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Vibration Measurement Instruments and Vibration Analyzers - TurboMachinery Vibration Solution -- ORBIGATESupplier: OROS
Description: displays adapted to the relative motion of the shafts in their bearings. Based on its long history of portable and rugged Noise and Vibration analyzers (3-Series, Mobi-PackTM), and its wide range of Noise and Vibration testing solutions (Balancing, Modal 2), OROS now offers its dedicated solution
Supplier: Instrumented Sensor Technology
Description: VibTimer-Plus™ 3Dv2 is a new, low cost 3-axis g-rms and peak shock logger for transportation and other industrial monitoring application. The device attaches to your shipment or machine and records g-rms vibration level information over long time periods along with exact date/time of all
- Frequency Range: 40 Hz
- Number of Axes: Triaxial
- Device: Sensor / Transducer, Recorder / Totalizer
- Sensor Mounting: Magnetic Base
Supplier: Electro-Sensors, Inc.
Description: ; At-a-glance power, vibration and output status • 24 VDC powered • 2 housing options: compact NEMA 4X and XP (explosion proof) VS1 and VS2 monitor the machine surface to which they are attached and alarm when vibration either exceeds or falls below the trip-point setting, according
- Linear Velocity: 2 to 26 in/sec
- Frequency Range: 1 Hz
- Number of Axes: Single Axis
- Device Type: Sensor / Transducer, Switch, Other
Supplier: Instrumented Sensor Technology
Description: Shock Recorder For Shipment and Vehicular Monitoring ShockTimer-Plus 3Dv2tm, (STP3Dv2) is a new, low cost Shock Recorder for transportation monitoring. The device can be attached to your shipment or vehicle and will record the exact time it was abused in transport and even tell the level of shock it
- Acceleration: 1.5 to 16 g
- Frequency Range: 40 Hz
- Minimum Accuracy: 5 +/-% FS
- Number of Axes: Triaxial
Supplier: Banner Engineering Corp.
Description: and temperature sensor measures RMS velocity, in inches per second or millimeters per second, and temperature. Mount it as close as possible to the bearings, using the standard bracket or the magnetic bracket, to monitor the machine's health by detecting increases in vibration and temperature
- Temperature Range: -40 to 221 F
- Operating Temperature: -40 to 185 F
- Device Category: Sensor / Transducer
Description: Heavy duty counters with large 3/4 inch figures for easy reading at a distance. Standard with ratchet drive and rotary knob reset. Built for rugged use on textile, machinery, production equipment and machine tools. Series 1129-Ratchet Drive, adds one count for each drive shaft revolution through 36
- Number of Digits: 5
Supplier: Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology, LLC
Description: with integrated vibration damping and a minimal footprint SURFCOM 1500 Convenient measuring station for surface measurements Sensors: Surface sensor SURFCOM 2000 Quickly and precisely measure contours and roughness in one measuring run Sensors: Highly accurate, wide-range hybrid probe for contour
- Measurement Capability: 2D / Line Profiles, 3D / Areal Topography, Roughness Parameters (Ra, RMS / Rq, Rz, etc.), Waviness Parameters (Wa,Wt )
- Standards Compliance: ASME, ISO / EN, DIN, JIS, Other
- Technology: Contact / Stylus Based
- Mounting / Loading: Benchtop
Description: gearboxes - Wind turbines - Food processing equipment - Slow speed agitators - Paper machine rollers - Large fans
- Acceleration: 0.0 to 10 g
- Frequency Range: 0.2000 to 14000 Hz
- Number of Axes: Single Axis
- Device Type: Sensor / Transducer
Supplier: KROHNE, Inc.
Description: linear Vibration Acc. to IEC60068-2-6, test Fc, 10-2000 Hz, 4g Shock Acc. to IEC60068-2-31, test Ec Accuracy ±0.15% of the measuring span Long-term stability ±0.1% of span per year Industries General applications Machine builders OEM Plant engineering Applications
- Sensor Type: Temperature Probe
- Measurement/Display Range (°F): -4 to 302 F
- Measurement/Display Range (°C): -20 to 150 C
Supplier: Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology, LLC
Description: machine parts. ZEISS PRISMO ultra is therefore ideal for jobs in research, development and quality assurance, as well as for the calibration of gages and test pieces. multi application sensor system ZEISS PRISMO navigator comes standard with the multi application sensor system (mass) from ZEISS
- x-axis Measuring Length: 63 inch
- y-axis Measuring Length: 165 inch
- z-axis Measuring Length: 51.2 inch
- Control: Manual, CNC, PC, Other
Supplier: Measurement Specialties, Inc.
Description: accelerometer technology is impractical. It is specifically designed for high volume applications that require the permanent installation of an accelerometer, such as machine health monitoring, modal analysis, automotive sensors, appliances, and feedback control systems. Features: • Wide frequency
- Number of Axes: Single Axis
- Device Type: Sensor / Transducer
- Sensor Output: Acceleration
Supplier: Jergens, Inc.
Description: Thread into job instead of press fit. "C" dimension left with .010-.015 for finishing after assembly. For cutter setting blocks on milling fixtures, grind to your own specifications. Case hardened to approximately .030 deep. The Rest Buttons with sensors feature a hole drilled through
- Application: Leveling
- Leveling Adjustment Range: 0.0100 to 0.0150 inch
- Height or Thickness (Before loading): 0.8100 inch
- Mounting Size (To Machine): 0.3800 inch
Supplier: Novotechnik U.S., Inc.
Description: Novotechnik introduced the potentiometer into the general machine engineering sector in the 1950s. Since then, the company developed technology used in position transducers and rotary and linear potentiometers that set the standard with outstanding linearity and reliability over an extended
- Maximum Angular Measurement: 0.0 to 360 degrees
- Mechanical Range: 360 degrees
- Electrical Output: Resistance
- Sensor Technology: Potentiometer
Supplier: MultiDimension Technology Co., Ltd.
Description: bias magnet, the TMR6201 features high sensitivity, high signal to noise ratio, and wide air-gap tolerance, and it is not susceptible to tilt or misalignment in installation or shock and vibration along the vertical direction (Z-axis) during operation. The TMR6201 sensor series has high mechanical
- Technology: Magnetoresistive
- Form Factor: Other
- Outputs / Interfaces: Analog Voltage
- Number of Axes: 1
Supplier: MicroE Systems
Description: ) axial and ra dial shaft loading capa bility, 100 KHz frequency response and 50G's shock specifications allow the Model HD2 to be used in machine tool, robotic and other harsh environmental usage applications. The Model HD2 2.0" diameter housing is available in flange or servo mount
- Category of Device: Sensor / Transducer
- Operating Temperature: 32 to 158 F
- Shock Rating: 50 g
Supplier: National Instruments
Description: ranges from 25 mV to 25 VDC coupling being particularly useful when attaching proximity sensors. National Instruments also provides a suite of vibration sensors that you can use with your IOtech dynamic signal analysis (DSA) hardware. NI Vibration Sensor Suite Additionally, National Instruments remains
- Signal Converter Type: Analog-to-Digital Converter
- Analog Input Channels: 8
- Signal Converter Package: Rack Mount, Stand Alone
- User Interface: Computer Programmable
Supplier: Moog Components Group
Description: For use in applications that range from computer-controlled machine tools to sophisticated medical instrumentation, Moog resolvers with their proven brushless design – are the accurate, safe and quiet way to sense position and / or velocity* in your position feedback system. Their rugged
- Electrical Output: Analog Voltage
- Sensor Technology: Resolver
- Category of Device: Sensor / Transducer
Supplier: Micro-Epsilon
Description: . Further- more, the vibration behaviour is shown. Robust The mechanical basis of TGI 8302.LLT is a C- frame in which the upper and lower flange as well as the tread sensor are controlled accord- ing to the tire size due to full-automatic control- ling methods. The actuators can be alternatively
- Measurement Capability: 3D / Areal Topography, Defects / ADC
- Technology: Non-contact - Optical / Laser
- Industrial Applications: Automotive
- Mounting / Loading: Floor / Free Standing
Supplier: DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GmbH
Description: The robust ERM modular magnetic encoders are especially suited for use in production machines. Their large available inside diameters, their small dimensions and the compact design predestine them for- the C axis of lathes,- rotary and tilting axes (e.g. for speed measurement on direct drives or for
- Electrical Output: Other Digital
- Category of Device: Sensor / Transducer
- Operating Temperature: 14 to 212 F
- Shock Rating: 102 g
Supplier: tecsis LP
Description: Swivel heads are important machine elements when the measuring conditions involve rotary motions, pivoting or tilting movements. The tecsis LP swivel head force transducer uses thin film technology and rugged stainless steel construction to perform in these unpredictable and demanding applications
- Force / Load Rating: 4046 to 10116 lbs
- Accuracy: 0.2000 ±% Full Scale
- Force Measured: Tension, Compression
- Load Cell Package: Link
Supplier: Weschler Instruments
Description: sensor automatically measures contact temperature and displays it along with the vibration reading for a broader understanding of machine health. The 805 Handheld Vibration Meter has a unique sensor tip design that minimizes measurement variations caused by device angle or contact pressure
- Frequency Range: 10 to 20000 Hz
- Sensor Technology: Other
- Features: Battery Powered
- Operating Temperature: -4 to 122 F
Supplier: Scantek, Inc.
Description: Machine condition monitoring to ISO 10816-1/-6 etc. Evaluation of roller bearing condition to VDI 3832 etc. (VM24 and VM25) Graphical trend display Frequency analysis (VM25) Non-contact rotation speed measurement with laser pointer (VM25) Infrared temperature sensor (VM25) Electronic
- Signal Input: Frequency
Supplier: MTI Instruments Inc.
Description: High Speed Laser Sensor utilizing the Latest CMOS / CCD Technology. The Microtrak II features state-of-the-art CMOS laser triangulation technology for precise measurements of displacement, position, vibration and thickness. Unaffected by surface texture, color or stray light, the Microtrak II Laser
- Technology: Non-contact - Optical / Laser
- Measurement Capability: Spacing Parameters (PC, Sm), Waviness Parameters (Wa,Wt ), Defects / ADC, Flatness, Lay / Pattern, Step Height, Thickness, Warp / Bow, Specialty / Custom
- Common Specific Parameters: Maximum Peak Height (RP), Maximum Valley Depth (RV), Profile Depth (Pt)
- Standards Compliance: ISO / EN
Supplier: OMEGA Engineering, Inc.
Description: OMEGA's DLC101 dynamic load cell is ideal for measuring force transients or dynamic force pulsations in impact or vibration applications. This load cell contains a thin piezoelectric crystal that generates an analog voltage signal in response to an applied dynamic force. The DLC101 has 2 threaded
- Force / Load Rating: 10 to 5000 lbs
- Force Measured: Tension, Compression
- Load Cell Package: Canister, Rod End - Male
- Sensor Output: Analog Voltage
Supplier: SKF/Global
Description: This economical vibration meter expansion module fits in a Pocket PC's compact flash card slot (CF Type II) and features the user-friendly Windows Mobile Operating System. Identify problems and assess machine condition quickly and easily with this versatile and easy-to-use pocket tool
- Acceleration: 0.0 to 100 g
- Linear Velocity: 39.37 in/sec
- Proximity / Displacement Range: 0.0 to 196850 inch
- Frequency Range: 10000 to 20000 Hz
Vibration Measurement Instruments and Vibration Analyzers - Aviation & Industrial Vibration Measurement Systems -- PBS-3300Supplier: MTI Instruments Inc.
Description: The PBS-3300 Vibration Data Acquisition System is a state-of-the-art data acquisition system used to acquire vibration data from rotating machinery such as gas turbine engines, pumps, gearboxes, generators, and APUs. It has been designed as a rugged, rack-mountable instrument and can be installed
- Number of Input Channels: 8
- Signal Input: Current
- Sensor Inputs: Accelerometer, Linear Velocity, Proximity / Displacement
- Features: Event Triggered, Self Test / Diagnostics / Self Calibrating
Standards and Technical Documents - Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machines -- Requirements for training and certification of personnel -- Part 2: Vibration condition monitoring and diagnostics -- ISO 18436-2:2003
Description: ISO 18436-2:2003 specifies the general requirements for vibration analysis personnel who perform machinery condition monitoring and diagnostics of machines. Certification to this standard will provide recognition of the qualifications and competence of individuals to perform machinery vibration
Supplier: OMEGA Engineering, Inc.
Description: All industrial machinery vibrates. Monitoring the level of vibration is a useful guide to a machine's condition. Poor balance, worn bearings, misalignments, and loose fittings in the structure will increase levels of vibration. By monitoring vibration levels, you can determine when machinery
- Acceleration: 20.39 g
- Frequency Range: 10 to 1000 Hz
- Signal Input: Frequency
- Features: Battery Powered
Supplier: Gefran
Description: The transducer has been improved in order to guarantee greater reliability under all conditions A sturdier structure makes the LT series even stronger for applications with heavy vibration Installation is made simpler by the absence of electrical signal variation in output, outside the Theoretical
- Measurement Range: 1.97 to 35.43 inch
- Accuracy: 0.0500 %
- Operating Temperature: -22 to 212 F
- Body: Rectangular
Supplier: Dytran Instruments, Inc.
Description: Vibration testing Remote vibration measurement Rotating machine diagnostics Impact testing Ride & Handling Sports Safety Equipment Playground testing Motorcycles Development of ATVs Suspension testing Powersports Bicycles VibraCorder™ Device Features: VibraCorder™ Includes: Model
- Acceleration: 200 g
- Frequency Range: 3200 Hz
- Sensor Output: Acceleration
- Sensor Mounting: Magnetic Base
Vibration Measurement Instruments and Vibration Analyzers - IEPE-Link-LXRS® Wireless IEPE Sensor NodeSupplier: LORD MicroStrain Sensing Systems
Description: Delivering 24-bit resolution and up to 104 kHz sample rates, the IEPE-Link™ -LXRS® Wireless IEPE Sensor Node is designed for high-speed vibration sensing in challenging applications. Ideally suited for critical structure and machine health monitoring, IEPE-Link™ works through
- Acceleration: 200 g
- Frequency Range: 1 to 33000 Hz
- Signal Input: Wireless
- Sensor Inputs: Accelerometer
Supplier: Cognex Corp.
Description: withstand the punishment of vibration, sealed M12 connectors, and a protective lens cover for IP67 and IP68 rated protection against dust and moisture—it all adds up to peace of mind on the factory floor. Unmatched Performance… Every In-Sight 5000 Series vision system delivers best-in-class
- Monochrome / Color: Color
- Horizontal Resolution: 480 to 2048 lines
- High Speed: Yes
Supplier: HydraForce, Inc.
Description: The ECU-ML Machine Control is a heavy-duty general-purpose programmable controller designed to withstand the extreme environmental demands of the agricultural, marine, mining and construction industries. Based on a 32-bit MPC555 microprocessor running at 40MHz, the ECU-ML is a monitor
- Form Factor: Desktop / Stand Alone / Tower
- Supply Voltage (DC): 9 to 32 volts
- Flash Memory (RAM): 2 MB
- Features: Anti-Vibration, PID Control, Data Logger / Recorder, Up / Downtime Tracking, Other
Supplier: Duncan Instruments Canada, Ltd.
Description: Features All industrial machinery vibrates. The level of vibration is a useful guide to machine condition. Poor balance, misalignment & looseness of the structure will cause the vibration level increase, it is a sure sign that maintenance is needed. Applications for industrial vibration
- Acceleration: 0.0510 to 20.38 g
- Linear Velocity: 0.0197 to 7.87 in/sec
- Frequency Range: 10 to 1000 Hz
- Sensor Inputs: Accelerometer, Linear Velocity
Supplier: Rotork plc
Description: materials. Allows use in systems where operating gas is expensive. Meet most process and machine requirements. Provides stable operation over wide temperature Range. Permits use in space restricted areas. Maintains set points under adverse vibration conditions. Allows installation flexibility
- Working Pressure Range: 22 psi
- Device Category: Transducer
- Pressure Reading: Gauge
- Accuracy: 0.5000 ±% FS
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Meggitt Sensing Systems - Wilcoxon Research
Vibration Alarm...machine monitoring
in process control programs. The iT Alarm accepts any 4-20 mA data, compares it against user-defined high or low setpoints, and signals when the vibration level deviates from acceptable levels. The iT Alarm accepts 4-20 mA input from any 4-20 mA loop powered sensor, such as vibration, temperature, pressure, level, flow, force, and speed sensors. Pair the iT Alarm with Wilcoxon's iT Transmitter for greater versatility. Simply attach the iT Alarm to the DIN rail and plug it in to the iT Transmitter... (read more)
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Vibration Sensor... Displacement Transducer
Meggitt Sensing Systems, the makers of the industry leading Wilcoxon Research accelerometers and vibration accessories, announces the addition of a displacement sensor to its popular PC420 Series of 4-20 mA vibration sensors. The PC420D is the first IEPE displacement transducer and 4-20 mA vibration transmitter packaged as a single sensor. Plant personnel often want to know the amount of "mils" at which a machine is operating, because "mils" is readily understood. Existing displacement-type... (read more)
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SKF/North America
Wireless Machine Condition Sensor
The SKF Wireless Machine Condition Sensor combines a sensor, data collector and radio into one compact, battery-operated device that measures both vibration and temperature data. This unique system, which is approved for use in hazardous areas requiring ATEX Zone 0 certification, provides an ideal balance-of-plant monitor, wirelessly transmitting both static and dynamic data to the SKF @ptitude Monitoring Suite software. The SKF Wireless Machine Condition Sensor uses the WirelessHART &trade... (read more)
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Vibration Monitor
Sitron's - SV420 Vibration Monitor provides continuous sensing of machine vibration with a 4...20mA analog output. This 2 wire, 12...30Vdc unit is an invaluable industrial tool for preventative maintenance or machinery fault analysis. The SV420 is a vibration transducer that provides an electrical output proportional to the frequency created by the range of vibration. The unit is designed for general industrial areas. It can be affixed to the desired target with either a threaded pin... (read more)
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Vibration Transmitter... displacement monitoring
performance, and measures sensor BOV to monitor sensor performance. The iT Series also includes the iT Alarm with three programmable relays to monitor set point limits. Alone or in conjunction with a PLC, DCS or SCADA system, the iT Alarm provides immediate notification if a machine's vibrations exceed acceptable levels. The iT Communications Module greatly simplifies data acquisition and analysis by sending digital vibration data directly to any computer with an RS232 serial port. Using Wilcoxon's free... (read more)
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Electro-Sensors, Inc.
Vibration Switches for Industrial Processes
The VS1 Vibration Monitor is a rugged, compact, stand-alone vibration monitor engineered to protect industrial machinery against excessive vibration levels caused by imbalance, misalignment, looseness, or worn bearings. The VS2 Vibration Monitor is a rugged and compact, stand-alone vibration monitor ideal for use on vibratory conveyors or other deliberately vibrating machinery. Features of both the VS1 and VS2: Protect your machinery - safeguard your operations. LEDs for at-a-glance output... (read more)
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Dytran Instruments, Inc.
VibraCorder™: Triaxial Vibration Recorder
and complex signal conditioning. A removable memory card plugs directly into your laptop or PC. The VibraCorder ™ is easily mounted with screws or magnets. View the VibraCorder ™ on the Dytran website. Submit an RFQ. . Applications for the VibraCorder ™ Include: Automotive. Vibration testing. Remote vibration measurement. Rotating machine diagnostics. Impact testing. Ride & Handling. Sports. Safety equipment. Playground testing. Motorcycles. Development of ATVs. Suspension... (read more)
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ACE Controls Inc.
VibroChecker App by ACE for vibration isolation
Keep it simple" was the guiding principle in the development of the first market-ready application for the iPhone for measuring and analyzing oscillations and vibrations. The name of the new solution by ACE Controls Inc. is VibroChecker and it supports users in determining the lowest dominant frequency up to 50 Hz. The app can then show which product from the ACEolator product offering by ACE may effectively isolate the measured interfering vibrations, e. g. from machines or other... (read more)
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SKF/North America
Monitoring Vibration and Condition-Multilog DMx
SKF Multilog DMx puts machine protection and condition monitoring on the skid. Traditionally, the complexity of vibration measurements has kept continuous monitoring system electronics in the control room, away from machine skids. While the sensors alone have been the only intrinsically safe option, the system as a whole has had drawbacks. The 19 " rack-mounted systems require bulky cabinets to be placed in a safe area some distance from the skid, and many hard-to-manage, low-voltage... (read more)
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DEPRAG, Inc.
Screwdriving Station for Anti-Vibration Grips
in combination with a belt-driven Hopper Model B10. · Screwdriver controller AST30. · Various sensors for load-position- and depth-control, as well as screwdriver and cylinder stroke. · DEPRAG Controller PLC LC2 plus – programmed for full automatic sequence. · DEPRAG Operator Display TP1plus with EMERGENCY OFF. · Light curtain; OPTO Touch Button. · Light Indicator showing machine status. Cycle Time: 70 sec. - for 6 screws (6 grips), including loading... (read more)
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approaches to vibration analysis: continuous monitoring systems (CMS) and portable data collection. CMS, as the name implies, continuously monitors vibration levels of a machine or small groups of machines. Vibration sensors permanently mount on the machines and transmit data to a PC through an a/d
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Sensor Sense: Ultrasonic Double-Sheet Detectors
Ultrasonic double-sheet detectors distinguish between single and double sheets of paper, plastic, or metal foils to prevent waste or machine damage. The sensor operates by beaming ultrasonic sound waves through the material from one side and measuring the intensity of the sound detected
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A new analog oscillator electronics applied to a piezoelectric vibrating gyro
In this area, ONERA, the French National Establishment for Aerospace Research, in partnership with DGA (the French MoD Procurement Agency), has been developing micro- machined vibrating sensors to use in low- cost and miniaturized inertial measurement unit (IMU) developed for e.g...
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78 of 87 people found the following review helpful
Not so quiet on the Eastern Front,
By A Customer
This review is from: Sniper on the Eastern Front: The Memoirs of Sepp Allerberger, Knight's Cross (Hardcover)
The sniper is one of the most enigmatic and misunderstood figures in warfare, and this vivid first hand account helps to give an important insight into the role they play and the reactions they evoke amongst comrades and enemies. The Eastern Front was the scene of some of the most vicious fighting of the war, with the Russians and Germans each losing millions of soldiers, not to mention the countless civilian casualties, and in these conditions humanity and ethics were often abandoned in favour of survival.
Sepp Allerberger, a self-taught sniper specialist in the German Wehrmacht, fought for over a year against the Russians, from inside Russia back to the Reich, and his memoirs give a brutally honest and compelling view of this conflict.
Following his life from the time he was conscripted to when he finally arrived home after the war ended, it tracks the friends he made and lost, and the battles he fought in during which he was wounded numerous times and won several medals. It is a rare example of an account of war, not only because the accounts of snipers themselves are so rare, but also because German soldiers from the time rarely publish accounts outside their own country. The book is important in this respect for dispelling the ideas held about german soldiers fo the time, and German snipers in particular. While Allied snipers, especially in the Russian Army, are often held up as glorious heroes and heroines, their German counterparts are often depicted as sly, evil assassins, and this book demonstrates that the truth was nothing of the sort.
There is nothing left out for fear of being too candid; from the torure and rape of civilians and wounded soldiers by the Red Army to the ad hoc executions of suspected spies by the SS, death is a constant and defining feature of the book. Make no mistake; this is not for someone who is easily upset or squemish, but without the poignant examples witnessed by Allerberger, this would not be the same book.
A unique and thoroughly enlightening book, it is not exactly relaxing, but was never meant to be. A view of war through the eyes of a sniper on the losing side is such a rare thing, and this is so vividly written that it cannot fail but leave an impression.
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Gisli Jokull Gislason says:
Having bought and read this books based on reviews such as this I must say I personally disagree. The text is repetitious and smells a little too much of a whitewash with just enough contraty evidence given to play the game of balancing scales. In no way could this be described as a first hand account as many times the author looses himself in his own prose and 'Sepp' is always mentioned in the 3rd person. The Russians are likewise treated in a very steriotypical manner. On the whole I found the style of the book tiresome in the extreme and found myself fast reading certain sections. It touches reality but in a remote way. Compared to what I consider good memoirs such as 'At Leningrad's Gates: The Combat Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North' this book comes out very poorly. In the end this book suits best those who already have an outdated view of the Eastern Front and are pro-German in thinking. But todays standard it is best avoided.
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BLT says:
Puzzling review or malignant publicity, not sure we've read the same book (botched up novel ?). Yet again from another misinformed (disinformed ?) unconditional Wehrmacht admirer.
Simple, get the book read it through (I mean stumble) and you'll discover everything that is "reported" or rather purported in this review is pure fallacy. Some people just do not respect history, even less memory.
For some people only money or/and ideology counts. Shameless.
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San ai Baoluo says:
BLT, whats your point?
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BLT says:
My point is: this book is appalling. And I dislike III reich apology which is sometimes transpiring in the 5 star rating of this "book".
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The Dot-Com Demise October 2001 In the San Francisco Bay Area, a.k.a. Silicon Valley, hundreds of Internet start- ups—more than a third of the nation's Web businesses—have shut down in the past year. You've read about the crazy business plans, the excessive perks and the manic spending, but what about the software side of the dot-calm? by SD Staff How bad was my dot-com nightmare? Well, first off, I was wide awake, not dreaming. The bad karma started at the top with our clinically paranoid chief executive, who self-medicated with little white pills, $5,000 escorts and "the best bottle of white wine in your cellar." He once flew to China on five days' notice (first class, of course) to pitch our classroom management software to the Ministry of Education, but mistakenly flew to Beijing instead of Nanjing, where the ministers were waiting. They never got back to us about rescheduling. In the year I worked there, the company grew from 12 employees to 65 and then shrank to 40, with more than 100 people revolving through the doors. Nine months after I left, the company went bankrupt, having consumed $15 million in capital and leaving additional millions in debt. Eight weeks before I quit, the company had been flirting with a valuation of $400 million. When the wheels came off, we didn't even rate a mention on www.f***ed company.com, despite a colleague's brilliant resignation note that borrowed from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar to say of the CEO: " … therefore think him as a serpent's egg/Which, hatch'd, would, as his kind, grow mischievous,/And kill him in the shell." Ah, the dot-com days! For three years, the San Francisco Bay Area experienced a second gold rush, a speculative fever that raged here and in various silicon cavities: alleys, gulches and canyons. Powered by triple-shot espressos (called "depth charges" for both their caffeine blast and their devastating effect on one's kidneys), PowerPoint slides depicting "hockey sticks" (potentially exponential revenue growth), and 60-hour workweeks, in retrospect it seems as absurd as a 28-year-old CEO commuting to a $7-per- square-foot, unheated warehouse conversion on an electric scooter, his $600 duster blowing in the wind and his Motorola StarTac phone bleating the William Tell Overture. One Hand Clapping So you would have thought that Software Development's call for tales from the dot-com crypt would have caused a deluge of submissions. Not so. Although we received some, the best of which are presented here, the truth is that, despite the zeitgeist, programmers did pretty well for themselves in the past three years. At least, a lot better than anyone whose job title includes the words "business development." For one thing, programming for a dot-com was, aside from the long hours, generally kind of fun. New languages such as Java, cool interfaces designed by graphic professionals (even if few had barely rudimentary training in user interface design), exploding salaries and absurdly high visibility ("When you're done with your sushi, Mr. Venture Capitalist, we'll visit Engineering.")—what's so horrible about that? I once had to stop on the road home because my eyes were so shot from a 20-hour coding session that I was seeing double. It was four o'clock in the morning and in two days we were presenting to venture capitalists for the $7 million in our Series A round of financing—the series that would, we thought, put us on rails toward an initial public offering in 12 months. "Win or lose," I thought, stopped in the middle of the road, "This is something. Remember this." And I have. —Larry O'Brien Interim Technical Editor Fitness Flop I like to think that I was clever enough to entirely avoid the siren song of the dot-coms, but that's not true. The lure of excitement and money sometimes overwhelms judgment. I almost succumbed to the desire to be part of what everyone else was talking about. Thus, I briefly flirted with one of the dot- coms—and turned my back on it. A friend of mine with a good history of corporate success had started one of those infamous dot-com incubators. One of the fledglings was a fitness dot-com. A simple idea: a Web site where fitness buffs could subscribe to have a customized fitness program designed and monitored by a professional trainer. Such a system would dramatically improve the trainer's productivity, and therefore their income. Also conveniently located at the Web site would be an online store selling fitness products. Not a bad idea, as far as most dot-coms went. But I couldn't quite ignore my inner voice: I'm into fitness, but I'm loath to even pick up a pencil to record my workout, let alone boot up a computer, log onto the Web and start typing. The development team was having problems delivering the product and my friend wanted to see what I could do. Even at the height of the dot-com boom, most investors still wanted to at least see a product demo. The team was housed in a regulation dot-com building: the old part of the city, loft-style warehouse, with the mandatory exposed brickwork. Open plan with tables and workstations and servers everywhere. Netscape cofounder Marc Andreessen calls this style "creative, exciting and stimulating." I thought it was just noisy and confusing. The team itself was young: most had either just graduated from college or had taken time off to cash in on the dot-com wave. The architect/team leader/software development manager was a graduate student who was working on the project part-time. I sat down with the part-time software development manager and asked him to tell me about the project's risks and problems. The first risk he mentioned was the danger of "too much process." He knew he had no process—he also knew why I was there, and was making sure I understood that things at a dot-com were "different." They certainly were different: In three months, these guys had bought tens of thousands of dollars' worth of high-end enterprise development tools such as WebSphere, Oracle and VisualAge for Java. After three months, they had finally managed to get WebSphere to work, and they were just getting familiar with Java. The main area of technical interest was the object persistence framework they were designing. No one seemed to have an interest in delivering a product. Aside from a few screen shots that had been created by another Web design company, there was nothing that could be called "requirements" or "progress." I told my friend that the development team was far more interested in playing in a technological sandbox than delivering a product, but he was reluctant to take any action that might annoy his "engineers"— after all, in those days, warm bodies were hard to find. Even though I'm a mercenary and my friend was offering me the opportunity for great money, I know a bad bet when I see one, and I bowed out. It turned out that my inner voice was right. As I understand, the company folded about five months later—after delivering nothing. —Steve Adolph Contributing Editor Presto Change-o! During the dot-com gold rush, I taught a project management workshop for a company that had a historically successful but aging product: a 10-year-old data management system based on a five-year- old architecture. Product revenue was falling, so senior management decided that, given the "new economy," it was clear that they should transition into a strictly e-business consulting company instead of upgrading the architecture and continuing to sell the product. The project managers practiced eliciting requirements and managing projects with external clients, since the project managers now had to work directly with customers rather than internal marketing or service people. Before, the project managers had easily understood the technical details of their company's commercial products. Now the emphasis was on managing teams as they built front- and back-ends for Web sites. Learning what their clients wanted and figuring out how to translate those desires into something the engineers could produce was dramatically more difficult than it had been while creating their own products. While the project managers were learning how to manage differently, senior managers had to change, too. Previously, senior management had determined technical direction, but now they had to focus on marketing: Should they take on work from this client? Should they take on this kind of a project? Suddenly, the company's strategy could change from project to project, something that hadn't happened when they were selling and creating products. Managing a consulting company, even a consulting company that deals with only Internet-based projects, requires different skills than running a product company. Throughout each quarter of the next fiscal year, revenue decreased, the roster of clients dwindled, and each project took more time—and more money—than the company had expected. During my workshop at the struggling firm, the project managers and I developed a checklist for each potential engagement to help resolve the management issues. Some of the questions were: ! Have we done a project like this? Were we successful? If so, why? ! Is this project a strategic project for us? What makes it strategic? ! Is this client a strategic client? What makes them strategic? ! Do we have any doubts about our ability to do this project? What are those doubts? Senior management, however, was unwilling to consistently use the checklist we created, and agreed to a number of projects that lost money and didn't support the company's transition into the services realm. Moving from a product company (even one whose product wasn't producing much revenue) to a service company was beyond this organization's ability. These folks are out of business now, their new funding gone and everyone laid off. And the old product? Well, the assets were sold to another organization that's revitalizing the data management software quite nicely. The moral of this story: Don't assume that just because you can get funding to jump on the bandwagon- of-the-year you can execute the work necessary to succeed. —Johanna Rothman Editorial Advisor Consultants: Silicon Bloodsuckers I was employed as a consultant at several dot-coms during the Internet boom, working at a couple in Silicon Valley and one on my home turf of Toronto. From the point of view of a consultant trying to increase business, it was one of the most horrifying experiences imaginable. Dim the lights, gather round the fire and let me tell you a tale of Extreme horror. This company was typical of many dot-coms—they were providing a free online service to individuals, paying for it in part through advertising, and acting as an application service provider to companies that wanted to outsource the management of this online service to them. When I joined them, they had received venture capital funding, had been in operation for over a year, were growing at a phenomenal rate, and were working toward an initial public offering, which was eventually very successful. The developers worked together in small teams, using a shared code base and writing very clean code as a result. Usually I can convince a client to start running code reviews, but their code was effectively being reviewed as it was being developed because anyone could work on it. Darn it! Although skill levels varied, for the most part, individual developers filled multiple roles on their team, requiring less documentation as a result because there were fewer artificial hand-offs to deal with. Furthermore, to my horror, I quickly discovered that few models were developed—and those that did surface were often just simple sketches on a whiteboard or paper napkin. Had this been a large, established organization, numerous people would have whiled away hours creating lots of pretty pictures and mounds of documentation, expending significant effort reviewing their artifacts and ensuring traceability between them. Heck, I could have sold a large company on the concept of a several-month thorough CASE tool review—but not these folks. Unfortunately, these developers were focused on creating software, not documents, and modeled only when it actually added value. And you know what? Their software worked—and was robust enough so that it could be modified to meet their growing transaction load (remember, this was an Internet company). All I could do was mentor developers in various modeling techniques, but that was about it. I then looked for what's always a consulting gold mine in any established organization: trying to make the data department effective. In most cases, this is a hopeless task—which is why it's so lucrative for consultants. Unfortunately, this company took an agile approach in this area, as well. The database group was small, and maintained the corporate data model, the development databases and the production databases. They worked closely with both the development teams and the operations department, and I often saw them working through issues with people outside of their group. They didn't waste their time with logical modeling or extensive documentation of their data dictionary; instead, they realized that the physical data model was their true focus. They didn't build any artificial barriers between themselves and the developers, didn't require people to follow a complex and document-heavy process, and shared any models and documentation they had with anyone who asked. It was horrible! Not only weren't they an impediment to progress—they actually helped people get their jobs done. These guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes in a large corporation, let alone a government agency. Whenever two groups, such as the business stakeholders and the operations group, needed to interact, they wrote an informal contract defining the roles and responsibilities of each group. They didn't define a formal process, nor much of an informal one, yet they were very successful at developing software. Foiled again! At a government agency, I could have set up a process improvement group (PIG) that would have held meetings for months, if not years, to define a software process that would have been ignored by the developers. We could then have rammed it down people's throats—oops, I mean "mentored staff"—for the next several years. Alas, it was not to be. Because this company took an agile approach to software development, there was little room for improvement—exactly the wrong situation if you're trying to sell consulting services. In cyberspace, no one can hear consultants scream. —Scott "Don't hate me because I'm sarcastic" Ambler Senior Contributing Editor P.S. Yes, at the time of this writing, the company is still in operation, despite its wacky business plan. Devil in the Database For six months in 2000, I worked for a dot-com Internet directory. Yes, the fresh-faced staff luxuriated in the complimentary massages, contorted in the weekly yoga class and frolicked at the opulent beer bashes, but what doomed the company was not so much this excess of perks, but a peculiar wrong- headedness in technology management. Our directory consisted of input from more than 500 in-house writers who scanned the Internet in search of interesting Web sites, entering two-sentence descriptions of these into our database. Management whipped up a missionary zeal that spread like wildfire through the youthful congregation. Despite—or maybe because of—meetings about meetings about meetings, morale was sky-high. Employees were passionate about their work, and genuine team spirit flourished. We would conquer the world—or at least that part of the world that mattered: the Internet. Well and good. However, as the saying goes, the devil's in the details; or, in this case, the database. Our proprietary compilation system was woefully inadequate for both our needs and our volume of employees: The constant crashes set back production for days at a time. In lingering coffee klatches on the overstuffed, zebra-print couches scattered through the employee lounge, we sucked down 10-cent Snapples, whiling away the hours before the system was resurrected—until the next crash. As the months passed, morale wilted and blasphemers cropped up, fomenting dissent. Meetings originally reminiscent of high-school pep rallies devolved into soapboxes for the surly. The grumblers were assured that the imminent "version 2" would solve all problems—only to find that it was far slower and more bug-prone than its predecessor. At this, heretics arose en masse. Faced with the threat of an exodus, after months of hemming and hawing, the desperate PTB made a multi-million-dollar purchase of a competing directory boasting an enthusiastic all-volunteer staff and its own proprietary system with a "killer interface" that was promised to accelerate our Web search and data entry process. It also purportedly offered a vast number of listings that would swell our sagging database and revive our anemic investors. The long-awaited system arrived, heralded by oversized coffee-cups emblazoned with the combined logos of both companies. But the lavish welcome didn't diffuse the skepticism of those in the trenches. Sure enough, before the pesto-and-arugula sandwiches had time to curl, it became painfully evident that the long-awaited system was even pokier and buggier than anything our own engineers had labored so long to produce, and the "vast number of entries" that were to save our bacon with the investors proved, in the main, utterly unusable: inaccurate, irrelevant or—worse—completely void of data. Along with more than a third of the company, I was abruptly laid off not long afterward—albeit with a generous severance package. Like its capricious cappuccino machine that frequently spewed froth and steam onto luckless employees, the company produced an abundance of fizz based on a shaky machinery, despite grand dreams and progressive policies. At current writing, it limps on with a skeleton crew, stock barely above sea level, still awaiting a deus ex machina—hey, how's about a new proprietary system? —Laurie O'Connell Copy Editor CueCatastrophe Next to the company that tried to wire Web users to bar-code scanners, money-burning dot-coms like Webvan don't look quite so bad. Those grim, told-you-so pundits conducting postmortems of the Internet stock bubble have been quick to lash dot-com entrepreneurs for their foolhardy naïveté. "You idiots," goes the standard line of rear- view mirror commentary. "You were great at giving away stuff to the public, but you never had a business model!" The news of Webvan's demise provides hefty fodder for this conventional wisdom. Here's a company that clearly provided a service that met a need—lots of busy Americans would love not to waste time at the grocery store—but never had a clue how to make money. Tsk, tsk, scold the pundits: What were they thinking? Well, OK. It's pretty obvious that any business launched without a clear vision of how to sustain profits isn't destined for longevity. If, in the heady days of 1999, a motley cadre of venture capitalists, Internet visionaries and technology investors lost sight of that truth, it was, relatively, only a brief moment of folly. The Internet industry and all of its "new economy" hype has now taken enough pulverizing criticism that it's worth re-examining the animus against it. After all, what were many of the highest-profile dot- coms that soared and then crashed really up to? They gave away previously expensive goods and services (e-mail, Internet access, even computer hardware) for free. They devised innovative new services (home or office delivery of convenience-store goods and groceries, online payment schemes, free discussion and consumer rating sites) that lost money but made people happy. Of course some of the companies floating in the dot-com dead-pool were just stupid. But in many cases, what did these companies do that was so deserving of scorn? They put the interests of their customers first. This may ultimately have been foolish, since in the end they couldn't keep a business alive that way; but it's nothing to sneer at. Consider the alternative. Consider the sad saga of the CueCat. The CueCat, you may recall, was a bar-code scanner that a company out of Dallas called Digital Convergence was sending out free to millions of users. You were supposed to plug it into your computer and then point it at bar codes appearing in magazine ads; the bar codes would send your browser to a specific page within the advertiser's Web site. Apparently the advertisers of the world faced such an insurmountable problem in guiding customers to their Web sites that it would be worth everyone's while to deploy this Rube Goldberg contraption. Or so the thinking went among the captains of industry. Joe Web Surfer just yawned and laughed. Digital Convergence, in other words, is the opposite of a dot-com: Rather than coming up with a scheme to please the public while forgetting about how to satisfy big-pocket investors with profits, these folks whipped up a project that made boardroom occupants drool with excitement—but forgot about pleasing their own customers. As anyone who actually uses the Web could have predicted, the CueCat turned out to be a massive flop, and—except for a few hackers who figured out how to bend the device to their own ends—lots of CueCats are now fattening landfills everywhere. What's interesting about the CueCat fiasco is not that it happened, but that large and ostensibly savvy companies chose to invest in the loony scheme. A recent Wall Street Journal article reported some details: Digital Convergence got $37.5 million from Belo Corp. (the media company that owns the Dallas Morning News), $30 million from Radio Shack, $28 million from Young & Rubicam and even $10 million from Coca-Cola. What were the titans of business acumen who lead these blue-chip companies thinking? According to the Journal article, it was the boardroom sales skills of Digital Convergence CEO and promoter J. Jovan Philyaw that wowed executives and opened their wallets. I've never experienced Mr. Philyaw's pitch myself, but it doesn't take much imagination to picture the scene. Philyaw doubtless told his listeners that the problem with their Web sites wasn't that they were poorly conceived or designed or that there was little reason for most people to want to visit them—it was that users couldn't find what they wanted because the Web was just so darn confusing. He didn't say, "You should redesign your Web site to make it easier for people to find what they want"; he said, let's spend a fortune putting bar-code scanners in readers' hands and then require them to register, because then we can tell you who they are and where they live. In other words, Philyaw was able to raise such substantial sums of money because he told his CEO listeners what they wanted to hear. That doesn't make him particularly special in the annals of business, which are filled with follies that appealed to the executive mindset, but flopped when they were rejected by the public. But in this post-dot-com-downturn era, it does serve as a healthy reminder that a business model is not the only thing you need to build a company. It helps to have customers, too. —Scott Rosenberg This article originally appeared at http://www.salon.com/, where Scott Rosenberg is managing editor. Reprinted with permission. A Special Halloween Treat The Flying Architect still haunts failed software projects everywhere. The old programmers say that if you sit quietly in your cubicle on All Hallow's Eve, you can sometimes see the Flying Architect. Under the light of the moon, he sits in his cubicle, pounding at his keyboard, his blood-red T-shirt bathed in the glow of his monitor. He is lost in thought, forever working on that perfect system that, if it is ever deployed, will let his soul finally take its rest. Many years ago, the Flying Architect was one of our company's greatest and most innovative programmers: a guy who dreamed of doing things right. He was completely frustrated by our small system, a legacy built upon a legacy, crafted in C and assembler. Twelve years ago, the company was founded to sell DOS-based products to a hungry industry. But success can be a bad omen, and our customer quickly demanded new features. Just as quickly, we hacked them and tacked them on. The hack and tack continued through Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 and NT; C became C++, and executables became COM objects. Over time, the system became creaky and sclerotic. Finally, in a fit of rage, the Flying Architect raised his head toward the heavens—well, the executive suite, actually—and screamed "Enough! This hack and tack is costing us time and money! Our competitors can change their system faster than we do! Our customers are angry. No more spaghetti code! I want requirements, I want process, I want architecture! I want scalability, I want reliability, I want expandability. No short cuts—it's time to do it right!" And so the heavens opened, and funding and resources were made available to the Flying Architect for the new next-generation system. The aging system was put into the twilight of maintenance, and the next generation started. It was going to be beautiful: all object oriented, all in C++. There would be clean, elegant frameworks and slick, reusable components. Programmers from the old system quickly sought positions on the next-generation project. The next generation quickly became our largest and most costly project. But then the storms came. Our competitors were announcing new features, and our customers were demanding new features. The heavens grew impatient. "Where is the next generation?" they demanded. All the Flying Architect could say was, "I've created a beautiful framework. It's object oriented, scalable and extensible. When it's all done, it will cost us a tenth of what it costs us now to add a new feature." The heavens were not pleased. "We don't care about your framework—we need a product today!" they thundered. "The next generation is sucking up resources that we could use to create new features that the customers pay for today." So the heavens demanded that some of the architect's crew be returned to the old projects. The Flying Architect soldiered on, and soon had the next generation supporting a few of the legacy's core features. But the storms increased, and the heavens canceled the next-generation project. Whereupon the Flying Architect made a career-limiting move and swore an oath to the heavens that he would complete the next-generation system. Every year at budget time, the heavens let the Flying Architect try to redeem his soul by giving him some of the resources he needed to finish and deploy the next-generation project, but every year the storms rose up again, and the resources were reallocated. And, to this day, on All Hallow's Eve, if you sit quietly in your cubicle, you just might hear the Flying Architect scream, "No more spaghetti code! I want requirements, I want process, I want architecture! I want scalability, I want reliability, I want expandability. No short cuts—it's time to do it right!" But the heavens remain silent. —Steve Adolph Contributing Editor
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CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced at least 80 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to life in prison Monday on charges ranging from murder to hindering police and blocking streets, judicial sources said.
The ruling was made by a criminal court in the Nile Delta town of Mansoura, where the incidents took place.
Mansoura, like most Egyptian cities, witnessed a wave of violence and demonstrations after the army's ouster of elected Islamist President Mohammad Morsi last July following protests against his rule.
One judicial source said 83 Muslim Brotherhood supporters were sentenced to life in prison while 62 others were given jail sentences ranging from 3 to 10 years in jail.
Another judicial source put the total number of those sentenced to life in prison at 80, including some convicted for killing a taxi driver during a pro-Morsi protest in Mansoura in December.
Egypt has unleashed a fierce crackdown against Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group, the state's oldest and most organized movement, killing hundreds of its supporters and jailing thousands of its leaders and sympathizers.
An Egyptian court in the southern city of Minya last Saturday confirmed a mass death sentence ruling against nearly 200 Muslim Brotherhood supporters, including the group's leader Mohammad Badie, in a case that drew harsh criticism from world powers and human rights groups.
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Review: 'The Walking Dead' - 'Chupacabra': Roll in the hay?
A review of tonight's "The Walking Dead" coming up just as soon as I'm wearing ears...
Some or all of Rick's weary band of travelers have been staying at Hershel's farm for four episodes now, and these installments have been a marked contrast to what came before. The farm is relatively isolated/protected, it has a generator and fresh water and apparently abundant food supplies. Outside of the too-brief respite at the CDC, this is the first time since Rick got out of the hospital that he hasn't had to live in constant fear of zombie attack, nor concern about adequate food and shelter.
This almost idyllic respite has definitely sucked some of the tension out of the show (though two of the Hershel episodes involved Shane and Otis being chased through the high school by dozens of walkers). But it's also given Rick and company some hope for the first time since Jenner told them the CDC was going to self-destruct, and when characters on a show like this get hope, it's only so it can be taken away later. And we begin to see the seeds of that in what Glen discovers in the barn.
I'm not going to speculate on why Hershel's keeping the walkers in there, given that this is presumably the show returning to the source material in the comics - and I'm going to remind everybody (as is spelled out more thoroughly down below) that it is not acceptable to discuss material from the comics that hasn't been presented on the TV show yet. But it does give me an opportunity to talk about the show's storytelling philosophy in general.
This period of relative peace has allowed the show to spend some more time letting us get to know the characters. The problem is, for the most part, we haven't learned anything new about any of them. The characters aren't getting deeper; they're just more familiar. Rick feels burdened by leadership and the difficulty of doing the right thing in this strange new world. Lori is torn between two men. Andrea resents Dale for making her stay alive. Carol is a pushover, Dale wise but also a busybody, etc. Later, rinse, repeat.
The major exception has been Daryl, one of the few characters not from the comics and, perhaps not surprisingly, the character the writers seem to take the most pleasure in crafting and growing. Daryl's solo odyssey didn't amount to a ton story-wise (other than providing another small scrap of evidence that Sophia's still alive and lost in these woods), but his hallucinatory chat with Merle added to our understanding of how Daryl became the man he is (and why he's not exactly the man Merle is). And just as Daryl got softened a bit between seasons, this version of Merle (even if he wasn't the real one) was toned down from season one to someone who wasn't particularly likable but seemed more complex than the over-the-top redneck caricature yelling at Rick from the roof of the department store.
That the show has been able to make Daryl so compelling is a good sign. That the show has struggled to do the same with most of the regular cast - even factoring in how much you want to credit/blame the source material for that - is troubling.
Before we go to the comments, let me remind you once again about the no spoilers rules for this blog, and specifically how it relates to a show like this adapted from a popular source material:
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Castle Spoiler: Get Ready for a New Side of Captain Gates in Season 4, Episode 12: "Dial M For Mayor"
We haven't seen hard-nosed Captain Victoria "Iron" Gates (Penny Johnson Jerald) in a hot minute, but according to a new blurb in the latest TV Guide, when she returns, the precinct's icy boss lady might not be so stone cold after all.
In Season 4, Episode 12, "Dial M for Mayor," Penny Johnson Jerald revealed to the magazine that we'll see the softer side of Gates when she explains some pertinent family history to Beckett.
"You understand more why she's a police officer," Jerald said.
During the same ep, the crime writer's place at the precinct is put in jeopardy when his good pal Mayor Weldon becomes suspect numero uno in a murder case. "If the mayor's ousted, it's up to Gates to decide if Castle can stay," Jerald says.
We can only hope her newfound sensitivity will spill over into her decision!
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This week, astrobiologists are discussing what ESA's Huygens space probe might discover when it parachutes to the surface of Saturn's mysterious moon, Titan, in 2005. Titan possesses a rich atmosphere of organic molecules, which Huygens will analyse. Recently some scientists have begun to think that, by redefining life, in broader terms, what we may find on Titan may be life. If this is the case, it certainly will not be life as we know it...
Titan is an astrobiologist's dream laboratory. Its atmosphere is composed of nitrogen and methane gas. Ultraviolet light from the Sun can break the methane molecules apart, leading to the formation of complex organic molecules by which scientists mean molecules containing carbon. Carbon compounds are the first step towards life, as we know it on Earth. Life, itself, is based on extremely complicated carbon molecules such as DNA. Some scientists believe the composition of Titan's atmosphere closely resembles that of early Earth, before life began on our planet.
Huygens's investigations may reveal how life began on Earth. Jean-Pierre Lebreton, ESA's Project Scientist for Huygens says, "One of the key questions we hope to address is how complex the organic molecules have grown in Titan's atmosphere."
However, organic molecules are still a long way from life itself. So, what defines life? What is the difference between the living and the non-living? Scientists are still unsure. No satisfactory definition has been found so far. Any attempt to define life's characteristics either excludes some types of life or includes some inanimate objects. When looking for an appropriate definition of life, there is one property all scientists seem to agree on: all life needs energy to sustain its metabolism. For example, plants use sunlight, while animals extract energy from organic molecules in the food they eat. This happens not only in these higher-level organisms, but also in the simplest forms of life on Earth, microbes. Microbes are single-cell organisms that capture their life-energy from a dizzying array of inorganic chemical reactions. Such chemical metabolisms are so different from those in the animals and plants of Earth, that astrobiologists now wonder if life could arise in any place that can sustain a rich network of chemical reactions, such as on Titan. Moreover, on Earth, microbes have adapted to the extreme environmental conditions. Scientists therefore now ask, "Could life arise on Titan?"
By all standards, Titan is an extreme and hostile environment to life, as we know it. Any life on Titan would have to be totally different from all Earthly forms. Lebreton says, "The conditions on Titan are not adequate for the kind of life we understand today. It is very cold and there is no liquid water but we should be ready for surprises." Identifying life is tricky, especially when you are unsure what to look for. Huygens's geological and environmental investigations, and Cassini's mapping from orbit, might record chemical anomalies or curious geological structures that warrant further investigation as possible life indicators.
Another chemically puzzling place is the planet Venus. Similarly to Titan, Venus is a world that scientists would traditionally call hostile to life, as we understand it. However, there is something odd in its clouds. Venus's chemically laden atmosphere displays some curious phenomena, such as the planet's ability to absorb ultraviolet radiation. Scientists cannot explain this. Some speculate that perhaps microbes in the atmosphere are responsible. If ESA's Venus Express is given the final go-ahead later this year, it might help solve the mystery.
For centuries, scientists have struggled to define life. Space investigations present the best chance for astrobiologists to find the missing link in our understanding of what separates the living from the non-living. When we know that, we will finally have defined life here on Earth.
There are other European Space Agency missions with strong emphasis on astrobiology coming soon. Rosetta will study organic molecules on Comet Wirtanen, investigating how comets might have seeded the early Earth with such compounds, which possibly favoured the origin of life. Mars Express and its lander, Beagle 2, will scour Mars for environments likely to harbour past or present life.
Huygens will be the first spaceprobe to land on a world in the outer Solar System. In early 2005, it will land on the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, and the only moon in the Solar System to possess a thick atmosphere. The Huygens data may offer clues about how life began on Earth. Huygens is currently in space, hitching a ride on NASA's Cassini mission, which was launched by a Titan IVB/Centaur rocket on 15 October 1997.
Venus Express is the latest mission to be added to ESA's Cosmic Vision 2020 Science Programme. It is scheduled for launch in November 2005 and will be build around the design of Mars Express, making it quicker and cheaper to develop. It will study the Venusian atmosphere and surface in detail and use radar to conduct the first investigation of the planet's subsurface layers. With Venus Express, Mars Express, and BepiColombo, ESA is the only space agency in the world with current plans to visit each planet in the inner Solar System.
Astrobiologists are gathering this week at the Second European Workshop on Astrobiology in Graz, Austria.
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Before hitting the red carpet this evening for the season three premiere of "Girls," Lena Dunham made a stop at "Good Morning America" on Monday morning (January 6).
The HBO series' creator looked white hot in skinny jeans, black heels and a matching black and white blazer as she gave fans a sneak peek at the upcoming season.
His string of emphatic apologies over Twitter caused quite a stir and Shia LaBeouf's tweets even prompted Lena Dunham to comment on the incident.
Responding to his plagiarizing of artist Daniel Clowes with his directed short film "HowardCantour.com," the "Transformers" star begged for forgiveness via social media.
With the year 2013 drawing to a close, people all around the world are eager to head out to ring in 2014.
Celebrities such as Britney Spears and Adele took to Twitter today (December 31) to share their thoughts and plans for the big night ahead. See what they had to say below!
Building up some excitement for its third season, HBO released a second trailer for the hit series "Girls" this morning (December 22).
The clip features the shows' main ladies Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke and Zosia Mamet as they continue to adjust to life after college.
Bringing us more quirky fun, HBO released the season three trailer for "Girls" on Friday (November 22).
The show's star, writer and director Lena Dunhami promises more hilarious adventures as the group of pals take on the Big Apple.
Stepping out to honor some very special ladies, some of Hollywood's finest headed to Glamour's Women of the Year awards in New York City on Monday (November 11).
Looking straight out of the golden age of Hollywood, Lily Collins arrived in a gorgeous pale peach gown, while Karlie Kloss opted for a long-sleeved black dress with a slit up one side of the skirt.
They're two strong female powerhouses in the industry and in a recent interview for "Rookie: Yearbook Two," Lena Dunham spoke with Mindy Kaling about gender bias in Hollywood.
Three years after the hit show "Girls" premiered on HBO, the iconic comedy about the experiences of a group of girls in their early 20's is back for a brand new season, and it is sure to be full of all the same drama, laughs and excitement!
The beginning of the show's new season finds Lena Dunham's character, Hannah Horvath dating Adam Sackler dating, with Hannah in perhaps the best financial and emotional position she has been in yet.