![]() Symbian as such succeeded and for many years represented a paradigm in the world of smartphones, until the advent of the iPhone and then Android. Symbian may not have been the first mobile phone operating system to allow installing applications, but it was far more popular than any other that existed, such as Microsoft’s PocketPC, PalmOS, or BlackBerry. There were no app stores like today, but various web services had specialized in selling mobile software on their sites. In addition to being marked as the first commercial camera phone, the Nokia 7650 was also the founder of Symbian, an operating system that soon developed into a great ecosystem. Unfortunately, this camera was not able to record video, but this was soon made possible by the hard work of developers who began developing applications for this device. The photo of my cat, taken with Nokia 7650 back in 2002 Truth be told, back then, digital cameras weren’t much better either, at least not for the purpose of using photos online. Since there were no social networks yet, the photos taken with this camera could normally be used on websites and forums, and the participants in the discussions would not have imagined that the photos were taken with a mobile phone. From today’s perspective, this seems rather backward, but at the time, it was pushing the boundaries. The camera had a VGA resolution senzor, which means that the photos taken with it were 640 x 480 pixels big. So good that the photos on it looked real and the background images were stunning. ![]() This 2.1-inch screen was visibly larger than the one on the Ericsson T68, and due to the 4096 supported colors, it also brought incomparably better display. The Nokia 7650 was eye-catching, both because of its unusual shape and rather a large color screen at the time. Back then, the Nokia 3310 and Ericsson T10 were the most commonly seen models seen on the streets, in offices, and on cafe tables, while managers, and those who felt that way, were in possession of the Ericsson T68 or some other expensive phone. When I say this, I am not exaggerating, because, in 2002, the penetration of mobile telephony in the population was incomparably lower than today. Personally, I was one of the first owners of this device in the world. ![]() The numeric keypad could be opened and closed with a simple mechanism.Īpart from the eye-catchy design, it brought support for the WAV audio format, so you could install your own ringtone as a song or put some interesting sound for an incoming text message. The first such commercial model was the mentioned Nokia 7650, which brought a VGA camera on the back, a screen that supported 4096 colors, but also a rather unconventional overall design for the time. Nokia was at the peak of its power at the time, so it was the first to launch a camera device that would go into mass production and be available worldwide. I know, could be nitpicking with some marginal manufacturers such as Kyocera or Sharp, who, truth be told, were really the first to launch phones with a built-in camera, but everyone knows that these were experiments that never come to life, nor has anyone ever taken them seriously. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of a device that has completely changed the mobile phone industry and determined the direction of further smartphone development.īack in 2002, Nokia, then the world’s largest manufacturer, launched a model called the Nokia 7650, the first one with a built-in camera.
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![]() Empirical-Bayes and semi-Bayes approaches to occupational and environmental hazard surveillance. Bayes offers a 'new' way to make sense of numbers. Health risks posed by use of Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) in PVC medical devices: a critical review. Tickner JA, Schettler T, Guidotti T, McCally M, Rossi M.Precautionary principle stifles discovery. Breast-feeding exposure of infants to environmental contaminants-a public health risk assessment viewpoint: chlorinated dibenzodioxins and chlorinated dibenzofurans. Breast-feeding exposure of infants to cadmium, lead, and mercury: a public health viewpoint. Fifty-Hertz magnetic field exposures of premature infants in a neonatal intensive care unit. Aasen SE, Johnsson A, Bratlid D, Christensen T.This may not be the complete list of references from this article. The Full Text of this article is available as a PDF (66K). The precautionary principle highlights this tight, challenging linkage between science and policy. While maintaining their objectivity and focus on understanding the world, environmental scientists should be aware of the policy uses of their work and of their social responsibility to do science that protects human health and the environment. ![]() There is a complicated feedback relation between the discoveries of science and the setting of policy. We argue that a shift to more precautionary policies creates opportunities and challenges for scientists to think differently about the ways they conduct studies and communicate results. In this complicated and contested terrain, it is useful to examine the methodologies of science and to consider ways that, without compromising integrity and objectivity, research can be more or less helpful to those who would act with precaution. In this paper we examine the implications of the precautionary principle for environmental scientists, whose work often involves studying highly complex, poorly understood systems, while at the same time facing conflicting pressures from those who seek to balance economic growth and environmental protection. The precautionary principle, proposed as a new guideline in environmental decision making, has four central components: taking preventive action in the face of uncertainty shifting the burden of proof to the proponents of an activity exploring a wide range of alternatives to possibly harmful actions and increasing public participation in decision making. Environmental scientists play a key role in society's responses to environmental problems, and many of the studies they perform are intended ultimately to affect policy. This may be done, for example, by collecting the diffracted wave with a “positive” (converging) lens and observing the diffraction pattern in its focal plane. Note also that the Fraunhofer limit is always valid if the diffraction is measured as a function of the diffraction angle \(\ \theta\) alone. by measuring the diffraction pattern farther and Of course, this crossover from the Fresnel to Fraunhofer diffraction may be also observed, at fixed wavelength \(\ \lambda\) and slit width \(\ a\), by increasing \(\ z\), i.e. The resulting interference pattern is somewhat complicated, and only when a becomes substantially less than \(\ \delta x\), it is reduced to the simple Fraunhofer pattern (110). Diffraction Pattern Measurements using a Laser Figure 3.4: Fraunhofer diffraction pattern for a double slit of width b and separation a where a 3b 3. (107), is just a sum of two contributions of the type (111) from both edges of the slit. Sketch and explain briey the diffraction pattern of a circular aperture. Fraunhofer diffraction - circular apertures Title of Series. The resulting wave, fully described by Eq. Optics: Fraunhofer and Fresnel Diffraction Subtitle. If the slit is gradually narrowed so that its width a becomes comparable to \(\ \delta x\), 42 the Fresnel diffraction patterns from both edges start to “collide” (interfere). is complies with the estimate given by Eq. An optical system in which the resolution is no longer limited by imperfections in the lenses but only by diffraction is said to be diffraction limited.įar from the aperture, the angle at which the first minimum occurs, measured from the direction of incoming light, is given by the approximate formula: Even if one were able to make a perfect lens, there is still a limit to the resolution of an image created by such a lens. Due to diffraction, the smallest point to which a lens or mirror can focus a beam of light is the size of the Airy disk. The most important application of this concept is in cameras, microscopes and telescopes. The appearance of the diffraction pattern is additionally characterized by the sensitivity of the eye or other detector used to observe the pattern. ![]() Mathematically, the diffraction pattern is characterized by the wavelength of light illuminating the circular aperture, and the aperture's size. Īiry wrote the first full theoretical treatment explaining the phenomenon (his 1835 "On the Diffraction of an Object-glass with Circular Aperture"). They succeed each other nearly at equal intervals round the central disc. the star is then seen (in favourable circumstances of tranquil atmosphere, uniform temperature, etc.) as a perfectly round, well-defined planetary disc, surrounded by two, three, or more alternately dark and bright rings, which, if examined attentively, are seen to be slightly coloured at their borders. The disk and rings phenomenon had been known prior to Airy John Herschel described the appearance of a bright star seen through a telescope under high magnification for an 1828 article on light for the Encyclopedia Metropolitana: Both are named after George Biddell Airy. The diffraction pattern resulting from a uniformly illuminated, circular aperture has a bright central region, known as the Airy disk, which together with the series of concentric rings around is called the Airy pattern. The Airy disk is of importance in physics, optics, and astronomy. Each of these annuli adds an intensity contribution with increasing phase shift - so adding them all together leads to the spiral. ![]() In optics, the Airy disk (or Airy disc) and Airy pattern are descriptions of the best- focused spot of light that a perfect lens with a circular aperture can make, limited by the diffraction of light. Luckily, for circularly symmetrical apertures where P is on the axis of symmetry, you can take the integral one annulus at a time (all points at the same distance off axis are the same distance from P). Airy disk captured by 2000 mm camera lens at f/25 aperture. ![]() Jaglom was one of Welles' close confidantes and friends. The trademark of Jaglom's film company is a brief moment of time, showing Orson Welles producing a rainbow out of thin air. Ah-ha, you think, guessing the connection, especially since the movie is dedicated "to the love of my life." But there is another connection coiling down through the years. The film was directed by Henry Jaglom, and written by Jaglom and his star, Victoria Foyt, who is also his wife. But Dana and Sean must look in their hearts and be sure they cannot live without one another. It takes no trouble at all to fall in love when you're 20 and single. ![]() When they fall in love, there is a lot at risk: jobs, businesses, which country they live in, the people they're committed to. Foyt and Dillane make convincing lovers not because they are swept away, but because they regard what has happened to them, and accept it. "Deja Vu" is not a weepy romantic melodrama, but a sophisticated film about smart people. I must say instead that old songs, such as "The White Cliffs of Dover," "We'll Meet Again" and "These Foolish Things," are like time machines that can carry love down through the years and can leap from mind to mind, spreading their foolishness and dreams. It becomes clear that Dana and Sean are helplessly in love, and their partners react in disbelief and anger, but with a certain civilized restraint. But then they meet again, by coincidence, at the house of British friends. He says, "It feels like one of those moments where if you turn the wrong way you regret it forever." It's love at first sight, but they fight it. ![]() Above the White Cliffs of Dover, she meets a painter named Sean ( Stephen Dillane). When the Chunnel train stops briefly at Dover, she inexplicably gets off instead of going on to London. In fact, all my life since then has been like a dream." The woman gives her a piece of jewelry-a clip-and disappears, after mentioning that the clip was a gift from the GI, who kept the other one.ĭana heads toward home. Perhaps, Dana says, he could not find you. Eventually she got a letter with a photo of the man's first child. He went home "to tell his girlfriend," and never returned. She was a French Jewish woman, he was an American GI. The other woman tells her about the love of her life. 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Molis also called Lozano, who was still watching from the sixth floor, and Lozano directed 1 See Batson v. Molis contacted another security officer, John Pike, to let him know what Lozano had seen and Pike, too, began to make his way toward the parking lot. As Lozano continued to watch from the sixth floor, a security guard, Phillip Molis, pulled his vehicle around the building toward the parking lot. Lozano called his manager and told him to alert security. ![]() As he watched, at least one of the men broke the glass on several vehicles and all three of the men began “going through the cars” in the parking lot. While Lozano was taking luggage to a room on the sixth floor of the hotel, he looked out a window on the back side of the hotel and saw three men wearing black hoodies looking in various cars in the hotel’s parking lot. BACKGROUND The Murder On the night of April 9, 2017, Brandon Lozano was working as a bellman at the San Luis Resort in Galveston, Texas. In a third issue, appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient. In two issues on appeal, appellant contends that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his Batson1 challenges. 17-CR-3568 OPINION A jury convicted appellant, Brandon Rashard Ledford, of murder and assessed his punishment at 80 years’ confinement and a $10,000 fine. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 212th District Court Galveston County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 01-19-00967-CR - BRANDON RASHARD LEDFORD, Appellant V. To learn more or make an online request, visit Radiology and Imaging.įor additional information or assistance related to medical records and release of personal health information at UTMB Health, please call (409) 772-1965.Opinion issued In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas - NO. ![]() The UTMB Health Department of Radiology is responsible for managing the release of diagnostic images to patients and authorized care providers for all forms of radiology. Requests for medical record information for social security disability claims must be accompanied by a supporting letter No fee is assessed when the information is being sent to another health care provider or is for a social security disability claim. Additional information is on the UTMB Health Information Management website. Please allow up to 15 days for the information to be assembled.Ī current fee schedule for release of health care information isĪvailable online. Once written consent has been completed, medical records can be obtained onsite from the following location: ![]() Please fax your request to (409) 772-5101.įor all other requesters, please mail your request to: If the patient is in office, has an upcoming appointment or the records are needed for review please indicate this on the request. Or you may contact the Health Information Management (HIM) Department at (409) 772-1965 and HIM will email or fax the authorization form to you.įor UTMB patients requesting records (those not using the online Ciox application), please fax your request to (409) 772-9208 or mail it to the “HIM – Release of Information”įor healthcare facilities requesting records: If you do not have the software to view and print this type of document, you can download the plug-in for free from the Adobe Web Site. These documents are designed to be printed and are offered in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).
![]() Some people play that if you bid Blind Nil, you and your partner can swap one card. If you pull off the Blind Nil, you will score 100 points. It means that you bid “nil” without looking at your cards first (thus, you're making a “blind” bid). Blind Nil: This type of bidding is usually used in teams only.Sometimes it's a little less risky to bid at least one, since that way you will only lose 10 points-instead of 50! If you wind up winning a trick, you lose 50 points. If you are playing in teams, however, your partner will do his or her best to see that you don't win any tricks. However, be prepared: Your opponents will work really hard to make you win a trick. You have to have a pretty bad hand to bid “nil.” If you succeed in not winning any tricks, you will score 50 points, so if you think you can pull it off-go for it. Nil: This bid is declared if a player thinks he will not be able to win any tricks during play.The side that did not deal the cards gets to bid first. ![]() For example, you can say “I think I can take three tricks, possibly five.” But you can't say “I have an Ace of Clubs and a 6 of Hearts.” When you both agree upon a number, you write it down and that is your official bid. You can, however, communicate to each other about how many tricks you think you can each take. You each have your own hand, but you cannot show each other your respective hands. If you are playing in partners, you have to bid as a team. There is also a time you can bid nothing at all (called “nil”), but we'll get to that in a minute. If your hand is a little low, you can bid one or two. If your hand is a good one, you might think you can take five or six tricks. If you are playing as individuals (not teams), you look at your cards and, basically, try to guess how many tricks you think you'll be able to take. Each person goes around the table and bids a certain point value. Biddingīidding usually opens a trick-taking card game and occurs immediately after the deal. All 52 cards are dealt to each of the four players, so that each player winds up with 13 cards. Play also commences to the left of the dealer. The dealer should deal the cards in a clockwise direction (starting to his or her left). The person who gets the highest card gets to deal. The Art of the DealĬut the cards to choose the dealer. ![]() You can vary the end-game rules and point values, but the standard rule is 500 points. It is a trick-taking game where Aces are high. The game requires a standard 52-card deck. Did you know that Spades is an American game? It seems to have originated in the United States and doesn't have much of a following in the rest of the world. |
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