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There is something refreshingly Nikon-like about the D810 refresh. Even though there is nothing earth-shattering about the technology, there are a multitude of changes throughout the camera that synergistically add up to an improved shooting experience. Though it is true that much of the sensor-level improvements relate to video work, the overall stills photography experience with the D810 is also improved... and in a way that does not easily come across when you run down the spec-sheet.
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Nikon D810: Tactile and Operational Impressions
There is something refreshingly Nikon-like about the D810 refresh. Even though there is nothing earth-shattering about the technology, there are a multitude of changes throughout the camera that synergistically add up to an improved shooting experience. Though it is true that much of the sensor-level improvements relate to video work, the overall stills photography experience with the D810 is also improved... and in a way that does not easily come across when you run down the spec-sheet.
Friday, July 25, 2014
Vancouver 2014 Honda Celebration of Light Guide
This weekend marks the start of the annual fireworks festival in Vancouver. The pertinent dates are:
- July 26: USA
- July 30: France
- August 2: France
Some resources to help you our if you are in town and want to try your hand at fireworks photography:
Fireworks nights are not just about the pyrotechnics, but given the logistics of getting to one of the viewing venues, its almost always about soaking in the ambience of being out on the town in the afternoon and evening before.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM versus Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM ART
|Sigma 50mm f/1.4 ART on Canon 5D Mark III
Sigma's new 50mm ART started off life with some bold claims about its resolving capabilities: as good as the Zeiss Otus. It has (mostly) lived up to the hype surrounding its launch, and is legitimately a "premium" lens. You can mention it in the same breath as the pricey Canon 50mm f/1.2L, so how does it fair against the venerable Canon 50mmL in real world terms?
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Manfrotto BeFree (MKBFRA4-BH) Tripod Review
Small, strong, or cheap: when it comes to tripods the conventional wisdom is that you can have two but not all three. There hasn't been any product to definitively break this rule, but nevertheless there are whole hosts of photographers who are looking for a tripod that is small, sturdy and cheap. In economics this quest would be known as "rational behaviour." That is to say, it is rational for photographers to want a tripod with these three qualities, even if expecting that one exists is most likely irrational. The Manfrotto BeFree (MKBFRA4-BH) doesn't fulfill this ideal but it does shift the points of the Venn diagram inward by being unarguably small, relatively sturdy, and not exceedingly expensive. Depending on your point of view, that makes it either well-balanced for its price point or somewhat compromised in terms of its design. The truth, as always, is a little bit of both.
Manfrotto 560B-1 Video Monopod with RC2 Quick Release Review
Video is one of the last remaining frontiers of digital photography. Most photographers are comfortable with their stills gear, but video gear is a whole new world to explore. The Manfrotto 560B-1 video monopod is the little brother to the version with the more useful 500 series fluid drag head. The higher-model is more useful, but the560B-1 does have its charm.
Friday, July 18, 2014
Eyelead Sensor Gel Stick Review
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Lenspen SensorKlear II Review
|SensorKlear II with articulating head and cap
Monday, July 14, 2014
Nikon P7800 Review
For many reasons, Nikon never quite established a hold in the advanced compact category, but not for a lack of trying. In the early days of digital, that opposite was true, and the Coolpix line, though not consistent, did meander through a number of well regarded offerings. Cameras like the innovate Coolpix 900 with its swivelling body, the competent Coolpix 5400, which was an early fore-bearer of what we now think of as an advanced compact, and the Coolpix 5700, which we recognize today in cameras like the Panasonic FZ-200. None of these aforementioned cameras were ground-breaking, but they did demonstrate a commitment on Nikon's part to cater to the needs of enthusiast photographers. That was a different time, and in the years that followed "Coolpix" became synonymous with "entry-level consumer."
Times change. The Coolpix P7800 is probably one of the most enthusiast-oriented compacts on the market, but the industry is now chasing after this group of users with 1/1" sensor compacts. This may or may not work, as price points have crept up significantly. At one time 1/17" sensors were considered "large." That is no longer the case, but the trade-off is a difference of $300 USD or more. It might not be leading edge, but the P7800 still has its place.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
How Fast Does A SD Card Need To Be For My Camera?
The memory card isle at your typical camera/computer shop can be often be a bewildering array of sizes and prices. This is a classic example of what is known in economics as price discrimination. Memory card product positioning does not have to be this complicated, but the wide array of price and selection is a mechanism designed to identify who is willing to pay how much for a memory card. The memory card manufacturers have to balance two sets of customers; those seeking value and those seeking performance. The key to product positioning and pricing is to maintain low prices for those that are the most cost-conscious while differentiating the high-end enough so that those who are willing to pay more will not be tempted to settle for the lower cost alternatives. This is also somewhat affectionately known as "Starbucks Pricing," as the strategy is to offer an overwhelming amount of choice without having the customer feel like he/she is being lead along a sliding price-scale experiment.Naturally, this makes finding the appropriate memory card for a given digital camera a little more than simple for the initiated. Fortunately, there's a very simple answer....
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Sony DSC-RX100M3 Review
There's an old maxim in business that if you are standing still, you are actually moving backwards. Sony seems to have taken this to heart with the RX100, quickly producing two iterations of their flagship compact model. This is quite an aggressive roadmap considering that the original RX100 would still be the best compact camera on the market in 2014 were it not for its successors. However, the camera market is suffering through a decline in 2014, and the compact segment is being (has been) obliterated by the rise of smartphones. Consequently, all of the manufacturers are paying attention to the premium end of the remaining viable market segments with the hopes of maintaining margins. Ostensibly, 2014 is the year of the 1/1" sensor and the other manufacturers are now finally bringing their advanced compacts to this level. Panasonic is pushing ahead with 4K video with the FZ1000 while Fujifilm is (at the time of this writing) all but sure to enter the market with an X-Trans successor to the X20. Sony has gotten out ahead of this new era with the RX100M3, and Sony being Sony, will want to keep their stamp on this market segment as the premium product leader. Will they be successful?
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM APO Review
Even though the weather is dreary this time of year, the past couple of months were the start of birding season here in the Greater Vancouver region. This is the time of year when the bald eagles return, and there are multiple spotting opportunities along the waterways. Of course birding means long lenses, and the rule of thumb is that you can never get close enough with the lens that you have. By it's very natural, bird photography is an expensive hobby. This is where the Sigma 150-500mm enters. It's still not an inexpensive lens, but it's much less expensive than any other lens of a similar focal length. Compared to the "Bigma" 50-500mm, the 150-500mm is a more focused device for long range photography.
Updated July 2014: Added comparison sample with Nikon AF-S 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
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by Ron Petrou
Why is the Chestnut Hill-Mt. Airy neighborhood so extraordinary? Because it is, without a doubt, part of one the most naturally beautiful environs in the world — with its proximity to Fairmount Park, Wissahickon Creek, Forbidden Drive and Germantown Avenue, which is imbued with the resonating memory that George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and 9,000 Colonial Revolutionary War patriots marched down this avenue on Oct. 3, 1777, on their way to and from the world destiny-changing "Battle of Germantown" and their encounter with the British forces at Cliveden.
But there is something else that is more mysterious. On Thursday, Sept. 15, shortly after 6 p.m., we residents of this area witnessed a marvelous rainbow in the sky after a cold front passed through, leaving the setting sun sky resplendent with the full range of nature's palette of all shades of yellow, green, blue and red.
But it was what happened between two people and myself in front of the "soup" table in Weavers Way that was a typical Chestnut Hill small miracle I especially remember. I had just bought some salad at the salad bar and was pushing my cart loaded with fresh, organic celery and onions, 7 Stars Yogurt and new delicious cups of Liberte yogurt for tomorrow's lunch at work when I noticed a tall, handsome man with a friendly face and a tee shirt with "YALE" on the front.
I asked him what year he graduated from Yale. He said, "1981." I asked if he attended any classes of Harold Bloom, the brilliant literary critic and prolific author. He said he hadn't, but he added that as he majored in human development and anthropology, he attended classes with other extraordinary teachers. He said, "There are two types of students in college and graduate school, those who look for great courses or those who search out great teachers. The students who seek out great teachers are more likely to have life-changing experiences."
As he said this, as we were blocking people who wanted access to the soup counter, a woman with a German accent said to us, "Are you soup blockers?" Which we were. She walked between us and began filling a container with soup. Leaving my cart, I moved next to the Yale graduate, who then continued the thought he was developing: "When I was at the University of Chicago, I had classes with Bruno Bettelheim …" Before he could go any further, the woman looked at him and said, "You did?"
He nodded and said, "Yes, and I had classes with Saul Bellow and Milton Friedman. In Saul Bellow's class, there were only nine students." It just so happens that I knew Saul Bellow when I lived in Chicago in the 1970s and was involved in starting the Chicago Waldorf School. In 1975 Saul Bellow wrote a book, "Humbolt's Gift," in which the main character was heavily involved in the study of the works of Rudolf Steiner, founder of the Waldorf Schools. That book then won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975, and in 1976 Saul Bellow won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
I asked my Yale friend, "Did Saul Bellow ever talk about Rudolf Steiner?" He again said, "Yes." With this added comment the woman stopped serving herself soup, and with quick, excited words joined our conversation (forgetting to fill her soup container further). She told us of how she visited a Biodynamic farm in the Rudolf Steiner-inspired Camphill village for "those in need of special care" in Kimberton, Chester County.
There she watched how their farmers broke up cow manure with sticks and shovels until it "didn't smell any more," packed it into cow horns and buried it into the ground some day in the fall, when the stars were aligned in a particular way. This woman said that later on she was given some of the transformed Biodynamic cow manure after it was dug up on a particular day in the spring.
She then gave some to her daughter, who used it as fertilizer with some of her plants and raved about how, according to our new woman friend, "My daughter said, 'What was in that fertilizer? I never grew such large and delicious tomatoes?' The woman then launched into a discussion of creative forces that are all around us and which we sometimes experience. The man with the YALE tee-shirt mentioned a researcher, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who had done work in this field.
Suddenly, we all took out pens, scraps of papers and iPhones to exchange phone numbers, names and e-mail addresses. In the aisles of Weaver's Way, amidst the many passing shoppers, we, almost oblivious to them in our excitement of crossing destinies and discovering new friends, sensing that such meetings are hardly "accidental," entered into the dialogue that Goethe wrote was more precious than gold.
A while later the man had to leave, after he e-mailed both the woman and me from his iPhone. The woman and I continued talking about some of our most magical and marvelous life-changing experiences. Finally, I asked her if she would like to go with me the following night, Friday, Sept. 16, to a concert of sacred music performed by Vox Ama Deus the orchestra and chorus at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in center city.
She said she would. We arranged when and where I would pick her up. She lives in Chestnut Hill, I in Mt. Airy. Just before we parted, I asked her, "Do you know what Vox Ama Deus means?" She said, "No." I said, "It means 'Vox,' voice; 'Ama,' love; 'Deus,' God; the voice of the love of God."
Just another day of shopping in Chestnut Hill. And as I drove home from Weavers Way that evening, I saw a bright rainbow in the sky and a beautiful sunset over the Philadelphia Cricket Club on Willow Grove Avenue.
Ron Petrou, a Mt. Airy resident, has been a Waldorf School teacher (there is a Waldorf School in Mt. Airy), is a student of Rudolf Steiner's "Anthroposophy" and attends study groups and arranges for lectures on the ideas and lasting accomplishments of Steiner at the Chestnut Hill Library.

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|2011-10-28, 04:14
|Link #21
Join Date: Feb 2011
natsume is a boss xD
liked the new ending song :3 (the ED was electrifying )
"Everyone went nutso! Paint the town red" goood
i'm imagining the two black rabbits singing this
who else noticed the ballfish in the survival strategy?
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|2011-10-28, 04:21
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: United States of America
Age: 27
I was wondering if there'd be any sort of Masako-centric episode and then I got some. Complain all you want, the episode was fabulous max. Yes it was psychotic and there were many repeated scenes, but that tells you exactly how messed up Masako is and for how long she has been that way. I do wonder whatever the hell Kanba was doing there and why exactly would Masako be so attached to him even now. She mentioned in an earlier episode something about 16 years ago so what the hell was the connection between them 16 years ago o_o. Was her Dad also involved in the subway incident or something? Would explain her grandpa thinking of her father as a failure. Kind of a hectic episode but I liked it plenty. If not for the Masakao scenes then for the Esmeralda moves and the PoC sequence.
Oh and that ending. Completely caught me by surprise but holy hell I can totally relate to it ._.
|2011-10-28, 05:23
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Location: Edinburgh
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Wow, what an episode. It was really comical, they way they showed Masako's dad and granddad was genius. The scene with the maid and Himari/Queen was really amusing. Atmosphere was a different tone compared to last two ones and the ED was quite nice, the music kind of reflected the episode.
|2011-10-28, 05:40
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Age: 30
I'm not super attached to/interested in Masako myself, but yeah at least this episode managed to be hilarious. Those dreams/delusions, lol.
Sanetoshi doing his asshole thing turning Himari against Kanba. This's only gonna get worse. I wanna get the PoC's take on what it means that Himari's alive and she's still out there.
How historical are the Tokyo Metro attack references in the story. They don't really feel that way any longer. The "Survival Strategy" and 'setting the world back on track' ideas are extremely reminiscent of Aum Shinrikyo's evangelical message and teachings. But the penguins and all of Sanetoshi's individual personality make this story its own unique entity. The similarities are more like simple parallels than direct references.
The penguin groups are pretty much explicitly a cult, though. I wonder what exactly Kanba does for them.
Anyway, yeah, Kanba/Masako v.s. Sanetoshi is being set up, clearly. I'm still not thrilled by the idea of any potential romance, though.
(Masako's father said "the four of us once again living as a family". Which four? Does Masako's mother come into play anywhere in this? Or did "the four of us" actually include Masako's granfather?)
|2011-10-28, 05:48
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about kanba's past with masako, the maid referred to kanba as master
|2011-10-28, 08:40
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Beautiful fighter.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: England, UK
Age: 32
Brilliant episode. I'm such a fan of Ikuhara's style of humour, so this episode totally delivered. Such a round about way to tell us more about Natsume's character, and it certainly did a good job. Probably had some of the best music placement outside of episode 9.
Sanetoshi still steals this show for me.
|2011-10-28, 09:15
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 32
Hilarious episode. Masako's various attempts to kill her grandfather (in her dreams) and the survival strategy (oh, I missed you so!) were gold.
Despite all those funny moments, this episode still did a great job providing some serious background for Masako. I'm liking her more and more.
|2011-10-28, 09:35
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I was getting STRONG Akio vibes from Sanetoshi in this episode. Especially when he said, "you're a grown up too." Never get into a car with that guy, Himari. I felt sorry for Kanba. D: Besides that though, boring episode was boring.
Looks like the next episode may be Kanba-centric, so I'm looking forward to that. Hopefully the preview wasn't misleading! I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Edit: I think the random English speaking guy should be in more episodes, he was great. XD
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|2011-10-28, 10:30
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Join Date: Oct 2011
I can't even believe a show like this exists. It's so, so good. This episode was nuts. The surreal moments are out of this world. Where Ringo and Shoma are on the subway station and they have that weird conversation; when Grandfather Natsume was riding a rocking horse in a pit filled with crocodiles while lifting weights (AND his death); the fact that a ten-year-old Kanba has an adult's voice; MARIO; THE ENGLISH; Natsume's uncomfortably long twitching sequence; the fact that Natsume's DAD looks just like KANBA... I just loved it.
Everyone went nutso indeed. omg, so good
|2011-10-28, 10:37
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Location: Mt. Ordeals
W00t! Yet another childhood friend duo confirmed. I mean sure, they implied Masako and Kanba knew each other for a real long time before, but always nice to have concrete proof. XD
And yes Kanba, incest isn't wincest this time around. Why you so against Masako's advances? Back then she is so important to you that you said "I'll keep you company, if you're going to be cursed. That is the bond binding us together", and now you ain't giving her the time of day. Why the big change of heart? Or is this the cause of the curse as well?
|2011-10-28, 10:59
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"Mr. President, WATCH OUT!"
The comedy in this episode was superb. It also had perfect English, and not Engrish, and that was a pleasant surprise.
That being said, it had some elements I didn't like. The brief Shouma/Ringo conversation seemed really weird to me. It gave me the feeling of...
MPD Penguin Exec 1: "Guys, what the heck are we going to do with Shouma and Ringo in this episode? We can't have them not show up at all, they're major protagonists!"
MPD Penguin Exec 2: "Let's make them have a brief conversation where they clearly state to the audience what their role in the anime will be here on out."
MPD Penguin Exec 3: "Brilliant! It's so electrifying!"
So instead of feeling like a believable conversation between two people, it rather came across as both breaking the fourth wall to inform the audience what their roles in the anime will be from now on. I almost would rather they simply gave the two characters the week off.
Still, a very fun episode. 8/10 overall.
|2011-10-28, 11:20
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Location: Kappas' country.
I may not be a huge incest fan, but as things stand I would rather have Kanba ending up with Himari rather than Sanetoshi. But still crossing my fingers Himari will be "freed" from both and she can join Double H.
|2011-10-28, 11:23
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Amor Fati
Join Date: Oct 2011
Shoma: "I can't be with you and I can't be nice to you. That's the fate of our families."
Ringo: "I won't give up, even if you refuse. After all, I am your stalker! I'll change the fate."
The characters are speaking their own roles in the story. They've just said condensed versions of their own goals to the point where it seems like they've become mottos. Ringo calls herself Shoma's stalker like she doesn't think it's a pejorative term; like she actually believes that you naturally stalk the one you love. It almost seems like they aren't even talking to one another. It's just another one of the many surrealist elements in the series. I loved it.
|2011-10-28, 11:32
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Of course that doesn't mean that I think she would end up with Kanba.
And yeah I would love for a Himari/Double H ending. But another thought I had is maybe Himari actually will die in the end.
Well I did feel it was randomly placed but I thought the scene itself was perfect. Actually it would have been my favorite scene of the episode if not for that ridiculous but wonderful Natsume dream sequence.
|2011-10-28, 11:36
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The interactions between Shouma and Ringo up until this one all felt very authentic and real to me. Not surreal.
|2011-10-28, 11:41
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|2011-10-28, 11:42
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And the scene itself is still a call back to earlier things between the two: As I said earlier it was Shouma who first pointed out to Ringo that she was stalking Tabuki, that it wasn't love. But she is turning that back on him by saying I am not going to give up on you so easily but just using a word she knows is between them (and yes also the audience too).
So I think you can take more than one thing out of that scene. Just my personal thoughts.
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Name: Lynn
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Location: Eugene, OR
I have a friend who is driving me (us) crazy. She is my age and we've been best friends since grade school. Last year I came out to her as a lesbian and she was very supportive and loving. This year it's her turn. She cut her hair really short and now only wears men's clothes. Thing is, she's not gay, or lesbian. In fact, she doesn't have a boyfriend or a girlfriend. As far as I know she's still a virgin. She told me that she's gender queer. I was like, OK cool. Then she changed her name and wanted all her friends to call her by her new gender-neutral name. I was like, OK cool. Now she wants us to use gender-neutral pronouns—they, their, and them when referring to "her." This just sounds dumb. I want to be loving and supportive of her, like she was for me, but I don't understand what's going on. It's like this whole thing is an act, like she is trying to see how much attention she can get. A lot of our friends have just given up on her, but I don't want to do that. At the same time it's like she's mocking our trans friends who have real gender concerns. Am I being a dick for not wanting to go along with this?
Curious word choice there, young lesbian Lynn. Are you being a dick? Hell, I don't know. What I can say for certain is, if we were being totally politically correct, we wouldn't use euphemisms for our genitals in a derogatory way, right? Luckily, I'm not the least bit PC as you will discover from my comments below.
The question you raise in your email is a thorny one and I'm not sure I know how to respond. Gender is the new hot button issue and it is rapidly becoming the litmus test for PC crowd. As you suggest, it sometimes looks as though some folks are just trying to get attention or see how much the traffic will bear.
I'm going to be pretty self-referential in my response because I feel like I've been here before. Let me explain.
When I was about your age and into my early 20's the modern gay lib movement here in the US was just finding its footing. Stonewall had just happened and those of us on the sexual fringe were tying to come up with a new vocabulary with which to talk about ourselves. No one I knew liked the term homosexual for obvious reasons. Some of us, myself included, preferred the term, homophile. The difference being one was about loving, the other was about sex. That term didn't catch on, but "gay" sure did. I was fine with that, even though it wasn't my first choice. As I began to take a closer look at my sexual orientation and identity, I became a bit more radical; gay just didn't cut it anymore. I began to embrace the term "queer."
When I was a boy, the term queer, often directed at me because I wasn't like the other boys, was hate-filled and hurtful. It stung and I was ashamed. By my mid 20's, however, I was no longer ashamed. In fact, I was full of a new found fervor that was connected to my new found identity as a sexual outlaw. I know for certain that my radicalness was a little off-putting to some people, even people who wanted to love and support me.
After I passed through my militancy stage, I continued to use the term queer to describe myself as a way of showing the world that I had reclaimed and detoxified the word that once brought me shame. It became my own personal badge of honor. Maybe you've had a similar ark in your coming out, Lynn.
The curious thing is I've lived long enough to see the term I fought so hard to reclaim morph yet again. Nowadays, when someone self-identifies as queer, more often than not, it has to do with gender; it no longer has a strong sexual connotation. I feel a little bummed about this because one of my favorite words has been coopted by another group of people. But that's the nature of language, right?
Over the decades since I first began to struggle with who I was and how I would talk about myself to others, I've seen numerous fracturing of the solidarity we sexual outlaws might have had. There was a virulent strain of lesbian separatism that cropped up in the mid 70's. But most of that has dissipated since. And there was the radicalism that came with HIV/AIDS, which turned quiet, unassuming, cocktail sipping homos into fearless street fighters. That too has played itself out. In fact, now that marriage equality is all the rage, some of us old queers are asking if it's still possible to be a sexual outlaw by just being gay. I fear not. Apparently, gender benders are the new sexual outlaws. OK, my time has past; I get it. I have no hard feelings, but I do have a wistfulness for days gone by.
It's also been my experience that some of us, and I include my younger self in this category, have an uncanny ability to alienate loads of people with our politics. That can be a good thing, but radicalism can, and often does, alienate those who would naturally be our allies as well as some of those who struggle next to us. There's nothing more devastating to a popular movement than having a bunch of edgier-than-thou folks setting themselves up as the thought police. When this happens, as it always does, it suggests to me that we are more interested in making a point than making a connection. This is a particularly acute problem for the newly liberated crowd, often found on college campuses. They are flush with indignation as they discover that life is not fair. They tend to use the scattergun approach when doling out their fury regardless if those around them are deserved of their wrath or not.
The current incarnation of the gender liberation movement suffers from a lot of the excesses that other liberation movements have experienced before it—intolerance and dogmatism among them. The thing is, gender-fuck has a long history and an honored place in sexual politics. However, in the past, this has mostly expressed itself in street theater. Nowadays, there is precious little humor among the new gender warriors, and very few of these zealots can laugh at themselves. That tells me we're all in for a very rough ride ahead.
I know how important a shift in vocabulary is to making the dominant culture see its oppression, but the pronoun thing is just awkward. For one thing, there's no agreement on what pronouns to use for those who are rallying for gender neutrality. Some people militate for they, their, and them. Others want the even more extreme "ze," pronounced as the letter zee. And "hir," pronounced here. As in, "Ze went to the store and bought hirself an ice cream cone." Well, if you wanna do that to the language go right ahead, but I refuse!
Besides, are we just supposed to use these twisted pronouns when the gender warrior is in our company, or are we to alter our vocabulary even when they aren't around? Try using they, their, and them when referring to someone who isn't present. Confusion will reign.
Lynn, I don't know your friend so I can hardly make a call on whether your friend is being authentic, disingenuous, or histrionic. But I don't think you should beat yourself up if you draw the line at a pronoun shift. If your friend takes offense, as well your friend might, you could always compromise and use no pronouns ever in relation to your friend. Simply use your friend's chosen name each time a pronoun might serve you better. In time, this will surely get exhausting for both you and your friend. But maybe this exercise will help your friend see that you are not the enemy and maybe your friend will then cut you a little slack.
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Albuquerque, NM — Today, Mayor Richard J. Berry recognized World War II Code Talker Chester Nez for his integral part in America's victory over Japan. Nez was part of the original 29 code talkers, and he is now the last surviving member. Monday, Jan. 23rd is Nez' birthday and the Mayor invited Nez and his family to City Hall for a celebration of his life and accomplishments. The Mayor also proclaimed today, Navajo Code Talker Chester Nez Day, in honor of his courageous actions during WWII.
Nez enlisted in the 382nd United States Marines following the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Nez and his fellow "coders" used their linguistic abilities to help the United States of America win a six year battle with Japan.
A New Mexico native, Nez, was born on a Navajo reservation in western New Mexico. When he was a student at a boarding school in Arizona, Nez was forced to suppress his Native Navajo language, which ironically contributed to American forces being able to send unbreakable messages to one another.
At age 92, Nez remains a hero to his nation, and his home state, "Birthday cake and a proclamation is our simple way of saying 'Thank You' to Chester Nez for his years of service and his heroic action," said Mayor Berry. "It is important for us to continue to telling Mr. Nez' story to the next generations, and I'm so glad he's here to help us do just that."
Today Nez cut the cake and celebrated his birthday surrounded by his family, local veterans, Mayor Berry, and City Councilors Dan Lewis and Trudy Jones. Nez also signed copies of the recently released book Code Talker, which he co-authored with Judith Schiess Avila.
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Friday, October 28, 2011
A New Finished Painting from the Studio of The Homeless Finch
32 comments:
- Riitta Klint said...
Fabulous! I love that piece, keep it up!!
- October 28, 2011 at 9:07 AM
- WrightStuff said...
I really like this. I'm such a layer fiend so it's right up my street!
- October 28, 2011 at 9:30 AM
- Deneen@dreaming-n-color said...
I love the layering in this! You are making me want to paint again!
- October 28, 2011 at 9:51 AM
- Korrie@RedHenHome said...
The layering technique is SO COOL! You make me want to learn to paint.
- October 28, 2011 at 10:24 AM
- Twice Nice said...
It's beautiful Lesley! And the title speaks to me as well!
- October 28, 2011 at 11:04 AM
- Grammy Goodwill said...
I really like this one. The name grabbed my attention, but the design kept me reading. How interesting to me that you painted over a painting.
- October 28, 2011 at 11:10 AM
- Rosemary@villabarnes said...
Lesley, I love it. Love the layering, the colors, everything. Awesome.
- October 28, 2011 at 11:27 AM
- iamrushmore said...
it's gorgeous! (and the title is great). The layers and depth are inspiring and I love that it carries a history and secret meaning underneath.
- October 28, 2011 at 11:41 AM
- EVA said...
A wonderful painting! It really feels great to finish something, doesn't it!
I love the shades and the abstraction of it.
- October 28, 2011 at 12:31 PM
Great painting!
Love the theme/style..
Happy PPF! My second wk here!
- October 28, 2011 at 12:48 PM
- Katie said...
Oh yeah, I definately like this! I love the colors you used and all the different aspects of the painting!! Great job Lesley!!
- October 28, 2011 at 2:14 PM
- tofubeast said...
Ohh this just might be one of my favorite paintings of yours. Hope to get to see it in person at some point!
- October 28, 2011 at 4:11 PM
- Anne said...
G O R G E O U S! There aren't enough words for me to express how much I love this piece. The mix of colours, the depth - it's just beautiful!
Happy PPF!
- October 28, 2011 at 4:28 PM
- Tracey Fletcher KIng said...
Thanks for posting those closeups so we could see the detail... this is great and I love those glimmers of purple coming through so much... they pop... happy PPF xx
- October 28, 2011 at 6:23 PM
- KAT said...
I just love it...I am in awe of these type of art works ..I have never attempted to do one ...afraid of utter failure. I wish canvas and paint was given out free...them I wouldnt worry about failure ...I like your tree and I like the leaves they simplicity of them and yet the detail of the texture is very cool.
- October 28, 2011 at 6:50 PM
- Janet said...
I like the painting and the title is great. You've got lots of interesting textures and layers in this painting. It's beautiful.
- October 28, 2011 at 7:44 PM
- Cassie @ Primitive & Proper said...
ooh i love it! the color palette is so warm . beautiful work, lesley!
- October 28, 2011 at 8:02 PM
The colors are awesome!
- October 28, 2011 at 8:32 PM
- Gloria said...
I like this painting. The colors are great and I'm wondering about the title because it reminds me of me. My memory hasn't been serving me well as of late. Interesting. Happy PPF, job well done.
- October 28, 2011 at 8:47 PM
- Hands to Work, Hearts to God said...
Layering makes a work interesting because it's like there's a secret! I like this! Patsy from
- October 28, 2011 at 9:45 PM
- Linda R. said...
What a nice blog you have here.. Your painting looks wonderful. Lots of yummy layers and textures to look at...
- October 29, 2011 at 3:01 AM
- Pointy Pix said...
This looks great! I love the colours and that you painting over something else. Great texture.
- October 29, 2011 at 3:05 AM
- Mary C. Nasser said...
I definitely loved the sneak peek!
So glad you joined PPF a month ago and have experienced a sense of strong camaraderie as I have, too! :)
LOVE the details of the painting that really show off the layers you have developed! The contrast in colors in fabulous, too!!
Happy PPF!!
Mixed-Media Map Art
- October 29, 2011 at 9:13 AM
- Manon said...
Great seeing all those layers through the painting,I love purple so I am pleased to see you kept some!
- October 29, 2011 at 9:34 AM
- Tracey Potter said...
Fantastic colours and textures. Love the layers!
- October 29, 2011 at 5:12 PM
- carlarey said...
I like this a lot. Love the colors and texture.
- October 29, 2011 at 7:12 PM
- Rosie Kaplan said...
The close ups are awesome
- October 29, 2011 at 8:36 PM
- MollyGirl said...
thanks for sharing views as it evolved. always so interesting to see how a piece comes together. love the muted, autumn colors!
- October 30, 2011 at 1:11 AM
- SHERI C said...
Love the layering in this piece. Glad you shared it this week. Happy PPF!
- October 30, 2011 at 9:16 AM
- Mimi Torchia Boothby Watercolors said...
interesting painting, I see a lot of depth.. Happy PPF
- October 30, 2011 at 10:10 AM
- Geckostone said...
Wow this is great! I love the title too! Deb
- October 31, 2011 at 7:18 AM
- Confessions of a Plate Addict said...
So pretty! I love all the layers of texture! Have a great week!...hugs...Debbie
- October 31, 2011 at 7:53 AM


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The lyrics to Jake Owen's latest single 'Alone With You' were a bit of a "puzzle," according to JT Harding, one of the song's three writers. But the end result was a beautiful masterpiece that gave the singer yet another fast and steady ride up the country singles chart.
The writing session was the first time Harding had met co-writer Catt Gravitt, but he already had a solid writing relationship with the song's third writer, Shane McAnally.
"Shane brings something out in me that I don't have with other writers … a much more private and personal side," Harding tells Taste of Country. "He started playing the guitar like he always does. That's how it happened with [our Kenny Chesney song] 'Somewhere With You.' Off the top of my head, I started singing that first verse about this girl I was seeing, which wasn't a relationship at all [laughs]. It was someone who was keeping me just interested enough to just keep me hanging on."
"I don't see you laugh / You don't call me back / But you kiss me when you're drunk / I don't know your friends / Don't know where you've been / Why are you the one I want," they wrote in the opening lyrics.
"The first verse came about, and everyone kind of dove in on the concept and kept it going from there," notes Harding. "Who wants to say hey, I'm some hot chicks bootie call? That's what's great about being a songwriter … you let it all hang out. Then Catt said something about why were we tip-toeing around the sexiness … let's just go for it. We went back and took the gloves off."
"Don't you put your lips up to my mouth and tell me you can't stay / Don't slip your hand under my shirt and tell me it's okay / Don't say it doesn't matter 'cause it's gonna matter to me / I can't be alone with you," they wrote for the chorus.
"Those lines came out, and I just knew if someone had the guts to cut it, it would be a monster smash," Harding says of the 'Alone With You' lyrics. "I think a lot of people thought it was perfect for a girl to sing, but from day one, I thought a guy needed to say that. I give all the credit to Jake Owen for him to sing it. He's a great looking dude, so for him to sing about a girl who doesn't want him is really cool. I just knew it would be a lot better than a girl singing because it would be unexpected."


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JACMEL, Haiti — "Vacation to Haiti/It nearly broke my heart."
So rapped Miami hip-hop heavyweight Rick Ross in 2009, but the lyric could be current: Haiti is better known for its natural disasters and political turmoil than for its tourists.
Now, however, a pioneering class of Haiti-loving entrepreneurs is investing time and money to change that.
"People just have no clue," said Michael Capponi, a Miami nightclub and real estate tycoon who has set his sights on Haiti. "They know that it's an island, but they don't even know that it's an island with beaches."
Yet building a tourism sector won't be easy.
The earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010 destroyed much of the capital as well as this historic southern beach town, killing several hundred thousand people. Political stability and economic growth were hit as hard as Haiti's cinder block homes.


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When you are being treated for breast cancer, it's likely that you will have side effects from that treatment and, perhaps, also symptoms of the disease itself. For instance, the cancer itself can cause symptoms if the tumor puts pressure on an organ or body part and causes pain. Or the tumor may interfere with the function of that organ or body part. The treatments to destroy cancer cells can harm healthy cells at the same time, and that means treatment can cause side effects.
Side effects can affect each person differently. Some people have none, while others may have many. Some side effects may change over time, while others stay the same. Some may be temporary, while others may be permanent.
When side effects occur, they can interfere with your day-to-day life. These side effects can range from fatigue and hot flashes to more troubling ones such as infection and swelling in your arms and hands, called lymphedema. Some side effects may worsen other symptoms. For example, if you're depressed or not sleeping well, you may be tired. As a result, your pain may feel worse. Getting relief from one side effect may help you with others.
In this section, you'll learn how to cope with the most common side effects of treatments for breast cancer.
Treating your cancer to get the best results is important. But your quality of life also matters. Let your doctor and nurse know if you are experiencing any side effects or discomfort. Make sure to tell your doctor or nurse how these problems affect your day-to-day life. Your healthcare team is there to help you manage your symptoms as well as to treat your cancer.
It's normal to worry about any problems you may have. You may ask yourself, "Is the cancer getting worse? Are the treatments working?" Talk with your doctor and nurse about your concerns. You also need to let them know as much about the problem as possible.
Keep a record of the following information and take it to your appointments:
What the problem is. Describe the problem (diarrhea, depression, appetite loss) that you're concerned about. Be as specific as possible.
Where the problem is. Is there a specific area that is affected, such as your stomach or your head?
When it started. How long have you had the problem? Did you first notice it before or after a treatment session? Did you have it before you started treatment? Is it a constant problem? Or do you notice that it's worse or better at certain times? Does it come and go?
How bad it is. If you had to rank the problem on a scale from 0 to 10 (0=not bad at all, 10=worst), where would it rank?
Triggers that make the problem better or worse. Do certain activities or environments affect your symptoms?
How the problem affects your day-to-day life. Have you had to stop any activities because of the problem? Has your life changed because of the problem?
What you're currently doing to manage the symptoms. Is it helping? Be sure to share any complementary or alternative therapies that you may be trying at home.
It might help to keep a chart of your symptoms. Yours might look something like this:
Intensity Rating
(What did you do? Did it work?)
Jan. 3
I tried to watch a funny video, but I couldn't pay attention. I put a cool, wet towel on my forehead and lay down in a dark room. After a nap, I felt better.
Dealing with your feelings is often easier as you learn more about your disease and get support from other people. Doctors, nurses, and other members of your healthcare team can answer questions about your concerns. Talking with friends and relatives or getting in touch with others who have had cancer can be helpful. Meeting with a social worker, counselor, or member of the clergy may also be helpful. Many cancer patients attend support groups where they share what they have learned about cancer and its treatments.
Here are some options for finding support:
Ask a nurse or social worker at your hospital or clinic to suggest a local or national group that can offer emotional support, information, financial aid, transportation, home care, or other services.
Call the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service at 800-4-CANCER (800-422-6237). It has information on resources.
Call the American Cancer Society at 800- ACS-2345 (800-227-2345). This nonprofit organization helps patients and their families.


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Still from an interview with Dr. Moulton
Dr. Moulton passed on Sunday and I'm putting together a post and video from the time I met him. He invented the revolutionary small-wheeled, full-suspension Moulton bicycle that was very popular in the 1960s and is still built by hand in Bradford on Avon. He was 92 and an inspiration for a generation of engineers, designers and inventors. Also, a bike blogger. He asked, "what about the size of the wheel." A topic we're still discussing today.


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A frequent cliché in the wrestling business is to compare something to a roller coaster ride, for example the emotions of a crowd during a match, or the up and down cycle of the business. In the case of Shawn Michaels, the new DVD compilation Heartbreak and Triumph reveals that the same comparison is apt for both his career and his life.
The three-disc set is the newest in a string of excellent WWE profile sets that focus on a single superstar, following the recent releases on John Cena and Rey Mysterio. Like those, this set starts off with a lengthy interview portion. This one is by far the most interesting of the three, though that's hardly surprising, given the subject matter. The Heartbreak Kid has had a storied career that has seen him atop the highest hill, spin out of control and crash down at the bottom, and make his way back up again.
The first disc is devoted to a nearly two-hour interview with comments from Michaels, many of his friends and relatives, and other members of the WWE, including Jim Ross, Chris Jericho, Triple H, Pat Patterson and Vince McMahon himself.
Michaels' entire career is discussed at length. Some interesting stories are included about his rookie days, complete with lots of clips -- including his first professional match. Displaying an almost prodigious talent for the sport, it didn't take long for Shawn to catch the eyes of different promoters. After a short while, his talents earned him a job in Kansas City where destiny awaited in the form of Marty Jannetty
Jannetty is interviewed at some length about his teaming with Shawn as the Midnight Rockers. Again, the DVD is generous with a lot of footage from the duo's early days, which is really interesting for those fans who only knew them once they entered the WWE.
Also discussed is the reputation that Shawn earned back then as a partier and a druggie. An initial failure to get into the WWE sent Michaels spiraling into a dark, dark place. Watching Shawn talk about those days, it's clear that he's no longer the same person he once was. He's clearly ashamed about his youthful indiscretions and the immature decisions he made back then.
Luckily, he was able to overcome those demons and eventually he and Marty did make it into the WWE. There, as the Rockers, the team revitalized tag team wrestling. Many stars comment about the Rockers, including Jericho who says they're still his favourite team, Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard who faced the duo as the Brain Busters, and even a WWE TV director.
That seems like a strange choice, including a production staffer on the DVD. But it seems to go along with some of the other rarities that are included on the set, in particular the matches. As an example, the never-before-released match where the Rockers beat the Hart Foundation for the Tag Team Championships. This match was taped for a Saturday Night's Main Event episode, but never aired. The top rope malfunctioned and the match was terrible as a result, so the decision was made to not acknowledge the switch.
Soon thereafter, Michaels started his singles career, and it is this discussion that makes up the majority of the interview portion. Every stage of his career is touched on, and again, comments are included from a number of people. Generally, they acknowledge that Shawn, while one of the most talented wrestlers alive, was a jerk to deal with during this time.
A lot of that was directly related to the power that he and his friends -- the Kliq -- gained at this time. Michaels somewhat downplays the stranglehold that the foursome of he, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, and Triple H had in the company, suggesting that any influence they had was deserved because of their drive and ambition and passion for the business. Ted DiBiase, however, doesn't sugarcoat things, calling them a pain. It would have been interesting to also hear some stories from some of the people who were reportedly held down by the Kliq during this time -- for example, Shane Douglas who in the past has said he was a victim of their power, or Jean Pierre Lafitte (Carl Ouelett), or others from that era have said was denied some opportunities. However, it's not surprising that this didn't happen.
In any event, a lot of HBK's storylines revolved around his Kliq, and his feuds with Kevin Nash and Scott Hall are delved into quite deeply. However, none of their matches are included in the collection. While this may seem like a bit of an oversight, it's actually a good thing. His famous matches with those men were generally on the bigger pay-per-views and can already be found on other compilations -- so including them again would make this set seem like kind of a ripoff. In fact, only two matches in this set taken from one of the big four pay-per-views: a Rockers match against the Orient Express from the 1991 Royal Rumble, and the 1995 Royal Rumble match where Shawn entered first and went on to win.
Most of the other matches came from deeper in the WWE vaults, and while they may be less famous, are some of Michaels' highest quality matches from that era. In particular, three highlights are a pair of matches against the British Bulldog from 1992 and 1996, and an Intercontinental title defense against Jeff Jarrett from a 1995 In Your House.
All the highs and lows from that period are touched on, including Shawn's suspension for steroid use (which he vehemently denies), the Iron Man match between he and Bret Hart where he won the WWE Championship, the infamous "curtain call" incident, and Shawn's role in the Monday Night Wars. It's a very interesting look at the scenes behind the curtain from wrestling's most successful era, and it's worth a look.
Of course, any discussion about Shawn's career would be incomplete if it didn't talk about D-Generation X. Which ultimately leads to the topic that will never die, the Montreal Screwjob at Survivor Series 1997. Rather than close the book once and for all, the interviews -- and in particular, the comments made by Triple H who still seems very angry with Bret Hart about the whole thing -- suggest that this one will never die.
The last third of the interview portion is dedicated to Shawn's retirement, his rebirth, and his return to in-ring action. His candid stories about his downward slide after his retirement, and his subsequent climb back up, guided by a newfound love and religious awakening, are very emotional -- remember the roller coaster ride metaphor from earlier? That's what it's like.
Most of Michaels' last few years are touched upon to varying degrees, with the exclusion of his matches with Chris Benoit (understandably) and his feud with Kurt Angle -- though, interestingly, his reunion with Marty Jannetty is mentioned (and their match with La Resistance is included), and it was Angle who brought Jannetty back to begin with. The Elimination Chamber, his Wrestlemania match with Chris Jericho, his feud with Hulk Hogan, and the bad blood that still seems to be between them, his feud with Vince McMahon, the DX reunion, and his WrestleMania 23 match with John Cena. What's unanimously the view from all involved is that each one of those matches was infinitely better because Shawn Michaels was in it. As proof, the set includes his entire 58-minute rematch with Cena from RAW in April 2007. That was one of the best matches of the year, and that's only a sample of what Michaels can do.
Heartbreak and Triumph is a very well done package on one of wrestling's greatest stars of all time. The interview is comprehensive and insightful, and the 14 full matches included offer an excellent cross-section of every period in HBK's career. The set isn't necessarily perfect -- there are other matches that I would have loved to see on there, including his IC title match against Jannetty from RAW, his match against Owen Hart where he suffered his "concussion", or any of his matches against Mr. Perfect. But those minor complaints aside, it's certainly a worthwhile purchase, and definitely one heck of a ride.


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Aerobic exercise is movement that gets your blood pumping faster around your whole body. It makes your heart beat faster. It also makes your lungs take in more oxygen. This causes you to breathe faster during the exercise.
Aerobic exercise is important for kids. It helps keep their heart, lungs, and blood vessels healthy. It can also help them keep or get to a healthy weight. Kids who exercise tend to have:
Better heart and lung fitness
Lower levels of body fat
Stronger bones and muscles
Fewer symptoms of depression
Better chances of being healthy adults without chronic disease
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends that kids get 60 minutes or more of physical activity each day. They advise that aerobic activity should make up most of those 60 minutes.
Kids should make sure to get vigorous aerobic activity on at least three days a week, says the DHHS. What does that mean? Moderate aerobic activity means your child's heart will beat faster than normal. He or she will breathe harder than normal. With vigorous activity, your child's heart will beat much faster than normal. He or she will breathe much harder than normal.
Age makes a difference with aerobic activity. With kids, their aerobic ability can get better during and after puberty. Also, kids should do things that are fun and help them learn skills. Help your child pick activities that they will enjoy and want to stick with. Below are some examples of activities that can suit kids of all ages.
These are examples of good activities for children:
Games that involve running and chasing
Jumping rope
Riding a bicycle
Sports such as hockey, basketball, swimming, or gymnastics
These are examples of good activities for adolescents:
Canoeing or kayaking
House and yard work
Ice skating
Skiing or snowboarding
Sports such as baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, tennis, hockey, or swimming
These are examples of good activities for teens:
Aerobic exercise classes
Karate or other martial arts
Sports such as baseball, softball, basketball, volleyball, soccer, lacrosse, tennis, hockey, basketball, football , fencing, badminton, or swimming


text: Published with a digital code that may no longer be redeemable from the publisher. Do not purchase with the expectation that the code is still valid. It's a blast from the past as the original five students of Professor X - Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Angel and Beast - are plucked from the past and brought to the present. But what they find, the state that their future selves are in and the state of Xavier's dream, is far from the future they dreamed of. And how will the X-Men of the present deal with their past coming crashing forward? $3.99 cover price.


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5 Takeaways On Wealth and Inequality From Piketty
French economist Thomas Piketty has caused an international stir recently with his book about disparities in international wealth and income, Capital in the Twenty-First Century. The widening gap between the very rich and everyone else, he said Monday, has returned to late 19th century levels, and is unlikely to reverse itself.
Rather, Mr. Piketty painted a picture of a global policy structure that is increasingly stacked against low- and middle-income households. At a morning discussion with journalists and economists hosted by the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, Mr. Piketty called for a number of changes, including changes in tax policy, more transparency into wealth and capital accumulation, and better education opportunities for lower-income students, as some ways to try to address the balance.
Mr. Piketty's comments came at the start of a week packed with appearances in Washington and New York. His conclusions have not been universally embraced, but his book has drawn attention for the richness of its data examining concentrations of wealth, spanning several centuries from close to 20 countries. He finds that wealth inequality now is at historically high levels and likely to widen.
Here are five points he raised during the appearance:
1. Inequality: Wealth inequality accelerates because the return on capital outpaces the increases in economic output. In other words, those who have capital earn at a faster rate than the economy is able to grow. "Inequality is fine as long as it not completely excessive," he said. "At the end of the day, it's hard to make democratic institutions work if you have 95% of the wealth in the top 10" percent of people. "This is what Europe had prior to World War I." He advocated, among other things, returning the top tax rate on the wealthiest Americans to the level that persisted from 1930 through the 1970s, which he described as close to 82%. "Apparently U.S. capitalism did not disappear," during that time, he said
2. Uncertainty: Income inequality is likely to get worse world population growth subsides and wealth becomes even more concentrated. But Mr. Piketty concedes there is considerable uncertainty as to how the world will develop. "The world population has been multiplied by 10 over the past three centuries, from 600 million to 7 billion. Can we make it to 70 billion? Nobody knows. Maybe we will find ways. I don't know. We should not take as givens that population has to decline."
3. Imbalances: Widening inequality is not a self-correcting phenomenon, and it can in fact persist for some time. "Any level of inequality is sustainable if the system of persuasion or the system of oppression - or both sometimes - are effective. It certainly makes it more difficult when there's more inequality to persuade people that this is in their interest." To draw more attention to wealth disparities, Mr. Piketty called for the creation of an international wealth registry that would make it harder for people to shield their assets.
4. Compensation: The rise in pay by top managers and executives in the U.S. economy has fueled some of the distortions. "When you pay $10 million instead of $1 [million], you don't have necessarily better performance or much higher productivity… So I think there is really very little evidence that we need to pay people 100 times or 200 times the average wage to get them to work. I think you have people who would accept the work for only 10 or 20 times the average wage."
5. Austerity: A focus on austerity can make inequality worse. He said the United Kingdom spent nearly a century, starting in the 1850s, reducing its ratio debt to gross domestic product from 200% to 10%. "So it worked, but it took a century of budget surplus of 2 to 3% of GDP to get there," he said. A focus on paying down debt can redirect money from other priorities, such as education. This "probably was not the best way to prepare the country for the following century, and I'm afraid that Europe is doing the same right now," he said.


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kapilisrani needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 86 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
HireTwits is a Twitter based app, that is targeted towards job search. It enables searching for jobs using the Twitter system.
"Home page" - Typical search site home page.
- Search box at the top, with logo integrated into the header
- will contain a list of "hire tweets" below the search box
Here's a UI mockup - http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3381…9ef8_b.jpg
"Search page/results" - will contain a list of tweets along with pagination at the bottom like - "Prev, Next & 1,2 ,3 like buttons/links"
Looking for a Web 2.0 look and feel - very clean & simple. Even though its twitter based, its a serious job search site & looking for professional look and feel.
We are also thinking of punch line - "Jobs in real time", so may be playing around with that in home page would be cool to see.
- people who are looking/searching for jobs
- anyone who wants to post a job
- site for job/hiring market
I am looking for a Web 2.0 interface very clean, simple - in short classy and sophisticated. Don't have color preferences (may be blue, but feel free to experiment with any color) but needs to have a professional look, since this is more like a serious app.
Here's what I want -
- web 2.0
- clean & simple design
- some twitter look & feel, not necessary
- lots of white
- CSS compatible
Dont want -
- Heavy graphics
- no clutter
- too many colors
Some logo ideas
- bird with neck tie & office bag.
- Would like to see some non-bird ideas as well
Pointers - looks at search engine or job search engines.
This may be an example - http://www.oneriot.com/


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The Effects of Sunshine on the Soul
The sunlight is back.
I had an idea to chronicle all that's happened in the 6 months or so since I last posted (um, since I had the baby), but in the bright glow of the March sunlight, I've found that I have no heart to drudge up the 5′ snowbank that sealed our front door off, or the 20 degrees BELOW zero (F) it was one morning, or the long john filled days of playing trains and nursing, and hot tea during naptime in a vain attempt to ward off exhaustion and cold drafts.
Somewhere in the last week that all became history.
It may have been SPA – a weekend filled with supportive friends, adult conversation, sleep, and fiber-y inspiration. My god, I love SPA. This year, Kellee made it happen for me, convincing Eric that it was the perfect weekend to get Tommy on bottles (she was right. No surprise there.)
There is something about SPA that is rejuvenating. I think it's getting to spend REAL time with your friends, all holed up together in a hotel, for a big long sleepover. It's not a quick knit night, it's not a whirlwind barn-touring festival, it's a big long pajama-fest with fiber. And room service.
Which is awesome, and certainly does a lot for the state of one's psyche.
But today, today I am convinced it's the sunlight.
A few weeks ago I couldn't see past the day-to-day drudgery, I couldn't figure out in my head how I was going to manage our jumbled schedule of conflicting family needs (work, class, meetings, trips… all a big puzzle of how to get who where, and hopefully on time).
But the sun is out, shining onto my desk, and across the play floor, and it feels like we've turned one big corner. I can see all the stuff before us, and it's clicking. I can figure it out.
We may get more snow this winter. Hell, it was only 2 degrees this morning outside my kitchen window as I made my tea. But the sun is strong, and it's been shining, and it's all downhill to summer from here.
I've been knitting too. Here's a preview of what I'm going to be showing off in the next few posts:
And a little baby love, because it really all does go by too fast:


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Senior midfielder ranked among the top 44 players in the nation
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Aug. 2, 2013) – Buccaneer midfielder Itode Fubara will look to carry the momentum of a successful summer into his senior season at ETSU. The Ogbema, Nigeria native has been named to the Southern Conference Team of the Year for the Premier Development League, placing him among the top 44 players in the nation.
Fubara, who was named to last season's All-Atlantic Sun First Team, has been playing for the Orlando City U-23 team this summer, an affiliate of the Orlando City Lions of the United Soccer Leagues Professional Division (USL Pro).
Appearing in all 14 matches for the U23s, Fubara logged the most minutes on the team while helping anchor a solid midfield group.
"I'm at a loss for words," Fubara said in an interview with OrlandoCitySoccer.com. "It's always great to be recognized. All the credit to the guys for their dedication and hard work."
Throughout his ETSU career, Fubara has started 61 games, ranking him third on the Buccaneers' all-time list behind Aaron Schoenfield of the MLS' Columbus Crew (68) and Jaron Westbrook (63).
The Buccaneers will begin their 2013 campaign Aug. 30 when they travel to Columbia, S.C. to take on South Carolina.
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Global Limit Switches Series 91MCE: Top Plunger, 1NO 1NC Direct Opening Slow Action Break-Before-Make (B.B.M.), 5M Cable - Bottom Exit
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