTP listening on port 8200
[2011/03/30 22:12:48] scanner.c:724: warn: Scanning /c/Media/Movie
[2011/03/30 22:34:20] daemonize.c:76: error: Unable to open pidfile for writing /var/run/minidlna.pid: File exists
[2011/03/30 22:34:20] minidlna.c:717: warn: Starting ReadyDLNA version 220.127.116.11.
[2011/03/30 22:34:20] minidlna.c:743: warn: Creating new database...
[2011/03/30 22:34:20] minidlna.c:808: warn: HTTP listening on port 8200
[2011/03/30 22:34:20] scanner.c:724: warn: Scanning /c/Media/Movie
I am willing to enable the root shell and do some stuff there, but after that I have no idea where to start and what to do. Anyone has some advice for me? My new Dune HD Smart D1 is just waiting for some nice movies.
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1847 – Mary HOFFE was born in Detroit, Michigan 167 years ago. (wife of Theodore SCHULTE, 3rd great-granduncle -m)
1868 – Reverend August John KESSLER was born in Detroit, Michigan 146 years ago to Christopher Kessler & Anna Mary ASSMANN. (2nd great-granduncle -m)
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1942 – Mary GRUBBA Sheridan died 72 years ago in Detroit, Michigan at 56 years old. (1st cousin 3x removed -m)
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OK. So I know full well that I said in the last one of these little battles (however long ago it was) that the next one would be Kawada vs HHH but then I got distracted by the idea of a different comparison, I get the feeling the Kawada vs HHH will never get written if I continue my magpie-like self indulgence and ever changing mood, but it will no doubt get done one day.
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OK, I realise this is only the second one of these but I'm going to have to compare some modern day, young, not paralysed from the waist down wrestlers otherwise I'll just be blabbing on about how HHH couldn't hold a candle to Toshiaki Kawada, incidentally that will be the next comparison after this one but never mind pointless plugs and let's get down to this edition!
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Alright I admit it. I AM IN LOVE WITH JAPANESE WRESTLING! Now that's over with I would like to announce that over the coming weeks I plan on doing a little comparison exercise in the form of trying to find the Japanese equivalent for as many WWE superstars as possible. Not exactly original I realise but still fairly interesting.
I will therefore start with one of the most popular
It's always been one of the more pressing questions when it comes to the wrestling world, do you prefer spectacle or realism? There are of course companies which cater to both of these needs, for example Dragon Gate are enormous fans of the spectacle to the point when at some stage in the future they will have to put suicide detonators on all their wrestlers shoes for me to be able to watch another
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Sprint HTC Evo Shift 4G debuts
Sprint has announced a new 4G smartphone in connection with HTC that hopes to bring super fast surfing speeds to those lucky enough to find 4G coverage.
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Playing on the fact that the phone is the 16th 4G-capable device from Sprint, the HTC EVO Shift will come with HTC Sense, run Android 2.2, offer a 5MP camera, 720p HD camcorder and a 3.6-inch capacitive touchscreen display.
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Our pick of the best Compact System Cameras (CSCs) currently on the market
The Compact System Camera – or CSC – has been around since Panasonic kick-started the genre with its launch of the G1 in 2008. Since then the CSC market has grown to become the fastest growing of all the digital camera markets.
The market has grown to such an extent that it's now one of the most camera-laden in all of photography, thus making it difficult to separate the good from the truly special.
To help you out, we've taken a look at what's out there and come up with our Best Compact System Cameras on the market
Samsung NX300
Street price: £350 w/ kit lens
The Samsung NX300 is the flagship model in Samsung's 'NX' range of Compact System Cameras and follows on from the popular Samsung NX210. The NX300 builds upon the impressive specification and performance of its predecessor with a few operational tweaks, making it a really impressive proposition.
The model features an APS-C sensor, fast burst rate, impressive AF performance and tiltable AMOLED touchscreen. Add to that Samsung's clever 'i-function' technology, Wi-fi and NFC functionality and HD video capture and there's very little that this impressive model is lacking.
Best CSC for: Those looking for a feature-packed specification
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Olympus PEN E-PL5
Street price: £319 w/ kit lens
Olympus's 'PEN' range of CSCs has been in existence almost as long as the format itself. It's long been popular thanks to the combination of impressive image quality and stylish design, and the Olympus PEN E-PL5 very much continues this tradition with eye-catching styling and an imaging specification to match.
The EPL-5 places a premium on size and, with a pancake lens attached, could almost be described as pocketable. It still features a large sensor, tiltable OLED screen and a host of other features that have made their way down the food chain from its high-end stablemates.
Best CSC for: Impressive results in a compact body
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Fujifilm X-E1
Street price: £379 body only
Fujifilm has made great shakes in the CSC market with its X range, combining advanced features with a timeless retro-styled design and a premium on image quality. The X-E1 is a model that more than meets this X-series reputation and is well worthy of the tag of being one of the best CSCs available today.
The model features rangefinder-inspired design that's sure to appeal to traditionalists, while a new sensor also debuted with the camera inheriting the impressive chip found in the high-end X-Pro1. The X-E1 also features an impressive 2.36m-dot OLED viewfinder that's about as good as it gets in a CSC.
Best CSC for: Retro styling and impressive image quality
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Panasonic Lumix G6
Street price: £350 w/ kit lens
Panasonic shook up the camera market when it announced the very first CSC in 2008 – the Panasonic Lumix G1. The Lumix G6 is a continuation of this thread of Panasonic's CSC range, and it benefits from the manufacturer's years of experience in the market.
The G6 is a bit like a DSLR-lite in design, featuring a protruding handgrip and large viewfinder, albeit in a much smaller body. The camera features a beefy specification, with a 16MP Live MOS sensor, 7fps burst mode and Panasonic Light Speed AF system. As well as featuring Wi-fi and NFC, the G6 delivers a wide range of HD video recording options, including AVCHD and MP4 formats at a range of frame rates.
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Laverne & Shirley Season 3 takes you back to Milwaukee in the 1950s, with this show getting its start as a spin-off from Happy Days. Laverne & Shirley season three features Laverne, an outspoken, hot-headed woman who would love more than anything to be rescued from her job by a nice man, and Shirley, a naive young woman who worries about her reputation and often finds herself assuming the role of Laverne's conscience in an effort to keep her best friend out of trouble. In these Laverne & Shirley DVDs from season three, the two quirky friends have many fun times with Lenny and Squiggy, two greasers who share an apartment above Laverne and Shirley and always seem to have some kind of scheme up their sleeves.
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Say Hello to President Romney
For those of us who think Barack Obama will win re-election tomorrow, the weight of evidence is on our side. The most recent national polls—from Pew, NBC News, CBS News, YouGov, and ABC News—show the president with a slight lead over Mitt Romney. Obama holds leads by greater than two points in Ohio, Wisconsin, and Nevada—the states that give him 271 electoral votes—and he's just as ahead in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Like I said in my prediction yesterday, if you gave Obama every state where he held a lead, he would win with 303 electoral votes. It's no wonder that the election forecasters—Nate Silver, Sam Wang, Drew Linzer—place Obama's probability of winning in the 85 percent to 90 percent range: Barring a huge Obama bias in the polling, the president is virtually certain to be re-elected.
With that said, life isn't as predictable as we'd like to believe, and anything can happen. It is possible that the pollsters have failed—or at least, are missing something important in the electorate. If that's the case, Obama's victory isn't as certain as it looks. Put another way, even at this late stage, a Romney victory is still possible.
What would it look like?
For Romney to win, he needs to hold three states: Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida. North Carolina and Florida look like they will fall into Romney's column—he holds leads in each state. Virginia leans slightly in Obama's direction, but a Romney win is still more than possible. For the sake of the argument, let's say that Romney overperforms and ekes out a small victory in the commonwealth. Along with solid red states and those that lean red, this brings him to 248 electoral votes—22 away from winning. Obama holds durable advantages in Nevada, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, so those should stay in his column. That leaves four states: Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, and New Hampshire. Of the group, Colorado is Obama's weakest state—his lead there is almost as narrow as in Virginia. It makes sense to give that to Romney, leaving him with 257 electoral votes. Next on the list is New Hampshire, where Obama holds a two-point lead in the Real Clear Politics average.
Here, it's worth making a short aside. Currently, pollsters assume an electorate that looks more like the one in 2008—where whites were 74 percent of voters—than the one in 2004, where whites were 77 percent of voters. As such, for Romney to succeed, he needs to win a supermajority of white voters—upward of 61 percent. If he hits the mark—he currently polls at an average of 57 percent—then overwhelmingly white states like Iowa and New Hampshire become toss-ups, if not places where Romney holds a slight advantage. But if pollsters are wrong, and whites are a heavier proportion of the electorate than we think, then Romney's threshold is closer to 58 percent—just a point over where he stands.
Let's say that's the case. Iowa becomes a toss-up, and New Hampshire leans GOP, as was true in 2004, when Bush won the state. If we give the former to Obama and the latter to Romney, the electoral vote tally is 259 to 261. Only Ohio remains.
Now, typically—in close elections—Ohio leans slightly Republican. George Bush won it by small margins in 2004 and 2008, and it's been competitive for the last 30 years. Currently, Obama holds a 2.9-point lead in the Real Clear Politics average and has led in 11 of the last 12 polls (one, from Rasmussen, was a tie). But if the electorate is whiter than we think, then Ohio is closer than we think—a genuine toss-up. It's in this scenario that Romney could win. Here's what the map looks like:
This is an unlikely scenario. In addition to a systemic polling failure, Obama needs to be a little weaker among white voters than he looks, and turnout among nonwhites needs to be a little lower as well. The odds that these things happen at once in a single election are incredibly low. But if you're trying to build a possible scenario to the White House for Romney, this is it.
As for the landslide predictions from conservative pundits like George Will and Michael Barone? Those are still nonsense.
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As Al Sharpton and others have pointed, there is ONE way the electorate could be made "whiter" than in 2008, and it is definitely part of the national GOP playbook: VOTER SUPPRESSION. Just don't allow as many minority (and poor and elderly and students) to cast ballots, by any barely legal means necessary, and you have the GOP majority ... UNLESS a sufficient number of white voters get DISGUSTED by the IMMORALITY of this to deliberately vote against them. I am praying but not optimistic that this will happen, because the "business" minded attitude in all areas of life in this country is that MORALITY DOES NOT MATTER except when talking about personal vices, sexuality, or "blasphemy" against the religious group that is ignoring morality. Only WINNING seems to matter, NOT winning HONORABLY. If "we" allow this then "we" deserve the tragic consequences.
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I followed the link to forums.moonmasr.com and found it to be in Arabic. Granted that they gave us our numbers, along with arithmetic, ALgorithms and ALgebra to manipulate them, do we HAVE to depend on them for our polling predictions? Or is this a GW Bush connected web site?
The Babelfish translation of the main title is "Welcome to PopPhoto.com ...". What does that have to do with this subject?
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There have been a couple warranty extension bulletins mailed to Customers, it souinds like you just got the second recent one on TCM warranty extension.
The earlier bulletin mentions the extension of warranty on most of the cars ('12- mid '14) for Clutch pack, seals & programming. This extends to 8yr/100k miles, beyond the existing 5/60 powertrain warranty.
Just what is done on each visit to check out troubles depends on the test results at that visit. Ranges from updated programming to full clutches/seals replacement & programming.
Lots of info. avail here, most "stickies" are at the top of this page with one at the top of the General Tech Chat section. MkIII section has a good "stickie" on driving characteristics in normal operation.
I'll come back to this and add a link to one of the better ones from this area on the warranty extension (slightly dated by now, but good).
And here's another earlier one with a good video on the transmission:http://www.focusfanatics.com/forum/m...explained.html
New to the board. I just wanted to know what Ford is covering in terms of repairs? Specifically, are they covering the costs of clutch repairs?
I bought my 2012 Ford Focus SE at 46,000 miles and it drove like a dream. I noticed the more I drove, the louder I was hearing a particular noise accelerating and decelerating the car (sounds almost identical to an RC car) and the car shuddered when I pulled off. I was told that due to the type of transmission, this was perfectly normal. Then, over the course of the last month, the shuddering got worse. Coincidentally, the recall/customer service bulletin notice came in the mail. I took the car to our local Ford dealership, and was told that the TCM had been reprogrammed. I was also told that the transmission technician drove my car. The shuddering stopped, but the noise was still there. We followed up with Ford, and were told that the seals on the transmission could be leaking (as a result of the TCM and shuddering issue) and to bring the car back to the dealership. I looked at my printout, and there was no indication that the tech had even checked the seals.
So, I took it back to the dealership, where one of the service reps (not one of the mechanics) drove in the car with me and heard the same noise. He told me I was completely justified in my concern and my car is now sitting at the dealership waiting for their ONE transmission technician to return to work on Monday.
This went away after a reflash.
Has the repair been completed since this post, and have you been in touch with your new CSM? Please send me your VIN in a private message and I can check into your case. Also, please edit your post to remove her last name for privacy.
Ford Focus SE or Ti with MTX-75 5 speed manual transmission
Ford Focus ST with 6 speed manual transmission
If you take the DCT out of the equation and you know how to drive stick, no other car in this price range even comes close.
Anecdotally, there seems to be less problems with the newer DCT equipped Foci but I would still be reluctant to buy one. The manual transmission completely changes the character of the car and puts you in complete control. The MTX-75 manual transmission, while dated, has a solid reliability record.
Meagan, the Ford rep who checks in here, may be able to help.
Maybe not much immediately, but getting in touch with Ford to have more looking at the problem & trying to help out can't hurt. Considering that you already have an appointment for more work, they probably can't speed that up any more since it's scheduled soon.
Members here can help out with information & guesses at your problem to help your understanding (and hence communication to the Dealer).
To do so effectively we'll need more information on the details of your problems and their exact symptoms. Between your two posts there is only one mention of a specific problem, and that's not detailed enough to guess at the possible cause & repair needed.
Hopefully the Dealer was able to do more diagnosis of your problem in the 4 days they had your car, including replicating the exact issue to help in that diagnosis. Considering they scheduled you back for a clutch pack replacement, they were at least able to test & prove that there was an issue which suggested that procedure as the best repair at this time. (I assume you gave them more details & know they had the opportunity for more checking from what you've mentioned)
Lots of info. avail. here, and other members who can help out & sympathize with your issues. Again, they need more from you to help discuss likely problems involved.
|Has anyone had issues with their 2012 focus loosing acceleration? If so, what was done, if anything, to resolve this issue? I bought mine new in 2012 and have not had any issues with this until about a week ago, I took it into the dealership and all they did was the recall for the windshield wiper issue (which took 4 days and me paying for a rental car!) and sent me on my way, telling me to bring my car back in 5 days to replace the clutch! I brought the car in bc its a major safety issue and is unsafe to drive, not the stupid windshield wipers! .... I've been researching this online and there seems to be a lot of people with this issue and Im not feeling too good about the issue being resolved.
Can't get a call back from Ford's Tech Team
I've spoken in the past to a very helpful lady at Ford, Rory Sullivan, but her extension is now assigned to someone else who takes messages but doesn't return calls. Perhaps the name 'service' is a misnomer?
I bought my 2012 Focus SE hatchback with the 6-speed auto new (ordered with the sport pkg) and took delivery in June 2012. It's been in the dealer for 'fixes' for the transmission issue (jerking, missing, etc.) 4 times and 'updates/upgrades' have been performed only to have the problem reoccur.
I have 60K on the car and am a fanatic about service. 3K o/c's w/filter, 6K rotations, 10K air filters, etc., and I'm in my 60's so I'm not drag racing with it although I do like to tromp on it once it's in a higher gear getting on a highway.
I love this car except for the tranny issue and the absurdly complicated sound system for all but those who still have yet to go to a senior prom and have their acne clear up.
Anyone suggest a similar vehicle in terms of economy, fun to drive, great mpg, etc.? I have to get this fixed or get it gone and Ford won't admit to the fact that it doesn't have a fix. Please advise.
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NC State athletic director Debbie Yow announced on Sunday that Wolfpack head coach Tom O'Brien was fired, effective immediately.
O'Brien, who came to NC State after the 2006 season following a ten year run at Boston College, posted a 40-35 record as Wolfpack head coach, including a 7-5 mark this season. Offensive coordinator Dana Bible has been tapped as the team's interim coach.
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Indie Next ListFebruary 2012
There is nothing like a good visit with old friends, and that is what it's like to savor this novel. Even better, really, since in this retelling of Jane Eyre the characters are imbued with a more modern sensibility -- and this time around Mr. Rochester is not a reprehensible misogynist! Livesey's Gemma remains true to the spirit of Jane, and the dark settings of Scotland and the Orkney Islands are as atmospheric as they come. This is the perfect book to curl up with for a weekend with a pot o' tea -- or perhaps a wee dram of something stronger. -- Emily Crowe, Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley, MA
Taken from her native Iceland to Scotland in the early 1950s when her widower father drowns at sea, young Gemma Hardy comes to live with her kindly uncle and his family. But his death leaves Gemma under the care of her resentful aunt, and she suddenly finds herself an unwelcome guest. Surviving oppressive years at a strict private school, Gemma ultimately finds a job as an au pair to the eight-year-old niece of Mr. Sinclair on the Orkney Islandsand here, at the mysterious and remote Blackbird Hall, Gemma's greatest trial begins.
About the Author
Margot Livesey's acclaimed novels include The House on Fortune Street (winner of the L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award) and Eva Moves the Furniture. She lives in the Boston area and is a Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at Emerson College.
Praise for The Flight of Gemma Hardy…
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"A cunning adaptation."
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"Absorbing….Ms. Livesey writes lovely, understated prose…[her] treks through the novel's pleasing natural landscapes…are almost as engaging as her navigation of Gemma's restless psyche."
-Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal
"Livesey delivers a suspenseful, curl-up-by-the-fire romance with a willfully determined protagonist who's worthy of her literary role model."
"Jane Eyre gets a terrific modern makeover….Livesey works some sort of magic in The Flight of Gemma Hardy, which is too entertaining to be superfluous, too wise in its understanding of human nature to be a mere retread."
-Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
"Livesey has pulled off the near-impossible task that the homage begs an author to do: create an original, fresh work that shines in its own light, while bringing an established, esteemed work to the attention of new readers, and showing off previously unseen facets to its fans…."
-Meredith Maran, Boston Globe
"Livesey follows Brontë's form, but so convincingly does she create her own character's life and surroundings that the original soon recedes, its story a beloved, familiar body dressed in an entirely new and vibrant wardrobe."
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"Marvelous....Gemma Hardy is one of those page turners in which you occasionally have to wrest yourself away from the plot to admire the language."
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"A brilliantly paced contemporary adventure about a headstrong orphan's struggle to claim a place for her generous heart in a secret-laden, sometimes loveless world."
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"Inspired by Jane Eyre, Livesey (The House on Fortune Street) offers vibrant prose and a feisty heroine in her fascinating sixth novel…. Captivating and moving, this book is a wonderful addition to Livesey's body of work."
-Publishers Weekly, starred review
"The portrait of a delicate, iron-willed girl, an orphan and a heroine in the grand tradition…. Here as in all of Livesey's novels, the real treasure is her gift for exploring the unreduced human psyche with all its radiant contradictions, mercurial insights, and desperate generosities."
-David Wroblewski, author of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
"In this modern day retelling of Jane Eyre - trade horses for private jets - novelist Margot Livesey pays homage to Brontë's literary classic."
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Essential Competencies for the 21st Century Manager
The "Essential Competencies for the 21st Century Manager" series will include 10 episodes that discuss the 10 managerial competencies that form the basis of the UMUC MBA program. The competencies are: systems thinking, critical thinking, information literacy, technology fluency, diversity and cross-cultural awareness, communication skills, team-building skills, decision making, executing decisions, and ethical leadership. The discussions are presented by the Business and Executive Programs department chair and the MBA program directors.
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The jewel in our jubilee crown
Last updated at 09:58, Monday, 11 June 2012
THE Whitehaven Diamond Jubilee Festival has proved once again why it is the jewel in our area's crown.
From star-studded concerts and celebrity guest stars to talented chefs, amazing air and sea displays, and even a singing robot, the hundreds of thousands of people who descended on Whitehaven harbour had a weekend to remember.
Dyna-mania swept through town on Sunday as the superstar magician Dynamo proved to be the biggest crowd-puller of the event, with hordes of fans packing the streets to get a glimpse of his jaw-dropping trickery.
Such was the demand to see Dynamo's close-up street magic that his planned walk-about around the harbour had to be scrapped on safety grounds, with fans instead invited into the main arena to gather around to watch his stunts at close quarters.
"I couldn't go out there, I think I'd be killed!" Dynamo joked with the crowd gathered in the festival arena.
"I've never seen anything like it," said Gerard Richardson, the chief executive of Whitehaven Festival Company. "It was an absolute circus – but in a good way. The things he did defied belief, and if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it."
But Dynamo wasn't the only success story from the annual festival that has become the highlight in West Cumbria's calendar.
Dazzling mezzo soprano Katherine Jenkins delivered a sensational opening to the festivities on Friday night – the day before she performed before the Queen at the Derby during Her Majesty's Jubilee weekend celebrations.
Accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra, Katherine performed a range of songs to the capacity crowd, including Amazing Grace, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Pie Jesu, Shirley Bassey's I Who Have Nothing and Time To Say Goodbye.
It was a fun-filled night of nostalgia on Saturday, as stars from the seventies, including the Bay City Rollers (whose set included Bye Bye Baby, Shang-a-Lang), Showaddywaddy (Under The Moon of Love) and Steve Harley (Come Up And See Me, Make Me Smile) sent fans dancing down memory lane.
And the curtain was brought down on the festival by The Charlatans, The Enemy and Simon Townshend, who rocked the arena with stunning sets crammed full of their greatest hits on Sunday.
"Katherine Jenkins is in a league of her own, and it was wonderful that she accepted our invite to come back to town," said Gerard.
"The seventies bands were also fantastic, and to see the whole crowd waving in unison along to the Bay City Rollers' Bye Bye Baby was a real highlight for me.
"And to finish with The Charlatans and The Enemy, two great bands to round off a great weekend."
Chefs have become synonymous with Whitehaven Festival, and this year was no different with Ainsley Harriott and firm friend of the town Jean Christophe Novelli among those who entertained the crowds with their sense of humour and culinary craft , while Strictly Come Dancing's Anton du Beke and Coronation Street star Michelle Collins both proved a major hit with festival-goers during their special guest appearances in town, posing for pictures and signing autographs for the many well-wishers.
Among the numerous other attractions were tall ships, air and jet ski displays and a continental market.
And the highlight of the weekend for many was Sunday's spectacular show from the Red Arrows.
The visit by the iconic air display team was a major coup for the organisers during Jubilee weekend, and they didn't disappoint with an awe-inspiring demonstration on Sunday.
The skies above Whitehaven Harbour were also lit up by two dazzling firework displays, particularly on Saturday when there was a patriotic red, white and blue theme. The money saved from last year's cancelled Saturday night display was carried forward to help pay for an extra special show this year.
The response from the public was overwhelming, with many describing the festival – and particularly the fireworks – as the best the town has seen.
And this view was shared by the celebs themselves, who all gave a resounding thumbs-up to the festival and its organisers.
Sean Wilson, of Coronation Street fame and now a cheese-maker demonstrating at the festival for the third year in a row, said: "I say this every year, but this is the best festival in the world!"
Gerard said: "If people of their calibre are saying things like that about our festival, then we must be doing something right.
"But I always say that if we get things 100 per cent right, then it's time to call it a day. There are things I would change and things we can learn from, and canceling The Lottery Winners' set [on Sunday afternoon due to the Dynamo re-shuffle] was one of the hardest decisions we've had to make. They are an incredible band.
"But we had to change things when we saw the demand for Dynamo, and safety comes first and we couldn't guarantee safety if he had gone out onto the harbour.
"But those with wristbands got into the arena and hundreds were able to see his magic close-up and he showed what an outstanding and unique performer he is.
"There is something either genuinely magic or spooky about him – I can't decide which. It was all impromptu and I guarantee that there were no set-ups, and I saw him do things that simply can't be explained. It's not often I am star-struck, but I was with Dynamo.
"But the whole festival has been a stunning success. To look out across the harbour and see happy people enjoying themselves is amazing, and reward for all the hard work that goes into the organisation.
"I have been totally blown away, not just by the weekend itself but the response from the public.
"This has been a difficult year and a trying time for the country, but the response from individuals, sponsors and the public has been phenomenal.
"The fact that the chefs keep coming back year after year is testament to the people of Whitehaven and the warmth they show to our visitors. Jean Christophe and Ainsley don't just want to sit back in the VIP tent, they want to walk around and meet people and all the celebrities have again commented about the wonderful reception they have had. But the highlight for me has to be Titan the robot. There's something about an eight-foot robot that brings out the big kid in everyone, and it certainly does me!"
First published at 11:10, Thursday, 07 June 2012
Published by http://www.whitehavennews.co.uk
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welldone to Gerard Richardson for giving whitehaven hope for the future and yes he would be a good mayor. however, what about the other agencies involved how did they fair. Not to good the town looked dirty with pavements both at the harbour and around the town broken uneven and filled with make do tarmac. This is a time we should showcase whitehaven but the three major agencies always let us down with no cooperation between them. where were the hanging baskets around the town it may be earlier but planning and flexibility is essential. un painted lighthouses of course the harbour commisioners oh and the wave did it once change colour. all of this investment for the renaissance of whitehaven has fallen flat due to lack of maintence and planning. no lights on the candlestick? do they walk around with their eyes closed or may be there all shopping in carlisle/workington. some of the private shops on the market place need painting especially above ladbrooks who has stole the crown from the old kinselas. some are trying but others moan that no ones coming to the shops take a walk outside and see why. Private lanlords are also letting down our community by not maintaing the buildings. therfore whose to blame cumbria county council,copeland and the harbour commisioners. are these peopole doing their jobs for u the community looking around copeland the answer is no.
If youv'e never left whitehaven or left the county you would think this was the bees knees if you aint seen anything to compare it with,Eastbourne has a free airshow and events weekend every year,rochester in kent (a similar size to Whitehaven) puts on about 4 of these a year,i thought the organisers were a business this is not voluntery so they would give their best efforts,but the reason we get so out of date musicians is because all the good ones are already booked up.I would'nt say it was a diamond event more of a pebble with glitter sprinkled on it ya need to get out more.
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Some interesting news from this past weekend may bring to light some changes in design direction for the Xbox One though, as new rumors not only counter the previous "down clock" rumors, but also show that Microsoft is listening to developers input while they finalize the hardware specifications.
The rumors state the following:
- The Xbox One GPU is getting an increase in clock speed
- The Xbox One DDR3 RAM will increase from 8GB to 12GB
- The Xbox One development team is asking for developer feedback on changes they would want to see hardware wise.
As I have said in the past, these rumors come and go and it's hard to justify reporting on every one. But when I approached a trusted source of mine regarding them... I was surprised by the answer, to say the least.
Essentially, my source has confirmed that the increase in GPU clock speed is 100% true, with the increase happening in direct response to the PlayStation 4. The increase has been a reality since before the reveal, as they have "been reacting to Sony ever since the first leaks of both systems." The news of this bump in clock speed was announced to first parties only, as they "actively spread disinformation to 3rd parties just before reveal to prevent leaks."
This is where things start to stray from the original rumor though. When asked about the increase in RAM (from 8GB to 12GB), the response I obtained was simply "I have heard nothing like that, the development kits have 12GB of RAM, but as far as I know the retail kits are locked in at 8GB."
The source also went on to state that "it wouldn't be much use given the actual speed (of said RAM)." As for current projects, they also are "too far gone for a bump to be beneficial" as many developers have been developing for the currently announced set of Xbox One specifications. He did mention that the possibility may still be there though, as the increase in RAM would help development of games 2014 and beyond when taking second screen gaming into consideration - something many developers have been focusing on.
But what about poaching developers for suggestions regarding the increase? Well, from my sources understanding, Respawn Entertainment may have been the ones lobbying for the RAM bump. This would actually make sense, as Respawn has been very clear and vocal about how the 5GB of RAM allotted for gaming on the Xbox One has already caused issues in development of TitanFall.
Like I said though, these are just rumors, and as the past has proven, rumors come and go while changing on the fly - please take all of these with a grain of salt.
Source: http://www.examiner....on-increase-ram
This is very interesting and even though this rumor has spawned from a developer on a forum, I can see it coming reality. The exact same thing happened just before the 360 release. This would line up with all the developers mentioning how the systems are comparable. This would also benefit the PC and PS4 massively when it comes to third-party titles.


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I've been using the new NXT temperature sensor (mentioned here in the blog a while back) for a couple of projects, and decided to blog my opinion of it. Note this isn't even remotely authorized, approved, or perhaps even noticed by LEGO et. al... these are just my experience and opinions, your mileage may vary.
Both the old analog temperature sensor (product ID W979889, $38.95, although you need a conversion cable to use it with the NXT) and the newer digital temperature sensor (product ID W979749, $39.95) are available from LEGO Education (they're not normally distributed through the retail arm of LEGO). I've been using these for a number of projects, including monitoring the temperature in my house and freezer, and recently for instrumenting a model geyser (in my kitchen... yeah, it's messy around here).
The old sensor is analog - it actually put out a voltage that changed with the temperature that the NXT or RCX had to digitize, resulting in only 1024 possible temperature values. This worked fine, but it has a number of limitations: -20 to +50 °C (so it won't work in boiling water), poor accuracy at the extremes, and limited resolution (0.2° C, but the actual accuracy is somewhat less than that). Physically the sensor also has a fairly "short" safe temperature probe: 2.4 cm long, but only the last 8 mm are "sealed" in metal, so it can't extend very far into liquids. On top of this, to use it with the NXT requires the conversion cable, another (separately order) part.
The new sensor is digital: it converts the measured temperature to a number with far more precision (up to 12 bits), potentially resulting in a temperature resolution of 0.0625° C... and in addition, the with the sensor itself doing the measurement it is much more accurate across the entire range of measured temperatures. Furthermore, the new sensor has a much higher range: -40 to 125 °C (although LEGO recommends only -20 to 110 °C), not only a drastic expansion, but one that now includes the boiling point of water. And to use this new high-temperature range, physically the sensor is improved as well, with 6.4 cm of sealed metallic probe to protect the probe from liquids (more than twice as long as the older version). Both versions come with the cable integrally attached to the sensor (probably to avoid problems with using electrical connections around liquids), but the new version sports a much longer 50.5 cm cable.
Actually testing the sensors points out some other very important improvements. I put both sensors on a common mount, and dipped them into icewater, followed a short time later by dipping them in a cup of hot tap water. The results were dramatic: despite appearing larger (and therefore, perhaps, taking a longer time to reach equilibrium), the new temperature sensor responded much faster (about 5 or 6 times faster) to changes in temperature than the old version. Dipping the probe deeper into the cup of hot water (something you can't even do with the yellow one) showed another interesting fact: the actual electronic sensor seems to be at or very near the tip of the probe, allowing you to memeasure, for instance, how the temperature changes with depth in the cup of water, or at very specific points on a surface. A detailed look at the reported temperatures also shows the much smoother profile generated by the higher-resolution sensor, compared to the more course measurements of the previous version. Dipping the sensors into near boiling water showed the improvements even more clearly... and showed the younger sibling clearly outperforming the older time-tested version in a bath of near-boiling water.
For science teachers and others who use the NXT to record environmental variables, there's no question in my mind: the new sensor is far superior to the old one. this doesn't mean the old one is worthless (far from it), but when choosing between the two in a new purchase it's hard to find any reason to select the analog version. If pressed, I'd say the only downside of the new version is the fixed cable length - with the RCX sensors, you could always add another cable end-to-end to extend it, while this is very difficult with the NXT sensors (and really, may not work well over a meter in length anyway due to I2C issues). As I mentioned above, I've been studying how a geyser operates by building a small model (a meter or two tall) in my kitchen (note: I'm probably safe in saying working with explosive, boiling liquids is NOT what LEGO recommends doing with the NXT). I placed the sensor tip in the geyser outlet, where it was exposed to splashing, boiling water and live steam off and on for more than 12 hours of run time, protected only by a plastic sandwich bag over the sensor body. It handled this sort of abuse just fine, and revealed the striking regularity of the model eruptions, as well as allowing an estimate of how much hot water was discharged. This would not have been possible with the old sensor, due to both the sensor housing and the limited temperature range.
Analog (old) Temperature Sensor:
- Analog reading (10 bit digitization onboard the RCX/NXT)
- Range: -20 to 50 °C
- Resolution: 0.2° C
- Probe length: 2.4 cm (0.8 cm metal)
- Cable length: 15.5 cm
- Note: poorer accuracy and resolution near sensor limits.
- On-sensor digital conversion (up to 12 bit resolution, communication via I2C)
- Range: -40 to 125 °C (can handle boiling water)
- Resolution: 0.0625° C
- Probe length: 6.4 cm (all metal)
- Cable length: 5o.5 cm
- Note: much faster thermal response than older version (low thermal mass)
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raisindot wrote:I think that all depends on the book itself. If the story is gripping from page 1, the plot keeps at a good pace, dialogue and characters are well defined, and you're engaged all the way through, then the only thing that might be difficult about a 1,000+ page book is the sheer size and heaviness of having to hold it. Obviously, if it's on Kindle this isn't an issue at all.
The last near 1,000 page fiction book I read was the third George R R Martin "Kingdoms of Fire and Ice" book. That one, for me, was the best of the series and just flew by because the story was so gripping. The next book, which was less than half as long, was a total plodding bore that SEEMED like a thousand pages.
Tonyblack wrote:I think a lot of it depends on how much time you spend reading each day. Long bus trips are great for that. A very long book by an author you haven't read before can be somewhat daunting and a commitment that some people might not be prepared to make.
As others have said - it comes down to content. If the book is a page-turner, it won't matter so much that it's a long book.
pip wrote:Ullyses is around the 1000 page mark and is a pile of crap
wicked woman wrote:Don't think the length matters, I can gallop through a book if I'm into it. Can read 200 pages in a day. If no-one bugs me to do any work...
Broccolee wrote:And do you think about length when you read that one?
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