title: Panelone lcd screen for 33v and 5v

text:
While I managed to get a specific LCD work with both 3.3V and 5V, it was an edge case. It was not transferable to other LCD manufacturer's displays and it may have shortened the display's life. To that end I changed the specifications to use a 3.3V LCD. This display is actually a 5V display with a voltage inverter and divider on board that provides -2V to VO.
PanelOne circuit board view from the back with 3.3V LCD
Close up of the -2V circuit on LCD
This -2V means that with 3.3V supplied, the voltage drop is 5V which the display driver chip needs to run the LCD pixels.
For reference here is the Schematic again, now on version 2.1, with the -2V on board annotated:
So the contrast pot on the PanelOne circuit board is acting as a variable resistor setting VO between 0 and -2V, and hence the contrast between "off" and "on" pixels on the LCD.
For a purely 3.3V use there would be no requirement for the 5V-3.3V LDO and the 4050 level shifter for the SD card. However, I want to be able to use this on both 3.3V and 5V logic with minimal changes. For the display to work with 5V we have two options. The first is to use a 5V display rather than 3.3V, thus requiring only 1 PanelOne circuit board design. Alternatively we could use the same 3.3V display and disable the -2V on VO. The simplest way to do this is to remove the resistor R6:
Close up of the -2V circuit disable with R6 removed
I have left it soldered on at one end so it's easy to switch back and forth. Obviously a switch would be even better (cue email to LCD manufacturer to consider updating their design).
This design is now proven on both 5V (RAMPS) and 3.3V (Duet etc) electronics:
PanelOne 2.1 with RAMPS
PanelOne 2.1 with Duet
The connection to the Duet is still made with single pin connectors and the RepRap Firmware does not yet support an LCD screen although the community (and me!) are working on it.
As always our designs are open hardware (CERN OHL 1.2) - the latest KiCAD files are available on our Github. In addition the updated case is also shared in STL and OpenSCAD on github.
We will be using the PanelOne v 2.1 circuit board in our Kossel Mini kits once our current stocks of 5V-only PanelOne boards are used up. In addition we have listed variations on the webstore, where you can choose the 5V only version or the 3.3V version (which you can adapt to 5V using the resistor de-soldering method outlined above).


tier: polar

shelf: software-docs

title: Building a local preview

text:
Building a local preview
A local preview is a valuable tool to test your changes when working on your local authoring environment. Run the docsbuilder script available in Fedora content repository. You can build and run the fully rendered site on your machine to preview your changes before making a pull request to the Fedora content repositories.
When working with local authoring environment, a local preview provides versatile workflow to test how the changes will be rendered and function in your browser locally. When you make changes such as, but not limited to;
Change links or fix broken links
Change document to document cross references using xref
Consolidate multiple pages into one page
Update images or fix broken images
Add metadata or alt text for images
Section levels reorganized (Example: h2 to h3, h3 to h4) for readability and reading flow
Fix inactive navigation bar
Reorganize navigation bar
Rewrite outdated pages
Add AsciiDoc attributes
Reiterate changes and tests with vale linter
you need build scripts to render the changes predictably and test them before you make a pull request.
A unified docs builder script, docsbuilder.sh, builds a local version of the site, which means the subset of the full site that resides in your local repository. In turn, the script starts a webserver and serves the site at http://localhost:8080/. Opening this link in any web browser will show you the preview, which will be available until you kill the process (kbd:[Ctrl+C] in the terminal).
Check README.md on the landing page of projects to run the script suggested to use.
Go to the the directory where cloned repo is, build, watch and preview the site by running the build scripts in terminal.
Pagure or other content repositories display a different builder script.
To use the scripts you need |
If your work spans content in multiple repositories,
e.g. because you link to another repository,
you can extend the preview by adding more repositories to site.yml
content: sources: - url: . branches: HEAD - url: https://pagure.io/fedora-docs/another-repository.git branches: main
Correct entries to use can be found from docs-fp-o site.yml.
If you want to use the regular Antora build and preview workflow - follow the instructions on Antora Documentation page.
Once you have Antora CLI
and Antora Site Generator
you can build and preview the pages without the container scripts.
To build the pages in the project directory run:
antora generate site.yml
This will create a new directory public
which contains all the necessary files. Navigate there and run a server command. You might already have a Python simple server, in which case run:
python3 -m http.server
or if you only have Python 2 on your machine:
python -m SimpleHTTPServer
It opens a local preview at port 8000.
If you have cargo (Rust package manager), you could also install and use miniserve
or any other simple server of your choice for that matter.
Want to help? Learn how to contribute to Fedora Docs ›


tier: cub

shelf: health

title: Dedicated staff teams and suppliers key in tackling challenges of coronavirus

text:
Healthcare Management Solutions CEO Tony Stein has praised the dedication of care home staff, support staff, and suppliers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking to BBC Sussex on 15th April 2020, Mr Stein said; “Our staff teams have risen to the challenge amazingly well, with huge amounts of professionalism. I am very, very proud of the way they have dealt with this.”
After being asked if social care, and care homes in particular, are the ‘forgotten sector’ at this moment in time, Mr Stein highlighted the important role that social care is playing in this pandemic.
Although the teams at Healthcare Management Solutions care homes are facing unprecedented challenges, with visiting restrictions not allowing residents to see their loved ones to reduce the risk of infection, and a number of staff self-isolating for various reasons, Mr Stein remained appreciative of the way staff have tackled the challenges they face.
“These are difficult times, but we’re showing exactly what the care sector is capable of.”
Keeping our Care Homes Supplied with PPE
On the subject of PPE supplies, Mr Stein explained how good relationships with suppliers and the dedication of Head Office staff have overcome issues faced elsewhere in the sector.
“We’ve managed to keep our homes supplied, and we’ve done that by working closely with suppliers. We’ve had our own Head Office team out delivering PPE to the homes so that the suppliers to us could deliver in one lump to Head Office and we could deal with the distribution.”
When quizzed about the issue of testing for cases of COVID-19 in care homes, Mr Stein said; “When it comes to residents, we make an assumption that any resident that is displaying symptoms of COVID-19, we automatically assume that it is COVID-19 and we isolate and we barrier nurse those individuals. I think if you make the assumption that everybody that has the symptoms is infected, then that’s a great way of maintaining control over the infection in the home.”
Listen to the full interview to hear how our teams have been dealing with the challenges presented by the Coronavirus outbreak since the very first reported cases of COVID-19 in the UK.


shelf: finance

title: Top 5 burger joints in tallinn

text:
Burgers are trending in Tallinn and almost every restaurant has at least one on the menu, but where to go when you’re hit with a serious craving? Having only one burger on the menu isn’t good enough for this list – at least three are required for variety’s sake. These are the five places locals flock to when they’re hit with an overpowering need for a burger. We’ve listed them in no particular order to avoid the fights that might break out if any kind of ranking were offered. None of these places can be found in the Old Town; for a good burger you need to venture further afield.
Photo credit: Diner
Credit for burger mania should go to the States, and Diner attempts to not only do awesome burgers, but also to bring a little bit of the USA to Tallinn. This is achieved by offering free coffee refills, which blows the minds of locals. No one comes here for the coffee though, but instead for burgers that are truly out of this world. What will it be today? The Hangover? The Betty Blue with blue cheese oozing out? The Vegan? The Heart Attack? Or maybe the daily special, which is always a complete surprise (you put WHAT in there?!) Diner is located right on the edge of the Nõmme district – a cute area with private houses, big gardens, pine trees and fat dogs.
Photo credit: Estonian Burger Factory
If a place has a name as ambitious as Estonian Burger Factory, then expectations are high. Luckily, these expectations are met with great burgers. The menu is so long that it covers half the wall, ranging from a classic cheeseburger to an Estonian special with black bread. And don’t forget the cheese balls! This place might look small from the outside, but it’s bigger than you’d expect. It’s located in the heart of the city centre next to the Kosmos cinema. When in doubt about what to do with themselves, locals head here for a burger and a movie (whatever is screening because who really cares on a full stomach – you can’t move yourself further anyways).
3. Vesivärava Grill
Photo credit: Vesivärava Grill
The guys who run this place like to have fun and joke with their customers while they work. In typical Estonian fashion, the jokes are often so bad they’re good. Vesivärav is actually a bakery that has a burger joint attached to it. The grill is outside during summer, so you can see your burger sizzling while you wait and chat with the cook. There’s a long list of burgers to choose from, and so far every single one of them has been amazing. Located on the edge of the beautiful Kadriorg area and on the foot of the soviet-era Lasnamäe district, it’s a fitting stopover as you move from one to the other.
Photo credit: Burger Box
This is the hipster burger place. Here, they don’t really care what you think of them or if you like the service – the only thing that matters is the food. There are only three burger options – the Cheeseburger, the Pulled Pork Burger and the Falafel Burger, but they’re all good. Being located super close to the Old Town and the cool Kalamaja area, Burger box draws in every hipster and local like a magnet. There’s very little space for seating, but who cares? Order your burger to go and walk around the Russian Market or get lost among Kalamaja’s wooden houses on your way to the seaside.
5. Rotiburks: the Rat Burger
Photo credit: Liine Toomse
There’s no one place to go for a Rat Burger – there are many establishments that prepare this unique dish. A Rat Burger is what locals call any burger that’s consumed while stumbling home after a night of drinking (Estonia’s answer to London’s kebabs). The first mention of this burger dates back to the early 1990s. It’s not a burger anyone would eat when sober because sober minds ask all sorts of questions like “what meat is this?” or “why is it filled with so much coleslaw that I can’t taste anything?” To our everlasting shame, everyone has eaten one of these at least once (but probably more than once and that makes matters even worse). There are many places where burgers like this can be found, usually right outside the Old Town near Freedom Square, somewhere between the last bar and home. To identify a Rat Burger place, you need to go out at night and find an all-night kiosk with a queue of tired-looking locals. Warning: this might be a sad night.
Opening photo credit: Liine Toomse


shelf: education

title: Current Employer/Organisation Name

text:
Current Employer/Organisation Name
What have you been doing since leaving Exeter, and what are you doing now?
Since I left UoE I found a job of my dream in water utility. As I had previously a mature experience I applied for the senior role for several utility companies and finally I’ve got a proposal to have an interview with Thames Water. I did my best and now I am doing hydraulic modelling studies for London and Thames valley. Thank you UoE for giving me support, knowledge, inspiration, priceless experience and new friends!
Why did you choose this career? And what do you enjoy most about your work?
I continue doing things that I am passionate about and the use my knowledge that I used to gain during my postgraduate program in the UoE.
Please tell us if you were a member of any societies, groups or sports clubs?
UoE triathlon club, UoE volleyball club and UoE postgraduate society.
What did you enjoy most about your programme and what was the biggest highlight?
Academic staff, societies and way of communication. Most enjoyable and challenging time is my dissertation delivery- I was inspired by my supervisor Pr Albert Chen!
What did you enjoy most about studying here?
People, way of communicating.
Why did you choose to study at Exeter?
Amazing place in UK and the best scientific school as a Center for Water Systems (CWS) in the UoE.
What skills and experiences have been most useful for your career?
All subjects are relevant to what I am doing now.
What advice would you give to a current student who wishes to pursue your career?
Fight with procrastination. Do your best now and have a great celebration after.
What are your plans for the future?
Wish to stay in the UK but with all these Brexit issues I think I’ll need to move to Europe to use my water expertise there.


shelf: home-craft

title: 2

text: Welcome to 90scanvas, your destination for stunning and customizable flags that will elevate your home decor to new heights. Our Flags collection boasts a diverse range of products, including custom flags, house flags, and garden flags. What sets us apart is our unwavering commitment to quality and personalization. Our custom flags are the canvas for your unique ideas. Whether you want to display your family name, commemorate a special occasion, or simply express your individuality, our custom flags are the perfect choice. Crafted with precision and vibrant printing, they become a symbol of your style and sentiment. For those looking to add a touch of elegance to their outdoor space, our house flags are the answer. Designed to withstand the elements, these flags come in various themes, from seasonal designs to artistic creations. They are not just flags; they are statements that make your home stand out. If you have a green thumb, our garden flags are a must-have. These petite yet impactful flags are designed to adorn your garden with charm and personality. With themes ranging from whimsical to inspirational, our garden flags add a delightful touch to your outdoor sanctuary. What makes our Flags collection truly remarkable is the ease of customization. Our user-friendly website allows you to effortlessly design your flag, preview how it will look, and place your order. Express yourself like never before with a flag that speaks volumes about your style and individuality. Elevate your home decor with 90scanvas Flags. Explore our collection today, and let your creativity soar. Personalize, beautify and make a statement with our custom flags, house flags, and garden flags. Your home, your style, your flag – make it uniquely yours.


shelf: history-culture

title: Chocolate Salty BallsSouth ParkS2

text:
Chocolate Salty BallsSouth ParkS2
Chef develops a new dessert treat for the film festival crowd, while Mr. Hankey beckons from below.
Chef AidSouth ParkS2
The bands at Chef Aid get things going, while Mr. Hat busts Mr. Garrison and Chef out of jail. Johnny Cochrane decides to take Chef's case, pro bono.
FingerbangSouth ParkS4 E8
Cartman has a plan to make ten million dollars by starting a boy band.
The Circle of PooSouth ParkS4 E17
Mr. Hankey teaches his nugget that he's not just a part of Christmas; he's a part of everything.
Sports Training MontageSouth ParkS6 E2
A montage of Stan's skiing training set to eighties music.
Summer is Here10 Videos
Pi Pi's SplashtownSouth ParkS13 E14
The boys head to the water park and start getting wet.
Mathew McConaughey is a Handicar DriverSouth ParkS18 E4
The townspeople panic to stockpile cereal. Meanwhile, the Handicar drivers all rally behind Timmy.
Crimson DawnSouth ParkS23 E2
Stan's new band, Crimson Dawn makes it debut at South Park's Autumn Fest.
Almost All P, No HSouth ParkS13 E14
The police quarantine the water park and try to figure out what to do.
You Took My Girl AND My Job!South ParkS13 E10
The boys get all pumped for a professional wrestling match.
Nothing But A Common PimpSouth ParkS13 E9
Butters realizes he's not the only one in the kissing business.
Jersey Party At SizzlerSouth ParkS14 E9
The boys discuss the Jersey problem...and then come face to face with it.
It's Called A SnookiSouth ParkS14 E9
The men of South Park head down to the bar to check out a disturbance.
I Don't Wanna Go To Camp!!South ParkS18 E4
Nathan has some communication problems with his Mom.


shelf: civic-law

title: Papal conclave cardinals to start

text:
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - Cardinals have chosen May 7 as the date to start the conclave and elect a new leader for 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, the Vatican announced.
The date for the papal election was decided on Monday after
cardinals held the first daily congregation since Pope Francis’ funeral.
Only cardinals under the age of 80 are allowed to vote in a
papal election. There are currently 135 cardinals eligible to participate in
the upcoming election. However, at least one cardinal has revealed he will not
be in attendance.
Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera, who previously served as
Archbishop of Valencia between 2014 to 2022, has said he is unable to travel to
the Vatican for health reasons.
It not yet clear exactly how many cardinals will be present
when conclave gets underway on May 7. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said
Monday that so far more than 180 cardinals have arrived in Rome and took part
in the meeting in the morning, of which just over 100 were cardinal electors.
Bruni said the cardinals discussed questions relating to the future of the
church and the challenges it faces in the world today.
He added that Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Cardinal Luis Antonio
Tagle, and Cardinal Dominique Mamberti had been elected to help Cardinal
Kevin Farrell, the Dublin-born cleric who became a naturalized American citizen
who holds the position of “camerlengo” (or chamberlain). Farrell is tasked with
“overseeing and administering the temporal goods and rights of the Apostolic
See” following the death or resignation of a pope.
The congregations will continue daily, starting at 9 a.m. (3
a.m. ET) except for on May 1 and May 4th
The cardinal electors will vote for the next Bishop of Rome
in a highly secretive ballot held in the Sistine Chapel, which was closed to
the public on Monday in preparation for the balloting, according to the Vatican
The last two conclaves, held in 2005 to elect Pope Benedict XVI and in
2013 to elect Pope Francis lasted two days.


shelf: science-engineering

title: This chinese telescope team is making a 7000 mile journey to the eclipse

text:
On August 21, 2017, the town of Lincoln City, Oregon, like many locales in the path of that date’s total solar eclipse, will have its big day in the Sun, then in the Sun’s shadow, and then back in the Sun again.
Eclipse-chasing tourists are expected to flood in. But one team of Sun-watchers and their telescope might stand out: They will have traveled near seven thousand miles from China to do science here.
“The telescope is one of the most advanced facility in the world for spectro-polarimetry during solar eclipses,” says team leader Zhongquan Qu. The team focuses on the corona, the Sun’s outmost layer. Qu is a professor of solar physics at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Yunnan Observatory in Kunming, and a member of the IAU Working Group on Solar Eclipses.
The Sun’s corona is usually visible only during solar eclipses, so this summer’s event affords many heliophysicists a rare observational opportunity, one that Qu’s team refuses to miss. They decided against Oregon’s capital Salem — which is also on the totality path — because many tourists there might be taking photos with their flashes turned on nearby, creating scattered and stray light that can ruin scientific observations. Lincoln is off the beaten path, and should draw smaller crowds.
THE TOTAL ECLIPSE CHASER
What makes Qu’s telescope special lies in its name: Fiber Arrayed Solar Optical Telescope, or FASOT for short. Using the innovative design of an optical fiber array, FASOT can not only obtain spectrographs from individual fibers but it can also re-construct images of the corona using the spectral signal and location information in each fiber. In an initial evaluation for a funding application to the National Natural Science Foundation of China, FASOT was also described as “the first major instrument that introduces the use of optical fibers for high-precision field spectro-polarimetry.” Spectro-polarimetry measures the polarization property of light, which enables scientists to obtain additional information about the source of that light (i.e. the corona), such as its magnetic field and geometry.
The imaging and spectrograph data from FASOT, says Qu, will allow researchers to know more about the detailed structure of corona, its magnetic field, and the formation of coronal mass ejection (solar flares). Together this set of knowledge will ultimately contribute to the understanding of solar mysteries like why the corona is so much hotter than the Sun’s photosphere and other areas closer to the center of the Sun.
FASOT’s last eclipse-chasing adventure landed the team in Gabon, Africa in November 2013. Qu and his colleagues have analyzed the data collected there and are about to publish the results in the journal Solar Physics. Highlights of that trip include the first green coronal line Fe XIV 530.3nm that has ever been observed since the 1930s, according to Qu. That line is the strongest one in coronal spectral lines.
For the upcoming total solar eclipse in the U.S., Qu’s team will focus on more coronal lines, such as a red coronal line, which is 637.4nm in wavelength. They also plan to use FASOT to see the most observed line in the solar spectrum, hydrogen-alpha 656.3nm.
Nevertheless, at least one scientist has reservations about FASOT the solar telescope, especially its reliability.
Having supported FASOT in its funding proposal — a quote from his written evaluation notes that “[it] may open the door to a new class of telescope facilities in solar physics” — Jan Olof Stenflo, a retired professor at the ETH and the University of Zurich, now expresses disappointment over the slow development of this instrument.
MORE TESTING NEEDED
Stenflo is an expert in solar magnetic fields and high-precision spectro-polarimetry. During a lecturing tour in China in 2011, he met Qu and offered a positive written assessment of FASOT to support its funding application. “More than five years later, I still have not seen any concrete demonstrations that the prototype can achieve its goals and be able to map solar magnetic fields (the reported eclipse observations are unsuited to serve that purpose),” says Stenflo in an email.
Stenflo suggests that the team still needs to prove the reliability of observations made by FASOT. He has doubts over the reliability “because the corona during a solar eclipse is much more difficult to observe than the million times brighter spectrum from the solar disk outside an eclipse, and it has never been demonstrated by disk observations that FASOT has been able to eliminate the various spurious polarization effects that can arise.”
Among the established telescopes in the solar physics field, FASOT is still new in town. When the final model — a 60 cm $1-million-dollar telescope upgraded from the current 30 cm $5000 version — is built in western China in five years, FASOT’s job will be to watch the Sun’s photosphere and chromosphere all year long: no more globetrotting to chase solar eclipses for corona observations. But the total solar eclipse in 2017 is on the horizon. If you happen to be in Lincoln City, Oregon on August 21, you might get a glimpse of the solar corona, and maybe you’ll also run into a telescope team from China trying to make the most out of the 116-second total solar eclipse.


title: Potable water system

text:
A potable water system is a necessary part of any site development project. QGS Development offers a variety of options for your potable water system, including:
Water Main Pipe
We install a water main pipe to carry potable water from the municipal water supply to your site. The size and type of pipe that you need depends on local municipality rules and regulations. We meet those requirements including PVC pipe, ductile iron pipe, or HDPE pipe. Whatever type of pipe is specified, you can count on us to install it.
We install valves along the water main pipe at strategic locations to control water flow. The type of valve that you need depends on the size and pressure of your water main pipe. Having the correct type of valve to shut off the water supply in an emergency is essential.
Polyethylene Service Connections
We install polyethylene service connections to connect the water main pipe to the individual service lines that run to your buildings. The size of the service connection depends on the size of your water main pipe. It may be necessary to install a fire line to meet the fire code requirements for your project.
We install fire hydrants on your site so the fire department can use them in an emergency. We are required to install fire hydrants under local fire codes. QGS Development is a Florida State Licensed Fire Line Contractor V so you can be certain we can help you determine the number and placement of fire hydrants you need for your project.
We install a backflow preventer on your water main pipe to prevent contaminated water from flowing back into the potable water system. A backflow preventer is required by law in many jurisdictions. QGS Development is a Certified Plumbing Contractor with the State of Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. We have staff members certified in the testing and repairing of backflow devices.
Our technicians install a master meter to measure your project’s water. We install the master meter where your water main pipe connects to the municipal water supply. Most water utilities require a master meter.


title: About us

text:
Arizona Ketamine Specialists was established with the belief that everyone deserves to have a healthy happy life. Our team will work closely with you, your doctor or mental healthcare provider to give you the best possible care. Your safety and comfort is our priority. In short, we would be privileged to help you in your time of need.
The staff at Arizona Ketamine Specialists are dedicated to improving your life. As such, we will be there to guide you through your treatment.
We will make sure you get the best treatment possible. Furthermore, we will work for your best possible outcome.
Your treatments will take place in a relaxed and safe environment. You can be sure we will be by your side during your treatment.
Our goal is to ensure your long term satisfaction. Furthermore, we will discuss your goals and work with you to ensure your satisfaction.
Arizona Ketamine Specialists provides monitored administration, continuous vital monitoring, safety equipment, and protocols consistent with best practices for the procedure and with the Arizona Medical Board Codes for office-based anesthesia.
Dr. David Vanlierop is a board certified Anesthesiologist who has worked throughout Arizona. He is originally from California, and received his undergraduate degree at UCLA. He went on to receive his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin. In 2006 Dr Vanlierop moved to Phoenix and he has made it his home. In his spare time he enjoys the outdoors and spending time with his family.
Dr. Vanlierop is a caring, understanding physician. His patients are his number one priority! Because of this, he is very excited about the positive changes Ketamine is making in our patients’ lives. Dr Vanlierop has worked with Ketamine for many years. As a result of his experience, he is pleased to see Ketamine’s amazing success in treating mental health disorders and chronic pain. He believes the medical use of ketamine therapy is the best hope many patients have for long-term symptom relief.


title: yachtloans.com

text:
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We had Jerry-Elite do our last Yacht loan. He gave us many options and his opinion on what he felt was the most economical for us. Jerry worked hard from application, to loan closing, to give us the highest level of professional service and care. We would certainly use Elite again and or recommend them for future clients. Always a pleasure working with!
This was the first time I used Elite Financial. I met Jerry at the Palm Beach boat show. After a brief description of my needs. He assured me he could help me with my needs. Jerry is a pleasure to work with. When I'm ready to move up or down with my next boat Jerry will be my first call. Thanks for making our dreams come true.
I have used Elite Financial to finance my most recent boat, the experience was very pleasant and professional, Jerry made the process very clear and easy. Elite Financial handled all the transactions and banking process. I recommend Elite Financial.
I used Elite Financial to finance three of my boats, a high performance, a center console and a motor yacht. Jerry delivered great terms, and was professional throughout the process. His help extended even after the closing. I look forward to using Elite Financial International to finance my next yacht.
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Thanks for all your help - we’ll be back!
When I purchased my vessel I was new to the process of loans for custom built boats. Jerry kept me informed and calm during the entire process. I would not hesitate in recommending him, I'm very satisfied with the service.
By working closely with the best network of quality lenders in the industry, Jerry offers you the most complete loan programs available. If you are looking to finance a yacht or boat he will bring unmatched experience and financial analysis skills to the table. The expertise and attention to detail with which he has handled our financial affairs could not be better. Particularly reassuring to us our feeling of certainty in the absolute integrity of his dealings with us. Knowledge and a genuine interest in achieving the best for clients is what makes Jerry a truly marine lending professional. His dedication to clients, business excellence and personalized advice sets him apart and I would highly recommend him to anyone wanting truly professional financing services.
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I have used Elite Financial International for a recent boat purchase and financing. Jerry and his team did a great job of explaining the process, my purchasing options and worked with me every step of the way for a smooth transaction. I would highly recommend Jerry and his team to pursue your next dream boat purchase."
I met Jerry through the boat broker I was using - and THANK GOD I DID. My boast purchase did not go as smoothly as I would have liked due to the seller not having his ducks in a row. Jerry went above and beyond to work with the broker to ensure I got the best deal available - even though the seller was being difficult. Jerry is a man that is on the side of the buyer all the time!! Next major purchase I have, I will absolutely be going to Jerry for financing - and you should do the same!


text:
Sophomore, exchange student host, and exchange student Audrey Swenson
What is the exchange program about?
It’s about creating new environments and exposing ourselves to new cultures. (Directors) have said multiple times it’s about creating lifelong new friends with people you are safe around. I have made so many friends from this experience and it’s very exciting.
What was it like when going to Japan? How did you immerse yourself in that culture?
It was really fun and immersing was even better, cause I was living at (host’s) house. So I got to try all their food and went to school with them. I saw how things were different, like the majority of the school was outside, and taking off my shoes and just using chopsticks all the time. My hands cramped a lot because of that, but it was so fun.
What culture changes did you see when visiting Japan?
The schools were crazy different. Instead of students moving from class to class, the teachers moved instead. The school is outside, there are special school shoes and the uniforms were crazy. In general people were a lot nicer and quieter, and everything was cleaner. The family environment was still very similar, and the houses were obviously smaller but something different was that (host’s) mom was always at home but she had a part time job.
Sophomore and exchange student host Georgia Estrada
How is it being a host for a Japanese exchange student?
It’s very fun, there are some points where it’s definitely more intense cause I don’t think people realize that (the exchange students) are new and they have never been here and they want to see so much and they want to see everything and it’s being engaged and understanding that they are new as well as for your studies you are not falling behind but it’s been very fun, getting to re-experience the things that I find mundane in my life with somebody who has never seen them.
What places did you visit together?
We have been going to many american restaurants like Bubs, we watched american sports, like the entire program went to watch a hockey game together. We did go to some japanese restaurants since we thought as a host family it was important to make sure that something feels familiar during the process. But mainly we just tried to expose (the exchange student) to things you generally can’t find in Japan cause that’s the goal.
Japanese exchange student Risa Aoki
What do you think about American Culture?
People here are very positive and talk a lot. In classes Japanese students don’t speak that much, but in America all the students speak and talk with each other, and discuss their answers.
In the places that you visited, what did you like the most?
Prom was very interesting, we don’t go to dance in Japan. Only adults can go to the clubs and highschool students can’t go to such places, so I had a good experience when we went.


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The Bill Cashmore Award 2020-21: Pic N Mix
The winner of the Bill Cashmore Award 2020 is Alfiah Brown with her play Pic N Mix. We have skipped a year of production due to Covid but it will go ahead in March 2022. Alfiah has been perfecting her plans for Pic N Mix all year and you will see the results of her work and dedication a mere one year later than we originally planned.
Alfiah beat forty-five applicants to win this year’s Award. Pic N Mix is a timely exploration of what it is like growing up with mixed heritage in modern Britain. The Covid pandemic has meant we have all had to work somewhat differently this year, but despite all the issues, Alfiah and the Lyric have been working hard to develop her show during these difficult times. The ongoing uncertainty means we cannot yet say when it will premiere, but premiere it will, and I will announce that longed-for date here, as soon as we are able to plan with more certainty.
Alfiah’s win came at the end of a long and rigorous search for the right winner. In December 2019, forty-five applicants arrived on our desks, and were whittled down to twenty. These lucky twenty were given the opportunity, in February 2020, to perform a nine-minute Scratch piece revealing their idea, in front of a paying audience, at this year’s Evolution Festival. A shortlist of five exceptional creatives were then given a week-long residency at the Lyric. This gave them the chance to develop their ideas further, under the guidance of Lyric staff members, and with workshops from others currently working in the industry as actors, directors and writers.
At the end of this amazing week, they again performed their re-worked piece in front of an audience, at “The Bill Cashmore Showcase” on March 13th, 2020.
The audience comprised some of the biggest players in the theatre industry – agents, producers, casting directors, artistic directors of other theatres, and more. This ensured that not only our ultimate Award winner would benefit, but that all the shortlisted artists were in fact winners in having had this platform to try out their work and their ideas in front of people who may be able to help further their careers in other ways.
Our eventual winner, Alfiah Brown, has gone on to gain from the support and advice needed to develop her idea into an hour-long play which will headline the Lyric’s Evolution Festival 2021. But we can only do that with your help. So please donate.


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California Man Sentenced To Ten Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Methamphetamine In California And New Hampshire
CONCORD, N.H. – A California man was sentenced today in federal court for trafficking methamphetamine in California and New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
Robert Perez, Jr., 33, formerly of Perris, California was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Steven J. McAuliffe to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release. On February 8, 2023, Perez plead guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
“This office continues to aggressively prosecute those who traffic large quantities of narcotics into New Hampshire,” said U.S. Attorney Young. “Like fentanyl, methamphetamine is an insidiously dangerous drug, and its use directly contributes to New Hampshire’s overdose death toll. Thanks to the coordinated efforts of federal, state, and local law enforcement, we were able to bring the defendant to justice and ensure his incarceration for a lengthy period.”
Beginning in late-2020 or early 2021, Perez conspired with individuals in California and New Hampshire to ship a total of approximately 30 pounds of methamphetamine through the U.S. Postal Service from California to several individuals in New Hampshire for distribution. In August 2022, United States Drug Enforcement agents from New Hampshire travelled to Riverside, California, and arrested Perez.
“DEA stands committed to keeping highly addictive drugs like methamphetamine off the streets of New Hampshire,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle. “Today’s sentence not only holds Mr. Perez accountable for his crimes but serves as a warning to those traffickers who are contributing to the drug crisis in the Granite State. This investigation demonstrates the strength of collaborative law enforcement efforts and our strong partnership with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.”
“The U.S. Postal Inspection Service aims to identify and disrupt drug traffickers across the country, more importantly, here in our community” said Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division. “Postal Inspectors accomplish this by focusing on illicit drug mailers and by maintaining an aggressive drug parcel-detection program. We will continue to coordinate with our law enforcement partners to dismantle drug trafficking involving the U.S. Mail.”
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration and the United States Postal Inspection Service lead the investigation. Valuable assistance was provided by the New Hampshire State Police and the Nashua Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer C. Davis.


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Mako G-319C is a GigE machine vision camera that incorporates the high-quality Type 1/1.8 (8.9 mm diagonal) Sony IMX265 CMOS sensor with Pregius global shutter.
Aptiv’s multimode Electronically Scanning RADAR (ESR) combines a wide field of view at midrange with long-range coverage to provide two measurement modes simultaneously.
The Aptiv MRR (medium-range RADAR) is used to detect targets (pedestrians, bicycles, motorcycles, cars, trucks) ahead of a host vehicle.
The AStuff Spectra is the world’s ﬁrst industrial-grade GPU computer supporting high-end graphics cards.
The AutonomouStuff Spectra 2 is the world’s first dual GPU edge ai platform with industrial-grade design and in-vehicle features.
Get impressive computing power, data-handling capabilities and storage capacity in a compact, rugged solution.
Cohda’s fifth-generation On-Board Unit (OBU), the MK5 is a small, low-cost, rugged module that can be retrofitted to vehicles for aftermarket deployment or field trials, and can also serve as a design reference for automotive production.
The Dikablis Eye Tracking Glasses combine monocular and binocular eye tracking with high measuring accuracy and standardized parameter calculation – even for people wearing glasses.
D-Lab is your powerful, all-purpose and adaptable software for synchronous data capture and analysis for user and behavioral studies.
The Ergoneers Vehicle Testing Kit is a powerful solution for testing and benchmarking vehicles and running naturalistic driving studies.
The FLIR ADK is a cost-effective way to develop the next generation of automotive thermal vision for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicles (AV).
The Blackfly camera line combines Power over Ethernet, industry-leading affordability and a host of unique features for uncompromising value.
FORT Robotics’ Safe Remote Control System gives robot and equipment operators the ability to control their machines easily, safely, and with greater comfort.
WPT sensors are universally adaptable sensors for the acquisition of vehicle wheel speed.
The Kvaser Ethercan Light HS CAN to Ethernet interface facilitates the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) concept within modern manufacturing environments by enabling data from any CAN product or system to be accessed over the Internet, via an Ethernet-equipped PC.
The Kvaser Leaf Light HS v2 represents one of the easiest and lowest-cost methods of connecting a computer to a CAN bus network.
The Leaf Light v2 CB is the bare circuit board version of Kvaser’s popular Leaf Light v2 interface – a single-channel, high speed, USB-to-CANbus interface.
The Leaf Light HS v2 J1939-13 Type II provides a simple way of connecting a PC to the onboard computer of any J1939 compliant vehicle or industrial system.
The Leaf Light v2 OBDII provides a simple way of connecting a PC with a vehicle’s onboard computer by means of USB 2.
Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 is an evolution of the Leaf family that bring programmability to user’s fingertips, as well as CAN with Flexible Data-Rate (CAN FD).
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Kvaser Memorator Pro 2xHS v2 is a professional-level, dual channel CAN bus interface and standalone data logger offering advanced features such as message filtering, triggers, error detection and generation, silent mode, an expandable SD card slot up to 64G, and galvanic isolation.
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Iris is the most advanced lidar solution for series-production autonomy.
The Nerian Karmin2 stereo camera is specifically designed for easy integration with the SceneScan Pro.
The SceneScan Pro is Nerian’s latest 3D depth sensing solution.
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Waypoint software is an industry-leading, professional post-processing portfolio trusted by the companies building maps for the world.
The short range OS0 delivers an ultra-wide 90° vertical field-of-view delivering an industry-leading combination of price, performance, reliability, size, weight and power.
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The OSDome offers a complete 180º hemispherical field of view, up to 20 m of range at 10% reflectivity and high resolution.
The LD-MRS multi-layer scanner is an efficient sensor solution for automation.
The LD-MRS UAV scans four scanning layers simultaneously.
The laser measurement systems of the LMS100 product family are the “small” and economical option in SICK’s family of laser measurement systems, and an alternative to other existing solutions, particularly when long ranges and speeds are not the highest priorities.
The laser measurement systems of the LMS1XX product family are the “small” and economical option in SICK’s family of laser measurement systems, and an alternative to other existing solutions, particularly when long ranges and speeds are not the highest priorities.
The LMS5xx laser measurement sensor is the successor of the widely used LMS2xx series.
With the MRS1000 multi-layer scanner, SICK has developed a 3D LiDAR sensor which accurately and reliably detects and measures objects in good time and in multiple dimensions.
The MRS6000 3D LiDAR sensor uses a high scanning point density and an aperture angle of 120° to reliably detect its environment across 24 layers.
The smartmicro UMRR-11 Type 132 Automotive sensor is a high-performance front and rear radar, featuring 4D/UHD capabilities.
The smartmicro automotive radar UMRR-96 expands the capability of previous variable range radar sensors with greater vertical coverage in addition to an expansive horizontal field of view.
Meet smartmicro's extra-long-range automotive radar. DRVEGRD 152 has a range of 0.33m to a maximum of 180m.
The DRVEGRD 166 4D/UHD imaging radar provides 1° angular separation in azimuth and elevation and a range of up to 300 m with user-selectable operation modes.
The smartmicro DRVEGRD 169 can be installed on a driving platform and spans a fine grid for detecting and separating objects in the field of view.
DRVEGRD 171, introduced with three different waveform modes, has a range of 0.2m to a maximum of 240m.
SmartNet is a 24/7 GNSS Network RTK correction service, built on the world’s largest reference network, enabling precise centimeter-level positions nationwide, anytime.
The Velodyne Alpha Prime™ VLS-128 is the world’s most advanced LiDAR sensor.
Velodyne’s VLP-16 sensor is the smallest, newest and most advanced production Velodyne’s 3D LiDAR product range.
Expanding on Velodyne LIDAR’s groundbreaking VLP-16 Puck Hi-Res, a 16-channel, real-time 3D LIDAR sensor that weighs just 830 grams, Puck Hi-Res is used in applications that require greater resolution in the captured 3D image.
Velodyner’s VLP-16 Puck LITE is a lighter weight version of the VLP-16 for applications that demand a lower weight to meet their requirements.


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The Catalog R2 provides a real NoSQL solution for those who working on small or huge IT environment either. It can work based on serveral schemas, database structures - provided by you, the developer. You can work with The Catalog R2 like you do in a traditional SQL database. It is up to you if you use The Catalog as a relational, hierarchic or as common NoSQL database.
Our aim is to minimize the time of development and make programmers life easier in production state. With Catalog you are able to achive low resource requirements making your complete software deployement faster in small or huge systems.
The main features you can make advantage from while using The Catalog NoSQL Database System. These are also our future aims in the upcoming versions too.
In early stages of production and also during the whole development process the need of a lightweight database is a must. One of many important aims of The Catalog is small environment and database size.
Small environment and database size. These help us - and as well you, the user - to achieve small system resource requirements. That makes The Catalog really powerful compared to traditional SQL systems.
No installation procedure, no dependencies. The Catalog NoSQL Database System is a compact distribution. Set up your database server in a few minutes, in less than 10 clicks.
Learn the usage in less than 20 minutes. No types, no attributes, no functions. Only 10 keywords are needed for basic usage!
Because of it's low resource requirements and portability The Catalog can be run on seperated systems. We used and evolved the traditional master-slave database architecture and created realtime and offline mirroring.
Because of the embeded mirroring system and mobility with The Catalog you can achieve an infinite level redundancy. Imagine possibilities of installing The Catalog on mobile devices, such as flash drives or Raspberry Pi, and these connection in net. With this architecture data loss is impossible, because databases recover themselves from neighbourhood on runtime.


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BCRP physician-gentlemen participate in 2013 Beef Fest and Mustache-Beard Contest
On May 28, 2013 Dr. Christopher Yuskaitis downed an impressive 4 pounds of steak during the annual BCRP Beef Fest. Dr. Yu-steak-aitis trained extensively for this proud moment, thanking parents, friends, family, colleagues and his wife for their support during the often-times trying and rigorous 6 months of intensive preparation. Medal contender Dr. Andrew Miller was banned from the beef portion competition for use of performance enhancing substances. Investigation and extensive testing confirmed that Dr. Miller had been doping go-lytely in order to maximize luminal capacity. Dr. Miller will serve a short suspension but will be able to return as a ED fellow next year. Former champion and NICU fellow Dr. Timmy Ho will also return from injured reserve in time for next year’s competition.
The beard competition was breathtaking this year, with the “Critical Mass Award” going to Dr. Andrew Miller for his spot-on Wolverine. The “Most Interesting Man in the World” went to Dr. Alex Hirsh for finally providing a proper rendition of the monkey tail.Dr. Michael Toce came home with both the “Classiest Gentleman” as well as the “Man of Questionable Intentions” award, a first in Beef Fest history. Honorable mention went to Dr. Jon Hatoun for his N-95 cutout – a practical solution to the beard-hospital paradox after he got tired of searching for space suits at Children’s. Honorable mentions also went to Drs. Jon Hubbard, Grover, and Michael Farias. Dr. Patrick Newman, med-peds chief resident, was recognized in absentia during his travels to Latin America for his fantastic and practical moustache.


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Welcome to ABL GROUP
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AB Luxury Group is a premier travel company; a unit of Parveen Holidays and travels, a renowned group established in 1967 in Chennai, India. The Paris office was founded in 2018 in France with the aim to establish tourism and travel-related services for the European and global markets.
Built around offering a unique tour experience to all our customers, we believe in creating and managing long-term sustainable relationships. We are intent to match the constant evolution of tourism. While respecting the traditions of the past, we will always be proud to meet the requirements and comforts of our customers' expectations.
We at AB Luxury, provide tailor-made tour packages of all kinds and all forms for everyone. We believe in presenting the wonders of the world in a way that is quite unique. AB Luxury aims to provide all the facilities to our clients whilst they are on their personal journey – the journey of a lifetime. We believe possibilities are unlimited – you only need your imagination to find them and guts to live them.
We provide premium travel experiences and accommodation to satisfy your personal need. Me - Shanka the President of the company is at your service for premium personalized travel packages. Email your requirement to us, our premium customer support staff will get back for an incomparable experience on earth.
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Our France office is located in Paris, the city of love, one of the most famous cities in Europe and most visited in the world. This is a must-visit place to experience all the Paris attractions, trendy neighbourhoods and delicious restaurants.
Our parent company Parveen Holidays has 35 branches located all around India, with our head office located in Chennai.
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Process Optimization for an International Software Company
As part of their assignment, the project team of the Bachelor's program in Process Management andBusinessIntelligence, led by Simon Hengstschläger, was tasked with conducting a current-state process analysis of the central core processes.
As part of their assignment, the project team from the Bachelor's program in Process Management andBusinessIntelligence, led by Simon Hengstschläger, conducted a current-state process analysis of the central core processes. The business processes were realized in the form of detailed process briefs and models using the Adonis tool. The successful implementation led to improved transparency and control of business processes, ensuring quality standards and consistent adherence.
During the final presentation at the headquarters of CAD-T in Ansfelden, the project performance over the last 3½ months was presented. In front of CAD-T CEO Martina Schwarz, students Petar Cvijetinovic, Alexander Gierlinger, Simon Hengstschläger, Katharina Pißermayr, Michael Rötzer, Thomas Schwarz, and Julian Strasser (group photo ;-)) presented the project results. Martina Schwarz acknowledged and accepted the project performance with approval.
Michael Menapace, Head of Sales at CAD-T, reported the following: "Our recently conducted project work in collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Campus Steyr, and the program 'Process Management andBusinessIntelligence' has impressively demonstrated the added value that process management and modeling offer to our continuously growing international company. The successful visualization of current-state processes has illustrated the benefits of workflow automation for future-state processes in specific areas and has shown cost-saving potentials."
CAD-T, as an international software company, has been providing software solutions for the furniture industry for more than 30 years. CAD-T has adopted the following guiding principle: "Digital solutions and efficient processes, always with the aim of making our customers the best in their industry, that is our driving force!" Given the company's growth, making business processes more transparent has proven essential. In this context, the student-led corporate project was initiated.


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Sous vide chicken that’s tender and juicy atop of a one pan bruschetta spaghetti?! That’s how we roll!
If you follow us on social media, you’ll notice that we sous vide A LOT.
It’s one of our most-used kitchen gadgets. We realized that we talk about sous vide steak and seafood a lot, but haven’t given sous vide chicken enough time of day. Sous vide chicken breast is the perfect way to liven up dinner or meal prep for your work week, and using a Food Saver makes it a cinch!
What is sous vide?
Sous vide is a method of cooking your food in a vacuum-sealed bag in a water bath. By cooking the chicken at the precise sous vide chicken breast temperature, you’ll ensure you NEVER end up with dry chicken.
It all starts with your sous vide prep.
We leverage our FoodSaver® whenever we pull out the sous vide. By filling your FoodSaver® Bag with your meat and fresh seasonings and herbs, your dinner cooks in the marinade. The vacuum seal around the FoodSaver® bags acts as an essential component to lock in flavor.
What is the correct sous vide chicken temp?
Believe it or not, there is some flexibility here. While it’s recommended that chicken should be cooked to 165 degrees F, it’s actually safe to eat (and typically moister) when you sous vide it at a slightly lower temp. We opt to sous vide chicken breasts at 148 degrees for one hour.
Can you sous vide frozen chicken?
Are you into food prep? FoodSaver® Bags can even go from the freezer straight into the sous vide. Yes, you can sous vide frozen chicken!
A lot of people love to meal prep by sealing meat with marinade and herb, freezing them, and having meal prep already completed. All that’s needed is to pop the whole FoodSaver® Bag into the sous vide water bath, just add some additional cook time if you are starting from frozen. Talk about easy!
Psst… Don’t miss this Ibotta deal on FoodSaver® products.
What to serve with sous vide chicken?
Sous vide chicken breast is great when served with potatoes, with rice, on top of a salad, nestled in a tortilla, and PASTA! Our sous vide boneless chicken breast was the perfect complement to this bruschetta spaghetti recipe.
Bruschetta Chicken Pasta Recipe
We love this pasta recipe as it’s a LOT lighter than a classic pasta dish like fettuccine alfredo or lasagna. The bright tomatoes add light flavor and the fresh basil is super aromatic.
2 Boneless skinless chicken breasts
4 cloves of whole garlic, smashed
4 sprigs thyme
1 pound of spaghetti or angel hair pasta
¼ cup of olive oil
4 cloves of garlic, thinly slices
1 shallot, chopped
5 roma tomatoes, diced
8-10 basil leaves chopped
1 cup of shredded parmesan reggiano cheese
1 cup of reserved pasta water
Start by cooking your chicken. We like to use our FoodSaver® to vacuum-seal our chicken breasts with smashed whole cloves of garlic and fresh thyme. Sous vide the chicken at 148 degrees F for 60 minutes. At this point your chicken will be fully cooked from the center to edge. You may want to give the outside a quick sear if you like a little extra texture on your meat, like we do.
Next, cook your spaghetti.
In a large skillet, heat up the olive oil on medium heat and add the sliced garlic and shallots. Saute for 1-2 minutes until the garlic is fragrant.
Next, add in your tomatoes and stir while you cook the mixture for a few minutes. At this point, add your cooked spaghetti directly into the skillet.
Season generously with salt and pepper and add a ladle of the starchy pasta water. Add your shredded parmesan reggiano cheese and fresh basil.
Slice your chicken and place it on the top of the pasta. Garnish with additional basil and a final drizzle of olive oil.
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Blockbuster new titles. Shocking new status quos. Top-tier creators. This is Marvel NOW!.
It all starts this fall as the Marvel Universe charges forward into an ambitious new direction. As the industry’s top creators and the hottest up-and-coming voices leave their mark on the world’s greatest superheroes, get ready for exciting and energetic comics coming your way later this year! Kicking off this bold new publishing initiative is the FREE MARVEL NOW! PREVIEWS MAGAZINE, available today at local comic shops nationwide.
Can’t make it to a comic shop? Get in on all the excitement by downloading it right now via the Marvel Digital Comics Store or Marvel Comics App! Get your first look into the cataclysmic fallout of Civil War II and the landscape of the Marvel Universe to come. Packed cover-to-cover with huge reveals, new titles, fresh creative directions and more – you will not want to miss your first look at the Marvel Universe of tomorrow and the must-have comics of the fall!
“Take a peek at the future of the Marvel Universe in the MARVEL NOW! PREVIEWS MAGAZINE,” says Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso. “The Marvel Universe stands divided after ‘Civil War II,’ and inside you’ll find out what that means for your favorite series. Get a look at some of the new heroes, new teams, and big developments that will keep you on the edge of your seats all the way through ‘Civil War II’ and beyond.”
Building upon Marvel’s rich history with an eye towards tomorrow, Marvel NOW! marks the next evolution of Marvel Comics – and a thrilling leap forward. It’s all happening NOW! Be sure to get your hands on the free MARVEL NOW! PREVIEWS MAGAZINE – available today!
Note: Not all titles contained in the Marvel NOW! Previews Magazine will launch in the month of October. Fans and retailers are encouraged to check the monthly solicitations for up-to-date on sale information.


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Washington, DC (December 11, 2007) – Carmen D. Hernandez, president of the 13,000-member National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, issued the following statement praising the decision of the U.S. Sentencing Commission to make the 2007 cocaine base guideline amendment retroactive for all affected federal prisoners:
“The Commission did the right thing today when it acted to correct the injustice that had resulted from the current 100:1 crack/powder ratio for cocaine offenses by allowing defendants who were sentenced under that scheme to benefit from the modest changes that the Commission made last year. For more than a decade, the Commission on its own and at the request of Congress has studied crack cocaine sentences and found, based on scientific research and on common experience, that sentences for crack cocaine offenses furthered, rather than eliminated, unwarranted sentencing disparity. Low level crack dealers are sentenced more severely than major powder cocaine traffickers even though both crack and powder cocaine are the same chemical and with the same effects. This unwarranted disparity is particularly disturbing because of its racial impact – 83 percent of inmates serving time in the federal prison for crack cocaine offenses are minorities, and their sentences are more than 50 percent longer than inmates serving time for cocaine powder.”
With the recent decision by the Supreme Court in United States v. Kimbrough, which affirmed the discretion of federal judges to consider that the crack cocaine guidelines render sentences that are “greater than necessary” to achieve just punishment, federal judges will be able to consider the nature and circumstances of each offense and the history and characteristics of each offender in resentencing defendants, who have been serving unjustifiable sentences. “The benefit from the modest reductions that the Commission made earlier this year should not be based on whether a defendant was sentenced on the first day of November or the last day of October,” Hernandez said.
The Commission’s action is a partial remedy to the harsh sentences that apply to crack cocaine offenses. It remains for Congress to heed the work of the Sentencing Commission and further reduce crack sentences to bring them in line with sentences for cocaine and other drug offenses, which are already greater than necessary to serve the goals of just punishment.
Ms. Hernandez, a criminal defense lawyer in Washington, D.C. and federal sentencing expert, testified in favor of reducing the crack/powder penalty disparity before the Sentencing Commission last fall. Her written statement may be found on the Commission’s web site at: http://www.ussc.gov/hearings/11_15_06/Hernandez-NACDL-testimony.pdf.
NACDL Communications Department
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This is a specialized technique in cel nav that is only needed when pursuing sights to their ultimate accuracy. It is on the exponential end of gaining an extra small bit of accuracy at a fairly high price in effort. On the other hand, with a systematic approach to the measurement and to the special tools required, it could be more widely used, with a corresponding rise in cel nav performance.Modern celestial navigation was well underway by the end of the 18th century. Almanacs were readily available and numerous mathematical prescriptions for doing the analysis of several sights were widely known. Newton's original invention of the sextant had pretty much replaced all earlier measuring devices, and there were several well known textbooks on navigation. A primary reference from that era was Nevil Maskelyne's Tables Requisite to be used with the Nautical Ephemeris for Finding the Latitude and Longitude at Sea. The first edition was 1766. We have at Starpath an original of the 3rd ed from 1802. That edition is also online as a PDF. It is mostly tables, but there is a short section we care about now called the "General Introduction Concerning Instruments and Observations," which is at the back of the book!
This note is essentially a reiteration of part of that Introduction on how to measure a sextant's index correction using the sun. It is no surprise that there is not much to add. Other than bringing it to light for those who have not tried it, we outline our proposed procedure and describe our work form to compile the results. This topic (and motivation for this note) came up in our online classroom discussion as we go to press with a full set of our Starpath Celestial Navigation Work Forms, which includes detailed instructions and worked examples. But this particular operation and form calls for more background than needed for the other forms, because it is the rare instance where celestial navigation can be dangerous! Our Forms booklet outlines the basics of this process, and then refers readers to this note where we fill in the background.
I will outline our procedure and show our form for this and follow up with the actual wording in the Tables Requisite to show that none of the key principles have changed. In the process we discuss the sight taking and how to build a custom sun filter for this measurement.
First a reminder of what we are after. For the sextant to read the proper angle, the two mirrors, index and horizon, must be strictly parallel when the sextant reads 0º 0'. The sextant comes with ways to adjust both mirrors to accomplish this, but rarely, if ever, is it justified to try to get these set just right, because after each adjustment we must do multiple careful tests to confirm it, and the adjustments are interlinked. One adjustment screw moves the mirror mostly one way (think of it as a vessel motion roll), but at the same time also moves it a little bit the other way (which can be thought of as a vessel yaw); the other adjustment screw does just the opposite. In short, there is cross talk in these adjustments. The best procedure is to do the best we can to get it very close with reasonable effort, and then stop, and spend the rest of our allotted time on this to carefully measure how much it is off. Then we just correct each subsequent sextant sight for that amount. The offset is called the index error; the correction for it is called the index correction (IC). The terms are often used interchangeably, but technically they would have opposite signs... which is confusing, and we don't want confusion, so we stick with the concept of IC.
The standard way to measure the IC is to set the sextant dials to 0º 0' and then look at any distant object through the telescope. When underway, we usually look at the sea horizon, which will appear slightly split (when there is an IC needed) at the intersection of the horizon mirror (the reflected view) and horizon glass (the direct view). We then adjust the micrometer until two views of the horizon are aligned, which implies the two mirrors are now exactly parallel, and then read the dial. If we get a small reading such as 2' then this is called "On the scale," or just "2' On." In other words, this sextant read an angle when there was none, so we have to subtract that amount (the IC) from all future sights—it is like a speedometer on a car that reads 2 mph when you are parked. When moving that speedometer will read 2 mph too high.
On the other hand, if the sea horizon alignment brought the index to the other side of 0' we would read something like 58', and then we know we are 2' "Off the scale," so our instrument will read 2' too low on future sights. All celestial navigators know the jingle on how to make the correction: "If it is off, put it on; if on, take it off," because we do not want to gamble with ± signs for such an important correction. Below is a reminder of how these readings appear on the micrometer drum.
Figure 1. IC measurements. Left reads Hs = 0º 2.0', which is IC = 2.0' On. Left reads Hs = 0º 58.0', which is equivalent to Hs = – 0º 2.0' corresponding to IC = 2.0' Off. A counterclockwise (CCW) turn of the dial is in the direction of larger numbers on the micrometer, which in the telescope view brings the reflected objects down relative to directly viewed objects. We call this CCW direction "Away" as we are turning the top of the dial away from us.
The topic at hand is the reference object we use to align the mirrors. Instead of the sea horizon, it could be a star or planet, or it could be a limb of the moon. What is not often noted is that it could in many circumstances be a cloud. The alignment of any of these objects (sea horizon, star, planet, moon, or cloud, or a hilltop, a couple miles off) will indeed get us a measure of the IC, but it is not as accurate as we can do by using the sun. The sun is, frankly, the most trouble to use, but it does get the most accurate results.
"...the sun is incomparably the best object for this purpose."
—Nevil Maskelyne, 1766
Furthermore, none of these other objects gives us any direct measure of the accuracy of our IC measurement, whereas using the sun does indeed give us a check on our measurement. We can use this method to measure the sun's vertical width, which in turn we can look up in the Nautical Almanac—it varies slowly throughout the year.
The sun yields the most accurate IC, but we need very special care in the use of sextant shades or custom filters to be certain we do not get any direct look or even a glance at the sun during the process. That is the dangerous part of this technique, and probably why we do not often see this in modern textbooks or classroom courses. Even with the proper shades and filters discussed below, there can be fatigue to the eyes when applying this method, because we have to look toward the bright part of the sky frequently in order to know where to point the sextant.
Below we have a schematic presentation of the principle of what we are doing, then we look at the details of the actual measurement.
Figure 2. Schematic of a solar IC measurement. The round sun is stylized to be square so we can concentrate on the top and bottom edges. Direct view through horizon glass on the left is white; the reflected view in the horizon mirror is gray. This schematic has the suns offset horizontally, corresponding to a large side error. In practice they would be overlapped. Keeping the direct view on the left centered in the telescope, as we increase the value of Hs on the dial it brings the reflected sun down in this view relative to the direct view.
Steps 1 and 2 depict a "normal" IC measurement. With the sextant set to 0º 0', a first look shows the misalignment when an IC is needed. Bring them together turning the dial in whichever direction is needed, and then read it when aligned. The top of Step 1 would yield an IC On the scale; the bottom view would yield an IC Off the scale. Let's say our true IC is 1.6' On the scale. We might not get exactly that in Step 2, because it is not easy to judge exact overlap of two disks—keeping in mind that in the telescope view the suns are inline, not side by side as shown in Figure 2.
A better approach is the crux of this solar method. Namely we measure the vertical diameter of the reflected sun—just as we would measure the height of a star above the horizon—using first the bottom edge of the direct view sun as a horizon reference and then again using the top edge of the direct sun as the reference. This gives us two measurements of the diameter of the sun, each of which depends on the value of the IC and the sun's semidiameter (SD). With two equations and two unknowns, we can solve for both, and use the value of the SD in the Almanac as a quality check on the results.
We first use the lower limb of the direct view for a reference (Step 3), and then the upper limb (Step 4). This will give us what we call an "on scale width" and an "off scale width"—names recommended by Maskelyne in 1766. To consider actual values we would measure and record in the form, let us assume we have an IC of 1.6' On the scale and that the SD of the sun at the moment is 16.2', which is a typical value in the range of 15.7 to 16.4.
Looking at Step 3, we started 0º 0' in Step 1, we turned the dial to bigger numbers stopping at 0º 1.6' at alignment. Then we continue to bring the reflected view down by the full width of the sun (32.4'). When the top of the reflected view is aligned with the bottom of the direct view, the dial will read Hs = 34.0' (32.4 + 1.6). This reading Hs (on) = 2*SD + IC. This we call the On value of the width of the sun, which we enter in a form later.
Step 4. Now turn the dial the other direction, which moves the reflected sun up in the telescope view. This will be a rotation in the direction of smaller numbers on the dial. As we continue, we cross back over the view of Step 2 (Hs = 1.6') and then we keep rotating toward lower numbers till we are at the Step 1 view, which will be 0.0' on the dial. To align the LL we just have to rotate backward from 0.0 by an amount (32.4 - 1.6), or 30.8'. This puts us 30.8' behind 0.0', which we read on the dial as 29.2' because the dial counts backwards in the off-scale direction. In our forms, we will record the off value as 29.2 then subtract it from 60 to get Hs (off), the Off value of the width of the sun, and record it in the form. In this case, Hs (off) = 30.8' = 2*SD - IC.
We now have two equations and two unknowns we can solve.
Hs (on): 34.0' = 2*SD + IC
Hs (off): 30.8' = 2*SD - IC
Subtract the equations to get: (34.0' - 30.8') = 2*IC, or IC = 3.2/2 = +1.6, which is on the scale. Then add the equations to get: (34.0' + 30.8') = 4*SD, or SD = 64.8/4 = 16.2'. This arithmetic is worked in the form below.
That is the principle of the measurement that leads to the design of our form for the process. The best practice, as recommended in 1766, is to do this several times and then average the results.
In our proposed method, we add one more level of organization to the measurement, which comes from our extensive work with plastic sextants. That work has shown us that the IC you measure, depends on the direction you approach the alignment from. This is a much bigger effect in plastic sextants than in a good metal sextant, but even the best metal sextant will show this effect to some degree. In plastic sextants such as the Mark 15, there is notable slack in the gears. There is much less of this in a metal sextant, but you can, for example, still often align the horizon and stop, and then make a very slight turn of the dial before you decide it is no longer as well aligned. Or align it, then see how much you can turn the dial before you note it is unaligned.
This is not just a mechanical issue, it is also related to our human interpretation of alignment. This varies between our perception of two images coming apart compared to two images coming together. Thus we recommend measuring IC in both directions. In Step 3 we rotated counterclockwise till they came apart and Step 4 we rotated clockwise until they came apart. That illustrates the principle, but not the way we recommend doing it. We want to turn the dial in the same direction for the on and off values of the alignment. In Step 3 we want to overshoot the alignment when bringing the reflected image down, and then turn the other way to align at the bottom and then top of the direct view going the same direction.
Each navigator needs to develop a way to keep track of which way they are turning the dials. What I have found useful is to think of a counterclockwise rotation to the left as "away" from me, thinking of the numbers on the top of the dial rotating away from me as I hold the sextant when reading the dials. This rotation increases the dial reading as the reflected sun moves down the view in the telescope.
With the same reasoning, I think of the other direction as "toward" me. This is in the direction of smaller numbers, with the reflected view rising in the telescope. This is clearly personalized terminology, but it helps me remember when I am turning "away," Hs is getting bigger, and the reflected sun is moving down. Others could be happier with just CW and CCW.
A first attempt at the measurement makes it very clear we have to be organized. We are turning a dial right or left, but it is backwards to us as we turn it. The motion of the sun we see is the result of a double reflection so when the numbers get bigger the moving sun is getting lower, and we are trying to keep track of its position relative to the other sun, which in principle is not moving, but the location of both of them in our view is totally controlled by very slight motions of the sextant as a whole (pitch, yaw, and roll)—not to mention that the suns are essentially the same color, and what we see at any moment would look identical to us if we did in the other direction! Pause or lose concentration for any reason, and we are lost—and must start again. Indeed, we have to know what it means to "start again." It should be no surprise that we strive to impose some order on the process.
Figure 3. Sequence of sights in a solar IC measurement. The gray sun represents the reflected view that moves with the dial rotations, although viewed through the proper filter these suns have essentially the same color.
In Figure 3 the sights start in position #1, which is what we see with the sextant set to near 0º 0' looking toward the sun (all filters in place.) We begin with Away rotations till the suns are well separated as in #4, then we start up with a toward rotation, slow and smooth till #7 and then read and record the Hs on value. Then keep going up till #9 and record the Hs off value. These are then called the "toward" values.
Next we repeat as in the bottom picture to get the "away" values, and these are recorded in the form and repeated several times as shown below.
Figure 4. Starpath Form 109, for solar IC measurements, designed by Lanny Petijean. His data here are using an Astra IIIB sextant, which was subsequently used for multiple position fixes on land to within 0.4 nmi as well as lunar distances accurate to within 30s.
We see from these measurements the range of variation that is observed, even in the hands of an experienced user. I must stress again that this method is not part of standard cel nav; it is a way to enhance the accuracy of sextant sights some fraction of an arc minute. I did two complete ocean passages in the 1980s by cel nav exclusively, and had never heard of this method at the time. Other factors such as good DR and logbook records are much more important for ocean navigation. On the other hand, attempts at accurate lunar distance measurements on land, should start with this method to measure the IC.
The sights are easier when the sun is lower, because we are looking more ahead than up, and the brightness diminishes with height as well, but there is a practical lower limit. An important part of this method is the check we get by measuring the SD of the sun, because we can look that up in the Nautical Almanac. If they agree we have more confidence in our data. In that comparison we make a tacit assumption that the refraction correction is the same for light coming from the top and bottom of the sun, which is perfectly valid for higher sights.
Refraction, however, changes rapidly for low sun or star heights. At Hs = 5º 0'.0 the correction is -9.9' but at Hs = 5º 32.0' (the other side of the sun) the correction is -9.1'. In other words, if we did our IC measurement with the sun 5º above the horizon, even with perfect sights we would this discrepancy of 0.8' confusing our analysis in some complex way. This discrepancy drops to 0.2' at Hs = 10º and is gone above 20º, so the practical lower limit on this method to avoid that confusion is about 20º, which is about a handwidth above the horizon.
Sextant Sun Shades and Custom Filters
...after using very many sextants of all types and price ranges, I have never seen a sextant that totally blocks out a view past the shades along one of their edges. This means that a standard sextant without a custom sun filter or eyepiece is not likely to be safe for this measurement.In some older sextants we find an eyepiece cap that is thick like a welder's glass. These are presumably intended for these solar IC sights. You cannot see anything through them but the sun, and they go on the eyepiece end of the scope so both suns get shaded this way, resulting in two suns of the same color. Sometimes a colored sextant shade can be inserted that will alter the tone or color of one of the suns, which helps when possible.
Figure 5. A Tozaki sextant with several features oriented toward the solar IC measurement. The sextant shades are crossed polarized films, which rotate for varied shading.
This sextant does include the welder's shade eyepiece that fits over the main telescope, but even with this, we need an extra screen around telescope so we cannot inadvertently glance at the sun. It is not just during the sight times we need protection; we must also lift the sextant and point to the sun, and that step also needs to be protected.
The 10 power scope is intended for IC measurements using the horizon, but this one also includes a welder's eyepiece, which must imply some optimistic thought on using it for the solar IC as well. This measurement is hard enough with a 4x40 or 7x35 scope; it takes a stronger arm and more patience than I have to succeed with the 10-power scope with its very small field of view.
The procedure for making a "Baader solar filter" for the end of the scope is given below. Figure 6 shows one way to make a simple extra screen to prevent looking around the corner of the scope into the sun as you set up the sights.
Figure 6. "It may be sometimes convenient to provide an umbrella of pasteboard, about six inches square, with a hole in the middle to receive the telescope, in order to defend the eye from the direct light of the sun, as well as from the ambient brightness of the sky, which would otherwise render this practice in many cases too painful and difficult." —Nevil Maskelyne, 1766
It could be that telescope or camera stores have ready made filters that can be used on either the eyepiece or object side of the telescope for this purpose, but we have found it easy to construct our own that custom fits the various scopes we have, which vary from 7x35 on down to a Davis 2x20. The procedure was first presented in our book How to Use Plastic Sextants: With Application to Metal Sextants and a Review of Sextant Piloting.
How to Make a Baader Sun Filter
The filter is named after the museum that originated the solar filter film we used. Alert: these films are expensive. See also links on related films as well as our earlier note on using your eclipse viewing sunshades for this—which is actually another approach, maybe even best. Make a pair of these that will stay securely in place, and do all the sights that way—short of reading the dials!
First check your sextant-telescope geometry so you know how much room you have. Generally the filter tube assembly must be made fairly thin to allow the index arm to move past it without hitting it.
Step 1. Wrap several strips of thin cardboard around the telescope, to form a small tube about 1” tall that just fits on your telescope. Glue these layers together to make the tube.
This shows the final filter, including how it started by wrapping layers around the telescope to get the right dimensions. We used our Smart Mark book marks for this, showing once again how smart they are. There is another finished filter shown in Figure 5.
Step 2. With the Baader foil between two thin cardboard or paper sheets mark the size of piece that will be needed to cover the tube and cut this out. Here we used card stock that was originally the cover of a booklet on weather.
Step 3. Make two cardboard base plate rings that have inside and outside diameters just a few mm smaller and bigger than the diameter of your tube. The film will be secured between these.
Step 4. Glue the tube to the center of one of the rings. Below we show a pocket watch being used as a weight as this glue dries. We used Gorilla glue, that dries white in 15 min or so.
Step 4. Put a trimmed layer of double-sided adhesive tape on the top of the ring. This will be used to hold the foil on the end.
Step 5. Carefully place this adhesive side down onto the foil to stick it to the ring, then add the second ring on top of that using the same adhesive tape to protect the edges of the foil. Small wrinkles in the foil will not matter, but you can usually do this with very few wrinkles.
Step 6. Trim the edges of the rim as much as you can, and be sure that at least one orientation of the filter will allow the index arm to pass below it.
Step 7. Look for some fortuitous container that can serve for storage and protection. We found a plastic pill jar just right for this one, with a few pieces of foam inserted to hold it in place.
With one of these filters on the end of the telescope and one of the extra screens mounted around the body of the telescope you are protected during the process.
Original Tables Requisite Instructions
Here is a video illustration of how the suns look through a telescope with sun filter in place, along with a few other comments on the process.
The video failed to show what it looks like to rock the sextant, which is illustrated in the image below. The effect depends on the extent of side error, but we are assuming we remove side error for this measurement. Generally you can tell the vertical alignment of the suns rather easily. The main thing to catch is if they are not one on top of the other, then you need to rock (roll) the sextant to them in line.
Note that the alignment does change when they are not vertical.


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