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PARIS Has MPEG had its day? A Milpitas, Calif. startup will argue in the affirmative Monday (March 25) when it announces an object-based video coding algorithm that it calls a radical departure from the block-based coding used in all MPEG standards. Scheduled for private previews in Las Vegas next month at the National Association of Broadcasters' (NAB) convention, Pulsent Corp.'s technology and a host of similar developments both inside and outside the Moving Picture Experts Group could ignite debate as the industry looks beyond the current slate of standards for digital video compression.
Indeed, Pulsent will hardly be alone in showing improved compression algorithms at NAB. The convention will highlight advances in a host of proprietary and standards-based schemes from such entities as Apple Computer, DemoGraFX, DiVX, iVast, Microsoft Corp., On2 (formerly Duck Corp.) and RealNetworks. Like the Pulsent algorithm, many of the evolving coding technologies including block-based H.26L, elements of which are being incorporated into a next-generation variant of MPEG-4 target broadcast-quality video at 1.5 Mbits/second or slower.
At issue is whether the market will be willing to abandon some current infrastructure investments for the sake of increased coding efficiency.
Pulsent believes "the next huge jump in coding efficiency must come from a new discipline," even if it defies conventional wisdom and the existing infrastructure, said chief executive officer Adityo Prakash. "MPEG has done a good job squeezing more out of the existing technology, but we feel that block-based video coding has reached its limits." Rather than rely on block-based motion compensation to predict the next frame, Pulsent's scheme uses an object in one frame to model itself in subsequent frames.
But object-based coding has its detractors. "Not all pictures can be segmented into objects," said Didier LeGall, vice president of home media products at LSI Logic Corp. (Milpitas). "To do object-based video coding for a particular class of a picture is possible, but to do it for generic materials sports, news, movies, science programs and the like is very difficult." LeGall professed to have more "skepticism than faith" that such schemes will prove practical.
Mature, not old
Others take umbrage at Pulsent's claim that MPEG is running out of gas. "It's not that block-based schemes are at the end of life; it's that schemes that were immature a few years ago have grown up to some degree," said Peter Schirling, delegation head of the U.S. MPEG Committee. "There is still a lot of life left in block-based coding. The investment in such schemes makes them very cost-competitive, and they still deliver quality."
The MPEG community's apparent ace in the hole is H.26L. Developed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), H.26L uses block-based coding but includes a number of tools that allow it to deliver much more efficient video coding in low bit-rate applications than any current MPEG standard. Moving away from the limitations of MPEG-2's 8 x 8 block discrete cosine transform (DCT) approach, H.26L provides more choices in coding techniques, including multiple reference frames for motion compensation and residual coding based on 4 x 4 blocks and integer transforms.
Change the world
MPEG personnel have joined forces with ITU video coding experts to form the Joint Video Team (JVT), which will pursue an H.26L-based MPEG-4 variant, to be called MPEG-4 part 10, Schirling said.
Describing JVT as "a final, definitive merging of the ITU and MPEG IEC/ISO process," one digital video expert who asked not to be identified predicted that, "the result of the JVT process is going to change the world of MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 forever. Therefore, it will change the world of anything having to do with video forever." By cherry-picking some compression tools designed for H.26L, the source said, "we know we can improve coding efficiencies by 50 percent and achieve resolutions ranging from SDTV to HDTV and digital cinema."
Part 10 is expected to be completed by year's end.
Pulsent, meanwhile, is focusing on what its object-based scheme is capable of doing today. "We can demonstrate full-screen, broadcast-quality video delivered into the home over standard 1.5-Mbit/s DSL lines," Prakash claimed. "We can offer VHS-quality video at 384 kbits/s or less."
"Our algorithm has been extensively tested on a very wide range of video materials, such as an MPEG-2 test sequence suite and other highly demanding video footage provided by various potential partners and customers," Prakash said. Pulsent plans to finish the design of a low-power ASIC for its full codec (both encoder and decoder) by the fourth quarter. Prakash said the startup worked with Japanese consumer companies on its approach but declined to identify them.
Pulsent is targeting low-bandwidth consumer applications such as gateway products for digital subscriber line (DSL), personal video recorders and possibly HD-DVD. The startup, which ultimately wants to be in the business of intellectual-property core licensing, believes the quickest route to that goal is to prove the viability of its algorithm in its own hardware.
"The architecture is done; major modules of the design are also completed. Right now, we are getting partners' final feedback on the chip spec," Prakash said.
Block-based MPEG-4 does use an object-based technology to add interactivity to its video stream. "But that should not be confused with Pulsent's object-based video coding"' Prakash cautioned. "For MPEG-4, object-based technology was very much an afterthought."
At DemoGraFX, which will also show a coding scheme at NAB, chief architect Tom McMahon said his company's algorithm is based on DCT but at higher precision than any MPEG version. "We will have some startling demonstrations at NAB in the 1-Mbit range," he said.
Ready market?
Some industry observers question whether the market will accept Pulsent's radical departure from the status quo. Michelle Abraham, senior analyst for multimedia at Cahners In-Stat Group, had a slew of questions about the approach: "Who else is going to supply chips besides Pulsent? What will be the cost of the customer-premises equipment for DSL? What are the license fees for the proprietary technology"
Another question mark is infrastructure. "MPEG-2 is firmly entrenched in digital TV among content owners, service operators and consumer electronics manufacturers," said Matthew Hatch, director of the set-top division at STMicroelectronics. "Our view, and our partners' view, is that there is a long life ahead for MPEG-2."
"In the cable and satellite space," In-Stat's Abraham said, "there is an investment in legacy installed equipment. Echostar and DirecTV would have to switch out 30 million-plus boxes" to switch to a scheme like Pulsent's.
But the startup countered that it intends to coexist with rather than replace current industry standards. Pulsent technology's video payloads are designed for compatible transmission through standard MPEG transport stream protocols, said Prakash. "Our technology completely works under the current MPEG-2 transport-based network and infrastructures."
For network services such as video-over-ADSL, "the Pulsent technology can re-encode the digital video from MPEG-2 running at 3 Mbits/s down to a Pulsent stream, running at about 1.5 Mbits/s, which means a single twisted-pair ADSL telephone line could support up to three separate TV sets," said Gerry Kaufhold, principal analyst at In-Stat. But each TV would still need its own set-top box, with a chip capable of decoding Pulsent's algorithm, to decode the video.
The need for transcoding also raised flags. "Transcoding always comes with quality issues," said Richard Bramley, director of R&D for the VLIW-based ST200 program at STMicroelectronics. "Certain know-how would allow you to get around the problem, but transcoding between two very different coding technologies can only make things worse."
Schirling agreed. "In the digital domain we use a lossy scheme," he said, "so decoding, even partial decoding, may cause loss of quality in the final decompression step."
Perhaps the biggest catch is the extensive computation that Pulsent's technology requires for encoding and transcoding. Even Prakash acknowledged that "you can't do a great compression without a lot of computation."
Real-time transcoding
Pulsent's algorithm currently runs in software using a parallel architecture of CPUs. The startup said its ASIC accomplishes transcoding in real-time. A transcoder box sitting in a commercial headend would require multiple ASICs, although gateway products would need only one ASIC, Prakash said.
The company's full-codec ASIC will have between 6 million and 6.5 million gates. An ASIC with a decoding capability only would require less than 2 million gates. Prakash said the ASIC will incorporate "embedded processors along with co-processor engines." Pulsent is licensing an unidentified "basic RISC engine" to make the chip programmable enough to handle such other codecs as MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. The company developed its own DSP-like functionality for the co-processor engines embedded in the ASIC.
Prakash said Pulsent had shopped around for an existing media processor that might run the Pulsent algorithm but found that none was up to the task, "at least not in the current form."
Pulsent will design the front end and hand over its netlist to a service company operated by an EDA vendor to execute the back end. The chip will be fabricated on a 0.13-micron process.


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The Boston Red Sox are loaded with talent. They are a franchise deep in position players hoping for a shot with the big league club. Patiently waiting his turn to play in the major leagues is third base prospect Will Middlebrooks, a 6-foot-4, 200-pound native of Texarkana, Texas.
Middlebrooks is an outstanding athlete. He graduated from Liberty Eylau High School in Texarkana. While in high school, Middlebrooks was a multi-sport athlete with a skill set that allowed him to excel in several sports. I contacted Middlebrooks' athletic director to get his perspective on Will's high school career. Here's what he wrote:
Mr. Pleskoff,
I'll just get going. First of all Will is one of the best athletes I have ever seen. Great basketball player in high school, with a nice shot and vertical jump. His skills on the football field were unbelievable. Quarterbacked a state championship team his senior year, semi-finalist his junior year. Kicked off and kicked x-pts and FG's all three years he was on varsity. Best punter I have ever seen. We still get coaches coming in saying if he gets tired of baseball he has a job punting. Will is also a good golfer. Again his athleticism and skill level are as good as anyone's. As far as the kind of person he is, you have to look no further than his parents. Good people who raised all three of their kids the right way. Will was also an excellent student in high school. His attitude, work ethic, and sportsmanship were all things that every young person should strive for. This may sound to good to be true, but these are the facts. Liberty-Eylau High School is proud of Will and all of his accomplishments.
Brian Brown
Athletic Director/Head Coach
Liberty-Eylau High School
That really tells us a great deal about Middlebrooks. He's an outstanding athlete and an outstanding person. Interestingly, Will's coach was his dad Tom. When Mr. Middlebrooks responded to me, he indicated the same qualities about Will. It's amazing that he didn't pursue a football career. He is said to have been an outstanding punter and receiver as well as a quarterback. Here is what Tom Middlebrooks said about his son and star player on his team:
Mr. Pleskoff,
Will enjoyed tremendous success while in HS. As a soph, he rotated at QB with another Sr, Matt Combs. This allowed him to grow as a QB. His Jr year, he QB'd us to the state Semi's and his Sr year we won the STATE Championship. He was also, according to the coaches I work with, the best Punter they have ever seen. He lead the state in avg, 47.9, his sr year. He also handled the Kick Off chores for us. As a baseball player, we won district his soph, jr, and sr. years. His Jr year we won the state Championship and made it back to the state finals his Sr year. Both years, he was voted the Texas Sports Writers Association Class 3A player of the year. We were fortunate to be around some good players in both football and baseball. LaMichael James, Oregon, was our TB in Football. Zach Fowler, Orioles farm system, was also one of the FB and Baseball players.
These are only accomplishments; I will send your email to my wife who can expand the information for you. If you need more, let me know.
Neither Mr. Brown nor Mr. Middlebrooks mentioned the fact that Will turned down a two-sport scholarship offer to play football and baseball at Texas A&M. Instead, he chose to make himself available for the 2007 first-year player draft. The Red Sox took Middlebrooks in the fifth round as the 174th overall selection. He received a $925,000 signing bonus.
One of Middlebrooks' best friends is New England Patriots quarterback Ryan Mallett. Mallett and Middlebrooks are said to have been inseparable during their high school days. While they were great friends, Mallett went to the rival high school on the other side of town. Mallett has indicated that Middlebrooks was an outstanding quarterback, receiver and kicker. They remain close to this day. Mallett and Middlebrooks were grateful they could compete against each other rather than share time on the same high school team.
The Red Sox can take their time with the development of Middlebrooks as long as Kevin Youkilis stays healthy. But if his injuries continue, Middlebrooks may be among the best third-base option the team has for the future. They also have prospect Garin Cecchini, (drafted out of high school in 2010) but he is further away from the big leagues. If he does get a chance, Middlebrooks will bring his natural athletic ability to the plate. He has a prototypical, textbook third-base body and build. He has filled out a bit since signing his professional career.
Middlebrooks is a contact hitter with power. In fact, he began this season at Low-A Lowell where he had a total of 12 at-bats. He hit three homers and drove in six runs in those limited appearances. Since that time, he has played the season at Double-A Portland where his line was .302/18/80 with six stolen bases over 371 at-bats and at Triple-A Pawtucket where is line is 36 at bats, .167/0/1 with two stolen bases.
The raw power is there. He has a slightly open stance but his hands are quick through the ball. He has enough bat speed to take pitches to the entire field. Given Milddlebrooks' athletic background, it's no wonder he can get a bit aggressive at the plate. He isn't a wild swinger, but he doesn't get cheated, either. If I saw anything in his approach at the plate, it was a bit of vulnerability to inside pitches. His swing can tie him up a bit, but that's a minor issue. He'll also have to work on hitting breaking pitches down and away as he sees better quality pitching. That, too, is natural for young hitters.
Defensively, Middlebrooks is a solid third-base prospect. He has good first step quickness, he has a very strong arm (quarterbacking in high school didn't hurt that development) and his overall range and footwork are good. When I saw him in the Futures Game, he looked very comfortable at the position. Many people consider Middlebrooks to be an above average overall defender.
Interestingly, when Middlebrooks was promoted to Pawtucket this season, he went 0 for his first 11 at-bats. When teammates became concerned about his overall frame of mind, his response was, ōdon't worry. I know I can hit.ö So far, however, he's scuffling a bit at Triple-A, but in the greater scheme of things, he's right. He can hit. He will hit when he gets more repetition and increased at-bats against quality pitching. His minor league totals look like this:
.274/41/235 with 31 stolen bases over four seasons of minor league ball.
He isn't cocky, but he's confident. He has an excellent chance of making the Red Sox after another season or perhaps a bit more of minor league baseball. It's likely he'll spend time at Pawtucket again next season and then be ready to assume a role with the big club should the need arise. Eventually, David Ortiz will vacate the designated hitter position. Who assumes that role? Perhaps Middlebrooks and Youkilis share the third-base position and also alternate at DH. It's certain, however, that Adrian Gonzalez is the first baseman of the future in Boston. That limits Youk's roles accordingly. And of course, there are ramifications for prospects like Middlebrooks. The same thing happened to Lars Anderson, the supposed first baseman of the future a couple of seasons ago. Anderson remained in the minor leagues in 2011 after watching the Red Sox acquire Gonzalez from San Diego during the offseason.
Given the Red Sox's depth, a player like Middlebrooks has tremendous value as a prospect only a phone call away from providing a big bat. They can also use him in a trade if need be. Regardless, he is a very good athlete with a chance to hit well in hitter-friendly Fenway Park. Like every prospect in my series, he needs the chance to prove himself. Keep him in mind.
Follow me on twitter @BerniePleskoff and on MLB.com in the Opinions section. As always, your comments and questions are welcomed.

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text: The 16-day Cape Town and Namibia self-drive tour starts with two nights in the Cape Winelands followed by an overnight on the West Coast & Cederberg where the Namaqua starts. Follow the road north into Namibia to the Fish River Canyon and then into the Namib Desert proper with two nights in the southern region of the Namib-Naukluft Park and two nights near Sossusvlei ; two nights in Swakopmund; two nights in Damaraland and the Skeleton Coast; three nights in Etosha National Park; and a final night in Windhoek to catch your breath and your flight home. The driving is mostly on country back roads making Namibia the ultimate slow holiday destination.


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Astros fall to D-backs in DeFrancesco's debut
Astros fall to D-backs in DeFrancesco's debut
DeFrancesco was barely three innings into his Major League managerial career when he had to make his first pitching change, and he was left to lament numerous missed scoring chances after the D-backs finished off a three-game sweep of the Astros with an 8-1 win at Minute Maid Park.
The loss did little to ruin the day for DeFrancesco, who was named as the interim replacement for Brad Mills earlier in the day. The veteran Minor League skipper found out late Saturday he was finally going to manage in the Major Leagues, and he boarded a plane for Houston early Sunday.
"Unfortunately, it didn't work out the way I wanted it, but it was an honor to put the Astros uniform on and be part of the organization," he said. "It's been a blur. It went pretty quick from last night until today, this morning. When the game started I was in my own place out there. That's where I belong."
Armando Galarraga, who made 10 starts for DeFrancesco in Oklahoma City earlier this year, lost his fourth consecutive start after allowing five runs in the fourth inning to allow the D-backs to sweep the season series, outscoring the Astros 56-19 in their final matchups as National League rivals.
"The first three innings, he pitched pretty good," DeFrancesco said. "He had his good split going, got ahead in the count and made some pitches. That fourth inning is the big inning in baseball -- it doesn't matter what level -- it always shows up. A couple of walks, couple of big hits, get you in trouble."
The Astros mustered an offensive effort that was all too familiar for those who have been around the team for most of the season against Arizona starter Ian Kennedy. They were 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position and stranded 10 runners on base.
"I'm kind of disappointed in the at-bats," DeFrancesco said. "Kennedy really threw the ball well today and elevated his fastball and we didn't make some adjustments after that. We were 1-for-11 with guys in scoring position, also, so these are things I'm sure you've seen before and we're trying to make adjustments, trying to get the right people out on the field. "
Kennedy (11-10) held Houston to five hits and one run and overcame five walks in six innings of work. He's 2-0 with a 0.71 ERA in two career starts against Houston.
"That's what I really take pride in -- not walking too many guys," Kennedy said. "Thankfully, we hit well today. I put a lot of hitters in hitters' counts and just luckily got out of it."
It wasn't the kind of performance DeFrancesco will tolerate. In a meeting with the team prior to the game, he stressed that he wanted the players to pitch with passion and energy and play smart. The message resonated with the players.
"I think we kind of needed a little bit of a wake-up call, and it struck home with a lot of the guys," said catcher Jason Castro, who went 2-for-4 and drove in the only Astros' run of the game. "We couldn't put it together today, but we're headed on the right track and guys are going to respond well to his enthusiasm."
DeFrancesco was asked after the game why two-hole hitter Scott Moore bunted after Jose Altuve led off the first with a walk, and he said Moore bunted on his own and he'd rather have him swing away and try to drive a ball down the right-field line.
"It's going to be a challenge, but it's up to the players," DeFrancesco said. "We're going to keep pushing, we're going to keep working and we're going to execute. It was a fundamentally sound game. The plays were made and the defense was decent."
Galarraga (0-4) breezed through three innings by retiring nine of the first 10 batters he faced before Aaron Hill led off the fourth with the first of his two homers. The inning quickly went awry as Jason Kubel and Paul Goldschmidt followed with singles. A one-out single by Chris Young scored Kubel, and consecutive walks forced in another run.
Galarraga was pulled after Kennedy made it 4-0 with a sacrifice fly and Gerardo Parra -- the ninth batter in the inning -- doubled in another run.
"His strength is to get ahead and use his split and his slider to get outs," DeFrancesco said. "There was some splits that were up in the zone that didn't get hit hard, but they were hit for big hits. When you walk a couple of guys in a row, the big hits are going to come, and they have good enough guys over there to drive the baseball."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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MIAMI - July 23, 2012 -Scientists have embarked on a 3-week expedition aboard the R/V Walton Smith in the Gulf of Mexico to understand how surface ocean currents near the site of the Deepwater Horizon influence the fate and transport of oil/dispersants, like those from the 2010 spill. In other words, they will investigate where pollutants travel, and how fast they get there. This experiment is an essential step in understanding the elusive surface ocean currents that transport pollutants.
This unprecedented expedition marks the first time that a study of this magnitude will map the relatively unknown surface currents found in the GoM. In the past, only a handful of monitoring devices were set adrift along the currents. This summer, more than 300 custom-made buoys known as "drifters" will be released during the Grand Lagrangian Deployment (GLAD.)
"In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill it became clear that understanding the various scales of oceanic currents and flows lies at the very heart of being able to improve our understanding and prediction of oil spills," explained Dr. Tamay Ӧzgökmen, University of Miami (UM) Professor and Director of the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbons in the Environment (CARTHE), a project funded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI). "In this case we are like detectives uncovering clues and following the 'trail' to find out exactly where pollutants might go."
UM Professor and Chief Scientist Brian Haus will oversee the release of drifters from UM's 96-foot catamaran, the R/V Walton Smith. "The drifters will collect a wealth of oceanic information that will be plugged into predictive models to help us better understand the role of near-surface ocean flows in spreading and dispersing materials in the marine environment," said Haus.
The GLAD experiment is one of two inaugural CARTHE research expeditions this summer. Haus leads the drifters' deployment, while Dr. Brad Rosenheim at Tulane University led sediment and water sampling along select Florida Panhandle beaches aboard the RV Pelican earlier this summer. Data from Rosenheim's experiment will help scientists confirm the presence or absence of oil and the type of weathering that has occurred to the oil in both the sedimentary and shore-line water environment.
For a few months following the GLAD experiment, the drifters will continue to drift along the Gulf of Mexico currents. All CARTHE data derived during the project will be shared with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to improve their search and rescue operations.
"This joint research operation between the USCG and CARTHE combines our expertise and resources - it is a partnership that can truly save lives," said Art Allen, a physical oceanographer with the USCG Office of Search and Rescue in Washington, D.C. Allen worked with CARTHE researcher Bruce Dr. Lipphardt from the University of Delaware to release five drifters by aircraft. The drifters deployed by USCG aircraft in advance of the GLAD experiment helped CARTHE researchers to identify appropriate locations for the larger deployment.
CARTHE's field work at sea, combined with laboratory experiments and the development of interconnected modeling systems, will produce a comprehensive, four dimensional description of the oil/dispersant fate and transport in the GoM, as well as its impact on other coastal environments across all relevant time and space scales. "Our research goes well beyond the Deepwater Horizon incident," Ӧzgökmen said. "These experiments are complex and painstaking, but the results will be key to generating vast improvements in how and where emergency responders are deployed in the event of another oil spill or at-sea emergency."
The CARTHE program includes twenty-six principal investigators from twelve research institutions in eight states. Together these scientists are engaged in novel research through the development of a suite of integrated models and state-of-the-art computations that bridge the scale gap between existing models and natural processes. For more information about CARTHE, please visit www.carthe.org or like us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/carthe.gomri
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI). The GoMRI Research Board is an independent body established by BP to administer the company's 10-year, $500 million commitment to independent research into the effects of the Deepwater Horizon incident. Through a series of competitive grant programs, the GRI is investigating the impacts of the oil, dispersed oil, and dispersant on the ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico and the affected coastal States in a broad context of improving fundamental understanding of the dynamics of such events and their environmental stresses and public health implications.
The University of Miami's mission is to educate and nurture students, to create knowledge, and to provide service to our community and beyond. Committed to excellence and proud of the diversity of our University family, we strive to develop future leaders of our nation and the world. Founded in the 1940's, the Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science has grown into one of the world's premier marine and atmospheric research institutions. Offering dynamic interdisciplinary academics, the Rosenstiel School is dedicated to helping communities to better understand the planet, participating in the establishment of environmental policies, and aiding in the improvement of society and quality of life. For more information, please visit www.rsmas.miami.edu.


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Property Location
When you stay at Hotel Bellevue in Golden Sands, you'll be in a national park and convenient to Aladzha Monastery. This family-friendly hotel is within the region of Ticha Stadium and Sea Garden.
Make yourself at home in one of the 69 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Rooms have private balconies. Cable television is provided for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and hair dryers.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Don't miss out on the many recreational opportunities, including a spa tub, a sauna, and a fitness center. Additional features include complimentary wireless Internet access and wedding services. Getting to the surf and sand is a breeze with the complimentary beach shuttle.
Grab a bite to eat at the hotel's restaurant, which features a bar, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. A complimentary breakfast is included.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, laundry facilities, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. This hotel has 2 meeting rooms available for events. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free self parking is available onsite.
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- Safe-deposit box at front desk
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- Number of floors - 4
- Porter/bellhop
- Free breakfast
- Restaurant
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Fitness facilities
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- Total number of rooms - 69
- Pool sun loungers
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The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
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- Pet fee: EUR 10 per pet, per day
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 7.50 per day
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|Table 1: Open reading frames with predicted Inc-like domainsa.
aData from Incs identified here and in [16, 18–21].
bindicates the absence of an identifiable homologue identified by PSI-BLAST.
c*indicates that a homologue lacks the characteristic bilobed hydrophobic domain when analyzed with Kyte and Doolittle plots
d†indicates Inc used in PSI-BLAST.


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Twilight is a young-adult vampire-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer
Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 smartphone was launched in June 2013. The phone comes with a 5.80-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 540 pixels by 960 pixels. Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 price in India starts from Rs. 19,000.
The Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 is powered by 1.4GHz dual-core it comes with 1.5GB of RAM. The phone packs 8GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 64GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 packs a 8-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 1.9-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 runs Android 4.2 and is powered by a 2600mAh removable battery. It measures 162.60 x 82.40 x 9.00 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 182.00 grams.
The Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Micro-SIM and Micro-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth and 3G. Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor and Gyroscope.
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wikiHow to Reverse Swing a Cricket Ball
Normal swing occurs mostly when the ball is fairly new. As it wears more, the aerodynamics of the asymmetry change and it is more difficult to extract a large amount of swing. When the ball becomes very old—around 40 or more overs old—it begins to swing towards the shine. This is known as reverse swing—meaning a natural out swinger will become an in-swinger and vice versa. The result is always a swing to the side with the later separation, so the swing is away from the seam.
to Reverse Swing a Cricket Ball1Take a 20-30 over-old ball that is still shiny. Such a ball is usually better through the air on the side of shine because of natural sedatives put on it to shine, whereas the other side has gone through wear and tear without any repairs. This weight difference is what bowlers take advantage of.
- Shine the ball a lot and make the other side (the rough side) as rough as possible. To test if the ball is ready for a reverse swing, just throw the ball with straight seam to a fielder and if the ball swings towards the shining surface, then it's ready to dance the batsman out.
to Reverse Swing a Cricket Ball2Hold the ball along the seam, with the shiny side towards leg side and the rough side towards the slips.
to Reverse Swing a Cricket Ball3Flex your wrist along with the cricket ball such that the shining side is about 30 degrees downwards.
to Reverse Swing a Cricket Ball4Bowl with your hands angled. The angle between your head and bowling hand at shoulder should be about 50-60 degrees. Bowl with your hand, holding it as much away from your head as possible.
to Reverse Swing a Cricket Ball5Make sure that in the follow-through, your bowling hand goes between your body and the stumps (on either side of your body.)
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How can I increase my pace?wikiHow ContributorPace can be increased by proper run up. Run fast and strong. This will give you extra momentum and will result in extra speed.
How do I catch a cricket ball?wikiHow ContributorFocus on the ball never think that you cannot do it. Only keep positive thoughts in your mind. If you are a beginner, then practice a lot. Always keep your hands in a cone shape and enclose them when the ball is trapped in your hands or it will bounce off your hands. Also, see the article, How to Catch a Cricket Ball.
How to bowl fast and I want to swing alsowikiHow ContributorThis can depend on the age of the ball, as for a new ball pace cannot be increased as swing might decrease, but don't hold back on reverse swing. As many times Wasim Akram has mentioned, the quicker the ball; the more it will swing with an old ball (reverse swing)
How do I time the ball?wikiHow ContributorYou need to judge the pitch right: the pace, swing and spin of the ball. Also, wait for the ball to come to your bat. You need to watch the ball until the last moment.
How do I land the ball to get the batsman out?wikiHow ContributorGetting the right length is key to getting a batsman out. If you're bowling pace, try and get him to play forward and defensively so that if you swing out, it will nick his bat.
How do I play defensive shots?wikiHow ContributorTry playing or blocking close to your pads. You should also take care of your off stump.
How do I straight drive against a spin?wikiHow ContributorWait for the ball to turn and then, depending on the position of the ball, play a shot. If it is right in front of your stumps, then you can straight drive.
How do I get better control of length when I bowl?wikiHow ContributorIdeally, bowling at good length and short of good length will help you get wickets. Use some sort of a pitch marker or a stone and place it a good length on the pitch. When you bowl, try and get the ball to land on par with the pitch marker or as close as possible. This way you can get control of the length you wish to bowl.
How can I take a wicket?wikiHow ContributorDepends on the height of the bowler and his releasing position during the bowling. Make a judgement on the batsmen after the first bowl he faced, then you can come in knowing his weak point according to his batting gesture.
Should I focus on speed, line or length when doing a reverse swing?wikiHow ContributorFocus should mainly be on line and length. Speed is also important, but secondary.
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- Practise reversing an old, prepared ball in the nets. It's not going to happen by magic in the middle if you haven't practised it thoroughly. But perhaps there was some magic involved when Wasim Akram had the red cherry in his hands!
- You must pitch the ball up; reverse swinging yorkers can be devastating, as Waqar Younis proved at his peak. Few bowlers can reverse a ball away from the bat, hence the success of Simon Jones and Andrew Flintoff against the Australians.
- When you bowl, hold it with the seam upright and when you are about to let go of the ball give it a little flick as hard as you can so it kind of spins.
- After 30-40 overs the ball is old and to reverse a ball one side of the ball should be shined.
- Since reverse swing favours the older ball, it will usually start to move around the 40-over mark. However, England's bowlers have been able to make the ball reverse after just 15 to 20 overs. Brett Lee found his reverse swing in Adelaide on the 30-over mark.
- Understand the off spin effect. An off-spin, or off break, delivery turns from the offside to the leg side when bowled at a right-handed batter, or from left to right as you look down the pitch. That means, it moves into a right-handed batsman and away from a left handed batsman.
- Never try to force reverse swing. If you are a natural in-swinger don't change your grip and try to bowl out swing. It usually will go wrong, you'll lose your concentration, go for more runs and be taken off by the captain.
- Your body must favour your bowling style, fast bowler or slow bowler, because you can be a fast bowler without being able to bowl a speed ball. You can change your bowling style, which can be a good effect in your bowling.
- Wrist position and follow-through are important.
- Using a blade, metal or even fingernails to quicken the process of creating a rougher surface is always and in every circumstance illegal and not in the spirit of the game. If you get caught 'ball tampering' by the umpires, you'll get banned from the game.
Sources and Citations
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/4155734.stm – research source
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_swing#Reverse_swing – research source
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The Voice Of The Tigers Is Silenced
Wednesday - May 12, 2010
For followers of other sports, or those baseball fans who didn't have a Red Barber, Vin Scully, Jack Buck, Mel Allen or Harry Carry, it's hard to understand the relationship radio listeners in Michigan had with Ernie Harwell.
Harwell was the voice of summer when lawnmowers, the laughter of children and Detroit Tiger baseball battled for attention on long, warm days. He was a master storyteller from an age when the subtleties of the game were matched by the poetry of the call.
Hall of Fame outfielder Al Kaline said, "Ernie is probably the most beloved person who has ever been in Detroit with the Detroit Tigers."
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Harwell was much more than just a soothing voice. The man who always described himself as a failed sportswriter was a gifted author who penned stories for, among others, The Sporting News as a 16-year-old, Saturday Evening Post, Esquire and Readers Digest. He wrote 46 songs that have been recorded and has collaborated with a range of musicians including famed Hollywood composer and lyricist Johnny Mercer, Latin and jazz guitarist Jose Feliciano and Detroit rocker Mitch Ryder. And as Lulu, his wife of 68 years, wrote in the forward to her husband's book, Babe Ruth Signed My Shoe, Harwell "had a racehorse named after him, sang a duet with Pearl Bailey, gave his Christian testimony on a Billy Graham TV special and was baptized in the Jordan River."
Harwell was born Jan. 25, 1918, in Washington, Ga. His family moved to Atlanta when the family furniture store went bust. He grew up with a speech impediment but overcame it with the help of a teacher and a poem that would become one of his signature calls, The House by the Side of the Road. He got his first broadcast job in 1940 while a student at Emory College. He met Lulu the same year. In 1942, he joined the Marines working in public relations and was transferred to the Pacific, where he wrote for the Marine publication Leatherneck. After completing his service, Harwell began calling games for the minor league Atlanta Crackers, and in 1948 he became the only broadcaster traded for a player when Branch Rickey swapped minor league catcher Cliff Dapper for the young broadcaster.
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No better farewell to the great broadcaster can be found than in the words he spoke following his last regular broadcast eight years ago.
"The Tigers have just finished their 2002 season. And I've just finished my baseball-broadcasting career, and it's time to say goodbye. But I think goodbyes are sad, and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.
"I'm not leaving, folks. I'll still be with you, living my life in Michigan, my home state, surrounded by family and friends.
"And rather than goodbye, please allow me to say thank you.
"Thank you for letting me be part of your family. Thank you for taking me with you to that cottage up north, to the beach, the picnic, your work place and your backyard.
"Thank you for sneaking your transistor under the pillow as you grew up loving the Tigers.
"Now I might have been a small part of your life. But you have been a very large part of mine. And it's my privilege and honor to share with you the greatest game of all.
"Now God has a new adventure for me. And I'm ready to move on. So I leave you with a deep sense of appreciation for your longtime loyalty and support.
"I thank you very much, and God bless all of you."
Thank you, Ernie, and everyone else who made it a career of keeping alive the young boy inside every grown man.
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Publication details for Professor Corinne SaundersSaunders, Corinne. (2004). A Companion to Romance: From Classical to Contemporary.. Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Oxford: Blackwell.
- Publication type: Edited book
- Keywords: English literature, Romance genre, Women readers, Escapism.
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Romance is a varied and fluid literary genre, notoriously difficult to define. This groundbreaking Companion surveys the many permutations of romance throughout the ages.
A groundbreaking survey of the many permutations of romance throughout the ages.
Considers the literary and historical development of the romance genre from its classical origins to the present day.
Focuses on English literature.
Incorporates discussion of the changing readership of romance and of romance's special relation to women readers.
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Violence against women and children in Namibia is reaching critical proportions. Of late there have been some particularly horrific incidences of what are unfortunately termed 'passion killings'. The usual public outcry follows each gruesome story. Calls for the reinstatement of the death penalty, a 'national state of emergency' and a return to religious education in schools are but some of the 'solutions' offered for this escalating social evil.
Shocking headlines spelling out the latest horrific attack are an almost weekly occurrence. Most recent was the panga killing of a woman in full view of her five-year-old daughter in Omusati region in northern Namibia. In the Kavango region too, a 63-year-old man was arrested for stabbing a young woman in the chest with a spear. In Katima Mulilo, Zambezi region, a two year-old-girl was raped and killed. Calmly and with an absence of remorse, a 24-year-old man, who was in court for stabbing and then virtually decapitating his girlfriend, admitted he had killed her because she threatened him over a son he had with another woman. And the list of bloody incidents goes on.
There is clearly a moral breakdown in Namibian society. This is manifest not only in the rape and murder of women and children, but also in rising levels of alcohol abuse and corruption. Yet there seems to be little social or political will to tackle the crisis.
While Namibia is said to be 95 per cent Christian, the churches appear to be hopeless and helpless in the face of the breakdown in the country's social fabric – with their voices seldom being heard.
Politicians, on the other hand, are all talk. At the opening of parliament recently, President Hifikepunye Pohamba made gender based violence (GBV) the focus of his speech, recommending that the criminal justice system deal forcefully with perpetrators. "I believe that our society needs to carry out a deep introspection and reflection in order to get to the root cause of such evil and cruel deeds. We need to look at ourselves as a nation and identify the causes of such destructive behaviour that has no respect and no regard for human life."
He also called on parents "to teach our children from a very young age, the values of self-respect and respect for others. We must teach them to be law-abiding citizens with empathy and love for themselves and their fellow human beings. We must teach them that violence is not acceptable."
But concrete proposals are few and far between.
Meanwhile, the National Council Women's Caucus responded to the rising tide of violence by saying that the war against GBV could only be won if religion was reinstated in the education system. And Deputy Speaker Maggie Mensah called on the President to declare a state of emergency due to the recent brutal killings of women and children. "We did it during the drought and it worked. We can also do it in times of gender-based violence and it can work", she said. Quite how this would help was a question she did not answer.
There's also been plenty of righteous condemnation – as if that alone would bring the killings to an end. Labelling such men 'cowards', Prime Minister Have Geingob also called for 'isolation' and 'proper punishment' for men who committed such deeds, adding that men who killed women and young girls were 'sick in their minds'.
But as the SWAPO party chief whip, Peter Katjavivi, said words alone are not enough to stop the killing. He expressed the need to 'revisit' the country's legal system and called on people to ensure "there are no hiding places for such characters". Others have called for the death penalty to be brought back but this is not a viable option as Namibia's inalienable Bill of Rights prohibits its reinstatement.
So as Namibians prepare to go to the polls in this election year, there are no obvious solutions – no clear and effective ways of stemming the tide of rapes and killings. Few seem to doubt that Namibia's moral fabric has been severely torn. How – or indeed whether – it can be repaired are questions for which the nation will have to find real answers soon.ShareThis


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Years of being "the good woman" have taken a toll on Meg; she feels burned out and empty, and more disconnected than ever from her increasingly distant husband. Lonely and disheartened, she attends the London Wine Fair with her boss, Chad Hallahan. It's here, alone together in an exotic city, that Chad confesses his long-standing desire for Meg. An overwhelmed Meg returns home, only to suddenly question every choice she's ever made.
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On June 22, the Chula Vista City Council suspended a campaign-enforcement ordinance that has troubled the City every election cycle since its inception. According to city attorney Bart Miesfield, the stated purpose for this campaign ordinance was "to avoid undue or improper influence over elected officials from excessive contributions."
The campaign code began to be reformed in 2001, but the enforcement code was ultimately crafted in 2004 by ex-councilmember John Moot, ex-councilmember Patty Davis, and mayor Cheryl Cox (prior to her 2006 election). The enforcement code says, "the City shall investigate or prosecute alleged violations" using a special outside attorney, and the council shall appropriate annually "no less than $100,000" to fund the outside counsel.
In 2001, when Moot was first appointed to a committee created to review the City's campaign-contribution ordinance, he told the Union-Tribune that he hoped "to create an ordinance that will allow campaign contribution violations to be quickly reported…. The punishment is not as important as letting the public know in time to have an impact on the election in question."
However, the majority of the council now feels that the current enforcement ordinance potentially lends itself to abuse. Councilmember Pamela Bensoussan said that "a very valid ordinance has had an unintended consequence." Bensoussan made the point that from the moment a charge is filed, it becomes an investigation and a news story, whether the charges are proved frivolous or not.
Councilmember Rudy Ramirez stated in a June 20 interview, "There are already institutions that are funded and designed to investigate and render an opinion on these same issues: the [state] Fair Political Practices Commission and certainly the district attorney's office. It's not that [the district attorney's office] sh[ies] away from investigations — I mean, we've had people indicted recently, and the FPPC issues citations all the time when they find wrongdoing, so this other thing [the enforcement ordinance] is just another layer of bureaucracy, and a costly one."
The most recent application of this ordinance was when a Chula Vista resident filed charges against councilmember Steve Castaneda shortly after he entered the mayoral race. Late into Castaneda's campaign, an independent attorney found the allegations baseless. The attorney's report stated that most of the allegations had already been investigated by the FPPC.
When I asked Ramirez if he felt the investigation had affected Castaneda's campaign, he said "Well, I saw some of the literature that was put out and he was certainly attacked because of this investigation, so just the mere fact that there was an allegation…that's enough to smear somebody, that's not due process. This speaks to the very harsh political climate that we're in. It's very counterproductive."
Wasn't it John Moot who just got Joe Little from Channel 10 to air his charges against Earl Jentz on election eve? I have also heard Cheryl Cox was out looking for somebody to sign and submit his charges to the FPPC. This pair just keeps on giving - from writing a poorly constructed ordinance to romping through its loopholes. Like Moot said its mostly about the charges.....
Great! A $100,000 savings for taxpayers and least a partial cleanup of Chula Vista's political swamp. Let's hope this moratorium becomes permanent.


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Jake Gyllenhaal's trainer reveals he couldn't even use a skipping rope before gruelling boxing training for Southpaw
Jake Gyllenhaal couldn't even use a skipping rope properly when he began training for Southpaw.
The 34-year-old actor stuck to a gruelling regime to portray boxer Billy Hope in the upcoming sports flick, doing 2,000 sit-ups a day as well as running eight miles five times a week. Although he is in the shape of his life on screen, his trainer Terry Claybon was initially worried about whether he had it in him.
"He wasn't in any shape at all," Terry told E! News. "We met at a boxing gym, and he was jumping rope. Just the way he was jumping rope, I knew we had a lot of work to do."
In six months Jake went from a svelte 147lbs. to a giant 175lbs. The key to the regime was getting the star working as if he was really preparing for a boxing match, which meant a lot of time showing him how to defend himself in the ring. It wasn't an easy ride either, with the star putting in six hours a day for six months.
Although he has been praised for how believable he is on screen, Jake was initially worried about stepping into the ring.
"I was wrapping his hands and getting him prepared to go out for his first fight scene, and he kept complaining about his hands... He kept complaining, because he was nervous," Terry said. "Until, I really just got frustrated, and just put the gloves on him, and told him we had to go, because we were already 30 minutes behind and they were waiting on us.
"But I knew he was nervous. Once we got out there, after the first take, I couldn't get him back to the dressing room!"
It was the push Jake needed and eventually he decided to do everything himself, meaning that although there was a stunt double for him, he didn't use him.
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Solidifying the proposal from last October, China's rubber-stamp legislature has approved of a new two-child policy in place of the infamous one-child policy, which will go into effect on January 1, 2016.
Despite the change, the new two-child policy does very little to alleviate the blatant human rights violations brewing within their population control laws.
According to Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women's Rights Without Frontiers, "Under no circumstances does the move to a two-child policy 'effectively dismantle the infamous one child policy."
"Characterizing this latest modification as 'dismantling' the One-Child Policy is wholly inaccurate," continued Littlejohn. "A two-child policy will not end any of the human rights abuses caused by the One Child Policy, including forced abortion, involuntary sterilization or the sex-selective abortion of baby girls."
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