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The star of a brand new health film has reminded Derbyshire people that there is always a local GP service available - even when their own surgery is closed.
The reminder came this week from 71-year-old Ian Mason, who pointed out that the GP out-of-hours service provided by Derbyshire Health United (DHU) was available in the evening, at weekends and during bank holidays for people needing non-emergency health advice when their surgery was closed.
And to get the help they needed, all peopled had to do was call the free NHS 111 service, also provided by DHU.
A retired headteacher, New Mills resident Ian was asked to take part in the three-minute film by NHS North Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) which plans and buys healthcare for more than 288,000 people.
A member of the CCG's Lay Reference Group, he said: "Many patients don't know what to do if they feel ill in the evening or at the weekend. Lots of people still haven't heard of 111 and the out-of-hours service, and many of those who have think there's a charge.
"Yet the service, which is provided by experienced health professionals, doesn't cost a penny. People who have called 111 realise how well it works and are recommending it to others so our job is to keep raising awareness."
The role of the out-of-hours service and 111 is explained fully in the video, which is available to watch at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xlIVfb3Bsg and www.northderbyshireccg.nhs.uk.
The film also gives lots of good advice on staying warm and well this winter.
Featuring CCG chair Dr Ben Milton, the video asks patients to ease the strain on GP practices and A & E during the winter by heeding some common sense advice.
People at risk of falling seriously ill if they catch flu are urged to make an appointment with their GP to have their free jab. Those eligible for the vaccine include:
• Pregnant women
• People aged 65 and over
• Anyone living with a health condition such as severe asthma, chest or heart complaints.
Patients suffering from common illnesses such as coughs and colds should stay at home and take over-the-counter remedies such as paracetamol.
Ian said: "I really enjoyed my screen debut and would be happy to do similar things in the future. Anything that eases pressure on hospitals at this critical time of year has to be worth doing."
Dr Milton, who is filmed chatting with Ian, added: "He's a natural on screen and we're really grateful to him for helping us communicate these important messages."
Ian was headteacher at Harpur Hill Primary School, Buxton for 17 years before retiring. He has been involved with the NHS since 2004, when he started a five-year spell as chair of governors at Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport. He has been a member of the NHS North Derbyshire CCG Lay Reference Group for two years, having previously been a member of the former NHS Derbyshire County Primary Care Trust.
The Lay Reference Group is made up of people from many walks of life. It acts as the CCG's critical friend, advising it on how to improve healthcare and involve the public in its decision making.


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DeKALB – As the warm weather rolls in, so too will the construction crews get to work on area roads. Millions of dollars are set to be spent on widening and repaving roads and replacing bridges in DeKalb County this summer. Most of the projects will not cause closures or delays, but residents should expect a few inconveniences on the roads.
Major projects: Bethany Road widening, Taylor Street widening and intersection improvements at Carol Avenue and Route 38.
DeKalb residents can expect some minor delays on Bethany Road between First Street and Meadow Trail West starting in about a month. DeKalb City Engineer Joel Maurer said that stretch of road would be widened, which will require lane shifts for commuters.
The project is the city's most expensive this summer at about $900,000, but 75 percent of the total cost will be covered through federal funding.
Widening of Taylor Street near Lions Park will begin in mid-June, Maurer said, and will also require lane shifting. That project will cost roughly $350,000 and come from the motor fuel tax fund.
The construction of a new police station will require the existing "T" intersection at Carol Avenue and Route 38 to be converted to a four-way stop. Maurer said there would be considerable sidewalk and entrance work, along with traffic signal upgrades from mid-May through August.
At times, Maurer said it could cause only one lane to be open in each direction in the area.
The biggest inconvenience, Maurer said, could be the increased amount of potholes. He said city street crews would not be able to work on potholes until after they receive the city condition survey in about two months.
"It's been pretty severe this year," he said of the potholes. "Especially with the winter swings in temperature causing thawing and frosting and all the moisture we've gotten."
Major Project: Widening Bethany Road to three lanes between Peace and Somonauk roads.
Sycamore will enter its sixth year of a summer street maintenance program that will include a total of $2.3 million in spending, mostly because of a major Bethany Road project.
Ebe Smith, assistant public works director for Sycamore, said that stretch of road would likely be completely closed to traffic for the duration of the project. No start date has been determined because the city still needs to solicit bids from contractors for the project, he said.
Funding will come from the city's motor fuel tax and street maintenance fund, which is a combination of Sycamore gas and sales tax revenues, Smith said. The rest of the $2.3 million will be directed to projects on 15 Sycamore streets. Smith said no significant traffic issues would develop during those projects.
Smith said the street maintenance fund is expected to last through 2017, with roughly $1.2 million allocated to projects each summer.
DeKalb County
Major Projects: Base Line Road Bridge replacement, Five Points Road Bridge replacement.
Residents who cross the Kishwaukee River on Base Line Road will need to find their own detour as all traffic will be blocked off during a bridge deck replacement project, County Engineer Nathan Schwartz said.
Schwartz said preconstruction work would begin in a few weeks on the bridge, located about 2 miles west of Route 23. He said the project would last most of the summer. Federal and state funding will cover $526,359, while the county will pay $10,965.
The Five Points Road Bridge replacement will not begin until August and should last until late November, Schwartz said. The county share for that $2.2 million project is estimated at $551,200.
Schwartz said in addition to the two major projects, 11 townships will complete paving projects that will temporarily cause one-lane traffic.
Gov. Pat Quinn also announced Thursday a 3-mile resurfacing project on County Line Road from Perry to Lee roads. The $428,000 project is part of the Illinois Jobs Now! program.

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"St. Louis police said three-year-old Lilianna Moore was home alone when she accidentally shot herself in the head. Homicide detectives with the St. Louis Metro Police Department were called to the Shaw neighborhood Tuesday night in the 3800 block of Flad Avenue at 8:40 p.m. in South St. Louis City. Police said the child found the gun tucked between two mattresses in an adult's bedroom. The girl's father was visiting a girlfriend at the time of the shooting. Moore was transported to Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital where she was pronounced dead. Police have yet to determine if charges will be filed against the girl's father or the other adult." - KSDK
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Court keeps convicted pedophile killer Marc Dutroux in prison in Belgium
BRUSSELS – Pedophile killer Marc Dutroux was on Monday denied conditional release from jail, which would have allowed him to walk the streets with an electronic ankle bracelet, the latest turn in a case that has long transfixed and horrified Belgium.
Dutroux is serving a life sentence for kidnapping, torturing and abusing six girls in 1995 and 1996. He was also found to have murdered two of the girls and let two others starve to death in a dungeon. Dutroux, who has been in prison for 16 years, tried to convince a court that he would be no risk to the public if he was released with electronic monitoring.
But the court said in a statement that the 56-year-old Dutroux "could not present a concrete plan of reclassification and he knows that there is at this time no chance of social reintegration."
Prison officials, prosecutors and even Dutroux's mother had opposed his release, as did victims' relatives. The ruling "is exactly as I expected," said Jean Lambrecks, whose 19-year-old daughter, Eefje, was killed by Dutroux.
But despite the near-certainty that he would have to stay in jail, the court decision dominated newscasts in Belgium, showing how Dutroux remains one of the nation's most reviled criminals. It also came months after a controversial decision that give early conditional release to Dutroux's former wife, Michelle Martin — who had let two girls starve to death in a cellar while her husband was jailed for theft. She now lives in a convent.
Dutroux's mother Jeannine said in a rare interview published early Monday that her son should not be freed because she was "sure that he would start again."
"Marc is not ready to be freed because he still wants to blame others for his acts," she told Le Soir newspaper.
The Dutroux case horrified Belgium and led to widespread changes in the country's police procedures. Police had visited Dutroux' home twice in the mid-1990s and didn't find the kidnapped girls, although they heard voices, and ignored a letter from Dutroux's mother that expressed concern her son was abusing young girls.


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by Myles McMorrow, September 05, 2009
Pool Drownings show sharp Increase this year
Let's face it, children get into things and get into places they are not supposed to be in. The last thing you want is to have an unsupervised child around your pool. Hundreds of children die in pools every year, but this year, 2009, is different in that the number has doubled so far this year. Over 600 drownings! Please Read On!
On average in the USA, 300 children die in pools and hot tubs. In Texas alone they are close to beating that this year. There are many ways this can happen in your pool and many things you can do to prevent this. Many times it is a neighbor's child that climbs the fence or wanders in from an unlocked gate. Other times there are multiple families in the back yard having a party. They have a false sense of safety because everyone thinks someone else is watching the kids. It is up to you as a pool owner to take the steps to prevent the unexpected tragedy and maybe save the life of a child.
There are few reports where someone heard someone drowning. Drowning victims often have water in their lungs and cannot make a sound. Most of the time there is no one to hear or see them. There is a product called a pool alarm that can give a drowning victim a voice. It will give anyone (over 8 pounds) a chance at getting heard. They sound off an alarm at the pool and in the house if someone goes into the pool. This should be a must if you own a pool and especially if you have children. Kids can open locked doors.
This is not just relying on supervision but on many safe guards such as Pool Alarms, Pool Covers, Pool Fences, Door Alarms and other means of security or obstructions leading to the pool. If you are having a party spend the $20 per hour to have a life guard come to your pool (most pool management companies will offer this).
Even when you are going to a pool that has life guards watch your children. Life guards are not babysitters. They are there as a last resort. You have to remember that they have lots of people to look after not just your child. The Drowning Prevention Foundation says 19% of all child drownings happen in public pools where guards are on duty. Keep an eye on your child at all times.
Many states have laws for door and pool alarms, fences, and self latching and locking gates. They have done this to help protect the growing rate of pool drowning. Check with your county and state code enforcement agencies to see what applies to you. The fines can be steep if you are not complying with the laws. You might be able to get a break from your home insurance company for adding safety measures to your pool to help prevent drowning. But if there is an accident, and you are not compliant with the law, don't expect the insurance company to help protect you from lawsuits.
It is your duty as a pool owner to make your pool as safe as it can be. If you ask any drowning victim's family they will tell you that never thought it could happen to them.
I will leave you with some drowning facts and some helpful links:
• There were 3,308 unintentional drownings in the United States, an average of nine people per day.(CDC 2006)
• Of all children 1-4 years old who died, 26% died from drowning (CDC 2006). Fatal drowning remains the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children ages 1 to 14 years (CDC 2005)
• It is estimated that for each drowning death, there are 1 to 4 nonfatal submersions serious enough to result in hospitalization. Children who still require cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at the time they arrive at the emergency department have a poor prognosis, with at least half of survivors suffering significant neurologic impairment.
• 19% of drowning deaths involving children occur in public pools with certified lifeguards present.
• Children under five and adolescents between the ages of 15-24 have the highest drowning rates.
• An estimated 5,000 children ages 14 and under are hospitalized due to unintentional drowning-related incidents each year; 15 percent die in the hospital and as many as 20 percent suffer severe, permanent neurological disability.
• Of all preschoolers who drown, 70 percent are in the care of one or both parents at the time of the drowning and 75 percent are missing from sight for five minutes or less.
• The majority of children who survive (92 percent) are discovered within two minutes following submersion, and most children who die (86 percent) are found after 10 minutes. Nearly all who require cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) die or are left with severe brain injury.
Safekidsusa - nonprofit for helping to save child lives
Poolsafety.gov - CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) website for pool safety
Drowning Prevention Foundation - nonprofit for helping to prevent drowning
National Drowning Prevention Alliance - nonprofit for helping to prevent drowning
Pool Safety Council - nonprofit for helping to prevent drowning
Home Safety Council - tips for a safe home
Center for Disease control - water safety pages


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Britney Spears holds onto her pup after making a stop at Petco for some pet supplies on Sunday (November 18) in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
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With four titles of his own, Mr. Eslambolchi, who also directs Bell Labs and AT&T's network operations, manages engineers, technicians and researchers in 11 divisions and speaks directly to dozens of customers a month to hear what they wantRepeat after me: Bell Labs is Lucent, Shannon Labs is AT&T.
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For the 1000th time, Bell Labs != AT&T !!!
I can understand fellow researchers being confused (OK I can't, but I can at least try), but the New York Times ?
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Wide open playoff picture calming Deadline swell
MINNEAPOLIS -- Baseball's ceremonial second half will begin with 19 of 30 teams within just five games of a postseason spot -- and 14 of those 19 are within at least five games of leading their division.
Six more clubs are within at least eight games of their division lead or the second Wild Card.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Baseball's ceremonial second half will begin with 19 of 30 teams within just five games of a postseason spot -- and 14 of those 19 are within at least five games of leading their division.
Six more clubs are within at least eight games of their division lead or the second Wild Card.
This has inspired many a narrative about the game's competitive balance and general unpredictability. And these are good things, of course.
"It's our job to provide hope and faith," Commissioner Bud Selig said before Tuesday's All-Star Game, "and have the system where teams can compete."
But when the discussion centers around the upcoming non-waiver Trade Deadline, now just two weeks away, the narrative that matters most is how this cluster of competitive clubs has made the swapping season increasingly tame.
While we don't suggest reading too much into small samples, the run-up to the Deadline in the first year of the expanded postseason format fit that particular narrative perfectly.
In 2012, our MLB.com Trade Deadline roundup page counted 20 "notable deals" in the summer lead-up to the 2012 Deadline, beginning with a June 26 swap that sent Kevin Youkilis to Chicago and concluding with six trades of significance on July 31 itself.
Last year, we counted only 15 notable deals, beginning with the July 2 Dodgers' acquisition of Carlos Marmol and concluding with just three significant deals on Deadline day.
Again, maybe that's not worth reading much into. Perhaps some of the early action in this Deadline season -- the Angels and Pirates swapping struggling closers Jason Grilli and Ernesto Frieri, the Halos also adding Joe Thatcher, the Yankees bringing Brandon McCarthy and Jeff Francis aboard and, most importantly, that megadeal the A's made for Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel -- are just the beginning of a busy month.
But many in the industry have their doubts.
General managers have bemoaned the lack of worthwhile bats available at a time when offense is down across the league. There are many eyes on veterans like Chase Utley, Marlon Byrd and Jimmy Rollins of the Phillies, and the White Sox Adam Dunn is an interesting option for some platoon power.
But if you watched Giancarlo Stanton hit that projected 510-foot blast to the third deck at Target Field in the Gillette Home Run Derby and salivated over what he'd look like in the middle of your favorite club's lineup, you can pretty much forget it.
And the impact pitching market is still somewhat of a mystery, too. Maybe the Rays will deal David Price, and maybe Cliff Lee will prove healthy and effective enough to be dealt by month's end. But neither move is a given.
The less-heralded likes of Ian Kennedy, Jorge De La Rosa or Wade Miley are other, potentially effective possibilities to be moved, but they're obviously not blockbuster-type names.
"I think it's been like this, really, for a while," Tigers president, CEO and general manager Dave Dombrowski said recently. "You might need to fine-tune, but, overall, don't look for a lot of help at the Trade Deadline, because it's not going to be available. And don't look for any help after the Deadline, because so many players get claimed [and, ergo, blocked from contenders]."
It's not just the Wild Card that has impacted the Deadline dealing. Savvier front offices have done a fine job of locking up young talent, and an influx of national television revenue has, in many cases, lessened the need to move players for the sheer sake of moving money. That's a big factor.
But that extra playoff spot has definitely impacted things in a big way, too, because it's put more teams in the hunt and out of the sellers' market.
"Makes you wonder if down the road they'll move that Trade Deadline back because of the extra Wild Card," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
Yes, it does, although that's an idea that has come up among GMs many times before, without any real traction.
So if you're particularly in-tune with the transaction wire, the Wild Card's effect on the Trade Deadline is probably a bit of a bummer. The Trade Deadline just isn't as crazy as it once was.
But the extra Wild Cards have achieved their more important purpose, which is to inspire a sense of urgency down the stretch. As much as clubs want to get to October, they'd certainly much prefer to arrive rested and with room for error in a five-game Division Series, as opposed to a single-elimination Wild Card round.
"Last year, we played ourselves into the Wild Card," said Indians manager Terry Francona. "As exciting as that is, one day later you go home mad. There are a lot of rollercoasters to it."
With almost two-thirds of teams within spitting distance of a playoff spot, the rollercoaster still has plenty of twists and turns to come in the second half. Just don't count on a ton of trades.
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince.


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When Howlin' Wolf romped through "Wang Dang Doodle" or thundered in "Three Hundred Pounds of Joy," the snarling guitar that accompanied him belonged to one of the greatest bluesmen to pick up the instrument: Hubert Sumlin.
The cry of Sumlin's guitar — riffing hard one moment, sighing poetically the next — helped define Wolf's sound, even if Sumlin never attained a fraction of the fame of his celebrated boss.
In the wake of Sumlin's death Sunday at age 80, of heart failure in Wayne, N.J., Chicago blues musicians tried to put his outsized contributions in focus.
"He's the one that shaped that Howlin' Wolf sound," said septuagenarian Chicago blues guitarist Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater. "On tunes like 'Shake for Me' and 'Smokestack Lightning' — that was the Howlin' Wolf sound, and Hubert's guitar made it."
That sound still resonates in our popular culture, Sumlin's guitar humming in the background of a Viagra TV ad featuring "Smokestack Lightning."
For blues listeners, it's difficult to separate the roar of Wolf's vocals from the lacerating guitar lines that accompanied them, Sumlin's counterpoint a testament to his ingenuity as a blues improviser.
"He was different — he produced a different sound that other guys couldn't get," said veteran Chicago blues saxophonist Eddie Shaw, who played alongside Sumlin in Wolf's band for 13 years.
Eric "Clapton wanted it. All the guys from overseas wanted it.... Everybody wanted to get that Hubert Sumlin sound."
Little wonder that Clapton and Rolling Stone Keith Richards volunteered to play sideman for Sumlin on his Grammy-nominated album "About Them Shoes" (2005). In so doing, the guitar gods paid homage to a less-celebrated deity who had pointed the way for them.
Born in 1931 in the Mississippi Delta — in Greenwood, Miss. — and raised in Hughes, Ark., the self-taught guitarist collaborated with future harmonica star James Cotton before either was known to the world. By the early 1950s, Wolf brought Sumlin to Chicago and mentored him before the listening public, transforming a somewhat shy, soft-spoken young man into a ferocious presence — once Sumlin strapped on his guitar.
The two men made staggering music together, but they sometimes battled with equal intensity off the bandstand.
Showing up after a gig had ended in Little Rock, Ark., in the 1950s, Sumlin nonchalantly piled into the car heading to the next date. It didn't take long before Wolf interrupted the journey, dragged Sumlin out of the vehicle and shoved him down a hill, costing the musician two front teeth.
"He was a big man, and he scared me half to death!" Sumlin said in a Tribune interview earlier this year.
A few days later, Sumlin turned up unannounced at Silvio's, a landmark Chicago blues club where the Wolf often howled, and cocked his fist.
"I hit him!" Sumlin recalled in the Tribune interview. "I knocked his teeth out, too. And afterward, he laughed.... I hated I did it. I apologized. But you know what the guy did? We went back to work."
This kind of intramural violence was not uncommon in an earlier, more rough-and-tumble blues era, and that feral energy made its way onto recordings, assuring both Wolf and Sumlin a measure of musical immortality.
After the 1976 death of Wolf (born Chester Arthur Burnett), Sumlin eventually came into his own as bandleader and emerging vocalist, issuing critically acclaimed recordings that were more muted than those of his old boss.
Though nominated for several Grammys, Sumlin never won, yet he achieved the highest esteem of his peers.
"He can be imitated," said former colleague Shaw, "but never duplicated."
Sumlin's wife, Willie B. "Rea" Reed Sumlin, died in 1999.
When Howlin' Wolf romped through "Wang Dang Doodle" or thundered in "Three Hundred Pounds of Joy," the snarling guitar that accompanied him belonged to one of the greatest bluesmen to pick up the instrument: Hubert Sumlin.


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Dead Kids
A brutal killer is targeting the teenagers of the peaceful town of Galesburg, Illinois. As the bodies pile up, Sheriff John Brady (Michael Murphy) suspects the killer may be connected with the local school's experimental psychology department. There is something sinister about the school 'research' program on behavioral control and Brady is determined to uncover the truth. But he better find the answers fast before his own son (Dan Shor) gets drawn into the strange experiments himself!
There aren't many slasher films co-written by a future Oscar winner. Nevertheless, Dead Kids (titled Strange Behavior the first time I reviewed it) was co-written by Bill Condon, the future writer/director of Gods and Monsters (the one that won him that Oscar), Dreamgirls, Kinsey, and, in less prosperous times, the last two Twilight movies. Dead Kids is not a typical slasher or even a typical Ozploitation experience. It takes its cues from the vicious, teenage-murdering violence of Sean Cunningham's Friday the 13th, but also owes a debt to the oddball humour of '80s cult movies, like Alex Cox's Repo Man and the pulpy paranoia of pod-people movies, like any version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers or Gary Sherman's Dead & Buried ( Dead Kids and Dead & Buried also both feature show-stopping hypodermic-needles-into-eyes moments). Stylistically speaking, director/co-writer Michael Laughlin keeps things deceptively low-key. He doesn't draw attention to himself while still doing a very good at impression of John Carpenter in full Halloween mode (he balances the 2.35:1 frame very well and sneaks in a handful of complex tracking shots). The wry dialogue, likable characters, and low-key performances play in to Laughlin's surrealistically subdued and anachronistic tone. Dead Kids turns truly bizarre when this tone is contrasted with occasional scenes of brutal, frankly stated violence.
Like all three movies in this review, Dead Kids was last released on DVD by Synapse films and that disc re-used Elite Entertainment's original anamorphic transfer. Severin has done some remastering for this 1080p, 2.35:1 transfer (which claims to be sourced from a brand new transfer of the original negatives), because the colour timing is notably warmer – there's a yellow/orange tint to the entire film that does not appear on the older versions. That said, grain levels and print damage effects mostly match the SD versions, though the increase in detail sharpens these artefacts up significantly (nothing has been done to deplete the pulsing issues that effect the grainiest scenes). Viewers probably shouldn't expect the textures and patterns to be as tight as newer, pricier releases, but can take comfort in the DVD's compression noise being done away with. The warmer tint damages the purity of some of the deeper blacks and harsher whites, both of which helped the film's sanitized appearance during certain scenes, and washes out the blues. Other colours remain relatively punchy and do not bleed like they did on the DVD releases. The no-frills, original mono sound is presented in DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0. It's technically uncompressed, but still soft and inconsistent. I suspect that the original tracks were a bit more 'hissy' and that someone got a little carried away with noise reduction, because the dialogue and incidental effects have a round quality. The important stuff is still plenty clear, aside from maybe Tangerine Dream's score, which is just too quiet on the track for my liking. The extras include a new commentary with Laughlin, The Effects of Strange Behavior with FX artist Craig Reardon (20:30, HD) an older commentary with Condon and lead actors Dan Shor & Dey Young, an isolated score (2.0 DD mono), the U.S. trailer, and an international trailer.
Kate Davis (Chantal Contouri) is a successful executive who leads a pretty charmed life until she's kidnapped by a bloodthirsty cult and taken to a remote village. While there, she's mostly treated like royalty, because, according to the cult's prophecies, she must fulfill her destiny by marrying their leader and helping them quench their eternal thirst for blood.
Not to be confused with Park Chan-wook's inexplicably underrated 2009 film, Rod Hardy's Thirst is one of the oddest and most ambitious vampire movies ever made on an Ozploitation budget. John Pinkney's dense screenplay references other vampire lore and borrows its basic concept from Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby (an innocent, somewhat meek modern woman finds herself pursued by a supernatural cult and undergoes escalating mental tortures and physical trials), but there are too many uniquely Australian and late '70s elements at play for us to ignore its place in the genre. Similar to Philip Kaufman's Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Thirst skewers the Me Generation's obsessions with spas, private clubs, and holistic self-improvement by comparing such activities to cultish behavior. Both films, along with Rosemary's Baby, frame the social satire against an oppressive, horror movie backdrop. Hardy's film isn't as frightening or potent as his forerunners – a deeper look at the narrative intricacies of the 'Eloy and Morlock' relationship between the modern vampires and their 'cattle' would be nice, as would a better explanation of exactly why the descendant of Bathory is a necessary recruit – but he's no slouch, either. The Polanski influence extends to the Repulsion-esque, dreamy imagery and off-kilter editing, which, when mixed with the kitschy '70s production design, gleefully hammy performances (including lead Kate Davis, Henry Silva, and David Hemmings), and genuinely disturbing scenes of vampires 'juicing' their cattle, makes for a compelling experience, even during the film's slower moments. I ended up enjoying the film more now than I did when I reviewed it on DVD and think it may be my favourite in this loosely connected trilogy.
Again, both Synapse and Elite Entertainment previously released Thirst on anamorphic DVD, but Severin has done some substantial remastering for this 2.35:1, 1080p Blu-ray release (I'm definitely buying the new transfer claims on the press release this time around). This is a bigger overall upgrade than the Dead Kids disc, including a generally cleaner presentation and sharper overall details. Wide-angle shots are more complex, with crisper, halo-free edges (it helps that Hardy and cinematographer Vince Monton have better control over the focus of their anamophic lenses) and close-ups contain a flurry of natural textures. The grain levels appear accurate without becoming overbearing or creating pulsing effects and the dreamy, soft focus scenes are pleasantly plush, without any dramatic banding effects. On the less positive side of the coin, contrast levels are cranked high enough that white levels bloom and the colour-timing skews notably warmer and more yellow than the DVD versions. This warmth is problematic, but does not flush the more subtle blue and green tints (some of which are more teal), making it an improvement over the Dead Kids disc. The soundtrack is presented in the DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono and is also more impressive than the occasionally over-processed Dead Kids disc. Dialogue and incidental effects are consistent and well-balanced, the more stylized effects, like the sterile hums and beeps of the 'juicing' facility, have decent depth for a single channel track, and Brian May's (the Australian film composer, not the guitarist from Queen) classy score is warm and rich with a decent bass impact (despite the lack of a discreet LFE channel). The extras include a commentary track featuring director Hardy and producer Anthony I. Ginnane, another isolated score, a trailer (one that rips off Suspiria's American slogan), and TV spots (all of which appeared on the Synapse DVD).
A comatose killer is seemingly unresponsive in a small private hospital. But, when a hot new nurse (Susan Penhaligon) begins to question his condition, Patrick (Robert Thompson) will unleash a waking nightmare of psychokinetic carnage. (From Severin's official synopsis)
Richard Franklin's Patrick is probably the most well-known and popular of the films normally grouped under the 'Ozploitation' heading and is one of the better-made movies to earn the distinction. It is also, sadly, one of the more conventional. Franklin's pre- Patrick work was in TV and softcore sexploitation and followed its (eventual) success with two brilliant, post-slasher thrillers, Roadgames (1981) and Psycho II (1982). Patrick isn't as good as either of those films and suffers from some long stretches of blandly-shot exposition (dare I say that I prefer the edited version?), but is overall quite stylish, including a number of adept homages to Alfred Hitchcock. The opening sequence, where a still mobile Patrick murders his mother and her lover by tossing a portable heating unit into their bath, is especially well-constructed. Everett De Roche's screenplay wasn't necessarily written in response to Brian De Palma's Carrie, but that didn't stop critics from drawing comparisons to Patrick and Carrie's psychokinetic powers and mommy issues. Besides these superficial similarities, some more character-driven 'horror,' and a shock scare ending, the two films don't have a whole lot in common. Patrick is a refurbished version of a typical, melodramatic ghost story, not a rumination on the dangers of adolescent cruelty. Franklin's film didn't do much business in Australia, but did very well in other countries. It was particularly popular in Italy, where it featured a new score by Goblin, the progrock group that Dario Argento made famous when he used them for Deep Red and Suspiria. Its popularity actually spawned a much gorier, much more sexually explicit Italian-made 'sequel,' Patrick Still Lives, directed by Mario Landi and released only a year after the original (Franklin's film holds back on the red stuff, but does feature more full-frontal male nudity than the average PG-rated movie).
For whatever reason, I never received a review copy of Synapse's DVD version of Patrick when it was originally released alongside Strange Behavior and Thirst, but I assume it must've been the most substantial upgrade in that set – mainly because it was the only anamorphic upgrade of a non-anamorphic source. Despite not being able to directly compare Severin's Blu-ray to that release, I think it's safe to assume this is another upgrade. This 1080p, 1.85:1 transfer is the weakest of the three in terms of overall print damage and heavy grain (it comes down in sheets at times and clumps up between some scene changes), but it's still a substantial clarity and detail upgrade. There are no notable bouts with digital compression effects and the limited colour palette is consistent, well-separated, and punchy (especially reds and blues). The tinting appears a bit warmer than I recall, but not as yellow/orange as the Dead Kids or Thirst. Skin tones still feature plenty of pink. The DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono soundtrack is relatively rich for a 35-year-old, low budget feature, including nicely layered crowd noise during the party sequence and the subtle hiss and hum of the contraptions that keep Patrick breathing. Dialogue is natural and Brian May's score has a thicker tonal sense than it does on the Thirst disc. Besides the upgrades of HD video and lossless audio, this release is particularly exciting for including the original Italian audio track (also in 2.0 Mono, though compressed in Dolby Digital). This means that stateside audiences can finally hear Goblin's pounding electronic score in its proper context. The Italian track has more audible damage than the English track, specifically high-end distortion and crackle, but is still plenty crisp and a welcome inclusion for any Goblin fan.
The extras include an audio commentary with Franklin (recycled from the Synapse disc), informative new interviews with Franklin, de Roche, producer Anthony Ginnane, and stars Susan Penhaligon and Rod Mullinar (1:01:10, HD), a vintage TV interview with Franklin (20:30, SD), the original theatrical trailer, TV spots, and two Easter eggs – a trailer for Patrick Still Lives and a CBS television promo. There are a number of different cuts of Patrick, including a 112-minute international cut, a 100-minute Italian cut, a 96-minute US cut, and 140-minute 'original cut' that I'm pretty sure is just a rough cut and not available anywhere to own. Despite the 96 minutes listed on Severin's site, this disc features the same 112-minute version that appeared on the Elite and Synapse discs. However, because the Italian version was shorter, the Italian track does default back to English a couple of times.
Ozploitation Trailer Explosion!
If the supplements appearing on these discs weren't enough for you, Severin is also releasing a DVD collection of additional Ozploitation trailers under their InterVision sub-label. This 165-minute bonanza is divided by genre (there is also a 'play all' option) and includes:
Sexploitation and 'Ocker' Comedies:
- The Naked Bunyip
- Stork
- The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
- Libido
- Alvin Purple
- Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
- Alvin Rides Again
- Petersen
- The Love Epidemic
- Eskimo Nell
- Plugg
- The Box
- The Great McCarthy
- Eliza Fraser
- Don's Party
- Oz
- Fantasm
- Fantasm Comes Again
- The ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style
- Felecity
- Dimboola: The Movie
- Centrespread
- Pacific Banana
Horror and Thriller:
- Outback
- Night of Fear
- Inn of The Damned
- End Play
- Summerfield
- The Last Wave
- Patrick
- Long Weekend
- The Night, The Prowler
- Snapshot
- Thirst
- Harlequin (released as Dark Forces by Elite and Synapse – the only movie in those collections not included in Severin's Blu-rays)
- Nightmares (an incredibly sleazy giallo/slasher sexploitation flick already released by Severin on DVD that is also available on Netflix instant)
- The Survivor (a surprisingly potent supernatural drama directed by Blow Up and Deep Red star David Hemmings, available on DVD from Scorpion Releasing)
- Dead Kids
- Road Games (a suspenseful slasher variant, available on OOP DVD from Anchor Bay)
- The Killing of Angel Street
- Heatwave
- A Dangerous Summer
- Next of Kin (a smart and stylish thriller, aka: Hell House and only available on foreign market DVDs)
- Cassandra
- The Cars that Ate Paris
Cars and Action:
- Stone (one of the better biker movies I've ever seen, available on DVD from Severin)
- The Man From Hong Kong (a kung fu/Bond spoof hybrid that is only available on foreign market DVDs)
- Mad Dog Morgan (starring Dennis Hopper and available on Netflix, Hulu Plus, and Amazon Prime instant video and various budget DVDs)
- Raw Deal
- Journey Among Women
- The FJ Holden
- Money Movers
- Stunt Rock (an occasionally awesome, often stupid series of basically plotless stunt scenes and concert footage, available on two-disc DVD from Code Red)
- Chain Reaction (a stylistically superior radiation disaster movie only available on foreign market DVD)
- Race for the Yankee Zephyr
- Attack Force Z (a little too prestigious for an exploitation compilation, if you ask me…)
- Turkey Shoot (aka: Escape 2000, one of the best and purest exploitation films to ever come out of Australia, available on OOP DVD From Anchor Bay)
- Freedom
- Midnight Spares
- BMX Bandits (the only children's film to make the cut, available on DVD and Blu-ray from Severin and streaming on Netflix)
- Captain Invincible (I had no idea that this was an Australian production)
- Sky Pirates
- Fair Game (one the best rape/revenge movies ever made as far as I'm concerned, although actual rape never occurs, so I guess it's more of a misogynistic humiliation/revenge movie and only available on foreign market DVDs)
- Dead End Drive-In (one of the smarter films highlighted, available on DVD from Anchor Bay and on Netflix streaming)
- The Time Guardian
* Note: The Dead Kids and Thirst images are taken from the Blu-ray and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but, due to .jpg compression, they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer. The Patrick disc was pushed back a couple of weeks after Severin encountered an encoding error. My screener played just fine in my Blu-ray player, but I was unable to get it to load on my computer for the sake of screencaps. The trailer images are taken directly from the InverVision DVD.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 11th March 2014
Discs: 4
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: Various
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish and Italian (Patrick Only)
Subtitles: English
Extras: Filmmaker Commentaries, The Effects Of Strange Behavior, Isolated Scores, Cast and Crew Interviews (Patrick), Vintage Featurette (Patrick), Trailers, TV Spots, DVD Copies
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Michael Laughlin, Rod Hardy,
Cast: Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor, Fiona Lewis, Chantal Contouri, Max Phipps, David Hemmings, Christopher Milne,
Genre: Drama, Horror and Thriller
Length: 458 minutes
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Acclaimed refugee rights activist Katrine Camilleri, Ph. D., assistant director of the Jesuit Refugee Services in Malta, will visit Loyola University New Orleans on Tuesday, Nov. 17, to deliver the last lecture of the People on the Move conference. Her talk, "Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Human Rights and Catholic Social Teaching," takes place at 7:30 p.m. in the Danna Student Center St. Charles Room.
Camilleri is the 2007 recipient of the UN Refugee Agency's Nansen Refugee Award, which is given to individuals or organizations that have distinguished themselves in work on behalf of refugees. Camilleri's recent work has focused on helping refugees and asylum seekers who are detained in Malta. Despite threats and arson attacks on her home and vehicle, Camilleri has been successful in influencing government policy and continues to be at the forefront of the battle to improve conditions in detention centers in Malta.
Camilleri's talk will round out the People on the Move conference, a series of events examining the plight of displaced people that began on Oct. 28. The conference is sponsored by the Jesuit Social Research Institute and funded in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation.
Housed in the College of Social Sciences, JSRI is a collaborative project of Loyola University and the Jesuit New Orleans Province. JSRI offers research, social analysis, theological reflection and practical strategies for improving the social and economic conditions of the southern United States and in select parts of the Caribbean and Latin America, with particular focus on issues of poverty, race and migration in the light of Catholic social teaching.
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Juventus lack a natural scorer. We all know that. Didier Drogba is a deadlier finisher in front of goal than Mirko Vucinic, Sebastian Giovinco, Fabio Quagliarella, Alessandro Matri or Nicklas Bendtner. We all know that too. But that doesn't necessarily mean that this Old Lady need to sign the Shanghai Shenhua centre-forward in January.
The transfer stories linking Drogba with the Turin giants are understandable considering his pedigree, experience and availability to play in the Champions League. The doubts over the speculated move – which will probably stop it from happening – revolve around the finances of any proposed deal.
Drogba, to put it simply, won't come cheap. His multi-million pound agreement with his present Chinese outfit underlines that. His club may even demand a fee. And it is with that backdrop, in these difficult economic times, that Juventus would be foolish to invest so heavily in a player – who will be 35 in March – on the basis of helping them to primarily win one competition, that trophy being the European Cup.
Juventus don't need Drogba for the Scudetto, they are already five points clear at the top of the table with the second best attacking record and best defensive record in the Division. Let's not even mention the Coppa Italia. It's in Europe we're being told that the Bianconeri, a cohesive unit who regularly ripple the net with a variety of players, are lacking a Drogba-type goalscorer.
The eye tells us that, but the statistics don't. Of the 15 other teams who qualified for the first knock-out stage of the Champions League, only Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich scored more in their six games than La Signora. PSG were the only side with a better goal difference than Juve, one which the latter recorded in a section that contained Shakhtar Donetsk and Chelsea.
The draw for the last 16 of the competition has also been kind to the Italian club. Although you have to respect a side like Celtic, this Drogba-less Juve will be clear favourites to go through. That's a good job really as the Ivory Coast international wouldn't be available for the first leg on February 12 if his country reach the semi-finals of this year's African Cup of Nations.
You also have to consider that this Juventus unit has time on its side. This present era which began with the appointment of Coach Antonio Conte will not end when this season's Champions League campaign does. There are still notable margins of improvement to make, ones that don't need to be jeopardised with lavish spending on a player who would need replacing himself in six or 18 months' time.
The kind of money being mentioned that would be needed to secure Drogba would make the former Chelsea man the highest or second highest earner at the club – above Gigi Buffon's €6m or in between that and Andrea Pirlo's €3.5m. Those figures are after tax. Would those sort of wages not be better spent on a top player with a future from the summer of 2013 onwards?
If, as it says inside the collar of the Juventus shirts, winning was all that mattered then the Turin giants should give Drogba all the money he wants in order to complete a move. But such a sentiment is too simplistic in a game which now has to be played simultaneously with a balance sheet. Hence the decision whether Juve will sign Drogba will ultimately be made by a man with a calculator and not by a Coach with a whistle.
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Holder's action will enable the government to extend eligibility for federal benefits to these couples.
The attorney general said the families should not be asked to endure uncertainty regarding their benefits while courts decide the issue of same-sex marriage in Utah.
Neither Utah Gov. Gary Herbert nor Attorney General Sean Reyes had immediate comment on Holder's announcement.
More than 1,000 gay and lesbian couples took home marriage licenses from local clerks after a federal judge overturned Utah's same-sex marriage ban on Dec. 20. Utah voters approved the ban in 2004.
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court put a halt to same-sex marriages in Utah while the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals considers the long-term question of whether gay couples have a right to marry in Utah.
"In the days ahead, we will continue to coordinate across the federal government to ensure the timely provision of every federal benefit to which Utah couples and couples throughout the country are entitled — regardless of whether they are in same-sex or opposite-sex marriages," Holder said in a video on the Justice Department's website.
The attorney general said that "for purposes of federal law, these marriages will be recognized as lawful and considered eligible for all relevant federal benefits on the same terms as other same-sex marriages."
Among same-sex couples in Utah, Holder's declaration was greeted with applause
"It gives me hope moving forward in the appeals process," Moudi Sbeity said. "It shows that there really is a social and cultural shift in viewpoints and mindsets toward marriage equality."
Sbeity and partner Derek Kitchen are among three couples who brought the Utah lawsuit that led to the surprise Dec. 20 ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby, who said the state's ban on same-sex marriage violated gay and lesbian couples' constitutional rights.
Sbeity said he hopes Holder's declaration will persuade Herbert to shift the state's position. "I'm sure he doesn't want 1,300 lawsuits on his desk," Sbeity said.
Several hundred same-sex marriage supporters were planning a rally at the Utah State Capitol on Friday afternoon. Organizers planned to deliver a petition to the governor and state attorney general asking them to let the federal judge's ruling stand and allow gay marriages to continue.
Tim Wagner of Salt Lake City, one of the organizers of the rally said Holder's announcement was "pretty amazing" and a great thing for the newly-married couples.
"It sounds like our national attorney general actually sees the law in the way it should be acknowledged," Wagner said. "The law is on the side of rights and the people who want to love the people they love."
On Thursday, the Utah attorney general issued legal advice to local clerks, advising them to finish paperwork for same-sex marriages completed before the Supreme Court issued a temporary halt.
Reyes' new advice was issued to clear up some confusion and only applies to marriages that were solemnized, said his spokeswoman, Missy Larsen.
"As long as the marital ceremony happened prior to the stay, then the marriage can receive documentation," Larsen said.
The attorney general's office said Thursday's guidance was not a decision on whether the marriages are valid.
Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay rights group, said, "This is only the beginning of this fight, and this work continues until marriage equality returns to Utah for good."


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Children of Earth 'survivors' John Barrowman and Eve Myles are moving away from Torchwood for the time being (?) to head up a couple of individual projects.
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Introduction to DIY capacitive touch sensing, and the various type of touch sensor technologies.
Edited by Lim Siong Boon, last dated 14-Jul-09.
website: http://www.siongboon.com
Topic Discussion Overview
1. Touch sensor IC and products
Various capacitive touch sensor products
Quantum Research Group
Capacitive touch sensor QT100, QT102, QT110, QT113, QT118H, QT220, QT240, QT1081, QT1103, QT60160, QT60168, QT60240, QT60248, QT60326, QT60486, QT411, QT511, QT1106
Capacitive touch sensor: QST108, QST1610, STMPE1208S
Resistive touch sensor: STMPE811
Capacitive touch sensor: B6TS-04LT, B6TS-08NF, B6TS-16LT
Sensor Platforms
Capacitive touch sensor: SSP1401, SSP1492
Analog Devices
Capacitive touch sensor: AD7142, AD7143, AD7147, AD7150, AD7151, AD7745, AD7746, AD7747
|The following
circuit DIY touch sensor will be focusing oncapacitive sensing method.
In case you think that capacitive is the only method to implement touch
sensing, I have done some searching and list down the possible method
and technology to achieve similar touch effect as the capacitive
method. Just a short brief of the various touch sensing technology
available in the market for your reference.
The various types of touch sensor.
- Capacitive
- Resistive "4 wire/ 5 wire/ 8 wire"
- S.A.W "surface acoustic wave", Acoustic
- InfraRed
- Camera
Capacitive type are normally used in a simpler button switch interface, which are commonly available on portable gadgets like mouse, ipod, and the On/Off switch for your LCD monitor. This method senses the changed of capacitance when the user come in close contact on the switch plate surface.
Capacitive touch sensor can be implemented using microcontroller with simple interfacing component. You may like to refer to Microchip or Texas Instruments website for implementing touch sensing using a microcontroller, mTouch.
PDF Article: Layout and Physical Design Guidelines for Capacitive Sensing
PDF Article: Software Handling for Capacitive Sensing
PDF Article: Capacitive Multibutton Configurations
PDF Article: PCB-Based Capacitive Touch Sensing With MSP430
Fortunately there are already integrated hardware solution in the form of IC chip, making it easier to integrate touch sensing into your gadget. On the left are some references for the various source of IC chip.
The following are some of the touch solution available.
Resistive touch sensor is commonly deployed in our touch panel LCD monitor.
SAW acoustic sensor
Piezo touch switch
Acroustic sound sensing, by sensitive object.
Cherry IR touch panel
A simple IR emitter and detector for touch sensing.
Another method of detection using IR sensor, by sensing the lights that is being blocked (the IR component looks like a LED).
IR sensor deployed in grid form, creating a IR sensing touch screen.
Touch technology base on camera.
- IR camera.
more: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Cheap-Multitouch-Pad/1
- Whiteboard using the Wiimote.
- LED Multi-touch panel (click the picture for reference)
Comparison references for various touch sensing technology.
PDF Article: Touch Screen Technology Comparison
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|2. Touch sensor circuit
Simplest touch sensor circuit
The illustration on the left shows a simple touch sensor circuit. It will light up the LED when a person gets in contact with the wire or metal connection to the transistor base. This touch circuit is cheap and easy to construct. All you need is a npn transistor, a resistor, a LED, a metal contact surface and of course the wire connection. It is so simple.
NOTE: Interface the circuit will requires a bit further improvement to the design. Do not connect the ground reference to the earth. The LED will either not light up or will be very dim.
Capacitive touch sensor circuit using QT100
Touch sensor schematic. (click for larger image)
|Using QT100
QT100 IC pin out
Part no.
- AT42QT1011 (touch on output)
- AT42QT1012 (touch toggle output)
- AT42QT1010 (touch pulse output)
Touch Sensor Module PIC-116
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This touch sensor module PIC-116 from PIC-CONTROL uses QT100 IC to sense touch. You can purchase this from PIC-store. The module is small measuring only about 21x10x3mm, making it easy to deploy for switch or button press application. The voltage supply Vcc required can be from 1.8V to 5.5V.
There is two output provided. Pin 2 is a digital output logic 0 and logic 1. Logic 1 indicates a touch detected. Logic 0 will be a 0V, while logic 1 is a voltage that is same as Vcc (supply voltage). Pin 1 is a npn output; logic 1 will force this pin 1 to ground, while logic 0 will leave this pin floating. Pin 1 is useful if the application needs to drive directly a load of not more than 40V 0.5A. The load can be a LED indicator or the coil of a relay to drive higher current load. This means that it can be use as a momentary switch to switch on virtually anything.
The touch sensitivity can be adjusted by changing the capacitor Cs. PIC-116 mini touch sensor module is installed with a Cs value of 8.2nF. The sensitivity can be reduced by using a lower capacitance value Cs; minimum Cs value is about 2nF. A Cs value lower than 2nF can have undetermine output state. To increase the sensitivity, a higher capacitance of Cs can be used. Maximum Cs value is about 50nF.
The sensor can be so sensitive that it can detect your finger or body a few centimeter away from the sense pad.
|The reverse side of the PIC-116 touch sensor module is completely flat, making it easy to hide and stick behind a glass or plastic plate as a user interface. The intergrated sense pad onboard is on this side of the board labelled by the 3 circled ring with a pad area of about 10x10mm.
The sensor comes with a soldering pad to allow me to use my own sensor pad. I have coil a length of fine wire wraping wire (thickness 0.5mm) as a touch pad. One end of the fine wire is soldered to the pad labelled as "Ext", which is also next to the component Rs. This coil allows me to customised my own touch pad with varies size and shape. The coil on the left is about a diameter of 50mm. A big touch pad makes it easy for a user to interact with.
wire wrapping wire. Fine wire, dia of about 0.5mm
Alternative, this "Ext" pad can be soldered to copper foil or copper tape (thickness 0.08mm) which can be much thinner than my wire wrapping wire. A flat touch pad can be easily conceal behind poster or PVC stickers, allowing the touch switch to be hidden flat. This is great if you need an odd size/shape/surface switches as a user interface to blend into your designed artifact; which is impossible using a typical off the shelves mechanical push switches. Compare to a mechanical switch, touch switch do not have the problem of mechanical wear and tear. You can get the copper foil from stained-glass shop. Copper foil tape is used as adhesive to allow the solder to hold the glass that was cut to shape.
copper foil, copper foil tape, easily available from stained-glass shops
After my external wire coil is soldered onto the "Ext" pad, the sensor becomes more sensitive. This is due to the increase in the pad area. The larger the pad size, the more sensitive it will become. The larger pad surface allows the sensor to capture from a larger area. In order to reduced the sensitively, a smaller capacitance Cs can be use.
The touch pad should be of a size of the sense target. If the finger is expected to touch the pad, the pad size should be of the finger size which is about 10x10mm. If a palm/hand/leg touch is expected, the sense pad can be larger.
Sensor will not response when nothing is near its sense pad.
Sensor detects my finger at a close proximity to the pad. A physical touch is not neccessary; it depends on the sensitivity that was set by the capacitor Cs. The sensitivity can be set lower, so that the sensor gets activated only upon a physical touch on the sense pad.
Video of the touch sensor PIC-116
finger touch switch.AVI
sensor sensitive to metalic.AVI
touch sensor through material.AVI
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others touch circuit that I have found on other website:
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|Testing out with
my first touch sensor prototype board. It is actually more sensitive
than expected. The sensor board can sense my finger at a distance of
about 10mm. The circuit is quite simple to setup with only a few
passive resistor and capacitor components.
I am suppose to make the board a plate for sensing the capacitance, but I only wired the sensing plate in a form of L shape path. It is working well just like a rectangular sensing zone, even though the plate is actually a thin L shape path.
One thing I found out. It is too sensitive. the sensor also detects if I place the board near my wooden table platform. You can actually fine tune the sensitivity by using a different capacitance component.
Try reading the datasheet for further information on using QT100 touch sensor. You can find more tips on making your own touch sensing device.
The following videos demonstrate the signal out put you can expect from QT100 touch sensor IC.
Touch sensor is sensitive
4. Touch Vibration Motion Sensor
This is a simple vibration detection switch. The switch will make a contact upon slight vibration or motion.
Typical application for this sensor
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A simple schematic of the vibrate sensor circuit under testing.
The picture and schematic on the left presents a simpe circuit to test the sensor.
The output signal is a digital on and off signal, like a random noise or glitches. The change of signal's logic indicate that there is a vibration or knock present. The output state of the sensor at rest will be logic 1 (5V); the sensor is a open switch at rest position.
When the sensor is subjected to a centrifugal force, the sensor will be at close position, with its output staying constant at logic 0 (0V).
The output signal is quite raw, but can be easily intepreted from a micrcontroller to detect the vibration event.
My finger giving the sensor a slight knock.
The sensor is a very sensitive touch switch. Any finger knock on the physical sensor will trigger an output response.
The following signal is taken from the output signal of the vibrate sensor. The output signal of various knock and vibration. Some slight touch, while some very hard hit on the sensor.
A permanent logic 1 or 5V will occur when the sensor is subject to a centrifugal force.
Touch sensor using piezo was what I would have never though of. I know the many use of piezo, but using it as a touch is over-whelming to me.
I have searched the website for more information about piezo, and managed to consolidate them below.
|This is how a plain piezo sensor looks like. It consist of two plate which can bend with input voltage (use as a speaker), and generate voltage when bend (use as a microphone).
Using piezo as a buzzer.
Alternating voltage is applied to the wire pair which will vibrate the sensor. In simple sense, it works like a speaker.
A illustration of how the piezo sensor, 2 plate generate voltage when bend or how it bends when voltage is applied.
Throat microphone using piezo.
Normal microphone depend on the sound wave through the air. Sometimes noise from a distance can be pick up by the mic. A throat mic is held close to the throat, picking up the vibration from our voice. This can prevent the distance noise from being pick up, but it also has its own source of noise. Anything that can vibrate the throat mic will be the potential source of noise for the throat mic.
Ultrasonic Transducer using piezo plate.
This sensor is widely deploy on a vehicle as a parking sensor. The sensor will activate a warning buzzer when it detect an object behind the vehicle. The sensor generate an ultrasound wave and any object in the path of the wave will reflected the sound wave back to the sensor. A detection of the reflected sound will indicate an object in front of the sensor. It works is like the bat flying in the dark using their ear to navigate.
taken from http://piezo-switch.com/index-2.html
Piezo sensor as a touch switch.
Using piezo as a touch switch has many advantages over other type of sensors.
- durable, waterproof
- easy to maintain, long lifespan
- robust to RF, capacitance interference.
|The piezo schematic that I have tried out:
|My flat and ultra thin user button switch.
ceramic back side of the plate.
front side of the plate.
side view showing the piezo, a very thin plate.
Schematic making use of piezo plate as a touch button push switch. Switch will get activate with a light tap on the piezo plate.
A simpler schematic to use the piezo plate as a switch.
Some of the signal taken on the piezo output and also the processed switching signal.
Ch1 (yellow) is the npn transistor output.
Ch2 (blue) is the signal taken at the piezo out. Signal can reach as high as a few volts. When pressure is applied to the white ceramic back side, the signal will start off with a positive curve, followed by a negative smaller curve. The opposite signal will be generated if the pressure is applied from the front face.
I managed to play around with various design. Some design, the signal decay slowly which result in glitches. Overall the piezo is quite simple to interface. Vibrate can activate the sensor, but not as bad as I had imagine. This undesirable noise can be filtered with proper design.
|Signal taken with my final op-amp schematic design as posted above. The square pulse has a much cleaner cut.
Piezo touch sensor circuit taken from other website
website: http://www.siongboon.com
Keyword: Touch sensor switch, proximity, capacitance, capacitive touch sensing, surface acoustic wave, resistive 4 wire 5 wire


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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Mario Balotelli gave AC Milan fans a goal to savor, and then a cause for concern.
Balotelli and M'baye Niang scored first-half goals, and AC Milan controlled long stretches of play in what became a 2-0 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy in the third-place match of the Guinness International Champions Cup tournament Wednesday night.
Balotelli scored in the 17th minute, and Niang extended the lead with a nifty score in the 40th. But the storied Italian club, which opens its league play at home later this month, lost Balotelli in the 79th minute. He played a ball across the field and went down immediately, holding the back of his right leg around the knee area.
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Indianapolis area members of the Class of 2018, and their families, were welcomed into the Wabash community by President and Mrs. Hess and the Board of Directors of Indianapolis Association of Wabash Men (IAWM) on Saturday, August 9, 2014.
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