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Resolution is helping with the creation of the seminar programme in the dedicated Audio Theatre at the BVE exhibition held 26-28 February at Excel in London.
The programme will see days dedicated to Sustainability and Audio, Audio Networking and Audio for DSLR and will cover practical insights from end users. technological presentations and discussions. 'We've helped to give shape and form to the Audio Theatre programme, which has been criticised in the past for being a little variable, and to make sure that audio gets the attention it deserves in the wider context of a broad event like BVE,' said Resolution's Zenon Schoepe.
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Waves, DiGiCo and Soundtracs have combined forces to produce DiGiGrid, a product range designed to provide an open approach to audio, plug-ins, control and audio resource networking. The development explains why Waves has not followed the AAX route and it has enormous implications for prolonging hardware life and breaking down existing DAW-specific hardware and software restrictions.
Waves' SoundGrid Audio-over-Ethernet networking is at the heart of the technology; whether it is a connection to your DAW, a preamp, or the processing engine for your recording, plug-ins and studio network, the system is designed to allow you to interface with the elements you need today, with the flexibility to network further in the future as it is scalable and expandable.
In the studio, DiGiGrid systems deliver real-time, ultra low latency Waves plug-in processing and monitoring capabilities, for all major DAW hosts and are powered by Intel-based Waves SoundGrid DSP servers, connected using standard Cat 5e or Cat 6 cables. Multiple I-Os, DAWs and consoles can all be interconnected via SoundGrid and mixed on the Waves eMotion software mixer even between Windows and Mac operating systems. DiGiGrid units can also be used in standalone mode, connecting to your DAW using compliant Core Audio or ASIO drivers.
SoundGrid is a layer 2 protocol Audio-over-Ethernet network integrated within all DiGiGrid products, providing ultra low latency, high channel count Waves audio processing.
DiGiGrid MGB and MGO are portable MADI interfaces on BNC or optical connection respectively that connect to a computer via the SoundGrid network connection giving access to two MADI I-Os which on a 1Gb Ethernet port can be used to record 128 channels with simultaneous playback of 128 channels. SWI is a five-port 1Gb network switch and inserting it into a system allows the aforementioned MADI I-O to be shared over the network.
The DLS is a processing and SoundGrid connection hub as well as an expansion route to future additional I-O or MADI. If you use older Pro Tools hardware, you can still use Native plug-ins or you can future-proof your setup with the ultra low latency DiGiGrid platform. Whether you're using the latest or legacy Pro Tools hardware, all you need is a single Cat 5e or Cat 6 cable to patch into the SoundGrid DSP server. Your plug-ins are now instantly accessible with your Waves plug-ins. By plugging you into the SoundGrid network, DiGiGrid DL allows you to use your existing Pro Tools I-O even when you switch to another platform.
The DLI offers the same connectivity and access to new and old Pro Tools hardware, and lets you integrate your existing SoundGrid DSP Server into the larger DiGiGrid network and I-O infrastructure.
The IOS I-O and SoundGrid DSP Server provides a high-speed Ethernet connection to your DAW that allows you to insert ultra low latency high resolution Waves plug-ins into their chosen platform. You also get mic preamps, metering and headphones monitoring.
The IOX and IOC 1U units include preamps and the ability to connect artist and studio I-O to your current DAW system. Metering combines with two or four headphone outputs. Because these units are on a network they can be shared with multiple users and MADI, more I-O, and plug-ins are an Ethernet cable away.
Adding a DiGiGrid DMI card upgrade allows DiGiCo D-Rack or SD-Rack I-O interfaces to be connected to your SoundGrid studio network.
A total of 5,735 visitors attended the 27th Tonmeistertagung, which was an increase of almost 80% on the last event with the move to Cologne proving to be a universally popular one. There were 144 exhibitors represented in 92 exhibition booths and showrooms and 285 authors presented 185 lectures, workshops, round tables, and posters. A key aspect was the daily Get Together meetings in the evenings with performing bands and free beer.
The Cologne event had a good feel and spirit to it and many exhibitors expressed an interest in the event going annual and picking up from where the European AES Convention has left off.
The next Tonmeistertagung will be held at the CCN in Cologne in November 2014 with more exhibition space, larger halls for presenting papers and workshops, and a relocated reception area, according to the organisers.
Iosono and Deutsche Telekom AG have signed a patent license agreement for 3D audio technologies. The licensing deal grants Iosono the use of 3D audio patents developed by Telekom Innovation Laboratories (T-Labs), the company's central research and development unit.
'Iosono is a technology leader in 3D audio. We're proud to have them as our licensee for the Deutsche Telekom audio patents and look forward to seeing new audio solutions being developed,' said Tim Alexander Oelmann, senior IPR manager at Deutsche Telekom AG. With the new agreement, Iosono is strengthening its IP portfolio in the areas of audio technology and communications.
'We will further enhance the consumer's listening experience in cinemas, event locations or at home and are working on new, exciting products. In Deutsche Telekom we have found a renowned partner to expand our licensing business with even more state-of-the-art technologies,' commented Olaf Stepputat, CEO of Iosono. 2013 sees the start of the company's new licensing programme with the goal to further develop and establish 3D audio technology in cinema, entertainment and consumer products.
Messe Frankfurt has signed a joint-venture agreement with Chinese exhibition organiser Guangdong International Science and Technology Exhibition Company (STE) to work together on ProSound + Light Guangzhou, which is China's second largest and Southern China's largest industry show for the professional audio and lighting industry.
The 2013 edition of ProSound + Light Guangzhou will take place 9–12 March at the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Guangzhou, China and is expected to attract more than 900 exhibitors. In 2012, the show attracted 757 and, held concurrently with Music Guangzhou, more than 43,257 people visited.
'We are looking forward to working closely with the organisers of ProSound + Light Guangzhou,' said Jason Cao, senior general manager of Messe Frankfurt (HK). 'As one of the world's largest trade fair organisers, Messe Frankfurt brings its overseas and domestic resources to the show with its professional experience in running the Prolight + Sound brand shows worldwide, such as Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, Germany, one of the world's best known industry shows, the highly respected Prolight + Sound Shanghai which is China's leading annual show, as well as Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia, which made its debut in 2012.'
The 2013 edition of Cabsat runs from 12-14 March at Dubai World Trade Centre and comes at a time of transformational change in the broadcast and media industry in the region, according to the organisers. The event is claiming a 15% increase in size from broadcast and satellite technology companies.
According to Digital TV Research, ten countries in the region have already achieved the milestone of 100% digital television penetration, with the whole of MENA seeing digital television in 85% of households as soon as 2017. Content specialists LiquidThread carried out research on viewing patterns during Ramadan this year and found a high level of internet use, particularly to catch up on favourite programmes. The same research predicts that access to digital video recording in the set-top box will triple in the next 10 years.
'We are explicitly broadening our appeal this year to include the emerging African markets and the hotspots of South Asia as well as our established MENA footprint,' said Helal Saeed Almarri, CEO, Dubai World Trade Centre, organiser of the event. The Cabsat Academy will again offer targeted training, workshop and discussion sessions to boost knowledge exchange through a mixture of free and paid sessions, with vendor presentations, workshops and interactive tutorials. 2013 sees a new dedicated Africa in Focus zone on the exhibition floor to provide a networking area for decision makers coming from emerging African markets.
Julian Gough's Noises Off service has created a portable sound rig for high quality recording based around Merging Pyramix, the Smart AV Tango 2 controller and the Horus networked audio convertor with mic preamps. It was used for the first time to record BBC Sunday night Songs of Praise in the crypt of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.
'I was confident that everything would work technically but mixing in an unknown and uncontrolled acoustic was always going to be a challenge,' he said. 'I had foreseen this and purchased portable acoustic treatment, sadly they had been delivered damaged and not having enough time to get them replaced, I had to leave them at home.
'The whole in-the-box Merging solution worked well and delivered the sort of low latency figures that are essential for this sort of work,' he said. 'Having a built-in multitrack recorder is a huge advantage and gave me the option to do a little bit of remixing back at my place which resolved the minor monitoring issues and the end result sounds excellent. Now that I have proof of concept, my challenge for the New Year is to really launch this service properly and do some marketing.'
Mixer/producer Bruno Ellingham has installed an SSL X-Desk, X-Logic G Series compressor, X-Panda summing system and Alpha-Link I-O system in his mix room within Massive Attack's Bristol-based studio complex. He has used it to give Massive Attack's Blue Lines album a contemporary mixing makeover for its 20th anniversary rerelease. All but two tracks from Blue Lines were originally mixed on a large-format SSL console in London's Matrix Studios.
'A suggestion came up to try and do a new mix,' he explains. 'At which point I seized upon the idea that maybe it would be an interesting experiment to see if it could be done with a more DAW-centric approach considering the fact that it was originally mixed on a large-format SSL.'
Bruno started with a set of SSL Duende Native plug-ins on Pro Tools: 'While I could match the sound of the Blue Lines mixes, I couldn't match the shape or size of them; I couldn't get them as deep or as expansive as the original mixes were. I got the X-Desk and an X-Panda, so that I'd have 20 faders available to me for whatever scenario, plus some SSL Alpha-Link audio interfaces, which weren't something I'd ever come across before,' he said. 'But when I plugged in the audio interfaces and summed my mixes through the X-Desk, suddenly I was able to get that size, depth, and breadth that I'd been missing. The X-Desk also has a very good, fast transient response, so you can make things very punchy. It really does have that SSL sound.'
The specification of CEDAR Cambridge Series III hardware has been significantly increased. Featuring 12 Xeon processing cores and 32Gb of RAM, the system supports multiple instances and multiple users more efficiently and, depending on the number of processing paths and the number of processes running in each, this can lead to increases in productivity.
The new system will support six DVI monitors, which makes it easier to set up, view and control multiple instances of CEDAR Cambridge on the same host hardware with all of their signal analysis, processing paths, metadata, and report generation windows laid out and visible simultaneously. Prices remain unchanged from previous versions.
Focusrite has announced the return of the Red Series mic preamp with the Red 1 500 Series Mic Pre. As with the original Red range, the new module is made in England. It uses the same circuit design and components as the original, the same Lundahl LL1538 input transformer and custom Carnhill output transformer, Grayhill gold-plated gain switch with a gain range of 66dB, switchable phantom power, polarity invert and a backlit VU meter with calibration.
Focusrite's RedNet Ethernet-based interface system is shipping with RedNet units 1-4 and the RedNet PCIe card. RedNet 5, which provides a direct link to Pro Tools HD, and RedNet 6, a MADI multichannel interface, will become available shortly. RedNet 6 is a 64-channel MADI interface with coaxial and optical for connection to mixing consoles, standalone converters and PCIe cards. The MADI audio stream can operate simultaneously at a different sample rate to the RedNet network using asynchronous sample rate conversion.
The Scarlett 18i20 USB 2.0 interface has 18 inputs and 20 outputs with eight mic preamps with phantom power and 24-bit/96kHz A-D/D-A convertors. An additional eight channels of ADAT are provided with SPDIF providing an additional stereo I-O. The device has two independent headphone outputs and a dedicated monitor section with dim and mute.
Scarlett 18i20 ships with Ableton Live Lite, the Focusrite Scarlett plug-in bundle, Novation's Bass Station soft synth and 1Gb of Loopmasters samples.
The Cardioid Plane Microphone KEM 975 is a new version of the patented instantaneous line array microphone principle, which is already in use in the KEM 970. A new circuit design has been developed; besides the ceramic capsules of the M 300 series, Microtech-Gefell has developed a low-noise preamplifier system for the KEM 975. Also, the construction of the housing has been revised without changing any of the critical dimensions of the Line Array itself; as the capsule positioning and relationship is an integral part of the design. The result of the revision is a shorted overall body length.
Compared to the KEM 970, the KEM 975 Cardioid Plane Microphone has an increased dynamic range. There are five switch settings covering the entire Line level. Microtech's optical principle to generate the capsule polarisation voltage is also used in the KEM 975.
IRT München, which originally designed and patented the line-array microphone and licensed Microtech to manufacture it, has enhanced the directivity at low frequencies by the addition of an extra microphone capsule mounted at the rear that is available as an accessory.
The new construction, coupled with the improvements in lowering the noise floor, mean that the KEM 975 is suitable for music recordings as well as sound reinforcement, broadcast and video conferencing applications. By using an optimised filter system, the sound of the rear capsule is summed with the sound of the Microphone Line Array.
Cartec Audio's Compère 500 series enclosure has 8 slots with an internal power supply providing 3A per rail. It has an assignable front panel input XLR in addition to the 8 input and output XLRs. Users can introduce the front panel input signal to any one of the 8 modules via the front panel Aux to input module rotary switch and associated 48V phantom power switch. This is intended to provide uninterrupted phantom power when switching to different preamp modules. The Aux to output module rotary switch selects which module carries the output and the audio appears on the dedicated rear mounted routing section output XLR. The regular module's XLR I-O audio path is defeated while the Aux Compère function is activated for that module. At the rear of the rack each module slot has a link switch that routes the output of a module into the input of the next module slot to the right.
Rupert Neve Designs has two 500 Series modules: the 511 Mic Pre with Silk and the 542 True Tape Emulator with Texture. The 511 incorporates the preamp circuitry from the 517, the sweepable high-pass filter from the 5012, and a variable Silk circuit from the Portico II Channel.
The 511 can be used for mic or line sources and has a polarity reverse switch and a 12dB/octave swept high-pass filter, while the Silk Red mode can be engaged to add thickness and sparkle in the high end as the Texture level is increased.
The 542 is a follow-up to the Portico 5042 and delivers a simulation of classic tape sound through the inclusion of tape drive circuitry. The True Tape drive circuit works by feeding a tiny magnetic record head, which in turn is coupled to a correctly-equalised replay amplifier. As the voltage rises on the record head, saturation increases, and a soft-clip circuit engages at higher levels to round off peak transients. The sound of the tape circuit can be further modified with selectable 15 and 30ips modes and a pre/post-tape blend control. The 542 also includes variable Silk/Texture circuitry.
Sanken's CU-55 cardioid has a side-firing 16mm capsule with a resonant chamber like the top of the line Sanken CU-44x that has been tuned to create a 'perfect' cardioid pattern. The new microphone is flat at 90 degrees, flat on-axis, with very little proximity effect. The CU-55 uses the same diaphragm material as Sanken's CU-100 and CUW-180 mics.
Maximum SPL is claimed as 137dB at 1% THD and 15dB ENL, It has a -10dB attenuation switch for two sensitivity settings.
Røde's iXY is a stereo microphone for iPhone and iPad with 30-pin connector that allows recording at 24-bit/96kHz. It has a matched pair of ½-inch cardioid condenser capsules, fixed in a 90 degree 'near-coincident' alignment. It uses its own A-D conversion. A foam windshield is provided for outdoor recordings as well as a zip pocket. It is released in conjunction with the iXY is Røde Rec, an app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch and when used together they transform an iOS device into a field recorder.
- BVE, London, 26-28 February
- Cabsat, Dubai, 19-21 March
- ProLight + Sound, Frankfurt, 10-13 April
- NAB, Las Vegas, 8-11 April
- LLB, Stockholm, 23-25 April
- Plasa Focus, Leeds, 30 April-1 May
- AES, Rome, 4-7 May
- KOBA, Seoul, 13-16 May
- Infocomm, Orlando, 12-14 June
- BroadcastAsia, Singapore, 18-21 June
- IBC, Amsterdam, 13-17 September
- Plasa, London, 6-9 October
- AES, New York, 17-20 October


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Brian Geltzeiler talks NBA
Andy and Mike talked with Hoops Critic and Sirius/XM NBA Insider Brian Geltzeiler this morning. Brian recapped the Spurs dominating performance in the NBA Finals and also talked about what's next for the Miami Heat.
Brian Geltzeiler: "Miami's got a huge problem... And it's Dwyane Wade. Dwyane Wade is owed $41 million in the next 2 years. Not only is Dwyane Wade damaged goods, he's obviously not the player he once was... He didn't seem into it the whole series. If you can't sprint back on defense in an elimination game in the NBA Finals, who are you and where are you?! That's a problem to me, that's a huge problem to me... Dwyane Wade will not opt out (of his contract) and Lebron's gonna opt out and he's gonna be looking for more money."


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I went to the threads to try and find this answer, but only found postings about how to buy her book.
I think that to have the blessing of Chuck is a big deal, so I was wondering why there hasn't been much talk about this in the news section. I keep waiting for it, but it doesn't come.
So what I want to know is:
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-Where is she from?
-Is this her first book?
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By SOMAN BABY, Posted on » 02 September 2007
MANAMA: About 600 Bahrainis have been recruited so far by APM Terminal Bahrain, which has taken over the operations at Mina Salman in December last year.
The company has also invested heavily in infrastructure, it has been revealed.
It has purchased a new container to handle equipment in addition to forklifts all at a cost of $4.9 million (BD1.8m), said managing director Jorgen Madsen.
"We have interviewed nearly 2,000 job applicants and recruited about 600 Bahrainis to various positions," he told the GDN.
Within six months of taking over the operations, APM Terminal Bahrain has invested in to boost the port's facilities, streamlined its operations and made it more user-friendly, said Mr Madsen.
"All this has resulted in higher productivity levels and better services at the port," he added.
Other initiatives include:
¥ The installation of an Automatic Identification System (AIS) in the tower.
¥ The provision of three new tug boats.
¥ The introduction of fixed berth windows for container ships.
¥ Implementation of the Navis operating system to manage the container terminal operations.
¥ Increased daily number of import containers stripped from 120 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) to 160 TEUs.
¥ Introduction of pre-gate system for containers, which reduces the trucks' waiting time to collect or return containers.
¥ Taking over the yard and vessel planning from agents.
¥ A preventive maintenance programme for equipment to assure the availability of handling equipments all the times.
¥ Enforcing international standards to save the lives and protect the environment.
¥ Renovating and upgrading the clinic to serve the employees and the ports users.
¥ Moving the customs clearance hall to a new location beside the main gate for better service to consignees and clearing agents.
¥ Opening a staff canteen.
¥ Implementing a comprehensive training and development programme.
¥ Providing new IT hardware and software for the organisation.
¥ Launching the Bahrain Gateway brand and Waterfront Newsletter.
¥ Commissioning work to revise the port tariff.
¥ Establishing a Help Desk for port users, on telephone number 17365559, round the clock.
During the first six months of this year, the port witnessed 141 container vessels with 77,958 moves, at an average 0.84 vessel calls per day, said Mr Madsen.
" Also, new highs were hit in berth productivity (50.48 moves per hour) and gross crane productivity (26.5 moves per hour), while the lowest gate turnaround time of 25.7 minutes was also recorded," he added.
APM Terminals Bahrain is a joint venture between Maersk A/S of Denmark and YBA Kanoo Holdings of Bahrain.
The company has been awarded the concession to operate the commercial ports in Bahrain, Mina Salman, and, once operational, Khalifa Bin Salman Port. Management of the port started on December 8 last year with the purpose of handling marine and related services and overall port operations within Bahrain and its waters.


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What's the difference between the NBC that is in first place during the season's fourth quarter, and the fifth-place NBC during the first quarter?
One reality-competition series hit and one football show.
To address half that problem, NBC has stepped in where ABC has pulled its foot out. NBC has ordered the home-makeover competition series "Renovation Nation," which will be hosted by interior designer/Oprah protege Nate Berkus. (Last season, ABC ended its entry in the genre: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.")
Berkus was available because his syndicated show recently was canceled for lack of viewer interest. He had a much better run during his eight years as Oprah's in-house design expert on her syndicated talk show.
Home-makeover series aren't new to broadcast TV. ABC had a monster hit with "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," after network suits decided that slicing and dicing homes that needed an overhaul was a better business model than doing same to women's faces (which was the subject of the network's original "Extreme Makeover" franchise).
Each week on "EM:HE," experts made over homes for some needy family — veterans, victims of natural disasters, the homeless, etc. — ending with much weeping and hugging, and feel-gooding. At its peak, during the 2004-05 TV season, the show clocked about 16 million viewers; by its final season, it was down to less than 6 mil.
NBC, however, believes it has cracked the code: Homes will not be re-made for some lucky family in need; instead, they'll be re-made for lucky. . .viewers!
The home builders and designers, meanwhile, will be competing for "a huge cash prize" and for the honor of being crowned something or another — NBC had not yet come up with a zippy, "American Idol"-esque title at press time.
Throughout the season, viewers can tour the homes virtually — and buy stuff!
And to make sure you tune in, weekly prizes will be given away to viewers, ranging from luxury household items to home makeovers — and cold hard cash!
"We believe we are in a time where Americans want to feel empowered and inspired to make changes to their homes; changes that will not only increase their value and quality of life, but at the same time — not break the bank, " NBC reality-TV guru Paul Telegdy explained in Monday's announcement.


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You get that life shattering phone call in the middle of the night or face the reality that shatters your plans, and life around you seems like it was hit my a major earthquake, dislodging everything that previously held you together.
My job offers me a front row seat, to see how loss impacts marriage. Communication is gone. Intimacy is a thing of the past. Grief happens in different ways, extinguishing the unity candle that two people, once full of excitement for the future, lit on their wedding day.
My husband is the care pastor at our church, so we often seen families and marriage crumble under the pressure of how to press on another day. Dilemmas over the distribution of money, their final resting place or who gets to take care of mom and dad, pierce the heart of the family, leaving it's members, raw, exposed and broken.
Whoever said that marriage is work was right. Society gives that a negative connotation demeaning the purity of marriage communicating it's worse than their job, which they also hate. Let's step away from that view of marriage. Instead, it takes work on both part while struggling through whatever circumstances to maintain intimacy, communication and unity. That's work. That's worthwhile, marriage sustaining, kingdom advancing, God honoring work.
Our work started as the ultrasound tech turned off the monitor and I put the gown in the waste basket. Somehow, in just a few seconds, our life changed. Our baby's beating heart had stopped inexplicably, and it felt like mine was going to, too. Hope was extinguished while loss introduced itself in all of its ugliness.
Words didn't need to be spoken about how difficult the road ahead would be. Leaving the room and facing the world seemed just as daunting as staying in the room to avoid reality.
After a long embrace still void of too many words, my husband grabbed my face and made me promise this wouldn't change us. That we would fight, not just to conceive again; but, fight for our marriage, acknowledging the obstacles on the road ahead.
You don't have to look far around us to see marriages falling - or fallen - apart by loss and grief. Chances are, my friend, your own marriage has probably faced some kind of similar circumstance. If you're hanging on, let me commend me. If you're fighting, you'll never regret it. If you've come out the other side, congratulations...now cherish each other even more.
Walking through our own grief and loss, it's been rare that we've been on the same page. All people deal with grief and loss differently; however, when you're experiencing infertility and miscarriage, it's often difficult for the man to relate. He doesn't feel the beautifully welcomed nausea in the first trimester, nor can he feel the fear when those feelings all of a sudden go away. While he may be physically present with you in the process, he doesn't feel and experience the loss of the baby in the same way. He probably doesn't count days with such precision or have the roller coaster of emotions every month with high highs and low lows depending on where you are in your cycle. It's hard to be on the same page. Even though you may find yourselves on different pages, you're part of the same story that God is redeeming in your marriage.
If you're reading this and shuddering a silent amen, sister, let me encourage you to talk to your husband and express to him what you're feeling. At the same time, forgive your husband for not understanding what it is that you're going through; because, you may be asking him to empathize with a process that he is not wired to understand.
Wherever you are in loss, healing in marriage and unity in the process are possible. But here's this word that we all try to avoid: WORK. Working to grow your marriage in the midst of your struggle will never leave you lonely or disappointed. It'll be the best job you ever do and I believe God will honor it.
My prayer for you, my fellow traveller, is that you would entrust God with the responsibility of healing your heart, and that you would trust Him to redeem your story and that He would reproduce intimacy and unity where the enemy has tried to sabotage it.
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Mark Ramprakash compiled his seventh Championship hundred of the summer and passed 30,000 first-class runs on day one against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl.
Ramprakash hit a six and 16 fours and was unbeaten on 124 out of Surrey's 283-2 when bad light ended play.
He shared a stand of 175 with Jon Batty (55) and found an equally reliable ally in Mark Butcher, who made 51 not out.
Daren Powell and Shaun Udal picked up a wicket each but Hampshire's attack was tidy, rather than threatening.
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These are busy times for Facebook. At the start of the week, the social networking company introduced a new feature for members to show their organ donation status. But the big news came on Thursday, as the social networking company announced that it would set a price range for its stock of $28 to $35 a share when it debuts on Wall Street later this month. It also released an IPO roadshow video. Read more
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Kathryn Harrison is the author of the novels ENVY, THE SEAL WIFE, THE BINDING CHAIR, POISON, EXPOSURE, THICKER THAN WATER and ENCHANTMENTS. She has also written memoirs, THE KISS and THE MOTHER KNOT, a travel memoir, THE ROAD TO SANTIAGO, a biography, SAINT THERESE OF LISIEUX, and a collection of personal essays, SEEKING RAPTURE. Ms. Harrison is a frequent reviewer for The New York Times Book Review; her essays, which have been included in many anthologies, have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Vogue, O Magazine, Salon and other publications. Her latest book is JOAN OF ARC: A LIFE TRANSFIGURED. She lives in New York with her husband, the novelist Colin Harrison, and their children. She is currently working on a novel.
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A virus isn't alive, it's a strand of protein, this article says as much, thus it can't be considered a parasite. Isn't the moniker viral particle more appropriate that describing them as parasites?--Commodore Spock 21:26, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
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I think there is conflicting information within Star Trek about viruses being alive. I thought Paul Stubbs said that the Leutscher virus was a "bona fide lifeform". I also seem to remember other episodes saying they're not alive (Quality of Life, maybe?) so I wonder how the article could reflect that.--31dot 12:40, November 2, 2009 (UTC)


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A late December arrival makes for a late February review, but you can still find this holiday release on shelves if you look for a bit. This is a light saison designed for winter consumption — an unusual combination in the world of holiday brews. It offers a malty and fruity combo up front that slowly segues into notes of baking spice. Things wrap up with notes of nutmeg, coriander, and lemon peel, plus a light slug of hops. On the light side for a winter brew, it's a pleasant enough Christmastime sipper for those who prefer a little restraint in their "holiday" beer spices.
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Defending champion LaShawn Merritt of the U.S. pulled up in the backstretch of his 400-meter preliminary heat, stopped in his quest for a second straight Olympic title by an ailing left hamstring. Merritt got off to a bad start, fell behind early and stopped running after about 200 meters. He limped slowly off the track, an unsatisfying end to a tumultuous four years for the sprinter. Merritt served a 21-month drug suspension between Olympics and needed a ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport to become eligible for these games. He was the gold-medal favorite coming into London, but hurt himself in a tuneup race. His coach said this week that Merritt's status for the Olympics was shaky. Merritt was expected to lead the Americans in the 4x400-meter relay, which starts Thursday.
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The research group LACS/Cryptolux has 2 Ph.D. student and 1 postdoctoral positions in cryptography and IT security. Applicants with interest in the following areas are particularly welcome to apply:
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The pope pressed his opposition to gay marriage Friday, denouncing what he described as people eschewing their God-given gender identities to suit their sexual choices – and destroying the very "essence of the human creature" in the process.
Benedict XVI made the comments in his annual Christmas address to the Vatican bureaucracy, one of his most important speeches of the year. He dedicated it this year to promoting traditional family values in the face of gains by same-sex marriage proponents in the U.S. and Europe and efforts to legalize gay marriage in places like France and Britain.
In his remarks, Benedict quoted the chief rabbi of France, Gilles Bernheim, in saying the campaign for granting gays the right to marry and adopt children was an "attack" on the traditional family made up of a father, mother and children.
"People dispute the idea that they have a nature, given to them by their bodily identity, that serves as a defining element of the human being," he said. "They deny their nature and decide that it is not something previously given to them, but that they make it for themselves."
"The manipulation of nature, which we deplore today where our environment is concerned, now becomes man's fundamental choice where he himself is concerned," he said.
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This unit of study provides a comprehensive lecture program that covers the research process, from the selection of a topic through to data analysis and the interpretation of results. Students will engage in debates about the philosophical basis of social research, and will undertake exercises designed to enhance their skills in conducting research. For the primary assessment, students will select a topic and develop a research proposal, suitable for submission to a funding agency, or for a Masters or PhD thesis.
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In recent years, various attempts have been undertaken to obtain information about the structure of forested areas from multi-baseline synthetic aperture radar data. Tomographic processing of such data has been demonstrated for airborne L-band data but the quality of the focused tomographic images is limited by several factors. In particular, the common Fourier-based focusing methods are susceptible to irregular and sparse sampling, two problems, that are unavoidable in case of multi-pass, multi-baseline SAR data acquired by an airborne system. In this paper, a tomographic focusing method based on the time-domain back-projection algorithm is proposed, which maintains the geometric relationship between the original sensor positions and the imaged target and is therefore able to cope with irregular sampling without introducing any approximations with respect to the geometry. The tomographic focusing quality is assessed by analysing the impulse response of simulated point targets and an in-scene corner reflector. And, in particular, several tomographic slices of a volume representing a forested area are given. The respective P-band tomographic data set consisting of eleven flight tracks has been acquired by the airborne E-SAR sensor of the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
In a conventional synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image multiple back-scattering elements distributed along the elevation component are projected to the two-dimensional slant-range plane. With Pol-InSAR techniques only a very limited number of different scattering elements can be localized within a resolution cell. Tomographic processing of SAR data, however, allows resolving the ambiguity in the elevation component and is therefore suitable to produce true three-dimensional images. Hence, different back-scattering elements within a volume can directly be localized. This property can be exploited for the reconstruction of volumetric structures, such as forested areas, as well as for a more detailed imaging of built-up areas and mountainous regions, which exhibit a high percentage of layover regions.
Tomographic processing of SAR data requires that the synthetic aperture in azimuth be extended by a second dimension in direction orthogonal to the plane spanned by the vectors in azimuth and the line of sight. The sampling in this direction, called the normal direction, is realized by coherently combining the data of a sufficient number of adequately separated flight tracks. The common Fourier-based SAR processing algorithm, the SPECAN (SPECtral ANalysis) approach, which has been used in [
In the next section, the Fourier-based SPECAN approach is revised in order to highlight the approximations that are involved. The same framework is also used to derive the sampling constraints and the spatial resolution for the design of the tomographic experiment and the data processing in the normal direction. Then, the formulation of the TDBP algorithm for tomographic processing is given. Further, the measurement set-up of the tomographic P-band SAR experiment is described and the focusing quality is assessed by analysing simulated and real point targets. Finally, the results obtained from the TDBP-based tomographic reconstruction of a forested area from the E-SAR P-band data are presented.
For the first demonstration of airborne L-band SAR tomography [
We want to look again in some detail at the derivation of the SPECAN algorithm for focusing in the normal direction for two reasons: first, to highlight the approximations that are involved in the SPECAN approach, and second, because it provides a good framework to derive two important parameters, the
The model that is used to derive these parameters follows to a large extent the derivation presented in [
The simplified tomographic acquisition geometry that forms the basis for the derivation of the spatial resolution and the sampling constraints in normal direction
The phase term in the exponent of
In [
We aim at a complete processing in the time domain – after range compression – and focus the data by using the true geometry of the irregularly sampled tomographic acquisition pattern. I.e., every voxel of the 3D SAR image is focused based on the true acquisition geometry, limited only by the accuracy of the navigation data and uncompensated propagation delays. A TDBP processor, which has been tested with airborne [
: position vector of the target : indices of first, last azimuth position of the sensor within the synthetic aperture of the target position : position vector of the sensor, = |
: range-compressed signal of data track = 2 : carrier frequency : speed of light
An extensive airborne SAR campaign has been carried out in September 2006. Two fully polarimetric tomographic data sets - a P-band and an L-band data set - of a partially forested area have been acquired by the German Aerospace Center's E-SAR system. Eight corner reflectors were deployed for geometric and radiometric calibration purposes. The positions of the corner reflectors were measured by carrier-phase differential GPS. In the following, we restrict ourselves to describing the results obtained so far with the P-band data set.
The relationship of the sampling spacing
For the design of our experiment the total number of flight tracks that span the synthetic aperture in normal direction was limited to 11 tracks. We have chosen a regular distribution of the flight tracks orthogonal to a mean line of sight at an off-nadir angle of 45° (see
The TDBP-based tomographic processing of the P-band data set as presented in this paper does not include a point target based phase calibration. For the E-SAR P-band system the carrier frequency is
The 12 P-band data sets were acquired within one air mission. The maximal time span between the first and the last track is approximately 2 h. The tracks of the tomographic pattern were flown in an interleaved manner in case that an unexpected incidence would have caused an untimely abortion of the data acquisition. In
As an external reference, a digital elevation model (DEM) derived from airborne laser scanning (Falcon II, Toposys GmbH) is available for comparison of the ground level and a digital surface model (DSM) acquired by the same sensor is also at hand. The airborne laser scanning data were acquired in spring of 2003. It has to be assumed that the deciduous trees were mostly transparent to the laser signal and therefore do not appear in the LiDAR-derived DSM. In view of this limitation a region that is dominated by coniferous trees has been chosen as test area.
In order to quantify the performance of the tomographic processing by TDBP two complete tomographic P-band raw data sets have been simulated and then focused. The raw data simulator emulates the true 3D acquisition geometry using the navigation data of the actual flight tracks and the 3D position of a point target. The same system parameters have been used as they are given for the real-world P-band data set acquired by the E-SAR system.
A partially forested area of 400 m × 1000 m size has been selected in order to demonstrate tomographic processing by TDBP using the HH channel of the multi-baseline P-band SAR data set. Since the selected area is relatively flat, a 3D reconstruction grid consisting of a set of
Seven vertical tomographic slices of the imaged volume separated by a regular spacing have been selected for visualization: In
To the authors' knowledge, for the first time P-band tomographic SAR images of a larger forested area (400 m × 1000 m) have been presented. Compared to previous work in the field of SAR tomography (e.g. [
A comparison of the tomographic slices resulting from the airborne multi-baseline P-band data set with the DEM/DSM obtained from laser scanning indicates that high intensity values are predominantly located at the ground level within forested areas. This outcome conforms with what can be expected from horizontally polarized P-band radar back-scattering of a forested area, where double-bounce scattering from the ground surface and tree trunks is a dominant scattering mechanism. Furthermore, this result supports the claim that DEMs obtained by means of P-Band interferometry provide a good estimation of the ground topography underneath canopy.
However, high intensity values within the tomographic images are often accompanied by considerable side lobes and ambiguities in the normal direction.
The simulations show that the point targets are well-focused by tomographic processing using the TDBP algorithm in terms of resolution and separability. The anomalous side lobes that appear for the in-scene corner reflector might be due to a remaining geometric calibration error of the multi-baseline data. If multiple targets are distributed along the normal direction the focused signal is disturbed by ambiguities as a result of the sparsely sampled synthetic aperture in normal direction. This system inherent problem is given by the limited unambiguous height in the normal direction. Therefore, suppression of ambiguities is a main concern in order to further improve the quality of the tomographic images in a future step.
The authors would like to thank R. Horn, R. Scheiber and M. Keller at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for their ongoing cooperation and technical support. They would also like to thank the procurement and technology center of the Swiss Federal Department of Defense (armasuisse) for funding and supporting this work.
Simplified tomographic imaging geometry after [
P-band tomographic acquisition pattern consisting of 11 flight tracks + 1 control track. The flight direction is from east to west and the sensor is left-looking. In addition to the actual flight tracks, their projections to the horizontal plane and to the northing-height plane are depicted.
Impulse responses resulting from TDBP tomographic imaging of the multi-baseline P-band raw data set of: a single simulated point target (black line), two simulated point targets which are separated by a distance of 12 m in normal direction (red line), a real, in-scene corner reflector (blue line).
(a) RGB ortho-image of the partially forested area selected for tomographic imaging taken at the time of acquisition of the reference DEM/DSM data sets by airborne laser scanning (Falcon II, TopoSys GmbH), (b) SAR intensity values within a horizontal tomographic slice of the reconstruction grid on the height level H = 551 m. (c) Coherence map of the zero baseline configuration (track no. 1 and track no. 12).
Vertical slices of the SAR tomographic image in
Vertical slices of the SAR tomographic image in west-eastern direction. Red/green lines in the tomographic slices: High resolution DEM/DSM from airborne laser scanning (Falcon II, TopoSys GmbH) indicating the ground level and canopy height as a reference.
E-SAR P-band system parameters.
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Nominal parameters used in the set-up of the P-band tomographic SAR experiment.
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Yes, I'm still stuck in the kitchen. Not literally stuck there, but I have been having all sorts of kitchen adventures this month. You may be wondering what this photo has to do with my New52 project. With all the cooking I've been doing, was this the first time my counters have been clean? Good guess, but no. My kitchen has actually been staying pretty clean since I've been using it on a regular basis. Do you see that cutout where my cookbooks are? That's where our microwave used to be. For the first time in my adult life, I don't have a microwave!
I'll admit that I was a bit nervous about getting rid of such a well-used kitchen appliance. How was I going to bake potatoes? Never mind food, how was I going to heat up my coffee in the morning? You know what? I'm getting along just fine. I've had to plan ahead a bit more because I had to steam the potatoes instead of nuking them. And I'm probably drinking a bit less coffee because it's not quite as convenient to heat it up by putting my cup in a pot of water on the stove (although it tastes better this way).
I'm actually enjoying being in a microwave-free kitchen. I feel like I'm finally learning how to cook. You know what I miss the most about the microwave? The clock. I don't have another clock in the kitchen (yet), so I have to go into the other room to see what time it is.
Have you taken the plunge and gotten rid of your microwave? Do you think I'm totally crazy for getting rid of mine? I'm curious what you think!


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The Future In Area Schools
Blake here tells me that when he was in school things were done differently most of the work was done on paper or in textbooks. Also he was always copying from the boards and taking notes by pencil. Well now lately more and more schools are turning to use more technology in their classrooms.
The i3 Conference & Expo hosted by Region 16 Education Service Center here in the panhandle had some sessions for area teachers about topics including incorporating online courses and how to use mobile devices in classrooms. Like one session has topics on incorporating online courses and how to use mobile devices in the classroom. Even a first grade teacher is planning to use an ipad to teach the alphabet in her classroom this year. Now that online learning tools are going to be useful teachers are still the most important factor in a student's education. Kids now days have a cellphones or some place where they could go online if needed, and now that technology is being used classrooms it could be important to them and they could get really excited about it now that their schools are turning into be more modernize with new ways to use technology.
Every school year is different for teachers even for the ones who have been there for years they say "Everything in education always changes, You have to stay on the cutting edge, and education is never stagnant." With that being said Blake wishes that he had all this new technology when he was in school. Children that do have this opportunity to experience changes should use it to their advantage, because it could be worse with all those hand cramps,sharping pencils when they break, and all the use of paper for notes, and homework once school starts here Aug. 27th.


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Inadvertantly found this and I didn't see it posted anywhere else. Anybody else seen this or any others on the GS3?
Go to 'Settings', 'About Device', Click 'Android Version' multiple times quickly. A little droid pops up with a version bubble below him. I tried to do a palm swipe picture and it then turned into multiple swimming droids that change direction when you tilt the phone. Silly mindless fun.
Certainly good fun. Many phones have this type of About option, although not all.
That's funny! I just did it on my GS3 (I have Jelly Bean) & after tapping on the Android Version 5 times VERY quickly, a picture of a red smiling jelly bean came up, complete with antenna!
But what's REALLY cool, is after the jelly bean picture comes up, you place your finger on his left eye, & drag across his right eye to the right side of your screen, little floating jelly beans come up moving around, like they're floating in space. You can then drag & throw them around the screen! Once you've gotten all the jelly beans off your screen, just rotate the screen horizontally, then back vertically & more beans appear to do it all over again. It's a good time waster, I guess, but cool nonetheless!
Nice Easter Egg!
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Democracy rally kicks off July 1 day of protest in Hong Kong as CY Leung calls for 'stability'
Members of League of Social Democrats call for open elections and burn picture of chief executive outside flag-raising ceremony, as up to half a million prepare to take to the streets
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Rain showers and an early start were not enough to put off the first protesters of July 1, as up to 20 members of the League of Social Democrats called for open elections and burned a copy of Beijing's white paper outside the flag-raising ceremony in Bauhinia Square on Tuesday morning.
LIVE: Thousands gather ahead of July 1 march as barricades go up in Central
Holding banners, they chanted "We want public nomination" and "We do not fear the white paper", a reference to Beijing's unprecedented policy paper on "one country, two systems" released earlier this month.
Meanwhile, at a reception in Wan Chai after the flag-raising ceremony celebrating the 17th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong to China, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said that the city's residents should avoid doing anything that might damage Hong Kong's "prosperity and stability".
Leung was speaking amid plans by the pro-democracy Occupy Central movement to stage a sit-in in the heart of the city if Leung's administration fails to deliver a plan for the 2017 chief executive election that would guarantee voters a genuine choice between candidates.
The Federation of Students and the student-led group Scholarism announced plans on Monday to stage a similar sit-in after Tuesday's main pro-democracy rally in Chater Road, and outside the chief executive's office in Admiralty, until 8am on Wednesday morning.
League of Social Democrats just kick-started today's long day of rally. Follow @SCMP_News for more updates #July1 pic.twitter.com/KWINhgI6Y6
— Chris Lau (@hkchrislau) June 30, 2014
Offering a positive assessment of the state of Hong Kong, Leung also told the reception that income levels among the city's poorest residents are on the rise, and said home prices and rents are "under control".
At about 7:20am, the protest group began its march from outside the Family Planning Association building in Wan Chai and continued along the footbridge towards Immigration Tower.
Two protesters carried a coffin. "This is to remember the victims of June 4 and those who died because of the authoritarian regime," said League member Koo Sze-yiu.
"It also signifies that when Beijing released the white paper, it was already the end of the 'one country, two systems' promise," he added.
A short row with police ensued at Harbour Road, as the group were told to wait at the junction for a few minutes.
One woman tried to hang a prop on a signpost on Convention Avenue, which was the closest the protest was allowed to get to Bauhinia Square.
Protesters burned a picture of Leung Chun-ying and a copy of the white paper, saying Beijing had lied about Hong Kong keeping a high degree of autonomy from the mainland.
From the designated protest spot, the flag-raising ceremony was nowhere in sight.
This woman, yelling "Down CY Leung", broke through bottleneck on harbour Road and dashed further to opp. of HKCEC pic.twitter.com/rWnSYBYO5v
— Chris Lau (@hkchrislau) June 30, 2014
The ceremony itself was attended by a large number of mainland tourists, but a group of elderly people holding flags representing different districts of Hong Kong could also be seen.
The League of Social Democrats are no strangers to protesting during the annual tradition, the prelude to the massive rally that will take place later on Tuesday afternoon.
But this was the first year that the group was without its leader, "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung, who is still serving a four-week jail sentence for charges related to a protest in 2011.
Organisers of this year's main march have said they expect a large turnout – as many as half a million – largely due to the controversial white paper in which Beijing emphasised its total authority over Hong Kong.
The paper sparked fears that Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy and independent judiciary could be under threat.
Attending the ceremony were mainly mainland tourists, but a group of local elderly people could also be seen #July1 pic.twitter.com/qPzuJwgl8R
— Chris Lau (@hkchrislau) July 1, 2014
Occupy Central's unofficial referendum on options for the 2017 election, dismissed by Beijing as "illegal", is also expected to drive up attendance.
Anger at the government's handling of its new-towns project in the New Territories, which has prompted sustained protests, may also push Hongkongers onto the streets later.
The decision taken by the chairman of the Legislative Council's Finance Committee, Ng Leung-sing, to rush through a vote on preliminary funding for the project – despite pan-democrat lawmakers missing the vote as they attempted to raise questions – sparked outrage last week.
The main march will begin at 2.30pm in Victoria Park, and protesters have told police they will remain in Chater Road until midnight.
Police said they would assign 4,000 officers to keep order during Tuesday's march.
At the reception following the flag-raising ceremony, Leung Chun-ying emphasised the need for stability in Hong Kong.
"At present, there is mild economic growth and people's employment is not a problem," the chief executive said.
"Grassroots' income is [increasing], prices are stable, housing prices and rent increases are under control, the government has a financial surplus.
"This scenario needs to be defended by everyone, who should avoid doing anything that affects Hong Kong's stability and damages Hong Kong's prosperity," Leung said.
Issues such as mainlanders buying up properties in Hong Kong and parallel-goods traders could be resolved through "mutual understanding", the chief executive added.
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Camelot's Fifty Shades of Red by Presidio (Frida), Orange Coast RR Specialty, April 2017
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Rhodesian Ridgeback Conformation Standings, 1956-2016
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Clayton began showing and breeding Rhodesian Ridgebacks in 1988 when he and his former wife Cheri Hadley bought a Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy from Deer Ridge Kennels in Aptos California. This pretty puppy grew up to be a stunning adult and when whe wa about a year old Clayton and Cheri took the advice of Morganna's breeder and entered her in a dog show. Morganna was Winner's Bitch in her first show and quickly earned her championship in only six shows over a two-month period. Her full name was Ch Deer Ridge Morganna and she was one of two Camelot foundation bitches.
In 1990, Morganna was bred to Ch Calico Ridge The Warlord ROM (Tamerlane). This breeding produced a very nice litter of puppies, of which three went on to AKC Championships: Am/SA/Zim Ch Camelot's Technical Knockout ROM (Bruiser), Ch Camelot Lightnin' (Boz), and Ch Camelot's Bonzai Bomber (Bomber).
As the first Camelot "Special" Bruiser was nationally ranked in the top three in 1992-94 and in October of 1995, he went to spend 18 months for breeding and showing with Janet Wang, a leading Rhodesian Ridgeback breeder in Capetown, South Africa. While in Africa, Bruiser attained South African and Zimbabwean Championships. He returned to Camelot in April, 1997, and passed away peacefully in his sleep on August 15, 2001. To read a brief story about Bruiser's sojourn in Africa, click here.
Bruiser was an outstanding sire, in the United States but also in in South Africa and Europe. Several of his descendents have excelled in the show ring, and many others have excelled as good citizens of various families around the world. Bruiser's son Hunter was the #1-ranked Rhodesian Ridgeback in 1996, earning more breed points (1346) than any Ridgeback up until that time except Ch Gitano of Raintree. His grandsons Mojave and Ruger ended 2005 in an unprecedented exact tie as the #1- and #2-ranked Ridgebacks with 2,025 breed points each--both won Ridgeback specialty shows and both won multiple all-breed Bests in Show.
The second Camelot foundation bitch was Murphy, Ch Kwetu's Brownian Motion, purchased from Barbara Sawyer-Brown in 1993, specifically for breeding to Bruiser. She was finally bred to Bruiser in 1996, while Bruiser was living with Janet Wang in Capetown. The breeding was carried out with frozen semen, collected for this purpose shortly before Bruiser left for South Africa in 1995. There were four puppies in the Bruiser-Murphy litter and one was called Marley and named Camelot's Follow The Sun.
In 2001 Marley won Best of Opposite Sex at the 70th RRCUS National Specialty and two days later took Best in Show at the Inland Empire Kennel Club all-breed show. Marley was only the 8th Rhodesian Ridgeback female to win Best in Show in an AKC all-breed show. Click here to see photos from the Specialty and Inland Empire shows. When Marley passed away on April 22, 2006 she left an awesome legacy for the breed. Three of her sons and daughters won National Specialty shows (in Australia, the United States and Canada). Her sons Mojave and Ruger were among the top three or four Rhodesian Ridgeback show dogs for several years. Mojave won the RRCUS National Specialty in 2005 and Ruger won the Canadian National Specialty in 2006. Marley's daughter Leelu became a Grand Champion in Australia and won the Australian National Specialty in 2002.
More recently, two Marley granddaughters, BIS MBISS GCh Camelot's Red Hot Tamale (Molly) and GCh Camelot's Salsa Roja (Salsa), have carried on our show tradition. Molly was ranked among the top three Rhodesian Ridgeback show dogs for three years, earned Award of Merit at the 2012 and 2013 RRCUS National Specialties, and became the 11th Ridgeback female to win Best in Show in February of 2013. Molly is Gold level Grand Champion with 498 GCH points. Her sister Salsa is a Bronze Level Grand Champion with 136 GCH points and has numerous high placements in specialty shows.
In 2007 we imported a Leelu daughter from long-time breeder-friend Lisa Barrenger of Isilwane Kennels in Bungendore Australia. Reflecting her Aussie origins, this girl is called Sheila and named Isilwane Back to Camelot. Sheila was imported to be coowned with Louise Vaangsgaard and her former husband Lars Porsmose. Together, Clayton and Louise managed Sheila's show career and were co-breeders of three litters of puppies. So far, six of Sheila's puppies have earned AKC championships and four are AKC Grand Champions, one at the Platinum level and one at the Bronze level. Sheila's daughter GCHB Camelot's Hazelnut Macchiato, Hazel, was Winner's Bitch at the 2014 RRCUS National Specialty and BISS at the 2015 Orange Coast Rhodesian Ridgeback Club Specialty. Since they joined forces in 2013, Clayton and Louise have been co-breeders of five additional Camelot litters.
For more information about Rhodesian Ridgebacks, visit the home page of RRCUS, the Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of the United States.
You might also want to read an essay entitled "The Care and Loving of Your New Rhodesian Ridgeback Puppy".
Download health record forms which other breeders are welcome to use as is or to adapt for their own purpose. We also include here an example of a completed health form for a puppy from one of our litters.
From time to time Rhodesian Ridgebacks are born without the ridge. Because the ridge is the hallmark of the breed, breeders remove these dogs from the gene pool. When the breed was young, it was common for ridgeless puppies to be euthanized. Nowadays, however, almost all breeders, sell the puppies as pets to qualified families who agree to have the ridgeless dog desexed. Click here to see photos of the Camelot RRRs with their new families. One of the Camelot RRRs who has recently earned her Delta Society Therapy Dog certification is Reika.
If you are considering buying a Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy, please read our essay entitled "Things to Know Before You Buy a Rhodesian Ridgeback". We strongly encourage you to deal with a reputable breeder, preferably one who belongs to a strong breed club such as the Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of the United States (RRCUS). The RRCUS Breeder's Directory will help you find a breeder in your geographic area. You might also consider adopting an older Ridgeback who needs a second home through Northern California Ridgeback Rescue. Just before Thanksgiving, 1999, we fostered Nana, a part-Ridgeback, part-Chesapeake Bay Retriever for Rescue; as it turned out, Nana insinuated herself into our hearts and found a permanent place in our pack. Click here to read Nana's story.
Camelot in the news, archive:
Introducing younger show dogs
Camelot's Mai-T Mystic Healer (Apollo)
Camelot's Red Hot Why Not by Presidio (Scarlett)
Camelot's Fifty Shades of Red by Presidio (Frida)
Camelot's Precious Treasure (Abao)
Camelot's Niamh of Tiranog (Niamh)
Camelot's Leo, King of Beasts (Leo)
Ch Camelot's Darlin' Companion ROM (1992-1998)
Ch Camelot's Centennial Mt Asset (1995-1998)
Am/Can Ch Calico Ridge Sir Lancelot (1988-1999)
Ch Deer Ridge Morganna ROM (1987-2000)
AM/SA/ZIM Ch Camelot's Technical Knockout, ROM (1990-2001)
Ch Camelot's Bonzai Bomber (1990-2001)
Ch Kwetu's Brownian Motion ROM (1993-2003)
Ch Camelot Lightnin' (1990-2004)
Ch Centennial Mt Sun Hunter (1994-2004)
DC Camelot's Call the Wind Mariah (1996-2004)
Ch Camelot Dot Com (1996-2005)
Ch Jovanna of Camelot (1992-2006)
DC Dakarai of Camelot, SC (1998-2006)
BIS Ch Camelot's Follow The Sun, ROM (1996-2006)
Nana (?? - 2007)
Ch Camelot's Centennial Mt Maestro, JC CGC (1997-2007)
Ch Camelot's Bida Brass, JC CGC (1998-2008)
Tazzerazz of Camelot (1998-2009)
Ch Camelot's Centennial Mt Tango (1997-2009)
Ch Camelot's Mistress of the Hunt ROM (1998-2010)
Am/Ireland Ch Camelot's Ragnar of Lyonveldt (2002-2011)
Ch Camelot's Centennial Mt Sunrise, SC (1997-2011)
Au BISS GCh Camelot's The Fifth Element (1999-2012)
Ch Camelot's Galahad of Avalon, ROM (2000-2013)
Ch Camelot's Irish Rose (2001-2013)
Ch Camelot's Heard It Through The Grapevine (2002-2014)
MBIS DC BIF Can Ch BISS Camelot's Promise to Bakari, FC MC ROM (2002-2014)
Ch Camelot's Dane of Iniquity (2004-2014)
Ch Camelot's Some Like It Hot (2003-2016)
The Rainbow Bridge, a poem about the loss of a treasured pet.
The genetics of the ridge were worked out by Swedish researchers, working with a group of molecular biologists at the Broad Institute, associated with MIT. Read a commentary on this research work, which also casts light on the risk of dermoid sinus.
The publication on the ridge genetics had catalyzed quite a lot of interest in the Ridgeback community and, unfortunately, has also been featured in a highly biased television program that was aired in 2008 by the BBC, in which Ridgeback breeders were castigated for deliberately selecting for a serious health defect in breeding for the ridge. In response to this allegation, The Kennel Club (the governing body for purebred dog breeding in the UK) issued various proposals to change the wording of the UK Standard for the Rhodesian Ridgeback. The issue was discussed at the 2008 Rhodesian Ridgeback World Congress. I attended that Congress and wrote an article about the discussion, which was published in the January 2009 issue of The Ridgeback, the magazine of the Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of the United States. To read this article, as well as a statement that was issued by the authors of the original study, click here. Although I was assured by Producer/Director Jemima Harrison that there was no animal rights agenda behind the film, it is nevertheless my opinion that the film plays into the hysteria that this community expouses.
In 2015 a DNA test that can distinguish between the RR and Rr genotypes, both of which are phenotypically ridged, was commercially introduced. It has recently been found that about 4% of dogs that are phenotypically ridgeless may nevertheless be genotypically ridged.
Researchers at the University of Missouri are marketing a DNA marker for degenerative myelopathy, a condition that afflicts many breeds of dog. For an announcement of this important development, click here. The science behind this new marker has been published in the Proceedings of the National Acadamey of Sciences (PNAS). To read the abstract of this article, click here. You might also want to read the full article.
It has become clear that there is a rare but increasingly common disease in Ridgebacks in which some puppies are born with apparently normal hearing but become deaf in one or both ears between the ages of about four and 18 months. This condition, called early-onset adult deafness (EOAD) appears to follow simple recessive genetics. It is being studied by Dr. Mark Neff and his coworkers at the Van Andel Institute. You can read an early report on the state of this research here. Recently the researchers have identified a few genetic mutations that correlate strongly with the disease. Although it is not yet established which of these mutations actually causes the disease, it is now possible to test Ridgebacks to determine whether or not they are carriers of this recessive genetic mutation. To read a report and learn how to test a dog, visit this site.
Camelot dogs are fed Honest Kitchen dog food. We use FORCE.
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