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In this Hands on Review of the Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-Rx100, I will go over everything you need to know!
|I really tested the DSC-RX100 thoroughly and it really is a pocket sized camera with Mega-Power in the Specs department. For starters, besides the camera actually being pocket sized, it has a very large 20MP Sony Sensor, Fast AF and Processor, and a Killer f/1.8 Carl Zeiss pancake zoom lens that delivers 3.6x Optical Zoom!!
In addition to the major hardware highlights, the Sony DSC-RX100 also has 1080/60P HD Video Capabilities with full time AF. You also have full manual control over the video exposure for when you want to use real lights, or for visual effect.
Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-RX100 Highlights
- 20.2MP 1″ Exmor CMOS Low-Light Sensor
- Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T Lens
- Xtra Fine 3″ LCD Display with WhiteMagic
- Optical 3.6x Zoom & Digital 7.2x Zoom
- Optical & Electronic Image Stabilization
- Full HD 1080/60p Video Capture
- Ultra-Fast 0.13 Sec High-Speed AF
- Face Detection & 10 fps Burst Mode
- Record Stills Using JPEG, RAW, or Both
- Aluminum Body with Built-In Pop Up Flash
Sony DSC-Rx100 – Build Quality and Ergonomics
Lets start off this review with the build quality and ergonomics using these product shots for visual pleasure and reference 😉
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Check out the durable metal skin up close as it has a slight satin finish to it. Also note the blue Zeiss badge and just how big in circumference the f/1.8 zoom lens actually is!!
Looking from the photographer point of view you will see a very nice assortment of buttons and a 4-way nav wheel on the right hand side. Taking up the remainder of the back is the Xtra Fine 3″ LCD Display with WhiteMagic!! The screen does not move, but is definitely better looking and easier to see in the daylight than the standard high res LCD screen like on the Nex-5n for example.
The video record button is on the top right and has a very nice carved out thumb grip that protects against accidental presses. It's a nice balance as I can still press the button pretty easily with very few accidental video recordings. The Mode dial is also a nice feature for the experienced user as the Menus can often be more time consuming. Sony decided to keep this camera set-up more like the A57 and or Nex-7 which has the experienced user in mind when it comes to menus and buttons. The Fn button for example is a shortcut to almost every feature at the push of a button, just like the Sony A57.
It's important to be aware just how far the Ziess lens comes out when the camera turns on as it almost triples the overall depth!! Also notice the grooves on the integrated control ring you can spin with your finger. It works as a zoom in some modes, or aperture, shutterspeed, if in those modes. The control ring can also be custom programed to a bunch of settings as well. I found it very nice to use when zooming or manual focusing specifically. It's much easier to fine tune a large wheel than the standard left /right toggle switch located by the shutter button. Although for quick zooming to maximum or minimum, the left/right zoom toggle is the way to go!!
Sony RX100 Full Overview and Specs
Full Sony RX100 Overview and Feature Set
Courtesy of BHPhotovideo.com
Housed in a sophisticated aluminum body, the Sony DSC-RX100 Digital Camera (Black) features a 20.2 megapixel Exmor CMOS image sensor that excels in ultra low-light situations. It's equipped with a brilliant F1.8 Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T Lens and an integrated pop up flash. You can record ultra high-definition still images in JPEG format, RAW format, or even both simultaneously. The camera also affords Full HD 1080p video capture at 60 frames per second (fps). Plus, it supports a full range of controls for video and still shooting that range from iAUTO to P/A/S/M (Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority and Manual).
The RX100 is loaded with shot-enhancing features and high-quality components. The Exmor CMOS image sensor and refined BIONZ image processor work together to facilitate fast DSLR-like focusing speeds even in low-light – and without sacrificing any detail. The lens supports 3.6x optical zoom and 7.2x clear image digital zoom. It also features a multi-layered T coating that dramatically reduces ghost and flare caused by light reflection. For added convenience, the RX100 is equipped with a 3″ Xtra Fine LCD display so you'll be able to quickly scroll through menus and pictures. The display even features WhiteMagic technology for increased visibility under intense sunlight.
Other features include a customizable function button that supports up to seven different functions and a memory recall (MR) that can memorize up to three groups of preferred settings. The camera also features Optical SteadyShot with Active Mode, which eliminates blurry images when you're walking with the camera. Sony's even bolstered the image stabilization with an electronic image stabilization that affords blur-free movie shooting and steady zooming in unsteady situations. You can use the Auto Portrait Framing function to capture an additional, beautifully framed and balanced full resolution portrait, when you're out shooting stills. The camera also supports four focus modes, auto HDR, multi-aspect ratio recording, a digital level gauge, multi-frame noise reduction and much more.
Sony designed the DSC-RX100 for capable photographers looking for a high-end compact camera to take on the go. Anyone who spends a lot of time shooting family and friends will also appreciate the camera's Face Detection and Face Registration technology. The RX100 can detect and register up to eight faces. Plus, it will automatically adjust focus, exposure, white balance and flash to ensure you get a clear and crisp shot of those closest to you. You can even tell the camera to prioritize children or adults. With a laundry-list of features and excellent components, the RX100 offers amazing quality and creative freedom in a stylish, compact package.
- 20.2 Megapixel Exmor 1″ CMOS Image Sensor
- The massive 20.2MP Exmor 1″ CMOS sensor captures ultra-high definition images that take full advantage of the camera's sharp Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T lens. The sensor enables advanced column A/D processing that reduces noise levels, resulting in astonishing low light images with incredible smooth and clear details
- Bright F1.8 Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T Lens with 3.6x Optical Zoom
- This large-diameter F1.8 Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T lens delivers refined background defocusing. It also features a premium multi-layered T coating that dramatically reduces ghost and flare caused by light reflection
- P/A/S/M Modes for Video & Stills
- Enjoy a full range of controls for video and still shooting from iAUTO mode to P/A/S/M: Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority and Manual. There are even on-screen prompts which help you refine your skills, build your confidence and exercise greater creative control
- Capture JPEG Files, RAW Files, or Both
- The RX100 saves pictures as compact JPEG files and/or ultra-high quality RAW files. RAW files save images prior to de-mosaicing, white balance, sharpness and color enhancement. This retains maximum latitude for enhancing the image on your PC
- Full HD 1080/60p Video Capture
- Record crystal clear movies in Full HD 1080p at 60 fps. This provides stunning, fast motion video with less distortion for playback on your HDTV. Plus, with dual recording for stills and movies, you can shoot both at the same time
- Low-Light ISO 6400 Sensitivity
- Capture incredibly clear low-light pictures without sacrificing detail, thanks to the low-noise Exmor CMOS image sensor and refined BIONZ image processor
- High-Speed Auto Focus
- To improve focusing speed and sensitivity, the Exmor CMOS sensor uses its rapid throughput to deliver high-quality image signals to the camera's BIONZ processor, which provides intelligent response data to a high-speed actuator motor in the lens. The result is fast, DSLR-like focusing speeds even in low light
- Up to 10 fps Burst Mode
- Capture full 20.2 megapixel resolution images at up to 10 fps, helping to ensure that the decisive moment is captured such as the soccer ball flying into the goal. In addition, a mechanical shutter helps reduce distortion when continuously shooting moving subjects
- Large 3″ Xtra Fine LCD Display
- The 3″ (1229k dots) Xtra Fine LCD Display makes it easy to scroll through menus and preview pictures. Plus, the large display delivers brilliant-quality still images and movies while enabling easy focusing operation. It also features WhiteMagic technology, which increases visibility in bright daylight
- Customizable Function Button
- Assign up to seven different functions to the function button, to allow quick access to your most frequently used functions
- Optical SteadyShot with Active Mode
- Optical SteadyShot with Active Mode enables blur-free movies even while walking. Plus, the camera-shake compensation using Optical SteadyShot/Active Mode has been improved with the addition of electronic image stabilization, which makes it easier to obtain sharp, blur-free movies even when zooming in unsteady situations, such as shooting with one hand while walking
- Memory Recall
- MR (memory recall) mode can memorize up to three groups of the user's preferred settings. The settings include zoom magnification, white balance, exposure compensation, date and grid lines. This enables quick switching of settings at the right moment
- Sophisticated Design with Pop Up Flash
- The sophisticated aluminum body is lightweight, slim and strong. There's even an integrated pop up flash, which affords the convenience of flash photography everywhere you go
- Auto Portrait Framing
- Simply photograph a person and Auto Portrait Framing will save an additional, optimally framed image in portrait or landscape orientation. This mode combines Face Detection and By Pixel Super Resolution technologies with rule of thirds to provide beautifully composed and appealingly balanced full resolution portraits
- Auto HDR Mode
- Using auto HDR mode allows you to capture more scene dynamic range than a single exposure can handle – and more range than photo film. It combines the best highlight detail from one shot, the best mid-tones from a second shot and the best shadow detail from a third shot for one incredible image (up to 6 EV stops). Plus, it works in a split second (recommended for still subjects)
- Face Detection / Face Registration
- The camera can automatically detect and register up to eight individual faces and adjust focus, exposure, white balance and flash to help deliver crisp, properly lit images of family and friends. You can even prioritize children or adults
- Multi-Aspect Ratio Recording for Still Images
- Capture still images in any of four aspect ratios – 1:1, 2:3, 4:3, or 16:9 (vertical to horizontal). This provided the freedom to choose a ratio that matches the scene or the specific shooting purpose
- 3.6x Optical Zoom & 7.2 Digital Zoom
- Most digital zooms use electronic cropping to get closer to the subject, resulting in unsharp images. With Clear Image Zoom the powerful processor compares patterns found in adjacent pixels and creates new pixels to match selected patterns, resulting in more realistic, higher-quality images. Clear Image Zoom digitally doubles optical zoom for closer photos
- Four Focusing Modes
- This camera has two Autofocus modes: Single-shot AF (AF-S) or Continuous AF (AF-C), which tracks moving objects. It also has Manual Focus for manual focusing freedom, and Direct Manual Focus (DMF), that first uses autofocusing to focus on the subject, and then allows fast and easy switching to manual focusing for even more precise adjustment
- MF Assist & Peaking
- Manual focus becomes much easier because peaking highlights the edges that are in focus in your choice of three colors (white, red, or yellow). This is especially helpful during macro or portrait photography where your focus setting can make or break your shot
- Multi-Frame Noise Reduction
- In this mode, the camera automatically shoots multiple images and layers them to produce a single noise-free image. This method provides noise reduction equivalent to a 2-stop lower shutter speed while maintaining the same aperture setting. Since the Multi Frame NR mode can be used in combination with P/A/S/M modes, it expands the user's shooting flexibility
- Photo Creativity
- The Photo Creativity interface enables you to easily enjoy the creative expression of SLR-quality digital imaging without complex jargon. Changes can be combined, removed and viewed in real time on the LCD display, which makes it a breeze to make adjustments. Choose from several different Photo Creativity functions using the convenient control wheel and center button including: Picture Effect, Background Defocus, Color, Brightness and Vividness
- Picture Effect Mode
- Picture Effect is a fun and simple way to convert ordinary landscapes and portraits by heightening mood and emphasizing certain attributes. Effects include: Soft Focus, Posterization, Retro Photo, High Contrast Monochrome, Rich-Tone Monochrome, Miniature, Soft High-key, Toy Camera, Pop Color, Partial Color, Watercolor Painting, HDR Painting and Illustration
- Creative Style Settings
- Control how the camera processes your images with six finishing styles: Standard, Vivid, B&W, Sunset, Portrait and Landscape. You can even fine-tune contrast, saturation and sharpness to your personal taste
- Sweep Panorama Mode
- Capture expansive landscapes automatically. Press the shutter and sweep vertically or horizontally. The camera does the rest by continuously shooting images and stitching them together
- Superior Auto Mode
- In order to get cleaner, more dynamic pictures and fewer missed shots, the camera automatically recognizes the correct scene mode, then quickly shoots and combines up to six shots to produce images with greater clarity, optimum dynamic range using Backlight Correction HDR technology, and lower image noise using six shot layering technology. Superior Auto can intelligently detect 33 scenes for still images and movies, making it easy to get the best shot
- Intelligent Scene Recognition Mode
- Intelligent Scene Recognition (iSCN) automatically detects 33 different types of scenes for photos and 44 scenes for movies, and then selects the appropriate camera settings. In Auto Mode, the camera takes a single shot using the optimal settings. In Advanced Mode, the camera takes a photo with the optimal settings and, if in difficult lighting (low light or back light) immediately takes a second photo with another optimized setting so you can choose which to keep
- Digital Level Gauge
- The digital level gauge allows for easier leveling of the camera
Sony RX100 Specs
|Camera Type
|Compact Digital Camera
|Image Sensor
|Exmor 1.0″ CMOS
|Image Processor
|File Formats
|Aspect Ratios
|1:1, 3:2, 4:3, 16:9
|Lens Type
|Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T*
|Focal Length
|10.4 – 37.1mm (Approx. 35mm equiv. 28 – 100mm)
|Aperture Range
|f/ 1.8 – 4.9
|Optical Zoom
|Clear Image Zoom
|Digital Zoom
|Dynamic Range Functions
|Dynamic Range Optimizer, Auto HDR Mode
|Continuous Shooting Spped
|Up to 10 fps
|Focus Modes
|Single-shot AF, Continuous AF, Direct Manual Focus, Manual Focus
|Exposure Modes
|Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Manual
|Exposure Compensation
|+/- 3 EV in 1/3 steps
|Metering Modes
|Center, Flexible Spot, Multi
|Scene Selection
|Sunset, Landscape, Macro, Gourmet, Pet, Sports Action, Anti-Motion Blur, Portrait, High Sensitivity, Fireworks, Night Portrait, Handheld Twilight, Night Scene
|Picture Effect
|Toy Camera, Pop, Posterization, Retro Photo, Soft High-key, Partial Color (R / G / B / Y), High Contrast Monochrome, Soft Focus, HDR Painting, Rich-tone Monochrome, Miniature, Watercolor Painting, Illustration
|Photo Creativity Functions
|Picture Effect, Background Defocus, Color, Brightness, Vividness
|Creative Style
|Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, Black & White
|White Balance
|Auto WB, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluor. Warm White, Fluor. Cool White, Fluor. Day White, Fluor. Daylight, Flash, Color Temperature Filter, Custom
|ISO Sensitivity
|Auto, up to ISO 6400
|Image Stabilization
|Optical SteadyShot with Active mode
|Video Recording Format
|Video Compression
|Video Image Size
|AVCHD: 1920 x 1080 (60i, 60p), MP4: 1440 x 1080, VGA
|LCD Monitor Type
|3.0″ / 7.6cm 1.229K-dot Xtra Fine LCD
|Flash Type
|Built-in popup flash
|Flash Exposure Compensation
|+/- 2 EV in 1/3 steps
|HD Output
|Memory Card Types
|Dual format: Memory Stick PRO Duo/Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo and SD, SDHC
|Not specified by manufacturer
|Not specified by manufacturer
RX100 – A Closer Look, AF Testing, and a Clear Image Zoom Demo
Check out this 1080 HD Video I made showing off the RX100 up close in my hands for a closer more detailed look. Next I'll do some AF speed tests to show just how fast the RX100 actually is at focusing. Lastly, I do a full demo of the incredible powerful clear image zoom feature that can effectively double the zoom range to 7.2x.
AF Performance Analysis
As you can see from the HD video the Sony RX1oo really does focus fast!! Sony claims .013 seconds, and it totally seems possible. The AF is also extremely accurate as I barley had any missed shots due to poor focus.
In very low contrast areas and poor lighting conditions the RX100 struggles to focus occasionally and you may need to re-frame the scene temporarily to help the camera find something to focus on, or go to manual mode. This is normal for most any camera in poor low contrast lighting conditions, but Sony gives you extra tools to make it better and easier.
The Facial Recognition feature is On by default and significantly helps with focus accuracy and exposure priority if people are in your scene. Occasionally the camera may see an object in the scene and think it's a face, which intern becomes the priority focus etc.. It only happened to me once or twice, but can simple be tuned off in the Functions Menu (Fn Button).
Some Real World Clear Image Zoom Samples
Clear image zoom is a feature that allows the Sony RX100 to effectively doubles the zoom range with almost no loss in detail. The camera uses Photoshop like technology to create a much more accurate highly detailed enlargement by adding pixels intelligently. This feature works awesome, just as it was advertised!
Check out this examples so you can see for yourself how good it works.
Zoomed all the way out at 10.4mm
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Zoomed all the way with Optical Zoom – 37.1mm or 3.6x
Clear Image Zoom at 7.2x which is the Max!
Zoomed all the way out at 10.4mm
Clear Image Zoom at 7.2x which is the Max!
Sony DSC-RX100 – Image Quality
Image quality is excellent on the RX100, especially when considering the size of the camera, sensor, and pixel density. Sony managed to get almost the same image quality as the Nex Cameras with a much smaller form factor. The Nex cameras do have a more usable depth of field however, which is important for portraits and filming work in particular. That being said, if your pretty close to your subject and zoomed in a bit, you can get some great separation with the DSC-RX100!! You will see some examples of this below.
The dynamic range is also very good as you will see in the first picture below, and the Zeiss Optics are very sharp corner to corner with little fringing to be found. The lens does have slight distortion on the wider end, but it's really not that bad in my opinion.
A Few High Res Sample Photos
I took this photo from the window of my car and to my surprise the Zeiss optics at 10.4mm was wide enough to capture the entire building. So, if you were wondering what 10.4mm gets you, this is a good example in my opinion. I was about 30-40 feet from the building I would say for reference.
Be sure to Click on the photos for the best viewing experience!!
Here's the other side of the building from farther away with a 100% Crop of the truck in the lower right corner. The detail that the RX100 captures is excellent in my opinion.
These next few shots was a highly textured church with a slate roof that made for a really good test photos!
Just look at how sharp this slate roof is when viewing a 100% Crop!!
Sharp @ 100% Crop
Here's three shots of the same scene taken at different zoom levels: 10.4mm, 15.28mm, and 37.01mm
Updated – 08/19/12
We went to the local fair last night and I managed to get a few longer exposure photos that came out pretty cool. I simply rested the camera on the top edge of a bench and wedged a folded piece of paper under the lens to fine tune the angle a bit. What would have been perfect is This Joby Gorillapod I reviewed a few months back, and I wish I had it last night!!
In any event, these shots came out sharper than I was expecting considering my support rig.
Be sure to Click on the photos for the best viewing experience!! (1200 pX)
I also took a few pics in Illustration Mode last night, so be sure to check them out below!!
RX100 – Illustration Mode
The Sony Rx100 has a ton of picture effects including : Toy Camera, Pop Color, Posterization, Retro Photo, Soft High-key, Partial Color, High Contrast Monochrome, Soft Focus, HDR Painting, Rich-tone Monochrome, Miniature, Watercolor, Illustration
Most of them are a lot of fun and basically what they do is add some Post processing effects to your images after you take them. The one that stood out in the bunch this go around was the New Illustration Mode. It's incredible to say the least and it seems to have an artistic touch that I cannot duplicate in any program I've tried. It can be done by hand in Painter X, but will take a long tome to get a result like this unless your pretty skilled.
Layla and Austin Having a blast!!
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My Michele and John
Michele and layla
I got really lucky with this capture as it took about 10 tries and the ride did not go much longer:) The Sony Rx100 AF performed plenty fast enough, but it was still hard due to the coaster speed and over lapping directions of the composition from my vantage point. The front of the coaster was moving right directly in front of me, and also going to the left in the distance on the opposite side of the track. Michele and Layla were ultimately the goal, but I really wanted this composition!! Check them out in the last row of the coaster.
Take a look a this standard scene below as a Photograph, then the same exact scene with Illustration Mode On and set to High.
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I took this shot on the way to work the other day and the composition has been staring at me for some time! Only for a split second a day in the mirror and in my peripheral vision. Well, I finally stopped the car and put it all together as I've been seeing it for a few years now 😉
Layla, the young artist just finder her medium of choice. Today it appears to be the washable crayons and large chalk 🙂
Theses next few shots are my Nephews who is a really great kids!! All of them were a blast to visit with and I can't wait to see them again 🙂
Be sure to Click on these High Res Photos for the Full 1200px Version!!
The Illustration Mode picture effect is very powerful and I took so many pictures using this mode I have a whole article dedicated to it over Here>>. I have a ton more samples under all sorts of lighting conditions and scenes. Definitely take a look at those as the artistic interpretation by the Sony RX100 is always a surprise and at the very least interesting to look at.
More Sample Photos and Illustrations – 08-26-12
Note: You can turn a standard photos into an Illustration or Watercolor after you take it by simple going into the menu under the Picture Effects while viewing your photos on the camera. This will then make a copy of your original photo, apply the effect, and then save it as a new file leaving the original intact. This method is definitely the preferred way to do use it in my opinion as family will often ask for the original photos!!
Here's a few more sample photos and Illustrations from the past week or so!!
Be sure to Click on these High Res Photos for the Full 1200px Version!!
Sony DSC-RX100 – Sample HD Video
I took some decent HD footage before I sent the RX100 back to BHPhotoVideo.com, but after I published this review. I recorded this footage using the .mp4, 1440×1080 12M option for ease of use and uploading etc..
Check out the video below and be sure to Select the 720p HD Option in the player preferences for the best viewing experience!
The video quality on the Sony RX100 is pretty good, although not as good with depth of field as the Nex cameras due to the smaller sensor and fixed lens. It does do a good job though overall and offers a ton of formats for easy uploading and workflow accommodations. The continuous focus in movie mode is not quick enough to accurately track fast moving objects, but it can track faces, people, and other objects pretty well if they are moving relatively slow.
I was also impressed by the digital and optical stabilization after looking at the video on my computer. The auto exposure also transitions gradually for smoother video.
AutoPano Mode
The AutoPano Mode is not a new feature to the Sony cameras, but does continue to do a good job in my opinion.
High ISO Performance
The Sony RX100 has a max ISO of 6400, or 3200 when using Auto ISO. ISO 3200 is not to bad as long as you get a good exposure, but ISO 6400 is not that good even with a good exposure. Don't get me wrong, it's very good high ISO performance for such a small sensor with so many pixels on it, but I've seen better on larger sensor cameras. One nice advantage to the RX100 is the fast f/1.8 aperture which allows for extremely low light shooting at relatively low ISO values.
ISO 6400 Sample with 100% Crops – Be sure to click the pics!!
After using the Sony RX100 for almost a month now, I can honestly say it is by far the best point and shoot style camera I have ever used. The Rx100 is a much smaller camera than the Sony Nex, but with virtually the same power and performance. The Lens is made by Carl Zeiss and it's a Pancake Zoom, which is extremely sharp and a solid all around performer in my opinion. Sample pics with 100% crops prove how good the sensor and lens performs is at all different focal lengths and lighting conditions. HD Video with full time AF is pretty good and has smooth silent transition and exposure shifts in full auto mode, yet full manual controls as well for the professionals out there. The illustration mode feature is amazing to me and I can totally see photographers and artists buying the RX100 for just this feature alone.
The Sony Rx100 is the perfect camera for the photographer who can only carry a camera that fits in the pocket, but demand the best quality possible!!
Overall I highly recommend the RX100 for its un-beatable Power, Quality, and Size for the money!!
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Oct 9, 2011
This is just the tip of the iceberg….
From NextGov.com
By Aliya Sternstein 10/07/2011
The FBI by mid-January will activate a nationwide facial recognition service in select states that will allow local police to identify unknown subjects in photos, bureau officials told Nextgov.
The federal government is embarking on a multiyear, $1 billion dollar overhaul of the FBI's existing fingerprint database to more quickly and accurately identify suspects, partly through applying other biometric markers, such as iris scans and voice recordings.
Often law enforcement authorities will "have a photo of a person and for whatever reason they just don't know who it is [but they know] this is clearly the missing link to our case," said Nick Megna, a unit chief at the FBI's criminal justice information services division. The new facial recognition service can help provide that missing link by retrieving a list of mug shots ranked in order of similarity to the features of the subject in the photo.
Looking Back-A Refresher
A compulsory global biometric identification system for law abiding people is not, will never be justifiable.
Our government seems to have backed off on their denials that Real ID and similar legislation is in fact, a national ID. But what you should know is that any national ID system is also international. It's all about sharing these days and that means with our "international Partners' too
The following is just a mere sampling of news articles, government documents and sources of information that clearly show the absolute intention to use our state driver's licenses and the biometric data collected for them, as a an instrument of global identification, tracking and control.
Viisage receives $12 million award from Oklahoma
FEBRUARY 19, 2003–Viisage Technology Inc. (Littleton, MA; http://www.viisage.com) has been chosen to fulfill the new digital driver's license contract by the state of Oklahoma's Department of Public Safety. The contract will include the design, development, and implementation of the statewide secure license production program. The total value of this new multiyear contract is approximately $12 million. Oklahoma is the 19th state to utilize Viisage in the production of identity verification documents and the third state in recent months to give Viisage a major driver's license contract. The three latest contracts total approximately $35 million. The solution will integrate multiple, advanced identification security features, including FaceEXPLORER facial-recognition software and SAGEM Morpho finger imaging technology
Oklahoma has collected Face, Fingerprint scans and signature biometrics since 2004
Biometric Drivers Licenses Make Debut in Oklahoma
April 20, 2004
SAGEM Morpho, Inc. a proven provider of mission-critical biometric systems and services, announced the successful deployment of biometric technology solutions for the Oklahoma Department Public Safety (DPS) in conjunction with Viisage, a provider of advanced technology identity solutions. SAGEM Morpho will combine its finger imaging recognition technology with Viisage's facial recognition technology to create accurate biometric records of the state's approximately four million licensed drivers. http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/apr/1033349.htm
NLETS the International Justice and Public Safety Information Sharing Network, links together every state, local, and federal and International law enforcement (INTERPOL), justice and public safety agency for the purpose of exchanging critical information http://www.nlets.org
The NLETS Candle Project In a related NIJ-funded project, NLETS is working with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) to standardize critical information from departments of motor vehicles (DMVs) around the country.
The project, entitled Collaboration between AAMVA and NLETS for Driver's License Exchange (Candle), seeks to develop and deploy standards and solutions to exchange standardized driver and motor vehicle records over the NLETS network.
Candle builds upon the existing NLETS infrastructure, as well as the Web services advancements made in the Aisle project, and seeks to deploy an international capability for driver and motor vehicle exchanges based upon XML standards, greatly increasing the efficiency. . .
The Candle project provides a first step in transitioning AAMVA to a new generation of technology. This effort will result in consolidating interstate DMV transactions into a single standardized service for both the DMV and law enforcement communities.
From The Police Chief, vol. 71, no. 6, June 2004. Copyright held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA.
'AAMVA was directly involved in the crafting of the Real ID Act 2005. In the DHS-published final rules document for the Real ID Act, the AAMVA was referred to as its "hub" and "backbone."' UPDATE: Real ID
Source-THE NEW PARADIGM—MERGING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGIES Secure Cities 2006 http://www.scribd.com/doc/21970726/IACP-Intelligence-Led-Policing-2006-New-Paradigm
SB 474-Oklahoma prohibited participation in the REAL ID in 2007. (So far, 25 states either by law or resolution have done the same) Although Oklahoma lags behind other states in full implementation of Real ID, there is no reason to believe Oklahoma will not eventually come into full compliance with the act.
FBI Seeks to Build Massive Identification System
The Federal Bureau of Investigation awarded a $1B, 10-year contract to design, develop, document, integrate, test, and deploy the Next Generation Identification (NGI) System to Lockheed Martin. This new database will expand on the current fingerprint-based system; the FBI will increase its collection and storage not only fingerprints but also iris scans, palm prints and facial images.
The FBI is also in talks with the U.K. police to establish a unified database for the tracking of this biometric information.
The UK has said that the new NGI System could easily be integrated with the U.K.'s current Ident1 database
2007 News article;
–The Homeland Security Department's plans for sharing biometric information internationally — designed to counter the threat of terrorism — face resistance from domestic privacy advocates and European governments that follow stricter privacy laws that protect personal data.
Senior DHS officials speaking at a recent conference on biometrics and privacy policy outlined the ethical imperative for technical standards that would foster unrestricted biometric data sharing.
Robert Mocny, acting program manager for the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program, sketched the outline of a Global Security Envelope of internationally shared biometric data that would permanently link individuals with their personal data held by governments and corporations.
"information sharing is appropriate around the world," and DHS plans to create a "Global Security Envelope of internationally shared biometric data that would permanently link individuals with biometric ID, personal information held by governments and corporations"—
—-Robert Mocny
Read more… http://www.gcn.com/print/26_03/43061-1.html
2007 The National Information Sharing Initiative ;
The Bush Administration's 2007 National Information Sharing Strategy established state and local fusion centers as the federal government's primary mechanism for collecting and disseminating domestic intelligence.
The federal government has fueled the growth of these state and local intelligence centers, and has organized them into a national network that feeds information gathered at the local level into the Director of National Intelligence's Information Sharing Environment (ISE), where it becomes accessible to all participating law enforcement agencies as well as the larger intelligence community. Link
The Biometric Interoperability Program promotes biometric-based information sharing between the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) and other federal and international biometric systems.
2008 -Fusion Centers Tap Into Personal Databases
Many fusion centers have not shared with the public what databases they use. This was demonstrated in an April 2, 2008 article in The Washington Post titled "Centers Tap into Personal Databases." It revealed that several fusion centers in the northeast have access to millions of people's information including unlisted cell phone numbers, insurance claims, driver's license photographs
–Rebecca Andino, PMP, CIPP/G, president and founder of Highlight Technologies
Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D. (Information and Privacy Commissioner for Ontario) and Alex Stoianov, Ph.D. point out that in the not too distant future a person's unique biometric template could be used as an identifying key to link together all the different databases that contain entries for that person. It would enable someone to build up a complete picture of that individual without their knowledge or consent.
"When the use of biometrics grows, an ordinary person will be enrolled in various biometrically controlled databases, such as travel documents, driver licenses, health care, access control, banking, shopping, etc. Current biometric systems can use the same biometric template for all of them. The template becomes the ultimate unique identifier of the person. This is where biometric data mining comes into effect: the different databases, even if some of them are anonymous, may be linked together to create comprehensive personal profiles for all the users. To do this, no fresh biometric sample is even required. The linking of the databases can be done offline using template-to-template matching, in a very efficient one-to-many mode. The privacy implications explode at this point."
DHS Human Factors Division: Social-Behavioral Threat Analysis
To apply the social, behavioral and physical sciences to improve identification, analysis, and understanding of the threats posed by individuals, groups, and radical movements; to support community preparedness, response, and recovery to catastrophic events; and to advance national security by integrating the human element into homeland security science & technology. http://www.scribd.com/doc/27037194/Behave-Fast-Tsadhs
In April 2008, the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times both reported on a new Los Angeles Police Department order that compels LAPD officers to begin reporting "suspicious behaviors" in addition to their other duties—creating a stream of "intelligence" about a host of everyday activities that, according to documents, will be fed to the local fusion center.
LAPD Special Order #11, dated March 5, 2008, states that it is the policy of the LAPD to "gather, record, and analyze information of a criminal or non-criminal nature, that could indicate activity or intentions related to either foreign or domestic terrorism," and includes a list of 65 behaviors LAPD officers "shall" report. The list includes such innocuous, clearly subjective, and First Amendment protected activities as:
– taking measurements
– using binoculars
– taking pictures or video footage "with no apparent esthetic value"
– abandoning vehicle
– drawing diagrams
– taking notes
– espousing extremist views
LAPD's Program is now the Nationwide SAR Initiative (NSI)
Nationwide SAR Initiative Vision: By 2014, every Federal, State, local, tribal and law enforcement entity operating domestically will participate in a standardized integrated approach to gather, document, process, analyze, and share terrorism-related suspicious activity
28 C.F.R. part 23
28 CRF Part 23 is a US Federal Code that basically says you cannot be entered into a criminal data system unless you are a legitimate suspect. Not so anymore.
The April 2003 GIWG meeting minutes record approval for the weakening of 28 CFR 23 and note that GIWG member Daniel J. Oates indicated he was excited about the proposed changes to 28 CFR Part 23, specifically the area dealing with changing the reasonable suspicion collection criteria to reasonable indication. If the rule is passed, officers on the street can gather small bits of information that can be entered into an intelligence database. Under the old standard, this could not be done. Read more
28 C.F.R. Part 23 was promulgated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §3789(g)(c) which requires state and local law enforcement agencies receiving federal funding to
"…collect, maintain, and disseminate criminal intelligence information in conformance with policy standards which are prescribed by the Office of Justice Programs and which are written to assure that the funding and operation of these systems further the purpose of this chapter and to assure that some systems are not utilized in violation of the privacy and constitutional rights of individuals.
Why did we need 28 CFR 23?dep
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs (OJP) in 1993 explained;
"Because criminal intelligence information is both conjectural and subjective in nature, may be widely disseminated through the interagency exchange of information and cannot be accessed by criminal suspects to verify that the information is accurate and complete, the protections and limitations set forth in the regulation are necessary to protect the privacy interests of the subjects and potential suspects of a criminal intelligence system."
They have decided that now-we are no longer due these legal protections.
It actually took them until 2008 before the desired weakening of federal code was officially achieved
In July 2008, the Department of Justice proposed a rule to amend the primary federal regulation governing criminal intelligence databases (28 CFR Part 23) to expand both what information can be collected by law enforcement agencies, and with whom it may be shared. (see 73 Fed. Reg. 44673) read more
. . .the Department of Justice has relaxed restrictions on when the Federal Bureau of Investigation can begin investigations, and worked to increase intelligence-sharing among local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies as well as with federal (intelligence) agencies in ways that will compromise civil liberties (through a change in federal regulation 28 C.F.R. part 23).
Read more FBI Guidelines 28 C.F.R. part 23
Comments on proposed amendments to 28 Code of Federal
Regulations Part 23 –
. . .intelligence fusion centers universally claimed compliance with 28 CFR Part 23 as the appropriate regulation governing the conduct of their intelligence collection efforts.
The Congressional Research Service reported that "many state and local law enforcement and fusion center staff" expressed concerns regarding sharing law enforcement sensitive information with non-law enforcement personnel including analysts working under contract to the Department of Homeland Security.10
In January 2008 the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) published "functional standards" for suspicious activity reports (SAR) produced by state and local law enforcement.
The DNI standards actually encourage state and local law enforcement to report non-criminal suspicious activities to the intelligence community by defining the scope of suspicious activity as "observed behavior that may be indicative of intelligence gathering or pre-operational planning related to terrorism, criminal, or other illicit intention."
Oklahoma Information Fusion Center Privacy Policy;
The OIFC may retain information that is based on mere suspicion, such as tips and leads. Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) information will be retained in the future once the SAR project is finalized and guidelines are issued to Fusion Centers. http://www.scribd.com/doc/24732421/Oklahoma-Information-Fusion-center-Privacy-Policy
**Please Note-This is NOT a genuine OIFC Notice. If the OIFC files a suspicious activity report on you-You would never know it.
Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative IJIS (Fusion Centers)
SAR and Amtrak
Oct. 20, 2008
International Police Organization Proposes Worldwide Facial Recognition System.
An Interpol face-recognition database would permit Interpol member nations to search records containing travelers' personal biometric information, and could be used in conjunction with travel watch lists.
"There will be such a large role in the future for fingerprints and facial recognition"
— Mark Branchflower, head of Interpol's fingerprint unit
Across All Government Biometric Information Coordination
Collaboration Data Sharing Biometrics Mission Sets Population Census Targeting / Tracking Base & Checkpoint Security Police, Military, & Govt. Official Vetting Border Control / Ports of Entry (POEs) Detainee Operations
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 24, signed in 2008 and revalidated in 2009 by the current administration, mandates that interoperability with respect to biometrics spans the military, civil, and criminal arenas.
FBI delves into DMV photos in search for fugitives
October 12, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. — In its search for fugitives, the FBI has begun using facial-recognition technology on millions of motorists, comparing driver's license photos with pictures of convicts in a high-tech analysis of chin widths and nose sizes.
The project in North Carolina has already helped nab at least one suspect. Agents are eager to look for more criminals and possibly to expand the effort nationwide. But privacy advocates worry that the method allows authorities to track people who have done nothing wrong.
October 13, 2009
According to the AP's report, the FBI has assembled a panel of experts tasked with standardizing drivers license photos and push use of biometric-mining nationwide. But the value of mining DMV records with the biometric software is limited for one simple reason, expressed perfectly by Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. "We don't have good photos of terrorists," he explains.
"Most of the facial-recognition systems today are built on state DMV records because that's where the good photos are"
Fusion Centers "fuse" information shared between Military and Civilian forces, Public and Private Institutions, State Federal and International Governments.
September 15, 2009
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Monday that it was giving state and local fusion centers access to the classified military intelligence in Department of Defense (DOD) databases. The federal government has facilitated the growth of a network of fusion centers since 9/11 to expand information collection and sharing practices among law enforcement agencies, the private sector and the intelligence community.
2009 Biometric Consortium Conference
Biometric Enabled Intelligence has been a powerful tool in the law enforcement community, linking individuals to events, evidence and ultimately to solved crimes. That same concept can make biometrics a so what enabler of military operations, physical security, logical security, and forensic analysis by linking people, places, activities and events.
As we learn to link biometrics to biographic, geospatial, social networks and other forms of data, we can develop patterns of activities for both individuals and organizations
Mrs. Del Greco initiated two high profile, multi-million dollar development efforts: "Next Generation Identification" (NGI), which will expand biometric and criminal history capabilities; and "Biometric Interoperability", which will ensure information sharing between the FBI's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) and other key biometric-based systems within the Federal Government and international partners
Tag! You're It!
"Face recognition already exists through photo IDs, which can be used of individuals that are not enrolled"
Stripping Away Anonymity-The Secretary of Defense Funding Doc
"Biometrics technologies can be used to both verify an individual's claimed identity and, when combined with additional intelligence and/or forensic information, biometrics technologies can establish an unknown individual's identity, thus stripping away his anonymity. "
"This program will develop the technology that will improve the quality of biometrics derived information provided to the operational forces for the purpose of identifying and classifying anonymous individuals. It will enable execution of a DoD and interagency coordinated biometrics science and technology plan that supports technology transition to acquisition programs in FY10 and the out-years."
See the document; www.dtic.mil/descriptivesum/Y2010/OSD/0603665D8Z.pdf
Biometrics Identity Management Agency (BIMA)
Warfighter, Business, Intelligence, and Security & Law Enforcement
The Department of the Army General Order (DAGO) 2010-06, signed by the Secretary of the Army (SecArmy), redesignated BTF (biometrics task force) as the Biometrics Identity Management Agency (BIMA) on 23 March 2010.
Sept 1, 2010
But open rebellion against REAL ID, which was so heated two or three years ago, has calmed considerably. States are no longer lining up to add themselves to the list of those refusing to fund of implement the federal law's requirements.
Instead, many state motor vehicle departments are quietly doing the work to meet the law's initial 18 benchmarks. According to DHS, all but the 14 holdout states say they'll be able to meet the law's operational requirements by the end of this year.
June 22, 2011
Making REAL ID a Reality: Next Steps for Congress
At least 32 states are close to REAL ID material compliance, while a total of 44 states and territories have indicated that they fully intend to meet REAL ID compliance
State unveils new, secure driver's license
Starting Monday, Alabama residents will be able to obtain a new, more secure form of identification.In compliance with REAL ID Act of 2005, the Alabama Department of Public Safety has developed a driver's license and identification program called STAR I.D. Congress passed the REAL ID Act in response to acts of terrorism against the United States.
Connecticut to begin controversial Real ID program
Connecticut launched a campaign today to publicize how to obtain a drivers license that meets the stricter verification standards of a federal "Real ID" law passed in 2005, but never implemented in face of objections from two dozen states
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- Barely eat anything the day before, and drinking just enough water to get by.
- Ride close to 300 miles in the week leading up to the event.
- Join a social bike ride with your friends to the Rocky Horror Picture Show the night before.
- Make repairs to your front derailer at 4:30 in the morning after finally getting home.
- Waking up late with no real sleep having been accomplished, skipping breakfast, and arriving at the race with no time to warm up and just enough time to pin the race number on the jersey.
I really know better, but I was having a great weekend, and races in Cat V don't count for much yet. In any case, I didn't do completely terrible, with the unofficial result being 22nd in a field of 50 riders. I went hard for one lap to try for a prime, pulling into the lead, but started burning out and couldn't maintain it, finishing the lap in 4th, then dropping back on the following lap.
It was nice having a fan club of two this time. My girlfriend came with again, and my Mom was able to make it out this time.
I'll prepare my self much better on the next one (This one is going to be on home turf too. I'll be biking to the starting line.)


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jer0en72 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 178 diseños de 45 diseñadores freelance.
We are a foundation that was founded to make a change in The Netherlands when it comes to hiring freelancers. We believe that this market needs to mature and become more transparent and professional. For this we need freelancers to organize and act as one big community, then we can work with clients to achieve better rates and a higher quality of work. The foundation will help freelancers in their every day work and server as a platform for sharing knowledge and experiences.
Keywords are:
We want to be the biggest community of high quality freelancers in the Netherlands. We are their spokes person when it comes to contract negotiations and general questions. We have two target audiences:
- the freelancer
- the client
No cartoons please, the foundation acts in the business world. No clip art or stock images please.
Although the logo needs to symbolize the uniting of freelancers it cannot be to aggressive towards the client.
We need the files in a web file format; jpg and layered .psd
The winner of the contest will very likely be asked to make the design for the web page as well!
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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What Did You Think About Who Do You Think You Are?
March 15, 2010 by © Joan Miller - Luxegen Genealogy.
Filed under genealogy
If that title isn't a mouthful, I don't know what is! So…what did you think? Did you enjoy last Friday's show with Emmitt Smith on NBC's Who Do You Think You Are? I thought he was very natural and genuine. He was truly interested in finding his roots. I also felt he was truly moved [...]


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About demonlee
Please read your copyright law before posting....
§ 302 . Duration of copyright: Works created on or after January 1, 19784
(a) In General. — Copyright in a work created on or after January 1, 1978, subsists from its creation and, except as provided by the following subsections, endures for a term consisting of the life of the author and 70 years after the author's death.
(b) Joint Works. — In the case of a joint work prepared by two or more authors who did not work for hire, the copyright endures for a term consisting of the life of the last surviving author and 70 years after such last surviving author's death.
(c) Anonymous Works, Pseudonymous Works, and Works Made for Hire. — In the case of an anonymous work, a pseudonymous work, or a work made for hire, the copyright endures for a term of 95 years from the year of its first publication, or a term of 120 years from the year of its creation, whichever expires first. If, before the end of such term, the identity of one or more of the authors of an anonymous or pseudonymous work is revealed in the records of a registration made for that work under subsections (a) or (d) of section 408, or in the records provided by this subsection, the copyright in the work endures for the term specified by subsection (a) or (b), based on the life of the author or authors whose identity has been revealed. Any person having an interest in the copyright in an anonymous or pseudonymous work may at any time record, in records to be maintained by the Copyright Office for that purpose, a statement identifying one or more authors of the work; the statement shall also identify the person filing it, the nature of that person's interest, the source of the information recorded, and the particular work affected, and shall comply in form and content with requirements that the Register of Copyrights shall prescribe by regulation.
The real infringers, you mean the people stealing Films, Books, Music, Images, Games etc?
If you can't accept the fine, don't do the crime...
Collateral damage, the unseen damage for example on a Film is that 1,000's are not made on large budgets by large corporations and many of the crew work for expenses plus 'points' on sales - every time it is pirated, illegally downloaded, it is the crew you are stealing money from, not some large faceless company..
Get your facts straight, go and speak to the crews.
DUH, then may I politely suggest you refer to your own law...
17 USC § 506 - Criminal offenses
...and UK Law is relevant, may I refer you to:
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/organizations-representing-visual-artists-protest-145800493. html
This is U.S. Organisations complaining about potential changes to our copyright laws...
The limits the report suggests would mean it would be exactly the same as it is now for the first 12 years. After that you could still retain your copyright, you would just have to pay for it at that point. The public domain would begin to be replenished again with a system like this, instead of our culture rotting on basement shelves like it is now.
I capitalised the word 'FACTS' because that is what they are and may I politely suggest some bedtime reading on the history of 'copyright' & 'patents', why it was needed and why it is still needed now and contrary to your comments, it has not been tilted to far in the wrong direction, it has not changed at all hardly since it was first introduced.
Yes, copyright law needs updating to take account of the changing 'digital world', however this is so the digital world can be included and not the whole law ripped up and re-written to suit those who wish everything on the net and everywhere else to be free...!
When you refer to 1,000's of years ago - how long ago do you mean? Human Beings have only been around for about 200K years and let's be honest, it was really only when the Industrial Revolution started that 'money' really came into it's own, when 'inventions' were coming thick and fast and being 'stolen' that copyright and patents became so important.. Edison did not invent the Light Bulb, patents had been registered long before, but he and his team created one for general use after studying these patents and he designed the electrical system to run it... but let's not let a myth get in the way of the truth eh?
A company can only exist if it makes money - they use staff, often called 'employees' and these employees want wages and want them to increase every year, they want pension funds, holidays, perks, etc. - so, if the company cannot protect it's products with 'copyright' and 'patents', how is it going to provide all the things it's 'employees' expect? People will not work for 'fresh air and windy pie', they like to be paid in hard cash as I am confident you do as well.
If you want to learn a little about the UK Games Industry, worth approx. 1Billion to the UK, I guess you need to do some bedtime reading on that as well - here's a link to get you started.. http://www.tiga.org/about-us-and-uk-games/uk-video-games-industry
I can't speak for U.S. Law, but in the U.K., Copyright Theft is a CRIMINAL OFFENCE - that doesn't mean you can be arrested, but you can be served a summons to appear in Court and not just a 'civil' court.
Again, I cannot speak for U.S. Law, but in the UK, under the Theft Act of 1975, you commit the act of 'Theft' by taking something belonging to another party with the intent of depriving them of that 'something'. Theft is theft and a person stealing a paper clip from their employer or a car from their next door neighbour is exactly the same, it is theft - they are a 'thief' and theft from employers costs billions around the world, pushing up the cost of products and services to everyone. The cost to U.S. Industries alone is expected to be around $50 Billion a year (http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/small/Di-Eq/Employee-Theft.html)
I am not upset about the Internet, I get upset by the misconception that peoples beliefs that if it is on the internet, it's free - when clearly, that is not the case and that is why people want changes to copyright law, because they want free music, free films, free games, free images... the list goes on and on.
I don't care if the music industry stops making CD's and wants me to download, I just don't expect it for FREE!
So please, when you have worked in a 'creative' industry as long as I have, when you have seen what damage has been done to two of the industries I work in from copyright theft, then come back and have a sensible conversion...
The 'real world', BTDTGTTAWIO
When all you people are banging on about how tough copyright laws are, please remember the following FACTS:-
1. Without Copyright Protection, no one would produce Films, Music, Plays, technological devices, medicine, etc etc etc because without copyright protection, they could not earn a return on their investment in time and money or could not earn a living.
2. Without copyright protection, you would not be able to enjoy the benefits of driving a car, watching a television, go to the cinema, library or museum, no mobile phones etc. etc.
3. If someone creates something or invents something, it is their God Given RIGHT as to whether they decide to share it with the world, some give it away free, some use creative commons and some, like professional photographers, authors, film production companies, music publishers charge a FEE for usage etc because that's how they earn their living -
4. Don't change copyright law because of 'Hollywood' or because of 'Sony' etc, because the changes will apply to EVERYONE which means that INNOVATION will be RESTRICTED as anyone wanting to produce or invent anything will not be able to protect it from being stolen by others for their own financial benefit to the detriment of the creator.
5. Stealing copyright (property) is no different to stealing a car (also property) and it is for this reason that nearly all modernised countries are signed up to the BERNE CONVENTION to protect the rights of the creative industries.
The UK for example is the largest producer of Games for Consoles, PC's, iPhones etc. If copyright protection is relaxed, none of these small companies would exist, they would have never got off the ground.. it is the same reason many US creatives are screaming about potential changes to UK Copyright changes - a campaign I am part of in the UK to prevent.
The advent of the internet has generated a general attitude of 'what's yours is also mine', but if I stole your wallet, your car, your home, you would be the first on the phone to the Police to have me arrested.. well when you steal my images, remove my copyright logo, remove the metadata and make it an 'orphan work' on somewhere like PINTREST, then you are effectively stealing MY WALLET, my ability to pay my mortgage, feed my children, pay my bills.
They ONLY people that think Copyright is a BAD thing are those that do not work in a creative industry and fail to understand how it actually works - you just want everything for free, you want people to work for free whilst you want paying for your own work at the end of each month...


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Denver Center's 2010 fall cast lists
The Denver Center Theatre Company's fall cast lists have been released. Sam Gregory stars in the Hitchcock quick-change spoof "The 39 Steps," John Hutton leads an estimable ensemble in "House of the Spirits" and Anthony Marble, best known locally for several seasons with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, returns to the area to star in "Dracula."
In additional to expected company veterans, fall marks the return of more occasional DCTC visitors like Meghan Wolf, Franca Sofia Barchiesi, Allison Pistorius, Drew Cortese, Jeanine Serralles, M. Scott McLean, Larry Hecht, Lanna Joffrey and Jeffrey Roark.
Unlike recent seasons, the DCTC didn't reach out into the local theater community this cycle for much of anyone without existing company credentials. Here's hoping that's an anomaly.
Here are the three complete cast lists:
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Editor's Note: Turning the Town Red
Wine and WineLib: Still Under Active Development
One of the ripple effects of the Microsoft investment in Corel was a potential change in the status of Wine, a technology that Corel had mightily championed and used as the underlying technology for its release of Corel WordPerfect Office 9.
For those unfamiliar with Wine, the technology: Wine is an implementation of the Windows 3.x and Win32 APIs on top of X and Unix. Wine provides both a development toolkit, Winelib, for porting Windows sources to Unix, and a program loader, allowing unmodified Windows 3.1/95/NT binaries to run under Intel Unixes, including Linux. Find more information about Wine here.
For many years Wine has been the Holy Grail of Linux development, offering a graceful solution to those critics who decry Linux as being ineffectual for the desktop because of a lack of native applications: if you can run Windows applications on a Linux box, Linux becomes a much more compelling replacement for Windows.
Corel, with its profitable stable of Windows applications, became a big supporter of Wine and in fact devoted some serious dollars--Canadian dollars, of course--in developing Wine code that addressed COM, OLE, multithreaded messaging, CommDlg, CommCtl, header files and definitions, GDI, and printing issues. In the course of aggressively developing Wine code, Corel ended up forking Wine--or, as Corel admits, Corel ended up with a "parallel internal branch of the WINE code."
But when Microsoft invested in Corel recently, speculation was that Wine was a dead duck; Microsoft tends to aggressively attack efforts to emulate Windows behavior in non-Windows code.
Enter CodeWeavers, a small but important vendor of Windows cross-development tools (i.e., Twine, a commercialized implementation of Wine development tools) and the firm on the forefront of Wine development, serving as the employer of lead Wine developer Alexandre Julliard and a total of 14 Wine developers. I sat down with Jeremy White, the founder and president of CodeWeavers, to discuss the future of Wine, given Corel's new relationship with Microsoft.
The future of Wine, White admits, isn't nearly as rosy (or--pardon the pun--ros�) as he or other Wine developers would like. Which isn't bad news. Confused? Let Jeremy explain:
"I actually think that Wine is less important than WineLib, because you can now buy VMware and run Windows applications on a Linux box," White says. "Sure, you need to pay for VMware, but the solution exists."
WineLib is the programming toolkit that lets developers compile their Windows applications for use on Linux. Instead of relying on Wine to run native Windows applications, WineLib allows developers to release a Linux version of their software without having to massively convert source code. As Wine 1.0 is still months away from release, the Wine developers have quietly turned their attention to WineLib.
"Basically, Corel forked their version of Wine, to the extent where it would take months to merge their tree with the primary Wine tree," White says. The problem, White says is that while the Wine developers have been incorporating Corel code and solutions into the main Wine tree, Corel has not been incorporating newer Wine code into their fork. So while Corel's plans for Wine are uncertain, given the huge investment Microsoft had made in Corel and Microsoft's traditional antipathy toward anyone reverse-engineering Windows APIs, the Wine project enters a state of uncertainly. Which, White says, is good news.
"The truth is, the uncertainty helps us out enormously," he says. "For companies that don't know what Microsoft will do, the better off we are. We can serve as the main resource for the people who want to hedge their bets and come out with a Linux version of their software." Under this scenario, commercial vendors and VARs will need a source of expertise to come out with Linux versions of their software, which creates a market opportunity for WineLib and CodeWeavers--and for Linux, both on the desktop and on the server.


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History records that Bob Ford was born in 1862 near Richmond, in Ray County, MO. His grave marker, however, records his birth as 20 years earlier. Ford's last days were spent in Creede, Colorado, where he was gunned down by Edward O. Kelley and interred. Years later Bob's remains were removed to Richmond, MO, where he remains today.
Bob Ford
Dec. 8, 1841 - June 8, 1892
The Man Who Shot Jesse James
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Micco Activity Calendar
"I don't know what I would have done without The Club. I got time back. I got my health and sanity back. It really put caring for my mom back within reality. Because of all the services that the Brevard Alzheimer's Foundation helped us with, she is stable, happier, and healthier than when I initially brought her down. I've been able to keep her at home, which is what we both wanted."
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Caregiver, Melbourne, Florida
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The-Dream, Terius Nash to his mom, has postponed the long-awaited "Love IV" and officially releases the free online download he offered over the summer as his fourth CD. These songs mark a different approach for the R&B star known for his unshakable hooks and sex-u-up persona. Here, he turns confessional and shares, perhaps, a bit too much. Presumably, the dark breakup tracks, including "Wake Me When It's Over," deal with his high-profile broken marriage to Christina Milian. On "Used to Be," he spills bile without self-reflection and it's not pretty. When The-Dream gets things right, with the cry-in-my-Patron lament "Wedding Crasher," he shows vulnerability and a keen song sense. His usual sensual production and delicious hooks are missing, but the rawer musical approach serves the lyrics' edges. When he shakes the anger or pain (the aching "Wish You Were Mine") and gets his swag on with "Rolex" and the funky "Real," he shows musical muscles he should flex more often. (Out now)
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The S&P 500 swung between gains and losses today after climbing 1 percent yesterday, its biggest gain in more than a month. Health-care, technology and energy companies led declines among the 10 main groups in the S&P 500. Apple Inc. was little changed after climbing as much as 1.9 percent amid speculation the company will return more cash to shareholders. Legg Mason Inc. fund manager Bill Miller told the Financial Times the stock may be worth 50 percent more than its current price if the company puts future free cash flow into its dividend.
Walt Disney Co., the largest entertainment company, advanced 0.8 percent as earnings topped estimates and the interactive unit reported its first profit while new theme-park attractions drew more tourists. Zynga Inc. rallied 11 percent after the biggest maker of online social games reported fourth- quarter profit and sales that surpassed projections as it cut costs. Time Warner Inc. gained 4.5 percent after earnings beat estimates on gains in fees paid by satellite and cable companies.
Earnings Season
Twenty-four companies in the S&P 500 are due to release results today. Earnings per share have topped the average analyst estimate at about 74 percent of companies in the index that have posted results so far in the reporting season, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Royal Imtech NV, the Dutch provider of infrastructure for stadiums whose shares sank 48 percent on Feb. 4 after predicting writedowns exceeding 100 million euros ($136 million), dropped 9.5 percent as the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of Imtech Deutschland left.
ArcelorMittal, the world's biggest steelmaker, rose 1.1 percent after earnings beat estimates. Hargreaves Lansdown Plc rallied 11 percent as earnings at the U.K.'s largest retail broker also topped estimates. ICAP Plc, the world's biggest broker of transactions between banks, surged 5.3 percent.
Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average climbed 3.8 percent to the highest close since September 2008 as Toyota Motor Corp. raised its profit forecast.
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Twin Air - Power Flow Throttle Body Kit (Honda)
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Just as you could change the size of your old-school Mikuni carb in the two-stroke days, you can change the bore size of your bike's throttle body with the Twin Air Power Flow throttle body kit. The manufacturers do change the bore size on their bikes occasionally. KTM went from a 42mm throttle body to a 44mm bore in 2013. Twin Air's tubular insert reduces the overall flow area and pressure drop, which increases fuel velocity through the intake port. As a rule of thumb, smaller throttle body bore sizes increase throttle response and low-to-mid power, while larger bores decrease low-end throttle response and improve mid-to-top power. The Power Flow Throttle Body Kit is an off-the-shelf, easy to install, throttle body performance kit that creates more power and better throttle response. The kit comes with two different performance options, one for low-mid range performance and the other for top end performance.
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Our history dates back to 1924 when George Van Waters and Nat Rogers opened a small firm in Seattle, Washington, USA, buying and selling naval supplies, paint, raw materials and cotton linters. Learn how Univar grew into a leading global chemical distributor from these roots.
On August 8, 1924, George Van Waters and Nat Rogers filed incorporation papers in Olympia, Washington. The small firm sold paint, raw materials, caustic soda, soda ash, cotton linters, dry colors for paint, and denatured alcohol. Their willingness to buy—and sell, for profit—new types of materials helped the company grow. When Van Waters & Rogers entered the laundry supply business, it paved the way for the company's future—chemicals. "We sort of glided into the industrial chemicals business," Nat Rogers said. Near the end of the decade, the company moved into a 5,000 square foot facility just south of downtown Seattle. Soon after, they expanded into the entire facility and plant next door. Times were good. The Dow Jones industrial average reached an all-time high of 381.17. Then, on October 24, 1929, the stock market crashed.
At the lowest point in the Great Depression, when roughly one in four people were jobless, Van Waters & Rogers was growing by leaps and bounds, adding people, products and places to its business. "What saved us – and our customers – was that we were small," Nat Rogers said. "As a small but widely diversified operation, we survived rather handily." In 1935, sales were about $657,000. The following year they topped $1 million, and by the end of the decade the company was closing on the $2 million mark. Locations were added in Portland, Oregon, Spokane, Washington and Los Angeles, California. A notable addition was the industrial chemicals division headed by Glen McElvain, a chemical salesman who was instrumental in the acquisition of local chemical companies. Van Waters & Rogers flourished during the Great Depression, but soon World War II would engulf the United States.
On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, and the United States entered World War II. World trade routes were disrupted or simply dried up, causing shortages. A government priority system was created to divert essential resources to the war effort. The system favored companies that had been buying items in large quantities for several years – like Van Waters & Rogers. "All commodities were hard to get," Nat Rogers said. "It was a seller's market, and we could move almost anything we were lucky enough to get our hands on." Sales continued to skyrocket, jumping from $2 million in 1940 to more than $18 million in 1949. Acquisitions led to market entries in San Francisco and Texas. And two women, Noreen McKee and Liala Thompson, were the first women appointed to officer positions. In 1949, Van Waters & Rogers celebrated its 25th anniversary.
In 1956, Van Waters & Rogers made its first public offering of stock. Two 1950 acquisitions – Industrial Materials Ltd. of Vancouver, British Columbia, and Braun-Knecht-Heimann of San Francisco – set the tone for the decade. The company strategy was simple: acquire rather than be acquired. By the end of the decade, Van Waters & Rogers had locations in all 11 western states, Texas and Western Canada. Sales climbed from $18 million to more than $80 million in 1959. Capital investments included the forerunners of today's computers. Data processing equipment was installed in computer centers in Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles, increasing operating efficiency and profits. Unfortunately, co-founder George Van Waters suffered from cerebral arteriosclerosis, limiting his day-to-day participation in the growing company. His employees kept the parking space for "Van" empty in silent tribute.
While the country faced upheaval, George Van Waters, co-founder of Van Waters & Rogers, retired and company president L.H. Reyburn died suddenly. Milt Harris succeeded Reyburn, and company headquarters relocated to San Francisco for a brief period. Meanwhile, Jim Wiborg, a Vice President of United Pacific Corporation, had a merger on his mind. The two companies had strong ties: United Pacific's founder Ben Ehrlichman was a close personal friend of Nat Rogers, and Wiborg was Nat's son-in-law. By mid-decade, Nat told his son-in-law, "I think the time may be ripe." Shareholders approved the merger in 1966 and Van Waters & Rogers became VWR United. Growth surged, and the decade ended with the company's listing on the New York Stock Exchange on March 6, 1969.
At the March 25, 1970 meeting of the board, co-founder Nat Rogers retired from the corporation. When Milt Harris stepped down later that same year, Jim Wiborg became CEO. Along with a leadership change came a name change. The name "VWR United," resulting from a 1966 merger with United Pacific, was highly unpopular. So a new name, "Univar," was adopted in 1974. Wage and price controls opposed by the Nixon administration were a hardship for most businesses. Yet the company continued to expand through acquisitions with the stated goal of becoming a national distributor. The most important acquisition was the purchase of McArthur Chemical, establishing Univar as a major distributor throughout Canada. At the close of the decade, new challenges lay ahead for the country. An oil crisis and rampant inflation would soon give way to a deep recession and high unemployment.
In the 1980s, a deep recession created a gloomy financial outlook for many companies, and unemployment soared to its highest point since 1940. Univar co-founder George Van Waters died after a long illness. Yet the company became North America's largest chemical distributor during the decade. Sales topped $1 billion for the first time. Responding to new government regulations and environmental concerns, the company dedicated itself to product stewardship and introduced ChemCare, a new waste management service. Univar acquired McKesson Chemical with financial backing from Royal Pakhoed, a 370-year-old Dutch company. Combined, the two distribution giants formed a coast-to-coast network of more than 100 locations in the United States and Canada. The decade ended on a financial high note. As one shareholder at the 1989 annual meeting said, "It was just good news, good news and more good news".
The 1990s began with the Persian Gulf War. Company co-founder Nat Rogers died in February 1990, just a month before his 92nd birthday. By the end of the decade, the economy was going strong and e-commerce had given new meaning to "global marketplace." The company fully embraced the information age with the launch of UVX2000, a state-of-the-art computer system linking locations, customers, and suppliers; a corporate Web site; e-commerce initiatives such as eBusiness Partners; and an Internet-based chemical distributor named ChemPoint.com. Acquisitions led to further expansion. Univar acquired four chemical distribution companies in Europe, forming Univar Europe. Then Royal Pakhoed acquired Univar in 1996, and it merged with Royal Van Ommeren in 1999 to become Royal Vopak.
The new millennium did not result in the worldwide computing catastrophe many predicted. However, a recession and 9/11 sent the nation and commerce into a freefall. As industries such as textiles and electronics moved off shore to lower costs, Univar focused its growth strategy on industries that were population-based, such as food, pharmaceuticals, personal care, coatings and energy. Univar hired and developed sales specialists, food scientists and PhDs to assist customers with product formulations and technical solutions. Growth continued through the acquisition of Ellis & Everard, which included operations in the UK, Ireland and North America. In 2002, Univar split off from Royal Vopak as an independent company and world leader in chemical distribution.
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Jamie Caliri interview
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Main Title director Jamie Caliri won an Emmy award for Outstanding Main Title Design for his United States of Tara title sequence in 2009. We interviewed him earlier that year in L.A. about the making of that sequence and about his love for stop motion animation. And Caliri explains what's so great about Woody Allen's title sequences. (7 min.).
First in a series of video interviews with Main Title designers recorded at the Flux/Forget the Film, Watch the Titles event at the Hammer Museum, L.A.
To embed or download this interview: vimeo.com/5816586
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Jamie Caliri
Jamie Caliri was born in 1970. After studying Animation and Filmmaking at Cal Arts, he directed several commercials and logo treatments in the early to mid 1990's. In the late 1990's Caliri left animation behind, for some time at least, to direct live action music videos for the likes of Marcy Playground. Caliri directed the 1997 promo for Morphine's 'Early To Bed', which earned him a Grammy Award nomination for Best Live Action Music Video.
Caliri's influential animated end credit sequence for Lemony Snicket's - A Series of Unfortunate Events remains in the top 5 of the "most viewed title sequences" on Watch The Titles. In 2009, Jamie Caliri and his creative team were nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Main Title Design for the titles of HBO's TV series United States of Tara, which we also featured. Another highlight in his career is the stop motion animated commercial 'Dragon' for United Airlines (on Jamiecaliri.com).
In 2009, Caliri joined Garcon Yu, Kyle Cooper, Karin Fong, and Danny Yount to present his title work at our Watch the Titles event in the Hammer Museum in L.A.
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Watch the Titles event was a blast!
Report and photos of the event on SubmarineChannel
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29 Jul 09 • by: motion09
Kudos to the team at watchthetitles! Great interview! I'm a huge fan of Jamie Caliri. For those who are also fans, Jamie will be speaking at motion09 this year (www.motionconference.com). While you're at it, check out the recent motion.tv article on Jamie's nomination for an Emmy. http://motion.tv/2009/07/28/jamie-caliri-nominated-for-emmy-united-states-of-tara/
29 Jul 09 • by: Jorrit
Really nice done. Hope this one isn't gonna be the last!!
1 Aug 09 • by: xpez2000
nice commentary.
In regards to the BR and WA film titles. More often than not, the choices for those sequences back in the eighties and seventies were made from circumstances of the production and less from a big creative decisions. circumstances like budget, time, available technology, kind of drive those simple optical type title sequences...Also that period in title design was more or less a kind of down period. So my point is this, it's easy to look back on those simple title sequences and admire and overlay a brillant genius upon them...but I believe those were choices that were made based on the huge constraints placed on the title designer, who would have loved to do something extremely more imaginative. I know because I have worked with people that worked on titles during that period and they told me so.
Anyway...using a serif typeface(Garamond?? LOL ) for a futuristic movie such as Blade Runner always bugged me. Also the kerning between the type in these movies is so horrible and dated. But anyone who couldn't acknowledge that really isn't a title designer at all.
A title designer is someone who makes use of THE TYPE (the titles) in an interesting and appropriate way. I expect a title designer to talk about the nuance of the typeface and how it relates to the movie.
1 Aug 09 • by: Kfiine
In 1991, a 35mm dup of a 70mm early cut of Blade Runner screened in LA. As I recall, this early cut had a different title sequence. I remember a main title converging in the center of the screen with a more futuristic look. I recall thinking it appeared dated (1982). I was relieved they decided to keep it simple in the end.
Even if Caliri isn't a type guy, His work stands on different terms. The Lemony Snicket's titles would shine with a verity of type treatments. Think of how many title sequences were influenced by Lemony - Nanny McFee, and Enchanted just to name two . It wasn't his type they were looking at. I have never found myself entranced by a title sequence simply because the typeface relates well to the movie, and I enjoy being entranced.


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Boston Architectural College
The Boston Architectural College hosted the 4th annual Gala Preview Party for AD 20/21: Art & Design of the 20th and 21st Centuries to benefit the College. On Thursday, April 7, 2011, approximately 600 guests attended the event at the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts to show their support for the BAC and to preview this year's collection of modern art and design at the annual show produced by Tony Fusco and Robert Four.
The AD20/21 Gala Preview Party is The Boston Architectural College's premier fundraising event of the year and has been an important opportunity for the College to raise funds that ultimately enhance student experience and allow the College to continue to educate the finest emerging design professionals. This year's event was an elegant affair, surrounded by an extraordinary variety of modern art and design that honored guests Massimo and Lella Vignelli.
Guests included architects, decorative arts and interior design specialists, landscape architects, museum curators, furniture dealers, builders, developers and real estate professionals, collectors, artists, bankers, fashionistas, and photographers as well as BAC trustees, overseers, faculty, and the next generation of collectors—BAC students.
Massimo and Lella were awarded the AD 20/21 Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Knoll. The Vignellis, who are recognized as two of the most innovative minds in the design world, have designed countless graphic and corporate identity programs and exhibitions, as well as interior, furniture, and consumer products. Massimo complimented the city of Boston, recognizing the changed urban landscape, in brief remarks upon receiving the award, with his professional partner and wife offering, "a good city is the most important sign of a civilized environment."
During the weekend, the Cyclorama lecture hall was filled to capacity. Massimo Vignelli, with constant reference to Lella, presented a visually powerful, intellectually elegant talk on the timeless work of Vignelli Associates. The legendary designer shared his determination that it is the responsibility of the designer to discover and challenge problems and ultimately to enrich our environments with creative intuition and critical thought. The work shown was beautiful evidence of their remarkable, collaborative partnership. Massimo noted that his first exhibition in the United States, design:Vignelli, was installed at the (then) Boston Architectural Center in 1976. He concluded by sharing his educational vision: the rigorous reflection and discourse of Modernism, which forms a bridge between the history of design and the Vignelli design tradition, with intention to conserve, research, and extend this cultural heritage and, at the same time, investigate current design issues.
Jane Thompson's lecture on Saturday, "Design Research: The Store That Brought Modern Living to American Homes," was presented with her co-author Alexandra Lange, architecture and design critic, journalist, and historian. As founding editor of I.D. magazine, Jane was recognized as a critical voice in design, providing a strong female perspective in a predominantly male profession. With her husband Ben Thompson, she pioneered urban revitalization projects that include Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston, the Chicago Navy Pier, and New York's Grand Central District and collaborated for two decades on Design Research (DR), the pioneering store that brought modern European design into the American home. Jane explained that Ben "set out to solve very human and local post-war problems" and presented the unique and influential aesthetic that was well-understood by designers in practice in Europe, brought to America through DR. Jane emphasized that Ben's care for the interior as much as for the exterior, based on innate taste, was formed by architectural and visual training and an understanding of materials and forms and construction, and it was the product of training to become an architect and knowing how to put up a building or city.
Sunday lectures included "Saving Mid-Century Modern Homes," moderated by Boston Home Editor Rachel Slade and including panelists Peter McMahon, Cape Cod Modern House Trust; Historic preservation expert David Fixler of EYP, and Sally Zimmerman, manager of Historic Preservation Services at Historic New England. Also on Sunday, "Designers' Salon: Emerging Design in Boston" was a roundtable moderated by Debbie Hagan, editor in chief of Art New England, with modern sculptor and furniture designer Jacob Kulin, couture designer Michael DePaulo, jewelry designer Brelyn Spindel, and milliner Marie Galvin.
Tom Veilleux Gallery of Portland, Maine featured rare works by the noted American modernist sculptor Elie Nadelman (1882–1946) Also among the vast array of fine art, furniture, and decorative arts was a 1917 oil on canvas by Max Weber (1881–1961) from the estate of the artist, shown by Martha Richardson Fine Art, Boston; a selection of rare Schneider and Le Verre Francais art glass offered by La Verrerie d'Art, Maryland; a set of six 1969 Butterfly Chairs by Arne Jacobson offered by DSCALE, Boston; contemporary furniture by Sebastian Carpenter and Paula Garbarino; and whimsical paintings by Anne Lyman Bowers (b. 1922) offered by Childs Gallery, Boston.


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By the Numbers: The Myth of the Overtaxed Corporation
It's an election-year staple: The United States has the highest corporate tax rate in the world. But the official tax rate is far higher than what corporations actually end up paying. How it happens:
1. More than ever, people pay more in taxes than corporations do.
2. But we tax corporate
Average tax rate?
3. And some of the wealthiest corporations pay no taxes at all.
They even get money back.
corporations from 2008 to 2010 paid
in taxes and received refunds totaling
General Electric was the champion. It made a $10.5 billion profit. At the statutory 35% rate, it would have paid about $3.7 billion in taxes. Instead, it got refunds of $4.7 billion. That's a total tax subsidy of $8.4 billion dollars.
Also paying no taxes , 2008-2010
Verizon made $32.8 billion in profit and got
Wells Fargo made $49.4 billion and got
Boeing made $9.7 billion and got
4. Lobbying. The best investment around.
For its tax subsidy of $8.4 billion, General Electric spent $84.4 million on lobbying: a 100-to-1 return on investment.
In 2004, Congress was considering a one-time-only "repatriation holiday" law. 93 companies spent a total of $282.7 million lobbying for the bill, which allowed corporations to bring billions of dollars home from overseas accounts, but to pay income tax on only 15 percent of the money.
The law passed, and the corporations that lobbied saved $88.6 billion. That's a 220-to-1 return on investment.
Revoke their charters, and other legal tools to hold corporations accountable to our laws.
Three things everybody knows—and why they're wrong.
Where the infamous "Citizens United" decision came from and how to overturn it.
What we can do right now to strengthen our democracy.


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