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great and helpful review - thank you
You mention that the touch focus can be disabled - are you sure? It cannot be disabled on the GF2. I find this very annoying. Also touching the centre just to recentre it is not as easy as it sounds! You sometimes end up with it slightly off centre.
Having said that I am impressed with my GF2 and the 20mm lens is a winner.
The is a very nice camera. Highly recommended
The direction panasonic has taken with the gf series is a huge disappointment after the brilliant gf1.
The evf external viewfinder is a piece of crap and is really the only problem the camera had for good street photography.
Now they chose to even remove the hotshoe. Brilliant…
Moving to olympus on my side
Good review. The GF3 looks like a potentially good compliment to my GH2.
My biggest concern, after lack of a viewfinder option, is Panasonic's abandonment of the excellent, fast, flexible and highly usable Control Wheel and basic controls from the rest of their M4/3 cameras. I find Panasonic's touch interface quite fast and intuitive.
Part of the point of a "system" is the use of common controls throughout the line. This makes swapping bodies less than seamless and intuitive. Use of the inferior control dial for the GF3 is troubling and huge step backwards in terms of usability.
Will be fun to see how this compares to the Nex C3 in a month. Good to see Panasonic is finally taking advantage of the diminutive size of the sensor by scaling down the body and lenses.
a portrait with shallow depth of field where you will want to make sure focus is on the subject's eyes rather than her nose, ears or eyebrows.
with this crop factor, focal length and aperture of kit lens it is not possible at all! you will have full head in DOF, and that is it.
so this quote is true imagination… (or science fiction if you like…)
p.s. If we are talking about smth like 85\1.8 lens @ APSC of FF (or any other fast and "long" lens) *THEN* it is possible to play with focus like this (nose<->eyes<->ears) but with this toy everything will be in focus from ears up to the tip of the nose…
p.s. but whole idea to pinpoint a random focus point is very good
good review.. I would like to now more about it.
Yes you can definitely disable the touch screen facility, I played around with one in store.
Great review guys thanks, very helpful, I think I will be purchasing one soon when the price drops a little.
Also read an interesting review on DMCGF3 at avopinion website.
This looks like my next camera, but only IF you can turn the screen completely off.
I dont want a big bright glowing attention-drawing screen when Im shooting on the street..
Just bought this camera today. Decided on it instead of a Samsung NX11. Will be hitting the streets with it this weekend, see what this puppy can do.
Which lens was used for the 28mm sample images?
Hi, I am a novice with a GF3 camera ( and I can now turn it on and take pictures in automatic settings) What settings would you advise to try to take pictures of the Northern Lights in Iceland? Any guidance in a simple form would be gratefully received please! I also have the free zoom lense. Thanks - Diane
I bought this camera recently, I am an amateur, but I wanted something more than a regular digital camera, and something cheaper than an SLR camera.
I am extremely happy with this camera. I didn't need to experiment for long, until I knew the camera well, cause it is very easy to understand, and comfortable to hold (after getting used to the small size). I especially like that the system is easy but also has a lot of good features. The fact that you can just touch the screen where you want to focus is a very easy way to get good pictures with right focus.
Also if you want to take pictures fast, and don't have time to adjust the exposure and shutter speed, you can set the camera to auto, and you do not have to use the flash unless it is very dark (I don't like the light that the flash makes, so I always try not to use it). Though the flash is also very good, and you can adjust the angle on the flash.
I can easily recommend this camera to people who want a camera with the possibility to change the lens, and a focus that is easy to adjust.
Now the GF5 is out you can pick up the GF3 at a bargain price. Get it with the Lumix G X Vario PZ 14-42mm lens and you have a great package that is better than the Sony NEX3 and 5.
I picked up one with the Lumix G X Vario PZ 14-42mm lens for £375 and received £50 cash back from panasonic. Others have picked up the GF3 with standard 14-42mm lens (or14mm pancake) for £200 after cash back!
Make sure and give yourself plenty of time to get to know this camera. The auto settings are great, the custom settings are better but you need to know what you are doing. The fact that many settings can be set from different menus is a bit confusing. It seems Panasonic wanted to make it easy and advance at the same time. Probably to get those markets. The images this camera takes are excellent and the size is nice. Unless you are a pro, you would not need more that this cam provides.
The GF3 with BOTH kit lens is now available at a crazy cheap price of £299 !!! I just picked it up on Jessops.
Agreed with Dave - I picked it up at Jessops - absolutely crazy price. The online price has gone but I picked it up instore for £299. Any Londoners, the Jessops is still selling it at Victoria for that much with both lenses.
Very comprehensive review - I was influenced to buy one.
However, all my other cameras have the feature of saving all the photos taken on one particular day or session in separate folders. My GF3 seems to have only one continuous index, ie when I was on a long trip, I had to download and then manually separate the pictures into date folders.
I have looked for the menu option to use a new index folder every day, both on the camera menu and in the manual but am unable to find it. It was very easy to locate on my Canon s90.
Has anyone else had this issue, or been able to find the setting?
has anyone had an issue with the live veiw on the gf-3… reason for this is because i can see what im taking a pic of, however when i've taken the image its either under exposed or over exposed and will not show me what the image will be like before the shutter is released.
is this the standard way the camera was designed or a manifacture default?
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1. Blocking i have watched every cowboys game and i have watched just about every vikings game (becasue i like brett.) Im not to impressed with the vikings run blocking as of late, here you have IMO the best complete running back in the nfl and he is having average game and its because there is NO hole for him. They have been pass blocking average and if not for the quick throws and screens they would have many many sacks against them. However on dallas the blocking IMO has been extremely well, they have been running the ball with big holes and i know they are playing against a very stout run d i do see them running on the vikes. And the cowboys have been pass blocking great i mean you play against the eagles who blitz 70 percent of the time and they dont get big pressure on romo, that to me is impressive. Also romo's agility makes it hard to tackle him even if you get pressure on him. They will have to chip allen most of the game but thats fine becuase he is the only one i see getting pressure on romo. The advantage has to go to the cowboys
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The jets have the 2nd best rush offense in the NFL and the bills have the worse rush defense in the NFL. The bills played well last week vs Miami but thats Miami, Owens will do nothing vs revis and they will not be able to move the ball. New York will run the ball and control the clock and the game. Predicition Jets 24 Bills 13
I have decided to do a write up for this game, I have been reading other threads, and it makes me laugh. So here is my angle and yes i know im a cowboy fan.
As for Dallas, they are def. on a roll right now and its mainly because of the way their defense is playing. I said earlier in the year that about midway through the year Dallas Defense would be good and was i right? Yes. They are playing physical ball right now and i love it i do not like wade phillips as a head coach, but he is a very good defensive mastermind. Also It helps a ton that Romo is not turning the ball over, he is playing really really smart. He is also starting to get some chemistry with Roy Williams as well not to mention Miles Austin and Jason Witten. They offense is completely Loaded we have a back up tight end that would be a stud on other teams in Bennett. The 3 headed monster running attack with Choice, Barber, And felix. It helps so much to rest Barber some because at the end of the game when we really need him he dominates with those fresh legs. The offensive line is blocking extremely well, they protected romo well vs the eagles who blitzed on over 75 percent of the plays. In all the cowboys are starting to get that spark behind them they need and i def. do not see it stopping.
As for Green Bay can anyone really say anything that they are going well right now?? They have given up 38 points 2 weeks in a row. And one team they gave 38 point up to was the Bucs (come one man) thats flat out pathetic. They are getting no pressure on the QB and the seconday sucks, Al harris is getting old and is not what he used to be. They have a good linebacking core but thats it. To put it in a nutshell they cant stop anyone. Their 4 wins have came against Chicago (who sucks) the lions (who really suck) the rams (who really really suck) and the Browns (who are the worse team in the nfl). Now on the offensive side of teh ball they have a TON of talent with Rodgers, Driver, Jennings, and even Grant but they thing that they are lacking is the most important thing, BLOCKING. I dont care what anyone says if you can not block you can not win. FLAT OUT. I think they will end up being a 500 team or so and next year i guarantee they address the line, but until that happens their is no way i will lay any money on them unless they play a junk team.
Im not saying that Dallas will go into green bay and dominate because its a tough place to play. Heck Green bay may even keep it really really close but in the the end that offensive line and secondary will kill them and dallas will win by 7-10. Prediciton Dallas 31- GreenBay 23
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Google's Nexus 4 could trigger a price war: are smaller Android makers doomed?
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1. snotyak (Posts: 27; Member since: 05 Jun 2012)
Galaxy Nexus was and is a good phone. I don't think it negatively impacted other manufacturers.
3. bloodline (Posts: 706; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
Galaxy nexus was very underrated.
9. MeoCao (unregistered)
Nobody dares to enter price war against Google as Google just does not need the profit from Nexus.
But at the same time Google does not have any interest in a price war as they still have Motorola to care about, and the Nexus partners as well.
I think the low prices of Nexuses have several purposes:
1. Attract people to Google Play
2. To show Google's power and demand respect from other parties like Verizon or Apple and even SS.
So once Google achieve their objectives I guess we may see higher prices for next Nexuses.
And now I'll try to grab a Nexus 4 while it lasts.
25. muck1 (Posts: 9; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
Very i told ppl if they use a nexus they wouldnt go back
7. Daniel.P (Posts: 105; Member since: 14 Jul 2011)
True, but it also sold for around the $600 mark without carrier subsidies initially, and we have half of that price with the Nexus 4... at launch.
10. snotyak (Posts: 27; Member since: 05 Jun 2012)
That's a good point. I believe that since the target audience for Nexus phones has always been the developers, it'll sell well where it needs to. But for the others, who THINK they need LTE, expandable storage, removable batteries, etc. they'll be fine with their on-contract alternatives.
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30. alfiehp21 (Posts: 17; Member since: 29 Aug 2012)
Agreed. Also, i believe this phone will impact in places where you can get it via the play store. The real differences is that, Google Play doesn't support all country for their hardware sales. If i could buy it directly from the play store, i would and some of my friends will too. But for the high markets sales, it definitely will impact it. Is a really great phone. +1
31. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
that's when you get one of those programs to fake your country when you load up the google play store online. Then see if it will let you ship it to your house anyways.
33. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
Shhh Google will Hear you *thin foil*
2. Cyan3boN (Posts: 444; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
the nexus 4 would certainly cannibalize the sales of the optimus g. I was looking to the buy the optimus g. now I'll go for the nexus 4.
5. wendygarett (unregistered)
but overall it does not affect OEM much, because of the differentiate of the UI, i just see the review of optimus g and its skin is still as awesome as sammy touchwiz, and I dont understand those negative comment about it.
Pay expensive optimus g for the premium looking design and premium feel quality is worth it, but that just my thought, besides, it come with 32gb of storage dude, it won't harm much...
17. MeoCao (unregistered)
Sure but does it matter?
Nexus 4 is LG phone too and they will get money from each Nexus 4, and they get their brand boosted by association with Google at the same time.
And I think that LG can sell Nexus 4 where Google Play is absent and that's a lot: India, China...
And last but not least: a win against SS is very sweet and worth a lot of money too.
21. Cyan3boN (Posts: 444; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
I'm from india and Google play is present here. Although its not present in some of the neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh and CHINA. and the word from a LG exec is that they are bringing the device at the end of next month, so Nexus 4 for me :)
4. Nikolas.Oliver (banned) (Posts: 1574; Member since: 01 Jul 2012)
For those whose country doesnt have a google play brace yourself ! Dont expect it to be under $400, in my country a lg spokeperson has just confirmed that they will sell it above $500
12. Darkerm (Posts: 308; Member since: 31 Jan 2012)
Same here in Bangladesh :(
23. nagirodu (Posts: 12; Member since: 13 Jul 2011)
If that's the case, then I have to purchase it from Grey Market like the previous Galaxy Nexus for a reasonable price.
6. jove39 (Posts: 1858; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
"...the current $600 and up SIM-free mantra for high-end devices has been busted pretty unpleasantly by Google".
Love the way you wrote it :)
8. anywherehome (Posts: 971; Member since: 13 Dec 2011)
HTC falls so they as well need to make a Nexus device
great great competition!!
11. Bozzor (Posts: 176; Member since: 02 May 2012)
I do not believe that other Android manufacturers are the only target for this handset. Nexus 4 will definitely have an impact on Windows Phone 8 adoption and it will likely also hit a few iPhone users who are only marginally loyal to the Apple Way. Google wants to lock you into the pure Google world, and the hardware cost is not that great considering other benefits.
Oh...and part of my work is advisory on the financial performance for many handset and component manufacturers. Let's just say this handset is causing me to revise some numbers...severely.
16. onggeo (Posts: 30; Member since: 20 Mar 2012)
Don't forget those coming from feature phones which I think would be a great target market for the 8GB model.
19. Daniel.P (Posts: 105; Member since: 14 Jul 2011)
Right, "survival of the fittest" time came when Microsoft really stepped up to the plate with the Win8/WP8 launches, but the Nexus 4, 7 and 10 are making things even more complicated to predict now.
Also, the Play Store devices availability is not in every country, but those where the Nexus gear will sell are likely to consume more paid content as well, gripping to the platform further...
13. dragonscourgex (Posts: 307; Member since: 16 Jan 2012)
I hope this will cause some of the prices to go down. A win for the consumer. If, I wouldn't have a year left on Verizon, and if At&t service was not lacking in my area, I would switch to a GSM provider and give the Nexus 4 a go.
14. onggeo (Posts: 30; Member since: 20 Mar 2012)
Here in the Philippines I expect the price at launch to be around P13k-P15k (~$315 - ~$364) for the 8GB and additional P2k-P3k for the 16GB. I don't think LG will sell the phone here themselves cause the GNex wasn't sold here by Samsung. People usually get phones from grey market sites which have much more competitive pricing. For comparison, Galaxy S3 in Samsung stores costs P28k or around $680 while in online stores they cost P23k or around $560.
15. Aeires (unregistered)
More like prices are moving towards what they should have been all along. The iPhone set a standard for high priced phones and everyone followed but now that Amazon shook up the tablet world, Google is doing the same with phones. Will we see less phone OEMs? Could be, but the small companies that might go away weren't heavy hitters anyway so for some they'll be missed, just not by the average consumers.
20. DerryAhmad (Posts: 278; Member since: 05 May 2012)
Just read an article today where an LG rep stated that LG is planning on selling the Nexus 4 around $500 (or more) in Indonesia. I hope he's joking.
It's too bad that Google isn't selling the Nexus devices directly here..
22. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
Honestly, I think.. everything is going to be status quo.
As much as we love the Nexus4's pricing and powers, its still a niche device. Unless you are a tmobile customer, you will likely not see one in stores. Hell, even through Tmobile its more expensive than 350.. that's a Play store only discount.
If it's not in stores, on advertisements, or in everyone's hands, your not likely to even know it exists. It makes big waves in the tech community. Unfortunately for the rest of the world, the tech community is a tiny fraction of the masses.
That said, companies like HTC really need to follow the route. They have nothing to lose and everything to gain. If they cant compete with Samsung and Apple at the high end, then they need to take a page from Samsung's book and offer more features for less money. That's one of the reasons samsung got popular to begin with. The SGS offered a hell of a lot more bang for the buck and at less money on most carriers than its competition.
HTC needs to quit pretending its premium, rock high end specs from the 400-500 unlocked (100-200 on contract) range and drum up excitement again. Then just like samsung did, when you have the popularity, jack your pricing up while keeping the specs super high.
The Nexus is the exception, not the rule. But other companies should look at it as an example as well.
24. speckledapple (Posts: 892; Member since: 29 Sep 2011)
Downward pressure on price for high-end phones might be harder to come by with the iPhone in the mix. As being one of the most expensive phones around, carriers might just decide to push more iPhones rather than dramatically lower the prices on other phones. My hope is that with actions taken by Google and its Nexus line of devices, it would put a little pressure to pack more in the same space while at least lessening the effect of price.
28. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
you obviously dont understand how phone pricing works. Carriers LOSE money on iphones hoping to make it back on the more expensive plans.
Who pays for that? We ALL do. Why do you think fees have gone up so much over the last few years.. compensation for iphone BS.
The carriers are not lowering the price of the phones, the manufacturers would be.. which means less costs for carriers and for us. Instead of rising fees and plans, maybe we will see a few shrinkages.
but that's assuming this will have any price effect on the market.. and I doubt it will.
26. rickywinataa (Posts: 262; Member since: 05 Apr 2012)
google don't take any profit from the selling of nexus devices, at least in some countries that have complete google play services.
google is providing services & they create hardwares that is optimised to use those services.
27. imkyle (Posts: 1073; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
Look at it this way. Samsung Made the last two versions, and their Galaxy S series still flourished.
29. ChafedBanana (Posts: 381; Member since: 20 Sep 2011)
Its pity the N4 won't even be LTE. So the biggest carrier (VZW) in the U.S. won't get it? Pity. Total pit.
32. harpdogg (Posts: 18; Member since: 17 May 2012)
Unless google starts opening up google stores to sell phones. The nexus phone will not effect the current pricing model. The people that buy the Nexus are "phonies" People that read about phones all day here at phonearena and look up specs all day. The vast majority of people will buy there phones at there respective providers. At a ATT, Verizon, Tmobile stores or websites in the united states. Where being unlocked is really not that big of a deal. And most people are perfectly fine with there current provider. And all a contract means to them is a discount on a phone not a loss of freedom. Also until we start to see a real difference between dual cores vs quad cores. most people wont even notice.
Also while for "phonies" having the lastest version of andriod is cool. But for most people that just want a stable phone that lets them web browse, text, and socialze. ICS is fine. For them constanstly getting updates could be a bad thing. I think we all agree ICS is a very good OS. So for most standard users they may not even notice the difference between ICS and Jellybean.
34. The_Innovation (Posts: 610; Member since: 18 Jul 2012)
Hey Google!
35. predator93 (Posts: 122; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
It may happen, if it gets launched in China and India. Smaller Android makers are more prominent here.
36. Zarak (Posts: 23; Member since: 21 May 2012)
Will Google do something like trading your old Galaxy Nexus with new Nexus 4?
37. aoikemono27 (Posts: 177; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)
This is good news. It's about high time flagship phones came back to earth on the pricing. So many are $600+, and that includes HTC and Samsung phones. When you can buy a fully decked out laptop at that price, there's something wrong. All these ridiculous patent payments and extraneous costs that balloon the price of a smartphone. Smartphone are everyday household items, not luxury ones. Consider how high priced even midrange phones are and how the Nexus 4 with its high specs can crush them at a lower price even, there seems to be a lot of unnecessary fat that needs to be trimmed.


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We stayed at the accomodation for about 2 weeks in late June/early July. Everything was exactly as described online and the communication was swift and easy. We were particularly happy about the well equipped kitchen (without an oven) and the wifi, which worked even when we were on the balcony. The TV worked well although there are no international channels. However, it was good enough to watch some football even without knowing any Portuguese :)
As you can see from the pictures the view is stunning and the large balcony offers a lot of room so that we spend most of our time outside.
It is about a 20 min walk to get to the train station and the city centre. By car, you are of course much faster. The Guincho beach is about 10 min by car. Because the builidng is situated on a hill, walking back from the station after a long day in Lisbon is a bit tiresome. For those who do not want to walk another 1,7 km after a day of walking, I recommend taking a taxi in the city centre.
When coming from the airport, the building is easy to find since it is the highest building in Cascais and also coloured in an easy to spot yellow. It is also close to the main road connections going to Lisbon. You don't have to make your way through Cascais centre to get there.
Lovely view at both the boats in Teju River and at the Atlantic Ocean! Very nice apartment with everything we needed! It would however have been nice with BBC or CNN. Buth sitting on the balcony looking at the sky and the lights was very romantic. The small local café Christina had a cosy atmosphere.We really enjoyed our stay in Cascais!
Very nice, clean and cosy. We had a wonderful stay at Luis place. Our contact person was really kind as well. We can totally recommend this place.
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It was nice that we had the chance to pospone our arrival date, because of our failure of booking the flight at the same time (one week later).
The rooms are nice and the atmosphere is OK.
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If you borrow bicycles in the surrounding area, it's possible to reach the most interesting spots there. To the Lisbon centre you should take the train in Estoril and it will take you about less than 30 minutes.
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We had a great stay at this place. Everything was very well taken care off. The appartment has everything you need and is located near all the places you should visit in Lisbon. Laura was at our service all the time and informed us about good places in the area. Thank you very much! If we ever visit Lisbon again we will definetly come back!
Beautiful Apartement and very comfortable. Centrally located. You can reach most attractions as well as the shoping streets by walking. Only a few minutes to the Metro and to the us-stop. The handover of the key happened smoothly and without any problems. Laura has given us a very good instruction for all the important thinks.
We stayed in the apartment for 3 nights in October (3 adults + 3 children).
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The apartment is quite nice, comfortable with 2 bathrooms, the kitchen is very well equipped.
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Hello! The Apartment was perfectly located, a very nice street. Since we came from Sweden and Norway we are used to a high standard and we thought the bathroom was not nice. It could have been better cleaned and the showercurtin has to be changed. The rest of the Apartment was very cosy!
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Experience in Lisbon is very good and highly recommended. The apartment was great. We received a very friendly lady Laura at all times offered their help. The entrance to the apartment is at 15h00 but our train arrived at 7.00 am and not put us leave bags hits early. We arrived around 11 am on the floor and practically already had finished. The apartment is new and is very well. The apartment has everything, iron, kettle, washing machine, dishwasher, television, wifi ... The only downside that we would perhaps be the bathroom light is very dark and out of the shower when you have to mop that is not well sealed and shower water escapes. But for everything else, incredible. Worth staying here. The square of the flowers is a well-known landmark in Lisbon and is very close to everything. You can easily take a taxi or tram very good connections bus.Hay not forget that there is a small supermarket just below the apartment. I recommend the experience to everyone. =)
La experiencia en Lisboa es muy buena y más que recomendable. El apartamento estaba genial. Nos recibió Laura una mujer muy simpática que en todo momento ofreció su ayuda. La entrada al piso es a las 15.00h pero nuestro tren llegaba a las 7.00 a.m y no nos pusieron pega en dejar las maletas antes de tiempo. Llegamos hacia las 11 de la mañana al piso y prácticamente ya lo tenían terminado. El apartamento es nuevo y esta muy bien. El apartamento tiene de todo, plancha, cafetera, lavadora, lavavajillas, televisión, wifi...La única pega que pondríamos quizá sería la luz del baño que es muy oscura y que cuando sales de la ducha hay que pasar la fregona porque no está bien sellada la ducha y se escapa agua. Pero por todo lo demás, increible. Merece la pena la estancia allí. La plaza de las flores es un hito muy conocido en Lisboa y está muy cerca de todo. Puedes coger fácilmente el tranvía taxi o bus.Hay muy buenas conexiones por no olvidar que hay un pequeño supermercado justo debajo del apartamento. Recomiendo la experiencia a todo el mundo. =)
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"The budget barely works as is," said Richard Meily, the business manager at that time.
The question is can the district pay it back? One official says yes, while another isn't as sure.
"It's something we're aware of and keeping a close eye on," said business manager Greg Longwell. "The refunding was just one component of the recovery plan, so to speak."
For the 2010-11 school year, the district will pay $166,000 in debt services. That will increase to $1.03 million next year, followed by payments totalling $1.36 million and $1.5 million before "settling in around" $1.6-1.8 million, Longwell said.
The bond issue plugged a $1 million hole in the district's 2010-11 budget. It is expected to be paid off in 2020.
The remaining $2.54 million was used to restructure the district's $25 million debt service payments related to the middle/high school building project. That is expected to be paid off by 2037.
Over the next 27 years, the district will make $45 million — approximately $36 million from the local effort — in payments related to the project.
The district did end with a $1.2 million surplus. However, $1 million of that was from a loan. School board member Jill Deimler was the only dissenter in approving the restructuring.
Deimler wrote in an e-mail, "For years, the finances of the district have been a tremendous concern. The spending spree has created more than $43 million in debt for the taxpayers.
"My voting record shows no support for the outlandish extreme spending. Some board members who voted for the spending are still making decisions on the board today."
"Everybody says we're in the black," school board director Cheryl Capozzoli said, before asking, "Really?"
Capozzoli wonders if the district will be able to make the payments, especially since it's still digging itself out from last year's financial quagmire.
Funding the payments will require the equivalent of 3.86 mills. That doesn't necessarily mean tax increases, but the funds will need to come from somewhere.
Longwell said he doesn't anticipate extra borrowing in order to make the payments. He noted the 19 percent real estate tax increase for this year will help meet some of the debt service requirements.
"It's all part of the master plan to get back on the road to fiscal recovery," he said. "The steps taken (back in May) were appropriate. Otherwise, we would have seen a shortfall. By doing the refunding, we were able to meet current bills and obligations."
Ultimately, however, Capozzoli said, "The burden is going to be put back on the taxpayer."
Capozzoli finds it frustrating that the district now is focused on its financial health more than educational output.
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try { ret = Class.forName(className).newInstance(); } catch(ClassNotFoundException e) { log.println("couldn't load class '" + className + "'"); } catch(IllegalAccessException e) { log.println("couldn't load class '" + className + "'"); } catch(InstantiationException e) { log.println("couldn't load class '" + className + "'"); }If they insist on this kind of Exception return, then Java should include some sort of Exception case structure which allows you to group exceptions together and handle them with the same code. Or have I missed something? -- FrankCarver All exceptions have Throwable as the common parent, and most have Exception. You can catch Exception. -- DaveHarris I could, but doesn't that defeat the point of having different exception classes in the first place? I'm always reluctant to casually catch Exception or Throwable. What if another type of exception is thrown (in the case of Throwable, it could even be a RuntimeException). I don't want to catch that with my simple error log case. So I might then end up with something like: As noted below, RuntimeException is in fact a subclass of Exception, so even catching Exception is a bad idea in that light.
try { ret = Class.forName(className).newInstance(); } catch(Exception e) { if (e instanceof ClassNotFoundException || e instanceof IllegalAccessException || e instanceof InstantiationException) { log.println("couldn't load class '" + className + "'"); } else { throw e; } }which is arguably worse than my first example. Worse in some ways (you're losing automatic checking of which CheckedExceptions you're handling), better in others (the logging code isn't repeated). One solution you can use in your own exception hierarchies is to use TagInterfaces to create groupings of exceptions that would otherwise be unrelated. Then you can write a single catch clause that catches the tag and handles all the exceptions uniformly. -- pg Another problem with the above is that it doesn't actually handle anything. The compiler will insist that something above it handle all Exception-s now, since you threw a variable of type Exception (namely, e). Hardly the desired effect. An extension to DaveHarris' comment above, it's OK to catch Exception/Throwable, if you have no intelligent processing anyway. The Exception subclasses are added as a "why" to refine your exception processing. In the example above, is the processing going to be different if you know that one of these is thrown? Maybe if you're writing a Class loader, but in general from an Application standpoint you can't continue in any case. I disagree (with the lack of thought idea). One reason for a class throwing many different exceptions with no "parent" exception grouping them is that they all should be handled differently. To use the example from above, ClassNotFoundException should be handled differently than IllegalAccessException. If I were debugging the above example and one of those exceptions occurred, I would want to know which one it was, instead of just seeing "couldn't load class..." I already know that it couldn't load the class, but to fix it, I need to know why it didn't load. That is the point of having the different exceptions in the first place. -- JoshuaBaran
try { ret = Class.forName(className).newInstance(); } catch (ClassNotFoundException e1) { throw e1; } catch ( Exception e2 ) { System.out.println( e2.getMessage() ); }
boolean doneOkay = false; try { doSomething(); doneOkay = true; } finally { if (! doneOkay) { logger.warn("Something went wrong"); // or, in EJB land, say: context.setRollbackOnly(); } }Is this useful enough to put with the other JavaIdioms? Does anyone have any problems with this idiom? I'd say at least that it smells a bit of status codes and intermixed work and error handling. I'm not sure that there's a cleaner way to do it, though. -- DavisHerring? As for the title of this page, I'm inclined to agree. In the DylanLanguage, f'rinstance, you can catch several unrelated exceptions like this:
block doSomething(); exception (type-union(<some-error>, <some-other-error>, <yet-another-error>)) log-warn("Something went wrong"); end;Of course, Dylan has its own problems :-) -- HughGreene
ExceptionHandler handler = new ExceptionHandler(); try { Class.forName(); } catch (Exception e) { handler.catchException(e); } class ExceptionHandler { public void catchException(Exception e) { if <in handled exceptions> // print out error else // throw exception. } public void addException(Class exClass) { // Add the exception class to the list of handled exceptions } }-- WillSargent The problem with this is that catchException must itself declare that it throws "Exception", which causes everything which uses it to have to deal with the possibility of absolutely anything happening (as far as the compiler can tell). Eventually all the undifferentiated exceptions reach top level, where you still have to have a handler which tries to figure out what to do with an arbitrary exception. The proper thing to do here is to watch for RuntimeExceptions and propagate them (unless the code knows what to do with them), and then otherwise catch exactly what you need to (possibly with a handler method to factor out the error reporting). Of course, this is partially the fault of the weird exception hierarchy discussed below. -- DavisHerring?
try { ret = Class.forName(className).newInstance(); } catch (Exception e) { log.print("couldn't load class '" + className + "': "); e.printStackTrace(log); }This will handle any failure of the instantiation, and tell you why (what type of exception) and where it failed. On the other hand, catching Throwable (while useful for daemon threads which need to live even if some operation, or user-registered code, fails in unforeseen ways) is potentially dangerous. In particular, you must ALWAYS pass ThreadDeath through:
try { someUserClass.run(); } catch (ThreadDeath t) { throw t; } catch (Throwable t) { System.err.print("User supplied code failed:"); t.printStackTrace(System.err); }-- AlexPopiel
try { someClass.someMethod(); } catch (RuntimeException rex) { rex.printStackTrace(); throw rex; } catch (YourException yex) { yex.printStackTrace(); // graceful exception handling code }It gives you the benefit of dealing with your "graceful" exceptions, but still goes down flaming on the RuntimeExceptions. In general, I only catch exceptions that I know will be thrown, and only if I can do something intelligent with them. Otherwise, I throw them up to the caller, since they should then be more capable than I am of deciding how to deal with a failure. -- JesseBlomberg There seems to be no point in catching the RuntimeException at all in the example. If the only thing one is going to do is to print the stack trace then the exception should just be allowed to pass to the caller. Of course, one must take care that the object is left in a usable state if one decides not to catch a RuntimeException. -- AnttiBrax? I like the pattern here of catch RuntimeException before catching Exception, given the unfortunate decision SunMicrosystems made for RuntimeException to extend Exception. However I think there is also an AntiPattern here, of printStackTrace() followed by throw. Instead of leaving the exception handled (as in the lower block) or unhandled (by simply throwing it), it is in a limbo "touched but not handled" state. The least bad result of this is that the exception will get logged multiple times. -- ScottVachalek
Throwable (checked) | +---------------------+---------------------+ | | Exception (checked) Error (unchecked) | +--------------+--------------+ | | RuntimeException (unchecked) <OtherException subclasses> (checked) | <RuntimeException subclasses> (unchecked)So RuntimeException has kind of magic behavior. I don't know if this would be strictly considered a violation of the LiskovSubstitutionPrinciple, but in any case it's a related problem. I really think that RuntimeException isn't a specialization of Exception, and it should be checked exceptions that are the exception, not unchecked ones. If instead there were a CheckedException class, which all checked exceptions (and only checked exceptions) had to extend, then you could write:
try { whatever(); } catch (CheckedException ce) { handleException(ce); }And all UncheckedExceptions would just fall through. As it is now, the best you can do is similar to Jesse's example:
try { whatever(); } catch (RuntimeException rte) { throw rte; } catch (Exception e) { handleException(e); }-- TimMoore Yeah, that's what I do. It's not incredibly elegant, but anyone with six months of JavaLanguage experience should take one look at it and know what you're doing. Luckily the reflection examples are not the norm. Usually a method only throws one class of exception so you're fine. I think CheckedExceptions are great, when used appropriately. You have to think about them though. It would be nice if there were an UnhandledExceptionException, for when you acknowledge that an exceptional condition might occur but when it's not a requirement of your application to handle it. Such an exception would extend RuntimeException and would be caught by any top-level exception handler, where the root cause would be extracted and a the stack trace logged or presented to the user. It would also be nice to have a similar IllegalExceptionException for dealing with exceptions that logically should never happen. Although it doesn't cover the general case, there is ExceptionInInitializerError. Of course anyone can create these for their own applications. -- BenArnold To me, that smells faintly of the whole mess with throws() specifications and std::unexpected() in CeePlusPlus...
int compare(T o1, T o2) throws ClassCastExceptionWhat do you do if you implement Comparator, and you have an SQLException whilst performing the comparison? You cannot alter the method signature of the Comparator interface. You are forced to either swallow the exception, or wrap it as a RuntimeException. Or wrap it in your own Exception that extends ClassCastException. That give you the benefit to be able to catch exactly this Exception. Clearly, traditional advice for using CheckedExceptions falls apart when you are required to write code to play nicely with other people's interfaces. A useful strategy is therefore LetExceptionsPropagateOnlyAsUncheckedExceptions. -- AndreParrie Actually, this should be regarded as a benefit of CheckedExceptions. The signature dictates you must handle the exception (unchecked exceptions should only be used in the event of avoidable, i.e. programmer, errors or system failures). Otherwise, having one bad comparator implementation can cause an otherwise robust system to fall over (technically, it still can, but the evil would have to be intentional). But what if the compare method can't properly handle the exception? Well, that is a good indication that the method is trying to do too much. Compare is likely to be called repeatedly (i.e. NlogN times for your run-of-the-mill sort) as such should be as lightweight as possible. In this case I would see if I could redesign to do the heavy lifting in an initialisation phase and handle any exceptional conditions there. -- RichardCordova


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Maybe true but when you take into consideration he has yet to face anyone with actaul foot and hand speed so he has not had to adjust his style to neutralize that.While he is fast he certainly isn't the fastest fighter in the division and not even second.His performance against Kessler was more impressive than this.He is clearly an excellent fighter but doesn't have that feeling of invincilblity.He was visibly tired in the last quarter of the fight my impression of this was bcse he had to stay on the outside more than usual causing him to move more and his legs began to tire when he wasn't as comfortable on the inside as much bcse it took away his advantage of speed allowing Froch an closer more stable target.Fight someone who can punch with form and who isn't a tortoise then...
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To me, Ward's skills were low, froch did not take advatage of a lot of offense, took a lot of jabs and hits without following up.
Ward looked off with bad footwork and low accuracy hitting froch as low volume froch was throwing.
This fight did make ward look better than in the past, but to me, this was because Froch did not make it more competative by thorwing punches and looking extra slow.
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Ward is a great fighter but I think people are overrating him.
Because Froch was never really that good. He's got some nice swooping punches but not even close in terms of speed, defense or athleticism to even match Ward. He looked like an old man in there.
Yet I'm certain Lucian Bute can beat Ward. He's not only got one punch knockout power and incredible body shots but he's also just as fast if not more (and he uses his speed to get a knockout, not a clinching 12 round decision)
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you know i was unaware that your physical attributes, and potentialities are what people ranked on, i thought it was your recent performance....
kessler, green, abraham, then froch, oh and he chose to take on bika in the middle there, pretty sure hes got a decent claim to be on the p4p list, above PBF? nah, MP? Nah, Donaire? Nah, Gamboa? Nah, Martinez? certainly
talking about his speed, or power, or any of that means nothing in p4p rankings, it is how your recent performance stacks up against the rest of the boxing world and andre ward has been fighting the top guys in his division for the past few years and barely losing more than a couple rounds per fight
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p4p is a popularity contest, and it's imaginary
people emphasize it too much here
Wlad is boxing's most dominant man, Ward is right behind him though
they should rightfully be #1 and #2
Wlad's simply been dominating his division a lot longer
Ward's beaten better guys though
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From the first time I watched Ward box I knew he was very very special. He is highly skilled ,but in a quiet clever way.He is different to Mayweather but he has a lot of his qualities. I don't see anyone out there capable of beating him.
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All has to do is hang out at 168, not lose and the number one spot is pretty much his. It might take a bit but time really is on his side when you look at who he has to pass, plus there aren't that many obvious threats to him if he gets by Dawson, Andre Dirrell always seemed like a bad match-up for him but how long is it going to take for Dirrell to get people to really call for that fight if ever.
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Hindsight is a luxury, but today it's clear that the real estate downturn now sucking the life from the U.S. golf industry actually began in the first quarter of 2006 - coinciding almost exactly with ground-breaking at the Tournament Players Club at Treviso Bay in Naples, Fla.
However, Treviso Bay, the latest from architect Arthur Hills, hasn't merely pressed on. Treviso's owners, VK Development Corp., have invested approximately $215 million in the project to date. Homebuilders at Treviso Bay have invested some $65 million in the construction of model, spec and custom homes; during 2008, with the real-estate world crashing down around its ears, one builder nearly doubled its land holdings at Treviso Bay.
With its early successes and long-term ambitions (projected residential build-out value tops $2 billion), Treviso Bay is the ultimate anomaly in today's golf environment. Yet VK was rewarded for its risk and the quality of its finished golf product when, in late February, Treviso Bay played host to the Champions Tour's ACE Group Classic - no small feat for a track that opened just eight weeks prior, on December 2, 2008.
In another way, Treviso Bay's fortunes were bolstered the moment VK retained the course architects at Toledo, Ohio-based Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest and Associates (www.arthurhills.com). AHSF is the architect of record at approximately 50 courses in the Sunshine State. Some 25 are located in Southwest Florida, including the noted multi-course developments at swank Bonita Bay, Quail West, The Club at Pelican Bay, and Collier's Reserve.
It's not for nothing that Hills is known as "The Mayor of Naples," a soubriquet pinned on him by none other than Pete Dye.
Founder and senior partner Arthur Hills designed his first Florida track, Palmetto Pines Country Club (CC) just north of Fort Myers, in 1969. In the four decades separating Palmetto Pines and the TPC at Treviso Bay, Hills has gained, absorbed and put into practice an encyclopedia's worth of knowledge and experience regarding Southwest Florida golf. It's no accident that many of AHSF's recent Southwest Florida projects are second courses for previous clients.
"The area is great for golf," Hills said from his Toledo office, in March. "The soil is sandy. The vegetation is lush. The weather is generally good. August and September can be a little warm and wet. We learned to try to complete the construction portion of these projects by June 1, to stabilize the ground before the heavy rains come.
"We have saved clients hundreds of thousands of dollars by finishing actual construction in May and June, allowing us to minimize the chance of severe washouts from heavy rains. Completing construction earlier in the calendar year also allows courses to grow in and be ready to open in November or December. That way they are available for the heavy-use period from Jan. 15 through April 15."
Hills note that Southwest Florida has, in the course of 40, become one of the most environmentally sensitive regions in the country, and AHSF has evolved along with the times. "We built the Wilderness Club in Naples through a huge cypress stand back in 1974," he recalls. "But you could never obtain the permits to build a course like that today." In 1995, the AHSF designed Collier's Reserve Golf Club became the first course in the world to earn Audubon International's "Cooperative Gold Signature Sanctuary" status, golf's highest environmental honor.
Golf courses tend to be longer today than they were in the 1970s, Hills added. "Personally, I don't feel we need longer courses, but that's what developers are requesting. The longer distance does not help the average player."
Another major change over the past 40 years is the conversion from traditional bermudagrass as the primary turf to seashore paspalum. Once established, paspalum not only thrives on the salt-laden effluent irrigation water most new Florida projects are required to use, it also stays green all winter while bermudagrass goes dormant and off-color. This was the choice at Treviso Bay.
The par-72, 7,367-yard layout at Treviso Bay - designed in cooperation with PGA Tour player consultant Hal Sutton - has a pleasing rhythm to its 18 holes, the architect said. It has four lengthy par-4s of 465 yards or longer from the tips. Two of the par-4s measure about 420 yards and the other four sit between those extremes. One of the par-5s reaches more than 600 yards. The site, vegetation and water dictate course's look and the layout of its holes.
Water comes into play near the greens on half the holes at Treviso Bay, most of which lies atop a former tomato farm. But along the south side of the property is an untouched preserve that will forever remain in its natural state.
Hills indicated he enjoyed his relationship with VK Development principals Dr. Vincent Kuttemperoor, along with his sons Sanjay and Ajay. Vincent - a former professor of mathematics, physics and nuclear engineering - long ago turned his hand to real estate, developing numerous residential subdivisions and commercial properties in the Milwaukee suburb of Brookfield, Wis.
The family's first residential golf community here in Florida impressed Champions Tour player and Bonita Springs resident Peter Jacobsen, a winner of the U.S. Senior Open and Senior Players Championship. "I was blown away by how fun a golf course it is," he enthused.
The PGA Tour's Leslie Clayton agreed: "Congratulations are in order to the whole team, because the course really provided an intriguing test for the players . . . Bob Goalby goes 73-83-63, and Saturday was the calm day."
The Kuttemperoor family was understandably thrilled the Champions Tour chose its facility to stage an event so soon after opening. "Being selected as the site for a Champions Tour event scheduled just two months after the opening speaks to the quality and attention to detail that went into the design and construction of the course," Sanjay said.
The facility's impact on Southwest Florida will be considerable. Located on 1,050 acres just 10 minutes from downtown Naples' renowned 5th Avenue, VK's vision of Treviso Bay focuses on creating a premier golf resort lifestyle community appealing to both Baby Boomers and empty nesters.
Membership at TPC Treviso Bay is exclusive to residents of the Treviso Bay community. All members receive access to the national portfolio of clubs within the TPC Network, such as TPC Sawgrass, TPC Las Vegas, and the AHSF-designed TPC at Eagle Trace on Florida's East Coast. Accommodations are provided through the TPC Passport program, a private concierge available to reserve starting times at all TPC Network clubs and create vacation packages to some of the premier golf destinations in the world.
With a total of 70,000 square feet, the clubhouse is scheduled to open in fall 2010. The Treviso Bay community will feature the European-style Buona Vita Club & Spa, a 35,000-square-foot facility offering everything from the latest in world-class spa treatments and gourmet dining, to a tai chi lawn, yoga platform, lagoon-style pools and gardens designed to soothe the senses.
Hills has seen more than his share of Naples-area projects up close, and he likes what he sees at the TPC of Treviso Bay: "The developers are doing it right."
For more about the facility, visit www.trevisobay.com. For more information about Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest and Associates, call 419/841-8553 or visit www.arthurhills.com.
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Dr. Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858-1929) had a rare double talent of understanding how to pursue fundamental science and, at the same time, of commercializing himself successfully as a inventor and discoverer.
He discovered 4 elements (Neodymium, Praseodymium, Ytterbium, and Lutetium).
He invented the incandescent mantle, that helped gaslighting at the end of the 19th century to a renaissance.
He developed the Ferrocerium - it`s still used as a flint in every disposable lighter.
He was an eminent authority, and great expert in the field of rare earths (lanthanoides).
He invented the electric metal filament light bulb which is used billions of times today.
Additionally, all his life he took active part in different fields, from photography to ornithology. His personal qualities are remembered highly by the people of Althofen, he not only had an excellent mind but also a big heart. These qualities ensured him a prominent and lasting place not only in Austria`s science and industrial history.
9th of Sept. 1858: Born in Vienna, son of Therese and Alois Ritter Auer von Welsbach ( his father was director of the Imperial printing office the "Staatsdruckerei").
1869-73: went to the secondary school in Mariahilf, (then changed to the secondary school in Josefstadt.)
1873-77: went to secondary school in Josefstadt, graduation.
1877-78: military service, became a second lieutenant.
1878-80: Inscribed into the technical University of Vienna; studies in math, general organic and inorganic chemistry, technical physics and thermodynamics with the Professors Winkler, Bauer, Reitlinger; and Pierre.
1880-82: Changed to the University of Heidelberg; lectures on inorganic experimental chemistry and Lab. experiments with Prof. Bunsen, introduction to spectral analysis and the history of chemistry, mineralogy and physics.
5th of Feb. 1882: Promotion to Doctor of Philosophy at the Ruperta-Carola-University in Heidelberg.
1882: Return to Vienna as unpaid Assistant in Prof. Lieben`s laboratory; work with chemical separation methods for investigations on rare earth elements.
1882-1884: Publications: " Ueber die Erden des Gadolinits von Ytterby", "Ueber die Seltenen Erden".
1885: The first separation of the element "Didymium" with help from a newly developed separation method from himself, based on the fractioned crystalisation of a Didym-ammonium nitrat solution. After the characteristical colouring, Auer gave the green components the name Praseodymium, the pink components the name Neodidymium. In time the latter element was more commonly known as Neodymium.
1885-1892: Work on gas mantle for the incandescent lighting.
Development of a method to produce gas mantle ("Auerlicht) based on the impregnation from cottontissue by means, measures, methods of liquids, that rare earth has been absolved in and the ash from the material in a following glow process.
Production of the first incandescent mantle out of lanthanum oxide, in which the gas flame is surrounded from a stocking; definite improvement in light emmission, but lack of stability in humidity.
Continuous improvements in the chemical composition of the incandescent mantel "Auerlicht", experimentations of Lanthanum oxide-magnesium oxide- variations.
18th of Sept. 1885: The patenting of a gas burner with a "Actinophor" incandescent mantle made up of 60% magnesium oxide, 20% lanthanum oxide and 20% yttrium oxide; in the same year, the magnesium oxide part was replaced with zirconium oxide and the constitution of a second patent with reference to the additional use of the light body in a spirits flame.
9th of April 1886: Introduction the name "Gasgluehlicht" through the Journalist Motiz Szeps after the successful presentation from the Actinophors in the lower Austrian trade union ; regular production of the impregnation liquid, called "Fluid", at the Chemical Institute.
1887: The acquisition of the factory Würth & Co. for chemical-pharmaceutical products in Atzgersdorf and the industrial production of the light bodies.
1889: The beginning of sales problems because of the defaults with the earlier incandescent mantle, ie. it`s fragility, the short length of use, as well as having an unpleasant, cold, green coloured light , and the relatively high price. The factory in Atzgersdorf closes.
1890: First experiments with light bodies for Thorium oxide mixtures, from incentives from his collaborator Dr. Haittinger.
The development of fractioned cristallisation methods for the preparation of pure Thorium oxide from and therefore cheap Monazitsand.
The analysis of the connection between the purity of Thorium oxide and its light emission. The ascertainment of the optimal composition of the incandescent mantle in a long series of tests.
1891: Patenting of the incandescent mantle out of 99% Thorium oxide and 1% Cerium oxide, at that period of time, because of the light emission it was a direct competition for the electric carbon-filament lamp. The resuming of production in Atzgersdorf near Vienna and the quick spreading of the incandescent mantle because of their high duration. The beginning of a competition with the electric lighting.
Work with high melting heavy metals to improve and higher the filament temperature, and therefore the light emission as well.
The development of the production of thin filaments.
The making of incandescent mantle with Platinum threads that were covered with high melting Thorium oxide, whereby it was possible to use the lamps over the melting temperature of Platinum.
This variation was discarded because with smelting the platinum threads either the cover would burst or by solidifying it would rip apart.
The taking out of a patent for two manufacturing methods for filaments.
In the patent specification Carl Auer von Welsbach described the manufacturing of filaments through secretion of the high smelting element Osmium onto the metallic-filament.
The development and experimentation of further designing methods such as the pasting method for the manufacturing of suitable high smelting metallic-filaments. With this method Osmium powder and a mixture of rubber or sugar is mixed together and kneaded into a paste. The manufacturing results in that the paste gets stamped through a delicate nozzle discharged cylinder and the filament subsequently dries and sinters. This was the first commercial and industrial process in the powder metallurgy for very high smelting metals.
1898: The acquiring of a industrial property in Treibach and the beginning of the experimentation and discovery work at this location. The taking out of a patent for the metallic-filament lamp with Osmium filament.
1899: Married Marie Nimpfer in Helgoland.
1900: The beginning of the development of a separations method for the elements "Ytter- earths" based or depending on the partial solubility of the oxalate.
1902: Market introduction of the "Auer-Oslight" the first industrial finished Osmium metallic-filament lamp using the paste method.
The advantages of this metallic-filament lamp over the, at that period of time, widely used carbon-filament lamp were:
57% less electricity consumption; less blackening of the glass; because of the higher filament temperature, a "whiter" light; a longer life span and therefore more economic.
The beginning of the investigation of spark giving metals with the aim ignition mechanisms for lighters, gas lighters and gas lamps as well as projectile and mine ignition.
Carl Auer von Welsbach knew of the possibility to produce sparks by mechanical means from Cerium from his teacher Prof. Bunsen.
The ascertainment of the optimal compound from Cerium-Iron alloys for spark production.
1903: The taking out of a patent for his pyrophoric alloys (by scratching with hard and sharp surfaces a splinter which could ignite itself.) In the patent specification 70% Cerium and 30% Iron was given as an optimal compound.
Further development of a method to produce the latter alloy cheaply.
The optimizing of Bunsen, Hillebrand and Norton´s procedure, used at that
time mainly for producing Cerium, was based on the fusion electrolysis from
smelted Rare Earth chlorides. The problem at that time was in the leading
of the electrolysis to secrete a pore-free and long lasting metal.
This was the first industrial process and commercial utilization of the rare earth metals.
30th of March 1905: A report to the "Akademie der Wissenschaften" in Vienna that the results of the spectroscopic analysis show that Ytterbium is made up of two elements. Auer named the elements after the stars Aldebaranium and Cassiopeium. He ommitted the publication of the attained spectras and the ascertained atomic weights.
1907: The founding of the "Treibacher Chemische Werke GesmbH" in Treibach-Althofen for the production of Ferrocerium- lighter flints under the trade name "Original Auermetall".
The publication of the spectras and the atomic weights of both new, from Ytterbium separated elements, in the completion of his report to the Academie der Wissenschaften.
Priority dispute with the french Chemist Urbain concerning the analysis of Ytterbium.
1908: The solution of the electrolysis of fused salts (cerium chloride) problem, at which the minerals Cerit and Allanite are used as source substances.
1909: The adaption of the procedure, from his collaborator, Dr.Fattinger, to be able to use the Monazitsand residue out of the incandescent mantle production, for the production of cerium metal for the lighter flints.
The production of three different pyrophoric alloys:
"Cer" or Auermetall I : Alloy out of fairly pure Cerium and Iron. Used for igniting purposes.
"Lanthan" or Auermetall II : The Cerium-Iron alloy enriched with the element Lanthan. Used for light signals because of its particularly bright sparking power.
Erdmetall or Auermetall III : Alloy out of Iron and "natural" Cermischmetall; a rare earth metal alloy of corresponding natural deposits.
Both of the first alloys could not win its way through the market. only the easy to produce
Erdmetall, after the renaming it Auermetall I, obtained world wide status as the flint in the lighter industry.
1909: The International Atomic weight Commission decided in favour of Urbain´s publication instead of Auer´s because Urbain handed it in earlier. The Commission of the term from Urbain Neoytterbium- known today as Ytterbium and Lutetium for the new elements.
1910-1924: Search for other rare earth elements such as the element with the number 61 on the chemical elements table.
The carrying-out of large scale chemical separations in the field of radioactive substances.
The production of different preparations of Uran, Ionium (known today as Th230 isotop), a disintegration product in the Uranium-Radium-line, Polonium and Aktinium, that Auer made available, for research use, to such renowned Institutions and scientists as F.W.Aston and Ernest Rutherford at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge (1921) and the "Radiuminstitut der Akademie der Wissenschaften" in Vienna.
1922: A report on his spectroscopic discoveries to the "Akademie der Wissenschaften" in Vienna.
1929:World-wide production of ligther flints reached 100,000 kg.
8th of April 1929: Carl Auer von Welsbach died at the age of 70.


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"The Social Determinants of Urban Mental Health: Paving the Way Forward," will tak e place on September 19-20 at the Chicago, IL Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile.
More than half of the world's population lives in urban areas. According to the United Nations, that figure is projected to grow to more than 60 percent by 2050. Although cities embody conditions that promote good mental health, they also possess conditions, such as poverty, conflict and social isolation, that can harm mental health and well-being.
At this fall's conference, we will host professionals in government, the academy and philanthropy to discuss the ways cities impact the mental health of urban residents. Invited speakers will share new and exciting research findings, as well as information about emerging tools, practices, and processes for ensuring that those impacts narrow mental health inequities and promote the positive mental health and well-being of urban populations.
Michael G. Marmot, Ph.D., a leading scholar on global health inequalities, will give the keynote presentation. Marmot is director of the University College London Institute of Health Equity (Marmot Institute), and chair of the European Review on the Social Determinants of Health and the Health Divide. His pioneering work over the last
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'Most Wanted' fugitive turns self in
A man wanted by the Erie County Sheriff's Office for a probation violation turned himself in on Monday, deputies said this morning.
Charles Wiley Jr., 21, was featured in Thursday's Erie Times-News Most Wanted. He is the 749th fugitive to be apprehended since the feature began in March 2004.


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Amarillo ISD adds 10 cents to tax rate
By MELANIE YEAGER
Globe-News Education Writer
Amarillo Independent School District trustees Monday added 10 cents to the tax rate.
They adopted a tax rate of $1.51 per $100 of property value. No one has showed up at school board meetings to protest the increased rate.
The new rate will mean $906 in AISD taxes for the owner of a $60,000 home. That's a $60 increase from last year's tax bill.
School officials often have said that the district's financial woes can be explained in the state's school-finance system. As Amarillo property values rise, state aid decreases at a faster pace. This leaves local tax effort to make up the difference.
In other business, trustees voted to go with a new employee health insurance plan. AISD will contract with Blue Cross for an HMO / PPO plan design.
Rod Schroder, assistant superintendent for personnel, said the district analyzed proposals from FirstCare, United Health Care, NYLCare, Blue Cross and BSA-PPO. AISD has been using a FirstCare HMO / United PPO plan.
The new Blue Cross plan will offer AISD a larger panel of doctors, Schroder said. All but three of the 47 most used physicians by employees still will be included, he said, and the plan provides access to Baptist St. Anthony's Health System and Northwest Texas Hospital.
Although it's the best health-care deal, employees will see an increase in their co-payment for office visits to $20 from $12, Schroder said.
AISD is still working out how much per month employees will have to pay for each individual plan, he said.
Three trustees recused themselves from the any discussion or vote on the insurance matter: Anette Carlisle, Bob Sanders and Bill Daniel.
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Milestones could reach $375 million, and Allergan will take over from Phase III. [nyul - Fotolia.com]
Allergan is paying $45 million up front to license Molecular Partners' MP0112, a Phase II treatment for retinal diseases. Molecular Partners is further entitled to receive about $375 million in development, regulatory, and sales milestones. In addition, the company will receive tiered double-digit royalties.
Under the agreement, Allergan obtains exclusive global rights for MP0112 for ophthalmic indications. The parties will work together during Phase IIb development, and Allergan will be responsible for Phase III development and commercialization activities.
Data on MP0112 from two separate Phase I/IIa trials in wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME) showed that the drug is well tolerated and has a potentially long-lasting effect on vision gain after a single injection. For most patients in the cohorts treated with the higher dose of the investigational compound, the potential beneficial effect on visual acuity lasted for approximately 16 weeks, Molecular Partners reports.
MP0112, a protein therapeutic, is the lead candidate in Molecular Partners' pipeline, which is based on DARPin® technology. The platform reportedly combines the desired properties of antibody therapeutics with those of small molecules. DARPins have superior potencies, are robust, low-cost in their development, safe, and can penetrate tissue easily, according to Molecular Partners.
Pools of high-affinity (low pM) DARPins can be directly identified from large naïve libraries (1,012 individual members) by ribosomal display, retaining a high sequence diversity, the company explains. Typically, no affinity maturation and lead optimization are needed.
Enriched pools of binders are screened for the DARPins with the best functional properties. Lead candidates can typically be identified within a few months, Molecular Partners states. Lead DARPins are routinely optimized for their pharmacokinetic behavior and screened for potential T-cell epitopes.
Besides MP0112, Molecular Partners has additional compounds in preclinical development and late-stage research in oncology, inflammation, and other therapeutic areas. In January 2008, Centocor Research & Development inked a deal to use DARPin technology to treat inflammatory diseases. In May 2009, Molecular Partners said that it achieved all research milestones under this collaboration. Roche signed on Molecular Partners in February 2007 for R&D on undisclosed targets. In November 2006, Schering Plough inked a cancer therapeutic and diagnostic deal with Molecular Partners.
Commenting on the deal with Allergan, Christian Zahnd, Ph.D., CEO of Molecular Partners, says, "This is a transformational deal for Molecular Partners, and Allergan is the ideal partner for MP0112 to build the most value out of our lead product. Further, this agreement strengthens our ability to execute on the progression of our substantial internal systemic pipeline."
Allergan has several eyecare products on the market. It has four compounds in multiple Phase II and III trials covering DME, ocular surface disease, retinal diseases, and glaucoma. It also has a preclinical candidate for AMD.
"This agreement aligns with Allergan's strategy to become a leader in developing new treatments for retinal disease," says Scott M. Whitcup, M.D., evp, CSO of Allergan. "The goal of this program is to develop a potentially more effective treatment for diseases like neovascular age-related macular degeneration with the possibility for less frequent intravitreal injections."
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Frozen Monkey Café, 526 Washington St., is currently closed for renovations, as indicated by storefront signs and construction paper covering the windows.
Management could not be reached for comment on the duration of this closing.
The independent café, which specializes in coffee, sandwiches and ice cream, was recognized by AOL City Guide in 2006 and 2007 for being the City's Best Dessert Venue.
Meanwhile, WindMill has been working on setting up one of its stores in Hoboken, but no deal has been finalized yet, according to Steve Levine, chief operator officer.
The hot dog restaurant looked at an open location at the corner of 5th and Washington (as advertised on its Web site), but the space was in poor condition, Levine said. He said that location was not Frozen Monkey.


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Since When Does The 700 Club Profile Gay-Friendly Ministers?
Does anyone else find it at all suspicious that "The 700 Club" would approvingly profile Andrew Marin, a supposedly gay-friendly minister evangelizing in Chicago's gay neighborhood of Boystown?
Andrew Marin is trying to bridge a gap that has widened remarkably in recent years.
It's the gap between conservative Christians and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community.
Marin's vision is bold and his commitment is deep. The evangelical and his wife recently bought their second home in Boystown, Ill., -- Chicago's official gay neighborhood.
Stroll down the streets of Boystown and you'll find a multi-faceted gay world -- low-key couples carrying groceries and dining out in trendy restaurants -- to the more flamboyant types and rainbow themes that abound everywhere.
Marin has lived in Boystown for 10 years. The densely populated neighborhood is the home to many gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people and all the businesses that cater to them.
It's not your typical ministry setting. However, Marin is about as comfortable here as any straight, fresh-from-the-suburbs type evangelical could hope to be.
When exactly was the last time you saw Pat Robertson's television network dedicating this kind of coverage to a gay-friendly minister?
If this all seems rather suspicious, that is probably because it is. In fact Michelangelo Signorile was warning about Marin just last month:
If Andrew Marin has lied about The Advocate having "retracted" my 2006 expose of him, what else is he lying about? And shouldn't LGBT people be concerned about that?
I've written about Andrew Marin and his surfacing again, with his group, The Marin Foundation, showing up at Chicago Pride last month, and "apologizing" for Christians. His group claims to be a "bridge" between Christians and gays but in fact he refuses to say homosexuality is not a sin and tells gays and Christians both whatever they want to hear while he tries to promote himself. Below are some audio clips which we played on the show two weeks ago when his group received some attention on the blogs for the Pride "apology." The audio is from a 2008 seminar where he counsels youth pastors on how to deal with gays, and I think you'll agree -- though I'd like you to judge for yourself -- that what he says is very disturbing and ultimately antigay.
I think it's important to refute the lies and distortions of Andrew Marin ... I worry about young LGBT people, many brought up in very religious homes, who really want to believe Marin is a "bridge" between gays and evangelicals. Because it seems to me, from the audio clips below, his goal, beyond promoting himself, is to try to get to young LGBT people before they come out, so they can find his version of Christ and take a different route -- and one decidedly not about being out and proud or within the LGBT community. His disdain for the LGBT community and LGBT culture is evident here and his disdain for those who "come out" is obvious.
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People:Andrew Marin, Pat Robertson
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