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Terraforming diaries - A boring day on Eta Hydri 4 by VidomWatch
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Made with Mandelbulb3D.
Bello, c'è anche l'antenna
Truly amazing like a scene from same movie or a futuristic game
Are you telling me there was a movie called Terraforming diaries? I never heard of it!
And thanks!
Beautiful Scene my friend!
Wow...just wow. I really gotta learn how to apply volumetric lighting to my fractals. It just makes it so much better. Especially with the fractal structures in the background with the lights. They look like hangars.
Thank you! Some lights placed in hollow parts can give a meaning to boring holes
Great landscape and blend with the sky
Your fractals always tell a whole story. That's what I like about your work!
Thank you, but they require fantasy from the watcher! Way to go!
Beautiful work!. Great structures design, perspective, mood and lighting.
Great work
Wow...just how does everyone get this "building" effect in Mandelbulb? At least tell me which formula you used pleeeease!!
As I said and repeated many times, I mostly use variations of SierpHilbert+_reciprocal(x,y,z). When you see curved lines it's because I added _invtorical or _invcylindrical or _totorical or _tocylindrical
Please forgive my ignorance; I've only just started watching you and I'm pretty new to fractals in general but thank you
I never thought you were ignorant about fractals
But it happened 3 or 4 people asked the same question on different fractals in the same time and I had to copy&paste part of my answer
But it happened 3 or 4 people asked the same question on different fractals in the same time and I had to copy&paste part of my answer
All good And I AM ignorant about fractals; right now I'm at the stage where I change a setting, click "calculate 3D", and go "Oooh!" without knowing what in the blue cuss I'm doing
Are you telling me you don't use the navigation window? I couldn't do anything without it
I do, luckily I discovered it early on. But I still have no clue how the maths works. I just fiddle with all the settings, follow the tooltips, and render a higher resolution when it looks good And the people that discovered the Mandelbulb were each making and modifying their own rendering programs o_O
it's always great
Everything goes together so well
Lovely, isn't it?
Your art is wonderful really beautiful and the amazing work that goes into it YOH
Nice find!
Terra forming seemingly on the edge of a desert - beautiful.
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I've been procuring small samples of all the funky new hersheys kisses with the hopes of making a kiss cookie platter. Got some mint, almond, candycane, peanut butter, caramel, coconut, hugs, kissables, and dark all lined up and ready to go.
Anyone have a low-butter (& low shortening) recipe I can stick this variety of kisses into? I would normally just use pb, but that won't go so well with the minty or coconut varieties. Next stop was chocolate base, but to tell you the truth I'm not a huge chocolate person, especially chocolate-flavored cookies (the kiss will be more than enough chocolate for me).
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Top-spec Hyundai ix25 with 1.6T engine, 7-speed dual clutch AT spied – China
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Should offer brisker and smoother performance.
Chinese car portal iFeng has published the first spyshots of an alleged upcoming top-spec Hyundai ix25. The model in question is the 1.6-liter turbocharged variant paired to a seven-speed dual clutch transmission.
Currently the ix25 retails in China with two naturally aspirated engine – 1.6L and 2.0L – with the former producing 122.8 bhp/150.7 Nm and the latter producing 158 bhp/192 Nm. The 2.0L engine is optionally available with AWD, while both manual and automatic transmission are regular 6-speed units.
The 1.6-liter turbo engine is found on Hyundai's premium models like the Sonata and Veloster, whereas the seven-speed dual clutch transmission was launched commercially this year in Korea on the Verna, having made its world premiere at the Paris Motor Show last year. In Europe this year, the smoother and more fuel efficient gearbox will serve on the Hyundai Tucson and the Kia Cee'd.
While the exterior of the top-end Chinese ix25 shows nothing new, the sole difference is the 'TGDi' badge. The car is equipped with fabric seats and manual air conditioning, not unusual for a deluxe test mule.
In India while the 1.6T petrol variant may not find many takers, the 7-speed dual clutch gearbox could offer the Hyundai the dual benefit of higher fuel efficiency and being another segment-first for a compact SUV.
Hyundai ix25 – Image Gallery (Chinese specification)
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This came from Melanie's (my daughter) blog: www.smallingworld.blogspot.com
Welcome to the 2008 edition of Getting to Know Your Friends! Change all the answers so they apply to you, and then send this to your friends including the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends that you might not have known!
1. What time did you get up this morning? 8:10…without my alarm
2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds!
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Bucket Dreams
4. What is your favorite TV show? Biggest Loser; Lost; American Idol
5. What did you have for breakfast? Leftover homemade rolls, split and toasted in a skillet with butter and strawberry jelly
6. What is your middle name? Carol
7. What food do you dislike? Liver
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? It's weird, but I'm not really a CD person… However, sometimes I just turn Melanie's music on that's on her blog and listen to that while I'm working
9. What kind of car do you drive? 1999 Dodge Caravan (in the U.S.); I don't drive in Honduras (I should blog about why sometime…)
10. Favorite sandwich? Smoked turkey on whole wheat bread with lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo and avacado
11. What characteristic do you despise? dishonesty
12. Favorite item of clothing? A black skirt that I seem to wear often in Honduras with a variety of shirts
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Italy--Tuscany
14. Favorite brand of clothing? n/a…I buy what's on sale and looks decent on me
15. Where would you retire to? Bowling Green, KY or Nashville, TN probably
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? When I turned 53, in 2004. That meant I had lived longer than my mother who died at 52.
17. Favorite sport to watch? College basketball
18. What is the farthest place this email will go? The farthest place this "blog" will go is probably to the U.S. (I'm writing it in Honduras)
19. Person you expect to send it back first? ?
20. When is your birthday? February 4
21. Are you a morning person or a night person? Night most definitely!
22. What is your shoe size? 9
23. Pets? U.S.— We had Libby (Boston Terrier) but she lives with David and Maggie now. Honduras – a little gecko who lives in the window above Steve's chair in the living room! J They eat mosquitos…
24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? Nothing now, but I'll be sure to let everyone know when my new grandbaby is born!
25. What did you want to be when you were little? teacher, mommy, nurse, missionary
26. How are you today? Better rested than usual…I actually got more than 4 hours sleep!
27. What is your favorite candy? Something with milk chocolate and nuts
28. What is your favorite flower? rose
29. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Whichever day my new grandson will be born…end of May/first of June!!!
30. What is your full name? Jeanne Carol (Segraves) White
31. What are you listening to right now? Our messenger at Baxter leaving on his motorcycle…the outside sounds of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
32. What was the last thing you ate? See #5
33. Do you wish on stars? no
34. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? bittersweet
35. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Melanie
36. Favorite soft drink? Diet fountain Coke with just a little root beer (non-diet) mixed in
37. Favorite restaurant? La Cumbre (on a mountaintop outside of Tegucigalpa, overlooking the city)
38. Hair color? Hum….until recently it was highlighted with blonde, then I decided I wanted to see how much gray I had, so I am currently letting it get back to natural. Answer to my own question? LOTS!!!
39. What was your favorite toy as a child? My little red record player I got for Christmas one year. My daddy worked in a café with a jukebox and the guy who serviced it gave him about 100 records (singles)!!! Oldies…even then
40. Summer or winter? Winter
41. Hugs or kisses? Hugs
42. Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate
43. Coffee or tea? Hot: coffee/Cold:tea
44. Do you want your friends to email you back? Yes
45. When was the last time you cried? Monday when I read the blog that Melanie mentioned on her post http://conorbootheandgirls.blogspot.com
46. What is under your bed? Nothing…unless you count dust bunnies
47. What did you do last night? Had dinner at home (chicken/black bean quesadillas), watched NCIS and worked on the new grandson's quilt!
48. What are you afraid of? heights
49. Salty or sweet? Sweet…then salty…then sweet…then salty…you get the picture…
50. How many keys on your key ring? 6
51. How many years at your current job? 3 years, 9 months
52. Favorite day of the week? Saturday when I just spend time doing stuff at our apartment
53. How many towns have you lived in? 6 (some of those multiple times)
54. Do you make friends easily? I make acquaintances easily…good friends with a little more difficulty
55. How many people will you send this to? Whoever reads my blog.
56. How many will respond? 2 maybe 3


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Today I want to tell you how much I liked gymnastics. I liked the parachute game.
I want to thank you for the games you taught us. My favourite game was when we were on the mat and we were shaking the bean bags and the bean bag went flying and went off the mat. Then we put it back onto the mat.
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This is what Gaga said happened:
"I was outside the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago and this policeman came up and told me my hotpants were too short. They weren't really pants at all, but he got upset and I got a citation. All people will have seen is this half-naked girl on the street yelling, 'It's fashion! I'm an artist!'"
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Michael Pearlman Director Central Bureau International Laser Ranging Service Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge MA USA [email protected] International Update on Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR). http://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html.
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Michael PearlmanDirectorCentral BureauInternational Laser Ranging ServiceHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge MA [email protected]
International Update on
Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR)
GPS impact on Environmental Monitoring
Atmospheric Dynamics
Sea Level Change
Products of the Global Geodetic Observing System
Terrestrial Reference Frame
Accuracy of 1 mm and stability of 0.1 mm/yr.
International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF)
International Earth Rotation Service
Precision GPS Orbits and Clocks, Earth Rotation Parameters, Station Positions
Very Long Baseline
Satellite Laser
Global Navigation
Satellite Systems
Doppler Orbit Determination
and Radiopositioning
Integrated on Satellite
Satellite Laser Ranging Technique
Precise range measurement between an SLR ground station and a retroreflector- equipped satellite using ultrashort laser pulses corrected for refraction, satellite center of mass, and the internal delay of the ranging machine.
Established in 1998 as a service under the International Association of Geodesy (IAG);
Collects, merges, analyzes, archives and distributes satellite and lunar laser ranging data for scientific, engineering, and operational needs;
Encourages the application of new technologies to enhance the quality, quantity, and cost effectiveness of its data products;
Produces standard products for the scientific and applications communities;
Includes 75 agencies in 26 countries.International Laser Ranging Service
ILRS Organization
Measurements Association of Geodesy (IAG);
Precision Orbit Determination (POD)
Time History of Station Positions and Motions
Terrestrial Reference Frame (Center of Mass and Scale)
Plate Tectonics and Crustal Deformation
Static and Time-varying Gravity Field
Earth Orientation and Rotation (Polar Motion, length of day)
Orbits and Calibration of Altimetry Missions (Oceans, Ice)
Total Earth Mass Distribution
Space Science - Tether Dynamics, etc.
Relativity Measurements and Lunar Science
More than 60 Space Missions Supported since 1970
Four Missions Rescued in the Last Decade
Most of the products that we generate (TRF. POD, EO, gravity field, etc) are done in conjunction with the other space techniques (GNSS, VLBI, DORIS)SLR Science and Applications
Zimmerwald, Switzerland
Shanghai, China
Greenbelt, MD USA
Saudi Arabia
TROS, China
Wettzell, Germany
French Polynesia
TIGO, Concepcion, Chile
Yarragadee, Australia
Hartebeesthoek, South Africa
Higher repetition rate to increase data yield and improve pass-interleaving
Eye-safe operations and auto tracking
Automation (unattended operation)
Event timers with near-ps resolution
Web-based restricted tracking to protect optically vulnerable satellites (ICESat, ALOS, etc.)
Two wavelength experiments to test refraction models
Experiments continue to demonstrate optical transponders for interplanetary ranging; LRO-LR one-way ranging to the Lunar Orbiter presently underwaySLR Developments
One-way ranging to LRO
Pass Interleaving at Zimmerwald Station
2-KHz returns from Graz Station
NASA's Next Generation SLR (NGSLR), GGAO, Greenbelt, MD
Retroreflector payloads for GNSS satellites in the neighborhood 20,000 km altitude should have a minimum "effective cross-section" of 100 million sq. meters (5 times that of GPS-35 and -36)
Retroreflector payloads for GNSS satellites in higher or lower orbits should have a minimum "effective cross-section" scaled to compensate for the R**4 increase or decrease in signal strength
The parameters necessary for the precise definition of the vectors between the effective reflection plane, the radiometric antenna phase center and the center of mass of the spacecraft should be specified and maintained with an accuracy better than 0.1 ppb (few mm).ILRS Retroreflector Standards for GNSS Satellitesto increase tracking efficiency
Operations include 7 GNSS satellites (GPS 36; GLONASS 102, 109 and 115; GIOVE –A and – B; and COMPASS M1)
Satellite priorities set according to satellite altitude;
Track 5 minute segments at various points along the pass;
Data transmitted after each pass;
The data is available on the website within an hour or two;
Plenty of spare SLR tracking capacity
Getting daylight ranging on new retroreflector arrays on GLONASS 115 and COMPASS M1Current SLR Ranging to GNSS Satellites
ILRS authorization to track ILRS-approved satellites is constituted and governed by an approved Mission Support Request Form;
All SLR stations within the International Laser Ranging Service agree to adhere to any applicable ILRS Restricted Tracking Procedures including:
station by station authorization;
time and viewing angle constraints;
energy/power constraints;
go/no-go switch.
Missions for 2009 109 and 115; GIOVE –A and – B; and
COMPASS (Beidou-2)
Provides the stable coordinate system that allows us to link measurements over space, time and evolving technologies;
An accurate, stable set of station positions and velocities;
Essential for tracking and interpreting flight missions;
Foundation for space-based and ground-based metric observations;
Established and maintained by the global space geodetic networks;
Network measurements must be:
precise, continuous, robust, reliable, geographically well distributed
proper density over the continents and oceans
interconnected by co-location of different observing techniques
Strong Ground Network and a Strong Satellite Component with co-location at both ends;
"Co-location" at the analysis level.Terrestrial Reference Frame (TRF)
Geoscience measurements over space, time and evolving technologies;
Improve the Terrestrial Reference Frame (space and ground co-location)
Distribute the reference frame globally;
Improve LEO POD for active satellites (altimeters, etc)
GNSS World
Provide independent Quality Assurance: - The GNSS orbit accuracy cannot be directly validated from the GNSS data itself;
Assure interoperability amongst GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, COMPASS -;
Insure realization of WGS84 reference frame is consistent with ITRF;
Independent range for time transfer;
SLR is NOT required for use in routine/operational RF derived orbit and clock productsValue of SLR Tracking of the GNSS Constellations
Two of the most demanding requirements for the TRF: measurements over space, time and evolving technologies;
monitoring the water cycle at global to regional scales;
monitoring and modeling sea surface and ocean mass changes in order to detect global change signals in ocean currents, volume, mass and sea level;
TRF should be accurate to 1 mm and stable to a 0.1 mm/yr, and
Static geoid should be accurate to 1 mm and stable to a 0.1 mm/yr. (GGOS 2020, WCRP)
A number of satellite missions are currently observing sea and ice topography with altimetry and mass transport in the water cycle through gravity missions;
Future altimetry and gravity field missions with improved capability are in the pipeline;
SAR and INSAR missions provide measurements of land surface displacements;Terrestrial Reference Frame
What are the Benefits: measurements over space, time and evolving technologies;
Improve in the accuracy and stability of the reference frame (Earth center of mass, scale, etc) by tracking of satellite constellation at higher altitudes;
Determine systematic errors among satellites in each constellation and among the constellations through co-location on the ground and in space;
Improve of global PNT, separate orbital errors from clock errors;
Use the GPS satellites to distribute the reference frame to everywhere on the Earth, provided we have accurate orbits for each GPS satellite;
What do need:
Retroreflector arrays on all of the GPS satellites;
Accurate center of mass correction on the satellites:
Accurate tracking of the satellites;Benefit and RequirementSLR Tracking of GPS Satellites
Support GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, and COMPASS; measurements over space, time and evolving technologies;
Greater emphasis on more robust tracking and daylight ranging;
Increased tracking capacity with high repetition rate systems;
Newer retroreflector design;
Data available on the website shortly after each pass;
Possible tracking strategy
Tracking of a subset of each constellation with a rotation through the entire constellation; simulations underway to help develop optimum strategies;
For example:
one satellite per orbital plane per system at a time;
60-day tracking cycles set to cover all satellites within a 12 month period;
Flexible tracking strategies; organized in cooperation with the agencies involved and the requirements for the ITRF;
The network can be segmented to track different satellites;
ILRS analysts will do the data analysis and make the results available;Concepts for an Operational GNSS Plan
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Journey to Hearing LossBy Sendie Vang
March 2012. I'm sitting on the children hospital chair crying… no actually, I'm sobbing – silently, sitting next to my husband. Our ENT specialist has just informed us that our 18-month-old daughter, Kalia, has moderate hearing loss that is progressive and eventually she will be profoundly deaf.
I have the experience of her life flashing before my eyes, or some possible version of her future life. It seems like many of the dreams that I have for my child just got erased. All this time, she's never heard me read her a good night story; never heard me sing her to sleep. I watched her playing with her big sister in the hospital waiting room, following her every step of the way while glancing at us. I saw her laughing, giggling, like nothing had happened. Then I tried to imagine Kalia's perspective: a safe, happy life, surrounded by people who love her. I realize that for Kalia, nothing is wrong. Nothing has changed. Her dreams weren't lost. She may not have even liked the dreams I had for her.
We make the choice to adopt Kalia's perspective: We learned American Sign Language - all four of us. We also opted for cochlear implants in the hope that the technology would help. We have had some bumps on the road; speech therapy at the beginning was not as easy as we thought it would be, finding the right school turned out to be a challenge, medical bills for those tests and surgery keep on mounting… the list goes on and on…
As we go on, Kalia's deafness in some ways turned out to be a gift through her. We have learned this new beautiful language of ASL, and we have met many wonderful people through the CO Deaf community that have opened their arms to us. We also met our second family at Rocky Mountain Deaf School. For that I'm so blessed. And now I'm a part of HLAA through the Walk4Hearing.
In addition to being a mom to a deaf child, I'm also quietly dealing with my own hearing loss. I have noticed how I began to lose my hearing gradually around 15 years ago. At that time, I was in my mid-twenties and had just moved to the US. I would make excuses for myself in my head, "I just don't understand their English, this is all new to me… or they speak way too low". Then I started making jokes about my selective hearing, but I still didn't want to officially have them tested.
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Congresswoman claims a Filner groping (years ago)
Former San Diego mayor allegedly went in for a kiss
Don Bauder 5:30 p.m., Nov. 20
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It is those stricken allegations, which were thrown out of the lawsuit, which you obviously intend to recklessly repeat in the Story. In addition to striking "John Doe's" gratuitous and inflammatory allegations, the Court also dismissed all nineteen of his causes of action against my client, and threw the whole case out. The Court also specifically held that the agreement at issue, which "John Doe" had challenged, was valid and enforceable. Note also that in addition to the Court striking out numerous wild allegations which had improperly been included in "John Doe's" lawsuit, many of the documents filed in that action were placed under seal by the Court.
As to the other specious lawsuit, which was filed by two other "Doe" plaintiffs unwilling to sue in their own names, their allegations of purported lecherous conduct were the very allegations that the Court struck from the security guard's "Doe" lawsuit. The case by the two "Doe" plaintiffs was subsequently dismissed. You can confirm that in the Court's records.
As you should be aware, Platinum Equity is a large organization, with over 140 employees. As such, it is not unexpected for employment disputes to arise from time to time. When properly viewed in context, the "Doe" lawsuits are of little significance. Yet, it is evident that the Story's intended angle is to falsely state or imply that the allegations in those lawsuits are indicative of Platinum. If that were true, with 140 employees, one would expect to see literally dozens of such lawsuits. The fact that the inflammatory allegations appeared in lawsuits filed by just three "Doe" individuals should suffice to put you on notice that it would be extremely reckless to extrapolate from the isolated "Doe" allegations that they somehow indicative of Platinum and its conduct.
It is the Reader's obvious intention to falsely make it appear either directly or by implication that the allegations of inappropriate behavior and sexual wrongdoing in the "Doe" lawsuits had merit, when the opposite is true. It is apparent that the Reader's reporters have been on the hunt for inflammatory negative information to publish about Platinum Equity ever since it acquired the Union-Tribune. The San Diego Reader has a brief but already well-established pattern of taking swipes at my client. The Reader had a history of attacking its perceived competitor the Union-Tribune before Platinum acquired that paper, and since its acquisition earlier this year, the Reader has transparently shifted its criticism to Platinum. For example, last month, the Reader published an extremely negative article about Tom Gores and his family which contained numerous inaccuracies. Your paper subsequently published lengthy "Just For the Record" statements from Tom Gores and Alec Gores to correct its errors. In addition, the Reader's "Scam Diego" blog page authored primarily by Don Bauder has been filled with numerous negative articles about Platinum, Tom Gores, and/or the Union-Tribune since May 1st. For example, after CNBC broadcast the negative and inaccurate piece about Platinum last week which obviously inspired your Story, the Reader posted a story about the CNBC segment on its "Scam Diego" blog. The Readers' negative bias against my client is evident as it relishes highlighting disparaging aspects of the CNBC story, gleefully noting that "Gores got the worst of it." Referring to Mr. Gores in this derisive manner reveals the Reader's preordained negative point of view.
The Story which is now being prepared transparently continues the San Diego Reader's pre-conceived agenda to attack, disparage and defame my client. Be advised that Constitutional malice can be shown through the calculated use of the journalistic devices of pre-conceived storylines, themes, or angles. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 680 F.2d 527, 539 (7th Cir. 1982), cert denied, 103 S.Ct. 1233 (1983). That is what is occurring here. In the event that the defamatory Story is published and this matter proceeds to litigation, we are confident that the Reader's pattern of publishing negative stories about my client, culminating in the upcoming Story, would establish the Reader's use of these journalistic devices, and would supply ample evidence of malice.
The Reader's Constitutional malice will also be revealed through examination of its financial motives for publishing a Story such as this, attacking the owner of what it perceives as its primary competitor. As the Ninth Circuit explained in Suzuki Motor Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc., 330 F.3d 1110, 1136 (9th Cir. 2003), circumstantial evidence of financial motives can support a finding of actual malice, holding: "There is sufficient circumstantial evidence of a financial motive to support the ultimate conclusion of actual malice. While [defendant] is correct that financial motive cannot, by itself, prove actual malice, it nonetheless is a relevant factor bearing on the actual malice inquiry."
Even that is hardly the only evidence of the Reader's Constitutional malice, however. The fact that you attempted to provide my client with an absurdly short window in which to provide comment to the Story (initially insisting on comment within just a few hours after informing my client of the Story) although you will not go to press until Wednesday of next week suggests an intention to deprive my client of an opportunity to provide a meaningful response. This purposeful avoidance of the truth evidences Constitutional malice. Harte-Hanks, Inc. v. Connaughton, 491 U.S. 657 (1989).
If you publish a Story reporting on the unproven specious allegations of bawdy behavior, we caution you that omitting key information, misleadingly characterizing events, or otherwise implying or stating that my client engaged in wrongdoing, would result in a false and defamatory portrayal which would lend credence to the unproven, stricken and dismissed allegations of the "Doe" lawsuits. Publication of incomplete and hence misleading information may give rise to liability for defamation since the incomplete presentation of facts may imply an actionable false assertion of fact. Ringler Associates Inc. v. Maryland Cas. Co., 80 Cal.App.4th 1165, 1180, 96 Cal.Rptr.2d 136, 149 (2002); see also, Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co., 497 U.S. 1, 19, 110 S.Ct. 2695, 2706, 111 L. Ed. 2d 1,18 (1990) (incomplete facts may still imply false assertion of fact). "Although the truth of an alleged libel may be proven as a complete defense it is not a defense to show that a statement contained in a publication, if taken alone, is literally true, when other facts are omitted which plainly refute the false impression of the partial statement. A statement is not true or even substantially true if, by implication, an entirely untrue impression is made by omission of part of the facts." Express Publishing Co. v. Gonzalez, 350 S.W.2d 589, 592 (Tex. 1961); see also Toney v. WCCO Television, Midwest Cable and Satellite, 85 F.3d 383, 392 (8th Cir. 1996) (recognizing cause of action for implied defamation where defendant omits important facts).
Appears to be another attorney who gets paid by the word. But a letter like that one, which is probably loaded up with the firm's usual boilerplate, could easily intimidate plenty of people, or at least scare them into watering down a story. In the days of the old wild west, there were hired guns. Now we have hired mouths, or at least hired word processors.
LOL...Marty Singger just got OWNED!
Hey Marty, you rolled the dice, and lost.
You just got called on your bluff.
My advice to Marty- don't bluff, if you're going to go around threatening someone you better be ready to follow through, or else you become just a little chicken hawk getting punked out.
Hey Marty, you're a joke.
I dare you to come after me.
Two words for you Marty: Anti SLAPP.
Response to post #1: In the process of researching this column, I found several Singer letters that had been posted online. Yes, they used the same words and the same threats. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #2: You'll be the next to get a Singer letter, SurfPuppy, if he can find out your identity. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #3: I'm sure he doesn't think of himself as a joke. Best, Don Bauder
Marty can send me all the letters he wants. Wait until he tries to sue me.
And if he wants to find out my name he is just two subpoena's away-not real hard. . . . . . I'm sure he doesn't think of himself as a joke. =================================== I'm sure Marty doesn't, but everyone else does.
You simply cannot go around making these types of merit less threats to silence free speech issues, especially when it is opinion or satire, and not expect to be called a joke when you get called on your bluff. (Note to Marty, look up NY Times v. Sullivan and Huslter v. Falwell).
Guys like Singer-who try to use their legal expertise and knowledge of the law to silence other view points by baseless threats- are a threat to our way of life and our free speech.
Anti SLAPP laws were designed with guys like Singer in mind.
Response to post #7: What is most important here is that Platinum, the owner of a metropolitan daily newspaper, hired such a lawyer. Best, Don Bauder
I started to review the court cases cited in the letter, but the court decisions cited are nebulous and irrelevant to what is going on here. The letter smells like some cookie-cutter horsecrap sent off to try and scare anyone without a spine. Goodbye, U-T. Consider me another rat jumping off of your sinking ship.
Response to post #9: Several Singer letters have been posted online, including in the Wall Street Journal. Yes, they are quite similar -- boilerplate with some localizing. A publication named Smoking Gun regularly prints his letters when received. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #8. Don is right. Let the significance of this all sink in. The owners of the U-T hired this "intimidator" to try to muzzle the Reader. A few years ago--heck, a few WEEKS ago--the U-T tried to pretend that the Reader didn't exist. No recognition of the upstart (which has been around for, what, four decades?) paper that was constantly sticking things into the ears, eyes and other orifices of the U-T.
Yeah, the U-T, the paper of the high road, is trying to scare the little Reader into silence. How the mighty have fallen!
Response to post #11: Well, I would say that if you have an asset worth $1 billion, and five years later you sell it for $50 million (for significantly less than the value of the real estate), you have fallen by definition. Best, Don Bauder
We are writing as the litigation counselor for Fred_Williams, a frequent poster on the Scam Diego Blog.
We have become aware that you may potentially one day possibly consider the thought of maybe considering writing a response to a blog post he may or may not be contemplating writing in the unforeseeable future.
Publishing this blog posting will result in the immediate and irrevocable release of a squadron of winged-monkey lawyers who shall swoop down upon the India Street offices of the Reader, file lawsuits, fling excrement, and howl at passers by on the sidewalk.
If you procede to publish said blog posting, which shall be preceded by the words "NOT FOR PUBLICATION OR OTHER USE", the aforementioned flying monkey lawyers intend to sue for astronoical...nay...intergalactic damages up to and including the entire net worth of the known universe.
You proceed at your peril.
This does not constitute a complete or exhaustive statement of all of my client's rights or claims. In fact, the winged primate advocates at our disposal may indeed determine that only the forced public humiliation of the entire Bauder clan, including any and all forebears, ancestors, and offspring, now or in the unforeseeable future, can suffice to compensate our client, Fred_Williams, in the event this blog post is published in print, online, or in any other format whatsoever.
Hugh G. Rection Partner Bicker, Back, and Forth, Attorneys at Law
"flying monkey lawyers?"
(Great response, Fred. The Reader should print this.)
If they print it, or even display it on the website as a comment, I'm suing!
Thanks, Refried. I enjoyed writing it. Flew off the keyboard. It's so easy to mock a pompous dorkwad like Singer, even Fumber could do it.
Fred (aka Hugh G. Rection, Esq.)
"You proceed at your peril."
Words whispered to his spouse on the wedding day?
Response to post #13: Great satire. My favorite law firm is Dewey Cheatum & Howe. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #14: Why wouldn't the Reader print it? Fred is a great satirist. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #15: We haven't heard from fumber for quite awhile. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #16: Marriage was one of Pauline's lesser perils. Best, Don Bauder
Fred brings the funny....I think Im going to have to email Marty a link to this thread.
Response to post #21: My guess is he already knows it. The focus has shifted to the owner of the U-T hiring Marty. The sex part of the story -- which has not gone to court, so can't be proved now -- has faded into the background. Best, Don Bauder
"Response to post #15: We haven't heard from fumber for quite awhile. Best, Don Bauder"
Haven't we? Based on this rambling and repetitive threat letter I am left wondering whether we have discovered Fumber's day job.
a lot of good a letter will do marty when someone decides to feed him his teeth
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Sue Innocent and Bill Overly, Attorneys at Law
why not put a picture of Martin Singer in the media, I would guess he would not want to be out in public if he was a "public figure"
Marty looks a little like Tom Arnold here;
Suit Alleges Defendant is "an A**hole" Posted Jun 22nd 2006 9:39AM by TMZ Staff
Celebrity lawsuits have become a brutal business. The fictitious headline of this item is only a slight overstatement. The things the stars want to say about the people they hate but never could are now surfacing in suits.
Let me introduce you to the kings of the legal rant -- Marty Singer and his law partner, Jay Lavely have brilliantly become the go-to lawyers when celebs believe they've been wronged.
Jay is the guy who filed the Reese Witherspoon lawsuit, claiming Star Mag violated her privacy by falsely stating/implying that she was pregnant. Most lawsuits I read are so boring it reminds me why I'm glad I'm not practicing law anymore. But the lawsuits Marty and Jay file, well, you want to read them while munching on popcorn. Jay trashes Star, alleging the article on Reese was a "tall tale brazenly published" to turn around "sagging sales." And with all due respect to Jay, no one is as deliciously brutal as Marty.
The fact is, these days, the stars are turning to Marty and Jay rather than publicists. First of all, it feels good to get things off your chest -- things that publicists just won't say for you out loud. Second, Marty and Jay can say pretty much anything they want about anyone in a lawsuit because it's all considered "protected speech," which means no one can sue for defamation. Searing language in legal documents gets favored nation status.
Jay and Marty are feared. I remember when I started "Celebrity Justice" I did a story Marty didn't much like, and I felt his wrath and I must say, he kinda scared the crap out of me. These days, I "get" Marty. He's not to be messed with, but I think I now know the game. It's not always about getting a verdict -- it's about getting people to cry uncle.
And there's something else about Jay and Marty -- they're actually really nice guys, and funny! They will probably sue me for that. After all, they have an image to protect.
I bet if some ( if not most) lawyers had to face the ppl they are suing face to face and not hide behind the law they would wet themselves and run away
Hey Don, any word from Marty over this piece yet?
Response to post #23: I don't remember fumber ever citing alleged legal precedents. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #24: Marty has the Governator to back him up. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #25: Wonderful. Haven't heard of that law firm before. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #26: His clients are public figures. He isn't. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #27: One of the tightropes Singer has to walk is that when they are on the rise, Hollywood actors and actresses want all the publicity they can get -- good or bad. When they get really big, they only want the good publicity, but even Singer admits that his star clients need the media. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #28: There's an old saying that bluster is 9/10ths of the law -- something like that, anyway. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #29: I haven't heard from him. I don't know if the Reader has. If it has, no one has told me. Best, Don bauder
I love Slapp suits. My attorneys has won many. But that's not the only reason I like him.
Response to post #37: Good for him. What else has he done for you? Best, Don Bauder


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One evening, her father told her that he had a big surprise for her. He took her outside, and one of the wild horses was inside their fence! He told her that he had paid someone to rope and capture the wild horse. Then he adopted the horse for her. He knew how much she enjoyed the wild horses. Makala walked out to the horse. It was not just any wild horse; it was the white horse that was the leader of the wild horses! He was so beautiful! She was very excited and could not wait to tame her horse. She named her horse Spirit.
The next day, she started working with Spirit to try and tame him. He started kicking the fence. He wanted out of the fence. He was very big and very strong. He did not like being captured. He reared up and started snorting! Suddenly, all of the wild horses came running up to her land! They had all come to see Spirit. You could tell that all of the wild horses were very upset. They were all making very loud noises. Makala started feeling bad for Spirit. She wondered if she should turn Spirit loose so he could run wild and free again with the other wild horses. She told her dad that she was feeling guilty for taking away the leader of the wild horses. He told her that they would have another leader very soon since their leader was gone now.
Chaz and Charo lived by the Amazon River in South America. Chaz was fourteen years old, and Charo had just turned thirteen. They were boyfriend and girlfriend. They were out for an adventure in a large canoe paddling down the river. It started raining very hard, and the winds were picking up. The river began to get rough, and they decided they should start heading home. Suddenly, they were caught in a severe storm, and the canoe was being swept downstream at a high rate of speed. Chaz and Charo were scared, and he yelled, "Hold on!" They both held on tight to the canoe. The river continued to rise and became very dangerous. Charo screamed for help as the canoe started going even faster down the river. Chaz started screaming for help too. Then it started getting dark. They were still trapped in the canoe and trying hard to keep the canoe from tipping over. Several more hours went by, and they knew that they were a long way from their home. Now, they didn't know where they were. The canoe finally washed up on an island the next day. The canoe hit a large tree and broke in half. Chaz and Charo were thrown out of the canoe and landed on the sandy beach of the island. They hugged each other; they were both glad to be out of the river and on land.
They started walking to explore the island. Then they both started shouting to see if anyone was on the island. They walked and walked, but they could not find any people anywhere on the island. They were all alone and very scared now. They heard strange animal noises coming from the jungle. They could hear something moving around in the bushes. Whatever was out there was watching them. They knew it was not a person. Then they heard even more strange animal noises. They thought they sounded like noises that a monkey would make. Suddenly, they were surrounded by monkeys of all different kinds that started coming out of the jungle and swinging from all of the trees above them! All of the monkeys started screaming! Chaz and Charo did not move. They stood very still and let the monkeys smell them. The monkeys started making noises and playing with their hair. They seemed to love Charo's long black hair. Chaz and Charo were not scared of them anymore. They knew that the monkeys were not going to hurt them. One of the monkeys handed them a banana! Chaz and Charo were starving. They split the banana, and they were so glad that they finally got something to eat. Then Charo remembered that she had a candy bar in her pocket. They split the candy bar, and they both started feeling better.
Chaz and Charo noticed that one of the monkeys was a lot bigger than the rest of them. They sat down on the beach and watched the monkeys for a while. They saw that the bigger monkey that handed them the banana was the leader. He was brown and had a big long nose too. They had never seen a monkey like that before. They wondered what kind of monkey he was. They named him Erico, which is a Brazilian name that means "powerful ruler." Chaz and Charo are also Brazilian names. Chaz means "farmer," and Charo means "beauty flower."
Charlotte brushed her shoulder-length, golden blonde hair away from her face, tucking it behind her ear while the sea breeze tried to blow it back. Her heart leapt at the sight of a ship out at sea as it rolled in the swell of the rising tide. Could it be a pirate ship? Why hadn't she been more vigilant? If they came ashore there would be little chance of escape.
She spotted a smaller boat rowing towards her, heading straight for the beach. Her breath caught in her throat. What should I do? Is there enough time to save my little sister? Beth looked oblivious to the danger, chasing after a feather that blew away in the wind. By the time she reached her sister, they would be in clear view. Maybe I should save myself. At least one of us might survive. No. She couldn't possibly leave Beth to the mercy of those murderous pirates.
Time ran out. It was now or never. The boat reached the shore, and its dubious occupants began to clamber out.
"Charlotte! Charlotte!"
The loud cry made her jump. She snapped back to reality and spun around.
"Are you daydreaming again?" Her mum let out a frustrated sigh. She placed a gentle hand on her shoulder and steered her in the direction of the car park at the edge of the beach. "Can you help take some of this stuff back to the car, please?" She handed her an armful of bags stuffed with damp, sandy towels. "We've still got a lot of things to do before we go home tomorrow, and you haven't even bought anything for your friends yet. If you get your skates on, you'll have enough time to pop into the shops across the road."
Charlotte wrinkled her nose at the thought of their holiday coming to an end, and cringed at the prospect of going back to school the following week. She scooped up her own towel and trudged through the sand, mumbling how unfair it was making her do all the work even though she was only ten. "I notice Beth's not helping."
Her dad grinned as she struggled to the car. "We're going to grab some food. Take-away, nothing but the best for the last day," he said as she reached him.
"Not McDonald's again, Dad," she remarked with a hint of sarcasm, dumping her load on the floor.
"No way! Fish and chips tonight." He wore his silly grin that never failed to make her smile.
"Whatever!" She smirked. "Mum said I could have a quick look at the gift shops just across the road."
He put the discarded bags into the car and slammed the boot. He slid his sunglasses up to his receding hairline, slipping his hand into his jeans pocket. "Do you need any money?"
"Nah, it's okay. Mum gave me some yesterday."
"Are you going to take Beth with you?"
She folded her arms and shifted her weight to one leg. "Do I have to?" She loved her six-year-old sister to bits, but she was the most annoying person in the whole world. "I'm not going to get much shopping done with Beth tagging along."
His face brightened with a grin. "I'm only pulling your leg." He nudged her playfully. "We'll take Beth with us and meet you back here in ..." He paused to gaze at his watch. "Let's say, in about fifteen minutes, okay? Don't go far!"
She sighed with relief. "Okay. See ya later." She left, fumbling through her pockets to check she still had her money.
Crossing the road, Charlotte admired the pretty seaside town lined with buildings all the way to the top of a hill, overlooking the sea. Interesting old houses displayed colourful shop fronts, and a local market filled any spaces in between. She ambled along the well-worn paving stones, not really paying attention to the task of buying gifts for her friends. With her hands in her pockets, she wandered past stalls that spilled out across the path, packed with beach balls and buckets and spades.
She paused for a moment outside an arcade, drawn by the sounds and flashing lights that filled the air around the neon-lit building. Fighting the urge to spend the last of her money on a teddy-grabbing machine, she continued to trudge up the hill, losing interest in her mission with every step.
Halfway along the road she stopped, stepping into an alley to shelter from the glare of the sun. She leaned her back against the bright-red tiles that decorated the archway. Each one contained a small figure. They reminded her of characters from a fairy tale. She turned to examine them closely, running her fingers over the textured surface. Something about them held a strange attraction.
She gazed into the alley. It led a fair way back, but in the gloom she could see the front of a grubby-looking shop with a large 'Sale' sign in the window. She strained her eyes for a better view, and wondered if she should have a look just in case she could pick up something unusual for Mum. After a moment's thought, she decided she had nothing to lose and wandered a little closer, checking over her shoulder as she went.
Reaching the glazed shop front, Charlotte stood on tiptoes to see over the half-frosted glass that obscured her view of the inside. Despite being taller than most kids her age, the contents of the store remained a mystery. She paused at the door before giving it a shove and peering through the gap. Inside, it looked much smaller than expected, with tall shelves standing against the outer walls, each laden with an assortment of objects that appeared better placed in a junk shop.
The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end, but curiosity urged her forward. She stepped inside. An old-fashioned till perched in the centre of a small counter at the far end of the shop. Behind it hung a set of drab curtains with tiny pinholes, allowing slivers of light to seep through. The whole place had an air of gloom and smelt musty and damp.
"Hello. Are you open?" Charlotte called out.
When no one responded, she browsed the shelves, discovering some odd, hand-carved figures, similar to the characters on the decorated tiles around the archway outside. She picked up one that resembled a garden gnome and turned the carving around, searching for a price label. Nothing. That's not much help. She placed the grotesque figure back down.
A bright flash caught her eye when she turned to leave. She stared at a small bookcase resting against the back wall beside the counter. A gentle glow of green light illuminated the shelves, tempting her to venture further and take a closer look. She crept through the aisle and bent down to examine a small, glass snow dome nestled amongst a variety of clay pots. It looked out of place with the other articles displayed in the shop.
She reached out and touched the surface with the tips of her fingers. The cool surface tingled, a strange yet alluring sensation. With a quick check over her shoulder, she picked it up and tipped it upside down. She cupped the delicate item in the palm of her hand and held it close to her face. No snow.
Inside the crystal orb, a tiny globe like a miniature planet revolved in slow motion, casting eerie shadows against the dreary walls. "It's beautiful," she whispered.
"Yes, it is beautiful," a gruff voice sounded.
She spun around and stumbled back a step. Behind the counter stood a large figure wrapped in a gray cloak, similar to the drab curtains that hung behind him. From what she could see of him in the gloom, his scruffy, charcoal hair hung down to his shoulders. Dark eyes peered out below bushy eyebrows, making his thin face look gaunt and pasty. She shuddered. He gave her the creeps, popping up from out of nowhere and staring at her as though he had never seen a customer before.
"I am sorry if I surprised you. I did not mean to make you feel uncomfortable," he said, as if reading her mind. "You are very welcome here."
She put down the small ornament and walked along scanning the contents of the shelves, picking through the strange collection of knickknacks. The entire time, she sensed the old man's stare following her. She considered leaving, yet the eerie glow from the snow dome kept drawing her gaze back to the bookcase. The temptation from its hypnotic light got the better of her, and she walked back to pick it up again. "How much is this?"
A broad smile lit up the man's face. "Take it, child. I have no use for it in my shop."
Her eyes widened. "What, for nothing? I must give you something for it. I've got money, you know."
The old man shrugged. "Well, if you are that keen on striking a deal with me." He raised one of his bushy eyebrows. "All I will ask is for you to take great care of such a beautiful item. Promise me you will be good and always tell the truth."
"I always tell the truth anyway. I hate liars!" she declared, a little puzzled by such a strange request. "Is that it? Is that all you want?"
He bellowed with laughter.
She placed one hand on her hip. "What's so funny, then?"
"I am sorry." He leaned closer across the counter. His weather-beaten face creased with concern. "Telling the truth is not always an easy thing to do, especially when you find yourself in trouble." His expression lightened. "I am Goffer, the shop keeper, and if I am not mistaken, you will find yourself in trouble if you do not hurry. Time is getting on."
Charlotte glanced at her watch. "You're right!" She rushed to the door in a fluster, but stopped before leaving. "Thank you! Thanks a lot. That was really nice of you."
Goffer stood motionless, barely visible in the shadows. "I would not be so quick to thank me just yet."
When an attempted hijacking rattles a sleepy California coastal town, teenage detectives Dalton Fraser and Maddy Kane spring into action. With the help of a super-smart dog and a trained U.S. Navy dolphin, the teens investigate mysterious clues that lead them to uncover a smuggling ring. After their story is declared unbelievable by the small-town sheriff, Dalton and Maddy form a daring plan to catch Nico, the notorious ringleader, and lead the sheriff to his arrest. But the plan backfires and the young teens find themselves in more trouble than they bargained for, and Nico doesn't want witnesses!
Mango is a Sun Conure or Sun Parakeet, and Kiwi is a Double Yellow-Headed Amazon Parrot. Their owner Trina lives in Oklahoma, and she bought both of them at a Bird Fair in Tulsa. Trina saw so many lovely birds at the Bird Fair that it was very hard to decide which birds she wanted to take home. She finally picked a Sun Conure and a Double Yellow-Headed Amazon Parrot. She fell in love with all the colorful feathers that they have. Trina took both birds home and became very attached to them in no time at all. Trina thought they were both sweet and beautiful.
She put their cages close to a window so they could see outside. Her birds were able to enjoy all the wild birds and animals that came around Trina's house. Her house has a fantastic view of Keystone Lake. It is in the country surrounded by thick woods.
The next day she gave Mango and Kiwi a bath. She put both of them in the shower on a shower perch. They enjoyed their shower and then she blow-dried both of them until they were all nice and fluffy. Mango and Kiwi looked so pretty.
Mango loves to eat popcorn. He also likes to eat large noodles. He uses his feet like hands to help him eat. Trina took pictures of Mango eating popcorn and large noodles.
Trina has a large guard dog named Smoke. Smoke is a black Chow. He sleeps right next to Trina's bed each night. Smoke makes Trina feel very safe.
Trina enjoys the visitors that come to her house each day. She never knows what will show up outside on her back porch. She looked out one day and saw two turkeys stepping up on her back porch! Then the two turkeys jumped up on her back patio table and started eating the birdseed that she had put out for the wild birds. She thought that was pretty wild and loved watching the turkeys. One of the turkeys walked right up to her back glass door. Then the turkey spread its tail feathers all the way out. It was amazing to watch up close. Turkeys have beautiful feathers.
Trina has a large pine tree just outside her living room window in the front of her house. She planted the pine tree from a little seedling. There is a beautiful Mourning Dove who lives in the pine tree! Everyone loves to watch the dove from the front window. She named the dove Lonesome. She feeds him birdseed every day. There are also two stray chickens that showed up and now live in the thick bushes in the front of her house. She puts a pile of birdseed out for the chickens too. She named the chickens Butter Rump and Butternut.
It was very late in the evening and Trina was in bed sleeping when Smoke woke her up barking. He took off running to the back door barking even louder and growling. Trina jumped up and ran to see why Smoke was barking. Mango and Kiwi started screaming. She looked over at the back door and saw a coyote in her house! Smoke attacked the coyote, and the coyote ran back out the doggie door. After that scary night, she closed the doggie door so they would all be safe from wild animals coming into the house. She thought the coyote looked sick, so Trina took Smoke to the animal hospital. The coyote had bitten Smoke on his back leg. Smoke had to have several stitches put in his leg and they gave him a shot so he wouldn't get sick. Smoke was a hero! He had saved Trina from the coyote.
A couple of days later, Mango and Kiwi both started screaming. Trina ran over to look out the window to see what was scaring her birds. Her mouth dropped open. There was a large Black Panther on her back porch! She knew there were Black Panthers in Oklahoma, but she had never seen one. She thought it was gorgeous. You can live in Oklahoma your whole life and never see one. Suddenly, she saw another Black Panther! This one was smaller and came up right behind the large Black Panther. Both of the Black Panthers sniffed all around the back porch until the large Black Panther saw Trina. As soon as it saw Trina, it got spooked and took off running.
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Gautam, Shankar Panicker, Prajiinn, Tejaswini Prakash, RajeshB. and Varuna Shetty.
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Screenplay written by Vasanthkumar.m.i.
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Mogherini's statement is in clear contrast to the opinion of far-right European leaders who have publicly aired their opposition to the immigration of non-Europeans into the continent.
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Ciocarlia – The Sky Lark from Romania
The Skylark (Ciocarlia) is a famous Romanian folk tune. It's very well known around the globe as well as in China. Its fast delightful rhythm describes a scene that skylark flies high and free in the sky. It's one of the best music about birds, and perhaps the most famous around the world。 …


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Jobs at D&A - new open position
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Software Engineering - application and embedded
We are looking for software engineers in the area application and embedded software for wireless communication.
If you want to work in a exciting and challenging business area as Smart Home, Multicell network as well as Telecare system
Check our jobs description and apply.
DECT Multicell core technology released
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Core Technology for distributed DECT multicell system
DOSCH&AMAND releases a DECT firmware for customer multicell system. The firmware is featured to run
on ETSI sync port, IEEE1588 and SoA(Sync on Air) and supports wide-band and narrow-band calls.
For simple customer integration demo application software is available to handle back-bone routing and call establishment on a IP network.
The architecture of this distributed DECT multi-cell system enables small as well as large scaled multicell systems.
Contact us for any further information.
DECT Satellite Technology released
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The DECT Satellite technology extends CAT-iq router DECT coverage in none repeater mode.
The DECT Satellite Technology is based on a DECT multi-cell technology. The device operates
as a DECT proxy. Within this technology DECT handsets operates in encrpyted mode in base
station and satellite cell. Established calls are maintained in satellite as well as in base station cell.
A hand-over between both cells works as well.
The technology is already available in the market