A giant metal ball appeared on the morning of Tuesday, February 21, on the shore of a beach in the city of Hamamatsu, located in Shizuoka prefecture, in Japan.
Also read: This is how the Chinese balloon works: the reasons why it worries the United States
The fact is baffling the country’s authorities, since its origin and how it got there is unknown. The huge ball measures at least 1.5 meters in diameter and is orange due to the presence of rust on its exterior.
Authorized personnel working to discover the origin of the large metal ball that washed up on the coast of Japan. (Photo: video capture)
According to local media, the sighting of this strange object was discovered by a man who was walking around the place and his wife was the one who alerted the police about “a large round object was thrown on the beach.”
Not knowing what it was about and Fearing a possible explosion, the area was completely isolated.. The security agents prohibited access to that area of the beach, cordoning off the area for about 200 meters around, they indicated from the channel Daiichi TV.
The authorities were in charge of sending images and videos to the specialists of the Armed Forces and the Coast Guard so that they could analyze it in depth. In turn, they searched the entire area in case there were more specimens like this, fearing that it could be some kind of sea mine.
Images and videos were taken and later sent to specialists from the Armed Forces and the Coast Guard for further analysis. (Photo: video capture)
From The information isreported that the mysterious ball has two attachment points on opposite sides and could have landed from the sea or by air, as an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO).
Thanks to the measures that were taken in time, it was possible to learn through the local media in the area that when scanning the ball with X-rays, they revealed that it was hollow inside, so that the danger of explosion could be ruled out.
Many people linked this finding to the sightings of Chinese spy balloons shot down by the United States weeks ago. (Photo: Social Networks)
Therefore, the restrictions were lifted around 4 in the afternoon, since they considered that the object did not pose any danger to people. Although the origin of it is still unknown, the local police asked the authorities to collect the ball from the beach.
There are several questions about this strange event, but many people have linked the appearance of this metal ball off the coast of Japan with the sightings of Chinese spy balloons that have been seen flying over US territory in recent weeks.
Also read: “They are not aliens”: the United States analyzes theories about the flying objects that it ordered to shoot down
Even, also of other unidentified objects that NASA did not rule out that they had extraterrestrial origin, although one of which is suspected to be another artifact launched by a hobby club in Illinois.


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Jaikumar Vijayan reports:
In a case with broad privacy implications, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Thursday will hear arguments on the minimum legal standards that prosecutors need to meet when requesting cell phone location data for law enforcement purposes.
The case’s prosecutors have argued that to ask for data they only need to show “reasonable cause” to believe that cell phone records are relevant to an ongoing investigation. But several lower court judges and a coalition of privacy groups are arguing that authorities need to be held to the more stringent “probable cause” standard when asking for such information.
The case is important because it is the first time a federal appellate court has been asked to decide on the legal standard the government needs to use when requesting cell phone data, said Jim Dempsey, vice president for public policy at the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) in Washington.
Read more on Computerworld.

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Stunning Rare Large Vintage Sterling Silver Bread Seller Menu Holder Figure
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This is a stunning, largeand rare vintage sterling silver Sculpture/statue of a Victorian Bread seller.
The detail is amazing.
It is in excellent condition.
It is fully hallmarked with the makers mark "TCJ" for Thomas Charles Jarvis, the lion passant, London assay mark and date letter "A" for 1975.
It is approx 6.5 cm high.
It weighs a substantial61.4 grams.
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A pretty vintage gold-filled pendant with a dark green stone is paired with lemon quartz and aquamarine nuggets. Closed with a vintage Japanese box clasp on vintage neon pink enamel chain.
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
After going weeks without my camera I finally have it back!!!! I am sooo excited about my new career path. Hopefully, I will have a website up soon. I 'm planning on taking Christmas photos for this holiday season...more to come tomorrow. Here is a picture I took today of my daughter.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Today our photography class got to participate in an interview with the famous Gregory Heisler, and Melvin Scott which was shot by the photography network. The words of these two great men were truely inspiring to me. I have felt a little discouraged with my work and they both told our class exactly what I think a lot of us needed to hear. I was so thankful to be apart of Gwinnett Techs Photography program today. Thank you to Denis Reggie, the Photography network and Mrs. Harkins for making this possible for us.
My Final Project was on the on Animal Adoption. A big thank you to the Hall County Humane Society for letting me take so many pictures of their animals. Oh.... and by the way after I was done with this project we ended up adopting another dog!! Check back for pictures of him!


Britain’s economy has held up well since the vote to leave the EU, but uncertainty around the future of international trading relationships could hit investment, according to the Bank of England’s deputy governor.
Even if growth stays strong, that uncertainty alone is dangerous, making it hard for businesses to know if they should make big spending decisions, Ben Broadbent warned.
This means that the UK may not see any immediate change in its economic prospects, but instead will be harmed over time by an absence of new investment projects, he claims..
“Uncertainty per se raises the bar for all such decisions, disinvestment and new investment alike,” he said.
“So a lack of clarity about the UK’s future trading relationships needn’t result in visible, headline-grabbing closures of productive capacity. The effect is likely to be more insidious: decisions to expand, that might otherwise have been taken, are delayed.”
By contrast, consumer spending is less affected by uncertainty, he said, while investment in housing may hold up better than businesses’ investment decisions.
Mr Broadbent said that the monetary policy committee’s (MPC) decision to chop its UK growth forecasts in August “was not a judgement about the ultimate economic effects of the UK’s exit from the EU, not least because we are unlikely to know, for quite some time, what that will entail. Instead, the key judgement for the MPC was that this uncertainty would itself weigh on demand and investment spending in particular.”
He said that the economy appears to be performing well, but the full impact of the uncertainty surrounding Brexit will only become clear in time once more information is known.
“There’s little doubt that the economy has performed better than surveys suggested immediately after the referendum and … somewhat more strongly than our near-term forecasts as well,” he said.
“The central projection in the August Inflation Report didn’t involve a recession, simply a slowing in the economy’s rate of growth. But that slowing looks so far to have been more moderate than we feared.”
Mr Broadbent put that success down to unexpectedly strong domestic demand, an rapid increase in exports following the fall in sterling, and the surprisingly solid state of the housing market, which may reflect consumer confidence rather than investors’ nervousness.
Meanwhile the deputy governor also denied that the Bank of England was to blame for low interest rates, and in particular for the problems faced by final salary pension schemes.
He argued that central banks have to follow the natural rate of interest in markets, particularly in open economies such as the UK, and cannot defy global forces.
“If the MPC and other monetary authorities hadn’t eased policy – if they had failed to accommodate the forces pushing down on the neutral real rate – the performance of the economy and equity markets, and the long-term prospects for pension funds, would probably have been worse,” he argued.


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Vintage Airplane Makes Emergency Landing At Tulsa International
Saturday, September 9th 2006, 5:18 pm
News On 6
A vintage aircraft landed with the wheels up Saturday in Tulsa.
The accident closed down the main runway at Tulsa International Airport. A News on 6 skycam network from Fine Airport Parking captured this picture of the plane on the runway. Itâ€™s a T-6 Trainer that was flown in World War II. The pilot and a passenger on board were not hurt.
The Air National Guard and the Tulsa Fire Department used forklifts to lift the plane and released the landing gear. They were able to roll the plane off the runway.
There were no delays in commercial servce because of the accident.

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On Saturday 12th May 2012, the 5th edition of the LoudNProud Live Series tagged Music for the Soulwas held at Jay Jay Okocha’s Number 10 Club in Victoria Island, Lagos. Hosted by Big Brother Amplified Winner – Karen Igho, the well attended event kicked off with a red carpet session and saw some of our most loved entertainers and socialites including Nneka, Waje and Tewa Onasanya attend in their stylish ensembles.
The music event which saw upcoming Nigerian music acts – Myst, Ruby and Yungrace perform with a full live band , was also to celebrate the 50th issue of Nigerian Lifestyle Publication – Exquisite Magazine. The next edition of LoudNProud Live Series will take place on Saturday 26th June 2012 at Number 10. Here are some pictures from the event


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My name is Parker Ellis. Making other people’s dreams a reality is what I do. It’s what I live for. Then I met Skyler Paige. She’s my every fantasy come to life, my dream woman. Regardless, that doesn’t mean I’m going to turn my back on clients who need International Guy’s services. I’m ready for it all—as my journey continues in three new cities: Milan, San Francisco, and Montreal.
International Guy Inc. is owned and operated by Parker Ellis, a ladies’ man with a high IQ and a big libido. He’s the most successful life and love coach in the world, and he’s smart enough to know he can’t run a multimillion-dollar company alone.
He hires two friends whose areas of expertise complement his own. They comprise The Dream Maker, The Love Maker, and The Money Maker. Together, they advise the wealthiest people in the world: Hollywood hotshots, European royalty, and the CEOs of multibillion-dollar companies. And sometimes they can’t help it when things heat up and they end up in bed with their clients. Quite literally.
This International Guy likes his playboy lifestyle, and he’s not looking for commitment. After all, there’s a whole world waiting for him. But as he goes from city to city, and from woman to woman, it’s possible that he just might find his own love along the way…
This volume includes the fourth, fifth, and sixth International Guy novellas.
Once again, I loved everything about these stories! Milan, San Francisco and Montreal all brought something unique and different to the table and I enjoyed every single moment!
I really feel that the Milan story gives so much more! It’s the story of learning how to accept yourself and truly love yourself for who you are, no matter what your size 😉
San Francisco finally gives us Royce and a look into the relationship between Parker and Royce. While expecting to be doing some matchmaking, this case turns into something they didn’t expect all the while Parker is dealing with issues that left me in tears at the end.
Montreal was my favorite of the three! There are so many emotions because of what happens a the end of San Francisco but I have a feeling there is so much more to come in London!
Once again, Audrey Carlan truly held me captive during these three stories! Filled with fun, sexiness and so many emotions, I truly enjoyed every city and each journey I went along on!
She lives in the California Valley where she enjoys her two children and the love of her life. When she’s not writing, you can find her teaching yoga, sipping wine with her “soul sisters” or with her nose stuck in a wicked hot romance novel.

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The President of the sp.a, John Crombez, and his Brussels Minister, Pascal Smet, are stating their desire to see a City-Region for Brussels.
The project, spearheaded by the Socialist figures, consists in the entire unification of Brussels. The current 19 communes would be removed, making way for a City-Region, which would subsume the same territory (thus outside of the current facility-based commune structure). It would have its own parliament, named the Regional Urban Council, still guaranteeing Flemish representation.
The communes would disappear, replaced by around 20 districts. They would not be delineated by present commune boundaries but by physical boundaries (railways, canals and the main ring roads). Overall, the number of inhabitants in each district would be identical under this proposal. Each district would have highly localised remits for matters such as property, security, area improvements, ecology and associational and community life.
Lastly, elected representatives will be trilingual: French and Dutch would remain the two administrative languages, but there will also be a role for the English language in the region.
Mr Smet is insisting, “Our proposal is not in any way community-based.” He concludes, “There is now a new generation in Brussels...which I would not go so far as to call ‘French-speaking’ but simply Brusselers who speak French. Within their ranks, there is a call for change and good management, regardless of the language spoken. We must get out of our old ways of thinking. In Brussels, we are all Bruselers.”
John Crombez indicated, “Really what we want, is to start a debate so that dialogue can begin around our proposal.”
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The Freer and Sackler
in conjunction with
Wintergreen Kunqu Society
Portraits In Motion:
Chinese Kunqu Theater
from The Palace of
August 5, 2006, 3:00 pm
Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art
1050 Independent Ave., SW, Washington, DC
* Thanks to Professor Chang Jingcheng, Ms. Chen
Santzu, and Mr. Wu Dongshen of
Pong Yi Qu Ji (蓬瀛曲集) , Taiwan, for helping the preparation and
interpretation of Chinese librettos.
The Palace of Eternal Youth (Chang
sheng dian 長生殿) is a full-length (50 scene) play that treats the famous and
tragic love story between Emperor Xuanzong (685-762) of the Tang dynasty and his
favorite imperial consort Yang Yuhuan, also known by her court title, Precious
Consort Yang (Yang Guifei). "The Banquet" (Xiaoyan, 小宴) is an excerpt
that constitutes all but the ending of Scene 24 "Startled by the Rebellion" (Jingbian
驚變). Indulging himself in his lovemaking with Consort Yang, the Emperor has
become lax in attending to affairs of state, and unknown to him, trouble is
growing on the border, among his own troops. The time is autumn, and the
imperial garden is decked out in the brilliant colors of the changing leaves.
The emperor orders a small feast in the garden. The couple arrives, holding each
other's hands, and stroll through the garden, entranced in each other's gaze.
The emperor orders simple dishes for them to enjoy and then dismisses the
imperial entertainers. He asks Consort Yang to sing a new song recently composed
using the lyrics of the famous and talented poet Li Bai. As they celebrate the
occasion and each other, Consort Yang becomes intoxicated, which makes her
appear even more lovely. She is finally led away, and our excerpt comes to an
end. In the last part of the scene, which is not being performed today, the
peace and tranquility of the love between emperor and consort is shattered by
the report to the emperor that one of the emperor's generals, An Lushan, has
rebelled against the throne and has already broken through the pass guarding the
approach to the capital. The feckless emperor can do nothing but accept his
minister's advice to abandon the capital and flee to Sichuan.
The rebellion of An Lushan brought to an end the era known as the "High Tang,"
an age of extended peace and prosperity overseen by Emperor Xuanzong, in which
the arts, and particularly poetry, flourished as never before. Falling from the
height of power, Xuangzong becomes a fugitive unable to protect even the life of
the woman he loves, Consort Yang (on the road to exile, the troops escorting the
imperial party refuse to go further until she is put to death). All this is
brought about by the rebellion of An Lushan, a non-Chinese Sogdian who was once
the favorite of the emperor and who became the adopted son of Consort Yang. The
rebellion raged for years, and besides Consort Yang's death, it also brought
with it the sacking of the capital and the abdication of Emperor Xuanzong in
favor of his son. The Tang dynasty was never the same again. One of the reasons
for An Lushan's rebellion was his constant disputes and jockeying for power with
Xuanzong's Prime Minister, Yang Guozhong, who owed his rise to power to his
cousin, Consort Yang. Yang Guozhong was also put to death by the troops
escorting Xuanzong into exile.
The play from which our excerpt comes, The Palace of Eternal Youth, was written
by Hong Sheng (1605-1704) at the close of the seventeenth century. It is
generally regarded by scholars of Kunqu as the greatest and best composed play
written specifically for performance in the Kunqu style. Hong Sheng worked in
consort with a music master to make sure that his lyrics fit the music of the
arias perfectly. The play carries the love story of the emperor and his consort
on beyond her death. In the middle of the play they pledge to be lovers once
again in their next existence, and at the end of the play a shaman manages to
put the two of them back in touch even before Xuanzong himself dies. The play’s
considerable appeal lies in its poetry and the sense of spectacle created
through that poetry.
Hong Sheng did not invent the story that he so ably turned into such a classic
play. But his is the fullest and most artistic of the myriad versions of the
story. Although critical of the failings of the two lovers, his play also
exhibits great sympathy for them, and is one of the strongest affirmations of
love in the Chinese tradition.
Meet the Artists
studied with the Kunju masters of the Shanghai Academy of Performing
Arts for eight years. She plays the lead female role, Du Liniang, in
Lincoln Center’s nineteen hours play The Peony Pavilion directed
by Chen Shi-Zheng, in New York, Paris, Milan, Berlin, Perth, and
Singapore. In 2001, she made her English language debut in Chen Shi-Zheng's
workshop of Ji Junxiang's The Orphan of Zhao, produced by Lincoln
Center Theatre. While still in China, she appeared in theaters
throughout the nation, and received wide acclaim for her performances in
scenes from The Legend of the White Snake and The Peony
Pavilion (Mudan Ting). Celebrated for her compelling stage presence
and beautiful voice, she was awarded the title of National Best Young
Kunqu Actress by the Chinese Minister of Culture. She currently lives in
Wang Taiqi, a graduate of the Shanghai
Academy of Performing Arts, was one of the leading performers of young
male roles for the Shanghai Kunqu Troupe before he moved to the U.S. Mr.
Wang is also well recognized for his versatility in playing other
role-types of the Kunqu dramatic tradition. He has appeared in many
major performances in New York, Washington, D.C., and on the West Coast.
Mr. Wang currently lives in New York and is a resident artist of the
Kunqu Society there.
David Rolston is Associate Professor
of Chinese Language and Literature in the Department of Asian Languages
and Cultures at the University of Michigan. His particular interests
include traditional Chinese drama and fiction. He has numerous
publications in English and Chinese. He is presently working on a book
on the role system of Peking opera which examines the range and
distribution of character types and analyzes them in terms of both the
traditional role-type system and other frames of reference.
Chen Tao is the founder and director of
the Melody of Dragon, and the artistic director and conductor of
the Chinese Music Ensemble of New York. He is a specialist on the flute,
xiao and xun, and is also a virtuoso performer on other wind instruments
such as the bawu, koudi, chiba and other folk wind instruments. In 1989
he won the first place in the National Folk Instrument competition in
China. During a trip to England he collaborated with the BBC
Philharmonic Orchestra and The Orchestra National de Lyon. The New York
Times called him a "poet in music" and his playing "a miracle of the
oriental flute." While on tour in Germany the maestro Herbert von
Karajan praised him as an artist who "performed with his soul."
Wang Zhensheng, a graduate of the
Jiangsu Drama School, served as a master drummer at the Jiangsu Kunqu
Institute. He is also a distinguished performer of the two-string fiddle
(erhu) and the flute. In 1998 and 1999, he joined the World Tour of
Peter Sellars’ production The Peony Pavilion.
Wang Linsong is a master of several
popular string instruments. He was a resident musician and taught
Sanxian for the Shanghai Yueju Company. Mr. Wang is a member of the
Peony Pavilion ensemble that performed at the 1999 Lincoln Center
Festival and later in Australia, France, and Italy.


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It’s Monday, What are You Reading is a meme hosted by Jen from Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee and Ricki from Unleashing Readers (brainchild of Sheila at BookJourney). Since two of our friends, Linda from Teacher Dance and Tara from A Teaching Life have been joining this meme for quite awhile now, we thought of joining this warm and inviting community.
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I shared these two picturebooks to my higher-degree class during the January 2014 semester as we discussed how to use multicultural children’s book titles to address issues of war, worldwide conflict, and resilience.
A Place Where Sunflowers Grow
Story By: Amy Lee-Tai Illustrations: Felicia Hoshino
Published by: Children’s Book Press: An Imprint of Lee & Low Books, Inc., 2006
Borrowed from the NIE Library. Book photos taken by me.
Mari is one of the many Japanese American children who lived with her family in a tarpaper barrack in Topaz, Utah – one of the internment camps during World War II, quite far from their home in California.
If there is one thing that Mari looks forward to while in the camp, it is walking all the way to Block 7 from their home in Block 29 to attend the Topaz Art School. Mari’s father taught the adult sketching class while Mari attends the children’s class being taught by Mrs. Hanamoto.
I found this image to be quite striking. While it does look imposing with the soldier and his rifle and the rows of concentration camps and the seemingly-dry, dusty, and arid weather – there is light in the image with the bright yellows and the smattering of greens; not to mention the bright red kerchief in Mari’s little head. Mari has also been planting handfuls of sunflower seeds outside their one-room home – and she is anxious that the sunflowers would not grow in the unforgiving desert.
Life at the camp is also depicted in the narrative with a vivid portrait of the mess hall with all its noise and distinct smells; then there is the queue at the latrine where women and children are not even afforded privacy as “The toilet and the showers stalls had no doors.”
At first, Mari found it difficult to draw anything during art class. Her laughter and sense of wonder have been snuffed out of her by the injustice of being taken against her will as “she hadn’t done anything wrong!” As she found within her a few things that made her happy, she also found the courage to ask her family the burning questions in her mind about why things are the way they are, as she tends patiently to her sunflowers and wills it to grow. Whether or not she sees her flowers blossom, I shall leave for you to discover.
Amy Lee-Tan, in her Introduction, shared that this story is actually based on her mother’s experience while at an interment camp in the Utah desert for three and a half years. It was Amy’s grandfather who set up the Topaz Art School where he and Amy’s grandmother taught children and adults how to use art to find a way to fill their time and to help them find meaning in what was happening to them. As Amy noted:
Art brought my mother’s whole family a sense of purpose and peace during a very difficult time in their lives, and offered all the internees a chance to express themselves.
I have used my mother’s experience as a reference point for this story. However, the characters and most of the events are fictional. I hope you will learn something from this story and work toward a world that will never repeat – to any group of people – what happened to Japanese Americans during World War II.
This picturebook is the Winner of the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, the IRA Children’s Book Award Notable Book, and Society of Illustrators Original Art Exhibition among other accolades. This is a remarkable story of resilience and the capacity of the human spirit (and sunflowers) to thrive amidst darkness and barbed wires, even in “a place where nothing beautiful grows.”
A Child’s Garden: A Story of Hope
Story and Artwork by: Michael Foreman
Published by: Candlewick Press, 2009
Borrowed from the Jurong West Public Library. Book photos taken by me.
The boy saw it after a night of rain, a speck of green in the rubble, peeping up toward the sunlight.
He moved some broken bricks so that nothing would fall and crush the tiny plant. He didn’t know what sort of plant it was, a flower or a weed; he just knew it would have to struggle to survive.
These are the first few lines from this picturebook that calls itself “a story of hope.” The setting could be anywhere in the world where wars take place and the city divided by arbitrary fences put up by angry men in uniform carrying guns and bad news.
This young boy, however, watered this tiny shoot of green, providing it shade “with some old sacking and wire.” My heart is filled as I saw this tender fragile green grow into something beautiful
… only to be torn down by soldiers on the other side after seeing how it had the audacity to grow past the wrong side of the wire fence. The young boy was heartbroken. Winter came and went. At spring time, the young boy saw something on the other side that made his heart skip a beat: a little girl sprinkling water on tiny green shoots by the ditch.
How the story ends, I shall leave for you to discover. This is a picturebook that is quietly defiant in the face of multiple odds. There are mutinous bright colours in this book against the bleak grays and sordid monochromes that seemed to own the page. The storytelling is simple with just a few powerful words, and the images equally moving in all its vulnerable beauty that is all the more striking because one has to find it – buried against the ruins and the rubble. Yet the beauty remains. It grows and provides a haven to wandering butterflies.
I am glad to share that it has been a productive past week. I have finished reading Ying Chang Compestine’s A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts which I enjoyed thoroughly, read a graphic novel Pride of Baghdad, and relished Neil Gaiman’s novella illustrated by Eddie Campbell: The truth is a cave in the black mountains…
… and am down to the last 70 pages of The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.
My daughter and I are halfway through Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo which we try to read every night, as much as we can.
This week I hope to finish reading Morris Gleitzman’s Then. And hopefully begin reading Now as well.

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When a Southern California Criminal Defense lawyer quotes you a fee for the completion of your case, several different factors will be taken into consideration. It is important to understand what the basis for the fee is in order to know whether you are overpaying, or if you are paying an adequate amount for an attorney that has the experience and knowledge that you need.
One of the biggest factors that will be considered when quoting an attorney’s fees is the complexity of the case. If the case is a very simple straightforward case the fee will be much lower. For example, if a DUI case has an accident, and a blood alcohol level of .12 with another injured party involved, it is going to be a complex case. There are several factor that make it a felony, including injury and an accident as well as a high BAC. In contrast, take a DUI case where the driver was pulled over on the side of the road asleep in the backseat with a BAC of .07. The latter case is much simpler and could probably be resolved in one or two court appearances.
Whether the case is a felony or misdemeanor will make a difference when quoting a fee. Felony cases are generally more extensive, require more defense work and court appearances and consequently will warrant a higher fee. Also, the lawyer will work hard at preparing a defense that will give your case the best chance of being reduced. Misdemeanor cases generally do not require jail or prison time and can be resolved in fewer appearances requiring less time from the attorney.

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Arenac board approves fixed millage proposal for August primary
ARENAC COUNTY — County voters will decide during the Aug. 3 primary election whether or not to approve a fixed millage proposal that could raise approximately $3.5 million.
At its May 25 meeting, the Arenac County Board of Commissioners, by a 4-1 margin, approved a proposal that calls for a 6.4 mill levy, with funds to be used for general operating purposes for Arenac County, as well as county townships and the Bay Arenac Intermediate School District. Commissioner Joseph Sancimino cast the lone no vote.
“This is another example of a county rushing to burden residents with a millage adjustment rather than putting the county’s house in order and instituting a cost allocation plan like other counties,” Sancimino said in explaining his decision.
If approved by county voters, the millage will allocate 5.2 mills for Arenac County, 1 mill for township operations, and 0.20 mills for the Bay Arenac ISD. The estimated amount of revenue for 2010, if approved, would be $3,525,410.
In other business, the board approved the transfer of $2,333.10 from the county’s Tax Administration fund for the purposes of extraditing a prisoner to Arenac County. County employee Curt Broughton said the prisoner in question, a male, is being extradited from Arizona and is being charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Broughton reported that the prisoner traveled 2,121 miles by bus from Arizona.


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This mermaid style lace dress was custom made for a customer from Mauritius. Yes, Mauritius! A dream honeymoon destination.
It has a breathtaking low cut back with cross-straps, fitted from the top to the hips and then flare out softly like a lace waterfall. Intricate and very delicate lace was used to craft this dress, resulting in a lighter than air construction. As the bride needs to move around in this fitted gown from day to night, a soft stretchable and good quality knit lining was used so it contours to a flawless fit and effortless comfort.
It is a truly beautiful piece for the quintessential bohemian at heart.


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Hometown: Chattanooga, TN
July 9, 2013
Movies, theaters (love musicals), wine tastings, hiking.
Saturdays are great, except for maybe during college football season when I'll be rooting for my home team.
From TN. Moved here in '98. Lots of fun earlier on, but most of my friends are now married with kids. So I'm excited to do some fun activities and meet new folks.

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SMCS to host broadcast of papal Mass
St. Mary Catholic Schools invites the public to attend a telecast of the papal Mass in Philadelphia, celebrated by His Holiness Pope Francis at 3 p.m. Sept. 27.
A social hour will take place immediately after the telecast. The telecast will be presented in the SMCS Jane Bergstrom Fine Arts Education Center, 1050 Zephyr Drive, Neenah.
Reservations are suggested and can be made online at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0549a9ab29a2f94-stmary or by calling 722-7796.


[Python-il] a python meeting in TLV
dov.grobgeld at gmail.com
Sun May 18 08:20:35 IDT 2008
I'm wondering if there would be any interest if I would speak about
Python/Gtk? E.g. I could translate my old Gtk/Perl sildes, to a python
But I'd need to be persuaded that there is some interest. :-)
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2008/5/15 Nimrod Steinbock <nimrod at mazool.com>:
> Hi all,
> I would like to organize a meeting for Python hackers sometime in the
> next couple of months.
> I can arrange a large conference room that can accommodate around 15
> people. Projector included.
> This is a call for:
> 1. Suggestions for topics for discussion
> 2. Suggestions for a talk you want to give - Python programming, a
> python-based tool\framework, case studies of projects developed with
> Python, and anything else you think might be of interest to the rest of us
> 3. Your name if you plan to come. Naturally, due to the small space,
> people that give a talk gets higher priority.
> 4. Your responses to mails about the three other subjects above
> I hope this will converge to an interesting meeting.
> Nimrod Steinbock
> nimrod at mazool.com
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For five summers Cameron Savage, age 15, has attended Camp Accomplish. It’s one of the few places where accessible activities and a supportive environment have allowed him the freedom to be himself. Cameron, who has cerebral palsy and right-sided hemiplegia, thrives at camp. He creates new memories in a beautiful setting alongside other kids of differing and typical abilities.
In a series of weeklong summer camps, Melwood provides a wide range of inclusive activities that allow children of all abilities to expand their world. On an idyllic 108 acres in rural Maryland, paved pathways, ramps, accessible bathrooms, and other accommodations make it easier for campers to focus on fun.
Children can take advantage of the many sports fields, participate in scavenger hunts, and be part of the equestrian, aquatics and nature clubs. They attend classes in the creative arts, cooking, and horticulture and can also challenge themselves in the high and low rope courses, the climbing wall, and the zip lines.
“I was a counselor for five years and watched children transform from the beginning of the summer to the end,” says Jack Tomlin, Camp Accomplish Program Director. “We had a wheelchair-bound child who came to camp the past two years. And last summer after she tried the zip lines, she said, ‘This is what life’s all about.’ ”
Participation is a big differentiator for this camp, says Crystal Savage, Cameron’s mom. “Most of us, as parents, we want our kids to be included. There is always that option with Camp Accomplish.”
New Confidence and Independence
Mary Babiarz’s son, Gerik, was nonverbal and lacked social skills before he came to Camp Accomplish more than 10 years ago. Over the years, Gerik’s camp experiences – making friends and getting involved in the many activities – led to a significant improvement in his grades. For the first time, Gerik made all A’s in school and now aspires to major in theater in college.
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Cameron’s mom, Crystal, agrees. “[Cameron] literally starts a countdown to camp in April. The big thing is that, socially, he’s accepted. I don’t feel that he looks at himself like, ‘Oh I have this disability, let me not try to do anything that other kids are doing.’ That’s because he’s been a part of the community setting where kids can be celebrated for who they are.”
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The California tech giant is looking to take on Hulu and Netflix with the service, and reportedly has content deals in the works that will allow iTunes users to rent TV shows for 99 cents, reported Bloomberg.
The new Apple TV will be called "iTV" and feature an app store that will allow users to download specific shows and channels. Apple TV was originally launched three years ago to allow users to buy or rent movies and TV shows which are streamed to their televisions through a web-connected box atop them.
The new set top may sell for as little as $99, compared to the current price of $230. The video output on the new device would be 720p, not the "full" high def of 1080p.
"The content deals would give Apple users access to some of the most-watched shows on TV," Bloomberg reported.
“This is a smart move by everyone,” David Bank, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets in New York, told Bloomberg. “Something like this a la carte rental service is an incremental opportunity.”
Episodes would be available for rent within 24 hours of their air dates and will be commercial-free, sources said. Apple plans to hold a San Francisco event Sept. 7, two weeks ahead of the start of the new prime-time TV season, to unveil the service.
According to Bloomberg sources, Apple is currently in content deal talks with Fox, CBS, NBC and Walt Disney.


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(1914 - 2000)
Bernard Corey was active/lived in Massachusetts. Bernard Corey is known for landscape, marine and coastal view painting.
New England landscape painter, Bernard Corey executes paintings en plein aire with sure, realistic impressionism.
include the Rockport AA, Salmagundi Club, Academic Artists Association,
The Allied Artists of America, Providence Water Color Club and the
Guild of Boston Artists.
His awards include: The Lazare Barth Award, North Shore AA (1964;
Academic Artist Association First Place for watercolor (1964), Helen
Gould Kennedy Award (1973), Morton Donald Cotch Award (1976), Samuel
Armour Award (1981), N.E. Heritage Award (1988), Rockport Art
Association (many awards including) Peg Leg Award (1971), Eliot Award
(1972), Hibbard and the Geddes Awards (1974, 1978), Colburn Award
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This week on the POV, Roc Nation artist Rita Ora (aka Baby Rihanna) hits the tattoo shop, Surf Club/GOOD Music producer Hit-Boy (“N**** In Paris,” Lil Wayne & Eminem‘s “Drop The World”) shares his story in the lab, Wiz Khalifa stops by for an interview and Waka Flocka hits the stage to perform “Round Of Applause.” It’s funny they would have Wiz & Flocka on the same episode when there’s rumors of the two having issues.
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Digital Storage Oscilloscopes
TBS1000B Series Datasheet
- Digital Storage Oscilloscopes
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The TBS1000B Digital Storage Oscilloscope Series provides you with affordable performance in a compact design. Packed with standard features - including USB connectivity, 34 automated measurements, limit testing, data logging, frequency counter, TrendPlot™ and a context-sensitive help menu - the TBS1000B Series oscilloscopes helps you get more done, in less time.
Key performance specifications
200 MHz, 150 MHz, 100 MHz, and 70 MHz bandwidth models
- 2-channel models
Up to 2 GS/s sample rate on all channels
- 2.5k point record length on all channels
- Advanced triggers including pulse and line-selectable video triggers
7 inch WVGA (800X480) Active TFT Color Display
34 automated measurements
- Dual window FFT, simultaneously monitors both the time and frequency domains
Built-in waveform limit and TrendPlot™ testing
- Dual channel frequency counter
- Zoom Function
- Automated, extended data logging feature
- Autoset and auto-ranging functions
- Built-in context-sensitive help
- Multiple-language user interface
- Small footprint and lightweight - Only 4.9 in. (124 mm) deep and 4.4 lb. (2 kg)
- USB 2.0 host port on the front panel for quick and easy data storage
- USB 2.0 device port on rear panel for easy connection to a PC
Seeing signal details
To properly analyze signals you need to make sure that you can see them in enough detail. The TBS1000B comes standard with a 7-inch high resolution TFT display for a clear view of all of your signals and critical on screen information. The instrument is further enhanced by a user interface inspired by the award winning Tektronix MSO/DPO series of instruments. The interface is easy to use, provides quick access to all of the oscilloscope functions and includes a high resolution "Pan & Zoom" feature enabling you to see even more signal details of up to 10 times normal resolution.
The zoom function shows details in an event of up to 10X the normal view.
Digital precision for accurate measurements
With up to 200 MHz bandwidth, 2 GS/s maximum sample rate and 3% vertical measurement accuracy the TBS1000B allows you to see the details of your signals. With the Tektronix proprietary sampling technology there are no compromises, you will get the stated real-time sampling rate on all channels, all the time with at least of 10X oversampling. The sampling performance is not reduced when changing horizontal settings or when using multiple channels, enabling you to see the true characteristics of your signals.
See all the details other oscilloscopes might miss with Tektronix proprietary digital real- time sampling.
Critical tools for troubleshooting your device
The TBS1000B oscilloscope comes standard with a variety of advanced triggers used to debug today's complex circuitry. Flexible options for utilizing rising or falling edges, pulse widths and video trigger set-ups enable users to quickly isolate their signals of interest.
The pulse trigger function can easily capture critical events.
Once signals are captured, the TBS1000B offers advanced math and measurement capabilities making it easy to evaluate signal quality . Users can add, subtract and multiply waveforms or use any one of 34 automated measurements to quickly and reliably calculate important signal characteristics such as frequency, rise time or overshoot.
Quickly analyze signals with the standard 34 automated measurements.
A dedicated front panel button provides quick access to the FFT function that is capable of showing both frequency and time domain waveforms simultaneously, which provides a convenient way to see the relationship between signals and the FFT results.
Quickly perform an FFT with a dedicated front panel button.
For accurate frequency measurements the TBS1000B also comes with built-in dual channel frequency counters. Independent control of each counter's trigger level provides an easy way to monitor two different signal frequencies simultaneously.
Dual channel - 6 digit frequency counters come standard with all TBS1000 models.
Extensive monitoring and analysis tools
Intermittent faults can be hard to evaluate, simply because they do not repeat often making them difficult to capture. The TrendPlot™ function helps find those faults by plotting measurement values over long periods of time. Select the measurement to capture on either or both channels and then set-up the oscilloscope to continuously monitor those measurements, plot the data on the display and simultaneously save the information to a USB thumb drive. Depending on the oscilloscope setting, you'll be able to capture data for minutes, hours or even days; the only limitation is the size of the thumb drive.
To find intermittent faults the TrendPlot ™ function can monitor measurements for long periods of time.
Often, only Pass/Fail data is needed to determine if a signal is good. This can be accomplished easily with the TBS1000B Limit Test feature. The oscilloscope can be set-up to automatically monitor a source signals and output Pass or Fail results by evaluating whether the acquired waveform falls within predefined boundaries. The TBS1000B Limit Test feature allows users to create templates based on one or two independent reference waveforms, providing more flexibility when creating masks for complex signals. If a failure is detected, a series of specific actions can be triggered which include; stopping waveform acquisition, halting Limit Test functions, saving a screen image of the failed waveform, or any combination of the above.
The Limit Test feature provides a quick Pass/Fail comparison between any triggered input signal and a user- defined template.
Flexible data transfer
The USB host port on the front panel enables you to save your instrument settings, screenshots, and waveform data onto a USB memory device. This port also supports the built-in Data Logging feature which enables you to set up the oscilloscope to save user- specified triggered waveforms to a USB device for up to 24 hours. You can also select the "Infinite" option for continuous waveform monitoring. In the infinite mode you can save your triggered waveforms to an external USB memory device without a duration limitation until the memory device is full. The oscilloscope will then guide you to insert another USB memory device to continue saving waveforms.
Data logging enables automatic saving of triggered waveforms.
Designed to make your work easy
The TBS1000B series oscilloscopes are designed with the ease of use and familiar operation you have come to expect from Tektronix.
The intuitive user interface with dedicated per-channel vertical controls, auto-setup, and auto-ranging makes these instruments easy to use, reducing learning time and increasing efficiency.
Help when you need it, where you need it
The built-in Help menu provides you with important information about your oscilloscope's features and functions. Help is provided in the same languages as the user interface.
The context-sensitive help system provides important information specific to the task you are working on.
Performance you can count on
In addition to industry-leading service and support, every TBS1000B series oscilloscope comes backed with a 5-year warranty as standard.
All specifications are guaranteed unless noted otherwise. All specifications apply to all models unless noted otherwise.
|Bandwidth||70 MHz||100 MHz||150 MHz||200 MHz|
|Sample rate on each channel||1.0 GS/s||2 .0 GS/s||2 .0 GS/s||2 .0 GS/s|
|Record length||2.5k points at all-time bases|
Vertical system – Analog channels
- Vertical resolution
- 8 bits
- Input sensitivity range
- 2 mV to 5 V/div on all models with calibrated fine adjustment
- DC gain accuracy
- ±3%, from 10 mV/div to 5 V/div
- Maximum input voltage
- 300 VRMS CAT II; derated at 20 dB/decade above 100 kHz to 13 Vp-p AC at 3 MHz and above
- Offset range
2 mV to 200 mV/div: ±1.8 V
>200 mV to 5 V/div: ±45 V
- Bandwidth limit
- 20 MHz
- Input coupling
- AC, DC, GND
- Input impedance
- 1 MΩ in parallel with 20 pF
- Vertical zoom
- Vertically expand or compress a live or stopped waveform
Horizontal system — Analog channels
- Time base range
- 30 MHz model1
- 10 ns to 50 s/div
- 50 MHz and 70 MHz models
- 5 ns to 50 s/div
- 100MHz, 150MHz and 200MHz models
- 2.5 ns to 50 s/div
- Time base accuracy
- 50 ppm
- Horizontal zoom
- Horizontally expand or compress a live or stopped waveform
- USB interface
- USB host port on front panel supports USB flash drives.
- USB device port on back of instrument supports connection to PC.
- GPIB interface
- Nonvolatile storage
- Reference waveform display
- 2.5K point reference waveforms
- Waveform storage without USB flash drive
- 2.5K point
- Maximum USB flash drive size
- 64 GB
- Waveform storage with USB flash drive
- 96 or more reference waveforms per 8 MB
- Setups without USB flash drive
- 10 front-panel setups
- Setups with USB flash drive
- 4000 or more front-panel setups per 8 MB
- Screen images with USB flash drive
- 128 or more screen images per 8 MB (the number of images depends on file format selected)
- Save All with USB flash drive
- 12 or more Save All operations per 8 MB
A single Save All operation creates 3 to 9 files (setup, image, plus one file for each displayed waveform)
- Acquisition modes
- Peak Detect
- High-frequency and random glitch capture. Captures glitches as narrow as 12 ns (typical) at all time base settings from 5 μs/div to 50 s/div
- Sample data only
- Waveform averaged, selectable: 4, 16, 64, 128
- Single Sequence
- Use the Single Sequence button to capture a single triggered acquisition sequence
- At acquisition time base settings of >100 ms/div
- External trigger input
- Included on all models
- Trigger modes
- Auto, Normal, Single Sequence
- Trigger types
- Edge (Rising/Falling)
- Conventional level-driven trigger. Positive or negative slope on any channel. Coupling selections: AC, DC, Noise Reject, HF Reject, LF Reject
- Trigger on all lines or individual lines, odd/even or all fields from composite video, or broadcast standards (NTSC, PAL, SECAM)
- Pulse Width (or Glitch)
- Trigger on a pulse width less than, greater than, equal to, or not equal to, a selectable time limit ranging from 33 ns to 10 s
- Trigger source
- Two channel models: CH1, CH2, Ext, Ext/5, AC Line
- Trigger view
- Displays trigger signal while Trigger View button is depressed.
- Trigger signal frequency readout
- Provides a frequency readout of the trigger source.
- Amplitude, Time
- ΔT, 1/ΔT, ΔV
- Automatic measurements
Period, Frequency, Pos Width, Neg Width, Rise Time, Fall Time, Maximum , Minimum , Peak-Peak, Mean, RMS, Cycle RMS, Cursor RMS, Phase, Pos Pulse Cnt, Neg Pulse Cnt, Rise Edge Cn, Fall Edge Cn, Pos Duty, Neg Duty, Amplitude, Cycle Mean, Cursor Mean, Burst Width, Pos Overshoot, Neg Overshoot, Area, Cycle Area, High, Low, Delay RR, Delay RF, Delay FR, Delay FF
- Add, Subtract, Multiply
- Math functions
- Windows: Hanning, Flat Top, Rectangular
- 2048 sample points
- Two channel models: CH1 - CH2, CH2 - CH1, CH1 + CH2, CH1 × CH2
- Autoset menu
- Single-button, automatic setup of all channels for vertical, horizontal, and trigger systems, with undo Autoset
- Square wave
- Single Cycle, Multicycle, Rising or Falling Edge
- Sine wave
- Single Cycle, Multicycle, FFT Spectrum
- Video (NTSC, PAL, SECAM)
- Field: All, Odd, or Even
- Line: All or Selectable Line Number
- Automatically adjust vertical and/or horizontal oscilloscope settings when probe is moved from point to point, or when the signal exhibits large changes.
- 6 digits
- Accuracy (typical)
- + 51 parts per million including all frequency reference errors and +1 count errors
- Frequency range
- AC coupled, 10 Hz minimum to rated bandwidth
- Frequency counter signal source
Pulse width or edge selected trigger source
Frequency counter measures selected trigger source at all times in pulse width and edge mode, including when the oscilloscope acquisition is halted due to changes in run status, or acquisition of a single shot event has completed.
The frequency counter does not measure pulses that do not qualify as legitimate trigger events.
Pulse Width mode: Counts pulses of enough magnitude inside the 250 ms measurement window that qualify as triggerable events (e.g. all narrow pulses in a PWM pulse train if set to "<" mode and the limit is set to a relatively small number).
Edge Trigger mode: Counts all pulses of enough magnitude.
- 2 channel
- Sin (x)/x
- Waveform styles
- Dots, vectors
- Off, 1 s, 2 s, 5 s, infinite
- YT and XY
- Power source voltage
- 100 to 240 V ±10%
- Power source frequency
- 100 V to 240 V
- 50 Hz to 60 Hz
- 115 V
- 400 Hz ±10%
- Power consumption
- 30 W maximum
mm in. Height 158.0 6.22 Width 326.3 12.85 Depth 124.2 4.89
- Shipping dimensions
mm in. Height 266.7 10.5 Width 476.2 18.75 Depth 228.6 9.0
kg lb. Instrument only 2.0 4.3 ...with accessories 2.2 4.9
- RM2000B rackmount
mm in Width 482.6 19.0 Height 177.8 7.0 Depth 108.0 4.25
- 0 to +50 ºC
- –40 to +71 ºC
- Operating and nonoperating
Up to 85% RH at or below +40 ºC
Up to 45% RH up to +50 ºC
- Operating and nonoperating
- Up to 3,000 m (9,843 ft.)
- Electromagnetic compatibility
- Meets Directive 2004/108/EC, EN 61326-2-1 Class A; Australian EMC Framework
- UL61010-1:2004, CSA22.2 No. 61010-1:2004, EN61010-1:2001, IEC61010-1:2001
70 MHz, 2 Ch, 1 GS/s, TFT DSO
100 MHz, 2 Ch, 2 GS/s, TFT DSO
150 MHz, 2 Ch, 2 GS/s, TFT DSO
200 MHz, 2 Ch, 2 GS/s, TFT DSO
- Opt. L1
- French overlay
- Opt. L2
- Italian overlay
- Opt. L3
- German overlay
- Opt. L4
- Spanish overlay
- Opt. L5
- Japanese overlay
- Opt. L6
- Portuguese overlay
- Opt. L7
- Simplified Chinese overlay
- Opt. L8
- Traditional Chinese overlay
- Opt. L9
- Korean overlay
- Opt. L10
- Russian overlay
Power plug options
- Opt. A0
- North America power plug (115 V, 60 Hz)
- Opt. A1
- Universal Euro power plug (220 V, 50 Hz)
- Opt. A2
- United Kingdom power plug (240 V, 50 Hz)
- Opt. A3
- Australia power plug (240 V, 50 Hz)
- Opt. A5
- Switzerland power plug (220 V, 50 Hz)
- Opt. A6
- Japan power plug (100 V, 50/60 Hz)
- Opt. A10
- China power plug (50 Hz)
- Opt. A11
- India power plug (50 Hz)
- Opt. A12
- Brazil power plug (60 Hz)
- Opt. A99
- No power cord
- Opt. D1
- Calibration Data Report
Probes and accessories are not covered by the oscilloscope warranty and Service Offerings. Refer to the datasheet of each probe and accessory model for its unique warranty and calibration terms.
- TBS1XX2B P2220
- Replaces standard probes with P2220 probes (200 MHz passive voltage probes with 1x/ 10x attenuation)
|Passive probes, one per channel||TPP0101: 100 MHz passive probe for: TBS1072B, TBS1102B|
|TPP0201: 200 MHz passive probe for: TBS1152B, TBS1202B|
|Power cord||(Please specify plug option)|
|NIM/NIST||Traceable certificate of calibration|
|Printed documentation||Installation and safety manual|
|(English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese)|
|CD with customer documentation||Customer documentation including detailed user manuals (English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese)|
|5-year warranty||Covers labor and parts for defects in materials and workmanship for 5 years, excluding probes and accessories (probes and accessories are not covered by the oscilloscope warranty and service offerings. refer to the data sheet of each probe and accessory model for its unique warranty and calibration terms)|
|AC2100||Soft carrying case for instrument|
|HCTEK4321||Hard plastic carrying case for instrument (requires AC2100)|
|077-0444-xx||Programmer manual – English only|
|077-0772-xx||Service manual – English only|
|174-4401-xx||USB host to device cable, 3 ft. long|
|TPP0051||10X passive probe, 50 MHz bandwidth|
|TPP0101||10X passive probe, 100 MHz bandwidth|
|TPP0201||10X passive probe, 200 MHz bandwidth|
|P2220||1X/10X passive probe, 200 MHz bandwidth|
|P6101B||1X passive probe (15 MHz, 300 V RMS CAT II rating)|
|P6015A||1000X high-voltage passive probe (75 MHz)|
|P5100A||100X high-voltage passive probe (500 MHz)|
|P5200A||50 MHz, 50X/500X high-voltage differential probe|
|P6021A||15 A, 60 MHz AC current probe|
|P6022||6 A, 120 MHz AC current probe|
|A621||2000 A, 5 to 50 kHz AC current probe|
|A622||100 A, 100 kHz AC/DC current probe/BNC|
|TCP303/TCPA300||150 A, 15 MHz AC/DC current probe/amplifier|
|TCP305A/TCPA300||50 A, 50 MHz AC/DC current probe/amplifier|
|TCP312A/TCPA300||30 A, 100 MHz AC/DC current probe/amplifier|
|TCP404XL/TCPA400||500 A, 2 MHz AC/DC current probe/amplifier|


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New appeal for crash witnesses
Police yesterday renewed their appeal for witnesses of a crash which killed a 32-year-old Thetford man.The driver of the white Citroen Saxo - who was alone in the car - was pronounced dead at the scene after the head-on collision with a lorry at Elveden at about 1.
Police yesterday renewed their appeal for witnesses of a crash which killed a 32-year-old Thetford man.
The driver of the white Citroen Saxo - who was alone in the car - was pronounced dead at the scene after the head-on collision with a lorry at Elveden at about 1.45am on Wednesday.
He has not yet been formally identified. The lorry driver was treated for minor injuries
Severe disruption on the A11 and surrounding roads lasted for eight hours.
The A11 was closed between the Elveden crossroads and the Barton Mills roundabout until 9.45am as recovery work continued and an investigation into the cause of the crash was carried out.
Diversions were put in place.
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- 2 Thetford homes left with 'significant' damage following blaze
- 3 100 East Anglian events you cannot miss this summer
- 4 Man charged after robbing bookmakers with a knife in Suffolk town
- 5 Heaven & Hell: David Whiteley and Amelia Reynolds
- 6 Can you answer these 10 GCSE questions designed for 16-year-olds?
- 7 Man caught drink driving over three times the legal limit in Suffolk town
- 8 Nominations open for Thetford Business Awards 2023
- 9 Share of £120,000 cash pot on offer to Breckland groups
- 10 Iceland offers over 60s discount on shopping bill every week
Meanwhile, drivers have also faced hold-ups on the A47 at Sporle during the morning after the road was partially blocked due to a collapsed manhole.
Any witnesses to the crash should contact the Bury St Edmunds road policing unit on 01284 774100.


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Lakehead University Library and Scholars Portal collaborate on hosted digital preservation pilot
Scholars Portal and Lakehead University Library are pleased to announce their collaboration on the development of Permafrost, a new preservation service to help protect the unique digital collections held by Ontario’s university libraries and archives.
Permafrost is a proposed cloud-hosted digital preservation service for members of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL). It will provide the preservation processing system Archivematica in conjunction with OCUL’s cloud storage network, the Ontario Library Research Cloud.
“Most of the work of today is born digital, and that means that the records we leave behind now, that will be historically significant in the future, are in a digital format,” said Lakehead University Librarian Karen Keiller.
“Participating in Permafrost will help us preserve this history for the next 50 years, and beyond.”
Digital files need special processing and management with an eye towards future access, and files on media such as floppy discs and flash drives age rapidly. Permafrost will help make complex digital preservation activities accessible so that Ontario’s academic memory institutions can preserve their invaluable digital assets into the future.
Lakehead University Library will participate as a pilot partner site to help Scholars Portal develop the infrastructure and processes needed to support this preservation service across OCUL libraries, including to develop a service model and terms of service for Permafrost, installing Archivematica, and testing the service.
Lakehead University Library has a number of units holding digital materials requiring long-term preservation, including digitized student theses, oral history interviews, and born digital archival materials from private donors.
The archival collections at Lakehead are a resource for students, faculty, and the public. The Archives acquires, preserves, and facilitates the use of original historical records that document the history of Lakehead University; organizations, individuals, and institutions closely affiliated with Lakehead University; and records that document the history of Northwestern Ontario.
This project will be a significant advance in Lakehead’s capacity to preserve historical material in an electronic format.
The initial phase of the pilot will run until May 2017. A second phase will bring additional institutions online through to November 2017. Once the pilot is complete, the service will be made widely available to Ontario university libraries interested in preserving their digital collections.
Lakehead University Library provides services to over 8600 students on two campuses, including: access to journals and books; access to databases and data sets; research support; and spaces for study and group work. The Archives are on the Thunder Bay Campus as part of the Chancellor Paterson Library, and preserve and provide access to unique historical material.
Permafrost is part of OCUL and Scholars Portal’s commitment to preserving Ontario’s academic collections, both print and digital, for the benefit of current and future generations of scholars.
Further information about Permafrost is available on the Permafrost SPOTdocs space.


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If you were a gaming enthusiast in the 2000s and would spend most of your time scouring the internet for hidden gems from the glory days of the NES and SNES, the name Actraiser would definitely crop up from time to time.
Created by Quintet, who are known for their other slew of SNES hidden gems like Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma, brought to the table a hybrid of genres to create Actraiser, which definitely contributed to its cult status amongst ardent gaming enthusiasts.
Actraiser combines 2D action and platforming with city-building simulation, like if Castlevania fused with SimCity. The goal of the game was to help humanity prosper by playing as the Lord of Light and their loyal angel in a world beset by evil.
While Square Enix have been steadily pumping out new modern revisions of their classic 16-bit games lately, like last year’s Trials of Mana remake. So it was a complete surprise when the company unveiled Actraiser Renaissance during the September 2021 Nintendo Direct.
The game was immediately released, much to the delight of old-school fans across the globe. So how does this remake hold up? Is it a bona fide masterpiece or will it be a forgotten concerto in due time?
Just like the original, Actraiser Renaissance has players playing an omnipotent god in a battle against the satanic Tanzra, by defeating his demons that plague the Earth. Players do so by jumping into 2D side scrolling levels and top-down simulator segments.
In the 2D sections, players assume the role of a warrior statue that is brought to life. Wielding a sword and unlockable magic spells, these action-packed levels will challenge players to fight hordes of enemies, platforming across different landscapes, and treacherous boss fights.
Once those sections have been completed, players will take control of a flying angel, overseeing the rise of mankind. Players must guide these NPCs to build their settlements, all while juggling between paving the land around them and fighting off giant flying demons.
This balancing act between the two playstyles is kept in tact, unlike the ill-fated Actraiser 2 in 1993 that only brought back the 2D segments. If anything, Actraiser Renaissance sought to establish a greater balance between the two halves by introducing some much-needed improvements.
As far as classic SNES games go, Actraiser always felt ahead of its time despite having some retro hangups like instant death pits in the 2D sections. For the most part, Actraiser Renaissance gets rid of all that, and it even has three difficulty levels for players to choose from.
The game’s story and interactions with NPCs have been greatly expanded with some new in-game cutscenes, featuring brand new art for these segments. The ability to toggle between the original soundtrack and newly remastered soundtrack from the original composer, Yuzo Koshiro, is also a great treat for longtime fans of the game.
The 2D sections get some more time to shine thanks to the added demon Spawners that can be encountered during the city-building segments. This is a quick arena-style battle where players must defeat a huge horde of enemies to stop them from spawning on the world map.
The top-down angel segments are also much smoother to play compared to the original SNES release. The player is afforded more engagement within the settlements they build, whereas the original pretty much ran on autopilot. And this time, players can fortify the settlements themselves with added structures and towers.
For the most part, Actraiser Renaissance does a great job of recapturing the spirit of the SNES original for the modern age. The game’s only hang ups are quite minor in the grand scheme of things, and may just be nitpicks from longtime fans.
For the 2D sections, the warrior’s 3D model looks like they came from a completely different game as they are low-res compared to the background assets. This may not be an issue for those playing on the Switch or on mobile, but on the PS4 Pro and PC, it sticks out like a sore thumb.
For the top-down sections, it is a little difficult to distinguish between destroyable and non-destroyable objects on the world map, as the player must perform specific miracles like calling forth rain and earthquakes to help mankind. It takes some getting used to, but it can be a damper when things get much more hectic in the late game.
Despite all that, we highly recommend old-school gamers to pick up Actraiser Renaissance. The game is now available on the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Steam, iOS and Android mobile devices.


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Murder at the Chase : a Langham and Dupré mystery / Eric Brown.
- 5 of 5 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
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- ISBN: 9780727884251 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 0727884255 (hbk.)
- Physical Description: 218 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition: First world edition.
- Publisher: Sutton : Severn House,
Book 2 of the Langham and Dupré Mysteries (series numeration from Goodreads).
July, 1955. Fellow writer Alastair Endicott has requested Donald Langham's help in discovering what happened to his father Edward, who has disappeared without a trace from inside his locked study. The elder Endicott had been researching a biography of the notorious Satanist Vivien Stafford. Could there be a connection to his disappearance?
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CHESTER, Pa. - In seven years of U.S. Open Cup tournament participation, the Union have never lost to the Harrisburg City Islanders, going 3-0-0 over that span.
That streak continued against the USL side on Wednesday.
With first-half goals from C.J. Sapong and Derrick Jones, and a two-assist effort from Jay Simpson, the Union easily dispatched Pedro Ribeiro and the City Islanders, 3-1, in the fourth round of the Open Cup at Talen Energy Stadium.
With the victory, the Union, who received a bye up to this point in the tournament, advance to the round of 16, which happens on June 28. The time, opponent and location will be determined on Thursday.
Controlling play early, the Union opened scoring in the 18th minute on an effortless play. While holding the ball up at the top of the box, Simpson slid possession over to Jones, who placed a delicate, right-footed shot through traffic and between Sean Lewis and the right post for the 1-0 advantage.
Simpson, who started next to Sapong, Marcus Epps and Roland Alberg upfront, found his second assist just 15 minutes later when he dished to Sapong on the right side of the box. The Union leading scorer buried the left-footed finish for a 2-0 lead.
Despite the deficit, the City Islanders weren't ready to pack it in. The USL side cut the Union lead in half in the 37th minute, when Paul Wilson beat Jack Elliott at the right side of the Union box. The play caused Josh Yaro to cover for Elliott and Keegan Rosenberry to move inside for Yaro. Wilson then sliced a cross-box pass that evaded the Union defenders and landed to Jonathan Mendoza, who found the goal.
But moments into the second half, Union rookie Epps would end the visitor's hope. Breaking down the right side, thanks to a long-range outlet pass from Haris Medunjanin, Epps beat his man and climbed in alone on Lewis before slipping a nifty touch between the goaltender and closing defender for his first professional goal and 3-1 Union lead.


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- Mariah Carey recorded a break up track with YG - TMZ
- Mel Gibson just welcomed his ninth child - Gossip Cop
- Bella Thorne wants to dye her armpit hair - Just Jared Jr
- Liam Payne narrowly missed a shooting at a Hollywood club - Radar
- Justin Bieber is not a fan of The Weeknd - Lainey Gossip
- Fifth Harmony is ready for their second performance as a foursome - The Hollywood Reporter
Chloe Moretz Helps Debut New 'If I Stay' Image - See It Here!
About Photo #3138358: Chloe Moretz chills out on the set of a photoshoot in New York City on Wednesday afternoon (June 18). The 17-year-old actress dolled up in a cute blue polka dotted… Read More Here


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Music is a trend in art that sometimes can not be fully comprehended and its influence on a person is almost unlimited. This situation is due to the mastery of musicians. Today, dear reader, we will touch on the topic already connected with the more modern period of music development. Let's talk about synthesizers and what can and should be done with them.
How to play a synthesizer?
First of all, I would like to define the terms that we will use in our article, since the word synthesizer is often mistakenly understood by ordinary people. The fact is that a synthesizer is a whole station, stuffed with various electronic devices. What an ordinary person means by a synthesizer is called an electric piano or piano. The most important difference between a synthesizer and an electric piano is that the first instrument creates sounds, and the second one already contains these sounds and prompts the user to select one of them and fully implement it.
Thus, dear reader, this article will focus on the electric piano, and not on the synthesizer.However, since you had such a question and you opened this particular article, you probably have this tool. But more to the point. How to learn to play the synthesizer?
An electric piano is an electronic device that contains a complete or incomplete set of keys that are constructed in accordance with the keys on a regular piano. That is why when playing the electric piano you need to follow the same rules as when playing the piano. However, a �live� instrument does not possess such an impressive set of sounds that an electric piano has. The sound bank includes, as a rule, all existing instruments, as well as a combination of them. The quality of these sounds depends on the quality of the electric piano, and more often on its price.
Let's start with the basics. The electric piano is powered by a power supply with a capacity from 9 to 12 volts. The unit should be included. The power button on the instrument is located either on its front panel or on the back near the adapter's jacks, the sustain pedal and the line-out. In order to understand the system of work of your instrument, you must read its instructions. The principle of the system usually coincides, however, different manufacturers often offer the musician their interesting options.The choice of sound on any electric piano is most often made using the numeric keypad located on the front of the piano. In addition, the list of tools available to the user is usually located on the same panel. They are numbered and divided into groups. For example, various wind sounds will be located in the range from 20 numbers to 30, and all orchestral sections start from 40 to 50. On the digital panel you need to enter the number and the instrument that appears under it will sound. You can learn about the capabilities of your instrument with the help of a video that can be found on the Internet by entering the model of your electric piano. Also watch the video how to play the keyboard correctly.
These are the simplest aspects of using an electric piano. Often, many models contain the so-called melody generators. Various instruments are built into their system, which include the rhythm section (drums and bass) and the instrument that is currently on. You choose the key you want to play and click on the "play" button. The melody starts to sound at a certain tempo and rhythm. Then you can click on any of the keys, and the electric piano system automatically converts this tone into a harmonious chord.Thus, by pressing just a couple of keys, you can create and perform a whole song. Again, the quality of the melody will depend on the model of your instrument. This way you can play songs on a synthesizer.
What else is important when playing an electric piano? Of decisive importance is your knowledge of the notes and the principle of their construction. Unfortunately, people who do not possess musical abilities and a good ear for music cannot create a coherent and harmonious melody. In order to learn how to produce with the help of an electric piano any intelligible sounds, the help of a teacher is needed. Do not worry about the fact that you will need a lot of time to master musical notation. In order to learn how to play notes on a synthesizer or a simple melody with two hands, you will need no more than two lessons with a good teacher.
A musical instrument at home is an excellent tool for self-development and getting rid of boredom. An electric piano is a tool that can occupy a person for many hours. On it you can play a duet and create various musical works. Without a doubt, the electric piano will help you develop a musical ear and interest your children in music.
Let's talk a little about which tool is better to buy.Immediately, we note that you should not buy cheap electric pianos in household stores. Such an instrument must be purchased in a specialized music store. Do not underestimate the importance of the sound quality and the sensation of the instrument keys, since these factors influence the development of your musical abilities.


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However, when the buzz about the new product hit Chinese social media, the candy’s actual manufacturer in Shanghai immediately made it known that it isn’t having any of it.
According to Shanghai Guanshengyuan Food Co. Ltd., it did not authorize an American company to sell an ice cream flavor named after its product.
The firm noted that it is now investigating the issue after learning that Wanderlust Creamery has been using the candy brand for its limited-edition flavor, reports the Beijing News.
Wanderlust Creamery has been sharing images of the new flavor on its social media accounts since February, noting that it was a collaboration with the website Foodbeast in celebration of the Lunar New Year.
The ice cream, which became a massive hit among customers, recently gained more attention on Facebook and Instagram as more and more netizens discovered the new flavor.
The demand for the product was so great Wanderlust Creamery outlets are often sold out. The company even decided to extend its availability through March to cater to more customers.
Fans of the candy in China have also been making noise online, demanding that the flavor be introduced there as well.
“China doesn’t have it yet, how come it’s already available in the U.S.?”
one Weibo user asked
, wondering why they’ve been left behind.
However, Guanshengyuan immediately released a statement condemning the viral ice cream flavor as soon as the company got wind of it.
Now, images of the White Rabbit ice cream can no longer be found on Wanderlust Creamery’s Instagram account. Meanwhile, it has yet to take down the images on its Facebook page as of this writing.


The Human Scale: Denmark, Documentary
This film deals with the urbanization of cities in China and Bangladesh, which are supporting cars, not people, whilst cities like Copenhagen and New York, which had been built for the automobile, are now focussing in the other direction, i.e. turning streets into people-friendly areas with seating and meeting places, as well as bicycle lanes. The film lastly portrays Christchurch, a city in transition after the devastating earthquakes—it has the unique opportunity to build a people-oriented city. The story is told through the eyes of Danish guru, Jan Gehl, who has studied cities for years “First we shape our cities, then our cities shape us”.