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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Steve Gregory has seen enough of Andrew Luck from afar to realize the challenge the quarterback presents.
Poise. Strong arm. Ability to run and throw on the move. A rare knack for reading pro defenses in his rookie season. You name it.
Now Gregory and his teammates in the New England Patriots secondary must try to stop all that. The starting safety knows that Sunday's game against the resurgent Indianapolis Colts will be a test for one of the NFL's worst pass defenses.
"We'll have to be on top of our game in order to contain the things that he does," Gregory said Wednesday. "You could tell the guy's a leader. He's taken on the job and he's been a true professional about it, so he's definitely doing a great job over there."
And he's improving as the season goes on.
In his last game, Luck completed a season-best 69.2 percent of his passes. In the one before that, he threw for a season-high 433 yards.
The Colts have won their last four games — after winning just two all last season — and Luck has three of his top four completion percentages in that stretch.
"He's gotten better each week," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. "He does a real good job of avoiding the rush but also keeping his eyes downfield and not just pulling the ball down and trying to run or kind of panicking in the pocket.
"He has a lot of poise."
Luck's ability to buy time by scrambling away from pass rushers puts a greater burden on defensive backs to stay with their receivers, but the Patriots have allowed the fourth most yards passing in the NFL and have been vulnerable to long completions. They're coming off a 37-31 win over the Buffalo Bills in which Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for 337 yards despite being sacked three times.
The Bills had a chance to win, but Fitzpatrick threw an interception into the end zone with 23 seconds left when rookie wide receiver T.J. Graham ran the wrong route.
"Just like every week," Gregory said, "you want to get pressure on the quarterback."
The two Patriots who have done the best job of that are defensive ends Chandler Jones, with six sacks, and Rob Ninkovich, with five. Defensive tackle Vince Wilfork sometimes occupies two blockers, giving the ends more space to operate.
"Their front four is incredibly stout. Wilfork is one of the best nose tackles-interior guys in the league," Luck said. "They have very good edge rushers on the sides. They do get to the quarterback and even if it's not a sack, they sort of harass, force a quarterback out of the pocket. So, that'll be a focus all week."
If Luck has plenty of time to throw, the onus will be on the linebackers and defensive backs to keep him from completing passes.
"You want to disguise your coverages," Gregory said. "That doesn't change really too much with who you're playing. That's pretty much a staple of what you want to do defensively."
The Patriots will throw a wild card into the mix with newly acquired cornerback Aqib Talib. He completed his suspension when the Patriots played the Bills after he was traded from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He had to sit out four games without pay for violating the NFL policy on performance-enhancing substances. He said when he was suspended that he took an Adderall pill without a prescription "around the beginning of training camp."
Talib did not talk with reporters after practice, He's expected to do that on Thursday. Teammates responded briefly to questions about the former first-round draft choice.
"Obviously, he's learning," Ninkovich said. "He's hitting the ground running. We're just here to help him out and help his transition. The great thing about him is he's a great athlete."
The Patriots will have their own rookie, like Luck, trying to keep building on his transition to the pros.
"The best thing is having great people around you," said safety Tavon Wilson, a second-round draft choice from Illinois. "The older guys here have been great, instrumental in my development. So he probably has those older guys there, like Reggie Wayne, bringing him along.
"He doesn't play like a rookie. He doesn't make too many mistakes. When he does make those mistakes, we have to make him pay for them."
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The EOS Rebel T5i features Canon's amazing 18.0 Megapixel CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) sensor. Perfect for enlargements or for cropping detailed portions of the composition, the camera's sensor captures images with exceptional clarity and tonal range. This first-class sensor features many of the same technologies used by professional Canon cameras to maximize each pixel's light-gathering efficiency and has center pixels that aid in the EOS Rebel T5i's accurate AF performance. This APS-C size sensor creates an effective 1.6x field of view (compared to 35mm format).
ISO 100-12800 and expandable to 25600 in H mode
Thanks to its DIGIC 5 Image Processor, the EOS Rebel T5i features an expanded ISO range of ISO 100-12800 (expandable to 25600 in H mode) that makes shooting possible in situations previously unthinkable without flash. The EOS Rebel T5i, with the DIGIC 5 Image Processor's remarkable noise-reduction technology, performs brilliantly in low-light shooting. Used with one of Canon's EF or EF-S lenses with Optical Image Stabilizer, the EOS Rebel T5i can record beautiful images even when light sources are scarce.
DIGIC 5 Image Processor
The EOS Rebel T5i's DIGIC 5 Image Processor works with the camera's CMOS sensor to deliver images with incredible detail in more situations, without the need for artificial light sources. With the power of the DIGIC 5 Image Processor, the EOS Rebel T5i can achieve higher ISO sensitivity, can shoot up to 5.0 fps continuously and can even perform advanced functions like HDR Backlight Control, art filters, lens correction and much more. The camera's brilliant imaging core supercharges every facet of still and moving image capture.
High-speed continuous shooting
The EOS Rebel T5i can shoot up to 5.0 frames per second, continuously. Thanks to the enhanced shutter mechanism, mirror drive and camera sensor, the EOS Rebel T5i is ready for action; whether capturing that perfect expression, the game's winning goal, or the bride walking down the aisle, the EOS Rebel T5i delivers the speed and performance to guarantee results.
Exceptional autofocus performance and Hybrid CMOS AF
The EOS Rebel T5i is equipped with AF features that ensure speedy, accurate and continuous AF every time. When shooting through the viewfinder, the EOS Rebel T5i has advanced autofocus with a 9-point, all cross-type AF system (including a high-precision dual-cross f/2.8 center point) for accurate focus whether the camera is oriented in portrait or landscape position. An AI Servo AF system achieves and maintains consistent focus with an exceptional degree of reliability.
The EOS Rebel T5i also features Canon's amazing Hybrid CMOS AF System, perfect for shooting photos and video in Live View. This system combines two distinct AF technologies, phase and contrast detection AF, for speedier and more accurate focus. These complementary focusing systems are aided by pixels on the camera's CMOS sensor that assist in predicting subject location, making continuous focus tracking quick and accurate in video recording while enhancing focusing speed.
EOS Full HD Movie Mode with Movie Servo AF
The EOS Rebel T5i offers easy-to-use, professional video capture without compromise. It enables easy manual control of exposure, focus and Live View features, even in-camera editing! Movie Servo AF allows continuous autofocus tracking of moving subjects while recording video.
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Digital AF/AE single-lens reflex camera with built-in flash
Recording Media
SD card, SDHC card, SDXC memory card
* Compatible with Ultra High Speed (UHS-I) memory cards and Eye-Fi cards.
Image Format
Approx. 22.3mm x 14.9mm (APS-C)
Compatible Lenses
Canon EF lenses (including EF-S lenses)
Lens Mount
Canon EF mount
Image Sensor
CMOS Sensor
Effective pixels: Approx. 18.0 megapixels
Pixel Unit
4.3 µm square
Total Pixels
Total pixels: Approx. 18.50 megapixels
Aspect Ratio
3:2 (Horizontal : Vertical)
Color Filter System
RGB primary color filters
Low Pass Filter
Fixed position in front of the image sensor
Dust Deletion Feature
(1) Self Cleaning Sensor Unit
Removes dust adhering to the low-pass filter.
Self-cleaning executed automatically (taking approx. 2 sec.) when power is turned on or off. Manual execution also possible (taking approx. 5 sec.).
(2) Dust Delete Data acquisition and appending
The coordinates of the dust adhering to the low-pass filter are detected by a test shot and appended to subsequent images.
The dust coordinate data appended to the image is used by the provided software to automatically erase the dust spots.
(3) Manual cleaning
Recording System
Recording Format
Complies with Design rule for Camera File system 2.0 and Exif 2.30
File Size
(1) Large: Approx. 17.90 Megapixels (5,184 x 3,456)
(2) Medium: Approx. 8.00 Megapixels (3,456 x 2,304)
(3) Small 1: Approx. 4.50 Megapixels (2,592 x 1,728)
(4) Small 2: Approx. 2.50 Megapixels (1920 x 1280)
(5) Small 3: Approx. 0.35 Megapixels (720 x 480)
(6) RAW: Approx. 17.90 Megapixels (5,184 x 3,456)
Backup Recording
File Numbering
The following three types of file numbering method can be set:
(1) Continuous numbering
* The numbering of captured images will continue even after you replace the camera's card.
(2) Auto reset
* When you replace the camera's card, the numbering will be reset to start from 0001. If the new card already contains images, the numbering will continue from the last recorded image in the card.
(3) Manual reset
* Resets the file number to 0001, and creates a new folder automatically.
RAW + JPEG Simultaneous Recording
Color Space
sRGB, Adobe RGB
Picture Style
Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined 1-3
* In Basic Zone modes, "Auto" is set automatically.
* In Creative Zone modes, you can select or set the Picture Style.
* Default settings for [User Defined 1-3] are [Auto].
White Balance
Auto, Preset (Daylight; Shade; Cloudy, Twilight, Sunset; Tungsten light; White Fluorescent Light; Flash), Custom (Approx. 2,000° - 10,000°K), White Balance Correction, and White Balance Bracketing
Auto White Balance
Auto white balance with the image sensor
Color Temperature Compensation
White balance correction:
- Blue/amber bias: ±9 levels
- Magenta/green bias: ±9 levels
Color Temperature Information Transmission
Eye-level SLR (with fixed pentamirror)
Approx. 95% vertically and horizontally (with Eye point approx. 19mm)
Approx. 0.85x / 23.8° (50mm lens ∞, -1 m-1)
Eye Point
Approx. 19 mm (At -1m-1 from the eyepiece lens center)
Dioptric Adjustment Correction
-3.0 to +1.0 m-1 (dpt)
Focusing Screen
Quick-return half mirror (transmission: reflection ratio of 40:60)
Viewfinder Information
1) AF information (AF points and focus confirmation light)
2) Exposure information (Shutter speed, aperture, ISO speed (always displayed), AE lock, exposure level, spot metering circle, exposure warning)
3) Flash information (Flash ready, flash exposure compensation, high-speed sync, FE lock, red-eye reduction light)
4) Image information (Highlight tone priority (D+), monochrome shooting, maximum burst (1-digit display), white balance correction, SD card information)
Depth Of Field Preview
Enabled with depth-of-field preview button
TTL secondary image-forming, phase-difference detection
AF Points
9 points (All AF points are cross-type at f/5.6., Center AF point is diagonal cross-type at f/2.8.)
AF Working Range
EV -0.5 - 18 (at room temperature and ISO 100, based on Canon's testing standards)
Focusing Modes
(1) Autofocus
- One-Shot AF
- Predictive AI Servo AF
- AI Focus AF (*Switches between One-Shot AF and AI Servo AF)
AF Point Selection
(1) Manual selection
(2) Auto selection
* Automatically set in Basic Zone modes.
Selected AF Point Display
Indicated by superimposed display in the viewfinder and on the LCD monitor.
AF Assist Beam
(1) Intermittent firing of built-in flash
(2) Effective range: Approx. 13.2 ft. / 4m at center, approx. 11.5 ft. / 3.5m at periphery
* With an EOS-dedicated Speedlite attached, the Speedlite's AF-assist beam is emitted instead.
* Compatible with assist-beam (intermittent firing) of 270EX II, 320EX, and 270EX flashes.
Exposure Control
Metering Modes
TTL maximum aperture metering with 63-zone metering sensor:
1) Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points)
2) Partial metering (center, approx. 9% of viewfinder)
3) Spot metering (center, approx. 4% of viewfinder)
4) Center-weighted average metering
Metering Range
EV 1.0 - EV 20.0 (at 73°F/23°C with 50mm f/1.8 II lens at ISO 100)
Exposure Control Systems
Creative Zone
(1) Program AE (shiftable)
(2) Shutter-priority AE
(3) Aperture-priority AE
(4) Manual exposure (including bulb)
(1) Scene Intelligent Auto (Program AE / non-shiftable)
(2) Flash Off
(3) Creative Auto
* When background blurring is set, shooting with flash is disabled. When the flash is raised, background blurring cannot be set.
(4) Portrait
(5) Landscape
(6) Close-up
(7) Sports
(8) Special Scene
- Night Portrait
- Handheld Night Scene
HDR Backlight Control mode
ISO Speed Range
For Stills:
1. Manual setting range of ISO 100-12800, expansion to ISO 25600
2. Auto, ISO 100-6400 (in whole-stop increments)
|Shooting Mode
|ISO Settings
|Auto, Flash OFF, Creative Auto, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, HDR Backlight Control mode
|Night Landscape
|P, TV, Av, M*2
|With flash
Exposure Compensation
Manual: ±5 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments (AEB ±2 stops)
AEB : ±2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
* If the exposure compensation exceeds ±2 stops, the left or right icon appears in the viewfinder.
* Manual exposure compensation and AEB can be set in combination.
* AEB is set in the following sequence: Standard exposure, decreased exposure, and increased exposure.
* If AEB is used with the self-timer, the three bracketed shots will be taken in succession after the 10-sec. or 2-sec. delay.
AE Lock
(1) Auto AE lock
* In the One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering, AE lock takes effect when focus is achieved.
(2) Manual AE lock
* In the P, Tv, Av, and M modes, enabled with the AE lock button. (Press again to update.)
* Enabled in all metering modes.
Vertical-travel, mechanical, focal-plane shutter with all speeds electronically-controlled
* Electronic 1st curtain and mechanical 2nd curtain
Shutter Speeds
1/4000 to 1/60 sec., X-sync at 1/200 sec. (Scene Intelligent Auto)
* With a wide-angle lens, the shutter may be 1/60 sec. or slower.
1/4000 to 30 sec., bulb, X-sync at 1/200 sec.
* Settable in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments.
Shutter Release
Soft-touch electromagnetic release
Self Timer
10-sec. or 2-sec. delay
Shutter Lag Time
(1) During SW-1 ON, time lag between SW-2 ON and start of exposure: Approx. 0.075 sec.
(2) Time lag between simultaneous SW-1/SW-2 ON and start of exposure: Approx. 0.150 sec.
* Time lag with the aperture stopped down by 3 stops or less. Excludes AF operation time.
External Speedlite
Flash Metering
E-TTL II autoflash (evaluative flash metering and average flash metering), FE Lock
Flash Exposure Compensation
±2 stops in 1/3-stop or 1/2-stop increments
FE Lock
External Flash Settings
(1) External flash function setting
* Flash firing, E-TTL II auto flash system, flash mode, wireless sender, zoom, sync setting, flash exposure compensation, FEB, and clear setting.
* With the 600EX-RT, radio wireless transmission control is possible.
(2) External flash C.Fn setting
* The actual setting options for (1) and (2) will differ depending on the Speedlite used.
PC Terminal
Not Provided
Drive System
Drive Modes
Single, Continuous, 10-sec. self-timer/Remote control, 2-sec. self-timer, Continuous shooting after 10-sec. self-timer (2 to 10 shots)
Continuous Shooting Speed
High-speed continuous shooting: Max. approx. 5.0 fps
* With One-Shot AF or AI Servo AF
Maximum Burst
Based on 8GB memory Card:
JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 22 Shots
RAW: Approx. 6 Shots
RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: 3 Shots
Based on 8GB UHS-I memory card:
JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 30 Shots
RAW: Approx. 6 Shots
RAW + JPEG Large/Fine: 3 Shots
* Figures are based on Canonâs testing standards (ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style).
* At ISO 12800, maximum burst will greatly decrease due to internal processing.
Live View Functions
Shooting Modes
Still photo shooting and video shooting
(1) AF operation of the Hybrid CMOS AF, One-shot AF
i. Face Detection plus Tracking AF
ii. FlexiZone - Multi
* 31 zones
* AF at the touched zone
iii. FlexiZone - Single
(2) TTL secondary image-forming, phase-difference detection with AF operation, One-shot AF
i. Manual selection
ii. Auto selection
* Automatically set in Basic Zone modes
(3) Manual focus
* Manual focusing by enlarging images by approx. five to ten times
Metering Modes
Real-time evaluative metering with image sensor.
(1) Evaluative metering (315 zones)
(2) Partial metering (approx. 8.8% of Live View screen)
(3) Spot metering (approx. 2.8% of Live View screen)
(4) Center-weighted average metering
* AE lock possible. The active metering time can be changed.
Metering Range
EV 0 to EV 20 (At 23°C/73°F, 50mm f/1.4 lens, ISO 100)
Grid Display
Two grids provided:
(1) Grid 1: Pair of vertical and horizontal lines
(2) Grid 2: 5 vertical and 3 horizontal lines
Exposure Simulation
Silent Shooting
Not provided
Video Shooting
File Format
Movie: MPEG-4 AVC / H.264
* Variable (average) bit rate
Audio: Linear PCM
* Meta information is embedded in the MOV file (no separate THM file)
File Size
Recording Size:
[Full HD]
1920 x 1080 (30 fps*1/25 fps/24 fps*2): 330 MB/min.
1280 x 720 (60 fps*3/50fps): 330 MB/min.
640 x 480 (30 fps*1/25fps): 82.5 MB/min.
* If the file size exceeds 4GB, a new file will be automatically created.
* See following section for actual frame rates.
Frame Rates
1920 x 1080 (Full HD): 30p (29.97) / 24p (23.976) / 25p
1280 x 720 (HD): 60p (59.94) / 50p
640 x 480 (SD): 30p (29.97) / 25p
Continuous Shooting Time
Based on 8GB Memory Card
[1920 x 1080]
30 fps/25 fps/24 fps: 22 min.
[1280 x 720]
60 fps/50 fps: 22 min.
[640 x 480]
30 fps/25 fps: 1 hr. 32 min.
Based on 16GB Memory Card
[1920 x 1080]
30 fps/25 fps/24 fps: 44 min.
[1280 x 720]
60 fps/50 fps: 44 min.
[640 x 480]
30 fps/25 fps: 3 hr. 04 min.
* If recording time reaches 29 min. 59 sec., movie shooting stops automatically.
* See Frame Rates section for actual frame rates.
(1) One-shot AF
(2) Servo AF
(3) Manual Focus
* Magnify the image by approx. 5x or appox. 10x and focus manually.
AF using AF point selection:
i. Face Detection plus Tracking AF
ii. FlexiZone - Multi
* 31 zones
* AF at the touched zone
iii. FlexiZone - Single
8 bit, 0 - 255
Exposure Control
(1) Program AE for movie shooting
* In Basic Zone modes, P, Av, and Tv modes
* Shutter speed 1/30 - 1/4000 sec. (Signal accumulation time), aperture, and ISO speed automatically set.
(2) Manual exposure
* Shutter speed (signal accumulation time), aperture, and ISO speed (auto/manual) manually set. The shutter speed (signal accumulation time) is limited to 1/4000 sec. at the maximum and to 1/30 sec. at the minimum for 24/25/30 fps or 1/60 sec. or higher for 50/60 fps.
Exposure Compensation
Provided (±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments)
* For video, exposure compensation will not be applied beyond ±3 stops even if the exposure compensation has been set beyond ±3 stops.
* For still photo shooting, the exposure compensation can be set and applied up to ±5 stops.
LCD Monitor
TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor with Touch Panel LCD (capacitive type)
Monitor Size
Wide 3.0-inch (Screen aspect ratio of 3:2)
7.7cm diagonal (6.37cm wide, 4.25cm high)
Approx. 1,040,000 dots
Approx. 100%
Brightness Control
Adjustable to one of seven levels
Anti-smudge coating
Interface Languages
25 (English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese)
Display Format
(1) Single image display
- Single image, basic information, detailed information, histogram display
- 4/9/36/100 images
- 1/10/100 images, shooting date, by folder, movies only, stills only, by rating
Highlight Alert
On the detailed information and histogram displays, highlight areas with no image data will blink.
Brightness / RGB
Quick Control Function
When you press the Quick Control function button under the following conditions, you can set the functions below:
*The settable functions depend on the shooting mode
Shutter speed, aperture, ISO speed, exposure compensation, AEB, flash exposure compensation, Picture Style, white balance, Auto Lighting Optimizer, built-in flash func. setting, AF mode, drive mode, metering mode, and image recording quality. (2) With Live View shooting:
AF mode, drive mode, white balance, Picture Style, Auto Lighting Optimizer, image-recording quality, and built-in flash func. setting. (3) With video shooting:
AF mode, white balance, Picture Style, Auto Lighting Optimizer, image recording quality (stills), video-recording size, and video snapshot.
Image Protection and Erase
Erase protection can be applied/canceled for a single image, all images in a folder, or all images on the card.
Erase single image, erase selected images, erase all images in folder, erase all images on a card, or erase only unprotected images.
Direct Printing
Compatible Printers
PictBridge-compatible printers
Printable Images
RAW, JPEG, and RAW+JPEG images complying to Design rule for Camera File System
* Movies cannot be printed.
DPOF: Digital Print Order Format
Complies to DPOF Version 1.1
Direct Image Transfer
Compatible Images
Not Provided
Custom Functions
Eight Custom Functions with 24 settings settable with the camera
Custom Controls
Not Provided
My Menu Registration
Up to six top-tier menu options and Custom Function settings can be registered
USB Terminal
- For personal computer communication and PictBridge (Hi-Speed USB)
- Audio (stereo)/video (NTSC/PAL) output
- To connect a GP-E2 GPS Receiver
Video Out Terminal
Type C (Switches automatically to suit the resolution)
Video output: 1080/60i, 1080/50i, 480/60p, 576/50p
* Switches automatically to 1, 2, 3, or 4 to suit the TV
Extension System Terminal
Not Provided
Power Source
One Battery Pack LP-E8
* With the AC Adapter Kit ACK-E8, AC power is possible.
* With Battery Grip BG-E8, it is possible to use two Battery Pack LP-E8 units.
Battery Life
1) Camera body only
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|Shooting Conditions
|Viewfinder Shooting
|At 73°F / 23°C
|Approx. 550 shots
|Approx. 440 shots
|At 32°F / 0°C
|Approx. 470 shots
|Approx. 400 shots
|Live View Shooting
|At 73°F / 23°C
|Approx. 200 shots
|Approx. 180 shots
|At 32°F / 0°C
|Approx. 170 shots
|Approx. 150 shots
2) With Battery Grip BG-E8
|Shooting Method
|Shooting Conditions (Approx.)
|Viewfinder Shooting
|LP-E8 x 1
|Same as (1)
|LP-E8 x 2
|At 73°F / 23°C
|Approx. 1100 shots
|Approx. 880 shots
|At 32°F / 0°C
|Approx. 940 shots
|Approx. 800 shots
|Size AA/LR6 Alkaline Batteries
|At 73°F / 23°C
|Approx. 470 shots
|Approx. 270 shots
|At 32°F / 0°C
|Approx. 130 shots
|Approx. 80 shots
|Live View shooting
|LP-E8 x 1
|Same as (1)
|LP-E8 x 2
|At 73°F / 23°C
|Approx. 400 shots
|Approx. 360 shots
|At 32°F / 0°C
|Approx. 340 shots
|Approx. 300 shots
|Size AA/LR6 Alkaline Batteries
|At 73°F / 23°C
|Approx. 180 shots
|Approx. 150 shots
|At 32°F / 0°C
|Approx. 30 shots
|Approx. 30 shots
Battery Check
Automatic battery level check when power is turned ON.
Battery level indicated in one of four levels on LCD monitor.
Power Saving
Power turns off after the set time of non-operation elapses
* [Auto power off] settable to 30 sec., 1 min., 2 min., 4 min., 8 min., 15 min. or disable
Date/Time Battery
Built-in secondary battery
It is not replaceable by the user. It recharges when LP-E8 is loaded or when the AC adapter is connected. Without any recharging, the backup battery can maintain the date/time for approx. 3 months. The backup battery takes approx. 8 hours to be fully recharged.
Start-up Time
Approx. 0.1 sec. (based on CIPA testing standards)
Dimensions and Weight
Dimensions (W x H x D)
Approx. 5.2 x 3.9 x 3.1 in.
Approx. 133.1 x 99.8 x 78.8mm
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Tribute to Ronald Tavel (Excerpts)
Excerpts from a video tribute to playwright, screenwriter, poet, and novelist Ronald Tavel by Phillip Fagan.watch more
Part 1 of a video tribute to Norman Glick, with speeches by Jorge Acosta, Norman's brother David, and excerpts from Two by Tavel.
Two By Tavel: A Tribute to Harvey Tavel, The Power Behind The Throne. Two plays by Ronald Tavel: Kitchenette and The Life of Juanita Castro. Directed by Norman Glick, Co-Directed by Jorge Acosta.
Part 3 of a video tribute to Norman Glick, with an excerpt from Kitchenette and Ronald Tavel's Fabulous Creatures, a Medley from the Plays of Ronald Tavel, performed by Norman Thomas Marshall, and Closing Ceremonies by Agosto Machado, Norman Thomas Marshall, Ruby Lynn Reyener, Jorge Acosta, and David Glick.
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Excerpts from a video tribute to playwright, screenwriter, poet, and novelist Ronald Tavel by Phillip Fagan.watch more
Heralded for his collaborations with filmmakers Andy Warhol and Jack Smith and his inspired coinage heatre of the ridiculous,RONALD TAVEL is the author of such Off-Off-Broadway classics as orilla Queenand igfoot,as well as the novel treet of Stairs(Olympia Press, 1968). He was artist-in-residence at the Yale University Divinity School and Cornell...read more
Tavel was born in New York in May 1936. He was appointed Artist-in-Residence to The Yale University Divinity School in 1975 for his contributions to formal theology and religious theatre (notably, the Obie-Award winning play BIGFOOT): believed to be the first such position ever established at a Protestant divinity school. Re-appointed to that position in 1977...read more
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I'll try to make my story not too long, please bear with me
I have the following partition setup (A,B,C,D being names to differentiate them):
Partition 1, Primary: BIBM (with Limit Primaries)
Partition 2, Primary: Windows XP
Partition 3, Primary: Windows 7 (A)
Partition 4, Extended
Partition 4.1, Volume: Windows 7 (B)
Partition 4.2, Volume: Windows 7 (C)
Partition 4.3, Volume: Windows 7 (D)
I have successfully installed BIBM, Windows XP and Windows 7 (A) without much of a problem.
I imaged Windows 7 (A) with Acronis True Image to put it on B,C and D.
I first recovered the image onto (B) and it went fine.
Although, after putting the image on (B), I was not able to boot it at first. It seem to have something to do with bootmgr or something like that. I am not an expert in MBR or Boot Managers, but I seemed to have recognized this problem.
Basically I get the Windows 7 logo, and it hangs there forever. So I booted on the Windows 7 Repair Disc while having the partition (B) as the only Unhidden one. The disc "repaired" what I think is bootmgr.
After this, when I selected (B) from my menu in BIBM, I was brought to the Windows 7 "boot manager" menu, with 2 choices, both being called "Windows 7 (recovery)".
If I select (B) in BIBM and then the first choice in the W7 boot manager, I get the same Windows 7 logo hang screen. Although, if I select (B) in BIBM and then the second choice in W7 boot manager, I can get into the Windows 7 (B). Same pattern for (A), if I select it in BIBM, but then choose the FIRST choice in W7 boot manager, I can get into Windows as well.
Now my problem lies in the fact that I don't need the W7 boot manager, and I want it to directly boot into Windows for each partition. But if I configure the "bootmgr" with lets say a timeout of 1 second and automatic choice, it seem to affect both (A) and (B) at the same time, so I cant get it correctly because both options in W7 boot manager end up booting (A). I thought this was caused maybe by "bootmgr" not existing in the C: partition of (B), but even after copying both C:\Boot and C:\bootmgr to (B) from (A), they still don't seem to be independent. I also followed the settings for BCD Edit here (http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=492), but It didnt help, I keep hanging at the Windows 7 logo.
I'm wondering if this has something to do with the partition being logical (volume).
Any help would be appreciated, or any pointers on what I'm doing wrong and what I should do.


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Random guy in a drunken stupor cursing, randomly punching the air, and challenging people and even cars to fights... sounds like what happened in my video game last night. Gotta say though, I don't think challenging a car was such a good idea, especially with that 3 star rating it gave him. Man, those cops are fast.
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Perry Hall water main break closes road, disrupts service
DPW says water main break caused by surge
A water main break early Tuesday morning in Perry Hall closed a major road and caused water loss for several area residents, and it's still affecting the area Wednesday.
The 12-inch water main break was reported shortly before 5 a.m. Tuesday in the 4100 block of East Joppa Road in front of the Weiss Super Market near Belair Road.
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A pressure surge at the Towson Reservoir caused the issue, officials said.
"That broke (the water main) and also caused a surge to go to the Cromwell pumping station," Department of Public Works spokesman Kurt Kocher said.
The break closed Joppa Road between Seven Courts Drive and Belair Road. Early Wednesday morning, only one lane was getting by in each direction as work toward a fix continued.
The pumping station at Cromwell Bridge Road was shut down.
"The Cromwell Pumping Station provides water out to this entire area. That had to be shut down to protect the pumping station, so that went down. That's why you had all these customers who were without water," Kocher said.
In the meantime, businesses and customers in the area had to do without water for some time.
"I came in to the shop at 7 o'clock and we had no water at all," one business owner said. "We can't wash cars. We have no restrooms to use. Customers can't get down here so we can work on their cars, so it's going to affect (business) pretty bad."
By Tuesday evening, water was restored to many of the businesses and customers who were affected. Early Wednesday morning, DPW officials said 25 businesses were still without water.
Kocher said he did not have any details on how many people were affected by the break, but the department was investigating another possible break that occurred that may have affected customers, too.
"There are two pumping stations that are down. There was some valve work that was being done. We had this break and other water main breaks, apparently, and that caused a larger outage that goes from essentially Belair Road to Loch Raven Boulevard and from Joppa Road and all the way to Northern Parkway," he said.
Kocher said residents could experience complete outages, low water pressure and/or discolored water.
Immaculate Heart of Mary School and St. Ursula School closed Tuesday because of the break.


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You'll be moved by what's playing on your Sony TV, but the room will stay as relaxing as ever. The secret: new product design that takes cues from interior design.
Imagine a design palette that consists of the shapes, patterns, and other elements found in a 'slice' of a living room scene. Most slices would include flat, slate-like objects – such as pictures leaning against walls, books on a shelf, or dishes on a table – so we used these as our basic building blocks during product design.
By utilising this palette and slate-like shapes to inform the look and feel of our new TVs, we were able to ensure that their slim design maintains the harmony of your living room while still making a statement.
As slimmer bodies and thinner bezels make TVs less noticeable as distinct objects in a room, the room as a whole has greater impact on the viewing experience. Although we sought the same, highly immersive experience that people expect from BRAVIA™, we realised we should also think outside the box and build on the comfort of living rooms. This broader perspective – not just viewing itself but the bigger picture of viewing in a living room – inspired Slice of Living design.
Tako, Chief Art Director
Structurally simple, 2016 BRAVIA TVs resonate with living room design because they're composed of slate shapes, both in stands that seem sliced from walls or the floor and screens that recall pictures or windows. Not just slim, they're also free of distracting elements. Across the new lineup cables can be routed through the stand, concealing it from view on all sides. Here, we've set a new standard in elegant TV design that keep your living room comfortable.
Solid, rich, and powerful: a slate design that encapsulates the experience
The Z9D Series balances the spatial harmony of our Slice of Living concept with a refined look—a fitting embodiment of the high-end models that deliver the ultimate viewing experience. From the front, the design exudes sophistication in the form of a simple black slate, letting viewers immerse themselves in the stunning power of 4K HDR (High Dynamic Range).
Accentuating the side view, where the front and back slates lock together, are lines of premium gold colouring that fill out the look with a strong, metallic tone and add another visual dimension to the experience.
Echoing the geometric notes of interior design and architecture, the back panel features a seamless grid pattern that downplays the lines of the various parts and creates a visual complement to its surroundings. The design also keeps all the cables completely concealed, ensuring that the device strikes an elegant look from any angle.
How would people like Slice of Living design? To find out, we asked people in several countries. Feedback on prototypes – especially for stands, which we had created in many shapes, at various angles, and in several colours and materials – brought preferences into clearer focus. Once we were convinced that this was the right direction to take in design, we worked out the details with our engineers. Even for sets as structurally challenging as these, our close collaboration made it possible without compromise.
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Our new BRAVIA models are more than just exceptional engineering and beautiful product design. They form part of our wider mission to change the way you think about entertainment in the home. By understanding how products relate to – and interact with – their surroundings, we deliver rich emotional experiences that change how you watch, listen and play. Discover the difference Sony products can make in your home today.


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Once again, Chinese model Gan Lulu has raised eyebrows. This time it wasn't her seemingly awful mother-daughter relationship, but for what looked like a Lady Gaga cosplay. And it's not just that Gan Lulu dressed in several Lady Gaga-esque outfits this week (even though the Chinese press delights in pointing that out) or that she showed more skin that was really necessary (people can dress as they like!), it was her rationale for the get-ups.
On her Chinese social networking site, Lulu wrote: "If you call me Lady LuLu, then let me tell you that Gan Lulu is Gan Lulu! There is only one, just like how you are an individual! I want to prove that Chinese people aren't inferior! I don't care what other people have to say about me, I am me."
Sure, some people get hung up on things like this, feeling inferior or superior to others. For Gan Lulu, her feeling to overcompensate tends to manifest itself in showing off her body—and here, dressing like Lady Gaga while appearing at a car event in China few people actually care about and drumming up publicity for herself in the process. (Think Kim Kardashian.)
Gan Lulu is correct in that she can do whatever she likes and really doesn't have to worry about what other people think of her. And, maybe like Gaga, Gan Lulu can use fashion and sexuality to push boundaries. But there's so much more to Lady Gaga than just her fashion or the buttons she pushes...
Below, check out the Gan-Gaga comparison the Chinese media made.
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Robert Hays to appear in second Wis. tourism ad
MADISON, Wis. — Actor Robert Hays is making a second appearance in a state tourism commercial, this time with his "Airplane!" co-star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker are directing the new ad, which was shot earlier this month in Los Angeles in the original cockpit from the 1980 comedy. The commercials will also include aerial footage of Wisconsin.
The three new 30-second ads will debut at the Wisconsin Governor's Conference on Tourism in March, where Jerry Zucker, Hays and Abdul-Jabbar will make an appearance.
This is the first time Hays and Abdul-Jabbar have been reunited since making the movie.
The ads are for summer, fall and winter 2014.
In the last ad, Hays played a befuddled fisherman on a summer day where everything seems to go wrong.


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Glimmering Geode
Glimmering Geode was a cosmetic mount skin in a pre-order pack.[1]
The Glimmering Geodes have no natural predators among the dunes of Verra; for no claw or fang can pierce the crystals that protect the flesh within. Taming the beasts is no easy task, but those who succeed cross the desert in both safety and style.[1]
Its movement will feel more like a glide/hover above the ground.[2] – Steven Sharif
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The Cosmetic store enables players to purchase Cosmetics for use in Ashes of Creation.[5] The cosmetic store offers limited time, limited quantity items to help sustain game development.[6]
- Equitable cosmetics, both from a quantity and quality standpoint, are achievable through in-game means.[6]
- Nothing in the cosmetic store will be pay to win.[7]
I want to incentivize purchase in the cosmetic shop for sustainability of what expansions we have intended, since we are not a box cost. I want to incentivize purchase by offering limited items: limited time, limited quantity, so you have confidence that when you purchase them, they won't be offered later on in some other way.[6] – Steven Sharif
Pets, Mounts, Costumes, Armor, Buildings and Accessories sold in the cosmetic store are skins.[8]
- Skins are cosmetic items that do not grant the user any benefit.[9]
- Skins are only be able to be applied to things that have already been earned, crafted or found within Ashes of Creation.[10]
- Different variants of store purchased cosmetic creatures may exist in the wild.[11]
- Flavor text relates to the lore and background of creatures and items in the world of Verra.[9]
- Costumes do not include any weapons pictured.[12]
We plan to include a shop for micro transactions. The shop will only include cosmetic items. Nothing in our shop will ever be pay to win as we believe this practice greatly hurts the MMORPG genre.[7]
All cosmetic store items will be non-tradeable.[13] There will be no gifting mechanism for cosmetic items.[14]
I don't want cosmetic items that can be purchased from the market to be transferable... because it is in a way a transfer of money for potentially something in-game.[14] – Steven Sharif
See also
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ashes of Creation Store: Glimmering Geode.
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- ↑ Ashes of Creation cosmetic store.
- ↑ Livestream, 25 July 2020 (1:53:46).
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Livestream, 8 April 2018 (PM) (58:29).
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- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Rime and Regal
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Location Intelligence Summit 2014
Directions Magazine, Oracle Corporation, HERE, A Nokia Company, and The Eclipse Foundation are collaborating to offer a multi-track event over two and one-half days in Washington, D.C. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The focus is the expanding ecosystem of location intelligence in business and government.
Our theme this year, Location Analytics and Visual Data Discovery … New Pathways to Business Intelligence, reflects the demand by businesses and government to analyze a variety location-based information especially mobile sensors, social media, indoor positioning technology … all leading to a greater volume and velocity expected from myriad data sources.
Our goal is to provide a forum for technology solution providers that are developing new tools to quickly analyze these "big data" challenges and offer applications in a secure, cloud architecture.
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Antiviral medications have a much harder time getting to work than you do. Sure, you have to deal with buses or subways, or traffic on your commute. But take a look at what your meds have to deal with! First they get swallowed and dumped into a pool of acid in your stomach. They get absorbed, mostly in the small intestine. From there, they go to the liver, which breaks down (metabolizes) and removes foreign substances from your blood. This process is called "first-pass metabolism." Some drugs make it through the liver untouched, but only a tiny fraction of other drugs get past this hurdle and into the bloodstream.
The amount of drug that makes it into your bloodstream, compared to the amount that you put into your mouth, is called "bioavailability." If a drug has low bioavailability, it means that a lot of the drug is destroyed by stomach acid, or is not absorbed in the small intestine, or is removed by first-pass metabolism in the liver. The dose you take has been increased to compensate for this.
Once drugs are in the bloodstream, they get carried throughout the body in about one minute. But they're still not ready to go to work. They have to move out of the bloodstream and into infected cells. Before this happens, they have to get past still more barriers.
The next hurdle is protein binding. Proteins in the blood (albumin and alpha-1 acid glycoprotein) latch onto most of the drug. This is a distribution system in the body. For example, adrenalin is produced in the kidneys. Without protein binding, it all might get absorbed in your gut. But blood proteins carry it around the body so that some of it gets to your heart and brain and it can have its full effect.
Protein binding is like a fleet of vans that load up most of the available drug supply and drive it to locations all over the body. The drug that's not loaded in the vans is called the "free fraction," and that's the only amount that can leave the bloodstream and go to work. As the free fraction gets used up, the blood proteins gradually unload more of the drug. If a drug is "highly protein bound," it's possible that less than 1% of the amount that makes it into the bloodstream will be available for work.
Some areas of the body are "high security." For example, the "blood brain barrier," a tightly-woven network of blood vessels, protects our brain and spinal cord and keeps most antiviral drugs out. Another area of the body that drugs have a hard time penetrating is the genital area.
To get into infected cells, drugs have to get through the cell membrane, past the chemical "guards" that make sure only the right things get in. The nukes (nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors) have an easy time getting in, because they look like the building materials that the cell needs in order to divide. Chemical "hands" pull them into the cell. Once inside the cells, the nukes have to go through three steps of chemical processing (phosphorylization) before they are ready to get to work.
Other antiviral drugs -- the NNRTIs and protease inhibitors -- have a harder time getting into cells. They don't look like anything the cell needs. They push their way in, but some of the drug gets pushed back out by a chemical "bouncer" called P-Glycoprotein.
Do We Have Enough?
With all of these barriers, as much as 99% of the medication we swallow might never get to fight the virus. So it's critical that we have enough drug in our bloodstream to start with. That's why drug companies study pharmacokinetics (far' muh ko kih NEH' tix), or PK.
PK measures the ups and downs of blood levels of drug in your body. For example, when you take a dose of a medication, the drug level goes up quickly. In a little while, it reaches its peak. This is called Cmax, the maximum concentration. As the drug gets removed from your body by the liver or kidneys, the blood level drops. Just before a new dose gets into your bloodstream, the blood level is the lowest. This is the "trough," or Cmin, the minimum concentration.
Another PK measurement is how long a drug stays in the bloodstream. This is calculated as the amount of time it takes for drug levels to fall by 50%. This is called the "half-life" of the drug.
If you draw a graph of drug levels in the blood, you will see that they rise quickly to the Cmax after a dose is taken, then fall off over time until the next dose. This graph can be used to determine your total exposure to the drug. This is called the "area under the curve," or AUC, because it's calculated by measuring the area under the curved line that charts the peak and trough levels of a drug.
Drug levels are different in different people. We all know some people who can eat a lot and stay thin, and others who seem to just look at food and gain weight. It's similar with drug levels. Some people "process" drugs quickly and have lower blood levels, while others have higher levels with the same dosing. PK results are based on the average for the people who were studied. Still, it's possible that you should use a lower dose if you don't weigh very much, or if you have a slow metabolism. If you have a large body or a quick metabolism, you might need a higher dose. Your doctor might want to check your blood levels if a drug doesn't seem to work the way it should.
How Is PK Used?
PK studies help drug companies choose a dose for a new drug that will be effective without causing too many side effects. But first, we need to set some limits on drug levels in the blood. We can draw two horizontal lines on our PK graph. The upper line represents the blood level where people start to develop serious side effects. The lower line represents the minimum drug levels that provide good control of the virus. This is usually the drug concentration that cuts down viral replication by 50%. This is called the "inhibitory concentration (50)" or IC50. We want to keep drug concentrations above the IC50, but below the level that will cause serious side effects. The zone between these two lines is called the "therapeutic window," the range of drug concentrations where it's doing more good than harm.
Each PK measurement puts some limits on the dosing:
The Cmax is related to short-term side effects like nausea or headache that hit after each dose. The Cmax has to stay low enough to keep these at a reasonable level.
The Cmin relates to control of the virus. If the Cmin drops too low, HIV can multiply and maybe develop resistance to the drug. The higher the Cmin, the better the viral control. Most manufacturers want to see the Cmin stay several times higher than the IC50.
The half-life of the drug helps decide how often you have to take it. Drugs with a long half-life stay in the blood longer, and you might only have to take them once or twice a day. If a drug has a short half-life, you might have to take it three or more times a day.
The AUC, which measures total exposure to the drug, is often related to control of the virus. The higher the AUC, the better the control. It can also be related to the amount of long-term side effects.
Let's say that a drug was approved based on three doses a day. Then the manufacturer wants to make it easier for patients to take, so they try to design a twice-daily dose. To do this, they will rely on PK data.
They'll need to put more medication in each dose. Will that make the Cmax too high, and cause too much nausea and headache when each dose is taken?
Instead of about 8 hours between doses, it will now be 12 hours. If the drug has a long half-life, there won't be a huge difference in the minimum blood levels (Cmin). How does the new Cmin after 12 hours compare to the amount of drug needed to control the virus?
What's the AUC (area under the curve) using the new twice-daily dosing? If it's equal to or higher than the old AUC, then the new dosing is probably going to be just as powerful against the virus.
With a wide therapeutic window, it's easier to make some of these changes. There's more room to increase the dose without causing bad side effects, and more room (time) to let the blood level drop before it gets too low. With a narrow therapeutic window, there may be just one choice for dosing.
The Best Curve Is a Straight Line
The ideal situation would be a constant level of drug in the body: enough to control the virus, but not enough to cause a lot of side effects. Instead of a graph showing peaks and troughs, we'd have a flat line. This will never happen if we swallow pills, because we get a large amount of drug with each dose. The only way to get constant drug levels is with an intravenous (IV) infusion, or with a pump like some diabetics use to take insulin. These methods of taking medication are more expensive and complicated than taking pills. Because they break the skin, there is a risk of infection.
There is another way, however, to "smooth out" drug levels in the blood. Blood levels drop when the drug is metabolized by the liver and removed from the body. If we slow down this process, less drug is removed from the blood. The concentrations stay higher and the drug's half-life gets extended.
The protease inhibitor ritonavir (Norvir) has this effect. For example, if the protease inhibitor indinavir (Crixivan) is used by itself, it has to be taken on an empty stomach, three times a day, once every eight hours. The "trough" levels are not much higher than the levels needed to stop the virus. But if indinavir is combined with a small amount of ritonavir, the trough levels of indinavir stay much higher, and you can take it just twice a day, with food. Ritonavir has a similar effect when it's combined with other protease inhibitors. These "ritonavir-boosted" regimens haven't been approved by the FDA yet but are getting a lot of attention from researchers.
Pharmacokinetics gets pretty technical, but it's important for manufacturers to study drug levels to be sure that we can control the virus without too many side effects.
Bob Munk is the Coordinator of the New Mexico AIDS InfoNet at www.aidsinfonet.org, and is a frequent writer on AIDS treatment topics. He tested HIV positive in 1987.
AUC: Area under the curve, a measure of total exposure to a drug over a 24-hour period.
Bioavailability: A measure of how much drug makes it into the bloodstream, compared to how much we swallow.
Cmax: The maximum concentration of drug in the blood. It occurs shortly after taking a dose.
Cmin: The minimum concentration of drug in the blood. It occurs close to the time before the next dose is taken.
Half-life: A measure of how long a drug stays in the blood. The length of time it takes for the blood concentration to drop to 50% of Cmax.
IC50: Inhibitory concentration (50), the concentration of drug that cuts viral replication by 50%.
NNRTI: Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, a type of antiviral drug. Examples are nevirapine (Viramune) and efavirenz (Sustiva).
Nuke: Nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors, a type of antiviral drug. Examples are AZT (Retrovir) or d4T (Zerit).
Pharmacokinetics: The study of how drug levels change over time in the body.
PI: Protease Inhibitor, a type of antiviral drug. Examples: indinavir (Crixivan), nelfinavir (Viracept).
Protein binding: A process that inactivates some of the drug in the bloodstream and carries it throughout the body.
Therapeutic window: The difference or gap between the lowest drug concentration that is helpful (controls the virus), and the drug concentration that is harmful (causes too many side effects.)


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Michael Massimino
Former NASA Astronaut; Faculty, Columbia University
EXPERIENCE: Upon completing his B.S. degree from Columbia University, Mike worked for IBM as a systems engineer in New York City from 1984 until 1986. In 1986 he entered graduate school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he conducted research on human operator control of space robotics systems in the MIT Mechanical Engineering Departments Human-Machine Systems Laboratory. His work resulted in the awarding of two patents. While a student at MIT he worked during the Summer of 1987 as a general engineer at NASA Headquarters in the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, during the summers of 1988 and 1989 as a research fellow in the Man-Systems Integration Branch at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, and during the summer of 1990 as a visiting research engineer at the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. After graduating from MIT in 1992, Mike worked at McDonnell Douglas Aerospace in Houston, Texas as a research engineer where he developed laptop computer displays to assist operators of the Space Shuttle remote manipulator system. These displays included the Manipulator Position Display, which was evaluated on STS-69. From 1992 to 1995 he was also an adjunct assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering & Material Sciences Department at Rice University, where he taught feedback control of mechanical systems. In September 1995, Mike joined the faculty of the Georgia Institute of Technology as an assistant professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. At Georgia Tech he taught human-machine systems engineering classes and conducted research on human-machine interfaces for space and aircraft systems in the Center for Human-Machine Systems Research. He is currently an adjunct professor at Rice University and at Georgia Tech. He has published papers in technical journals and in the proceedings of technical conferences.
NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in May 1996, Mike reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996. He completed two years of initial training and evaluation and is qualified for flight assignment as a mission specialist. Prior to his first space flight assignment, Mike served in the Astronaut Office Robotics Branch, and in the Astronaut Office Extravehicular Activity (EVA or spacewalking) Branch. In 2002, following his first spaceflight, Mike served as a CAPCOM (spacecraft communicator) in Mission Control and as the Astronaut Office Technical Liaison to the Johnson Space Center EVA Program Office.
A veteran of two space flights, (STS-109 in March 2002 and STS-125 in May 2009) Massimino has logged a total of 571 hours and 47 minutes in space, and a cumulative total of 30 hours and 4 minutes of spacewalking in four spacewalks.
In addition to various technical tasks, Massimino also served as Chief of the Astronaut Appearances Office.
SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: STS-109 Columbia (March 1-12, 2002). STS-109 was the fourth Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. The crew of STS-109 successfully upgraded the Hubble Space Telescope leaving it with a new power unit, a new camera (the Advanced Camera for Surveys), and new solar arrays. STS-109 set a record for spacewalk time with 35 hours and 55 minutes during 5 spacewalks. Massimino performed 2 spacewalks totaling 14 hours and 46 minutes. STS-109 orbited the Earth 165 times, and covered 4.5 million statute miles in over 262 hours and 10 minutes.
STS-125 Atlantis (May 11-24, 2009) was the fifth and final Hubble servicing mission. The 19 year old telescope spent six days in the Shuttles cargo bay undergoing an overhaul conducted by four spacewalkers over five daily spacewalks, with the assistance of crewmates inside the Atlantis. The space walkers overcame frozen bolts, stripped screws, and stuck handrails. STS-125 set a new record for spacewalking with 36 hours and 56 minutes during five spacewalks. Massimino performed 2 spacewalks totaling 15 hours and 58 minutes. The refurbished Hubble Telescope now has four new or rejuvenated scientific instruments, new batteries, new gyroscopes, and a new computer. The STS-125 mission traveled 5,276,000 miles in 197 Earth orbits and was accomplished in 309 hours, 37 minutes and 9 seconds.
SPECIAL HONORS: American Astronautical Societys 2009 Flight Achievement Award; NASA Space Flight Medals; Order of Sons of Italy in America 2005 Guglielmo Marconi Award; Aviation Week & Space Technology 2002 Laurel Award; Sergei P. Korolev Diploma.


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Now this is more like what I was expecting yesterday: overblown Christian hysteria in reaction to Election Day's free reality check. Writing for forbes.com, Bill Flax weeps and wails over the imminent demise of Biblical Christianity in America.
And it's all a terrible misunderstanding. Christians never wanted a culture war, you see. They just wanted to be left alone. If only those mean old liberals had just given them the chance to stay quiet and neutral on issues of society and morality.
In the election's aftermath, the culture war looks like a rout. Few ever relished this fight; most preferred simply to be left alone. We aren't community organizers. Sadly, neutrality was not realistic. No, being Switzerland was never an option. By not defending America's heritage of limited government, free markets and biblical morality, we're being overrun a la Belgium.
Yes, those poor disorganized believers who were barely able to raise billions of dollars and initiate successful drives to add anti-gay amendments to the constitutions of roughly two-thirds of the states in the Union—they aren't community organizers. They've never defended limited government, free markets, or biblical morality. They're all just weak and helpless victims here.
Come on, work with me on this one.
And who is to blame for this horrifying and tragic outcome? A dark and sinister organization known as…"The Left."
Powerful forces array. Christians consider this battle in spiritual terms. Conservatives sense a political donnybrook. Others deplore eroding standards of conduct and lost liberty. The Left vies for our children's hearts, souls and minds. While no majority, progressives dominate the dissemination of thought. The mainstream media, entertainment industries, education system and much of government skew very far left.
Yes, darn Fox News and all those other mainstream media folks for forcing their leftist views onto innocent viewers. Sure, mainstream media is one of those free markets things we're supposed to be in favor of, where advertising revenues are tied directly to viewer ratings, and where the successful programs are the ones that deliver what viewers really want. But that doesn't mean we can't still blame the media for the direction society is headed. Or, you know, education. Whatever.
Take same-sex "marriage." Shifting attitudes reflect in part, an academic establishment inculcating progressive cloud dancing. It's rotten that Hollywood mocks the "Modern Family" then thrusts "666 Park Ave" in primetime, but TV can be tuned out. Regardless of your opinion on marriage, public schools on taxpayers' dime have directly assailed what had been deeply held convictions of most parents.
Clearly, there should be a ban on academic inculcating, and probably on public schools as well. And… well, you get the idea. Flax's jeremiad just goes on and on in a depressively manic and disjointed gabble of finger pointing, dire warnings, rending of garments, and gnashing of teeth. If he was sober when he wrote it, he did a damn good job of hiding it.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go see what I can do to help inculcate progressive cloud dancing. No clue what that means, but hey, if it cuts down on the bigotry…


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Joker's Daughter | 09/06/09
Q. How did you discover Helena?
A. A friend of mine saw her singing somewhere and told me about it. This was back in 2003, I think. She came out to LA and we worked on a couple of things. It wasn't quite the direction either of us wanted to go in, that first stuff. After she got home, she started sending me demos that were a little bit more her. When I heard those, I encouraged it a little bit more, because I really liked the new direction.
When I was working on the Gorillaz album, I spent some time in London, and I met up with her on the weekends. Usually on Sundays. She brought some of her new ideas, and we recorded them in my apartment. After doing that over and over again, we had an album's worth of material, thirteen or fourteen songs. That was 2005.
Later, she sent even more stuff that went even further, that I thought was even better. Little by little, we rerecorded some of the old stuff and then worked on some new songs. We never really did release that first one. There are a couple of songs, like "Jesse the Goat," that survived. But she was really coming into her own style now, so we kept recording. Over the last couple of years, we put together this album.
Q. What about her music made you want to collaborate with her?
A. She has such a fantastical mind. She goes all over the place. She's got a crazy imagination. I love that element of it. It reminds me of being a kid. I knew that when she was singing this stuff, she wasn't doing it for a big audience. It was just what was going on in her head. She had no intention of writing a song so a whole bunch of people would be affected by it. She was writing songs based on having fun, and on having an amazing imagination. But there was a dark side to the whole thing, as well, that I really related with. As with other people I've worked with, I didn't need to understand everything she was talking about. But it was important that I thought it was genuine. And with her, it absolutely was.
Q. How would you describe your role in the project?
A. A collaborator, I guess. All the ideas initiated with her. I heard things in the music that were undeveloped - whole passages or instrumental parts that I would hear in my head. I went into the studio and worked on those things, just to flesh it out a bit more. Some of the songs, I didn't add much at all because I didn't think she needed it. But I knew that she left certain parts open for me to interpret. In some cases, there was a lot going on, and I took some stuff away. I felt like, on most of the stuff she sent, there was a place for me. I think that's why she sent it.
Q. How it is different collaborating with someone over a long distance, when you're not in the same city?
A. It takes a lot of trust. When I'm working on stuff, I know that she wants me to do what I feel, just like I want her to do what she feels. So when I'm doing the music, I'm not asking her if she likes any of the stuff I'm doing. I just go for what I feel and send it back. An overwhelming majority of the time, when I sent her back stuff, she was very, very into it. It would have been a lot more difficult if she'd wanted to make this change and that change. It would have been hard for me, when I got the next song, to feel like I could do whatever I wanted with it. It wasn't a back-and-forth process. She sent it to me, I sent it back. Some of the songs, I didn't like as much, and I didn't work on. I worked on the songs that I really loved.
Q. Is there anything about Helena that you're still curious about?
A. She's a very mysterious person. I don't even begin to try to understand some things about her. She's one of the few people that intimidate me with their imaginations.


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Police: Distracted driving reaching 'epidemic' levels
KMBC spots people texting, dealing with distractions at intersections
While the awareness of how dangerous texting and driving can be continues to grow, police said too many people are still doing it.
KMBC 9's Cliff Judy said experts think people who text behind the wheel are taking their eyes off the road for at least four seconds, plenty of time to cause a crash.
Overland Park police said they're familiar with the dangerous situations at the intersection of 75th Street and Antioch Road. Officer Michelle Koos took Judy to the intersection to help spot texting drivers.
"This is one of our higher-accident locations in the city, too," said Koos.
She spotted numerous people at the intersection busy staring at their phones, some even typing.
"That one right there," Koos said. "That one is texting because he's got the slide-out keyboard and everything."
One woman who was busy writing a check took eight seconds to realize she had a green turn signal.
Just 20 minutes later while on patrol, Koos pulled over a reckless driver who was focused on his cell phone. He didn't protest.
"I know why (he was stopped). I've seen the commercials," the driver said.
He joked that the ticket will probably get him into trouble at home.
"My wife would punch me in the face right now. She's going to," he said. "I've been slammed into by somebody doing what I was just doing."
Judy asked Koos how close the distracted driving problem is to reaching epidemic stage.
"I think we're probably there," she said. "If you stand on the corner long enough, you'll see what I'm talking about."
Police said distracted driving numbers justify their alarm. In Kansas alone, it caused nearly a third of all crashes since 2003, killing 1,493 people.
These distractions aren't limited to texting.
"Cutest puppy you've ever seen, right?" Koos said, pointing to a dog in a vehicle. "Seems innocent enough until said puppy wants to climb into your lap as a driver."
She said she's also seen people trying to read a newspaper while behind the wheel.
"I have to ask myself, 'Really?'" she said.
Police said they hope the images of distracted drivers make people think about others on the road or in their own vehicles.
"It's something that we don't need and it's something that we can control," she said. "Anything that results in property damage, that personal injury or that fatality is not worth it."


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The folks over at SamMobile have managed to get their hands on an Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean based firmware for the Galaxy S3. Samsung is still testing Android 4.2.1 on the Galaxy S3, and the leaked firmware is nowhere near final even though it is relatively bug-free.
The Android 4.1.2 update brought with it a lot of new features to the Galaxy S3. However, it looks like the Android 4.2.1 update will only bring minor new features including voice actions for controlling the Camera, Radio, Music playback and call.
While Samsung has included all the features that Google introduced in Android 4.2.1 including Quick Settings, Lock screen widgets and Daydreams. Notably absent is the Photosphere feature from the Camera app. However, it may be possible that Samsung will add this feature in the final version of the firmware. Samsung has slightly changed the lock screen ripple effect, along with slightly tweaking the toggles in the notification bar to accommodate Quick Settings. How useful the voice commands feature that Samsung will introduce in the final build of the firmware only remains to be seen.
SamMobile states that Samsung will be releasing the Android 4.2 update for the Galaxy S3 only after it unveils the Galaxy S4. Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy S4 at an event to be held on March 15th.


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That's a tough one. Your student knows that native Chinese speakers often drop final consonants and is overcompensating. In my experience, some get it and some just don't.
Last week, at the kindergarten where I teach, we were working on the word 'orange'. The kids had been tought to say, "Orange-eh". In each class (more than 150 kids total), I went down the row to each one, getting them to say, "Orange". For most, it took two to three tries to get it. A few heard others (and me) do it and got it right the first time, but some just didn't seem to get it at all.
A big part of teaching English in China is getting students to 'unlearn' things they have picked up from their Chinese English teachers- teachers who have earned high marks on (written) tests at university...
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Boudoir in Neo-Moorish style
Autor:Andrew Varlamov
Latitude: 59° 56' 35" N, Longitude: 30° 19' 10" E see »
Localização: город Санкт-Петербург, Russian Federation
Panoramas by Andrew Varlamov Silver
Kolokolnaya street
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St. Michael's Castle - Western facade
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Kuznechny Market
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The main staircase and foyer
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Methods / TutorsThe bad news: there is not a single bassetto tutor!
The good news: you don´t need one!
Why not? Because the bassetto, with its fifths tuning and notation mainly in the tenor clef, can be read and stopped practically the same as a violoncello. So for cellists, the change is comparable to that between violin and viola as far as the method of stopping is concerned. But in terms of reading, they have no problems at all: for example, where a bottom C is read in the bass clef, indicating the note of the lowest string of the cello, this corresponds to the contra G in the tenor clef, the lowest string of the bassetto. This means that cello tutors and études can be used as practice material. I like to use the well-known "Violoncello-Etüden-Schule" by Joseph Sakom, who brings together in it little music-making examples in increasing degree of difficulty by Romberg, Duport, Davidoff, Kummer and other important cellists.
Nevertheless, I am planning to publish a bassetto tutor. This is principally intended to provide assistance for all interested double bass players. For them the change-
over is much more difficult, because almost none of the notes are still in the accustomed place. From this point of view, the bassetto is almost as difficult to learn as a new instrument. But that should not put anybody off, because – it´s worth it!


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The former president of the Los Angeles neighborhood commission who blamed a spinal tumor for his penchant for child pornography is scheduled to be sentenced Monday for distributing sexually explicit images.
Federal prosecutors are recommending that Albert Abrams, 64, be sentenced to more than eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty in September to one count of distributing child pornography.
In court documents, prosecutors said Abrams told a television station that a tumor made his alternate personality download child pornography. He later claimed the growth was a cyst and now says an unidentified back problem was responsible.
"These are not the actions of someone who has taken responsibility for his criminal conduct, but instead, demonstrates that the defendant continues to deny that he and he alone is responsible for the pain he caused his victims," Assistant U.S. Attorney Lana Morton-Owens wrote in court documents.
Defense attorney Marilyn Bednarski said doctors did remove a growth from her client's spinal column and he was recovering from a serious back surgery when FBI agents searched his home in July 2011.
Abrams "has repeatedly expressed his remorse and apologized for his offense," said Bednarski, who is asking for a five-year prison term. "We believe the government's request for 97 months (in prison) is excessive and unwarranted."
Abrams resigned last year as president of the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners, a seven-member panel that oversees dozens of neighborhood councils. On the board's website, Abrams had said he worked on the broadcast media campaigns of President Jimmy Carter and Sens. Robert Kennedy and Al Gore. He also had a public relations business.
During the search of Abrams home, authorities said they found thousands of pictures and videos of suspected child pornography on his computer and hard drives that he collected for more than a decade. Among them were images depicting bondage and sadomasochism.
Abrams also chatted explicitly with others about his child pornography collection and his desire to sexually assault children, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors also said Abrams downloaded a 170-page document entitled "Hunter's Guide to Finding Child Lovers."
While Abrams wasn't charged with sexually assaulting children, prosecutors said he failed a polygraph examination conducted by the federal government when asked if he had sexual contact with minors. Court documents show that Abrams passed a polygraph test conducted by defense attorneys.
Bednarski said Abrams was "victimized" by a group of older boys when he was 4 years old and there is mention of sexual abuse when he was a child in court documents.
But prosecutors note they have nearly two dozen statements from victims in this case who were either in the pictures or videos collected by Abrams.
"Every day people are trading and sharing videos of me as a little girl being raped in the most sadistic ways," one victim wrote. "They don't know me, but they have seen every part of me. They are being entertained by my shame and pain."