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I've watched the throw Yoenis Cespedes made Tuesday night a half-dozen times. I'll probably watch it another half-dozen times by the time I finish writing this. We'll all watch it again and again, and then we'll attempt to put the thing into words.
There are none, really. You can watch Major League Baseball for a lot of years and not see an outfield play as spectacular as this one. Even now, it feels surreal, like it didn't really happen.
I've watched the throw Yoenis Cespedes made Tuesday night a half-dozen times. I'll probably watch it another half-dozen times by the time I finish writing this. We'll all watch it again and again, and then we'll attempt to put the thing into words.
There are none, really. You can watch Major League Baseball for a lot of years and not see an outfield play as spectacular as this one. Even now, it feels surreal, like it didn't really happen.
I mean, who has that kind of arm strength? And it came out of nowhere. Cespedes had bobbled the ball, seemed almost nonchalant about running over and picking it up.
And then he did that?
It was in the air for perhaps 300 feet -- a long, arcing throw, a breathtaking play, a throw that ended up in catcher Derek Norris' glove and nailed Howie Kendrick.
Somehow, it fits what we know of Cespedes. He's liked in his own clubhouse. He likes to have a good time.
And there's this: Cespedes' talent is scary.
Last summer, when his teammates found out Cespedes would be participating in the Home Run Derby the night before the All-Star Game, they knew immediately that he would win. They just trusted that on a big stage, in a test of skills, he would show the world his talent.
There are so many different parts to the A's team. There's the rotation that has survived two key injuries. There's the bullpen that has been tremendous despite Jim Johnson's troubles.
There's depth all over the field, here, there and everywhere. There's Josh Donaldson's competitive fire. Plenty of other guys have that fire, too.
There's Bob Melvin, the manager who flies so under the radar that a lot of people don't know how good he is. The thing about him is that to know him is to like him, to respect him, to trust him. There are no games with Melvin. He makes every decision based on what's best for Oakland, and every single one of his players knows this.
There's vice president and general manager Billy Beane, who has again put his genius on display with constructing a roster in which the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
The Angels are good, too -- good enough to push the Athletics right into September. And the Mariners are getting better by the day. The Astros, who have 14 games against the A's, Halos and Mariners in September, are better and could be a factor.
But Oakland has spent 70 days atop the American League West. The A's have been alone in first place since April 27. They've shown that they're a tough, resilient team -- a team going for a third straight division championship, a team that will not go away.
OK, back to Cespedes and that throw.
I went back and looked at the one Roberto Clemente made in Game 6 of the 1971 World Series. In the bottom of the ninth inning of a tie game, Clemente scooped Don Buford's double out of the right-field corner and fired a cannon shot back to home plate to hold Mark Belanger at third base.
When you think of Clemente, there are two iconic images that may come to mind. One is him flying around second base and his helmet coming off, arms flailing, a picture of fire and determination. That photo, perhaps more than any other, sums up Clemente.
And the other is that throw, that incredible throw.
Maybe all you need to know about the totality of Clemente's game is that the two plays a lot of people associate with him have nothing to do with his 3,000 hits. Isn't that what a complete player is?
No list of phenomenal outfield throws is complete without mentioning Bo Jackson. He made a highlight reel of them, including one in 1989 from the left-field wall to home plate to get Harold Reynolds. Cespedes is good, but Bo might have been the best there ever was.
One other play came to mind as I watched Cespedes this morning. That would be April 11, 2001, when Ichiro Suzuki threw a low laser to third base to get Terrence Long.
That one was breathtaking because Ichiro's career in this country was just getting started, and all the talk had been about whether his batting style would translate.
With that throw, Ichiro announced, "Hey, I'm the whole package." Indeed, he has been the whole package.
And Cespedes is the whole package, too. Wow. What an amazing play.
Richard Justice is a columnist for MLB.com. Read his blog, Justice4U.


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South Dakota State put on a shooting clinic for the Summit League's top team Thursday night, knocking down 50 percent from the floor and hit 10 3-pointers, handing Fort Wayne just their second loss in league play this season, 79-51.
The Jacks knew they would have to put up points-a-plenty against the top scoring team in the conference, as the Mastodons came in averaging 78 points per game, tops in three point shooting as well (63-of-156), and put up 82 on SDSU in a seven-point win in Indiana last month.
South Dakota State used outside shooting early to extend the Don defense, as Jake Bittle and Chad White knocked down 3-pointers, keying an early 7-0 SDSU run giving them a nine-point lead.
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Home builders finished 2002 with a bang. By the end of the year, they built a whopping 1.7 million units, comprising 1.36 million single-family units and 345,000 multifamily units. The number of housing permits issued also reached its highest level since 1986. According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the gains in the housing market extended across all market sectors and every region of the country. "Our latest builder surveys show that the single-family market remains strong in January, and we're looking for 2003 to be another excellent year," says David Seiders, NAHB chief economist. Here's how the housing market performed in December.
Housing starts rose 5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.84 million units, with an almost 5% increase on the single-family side and a 5.5% increase on the multifamily side.
Starts rose across every region, posting gains of 18.2% in the Northwest, 4% in the Midwest, 0.6% in the South, and 9.8% in the West.
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Activity was strongest in the Richmond, Va., district, where growth in home sales remained strong and the housing market was described as "tremendously active."
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The Dominican nun whose comments about sexuality caused a storm at Charlotte Catholic High School has cancelled all of her speaking engagements and is taking a sabbatical from her teaching post at Aquinas College in Nashville, Tenn.
In a statement on the college's web site, the school's president also wrote that Sister Jane Dominic Laurel went too far in part of her March 21 address to students at Charlotte Catholic High.
Sister Mary Sarah, the president, wrote that Laurel "spoke clearly on matters of faith and morals," as she is qualified to do as a theologian trained at a Pontifical University -- a school established or approved by the Vatican.
But, the president wrote, "her deviation into realms of sociology and anthropology was beyond the scope of her expertise."
Diocese of Charlotte officials have said there is no video or audio recording of what Laurel said at the school. But students who attended told their parents that Laurel cited studies and statistics that she said indicated gays and lesbians are not born with same-sex attractions and that children in single-parent homes have a greater chance of becoming homosexual. She also suggested there were correlations between masturbation and homosexuality, some students said.
These reported remarks led some students to launch a petition that denounced Laurel's address as "offensive." That prompted a counter-petition defending Laurel as a faithful presenter of Catholic teaching.
Last Wednesday night, the school and the diocese held a meeting that drew nearly 1,000 parents. Most who rose to speak objected to Laurel's comments or to the school's failure to warn them in advance that Laurel would speak to students on such a sensitive topic.
Charlotte Catholic promised to better scrutinize future speakers and better communicate with parents ahead of time, said diocese spokesman David Hains.
The Observer has emailed and called Laurel, but she has not been available for comment.
The story about the uproar over Laurel's comments has been picked up by national news sites, including Huffington Post and USA Today.
In the carefully worded statement on the Aquinas College website, Sister Mary Sarah, the school's president, publicly addressed the controversy at Charlotte Catholic High School for the first time and at some length. But some of her words are open to interpretation.
"The unfortunate events at Charlotte Catholic High School are not representative of the quality of Sister's academic contributions or the positive influence that she has had on her students," the president wrote. "The students at Charlotte Catholic were unprepared, as were their parents, for the topic that Sister was asked to deliver. The consequence was a complete misrepresentation of the school's intention to bring a message that would enlighten and bring freedom and peace."
Added the president: "There are no words that are able to reverse the harm that has been caused by these comments."
The statement also announced that Laurel "has cancelled her speaking engagements and, at her request, is preparing to begin a sabbatical from teaching at Aquinas College."
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President Barack Obama gave a rare and extensive "mea culpa" news conference Thursday on the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, as he repeatedly conceded that he and his administration had made mistakes in implementing key pieces of his signature policy achievement.
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"I'm very frustrated," he said during the news conference lasted almost an hour, "but I'm also somebody who, if I fumble the ball, you know, I'm going to wait until I get the next play, and then I'm going to try to run as hard as I can and do right by the team. So, you know, ultimately I'm the head of this team. We did fumble the ball on it. And what I'm going to do is make sure that we get it fixed."
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The president sought to do damage control in responding to problems with HealthCare.gov — and the low level of October insurance signups — and offered a proposal aimed at making it easier for Americans whose health insurance plans were slated to be cancelled at the end of the year to keep the same coverage through 2014.
Obama's fix is an attempt to head off a mounting push from moderate and red state Democrats who are threatening to attempt an end-around the White House on health care. It's also a response to the reaction to his repeated claims that people would be allowed to keep their current health care plans.
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Obama was reluctant to acknowledge polling that shows Americans' trust in him waning, instead saying that he'd also be "frustrated" if watching the rollout from afar. He did, though, concede that the past few weeks have been tough on his political allies on Capitol Hill.
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The inaugural Focus exhibition features the photography of Vera Lutter, who is inspired by the urban landscapes of big cities. The artist first began to capture the spirit and flow of Manhattan by experimenting with the principles of the camera obscura—turning her loft apartment into a large pinhole camera to create and print negative imagery. Lutter records the immediate inscription of light onto photo-sensitive materials, resisting further traditional processes that produce a positive image.
Over the years, Lutter's work has evolved into a meditation on architectural landmarks and places with iconic resonance, from the abandoned Pepsi Cola Factory in Long Island City to the now defunct Battersea Power Station in London. The resulting large-scale, black-and-white negative imagery presents us with haunting forms that are at once familiar and estranged.
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Rabbi Ted Falcon, Pastor Don Mackenzie, and Sheikh Jamal Rahman, known collectively as the "Interfaith Amigos," have been learning and teaching together since 2001. They blog for YES! Magazine.
We three amigos have taken a break from keeping this blog up to date in order to focus on writing our second book, Religion Gone Astray: What We Found at the Heart of Interfaith. At this moment, it is in the hands of our editor, and we expect it back soon.
We had also taken a break from traveling for this writing project. As I write this, we are on our way back to Seattle from a speaking engagement in San Bernardino, California. In coming weeks we will be in Sarasota, Atlanta, and Denver.
We learn a great deal when we travel. The question and answer segment of our presentations is our favorite because we learn what is on peoples' minds. Their questions often stimulate a deeper kind of teaching, where we learn at least as much as they. This is truly exciting for us.
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The three of us, Imam Jamal Rahman, Pastor Don Mackenzie, and I, have been actively working together for almost 10 years. We began shortly after 9/11, without any real idea of where we were heading. We knew that we all wanted to find ways of reclaiming the universal spiritual insights in each of our traditions. We knew that those insights tend to get covered up by the needs of the institutions created to support them. We wanted to reclaim those principles because with that shared wisdom we can create the dialogue needed for effective collaboration on the major issues confronting us as humankind.
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Our polarization and anger are signs of hopelessness. What can interfaith dialogue teach us about healing our wounds and coming together?
We believe that all authentic spiritual paths are avenues to a shared Universal, a Universal greater than any particular path. Many call that shared Universal God, and others call that inclusivity Life, or Love, or Being. Perhaps we use many names to point to that which is beyond any name. By whatever name we use, that Universal Being contains us all, and also awakens within each of us.
All spiritual paths have some formulation of the "Golden Rule," because it is less a command than the natural consequence of awakening to the absolute interconnectedness of all Being.
"Do not do unto others that which you would not have them do to you" appears in the Tao, in Judaism, and in many other traditions. "Do unto others what you would have them do unto you" appears in Christianity and other traditions.
In those moments of greater wakefulness, we know that pain we cause is pain for us all, and love we share is love for us all. What we give is what we are most open to receive.
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In a move that should surprise nobody, 20th Century Fox has made a deal with both Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana to have them reprise their roles as Jake Sully and Neytiri in not only Avatar 2, but also Avatar 3 and Avatar 4. Up until this point the only actor actually attached to all of the movies in the franchise was Stephen Lang, who will play the "Darth Vader" of the series and the central antagonist.
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Interestingly, the article makes only a passing reference to Sigourney Weaver. Back in February 2010 - when Avatar was still in theaters and blowing up at the box office - the actress revealed that there were plans to resurrect her character, Grace, from the dead. Presumably Cameron is still planning on bringing her back, but it's possible that Fox is still trying to work out a contract.
Since getting his big break with Avatar in 2009, Worthington has been keeping busy with a mix of both small dramas and blockbusters like the Clash of the Titans series. Last year his only film in theaters was the surfing movie Drift, but he has a number of projects in store for 2014, including the Civil War thriller The Keeping Room and David Ayer's action flick Sabotage.
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Height 5'7.5"
been working out for straight 2 months now, i previously lift approx 2 years ago.
Bench press: 170lbs
Deadlift: 150lbs
Workout schedule:
Day 1 - Chest/Biceps/abs
Day 2 - Back/Triceps/abs
Day 3 - shoulders/ Cardio or abs
Day 4 - legs/legs/legs
P.S. i only do rest days when i feel like my body couldn't handle working out.
I'm taking promatrix7 alternate with nutrabio classic whey.
4 scoops per day for lifting days and 2 scoops for non lifting days
i'm also taking jack3d for pre workout but i stopped halfway because i'm working out after working hours
so sometimes when i take 2 scoops i cannot sleep as early as possible.
Problem: after 1 and a half month of lifting i noticed that i'm not gaining any lean muscles anymore. specially when i stopped taking my pre workout.
any suggestion for gaining more lean muscles and pls tulungan nyoko.
To say that you're not gaining lean muscle is a bit unclear. Are you saying that you're not gaining weight in general? 4 scoops of whey? That's around 90-110 grams of protein, and you're getting most of them from whey protein drinks. It looks to me that your diet is off.
Post your daily diet here and be accurate with the measurements.
@SteelHead said:
To say that you're not gaining lean muscle is a bit unclear. Are you saying that you're not gaining weight in general? 4 scoops of whey? That's around 90-110 grams of protein, and you're getting most of them from whey protein drinks. It looks to me that your diet is off.
Post your daily diet here and be accurate with the measurements.
in those 1 and a half month i gained 3kgs, i think it's a mix of muscle mass and water weight. (previously i'm not drinking enough water daily, not i drink 2-3 liters a day). what i mean on "not gaining lean muscles" is aesthetically.
Here's what i'm eating everyday.(almost)
For lifting days.
breakfast - 2 eggs, 1 rice, 2 scoops of protein powder
Lunch - either chicken or fish + rice (sa cafeteria lang)
Dinner - 2 scoops of protein powder.
For non lifting days, almost the same but only a scoop of protein powder for breakfast and dinner.
*now i drink 2-3 liters
@ivandeasis said:
*now i drink 2-3 liters
2 servings of whey = around 270-300 calories
2 eggs = 135-150 calories
1 cup of rice = 205 calories
chicken = If it's from the canteen, I doubt you're getting 200 grams of chicken breast, so this is just my estimate of your calories for chicken, around 250 calories, depends on the part
rice = 205
2 servings of whey = around 270-300 calories
If you add it all up and add the other ingredients present in those foods you eat, you're getting around 1400-1500 calories. We're about the same height, and I'm consuming 2500 calories, and with that, I can maintain my weight of 66.5-67 kilograms. When I was cutting, I was consuming 1500-1750 calories.
You don't eat at dinner? You need to eat more.
2 eggs - 11 grams of protein
chicken - Again, just my guess since it's just from the canteen, let's say 40 and I'm being generous here.
Whey - 102-120 grams (if you're taking promatrix 7, it's 23 grams per serving. Promatrix 7 lover here too.
2 cups of rice - 8 grams of protein / 4 grams of protein per cup
I know these things because I actually choose and weigh my food. And count my macros.
So you're getting about 160-170 grams of protein, which is okay. Pero kulang sa calories.
And you need more carbs and healthy fat.
My math was off. Fixed.
Going to the gym now. I hope the others chime in. BRB
nice to know na another member na may know how about lifting
After the Holy Week, i Changed my program to German Volume Training (GVT), or so called Ten Set Training.
Program day 1
1.Flat Bench Press 10x10 100lbs (btw, this workout is a killer)
2.Incline Bench Press 3x12 70lbs (didn't have any strength left after that 10x10)
3.Incline dumbel press 3x12(forgot what dumbel i got HAHA)
4.EZ bar curl 10x10 30 lbs (died once again)
and finally some stretching.
Program day 2 (break your back day)
1.Dead lift as warm up - 4x6 started at 70lbs finished at 140lbs
2.Lateral pull down - 10x10 100lbs-80lbs- 4 sets wide grip 5 sets medium grip and killed the last set with 100lbs wide grip (cried after HAHA)
3.Cable Row 10x10 (back thicknezzzz!!!)
4.Shrugs 3xfailure(light weight) wala nakong lakas para magrip yung dumbels after that 10x10 row.
5. Tricep Pushdown 3x12
Comments : i'm at my rest day today, the DOMS are great, i'm out of supplements so the recovery is awful. PS i'll be posting my leg day on friday kung makakatayo pako after. chioa!
April 19, 2017.
Rest day that became a leg day(umulan kasi kaya di ako nakapagstock ng supplements)
1. Back Squat 70lbs 1x12
140lbs 1x10
180lbs 1x 6
200lbs 1x4
2. Leg extention 10x10 pyramid weight hanggang 100lbs
3. Abs
P.S. after almost 2 years i again reached 200lbs squat, goal for this month is 210.
Today April 20, 2017
Rest day na talaga to promise HAHAHA
Today April 21, 2017
Planning to have another rest day kasi malala ang german volume training.
or cardio nlng. 15mins thread mill tas 15 mins stationary bike, tas abs abs abs
April 22, 2017
Hindi ako nagrest, haha did hill sprints.
April 23, 2017
Shoulder day.
Dumbel press 3x12 (35-45-55)
Arnold press (alternate) 3x12 35lbs
Side lateral raise 3x12 25lbs
Front raise 3x12 25lbs
P.S. started using solo creatine(dymatize na flavored), di yung proprietary blend. hinalo ko sa 1 scoop ng jack3d. kakasubok ko lang rin ng muscle pharm 100% whey, 2 scoops. quality whey, mixes well. sarap nung cappuccino. hehe
April 24, 2017
Leg day
Back Squat 3x6 70lbs 140lbs 210lbs PR
Leg extension 3x12
Pre workout - creatine
Intra -combat whey 1 scoop
Post - 1 scoop whey, pork liver, creatine (loading ako ngayon)
April 25, 2017
Chest Day
Incline dumbbell press 4x12 35lbs-75lb dumbbells
Flat Bench press 3x12 110lbs
Dips BW 3x12
Assisted bicep curls 3x12
barbel bicep curls 3x12
Hammer curls 3x12
Current weight 72.5kgs
Preworkout creatine
Post: 2 scoops whey, creatine (3rd day of loading)
April 26, 2017
Back day
Deadlift 1x12 70lbs 1x10 140lbs 3x2 180lbs
Lat pulldown 3x12 45-150lbs
Cable Row 3x12 50lbs 100lbs 150lbs
T-bar row 3x12 80lbs
tricep pulldown
Pre creatine
post 2 scoops mp cappuccino, creatine (4th day of loading- umay nako sa flavored creatine mygad) hahaha
(4th day of loading- umay nako sa flavored creatine mygad) hahaha
ano yung flavored crea mo bro?
@pandoy said:
(4th day of loading- umay nako sa flavored creatine mygad) hahaha
ano yung flavored crea mo bro?
blue raspberry paps. haha buti tapos na. haha
wait may flavored creatine?! pagpunta ko kasi lagi sa CnC diretcho tanung kung may dymatize haha. Hindi na ako nagtatanung ng iba
@jazone said:
wait may flavored creatine?! pagpunta ko kasi lagi sa CnC diretcho tanung kung may dymatize haha. Hindi na ako nagtatanung ng iba
may dymatize na flavored, yun nga yung gamit ko, may cherry lime at blue raspberry. kaso pagtingin ko sa label ambigat nung flavoring nya, bale 9grams per serving, 4 grams flavoring tapos 5 grams creatine. ubos ko na yung 30 servings 20 serving sa loading tapos yung 10 naubos ko na sa maintenance, ngayon venum creatine ginagamit ko for maintenance, patapos na rin ako sa cycle ko in less than 3 weeks.
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- PLACEMENT LOCATIONS: Mandeville
- ROLE: Working with a local NGO on outreach, support, research and training relating to HIV/AIDS
- REQUIREMENTS: Must be 18 years or older
- ACCOMODATION: Host family
- PRICE: From
- WHAT'S INCLUDED? Food, accommodation, transfers to and from our specified airport, transport to and from work where required, insurance, personal webpage, induction and orientation, 24/7 support
- WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED? Flights, visa costs, spending money
- LENGTH OF PLACEMENT: From 2 weeks
- START DATES: Flexible
Volunteers joining the HIV/AIDS project in Jamaica work with a local non-governmental organisation (NGO) which focuses on community outreach work, support for people living with HIV/AIDS, research and training. The aim of the project is to assist the most vulnerable people in the local communities who are living with HIV and AIDS, relating to treatment, care and support. In addition, an important aspect of the project relates to raising awareness and educating adolescents and young adults about HIV/AIDS.
In Jamaica, it is estimated that 32,000 people are living with HIV and as many as 50% are unaware of their status, with an estimated HIV prevalence rate of 1.7%. Although HIV/AIDS cases have decreased in the adult population with fewer infections and deaths, there have been more reported cases of new infections amongst young people.
The NGO we partner with is the oldest and largest HIV/AIDS organisation in Jamaica and has been running since 1991. Volunteers are based in the Mandeville office.
HIV/AIDS Community Outreach work
Volunteers visit local communities and provide information to the residents about HIV and AIDS; this includes giving out informative leaflets and practical demonstrations of safe condom use, for example. In addition, you may visit local high schools and universities to give presentations and set up displays in the communities.
Anyone with a talent in drama could put together plays or sketches that will help raise awareness about HIV/AIDS in an interactive way that will appeal to young people and adults alike.
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Volunteers work closely with people living with HIV/AIDS who visit the NGO's premises each week by providing them with information on ways to deal with the virus. You will also have the opportunity to educate, provide support and help to develop programmes relating to the socio-economic needs of infected people.
As part of the project, you can also assist with research on trends in the local community relating to HIV and AIDS and can help to identify programmes and resources that are available for people affected by the disease.
Volunteers who join the HIV/AIDS project will be given training about HIV/AIDS specific to the current situation in Jamaica.
You can join the HIV/AIDS project in Jamaica for two or three weeks if you don't have time to join us for four weeks or more. This project has been selected by our local colleagues as being suitable for short term volunteering for both the host community and the volunteer. Although you will gain a valuable cultural insight and work intensely within the local community please be aware that you may not be able to make the same impact as someone volunteering for a longer period.


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A Poll of "My Favourite Entry Level DSLR"
Here is a poll on the above topic:-
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The selected five models from the five DSLR brands are closest in the street prices and actually are targeted for the same market segment. They are actually very representative for what an average beginner would consider and could get for such a cheaply priced DSLR and kit set.
The number of votes made within the month is actually not small, in a total of 3,242 votes for the period, and thus the final results obtained are quite representative and self-speaking for what the mass market would think and opt.
Yet again, Pentax came last in the poll with their K200D, even the small frame sensor format Olympus E-420 won slightly (but both the shares are low). People do like the D60 and the A350 most, whereas the EOS 1000D still got a considerably large share, even though it came third.
So, there must be some "good" reasons for people didn't and don't choose the Olympus and Pentax, in both there should be some real bad things that are obvious. For the Olympus case, the main disadvantage is simply just all about the 4/3 system, namely, problems caused by the small sensor format such as poorer higher ISO performance, less dynamic range, just too much DoF, smaller and dim viewfinder, very limited choice of lens and poor availability plus the high risk involved in the investment on such a lens system. For Pentax case, it may not be as obvious, as all the competitors' offers are all APS-C DSLRs also. So, what makes the differences? In fact, they are also quite obvious, namely:-
1. Pentax just do not have a big name as Canon, Nikon and Sony do in the eyes of most average customers, especially for those who are new to DSLR photography;
2. Pentax K200D is obviously much bigger and bulkier than all other offers in the same price range, which in fact is just a major con which hurts much the sales of the K200D. This is just a very poor marketing decision made by Pentax afterall of which they just put a stone to throw on their own feet - when the first impression to the potential customers is bad and in fact it is just highly undesirable to have such a bulky and heavy entry level DSLR for most people for their practical daily use. The case is even made worst when AA batteries are inserted into the K200D which just make an operatable camera to be even much heavier;
3. Pentax do not have a pro grade DSLR model in their lineup, nor, they have neither a Full Frame body nor lens system which Canon, Nikon and Sony all have - when there is no true flagship and a bright future ahead, people just don't choose such a system, even those most of those people would never buy such a flagship - simple marketing reasoning again;
4. The specifications of the K200D is the weakest: Ridiculously small frame buffer for continuous shooting, and a slower shooting rate as well, ancient type metering system (and indeed the actual performance is inferior also, not just on paper), no Live View and so on. But then, some Pentax fanboys would start to argue (forever) that the K200D is weather sealed. Yes, it is. BUT, so what? .. as long as there is not a kit lens that is weather sealed! So, what's the point of making an entry level body weather sealed (which just made the camera body to be larger and increased the manufacturing cost)? Did Pentax be just so silly to expect and hope that those beginners would buy a DA* lens which is doubled the price of a K200D body alone as a "startup" kit?? In short, it is just of no marketing sense at all, or just even no common sense!
5. In fact, the K200D has virtually no innovation of any kind at all! This holds true somehow for the EOS 1000D as well. But then the 1000D is yet already miles ahead of the K200D in terms of those more updated features and technology used, such as Live View with Live Histogram and Live AF, etc. The D60 has an innovative sensor cleaning system that can be useful (which Pentax also had a similar patent but have never been able to implement it in any model yet, anyway).
Well, some Pentax fanboys will surely yet again to bash me for being "too negative" or whatsoever. But when sadly the situation is just like that and when Pentax is lagging behind in the competition all the time and the majority of consumers don't choose Pentax, what can I do? (Even though I am always trying to make some good suggestions for them) And also, when Pentax don't think how to upkeep themselves in the game and improve and don't listen much as well..
Just remember that: "The market tells the difference(s)"(!), which is just something that universally holds true..


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The aliens were forced to abandon the planet during the last ice age as their viral lifeforce is deactivated by extreme cold. Upon their departure, they left behind underground deposits of the black oil virus, in preparation for their return. The virus apparently contains the aliens' genetic blueprints, awaiting reconstitution until the master species returns to Earth. Whilst away from Earth, the Colonists evidently sought out life throughout the universe in an effort to subdue other species and take over the universe. Purportedly, the Colonists planned on returning to Earth in the year 2012, as The Smoking Man later remarks to Fox Mulder that the ancient Mayans were so terrified that they stopped their calendar on the exact date of colonization: December 22, 2012.
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Raven wrote: We use Mythic Time, and the Natural World of God's Creation.
hoi.polloi wrote:Ugh. Banned. Your ravings, Raven, are not welcome here. Nobody is going to link to your personal spiritual blog from here. Thanks. We're trying to stay grounded in reality here.
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When I found "Lukasz Milewski" in the CNN memorial, I theorized that he was a 'humorous' alter ego of Luke Rudowski:
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/me ... /3664.html"
At the time, I pointed out this fact :
This is what "MILE"means in Polish:
MILEWSKI - RUDOWSKI ....get it ?
Nice boy vs Rude boy.
Of course, there still remained the difference between the first name "Lukasz" and "Luke".
But now we know that Luke Rudowski's real first name is in fact "Lukasz" (just as "Lukasz Milewski").
nonhocapito wrote:p.s. you suggest that "Dan Wallace" was taken out by Luke Rudkowski, "in his sleep". Where this comes from? Do you have any evidence that a "Dan Wallace" even existed? My impression is that the Dan Wallace story was simply a fake prop that Rudkowski used to gain credit with the movement.
nonhocapito wrote:So, Crypto Anarchist: what you are telling us here is that the "truth movement" is controlled by zionist gangsters.
I don't necessarily disagree. But, on the other hand, since you are offering yourself as somewhat of an "insider" to that movement, I think you should give us more than these "hints", that anyone could put together with a couple of google searches.
Simplified, vague, or unsubstantiated accusations -- even if pointing in the "right" direction -- can easily have the purpose to run aground that particular connection by simply using superficiality, especially if coming from an alleged "insider". We have seen this happening a number of times now.
So, do you have something specific, something useful that can help us better understand the zionist connection to the truth movement?
p.s. you suggest that "Dan Wallace" was taken out by Luke Rudkowski, "in his sleep". Where does this come from? Do you have any evidence that a "Dan Wallace" even existed? My impression is that the Dan Wallace story was simply a fake prop that Rudkowski used to gain credit with the movement.
CryptoAnarchist wrote:I guess I could be wrong about Dan Wallace, but the there used to be a video online that got taken down that made me wonder. In the video, the truth fairy had a "Investigate the murder of Dan Wallace" sign, and all the truthlings including Lepacek and Rudkowski were borderline assaulting her over it. It remains to this day the only time I've seen Luke out of character. He was calling her a bitch and telling her to fuck off and overall being very aggressive. It just seemed very odd. Then there is the idea of a 23yo dying of a heart problem in the first place. I guess it could have been all for show, but for what? And why would they disappear Dan Wallace if he is just an actor? Perhaps he was an actor but was having a change of heart?
CryptoAnarchist wrote:At any rate, there's no doubt in my mind that Luke has freemasonic and jewish ties. In Denver, he stayed at the same house that Elinoff, the Loose Change guys, and Alex all stayed at - Moby's: A Sinclair descended from Sir William Sinclair, who's house has a Mezuzah on the door. Freemasonry and jewry overlap. (...) They're definitely all very jewish and/or funded by Jews. Elinoff makes no secret that he got help from Jon Gold, who's very jewish as well. The Loose Change guys were funded by Deborah Simon.
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I'm attempting to breastfeed this little guy as I write. We have been having a lot of fun with him despite the crying and waking up in the middle of the night. What would I do if I were working? I hate to think of the fact that I'd be going back to work in 4 days if I were in Oklahoma. But instead we are in our love cocoon. SR has three weeks off and I am trying not to worry about what life will be like when he goes back to work. I'm only going back part time, so that will be nice.
And yes, Lisa, he does look a bit like his father.
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Privacy Rights Clearinghouse has been tracking breaches since 2005 and publishes a Chronology of Data Breaches. The Chronology counts the number of records leaked that contain information useful to identity thieves, such as Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, driver's license numbers – and in some states, medical information. So far in 2011, we've tracked 275 breaches involving 22.4 million sensitive records. In truth, the number of breached records is much higher because for many breaches the true number of breached records is unknown. To learn more about our Chronology, read our FAQ.
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There are three possible outcomes, depending on the type of information that was leaked:
- Social Security numbers – In breaches where Social Security numbers are exposed, new account fraud is possible. New account fraud is when a criminal uses your Social Security number to open a line of credit and goes on a spending spree.
To protect yourself from new account fraud, we recommend you monitor your credit reports regularly and consider a security freeze. Read this PDF to learn how to freeze your credit files.
- Credit and debit card numbers – With your credit or debit card number, a thief could commit existing account fraud. Existing account fraud is when a criminal uses your financial account information to rack up debt in your name.
If you are at risk of existing account fraud, check your statement online on a daily basis, and look for transactions you did not make. Consider closing your account entirely. In some cases, the breached financial institution will cancel your card on its own and issue you a new one.
On a related note, we strongly recommend that you do not use debit cards at all. If you are a victim of fraud involving your debit card, your checking account could be wiped out. The bank is likely to replenish the funds, but not until it conducts an investigation, which could take several weeks. To learn more, read PRC's Fact Sheet 32: Paper or Plastic: What Have You Got to Lose?
- Names and email addresses – With this seemingly innocuous information, you may fall prey to spear phishing. Spear phishing is when a criminal sends you an email that sounds and looks like it's from a company you have an account with because it addresses you by name. A spear-phishing message might say, for example, "Hello Mr. Anderson, Because of the recent hacking incident affecting some Acme customers, we are asking you to visit this website [URL provided] and update your security settings." The email will try to convince you to "bite" on the bait and go to that website, and then divulge other information like your Social Security number and credit card number. Identity theft could then result.
To protect yourself from spear-phishing attacks, never enter your personal information into a website after following a link from an email. Always go to the company website on your own or call the company to confirm the email's legitimacy.
Often, the company that was breached will offer the affected customers free credit monitoring service. We recommend that you accept this offer, but be sure to mark the date the coverage is scheduled to end. Call the company and confirm that you no longer want the service, if that indeed is your decision upon the expiration of the free service. Otherwise, you could end up being charged for the service after the free subscription period has ended. We explain the low-cost alternatives to monitoring services in PRC's Fact Sheet 33: Identity Theft Monitoring Services.


text: ShadowJak 10 Posted October 17, 2012 In another thread, I mentioned that I had reverse engineered the formula the game uses to determine squad point values on ship cards. In this post I will be sharing my findings. Unfortunately for most of you, understanding how I came up with the formula will be difficult, requires some knowledge of performing a regression analysis, and will take some time. Fortunately for all of you, the formula they seem to use is fairly simple and easy to understand even for people without a degree in some sort of Math related field. I personally have a degree in finance which is why I know how to do analyses like this but I don't have much statistical background beyond that. Please keep in mind that FFG does tend to modify the formula in a few cases (Academy Pilots and most Named Pilots) presumably for game balance reasons. I'll go more into that later in the post. When first trying to compile the data to perform the analysis, I just took all the generic ships stats and tried to run a regression. That didn't work out. I ended up getting weird results that didn't make much sense. I even tried changing the order of the ships because that can make a difference in the results. Eventually, I realized that there is no way each point in each stat is contributing to the cost because there weren't enough squad points to go around. I hypothesized that only stat points which rose above a certain threshold were contributing points, stat points at the threshold were 0, and stat points below that threshold were removing points (e.g. Y-Wing agility which is why it can have such high hull and shields yet still be cheap). By looking at the stats on the ships, I came to the conclusion that the base stats must be 2 Weapon, 2 Agility, 3 Hull, and 0 Shields. I was not sure how upgrades or actions would play into the equation so I left them in to see what would happen. After changing the order of the ships and running several regressions I was able to come up with a regression without any weird negative numbers or other counterintuitive coefficients. I know this looks like a scary number of numbers to most people so I've highlighted the most important part in green. The numbers with "E" in them are written in scientific notation. 3E-15 means there are a decimal point and then fourteen zeros before the 3 (i.e. extremely close to 0). Conversely, 5E+14 means there are 14 zeros after the 5 (i.e. 500 trillion). Basically, those numbers indicate that there is a high probability the coefficients are accurate and not anomalies. Now we get to an explanation of the important numbers and how they can be used to predict squad costs or to make custom cards. Please remember when we are talking about ships' stats, we consider them relative to their threshold value as I mentioned above (Weapon 2, Agility 2, Hull 3, Shields 0) "Intercept" is the y intercept of the formula when graphed. It is 2; every ship starts out costing 2 squad points before ever taking into account the rest of the stats. "Skill" is Pilot Skill. It is 1; each point of pilot skill is worth 1 squad point. "Attack" is Weapon. It is 8; each point of weapon above 2 is worth 8. A Weapon stat of 2 is worth 0. Eight points are subtracted for each point less than 2 although no ships have an attack that low yet. EDIT: Attack dice are actually under priced compared with defense dice. They have an additional damage dealing side. "Defense" is Agility. It is 8; it works the same as the weapon stat. The only ship with negative squad points in this stat is the Y-Wing so far. "Hull" is Hull. It is 4.25; each point above 3 is worth 4.25. There are no ships with less than 3 hull yet but we know the A-Wing will have 2 Hull. "Shields" is Shields; each point of shields is worth 4.5. Interestingly, action bar and upgrade icons seem to have no effect on squad points. This is most obvious when comparing a TIE Advanced with an X-Wing or an Obsidian TIE with a Black Squadron TIE. When writing the formula algebraically it looks like this: 'Squad Points' = 2 + 'Pilot Skill' + ('Weapon' – 2) x 8 + ('Agility' – 2) x 8 + ('Hull' – 3) x 4.25 + 'Shields' x 4.5 Order of operations is immensely important. Let's plug in some numbers to demonstrate how it works. Starting with a Rookie X-Wing we get the equation: 'Squad Points' = 2 + 2 + (3 – 2) x 8 + (2 – 2) x 8 + (3 – 3) x 4.25 + 2 x 4.5'Squad Points' = 21 Now for a Black Squadron TIE: 'Squad Points' = 2 + 4 + (2 – 2) x 8 + (3 – 2) x 8 + (3 – 3) x 4.25 + 0 x 4.5'Squad Points' = 14 A Gold Y-Wing because Y-Wings are the only ones with a negative score in their stats: 'Squad Points' = 2 + 2 + (2 – 2) x 8 + (1 – 2) x 8 + (5 – 3) x 4.25 + 3 x 4.5'Squad Points' = 18 Now for the Interceptor; the preview picture looks like it could be an 18 or a 19 but we can find the true answer with the formula: 'Squad Points' = 2 + 1 + (3 – 2) x 8 + (3 – 2) x 8 + (3 – 3) x 4.25 + 0 x 4.5'Squad Points' = 19 Here is a chart with most of the generic ships, their stats less the threshold values, their squad points according to my formula, and their squad points as printed: As you can see, everything is consistent for these ships. The blue section is the modified ship stats and the red part shows how much each of those stats is worth. Some of the quicker among you might have noticed that Academy Pilots and non-TIE unique pilots are overpriced by 1 squad point. Presumably that has to do with game balance and the special nature of the Pilot Skill stat. EDIT: For most Named Pilots and Academy Pilots the formula is: 'Squad Points' = 2 + 'Pilot Skill' + ('Weapon' – 2) x 8 + ('Agility' – 2) x 8 + ('Hull' – 3) x 4.25 + 'Shields' x 4.5 + 1 The Academy Pilot "should" cost only 11 points, but that would allow a 9 ship swarm which may have been determined to be too much. In addition, the named TIEs are not over priced but every named rebel ship is; having the academy pilot cost an extra point may help maintain the power balance. Also worth noting is that X-Wings cost the same as TIE Advanced ships but have less action bar abilities. Attack dice are better than defense dice and the X-Wings have a droid slot which may make up for it. You may be thinking that playing an extra squad building point to get a powerful ability on your X-Wing, Y-Wing, or TIE/ad might be cheap but I think it evens out because of the nature of the Pilot Skill stat. Those of you with a less nuanced opinion on the stat might think that having a higher pilot skill is better (it obviously is) and having an 9 skill is significantly better than 4 skill (it isn't always). Pilot Skill isn't immensely important, attacking first is. Take a look at the rebels going against an 8 Academy Pilot swarm (skill 1). As you all know, they only need Rookie Pilots (skill 2) to always attack first; using Red Squadron (skill 4) pilots would be a total waste of squad points. Similarly, the Red Squadron pilots facing all 6 named TIEs (their lowest skill is 5) would always go last so they might as well be Rookies. Having the special abilities on the named pilots makes up for their always high cost. Wedge's 9 skill might be major overkill (and really expensive) against an Academy Pilot, but at least he still has his special ability. Anyway, that's enough talking about game balance. Back to more predictions using the formula: As you can see, these new ships don't work out to having round numbers so I rounded them up. For the unique ships, I added an additional squad point to be consistent with most of the ships already released. It is hard to tell from the picture elsewhere on this site, but the 8 skill A-Wing could have a cost of 24. The rest are too blurry for me to make out. TL;DR This isn't Reddit. There is no TL;DR. EDIT: I removed some of my editorial comments from this post because they gave the wrong impression. 6 nitrobenz, Amraam01, FlyingAnchors and 3 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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- "Several times Kreacher sidled into the room and attempted to smuggle things away under his loincloth, muttering horrible curses every time they caught him at it. When Sirius wrested a large golden ring bearing the Black crest from his grip, Kreacher actually burst into furious tears and left the room sobbing under his breath and calling Sirius names Harry had never heard before."
- —Orion Black's eldest son throwing out his ring.[src]
Orion Black owned a ring[1] which was later thrown out by his eldest son, Sirius. It was large and golden, and had the House of Black family crest on it. It was kept at 12 Grimmauld Place after Orion and his wife, Walburga Black, died.
In 1995, Kreacher tried to save it from being thrown out by Sirius and the other members and family of the Order of the Phoenix, but Sirius wrestled it from him and threw it away.
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- ↑ "It was my father's" said Sirius, throwing the ring into the sack...
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i am used to in forums when i follow my own posts in other treads i can click on my own userprofile and find the last few posts i replied to. i do not see that well so i am really most comfortable with checking my own post once in a while so am sure i do not get any misunderstanding happening somewhere in a tread. how do i do this here.
when i try click on cmay avatar or userpofile etc etc i get the message i am not allowed to view this page because i do not have the permissions or something like that. i can not keep track of my own post in any way then in what way do i find my last few post when i need to check up on them.
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Rights group: Saudis deport 12,000 Somalis
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabian authorities have deported more than 12,000 migrants held under "appalling conditions" back to their native Somalia, where many now face life-threatening situations, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
The New York-based rights group said in a statement that hundreds of women and children are among the migrants sent back to a country where hundreds of thousands live in dire conditions in camps in the capital, Mogadishu, after fleeing famine and violence elsewhere.
A number of the deportees are from parts of south-central Somalia where security has broken down and danger is rampant.
The deportations are part of a Saudi campaign to remove undocumented foreign workers after decades of lax immigration enforcement allowed migrants to take many low-wage jobs that the kingdom's own citizens shunned. Saudi authorities, grappling with high unemployment, now want those jobs for the kingdom's citizens.
The International Organization for Migration says the Somali government expects Saudi Arabia to deport another 30,000 people in the coming weeks. The United Nations refugee agency says its staff has been denied access by Saudi authorities to detained Somalis in the kingdom.
Human Rights Watch said that major donors to UNHCR, including the European Union and the United States, should press Saudi Arabia to end its deportations of Somalis.
"The Saudi government is entitled to promote employment opportunities for its own citizens, but it needs to make sure it's not sending people back to a life-threatening situation," Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher, said. "Saudi Arabia has no excuse for not offering protection to some of the world's most vulnerable people."
Human Rights Watch said it spoke to Somalis who were recently deported who say they were held for weeks in "appalling conditions."
A woman in her ninth month of pregnancy told Human Rights Watch she was detained in Saudi Arabia and separated from her husband. She said a Saudi policewoman beat her on the back with a baton while she stood in line at the airport. She went into labor and gave birth on the cabin floor of the plane as it flew to Mogadishu, the rights organization said.
The rights group said others described severe overcrowding, lack of access to fresh air and daylight, sweltering heat, and limited medical assistance in Saudi detention centers. With one exception, none of the detention centers had bedding and detainees slept on the floor, Human Rights Watch said. Dozens of children were also left unattended without caregivers or parents in difficult conditions where people fought over food.
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry spokesman could not be immediately reached for comment.
The Saudi government says it has deported more than a quarter-million migrants since the government began enforcing its crackdown in November. Around 170,000 of those are Ethiopians, most of whom never acquired visas, often taking perilous boat journeys across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen from where they cross illegally into the kingdom with the help of smugglers.
An additional one million migrant workers were forced to leave the kingdom, or face arrest and deportation, during an amnesty period ahead of the government crackdown. The majority of foreign workers in the kingdom are from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines, as well as Egypt and Yemen.
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Impeachment Circus - Today's Bombshell Is Another Dud - The impeachment circus continued today with a refreshingly candid opening statement from Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the EU. Sondland was invol...
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"Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc." We gladly feast on those who would subdue us. Not just pretty words. -- Morticia Addams /The Addams Family credo.\or A Nation of Sheep Will Be Run By Wolves
The link ABOVE contains one of the Reverend Martin Luther King's most profound but most overlooked speeches. This speech, in all probability, got him assassinated. In it he deviated from civil rights to anti-war. This anti-war stanch upset the Military Industrial Complex.
(Of particular interest to me and relevance to this blog, is the inclusion of an excerpt from a James Russell Lowell poem that MLK so generously and warmly ended his powerful discourse with)


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Now this is encouraging. The New York Times' Lindsay Brooke just tested a prototype 2011 Chevy Volt, but in a way that no one else has yet: with the battery completely drained.
The Volt is a full-on electric car, but also with a small gas engine on board. Unlike with a hybrid, the Volt's gas engine only exists to recharge the battery--it's not connected to the wheels.
The fear is that once the battery drains, the Volt would turn into a slug that could barely get out of its own way. But as Brooke found, that's not the case at all. The Volt still needs some additional tuning to quiet down the gas engine and stabilize the RPMs. But "at its current state of development, the Volt is an extremely refined vehicle." Awesome news. (Click for the NYT's full test.)


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Yahoo chief and former Googler Marissa Mayer said she wants to create a stronger relationship with Facebook and focus on mobile applications.
"A lot of the strengths of Facebook are available to Yahoo users," Mayer said at an investor conference in San Francisco, according to Bloomberg News. "That's something we want to build upon. We have a real committment to bringing valuable content to our users."
Yahoo has lost market share in display advertising since last year and will continue to slide another 8 percent this year. Meanwhile, search titan Google will grow 3 percent and Facebook will move up 1 percent. Mayer apparently has crunched the numbers and realized she has to create a partnership with someone to staunch the flow of losses.
Mayer said that Yahoo will also cut down its 75 apps to a more streamlined number and will also refresh sites such as Yahoo Finance and Yahoo News. Mayer plans on doing this with the 120 new computer programmers she has brought on board in the fourth quarter. She also plans on partnering with Facebook, Google and Apple to benefit from their social media expertise.
Partnering with established companies is a cheaper alternative than creating new products, and if Mayer can find such a partnership then it makes financial sense. Because Mayer left Google we don't think the search titan will be as eager to help her out, so that leaves Facebook and Apple. Apple's social endeavors aren't terribly exciting, so that leaves only one game in town -- Facebook.


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PARIS (AP) — McDonald's workers in Paris who stopped a Canadian professor from wearing computerized eyeglasses feared he could be recording or photographing people in violation of their privacy, the company said Thursday.
Steve Mann, who designed a vision device similar to the enhanced reality glasses recently announced by Google, said he and his family were vacationing in Paris and stopped by the Champs Elysees McDonald's on July 1.
In his blog, Mann wrote that he showed McDonald's staff a note from his physician and accompanying documents about the glasses, but that three staff members knocked the device off his head and grabbed it.
"McDonald's was the only establishment that seemed to have any problem with my eyeglass during our entire 2 week trip," Mann wrote, describing the three employees as Perpetrators 1, 2 and 3. He said when the first staffer grabbed the glasses, he recorded images of the confrontation. But the lens was damaged, said Mann, a professor of computer engineering at the University of Toronto.
On its Facebook page, McDonald's France wrote that as part of its inquiry officials have spoken with Mann and the employees.
The staff said they were concerned about privacy violations when they approached Mann, according to the statement. McDonald's did not say if the staff members admitted knocking the glasses off Mann's head.
"According to the employees, the exchanges with Mr. Mann were respectful and polite," the company said. "Regarding the emotion this affair has generated, McDonald's asks that no one jump to conclusions before all the facts are known."
Mann has said he hopes the glasses will ultimately help the visually impaired. He did not immediately respond to requests for comment Thursday.
Mann's blog: http://eyetap.blogspot.ca/
McDonald's France: http://www.facebook.com/(hash)!/mcdonaldsfrance