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Did you know one of the local footpaths highlights some interesting WWII history? The first sign for the path can be found in the car park opposite the church.
Even if you aren’t interested in the walk for the history, it is a beautiful footpath through woods, along the river, and around fields. You will find a willow tree farm, a garlic woodland, and you’ll see egrets, herons, buzzards and if you’re lucky, a kingfisher! Some of the photos on this site are taken on this walk.
This is also a popular walk for dogwalkers and cross-country runners because of the varying terrain.

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My father tells the story as follows: My friends and I climbed the mountain high enough to clear the trees. Our town spread out before us like a picnic. Later we discovered the cave and inside a black bear. Without flinching, we chased the bear out the other end with hoots, hollers, and a dozen gnarly sticks. Frankly, I wish my father’s version was true. Maybe it is. I gave up insisting on my modest account. Now I sit back and enjoy this braver version of myself. It’s his story after all.
It was spring. The breeze smelled like snow. Three older boys threw mud balls off the mountain. A gang of kids and I crept up the slick incline. The older boys retreated into the heretofore unknown cave. We followed. Tubular and warm, the cave was littered with dry leaves. The shuffle of our feet reverberated loudly enough that no one heard me gasp when I discovered a bundle of fur and bones. I froze; they encircled. Someone poked it with a stick. We cringed. Someone yelled bear. We scattered down the mountain.
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The life of Tom Taylor is falling apart. He’s a failing actor, failing musician, failing novelist. As his slick, slightly devilish and way too knowledgeable personal manager points out, “Nothing seems to stick.” Tom is also the son of an extremely famous novelist, the writer of the successful book series featuring the fictional boy wizard Tommy Taylor (obviously inspired by the real Tom as a child), much like Harry Potter, only way more successful.
The fact that our real Tom is completely identified by the millions of fans worldwide with the fictional Tommy doesn’t help at all in Tom’s growing crisis of identity. Attending the annual fantasy convention, signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans could get downright humiliating for Tom, considering he’s just riding his father’s success; but as pointed out — again, by his personal manager, “It’s steady money.”
Tom’s famous father disappeared over a decade ago, never to be seen again. To make things even weirder, a series of strange events accumulate in the annual fantasy convention. These involve the appearance of a crazy fan pretending to be the evil vampire Count Ambrosio from the books and a young student named Lizzie Hexam who publicly exposes new disturbing information concerning Tom’s very existence: Tom's bogus social security number, false childhood photos and Bosnian immigrants who claim to be Tom’s real parents.
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Are you a big fan of the Lion King? This trivia will bring back old memories and make you an expert!
Did you know that the Lion King is the first Disney animated film to feature a completely original storyline? On the contrary, “Hakuna Matata” wasn’t originally in the script. It was added way later. Interesting film-making facts, right?
Lion King Trivia Questions and Answers
Hands up, if you know all the highest-grossing movies of all time? Well, The Lion King is the highest-grossing hand-drawn animated feature of our time, with a total box office of over $986 million.
Test your Lion King knowledge with this roar-some trivia!
1. What is the next line? “I’m gonna be a mighty king, like no king was before…”
2. Who is Mufasa’s majordomo?
3. Who provided the voice-over of Young Simba?
4. What is the first song you hear in the movie?
5. What do Timon and Pumbaa teach Simba to eat?
6. Which famous actor gave the voice of Mufasa?
7. I disobeyed my father when traveling to a forbidden area of land. Who voiced me?
8. Which character hits Simba on the head with a stick?
9. Which actor recorded the voice of adult Simba?
10. Who sings this line from “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King”? “Everywhere you look, I’m standing in the spotlight!”
11. What “shadowy place” does Mufasa forbid Simba to explore?
12. Which famous actor gave the voice of the antagonist, Scar?
13. What motto does Simba learn from Timon and Pumbaa?
14. Who gave the voice over of Zazu?
15. Which character tries to kill young Simba?
16. What dance does Timon do to distract the hyenas?
17. Which actor recorded the voice of Rafiki?
18. Who is Simba’s best friend?
19. Which song from The Lion King was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song?
20. What did Timon do that made him finally decide to leave home?
21. Which character knows kung fu?
22. Which famous actress gave the voice over for Nala?
23. What was the name of ‘Lion King 2’?
24. Where does Simba live like a young cub?
25. Who gave the voice of the lead hyena Shenzi?
26. What is the VERY FIRST animal that we see in the movie?
27. What kind of tree does Rafiki live in?
28. Who gave the voice to Simba’s mother in the movie ‘Lion King’ released in 1994?
29. What does Timon call his mother?
30. According to Mufasa, who looks down at Simba from the stars?
31. Who gave the voice for Nala in the remake of ‘The Lion King’ in 2019?
32. Who says this: “Didn’t your mother ever tell you not to play with your food?””
33. What kind of animal do the hyenas drive into a stampede?
34. What was the name of Nala’s mother?
35. Which actress recorded the voice of Sarabi in the remake of ‘The Lion King’ in 2019?
36. Simba said “I ____ the face of danger.”
37. The first scene shows a cub being raised by Rafiki. Who is this cub?
38. At the end of “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King”, which animal sits on Zazu?
39. The song, ‘Circle Of Life’ includes which two languages?
40. What animal is Simba practicing his roar on while he is waiting for his dad in the gorge?
41. Who is Scar?
42. Which lion’s claws never fully retract?
43. Complete the lyrics of this song, “I have never seen a king of beasts with ______”?
44. “Hakuna Matata. What a wonderful phrase. Hakuna Matata! Ain’t no passing craze!” What line came next in the song?
45. Which character goes around singing, “Asante sana, Squash banana, Wewe nugu mimi hapana”?
46. What kind of meat does Scar feed the hyenas?
47. Which famous singer sang several tracks of the movie?
48. When Scar first appears on-screen, what is he doing?
49. What was the original title of The Lion King?
50. Which song is played at the end of the movie?
51. One day, Simba said he wanted to go to the waterhole. I wound up going someplace else with him that day. Who voiced me?
52. What kind of animal is Timon?
53. Which Broadway adaptation song was animated and used in the second edition of the movie?
54. Which “The Lion King” character says, “Slimy yet satisfying”?
55. Complete the lyrics, “Let every creature go for broke and sing _______”.
56. Zazu is a little blue-colored bird. How does he know Simba?
57. What color is the sky in “The Circle of Life”?
58. What line follows the line, “So prepare for the coup of the century”?
59. What was the first thing young Simba woke Timon about?
60. How many male lions are seen in the movie?
61. In the song, ‘I Just Can’t Wait To Be King’, what does Simba use to dry himself with?
62. What does Rafiki mean in Swahili?
63. What was the name of Simba’s mother?
64. Who murders Mufasa?
65. Complete the famous phrase, “Hakuna Matata, it means no _____ for the rest of your days”.
66. Okay, jumping ahead to “Be Prepared”– What is so interesting about Scar’s promises to the hyenas?
67. How many Golden Globe awards has ‘The Lion King’ won?
68. What does Timon’s mom do that bugs him a lot?
69. When Jeremy Irons lost his voice, some of the lines in “Be Prepared” were voiced by the actor who played which character?
70. How many Oscar awards has ‘The Lion King’ won?
71. “No, fool we’re gonna kill him and ____ too.”
72. Who won the Academy Award for the Best Original Score for his work on ‘The Lion King’?
73. Please complete this sentence. “Didn’t your mother ______?”
74. What is the name of Mufasa’s and Scar’s father?
75. According to Zazu’s morning report, the baboons are going what?
76. What is the last word of the dialogue, “Oh, just look at you two. Little seeds of romance blossoming in the ________.”?
77. Pumbaa got lost from Timon chasing what?
78. Simba and Nala rode on which animal during the song ‘I Just Can’t Wait To Be King’?
79. What is Scar’s relation to Simba and who voices him?
80. Who sang the line, “Everywhere you look, I’m standing in the spotlight.”?
81. The movie ended with which word?
82. What line was sung next? “Like dark turning into day. Somehow we’ll come through…”
83. What is Scar’s response when Simba tells him that his father showed him the entire kingdom and that Simba would be ruling it one day?
84. What did Timon and Pumbaa bowl for very first?
85. What did Simba say after tasting insects for the first time?
86. What Shakespearian play does “The Lion King”‘s plot follow so well that it could very well be an animal adaption?
87. Who sings ‘Grazing in the Grass’ for the soundtrack?
88. What was the golden advice Mufasa gave to Simba after his lecture?
89. What is the second motto of Pumbaa?
90. “We’re talking about a lion, lions eat ___ like us!” What word completes the quote?
91. How does Timon describe the taste of grubs?
92. Which hyena said this line – “Did we order this dinner to go?”
93. What is the second motto of Pumbaa?
94. What type of bird is Zazu?
95. Complete this dialogue of Timon, “When the world turns its back on you ______”?
96. The elephant graveyard is beyond which border?
97. What were the last words of Mufasa?
98. “What’s the hurry? We’d looove you to stick around for dinner.” Who said this?
99. Which character says, “Remember who you are.”?
100. What comes next in this song? “Can you feel the love tonight, you needn’t look too far.”
101. What kind of animal is involved in terrible stampede?
102. When Timon’s Ma and uncle meet back up with him near the end of the film, what does his uncle notice is different about him?
103. Who is the first main character to appear onscreen?
104. When Mufasa is killed by the stampede, what is over his body?
105. What is Scar doing in his opening scene?
106. Why do the meerkats dig tunnels all day?
107. Mufasa explains to Simba that he will rule everything that what touches?
108. When Rafiki says to Simba that his father is down in the pool of water, who does Simba say it is at first?
109. Which scene in the film required the heaviest use of graphics and computer animation?
110. Why does Simba first start to walk into the elephant skull?
111. Who talks to Simba right before he becomes King?
112. What animal does Zazu land on when Simba pounces on him?
113. While chasing Simba out of the Pride Lands, how many hyenas fell in the thorn bushes?
114. According to Pumba, what are stars?
115. How many times does it rain in the movie?
116. “I know your powers of retention are as wet as a warthog’s backside.” What line does he sing next?
117. According to Timon, what are stars?
118. Who was called “Cactus Butt”?
119. Which character farted the most?
120. I desperately wanted to eat a wildebeest but Shenzi told me not to do it. Who voiced me?
121. Scar’s scar is on which eye?
122. Who was the sidekick of Pumbaa?
123. When Rafiki tries to convince Simba to go back to Pride Rock, he does something with his staff. What does he do?
124. What is the color of Nala’s eyes?
125. What kind of bug is Pumbaa’s favorite?
126. Whose advice convinced Simba to return home?
127. Fill in the correct word: “Can you feel the ____ tonight…”
128. What was the fate of Scar at the end of the story?
129. What was the name of the honey badger from another film from the franchise, ‘The Lion Guard’?
130. What was the release date of the DVD and video?
131. How many dark stripes does Timon have on his back?
132. How many animals are hit by Scar?
133. What is the highest mountain in Africa which is also shown in the movie?
134. Who was the story supervisor of the film who went on to direct Pixar’s ‘Brave’?
135. How is Bon Jovi connected to the movie?


Sampled optical focus error detecting system for rotating optical media
In a focus correction servo loop which maintains optical focus on an optical disk by movement of an objective lens, a focus error signal generating system which utilizes a pair of photodetectors in a differential channel, the first detector being located a predetermined distance within the focal length of the detector lens associated with that detector and the second detector being located beyond the focal length of the detector lens associated with that detector by the same predetermined distance. When the disk is at the focal point of the objective lens, equal light will fall on both detectors. When the disk position deviates from the focal point of the objective lens, more light will fall on one detector than on the other detector. The dc value of the difference between the detector signals is the focus error signal utilized by the servo loop.
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In the optics module of conventional optical disc systems, whether erasable or non-erasable, three functions are performed, namely: (1) focus error detection and correction, (2) data tracking error detection and correction, and (3) data detection. The order of importance of these functions is the same as the order of the latter listing--the system must first achieve focus control, by movement of the objective lens, if required, then acquired data tracking, and finally write and read the recorded data.
One type of conventional focus error detection and correction system for optical disk systems utilizes an astigmatic lens placed in the path of a portion of the beam reflected from the optical disk. If the separation of the astigmatic lens and the objective lens is approximately equal to the sum of their focal lengths, the beam profile or shape produced by the astigmatic lens will vary approximately linearly with displacement of the objective lens from the optical disk. Detection of the varying beam profile can be performed by using a quadrature detector located in the path of the astigmatic beam at the point where a circular pattern is formed when the beam is in focus, the quadrature detector being oriented so that the lines dividing the quadrants A, B, C, D are at 45.degree. with respect to the orientation of the astigmatic focus lines. The focus error signal is derived by taking the difference between the sum of the signals from detectors A and C and detectors B and D. When the disk moves out of focus, the resulting beam profile on the quadrature detector will be an ellipse with either a larger vertical than horizontal axis or the reverse. Therefore, when the disk is at the focus of the objective lens, the focus error signal is zero, when the disk is too close to, or too far from, the objective lens, the focus error signal is positive or negative.
When using astigmatic focus, proper shape of the focus error signal depends on various design factors such as the amount of lens astigmatism, the separation of the objective and astigmatic lenses, and the size of the quadrature detector. Also, there are often perterbations of the focus error signal produced, for example, by detector misalignment or the misalignment of the centroid of the astigmatic pattern on the quadrature detector, which effect the reliability of astigmatic focus.
When using ablative or thermal deformation storage, data detection and astigmatic focus can be achieved by the same quadrature detector, some outputs of the detector being compared to provide the focus error signal and all outputs of the detector being summed to derive the data signal. However, such a system has reduced sensitivity. When using magneto-optic storage, it has heretofore been considered necessary to have separate data detection and focus error detection channels. Accordingly, there is a need for a focus error signal generating technique that is more reliable and sensitive, and less component rich, than astigmatic focus, and which, when used with magneto-optic storage, can utilize the main data detection channel, with only slight modification, to also generate the focus error signal.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In a focus correction servo loop which maintains optical focus on an optical disk by movement of an objective lens, a focus error signal generating system which utilizes a pair of photodetectors in a differential channel, the first detector being located a predetermined distance within the focal length of the detector lens associated with that detector and the second detector being located beyond the focal length of the detector lens associated with that detector by the same predetermined distance. When the disk is at the focal point of the objective lens, equal light will fall on both detectors. When the disk position deviates from the focal point of the objective lens, more light will fall on one detector than on the other detector. The dc value of the difference between the detector signals is the focus error signal utilized by the servo loop.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a data detection/focus error detection system of the prior art.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a focus error detection system in accordance with the invention.
FIGS. 3a, b and c show a portion of the system of FIG. 2 for various conditions of beam focus.
FIGS. 4, 5 and 7 show curves for summed data signals and summed focus error signals.
FIG. 6 shows curves of focus error sensitivity and total beam power.DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Referring first to prior art FIG. 1, there is shown the components of a magneto-optic module having a separate focus channel using astigmatic focus error detection as taught by the prior art. An expanded, collimated laser beam 1 is passed through appropriate polarizing components, specifically polarizing beam splitters 2 and 3, and focused by a large numerical aperture objective lens 4 onto a conventional magneto-optic disk 6 composed, for example, of a substrate supporting a magneto-optic medium 7, such as amorphous terbium iron. A portion of the light reflected by the disk is guided by the beam splitter 3 to a data detection arrangement 8 and another portion of the reflected light is guided by the beam splitter 2 to an astigmatic focus error detection arrangement 10. Data detection arrangement 8 includes a phase plate 12, a polarizing beam splitter 14, a turning mirror 15, a pair of positive detector lenses 16 and 18 with associated circular photodetectors 20 and 22, respectively, and a differential amplifier 24 receiving inputs from the photodetector pair via amplifiers 25 and 27. See an article by Connell et al, entitled "Signal-to-noise ratio for magneto-optic readout from quadrilayer structures", Appl. Phys, Lett. 42(8), 15 April 1983, pages 742-744, for a discussion of the operation of this conventional data detection arrangement 8. Due to the magnetization state of the medium 7, the light reflected from the medium has both p and s components because of the polar Kerr effect in the medium, the p and s components referring to light vibrating parallel and perpendicular to the plane of light incidence, respectively. The phase of the s component contains the information about the magnetization direction of the magnetic domains of the medium which represent the encoded information. The phase of the s component, for example, up or down, can be measured by referencing it to the phase of the p component. As taught by the referenced Connell et al article, the beam splitter 3 is rotated about the vertical axis by an angle .theta. such that a small fraction of the p component (and a large fraction of the s component) is permitted to leak into the data detection arrangement 8, with the p component providing the needed reference for measuring the phase of the s component.
The astigmatic focus error detection arrangement 10 includes an astigmatic lens 26 which focuses light onto a quadrature detector 28, having detectors A, B, C, D located at the point where a circular pattern is formed when the beam 1 is in focus at the medium 7. The quadrant error signals are amplified by respective amplifiers 30-33 and the differential amplifier 34 provides the focus error signal by taking the difference between the sum of the signals from detectors A and C and detectors B and D. With the described astigmatic focus, focus errors can easily occur, as previously described, and focus detection with good sensitivity requires a separate focus detection arrangement.
Referring now to FIG. 2, there is shown a focus error detection arrangement (push-pull focus) which is particularly well adapted for magneto-optic storage, and, accordingly, is described in detail in relation to magneto-optic storage. The novel focus arrangement does away with the separate focus error detection arrangement 10 of FIG. 1, instead utilizing only the components of the data detection arrangement 8 of FIG. 1, with addition of only a low pass filter 36 coupled to the output of the data detection arrangement 8, to achieve focus error detection. Note that in FIG. 2 the pair of detectors 20 and 22 are moved from their position shown in FIG. 1, detector 20 being located within the focus of lens 16 by a predetermined distance Z' (derived in a manner set forth supra) and detector 22 being located beyond the focus of lens 18 by the same predetermined distance Z'.
The operational principle of the novel data detection/push-pull focus error detection system is described with reference to the three drawings of FIG. 3. The drawings depict the position of the return focus spots in the two differential detection channels of a magneto-optic optical head for three positions of the magneto-optic medium 7 relative to the objective lens 4. Drawing 3(a) shows the medium 7 at the true focus F.sub.d of the objective lens 4, with the return or reflected beams 1' focused by lenses 16 and 18 at the focal plane F.sub.o. Drawings 3(b) and 3(c) show how the focus spots move to either side of the desired focus position (plane F.sub.o) when the medium 7 moves a distance Z.sub.d away and towards the objective lens, respectively. All three drawings of FIG. 3 show the detectors 20 and 22 placed correctly to generate the focus error curve. The distance Z', that is the distance that each detector 20 and 22 is displaced from the focal plane F.sub.o, is a function of the radius R.sub.d of the detector elements, the focal length F.sub.o of the lenses 16 and 18 and the required linear range Z.sub.1 of the focus error curve, as discussed in more detail hereinafter. As the disk 6 moves away from the objective lens 4 the focus spots move towards the detector lenses 16 and 18, as shown by FIG. 3(b). The detector closer to the detector lens (detector 20) begins to receive more light because the light incident on it is more concentrated and the detector placed further away from the detector lens (detector 22) receives less light because it is within an expanding cone of light. In contrast, when the disk 6 moves toward the objective lens 4, the focus spots move away from the detector lenses 16 and 18, as shown in FIG. 3(c). The detector closer to the detector lenses (detector 20) begins to receive less light because the light incident on it is in an expanding cone of light and the detector further away from the detector lenses (detector 22) begins to receive more light because the light incident on it is more concentrated. The difference of the amplified signals of detectors 20 and 22 is reproduced at the output of differential amplifier 24. The output of the differential detector 24, having a sign indicative of the focus error at the medium 7, is supplied to the low pass filter 36 which extracts the dc level of the focus error correction signal.
A typical focus error signal curve "A" along with a curve "B" representing the sum of the light power intercepted by the detectors 20 and 22 are illustrated in FIG. 4. The focus error signal is zero when correct focus is achieved because both detectors 20 and 22 receive the same amount of light. However, when the disk 6 moves away from the objective lens 4, the output signal goes positive on the curve since detector 20 now receives more light than detector 22. In contrast, when the disk 6 moves toward the objective lens 4, the output signal goes negative because the detector 22 now receives more light than detector 20. There is a disk position on each side of true focus where the entire beam is focused on one detector or the other. At this point, the output signal stops being more positive or negative as the case may be and proceeds to approach the zero value as the focus point moves further towards or away from the detectors. The region between the positive and negative peaks where the focus error signal curve is nearly linear with disk focus error is optimal for servo control of the objective lens 4.
Two of the main objectives achieved by the disclosed focus error detection arrangement are maximization of the slope and linear range of the focus error signal curve A while maintaining the sum signal curve B as large and flat as possible. Also, since the focus error detection arrangement utilizes all of the components used for data detection, focus detection is achieved without a large number of additional optical and electrical elements.
Since the focus error signal is derived from the same differential detection channel as the magneto-optic data, the push-pull focus technique disclosed requires sampling of the error signal at only specific (non-data) portions of the track(s) of the optical disk. The concept and circuitry for providing focus detection only from non-data portions of the track(s) of an optical disc is conventional. The reason for sampling the focus error at non-data portions of the track(s) of the disc 6 is that if data bits were also represented by the focus signal, the focus error signal curve would have a floating offset determined by the mean value of the data signal generated by detectors 20 and 22, noting that in ablative or deformable storage the values of the signals at detectors 20 and 22 would vary in amplitude in accordance with changes in light reflection from the ablated or deformed portions of the medium 7 and that in magneto-optic storage the amplitude of the signal generated at the respective detectors 20 and 22 would vary with changes in the direction of the magnetization of the medium 7. Thus, in order for the push-pull focus technique to properly function, specific non-data regions along data track(s) of the disk must be set aside for focus control. Also, by providing focus control from only non-data portions of the track(s) of the disk 6, the high intensity light of the write beam will not interfere with focus detection and control by a servo system this is highly light sensitive.
A simple analytical technique will be used to study of system parameters that affect the focus error signal curve and an example will be worked out that will give the slope and linear range of the focus error signal curve for specific simple, positive lenses 16 and 18 and circular detectors 20 and 22.
Since the shape of the intensity profile of the light beam 1 can be considered Gaussian for all practical purposes, the focus error curve generated by the push-pull technique can be readily derived as a function of the integral of a Gaussian function since the detectors 20 and 22 integrate the beam over the detector area. The intensity of a Gaussian beam is defined as
I(r)=(2P.sub.T /.pi.w.sup.2) exp.sup.-2(r/w).spsp.2 (1)
where r is the beam radius a distance perpendicular to the optical axis, w is the defining waist radius of the beam, and P.sub.T is the total power in the beam. When r is made equal to w the intensity becomes
I(w)=(2P.sub.T /.pi.w.sup.2) exp.sup.-2 (2)
that is, the intensity is down to 13% of its value at r=0. For purposes of this analysis, the waist radius at a specific point along the optical axis is related to the waist radius at focus w.sub.o by the simple relationship
where .lambda. is is the wavelength of the light beam 1 and X is the distance to optimem (perfect) focus. This waist w(Z) is the w used in Equation (1). Therefore, if the output spot waist radius is defined as w.sub.o at correct focus, the intensity at the detectors displaced Z' from w can be written as
I(Z')=(2P.sub.T /.pi.w.sup.2) exp.sup.-2(r/[.lambda.Z'/.pi.w.sbsp.o.sup.]).spsp.2 (5)
When the disk moves an amount Z.sub.d, the output spot moves approximately as given by the following relationship:
Z.sub.o =2(F.sub.o /F.sub.d).sup.2 *Z.sub.d (6)
where F.sub.o and F.sub.d are the focal lengths of the detector output lenses and objective lens at the disk, respectively. The locations of the new output focal point is Z'+Z.sub.o for the first detector and Z'-Z.sub.o for the second detector. Now the intensities at the two detectors become
I(Z'+Z)=k* exp.sup.-2(r/.alpha.[1+Z.sbsp.o.sup./Z']).spsp.2 (7)
I(Z'-Z)=k* exp.sup.-2(r/.alpha.[1-Z.sbsp.o.sup./Z']).spsp.2 (8)
Integrating Equations (7) and (8) over the detector areas gives the following normalized results for the focus error signal and the sum signal: ##EQU1## Equations (9) and (10) are plotted in FIG. 5 for .gamma.=1/.sqroot.2 giving R.sub.d =0.707W(Z'). The abscissa coordinate is Z.sub.o /Z'; a normalized quantity representing the motion of the output spot with respect to the detector separation. The focus error curve is the "S"-shaped curve crossing the zero axis. The upper curve is the sum signal curve. The focus error curve has a steep slope around Z.sub.o =0 and a linear range of approximately Z.sub.o =0.6*Z'. The sum signal S(Z.sub.o) has a large value near 0.7 and remains relatively flat over the linear range of the error curve. Thus, both of these curves exhibit the desired characteristics mentioned previously.
The sensitivity of the error curve at Z.sub.o =0 is of particular interest because it is related directly to the accuracy to which the objective lens can follow the disk as it moves past the lens. The sensitivity is derived from the error curve by differentiating it with respect to the motion of the output focus spot, that is,
dE/dZ.sub.o.vertline.Z.sbsb.o.sub.=0 =(8.gamma..sup.2 exp.sup.-2.gamma..spsp.2)/Z' (13)
FIG. 6 contains a plot of dE/dZ.sub.o *(Z') as a function of .gamma. and a second curve that represents the total beam power collected by the detectors. An interesting point that is related by these plots is that the slope hits a maximum when the detector radius is equal to 1/.sqroot.2 of the waist radius. However, at this radius the two detectors are only collecting about 64% of the total light available. If the detector diameter were made slightly larger, say 0.9*w(Z') instead of 0.707*w(Z'), then the detectors would be collecting about 80% of the light, an increase of 25%, whereas the sensitivity would only drop by 12%. This shows that a tradeoff can be made to increase the amount of light collected if the system sensitivity is relatively high.
The sensitivity that is of most interest is that relative to the disk displacement Z.sub.d. This is derived as
dE/dZ.sub.d.vertline.Z.sbsb.o.sub.=0 =dE/dZ.sub.o.vertline.Z.sbsb.o.sub.=0 *dZ.sub.o /dZ.sub.d (14)
Now from Equation (6)
dZ.sub.o /dZ.sub.d =2(F.sub.o /F.sub.d).sup.2 (15)
and from Equation (12)
Z'=R.sub.d .pi.w.sub.o /(.gamma..lambda.) (16)
Z'=R.sub.d F.sub.o /(R.sub.L .gamma.) (17)
where R.sub.L is the radius of the objective lens entrance pupil. Substituting Equations (15) and (17) into (14) one obtains
dE/dZ/.sub.Z.sbsb.d.sub.=0 =(8.gamma..sup.2 exp.sup.-2.gamma..spsp.2)*2(F.sub.o /F.sub.d).sup.2 /[R.sub.d F.sub.o /R.sub.L .gamma.] (18)
An exemplary data detection/error detection arrangement could utilize simple, positive detector lenses 16 and 18 with R.sub.d (radius of detectors)=0.25 mm and F.sub.o (focal length of detector output lenses)=100 mm and a simple, positive objective lens 4 with R.sub.L (radius of objective lens entrance pupil)=2.15 mm and F.sub.d (focal length of objective lens)=4.58 mm, and have .gamma.=0.9. Substituting these values into Equation (18) one obtains
dE/dF.sub.d /.sub.Z.sbsb.d.sub.=0 =0.10/micron (19)
Z'=12.9 mm (20)
The linear range is given approximately by
Z.sub.o =0.60*Z' (21)
from plots of the focus error curve for various values of .gamma.. Now by using Equation (6) the linear range relative to the disk focal error is obtained as
Z.sub.d =0.60*Z'/[2(F.sub.o /F.sub.d).sup.2 ] (22)
Z.sub.d =.+-.7.7 microns (23)
The resulting relationships and calculations shows that one can achieve very good sensitivity, 0.10/micron, and reasonable linear range, +7.7 microns, with an optical efficiency of 80% from the push-pull focus technique without sacrificing space. (The calculated focus error and sum curves are shown in FIG. 7 for this example).
Although the selected focal length of the detector lenses was specified as 100 mm, by using a negative and positive element combination lens for the detector lenses, such as, a positive lens with +23 mm focal length, followed by a negative lens with -4.6 mm focal length, the length of the optical package can be kept nearly as small as one using only 25 mm focal length positive lenses.
1. A focus error detection system for an optical disc system including
- means for guiding light from an optical disc to a pair of detector lenses,
- a first photodetector associated with one of said detector lenses and a second photodetector associated with the other of said detector lenses, and
- a differential amplifier connected to receive the outputs of said first and second photodetectors, the improvement comprising
- locating said first photodetector forward of the focus of its associated detector lens by a distance Z' and locating said second photodetector beyond the focus of its associated detector lens by the distance Z', and
- a low pass filter coupled to the output of said differential amplifier to provide a focus error signal at the output thereof.
Filed: May 29, 1984
Date of Patent: Mar 24, 1987
Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Stamford, CT)
Inventors: Daniel C. Kowalski (Portola Valley, CA), Dan S. Bloomberg (Palo Alto, CA)
Primary Examiner: Edward P. Westin
Assistant Examiner: S. Allen
Attorney: Leonard Zalman
Application Number: 6/614,492
International Classification: G01J 120;


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The search for Truth took Walker Mole to the DNC, where he dug deep to see if even so much as a grain of truth fell from the Dias. Unfortunately, due to his position beneath the speaker’s platform, Walker was nearly buried alive as grains of truth fell like so much sand, inundating him. Fortunately, however, Walker isa mole, and was able to dig himself out of his predicament in time to file this report.
There was the usual puffery and half-truths at the DNC. Then came Michelle Obama. Her story about her life with Barack as they were starting out rang true and tugged at the heartstrings. But that was just the beginning.
Then came Bill Clinton, and, arithmetic. He threw out fact after fact, and fact after fact checked out. It was such an avalanche of truth, the editors at factcheck.org called it a nightmare.
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SCATHING comments on the poor showing by the Malaysian football team at the Asian Cup continue to hog the Chinese press.
Nanyang Siang Pau in its editorial yesterday did not mince its words when it lambasted the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and called for an overhaul of the FAM.
FAM's failure to redeem the country’s glory in the sport has reached a stage where major “surgery” should be done on the association, it said.
“But who dares to carry out an ‘operation’ on this body?” it asked.
The editorial pointed out that it was not the first time Malaysian footballers had given such a disastrous performance.
“Every time our team loses, everyone will give the association a tongue-lashing.
“But when things cool down, it is business as usual.
“The team will continue to play and we will continue to lose,” it said.
Despite losing matches, allocations were still given to them, it said, adding that, “it still gets to represent Malaysia in the SEA Games and Asian Games.”
Malaysian football will be doomed if nothing is done now, it added.
It also said Malaysia’s football ranking had again recorded a slide, from 149th placing last year to 154th this year.
“Effective measures must be put in place to return Malaysian football to its glory days,” it said.
> Sin Chew Daily in its editorial wrote that there was no need to send “big teams” to check on teachers who gave tuition.
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If the ministry wanted to find out whether teachers were giving tuition, they should check with the school heads, it added.
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Chinese mobile giants like Huawei are not having much success in bringing their devices to the masses in North America, due in part to increased scrutiny from the US government. UU It turns out that Huawei could have a plan B ready, in case it is abandoned by Google and Android as well.
The South China Morning Post reports that Huawei is working on its own mobile operating system, destined to be ready for If the friction between US authorities and the company gets worse,
Huawei and ZTE have been declared security threats national by the US government UU., Although to date no solid evidence has been made public to support the claims. As a result, Chinese companies find it difficult to do business with operators and retailers in the United States … and Google could be next.
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Libtard. Snowflake. Fascist. Nazi. These are the words we toss off casually in comment threads and Facebook posts, targeting those with whom we disagree for barrages of insults based solely on hot-headed reactions to perceived political opinions.
Andrew Forlines thinks there's a more constructive and humanizing way to engage in political conversation — over dinner. Forlines, a working chef whose experience includes eight years at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, was recently moved to action after learning about Make America Dinner Again
, a supper club founded in San Francisco by two women who were interested in promoting civil dialogue — and possibly even lasting friendship — between people with opposing political views.
The chef got the idea to start his own MADA chapter after he came across a podcast on Mother Jones
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MADA founders Tria Chang and Justine Lee took Forlines up on his request and added Denver as a location on the organization's website. Chang and Lee have also created a guide to hosting an event to help dinner organizers like Forlines overcome the trial-and-error phase of planning.
"We don't all need to be in our own echo chamber all the time," Forlines explains of why he's bringing MADA to town. "We can disagree and still be friends."
To help bring opposing political sides together, Forlines has planned the first dinner for Friday, February 16, at Secular Hub in the Whittier neighborhood. The event is free (with a donation requested to help cover expenses) and if you want to be a guest, you can fill out a questionnaire on the Denver page of the MADA website
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While much of the conversation is open, MADA also provides conversation-starter questions like, "What news items have caught your attention the most, or impacted you personally the most?" and "What issues do you think hold the most importance to local life here in Denver?"
If all goes well (meaning that nobody gets stabbed with a butter knife), Forlines hopes to continue MADA events on a regular basis — quarterly or as frequently as every other month, depending on overall interest. This will be a learning experience for him as well as his guests, since he hasn't had the chance to attend a MADA dinner in another city.
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This Memorial Day, it is important to remember that the young men and women that we send around the world in our military give their lives to save others as well as in war. Cpl. Sara A. Medina, a combat photographer assigned to Marine Corps Installations Pacific, died in the line of duty on May 12 in Nepal. Medina was aboard a Marine helicopter moving supplies to areas hard hit by two massive earthquakes, including one that was 7.4 magnitude on that same day.
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For the first time in our 2013 survey we asked specifically about the use of these cell phone dating apps.
Among those who use cell phone apps, 7% say that they have specifically used a dating app on their phone.
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Avid Life Media also said that it had hired "one of the world's top IT security teams" to work on the breach.
The hack follows a similar event in March, when more than 3.5 million people's sexual preferences, fetishes and secrets were exposed after dating site Adult Friend Finder was hacked.
Bowling Green State University professors of gerontology, Dr. The study authors also delved into the question of which features make a dating site a good fit for seniors.
Charlie Stelle, have been researching the landscape and found that people over 60 represent the most rapidly growing demographic in online dating.
Since 85% of the population now goes online, that means that one out of every ten Americans (9%) has used an online dating site at one point or another.


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The Valentine tank was produced in the United Kingdom (and Canada under license) during the Second World War. More than 8,000 of the type were produced in 11 different marks plus various purpose-built variants, accounting for approximately a quarter of wartime British tank production. Used by British & Commonwealth forces, it also saw service in the Russian army. Perhaps the only romantically named tank of the war, one of the most popular explanations was that the design was presented to the War Office on St. Valentine’s Day, 14 February 1940; another version suggests that the tank was called Valentine in honour of Sir John Valentine Carden, the man who led the development of the A10 and many other Vickers vehicles; another that it is an acronym for Vickers-Armstrong Ltd Elswick & (Newcastle-upon) Tyne and finally that it was just the next code name destined to be used.
The tank first served in Operation Crusader in the North African desert, when it began to replace the Matilda Tank. It was extensively used in the North African Campaign, earning a reputation as a reliable and well-protected vehicle; its thick armour and 2pdr, which at the time was an excellent anti-tank gun and more than a match for its Italian opponents and Panzer I, II and early Panzer IIIs of the Afrika KorpsHowever, as the later MkIII panzers, and PzIVs came into action in Africa, and especially as more 88s were deployed the need to upgun it was identified. The Valentine shared the common weakness of the British tanks of the period: its 2-pounder gun lacked high-explosive (anti-personnel) capability, and soon became outdated as an anti-tank weapon too. Although versions with the 6-pounder and then with the Ordnance QF 75 mm gun were developed, by the time they were available in significant numbers better tanks had reached the battlefield. Another weakness was the small crew compartment and the turret for only two men. A larger turret with a loader position added was used in some of the 2-pounder versions, but the position had to be removed again in variants with larger guns.By 1944 the Valentine had been almost completely replaced in front-line units of the European Theatre by the Churchill and the US-made Sherman.
In the Pacific the tank was employed in limited numbers at least until May 1945. In Soviet service the Valentine was used from the Battle of Moscow until the end of the war. Although criticized for its low speed and weak gun, the Valentine was liked due to its small size, reliability, and generally good armour protection.Due to the basically sound design of the hull and running gear the Valentine was used as the basis of a number of specialist vehicles, notably the self-propelled 17-pdr Archer and the self-propelled 25-pdr Bishop. The first DD swimming tanks were built around the Valentine, and various mine-clearing, flame-throwing and bridge-carrying versions were built, though the perfected designs were then applied to other tanks such as the Sherman or Churchill.
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Jin Featured in Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal's Women in Finance Table of Experts
Taft Minneapolis partner Jing Jin served as a panelist for the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal's Table of Experts: Women in Finance. Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal hosts quarterly Table of Experts discussions featuring new topics each session. These discussions allow panelists to offer insight and share industry knowledge and experiences. This month's Table of Experts topic focused on women in the field of finance.
Read the full article here.
Jin represents all types of lenders and borrowers in complex financing facilities and structured lending transactions, including asset-based lending, syndicated credit facilities, traditional commercial lending, and commercial real estate lending. Prior to joining the firm, she was a member of the global finance group at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago, where she worked extensively in the areas of fund financings, warehouse programs, structured receivables finance transactions, and asset-backed securities across a wide range of asset-types.
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Getting Mortgage Loans Even with Bad Credit
So many people are quite interested about having their own home and they would also like to avoid such trouble that comes in renting. But, this may not be very possible when you have that poor credit rating. You may still have mortgages longer than 30 years even with bad credit when you just followed some tested steps and also ensured that there are a few things in place. Well, you must know that obtaining a mortgages and taxes is actually not a walk in the park and is also not for those who are not prepared. These are a few things that you have to keep in mind as well as consider so that you will become approved for those mortgages available.
A big determining factor before you would be granted that mortgage loan by the lenders is the credit score. But, you must be aware that this isn’t just the main factor alone. Getting that stable job with such steady flow of income and also other assets may surely persuade those lenders to provide you a mortgage loan though you have such bad credit. Well, you should know that the banks actually don’t have issues about providing you with a loan when you are able to prove to them that you are surely able to payback the amount that is given to you with interest.
When it comes to mortgages and credit scores, it also becomes more critical since normally the amount of cash that is involved is really huge. So, though you may have such bad credit, when you are able to prove to the lenders that you can surely repay the loan, then you may have the chance of getting approved.
Many lenders would be particular of your credit rating as they would review your application. Yes, you may actually know that you have such bad credit rating but have you also taken some time to know why this is? For this reason, an important thing that you need to do is that you have to take care of the erroneous information and have such removed from the credit report. The credit score would be brought down with inaccurate data. Have the credit report and if there are those inaccurate entries too. If you do that, then you will give them the power to look into such entries that you are disputing.
If you have more debt than your income every month, then a lot of banks will not give you mortgage because they are aware that you are already over-burned.
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The fatal shooting occurred at 2:08 a.m. when an unidentified man was shot multiple times as he stood in front of a house on the unit block of Woodward Street in the Mission District.
Homicide inspector Joe Toomey said a second man at the scene was struck over the head and injured. Police are trying to determine the circumstances of the injury.
The shooting victim died at San Francisco General Hospital at 4:37 a.m.
About two hours after the first shooting, an unidentified 32-year-old man was shot at Leavenworth and Post streets during a robbery, police said.
Police Officer Annamarie Bretz said the victim was making a telephone call at a public phone at a bus stop on Leavenworth when "at least" three men walked up to him and demanded his money.
The victim turned over $35, but the thieves demanded more and then shot him in the neck and shoulder blade. He was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
A witness told police the robbers casually walked away.
Meanwhile, the Police Department's Gang Task Force is investigating a drive-by shooting on Pretor Way in the Crocker Amazon district about 4:20 a.m.
Police said the unidentified victim in that shooting was sitting in his car after dropping off a friend when another car pulled alongside and an occupant of the car opened fire.
The victim was struck in the left shoulder by one of more than a half-dozen shots that were fired, police said. He was taken to San Francisco General Hospital in critical condition.<


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How did the collaboration with Sennheiser come about?
Nora Warmedinger, Head of Careers, Events, Guests & Promotions at BIMM University Berlin reached out to me to say that Sennheiser was looking for a singer/songwriter to be featured in their next product story and she asked if I was interested in being part of the project. From there on I started to communicate with Sennheiser, shared my story with them and they created the visual concept for the video clip.
In the video, you are talking about what inspired you to become a musician – what was a crucial point for you, where you decided to pursue a career in music?
I became a trained social worker before pursuing my music path and there was a time during my studies that I was even living in the U.S., studying abroad and interning in a high-profile organization. I had come so far but still felt like something was missing. Only when I started to get to know other artists who also changed paths later on in life, I realized that music was actually my true desire. It had always stuck along with me whatever phase in my life I was at and then I decided to give it a go by studying at BIMM University Berlin.
In the video you are also talking about how you don’t have to be a big pop product at a major label to make music – what advice would you give to upcoming artists who want to start making music?
Follow your curiosity – find out what you feel curious, interested and excited about and then start to immerse yourself in that! Don’t think about the outcome too much. Reach out to others to collaborate, be open to feedback and change, but also learn how to listen to yourself and your own gut feeling about things!
What was the experience filming with Sennheiser like and what was your highlight?
I felt very valued and seen throughout the process of working with Sennheiser. I couldn’t believe that my personal story with all my previous doubts about myself and the ups and downs that I feel about pursuing music was something they felt was worthy of sharing in their clip. It was definitely a highlight to know that everything that has been said in the video and how I was portrayed was 100% me because the audio footage was used from our very first initial interview.
You write and produce your own music – what does your creative process look like and how do you create your music?
I like to improvise when I sing, create vocal loops from there; sometimes I like to start writing down lyrical ideas first and sometimes I start by creating a beat or a basic backing track – it’s different for every song. For my releases, I get together with my producer to get the tracks fully ready and sounding SICK!
Which projects are you currently working on?
I just recently released a downtempo remix of my single “I Still Care” and I’m currently preparing for the release of my next single “My Friend”. We just finished filming a music video for the song which was an absolutely heartening and fulfilling experience. The song carries a very important message and I can’t wait to share it with everyone on May 7th, 2021.
What has changed in your career and work as an artist since graduating from BIMM University Berlin?
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You’re a piece of @#$%&! I never want to see your @#$%&! face again! He smashed the plate of spaghetti to the floor. Now go clean it up!
For a number of years I was in an abusive relationship with someone I’ll simply call “B.” B was the life of the party: charming, gregarious, and, behind closed doors, abusive.
He was handsome, dashing and, as they say, the life of the party. But out of sight of anyone else, and out of earshot, he would descend into a dark place fueled by too much Jack Daniels and the weight of life stresses. He’d set off like a bomb at the slightest perceived slight and explode in a fit of anger, sending shrapnel my way.
After the storm subsided, any attempt I would make to talk about it was met with a cool, “Why do you have to make things so complicated” or “You need to chill, lady.” He was emotionally unavailable. Somehow, things were never his fault. He would eventually brighten, though, and things would go back to a kind of normal—for a while.
One day, in a sunnier mood, he casually said, “We should get married.” My heart stopped. I knew at the deepest level then that I had to get out. In retrospect, from the beginning, there should have been clear-cut signs to leave, but the relationship turned into messy confusion and a protracted struggle. Verbal assaults had turned physical. A push into a wall. A threat to throw me out a window. A hand raised to slap. Although I eventually ended the relationship, at the time, it was very hard to swallow. Could this really be happening to me? I wondered. Wasn’t this something that happened to other people? And what if I had been married to him? What would I do?
Could domestic violence happen to any of us? Could it happen to you?
Marriage and domestic violence—all too common
The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) states that “in almost 20% of all marriages, couples slap, shove, hit, or otherwise assault each other. Emotional abuse—verbal threats, humiliating or degrading remarks, and controlling behavior—is even more common.”
Red flags of an abusive relationship
The National Domestic Violence Hotline website states that many abusive partners “seem absolutely perfect in the early stages of a relationship”; however, possessive and controlling behaviors don’t always appear overnight, but rather emerge and intensify as the relationship grows. The following behaviors may indicate you are in an abusive relationship, if your partner is:
- Telling you that you can never do anything right
- Showing jealousy of your friends and time spent away
- Keeping you or discouraging you from seeing friends or family members
- Embarrassing or shaming you with put-downs
- Controlling every penny spent in the household
- Looking at you or acting in ways that scare you
- Controlling who you see, where you go, or what you do
- Preventing you from making your own decisions
- Telling you that you are a bad parent or threatening to harm or take away your children
- Preventing you from working or attending school
- Destroying your property or threatening to hurt or kill your pets
- Pressuring you to have sex or to do things sexually you’re not comfortable with
- Pressuring you to use drugs or alcohol
If you are experiencing any of the above, you may need to seek help.
The AAMFT stresses that domestic violence is a crime; your first response needs to be to protect yourself and your children. Therefore, you may need to call the police. Most communities have victim support services and access to shelters where you and your children can go if you are afraid. Additionally, a call to the local Battered Women’s Shelter Organization, community crisis line, or community mental health agency can provide a list of available services. Shelters will not divulge your identity; they actively seek to protect the identity of those in refuge.
If the violence has not escalated to the point that you are fearful, but you or your partner recognize that the way you argue is not healthy and want to prevent destructive arguing from destroying your marriage or escalating to battering, the AAMFT notes that marital therapists can give couples “tools to eliminate violence, resolve conflict, and improve marital relationships.”
An insidious path
The impacts abuse also has on mental health are many. Domestic violence victims face depression, anxiety and other emotional distress aside from physical dangers. If you—or someone you know—feel afraid or in danger, do not hesitate to immediately seek help.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline has trained advocates available 24/7to take calls at the toll-free number: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).

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Scuba diving in Jardines de la Reina
“The Gardens of the Queen” one of the main attractions of scuba diving worldwide.This is a spectacular underwater world, whose health of reefs and marine life are intact and at a level similar to when Christopher Columbos discovered Cuba. This underwater Garden of Eden provides a home for a diverse array of marine life. This area has been a marine park for over 20 years and the protection has paid off.
Protected and Conserved Marine Area
Jardines de la Reina was declared a Natural Park. Its access is restricted and limited. Commercial fishing has been banned from all but the outermost edges of the Park.Jardines de la Reina scuba diving is restricted to ZUSRUP “Zones Under Special Regime of Use and Protection” these protected areas are used in a sustainable way. Tourism and conservation work alongside each other under special rules and regulations.
Diving in Jardines de la Reina is exciting on many levels. There are a number of different dive spots boasting vertical reef walls covered with brightly coloured sponges, huge pillar corrals, biggest populations of adult fish in the Caribbean, Jewfish up to 400pounds, Snappers, Groupers are to name a few. Shark species are abundant Silkies, Reef, Lemon, Blacktip, Great Hammerhead and Nurse Sharks.
Best Time to Dive
The water average temperature is from 26 ° C to 29 ° C and expect amazing visibility of 30 meters (100 feet) or more. Due to the optimal tropical weather conditions of the Jardines de la Reina, diving is possible all year round. Although diving varies only slightly between seasons, the best time to dive is usually December to April.
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The die is cast. The stage is set. History beckons. Nigerians are about to witness the fiercest political royal rumble in the annals of our political punditry come 2019. The primary election of former vice president Waziri Atiku Abubakar as formidable presidential candidate of the PDP has practically altered the entire political permutations cum matrix, as far as next year’s presidential election is concerned. It’s a different ballgame now. Atiku’s historic crowning as the PDP candidate—in an election adjudged as the most freest, transparent and rancor-less presidential primary recorded—even by his co-aspirants, has sent whirlwind of jitters into the camp of the APC; by extension Buhari’s presidency.
There has been uneasy calm in the ruling the APC since Atiku emerged. They’re fidgeting and sweating profusely not because a candidate was thrown up by a credible process alone, but the electoral consequences of facing a political war veteran and master-strategist; who is about to erupt political volcanoes in the nation’s political hemisphere. The palpable fear amongst Buhari’s hardliners, is that political colossus called Atiku Abubakar has the virile and entrenched machinery to dismantle sophisticated rigging armory aimed at stopping his election as next president of Nigeria.
His vast and formidable political structures across the six geo-political zones of the Nigeria, is what the APC dreads so much. Buhari Media Center (BMC)—the APC’s propagandistic outfit; where all the prejudiced narratives and flawed conjectures of Buhari’s government are cooked-up, has been grasping for breath since Atiku was announced winner of the PDP primary in Rivers State. They have been in mourning mood since the PDP ended its elective convention without crisis. Firstly, these propagandists planned unleashing media onslaught on the opposition, with the hope that the PDP would come out of the keenly contested primary divided and fractured. Their ignoble expectations were dashed by quintessential Governor Ifeanyi Okowa-led Electoral Panel Committee, who raised the bar of electoral process and subsequently exposed the INEC’s gross incompetence and brazen partisanship as seen in the Commission’s recent outings.
Having successful walked on the thin ice of presidential primary that produced the most prepared economic maverick and cosmopolitan candidate for the office of the president in the personality of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has passed its greatest test and overcame complex web of hurdles on its sojourn to Nigeria’s seat of power. By electing Atiku as its candidate and skillfully managed to keep the big umbrella house united after a rigorous contest, the PDP has succeeded in handing over the baton of electoral race to Nigerian masses on the streets to take back their country from tyrants, economic neophytes, managerial greenhorns and ethno-religious supremacists.
The euphoric acceptance of Atiku’s candidacy by Nigerians across ethno-religious cum geo-political lines and zones, as observed in their psyched reactions, quaked the fledgling foundation of Buhari’s presidency. Its ‘terrific’ impact reverberated in Buhari Campaign Organization, of which, out of panic propelled Festus Keyamo—the campaign spokesman into releasing already deflated and punctured propaganda against Atiku Abubakar. Nigerians, out of patriotic volition, are the ones blowing up BMC’s jagged propaganda against Atiku mid-air, even before it crash-lands. All the insidious fallacies targeted at maligning his larger-than-life image are dead on arrival—all thanks to Nigerians who have vowed Never Again! The hope of “Getting Nigeria Working Again” via emerging Atiku Abubakar’s presidency has reignited the hitherto lost nationalism and patriotism in Nigerians.
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar and President Muhammadu Buhari are two parallel lines of socio-political and ethno-religious ideologies that can never meet on the political spectrum. The duo represents instinctively extremes of political philosophies. While one represents ultra conservative absolutism; the other epitomizes liberalism as embodied in constitutional democracy. As one portrays retrogression; the other images progression. One is a true federalist—an unsung apostle of federalism as pigeonholed in restructuring, while the other is a staunchly unitarian as exemplified in unitarianism—over concentration of power at the center.
One is a gifted expert in deploying persuasive skill of lobbing, concessions and deal-making in solving national issues, his rival is an ardent believer in the use of brutal force of state power to quell any dissenting voice cum opinion at the expense of people’s lives, businesses and freedom. One of the candidates, as a job creator—who has provided thousands of jobs as an individual in private sector, is an advocate of a liberal and stimulated private sector, his opponent is an agent of command-and-control structure, whose erection of bureaucratic leviathans in the system crippled Nigerian economy and pushed us into first economic recession after 30 years. Under his watch, 18 million Nigerians have lost their jobs. Certainly, no one can give what he doesn’t possess. Nigerians, the ball is in your court.
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QUOTE: The euphoric acceptance of Atiku’s candidacy by Nigerians across ethno-religious cum geo-political lines and zones, as observed in their psyched reactions, quaked the fledgling foundation of Buhari’s presidency