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Every ten years or so, the brand name changes. But the basic silhouette and 25 power remain constant.
All grain magnifiers utilize "first surface" mirrors, which have the silvered coating on the front of the glass instead of the back.
Coating the front of the glass prevents double images. But the coating is extremely soft and nearly impossible to clean without damaging it. The mirror needs to be kept covered when not in use.
Many experienced lab technicians, never mind all the twits on eBay, have never heard of first surface mirrors and often attack these units with Windex and paper towels, destroying the mirror, before putting them up for sale.
My best advice would be that if you can afford $100 for a box of sheet film, you should make an effort to find $50 for a NEW magnifier.
Remember me mentioning the elderly Swedish cabinetmaker from my childhood who once wisely said, "My son, cheap tools are like cheap women".
The best Peak if you can find one. The long mirror lets you see the corners so you can use it to allign enlargers to perfection too.
The old 25x model works in the center only which is good enough if you already know how your lenses and rest of the enlarging set up works.
The 25x one started life a Scoponet, but was rebranded once or twice. Get a new one so you know it has a good mirror and has not been knocked around and out of adjustment. The 25x is better for large format, as the Peak is only 10x and sometimes it is hard to see grain in large format small prints,but again it is no good in the corners.
If you get an old peak that's in good shape except for the miror, you can jus get a new 1st surface miror for it.
and there used to be a place in florida that sold all kinds of optical and darkroom doodads that had them for a reasonable price.
I love the peak. It's the only one I'm comfortable with because it allows you to check focus and overall optical performance over the whole image. You can use it to see the performance falloff of your lenses at different apertures, and to keep constant tabs on your enlarger alignment. It's bright and accurate enough to let you focus at your working aperture, which is one thing that makes these tests possible.
John wrote "cheap tools are like cheap women"
Or, as Dolly Parton once remarked, "You have no idea how much it costs to make me look this cheap".
I have the scoponet and the peak grain enlargers and now I have a Hocus Focus that I like a lot. Realativly cheap when compared to the Peak.
Well I guess I'm not going to answer your question the way it was asked but if you are handy and watch for deals, you can put one together for very little.
A company called ElectroPhysics, I think, used to make a fantastic grain focuser. . They show up on Ebay from time to time but can be thrashed.. But the principle is great: A CCD without a lens is built into a probe that is placed on the easel and a highly magnified image of the grain is sent to a black and white monitor. These were great for murals where the traditional focus devices are useless. And they also made it easy to tell a sharp lens from a dog. As a device for evaluating optics and film characteristics, this unit was very handy beyond it's intended purpose. If you have never paid attention to diffraction when stopping down, this device will wake you up.
Problem: They were $1200. When you could buy one.
Solution: Build a better one for $100.
I have made my own with parts from Ebay. The original did not function in the corners either. So I bought a few worse for wear Omega top of the line grain focusers ($14) removed the standard optics and replaced them with a tiny color wireless CCD (lens removed) and calibrated it manually. I strapped the 9 volt battery to the side of the unit and with the optic sight/CCD mount rotating on axis, it can be taken out to the edge of the easel. The CCD transmits to a small B&W monitor (or color). Any TV will do if it has an input jack. The CCD and Transmitter kit can be had for $25 on Ebay if you get the right auction (and there are tons). It would be nice to make a custom unit to hold the CCD, battery and front surface mirror one of these days. But in the meantime this works just as well.
You won't want to use anything else.


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Montana State vs. Northern Colorado - 3/7/20 College Basketball Pick, Odds, and Prediction
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Chris Ruffolo March 7, 2020 7:00 pm
Northern Colorado Bears (21-9) at Montana State Bobcats (16-14)
College Basketball: Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm (Max Worthington Arena)
The Line: Montana State Bobcats +5.5 -- Over/Under: 132 Click to Get Latest Betting Odds
The Northern Colorado Bears and the Montana State Bobcats meet in Big Sky conference college hoops from the Worthington Arena on Saturday.
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The Montana State Bobcats will look for a big home win to finish the season strong after improving to 10-9 in conference play with a 73-65 win over Southern Utah last time out. Harald Frey leads Montana State in scoring and assists with 16.7 PPG and 4.6 APG while Jubrile Belo is 2nd in scoring and tops in rebounding with 12.7 PPG and 6.2 RPG this season. Amin Adamu is also contributing 11.7 PPG for Montana State this season. As a team, Montana State is averaging 66.8 points on 44.5% shooting from the field, 33.2% from 3-point range and 74.1% from the foul line while allowing opposing teams to average 66.7 points on 41.2% shooting from the field and 30.7% from 3-point range this season. Montana State is 9-4 straight up and 5-6 against the spread at home this season.
I get why points with a home dog like Montana State on senior day is tempting, but the problem is that Northern Colorado is heads and shoulders the better team and the Bears have been extremely good on the road this season, going 8-5 SU and 9-4 ATS. I just think that this game means more in the grand scheme of things to Northern Colorado who are trying to take hold of #2 on their own, so I'll lay the points with Northern Colorado here.
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Subsidies: The average APTC ($555) will increase by an estimated 45% from PY17 ($382) and by 114% from PY14 ($259). In PY14 through PY17, more than 80% of enrollees were in plans for which APTCs were paid, while approximately 60% were in plans to which cost-sharing reductions were paid.
Lowest-Cost Plan Available: The percentage of current enrollees with access to a plan for $200 or less decreased from 16% for PY17 to 6% to PY18. If enrollees were to stay within their current metal level, only 2% will have access to coverage with premiums of $200 or less for PY18.
Of course, this is referring to the full-priced plans, not the price after subsidies are applied.
Issuer Participation: Issuer participation in the Exchange continues to decline with 132 total state issuers in PY18, down from 167 in PY17. Eight states in PY18 will have only one issuer: Alaska, Delaware, Iowa, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Wyoming.
Well, yeah, again: Many of the carriers which are pulling out of the exchange altogether in 2018 have specifically cited Trump's threats (now a reality) to cut off CSR reimbursements, along with the will-they-or-won't-they game the administration has been playing regarding enforcement of the individual mandate, as the primary reasons they're doing so.
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Boom. There you have it, official confirmation...again, from Trump's own HHS Department.
Next we come to the headline above: Donald Trump's HHS Department is officially informing the country that 80% of HealthCare.Gov exchange enrollees will be able to get an ACA policy for less than $75/month next year, and is even comparing it to prior years to show how this percentage is higher than ever. In addition, another 6% can get a Bronze plan for less than $150/month.
Finally, the ASPE report includes a bunch of tables which break the above into state-level numbers. Note that they actually list 40 states instead of 39, because Idaho was hosted at HealthCare.Gov the first year (to date, it's the only state which has left the federal exchange, although four other states (Hawaii, Kentucky, Nevada and Oregon) have moved onto HC.gov since then).
Note that neither of these can really be compared to my own 29.5% average unsubsidized rate hike analysis for several reasons: I include all 50 states + DC, while they only include 40 states; I include off-exchange ACA-compliant plans, while they include only exchange-based policies; and I include all plans at all metal levels, while they only include a single bronze and single silver plan for each state. Even so, their averages are pretty close to mine: Around 71% of exchange enrollees generally choose Silver, with another 23% or so choosing Bronze plans. 71% of 37% = 26.3%, and 23% of 17% = 3.9%...add them together and you get...30.2%.
Remember that this analysis only includes the 39 states run through HealthCare.Gov. There's 3,142 counties (or county-equivalents) in the U.S.; these 39 states hold 2,722 of them, so that's 56%. Assuming a similar ratio of the remaining 11 states (+DC), that should be roughly 236 more counties where this is the case, or 1,776 total.
Of course, the lowest-end Bronze plan is likely to have a high deductible, but if you're not paying a dime in premiums, so what? It's still a hell of a lot better than nothing, since you still get all the free preventative services (checkups, mammograms, blood screenings, etc) and the protection of the Maximum Out of Pocket Cost (MOOP), which I believe is $7,350 in 2018, so if you're debating between a free Bronze plan and no coverage at all, why the heck would you choose nothing (and remember, you'd likely still be facing the $695 mandate penalty if you didn't go for it).


Here is the second article of the series about reading rotary encoders.
In this section we will explore reading of 15 rotary encoders with Atmega1284 and Arduino IDE.
15 is the maximum of encoders that can be connected to the microcontroller, considering that we have to keep free some free pins to communicate results outside microcontroller.I chose to keep free the serial port pins PD0(RX) and PD1(TX) equivalent to the D8 si D9 in my Arduino setup. (you can read more about using Atmega1284 with Arduino IDE here).
My choice for the serial port was determined by the ease of connection and debugging.
The circuit diagram is made with gEDA. Outputs A and B are connected in pairs to the microcontroller ports. Serial port pins D8 and D9 (PD0 and PD1) are connected to J2 header along with VDD and GND.
In the following I will present my experimental setup for this schematic. It is made on a cheap 18x12cm prototype board. It may look ugly but represents the first stage to test the code and see if it really works as expected. This prototype will be the subject of an article on Instructables; there I will detail step by step making of this board.
Here are preview of PCB as has been designed in gEDA suite. It's almost done but I will not put design files here, before we making first PCB (to be sure that everything is ok). Afterwards, all design files (geda and gerber) will be available to download.
The code is based on finite state-machine (FSM) which was presented in my previous article. Actually I replicated one FSM to 15 (not transition table, only state variables).
I chose to do not make an Arduino library. Even if the module is developed in Arduino is designed as an add-on to an Arduino project. Making a library would be worth to use this module as a shield, not in own firmware module (At least I see this way at this time).
I was in doubt whether to post the whole code in article body, but I tried to comment code as best I could in a way that code complete article text.
Download schematic and code: megaEncoders v1.
I do not how it works but your "transition table" on handling incremental encoder is one of the most clever way that I found. I tried many source code but yours is the most effective.
And I thank you! 🙂 I'm glad I was helpful.


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Микелевщинский сельский Совет — сельский Совет на территории Мостовского района Гродненской области Республики Беларусь. Ликвидирован в 2014 году. Территория присоединена к Мостовскому сельсовету.

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 Бояры — деревня.
 Голынка — деревня.
 Дашковцы — деревня.
 Кривульки — деревня.
 Лопатичи — деревня.
 Микелевщина — деревня.
 Олешевичи — деревня.
 Тельмуки — деревня.
 Шевчики — деревня.

Производственная сфера
МРУСП «Мостовчанка»

Социальная сфера
Образование: ГУО «Учебно-педагогический комплекс Микелевщинский детский сад — общеобразовательная средняя школа».

Медицина: Микелевщинский фельдшерско-акушерский пункт.

Культура: Микелевщинский сельский клуб, Микелевщинская сельская библиотека.

Бани — 11, в том числе 8 частных.

Памятные места
На территории сельсовета находятся 2 воинских захоронения.

Достопримечательности
Костёл Успения Пресвятой Девы Марии (д. Микелевщина).

См. также
 Мостовский район

Ссылки
 Мостовский райисполком
 Населённые пункты Республики Беларусь

Упразднённые сельсоветы Мостовского района (Гродненская область)
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Marek Kleciak worked along with user Cetus on the JOSM plugin CAD Tools. This plugin will be soon available again with advanced features.
User Sibo Dolem asks in the German Forum about missing information in the wiki to help map building basements and stairways using 3D tagging.
Mapbox's mappers share techniques for fast mapping like usage of gaming mice (shortcuts) and multiple JOSM windows at the same time to speed up their mapping (to avoid waiting until an upload is finished).
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Mhairi O'Hara and Tyler Radford report about day 7 of HOT efforts after earthquake in Ecuador.
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Coming Home: a benefit concert to support Ecuador/Japan earthquake relief. Proceeds from this concert will be donated to the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap team. Date: May 1, Time: 3pm – 5pm (Location).
Tactile OpenStreetMap created a tactile map offered by TOUCH MAPPER. More informations on GitHub.
Andy Mabbett wrote about Birdtrack on the Talk-GB: "Birdtrack is an online citizen science website, operated by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) on behalf of a partnership of the BTO, the RSPB, BirdWatch Ireland, the Scottish Ornithologists' Club and the Welsh Ornithological Society". Birdtrack switched to OSM.
Rihards Gailums wants to "create a working prototype of cloud based service" Drivenet Maps. He describes here that this prototype is necessary for autonomous driving projects.
Gluon announces a new JavaFX component named Gluon Maps for map display.
Wikipedia initiated a photo contest "Wiki Loves Earth". The aim is to collect photos from natural monuments and nature reserves. The contest starts on May 1st.
Jochen Topf reports about a new feature in the Osmium tool which can be used to store the actual latitude/longitude values of nodes that are element of a way in a more efficient way and as raw OSM data. Those are optimized for speed when reading.
… the weather map of OpenSeaMap?
… the tool Places!? … to find geospatial patterns in place names, based on a previous work of Moritz Stefaner and realised with OSM data. You find the sources of Places! on GitHub.
The David Rumsey Map Collection (which we already reported about) now offers to 67,000 historic high resolution maps for download. This short video explains how to use the Georeferrencer, a tool that shows the historic map simultaneously side by side (more or less like map compare) with a recent OSM map.
CartoDB and Mapzen have announced a technology and commercialization partnership.
Vox.com writes about the expected billion outlay for map data, which probably belongs to companies like Google etc. to enable self-propelled vehicles.
Tagesspiegel.de offers an interesting website for visualizing differences in aerial photography of Berlin from recent days and those of 1928.
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Cape Town – Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) head Robert McBride appears to be on his way out.
This is after ANC MPs on Monday called for his contract not to be renewed, saying his post should be advertised and a new head appointed.
Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Police met Monday to discuss the renewal of his employment contract, which comes to an end on Thursday.
This comes after Police Minister Bheki Cele and McBride's lawyers reached a settlement before the Gauteng High Court that the decision taken by Cele to not renew his contract was preliminary, and should still be confirmed by Parliament.
ANC MP Phindile Mmola, without reference to the reasons provided by the police minister to McBride, said the contract should not be renewed.
"Let it be on the board tomorrow, we are not going to waste time. We are supposed to go to our constituency offices and work, and not to deal with contracts.
"Let the post be advised today; we are not going to fight over reasons. If I was the minister, I would say the contract expires on February 28 and that would be it," Mmola said.
The matter arises from a letter from Cele to McBride notifying him of his intention not to renew his employment contract.
McBride took the matter to court, which directed that the police committee, which has an oversight role over both the minister and Ipid, decide on the matter.
ANC MP Jerome Maake said there seemed to be a broken relationship between Cele and McBride, and added it would be better for service delivery and the better functioning of Ipid to allow the contract to expire.
"There seems to be a break in trust between the two, and in my view if we have that type of a situation it means these two people cannot work together. That is what is important to me," said Maake.
In his response to Parliament dated February 18, Cele said McBride was not a "fit and proper" person to continue heading Ipid.
He referred to a misconduct complaint against McBride which is under investigation by the office of the Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane.
He also referred to a report by Ipid's former investigator, Cedrick Nkabinde, in which it was alleged that McBride gave private investigator Paul O'Sullivan access to Ipid investigations and confidential information.
DA MPs have, however, backed McBride, saying the reasons advanced by Cele were insufficient and that he should be allowed to head Ipid, despite the allegations levelled against him.
DA MP Dianne Kohler Barnard said: "Looking at reasons by the minister and the letter from McBride, it was not up to the minister to write these letters to McBride. I also think it was clear before it went to court that it was this committee's job to decide.
"I see political pressure brought on to this committee. In the McBride letter, it claims Nkabinde withdrew his complaints, the reason on which the minister is basing his decision, and which is a decision he is not allowed to take. Those allegations should be removed from this entire exercise," said Kohler Barnard.
McBride has exposed alleged corrupt links between former acting national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane and certain SAPS contractors.


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date_range 16 Dec 2015 3:18 PM GMT
Not clear why left out of event: Chandy to Modi
Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday said he doesn't know why he was first invited him to an event which Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended and then the invite was taken back.
On Tuesday, Modi unveiled the statue of former chief minister R. Sankar at Kollam in the presence of state BJP president V. Muraleedharan and Hindu Ezhava leader Vellapalli Natesan.
In a letter to Modi, Chandy said: "The organisers said it is a private function and they have the right to invite or not invite guests.
"I fully agree with that. But after inviting me and including my name in the notice and plaque of the programme, Natesan was forced to withdraw the invitation due to unknown reasons.
"All political parties except the BJP have said this is an insult to the people of Kerala. Usually I keep away from controversies, and it is surprising that the PMO hasn't intervened to avoid controversies.
"I wish to know what would have been your reaction if such an incident happened in Gujarat while you were the chief minister?"
At a hurriedly called press conference, Information and Public Relations Minister K.C. Joseph said that last week the PMO had called Chandy to find out if he would attend the function.
Joseph asked Natesan to come clean on what was the reason for keeping out Chandy from the function.


East Prospect earned a pair of one-run victories on Sunday, 4-3 and 5-4, to earn their second straight York County Baseball Championship Series title.
East Prospect beat Stoverstown in the York County Baseball Championship Series.
The Pistons won the best-of-three series, 2-1, with a pair of one-run wins on Sunday.
East Prospect has now beaten Stoverstown in the county title series in two straight seasons.
SPRING GROVE — For every great run producer there's a table setter, and vice versa.
Without men on base, the run producer can't drive anybody home. And without someone to drive him home, the table setter can't score.
East Prospect's Bren Taylor and Anthony Torreullas served in those roles Sunday afternoon. The two hitters accounted for seven of East Prospect's nine runs to lead the Pistons to a doubleheader sweep of Stoverstown to claim their second straight York County Baseball Championship Series title. The Pistons also defeated the Tigers in the series last year.
Taylor and Torreullas combined to go 11 for 15 with five runs scored, six RBIs and three doubles as the Pistons defeated the Tigers 4-3 in Game 2 and 5-4 in Game 3.
After going 0 for 4 in Game 1 of the series Saturday, Taylor started off Game 2 at Memorial Field in similar fashion, flying out and striking out in his first two at-bats. The second baseman, however, ended the day by smacking hits in each of his next six at-bats. He scored four of East Prospect's five runs in Game 2.
It was Torreullas who had the RBI hits for all but one time that Taylor came around to score on the day. After scorching a momentum-shifting, two-run double in the third inning of the first game Sunday, the Pistons' cleanup hitter drove home the game-deciding run in the fifth. In the series-deciding Game 3, Torreullas drove in a run in three of his four at-bats, including the game-winner as well.
Game 2: After winning Game 1 6-2 Saturday, Stoverstown (27-6-1) had momentum heading into Sunday. That was felt in the first inning, when Zach Schuler led off the bottom of the first with a home run for the Tigers.
The early lead ended up being the only one the Tigers had all day. Torreullas' double off Stoverstown starter Nate Harmon in the third gave the Pistons a lead it wouldn't relinquish.
After East Prospect (28-10) took a two-run lead in the fourth when Dalton Renn homered to right field, the Central League champions answered with a home run of its own — a two-run shot from former San Diego Padres minor leaguer Chris Mattison to tie the game.
Taylor and Torreullas answered back in the sixth to take a 4-3 lead. Torreullas hit a soft ground ball down the first-base line to score Taylor.
Both pitchers threw complete games, but EP southpaw Terry Godfrey outdueled Harmon. Godfrey gave up five hits and three runs (two earned) with three punch outs and zero walks.
The Tigers got the tying run on third base in the seventh inning, but Godfrey struck out Ryan Kehr to end the game.
Game 3: While it was Stoverstown taking an early lead in Game 2, it was the Susquehanna League champions riding the momentum in the first inning of series-deciding Game 3 when Torreullas singled home Taylor.
EP added two more in the third to take a 3-0 lead. Taylor scored on a throwing error and Smith scored on a single by DJ Ream.
Before the runs scored in the third, Torreullas smashed a lineout to Stoverstown pitcher Daryl Harang, a former York Revolution southpaw and brother of former MLB pitcher Aaron Harang, who then tossed an inaccurate throw to second base, failing to complete the double play.
After each team scored a run in the fourth inning, Stoverstown got back into the game with a two-run home run by Nick Spangler in the fifth to reduce the Tigers' deficit to one run.
Just like in Game 2, however, Torreullas drove in the game-deciding run to score Taylor, who reached base on a double.
Despite allowing a run in the seventh, EP starter Sam Deardorff closed the door with a strikeout for the complete game. He allowed five hits and three runs (two earned) while striking out 11.


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Q: Virtually duplicate page with htaccess? For a project, I need to duplicate some pages. My pages have URLs like :
http://www.domain.com/my-page1/
http://www.domain.com/my-page2/
http://www.domain.com/my-page3/

I need to have (both with /virtual/ and without have to exist, so I don't need a redirection) :
http://www.domain.com/virtual/my-page1/
http://www.domain.com/virtual/my-page2/
http://www.domain.com/virtual/my-page3/

I want to know if is it possible to achieve this with htaccess ?
Moreover, I have to manage some exceptions because this page exists...
http://www.domain.com/virtual/

...and I dont want to duplicate it.

A: Like so?
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^virtual/(.+)$ /$1
</IfModule>

(Place it into the root directory.)

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S/PDIF or I2S in to DDRC-88A?
TOPIC: S/PDIF or I2S in to DDRC-88A?
Any way the DDRC-88A could be modified to accept 4 x S/PDIF or I2S input instead of analog?
It is supposedly a miniShark and 8x8 and the 8x8 supports I2S input and there are S/PDIF to I2S boards for it, so I am hopeful.
Last Edit: 1 year 5 months ago by rhollan.
I'm afraid that it's not possible. The DDRC-88A is as is.
If you want to do Digital in, have a look at the DDRC-88D, it's all digital and you can just use your DAC for the outputs.
Yeah. Hmm. 4 AES/EBU DACs would not be cheap. And idneed an 8ch preamp with volume conteol. That sounds expensive. The nanoAVR approach is probably better.
But is there any chance to use I2S for the DDRC-88D?
Or is there any way how to use I2S in combination with Dirac?
I second the query about I2S I/O on the DDRC-88D. Is there a board version with this? Could there be?
Again, will it accept SPDIF subcode at AES/EBU levels? What subcode will it output in that case? The Oppo 203 with the Vanity HD board can send digital audio at AES/EBU levels, but with SPDIF subcode. Can the DDRC-88D accept this?
I'm afraid that it's still the same answer. No way to get I2S into a DDRC-88D as it's I2S master and would be a complete mess to have to do I2S slave + configuration the way we do on the miniSHARC. If you're after a DIY product, the Dirac Live product line isn't really a good fit as we're not allowed to resell as DIY products I'm afraid as per our licensing terms.
The DDRC-88D can only accept AES-EBU levels in/out for now .SPDIF is 0.5V and too low for input circuity I'm afraid..
Last Edit: 1 year 4 months ago by devteam.
I don't care about the subcode beyond not wanting to have consumer SPDIF subcode cause trouble with downstream devices.
I want to take the digital audio output of an Oppo 203 4k Blue Ray player, process it with the DDRC-88D (including master volume and bass management), and distribute it to AES67-aware digital active speakers (HEDD Type 07). A Focusrite Rednet3 has the required AES/EBU and Ethernet interfaces. The Oppo 203 can be modified with a Vanity HD board to provide the requisite 4 times 2ch SPDIF outputs, that can also be driven differentially at AES/EBU levels (and adapted to XLR connectors) -- The Vanity HD supports this. But, the subcode is still consumer subcode, and I don't want this to cause problems, either with the DDRC-88D or the Focusrite Rednet3.
The only real subcode of interest is that of the format bits (professional/consumer 2ch/bitstream,etc/) and for consumer 2ch audio, the preemphasis bit. If the preemphasis bit is set, two deemphasis filters of 50 us and 15 us should be applied. This is almost never seen on modern CDs, DVDs, BDs, or 4k BDs, and could probably be ignored, but it would be a really neat trick if the DDRC-88D could select between two profiles based on it.
Another alternative is to try to strip the HDCP from the auxilliary HDMI 1.4 output (720p black + 8ch audio), convert to SDI, and use an SDI to 4 x 2ch AES/EBU audio extractor to feed the DDRC-88D. I suppose I could use a nanoAVR for bass management and another one for Dirac Live, then strip the DHCP, then convert as above, and feed the RedNet, but that's one more box than using a DDRC-88D.
The reason for I2S interest is that 4 sets of I2S signals are available on the Vanity HD board, avoiding the SPDIF vs.AES/EBU issue completely, though I understand Dirac Live licensing restrictions may prevent you from offering Dirac Live on hardware with an I2S interface. It is a ,aster interface only, so SRC is probably still required.
Last Edit: 1 year 4 months ago by rhollan.
I'd be interest also very much in consumer spdif subcode. I now must use bulky and expensive format converters (mutec mc11+) to drive my active B&O speakers with toslink input. Simple cheap AES to toslink converter doesn't work.
The oppo 203 and vanity board works as input source by the way.


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Q: OSGI import package issue i have a curious behavior about bundle wiring.
I have a bundle A which needs javax.xml.bind.* package to use JAXB.
The TargetPlatform contains the bundle  javax.xml.bind_2.2.0XXX.jar which exports those bundle with the version 2.2.0.
I specify the required packages in the bundle A manifest using Import-Package and specifing the same version as exported (ie. 2.2.0).
So, i expect those packages to be the one exported by the bundle javax.xml.bind.XXX.jar.
When i run the code which needs those Jar on JRE which do not provide javax.xml.bind.*, everything works fine.
When i run under another JRE which do not provide them, then i have a classCastException on JRE/rt.jar.
For the second case, it seems the classes from JRE is used instead of the ones from the bundle.
If i change the bundle A manifest to Require-Bundle on the required bundle, everything works fine.
When i use the console "packages javax.xml.bind" command to see what bundle are providing the package, i have the expected result (the package is provided by the system bundle and the javax.xml.bind).
As the command, show, the system bundle does provide the package under the version 0.0.0, so it should not be used.
Do anyone have any clue about what i missed?
[console Result]

packages javax.xml.bind
  osgi.wiring.package; bundle-symbolic-name:List="org.eclipse.osgi,system.bundle"; bundle-version:Version="3.13.100.v20180827-1536"; version:Version="0.0.0"; osgi.wiring.package="javax.xml.bind"
  osgi.wiring.package; bundle-symbolic-name="javax.xml.bind"; bundle-version:Version="2.2.0.v201105210648"; version:Version="2.2.0"; osgi.wiring.package="javax.xml.bind"

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Manifest-Version: 1.0
Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
Bundle-Name: %Bundle-Name
Bundle-SymbolicName: com.indy.libraries;singleton:=true
Bundle-Version: 19.1.0.qualifier
Bundle-ClassPath: js.jar,
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 saxon9-s9api.jar,
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Export-Package: com.indy.libraries,
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 com.thaiopensource.relaxng.output,
 com.thaiopensource.relaxng.translate,
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 net.sf.saxon,
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 net.sf.saxon.codenorm,
 net.sf.saxon.event,
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 net.sf.saxon.om,
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 net.sf.saxon.query,
 net.sf.saxon.regex,
 net.sf.saxon.s9api,
 net.sf.saxon.sort,
 net.sf.saxon.sql,
 net.sf.saxon.style,
 net.sf.saxon.sxpath,
 net.sf.saxon.tinytree,
 net.sf.saxon.trace,
 net.sf.saxon.trans,
 net.sf.saxon.tree,
 net.sf.saxon.type,
 net.sf.saxon.value,
 net.sf.saxon.xpath,
 org.apache.tools.ant,
 org.apache.tools.ant.types,
 org.apache.xml.serializer
Import-Package: com.ctc.wstx.stax;version="4.4.0",
 javax.xml.bind;version="2.2.0",
 javax.xml.bind.annotation;version="2.2.0",
 javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters;version="2.2.0",
 org.codehaus.stax2;version="3.1.4",
 org.eclipse.core.resources,
 org.jdom;version="1.0.0",
 org.jdom.input;version="1.0.0"
Bundle-Vendor: %Bundle-Vendor
Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.ui,
 org.eclipse.core.runtime,
 com.indy.libraries.build;bundle-version="1.0.0",
 com.indy.libraries.engine;bundle-version="1.0.0";visibility:=reexport,
 com.indy.ui.custom.out;bundle-version="17.2.0"
Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
Bundle-Activator: com.indy.libraries.LibrariesPlugin
Eclipse-RegisterBuddy: com.indy.libraries.build,
 com.indy.libraries.engine
Eclipse-ExtensibleAPI: true`enter code here`
Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.6


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FC Pune City signs Gabriel and Shankar
Gabriel, who last played for East Bengal in the I-League, enters ISL with FC Pune City after a gap of two years.
Pune 09 July, 2018 17:04 IST
Sampingiraj comes into the FC Pune City fold after having an impressive outing for Bengaluru FC leading to a national call for the U-23 side. - Sampath Kumar G.P.
Indian Super League club FC Pune City on Monday signed winger Gabriel Fernandes and defensive midfielder Shankar Sampingiraj to strengthen its squad for the 2018-19 season. Gabriel, who last played for East Bengal in the I-League, enters ISL with FC Pune City after a gap of two years.
Speaking on signing the Goan winger, FC Pune City CEO Gaurav Modwel said, "Gabriel's speed and agility on the wings give the team good options. We know with his sharpness and direct play, he has the potential to be one of the standout players for us this season."
Fernandes started his youth career with Dempo and Sporting Goa. In 2012, he joined Mumbai FC. The 30-year old made his ISL debut with FC Goa in 2014 and joined Mumbai City FC in the next season. Since then, the winger has played in I-League for Salgaocar, Churchill Bros and East Bengal.
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Sampingiraj comes into the FC Pune City fold after having an impressive outing for Bengaluru FC leading to a national call for the U-23 side. The Karnataka born began his professional career with HAL and, later, signed with Pailan Arrows, followed by a stint at DSK Shivajians (on loan).
After getting the young midfielder's signature, FC Pune City CEO Gaurav Modwel said, "Shankar is a hard-working player, who is good on the ball and is technically sound, which adds a lot of quality in the way that we want to play our football. He comes with a lot of experience and I wish he has a great season in our colours."
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Sampingiraj made his India U-23 debut against Uzbekistan in a 2016 AFC U23 qualifier in Bangladesh. The young midfielder appeared for Kerala Blasters FC in 2015 ISL season.
After signing on the dotted line, Gabriel said, "It's exciting times for me ahead as I join FC Pune City to play in the Indian Super League. What they achieved last season has been pretty impressive and part of my responsibility will be to help the team better what they did last year."
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Rio Reimagined's Earth Day Cleanup Week seeks volunteers for in-person, remote events
Members of the Arizona State University community have the chance to make a positive impact on the environment by taking part in Rio Reimagined Earth Day Cleanup Week events both virtual and in person — with the collective goal of removing 2,500 pieces of trash throughout the week.
The cleanup is headed by the Rio Reimagined Initiative, a forward-looking project to revitalize 45 miles of the Rio Salado. It was established in 2017 by late U.S. Sen. John McCain and is part of ASU's University City Exchange Office.
Kylie Cochrane, an ASU senior who works with the initiative, says that anyone can make an impact through small actions such as picking up trash.
"As a community member you can make a difference by cleaning up both natural and man-made areas that have been trashed," said Cochrane, who is studying journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. "It all comes down to making a big impact through small actions."
ASU student Kylie Cochrane
Cochrane said this event has been organized with COVID-19 in mind, utilizing a hybrid of in-person and virtual elements.
Volunteers have two choices: an in-person cleanup of the Salt River on Saturday, April 24, and/or a virtual cleanup of their own neighborhood utilizing the Litterati Citizen Science app. The app allows residents to pick up litter in their area and document how much they collected by uploading a photo of the trash collected into the app. The app allows friendly, fun-natured competition while providing a safe way to pitch in.
"With Litterati, the litter collected is tracked to identify data trends in neighborhoods that have higher amounts of trash," Cochrane said. "You have a hands-on opportunity to do something about it and contribute to a cleaner community."
The Earth Day cleanup kicked off the Litterati app portion on April 17, and the week will conclude with the in-person cleanup at the Salt River on April 24.
The in-person cleanup is expected to attract dozens of volunteers to the dry bed of the Salt River, often used as a dumping ground for such items as couches, auto parts and more. Public- and private-sector partners are supporting the event by providing equipment to remove large trash items.
Cochrane said that with everyone working together, it is possible to celebrate the Earth and act locally on behalf of Arizona's ecosystem — revitalizing not just the river, but its surrounding communities, too.
"That's what Rio Reimagined is all about. It's a long-term revitalization project," Cochrane said. "The goal is to respect and reconnect to our rivers, and an easy and first step is cleaning."
Visit the event website to sign up as a cleanup volunteer or to learn more about the Litterati portion of the week.
Top photo: A previous, prepandemic river cleanup event. Photo courtesy of Colleen Adams
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Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2021 graduates.Farah Eltohamy's first real reporting experience taught her a lesson that she still carries with her: The president of a mosque told her, "You are one of the only people who's actually talking to me and asking me about this mosque and telling the stories of the people here.""That was really the mom...
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Farah Eltohamy's first real reporting experience taught her a lesson that she still carries with her: The president of a mosque told her, "You are one of the only people who's actually talking to me and asking me about this mosque and telling the stories of the people here." Farah Eltohamy. Download Full Image
"That was really the moment that changed everything for me," she said. "That moment really reminded me why I do the work that I do. It reminded me of the point of telling the stories of my community, and that moment when he thanked me — it meant a lot to me."
Eltohamy originally planned to study art and had prepared a portfolio to submit to art schools, but a teacher at her high school in Chandler, Arizona, suggested that she pursue journalism. She was accepted to the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and awarded an ASU Leadership Scholarship. She completed her undergraduate degree in three years, using the fourth year to earn her master's degree through the Cronkite School's 3+1 program. Eltohamy was named an Outstanding Undergraduate Student for the spring 2021 Cronkite School convocation, scheduled for May 3.
Eltohamy said she has been particularly inspired by Professor of Practice Fernanda Santos.
"She basically gave me the confidence that I needed to stay in this field," she said.
Question: What was your "aha" moment when you realized you wanted to study the field you majored in?
Answer: I have a weird path to deciding what I wanted to do in college. At first I was a STEM kid. I was really into biology and environmental science, and then I was like, "Wait, now let me just go to art school, because I'm pretty good at it, and I was very passionate." So then I spent the majority of my high school preparing for the art school route. I had an entire portfolio that I was working on and was ready to submit to art schools. At the last minute, I got cold feet. The reason why I got cold feet was because, as much as I love art, I could not see it as a career. I thought about it deeply, and I asked, "What is the next thing I could see myself doing?" And it was journalism, and it felt very natural because I am someone who is very passionate about social justice and politics. I remember having conversations with my AP English teacher and she said, "You're good at writing, you're very passionate about social justice, so why don't you go into the field?" For me, it was specifically spurred by Muslim representation in the news. Journalists from other marginalized backgrounds, in general, have never really been able to break into this field and tell the stories of their communities fairly and accurately. So that's something that I really wanted to help fix, and the only way you can really fix that is by having more Muslim journalists in this field who can tell the stories of the Muslim community as it is.
Q: What's something you learned while at ASU — in the classroom or otherwise — that surprised you or changed your perspective?
A: I worked an entire semester on a piece about the 2020 census and how there's no category for people from the Middle East and North Africa. This was for Fernanda Santos' Advanced Bilingual Reporting class, so I worked on this really long story in both English and Spanish for the entire semester. I had the opportunity to talk to the president of the mosque. This was one of my first journalism interviews where I was actually a serious reporter. I remember that conversation; it just felt incredibly natural. I'm Egyptian and he's Palestinian, so we were switching back and forth in Arabic and English. I remember very specifically, at the end of the interview, he thanked me. He said the only time people in news ever approach him, it's to condemn some random terrorist attack in some other country as opposed to actually getting to know the community and getting to know him.
A: Fortunately, I got good scholarships to help cover my tuition and everything, and Cronkite is also a really good school. I was fortunate enough to get a high quality journalism education without having to pay too much.
Q: Which professor taught you the most important lesson while at ASU?
A: Fernanda Santos. I owe her so much. She is truly incredible. So, Fernanda is also a woman of color in journalism and a very accomplished person in journalism. I remember having so many conversations with her. After class or in between classes, we would talk about journalism and its problems. I remember I was telling her about how I had a really uncomfortable incident when I was out reporting and someone was essentially being racist to me. She told me, "Don't let anybody undermine you. Especially as a woman of color, people will try to bring you down, undermine you and not try to listen to you. They take you for granted." And she said, "Don't ever let anybody do that. Don't let anyone walk all over you." That really stuck with me.
Q: What's the best piece of advice you'd give to those still in school?
A: It's hard, but it's all going to be OK in the end. I can get so caught up in my anxiety whether it's from school, work, life, anything, and most of the time, things end up just fine. Life is too short to be so stressed out.
Q: What are your plans after graduation?
A: I'm doing a 3+1. I'm currently finishing up an internship at NPR and then I'll be heading to the Texas Tribune as their Washington reporting fellow, which is really exciting. I'll get to report on the Texas delegation in Congress and focus on an entirely different state.
Q: If someone gave you $40 million to solve one problem on our planet, what would you tackle?
A: In a perfect world, what I would do is take every single billionaire's money and redistribute it to everybody else. I'd put it into solving housing issues, food insecurity, health care, etc.
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The Case of the Pink Powder
by Roger Beckmann
In 1960, a married couple living in Sydney won the large sum of 100 000 pounds (probably close to $1 000 000 in today's money) in the NSW state lottery. Their lucky win was well publicised, and sadly a few weeks later their eight-year old son was kidnapped on his way to school. A man with a heavy 'European' accent phoned the boy's parents twice later that day, asking for money. The calls were very brief and could not be traced.
The presumed kidnapper did not communicate again with the parents, and five weeks later the boy's body was found, wrapped in a rug. It was clear he had been murdered. On some of the boy's clothing was a pinkish, crumbly substance, with a consistency rather like soil; around his shoes and socks, mould was growing; the rug had a fringing tassel missing, and was covered in animal and human hairs. Small amounts of pollen and various leaves, seeds and traces of other plant matter were on the clothing.
A large forensic team involving geologists, botanists, mycologists and other specialists was formed. The pink substance was identified as a kind of mortar frequently used in houses. The shoe mould was found to consist of four distinct fungal types, which had been growing for about five to six weeks, suggesting that the boy had died and was dumped almost as soon as he was abduced. Hair analysis showed three separate human types and the fourth from a dog, probably a Pekinese. Botanical analysis of the material on the body and clothing identified the various plants from which it came. It also revealed that one of the plant seeds was from a rare cypress species, which did not grow in the vicinity where the body was found.
The police now had something to go on. They wanted to find a building with pinkish mortar associated with a particular species of cypress tree - either in the garden or nearby - and preferably the occupant would have a Pekinese dog. For a city the size of Sydney, that is a big ask!
So one of the greatest weapons in the fight against crime was brought to bear - the general public. An appeal was broadcast asking if anyone knew of houses and trees fitting the description. A postman quickly suggested a particular house on his route in Clontarf.
The house used pink mortar; cypress trees grew near the garage, and they and the other plants matched the traces that had been found on the boy's body. The occupants of the house had only recently moved in, and were cleared of any wrongdoing after a few inquiries. It was learned that the previous tenant, a European migrant with a pronounced accent, was devoted to his Pekinese dog, and had left abruptly shortly after the kidnapping. An old photo, still in the house, showed him and his family sitting on the very rug in which the boy's body had been wrapped.
This man had left Australia on a boat bound for England. The police flew to the boat's next port of call, Colombo, and arrested him. He was brought back to Australia, convicted and sentence to life imprisonment - all thanks to trace evidence.
Trace evidence refers to analysis of materials found in small quantities at a crime scene, or on a victim, suspect or object. The idea is to identify the chemical composition of a substance, or to confirm the similarity or otherwise of materials.
This is the province of the forensic chemist. Modern forensic chemists carry out much sophisticated chemical analysis of unknown materials that are suspected of being illegal drugs. In addition, they may work on explosives, the residues left by gunshots, and inflammable chemicals used in arson attacks (known as accelerants). Also included in forensic chemistry is the analysis of trace evidence, such as flecks of paint, fragments of glass, or a whole range of other materials. Fibre analysis is really a specialised sort of trace evidence analysis.
Often, a material may be unidentifiable until experts are called in. In the case described next, an unusual pinkish powder was of great interest to police. Once identified, it proved crucial in solving the case.
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| Attorneys Stevens and Borgen Admitted to Practice in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Attorneys Stevens and Borgen Admitted to Practice in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
On behalf of Bird, Stevens & Borgen, P.C. | Aug 23, 2017 | BJS Firm News |
On August 17, 2017, Attorneys Jeremy Stevens and Grant Borgen were admitted to practice in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals is the court that hears appeals from cases venued in the federal district court of Minnesota. The Eighth Circuit also hears appeals from cases venued in the federal district courts of Iowa, Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Parties aggrieved by a decision in the aforementioned district courts can appeal their case to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals is a matter of right. In other words, the Eighth Circuit is required to hear any appeal from these federal district courts. If a party does not agree with the Eighth Circuit's decision, the party can ask the United States Supreme Court to hear the case.
The United States Supreme Court, however, is a court that has discretion to choose which cases it hears. In other words, while any party can take any federal case to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, a further appeal requires an agreement from the justices of the United States Supreme Court to hear the case. The justices agree to hear roughly 1% of all requests made.
Attorneys Stevens and Borgen's admission to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals is a great honor. These attorneys regularly practice in federal district court, meaning they are consistently one step away from having a case in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and two steps away from the United States Supreme Court.
The law firm of Bird, Stevens & Borgen, P.C. has litigated a case in the United States Supreme Court. On April 21, 1997, Attorney Charles Bird advocated for his clients in the United States Supreme Court. While the justices rule against his clients, it was significant that Attorney Bird was able and willing to advocate for his clients in the highest court in the United States. For more firm news, click here.


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The Burryman Mr J Hast leaves his home to go round the town in his fancy dress at the Queensferry Fair in August 1960.
Queensferry in the 1960s: These 31 pictures show what life was like in the picturesque town half a century ago
The picturesque town on the shore of the Firth of Forth is a popular place to live with a fascinating history, and there was plenty going on there over half a century ago.
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Queensferry, often called South Queensferry to distinguish it further from North Queensferry on the other side of the Forth, dates back to the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century.
King Malcolm's wife Queen Margaret set up a church in Dunfermline, where the royal couple were married in 1070, which became a place of pilgrimage – meaning a surge in demand for crossings over the Forth estuary.
The queen paid for a ferry that was operated by monks, which is where the town's name comes from, and boats continued to regularly cross the water for centuries.
The town also developed into an important fishing and trading port thanks to its perfect position to connect north and south.
By the 1950s it was the busiest boat route in Scotland, carrying around 1.5million on over 40,000 crossings each year.
The service ceased when the Forth Road Bridge was opened in 1964 – one of the three bridges that the town is now best known for, along with the Forth Bridge completed in 1890 and the Queensferry Crossing that was added in 2017.
In modern times Queensferry is a pretty town of around 9,000 residents administrated by the City of Edinburgh Council with a number of interesting historic buildings to visit – including St Mary's Church, which dates back to 1441, and the 17th century Tolbooth.
The High Street includes the Black Castle, the town's oldest house, which was built in 1626 and was home to a sea captain who died at sea.
When his maid was accused of paying a beggar to curse her master both women were burned at the stake for witchcraft crimes.
The town is also home to the annual Ferry Fair, including the Burry Man pagan procession and the crowning of the Ferry Queen, that dates back to the 12th century.
And every New Year hundreds of swimmers visit to take part in the Loony Dook, braving the freezing waters of the Firth of Forth – many in fancy dress.
Here are 31 pictures to take you back to the Ferry in the 1960s.
Edinburgh's Morningside: These 28 pictures from the 1950s and 1960s show the fascinating past of the residential neighbourhood
17 pictures of Edinburgh's Lothian Road in the 1950s and 1960s show how much the familiar Capital street has changed
Edinburgh's Meadows: These pictures from the 1950s and 1960s show the fascinating past of the popular park
1. On the High Street
The High Street in Queensferry in May 1966.
Photo: Hamish Campbell
2. A right royal occasion
School children had a good view of the VIP stand when the Queen officially opened the Forth Road Bridge in September 1964.
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3. New houses
The new Varney Housing Estate in Queensferry in May 1966.
4. Tickling the ivories
A Chopin concert at Hopetoun House presented by Professor Stafania Niekrasz, president of the Polish Musicians Association Abroad, in August 1964.
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Torrente looking for a strong finish
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Team Abu Dhabi's American driver wants to successfully defend F1 world crown in Xiamen
Published: October 17, 2019 16:05 Alaric Gomes, Chief Reporter
Shaun Torrente and Thani Al Qamzi of Team Abu Dhabi. Image Credit: Team Abu Dhabi
Dubai: Team Abu Dhabi's Shaun Torrente has promised that only a couple of outright wins over the weekend will put him in a perfect position to successfully defend his world crown in the home finale of the 2019 UIM F1H2O World Powerboat Championship in Sharjah in December.
The resident from Miami — who claimed his first-ever world crown after switching over to Team Abu Dhabi last season — is at the top of the overall drivers' standings with 35 points following his win in the Portuguese Algarve and a second spot in Evian, France.
But, keeping pace with the American with 32 points is Swede Jonas Andersson from Team Amaravati with a third and first places in the two races held so far following the cancellation of the season-opener in Dammam, Saudi Arabia at the end of March.
Torrente's teammate Thani Al Qamzi is third overall with 27 points following a second in Algarve and a third in Evian, while Peter Morin and Marit Stromoy have an outside chance after being tied with 16 points apiece in fourth and fifth places respectively. "Honestly, I will be worrying more about what I need to do rather than pay attention to what the other drivers will be doing this weekend," Torrente told Gulf News before leaving for China's Fujian province for the Grand Prix of Xiamen on Saturday.
"As a team we have put in a lot of hard work to be where we want to be. But I feel only half the work has been done. There is a second half to the season and we need to just maintain our focus and keep the world title within our sight. We want to win both the races this weekend, but as I always say this has to be taken one race at a time."
Making an appearance on the F1 calendar for the first time since 1997, the Grand Prix of Xiamen will be held on Saturday followed by the Grand Prix of China at the same venue, the following day.
Torrente's teammate Al Qamzi too has a chance to challenge for his first-ever world title. The Abu Dhabi driver, who made his debut in 2000, feels he has the world crown within striking distance heading into the final three races of the 2019 season.
"I think I can make my dream come true this year because I have a big opportunity to win the world title. With back to back races like this, the biggest worry is that a crash or a mechanical problem could mean goodbye to the title," Al Qamzi said.
"But it's rare for me to crash and I've been preparing myself for what's ahead. It's going to be a really tough weekend and we have to be fully focused in the qualifiers and the two races and leave nothing to chance," he added.
Drivers will have their first opportunity on the Wuyan Bay waters with a two-hour practice session from 11am (UAE time) on Friday followed by the Rebellion official qualifying at 7am and the Grand Prix of Xiamen from noon on Saturday.
1. Shaun Torrente (USA/UAE) 35pts
2. Jonas Andersson (Sweden) 32pts
3. Thani Al Qamzi (UAE) 27pts
4. Marit Stromoy (Norway) 16pts
4. Peter Morin (France) 16pts
6. Bartek Marszalek (Poland) 8pts
7. Alex Carella (Italy) 5pts
8. Greg Foster (USA) 4pts
8. Ahmad Al Hameli (UAE) 4pts
10. Erik Stark (Sweden/UAE) 3pts
10. Alberto Comparato (Italy) 3pts.
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Steam from manhole shuts roads on Cambridge side of Museum of Science
By adamg on Thu, 09/13/2018 - 7:29pm
Ed. note: Post updated with fact it was steam, not smoke from a fire.
The Cambridge Fire Department reports what appeared to be smoke was actually just steam from a manhole at Land Boulevard and the Monsignor O'Brien Highway shortly after 7 p.m.
Still, police shut the roads down by the Museum of Science as a precaution until firefighters could confirm that.
exploding manholes
There are several stream
By anon on Thu, 09/13/2018 - 7:37pm.
There are several stream lines around there: it's common to see "smoke" coming up from a manhole around there. Bet that's what it is, and given the other news up north someone panicked.
That could be, but ...
By adamg on Thu, 09/13/2018 - 8:05pm.
If Cambridge firefighters are anything like the ones in Boston, they know the locations of all the steaming manholes in the city, and they know not to call in the police to shut traffic at a major intersection unless they've confirmed they have an actual explosion rather than just some steam.
Apparently Cambridge and Boston are different
By mg on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 2:01am.
See post below - it was a steam-line manhole.
Normal versus excessive
By anon on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 12:00pm.
Sometimes these things develop leaks and vent so much steam that road users cannot see. That would be a major concern.
I drove through there right
By anon on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 1:07am.
I drove through there right around that time as usual (before the road was shut it seems) and noticed that there was smoke/steam coming from a manhole in the intersection and thought it was strange. Usually if there's steam coming from the ground it's a block up in front of the hotel. Don't know if it was a fire but it was definitely out of the ordinary. I drove right over it to take a right towards the tunnel, glad it didn't explode under my car lol
By Jay R Wasserman on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 9:07pm.
I so called this!
Sympathetic explosion for the
By deepfreeze on Thu, 09/13/2018 - 10:24pm.
Sympathetic explosion for the Merrimack.
It was a steam-line manhole
"This was steam from the steam-line manholes, a good intent call but a normal condition."
https://twitter.com/CambridgeMAFire/status/1040399765064884224
Thanks for spotting that!
By adamg on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:52am.
I've rewritten the original post to reflect reality.
Manhole?
By Mot on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 9:48am.
Oh, it was one of those things on the street. At first glance I thought it was something else.
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Alarming rise of new virus cases
by Frank Chung
19th Mar 2020 5:29 AM
Queensland has announced 50 new positive cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the state's total to 144.
Queensland's health minister Steven Miles has ordered everyone in the state who has been told to self-isolate to stay home.
"There are more than 7,000 Queenslanders returning home a day, and all of them are required to go into quarantine for 14 days," he said.
"They are returning from right around the world and, indeed, more than 153 countries are experiencing this pandemic."
Queensland Health released information on the 50 new cases, with a one-year-old among the new cases.
NSW reported 40 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, including a six-year-old child - the youngest person infected with COVID-19 in the state so far.
Previously the youngest were a year-seven child, aged 12, and two year 10s, NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant told reporters today.
"We will be updating the daily data and that has the age breakdown on the website," she said. "The reason the cut-off was 10-20 was because there were none at that time."
The total number of confirmed cases, based on a tally of numbers provided by health authorities in each state and territory, now stands at 709. At least 43 have fully recovered.
There are 307 in New South Wales, 150 in Victoria, 144 in Queensland, 42 in South Australia, 52 in Western Australia, 10 in Tasmania, three in the Australian Capital Territory and one in the Northern Territory
Six people have died - one in Western Australia and five in New South Wales.
Australia's first coronavirus fatality was on Sunday, March 1.
He was a 78-year-old Perth man who was among 163 Australians evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan and quarantined at Howard Springs in the Northern Territory.
The second death came on Tuesday, March 3. The 95-year-old woman was a resident at the Dorothy Henderson Lodge in Macquarie Park, in Sydney's north.
Two other residents of the same nursing home later died - an 82-year-old man on Sunday, March 8, followed by a 90-year-old woman on Saturday, March 14.
On Friday, March 13, a 77-year-old woman died in a Sydney hospital after recently arriving from Queensland. She had developed symptoms on the plane, was taken to hospital and died the same day.
An 86-year-old man died in a Sydney hospital on Tuesday, March 17, making him the state's fifth death and the country's sixth.
CORONAVIRUS IN AUSTRALIA
People in their 50s make up the greatest proportion of confirmed cases, followed by those in their 30s, 40s, 20s and 60s.
Far fewer people aged over 70 or under 20 have been diagnosed with the coronavirus.
Where authorities have been able to determine the source of the infection, three times as many cases came from overseas travel as local transmission. The US and Italy have now overtaken China as the most common source country.
The first case of COVID-19 was detected on January 25 in Victoria.
The patient was a man from Wuhan, Hubei province - where the Chinese virus emerged late last year - who flew to Melbourne from Guandong on January 19.
Three more cases were detected the same day in NSW.
All three were men who had recently returned from China - two had been in Wuhan and one had direct contact with a confirmed case from the virus epicentre.
Since then, the number of cases has risen exponentially.
NSW quickly became ground zero for the Australian outbreak, and now makes up nearly half of all cases in the country.
Experts fear that if Australia follows the same trend as similar countries where infections have doubled around every six days, there could be as many as 6000 by early April.
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