New Zealand's 30-million-year-old limestone caves, with their walls lined with mesmerising bioluminescent glow worms, are a photographer's dream. This is far from the first time Arachnocampa luminosa have been captured on film, but Auckland photographer Joseph Michael's latest series on them, Luminosity, demonstrates the lengths people will still go to to share this natural wonder with the rest of us: hours stood in the dank, freezing waters, over a period of months, hoping the next long exposure shot will manage to snare the experience of standing amongst these hypnotic, blinking night lights.
At least one of the shots, taken on the North Island, does that for Michael. "01 is pretty interesting," he tells WIRED.co.uk. "I've never had it before, but I get this weird sense of déjà vu when I stare at it. Perhaps this image will become my most famous, I'm not sure. Either way all the Luminosity images look pretty cool upside down, you should give that a try. It gives a totally different perspective. That's all I'm looking for with my art or photographs. To give someone the opportunity to look at something different, create a deeper perspective on the things we see every day."
Beyond this series, Michael's also hoping to achieve this with a new exhibit repurposing photos he took during a 2015 expedition to Antarctica. He and a wider team created a photographic map of the icebergs and plan to project these images onto iconic buildings across the globe during 2016. The project draws together composers and technicians and Michael is no stranger to cinematic-style collaborations, having worked as an assistant on Peter Jackson's motion capture team for The Hobbit, and on a solo project creating 3D timelapses of the epic New Zealand landscape.
We caught up with Michael to talk about Luminosity, tech and capturing an icy continent for the world to see.
When were the Luminosity photos taken?Over the last few months -- I needed a break from the projection mapping project I'm doing on Antarctica. I've been wanting to do a project on bioluminescence for some time now so it was nice to immerse myself (literally) in the caves.
Is there an optimal time to catch the glow worms on camera?It varies -- you can see the glow worms all year round in New Zealand. In summer there tends to be more (sometimes up to 30 percent more) but in winter they tend to glow brighter.
What equipment did you use?I used the Nikon D810, which I find to be the best camera for high resolution night photography, and a mixture of different lenses -- 14-24mm f2.8, 24mm f1,4, 35mm f1.4 and the 105mm macro f2.8. To light the caves I used a household LED lamp which I could calibrate to any colour.


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Confidence among U.S. Builders remained strongest in the West this month while while slipping slightly from February, according to a survey released Monday. But it is still much higher than a year ago.
The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index for the West dropped to 57 this month from 59 in February.
A year ago it was at 32.
The three-month index average in the West increased to 58 from 54 a month ago and is up from 32 a year ago.
The national index declined to 44 this month from 46 in February, the association said,
Aned it was up from 28 a year earlier.
“In addition to tight credit and below-price appraisals, home building is beginning to suffer growth pains as the infrastructure that supports it tries to re-establish itself,” NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe said in a statement.

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Corinthians Are Finally Licensed By EA
There’s been quite a number of weeks flown by since the announcement of the Brazilian league being licensed for the upcoming FIFA 14 game. Yet when the reveal by EA Sports was made, Corinthians were left out of the list altogether. Now though, They’ve finally made the final set of teams to be officially included into the full Brasileiro Série A.
They’ll be joined by Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Paranaense, Botafogo, Coritiba, Criciúma, Cruzeiro, Flamengo, Fluminense, Goiás, Grêmio, Internacional, Náutico, Ponte Preta, Portuguesa, Santos, São Paulo, Vasco da Gama, and Vitória.
Bahia is the only team that’s not going to be in this year’s installment unfortunately, with EA saying that:
Corinthians round off our Brazilian licensing
Which pretty much tells us everything we need to know and that both parties were not bale to come to an agreement that they were both comfortable with. There’s a good chance that the deal will be concluded next year and they’ll be included for FIFA 15.
The Brazilian national team has also been included as well, and will be fully licensed with all the official kits, players, anthems and crowd chants.

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Plum Media Annual Blood Drive October 28th
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What An Event Professional Will Want To Know When Planning Your Next Live Event
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There are a lot of things to coordinate when it comes to hosting a live event. Conferences, meetings, announcements, award shows, and more all have several levels beyond the normal A/V needs. When they’re all managed well, your event can be more successful. Getting help from an event professional like Plum Media can help manage those details.
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Planning a video that will include on-camera interviews? You might get some hesitation when you send out that email request to camera-shy participants.
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We get it. Not everyone wants a moment in the spotlight! In this vlog post, our production team shares a few tips to help your participants prepare for an on-camera interview to help them feel more prepared and more comfortable.
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Our Community and Youth Work
We feel we can contribute to our youth and community through artistic and culture mentorship. When working within the community, mentorship is the act of knowledge transmission – the passing on of Indigenous ways of knowing and being in the world from the legacy of our ancestors, on to our youth. Circadia Indigena has done this through artistic and culture mentorships with Urban Aboriginal Youth Association in Vancouver and in Ottawa with the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health.
In the National Capital Region (NCR) of Ottawa our projects have included an Aboriginal Arts Forum, a Winter Village – Indigenous Storytelling Festival and Artist Market, as well as the traditional welcoming ceremony for the Indigenous artists of Sakahàn at the National Gallery of Canada. Following Algonquin protocol we worked to create a bundle that supported the spiritual and physical gathering of these Indigenous artists arriving from all over the world to the traditional territory of the Algonquin people.

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Stocks break three-day rally on profit booking
Stocks broke the three-day sharp rally on Monday as risk-averse investors went for short-term profit booking on sector-specific shares.
DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, went down by 1.53 percent or 74.44 points to settle at 4,785, after soaring 326 points in the past three consecutive sessions.
Market analysts said a section of investors opted for booking profit on stocks which saw sharp gain in recent price upsurge, dragging the index down.
Two other indices also closed lower. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, fell 21.84 points to finish at 1,618 and the DSE Shariah Index lost 13.31 points to close at 1,096.
Turnover, a crucial indicator of the market, stood at Tk 14.08 billion on the country’s premier bourse, climbing further by 4.22 per cent over previous day’s mark of Tk 13.51 billion.
Liquidity support fund by the Bangladesh Bank and the decline in bank deposit rates--- maximum up to 6.0 per cent for time deposit, paving the way for new investment in the market, taking the market turnover above Tk 14 billion-mark once again, said a leading broker.
Losers outnumbered the gainers, as out of 356 issues traded, 228 closed lower and 118 ended higher while 10 issues remained unchanged on the DSE floor.
A total number of 247,832 trades were executed in the day’s trading session with a trading volume of 547.13 million shares and mutual fund units.
The market-cap on the premier bourse also fell to Tk 3,595 billion on Monday, from Tk 3,635 billion in the previous session.
Orion Pharma topped the turnover chart with shares worth Tk 549 million changing hands, closely followed by Brac Bank, Beximco Pharma, IFIC Bank and Beximco.
Eaxim Bank First Mutual Fund was the day’s best performer, posting a gain of 10 per cent while Prime Finance was the worst loser, losing 8.86 per cent.
The Chittagong Stock Exchange ended lower with its All Shares Price Index (CASPI)—losing 183 points to close at 13,672 and the Selective Categories Index - CSCX –shedding 124 points to finish at 8,236.
Of the issues traded, 96 gained, 174 declined and 20 remained unchanged on the CSE.
The port city bourse traded 20.41 million shares and mutual fund units with turnover value of Tk 317 million.
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Why have I not broached the subject of Orphan Black on this blog before? I honestly don’t know, because it’s just the kind of thing I love, as well as love talking about. Orphan Black is one of my most favorite things in the world, the incredible rare bird.
Serious science fiction.
For television, dawg.
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So the movie for this book is supposed to be out in Nigeria but its not, due to some major unfortunate BS, Si decided to satisfy my brain and all my crazy alter egos by writing this.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s luminous and formidable talent was first seen in Purple Hibiscus, her 2004 novel, which won a Commonwealth writers’ prize and was shortlisted for the Orange prize. Her second novel, half of a Yellow Sun, takes its title from the Biafra period, the breakaway state in eastern Nigeria that survived for only three years, and whose name became a global byword for war by starvation. Adichie’s powerful focus on war’s impact on lives, and the trauma beyond the trenches, earns this novel a commonwealth writer’s prize. While reading this book, sometimes I’m introduced to a hidden gem, and other times I suffer through a complete dud. The one constant thing that makes everything worth my while is that I am continually exposed to material that would have otherwise escaped my notice. I tend to collect American literature; the scarlet letter, or books by Charles Dickens, Shakespeare, Bernard Shaw and many more fantasy and romance books. In this instance, Half of a Yellow Sun gave me the kick in the pants I needed to begin my foray into African literature.
I actually prefaced my reading of this book with Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. That was a smart move on many levels for me. Achebe is widely regarded as the first example of modern African literature; Adichie is commonly referred to as his literary daughter. Both Things Fall Apart and Half of a Yellow Sun deal with pivotal points in Nigerian history (the introduction of colonialism and the Biafra war, respectively), and I appreciated how the issues raised by Achebe’s book helped to give a wider perspective to this novel.
Half of a Yellow Sun is a fictional retelling of the Nigerian-Biafran Civil War (1967-1970) through the eyes of a small handful of characters. The particular selection of these characters was impressive, as they represented a broad cross-cut of experience: a houseboy raised in the tribal swamps of the Nigerian Delta; twin daughters of an African shipping magnate; a radical university professor; and a white writer whose love causes him to become entwined in the Biafran struggle.
The plot becomes quite upsetting, as many atrocities were committed on both sides in this gruesome war. It’s certainly not a read for the faint of heart. What makes this particular novel worth reading, though, is that it refuses to become a jeremiad. There is weeping and wailing, but the intent is not bitter lamentation. It unerringly remains an exploration of the human condition, a remembrance of an event which should not be forgotten.
In terms of story elements, among the protagonists are Odenigbo, or “the Master”, a radical math’s lecturer at the University of Nsukka – in what became the secessionist Igbo land – and Ugwu, the village teenager who becomes his houseboy, but whom he enrolls at the university staff school. A novel that descends into dire hunger begins with Ugwu’s devoted creativity in the kitchen, confecting pepper soup, spicy jollof rice and chicken boiled in herbs
One angle that quickly won me over was the character arc of Ugwu, the houseboy. He is introduced to us as a superstitious and naïve bumpkin with little experience of the world beyond his tiny village in the swamps of the delta. Adichie handles his character with wonderful delicacy, without ever demeaning or criticizing his outmoded cultural beliefs. His gradual development allows him to act as a cultural buffer between the modern sensibilities of the urbanites and the superstitions of his home village, providing the reader with an incredible window into what makes the hearts of the Igbo people beat.
Ugwu’s domain is encroached upon by Odenigbo’s lover, Olanna, the London-educated daughter of a “nouveau riche” businessman in Lagos, and the household is later disrupted by its links with Olanna’s periodically estranged twin sister Kainene and her English boyfriend, Richard.
It might sound horrible of me to admit this, but I truly think that the addition of the white Western writer (Richard) to the cast of characters was a stroke of genius by Adichie in embracing a global audience. Through Richard’s character, I experienced a swell of emotions that hit me like a sledgehammer, between extremes of violent anger, stunned disbelief and impotent despair. I know that this book will stay with me whenever I think about the lack of Western attitudes toward African struggles. Adichie managed to strike a chord in me that I think shall never remain silent. While Richard identifies with Biafra and intends to write the history of the war, it is Ugwu who takes up the pen and the mantle. As Richard concedes, “The war isn’t my story to tell really,” and Ugwu nods. “He had never thought that it was.”
I can also pretty much guarantee that once you find out why the book is titled Half of a Yellow Sun, the reason will be burned in your memory forever. And despite my complete ignorance of the relevant historical events, the simplicity of story and complexity of character made everything work for me on multiple levels. Many of the events recounted in the novel also have a ring of truth that could only have come from personal experience. Adichie was born well after this war ended, but you can tell that she is surrounded by living memory. These ingredients make for a compelling reading experience that remains highly accessible to a novice such as me.
Cyclical theory sees society, culture and civilization moving in cycles rather than going on a straight line. Some civilization will experience progress and glory before slowly regressed (and vice versa)
The theory that the development of societies occurs in cycles [rather than a straight line] that parallel the lives of individuals – societies are born, mature, age and die.
Cyclical theory of social change focus on the rise and fall of civilization attempting to account for this pattern of growth and decay. Splenger, Tonybee and Sorokin can be regarded as the champions of this theory. Splenger pointed out that the fate of civilization was a matter of destiny. Each civilization is like a biological organism and has a similar life cycle, birth, maturity, old-age and death. After making the study of eight modern civilizations including the west he said that modern western society is the last stage. He concluded that the western society was entering a period of decay as evidenced by wars, conflicts and social breakdown that heralded their doom.
Arnold Tonybee in his book ‘A study of history’ focuses on the key concepts of challenge and response. Every society faces challenges at first, challenges posed by the environment at first and later challenges from internal and external enemies. The natures of responses determine the society’s fate. He does not believe that all societies will decay. He has pointed out that history is a series of decay and growth. But each new civilization is able to learn from the mistakes of the culture before it and borrows the good things. It is therefore possible for each cycle to offer higher level of achievement.
Pitirin Sorokin in his book ‘social and culture dynamics’ has offered another explanation of social change, instead of viewing civilization into the terms of development and decline he proposed that they alternate or fluctuate between two cultural extremes ; the sensate and the ideational. The sensate culture stresses those things which can be perceived directly by the senses. It is practical, hedonistic, sensual and materialistic. Ideational culture emphasizes those things which can be perceived only by the mind. It is abstract, religious, concerned with faith and the ultimate truth. It is the opposite of the sensate culture. Both represent pure types of culture. Hence no society ever fully conforms to either type. As a culture of a society develops one pure type, it is countered by the opposite cultural force. Too much emphasis on one type of culture leads to reaction towards the other.
Dear diary, JUNE 13, 2014
Today I got into an argument with Margaret. I call her mother. Now we’re on the silent treatment phase and I for one know that I’m not letting up so easily. Why did we argue? She told me I was fat and useless because I grumbled at the thought of walking all the way to the store which is a long way. She thinks its okay to call me fat and useless now that I’m healthy. I’m not crying into my pillow anymore, I still have zero friends but I’m reaching out to a few.
It’s not that I’m lazy diary; don’t get your pages in a twist. I’ve walked a longer distance to school when I was younger and I didn’t mind it. I got really pissed off when she compared me to a boy who walks a longer distance to school and lives with his uncle a few houses down the street. She doesn’t know he loves walking to school, he treasures the exercise. Trust me; I’ve seen his ripped abs. It’s actually impressive.
I’m not Einstein but I can be James Cameron in a few years. She doesn’t see that. I can’t be perfect. I’m sorry I don’t look like you. I look like dad. Sorry I don’t have your long hair, mine refused to grow. I’m sorry you can’t buy clothes for me because you’re always complaining about how you don’t have money but you end up buying three new outfits weekly FOR YOURSELF. She just needs a servant, a thing to put her anger on, not a daughter. I don’t know what I’m supposed to do. Lie at her feet and beg for mercy.
Bitch its 2014!!!!!
She wants to hit me. I don’t mind. That’s all she ever does. All she can do. It hurts but I won’t cry. I won’t apologize for getting angry after being called fat. I weigh 58kg. That’s fat!!! It’s a question diary, not a statement, put a question mark. [That’s fat????]
Finally, I’m sorry you won’t be having shots with me when I become a New York Times bestseller. You won’t take a picture with me when I make Guinness world record with my book breaking Danielle Steel’s record. I’m sorry you won’t be sitting next to me when I win an Academy award for best motion picture and best director. [The thought of an Oscar, I really want to be the first Nigerian to win an Oscar.]
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When I started writing about Meredith, I tried to feel whatever she was feeling. If you think I’ve made mistakes, please feel free to email me at email@example.com or tweet at me @alyzerbeth

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Saturday, August 27, 2011
Sustainability in Craft and Design, Volume 3, 2011 NOW ONLINE
The Craft Australia Research Centre announces the publication of the third volume of craft + design enquiry, its open access, peer-reviewed, online journal, interrogating discourses surrounding craft and design practice. Edited by Dr Kevin Murray, Sustainability in Craft and Design explores how craft and design responds to the challenge of global warming by facilitating social change. The six papers published in this issue by Rod Bamford, Matthew Kiem, Peter Hughes, Mary Loveday Edwards, Sharmila Wood, Emilia Ferraro, Rehema White, Eoin Cox , Jan Bebbington and Sandra Wilson examine issues of sustainability in relation to aspects of craft and design practice in Australia, the United Kingdom and India
Volume 3 online
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Call for Papers Volume 5: website
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Sunday, May 8, 2011
Shunyam Smith Essence of Place
Stories are a fundamental and defining characteristic of all human life. They are receptacles for our memories,
dreams and myths. As repositories, these stories form a foundation on which traditions, cultures and histories are
created. Memory is given shape and force through an array of artefacts and practices, rituals and monuments.
They become the stories we live by, that shape our sense of who we are.
Tapestry as a medium has traditionally been used both to tell stories, personal and historical, full of allusion and
metaphor. It requires a deeper reading to uncover the hidden layers of meanings and memories that are entwined
with the physicality of the material, and the slow nature of the weaving.
Working in the field of ‘landscape’ today can have its pitfalls, avoiding the weight of past representations, finding a
way to liberate the image from the pictorial. This work is an exploration of the essence of place – an attempt to
chart my relationship with the place I inhabit. Cropping and framing images, varying perspectives, and focusing on
small details, intensifies and also frees them, finding the links often hidden in insignificant objects that weave nature
and human culture together.
Stories of places are created by history as well as their physicality, and to begin to understand the essence of a
place one must absorb these slowly, over time. Some of these tapestries tell more obvious stories, of human time
and histories, but always shaped by the intangible boundaries between land, humankind, and the influences of
place. For decades now, watching the changing process of the land where I live has allowed me to ‘read’ and
absorb these stories and memories stored in trees, rocks, lakes, rivers, forests and mountains. Our human
memories are traced in objects all around, and nature has written her history everywhere if we choose to look slowly
The Spotted Gums tell of their usefulness to man with their tall strong, straight trunks. The Snowgums, so like the
‘Spotties’ in some of their habits and their beauty, with their fragile, bent and twisted shapes, are considered to be of
no use at all, telling of the values we humans place on the strong and the weak. Rocks tell of deep time, stories of
elemental powers, of volcanos, waves and wind etched into their shapes. Beaches and rivers change with floods
and droughts, but lakes change their shape more slowly - the result of human interference. Marks on trees and
rocks relate them to each other, and through these silent notations I read histories and memories that talk of the
relationship between all things.
At the heart of my work is this interrelation of stories and the material, their mutual intrication a metaphor for the
weaving process, revealing the richness and complexity of the essence of this place. The reality is that the whole
world is revealed in the local and the intimate. Tangible objects carry our cultural heritage, helping to illuminate the
present moment and even the future if we care to look slowly and deeply. We can see the riches and incredible
beauty we have all around us but also how fragile and transient it is.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Maiz (corn) is embedded in the culture of the Americas. From its origins in the highlands to today’s massive agricultural production in the mechanized plains, corn has played an essential role in the development of civilization.
During a few weeks during the winters of 2008-2010, an international group of weavers meeting at the Lurie-Larochette studio in El Tuito, Cabo Corrientes, focused on the theme of “Maiz”, as a woven homage celebrating the rich diversity of Mexican culture
“MAIZ” participating artists:
Louise Abbott, USA. Gabriel Canales, Mexico. Antoinette Dumper, Canada. Elaine Duncan, Canada. Jean Pierre Larochette, USA. Yadin Larochette, USA. Donna Millen, Canada. Sonja Miremont, USA. Christine Rivers, Canada. Victoria Stone, USA. Elaine Todd-Stevens, USA. Nancy Trissel, USA. Sally Williamson, USA. Jackie Wollenberg, USA.
"WATER SONGS" TAPESTRIES:“Only song can respond to the call that are the 9 tapestries that together form the “Water Songs” of my friends, weaver Jean Pierre Larochette and designer Yael Lurie. The heart recognizes its own mute, but pulsating language, in the visions, dilated in meditation, of the natural world” wrote UC Berkeley Professor Laura Perez. These tapestries dedicated to the theme of water, were created between the years 1999-2009 in the artist’s studios of El Tuito, C.C. and Berkeley, CA.
PETER GRAY MUSEUM OF ART
University of Guadalajara Vallarta Campus (CUC)
January 25 – March 5, 2011Reception February 2, 6 – 8 PM
Peter Gray Museum of Art Website
The project “Narratives” is a collaboration between graphic designer, Milena Leznicki and artist, Susan Martin Maffei. It features 14 tapestry scroll works by the artist in 19 fold out color offset printed plates as well as a small essay about the relationship of the works to this book form.
Susan Maffei Website

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The new technology has been introduced to S4 which pulls energy. Audi claims the new three-litre supercharged engine is a whopping 37 per cent more economical than its predecessor. The engine selections available are two-litre direct injection turbocharged creating 200bhp and 3.two litre V6 producing 255bhp. More to these, the common ones are 1.six litre making 102 bhp, two litre producing 130bhp and 1.8 litre turbo-charged making 163 bhp.
Through the years, there are Ford Components that came out that not only enhance the performance of the automobile but at the identical time retain it ?green?. Ford Motors applied several automobile technologies to further hold its autos ?sensitive? sufficient to care for the environment. The catalytic converter, for instance, is used by the American automaker in its cars, sport utility automobiles, and trucks to preserve the noxious emissions on secure levels. With this auto element intact in the system, program exhaust fumes created by throughout the internal engine combustion is treated ahead of released into the air. In this way, damaging gases are lessened simply because of the catalytic converter.
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Ford Motor Enterprise, which debuted in the business more than a century ago, is one particular of the leading automobile businesses worldwide. This American automaker requires pride in its competent sales across the globe that makes this brand a household name particularly in the United States. Aside from making certain that its models can carry out nicely, the enterprise is also keen in enhancing its Ford Parts to turn out to be effective but atmosphere-friendly.
However, the engine?s instant punch and smoothness is rather impressive.
A further element installed in the business?s automobiles is the oxygen sensor. This diminutive element is strategically placed along the exhaust manifold and close to the catalytic converter as it examines exhaust fumes for the availability of air. Once it detects a low oxygen presence in the engine?s mixture, it relays the facts quickly to the engine manage unit. From there, important adjustments are carried out for the engine to have a excellent mixture of cool air and fuel. As soon as the automobile?s energy plant is effective adequate, it will no longer emit also a great deal exhaust fumes that are harmful to the atmosphere. These are just some of the many Ford Parts that make the autos of the corporation gentler to the environment.
Various new things of Vorsprung Durch Technik meaning, ?Advancement By means of Technology? which tends to make the Audi S4 manage like no Audi saloon has ahead of. The second optional extra which impressed was Audi Drive Choose, which enables the settings for the active steering, seven-speed S Tronic gearbox (if fitted), active sport differential and adjustable suspension to be tweaked through buttons on the dashboard.
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Can this S4 match the M3. Unquestionably not, BMW nonetheless overpowers thanks to its superior steering wheel and good chassis balance. The S4?s superior torque thrashes the M3 on in-gear instances. Audi has hinted BMW with S4 that it is capable of providing an equivalent sportier car in this horsepower battle. The Audi S4 is a breathtaking car to be in and covers ground at an amazing price but its is nevertheless not an ideal driver?s favourite. Other than the engine revision Audi has not created any significant changes to the older version. Having said that, the engine?s instant punch and smoothness is fairly impressive.
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CORNELIUS, NC (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Cornelius neighbors in the Oakhurst subdivision say they are experiencing a delivery problem.
Video captured by Ring’s doorbell shows an Amazon delivery driver throwing packages out of the truck’s window. These packages end up in the middle of the road and are scattered across lawns.
Several neighbors told Queen City News that the problem has been going on for about two weeks, especially on rainy days. In many cases, a neighbor receives a notification that their Amazon package has been delivered, but when they go outside, the package is not in their driveway.
“As I look up and down the street, everyone’s bags are lying in the grass. And these are not just bags. These are both small and large packages,” said Jennifer Kohlhorst.
One neighbor commented on Facebook saying they found their $500 laptop on the curb next to their mailbox.
“Also found my bags scattered and wet from the rain thrown on my lawn,” the comment reads.
Not only are the packages wet and often damaged, neighbors say the driver reports that the packages have been delivered to a safe location or even directly to the homeowner.
“I called Amazon and that’s when they said, ‘They said it was marked as being directly transferred to a family member,'” Virginia Murray said.
Catherine Armitage is one of those whose packages are featured in the Ring video. Apparently, the video was taken at her neighbor’s house, two driveways away. According to her, the drivers threw four or five packages out of the window, and only one or two belonged to the addressee.
“Literally in the middle of the street in the pouring rain with tire tracks,” said Armitage, who ordered a laptop protector that ended up crashing.
Armitage said Amazon offered her a refund and told her in an email: “As an immediate action, I have escalated the issue and filed a formal complaint against the driver with our delivery department.”
“It’s important because it’s easy and convenient. That’s what they’re selling us on. But still, if my packages don’t arrive on time, or if they don’t even arrive, it’s just a delay for me,” she said.
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Queen City News saw the same delivery driver in the neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. As it turned out, she delivered each package by hand to the recipient’s front door.
“I’m hoping it’s just burnout and not someone who’s going to do it all the time,” Murray said.
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Online COD BOD Analyzer that we offer is widely used to measure the level of organic contamination in wastewater and surface waters. This basic sum parameter is determined by measuring the equivalent amount of oxygen required to oxidize organic matter in the sample, often performed in off-line laboratory or, if measured on-line, by means of COD equivalent parameters. We provide Online COD BOD Analyzer at nominal rates.
Waste water compounds that can be biodegraded by activated sludge, can be divided into nitrifiable nitrogen and biodegradable organic compounds. The batch measurement of the short term BOD (BODst) is based upon continuous monitoring of the respiration rate of activated sludge, fed with the waste water. The aeration vessel (outside the analyzer) is kept filled automatically with activated sludge.
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After my moment of happiness amidst the dung, of course I had The Crash. This happens so often that I don’t know why I do not see it coming. I get caught in a category error. I think that one shining moment of joy means that I am now set on the path to joy, instead of understanding it as a thing complete in itself.
I was in such a filthy mood for the last two days that I could not even write this blog, because I did not want to burden you with scratchiness and crossness and fury. Despite myself, I want to give you the good bits. So much rain falls into every life that I do not want to add to the deluge. Here, I want to say, here is your little ray of sunshine.
In the end, as the small slights and wounds and lacerations piled up, I found myself on the back on my red mare, in the middle of a dull Scottish field, the sky over my head the colour of dashed dreams, weeping like a child.
After that, it was better. Little things had piled up, and I was so invested in this idea that I could be happy now I had had my revelatory moment, that I ignored them. Every morning, when I go into the house my mother and stepfather shared, where we spent so many happy times together, and find it empty, it is a little bruise on my heart. Even though my mother was confined to her bed for the last months of her life, she still made that house beautiful. Her life spread through it. She had two kind ladies who came in to do the work she could no longer do herself, and I had not realised how much she must have spoken to them and encouraged them to arrange everything in just the way she liked. She was like a set designer, making the stage come to life.
Now that house feels forlorn, the life going out of it day by day, as my stepfather is away on a family trip. I was trying to be matter of fact about that, and refused to acknowledge how much it wore on my spirit. Don’t make a fuss, said my old school voices; be stoical, carry on. Then the brown mare had a wound that would not heal and no matter what I did it still looked hideous and sore and I suddenly thought that despite her having come through her operation, she would die of blood poisoning. People were cross with me, for three different things that were All My Fault. There are few more demoralising things than people getting cross with you when you know you are in the wrong. (The horrid part of me always wants to be in the right, so the doing of the wrong things and the severe tone of voice people use when they point this out are excruciatingly humiliating to me.)
All this built up until I felt defeated. So I sat on the horse and cried.
And today the sun came out and I wrote 2624 words of my secret project and I remembered about the most important dance of modern life, which is the One Step Forwards, Two Steps Back Shuffle. I do this dance all the time. I should know the steps by now. Ah, said my kind, adult, sane mind, which had not been able to get a word in edgeways for forty-eight hours, it’s not the end of everything; it’s just that dear old dance.
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This is the first of many articles about the astronomers that have used Cave telescopes in their work. Everet Kreimer using a 12.5 in Cave Astrola was the co-author of a book about the messier objects in the night sky.
Also included is Justin Balderrama's account of his meeting with the now 92 year old Kriemer.
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This is a collaboration of information from contributors from all around the world. I have collected articles and images from authors, newspaper reporters, Cave family members, friends, astronomers, co-workers and fellow historians. If you would like to help preserve this interesting period in our history of telescopes, please feel free to contact me using the contact page. Materials have to be original and owned by the contributor. Full credit will be given within these pages. Contributions do not have to be formal and in magazine quality, but can be as simple as remembering a conversation with Cave on his back porch.
Many articles are still to come. Changes will be posted on the sidebar to the left. The blog will also include the list of new articles, pictures etc as they are added. Enjoy!
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The Cave Optical Company
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If you've been into astronomy for more than twenty years, you've probably heard of Cave Optics, which at one time was a pre-eminent maker of mirrors and Newtonian telescopes for the amateur and government market. They had a solid reputation for the quality of their optics, and to this day a Cave mirror is eagerly sought after. The driving force was Thomas R. Cave, an inveterate Mars observer who went on to found the company that bore his name. In 1958 I built my first homemade reflector using a 6-inch, f/10 Cave mirror that was a superb performer.
Although he lived most of his life in the Los Angeles area, Tom Cave's interest in astronomy began in 1930 when he was eight years old and visited Chicago's Adler Planetarium. Shortly thereafter, he became particularly enthralled with the planet Mars.
As was the case with Clyde Tombaugh, Cave's observations as an amateur brought him to the attention of Lowell Observatory. He had sent reports of his observations of Mars with a 6-inch Newtonian to E. C. Slipher of Lowell. In 1941, Slipher offered him a position as observing assistant, but Cave was then working as an apprentice at an optical company and turned down the offer. He went on to become one of the most skilled opticians, and with help from his father, he founded his own company in December 1950.
Cave favored large instruments, and to some extent is responsible for making amateur astronomers realize that they could move beyond the usual 6-inch reflector that was common at the time. In 1949, Cave had produced a telescope for his own use - a 121/2-inch, f/11.3 giant. A friend of Cave's, O. R. Norton, was invited over to see it and is quoted in the August 1994 issue of S&T: "I arrived at 265 Roswell Av and passed through the gate to the backyard - and into another world. Before me stood a leviathan of a telescope, so large that it would have taken a 12-foot ladder to reach the eyepiece."
Cave with his 121/2", f/11.3 scope circa 1950
Large Newtonian telescopes up until roughly the late 1970's were heavy and ungainly pieces that often required a permanent installation of some sort. But the advertising tried to downplay their size. For example, an ad for the Cave "transportable" 121/2-inch shows a young woman standing next to it. The eyepiece was quite a bit over her head, but most people would assume that women tend to be shorter anyway. However, the female model chosen for those ads was 6-feet tall!
By the time Thomas Cave sold the business in 1979, Cave Optical had produced about 83,000 mirrors and 16,000 complete telescopes with mountings sold under the Astrola brand name. In the company's later years, they also made a few refractors. Cave had decided to sell the business due to ill health, but the advent of the newer Schmidt-Cassegrain design by Celestron created serious competition for his company, which had concentrated almost entirely on making telescopes of the Newtonian configuration on hefty German equatorial mounts. Cave Optical was soon liquidated by the new owners. Tom Cave himself continued to work part time in the optics business for other companies but retired for good in 1988. He passed away on June 4, 2003.
The Hardin Optical Company purchased the rights to the Astrola name and now sells telescope products under that brand. It's appropriate though - Larry Hardin got his feet wet in optics working for Tom Cave!
Published in the August 2003 issue of the NightTimes

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Every now and then, I feel a call to share something a little deeper on social media. I write about what’s coming up intuitively for me, usually it’s a message of hope or something encouraging. I never know why I’m writing it or who the intended person is who’s meant to read it, but it feels important. Here’s something I wrote in 2023 that I shared on Facebook and Instagram. It touched a few people and I was asked to share it as a blog, so here it is. I hope these words meet you where you are, and that they provide some comfort and upliftment if that’s what you need today.
You are not destined to feel lonely, sad, anxious, depressed, or lost forever.
You belong here.
You are here for a reason, even if it doesn’t feel like it.
You are worthy, simply because you exist.
Healing, moving forward and getting back to who you truly are (not who the world wants you to be) is absolutely possible.
Three years ago, I was in a very dark place.
Like most of us in 2020.
It’s the year I started questioning things. I saw the world differently, like a thick veil had been lifted. I found out a lot of yukky stuff about things I now believe are designed to keep us from thriving the way we were always meant to.
After my Dad died, my world got darker. I lost my sense of identity. I prayed, read the Bible, called friends, called therapists. But that December, when I had a huge breakdown, I couldn’t get a single therapy session. It’s when I was forced to face a lot of uncomfortable, heavy stuff.
Emotions I’d suppressed growing up in a house where we had to walk on eggshells for the most part. Bless my Dad, but he was a very difficult man to live with. My Mom was constantly on edge and unable to fully relax. Those kinds of things, and not being able to be angry or express your true feelings, impact us later in life more than we know. I did a lot of shadow work, emotional expression, and self healing – mostly through writing letters I’d never send.
In early 2022, I found some light and got inspired to change my lifestyle after seeing a random Instagram post. I started implementing tiny habits and adapting my routine to manage stress better and to live with more inner peace. I discovered ways to raise my consciousness (become more aware), I tried more things that fed my soul, and I become more connected. This is after what many call the dark night of the soul. I learned about energy and how our emotions can reveal themselves physically and mentally to signal to us that it’s time to change something.
I learned how our body communicates with us all the time.
I learned (what I personally believe) that we are energy/conscious beings having a human experience, and this shifted so much inside me. Instead of thinking we only have this one little life to get perfect (what pressure!), or that we’re at the mercy of external events, I now believe we’ve probably had many lives and this is a significant one for us to work through karma, heal old wounds, clear generational traumas, and remember who we are.
I got back into meditating and deep conversations with God (our creator and source of love, not the invisible man in the sky we’re told to obey and fear, who’s going to send us to hell if we do something wrong). I went for long walks by myself in nature. I hugged a lot of trees. I forgave a lot of people. I also forgave myself and started embodying self-compassion and self-awareness. (Imagine if we were taught this kind of thing at school. What a different world we’d have).
But it’s not all sunshine and rainbows.
How can it be with so much duality?
If you look around you, really look, you’ll see that our current society and rigid man-made systems and constructs are not about kindness or hope or love.
2020 showed us that.
It’s quite the opposite actually. Acknowledging this, understanding this, and choosing to gently rebel by living with more inner peace (e.g. emotional healing and nervous system regulation) is how I believe we take back our personal power – and our lives.
If you’re feeling the weight of the world, hollow on the inside, anxious, or questioning why you’re here… know that you’re not alone. You’re always supported and healing is so possible.
But you have to decide to do the inner work.
No one can do that for you unfortunately. We can’t wait for the world to change for the better, because it might not. We CAN change our own internal world, which then ripples out into our immediate outer world.
We are all capable of changing the narrative of our lives.
Sometimes we just need a little reminder that it’s possible.
And it really is.
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On Friday evening, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order to once again allowing same-sex marriages in California. The order came in response to the Supreme Court’s Wednesday decisions to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act and to dismiss a challenge to the 2010 ruling that the state’s gay marriage ban, Proposition 8, is unconstitutional. While the Ninth Circuit had been expected to wait 25 days for the Supremes to give a formal order on Prop 8, the San Francisco-based court instead decided that California could begin granting same-sex couples marriage licenses “immediately.” A Ninth Circuit spokesman acknowledged that decision was “unusual, but not unprecedented.” Also, it’s Pride weekend.
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Carton, Z. B., Massena, was born in Massena, December 8, 1856, a son of Luke, born in Massena, September 10,
1823, whose father was James Carton, born in County Wexford, Ireland, in 1787, who came to America in 1816 and
settled in Massena. After a short time he took a farm, which he cleared, and before his death owned 220 acres,
which is still in the possession of the family. He died May 17, 1874. Luke, father of our subject, was a teacher
and a county school commissioner of long standing. The latter part of his life he spent on the homestead farm.
January 1, 1840, he married Marcia E., daughter of Caleb Russell, of Massena, and of their eight children six survive.
He was a Republican and served as assessor and supervisor a number of years. He died October 16, 1893. Z. B. Carton
was educated in the Union School at this place, also the Lawrenceville Academy, and began teaching at the age of
eighteen, continning six years. He then bought the St. Lawrence Creamery and Cheese Factory, where he has since
carried on a successful business. He is a Republican, and a member of Massena Lodge No. 513, F. & A. M., also
the Court of Massena No. 623, I. O. F., of which he is chief ranger. He is also a member of the Grange.
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UNL researcher working on sensors to aid irrigation decisions earns award
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As the sky clears from a July downpour, you can bet on farmers doing two things. First, checking the rain gauge. Then, mentally calculating how long they can hold off irrigating again.
Mehmet Can Vuran, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln computer engineer, wants to give agricultural producers more information to make that decision. He's developing wireless underground sensor networks that should give agricultural producers precise, real-time data about soil moisture and other changing conditions.
Vuran has been awarded a five-year, $418,760 Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation to support his research. This is NSF's most prestigious award for outstanding pre-tenure faculty and supports their development as researchers and teacher-scholars.
Wireless underground sensor networks consist of hundreds of sensors buried in the soil to collect data about soil moisture and composition, temperature and atmospheric changes. The idea, Vuran said, is to "let the soil tell us" when and how much to water.
Accurate, up-to-date soil measurements would enable agricultural producers to use water more efficiently. Vuran estimates that underground sensors could reduce irrigation as much as 25 percent depending on soil conditions and crop type. In Nebraska, which has more irrigated acres than any other state, such sensors could have significant economic and environmental benefits.
"Integrating wireless sensor network solutions with agriculture has huge potential to improve crop yields as well as decrease irrigation costs significantly," he said.
Vuran also is designing network protocols that enable the sensors to transmit information through the soil to a center-pivot irrigation system. The pivot's control system would use this information to determine when to turn on the water and how much to apply.
The ability to harmonize farming operations with actual soil conditions would give wireless underground sensor networks a major advantage over above-ground weather stations that only monitor atmospheric conditions. An underground network also would be more reliable than a wireless weather station, whose signal can interfere with other farm equipment or get blocked by trees and other obstructions, Vuran said.
His research shows potential to transform wireless communications in constrained environments. Soil, especially when wet, limits the sensors' transmission power. Vuran's challenge is to create network protocols and communication devices smart enough to adjust to the dynamic conditions of soil or water. These advancements could expand the use of wireless underground sensor networks to applications as diverse as irrigating golf courses and playing fields or monitoring underground oil pipes.
Since joining UNL in 2007, Vuran has collaborated with Suat Irmak, associate professor of biological systems engineering, to test real-world applications of wireless underground sensor networks at the South Central Agricultural Laboratory near Clay Center.
Vuran's CAREER award also provides support for a wireless networking solutions workshop for teens, which will be offered through the Big Red Summer Academic Camps hosted by Nebraska 4-H and UNL.
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If you're looking for ways to conserve money from paycheck pay check', the best way is with life insurance that also secures the future of your family. When you purchase a life insurance policy that names beneficiaries, they benefit from the profits tax-free after your passing.Life Insurance Trust
Life insurance payments may not be exempt from estate tax. This is why it is suggested to consult with a trust business to create an trust to hold your life insurance policy, instead of being obligated directly.
There are two types of trusts: irrevocable and irrevocable trust.
Revocable trusts give an adequate amount of control and flexibility. To take into account estate taxes, however, your gross estate should include the death benefit amount of the life insurance. As for irrevocable trusts, they won't be able to control your assets in a significant way over the trust's assets, so they won't count in your overall estate. However, they are not subject to estate tax.
The state law safeguards life insurance proceeds, preventing creditors from attaching. If the beneficiaries have creditors, they can be able to challenge the proceeds. Beneficiaries still have protection against creditors provided that they've adequate clauses.Agent for Insurance
You can choose insurance for your home, car, health, and life. ) then you can select the one offered by an agent who operates for an insurance business or use an insurance broker. These might include the latter..


The detailed project reports for the 4 proposed flyovers in Visakhapatnam are ready, but reportedly the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is awaiting the approval from the authorities of Metro Rail Project for their synchronization plan.
The detailed project reports were ready last year itself. However technical experts in GVMC suggested consultations for the merger plans with the metro rail project.
There are 4 flyovers proposed to be built in Vizag. The flyovers with multi-level grade separators would come up at Gajuwaka, Satyam Junction, Hanumanthwaka Junction and Car shed Junction connecting Kommadi Junction.
The total cost estimated for building the four flyovers is around Rs. 1200 crores. GVMC tried to raise resources from various domestic and international agencies which was unsuccessful.


A semiconductor device that is used to switch or amplify electronic signals is known as a transistor whereas a power transistor is a type of transistor particularly designed to be used in high-power-based applications. As compared to normal transistors, these transistors are normally designed to be used in high-power applications like power amplifiers, high-power devices, DC-to-DC converters, etc. These transistors are made with silicon (Si) and are normally larger & robust. This article discusses an overview of a power transistor, its working, and its applications.
What is Power Transistor?
A type of transistor that is used where high power is being utilized like high-power amplifiers & power supplies is called a power transistor. This transistor handles with high power, so used in switching & audio circuits. This transistor with three terminals is mainly designed with a semiconductor material to connect with an external circuit. Whenever voltage (or) current is supplied to one pair of transistor terminals, then the current flow can be controlled in another pair of transistor terminals because of the higher output power as compared to the input power.
The power transistor pin configuration with its symbol is shown below. This transistor is available with three terminals; base, emitter & collector.
- Pin1 (Base Terminal): This terminal helps in biasing of transistor by turning ON/OFF this transistor
- Pin2 (Collector Terminal): The current supplies through this terminal and it is connected normally to load.
- Pin3 (Emitter): This terminal is used to drain out the flow of current and it is connected simply to the ground terminal.
Features & Specifications:
The features and specifications of the power transistor include the following.
- This transistor includes three terminals.
- It uses advanced process technology.
- The error voltage of this transistor is less
- It has a very fast switching speed.
- Its operation is full-voltage based.
- This transistor works with high current & power
- These transistors’s size is large.
- These are used in high-power applications.
- Its continuous collector current is 3A.
- Its collector-to-emitter voltage is 50 Volts.
- Its collector-to-base voltage is 50 Volts.
- Its emitter to base voltage is 4Volts.
The examples of NPN power transistors are; 2SE5200, TTC5200, 2SA1962, KTA1962A, 2SA2151A-O, 2SA2151A-Y, KTA1943, 2SA2151A-P, KTA1943, KTA1943A, FJA4213, KTA1962, FJL4215, MJW1302/MJW1302AG. The examples of PNP power transistors are; MJD350, TTA1943, TIP32, 2N5194G, 2SA1943, 2N5195G, etc.
Power Transistor Structure
A power transistor is composed of semiconductor materials. This transistor includes three terminals; base, emitter, and collector. These transistors can be either PNP or NPN polarity. In the NPN power transistor, the p-type semiconductor is sandwiched between two N-type semiconductors. In contrast, in a PNP power transistor, the n-type semiconductor is sandwiched between two P-type semiconductors. This transistor has a fairly large cross-section area that contains alternate P & N-type layers that are connected together.
Power Transistor Working
The NPN power transistor configuration is shown above. This transistor works whenever a voltage (or) current is provided to one of the transistor terminals then it controls the voltage (or) current at the other pair of terminals.
The power transistor works in four regions based on the forward & reverse biasing conditions like Cut off, Active, Quasi saturation, and hard saturation regions. Whenever the NPN power transistor is connected in reverse bias condition then this transistor enters into a cut-off region. Once the collector-to-base region of this transistor is reverse biased & base to emitter is forward biased, then the transistor will be in an inactive region. In this region, when the base current increases, then the collector current also increases.
When this transistor is in the quasi saturation region, then the collector to base & base to emitter is connected in forward bias condition. When the collector to base & base to emitter terminals are connected in forward bias condition then hard saturation region is achieved
Power Transistor Types
These transistors are available in different types like BJTs, MOSFETS, SITs, and IGBTs.
BJTs or Bipolar Junction Transistors
A power BJT is a three-terminal semiconductor device with two p-n junctions that are capable of amplifying or magnifying a signal. The terminals of this transistor are; the base, the emitter & the collector. These transistors are available in two types; PNP and NPN depending on the doping types of terminals. PNP transistor includes two semiconductor junctions that have a thin n-doped cathode region whereas NPN transistor includes two semiconductor junctions that contain a thin p-doped anode region.
The charge flow within this transistor is because of the charge carrier’s diffusion between the two regions. In BJT, the emitter region is doped highly as compared to the base and collector regions. These two regions have similar charge carrier concentrations. These transistors are used in different electronic devices like televisions, mobile phones, industrial control & radio transmitters. Please refer to this link for Bipolar Junction Transistor.
The characteristics of BJTs include the following.
- BJTs are available in large size, so allows maximum cur flow of current.
- These transistors have maximum breakdown voltage, high handling capacity & current-carrying capability.
- These are used in high-power applications.
MOSFET is a kind of field effect transistor including three terminals; source, base & drain with an MOS structure. The main function of MOSFET mainly depends on the channel’s width. If the channel width of MOSFET is wide, then it works with high efficiency. In MOSFET, current conduction can be controlled between drain & source terminals by applying a voltage supply to the gate terminal. MOSFETs are available in different types like P-channel depletion, p- p-channel enhancement type, N-channel depletion, and n-channel enhancement type.
MOSFETs are mainly used for amplifying or switching signals. The capacity to adjust conductivity through the amount of voltage applied can be used to amplify or switch electronic signals. At present, these transistors are more commonly used as compared to bipolar junction transistors within analog and digital circuits. Please refer to this link for MOSFETs.
The MOSFET characteristics include the following.
- MOSFET is a voltage controller and it doesn’t require input current.
- This transistor provides a high i/p impedance.
Static induction transistor or SIT is a power transistor that includes three terminals. As compared to FETs, static induction transistors offer high voltage breakdowns. This kind of transistor has high frequency & high power with short multichannel. As compared to FETs, these transistors get higher breakdown voltages.
The characteristics of SITs include the following.
- The length of the channel is short.
- Its noise and distortion are less.
- It provides low terminal resistance.
- It has less gate series resistance and less capacitance from gate to source.
- It has less thermal resistance.
- It has a maximum capacity of audio frequency power.
- Its short turn-on & off time is normally 0.25 μs
IGBT or Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor is a three-terminal semiconductor device composed of semiconductor material. These types of power transistors are mainly used for the purpose of switching. IGBTs include four alternating layers like P-N-P-N which are simply controlled by a MOS gate structure. The applications of IGBT are; AC and DC motor drives, UPS systems, power supply relays, contactors & drivers for solenoids. Please refer to this link for IGBT.
The characteristics of IGBT include the following.
- The loss is insignificant at the input.
- Its power gain is high.
- Its efficiency is high.
- Its size & cost is low.
- It has fewer switching losses.
Power Supply Circuit with TIP2955 Power Transistor
The power supply circuit using the TIP2955 power transistor is shown below. This circuit is used to obtain 5V DC from a 110V AC or 230V. The required components to make this circuit mainly include; LM7805 IC, TIP2955 transistor, 10A bridge rectifier diode, 230 to 12V, 5A transformer, 10uF and 3300uF electrolytic capacitor, 0.33uF ceramic capacitor, and 1K resistor. Connect the circuit as per the circuit shown below.
The power transistor used in this power supply circuit is TIP2955. This is a PNP Si epitaxial-base planar power transistor that is available in a TO-218 plastic package. This transistor is mainly used in series regulators, shunt regulators, power switching circuits, hi-fi amplifiers, etc.
In the above power supply circuit, the 230V AC supply is first stepped down into 12V AC. This stepped-down voltage can be supplied throughout a bridge rectifier. Here, the 12V DC is filtered with a capacitor & is connected to the LM7805 regulator. The TIP2955 transistor in this circuit works as a switch. Since we require the LM7805 regulator to work as a fixed 5Volts supply, the Adj pin of the regulator is connected to the GND terminal. The capacitors like 0.33uF & 10uF are required for smoothing the spikes of current. Now the output 5V / 5A is ready to be used in different applications.
This simple circuit is used as a general-purpose power supply. This circuit is used to design a plug-and-play display device with inbuilt memory used for images. This power supply circuit can also be used to power up home automation boards in the switchboard.
Power Transistor Characteristics
The power transistor operates in three regions; active, cut-off, and saturation.
- The power transistor will have a base current in the active region, thus, the collector current will raise proportionally through gain Ic = β.Ib.
- The base current is ‘0’ in the cutoff region, thus the device acts as an open switch.
- The base current of the transistor is maximum in the saturation region. So the device acts as a closed switch.
The input characteristics of the power transistor are drawn in between IE and VBE by maintaining VCE stable. At the base-emitter (BE) junction, it acts like a diode. The input characteristics of this transistor look like the PN junction forward bias characteristic curve. For the various VCE values, the transistor’s breakdown curve changes proportionately.
The output characteristics of the power transistor are drawn between VCE versus IC by maintaining various base currents. Here, the base current is enhanced from ‘0’ to max. The output characteristics of the power transistor have mainly three regions which are discussed below.
When the base current is ‘0’, then the collector current is small & the transistor will be forced into the cutoff region. In this region, the transistor will be in off condition, so it operates an open switch. Currently, junctions like base to emitter & collector to base are reverse-biased. So in this region, the collector-to-emitter voltage is equivalent to the voltage supply & the circuit current will be zero.
In the active region, the transistor base-emitter (BE) junction is forward-biased whereas the collector-base (CB) junction is reverse-biased when a different base current is provided. The transistor in this region acts as the amplifier.
When the base current of the transistor is maximum, it enters into the saturation region. The transistor acts as a closed switch when it is saturated due to both junctions being forward-biased.
Advantages & Disadvantages
The advantages of a power transistor include the following.
- The power transistor operates at switching frequencies which range from 10 – 15 kHz.
- The voltage gain of this transistor is high.
- The current density of the transistor is high.
- The forward voltage of this transistor is low
- These transistors carry large currents in ON condition & block extremely high voltage within OFF condition.
- This transistor is very simple to turn ON & OFF.
- The bandwidth gain is large for this transistor.
- The ON state voltage drop is low across the transistor
- It controls power which is delivered to the connected load, choppers & inverters.
The power transistor disadvantages are discussed below.
- The power transistor has high noise.
- The thermal stability of this transistor is low.
- The reverse blocking capability of this transistor is extremely low.
- This transistor can be broken because of the second breakdown or thermal runaway.
- This transistor needs more complex drive & control circuits.
- These transistors have lower efficiency.
- These are larger & heavier.
- These are normally more expensive
- The switching speed of this transistor is slower.
- These transistors can generate heat once they operate which can harm the transistor.
- These transistors have the highest voltage & current ratings.
Where to use/Applications
The applications of the power transistor include the following.
- Power transistors are used to design amplifiers.
- These are used within Stereo systems, audio frequency amplifiers, and AF/RF circuits.
- These transistors are used in low slew rate devices, circuits based on push-pull configuration, and switching circuits wherever a high current is required.
- This transistor is used as an intermediate Power switch & medium power switch.
- These are used in relays, converters, SMPS, power amplifiers, power supply, DC/AC converters, inverters, and power control circuits.
- These transistors are used as a power amplifier for power amplification within electronic devices.
- It is used within power control circuits, audio devices, signal amplifier devices, as a switch within analog & digital circuits.
- This transistor is used within the power regulator & controller.
- It is used in current electronic ICs & in cellular phones.
- These are used in microprocessors.
- These transistors are used in motor control circuits to control the motor’s speed & direction.
- These are utilized mainly to switch the flow of current throughout the windings of the motor so that it controls the motor’s rotation.
- These transistors are used in robotics, electric vehicles & industrial machines.
- These are utilized to drive the audio speakers, which change the signal from electrical to sound. These types of transistors are used in car audio systems, professional audio equipment & home theater systems.
Thus, this is an overview of the power transistor – working, structure, types, application circuits, advantages, disadvantages, and applications. This transistor is used in amplifying & switching electronic signals & power. These transistors are used in high-power amplifiers & power supply systems. Here is a question for you, what is FET?


Palmeiras beat Athletico Paranaense 2-0 at Allianz Parque for the second leg of the 2022 Recopa Sudamericana. The first leg had ended in a 2-2 tie after a late goal by Raphael Veiga. This is the first Recopa title for the Verdao after being defeated last year by surprising Defensa y Justicia.
The game was pretty even during the whole match and both teams tried to risk the less possible due to the possibility of making regrettable mistakes. The score opened up in the 50th minute after a gorgeous free-kick goal by Zé Rafael. Athletico Paranaense made several substitutes trying to twist the result but wasn't enough and Palmeiras ended up scoring a new goal at the end of the match thanks to a recovery from Eduard Atuesta and the following goal by Danilo.
For Palmeiras, it is the third consecutive year with a continental title after winning the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Copa Libertadores, while this was the second Recopa final lost for Atlético Paranense after the 2019 edition, in which they lost against River Plate.


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Terms and conditions of use
While you are on the mountain bike trails of the Trailcenter Rabenberg, you are in a forestry area in which the laws and regulations of the Sachsenforst apply. The importance of the forest for sustainable wood production and hunting, are on equal terms with preserving its natural environment and using it for recreational purposes.
Leaving the marked routes and cycling next to them is strictly prohibited!
Contraventions may result in the withdrawal of the user pass by the facilitator, without compensation, and may be punished as an administrative offense by the respective authority (§ 52 para. 2 No. 1 SächsWaldG).
Sportpark Rabenberg e. V. and its agents are responsible for the maintenance of the MTB tracks. Please mind the signposts at the tracks. Instructions and motivated orders of duly accredited agents of the Sportpark Rabenberg e.V., as well as the employees of the Sachsenforst public enterprise, must be followed.
We are constantly doing our best to maintain all security standards. However, if you should ever notice a lack of security, please call +49 37756 1710 immediately. The tracks are checked for changes and damages at least once a week.
The principle authority of forest maintenance belongs to the Sachsenforst public enterprise. Therefore, it might be necessary to close particular track sections. We inform about closed track sections in our media or at the purchase of the user pass. Users are obliged to inform themselves about closures beforehand. The closed MTB tracks and the duration of the closures are announced on information boards. Diversions of closed sections are signposted along the main routes.
We emphasize that all MTB routes are terrain courses and therefore require slight (green & blue marking) or expert (black marking) driving skills and technique, as well as a respective mountain bike at perfect technical state.
The use of MTB routes (MTB trails and forest ways) is at everybody's own risk.
Every user agrees to the fact that accidents and damages can happen as a consequence of weather influences even if the routes have been used appropriately.
Every user has to check and estimate the dangers of the tracks, including obstacles, and decide whether he/she can take the challenge.
Sportpark Rabenberg e.V. does not assume liability for any damages caused on users' bikes or equipment as a consequence of driving mistakes or material failure. Sportpark Rabenberg e.V. is only liable for property damage and bodily injury that happened as a consequence of grossly negligent behaviour or deliberate act of the Sportpark Rabenberg e. V..
In case of an accident, the ambulance has to be contacted immediately at the international emergency number 112. Please keep in mind to inform the ambulance staff on which part of the track the accident took place (slope or flat land) and where the wounded person is situated.The numbered road posts serve as orientation points. The ambulance staff has to be guided from the main paths to the place of accident.
Riding the MTB trails is permitted with a CE certified safety helmet only. We highly recommend to use guards and shin protectors for difficult trail sections. Furthermore, we recommend never to ride alone, but with a partner.
Users are always obliged to behave in a way that does not harm or threaten themselves or others.
Safety and mutual consideration have top priority!
Safety and mutual respect means keeping enough safety distance to other riders, riding at a pace that corresponds to the track, sight conditions and individual skills. Slower riders should let faster ones pass by as soon as it is safe to do so. Do not stop at blind spots, and ensure to clear them right away when stopped involuntarily.
Making changes to tracks or obstacles is strictly prohibited.
The MTB-routes of the TrailCenter Rabenberg are divided into
a) route sections, which are exclusively for mountain bikers and require the purchase of a user pass (MTB-Trails) and
(b) route sections, on which the riding of bicycles and mountain bikes is open to anyone (forest paths with sufficient width)
a) Track sections accessible with user pass only (MTB trails)
The Trailcenter Rabenberg MTB tracks are a sport facility of the Sportpark
Rabenberg e.V. that is accessible for all interested persons under the following terms and conditions of use.
Cycling on MTB trails is not a part of the public access right to forests for the purpose of recreation and is facilitated by the Sachsenforst public enterprise, based on a special legitimacy statement concerning the use of forests, in favour of the Sportpark Rabenberg e. V. as responsible operator.
Every user is obliged to purchase a user pass of the Sportpark Rabenberg e. V. before entering the MTB trails. The pass gives permission to use the marked MTB trails for a certain period of time. By purchasing the pass, the user agrees to the terms and conditions of use. Users without a valid pass do not have permission to use the park and will be excluded from further use by representatives of the Sportpark Rabenberg e. V. and the Sachsenforst public enterprise.
For safety reasons, MTB trails are closed for pedestrians and other people seeking recreation according to § 13 para. 1 i.V.m. § 45 para. 6 Saxon forestry law (SächsWaldG).
Nobody is permitted to use the MTB trails from November 1st until March 31st.
Please pay attention to the following times-of-use during the opening months:
April 1st – May 15th 8.00 am – 5.00 pm
May 16th – July 31st 8.00 am – 7.00 pm
August 1st – September 15th 8.00 am – 6.00 pm
September 16th – October 31st 8.00 am – 5.00 pm
Please be especially careful at crossings of forest paths and public roads, as well as trail sections before braking chicanes. Please get off the bike while crossing main routes and roads (marked by signs). The traffic on the paths crossing always goes first.
The trails may only be ridden in the direction given. Please consider the DIMB trail rules, the fair play rules of the Sachsenforst public enterprise as well as other forestry regulations.
b) Track sections accessible without user pass
Next to the trails reserved exclusively for mountain biking marked as MTB trails, also forest paths are being used as part of the MTB tracks. These forest paths are accessible by all kind of bicycles according to § 11 para. 1 and 2 Saxon forestry law (SächsWaldG) for recreational purposes. These sections are not closed for pedestrians or other persons seeking recreation and are frequently used by them and the public forestry enterprise.
The Trailcenter Rabenberg emphasizes the importance of the fact that users pay attention and take mutual responsibility.
No fee is required for the use of these routes.

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