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The State government’s decision to make compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) mandatory in all government offices and buildings will not dim the Mysore Palace as the good old incandescent bulbs will continue to light the heritage structure.

The State government’s initiative was aimed at saving energy and reducing electricity bills. In a bid to implement this, the Mysore Palace Board too called for expression of interest from manufacturers of bulbs that would not only cut bills but would also reproduce the same luminosity as incandescent bulbs. A few companies came forward and held demonstrations by lighting one portion of the palace with CFLs.

However, the CFLs failed to match the 15-watt incandescent bulbs in luminescence and the proposal to replace the bulbs were dropped.

Deputy Commissioner Harsh Gupta, member-secretary of the Palace Board, told Deccan Herald  the decision was taken after a committee constituted by the board too ruled in favour of incandescent bulbs. “The committee studied the proposals and witnessed the demonstrations at the Amba Vilas Palace. They also did a feasibility study on replacing the bulbs and decided to retain incandescent bulbs,” he said.

Gupta added that the board had already installed LED bulbs in the palace premises to conserve energy, but did not want to take a decision on replacing incandescent bulbs in a haste as it would compromise the beauty of the illuminated palace. “The golden orange glow emitted by incandescent bulbs cannot be replicated by CFLs. People are very intelligent, they can make out even the slightest change in the colour,” Gupta said.

Deputy Director of the Mysore Palace Board, P V Avaradhi, pointed out that the palace is illuminated for just six to seven hours in a month and the electricity bill comes up to around Rs six to seven lakh a month for all the installations including illumination. The hours of illumination is more only during the ten-day Dasara festival. Given these circumstances, the board felt that it was not feasible to switch to CFLs.

The board even toyed with the idea of installing LED bulbs which consume less power, but the investment is huge. Around 97,000 bulbs are used to illuminate the Amba Vilas Palace and to replace them with LED bulbs the board would have to shell out at least Rs six to seven crore.

The Industry Ministry has called on Chinese businessmen to invest in energy-saving lamp (LHE) components to support the local industry. “Some businessmen plan to expand their LHE components factory to Surabaya,” Budi Darmadi, the Industry Ministry’s leading technology-based industries director general, said in Jakarta last weekend.


However, Budi could not specify the amount of investment. Of the LHE industry advancements, the sector can balance Indonesia-China’s trade, especially as this year’s LHE imports have increased to 200 million units. Although the local production capacity is 200 million units, the production utilization rate is only 20 percent.


The chairman of Electrical Lighting Industry Association (Aperlindo), John Manoppo, said last year’s LHE imports reached 180 million units. As the demand was high, imports increased due to the ASEAN-China free trade implementation. John hopes the government drafts a policy that supports the local LHE industry.

Think of a film projectionist, and what comes to mind? Is it an image of a dumpy, bearded bloke in an old waistcoat and beret? Does he share a grubby attic space with tatty old film posters? Does he wind a battered 35mm print on to a spool and monitor his work through a shaft of light which cuts through the dust of the auditorium? Think of Philippe Noiret in 'Cinema Paradiso', Buster Keaton in 'Sherlock Jr', or Robert Prosky in 'Last Action Hero'… Well, in reality, the image you should have in mind is of a giant USB stick.

Why? Because projectionists as we imagine them are on the verge of extinction. This is down to big changes in the world of exhibition: hulking hard drives – to which films are sent digitally – are being installed in cinemas, while tactile, scratchy, buzzing celluloid film prints are being tossed on the scrapheap.

We spoke to a spokesperson for Odeon who explains that the chain is in the middle of replacing 35mm projectors at all its 110 sites across the country with digital projectors. At the Cineworld chain, a projectionist tells us that the switch-over is just as rapid. Phil Clapp of the Cinema Exhibitors' Association explains the difference: 'While a 35mm projector is a mechanical device with moving parts, a digital projector – aside from the lamp – is very much a piece of IT. Projectionists who have been able to strip down and reassemble a 35mm projector with their eyes closed are suddenly being presented with a box and an on-off switch.'

The roots of the digital takeover can be traced back to 2005, when 240 digital projectors were given to UK cinemas on the back of the UK Film Council's Digital Screen Network initiative. The hope was that on the back of that initial flurry, the training wheels could come off and cinemas would embrace the digital revolution. They didn't. The momentum of change was slow. Now, though, the digital boom has finally happened, partly fuelled by the spiralling number of 3D titles, which can't be projected on old equipment.

David Hancock of industry website Screen Digest illustrates the speed of change. 'In 2009 there were 650 digital screens in the UK. By 2010, there were 1,400, with 1,080 of them enabled for 3D. In 2010, 416 films were released wholly or partly on digital prints in the UK, which is 80 per cent of all releases. This is by far the highest number in the world. It compares to 20 per cent in France and 35 per cent in the Netherlands.'

This means that gone are the days when a tired old print starts to show up scratches and other signs of wear and tear. Audiences will barely notice the difference: every film will look like new. The real effect on film-going may be more long-term as cinemas take advantage of cheaper technology to offer a more flexible, varied programme or find it difficult to show certain films, mostly archive titles, which have not been transferred to digital.

Only about 30 PG&E customers remain without power this afternoon following an equipment failure and reports of a small explosion in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, according to police and a PG&E spokeswoman.

About 2,400 customers lost power in the area of Second and Bryant streets shortly after 2 p.m., according to PG&E.

Police and firefighters initially said the outage was caused by a transformer failure, but PG&E spokeswoman Tamar Sarkissian later clarified that it was caused by clamps that failed. She said the clamps hold overhead wires to an insulator.

"It wasn't an explosion," Sarkissian said. "These failures can sometimes cause a noise."

At about 2:10 p.m., an ambulance was sent to 275 Brannan St., where the noise was heard and smoke was seen, but no injuries were reported, fire spokesman Deputy Chief Pat Gardner said.

Most customers had their power restored shortly after 3 p.m., Sarkissian said.

All customers should be back online by 6:30 p.m., according to PG&E.

At nearly $42,000, a fully loaded 2011 Nissan 370Z Touring isn't cheap-in fact, the car is pricey enough to merit a mild case of sticker shock. But upon closer inspection of its expansive spec sheet, followed by a multi-day test drive, the shock fades while the athletic coupe's intrinsic value grows.

Consider the 370Z's impressive attributes. There are the 14-inch front, 13.8-inch rear Akebono brakes that haul the 3362-pound Z to a stop from 60 mph in only 102 feet (a BMW M3 Coupe with Competition Package does it in 110 feet; a GT-R in 101 feet). These massive four-piston front, two-piston rear binders clamp hard on Nismo's optional $580 R-Tune performance brake pads designed to withstand temperatures of up to 700 degrees Fahrenheit. This is the quickest-stopping Z we've ever driven. And we've driven many, many Zs over the years.

There are the featherweight 19-inch aluminum wheels forged by Japan's renowned Rays Engineering, a supplier of the AT&T Williams Formula 1 team. Even now, only a handful of six-figure supercars roll on such fancy footwear. The rims, along with adhesive Bridgestone Potenza RE050A rubber, a taut suspension setup, and a vicious limited slip differential (all part of the Sport Package), help the 370Z Touring attain a 1.01 g average on the skidpad. That's slightly stickier than a mid-engine, no-option $60,000 Porsche Boxster S at 1.0 g, mind you.

Straight line acceleration adds to its value. The 3.7-liter V-6's 332 horses and 270 pound-feet of torque send the Z to 60 mph in 4.9 seconds, while a quarter-mile passes in 13.4 seconds at 105.2 mph. A rocket it isn't, yet for the segment it occupies, the stats aren't disappointing.

Renault's low-cost Romanian brand Dacia has released the first limited edition version of its new small SUV model, called the Duster ecole de Ski Francais [ESF], which translates to French Skiing School. Event though parent company Renault has not offered details about how many units of this series Dacia will produce, the Duster special could become one of the rarest sights on French streets since it can only be bought by ESF skiing instructors.

Priced at €18,990 ($26,900), the Duster ESF marks the extension of Renault Group's 10-year partnership with the ecole de Ski Francais. Based on the Laureate 4x4 version, the Duster ESF is powered by a 110HP 1.5-liter diesel engine and is available only in Glacier White paint.

The car features some distinctive styling and practical details such as the ESF badging on the front doors, a strengthened aluminum sump guard and transverse roof bars with a ski rack that can accommodate four pairs of skis.

The Duster ESF comes with equipped with standard foglamps, electrically-adjustable heated exterior mirrors, manual air conditioning system, radio-CD with MP3 compatibility, four tray-type rubber mats, 16-inch alloy wheels and a set of four additional wheels fitted with Continental winter tyres.

Optional extras include the ESP + ASR traction control system for €300 ($425) and the Platine Grey body color for €450 ($637).