I purchased my GoPro Hero3 Black edition several weeks ago. I have been using it to shoot numerous indoor and outdoor sporting events along with my Panasonic GH2 micro four thirds camera. This video will attempt to show you how to best setup your GoPro 3 for use with sporting events like the ones I shoot.
The GoPro 3 Black offers several new video resolution and frame rate modes that the previous GoPro models don't have. Now it can shoot video with a 4K resolution at 15 FPS or 12 FPS and a 2.7K resolution at 30 FPS or 24 FPS.
The 4K setting is fine for detail. However, the slower frame rate causes the video to be a little more choppy.
The 2.7K at 30 FPS video mode is my favorite. If you enable ProTune it will increase the shadow exposure and really flatten out the overall image exposure. The only drawback is that noise is a little more prevalent.
Interestingly the noise in the 4k mode is even greater than in the 2.7K ProTune mode. It appears that the slight bit of scaling that the GoPro does to get from 4K to 2.7K really masks the noise that shows up when using ProTune.
If you have to only choose one resolution to shoot with on the GoPro then use the 2.7K mode. It delivers the best overall image with the smoothest motion.
Luckily the GoPro 3 Black comes with a handy remote that can be used to change the resolutions and frame rates. The remote works great. However, the battery life of the remote is not good. Mine dies in less than 1 hour.
In addition charging the battery has some issues. I have had my camera freeze up while charging the battery. The only way to correct this issue is to remove the battery and then reinstall it. Luckily the new Frame casing allows easy access to the battery and you can charge it without taking the camera out of the housing.
Another thing that is different about the new GoPro 3 black is that the front light always stays on even after the battery is done charging. Now, the light on the back will blink if the camera is fully charged. If you plug your camera in to charge the battery and the back light begins to blink then you know it is fully charged.
If the back light is partially lit then the camera is probably frozen and the battery needs to be removed and then reinserted before it will start again.
The 1080p @ 60 FPS medium angle of view with ProTune mode is probably my second favorite mode. It offers very fluid motion for slow motion and it offers great resolution without any artifacts.
The only disappointing resolution I have found so far is the 720p @ 120 FPS mode. If you use it without protune you can select the narrow angle of view which eliminates aliasing and other artifacts. However, the poor dynamic range in this camera means almost all shadow details will be lost in that mode.
If you enable Protune with the 120 FPS mode then noise will be excessive and you will be limited to the Ultra wide angle which makes scaling artifacts very apparent.
Honestly, 60 FPS is sufficient for good slow motion. I would recommend using the 1080p @ 60 FPS mode for most slow motion and only use the 720p @ 120 FPS modes with very good lighting with extremely fast motion.
I typically leave my camera setup with the 2.7K at 30 FPS as the default mode with ProTune and the 720p at 120 FPS as the default mode without ProTune. Then I can switch back and forth by enabling or disabling Protune.
It takes a lot longer to switch resolutions than it does to enable or disable Protune especially with the remote. The buttons on the camera can change the settings much faster than the remote can.
If your camera freezes because of the battery charging issue then it will usually reset your defaults. If you suddenly notice that your default resolution is 1440 then you will need to reselect your Protune and non-Protune default modes again.
I shoot mostly with my GoPro 3 mounted directly on top of my Panasonic GH2 camera. That enables me to simultaneously capture a wide field of view with the GoPro and a narrower field of view with the GH2.
In ultra wide mode the GoPro has a field of view approximately equivalent to a 15mm lens on a 35mm camera. The medium angle of view is 20mm and the narrow is equivalent to approximately 28mm.
Let me know in the comments below how you like your new GoPro 3 cameras. If you don't have one already what are you waiting for? It is time to GoPro!
I have returned my Hero3+ Black after 3 days. Couldn't get any video longer than 30 seconds or so to play. One-time opportunities lost. MP4 files visible in directory - was not able to view larger ones in WMP, QuickTime or GoPro's own Cineform or the GoPro app. Incidentally these larger MP4's "deleted" themselves from the microSD (no longer visible in directory) after backing up to ASUS PC. Smaller videos (e.g. 10 seconds) worked fine. Seem to have some "blank" stills as well. Of course using class 10 microSD (Samsung) and current Intel HD graphics etc (i.e. all according to GoPro spec). Found many people had similar problems. Only thing I can see is perhaps if I had reformatted the card in-camera it may have helped but overall just way too difficult ... shame. I wanted to love this camera. Optical quality of stills and (short) MP4's is very satisfactory ... but I really need to be able to see ALL the movies I shoot! Asking too much? That may be just a bridge too far with some units.
Just got my Hero3 black and the video is jumpy plus looks like I'm in a bubble?? What's going on?
Thank you, really very very useful - having just bought the camera and doing some tests for a shoot tonight.
Great article! I am thinking of bringing a GoPro with me to Africa and mounting on top of my camera like you did. How did you mount your GoPro to your GH2?
they just release a new update for GPH3 dated 7/29/2013.. i just updated mine and the new features are great. make sure update the camera then uninstall the apps, then download the apps again to get the updated version. great improvement on recording that you can see what you are recording, then reviewing it, you don't like it, delete right there. set-up is a breeze.
my hero 3 black freezes up frequently and can only be reset by removing the battery. As most of my activities are in or under the water, this is not an ideal solution! I was advised to check that the SD card was correct, which I have done. I was then advised to ensure that I had the latest firmware loaded, which I have also done. Any thoughts from a more seasoned user?
make sure that you copy your files to your hard drive or any other external storage you prefer, then delete your files in your camera and bingo fresh start again. don't delete files or even one file thru your computer it will create an error to the card and even worse freezes up. hope this help.
when shooting 120fps does it record sound too????
Yes it records sound even at 240 FPS.
I was wondering if there's anyone that can help me. I purchased a Hero 3 black edition and can't get it to work right. I'm having the same issue as a lot of others with the video cutting off after about 1 or 2 minutes while shooting 1080 @60fps using Protune mode. I have a Sandisk 64 gb class 10 card that I thought would be good for what I need. If I keep it in "Auto" mode then I have better results, but I'd really like to have this thing work as advertised.
I'm also using the latest firmware update.
I was having the same problem. You need to format the sd card from your gopro itself. Go to the trash can and delete everything and it'll format it and then you should be good to go.
Hello, what is the best way for a newby to tackle the set-up of a hero 3? When I purchased at b.buy, I wa lead to believe ,"just turn on and shoot". I used it while skiing, and have great video when viewing on the go pro screen, bit it is very "jerky" and not quite right when viewing on the computer. Also, on my samsung tablet, the video barely plays....thanks for the help...I look forward to getting some of results I've seen by others.
@Kb007 - there was an update. Go get the update!
Great video and article. I love my Hero3!
driving home from work I punched the remote for more than 20 miles.
The video is excellent and I can't wait to use under a better situation. The sound I wasn't much impressed with. Picks up much extraneous noise.
Finally, I was able to get the wifi to work all the way home from work tonight. nothing hung up. the remote worked ok. sound leaves much to be desired. video is great (i have a canon xa 10 ($2,000) that doesn't take video as good.
I don't want to get ahead of myself but most of the issues may have been resolved.
I purchased my gopro about2 weeks ago. the camera is not for the faint at heart. and has been a challenge.
But 5 hours on Sunday and I was able to view my first video, and photo burst.
Yes I agree. The wifi is not good on the GoPro. That is why I haven't tried to demonstrate it yet. I myself have not been able to get it to reliably work.
I have another camera with wifi(Panasonic GH3) and it is simple to use and works perfectly.
The trick with the GoPro is that you have to try to keep it simple. Yes they advertise that it can do a lot of things. However, in the past we have had to wait a long time before we actually get those things.
The best way to look at the GoPro 3 Black is that it is an excellent wide field video camera. If you stick it in 2.7K @ 30 FPS or 1080p @ 60 FPS you can get excellent wide angle footage that would cost you many thousands of dollars to get in any other camera.
If you are expecting more than that(ie: wifi) from the GoPro 3 Black right now then you are probably better off waiting till they work all of the kinks out.
I know longer want "help" I want GoPro to send me a Camera. I will not spend another minute trying to fix this mess. I will spend all my time spreading the word on how poorly constructed is teh GoPro Hero3 Black is. Let alone the poor customer service the company provides.
Call me I will send you my address you can mail me a Camera.
We is the community that uses GoPro cameras. I am not suggesting that "we" is in anyway GoPro the company. I do not work for them at all. Although I wouldn't mind working for them. No one has all of the answers but I am sure with everyone's input we can help you figure out what is wrong.
I was pretty frustrated with my GoPro when I first got it. It had tons of issues like you said. However, I patiently waited and worked around the ones I could. Before too long they issued a firmware update that resolved all of my issues.
Did you send your camera in for repairs? Is that why you are waiting for a camera? If the issues you are having are related to firmware then you definitely should not send it in for repairs. It will just sit there until they issue the new firmware. You could just keep it an use what works until they issue the firmware.
Can you describe in detail exactly what the biggest issues you have are? I bet they can be resolved without sending the camera back.
If you want any help fixing your issues just let us know and I am sure we can help you resolve them.
Here is a great article explaining how each video mode on the GoPro 3 Black works. This is not my article but it is definitely worth a read.
Nice reference, just the kind of thing I've been looking for. Thanks!
Hi there, many thanks for your review. I was wondering how you mounted your go pro to your camera.. what mounting did you use?
Here is a video I shot of our trip to the Great Wolf Lodge indoor water park with the GoPro III black. It contains 2.7K, 1080p @ 60 FPS, 720p @ 120 FPS, and 480p @ 240 FPS footage. You can tell what is 240 FPS footage by the flicker in the lights. The 2.7K and 720p @ 120 FPS modes were my favorite for this setting.
Hi....we just got the GP3 Black.....I am having trouble with playing recorded videos back on our iPad. I can see the number of recordings we've made but just not a way to playback. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
I've just tried to set my go pro 3 black to 2.7K to 30 fps but mine only gives 25 fps is this correct.
If you live in a PAL country then it will do 25 FPS instead of 30 FPS. As well as 50 FPS instead of 60 FPS and 100 FPS instead of 120 FPS.
Yes you need a very fast computer to view and edit the 2.7K and 4K footage. The 1080p works well though.
A good graphics card can help. You don't usually find those in cheap computers though.
Sorry everyone I just realized that this was published so I hadn't thought to check it for questions.
That was a very thorough and well explained piece. As someone who just received the GP3 for Christmas I've read the transcript twice after watching the video and have saved it so I can test at the different settings you provided. I think I ran into the problem you described charging the battery when I attempted to charge it via the USB port on my desktop PC. I used a separate, stand alone charger and it appears to be charging, we'll see. I also noticed what appears to be a scratch in the lens, or perhaps a discoloration of the lens coating (?) straight out of the box, so I may be returning this one to Best Buy today. One question, I noticed you had a lens cover that snaps on in your video. Did that come with your GP3 or did you purchase it as an accessory? It didn't come with mine. Thanks for your excellent post.
The battery issues were resolved with the latest firmware. Try updating the firmware.
The lens cap came with the GoPro "The Frame" kit. It is expensive at $40 but it is completely worth it for non water/weather proof scenarios. I highly recommend getting it and the adapter so you can mount it on a hot shoe for other cameras.
My GoPro 3 had a lot of finger prints on it from the factory. However, it was not scratched. I would not want a scratched lens straight from the factory. I would return that.
Rdown65, mpgxsvcd, I had my daughter (17 years old and my tech wiz) look at it and she figured out it was just something on the lens that could be wiped off (I was scared to wipe it with anything lest I scratch it further). It didn't appear to affect the video results but I'm glad it wasn't scratched. I'll look into the Frame Kit which I have seen advertised and appears worth the money. Thanks for your replies/responses.
Awesome. I really want to try that with my GH3 or the GoPro.
Just got mine and I'll be using it to capture Bass Fishing fishing techniques from my boat, capturing live footage, reviewing baits, etc. I want to post these videos on youtube after editing. Should be fun. I just ordered a HD wind mic for it as well. I got the HD Black edition with remote. As stated above I just go it so I'll be trying it this weekend. Any advise would be helpful!
I have already paid for my GoPro 3 and my GH3 with the money I get from posting reviews on youtube. A channel on youtube with fishing reviews sounds really cool.
You could do some really neat stuff with the GoPro and fishing.
Hey, I am going to be getting the new GoPro 3, never had one before, and am totally new to digital video. I really appreciate your review, but you reviewed all video modes except the 240 fps mode? I am getting this camera to shoot very high speed rocket launches up close - below is a link to rocket of mine shot with the hero 2 at 120 fps. I really want great detail, but the things moves so fast that I also need the frames. Do you have a recommendation for the mode to shoot in? One more comment, seems that raysrule81's comment is important - isn't the whole point of digital video these days so that we can watch on our computers, mobile devises? If these higher quality modes don't work without dumbing them down, what's the point?
I am not crazy about the 240 FPS mode. The resolution is just too low. However, I have seen some cool stuff with it. You just have to shoot carefully with that mode.
Really the 120 FPS works well for slow motion in good light. However, 60 FPS actually works well in not so good light. For rockets try 120 FPS. If that is not good enough then try the 240 FPS mode.
I only shoot slow motion in low light so the 120 FPS and 240 FPS modes are not great for me.
hey, i got my gopro hero 3 black edition a few days ago and was very disapointed. I turned on the 2.7k mode and expected it to be amazing. But since I use a Windows computer, I use Windows Media Player to play my videos. This built in software never failed me in the bast with my Gopro hero 2 a while ago. but now it does. Whenever i take a 2.7k video on the hero 3 and then watch it through Windows Media Player, it is VERY choppy and it doesnt play the audio! this if recording at 30 FPS but its acting like its playing at 10 FPS. Videos play perfectly on 1080p 30 FPS with no chopiness and it also plays the audio with the video. Why is it that when i record at 2.7k 30 FPS it looks EXTREMELY choppy and theres no audio? Is it because Windows Media Player can't handle the file???? Even in GOPRO CINEFORM STUDIO and WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER can't handle the file and makes it choppy! PLEASE help as i think im the only one with this problem and i need to record with it ASAP to shoot stuff. HELP.
I haven't used the Hero3 just yet but I have noticed when shooting with ProTune on my Hero2 my computer has a hard time playing back this format since the bitrate is much higher. Your best bet is to render this video in your editor at a different size/bitrate. In a digital workflow most people like to use ProRes HQ and then maybe re-import into the project. It's a bit of a hack and I've done this before. It's getting time for some hardware upgrades again.
I feel your pain! I have the same GoPro and my vids stutter on my macbook, i do however get perfect audio so it must be a software issue. Im hoping the extra frames are hidden in there somewhere. I also found out you cant use the GP3 with the iphone app, wtf.
"I also found out you cant use the GP3 with the iphone app, wtf."
2.7K video is processor intensive. If you don't really need the extra resolution then 1080p @ 30 or 60 FPS will work very well.
I had the same issues with playback of 2.7K being choppy on my 2011 Macbook but found that using VLC to play it back worked a charm. Also make sure you copy the videos off the camera first.
I have a question, what would be the best set up to shoot snowboarding videos and photos with this camera? I will mount it on the pole, and hold it while riding.
thank you that was very helpful! but what is the difference between 2.7k cin and 2.7k? I have been shooting at 720 30fps and the video was still very choppy hopefully no longer!
Here's a few notes on my experience with this device..
I just received 2 new gp3s.
I run mac ,,,the first updated fw thru Safari fine and would connect via ipad or iphone fine and fast. The second just would not function properly although it seemed to update fine.
Finally after a frustrating couple of hours and reformatting 2 new sdmicro cards I tried to update fw manually and voila..works like a charm.
I have not done any extensive video testing yet or taken the wifi controls out of box to set them up but the app for both devices as I say work great.
And to the original poster not sure about your gp3s but all lights eventually go out after a full charge is achieved..
Someone mentioned Pal and NTSC.
I live in PAL country, lol, but I use the NTSC setting. Why? Because I want to shoot at 60fps at 720p ( the setting most pros use). I don't plug my Hero directly into the TV, so it doesn't matter whether I use PAL or NTSC.
I take my shot clips directly into editing software. then I export in the codec I need for the task.
My website is www.amphotographica.com/ and there is a YouTube link in my sidebar. Please subscibe. You will see me posting some Hero3 black flim clips over the coming months. I am prparing for a 2 week ski trip in Jan to France, so I will be posting some clips soon after.
Thank you for this information. As for you final question in your video - I should be receiving my GoPro within the week. I've been researching everything I can so I can be somewhat ready when it arrives, so I really find videos such as yours invaluable. Thanks again for putting your knowledge out here for everyone.
Panasonic has released firmware updates for its Lumix DMC-GH3 and DMC-G5 mirrorless cameras. Version 1.2 for the GH3 adds 'Low light AF' that works down to -3 EV, a 'Silent Mode', and an 'Exposure Compensation Reset' function. Meanwhile version 1.1 for the G5 only corrects wording of the Motion Picture menu on cameras sold in PAL broadcast regions, and therefore isn't required by US owners. Click through for download links.
Just Posted: Our Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 review. The GH3 is the latest model in Panasonic's range-topping series of Micro Four Thirds cameras that aims to offer a tool as suited to keen film makers as enthusiast photographers. The GH3 has added a host of video industry-requested features as well as promising the best-yet stills image quality from a GH camera. However, the last year or so has seen other camera makers take an interest in movie shooting, so has Panasonic done enough to stay ahead? Read our review to find out.
Panasonic has posted the promised firmware updates for its movie-focused Lumix DMC-GH3 mirrorless camera, the 14-42mm and 45-175mm power zooms and the 45-150mm lens. The GH3 update adds the ability to shoot 1080p60 footage in MP4 format and lets users connect to a computer via Wi-Fi by entering the computer name (NetBIOS names for Mac). Meanwhile the lens updates promise improved autofocus performance in AF Continuous mode when mounted on the GH3.
Panasonic has announced firmware updates for its Lumix DMC-GH3 high-end movie-focused mirrorless camera, the 14-42mm and 45-175mm power zooms and the 45-150mm. The GH3 update will allow users to connect to a computer via Wi-Fi by entering the computer name (NetBIOS names for Mac). It also adds an MP4 1080p60, 28Mbps mode to video recording. Meanwhile the lens updates promise improved autofocus performance in AF Continuous mode when mounted on the GH3. The updates will be available at the end of this month.
Panasonic UK has announced a 'Try Before You Buy' service for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 Micro Four Thirds camera allowing customers to borrow it as a kit along with the 12-35mm for 48 hours. This offer is available across a number of UK retailers with no obligation to purchase. The company says the scheme lets customers 'road test' the camera before committing to such a big purchase. Click through for the list of 28 participating retailers.


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The Inked Grimoire July 16, 2021 Megan Winkler
12 Deities and Magickal Creatures of Summer
The fiery, masculine energy of summer is perfect for creation, creativity, and new beginnings. Whether you're hitting the road for a beach vacation, growing your own produce, or looking to master a new skill, these deities and magickal creatures are wonderful allies for summer.
As the Celtic goddess of the sun, fertility, and cattle, Áine brings with her the abundance and power of summer. Her name means joy and brightness, and it is said that she gave the gift of grain to the Irish people. Áine can help you with your agricultural pursuits, such as your backyard garden, as well as banishment work. Call on Áine to help with love magick, to encourage happiness, growth, empathy, or fertility.
Apollo is the Greek god of the sun, medicine, music, and prophecy. A multi-faceted deity, Apollo can be called on to help with issues of communication, forgiveness, strength, success, and justice. Apollo can also help with magick related to solar energy, sensuality, and divination.
Daghda/The Dagda
As the leader of the Tuatha de Danann, Daghda is the Irish father god. He represents life and death, illumination, justice, abundance, wisdom, rebirth, and sexuality. Call on Daghda for help learning challenging skills or when strengthening your mental power.
Damia is a minor goddess and a horae (a Greek goddess for the hours and seasons). Damia is a goddess of the fertile earth, making her a symbol of the harvest. It's said that when the people of Epidaurus couldn't grow any food, the oracle at Delphi instructed them to build statues to Damia and Auxesia, the horae of growth and one of the graces, out of olive wood. The people of Epidaurus asked the Athenians for olive wood, and they gave them the trees needed on the condition that the people of Epidaurus pay tribute to Athena and the king of Athens, Erechtheus, every year. They agreed and built the statues, after which time, their crops began to grow. Ask Damia for help in growing your own crops in preparation for the fall harvest.
Dragons resonate with summer for their fiery personalities. The dragon appears everywhere from Viking, Mesopotamian, French, Greek, and Norse mythology to the Hebrew Bible, and Chinese folklore. Call on the dragon when you need help with balance, overcoming challenges, or protection. The dragon can also bridge the divide between our world and the underworld and may help you with shamanic work.
Feng-huang
The feng-huang is sometimes referred to as the Chinese Phoenix and represents spiritual balance and summertime. When the feng-huang appears, it's said that a great event is also occurring – for instance, they're heralds of a great leader. The feng-huang also represents the unity of the divine male and female: feng is male and huang is female. Look to the feng-huang when you seek balance.
Frey/Freyr
Freyr is the Norse god of fertility and the patron of married couples. He's also the brother of Freya. When facing a new beginning – whether it's a marriage, a new job, or moving to a new city – call on Freyr for guidance and protection. He's also a wonderful god to work with when traveling, in times of bad weather, or when you're looking for happiness, fertility, and pleasure.
As the Egyptian goddess of the sky, Hathor is also the goddess of love, joy, and the sun. Often called the "Mother of the Sun," Hathor wears a headdress with a large solar disk upon it. Call on Hathor for support in understanding the afterlife and death, or look to her for protection, power, and strength. Her other strengths include healing, fertility, and community.
Lugh
Lugh is a warrior king and a member of the Tuatha De Danann. His celebration is Lughnasadh, which marks the beginning of the harvest season on August 1, when summer is in full swing in the Northern Hemisphere. Call on Lugh for help with mastering a new skill or artistic pursuit. He's also a helpful ally when looking for the truth or seeking justice.
Mermaids have origins in several cultures around the world, including the people of Ireland, Scotland, and even Native Americans. Many stories tell of mermaids luring sailors to their deaths, but if caught, a mermaid can grant wishes. Be careful, though, as their wishes are often granted in dangerous and tricky ways. Mermaid magick can be performed to help one connect to the element of water and the ocean, and mermaids can be called upon to assist in spells and rituals dealing with reclaiming your personal power, sexuality, in beauty spells, moon magick, and rituals to help you go with the flow of life.
While the phoenix has legends in many different cultures such as Greek mythology, and Russian, Japanese, Chinese, and Native American folklore, the concept of the phoenix as we know it today originated in Ancient Egypt. The Bennu was a bird sacred to gods Osiris and Ra. It was said that Bennu was born of the ancient mud that created life. Every 500 years, the Bennu burned itself to death. Three days later, the Bennu rose from the ashes, born again. The phoenix can be called upon when you need to undergo a personal transformation. The phoenix can also help remind you that if the world around you is being destroyed, there is hope that you will emerge stronger than ever on the other side.
Ra is the Egyptian god of the sun and king of the gods. His influence is beneficial with issues concerning agriculture, new beginnings, the cycles of life and death, fertility, the underworld, and rebirth and renewal.
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I looked over this story, and immediately realized that there was just something biblical about it.
Proverbs 17:24 "Wisdom is in the presence of the one who has understanding, But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth." Which is to say, the prudent man keeps the word of God continually in view. But the foolish man cannot fix his thoughts, nor pursue any purpose with steadiness.
Proverbs 27:22 Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his folly will not depart from him.
CHARLOTTE – Even by President Obama's loquacious standards, an answer he gave here on health care Friday was a doozy.
Toward the end of a question-and-answer session with workers at an advanced battery technology manufacturer, a woman named Doris stood to ask the president whether it was a "wise decision to add more taxes to us with the health care" package.
"We are over-taxed as it is," Doris said bluntly.
Obama started out feisty. "Well, let's talk about that, because this is an area where there's been just a whole lot of misinformation, and I'm going to have to work hard over the next several months to clean up a lot of the misapprehensions that people have," the president said.
He then spent the next 17 minutes and 12 seconds lulling the crowd into a daze. His discursive answer – more than 2,500 words long — wandered from topic to topic, including commentary on the deficit, pay-as-you-go rules passed by Congress, Congressional Budget Office reports on Medicare waste, COBRA coverage, the Recovery Act and Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (he referred to this last item by its inside-the-Beltway name, "F-Map"). He talked about the notion of eliminating foreign aid (not worth it, he said). He invoked Warren Buffett, earmarks and the payroll tax that funds Medicare (referring to it, in fluent Washington lingo, as "FICA").
Always fond of lists, Obama ticked off his approach to health care — twice. "Number one is that we are the only — we have been, up until last week, the only advanced country that allows 50 million of its citizens to not have any health insurance," he said.
A few minutes later he got to the next point, which seemed awfully similar to the first. "Number two, you don't know who might end up being in that situation," he said, then carried on explaining further still.
"Point number three is that the way insurance companies have been operating, even if you've got health insurance you don't always know what you got, because what has been increasingly the practice is that if you're not lucky enough to work for a big company that is a big pool, that essentially is almost a self-insurer, then what's happening is, is you're going out on the marketplace, you may be buying insurance, you think you're covered, but then when you get sick they decide to drop the insurance right when you need it," Obama continued, winding on with the answer. [That entire droning paragraph full of drivel is ONE sentence, btw].
Halfway through, an audience member on the riser yawned.
But Obama wasn't finished. He had a "final point," before starting again with another list — of three points.
"What we said is, number one, we'll have the basic principle that everybody gets coverage," he said, before launching into the next two points, for a grand total of seven.
His wandering approach might not matter if Obama weren't being billed as the chief salesman of the health-care overhaul. Public opinion on the bill remains divided, and Democratic officials are planning to send Obama into the country to persuade wary citizens that it will work for them in the long run.
It was not evident that he changed any minds at Friday's event. The audience sat politely, but people in the back of the room began to wander off. [People in the front of the room were cursing over the tragic fact that they were sitting in the front of the room].
Even Obama seemed to recognize that he had gone on too long. He apologized — in keeping with the spirit of the moment, not once, but twice. "Boy, that was a long answer. I'm sorry," he said, drawing nervous laughter that sounded somewhat like relief as he wrapped up.
And, of course, I'm sure he didn't.
For what it's worth, do you remember how Brett Baier was attacked by the left for interrupting Obama during their interview on Fox News? That 17 minute answer ought to more than tell you why.
I actually quit watching Obama during the campaign. This man who is billed as the greatest orator who ever lived has a habit of droning on and on without actually saying anything. He hedges his phrases with so many caveats and exceptions that he never actually seems to come to a meaningful conclusion. And that's the primary reason that most people still don't know who the hell he is or what the hell he truly stands for going on three full years after he started talking to the nation.
I heard Obama say one thing, and then later say a different thing, while saying, "As I've been saying," too many times.
If I want to know what Obama said, I look for a transcript. He's reading practically everything he says off a teleprompter; why shouldn't I read it as well?
The American mainstream media may swoon over Obama (or at least get shivers running up their legs), but Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, would have seen right through him.
Update: Here's an article entitled, "Obama's 17 minutes of hate," which supplies a few corrections to Obama's blathering rhetoric.
Obama Mouthpiece Robert Gibbs mocked Sarah Palin for the five words she'd written on her palm, as did numerous mainline media propagandists such as MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell.
It is frankly amazing that the media went so nuts over Sarah Palin's palm. It's like a dog and pony show, with all the media dogs and ponies prancing around whenever Sarah Palin says or does anything.
One interesting theory about the "palmgate" is that Sarah Palin is deliberately messing with the mainstream media's minds, having every bit as little respect for them as they for her. The only difference is that she keeps winning the game, and keep losing it.
Ordinary people who didn't have an ideological axe to grind would probably find it difficult to understand how the people who are marching lockstep behind a man who literally has to bring his teleprompter into sixth grade classrooms could see a "gotcha!" moment in five words scrawled on a palm.
But let's get past that obvious comparison and go straight apples-to-apples.
Sarah Palin wrote five words on her hand for a speech; there were no rules barring her from doing so. In Dianne Feinstein's case, she broke the rules and the etiquette of a debate. She took an unfair advantage against her opponent. She cheated.
Which makes her a Democrat in good standing.
Since Democrats argued that Sarah Palin was so stupid for writing on her palm, I propose that we administer an IQ test to Dianne Feinstein and to every single Democrat in office, and every Democrat who tests the same as or lower than Feinstein resign from office for being "f-ing retarded" (to quote Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel).
You find it again and again: hypocrisy defines liberals. It is their core essence.
There's a saying that when you point at someone, three fingers are pointing back at you. That pretty much sums up what happens when the left attacks Sarah Palin.
Remember those quizzes you had on the state capitals back in junior high? Oh, the pressure! The temptation to write "Pierre, Olympia, Dover, Albany" on the inside of your hand was overwhelming, wasn't it? But you resisted. Maybe Sarah Palin should have done the same.
The former vice presidential candidate seems to have been caught using curious crib notes during an interview this past weekend at the high-profile Tea Party Convention in Nashville. While speaking about her top political priorities, Ms. Palin gazed at her hand in a rather suspicious manner.
Later, Web researchers zoomed in on her left palm and found the following words scrawled in black ink: "Energy, Budget cuts (with "budget" crossed out), Tax, Lift American Spirits." In an ironic twist during the speech, Ms. Palin worked in a jab against President Obama's often-mocked use of TelePrompTers. You can watch the clip below or check out a close-up here.
Following the flap, the Web went wild. Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC mocked Ms. Palin by relying on her own crib notes to recap highlights from Palin's appearance. Her keynote speech, it should be noted, had the crowd on its feet. "Run, Sarah, run," the crowd chanted (as in "please run for president in 2012").
But palm-gate wasn't the only bit of news sparked by Palin. Her defense of Rush Limbaugh's use of the word "retards" raised eyebrows, as well. On Fox News Sunday, the anti "r-word" crusader contended that Limbaugh had used the word in the context of political humor and satire. Earlier in the week, the difference between her angry reaction to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's use of the "slur" and a more restrained response to Limbaugh's made from some awkward fallout. Web searches on "sarah palin on fox news" and "palin limbaugh" have both surged as the controversy swirled.
Let's start with Rahm Emanuel, Rush Limbaugh, and the expression "f-ing retarded." The mainstream liberal media is every bit as brain dead idiot stupid as Rahm Emanuel said as the ranks of the liberal activists that today's journalists are largely drawn from. Otherwise they would understand that Rush Limbaugh used the phrase the day after the Emanuel usage came out to derisively direct attention to what Obama's chief of staff had said.
They couldn't be more profoundly stupid to think that Rush Limbaugh just happened to use the same phrase – all the while repeatedly invoking Rahm Emanuel's name – on his own to express the same sort of bias Emanuel had exhibited.
The mainstream media are not merely partisan ideological propagandists; they are dumbass partisan ideological propagandists.
By this idiotic logic, we should arrest all the female police officers who pose as prostitutes to bust johns for prostitution.
And it's this unbelievable stupidity that made Rush essentially say, "Maybe Rahm Emanuel was right in using the phrase to refer to leftists." Because if ANYBODY is "f-ing retarded," it is the left.
And for all the derision of being as dumb as a box of rocks, Sarah Palin demonstrates again that she is still smarter than every single member of the mainstream media combined. Because she understands the difference between Rahm Emanuel using a disparaging term to mock the diminished intellects of the far left, and Rush Limbaugh's using the same term to mock Rahm Emanuel and the galling self-righteous hypocrisy of the left.
And now let us regard the 4 words/phrases that Sarah Palin wrote on her palm.
– that he is forced to bring his teleprompters with him WHEREVER he goes lest he sounds like, well, what Rahm Emanuel said.
Sarah Palin had a couple of words on her palm to help her remember a few ideas she wanted to make sure she covered. Barack Obama has to have every single word scripted to ensure he doesn't drool while he babbles incoherently.
So you go ahead and mock Sarah Palin for having a few words on her palm, liberals.
Just realize that you are implicitly acknowledging that your Obama Messiah is 50,000 times more stupid than Sarah Palin is by the very standard you are attacking her over.
Like the emperor's new clothes, Obama's speeches count on people determining that if they don't see the wisdom coming out of Obama's mouth, they're fools.
When, of course, it's only fools who think that way to begin with.
Ted Widmer, who edited an anthology of political speeches for the Library of America, praised Obama for his "masterful" style, but could not cite a specific line the president said. Similar observations were made by Jeff Shesol, David Frum and Harry C. McPherson, who wrote speeches for presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Lyndon Johnson, respectively.
A distinctive phrase can define, or make history, like Franklin Roosevelt's calling Dec. 7, 1941, "a date that will live in infamy" because of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, or President Ford's declaration, upon taking office after Richard Nixon had resigned, that "our long national nightmare" was over. President Kennedy's inaugural call to "ask what you can do for your country" helped inspire an era of public service, while President Reagan's demand that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev "tear down that wall," the Berlin Wall, was a climactic moment of the Cold War.
Frum and others warn that a speechwriter can be so eager to come up with a memorable quote that the overall text suffers. Obama's preference for sustain explanation over snappy summaries is a good thing, Widmer says, because it means he's treating the public as adults.
Geoffrey O'Brien, editor of the next edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, says that so far he has 12 Obama citings planned, but just one since he became president (though he says that could well change).
The passage he wants to include from Obama's presidency comes from his inaugural speech, when Obama called the United States "a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers." He could not immediately cite any other lines from Obama's presidential speeches.
O'Brien says that when he talks about Obama with young people the phrase they remember is "Yes, We Can," his campaign slogan.
The stature of Kennedy's speech is one reason it hasn't been matched. Shesol recalls an agreement among Clinton speechwriters that reversible raincoats should be avoided because Kennedy and Sorensen had so perfected them.
The opening three paragraphs from this AP article assume the liberal thesis that if the man who has bored us with more speeches and appearances only explained himself, the country would be thrilled with his uber-lib big-government policies.
My very favorite line from the article is Sorenson's thesis: that "some of the speeches are too complicated for typical citizens and very clear to university faculties and big newspaper editorial boards." Which is the emperor's new clothes, part deux. If you were really really smart like we liberal elites, you'd understand the masterful wisdom that is The Obama.
Obama's speechwriter (hey, Obama doesn't write his own speeches after all, Ted!) Adam Frankel talks about "the trust [Obama] puts in people to understand a complicated argument." So if you don't think what Obama's saying makes any sense, you can know in advance that it's because you're ignorant.
When Obama speaks, you'd better not see the emperor's underwear, or you're stupid.
I'll tell you a little secret: it's because Obama takes way too long to say nothing. Obama is all "masterful style" and absolutely no substance. And these postmodernists who themselves believe in nothing beyond the most surface of appearances end up falling for nothing every single time as long as that nothing is eloquently painted with polished rhetoric.
In The Emperor's New Clothes, the overwhelming majority are suckered by a couple of opportunists to willingly participate in a shocking display of collective ignorance despite what should be obvious to any with common sense.
"There is nothing new under the sun," wise Solomon once said. And so we are right back to the vain emperor and his vain illusion that reveals the pretentiousness, pomposity, social hypocrisy, collective denial, and hollow ostentatiousness of our own time.


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HPC technologies enable researchers to accelerate research and development in industrial processes. Simulation and modelling allow researchers to shorten time-to-market for new products, while also providing new insights into older technologies for power generation, air travel, and urban planning, among others.
The following is a list of recent reports submitted by users of HLRS's high-performance computing systems describing their scientific interests and research results.
Click on each title for a more detailed report. The complete reports are found on the website of the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS), the alliance of Germany's three national supercomputing centers.
Flow Control using Convergent-Divergent Riblets, a Type of Bio-Inspired Micro-Scale Surface Patterns
Micro-scale directional grooves with spanwise heterogeneity can induce large-scale vortices across the boundary layer, which is of great importance to both theoretical research and industrial applications. The direct numerical simulation approach was adopted in this project to explore flow structure and control mechanism of convergent-divergent (C-D) riblets, as well as the impact of their spacing, wavelength and height. The results show that the C-D riblets produce a well-defined secondary flow motion characterised by a pair of weak large-scale counter-rotating vortices. This roll mode can play a key role in supressing separation when the flow undergoes adverse pressure gradients, but it may also lead to the increase of friction drag.
Principal Investigator: Jian Fang
Affiliation: Scientific Computing Department, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, UK
Finite-size Particle Dynamics and Scalar Transport in Turbulent Open Channel Flow Over a Mobile Sediment Bed
The quality of surface water typically depends upon a complex interplay between physical, chemical and biological factors which are far from being completely understood. Most practical water quality predictions for rivers or streams rely on various simplifications esp. with regards to the turbulent flow conditions. This project aims at pushing the modeling boundary further by performing massively-parallel computer simulations which resolve all scales of hydrodynamic turbulence in river-like flows, the micro-scale flow around rigid, mobile particles, and the concentration field of suspended bacteria. The data obtained helps quantifying the shortcomings of simpler currently used prediction models and will contribute to their improvement.
Principal Investigator: Markus Uhlmann
Affiliation: Institute for Hydromechanics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
MALEDRAG - Machine Learning Optimisation for Drag Reduction in a Turbulent Boundary Layer
The need to reduce the skin-friction drag of aerodynamic vehicles is of paramount importance. Nominally 50% of the total energy consumption of an aircraft or high-speed train is due to skin-friction drag. Reducing skin-friction drag reduces fuel consumption and transport emissions, leading to vast economic savings and wider health and environmental benefits. In this project, wall-normal blowing is combined with a Bayesian Optimisation framework in order to find the optimal parameters to generate net energy savings over a turbulent boundary layer. It is found that wall-normal blowing with amplitudes of less than 1% of the freestream velocity of the boundary layer can generate a drag reduction of up to 80% with up to 5% of energy saving.
Principal Investigator: Sylvain Laizet
Affiliation: Imperial College London, United Kingdom
CARo – Computational Aeroacoustics of Rotors
Helicopters and other rotorcraft like future air taxis generate substantial sound, placing a noise burden on the community. Advanced simulation capabilities developed at IAG over the last decades enable the prediction of aeroacoustics together with aerodynamics and performance, and thus allow an accurate and reliable assessment of different concepts long before first flight. Consequently, this technology serves to identify promising radical configurations initially as well as to further optimize designs decided on at later stages of the development process. Conventional helicopters may benefit from these tools as much as breakthrough layouts in the highly dynamic Urban Air Mobility sector.
Principal Investigator: Manuel Keßler
Affiliation: Institute of Aerodynamics and Gasdynamics, University of Stuttgart
When Porous Media Meets Turbulence
Porous media are everywhere. When Reynolds numbers in pores are large, the unsteady inertial effects become important giving rise to the onset of turbulence, for instance in packed bed catalysis, gas turbine cooling, and pebble-bed high-temperature nuclear reactors. Access to detailed flow measurements is very challenging due to the inherent space constraints of the porous media. Therefore, a research group of the Institute of Aerospace Thermodynamics (ITLR) at University of Stuttgart uses high-fidelity direct numerical simulation (DNS) to investigate the physics of fluids inside porous media which serves for industrial 3D-printed porous media design.
Principal Investigator: Xu Chu, Bernhard Weigand
Affiliation: Institut für Thermodynamik der Luft- und Raumfahrt, Universität Stuttgart
Revealing the Dynamics of Flames by Tracking Material Points in Highly Resolved Simulations
Combustion remains the most important process for power generation and more research is needed to reduce future pollutant emissions. However, combustion is governed by thermo-chemical processes that interact over a wide range of length and time scales. Detailed simulations are of high interest to gain more information about flames. Two examples of large-scale simulations of challenging flame setups are given: The thermo-diffusive instabilities of hydrogen flames as well as the interplay between turbulent flow and flames. A special method for investigating the local dynamics of flames, called flame particle tracking, has been implemented specifically for large parallel clusters for high performance computing to further evaluate these cases.
Principal Investigator: Feichi Zhang
Affiliation: Engler-Bunte-Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
HELISIM
The helicopters & aeroacoustics group of the Institute of Aerodynamics and Gas Dynamics at the University of Stuttgart continues to develop their well-established and validated rotorcraft simulation framework. Vibration prediction and noise reduction are currently the focus of research, and progress into manoeuvre flight situations is on the way. For two decades, high-performance computing leverged within the HELISIM project has enabled improvements for conventional helicopters as much as for the upcoming eVTOLs, commonly known as air taxis, in terms of performance, comfort, and efficiency. Community acceptance will be fostered via noise reduction and safety enhancements, made possible by this research project.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Manuel Keßler
Affiliation: Institute of Aerodynamics and Gas Dynamics, University of Stuttgart
Active Friction Drag Reduction in Turbulent Boundary Layer Flow
A new active surface actuation technique to reduce the friction drag of turbulent boundary layers is applied to the flow around an aircraft wing section. Through the interaction of the transversal traveling surface wave with the turbulent flow structures, the skin-friction on the surface can be considerably reduced. Highly-resolved large-eddy simulations are conducted to investigate the influence of the surface actuation technique on the turbulent flow field around an airfoil at subsonic flow conditions. The active technique, which previously was only tested in generic scenarios, achieves a considerable decrease of the airfoil drag.
Principal Investigator: Matthias Meinke
Affiliation: Chair of Fluid Mechanics and Institute of Aerodynamics, RWTH Aachen University
Direct Numerical Simulations of Compressible Turbulent Boundary Layers
This project explores laminar-turbulent transition, turbulence, and flow control in boundary layers at various flow speeds from the subsonic to the hypersonic regime. The physical problems under investigation deal with prediction of laminar-turbulent transition on airfoils for aircraft, prediction of critical roughness heights in laminar boundary layers, turbulent drag reduction, the origins of turbulent superstructures in turbulent flows, the use of roughness patterns for flow control, effusion cooling in laminar and turbulent supersonic boundary-layer flow, DNS of disturbance receptivity on a swept wing at high Reynolds numbers, and plasma actuator design for active control of disturbances in a swept-wing flow.
Principal Investigator: Ulrich Rist, Markus Kloker, Christoph Wenzel
Direct Numerical Simulation of an Impinging Jet at Re=10,000
The heat transfer in the stagnation region of an impinging jet at given jet to distance ratio, Re-number and Temperature ratio also depend on the turbulent inflow characteristics. Using Direct Numerical Simulations, the Nusselt-number distribution as well as the turbulent statistics close to the heated wall have been investigated. At first a calculation has been done comparing the results with published DNS and experiments from Dairay et al. (2015). Since in their paper not all necessary turbulence values were given, the missing values (e.g. turbulent length scale) had to be adjusted in order to fit their results. A good agreement has been found of our calculations with their DNS and experiments.
Principal Investigator: Franco Magagnato
Affiliation: Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Compressible Multi-Phase Flow at Extreme Ambient Conditions
In order to simulate compressible multi-phase flows at extreme ambient conditions, researchers from the Institute of Aerodynamics and Gas Dynamics have developed a multi-phase flow solver based on the discontinuous Galerkin spectral element method in conjunction with an efficient tabulation technique for highly accurate equations of state. The aim of this development is the simulation of phase transition, droplet dynamics and large-scale multi-component phenomena at pressures and temperatures near the critical point. Simulations of liquid fuel injections and shock-drop interactions have been performed on the HPC systems installed at the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS).
Principal Investigator: Claus-Dieter Munz
Towards the Simulation of the Flow Phenomena at a Helicopter Rotor Using a High-order Method
The aerodynamic flow field around helicopters is challenging to simulate due to complex configurations in relative motion. In an effort to evolve computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technology to new levels of accuracy, reliability, and parallelization efficiency, the helicopter & aeroacoustics group at the IAG of University of Stuttgart employs advanced, high-order Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods to help solve difficult rotorcraft-based engineering applications. Complex geometries, curved surfaces, relative motion with elaborate kinematics, and fluid-structure coupling to blade dynamics call for sophisticated techniques within the simulation tool chain to account for all important physical phenomena relevant to the field of study.
Uncertainty Quantification in Direct Noise Computations of Cavity Feedback
In order to quantify the uncertainty due to stochastic input in computer fluid dynamic simulations, researchers from the Institute of Aerodynamics and Gas Dynamics developed an Uncertainty Quantification framework and applied it to direct noise computations of aeroacoustic cavity flows. Simulations have been performed with the discontinuous Galerkin spectral element method on HPC system Hazel Hen at the High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS). The aim of this investigation is to gain insight into the sensitivity of uncertain input with respect to the acoustic results and to get a reliable comparison between numerical and experimental results.
Principal Investigator: Andrea Beck(1), Claus-Dieter Munz(1), Christian Rohde(2)
Affiliation: (1) Institute of Aerodynamics and Gas Dynamics, University of Stuttgart, (2) Institute of Applied Analysis and Numerical Simulation, University of Stuttgart
Wall-Resolved Large Eddy Simulation of Complex Flows in Turbomachines
In order to analyse the complex flow in rotating turbomachinery components, researchers from the Institute for Aerodynamics and Gas Dynamics performed high fidelity, large-scale turbulent flow computations of stator-rotor interactions using the discontinuous Galerkin spectral element method on the HPC system Hazel Hen at the High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS). The aim of this investigation is to gain insight into the intricate time-dependent behaviour of these flows and to inform future design improvements.
Principal Investigator: Andrea Beck, Claus-Dieter Munz
Numerical Simulation of Impinging Jets
An effective cooling of the gas turbine components subject to high thermal stresses is vital for the success of new engine and combustion concepts aiming at achieving further improvements in the energy conversion efficiency of the overall machine. The use of pulsating impinging jets - which enlarge vortex structures naturally occurring in the impinging jet flow when no pulsation is enforced - is a promising approach to develop a substantially more performant cooling system. To gain a deeper understanding of how the vortex system behaves under realistic conditions, researchers performed a DNS of a non-pulsating impinging jet flow with fully turbulent inflow conditions and compared its results with a reference case with a laminar inflow.
Principal Investigator: Jörn Sesterhenn
Affiliation: Institut für Strömungsmechanik und Technische Akustik, Technische Universität Berlin
Large Eddy Simulation of a Complete Francis Turbine
In recent years, hydroelectric power plants have received increased attention for the role they play in integrating volatile renewable energies that contribute to stabilizing the electrical grid. One major issue, though, is rooted in running turbines under conditions they were not originally designed for, leading to undesirable flow phenomena. With the standard modeling approaches that are typically used in industry simulations of hydroelectric turbines, simulation accuracy in scenarios where the turbine is used off-design is rather poor. The goal of this project is to increase simulation accuracy by the selection of suitable modeling approaches and the use of a fine mesh resolution, which is only possible by the use of supercomputers.
Principal Investigator: Timo Krappel
Affiliation: Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery, University of Stuttgart
Shock-related Buffeting in Aeroplanes
Shock-related buffeting is a phenomenon that occurs when air passes over the wing of an aeroplane under extreme conditions and can have profound consequences for how wings are engineered and their durability. Leveraging the computing capacities of HPC system Hazel Hen, researchers at the University of Southampton have been investigating this phenomenon using direct numerical simulations.
Principal Investigator: Neil Sandham
Affiliation: Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton (U. K.)
Numerical Simulation of Primary Break-up in Spray Painting Processes
Spray painting is the most common application technique in coating technology. Typical atomizers used in spray coating industries are such as High-speed rotary bell and spray guns with compressed air. High-speed rotary bell atomizers provide an excellent paint film quality as well as high transfer efficiencies (approx. 90%) due to electrostatic support. Small and medium-sized enterprises continue, however, to use compressed air atomizers, although they no longer meet today's requirements from an economic and environmental point of view. It is very important to understand the atomization mechanisms of these two kinds of atomizers, in order to improve the paint quality, to reduce the overspray and to optimize the coating process.
Principal Investigator: Qiaoyan Ye and Bo Shen
Affiliation: Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation, Stuttgart
Simulation of Turbulent Flows Interacting with Non-Spherical Particles
Researchers of the Institute of Aerodynamics (AIA) at RWTH Aachen University conducted large-scale benchmark simulations on supercomputer Hazel Hen of the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart to analyze the interaction of non-spherical particles with turbulent flows. These simulations provide a unique data base for the development of simple models which can be applied to study complex engineering problems. Such models are required in a larger research framework to improve the efficiency of pulverized coal and biomass combustion to significantly reduce the CO2 emissions.
Principal Investigator: Wolfgang Schröder
Affiliation: Institute of Aerodynamics, RWTH Aachen University (Germany)
Fully Resolved Autoigniting Transient Jet Flame Simulation
Transient mixing and ignition play a significant role in many systems, where combustion efficiency and emissions are controlled by ignition and mixing dynamics. In the present work, high fidelity simulations of a pulsed fuel injection system are carried out using state of the art numerical tools and high-performance computing. The results contain all parameters that affect ignition dynamics and are mined and analyzed. The physics of transient reactive turbulent jets are thus identified and presented that partners in industry and academia can improve their understanding of the process and work on the design of better combustion devices.
Principal Investigator: Andreas Kempf
Affiliation: Institute for Combustion and Gas Dynamics, Chair of Fluid Dynamics, University of Duisburg-Essen
Simulation of Non-Ideal Effects in Shock-Tubes
Shock-tube experiments are a classical technique to provide data for reaction mechanisms and thus help to reduce emissions and increase the efficiency of combustion processes. A shock-tube experiment at critical conditions (low temperature), where the ignition occurs far away from the end wall, is simulated. Understanding the mechanism that leads to such a remote ignition is crucial to improve the quality of future experiments.
Multi-Scale Study of Reactive Engine Spray
In order to support sustainable powertrain concepts, synthetic fuels show significant potential to be a promising solution for future mobility. It was found that the formation of soot and CO2 emissions during the energy transformation process of synthetic fuels can be reduced compared to conventional fuels and that sustainable fuel production pathways exists. Simulations of these multiphase, reactive systems are needed to fully unlock the potential of new powertrain concepts. Due to the large separation of scales, these simulations are only possible with current supercomputers.
Principal Investigator: Heinz Pitsch
Affiliation: Institute for Combustion Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Large-Eddy-Simulations of the Unsteady Aerodynamics of Oscillating Airfoils at Moderately High Reynolds Numbers
Recently there has been a large push in the aircraft industry to reduce its carbon footprint. Laminar flow control and Natural Laminar Flow (NLF) wing design have been proposed as one of the main options for reducing the drag on the airplane and hence its fuel consumption. One of the important aspects of aircraft design concerns dynamic stability and an understanding of the unsteady behavior of NLF airfoils is important for predicting the stability characteristics of the aircraft. Recent experimental studies on NLF airfoils have shown that their dynamic behavior differs from that of turbulent airfoils and that classical linearized models for unsteady airfoils fail to predict the unsteady behavior of NLF airfoils. Most notably, NLF airfoils exhibit non-linear aerodynamic responses to small-amplitude pitch oscillations whereas the classical theories predict only a linear response. In the current work we investigate the dynamics of pitching airfoils to understand the flow phenomenon which causes the breakdown of classical models, and also attempt to describe a new simplified model which takes into account the non-linearities observed in the NLF airfoils.
Principal Investigator: Dan S. Henningson
Affiliation: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (Sweden)
Influence of Topography on the Turbulent Inflow of Wind Turbines in Complex Terrain
As part of the WindForS project WINSENT two wind turbines and four met masts will be installed in the Swabian Alps in Southern Germany for research proposes. The results of highly resolved numerical simulations of this wind energy test site located in complex terrain are shown. By means of Delayed Detached Eddy Simulations (DDES) the turbulent flow above a forested steep slope is analyzed in order to evaluate the inflow conditions of the planned wind turbine in detail. The complex inflow conditions and production of turbulence due to the shape of the topography and the vegetation are evaluated. The intention of using supercomputers for these applications is to analyze the local atmospheric flow field in as much detail as possible.
Principal Investigator: Thorsten Lutz
Affiliation: Institute of Aerodynamics and Gas Dynamics (IAG), University of Stuttgart (Germany)
Accident Scenario in a Nuclear Power Plant
The accident management in a generic nuclear power plant containment with a convection flow of high-temparature gases is simulated. An activated spray mixes the turbulent flow and inhibits the formation of a possibly explosive upper region filled with hydrogen. Condensation of the steam is promoted and the maximum pressure, which may also endanger the containment integrity, is limited.
Principal Investigator: Eckart Laurien
Affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Technology and Energy Systems (IKE), University of Stuttgart (Germany)
Simulation of Cavitation Phenomena in Francis Turbines
In the last decades, hydro power plants have experienced a continual extension of the operating range in order to integrate other renewable energy sources into the electrical grid. When operated at off-design conditions, the turbine experiences cavitation which may reduce the power output and can cause severe damage in the machine. Cavitation simulations are necessary to investigate phenomena like the full load instability. The goal of this project is to understand the physical mechanisms that result in an instability at off-design conditions to identify measures that can avoid the occurrence of instability.
Principal Investigator: Jonas Wack
Affiliation: Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery, University of Stuttgart (Germany)
HEat (and Mass) Transfer in Turbulent Sprays - HETS
The focus of this project is the direct numerical simulation (DNS) of an evaporating spray in a turbulent channel flow. The complexity of the phenomenon lies in the nonlinear interaction of phase change thermodynamics and turbulent transport mechanisms at a multitude of scales. The recent availability of larger supercomputing power, together with our novel technique to treat efficiently the interface resolved phase change, enables us to perform the first DNS of more than 14k droplets evaporating in turbulent flow, with full coupling of momentum, heat and mass transfer, both intra- and inter-phase.
Principal Investigator: Luca Brandt
Affiliation: Department of Mechanics, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)


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Arctic Summer Could be Ice-Free by 2105
By Bjorn Carey 2005-08-23T13:22:00Z
If the current warming trends continue in the Arctic, the region may have ice-free summers within 100 years, a new report concludes.
The Arctic hasn't been without ice for a million years. But documented melting is accelerating and scientists don't know of any natural way to slow it.
Scientists expect 2005 to be the warmest year on record, globally.
"What really makes the Arctic different from the rest of the non-polar world is the permanent ice in the ground, in the ocean, and on land," said Jonathan Overpeck, chair of the National Science Foundation's Arctic System Science Committee. "We see all of that ice melting already, and we envision that it will melt back much more dramatically in the future, as we move towards this more permanent ice-free state."
The melting of Arctic glaciers and ice sheets is bad news for the various animals – polar bears, seals, walruses, and orca whales to name a few – that call this region their home. As these animals are affected, so will be the native tribes that still live in the area and hunt these animals.
But the effects will reach much farther than that – the melted ice will cause sea levels to rise worldwide, flooding the coastal areas where many of the world's people live. Melting ice has already drastically impacted the indigenous people and animals of parts of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Russia, and Scandinavia.
And melting ice isn't the only problem.
Overpeck echoed other scientists in warning that permafrost – the permanently frozen layer of soil under most of the Arctic landmass – could also melt and maybe disappear altogether in some areas. This thawing could release more greenhouse gases – trapped in the permafrost for thousands of years – which would add to the warming problem.
Other studies have shown the permafrost is already dwindling in many Northern Hemisphere locations.
The new report concludes that several environmental factors could coalesce to lead to this no-ice condition. Interactions between sea and land ice, North Atlantic Ocean circulation, and precipitation and evaporation in the region create a dangerous cycle of warming conditions.
For example, the white surface of the sea ice reflects radiation from the Sun, which melts the ice. With less ice to reflect radiation, the dark ocean absorbs more and warms up, which causes more ice to melt.
The report was the result of a weeklong meeting of climate experts and other scientists.
"I think probably the biggest surprise of the meeting was that no one could envision any interaction between the components that would act naturally to stop the trajectory to the new system," said Overpeck.
Scientists have identified a feedback loop that could slow the changes, but they do not know of any way to put a halt to the melting ice.
This report is is published today in in Eos, the weekly newspaper of the American


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As the coronavirus pandemic batters the health system, the People's United Party this morning rolled out a health plan that it says will make healthcare efficient, affordable and accessible to all. The plans seeks to first and foremost roll out the national health insurance programme across the country , the upgrade of the K.H.M.H. and existing health facilities across the country and where there is not, the construction of new facilities. Another pillar involves investing in the human capacity of the health personnel. Here is News Five's Duane Moody with a report.
Duane Moody, Reporting
In keeping with its people centred manifesto, the People United Party established seventeen committees to address issues across the country, for which health is a top priority. A good health policy, says the P.U.P., must reflect the reality of the public and private sector and must be in line with the needs of the nation.
Marco Tulio Mendez
Dr. Marco Tulio Mendez, Head, Health Committee, P.U.P.
"In this health policy, primary care for the community base is going to be strengthened. But also our health services will be restructured and modern technology implemented to improve the efficiency and the quality of healthcare. There is no doubt that with this health policy, the accessibility to healthcare, the affordability and the quality of healthcare is going to improve."
Orlando Habet
Orlando Habet, Area Representative, Cayo Northeast
"A P.U.P. government will work to develop an integrated national health system for Belize where the main goal is universal health coverage for everyone. Because we are committed to excellence in clinical and primary healthcare, we will work with all partners who engage in health services to rebuild a health system that can be measurable by the outputs and outcomes for who it is supposed to serve."
The health policy promotes preventative healthcare, creating healthy communities, and transforming the healthcare system to save lives. The main goal is universal health coverage to everyone by the year 2025, particularly the poor, indigenous and elderly. The plan is practical and affordable and seeks to realise a true national health insurance for all Belizeans.
Kareem Musa
Kareem Musa, Area Representative, Caribbean Shores
"It places the N.H.I. as the backbone of our system and people at the centre of the benefits. This blue plan will bring down the high prices of medication. I believe all residents of Caribbean Shores should get a yearly basic health check up. A real and urgent N.H.I. roll out can make a huge impact for our healthcare needs."
According to Doctor Lesbia Guerra, healthcare is a fundamental human right and a public good that must be guaranteed to all. Currently, only one hundred and twenty-six thousand one hundred and eighty three Belizeans benefit from health insurance.
Lesbia Guerra
Dr. Lesbia Guerra, Public Health Specialist
"This doesn't include Belizeans from north side Belize City, Cayo, Orange Walk and Stann Creek Districts and most of the Corozal District. This lag in its extension to the rest of the country has clearly generated inequalities leaving seventy percent of Belizeans to pay for their healthcare whether through impoverish public health institutions or through private health insurance."
The P.U.P. plans to enact legislation to define the national health insurance fund to guarantee the sustainability of the scheme. Leader John Briceño says that it will fix what he says is a broken health system.
John Briceño
John Briceño, P.U.P. Leader
"Today, we are beyond the breaking point and the task of fixing the system will require serious work and will require more than an electrician. The main focus of our plan for healthcare is the full roll out of N.H.I. The N.H.I. programme was started by the last P.U.P. administration. Since then, this U.D.P. administration has done everything to diminish this programme which was built especially to help struggling Belizeans. Today, N.H.I. is a shadow of what it once was, yet the high cost of healthcare is one of the biggest concerns of poor and middle class Belizeans. Let me reiterate that the next P.U.P. government commits to provide universal primary healthcare affordable and free at the point of delivery. Our goal for the complete roll out of N.H.I. is for every Belizean man woman and child to be included."
Duane Moody for News Five.


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John Butler's Odyssey Leads to 'Home'
Kate Koenig
Photo by Kane Hibberd
The title of the John Butler Trio's seventh studio album, Home, is a bit ironic. Admittedly, it comes on the heels of bandleader John Butler spending more time with his family during the four-year break since Flesh & Blood, and the title track is about the guitarist missing his domestic life while on the road. But the recording itself, both in style and in its production process, marks a noteworthy departure from the Australian trio's traditional method.
While typically the band has recorded albums with plenty of group input during its 20-year history, on Home, Butler ended up becoming more personally involved in production, bringing his interests in electronic music and hip-hop into the mix, and really driving the recording sessions and musical approach. As a result, the project breathes with modern, digital colors that bond with a wellspring of his signature folk-blues-rock "acoustica."
But throughout the album's dozen tracks, it's clear that Butler remains a stunning instrumentalist. These days he prefers to perform on his Australian-made custom 11-string Maton acoustic guitar (strung like a 12-string, but without the octave G), which he picks just with his fingernails.
His folk leanings and inquisitive nature also inspired him to learn a variety of other stringed instruments early on, including banjo, mandolin, and lap steel. With his broad background in traditional styles, it's no surprise that the new album's more digital approach came with significant self-doubt. "I had to go through a lot of soul-searching to try and get to this moment where I was in the studio by myself with this producer just trying to bring the album to life," he says. "When things don't flow as much as you think they should, you keep on letting go, letting go—such a metaphor of life, in a way." This time around, the music asked for a new perspective, and Butler was forced to figure out exactly what that meant.
It has been four years between albums. What went on during that time?
I always have three years in between each album to tour and promote that album. Then I took a year off, because we relocated our home three hours south. We'd been touring incessantly for a decade, and I just thought it would be nice to take a bit of time, make a chicken shed, make a workshop, and make some friends [laughs], you know? Then there's a bit more touring and recording. It was very full.
How does the time you spend onstage shape your music?
Songs, when I start to write them, are still in utero in a lot of ways. They're kind of born once they get recorded and are on an album—they're infants. Then you take them on the road for three years and they grow. I think everything wants to change, and the live format is such a perfect garden bed for things to grow. You see what works every night, see what doesn't, see what happy accidents happen. Ten years later, the song sounds like the same song, but more grown up.
How do you nurture your songs in the studio?
I just work for the song. The song is boss and I'm the employee. The more I can surrender myself to the song in the recording process, the better it can be. Some songs I think should have loads of guitar on them, and at the end of the day they turn out with no guitar on them because that's what the song wanted. I just keep on trying to stay open. Sometimes that's musically open, or production-wise open. Sometimes it means emotionally open—going on a huge existential kind of journey to realize the song.
"I'll have a career in 10 years' time because of the relationships I make now onstage. And that's a really beautiful thing."
Not all bands are great live. What appeals to you about the live performance dynamic?
It's always kind of been that way for me. I started my career busking on the streets, and from there that's how I learned, how I shared my music. It's where my independent music business started. I was advertising, producing, managing, recording.
It's always been out in public, I guess.I'll have a career in 10 years' time because of the relationships I make now onstage. And that's a really beautiful thing. It's great having big albums. I'd always wish to have a nice big album, but big albums come and go and so do their fans. Relationships that you make onstage through a live experience are awesome. And then if you have a great album on top of that, that's the perfect scenario. That's what I'm always aiming for.
What makes a great live show, for you?
Some bands want to be clapped for, and some audiences want to be played to. I want to do something with the audience. It's very symbiotic. When they give and then we give, it just gets bigger and bigger and it builds and it builds and that's the magic that keeps me addicted. I am totally jonesing on that experience. It doesn't happen every time, and that's why I'm an addict—because I'm searching for my next magical fix.
TIDBIT: On Home, his trio's latest album, John Butler took a less democratic role and developed the core rhythmic approach to many of the album's songs using the beat-making abilities of GarageBand.
It probably is what sustains me from being away from my family and all those things: When I have that moment, when I feel like we've transcended and we've raised the vibration. I've had success and I have enough money and I think I've proven to myself personally, to my own little ego, that I'm enough [laughs]. I want to have that transformative experience where I feel like we're doing something in this world that's positive, amongst all this division.
What is your go-to guitar?
A Maton jumbo 11-string, which is basically a 12-string without the high G. That's my main axe.
What gear are you particularly fond of?
I use a Midas 2-channel strip off a mixing desk. Another bit of gear I use is a Seymour Duncan Mag Mic magnetic pickup. I also use my Maton AP5 pickup, which is based off technology on a Takamine. And then I put them into each channel of the Midas XL42 mixer, which acts as my really high-end blender. That's my main acoustic sound—a combination of magnetic and piezo technology. Then I go through a whole bunch of effects anybody can go through. Once I go into my DI, I take the through from my magnetic side and plug that into an Ibanez Tube Screamer and into a Marshall JMP Super Lead 100 watt amp. But really importantly, that's going through a volume pedal, so it's not always on. I'm able to have this acoustic sound, and then with the volume pedal bring in this completely overdriven dirty sound on the top of it, which allows me to do all kinds of rootsy acoustica and bring in all the mayhemic rock stuff that I love as well.
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Transformative change to reduce deforestation in DRC
Phil Franks, Mariteuw Chimère Diaw
Backgrounder, 2 pages
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), national food security and forest conservation have competed for decades, with the former prevailing. But with rapid growth in population and agricultural production predicted, concern about forest loss is mounting.
For three decades, variations on the 'integrated conservation and development' (ICD) approach have dominated forest conservation. ICD presents as a win-win but its conservation goals typically reflect the national and global priorities of powerful actors – and it has been tried in thousands of conservation sites across the world with limited success.
Current approaches to forest conservation in DRC, including one which seeks to displace, replace and intensify the agricultural system (known as DRI), look like more of the same but on a larger scale. Our analysis shows DRI to be unrealistic (relying on much stronger governance than exists) and unethical (having major negative social impacts on some of the poorest people).
This backgrounder argues that a 'trade-off management' approach that effectively engages a wider range of stakeholders including the smallholder farmers most reliant on the land, and considers food production a legitimate goal alongside conservation, could pave the way towards transformative change that reduces deforestation.
Area: DR Congo (Zaire)
Themes: Biodiversity, Policy and planning
Languages: English, français
Phil Franks and Mariteuw Chimère Diaw (2019) Transformative change to reduce deforestation in DRC. IIED Backgrounder. IIED, London.
With the support of country partners, IIED is conducting research to better understand existing and future competition and trade-offs between food production and natural forests, and the implications for land use policies in sub-Saharan Africa.
Food demand and forests in sub-Saharan Africa


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WWII Ace Tells A Story About How He Almost Didn't Make It
To This Day He Doesn't Know How That Bf 109 Pilot Did That!
Dr. Clayton Kelly Gross was sent over to fight in the European Theater at the young age of 23. Having earned his private pilot's license earlier, he was no stranger to flight. He was first flying the P-47 Thunderbolts with the 354th Fighter Group and then transitioned to the P-51 Mustang towards the end of the war in 1944. Naming his now famous Mustang 'Live Bait,' he scored his first 5 air victories in that plane. Realizing the effectiveness of the P-51s, he also managed to shoot down an Me 262, the first operational fighter jet in the world.
Whether it was the Mustang that much better than the 109, or whether I was this much better than him, or the combination of both, I was gaining on him.
In this short interview, Gross recalls a particular dogfight from which he almost didn't walk away from. Approaching a Bf 109 from above, he opened fire and started chipping away at him, getting some hits. The Nazi pilot broke hard up and when Gross followed and swooped back down, he found the Bf 109 on his own tail. He specifically recalls that to this day he had no idea how that pilot did that. He avoided the shells by making circles and eventually gained on him but after some time, he let the German pilot go. What you won't find out in the footage is the fact that these two pilots met up later in life, the German pilot thanking him for his life.


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Incidence, aetiology and adverse outcomes associated with respiratory distress in term neonates admitted to a tertiary care centre
Sathika Amarasekara ,
Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital, Nugegoda, LK
About Sathika
Senior Registrar in Neonatology, NICU
K. S. Y. Perera,
About K. S. Y.
Medical Officer, NICU
Medha Weerasekera
About Medha
Introduction: Respiratory distress (RD) is a leading cause of admission of all gestational ages to neonatal intensive care units. RD develops in 7% of neonates and causes significant morbidity and mortality. The aetiology of RD could be a variety of respiratory and non-respiratory causes and the presence of some risk factors may predict the development of RD. Newborns with RD are at 2-4 times higher risk of death.
Objectives: To determine the incidence and aetiology of RD and to identify risk factors and adverse outcomes of RD in term neonates.
Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital for a period of eighteen-months, including 105 term newborns with RD, defined by the Silverman score of more the 3. Statistical analysis was done with the SPSS beta version.
Results: The incidence of RD with Silverman score of more than 3 was 2.2%. Aetiologies of RD in decreasing order of frequency were congenital pneumonia, transient tachypnoea of the newborn (TTN), early-onset sepsis (EOS) without pneumonia, respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), meconium aspiration syndrome, persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn and critical congenital heart disease. There were significant associations between prolonged rupture of membranes (PROM), 3 or more vaginal examinations, congenital pneumonia and EOS. Caesarean delivery increased the risk of developing TTN and RDS. There were 4 neonatal deaths and 2 babies developed ventilator-associated pneumonia. None had chronic lung disease. Mean duration of hospital stay was 8.8 days and mean duration to establish breastfeeding was 5.1 days.
Conclusions: Incidence of RD with Silverman score more than 3 was 2.2% and the commonest aetiology was congenital pneumonia. PROM and 3 or more vaginal examinations were associated with increased risk of congenital pneumonia and EOS. Caesarean delivery had significant association with TTN. Elective caesarean section and gestational diabetes mellitus were risk factors for RDS. Mean duration of hospital stay and duration to establish breastfeeding were 8.8 and 5.1 days respectively.
Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2022: 51(4): 578-583
Keywords: Term neonate, Respiratory distress, Pneumonia, Transient tachypnea of newborn, Sepsis
How to Cite: Amarasekara, S., Perera, K.S.Y. and Weerasekera, M., 2022. Incidence, aetiology and adverse outcomes associated with respiratory distress in term neonates admitted to a tertiary care centre. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 51(4), pp.578–583. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v51i4.10374
Amarasekara, S., Perera, K.S.Y. and Weerasekera, M., 2022. Incidence, aetiology and adverse outcomes associated with respiratory distress in term neonates admitted to a tertiary care centre. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 51(4), pp.578–583. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v51i4.10374
Amarasekara S, Perera KSY, Weerasekera M. Incidence, aetiology and adverse outcomes associated with respiratory distress in term neonates admitted to a tertiary care centre. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health. 2022;51(4):578–83. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v51i4.10374
Amarasekara, S., Perera, K. S. Y., & Weerasekera, M. (2022). Incidence, aetiology and adverse outcomes associated with respiratory distress in term neonates admitted to a tertiary care centre. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 51(4), 578–583. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v51i4.10374
1. Amarasekara S, Perera KSY, Weerasekera M. Incidence, aetiology and adverse outcomes associated with respiratory distress in term neonates admitted to a tertiary care centre. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health. 2022;51(4):578-583. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v51i4.10374
Amarasekara S, Perera KSY and Weerasekera M, 'Incidence, Aetiology and Adverse Outcomes Associated with Respiratory Distress in Term Neonates Admitted to a Tertiary Care Centre' (2022) 51 Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health 578 DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v51i4.10374
Amarasekara, Sathika, K. S. Y. Perera, and Medha Weerasekera. 2022. "Incidence, Aetiology and Adverse Outcomes Associated with Respiratory Distress in Term Neonates Admitted to a Tertiary Care Centre". Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health 51 (4): 578–83. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v51i4.10374
Amarasekara, Sathika, K. S. Y. Perera, and Medha Weerasekera. "Incidence, Aetiology and Adverse Outcomes Associated with Respiratory Distress in Term Neonates Admitted to a Tertiary Care Centre". Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health 51, no. 4 (2022): 578–83. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v51i4.10374
Amarasekara, S, et al.. "Incidence, aetiology and adverse outcomes associated with respiratory distress in term neonates admitted to a tertiary care centre". Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, vol. 51, no. 4, 2022, pp. 578–83. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v51i4.10374


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Dirty Feed – On Television.
"What's behind the rise of the Golden age of television and how are consumer habits tuning into it?
There has been much talk recently about how we are experiencing a 'Golden Age' for television. There's certainly no doubting the quality of the programmes being produced; from Breaking Bad, Mad Men and The Walking Dead (to name but a few) in the US to the likes of Downton Abbey , Sherlock and Dr Who right here at home.
Now, I don't really want to go down the road of debating whether we actually are in a golden age of television, or whether that was in the 60s, or whether it all went downhill once the resolution went past 30 lines. Such discussions have been had endlessly. What I want to examine is how the debate here – and elsewhere – is framed.
Breaking Bad . Mad Men . The Walking Dead . Downton Abbey . Sherlock . Doctor Who . All given as examples of a current golden age of television. And all six examples are drama. Television is not just drama.
Television is sitcom. Television is game shows. Television is chat shows. Television is news. Television is documentaries. Television is sport. Television is entertainment shows. And television is many other things, stretching outside genre boundaries. Whenever this debate comes up, drama is nearly always the focus; and of course, it's hugely important. But by ignoring everything else that television is, you diminish it. Great TV is so much more than just drama.
The latest series of Saturday Night Takeaway was at times absolutely extraordinary; clearly made by a production team which put stupid amounts of effort into the show. Pointless could be just another mediocre afternoon quiz show; but a ludicrously clever format and the Armstrong & Osman double act turn it into fantastic telly. Peppa Pig is one of the funniest and most heartwarming shows on television, with a line in dry humour a lot of adult drama would kill for. All important. All part of how television can be great.
Discussions about drama on television and the rise of Netflix and the like are hugely valuable. But it's important to frame that debate as just one part of the wider picture. We mustn't forget the rest. It all needs attention. It should all be the best it possibly can be. And it should all be appreciated when it is.


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Das Stadionul Francisc von Neuman, auch bekannt als Stadionul UTA, ist ein Fußballstadion in Arad in Rumänien. Es wurde an der Stelle des alten gleichnamigen Stadionul Francisc von Neuman gebaut. Das Stadion wurde am 28. August 2020 eröffnet und dient derzeit als Heimspielstätte für den Fußballverein UTA Arad. Das Stadionul Francisc von Neuman ist ein Stadion der Kategorie vier in der UEFA-Stadionklassifikation und gehört zu den modernsten Spielstätten des Landes. Das Stadion weist eine Kapazität von über 12.000 Plätzen auf, welche auf vier unverbundene Tribünen verteilt sind.

Es ist nach einem lokalen jüdisch-ungarischen Aristokraten benannt, Francisc von Neumann, einem Baron, der mehrere Unternehmen in Arad besaß und den Bau des alten Stadions und die Gründung des Vereins persönlich unterstützte.

Geschichte
Das erste Stadionul Francisc von Neuman wurde 1946 eröffnet und diente über 70 Jahre lang dem UTA Arad als Heimstätte. Der Bau des neuen Stadions begann auf dem Standort des alten Stadionul Francisc von Neuman im Jahre 2014. Die Fertigstellung war ursprünglich für 2017 geplant, verzögerte sich allerdings aufgrund von Problemen mit dem lokalen Bauherren um drei Jahre. Nach dem Austausch des Bauherren wurden die Bauarbeiten im August 2020 abgeschlossen. Das erste Spiel im Stadion war ein Spiel der Liga 1 zwischen UTA Arad und FC Voluntari, das mit einem torlosen Unentschieden endete. Aufgrund der COVID-19-Pandemie fand das Spiel ohne Zuschauer statt.

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Fußballstadion in Rumänien
Bauwerk in Arad (Rumänien)
Erbaut in den 2010er Jahren
Sport (Arad, Rumänien)
Fußballstadion in Europa

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