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Jaipur, Dec. 24: Narendra Modis steamrollering of Gujarat BJP rebels today emboldened the Rajasthan chief minister to sound a warning to dissidents in her own state.
Vasundhara Raje carried out a long-awaited ministry shuffle whose message, at least partly, was that she held the reins in the party and her critics should do well to fall in line behind the states only charismatic leader.
The BJP central leadership gave her a hearty vote of confidence, saying Raje would be leading the party in the Assembly polls slated late next year.
Let there be no doubt about this. The BJP will fight the next elections under the leadership of Vasundhara Raje, party vice-president Gopinath Munde, the BJPs Rajasthan minder, told reporters after the cabinet shuffle.
Raje today accepted the dramatic resignation of senior cabinet minister Kirori Lal Meena, who had been threatening to quit if the government wrote to Delhi recommending Scheduled Tribe status for Gujjars. The government has decided it will not, but Raje made up her mind to sacrifice Kirori Lal who has been running a hawkish anti-Gujjar campaign.
She also dropped junior minister Veerendra Meena, who has been attending Kirori Lals Meena panchayats, underlining the message that ministers must not play strident caste politics.
Raje, however, kept the caste equations in mind as she inducted four cabinet ministers and a minister of state.
She balanced the two Meena exits by including former ministers Ram Kishore Meena and Nand Lal Meena.
The inclusion of Nathu Singh Gujjar is an attempt to placate the Gujjars, now planning an agitation.
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In earlier centuries, mental illness was often considered a sign of possession by the devil or, at best, moral weakness. A change in these attitudes began in the late eighteenth century, when mental illness began to be perceived as a treatable condition. It was then that the concept of "asylums" was developed, not simply to lock the mentally ill away, but also to provide them with "relief" from the conditions they found troubling.
Who Are the Mentally Ill?
Providers of mental health care distinguish between people who are severely mentally ill (defined by diagnosis), those who are mentally disabled (defined by level of disability), and those who are chronic mental patients (defined by duration of hospitalization). These three dimensions—diagnosis, disability, and duration—are the models used to describe the mentally ill population in the United States.
Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General, 1999 defines mental disorders as "health conditions that are characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior (or some combination thereof) associated with distress and/or impaired functioning." The report distinguishes mental disorders from mental problems, describing the signs and symptoms of mental health problems as less intense and of shorter duration than those of mental health disorders; it acknowledges, however, that both mental health disorders and problems may be distressing and disabling.
The U.S. Public Health Service uses this definition:
The chronically mentally ill population includes persons who suffer from emotional disorders that interfere with their functional capacities in relation to such primary aspects of daily life as self-care, interpersonal relationships, and work or schooling, and that may often necessitate prolonged mental health care.
The U.S. Surgeon General's Report asserts that at the close of the twentieth century, the nation's ability to prevent, identify, and treat mental disorders had outpaced the system for delivering mental health care to all those in need of it. The report estimated that one in five Americans suffers from a mental disorder in any given year and 15% of adults make use of mental health services during the year—8% seek care for a mental disorder and 7% have mental health problems.
Where Are the Mentally Ill?
The chronically mentally ill reside either in mental hospitals or in community settings, such as with families, in boarding homes and shelters, in single-room-occupancy hotels (usually cheap hotels or boardinghouses), in jail, or even on the streets as part of the homeless population. The institutionalized mentally ill are those persons with psychiatric diagnoses who have lived in mental hospitals for more than one year or those with diagnosed mental conditions who are living in nursing homes.
Between 1986 and 1998 the number of patients housed in county mental health institutions declined, although the number of mental health organizations rose by almost 975 during this time. The total number of beds dropped from 267,613 to 266,729, and from 111.7 beds to 99.1 beds per one hundred thousand persons. State and county mental hospital beds were reduced most dramatically, by more than one-half, from fifty to twenty-four beds per one hundred thousand persons. (See Table 3.8.) This is not necessarily a result of better treatment for the mentally ill, but rather a consequence of reduced funding for those institutions and individuals. Unfortunately, many of the patients who were once housed in mental institutions (including some who had been lifelong residents in these facilities) now fend for themselves on the streets or in prisons.
Declining mental health expenditures have resulted in fewer available services for specific populations of the mentally ill, particularly those who could benefit from inpatient or residential care. Even for persons without conditions requiring institutional care there are barriers to access. The Surgeon General's Report describes the U.S. mental health service system as largely uncoordinated and fragmented, in part because it involves so many different sectors—health and social welfare agencies, public and private hospitals, housing, criminal justice, education—and it is funded through many different sources. Finally, inequalities in insurance coverage for mental health, coupled with the stigma associated with mental illness and treatment, have also limited access to services.
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Hunter, one of the most prominent players in baseball and an All-Star with accolades on and off the field, made an immediate admission of a "wrong word choice" on his blog after saying in a USA Today article published Wednesday that Latin American players were "impostors" and should not be counted among the decreasing number of African-American players in the game.
In his blog entry, Hunter wrote: "I am hurt by how the comments attributed to me went off the track and misrepresented how I feel. My whole identity has been about bringing people together, from my neighborhood to the clubhouse. The point I was trying to make was that there is a difference between black players coming from American neighborhoods and players from Latin America. In the clubhouse, there is no difference at all. We're all the same."
On Thursday, Hunter discussed the uproar once more.
"I got on there and that statement is from my heart on my blog. That's the type of person I am," Hunter said. "I know what I am and so do the people who know me. You just can't always believe what you read."
Hunter also discussed the situation with some of his Latin American teammates, and said all is well with them.
"I talked to [Erick] Aybar and Bobby [Abreu] and all those guys and they're not worried about it," Hunter said. "They know me."
Added Angels manager Mike Scioscia: "Torii talks to those guys every day. I don't anticipate any problems."
In the USA Today quote that stirred controversy, Hunter said: "People see dark faces out there, and the perception is that they're African-American. They're not us. They're impostors."
He also said players with "dark faces" can be found and signed more cheaply in Latin America: "It's like, 'Why should I get this kid from the South Side of Chicago and have Scott Boras represent him and pay him $5 million when you can get a Dominican guy for a bag of chips?'"
White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, a native of Venezuela, scoffed at Hunter's comments, pointing to the contracts of two Cuban players: Reds pitcher Aroldis Chapman, who signed a six-year, $30.25 million contract earlier this year, and White Sox infielder Dayan Viciedo, who signed a four-year, $10 million deal in November 2008.
"I was laughing because when he said, 'They go there and sign for potato chips,'" Guillen said. "I said, 'Well, we've got Chapman. We've got Viciedo.' I remember in my time, one scout goes [to Venezuela and] 30 players show up. Now, 30 scouts go there and one player shows up. In our country, we play baseball. That's no choice. Here you can play basketball, you can be another athlete, you can do so many things when you have the opportunity. And that's why there's not many [African-American] players out there."
Some in the blogosphere and on Twitter have been less kind than Guillen, labeling Hunter as a racist for his comments.
Hunter's clarification in his blog and comments to the media Thursday morning were only part of what turned into a rising tide of reaction to quotes he'd given to USA Today reporter Bob Nightengale two weeks earlier. The quotes were part of a panel discussion on how to improve baseball, specifically in this segment of the conversation about developing black ballplayers in the U.S.
"The story was designed to discuss the lack of African-American players in baseball, and what can be done to rectify it," Nightengale wrote in an e-mail response to MLB.com. "The reaction that ensued has been troubling, and quite frankly, disturbing."
According to Nightengale, the eight-man committee USA Today assembled that includes Hunter as well as agent Scott Boras and Reds manager Dusty Baker, was discussing how a lot of baseball fans don't realize how few African-Americans there are playing baseball now compared to previous years: 10 percent of the players on last year's Opening Day rosters were black.
"They'll see a dark-skinned face, and assume he's black, when he's actually Latino. That's all Hunter was trying to do," Nightengale wrote. "When he used the word 'impostor,' he simply echoed another voice. No one in the room said a word, or raised an eyebrow. His intention was simply to point out the difference between the black and Latino player, and not meant in any derogatory way.
"So for this to suddenly turn into a debate on whether Hunter's statements were racist is cruel. It's completely against everything the story was hoping to accomplish. The entire message was lost."
As FoxSports.com baseball writer Ken Rosenthal put it, referring to the way the message was conveyed: "Hunter was wrong. But Hunter is right."
Longtime Sports Illustrated writer and MLB Network analyst Tom Verducci said he has covered Hunter long enough to know that the intent was not the same as the result.
"I sympathize with Torii because given his well-established advocacy for diversity in baseball and his charitable endeavors, it would seem pretty clear that he wasn't look to start a firestorm or denigrate any group of people," Verducci said in an e-mail response to MLB.com. "In fact, Torii has been one of the great ambassadors of the game, which I'm assuming is why he was invited to join in that roundtable discussion in the first place. It would seem that knowing the proper context of the comments, and keeping in mind his track record, would be important matters rather than simply rushing to conclusions on a pull quote."
Baker, a member of the panel who also is African-American, said he was not part of the exchange in question, but supported Hunter.
"He's one of the most respected players around the game by everyone in the game. All I know is that whatever way it came out, I refuse to believe Torii believes that," Baker said. "He's a unifier. He's always treated everybody the same, with respect. That's one of the reasons why he has such a great reputation in the game, along with the way he competes."
Hunter is just ready to move on.
"I think it's gotta die down because it isn't me," Hunter said. "Everything you read wasn't my article or wasn't me at all. It was a panel of eight people and it seemed like it was all me. But it wasn't me."
On the field, Hunter is a nine-time Gold Glove winner and three-time All-Star. Off the field, through the Torii Hunter Project and a wide range of fundraisers, Hunter -- winner of the 2009 Branch Rickey Award for humanitarian service off the field -- has contributed time and resources to his passion of creating more opportunities for youth to play baseball and develop an appreciation of the sport.
"Torii is as open as a person as you're going to meet," Scioscia said. "I think it's part of what gives him strength and why people are drawn to him. He's very open and speaks his mind and is the most positive person I've been around in this game."
For his part, Nightengale remained stunned Thursday that a few choice words from a large conversation have turned into accusations of racism against Hunter.
"I've known Torii and his family for nearly a decade, and for people to accuse him of racism honestly nauseates me," Nightengale said in his e-mail response. "This guy actually brings together a clubhouse, no matter what the race or color. If you knew him, these accusations are laughable, because he may have the most diverse group of friends in the game. There's not a racist bone in his body.
"I really hope people move on because Torii Hunter is one of game's greatest role models. This game needs Torii Hunter, and it's much better with him than without him."
John Schlegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Jimmy Mains was on his way to see his Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Tampa Bay Lightning when he was approached by a man who was down on his luck. The man, named Rob, asked him for money outside PPG Paints Arena.
Mains didn't have any extra change, but he did have an extra ticket.
Mains told NHL.com, "Just because someone is out on the street, doesn't make you any better than them."
As cold as it can be at a hockey game, the arena was a lot warmer than the streets of Pittsburgh. Jimmy posted a selfie on his Facebook page, and it's clear his gesture made Rob's first time in an arena even warmer.
"He told me I made his life. Just by being nice to him."— NHL (@NHL) March 10, 2017
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Rob sang the national anthem, and cheered for the home team as Pittsburgh won the game 5-2.
As the two enjoyed chicken tenders from the concession stand, Rob told Jimmy that "He made his life. Just by being nice to him."
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A Las Vegas masseuse was so intent on keeping a Rolex she allegedly stole from a client that she stashed it in the one place she thought no one would look…
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During a $300 "private" massage session with 66-year-old Kenneth Herold, 25-year-old Christina Lafave asked him to remove his $35,000 Rolex Presidential watch so she could work on his arms.
After the massage was over, Herold called Wynn Las Vegas security to his suite at the hotel. When they arrived, Herold said Lafave had stolen his watch. She denied the accusation and "said Herold was mad because she refused to perform oral sex on him without a condom," according to the Las Vegas Review Journal.
Security officers cuffed Lafave and Metro officers were called in to search the suite but the watch had vanished without a trace.
Lafave revealed that the watch was in her vagina and she was taken to University Medical Center. "Prior to medical staff assisting Lafave with the removal of the watch she admitted to them that she had stolen a watch and concealed the item in her vagina," a police report said.
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Josh Cameron scored 17 points leading Coastal Carolina to a 67-58 victory over Longwood at HTC Center on Saturday.
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Longwood got 16 points from Tristan Carey in a losing cause and another 12 points from Darrion Allen. Lucas Woodhouse contributed 4 assists for them, while Tristan Carey had 9 rebounds.
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Linux printing CUPS - won't carriage return - text "slides off" to right
Hello, I have set up an HP 3300 multifunction machine as a printer on a CentOS 3.4 Linux box ( 2.4.21-27.0.1.EL ). I added the printer using the recommended postscript.ppd driver. When I print files to the printer, they print the first line, then the second line starts just below the first, and just to the right of the end of the first line. The remaining lines are invisible because the are printed off to the right of the paper.
I tried the laserjet.ppd driver, and it still does the same thing.
What do I need to do to get text files to print properly?
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For all functions to work, use the HPLIP driver. See this link --> http://openprinting.org/show_printer...erJet_3300_MFP
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Dr. Seibert's role at the clinical level involves acceptance testing and quality control for radiological imaging equipment used in the departments of radiology, surgery, medicine and other sites at UC Davis Medical Center and UC Davis Health System.
An expert in digital radiography, Dr. Seibert specializes in using digital techniques and quantitative applications for digital x-ray fluorography, projection imaging, mammography, computed tomography and ultrasound/magnetic resonance imaging. Research efforts include assistance to the UC Davis Radiology Breast CT tomography project and several ongoing radiation dose awareness and monitoring projects with collaborators at other University of California Medical Centers.
As Associate Chair of Informatics, Dr. Seibert contributes to the department's implementation of electronic imaging, radiation dose monitoring, and image-processing capabilities for the UC Davis Health System. Other roles include writing specifications for new equipment, determining shielding specifications for x-ray room installations, educating physicians, radiology residents and graduate students in diagnostic imaging physics, and providing radiation dosimetry estimates for radiological examinations.
Dr. Seibert is co-author, along with other faculty in the department of the widely used physics text,"The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging," and is extensively involved in physics education and training. On the national scene, Dr. Seibert takes an active role in continuing professional development and education. Previous positions include past President of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (2004-2006), and past President of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (2010-2012). Currently, Dr. Seibert serves as a member of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (2014-2018), is on the Fellowship Committee of the American College of Radiology (2016-2017), and is a Trustee of the American Board of Radiology, representing Diagnostic Medical Physics (2013-2017).
Radiology Physics
Ph.D., Radiological Sciences, UC Irvine, Irvine CA 1983
B.S., Biological Sciences, UC Irvine, Irvine CA 1976
B.A., Chemistry, UC Irvine, Irvine CA 1977
M.S., Radiological Sciences, UC Irvine, Irvine CA 1981
Board Certifications
American Board of Imaging Informatics - Certified Imaging Informatics Professional, 2007
American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology, 1986
American Board of Radiology, Therapeutic Radiological Physics, 1986
Professional Memberships
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
American Board of Imaging Informatics
American Board of Radiology MOC
American College of Radiology
Radiological Society of North America
Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine
Honors and Awards
American Board of Imaging Informatics - Chairman 2012, 2013, 2014
American Association of Physicists in Medicine - President 2010, 2011, 2012
Radiological Society of North America - Third Vice-President, 2008
Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine - Chairman 2004, 2005, 2006
Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine - Fellow, 2009
American College of Radiology - Fellow, 2009
American Association of Physicists in Medicine - Fellow, 1999
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Hess CB, Thompson HM, Benedict SH, Seibert JA, Wong K, Vaughan AT, Chen AM. Exposure Risks Among Children Undergoing Radiation Therapy: Considerations in the Era of Image Guided Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Apr 1;94(5):978-92.
Boone JM, Mahesh M, Gingold EL, Seibert JA. A Call for the Structured Physicist Report. J Am Coll Radiol. 2016 Mar;13(3):307-9.
Corwin MT, Seibert JA, Fananapazir G, Lamba R, Boone JM. JOURNAL CLUB: Quantification of Fetal Dose Reduction if Abdominal CT Is Limited to the Top of the Iliac Crests in Pregnant Patients With Trauma. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2016 Apr;206(4):705-12.
Hernandez AM, Seibert JA, Boone JM. Breast dose in mammography is about 30% lower when realistic heterogeneous glandular distributions are considered. Med Phys. 2015 Nov;42(11):6337-48.
Nosratieh A, Hernandez A, Shen SZ, Yaffe MJ, Seibert JA, Boone JM. Mean glandular dose coefficients (D(g)N) for x-ray spectra used in contemporary breast imaging systems. Phys Med Biol. 2015 Sep 21;60(18):7179-90.
Smilowitz JB, Das IJ, Feygelman V, Fraass BA, Kry SF, Marshall IR, Mihailidis DN, Ouhib Z, Ritter T, Snyder MG, Fairobent L; AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline Task Group. AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline 5.a.: Commissioning and QA of Treatment Planning Dose Calculations - Megavoltage Photon and Electron Beams. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2015 Sep 8;16(5):5768.
Gazi PM, Yang K, Burkett GW Jr, Aminololama-Shakeri S, Seibert JA, Boone JM. Evolution of spatial resolution in breast CT at UC Davis. Med Phys. 2015 Apr;42(4):1973-81.
Dodd GD 3rd, Allen B Jr, Birzniek D, Boland GW, Brink JA, Dreyer KJ, Khandheria P, Kruskal JB, Ricci P, Seibert JA, Zane R. Reengineering the radiology enterprise: a summary of the 2014 Intersociety Committee Summer Conference. J Am Coll Radiol. 2015 Mar;12(3):228-34.
Sanchez TR, Lee JS, Coulter KP, Seibert JA, Stein-Wexler R. CT of the chest in suspected child abuse using submillisievert radiation dose. Pediatr Radiol. 2015 Jul;45(7):1072-6.
Morin RL, Seibert JA, Boone JM. Radiation dose and safety: informatics standards and tools. J Am Coll Radiol. 2014 Dec;11(12 Pt B):1286-97.


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Get Sandwiched by Rams RB Terrance Ganaway at Jimmy John's in Waco
Have you ever wanted to have your sandwich made by an NFL running back? Just head to Jimmy John's next time you're in Waco, and you may have yours made by Terrance Ganaway of the L.A. Rams.
The Rams' reserve running back is working at a Jimmy John's sandwich shop in Waco, Tex. this off-season. Really. Instead of trying to avoid getting sandwiched between a defensive end and a linebacker, Ganaway is slicing between the ham and cheese.
"I'm on the line that makes the sandwiches," Ganaway said. "I bake bread. Take the cashier spot. I had to sweep the other day. Clean the tables. I mean, all types of stuff. Slice the meat. Wrap the meat."
"I'm in the heat of the battle. Trying to make sandwiches fast is Jimmy John's policy, so it's kind of stressful."
Put down those pickles and get yourself an agent and an accountant, dude! The NFL's minimum base salary for rookies, like Ganaway, in 2012 was $390,000. First-year players are due to make $480,000 in 2013.
Ganaway, a former Baylor Bear, said the job came up after he jokingly tweeted that he was seeking an off-season job in Waco, where the university is located. Jimmy John's tweeted back 'We're hiring.' He now works 12 hours a week.
Kidding aside, Ganaway is showing great work ethic and frugality. Vince Young would have probably just bought a Jimmy John's store as a birthday present to himself.


text: XenForo Template Superman Unbound Blu-ray ReviewThe Man of Steel has to face down an old enemy of Krypton, while also navigating more human considerations, in this latest direct-to-video, animated Superman feature. Studio: Warner BrothersDistributed By: N/AVideo Resolution and Encode: 1080P/AVCAspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HDMA, Spanish 2.0 DD, Spanish 5.1 DD, French 5.1 DDSubtitles: English SDH, Spanish, FrenchRating: PG-13Run Time: 1 Hr. 15 Min.Package Includes: Blu-ray, DVD, UltraVioletDisc Type: BD25 (single layer)Region: ARelease Date: 05/07/2013MSRP: $24.98 The Production Rating: 3.5/5 Adapted from Action Comics' "Brainiac" story arc published in late-2008, Superman Unbound delves into the Man of Steel's (voiced by Matt Bomer, White Collar) Kryptonian heritage through a long lost, homeworld cousin otherwise known as Supergirl (voiced by Molly Quinn, Castle), as well as a villain who would feel right at home among the Borg. As it turns out, Brainiac (voiced by John Noble, Fringe), is an old enemy of Krypton, having once captured and assimilated its capital city Kandor on the eve of the planet's destruction. When one of Brainiac's robot probes arrives on Earth some 30 years later, Superman handily destroys it, but Supergirl, having seen the abduction of Kandor first hand, knows the probe is just the beginning. Warned of Brainiac's relentless appetite and near indestructibility, Superman sets out to stop him before he can reach Earth, but with the collective energy and knowledge of thousands of civilizations fueling the creature, Superman will find he must use his wits as well as his strength to defeat it and save the cities once thought lost. Supergirl will also need to overcome her early childhood trauma to finally face her greatest fear head on.There's not much in Superman Unbound's primary plot that feels especially original. There's the similarity between Brainiac and the Borg for one, and the way he's ultimately defeated brings to mind H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds (though it is kind of amusing how he's essentially revealed to be the galaxy's greatest, OCD germophobe). The reconnection of Superman with the people of Krypton has the potential to be compelling, but the script makes it more about Supergirl's reuniting with her family than Superman dealing with any unresolved feelings about his birth world. In fact, it's pretty clear Kal-El views Earth as his true home, and as a result, some of the movie's more interesting elements center around his time there, namely his romantic relationship with Lois Lane (voiced by Stana Katic, Castle), who is fully aware of his secret identity as Clark Kent. There's some amusing, early banter between the two about appropriate boundaries for heroic behavior, as well as a related, more complicated issue about the need to keep the Clark Kent-Lois Lane relationship secret. The nice thing about the script is that it ties the conflict with Brainiac into this secondary plot, giving it some satisfying resolution despite the more conventional, action-oriented material.Voice acting by the cast is consistently first rate, with Bomer and Katic seeming to mesh especially well with their characters. Being a follower of Fringe, I quickly identified Noble's voice behind the villain, but with the slight filtering effect on his vocals, he too blended well with the animation (and Noble can always be counted on to deliver a commanding performance, no matter the part).The movie's angular animation style may not appeal to everyone. Superman in particular seems rather long and lanky, though ultimately the obvious, computer-generated elements in the environment will be the distraction. The hyper-fluid camera movements, perfectly square skyscraper windows, and over-simplistic texturing, just don't blend that well with the more hand drawn feel of the characters, though the production isn't necessarily the only one to have this problem. Video Rating: 4/5 3D Rating: NA Correctly framed at 1.78:1 and presented in 1080p with the AVC codec, the transfer features strong black levels, satisfying color depth, and contrast that accurately displays the full range of values. Issues that usually spring up with animated features, however, show up quite readily. The crisp, high contrast edges around all the character animation produces a slight haloing effect, and banding shows up in gradients and some backgrounds. Still, it's a solid looking transfer, and longtime animation followers shouldn't be surprised by the appearance of the usual offenders. Audio Rating: 4/5 Dialogue in the 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track is consistently crisp, clear and intelligible. Support for the score in the surround channels is balanced and seamless, as are the occasional atmospheric and directional effects. LFE doesn't go especially deep, but a handful of scenes offer some solid bottom end and the track sounds consistently full and dynamic. Special Features Rating: 4/5 The extras include a variety of material, from an audio commentary to some documentaries digging into the DC Comics archives. The inclusion of some 90s-era Superman animated episodes is a nice touch, though fans of the TV show likely have them already thanks to the individual season releases. Alternative viewing formats round out the collection.Audio Commentary with Mike Carlin, Bob Goodman and James TuckerKandor: History of the Bottle City (16:54, HD): The DC Comics backstory and history of the shrunken city of Krypton.Brainiac: Technology and Terror (24:42, HD): The DC Comics backstory and history of the villain Brainiac.Superman: The Animated Series Episodes:"The Last Son of Krypton, Part 1" (21:07, SD)"New Kids in Town" (21:22, SD)"Little Girl Lost, Part 1" (21:16, SD)"Little Girl Lost, Part 2" (21:30, SD)Sneak Peek at Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (10:39, HD): Provides an overview of the story and the artwork for the next DC Universe movie featuring the Flash, scheduled for release on July 30, 2013.Digital Comic: Excerpt from Superman: Brainiac by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank.TrailersDC Comics DVD releases (1:15, HD)The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2:28, HD)Injustice: Gods Among Us (1:55, HD)Pre-Menu: Man of Steel (2:33, HD)Pre-Menu: Lego Batman: The Movie (1:52, HD)Ultraviolet Digital Copy: Redeem by May 7, 2015.DVD Copy Overall Rating: 4/5 Warner Home Video delivers a solid high definition presentation of its latest direct-to-video animated feature starring Superman, though the interesting parts of the story involve the character's more human interests. 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GenDV138 (386) Falls Church, Virginia | December 25, 2014
Nice place with a brewery and winery about a 50 minute train ride from Tokyo. Walked around trying to get to the main building's entrance but the whole building was covered up for some work. Went over to their La Terrace restaurant for lunch and beers. Bottles available in their gift shop building including a few beers not currently on draft.
8 of their beers available on draft with an 800 yen sampler set available with their seasonal and three regular selections. Probably 3-4 ounces per sampler glass. All solid beers, mostly well done pilsners and lagers with a few ales. Beer menu is mostly in Japanese but they at least include English titles.
Food was good, not too pricey with the lunch specials. Mostly Japanese hamburg, steak, pub fare. Even though it's Japan, portions were a bit smaller than expected.
Good service, I was able to get a Japanese waitress fluent in English which was nice. Asked nicely to try a sampler with the four seasonals and she came back saying they don't normally do it but would make an exception for me. Well worth a trip from Tokyo.
Travlr (3055) Charlotte , North Carolina | April 4, 2013
This is a large complex in a pretty setting (during cherry blossom season anyway) about an hour train ride from Tokyo. The historic brewery in the center is under long-term renovation, but you can visit the brewery (by arrangement), or gift shop, or drink in tents, sort of like Japanese Oktoberfest. The beers were tasty and creative, and the food was OK; no English menus though. Worth the journey.
AndySnow (300) Huddinge , Sweden | April 1, 2013
Winery/brewery a bit outside of Tokyo. We got a tour of the brewery when we came there. Had 8 beers on tap, some regulars and some seasonal. Good food but service was a bit distracted.
shoulderbroken (393) Tokyo, Japan | August 9, 2012
A little hike out of Tokyo but worth it. Fairly modern and spacious drinking hall with good service and good food. Was quite busy when we were there on a Tuesday evening, so might be worth booking. At the moment they have an insanely good all you can drink offer: 1500 yen from 5 till 8.30. Food was good value too. 8 of their beers on tap, three regulars and five seasonals.
jonno (148) , Japan | November 25, 2011| Updated August 1, 2016
Great experience. The grounds of this place are lovely to wander around. There is a lot of history here. The main dining hall is fairly stright forward though. Good service. 8 Ushiku beers on tap, but all served in good condition. The helles is superb and the seasonals were very good. The big glass is great value, especially if you ask for a small head. 680 yen for some 800 - 900ml or so! An average pint in Tokyo (470-560ml) is 900 - 1400 yen...The small glass is tiny and still 480ml, so not really worth it. Lovely surrounds - I imagine drinking outside here in summer would be a real pleasure. Highly recommended as it is easily accessible by train.
KyotoLefty (747) Kyoto, Japan | April 29, 2010| Updated June 8, 2016
As TimE writes, a really good place to go if you want to drink large, cheap, glasses of good German style beers. They had 4 regulars and 4 seasonals on when I went, all very good. The large mugs are cheap as hell, though it was lunch time and I went for the lesser-value glasses. You can get a tasting set for ¥700 on weekdays. Good food too. No one in the restaurant really knows much about beer, though.
TimE (345) Tokyo, Japan | November 10, 2009
Quality*volume/price= probably the best deal in Japan for the beer you get here. 680 yen for 750ml of delicious brew. You can save money if you have three beers plus train cost, instead of drinking in central Tokyo. Usually eight taps. Very good pub grub as well. Lovely place with a winery, museum, etc. Definitely worth the 1hr trip from Tokyo.


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1) i'm sorry for my written english, i don't use it so much, so i know i'm not writing very well.
2) I have played a lot of jungler in intensive way, in order:
Lee Sin
and finally Hecarim makes me fall in love :P
3) This is my first guide and i know it is not very complete.. i hope i can help someone to play this fantastic jungler anyway.
Pros / Cons
high sustain with w
high damage early ganks
high mobility
has a displacer spell
nice damage with a tanky build
mana hungry early game
Hecarim ignores unit collision and gains bonus attack damage based on his bonus movement speed.
This passive is usefull for your jungling role, cause it helps you in your ganks. Do not under rate it. The bonus damage is nice, but nothing more.
Tips and Tricks
benefits from all movement speed bonuses, including those provided by items, Ghost, and Devastating Charge.
Hecarim damages all nearby enemies with attack damage. This cooldown is reduced each time it is used in succession.
This skill is your main damage source in mid and late game. It has a short CD and this is nice cause you are building a Sheen/ Trinity Force. Try to use it as much as possible while facing an enemy.
Hecarim creates an aura around himself damaging nearby enemies and healing himself a portion of this damage. Healing has a cap on minions.
I love this skill, cause it grants you a lot of sustain while jungling and team fighting. In early game it does a good damage is maxed first and will makes you a big scary thing for the enemy team.
Tips and Tricks
Spirit of Dread restores health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
When jungling as Hecarim, be sure to use Smite while Spirit of Dread is active, to gain a small burst of healing.
Hecarim steadily gains increasing movement speed and deals bonus damage (depending on how far Hecarim traveled) along with a knockback.
Nice skill, it will help you a lot while ganking. It gives you a movement speed boost and allow you to throw your enemy away from his escape root.
Tips and Tricks
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or summoner spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Hecarim becomes a total beast and summons undead riders to charge in a line while Hecarim charges with them. Where Hecarim lands, enemies are feared.: The large area between the lines is where the riders will charge. The circle that is adjustable is where Hecarim will land and fear enemies. Enemies will always run AWAY from Hecarim.
Really a good skill. It does a nice AOE damage and is usefull for initiate a team figth or for stop a running enemy. Try to targer the enemy that you want to kill first with the fear effect and hit as much enemies as possible with the riders.
Skill Sequence
If you want to gank at lv.3 choose Devastating Charge as lv.3 skill. If you will gank at lv.4 so choose a second Spirit of Dread as lv.3 skill.
In my opinion Spirit of Dread should be maxed first cause it helps you to maintain your health high having anyway a good damage output.
Summoner Spells
Ghost i like it cause it adds some damage to your E and autoattacks and helps in early ganks
Flash can replace Ghost if you don't like it. In this case you should move a mastery point from Summoner's Wrath to Summoner's Insight and from Improved Recall to Runic Affinity ( 0/21/9 )
Tough Skin + Bladed Armor + Indomitable : theese will help you jungle a lot.
Initiator + Swiftness : theese help you in gank and give you some little bonus damage
Greater Mark of Attack Damage: give you early damage.. nice for jungle.
Greater Seal of Armor: early armor.. a must have for jungling.
Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist: some MR mid and late game.. i think this rune is very nice.
greater quintessence of desolation: in my opinion a must have. you NEED IT for jungling cause of the creep's armor.
Wriggle's Lantern: you MUST HAVE this item cause it provide you armon, lifesteal, damage and first of all free wards for your jungling.
Boots of Swiftness: this boots give you a lot of speed and give some little bonus damage too, i like it very much.
Trinity Force: this is a must have too. It is amazing for hecarim and give him all stats that he needs.. plus a great bonus to your Rampage thanks to his passive. just take it ;)
If you want some more damage take an Atma's Impaler instead of Frozen Heart.
If enemy team has a lot of CC or Magic Damage you should replace Boots of Swiftness with Mercury's Treads
If the game is going long replace an item with a Hextech Gunblade.. this is very nice for hecarim and will give you a lot of damage and sustain.
In my opinion Randuin's Omen is a nice item for hecarim. It gives you armor, cdr, healt, a nice active and Heart of Gold gives you some bonus gold.
If you need some more damage ( again??? ) so you can take a The Bloodthirster. But i think that TF+HG are really enought.
A nice build could be Frozen Mallet+ Atma's Impaler.. but i think that Trinity Force is too much good and you really should take it.
2) Mana Golem
3) Wraiths
4) Lizzard
gank if possible
5) Golems
6) Wraiths
How to gank
1) go in brushes of just behind of them
2) press Ghost + Devastating Charge and run behind the enemy ( try to cover as distance as possible with Devastating Charge before hitting your enemy ).
3) when u reach the enemy trow him far from his escape root and active Spirit of Dread, so spam Rampage
Ulti) Onslaught of Shadows can be used for initiate the gank for higher damage of your Devastating Charge and for more CC, or ( my choice ) you can save it for a second CC in case the enemy is trying to escape.


text: In 2008 I went on a quilting cruise to Alaska and found many beautiful fabrics and kits in the ports-of-call along the way. This one is from a tiny quilt shop in Skagway. It is called Glacier for obvious reasons and the design is by Lisa Moore. I finally made it this spring. It is hard to tell from the photos, but there are about 400 heat set crystals to make it catch the light like a real glacier. Hope you like it.


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Magnetically actuated switches provide a compact, reliable and durable switching function. These switches offer a very slim profile, low weight and economical assembly. They combine the best features of mechanical and membrane switches. Particularly, they provide the tactile feel of a mechanical switch but with the superior durability of a conventional membrane switch. Without tactile feedback, consumers are not sure if they have activated the switch. Magnetically actuated switches provide the user with a switching sensation to indicate when the switch has been actuated while still providing the compactness of a membrane switch.
Magnetically actuated switches have the further capability of rotary, linear, or complex movement. As such, these switches have a nearly endless range of applications. However, the applicability of the magnetic switch can be expanded still further if the switches can be adapted to withstand high acceleration applications. For example, a switch undergoes abnormal acceleration when exposed to certain unintended activities such as being dropped. Planned activities such as rocket launches, subsonic aircraft flights and automobile accelerations can also subject switches to high loads.
A potential problem of magnetically actuated switches, particularly rotary switches, is that sudden accelerations may dislodge the magnetic bond within the switch. Unless the bond can be reestablished, the switch fails to work. So there is a need to provide a switch which will withstand high acceleration applications and maintain the magnetic attraction between the switch's internal components.
Another problem with magnetically actuated switches, as with membrane switches, is the presence of dust and debris within the switch. The debris may enter during manufacture of the switch or, alternatively, during normal wear of the switch. This debris may interfere with the switch contacts and may result in unpredictable switch performance. Hence, there is also a need to minimize the effect of debris on switch performance.
The present invention relates to an armature retainer within a magnetically actuated switch that permits the switch to resist displacement of its internal components which might otherwise occur during high acceleration. The present invention also prevents switch failure or unpredictability due to dust or debris on the switch's electrical contacts.
Switches of the type of the present invention have been generally described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,523,730, 5,666,096 and 5,867,082. Although the invention is applicable primarily to rotary switches, it will be realized that the armature retainer may also be utilized in switches using linear and complex motion. A rotary switch generally includes a knob mounted, for rotation on a carrier sheet, one or more magnets located within the knob adjacent the carrier, and an armature. The carrier surface opposite the magnets has at least one set of spaced electrical contacts with the armature located on or adjacent the contacts. The armature is made of magnetic material which is electrically conductive. By "magnetic material" it is meant that the material is affected by a magnet. The armature connects the spaced electrical contacts when rotated by a magnet within the knob. For the present invention, it is preferred that the armature be spherical or disc-shaped.
The present invention provides for an armature retainer for the magnetically actuated switch as described. The armature retainer holds the armature adjacent the carrier surface. The retainer is generally disc-shaped with a predetermined thickness. The retainer defines one or more armature pockets. The pockets receive the armature and maintain the position of the armature immediately adjacent the carrier surface and the electrodes. A magnetic attraction between the retainer and one or more magnets within the knob holds the retainer against the carrier surface. As the knob rotates, so do both the retainer and armature. Forces tending to disturb the magnetic attraction between the magnet and the armature are resisted by the armature retainer which will remain fixed and hold the armature in a position adjacent the carrier surface. After the period of sudden acceleration has ended, the magnetic bond between the armature and the magnet will be maintained.
The present invention also comprises an armature retainer which is a lamination formed of a polishing pad and a backing layer. The polishing pad is located adjacent the carrier surface and the electrodes thereon. The pad cleans dust and debris from the electrical contacts and the armature during rotation of the switch. The backing layer is located adjacent the polishing pad opposite the carrier surface. The backing layer is made of magnetic material which is attracted by one or more magnets within the knob. The magnetic attraction between the backing layer and the magnet holds the armature retainer adjacent the carrier surface.
A primary purpose of the invention is to provide a magnetically actuated switch with resistance to high acceleration applications.
Another purpose of the invention is to provide a magnetically actuated switch with resistance to deposits of dust and debris.
Another purpose of the invention is to provide an armature retainer which cleans dust or debris from the electrical contacts during switch use.
A further purpose of the invention is to provide a switch which is resistant to dust and debris when lubrication is applied.
Other purposes will appear in the ensuing specification, drawings and claims.
FIG. 1 is a section through a rotary switch with an armature retainer according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the armature retainer in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a section taken along line 3--3 of FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a section through a rotary switch with an alternate armature retainer.
FIG. 5 is a plan view of another embodiment of an armature retainer.
FIG. 6 is a section taken along line 6--6 of FIG. 5.
FIG. 7 is a right side view of the armature retainer in FIG. 5.
FIG. 8 is a plan view of an armature retainer with a disc-shaped armature.
FIG. 9 is a section taken along line 9--9 of FIG. 8.
FIG. 10 is a right side view of an armature retainer in FIG. 8.
FIG. 11 is a plan view of an alternate armature retainer.
FIG. 12 is a section taken along line 12--12 of FIG. 11.
FIG. 13 is a right side view of the armature retainer in FIG. 11.
FIG. 14 is a section showing another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 15 is a plan view of the armature retainer along line 15--15 of FIG. 14.
FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 illustrate a switch having the armature retainer of the present invention. The particular embodiment shown is a rotary switch 10 but the invention may also be used in linear and complex motion switches. The switch includes a carrier 12 in the form of a membrane layer. Although not shown, it will be understood that the underside of the carrier has a set of electrodes which define the spaced contacts of at least one electrical switch or a resistive element and take-off of a potentiometer. Electrically conductive, triple-ball armatures 14 ride on the underside of the carrier 12 for movement relative to the set of electrodes. The armatures move either relative to the potentiometer elements or into and out of shorting engagement with the electrode contacts. Each armature 14 moves under the influence of its own coupler 16. The couplers are mounted in a rotor 18. Each coupler 16 in this case is a set of three magnets. The rotor 18 has an upstanding post 20 on which a knob 22 is mounted for manipulating the rotor. The rotor is mounted for rotation on the carrier 12 by a bracket 24. Located just above the rotor 18 is a detent plate 26. The plate 26 is made of magnetic material and has a series of ribs. Each rib defines a detent position as it aligns with the coupler magnets 16. The plate 26 is held fixed by the bracket 24. As the knob rotates the coupler into alignment with a rib the magnetic attraction between the coupler and rib creates a tactile sensation to the user.
An armature retainer is shown generally at 28. It surrounds the armatures 14 on at least two sides. The armature retainer 28 is movably mounted to the underside of the carrier 12 by magnetic attraction to the coupler magnets 16. The armature retainer 28 includes a polishing pad 30, a web or backing layer 32, a debris collector or particle receiving groove 34 and a pivot hole 36. The polishing pad 30 and the backing layer 32 are laminated together with adhesive or other suitable means. The polishing pad 30 is adjacent the surface of the carrier 12 which has electrodes disposed thereon. The polishing pad 30 contains one or more openings or pockets 38 appropriately sized for the armature 14 to reside therein. In this embodiment the pockets 38 define a bore through the retainer thickness. The pockets 38 maintain the armature adjacent the carrier surface 12. The polishing pad 30 is made of fish paper. Other possible materials for the polishing pad could be wool, cotton, paper, felt, fur, cellulose fibers or any other material which has cleaning or polishing properties. During each use of the switch, the polishing pad 30 wipes the carrier surface 12, the electrodes and the ball armature 14. Continued use of the switch cleans and polishes the internal switch surfaces.
On the surface of the polishing pad 30 opposite the carrier 12 is the backing layer 32. The backing layer 32 is made of electrically non-conductive, magnetic material and is attracted to the coupler magnets 16 located within the rotor 18 such that the backing layer and the coupler magnets form a magnetic engagement. The backing layer 32 is preferably made of a material sold by Arnold Engineering Company of Marengo, Ill. under their trademark Ferro-Sheet. The magnetic engagement between the backing layer and the coupler magnets will remain even if the switch is subjected to high forces.
The debris collector 34 is an uptake for particles on the surface of the carrier. Although two oval-shaped debris collectors are shown, it will be realized that any number and shape of collectors are possible, including but not limited to circles, rectangles, triangles or other polygons. If the polishing pad 30 cannot remove a particle that rests on the carrier surface, the debris collector 34 will remove them, preventing any interference with the electrode contacts. With continued use of the switch, the debris collector will continue to remove particles from the carrier surface and electrodes. Thus, the switch will continue to perform reliably.
During actuation of the switch, both the armature and the armature retainer rotate. The coupler magnets cause rotation of the armature. Rotation of the armature retainer may occur due to forces exerted on the retainer by the rotating armature and/or by the magnetic attraction between the armature retainer and the coupler magnets within the rotor as the rotor is turned. So the retainer allows normal armature movement when the armature is magnetically engaged with the coupler magnets.
FIG. 4 shows a rotary switch 42 similar to that shown in FIG. 1 but with a twinball armature and an alternate armature retainer. The rotary switch includes a carrier 44, an armature 46, coupler magnets 48, a rotor 50, a post 52, a knob 54, a bracket 56, a detent plate 58, an armature retainer 60, a polishing pad 62, a backing layer 64 and pockets 66. In this embodiment the pockets 66 terminate within the body of the retainer and the remaining backing layer thickness forms a cover to prevent the armature from falling out of the pocket.
FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 show a further alternate armature retainer 68 with a twin-ball armature 70. Here, as in FIG. 1, the pockets 72 penetrate both a polishing pad 74 and a backing layer 76. As such, the pockets 72 are defined by a bore through the entire thickness of the retainer 68. A counter balance ball 78 positioned in a pocket 72 opposite the ball armature 70 may be used to provide torsion balance for the armature retainer 68 and the armature 70..
FIGS. 8, 9 and 10 show an armature retainer 80 that is similar to that in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 except the switch has an alternate, disc-shaped armature 82. The disc-shaped armature 82 resides in one or more pockets 84 which penetrate a polishing pad 86 and a backing layer 88. Opposite the disc-shaped armature 82 is a counter balance 90. Although one disc armature is 10,; shown, any number of disc armatures may be used. As described above, the retainer rotates with the armature as the knob is turned.
FIGS. 11, 12 and 13 similarly show an armature retainer 92 with an armature 94, a polishing pad 96, a backing layer 98, pockets 100 and counter balance ball 102. The retainer 92 also has a configuration of collectors or grooves 104 within the polishing pad 96. Each groove 104 will define edges of a channel for collecting particles. The channel defined by the groove may be rectangular, square, triangular, trapezoidal or other polygonal shape in cross section. The channels collect larger particles which may form on the carrier surface. If large particles rest on the carrier surface and cannot be removed by the polishing pad, the channels will entrap the particles and prevent them from obscuring the electrode contacts. With continued use of the switch, the polishing pad and the channels will continue to remove particles from the carrier surface and electrodes. Thus, the switch will continue to perform reliably. Although the grooves are shown parallel and perpendicular to one another in FIG. 11, they may be oriented in any position, shape and angle with respect to each other. Possible orientations and positions include unidirectional, radial, chord-like or any combination thereof. Groove shapes may include but not be limited to rectangles, circles and ovals. The thickness of the grooves may also be varied. While FIGS. 12 and 13 show groove thickness equal to the polishing pad, other thicknesses are also possible. Slot or groove thickness may be less than or greater than the thickness of the polishing pad or may be defined by a bore through the retainer thickness.
FIGS. 14 and 15 show a rotary switch 110 similar to that shown in FIG. 1 including a carrier 112, an armature 114, coupler magnets 116, a rotor 118, a post 120, a knob 122, a bracket 124, a detent plate 126, an armature retainer 128, a polishing pad 130, a backing layer 132, pockets 134, a debris collector 136 and a pivot hole 138. The pivot hole 138 defines a shaft receiving opening which receives a shaft 140. The shaft 140 is an upright portion on a dome member, in this case a blister pack backer plate 142. The pivot hole 138 fits around the shaft 140 and tends to keep the armature retainer centered. Plate 142 is a film layer adhesively or otherwise secured to the underside of the carrier 112. Wherever a switch is located, a blister 144 is formed by embossing the film to provide a chamber 146 within which the armature 114 can float. Should the armature somehow become displaced, it is contained within the blister chamber 146 and thus the armature remains in the immediate vicinity of the magnets located in the rotor 118. The armature will be returned to its seated position either spontaneously after the dislodging force is removed, or when the rotor is again moved over the loose armature located inside the blister.
Whereas the preferred form of the invention has been shown and described herein, it should be realized that there may be many modifications, substitutions and alterations thereto. For example, the positions of the armature retainer and the magnets which attract it could be reversed. The armature retainer or some part thereof could be in the form of a magnet and the rotor could carry a piece of magnetic material. The magnetic material in the rotor would be attracted to the retainer. In addition to the coupler magnets, one or more magnets may be located in the rotor to provide a magnetic engagement with the armature retainer. The number and orientation of magnets engaging the retainer will depend upon the desired degree of magnetic strength. The magnetic engagement between the backing layer and the magnets will remain even if the switch is subjected to high forces.
It is apparent that any number of armatures may be used in any configuration. For example, although two and three ball armatures are described, one or more armatures may be used having any number of multiple balls. The retainer pockets will correspond to the number and size of armatures used. It is to be noted that additional magnets may need to be added with multi-ball armatures. Further, the pockets may be sized to accommodate multi-ball armatures in different orientations. Such orientations include but are not limited to linear, triangular or other closely packed structures. Other orientations will be apparent to one skilled in the art. It is also possible that one or more pockets may contain a ball armature and a counter balance where the number of balls and the number of counter balances are in any combination.
Where the armature pocket defines a bore through the retainer thickness, a cover layer may be attached to the outer surface of the armature retainer providing an enclosed pocket to further constrain armature movement. Where the retainer or some portion thereof forms a magnet, the cover layer will be made of a non-magnetically attractive material so that neither cover will interfere with the magnetic attraction between the armature and the coupler magnet.
Cleaning of the electrodes may also be accomplished by adding a lubricant to the carrier surface. The lubricant assists the polishing pad to clean and collect the particles, dust and debris. When used in combination with the grooves, lubrication will also clean larger particles from the carrier surface.
The thickness of the polishing pad can be used to control attractive force. It will also be realized that the retainer may be comprised solely of a backing layer with no polishing pad. For instance, the armature retainer may be made up entirely of an electrically non-conductive magnetically attracted material where no lamination is required.
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|U.S. Classification
|335/205, 335/207, 335/177
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Jan 10, 2000
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Upshaw; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tapiola Chamber Choir,
Salonen. Text and translation. Ondine ODE 1217-5
Whether Saariaho's Passion de Simone is an opera, an oratorio or something else makes no difference. Although it is sometimes performed in a staging by Peter Sellars, the score on its own makes a fulfilling experience. Saariaho and her librettist Amin Maalouf have created a response to the life of Simone Weil in fifteen "stations," nodding to the idea of a Bach Passion, but fifteen "meditations" would also have been an appropriate term. There is one solo singer, a soprano, who does not portray Weil but addresses her as an inspiration. Weil is present in her own spoken words, here discreetly voiced by Dominique Blanc in faint but elegant tones suggesting that Weil is already dying during the entire duration of the piece. The libretto is brief, with the words carefully chosen, in the manner of a radio play. Halfway through the piece, soprano and speaker briefly unite on the same text. A chamber choir provides a larger, public context for the solo singer, again in the manner of a Bach Passion.
Saariaho's earlier operas, which are longer than the sixty-six-minute Simone, do not give up their gifts easily. Her rhythmic sense in those works, specifically that they are keenly written to appear as if they didn't have any rhythm, requires the listener to make an almost physical surrender to the metabolism of her compositional processes. Simone isn't quite like that. It is more akin to Saariaho's song cycle for Karita Mattila, Quatre Instants, in which the looping, occasionally soaring vocal line is strung like garlands around a clearer musical pulse. Saariaho's music has often shown the influence of Messiaen only in covert ways, but here, particularly in the scenes depicting Weil's choice of factory work, the choral writing and the harmonic vocabulary show it overtly. In the fourteenth station, Weil, by choice, dies of starvation. Saariaho's implacably regular percussion strokes transform the act into something of a ritual.
Esa-Pekka Salonen, long a champion of Saariaho's music, is the conductor. If such things can be judged from recordings (this one is billed as live) he has done fine work in sorting out the orchestral balances. The seventh station, in which a solo oboe imperceptibly turns into a muted trumpet and Saariaho retains only the highest and lowest orchestral registers, leaving a space in between for the soprano to portray a "fragile flame," is especially well done. In the early years of the CD era, it seemed that virtually every month brought a new release from Dawn Upshaw, many of them carefully-curated programs on the Nonesuch label. Then the world of classical-music recordings changed. Here, she gives a performance of great intention, discipline and energy, and it is delightful to have her back.
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