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Much has been written about US President Donald Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia, the Palestinian Authority and Israel, but all of it from the points of view of Israeli and American pundits. This article, in contrast, will center on the Arab - and particularly, the Palestinian Arab - views on his visit.
Two main points in Trump's words upset a large number of Arab spokespeople. The first was said on his Riyadh stop, to tens of Arab and Islamic heads of state, chief among them Saudi Arabia's monarch, Suleman ben Abd Al-Aziz. Trump's speech centered on the Muslim world's obligation - more accurately, the Muslim rulers' obligation - to fight terror, meaning terror aimed at the United States, the West and, except for a few instances, against the Muslim rulers themselves. In his speech, Trump named four organizations: ISIS, al Qaeda, Hezbollah and Hamas. It is important to note that by the American government's own definition, in a ruling hailing from the George W. Bush administration, Hamas is a bona fide terrorist organization.
To some of those at the conference, especially the Emir of Qatar, including Hamas in the list of terror organizations poses a serious problem, because, after all, Qatar is the main provider of funds to Hamas. Several years ago, Qatar donated half a billion dollars to develop infrastracture - roads, schools and hospitals - in Gaza, but it is common knowledge that a good part of that sum went to build terrorist infrastructure, including underground attack tunnels leading into Israel, new weapons and better missiles. Hamas' leaders have made their homes in Qatar and operate openly from there. My heart tells me that the Qatari Emir moved restlessly in his upholstered easychair when Trump included Hamas in his list of terror organizations, but he did not utter a word in response, nor did any of the other leaders of the Muslim world who were present.
The rulers' thunderous silence infuriated many Palestinian Arabs, principally Hamas spokesmen, who grabbed every available microphone to declare that Hamas is not a terror organization but a national liberation organization that fights the "occupation" and has established a functioning political entity. Gazan men, women and children demonstrated, protesting Trump's words, but in the Palestinian Authority, Chairman Abbas' spokesmen remained quiet for the most part, silently blessing Trump's words which they see as a hit below the belt for their Hamas arch-enemies in the Palestinian arena. Off camera, they surely smiled at each other in enjoyment. The rest of the Arab world is divided down the lines separating Hamas supporters, who protested its inclusion in the list of terror organizations, and those in the opposition to Hamas who remained silent or quietly approving.
Hamas is not the only subject causing ill feeling between Qatar and the US. Possibly more important is the issue of Qatar's cooperation with Iran. In his Riyadh speech, Trump stressed the negative role played by Iran in the various Middle East conflicts, in Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, in spreading terror all over the world and in causing unrest in the Muslim world. Two countries, Qatar and Iran, share ownership of the Persian Gulf underground gas deposits, which explains why the Qatari Emir is very careful not to upset Iran's rulers. On the other hand, Qatar is home to the largest and most important US airfield in the Gulf, so there may be a limit to the amount of pressure Trump can wield on Qatar's connections with Iran.
The second point unites all the players, because it is a matter of consensus. Trump said that Jerusalem is a holy city, that there is no other city in the world that is as beautiful and magnificent, that has such tradition. He affirmed that the ties of the Jewish people to the Holy Land are ancient and eternal, they existed thousands of years ago, including the period of King David's reign - and he prayed at the Western Wall. Although, like his predecessors, he did not declare Jerusalem the capital of the state of Israel and did not move the US embassy to the city, the Arab world hears what he didn't say as well.
For example, the sentence saying that the Jewish people's ties to the Holy Land existed thousands of years ago are seen as Trump's recognition of the fact that the Jewish people were in the land of Israel before Islam's appearance there 1400 years ago. This sentence pulls the rug out from under the Palestinian Arab lie that claims that they are descendants of the ancient Jebusites and preceded the Jews in Israel, a lie that the Arab countries use in order to refute the Jewish claims that the Land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people.
Even MK Ahmed Tibi, who knows Israeli politics better than many Jewis do, said in a videoed interview that eastern Jerusalem (the Temple Mount included) has to be the capital of a Palestinian state and that without Jerusalem as its capital, there will be no Palestinian state. And I ask: What is Tibi's demand, shared by so many Arabs and Muslims, based on? When was Jerusalem capital of an Arab or Islamic state? When did any Arab Caliph, monarch, Emir, or Sultan rule from Jerusalem? When was there a Palestinian state with its capital in Jerusalem? The answers are clear to everyone, and Tibi's words lack any historical basis.
Trump did not mention the idea of a Palestinian state, not in Riyadh, not in Jerusalem and not in the Palestinian Authority. This omission has great significance, especially when seen against the background of its centrality in the previous president's 2009 speech in Cairo. The message in Trump's omission is that he does not see the establishment of such a state as imperative, that he is open to other ideas and is leaving the subject for the most part for negotiations between the two parties involved.
This obviously does not please Mahmoud Abbas, the PLO and its administration, but it does raise a smile on Hamas' face, only not on camera. They are pleased to see Abbas has failed in his attempt to convince Trump to support publicly the establishment of a Palestinian state, while they - Hamas - have succeeded in doing so. They established a state in Gaza ten years ago despite Israel and no one in the world, including Israel with its strong IDF, will succeed in eliminating it.
Yet with all due honor to Trump's speeches, they have to be put into proportion. He, of course, expressed his opinionד, but he did not write the speeches, others did, and his commitment to standing behind those words for a long period is not that high. What counts is what is going to happen in the future, what will be said to his special Middle East envoy, Jason Greenblatt, the counsel he will give Trump. These things happen behind the scenes, far from the media, and they are the really important and reliable ones.
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Tonight, the Illinois Fighting Illini will play the Valparaiso Crusaders at the State Farm Center.
The Fighting Illini are coming off a big 86-52 win over Jacksonville State from over the weekend. The Illini had five players score in double-digits against JSU, and senior guard Joesph Bertrand recorded a double-double with 20 points and ten rebounds in the game.
Valpo is a member of the Horizon League and finished first in the conference last year. Their overall record last season was 26-8 and earned a spot in the NCAA National Tournament (lost to Michigan State in the Second Round).
Thus far this season, the Crusaders come into tonight’s game with a 2-0 record. Their last game was a 113-50 win over the North Park Vikings.
Through their first two games of the season, Valparaiso has five players all averaging over 10.0 points per game.
The Crusader offense is led by senior guards LaVonte Dority and Jordan Coleman with both players averaging 15.0 points per game. Dority and Coleman can both shoot the ball very well, but Coleman can also draw fouls as well. Through just two games, Jordan Coleman has made all twelve of his free throws this season.
As for rebounding, Valpo has three players averaging over six rebounds per game thus far this season.
Junior forward Vashil Fernandez leads the team with 7.5 rebounds per game which freshman forward Alec Peters and Jordan Coleman averaging six rebounds per game a piece.
Valparaiso can shoot the ball very well and Illini head coach John Groce knows this. Three years ago while at Ohio, Coach Groce faced off against the Valpo Crusaders. Groce’s Bobcats beat the Crusaders 78-75, but the Crusaders still made 41.2% of their shots in that game.
Valpo is averaging about 57% from the field this season, but they did hit 70.2% of their shots against North Park.
This will be the 39th meeting between the Fighting Illini and the Crusaders. The Illini lead the series 25-13.
So far through two games for the Illini, it’s been all about the team’s new member with transfer Rayvonte Rice getting the majority of the hype following the JSU win.
Rice leads the team with 17.5 points per game and is also hauling in 5.5 boards per game as well.
However, if Illinois really wants to win this game to improve to 3-0, they will need to play very well defensively.
It’s easy for opponents to just try and out shoot Valpo, but most of the time teams will not win that battle. After looking at Valpo’s eight losses from a year ago. In six of those losses, the Crusaders shot under 40% of the field, and they out shot their opponent in two of those eight losses.
Probable Illini Starters:
- G – Tracy Abrams (Jr.)
- G – Rayvonte Rice (r-Jr.)
- G – Joseph Bertrand (r-Sr.)
- F – Jon Ekey (Gr.)
- F/C – Nnanna Egwu (Jr.)
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Is China at risk of Blowing up as the headline in the British publication the Daily Telegraph reads?
Coming fast on our blog last week (I wonder if that is what prompted the Telegraph to cover this topic?) the paper makes the case that not only is inflation putting China in particular, and Asia in general, at risk of a crash but they add energy and transport into the mix ” the former leading into the latter. Pointing to the number of low cost manufacturing jobs coming back to the US or Mexico such as furniture, shoes, textiles, etc, a trend we have seen considerable anecdotal evidence of ourselves, the article explains how freight rates have tripled on the back of rising fuel costs. Of how energy prices in China have been capped by the government and subsidized to be kept low but how this is a temporary tactic that can not be perpetuated for long. The Asian economies and business models were built on the concept of cheap labor but were underpinned by cheap energy. China’s use of energy per unit of gross domestic product is three times that of the US, five times Japan’s, and eight times Britain’s. China’s factories were not built with current energy levels in mind and when the true impact of current costs is fed through the impact could be dramatic.
The affect of high energy costs on the metals markets has been significant with costs passed rapidly down the line to the fabricator or end user. To what extent a relocation of manufacturing would impact the patterns of consumption remain to be seen, but as we have seen with the distortions in the US steel market it is as much where product is consumed as how much is consumed that has the most significant impact.

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What is Smoky Sage Punch?
Smoky Sage Punch is a delicious and warming winter drink that combines the flavors of smoky mezcal, earthy sage, tangy citrus, and sweet honey. It is a perfect choice for entertaining during the cold season, as it provides a cozy and comforting experience for your guests.
To make Smoky Sage Punch, you will need the following ingredients:
- 2 cups mezcal
- 1 cup fresh orange juice
- 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
- 1/4 cup honey
- 10 fresh sage leaves
- 2 cups sparkling water
- Ice cubes
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- In a pitcher, combine the mezcal, orange juice, lime juice, honey, and sage leaves. Stir well to combine.
- Refrigerate the mixture for at least 1 hour to allow the flavors to meld together.
- When ready to serve, add the sparkling water to the pitcher and stir gently.
- Fill glasses with ice cubes and pour the Smoky Sage Punch over the ice.
- Garnish each glass with a fresh sage leaf.
- Serve and enjoy!
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- Add a sprig of fresh rosemary or thyme to each glass for an additional herbaceous note.
- Garnish the drink with a slice of orange or lime for a pop of color.
- Serve the punch in festive glassware or mugs to create a visually appealing presentation.
- Pair the punch with a platter of cheese, crackers, and charcuterie for a complete entertaining experience.
While Smoky Sage Punch is primarily enjoyed for its delicious taste, it also offers some health benefits:
- Sage is known for its antioxidant properties and may help protect against oxidative stress and inflammation.
- Citrus fruits like orange and lime are rich in vitamin C, which can boost the immune system and support overall health.
- Moderate consumption of mezcal, when enjoyed responsibly, may provide some health benefits due to its antioxidant content.
- Drinking Smoky Sage Punch in moderation can be a part of a balanced lifestyle and a source of enjoyment.
Smoky Sage Punch is a delightful winter drink that brings together the flavors of smoky mezcal, earthy sage, tangy citrus, and sweet honey. It is a perfect choice for entertaining during the colder months, providing warmth and comfort to your guests. By following the simple recipe and serving suggestions, you can create a memorable experience for your friends and family. Additionally, the health benefits of the ingredients used in Smoky Sage Punch add another reason to enjoy this delicious beverage in moderation. So, gather your loved ones, prepare a batch of Smoky Sage Punch, and enjoy the cozy and festive atmosphere it brings to your winter gatherings.
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After weeks of hashes located to cropland and water this hash seemed to hit a nice secluded forested piece of land.
Me and my six year old son (which I sort of “dragged a long” rendering me an achievement) set off for the hash about noon. I walked. He was riding his bike. Major part of the trip was on a gravel road where automobile traffic was prohibited. Half way to the hash we reached a shelter fully equipped with a well, water pump, outhouse and firewood. When there were about 100 meters left to the hash, Mr.T had to abandon his vehicle and we went into the not too unfriendly forest.
We got to the hash. Mt.T started “lumbering” while I collected evidence by taking photographs. By doing so I got a bit too close to a hornets nest located in a rotten stump just a few meters from the hash. The hornets scrambled to defend their home and I had to flee some 20 meters. After I while they calmed down and we could collect our gear which we had left at the hash.
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Contrary to what many researchers expect, physically active older teens don’t necessarily eat a healthier diet than their less-active contemporaries.
And there appeared to be no link between body mass index (BMI) values and levels of physical activity, the research showed.
The study of 900 Vancouver-area teenagers in Grades 10 through 12 was conducted by Dr. Catherine Sabiston, of McGill University, and P.R.E. Crocker, of the University of British Columbia (UBC). The results of their research – conducted in Vancouver while Dr. Sabiston was still a PhD student at UBC – were published in the Journal of Adolescent Health earlier this year.
Overall, said Sabiston, now an assistant professor in McGill’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, boys reported participating in more physical activities but ate a less-healthy diet than did girls. Moreover – and contrary to established wisdom in the field –researchers found that people with “healthier” BMI values were no more likely to be physically active than those with higher, “unhealthier” values. Unexpectedly, it was the latter who were more likely to eat a healthier diet.
“A lot of people are surprised,” Dr. Sabiston said, “but when you think about it, BMI doesn’t have a huge impact on physical activity. And in terms of diet, it actually makes sense that someone who is not happy with their body might try to eat more healthily.”
According to Sabiston, who is also director of McGill’s Health Behaviour and Emotion Lab, the results showed only a very weak correlation between physical activity and healthy eating, and virtually no correlation between an individual’s BMI and his or her level of physical activity. The study was undertaken to test a comprehensive model of physical activity and healthy eating behaviour in teens aged 15 to 18, partially in response to two perceived problems with existing research in the field.
“First of all, older adolescents are an unrepresented sample in research studies,” Sabiston said. “Researchers have generally looked at youths or at university populations and have completely missed this unique, intermediate age group.” Second, Sabiston said, many researchers have traditionally treated physical activity and healthy eating as separate phenomena, and have only rarely explored their similarities and differences simultaneously.
The study also found a significant difference in the way boys and girls approach physical activity and healthy diet. Boys, Sabiston said, need to attach value to a healthy diet and feel confident in their ability to follow a healthy diet before they’ll actually do it. Girls, she said, regardless of how they feel about their ability to eat a healthy diet, only need to feel it is important to do so before they’ll eat properly.
What this study really says, Sabiston explained, is that one cannot assume that someone who is physically active necessarily eats a healthy diet – or the reverse, that someone who is more sedentary or has a high BMI by definition eats a diet of junk food.
“This study drives home the point that as a society, we’re primarily focused on extrinsic things like appearance and weight versus the betterment of health,” Sabiston said. “From a public health perspective, this means we should probably focus on people who are at a healthy weight or even underweight, and emphasize that healthy eating is not just about weight-change.”
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At the JEC World Composite Show in Paris in March 2018, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT will be focusing on the latest trends and innovations in laser machining of composites. Among other things, researchers at the booth shared with the Aachen Center for Integrative Lightweight Production (AZL) will demonstrate how lasers can be used for joining, structuring, cutting and drilling composite materials.
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At its algae farm in the high desert of southwest New Mexico, San Diego-based Sapphire Energy is helping to change the way America’s fuels are produced. And recently, one of the largest petroleum companies in the world signed on as its first commercial customer.
Sapphire Energy has entered into a commercial agreement with Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Tesoro Corporation, to purchase crude oil from Sapphire Energy’s Green Crude Farm in Columbus, New Mexico. This begins the first step of a commercial relationship to process Green Crude oil from Sapphire’s future commercial facilities. Tesoro Corporation, a Fortune 150 company, is an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products, with a retail-marketing system including over 1,400 branded retail stations
On the scale of oil production, from supergiant oil fields to marginal shale reserves, Sapphire Energy’s output ranks as “artisanal.” In a deal announced yesterday, Sapphire will, for the rest of 2013, supply US oil refiner Tesoro with precisely two barrels, or 84 gallons, of oil a day. Tesoro’s refineries can handle 675,000 barrels a day.
Show me the gallons? Where’s all the algae fuel, you ask?
In Sapphire Energy’s case, it’s headed for Tesoro.
Sapphire Energy Inc., a Bill Gates- backed producer of crude oil from algae, said Tesoro Corp. (TSO) is its first customer.
Tesoro, the largest independent refiner on the U.S. West Coast, is purchasing an undisclosed amount of the oil produced at its demonstration plant in Columbus, New Mexico, closely held Sapphire said today in a statement. The agreement is “the first step of a commercial relationship” to process oil from planned commercial-scale facilities, the San Diego-based company said.
Sapphire Energy, which is making “green crude” oil in southern New Mexico, on Wednesday said it has entered a sales agreement to sell its oil to Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co.
San Diego-based Sapphire Energy says today it has agreed to supply crude oil produced from algae at its “Green Crude Farm” near Columbus, NM, under a new commercial agreement with Tesoro, the independent oil company based in San Antonio, TX.
BIO announces breakout session program for 2013 World Congress--Jeff Webster, COO, Sapphire Energy Inc. is slated to speak during the Developments in Drop in Biofuels breakout session on Tuesday, June 18, 8:30 am-10 am.
President Barack Obama has conferred with more than a dozen oil, natural gas and clean-energy executives, as well as academic advisers, at the White House in advance of an energy-policy speech in Illinois next week, spokesman Josh Earnest said.
The IIT Entrepreneurship Academy in association with Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) hosted a talk by Alumni Cynthia (C. J.) Warner. While WISER invited Ms. Warner as a part of their 2013 WISER/Galvin Center Seminar Series, IIT Entrepreneurship Academy invited her for a talk on the story behind her successful career as an energy executive, and to network with fellow IIT students, faculty and staff.


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The pixels to the left represent tree locations and their associated crown radii (i.e. pixel values ranging from 2 - 5). I would like to buffer these raster pixels by their crown radius value. The image to the right is what I am hoping to accomplish using only raster processing methods.
I would initially think to use a circular focal sum in ArcGIS, although the neighborhood setting is a fixed value, which would not take into account the variable sized crown radius.
What is a good method to "buffer" pixels by their values?


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Go Tell It on the Mountain is a semi-autobiographical novel by James Baldwin that was first published 1953.
Read our part-by-part summary and analysis of Go Tell It on the Mountain, as well as a full summary of the book's plot.
See a complete list of the characters in Go Tell It on the Mountain.
Test your knowledge of Go Tell It on the Mountain with these quiz questions.
Here you will find three brief essays on the novel: John's relationship with Gabriel, the characters' differing views on prayer, and John's feelings about white people compared to those of Gabriel and Richard; as well as suggested essay questions for Go Tell It on the Mountain.
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|Publication number||US7985016 B2|
|Application number||US 12/082,754|
|Publication date||26 Jul 2011|
|Filing date||14 Apr 2008|
|Priority date||14 Apr 2008|
|Also published as||US20090257243|
|Publication number||082754, 12082754, US 7985016 B2, US 7985016B2, US-B2-7985016, US7985016 B2, US7985016B2|
|Inventors||Dorian Christine Webb Fritze|
|Original Assignee||Dorian Christine Webb Fritze|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (12), Non-Patent Citations (2), Classifications (12), Legal Events (3)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The subject matter disclosed herein relates generally to display systems. More particularly, the subject matter disclosed herein relates to fiber optic display systems and related methods.
Display systems have blossomed since the first black and white televisions made commercially available in the early twentieth century. Most homes now have multiple televisions, computers with displays, and various other display systems. Display systems have become essential to many people for entertainment, creating work product, and communicating information.
Currently available display systems include cathode ray tube (CRT) displays, liquid crystal displays (LCDs), and plasma displays. These display systems are far superior to previous display systems in terms of visual quality, reliability, and efficiency. Although many advances have been made, there is a need for further advances to the visual quality, reliability, and efficiency of display systems.
One desirable feature of display systems is the capability to provide a three-dimensional (3-D) image. There have been many attempts to develop 3-D image technology for use in home display systems. However, these attempts have thus far not been commercially successful.
Accordingly, in light of the above described needs associated with display, there exists a need for improved display systems and associated methods.
It is an object of the presently disclosed subject matter to provide novel fiber optic display systems and related method.
An object of the presently disclosed subject matter having been stated hereinabove, and which is achieved in whole or in part by the presently disclosed subject matter, other objects will become evident as the description proceeds when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings described hereinbelow.
The subject matter described herein will now be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which:
The subject matter disclosed herein is directed to fiber optic display systems and methods that can provide visual quality, reliability, efficiency, and 3-D imaging features. In accordance with one embodiment, a fiber optic display system can include a plurality of fiber optics each including a cladding, a core, an input end, and an output end. The output ends of the fiber optics can be spaced from one another. Further, the output ends of the fiber optics can be arranged in predetermined positions such that at least a portion of the output ends are positioned in a first plane and another portion of the output ends are positioned in a second plane.
The fiber optic display system can also include a light-transmissive material containing the output ends and at least a portion of the cladding of the fiber optics. The light-transmissive material can have an index of refraction that substantially matches the cladding of the fiber optics. The output ends of the fiber optics can terminate within the light-transmissive material. Further, the output ends of the fiber optics can be angled with respect to the light-transmissive material such that light transmitted within the fiber optics emits into the light-transmissive material.
The fiber optic display system can include a light source operable to generate a plurality of light beams. The light source can be operable to selectively control input of the light beams into the input ends for transmission of light in the fiber optics such that an image is formed by the light being emitted from the output ends of the fiber optics. The image can be a high resolution 3-D image.
As used herein, the term “fiber optic” refers to a fiber configured to guide light along its length. A fiber optic typically includes a cladding, a core, an input end, and an output end. Light can be input into the core at the input end and guided along the length of the fiber optic for exiting at the output end. Light can be kept in the core by total internal reflection. This causes the fiber to act as a waveguide. A difference in the indexes of refraction between the core and cladding produces internal reflection. To couple fiber optics together for preventing loss of light, a material such as a gel or epoxy having the same index of refraction as the fiber optic can be used to adhere the fiber optics together. The fiber optics can be single or multimode fiber optics.
In one embodiment, optical ends OE can be spaced the length of one pixel from each other. Further, optical ends OE can be spaced from each other in any direction.
System 100 can include a light-transmissive material LTM containing output ends OE. Further, light-transmissive material LTM can contain at least a portion of the cladding of the fiber optics. Light-transmissive material can have an index of refraction that substantially matches the cladding of fiber optics FO. Output ends OE of the fiber optics can terminate within light-transmissive material LTM and can be angled with respect to the light-transmissive material such that light transmitted within the fiber optics emits into the light-transmissive material. Light-transmissive material LTM can be any shape and size for containing the fiber optics.
System 100 can include a light source LS operable to generate a plurality of light beams. Further, system 100 can be operable to selectively control input of the light beams into the input ends for transmission of light in the fiber optics such that an image is formed by the light being emitted from the output ends of the fiber optics. The image can be perceived by a viewer looking in a direction towards fiber optic output ends OE (indicated by direction arrow X) and being generally positioned at a viewer position VP.
System 100 can include a computer C configured to provide instructions to light source LS for generating an image by inputting light into fiber optics FO. Particularly, for example, computer C can read instructions from a computer-readable medium for generating an image using the fiber optic display system described herein. The computer can interpret the instructions and provide commands to control light source LS to input light into fiber optics FO for generating a 2-D or 3-D image or series of images. In one example, the light source can be an LCD light source operable to receive data instructions from the computer on a color and/or brightness level for the light is to be input into each fiber optic.
The control of computer C in accordance with the subject matter described herein may be implemented using a computer program product comprising computer executable instructions embodied in a computer-readable medium. Exemplary computer-readable media suitable for implementing the subject matter described herein include chip memory devices, disk memory devices, programmable logic devices, application specific integrated circuits, and downloadable electrical signals. In addition, a computer-readable medium that implements the subject matter described herein may be located on a single device or computing platform or may be distributed across multiple devices or computing platforms.
Multimode fiber optics can be used for color display. This type of fiber optic can typically have a total diameter of about 40 μm or larger. Although the total diameter of the fiber optic may be large, the core may be small and in the range of less than about 25 μm.
The image can include a plurality of pixels. Fiber optic output ends OE can each correspond to a pixel of an image. Particularly, the light emitted by each output end can correspond to a pixel of the image. Light source LS can control input of light into the fiber optic input ends such that the light output from fiber optic output ends OE form an image. Further, light source LS can control the input of light into the fiber optic input ends such that the light output from fiber optic output ends OE forms a series of different images over time for providing a video display.
The output ends can be of any suitable size and/or shape for achieving a desired pixel resolution for a viewer. In one example, the cross-section of each of the output ends can have an area that is less than 1 mm2. The size of an optical end OE can be about the same size and/or shape as a cross-section of all or another portion of fiber optic FO. In another example, the fiber optics can be substantially the same size. In another example, the cross-sectional diameters of the fiber optics can be substantially the same. In another example, the output ends of the fiber optics can be curved in shape. The fiber optics can be of different lengths depending on the distance between the output end and its connection to the light source.
Fiber optics FO can be positioned in a predetermined arrangement within light-transmissive material LTM to minimize a space occupied by the fiber optics within light-transmissive material LTM. The fiber optics can be embedded within the light-transmissive material. Further, the fiber optics can include different portions that are bent with respect to other fiber optics such that the occupied space is minimized. For example, fiber optics FO include straight and angled portions for arranging the fiber optics within light-transmissive material LTM such that a minimum space is occupied.
The fiber optics can be arranged with different straight and angled portions at different areas within the light-transmissive material such that a minimum space is occupied. In an example of one of fiber optics FO, a fiber optic can include an angled portion AP and a straight portion SP for being closely spaced to an adjacent fiber optic. In the example shown in
The image displayed by system 100 can be a 3-D image. Fiber optic output ends OE can be spaced from one another such that the output ends are at varying depths with respect to viewer position VP. For example, output ends OE are substantially positioned along planes P1 and P2 such that the output ends appear to be at varying depths with respect to a viewer at viewer position VP. Light source LS can be operable to selectively control the input of light beams into the fiber optics such that the image formed by the light is perceived as a 3-D image by a viewer at viewer position VP.
In an example of generating a 3-D image, a 3-D image generated by system 100 can include foreground and background portions. The foreground portions are intended to be perceived by a viewer as being closer to the viewer than background portions. In this example, the foreground portion can be generated by fiber optics having output ends substantially near plane P1 or P2. The background portion can be generated by fiber optics having output ends substantially near plane P3 or P4. A viewer can perceive the image portion generated by light emitted from output ends closer to the viewer as being closer than the image portion generated by light emitted from output ends that are further away. Light source LS can individually control the light input into the fiber optics such that a foreground image are input into fiber optics with output ends near to a viewer. Conversely, light source LS can individually control the light input into the fiber optics such that a background image are input into fiber optics with output ends further from a viewer than the output ends corresponding to a foreground image. As a result, the collection of the foreground and background image portions can be perceived by a viewer at viewer position VP as being a 3-D image.
The fiber optic output ends can be positioned at varying distances with respect to a viewer position such that generated 3-D images have varying perceived depths. By increasing the distance between fiber optic output ends, the perceived depth of an image increases. Further, different portions of the 3-D image can be perceived as being at different depths depending on the relative distance between different fiber optic output ends.
Light source LS can be any suitable light source configured to input light into input ends IE of fiber optics FO. In one example, the light source can be an LCD system capable of interfacing with the fiber optics and selectively inputting light into the fiber optics. In one example, the fiber optics can be attached to the light source in a grid pattern such that each fiber optic receives a specific light beam associated with it. A description of LCDs is provided in the article “How Computer Monitors Work,” by C. Carmack and J. Tyson (URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com/monitor.htm) (2007) and the article “How Computer LCDs Work,” by J. Tyson (URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com/monitor.htm) (retrieved Apr. 29, 2007), the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Light input into the fiber optics can be individually controlled by the light source LS. Further, the input light can be over any color. In one example, all of the light sources can act or function in the same way. Light can be focused into the individual fiber optics according to the computer output signals.
Output end OE of fiber optic FO is flat. As a result, light L passing through core C can intersect at an angle with a surface of light-transmissive material LTM such that light emits into light-transmissive material LTM. The emitted light can pass through light-transmissive material LTM and out of the light-transmissive material in a direction towards a viewer position.
In another example of the output end, fiber optic FO can have a rounded output end OE1 (shown by broken lines). The ends of cladding layer CL and core CO can be shaped to form the rounded end of the fiber optic. The end of core CO can be shaped at an angle with a surface of light-transmissive material LTM such that light emits into light-transmissive material LTM. The emitted light can pass through light-transmissive material LTM and out of the light-transmissive material in a direction towards a viewer position.
Cladding CL is made of a material having a smaller index of refraction (n) than core CO. The index of refraction can be dependent on the wavelength of light propagating through the medium, and is defined as the ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to the speed of light in the medium. Light travels faster in materials of smaller index of refraction. Light bends according to Snell's law (also known as the law of refraction), which states that the index of refraction of an initial material (n1) multiplied by the sine of the initial angle the light makes with the normal to the interface (e1) is equal to the index of refraction of the final material (n2) multiplied by the sine of the initial angle the light makes with the normal to the interface (e2). Snell's law can be represented by the following equation:
n 1 sin(θ1)=n 2 sin(θ2)
Thus, as light travels from a material of higher index to one of a lower index, the light is bent away from the normal of the interface. Further, when e2 is 90°, e2 is called the critical angle for it is the angle at which total internal reflection occurs. Total internal reflection occurs when the light traveling through the first medium is unable to escape that medium. The light trapped inside the core now obeys the law of reflection (e1=e2).
In this example, fiber optic FO is cylindrical in shape, although the fiber optic may be any other suitable shape. Since the fiber is cylindrical, which is to say that all lines drawn along the length of the fiber optic are parallel, the light beam remains at the critical angle. This means that the light beam can continue traveling inside the fiber optic indefinitely. However, the light traveling in the fiber optic can experience intensity loss proportional to the distance traveled. This loss is referred to as “attenuation”. The light signal loses power during propagation due to the fact that some of the light energy can be lost through the cladding even though the light beam is traveling at the critical angle. The light can penetrate the cladding to cause the light to shift in phase or escape the cladding completely. To prevent attenuation, the diameter and/or the index of the cladding can be increased.
Fiber optic FO can be of any suitable size and shape. In one example, a cladding of at least a portion of a fiber optic can be less than 40 microns in diameter. In another example, a core of a fiber optic can have a thickness between about 8 and 25 μm. In another example, a core of at least a portion of a fiber optic can have a thickness less than about 25 μm. Single mode fibers (one wavelength) can have a core of about 8 μm, multimode (multible) fibers have a core of about 25 μm. The cladding can have a thickness of 5 times the wavelength, 5λ, in order to have total internal reflection take place.
Fiber optics can be made, for example, by using either of two types of doped glass for fiber optics, vapor-phased doped fiber optics and rare earth (RE) doped fiber optics. A description of producing fiber optics is described herein, although more details are provided in the article “SC208: Specialty Optical Fiber Design and Applications,” by D. DiGiovanni (OFCNFOEC 2007), the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Each fiber optic can begin as a glass tube or rod that is doped by various elements by the use of techniques described hereinbelow to form a thick clear glass rod of a desired composition. The rod can be drawn in order to form thin fiber optics.
The process of drawing the fiber optic can begin by heating the rod in a furnace to about 2100° C. to melt the rod. The melted rod can exit the furnace through a tube and drop into a protective polymer coating applicator. Next, the rod can be passed through curing lamps where the polymer sets and around a capstan to a spooler for spooling.
Typically, the first glass to exit the furnace is drop shaped and is unusable. The first glass is removed and the fiber optic that follows can be fed through the above described process. The diameter of the resulting fiber optic is determined by the rate at which the fiber optic is drawn, and obeys the law of mass conservation. The fiber optic can be drawn at speeds greater than 25 m/s. One perform rod can create more than 1000 km of fiber optic.
Vapor-phased doped fiber optics production includes the reaction of dopants with SiCl4 at 2000° C. to form a “soot” deposit. The soot can then be heated to 2300° C. at which temperature the soot transforms into clear glass. Exemplary techniques for depositing soot include modified chemical vapor deposition (MCVD), vapor phase axial deposition (VPAD), and outside vapor deposition (OVD).
In MCVD, SiCl4 can react inside a preformed silica tube to produce SiO2 deposits. A tube can be rotated as a torch travels along the length of the rod to heat the deposit to 2000° C. when the soot turns into clear glass. The process continues for creating multiple layers of glass. The layers can be altered by the use of different gaseous dopants. Next, the glass can be heated to greater than 2300° C. At this temperature, the surface tension of the inner wall can cause it to collapse. The deposited region then becomes the core of the performed tube.
In another example of creating vapor phase fiber optics, the soot can be deposited by vapor phase axial deposition or outside vapor deposition. In outside vapor deposition, the soot or boule can be brown radially on the outside of a preformed core. In both vapor phase axial deposition and outside vapor deposition, the boule can be heated to over 2000° C. to create clear glass.
Rare earth elements cannot be vaporized at low temperatures. Therefore, a different technique of integration must be used to dope the glass. In one technique for doping the glass, the rare earth material is heated to 800° C. in an internal chamber of a preformed rod, allowing the heated rare earth material to mix with vapor phase elements and used in a MCVD.
Another technique of doping with rare earth elements is to use solution doping. In this technique, a layer of soot can be deposited using the MCVD at a temperature of about 1600° C. This deposition can create a porous layer of soot that can then be soaked in liquid containing rare earth elements. The tube can then be allowed to dry and further processed.
A fiber optic display system can be produced by any suitable technique.
In block 302, the output ends of the fiber optics can be spaced from one another, and the output ends can be placed in predetermined positions such that at least a portion of the output ends are positioned in a first plane and another portion of the output ends are positioned in a second plane. For example, output ends OE of fiber optics FO can be positioned as shown in
In block 304, a light-transmissive material containing the output ends and at least a portion of the cladding of the fiber optics is provided. For example, output ends OE and at least a portion of the cladding of fiber optics FO shown in
In one embodiment, different groups of fiber optics and different portions of the light-transmissive material can be provided. The different light-transmissive material portions can contain the different fiber optic groups. For example, the fiber optics can be in first and second groups, and first and second portions of the light-transmissive material can contain the first and second fiber optic groups, respectively. The first and second portions of the light-transmissive material can be arranged with respect to one another for forming at least a portion of an image when light is input into the fiber optics. In one example, the light-transmissive material can be substantially cubical in shape.
Referring again to
The number of fiber optics that can fit in each pixel can limit the size of the display. The cladding can have a thickness greater than 5 wavelengths, which is 3.5 μm for red light for example. Thus, a multimode fiber optic can be approximately 40 μm in diameter. If a large pixel size of 1 mm is used, 155 fiber optics can fit in a single pixel. Since in one embodiment, a 3-D display can utilize several pixels in the same line for the 3-D image. As a result, the display may be limited to one dimension being 155 pixels. The remaining two dimensions can be any desired size.
One exemplary advantage of using fiber optics in creating a 3-D display is that a desired color or shade of light can be directly guided through the fiber optic. This is significantly different than LCD display systems, which have a light source common to all pixels, and the color to be displayed is generated within each pixel. As described herein, a light source (such as an LCD) can be used to generate the light from a remote location, and guide the light by the use of fiber optics to a desired pixel location for generating a 3-D image.
It will be understood that various details of the presently disclosed subject matter may be changed without departing from the scope of the presently disclosed subject matter. Furthermore, the foregoing description is for the purpose of illustration only, and not for the purpose of limitation.
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Money’s coming soon
The IRS soon will start sending stimulus payments to millions of Ohio taxpayers via direct deposit or paychecks in the mail.
The checks are part of the $2.2 trillion rescue package that is aimed at helping an economy that has been ravaged by the slowdown caused by the coronavirus.
Individuals earning less than $75,000, heads of households earning less than $112,500 and married or joint filers who earn less than $150,000 will be eligible for the full $1,200 rebate, as well as $500 per child, according to the IRS. A standard family of four can be eligible for a rebate up to $3,400.
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In tax year 2018, about 409,790 individual tax filers in the seven-county Miami Valley region earned less than $75,000 and 211,492 joint filers earned less than $150,000, meaning they would qualify for the full rebate, according to data from the Ohio Department of Taxation.
Reduced rebate payments, based on a sliding scale or “phase-out threshold,” will be made to individuals who earn up to $99,000, heads of households with one child who earn up to $146,500 and joint filers with no children who earn up to $198,000.
The rebate is reduced by $5 for every $100 the taxpayers earn above the full rebate limits.
In tax year 2017, about 332,890 individual filers made less than $100,000 in the seven-county area, while about 246,260 joint filers earned less than $200,000, according to the most recent IRS data.
About 93,130 head of household filers in the region earned less than $100,000, but more detailed data was not immediately available to get a better estimate of how many might qualify for stimulus money.
Nationwide, about 125 million Americans could get a rebate (83% of tax filers), including around 5.35 million filers in Ohio, which has fewer high-income earners than the average U.S. state, said Kyle Pomerleau, resident fellow with the American Enterprise Institute who analyzed 2017 tax data.
Will stimulus payments work?
Stimulus payments in 2008 helped boost consumer spending and helped maintain consumer demand at a time when the economy was entering into a deep recession, according to research by Jonathan Parker, who is now a finance professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Households on average spent half the amount of each stimulus check within the same quarter it was received, the research found.
Nearly half of stimulus recipients (49%) used the money to pay off debt, while about 30% spent the money and 18% saved it, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
But the latest stimulus payments will do little for the economy in the short term because unlike typical recessions, the main responsibility of the government today is winning the medical war against the virus instead of economic policy, said Parker.
The stimulus funds would be better though of as disaster insurance because people should be staying home and the economy shouldn’t be stimulated, though the hardest hit people need to be able to pay bills and eat, he said.
People are out of work and not producing goods or earning income, and also they are avoiding the types of consumption that would put them in crowded places, which means there will be a huge collapse in GDP and national income, Parker said.
“So I don’t expect a big increase in spending, but I do expect people to be able to pay their rent and other bills as well as not have to cut consumption as much as they would have without these payments,” Parker said.
The provisions in the bill that provides direct rebate payments are not intended to stimulate the economy, and instead are meant to provide relief and prevent further economic fallout, said Hee-Young Shin, associate professor with the Department of Economics at the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University.
“(This) new package is not intended to give economic stimulus to the U.S. economy,” he said. “Instead, it is geared toward providing a minimum source of income to the majority of Americans to sustain their basic material lives.”
The bill seeks to prevent the U.S. economy from falling into a severe recession, because without action like emergency payments, the economy would contract severely, below even the level seen during the Great Depression, he said.
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Hopefully, the rebates will be distributed quickly and will be extremely helpful for lower-income families, but it's important to keep the $250 billion in direct payments in perspective, because they represent little more than 1% of the U.S. GDP, said Richard Stock, director of the Business Research Group (BRG) at the University of Dayton.
“It’s definitely not going to somehow resolve many of our issues,” he said. “It winds up being a drop in the bucket and additional things need to happen as quickly as possible.”
Spend, save, donate
One issue with the rebate payments is that many people who desperately need the money do not have bank accounts — and do not have direct-deposit set up with the IRS for refund purposes — meaning their checks likely will need to be mailed out and will take longer to get into their hands and pocketbooks, Stock said.
Many local businesses that are in the worst financial trouble are closed, which means the stimulus checks aren’t going to be very helpful to help their sales since consumers have no way to spend money to support them, Stock said.
Rebate recipients who are financially stable and are thinking about saving the payments might want to consider donating to a food bank or other local charities that are in high demand during this crisis, Stock said.
Stimulus payments should help many Dayton residents who are living on the edge, but citizens should prioritize paying their rent and mortgages with the money, because while evictions have been temporarily halted, obligations eventually will come due, said Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley.
“We don’t know how long this is going to last, so definitely having food and housing covered for a while is smart,” Whaley said.
Rebate payments will provide relief to people who through no fault of their own really need it, but true stimulus will have to wait until the crisis is over and the economy is no longer shutdown mode, said Osborne, economics professor at Wright State University.
“This doesn’t replace what they lost, in terms of income, but it will help people feed their family, pay the rent,” Osborne said.
“Spend it as you think best,” he said. “Once we are past this epidemic, then we can starting thinking about how to revive the economy. We’re just going to have to tough it out.”
Snapshot of eligible “full payment” stimulus recipients in Butler, Champaign, Clark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery and Warren counties
409,781: Number of individual tax filers who earn less than $75k in Miami Valley region
211,492: Number of joint tax filers in region who earn less than $150k
93,130: Number of head of household filers in the region who earn less than $100k*
SOURCE: Ohio Department of Taxation and the IRS
*Data for individual and joint filers is for tax year 2018 (payable in 2019). Data for head of household filers is for tax year 2017.
*Individual filers who earn up to $99k, joint filers with no children who earn up to $198k and heads of household with one child who earn up to $146,500 can be eligible for reduced payments
Who is eligible for stimulus payments?
Tax filers with adjusted gross income up to $75,000 for individuals, up to $112,500 for heads of households and up to $150,000 for married couples filing joint returns will receive the full payment.
Filers with incomes above those amounts will receive reduced payments, with the cap being up to $99,000 for individuals and $198,000 for joint filers with no children .
Payments are reduced by $5 for each $100 above the $75,000/$150,000 thresholds.
Eligible taxpayers who filed tax returns for either 2019 or 2018 will automatically receive an economic impact payment of up to $1,200 for individuals or $2,400 for married couples. Parents also receive $500 for each qualifying child.
How will the IRS know where to send my payment?
Economic impact payments will be deposited directly into banking accounts listed on either the 2018 or 2019 tax returns. In coming weeks, the Treasury plans to develop a web-based portal so people can provide their banking information to the IRS online so they can receive payments immediately instead of checks in the mail.
Can Ohioans who are not typically required to file a tax return still receive a payment?
Yes. People who typically do not file a tax return will need to file a simple tax return to receive an economic impact payment. Low-income taxpayers, senior citizens, Social Security recipients, some veterans and individuals with disabilities who are otherwise not required to file a tax return will not owe tax.
How can I file the tax return needed to receive my economic impact payment?
IRS.gov/coronavirus will soon provide information instructing people in these groups how to file a 2019 tax return with information including their filing status, number of dependents and direct deposit bank account information.
I have not filed my tax return for 2018 or 2019. Can I still receive an economic impact payment?
Yes. The IRS urges anyone with a tax filing obligation who has not yet filed a tax return for 2018 or 2019 to file as soon as they can to receive an economic impact payment. Taxpayers should include direct deposit banking information on the return.
SOURCE: Internal Revenue Service, Republican Finance Committee staff


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The story is seen through the eyes of a 13-year-old boy named Renato (Giuseppe Sulfaro ), who is growing up in a small Sicilian village during the World War II. For a good three-fourths of the film, the local beauty Malèna (Monica Bellucci), the object of desire for the entire village, monotonously parades through streets and piazzas with cow-like indifference, followed by Renato and his gang of friends.
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The Tristan Crist Magic Theatre features world-class magic, comedy and illusions in an entertaining 60 minute performance. Located in beautiful Lake Geneva, WI. Open year-round, reserve your tickets today to witness this incredible show.
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This magic/illusion show is in a small theater (54 seats) so you get a close up and personal show! They perform three shows on Saturday and Sunday 3, 5, and 7PM. This was such an amazing show! We left and talked the whole way home...More
Very small venue, only 51 seats, so every seat is close to the stage. We sat in the second row, about 8 feet from the stage and were amazed by the illusions. Tristan Crist was very casual about the performance, he really made it fun...More
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Check the Windows 95 Device Manager to see if COM5 and COM6 devices are listed. Shut down Windows 95 and power off the virtual machine. Enter a new password in what was once a login screen asking for the old one. There is a readme in the file which is where I took the above info from. The point was, that DVD-ROMs are fairly new in the PC world, 4 years at the most, which means that any game designed for DVD would probably be designed to run on WIN95, and not DOS.
Once you’ve decided on the material and the type of window you want, you can start your measurements. While you can restore old windows with weatherstripping, new sashes, and even replacement panes, old windows will never be as efficient as newer models. There are many benefits to making an upgrade to energy-efficient windows. For more instructions, see our page on installing a replacement window. Remember, the replacement window must fit into the opening plumb, level and square, even though the opening may not be any of these. Measure the window’s width in three places—top, middle and bottom of the window.
Fastest Ways to Take Screenshots on Windows 10 PC
Take a snapshot and save it as a file, take a screenshot in windows 10 without saving it as a file, or take a screenshot of only one window using the Print Screen button on your keyboard . This is available as a plugin for Chrome and Firefox and as a desktop application in Windows. It allows users to take screenshots of the entire browser window, part of the window or an entire webpage. There are not usually a lot of steps to taking a screenshot in Windows.
- Measure for the shutter height at the left side, middle, and right side of the window opening from the top of the window to the bottom excluding any window sill.
- The screen should go out for a moment when you use it.
- If you can’t boot into Windows to run msconfig, you can use the original installation disc or Easy Recovery Essentials to run Command Prompt and run chkdsk Driversol and bootrec commands.
- If you click the arrow next to the “New” button in the Snipping Tool, a drop-down box will appear, allowing you to change the snip type to freeform, window or full screen.
It also offers capabilities such as annotating and editing of Windows screenshot taken. Thereafter, images can be saved on your drive or uploaded to cloud for easier sharing. Download its desktop application, it comes with a screencasting tool for recording videos. Finally, for a more precise screenshot, you can use the snipping tool feature that can capture part or the whole window area.
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You can then click and drag and select the area that you want to save to the clipboard. If your device has the full-size keyboard layout, then you are probably familiar with the Print Screen key. Normally, when you press the Print Screen key or use the Alt + Print Screen combination, Windows takes a screenshot, saves the image to a specific folder, and then copies it to your clipboard. This keyboard shortcut will only work if you have previously opened the Game bar using step 3 below for this specific game or app. This keyboard shortcut will only work if you have previously opened the Game bar using step 4 below for this specific game or app. Record that lets you save the last 30 seconds of gameplay, or a 29 second long video screenshot of an app.
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If you don’t see a check-mark next toWrite, then you don’t have the permission to save screenshots using the “Winkey + Prt Scr” hotkeys. But this is something that can easily be fixed by gaining Administrative rights and privileges. After the screenshots are taken, iTop Screen Recorder offers you some functions to edit the pictures.


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What if there was a book that had no words in it? What if this book that required a camera, a TV and a video game console in order for you to "read" it? Would you call this progress? Would you call it science fiction?
Sony calls it the Wonderbook and has enlisted Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling to write some spells for the first Wonderbook, the Book of Spells. It is—and, come on, this is cool—a way to simulate the concept of the magical book.
You don't really read Wonderbook. You interact with it, while seated on the floor or with the book on a coffee table. You don't look at the book. You look at the TV. You hold a PlayStation Move wand controller in your hand to "touch" the pages. It's weird, but it's also clever. It probably wouldn't be a great way to ready any Joyce or Dostoevsky or even any of Rowling's real books. But for those of us who are fascinated by crazy contraptions and/or would like to feel as if we own at least one book that has creatures living in its pages, this one's for us.
Our video up top gives you the tour. Wonderbook and its debut title, Book of Spells, will be out later this fall.

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Bank of Korea maintains loose monetary policy in 2021
The Bank of Korea foretells the tone of loose monetary policy and lists asset price increases and private credit as risk factors.
The Bank of Korea released a report on the 25th entitled “The Implementation Direction of Monetary Credit Policy in 2021”, stating that the spread of the new crown epidemic and the speed of vaccine commercialization have brought greater uncertainty to the path of economic growth. In order to facilitate economic recovery, monetary policy will remain a loose keynote.
However, the central bank is worried that financial imbalance risks such as the influx of funds into the capital market and the increase in private credit may accumulate in a loose financial environment. The report emphatically warns that increased leverage may cause financial imbalance risks such as asset price rises, and slow economic recovery may reduce the debt solvency of distressed companies and families in need.
The central bank plans to increase its support for small and medium-sized enterprises in trouble due to the epidemic by improving the efficiency of the loan system next year. Taking into account the new situation and changes in the post-new crown era, it will also try to strengthen support for new growth industries.

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Attorney General Tom Corbett was indignant when reporters saw political motives in his decision to join a suit challenging the health care bill just enacted by Congress.
"You (reporters) can take whatever shots you want," he said at a Harrisburg news conference last week. "If I was not running for governor, would I still be joining this lawsuit? Yes. We are not playing politics here."
Despite the apolitical motives Mr. Corbett professed, his campaign for governor wasted no time capitalizing on the suit. In a fund-raising letter addressed to “Dear Fellow Conservative,’’ Mr. Corbett touts his participation in the multi-state suit. In describing its legal grounds, howeer, he cites several provisions that were no longer part of the proposal, notably the “Cornhusker kickback,’’ that under an earlier version of the measure would have given Nebraska special treatment on Medicaid reimbursements.
In his request for contributions, Mr Corbett says, “You see, I’m 100 percent opposed to President Barack Obamam’s plans to impose government-run, socialized medicine on Pennsylvania and its citizens.’’
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There is no doubt that the AR-15 and its almost limitless level of variants and manufacturers is simply the number one rifle of choice for civilians and law enforcement personnel. One of the many reasons the AR-15 is so popular is its “modular capability”—the ability to adapt to a wide variety of situations and missions—often by simply changing the upper. This capability has been explored more and more since the AR-15 popularity boom, but the majority of owners, particularly law enforcement users, may not have used this capability to full advantage.
Due to manpower or budget constraints, snipers may not always be able to deploy as snipers if the team comes up short on entry personnel. These SWAT snipers end up having to haul around two separate rifle cases to every callout, not knowing which weapon they will end up fielding—their M4 Carbine or their scoped .308 bolt gun.
If this sniper could have an entry and sniper gun with the exact same operating system, and the exact same controls in the exact same position, the potential for operational errors could be reduced. Further, if done right, a setup like this would mean only one carrying case for what are essentially two guns. This can only be accomplished by using an AR-15 weapon system with one lower to be used for both an entry and sniper gun.


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Rise up! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles get an all-new look, new weapons, and awesome new powers! Join the legendary heroes, Raph, Leo, Donnie and Mikey as these brothers discover a Hidden City beneath New York, learn amazing mystic ninja skills, battle absurd mutants… and always find time for a slice of their favorite pizza! Cowabunga!
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Meet the hair and the beard behind Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ant Ward & Andy Suriano! For this duo’s reimagining of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ward and Suriano wanted to take the show beyond where it’s been before in its design and its reflected in each member.


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Spiral Jetty is an earthwork sculpture constructed in April 1970 that is considered to be the most important work of American sculptor Robert Smithson. Smithson documented the construction of the sculpture in a 32-minute color film also titled Spiral Jetty. Built on the northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake near Rozel Point in Utah entirely of mud, salt crystals, and basalt rocks, Spiral Jetty forms a 1,500-foot-long (460 m), 15-foot-wide (4.6 m) counterclockwise coil jutting from the shore of the lake.To visit Spiral Jetty on your holiday in Box Elder, and find out what else Box Elder has to offer, use our Box Elder.
In 1999, the artwork was donated to the Dia Art Foundation and is one of 11 locations and sites they manage. Since its initial construction, those interested in its fate have dealt with questions of proposed changes in land use in the area surrounding the sculpture. In order to preserve the work, Dia Art Foundation asks that visitors do not take existing rocks from the artwork, make fire pits, or trample vegetation. There are no facilities at the site so visitors must carry out any waste with them.
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Beautiful, interesting portion of the GSL. What an amazing sculpture immersed in nature. Was hoping to see more of the pink water, but will definitely go again! I wore rainboots because it was too... more »
An iconic land art made in surreal surroundings. I had been disappointed in the past by driving out to see the sculpture when it was covered with water. Make certain of the water level poor to... more »
Very cool place to visit! I had heard about the Spiral Jetty many years ago and my wife and I finally just decided to do it. The Jetty is about 16 miles beyond the Golden Spike monument on a somewhat washboard road. However, the views at the site are breathtakingly beautiful. The day we were there it was a bit overcast and no flies. We even walked well past the Jetty to the waters of the Great Salt Lake. Well worth at least one visit in your lifetime.
The road up to the Spiral Jetty was a little rough, but definitely manageable with most cars. The scenery was pretty bare, but we did see a group of deer, so that was quite cool! Upon arrival, we were disappointed to see very low water levels, which meant we couldn’t see the pink lake. We weren’t too disappointed, though, because the Spiral Jetty was absolutely gorgeous. We took pictures and walked down to the lake, which was wonderfully still and peaceful. We did notice a fairly bad stench, and a few skeletons scattered on the sand, but nothing too horrible. The overall experience was amazing... until we encountered the flies. There were hundreds, and a ton got in our car when we got in. When we opened the door to get them out, more swarmed in. They were everywhere. Then once when we attempted to get them out, a wasp started trying to get into our car. The ride back was stressful because there were flies EVERYWHERE. It was awful. If you have a bug phobia, I highly suggest not visiting the Spiral Jetty. I will not be returning.
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Here is a quick coverage of the high-speed and resolution Sony A7R III full-frame mirrorless camera.
The a7R III is Sony’s latest high resolution camera, which carries over many of the improvements found on the company’s flagship a9. The shooter has the same 42MP sensor but better performance. The hardware transferred from the Sony A9 allows for faster burst shooting, improved autofocus and higher quality 4K video.
The Sony a7R III will start shipping from November at a recommended selling price of $3199. Here is everything you need to know about the Sony A7R III, including impressions and comparison, videos.
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Before heading to the full coverage of the Sony A7R III camera, first timers might have a look at the full press text. Official sample photos can be found here. The Sony a7rIII brochure can also be downloaded here. See the quick specs comparison between the Sony a7r III vs a7r II cameras. See also: Sony A7R III vs Nikon D850 vs Sony A99 II – Comparison
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This project provided plans to transform an abandoned mud flat parcel into a waterfront marine park. A successful public and private partnership was established between the city of Juneau and Morris Communications to develop the Marine Park Master Plan. The plan advocates that the 60,000 SF site be used for creating a great public plaza featuring the long-awaited memorial to honor the USS Juneau, outdoor arts and crafts, a boutique shopping experience, a cozy theater, restaurants, food vendors, local merchants, and tourist bus kiosks bound for the famous Mendenhall Glacier, historic Juneau, and famous gold mines. The park will be the landing to receive tourist ships carrying 5,000 passengers as they arrive in Alaska’s capital city.
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The Greaves Reserve Master Plan was adopted by Council on 13 November 2023. It was developed after extensive community and stakeholder consultation.
The master plan establishes the long-term vision and direction for this highly valued and well utilised regional park in Dandenong. It will enable the transformation of this park as a destination for active and passive recreational pursuits and community events.
The upgrade of the internal road network will improve circulation. The provision of new parking precincts that service the activity precincts will cater to sports, community uses and events.
The master plan integrates and connects the park facilities to create a diverse and walkable environment for the community to enjoy. The plan strengthens and supports the continued facilitation of sport at Greaves Reserve, particularly with the upgraded netball court precinct and the new centrally located Monahan Sports Pavilion building.
A more diverse informal recreation precinct will support the community’s access to quality open space and recreational opportunities such as:
- upgraded neighbourhood level playground
- fitness equipment
- multi-use court facilities
- picnic and BBQ facilities
- path networks and other improved park infrastructure.
The planting of trees across the reserve will increase the urban forest canopy to provide shade and will enhance the biodiversity and environmental benefits for the community.
The master plan has considered the long-term future of the reserve by ensuring that the sporting infrastructure caters for existing and future trends in sport and recreation.
The Implementation Plan identifies short, medium and long-term projects and provides guidance on the design and construction sequence necessary to implement the master plan.
Visit Greaves Reserve Master Plan for more information and to view the final master plan.
How will the master plan be funded?
The funding to progress this project is subject to the support and funding of capital works bids as part of Council’s annual budget process.