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What was your childhood dream? Mine was to be a wildlife photographer. Inspired by the National Geographic documentaries, the voice and passion of David Attenborough and a desire to see the every corner of the world, I felt it was my calling. In reality, it wasn't to be. The money I saved was never enough to fund the photography equipment needed to get images that would pay for a living... and more trips. I remember my first trip to a South African Game Reserve when I was 16 years old. I remember evenly more clearly, though, the disappointment on getting the photos back from the printers. The wildlife I had painfully stalked appeared as tiny unidentifiable dots in the image.
And in some images, I couldn't even work out where the animal was. While I saved and saved, the cost of equipment came down, and the world went digital. This meant that, with a few execptions, it was easier to find photographers local to the wildlife than pay to transport foreign photographers. And so, the dream slowly evaporated, but that hasn't stopped me photographing the animals I do see while travelling. Although this can often be at the dismay of my travelling companions as I settle in to observe an animal for long periods of time.


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Jets news:
Winnipeg Free Press: Fans and team expecting more as Winnipeg open a short season 2. What happens if the Jets falter out of the gate? Will the honeymoon be over? My guess is fans will put up with a team that isn't super successful on the ice as long as the effort is present. It appears they have bought into the long term development message of Chevy & Company and even if they haven't, they are locked into season tickets for at least another year (following this one) and maybe as many as 2 more following 2013.
Winnipeg Free Press: Antropov could play in opener and other news and notes. The Jets could sure use Antropov at the home opener. While nick-name mania might be spreading, in fact, Ezra Ginsburg of Illegal Curve is the one with actual veto power on any future nicknames for the GST line. Or should this simply have been a one-year phenomena without attempting to replicate it?
Winnipeg Free Press: A case for better defence. The Jets goals for was pretty good last season but the team without Bogosian is going to have a tougher time keeping the puck out of their net. After Buff and Enstrom the pairings are going to be different sans Bogosian. Can one of the AHL guys make a noticeable difference this season?
Winnipeg Sun: Eastern European line could score for Jets. This line might have some pretty good chemistry, which isn't limited to a shared language. Antropov and Ponikarovsky played together years ago with the Leafs while Burmistrov and Antropov have been together for the last few years. Perhaps this familiarity will help the Jets 3rd line have some instant success. But as Antropov said yesterday, we will have to wait and see what coach Noel decides the lines will be before getting too excited about potential combinations.
Winnipeg Sun: Jets get tough with enforcer Peluso. Coach Noel isn't interested in a guy who is strictly around to goon it up. He wants someone who can add some toughness to his lineup and give this team some more size. Here is audio from Peluso that he did with Brendan Burke (Play-by-play broadcaster for the AHL's Peoria Rivermen.) after he was told he had been claimed by the Jets.
Winnipeg Sun: Will Mark Scheifele be ready at 19? It seems that both sides of the question have pros and cons. If you give him a chance to develop properly in Barrie and then through the Jets system the long term benefits could massive for the Jets. Or conversely, by putting him back to Barrie you could shatter his confidence and he might never rebound. If you go the other way and he sticks with the Jets after 5 games, but doesn't contribute significantly, you might permanently stagnant his development. Chevy and company have a very tough decision to make with their 2011 first round pick.
Simcoe.com: Colts fans wait to hear Scheifele's fate. Fans in Barrie are going to have to wait until at least January 27th which will be the 5th game of the season for the Jets and the point at which the team will have to make a decision on Scheifele's future.
CBC: Jets could help museum funding shortfall, says official. This seems like an idea that is going nowhere quickly but who knows perhaps a corporation will lend a public institution some cash to make up for the shortfall.
ESPN: Jets season preview. Missed this yesterday. Burnside doesn't think the Jets have made many steps forward and is largely predicting that the Jets have not progressed at the same rate as their 4 other Southeast division opponents. Agree or disagree?
Jets official site: Fantasy challenge. A participant selects 11 different Winnipeg Jets players to start for their fantasy team each Game Period. You can win all sorts of gear including signed Jets jerseys, Jets Gear Gift Certificate and more.
Illegal Curve: Coach Noel presser. Where is captain Ladd? Timeline? Jaffray signed and Peluso addition. How does Peluso fit in? Losing Glass, Peluso can replace those elements. Line combinations. 5 on 5 play. When does he decide on lines? Adding new defensive schemes? Defensive chemistry? Physical pace in today's practice. Machacek's game.
Illegal Curve: Player audio from the IcePlex. Following yesterday's open practice skate at the IcePlex, we have audio from Nik Antropov, Tobias Enstrom and Spencer Machacek.
Prospect and Affiliate news:
IceCaps official site: Jets agree to terms with Jason Jaffray. The veteran captain has been within this (True North) organization for a long time and is seen as an important cog in the wheel for the IceCaps.
Reporter Herald: Eagles goalie Brown grew up around NHL rinks. Tenders generally take longer to develop and Brown has settled in nicely on Colorado.
NHL news:
Toronto Star: Rangers, Kings likely to contend as NHL season set to begin. At least the Kings can try and capitalize on the momentum they built last season when they won the Stanley Cup. The Rangers had a disappointing 2011-12 and coach Tortorella will be sure to have his talented roster ready to play in this lockout shortened season.
Globe and Mail: The perils of parity that reign supreme in the NHL. While I don't think we will see the Dynasty era that we saw with the Oilers of the 1980s and Red Wings of the 1990s and 2000s, the NHL is probably quite happy to have Stanley Cup champs from major cities like L.A., Boston, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Detroit.
Ottawa Citizen: NHL misses chance to fix draft flaw. The Points After Elimination system or "PAE" is an interesting concept that would see that a team that is eliminated from playoffs, isn't penalized for winning following elimination. What do you think? Would you prefer to see this type of system or do you like what the NHL did, which was simply to allow all 14 non-playoff teams a chance to 'win' the 1st overall pick.
Star-Ledger: Zajac wanted to stay with Devils and live in New Jersey. The Winnipeg product signed himself a nice little contract down in New Jersey.
Globe and Mail: Duhatschek takes your questions on the NHL season. And the always informative Duhatschek will be taking our questions when he joins us on Saturday's Illegal Curve Hockey Show on TSN Radio 1290 as he always does in our season preview show. Tune in from 7 am until 11 am as the Jets afternoon home opener forces a change to our regular time slot.
CBC: Know your NHL siren sounds? A fun little quiz. Didn't do too well only recognizing 4 of 7 although after attending all those Jets games last season, at least I was able to pick out that goal horn.


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09 May 2017 Byfield speaks out – Stopping the Current Onslaught in Education
Feature: This week, we speak with an icon of Canadian conservatism, especially well-known in western Canada. Former Alberta Report publisher Ted Byfield weighs in on the education controversies in Alberta, and the federal Conservative leadership race.
Notwithstanding clause may be used to protect religious education: Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has threatened to invoke the "notwithstanding clause" on a court ruling involving Catholic education.
More problems with inappropriate content in Alberta education: More inappropriate content on a government-approved education website in Alberta.
#GGY2017: And a look ahead to this week's God and Government youth conference in Ottawa.
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Notwithstanding clause looming in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Premier Brad wall is threatening to invoke the Constitution's Notwithstanding Clause to counter a recent court decision on Catholic education in his province. That clause allows governments to override court rulings which find certain laws or government practices unconstitutional; the notion is that, "notwithstanding" those court rulings, those laws or practices can remain in place.
ARPA Canada's education policy consultant Harry Moes says the case has a long history. "It actually dates back to 2003. There was the closure of a small (public) elementary school in the village of Theodore, and then a Catholic school decided to open up, and of course…in Saskatchewan, Catholic schools are fully funded. And the vast majority of these students then decided to enroll in the Catholic school."
Moes says public officials were "not amused" by this, feeling that the parents transferring their allegiance to the Catholic school was not really in sync with the central purpose for the establishment of Catholic schools. They took the issue to court, and last month, a judge issued a 238 page ruling on the case. Moes says he hasn't read the entire ruling, but "I think what (it) is saying (is) that the intent of funding for faith-based schools was to provide education for the children of faith-based parents." He says the ruling could have a "ripple effect" for all faith-based schools in Saskatchewan, or perhaps all faith-based schools across the country.
Premier Wall, who has been a strong supporter of school choice, announced his plan last month to invoke the notwithstanding clause in the case, but Moes says that may actually not be the best way to go, because the judge did allow for a minimum of one year for the ruling to be implemented, which would also allow time for an appeal of the ruling. "I personally think the Catholic School Board should appeal this decision, and I feel that they would successful, and that would be the better way to go rather than to invoke the notwithstanding clause."
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Another inappropriate government website for Alberta kids
More inappropriate content has surfaced on a website that the Alberta government has been recommending to students struggling with issues of sexual identity and expression.
Theresa Ng with the Informed Albertans blog uncovered a whole slew of inappropriate links a few months ago, and the government took them down, but last week, another link surfaced, this one entitled "Sex from A to Z". It resembles an electronic set of alphabet flash cards but with extremely graphic descriptors for each of the letters in the alphabet. (A description of those flash cards can be found here, but with a strong parental warning: this link includes some very explicit and disturbing content.)
Ng says she was surprised to find this new link. "When I first wrote my blog article in the middle of March, talking about the sexually graphic material that I had found, I actually didn't find these 'A-Z cards.' It was actually somebody else, afterwards, that found them and sent to me and said, 'did you this?' I was shocked. (The links) are very inappropriate, especially for kids."
The links she highlighted talk about the promotion of pornography and anonymous sexual encounters.
There is no longer any direct online link from the Alberta Education website to any of this content. Ng says the government continues to recommend the organizations behind these links as being "appropriate resources" for students. And she says the governance of these organizations continue to raise some fundamental questions. "The Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services actually shares a director (with) the CHEW project – the "Comprehensive Health Education Workers" project – which has posted these A-Z cards on their website. So why are these people who are putting these very inappropriate materials on their resource page providing services in our K-12 schools for kids?"
Ng is also wrapping up a letter-writing campaign on this issue this week. She's collecting letters to be forwarded to Education Minister David Eggen. To learn more about that project, you can click here.
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God and Government Youth Conference
ARPA Canada's first-ever youth edition of their signature God and Government is kicking off in Ottawa today. We Need a Law Director Mike Schouten says the idea for this conference goes back to last year. "The past couple of years that we've done the G&G there's always been a couple of young people that attend, and last year we had a trial process whereby we took in some students from Southern Ontario, and that sort of sowed the seeds for this year." He says ARPA decided to have a conference dedicated to youth to hopefully "set the stage for these young people to either pursue careers in politics or careers in advocacy organizations or, if not that, just (getting them to realize) the importance of our calling to be a salt and a light in the culture."
The students will take in lectures on everything from pornography to pre-born human rights and sphere sovereignty, and they also have meetings booked with MPs and Senators from all three major parties. There will also be an opportunity to sit in on various Parliamentary Committee meetings. "Interestingly enough," Schouten says, "the Justice Committee is going to be debating Bill C-16, so we're hoping to be able to get a few of the groups in to those Committee meetings."
The students have also been invited to participate in Thursday's national March for Life on Parliament Hill.
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LN Feature: Byfield speaks out - Stopping the Current Onslaught in Education
Ted Byfield. He was the publisher of the Western Report and Alberta Report magazines from the late 70's to the early 90's. He was involved in the formation of the Reform Party back in that period, and he's the man widely credited with first coining the phrase "the West wants in."
After the magazine folded, he edited a book series on the history of Christianity.
Ted Byfield, for a lot of western Canadians at least, is an icon of the modern conservative movement. Mr. Byfield is almost 90 years old now, and this week, he's our special guest on Lighthouse News. We reached him by telephone, at his home in Edmonton.
LN: I'd like to start by asking you about a series of blog posts you've been writing on the controversies in the Alberta education system. And I'd ask you, "What's actually going on there?" I mean, we know, in a sense, what's going on, with the promotion of the so-called "alternative lifestyles" and gender issues and such. That's the political reality. But what's underlying all of this? Is it just because the NDP has a different worldview, or is there an underlying philosophical and societal shift on these moral questions?
TB: Well what's underlying it – as I try to make out in a little book I published not long ago – was a revolution that nobody in the media covered. And it was probably the most important revolution insofar as the western world's concerned in the 20th century. And that was in our educational system. And very succinctly it has to say…they switched from objectivism to subjectivism. That is where the educator – the teacher – used to have a body of skills and information that he or she had to impart to the pupil, it became a question of imparting to the pupil a certain attitude, so that feelings became more important than facts. And this permeated the entire educational system over the latter half of the 20th century, and it resulted in the feminist revolution for example, the sexual revolution. They're all sort of the children of that educational revolution which nobody covered at all. If you go back over the press coverage of that one, there's hardly any mention of it. Occasionally, some editor will write an editorial deploring something they're doing in the schools, but nobody put all the pieces together. And what they were doing in the schools was radically changing society. And that revolution is what's causing the symptoms that you notice socially. We all do.
LN: So how should Christians respond to what's going on? I mean, it seems conservatives – especially social conservatives – are always fighting a rear-guard action on this stuff. Trying to make up for lost time and playing defense. Is there a way to get pro-active on this stuff?
TB: Yes, of course there is. And that is to get into two things. The media – the general media, not the religious media – the general media. And also the education system. The way that some parents are very effectively reacting. I've had quite a bit to do with the homeschool movement because we are running a program that involves it. When you see how much better a mother can do with her three or four kids than a teacher with 30 or 40 students; so a kid that's being homeschooled has a high-value education that you only recognize when you figure that he can write and he can understand grammar and he's good in math and this kind of thing. That's where the fruition occurs. But that's one thing we can do.
And the other thing to do is do exactly what you're doing. Get into the media. You know, young kids starting out who have a religious vocation immediately think of becoming a pastor or something like (that), and heaven knows we need good pastors, but we also need good journalists and we also need good playwrights that can get into the public mix and write things and produce things that are gonna cause people to think "I better take a look at this Christianity thing." That's what we should be stirring up in the public mind. And I see young people coming out of the system now – many as homeschoolers, some from Christian schools – who are gonna be able to do that, and we should give them every possible encouragement.
LN: Would you include in that the notion that we need more Christian politicians?
TB: I think that politics is in itself a very dicey thing for any Christian, because our system – and it's I think the best there is – is built on compromise. Christianity says "these statements are true", and if you're being called upon to compromise truth, then you're compromising your religion to some degree. And very few politicians are prepared to say "this is where I stand. If you don't like it, vote me out of office." A few do, but most haven't got the courage to do that, and you can hardly blame them because the media will do everything possible to kill them.
LN: And that leads to something else to close the interview. I want to shift gears a little. It's not every day we get to speak to you, and I don't want to let this opportunity pass without asking (for) your impressions of the federal conservative leadership race. What do you think of the crop of candidates that's there?
TB: To tell you the truth, Al, I have hardly followed it. Mainly because we are so preoccupied in Alberta with this provincial government we've managed to elect, that it takes the centre of our attention away from Ottawa to a large degree, and focuses (us) upon what's going on here, in our own backyard.
LN: OK, so you haven't really been paying attention, but some people have described this leadership race as "a battle for the soul of the party." A battle between social conservatives and fiscal conservatives. What's your thought on that?
TB: The divide between what they call "social conservatives" and "fiscal conservatives" is phony. The fiscal conservatives seem to think that they're not dealing with moral questions; they're dealing with practical facts. And then, in the next breath, they say: "Why do people so easily involve themselves in these enormous debts? We shouldn't be doing that."
That word "shouldn't" means morality, because using your head and being wise with money is a virtue. Now, if you discredit all the social virtues – sex, and that kind of thing – because they don't matter anymore, (then) don't be surprised when all the fiscal virtues disappear as well. Because they're all standing on the same ground.
So what we see is people dismissing the social conservatives as irrelevant and then whining because we allow the debts to go so high. Well they're going so high because the same disbelief that enabled us to reject the old sex rules also enables us to reject the economic rules. They're all standing on the same ground.
"I ought to." "I should." "We should." We ought to." "We ought not to be building up debts like this." They're all moral values, and if you discredit morality, don't be surprised if it spreads into areas you take as sacrosanct. So we should get rid of the idea of "social conservatives" and "fiscal conservatives". What they've gotta "conserve" is good and bad, and it applies in both regions.
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What Do You Really Need In A Camera
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07th April 2016, Singapore – The recent development of camera technology is getting very interesting. The manufacturers had been on a spree to outdo each other in their latest offerings and we on the consumer end, is trying to understand what exactly are these manufacturers trying to do? While many out there are obviously confused or simply overwhelmed by numbers, specs etc, we decided to write this article and share some thoughts on these specs & numbers.
In this article, I am going to take a comical look into the developments so don't flame me. It's just my thoughts anyway.
Let's just take a look at some of the key features which are common in today's imaging technology. However, no brands will be mentioned.
Focus Points
I remember clearly my first autofocus SLR (film) has only 3 focus points, namely – Left, Centre & Right. Then came the early DSLRs with 5 points (Added top & bottom), then 9 points, 11 points, 19 points and suddenly 100+ points, 200+ points & the crazy 300+ points. May I ask, how many times do you really select the points? And if you are the person who will let the camera decide where to focus for you, how many times had you ended up with images that had been back-focused? Sorry but I am old-fashioned, I prefers to set my cameras to a single center focus point and employ the use of focus on subject>half pressed shutter>refocus & recompose>shoot type.
In my 9 years of doing commercial photography, I had only used that one single center focus point. In some occasions when I was shooting pre-wedding albums, I do use manual focus. 300+ focus points? I believe somewhere out there, some engineers are already working on 800+ focus points with probably 1800+ virtual focus points.
Do You Really Need 800+ focus points?
Start Up Time
This is one of the features that most camera specs will always include. From that second you switched on the camera, the start-up time determines how fast the camera will be ready to shoot an image. Well, probably the makers are anticipating photographers to switch on & switch off their cameras regularly. But wouldn't that wear out the on/off switch faster? I remember almost all cameras that were built after year 1999 has a power-save or sleep or auto-off function? And this function can be customized to how long you want the camera to idle before it starts to hibernate? From the pace that this feature is being improved model after model, probably the next revolution will be – the camera may have a motion sensor with a fuzzy logic chip built in.
Higher end models may even get a light sensor – so the minute you take your camera out of the bag, it wakes up by itself and ready to shoot by the time while you are bringing the camera to your face. Fast enough?
Do You Need your camera to stay awake the minute you wake up?
Since the beginning of digital SLRs, we all remembered the ISO that we "paid for" starts from a standard ISO 100 to about ISO 1600 – and ISO 1600 back then is almost not use-able in print. Then we started seeing cameras showing up with ISO 100 to ISO 6400, then came the negative to expanded scale from ISO 50 to ISO 12,800 and some already reaching ISO 25,600. Today, photographers are talking about ISO 30 to ISO 3,000,000+. Wow! Before you say "shut up & take my money!", may I ask you what is the highest ISO that you had ever used? Personally I had used up to ISO 6400 for certain assignments but never once I had given my clients a print with a ISO 12,800 – because there is no need to! So what if you have ISO 3,000,000 and the maximum ISO you use is probably ISO 12,800? As I write, I am sure engineers out there are already working on a camera that gives you ISO 25,000,000 and higher end models may even get military grade night-vision technology. Who knows right? Now ask yourself, do you really uses an ISO that high?
FPS (Frame Per Second)
FPS – Which means Frames-Per-Second, and further means how many images are you able to capture in a full second while your finger depress the shutter button. Sports Photographers, Birds Photographers or even Press Photographers will be the people that will (really) be concerned about this. I remembered vividly from the early SLRs which managed 3 fps to 5 fps and then from early digital's 3 fps to a mighty 8 fps (top of the line DSLRs) and today's entry-level DSLRs doing about 5 fps to an insane 20 fps for some pro model DSLR. On this part, I will think that unless you set your camera to "Burst Mode" all the time, or works with the press, shoot sports and birds, an average of 5 fps is ample enough to serve most needs.
While many will disagree with me, now be honest, after shooting in burst mode, count how many shots are sharp, and how many will you keep? As a user of flagship DSLRs from 3 brands, each doing an average of 10-15 fps, I know how it is like to be deleting and selecting the few images that I will really keep or submit to client. And the more I burst, the more time I have to spend viewing the images one by one and further deleting them while keeping a few that I really need. Do not forget that digital images take up spaces too.
And since our camera shutters has an intended lifespan of (average) 150,000 shots to 250,000 shots, let's just take the lower 150,000 and use the soon-to-come 120 fps as an example.
Your shutter lives for 150,000 shots.
Your FPS is 120.
So 150,000 shots divided by the fps 120 will be 1250 actuations.
Congratulations, your camera shutter is going to "die" after you press the shutter for 1250 times – set to burst mode. Does that make any sense to you? Let's see if the next update of DSLRs or other cameras will get us 80 to 120 fps.
Wait, do you need 120fps at all?
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No, I am not talking about the good old front-mount-screw-on filters or the luxurious square filters. What I really meant was the digital filters that came along with your cameras. When the days were much simpler, apart from the color shooting mode, we get a monochrome (Black & White or Bandicoot) option and for the lucky some, Sepia. Today, more digital filters are added with every new model and some are actually quite decent and fun to use.
One of the camera brands that started this trend had about 7 filters in their DSLR and today, almost every brand offers at least 20 to 30 digital filters in their DSLRs and adding new ones with every release. While the creative options have largely expanded with the inclusion of these filters, how many filters have you really used for your images? Sorry again but I am old-fashion, I will prefer to capture the image as it is then edit & process the images to my liking later. Yes, there are occasions that I walk about with the camera color set to Monochrome, but rarely, what about you?
Do you need like 100 "bubble gum" digital filters in your camera?
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Almost every decent DSLR or higher end compacts does bracketing. (Some can even do bracketing and in-camera blend) For those of you who know that you have this function but has never used or not exactly sure what it does, here's a one sentence explanation. The camera captures a scene (basic) in 3 exposures that comprise a normal exposure, a darker exposure and a brighter exposure so you can layer them and merged them into a final image with a balanced exposure – in short HDR. Yes, you heard it right, 3 bracketed shots were what we have in the early days. Soon the number of bracketed shots was noted to have increased to 5 shots and to 9 shots in the mid era.
Today, some of the imaging demon cameras manage up to 30 bracketed shots. In the past, 3 to 5 bracketed shots gives very interesting end results as the images are on a much different dynamic range for example: -3, 0, +3. Today, those on 18 or more bracketed shots are really getting -8, -7.5, -7, -6.5, -6, -5.5, -5, -4.5, -4, -3.5, -3, -2.5, -2, -1.5, -1, -0.5, 0, +0.5, +1, +1.5, +2, +2.5, +3, +3.5, +4, +4.5, +5, +5.5, +6, +6.5, +7, +7.5, +8. Tell me, if you had shot a configuration similar to my example above, after blending without individual edit, tell me what did you get? Still have dynamic range? Or you have to add lots of contrasts to make up for the DR losses?
Hate to say this but I suspect one day, the engineers developing the bracketing functions will soon give us 100 frames bracketing – and you will get an image that looks exactly like how you have shot it at 1/100, F5.6 & ISO400. (Just saying).
Do You Really need to bracket more than 5 shots?
In-Camera Customization/ Editing
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From my understanding, not all but many cameras today allows you to edit your images directly from the camera. Although most of the options available now are cropping, straightening, some color & contrast adjustments or adding a digital filter to your images, I am very sure more editing functions are on their way. Pardon me again for being old-fashion, but I really prefer to load my images to my computer and edit my images on the big screen.
And there are a lot more I can do from my soft wares than what was offered from the camera. Yes, that might save you some time if you are doing some basic and simple edit, but how many of you are really using this function? Camera manufacturers are constantly trying to outdo each other and probably, I say probably, soon you can add watermarks, super-imposed images, and even order Starbucks from inside your camera.
Do You really need this function?
Body Size
Materials used for manufacturing our cameras are getting cleverer by the model. I believed many of you would have remembered how heavy the 1st generation DSLRs were. From engineering plastics to recycled compound, from aluminum to titanium alloys, our cameras are getting lighter and with the advancement of technology, our cameras are getting smaller and smaller too. The good news is, manufacturers are not exactly competing on who can design and make a camera that weight next to nothing, but the real competition is really more on the size. Just look at the entry-level DSLRs, some of them are just slightly bigger than the high-end compacts or bridge cameras. On the other end of the scale, who would image a professional spec full frame camera to be much smaller than a DSLR?
With the current trend of cheaper travel and more people taking up photography, size is definitely one of the priorities in the list. Not forgetting smart phone cameras are getting more advanced since the 2 megapixel hey days so camera manufacturers have to counter this carefully. Who knows, the next DSLR may be pocket-sized and mirrorless that fits into your wallets – ok, I will leave the rest to your imaginations.
Remember, it's what you need from a camera and not what the size that determines your buying decision.
Sensor & Megapixel Size
There are 2 parts to this. 1st is the physical size of the sensor and 2nd is the ever-increasing megapixel war.
In the past, when you are using a Full Frame DSLR (35mm equivalent), wow you must be a pro, or a super-rich person as full frame cameras are out of reach for many people. Today, every other person is using a Full Frame camera – because it is now cheaper to the point it had fallen below the SGD $2K mark (street price) for a new Full Frame body. Don't get me wrong, cropped-sensor (APS-C/ APS-H) DSLRs still have their foothold in the industry as these cameras are really meant for added range for a wide variety of photographic purposes. And further to that, it is cheaper to produce so that is probably why almost 95% of entry-level DSLRs are using APS-C sensors.
Between FF & APS-C sensors, both have their specific uses and capabilities. But sadly, in local context, using a Full Frame camera means "something". From the way the R&D is moving, probably in future they will just do away with APS-C sensors and all cameras will released in Full Frame by default – and you can use a digital crop-factor (which some cameras already has this function). But what if I tell you now you can choose the crop factor from inside your Full Frame badass to either x1.3, x1.5, x1.8, x2, x5, x10, x35, x50, x100 – so using a 10mm ultra-wide angle can be configured to 1000mm by digital crop factor at x100 – ok, I am really just kidding!
So do you really need a Full Frame sensor?
On the megapixel race, personally I felt that it is mega-rated. I mean do you really need that many pixels if you are just shooting for fun? Maybe yes and maybe no. But allow me to share what happens when you upgrade from – say a 16 megapixel camera to a 36 megapixel camera. First and foremost, you need a higher capacity memory card – and memory is expensive especially the good ones (pun intended). Your 8Gb or 16gb memory card can no longer store as much images as before.
And do not think buying a cheap & regular 32gb or 64gb will justify, faster writing speed cards costs more money too. Next, you need a good resolution screen to match – else you are not really viewing what was captured – The screen costs money too. And do check if your computer and software can handle multiple big files without hanging or crashing, if not you will need to upgrade (money again).
After you have addressed all the earlier points, now you need to have a much bigger HDD or backup system to store your files. Big files = Big Storage, that's pretty much common sense isn't it? And deep storage costs you more money. So the next time if a newly announced camera is 100 megapixel or 1000 megapixel, be prepared to fork out money for a 512gb memory card, a 4K or 6K screen, a super computer with infinity memory ram, a 10,000TB Storage/ back-up system and everything else in between. OK, this is not funny anymore. So do you need 1000 megapixel one day?
There are a lot more points that I would like to cover in this article but I do not wish to risk being sued for unauthorized sharing of embargoed information until they are official. As a final disclaimer, the above article was intended to pull some jokes on the camera manufacturers without releasing any classified information on the research and development of any camera, lenses or photographic accessories. All speculated specifications and functions are purely false and imaginary with no basis and no reference.
On a serious note, things are moving really fast in the digital imaging arena and as a photographer, it will be interesting to watch and move along with the technology – even with the absurd ones.
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With Jameer Nelson out with an injury (torn meniscus in his left knee), Jason Williams has been forced to assume the starting position at point guard for the Orlando Magic beginning this past week and so far, so good.
Since Williams has been inserted as the starter, the Magic have been able to come away with wins over the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Boston Celtics, and the Toronto Raptors. Out of the trio of victories, winning without Nelson against the Boston was the most impressive without a doubt.
Although Williams is not the scorer that Nelson is, he is as capable of running the offense without a hitch. The assist percentage of both players are nearly identical this year, at this point. Likewise, in his three starts, Williams has tallied 14 assists to only 3 turnovers. Williams has done an excellent job of starting the offensive sets for the Magic and letting the team's bevy of playmakers make plays. For example, with Nelson sidelined, one has seen Vince Carter's shot attempts rise a bit, given that he's had to assume more offensive responsibilities with Orlando lacking one of its main scorers on the court. However, don't let Williams fool you - he's still capable of scoring if the matchups are favorable, as they were yesterday against the Toronto Raptors.
What's been most impressive about Williams, though, has been his defense. It's been sterling, to put it simply. Although it's still early in the regular season and Williams benefits from playing in one of the best defensive schemes in the NBA, he has more than held his end of the bargain as the first line of defense for the Magic. With Williams, Orlando has been 13.4 points per 100 possession better than with him off the floor. If one looks closely, it's been Williams' presence on the defensive side of the ball that's been the catalyst. And those numbers aren't a fluke, either, as Williams' adjusted defensive plus/minus has been excellent, as well.
The questions remains whether or not Williams can keep up this level of play with extended minutes. So far, Williams hasn't shown signs of slowing down with more playing time, so it appears he can weather the storm while Nelson is rehabbing from his injury. As has been stated before, the Magic are better equipped as a squad to handle Nelson's loss and last Friday's win over the Celtics exemplified that particular statement.
The more pertinent question may be whether or not Orlando can continue to have Anthony Johnson be the back-up point guard to Williams. Granted, Johnson got off to a slow start this past season and rounded into form as he played more, but there's no denying that the offense "slows down" with Johnson at the helm, as opposed to Williams. Also, Williams can create his own shot, Johnson can't. One shouldn't rush to judgment as Johnson has played three games backing up Williams and performed well against Oklahoma City in one of those contests, but it's something to keep an eye on for the next few weeks.
All in all, it may not be worth it for general manager Otis Smith to make a move, given that Nelson is expected to be back within a month or so (possibly sooner). Of course, anything is possible.


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Love Your Enemies
Love one another -- even your enemies.
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"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." Matthew 5:43-44
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What do you think of when you see a heart? (Hold up the heart.) Most of us would probably say that when we see a heart, we think of love. Who do you love? Do you love your parents? Do you love your brother or sister? How about your best friend? Do you love your teacher? It is easy to love these people, because they love us too.
Are there any boys or girls that are mean to you at recess? Has anyone ever said something about you that was not true? Do you love those boys and girls? Should we really be expected to love people who are mean to us, treat us badly, and say ugly things about us? Well, let's listen to what Jesus told us to do.
One day Jesus was teaching out on a hillside. We call his lesson that day "The Sermon on the Mount." In his sermon, Jesus said some things that really surprised his listeners. "You have heard that you should love your neighbors and hate your enemies," Jesus said. "But I say, love your enemies -- and if someone does mean and hateful things to you, pray them."
Why should we love our enemies? Jesus said that when we love our enemies, we are acting like children of God. If we only love those who love us, will God reward us for that? If we are only kind to our friends, what is so great about that? Everybody does that!
It isn't always easy to love your enemies, but there are some good reasons for doing it.
- It demonstrate the love of God to others.
- It sets a good example for others to follow.
- It turns enemies into friends.
Father, it is easy to love those who love us. Help us to love our enemies so that they might know that we are your children. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.


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Many people believe that blockchain, dapps, Bitcoin, and cryptocurrencies, in general, are here to stay.
What started nine years ago as a complex concept of a digital currency that only a few people understood has now evolved into a full-fledged business. Bitcoin traders and investors all over the world are drawn towards crypto exchanges and are always in search of additional ways to earn more money.
Although the prices keep changing almost on a daily basis, the crypto market is steadily increasing in total value. The December 2017 Bitcoin bubble quickly imploded, leading to a bearish 2018. However, the vast majority of investors are still optimistic and have their gaze towards the future.
This is all due to the blockchain technology which powers the crypto world. Whether you are a Bitcoin trader or a blockchain enthusiast, here are the top blockchain predictions for 2019 that will help you better understand what this technology is all about.
1. Blockchain Will Meet Internet of Things
According to a report by International Data Corporation, many IoT companies will be incorporating blockchain technology into their products. IDC predicts that 20% of IoT deployments will have blockchain services installed by 2019.
With the help of blockchain technology, they are projected to improve services and thus increase sales. In fact, we already have digital startups in this niche, and we can only expect the sector to grow in 2019.
Why blockchain? Because it is based on a distributed and decentralized system that provides a secure framework for communication between IoT devices. It allows the automated exchange of data between them and also has high resistance to cyber attacks and other cyber issues.
2. Mass Adoption of Blockchain
According to a 2018 Deloitte's Global Blockchain Survey, 40% of respondents reported that their organization will invest $5 million or more in blockchain technology in 2019.
The same research reveals that 74% of respondents believe that this tech will bring many benefits to their companies.
To start with, IBM has already developed a blockchain product that allows startups and developers to build decentralized apps. As more and more companies are moving towards this emerging technology, we can expect it to get a certain amount of traction in the coming year.
3. Trading on Crypto Exchanges
Crypto exchanges have recently been growing both in their number and popularity. In fact, their impact on the crypto world is so significant that a single tweet or public announcement by the CEO of any leading crypto exchange could influence the price of specific cryptocurrencies.
Such was the case a few weeks ago when Coinbase and Binance, arguably the world's leading crypto exchanges, publicly supported the upcoming Bitcoin Cash hard fork, prior to the controversy and chaos it caused in the middle of November.
As cryptocurrencies continue to evolve, so will crypto exchanges and their impact on the crypto world. The following year will be no exception.
4. Gaming and the Crypto Space
There are various startups using crypto tokens and launching a number of video game-related services based on blockchain. For example, a Singapore based startup Bountie plans to launch an online gaming platform where players would be rewarded in cryptocurrency for the time they spend playing games on it.
Later on, they can use these coins to buy a new game, merchandise, etc.
The blockchain-based gaming platforms might require a bit more effort to be developed, but some of them are set to be released in 2019.
5. Decentralized Apps Will Continue To Grow
The first Ethereum dapp game was CryptoKitties. The goal of this game was to collect and breed digital cats.
This decentralized app did not revolutionize any system, but it did bring an idea that caught the attention of various developers who quickly realized the potential of dapps and the Ethereum network in general.
That said, experts believe that 2019 is the year when dapps will grow in popularity.
6. Blockchain Will Disrupt Industries
Throughout the internet, the term "blockchain" is linked to ICOs, Bitcoin, and everything that revolves around cryptocurrencies. However, this is just one of the numerous applications of the technology that is spreading like wildfire.
The financial industry is only one area where this piece of technology changed things for the best.
Did you know, for example, that supply chain and shipping industry have also profited from blockchain? Now that data can be tracked via immutable public ledger, shipping and transporting goods such as fresh food has become much more efficient and reliable.
Other industries that have implemented blockchain in their operations include cybersecurity, insurance, healthcare, etc.
It is safe to say that 2019 should see blockchain adoption on an unprecedented scale. We should not be surprised to see it in virtually every industry.
7. Decentralized Exchanges Will Increase
There is a chance that the number of decentralized crypto exchanges will rise in the coming year.
Although the majority of the present crypto exchanges are (ironically) centralized, the decentralized ones will increase in number, as they offer better user control, higher security level, and better liquidity.
8. Government Agencies Are More Likely to Adopt Blockchain
The idea of the immutable distributed ledger and its security levels has attracted various governments to consider using it for storing data on such a system.
It can hold various data chunks from any part of the world. Estonia, for example, has already implemented blockchain technology with X-Road, a decentralized ledger that stores credentials of all citizens.
Summing Up
It is certain that blockchain will revolutionize business processes for many industries. However, full adoption will require a great deal of time and effort.
Moreover, amidst all the Bitcoin, blockchain, and cryptocurrency predictions, there is one thing that we know about this space – blockchain and crypto industries are moving very fast.
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|Review: Witchery - Don't Fear The Reaper
|Don't Fear The Reaper
Label: Century Media Records
Year released: 2006
Duration: 45:57
Tracks: 13
Genre: Heavy/Thrash
Rating: 3.75/5
Review online: February 1, 2006
Reviewed by: Michel Renaud
for:Don't Fear The Reaper
Rated 3.74/5 (74.74%) (19 Votes)
Five years between albums is a long time, too damn long. I had been wondering for a while what was going on in Witchery's camp, especially after their web site had apparently disappeared. So finally here we have a new Witchery album. The first thing that one notices is that this one is overall slower than their previous offerings, and the production is rather polished for a heavy/thrash album, something that started with "Symphony for the Devil" wayyyy back in 2001. Their early albums especially had a kind of "fun" vibe to them, but "Don't Fear the Reaper" is darker, more gloomy and heavier, all in part due to a much slower pace that helps bring out the added heaviness. A slight change of direction for the band but without sacrificing their signature sound in the process - the guitars for example are unmistakably Witchery. And fear not, there's still a few fast-paced tracks that are more along the lines of their earlier work in here as well.
While I don't find this album to be as good as the previous ones - some of the "charm" is lacking, it has been on repeat play ever since I got it and I don't feel like I'm going to grow tired of it any time soon - call it the Witchery effect. A damn good album that should please most of their existing fanbase, and hopefully they won't make us wait five years for the next one.
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If you are planning a trip to Guildford, you might also be wondering how to get around once you reach your destination. Fortunately, you have to leave your worries aside as you can receive numerous facilities in Guildford. Guildford is similarly a beautiful place to visit with all the landmarks that commemorates its magnificent history. Thus, anyone who has come to Guildford for the first time may definitely want to see what it has to offer.
You may get around in Guildford by foot. Not all areas in Guildford are walkable. The central area in Guildford may be the most suitable one but it is a bit hilly. You may have to cross the River Wey from the railway station to reach the bus station and town centre. Another means of visiting Guildford is by bus. The local bus service may provide an easy way to discover Guildford. It is equally suitable for most Guildford inhabitants. There is as well a free bus which rounds the town around three times per hour. But the bus can sometimes be stuck in the traffic. So, if you can, walking may become a faster means to see some of Guildford's countryside.
Moreover, there is also a taxi service in Guildford. Nevertheless, it may be considered as one of the most expensive ways to get around Guildford. Should you want to travel by taxi, you may find taxi ranks at the front of the Railway Station. On the other hand, visiting Guildford by car can be extremely pleasant. However, you may sometimes get trapped in traffic jams on the roads of Guildford. This may normally happen during the peak periods. Getting around by car can basically be said to be one of the most practical ways to see the best that Guildford has to offer. Cycling around Guildford can also be an appropriate thing to do.
Furthermore, if you plan an in depth visit of Guildford, it may be wise to keep a map of the area handy. But you have to make sure that the map contains the national grid reference lines. These can be important especially to indicate you certain out of town places. Some of the maps you could buy may be the Ordnance Survey Landranger 186 or the Ordnance Survey Explorer 145. Both of these maps cover the regions of Guildford for specific purposes. For example, Ordnance Survey Landranger 186 may be best used for exploring Guildford by cycle or by car. Alternately, the Ordnance Survey Explorer 145 may be used by people who prefer to discover Guildford by walking. Such maps may be bought in any well known bookshop in Guildford.
As seen, there are numerous ways of getting around Guildford. The place can be worthwhile to go with so much its lands promises to let you discover. In other words, Guildford can be a place to visit at least once in a lifetime. So, if you have the money and want a trip to an exceptional place, Guildford could probably be your answer.


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BOZEMAN – Montana State University's Steer-A-Year program is returning for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Montana ranchers who would like to donate a steer to benefit students in MSU's College of Agriculture should contact College of Agriculture Steer-A-Year Program Manager Hannah Del Curto. Steers will be accepted between Oct. 30 and Nov. 13. They will be housed and fed to finish at the Bozeman Agriculture Research and Teaching Farm west of Bozeman. Performance data will be taken and sent out to donors as collected. Awards will also be presented to the best initial feeder steer, the steer with the top rate of gain and best carcass.
Donated steers make a direct impact on students, particularly those participating in the livestock judging team, Del Curto said.
"The funds allow judging team members to compete and represent MSU at a national level," she said. "The steer contributions are also important because they enhance the educational experience for students in the College of Agriculture."
The steers are used to allow for "hands-on" learning experiences in courses such as beef cattle management, livestock management-beef cattle, meat science and livestock evaluation. Del Curto said the newly created "steer-a-year" class allows students to be involved in all aspects of managing the steers.
For more information about the Steer-A-Year program or how to donate a steer, contact Del Curto at (406) 994-3752 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Working from home gets redundant fairly quickly. And as someone who's been doing this for a few years pre-COVID, I've found little ways to add some novelty to my days. One being differentiating the pajamas I wear in the evenings, from the loungewear I rock while working during the week. I have specific items that are my "work clothes" and then some chic, sexy, and comfy sets that I put on once the workday is over.
I actually didn't start wearing "real" pajamas until a year ago, and it's a shame I didn't treat myself sooner. Not only are they helpful for breaking up the day, but after a nice shower and slipping into a cute set, I feel like a whole new person! And the thing is, I didn't have to break the bank. Some of my most chic silk pajamas are actually from Amazon, but you'd never know by looking at them.
I recently shared a photo of myself in one of my favorite pajama sets on Instagram, and along with the compliments, I did notice a number of people say that they too wanted to step up their PJ game. So, I decided to put together a round-up of some chic, sexy, and comfy pajama sets ranging from high to low to help spice up that bedtime wardrobe.
These pajama sets are great for lounging at home and taking with you on trips with friends.
ASOS Bluebella Abigail Short Pajama Set ($58)
Silk, satin, lace–these pajama sets are perfect for a sexy night in, with yourself or someone else.
Lu's Chic Women's Satin Pajama Cami Set ($20.99)
PrettyLittleThing Baby Pink Satin Nightie ($35)
Loungeable Stripe Jacquard Satin Cami Top ($19) Satin Shorts ($19)
Loungeable Stripe Jacquard Maxi Kimono ($45)
Avidlove Women Lingerie Satin Lace Chemise Nightgown ($15.98 – $17.99)
These are sexy in their own right, but lean more towards that comfort factor. Perfect for a day of lounging, but a step up from your usual leggings and an oversized t-shirt.
Ekouaer Sleepwear Women's Satin Pajamas Cami Shorts Set ($22.99)
Lulu's Be Cozy Heather Grey Cropped Tank Top ($24) Drawstring Lounge Pants ($34)
Cosabella Bella Long Sleeve Top & Boxer Pajama Set ($98.50)
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Since the start of the season, we here at Off Tackle Empire have been bombarding you, our faithful readers, with a tremendous amount of content. The downside to this content is that it contains words. Sometimes words can be a chore to read. Sometimes words can be a chore to write. Case in point: I'm trying to stretch this flimsy intro paragraph to this article to enough words to qualify for a minimum article length. Frankly, you can skip this paragraph and go straight to the graphics. After all, they are the entire point of this article, and this paragraph adds nothing. Fortunately, if you've read my work before, you know that one of my skills is making something ten times more lengthy and verbose than it has any right to be.
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Over the course of 12 debates, the Republican presidential candidates were never asked to address the budget problems in Kansas. That may not sound like an odd omission but it is. To see why, let's take a quick trip to a parallel political universe:
In Bizarro America, the tea party never happened. Instead, the Great Recession sparked a left-wing populist movement that swept democratic socialists into statehouses all across the country. In Vermont, these Denmark-worshippers took full control of state government and implemented their radical agenda. They raised income taxes to unprecedented heights, upped the minimum wage to $15 an hour, made all state universities tuition-free, and established a single-payer health-care system. As he signed the last of these programs into law, Governor Bernie Sanders declared that Vermont would serve as a blue-state model, one that the Democratic Party's 2016 ticket could use to say, "See, we've got a different way, and it works."
But by 2016, that model had collapsed. Every warning that conservatives had made about Sanders's program proved prescient. The tax hikes chased all the job creators out of state. The new minimum wage didn't raise low-income workers' living standards; it raised their unemployment rate. The costs of free college and universal health care proved so onerous, the state was forced to raid its rainy-day funds and borrow at high interest rates just to keep the government running. Vermont now faced a billion-dollar deficit. Schools were shuttered. Pensions were cut. The state's department of social services could no longer afford to investigate child abuse. The legal system could no longer provide indigent defendants with representation. Nonetheless, in the race for the White House, every Democratic candidate ran on some version of Sanders's economic model.
Wouldn't it be important for those candidates to explain why their program wouldn't fail the country in the same way it had failed the Green Mountain State? If you think yes, then you should demand that Donald Trump, John Kasich, and Ted Cruz explain why their tax policies won't fail America in the same way they've failed the people of Kansas.
In 2010, the tea-party wave put Sam Brownback into the Sunflower State's governor's mansion and Republican majorities in both houses of its legislature. Together, they implemented the conservative movement's blueprint for Utopia: They passed massive tax breaks for the wealthy and repealed all income taxes on more than 100,000 businesses. They tightened welfare requirements, privatized the delivery of Medicaid, cut $200 million from the education budget, eliminated four state agencies and 2,000 government employees. In 2012, Brownback helped replace the few remaining moderate Republicans in the legislature with conservative true believers. The following January, after signing the largest tax cut in Kansas history, Brownback told the Wall Street Journal, "My focus is to create a red-state model that allows the Republican ticket to say, 'See, we've got a different way, and it works.' "
As you've probably guessed, that model collapsed. Like the budget plans of every Republican presidential candidate, Brownback's "real live experiment" proceeded from the hypothesis that tax cuts for the wealthy are such a boon to economic growth, they actually end up paying for themselves (so long as you kick the undeserving poor out of their welfare hammocks). Backers of the budget touted projections from the Kansas Policy Institute, which predicted it would generate $323 million in new local revenues by 2018. But marginal gains at the municipal level were dwarfed by the $688 million loss that Brownback's budget wrought in its first year of operation.* Meanwhile, Kansas's job growth actually trailed that of its neighboring states. With that nearly $700 million deficit, the state had bought itself a 1.1 percent increase in jobs, just below Missouri's 1.5 percent and Colorado's 3.3.
Those numbers have hardly improved in the intervening years. In 2015, job growth in Kansas was a mere 0.1 percent, even as the nation's economy grew 1.9 percent. Brownback pledged to bring 100,000* new jobs to the state in his second term; as of January, he has brought 700. What's more, personal income growth slowed dramatically since the tax cuts went into effect. Between 2010 and 2012, Kansas saw income growth of 6.1 percent, good for 12th in the nation; from 2013 to 2015, that rate was 3.6 percent, good for 41st.
Meanwhile, revenue shortfalls have devastated the state's public sector along with its most vulnerable citizens. Since Brownback's inauguration, 1,414 Kansans with disabilities have been thrown off Medicaid. In 2015, six school districts in the state were forced to end their years early for lack of funding. Cuts to health and human services are expected to cause 65 preventable deaths this year in Sedgwick County alone. In February, tax receipts came in $53 million below estimates; Brownback immediately cut $17 million from the state's university system. This data is not lost on the people of Kansas — as of November, Brownback's approval rating was 26 percent, the lowest of any governor in the United States.
Louisiana has replicated these results. When Bobby Jindal moved into the governor's mansion in 2008, he inherited a $1 billion surplus. When he moved out last year, Louisiana faced a $1.6 billion projected deficit. Part of that budgetary collapse can be put on the past year's plummeting oil prices. The rest should be placed on Jindal passing the largest tax cut in the state's history and then refusing to reverse course when the state's biggest industry started tanking. Jindal's giveaway to the wealthiest citizens in the country's second-poorest state cost Louisiana roughly $800 million every year. To make up that gap, Jindal slashed social services, raided the state's rainy-day funds, and papered over the rest with reckless borrowing. Today, the state is scrambling to resolve a $940 million budget gap for this fiscal year, with a $2 billion shortfall projected for 2017. Like Bizarro Vermont, Louisiana can no longer afford to provide public defenders for all its criminal defendants. Its Department of Children and Family Services may soon be unable to investigate every reported instance of child abuse. Education funding is down 44 percent since Jindal took office. The state's hospitals are likely to see at least $64 million in funding cuts this year.
What has happened to these states should be a national story; because we are one election away from it being our national story. Ted Cruz claims his tax plan will cost less than $1 trillion in lost revenue over the next ten years. Leaving aside the low bar the Texas senator sets for himself — my giveaway to the one percent will cost a bit less than the Iraq War! — Cruz only stays beneath $1 trillion when you employ the kind of "dynamic scoring" that has consistently underestimated the costs of tax cuts in Kansas. Under a conventional analysis, the bill runs well over $3 trillion, with 44 percent of that lost money accruing to the one percent. John Kasich's tax plan includes cutting the top marginal rate by more than ten percent along with a similar cut to the rates on capital gains and business taxes. Even considering Kasich's appetite for Social Security cuts, his plan must rely on the same supply-side voodoo that Kansas has so thoroughly discredited. As for the most likely GOP nominee, even with dynamic scoring, his tax cuts would cost $10 trillion over the next ten years, with 40 percent of that gargantuan sum filling the pockets of Trump's economic peers.
If any of these men are elected president, they will almost certainly take office with a House and Senate eager to scale up the "red-state model." Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said of Brownback's Kansas, "This is exactly the sort of thing we (Republicans) want to do here, in Washington, but can't, at least for now." Speaker of the House Paul Ryan's celebrated budgets all depend on the same magical growth that has somehow escaped the Sunflower State.
This campaign cycle has inspired an unusual amount of soul-searching in Republican circles. The rise of Trump has forced many conservatives to reckon with the moral odiousness of Nixon's Southern Strategy — a blueprint for GOP electoral success that relied on coded appeals to white racial animus. Unfortunately, the fall of Kansas has failed to inspire a similar reckoning with the policies that those ugly advertisements were designed to sell. The GOP front-runner's praise of mob violence and religious discrimination has spurred much righteous outrage from the National Review. Kansas's shortened school-years have spurred none.
When Donald Trump makes a gaffe, reporters confront Republican leaders and demand a response. When the GOP's economic platform decimates two U.S. states, a similar confrontation is in order.
*An earlier version of this piece said that Brownback had pledged to bring 25,000 new jobs to Kansas in his second term. The pledge was actually to bring 100,000 new jobs (or 25,000 for each year of the term).
*This post has been corrected to show that KPI's revenue projections specifically pertained to local property and sales taxes over the proposed budget's first five years of operation.


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Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education
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This course will help you envision how Indigenous histories, perspectives, worldviews, and approaches to learning can be made part of the work we do in classrooms, organizations, communities, and our everyday experiences in ways that are thoughtful and respectful. In this course, reconciliation emphasizes changing institutional structures, practices, and policies, as well as personal and professional ideologies to create environments that are committed to strengthening our relationships with Indigenous peoples.
For educators, this means responding to educational reforms that prioritize improved educational outcomes for Indigenous learners. In addition, educators must support all learners to develop their knowledge and understanding of Indigenous people's worldviews and cultures as a basis for creating equitable and inclusive learning spaces. To support these goals, teachers, administrators, young people, school staff, and researchers will learn from Indigenous Elders, educational leaders, and culturally relevant learning resources as part of their experiences in this course.
For others who want to build their own competence and the capacity of those around them to engage with in relationships with Indigenous peoples based on intercultural understanding, empathy, and respect, this course will help get you get started in this process.
This course is regularly updated and may change. If you're signing up now, revisit this page for the latest details a few weeks ahead of the start date. While this is an instructor-paced course, this course will not be moderated by an instructor or TA.
The verified certificate is 50USD.
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- Institution: UBCx
- Subject: Education & Teacher Training
- Level: Intermediate
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- Language: English
- Video Transcript: English
- Associated skills: Reconciliation, Teaching, Cultural Responsiveness, Empathy
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- Explore personal and professional histories and assumptions in relationship to Indigenous peoples histories and worldviews
- Deepen understanding and knowledge of colonial histories and current realities of Indigenous people
- Engage with Indigenous worldviews and perspectives that contextualize and support your understanding of the theories and practices of Indigenous education
- Develop strategies that contribute to the enhancement of Indigenous-settler relations in schools, organizations, and communities
- Explore Indigenous worldviews and learning approaches for their application to the classroom or community learning setting
- Engage in personal and professional discussions in an online environment with others committed to understanding and advancing reconciliation
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Week 1: Reconciliation Through Education
Week 2: History of Indigenous Education
Week 3: Learning from Indigenous Worldviews
Week 4: Learning from Story
Week 5: Learning from the Land
Week 6: Engaging in Respectful Relations
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The Comstock Memorial Union ballroom was filled to capacity Friday night for the Founders Scholarship Gala. Alumni from both past and present years came to the event to support the scholarship.
The Founders scholarship was started in 2006 by current president Edna Szymanski in conjunction with her inauguration. Since that time the scholarship has given over $90,000 to 38 recipients.
This year was the largest number of recipients in the scholarship's history, with 13 students each receiving $2,500.
The scholarship and the yearly event are sponsored by the Alumni Foundation. Anna Miller, director of annual giving, and Courtney Weatherhead, part of the marketing and communications office, co-chaired the event.
Along with collecting money for each ticket sold, the gala raises funds in multiple ways. There was a silent auction available for people attending to bid on Dragon themed items. There was also a cash bar, provided by Speak Easy restaurant.
Along with those money raising efforts, there was a mystery wine sale. Gala goers could purchase an unknown bottle of wine for $35, with actual values between $15 and $100. There was also a table pledge contest, with a mystery prize to the two tables that gave the most money.
The gala hosted some significant faces from the Fargo-Moorhead area. David Tack, MSUM alumnus and professor in the school of Teaching and Learning, was emcee for the night. He had the honor of introducing Cory Elmer, president of the Alumni Foundation board. Tack also introduced Kerstin Kealy, an MSUM alumnae and current anchor for WDAY. Kealy was a past recipient of the Founders Scholarship.
President Szymanski gave a brief but heartfelt speech, recognizing that this year's event would be her last as president. "I've been privileged to be a part of this community … Tonight's event is about our students, and I look forward to hearing about how wonderful it is for many years to come," Szymanski said.
After dinner two of this year's recipients gave short speeches on what winning the Founders Scholarship means to them.
The special guest speaker for the night was Mark Lindquist, a world-touring entertainer who boasts roles in the popular TV shows "Lost" and "Hawaii Five-O," and the film "Battleship." He founded his own LLC, and recently presented at TEDxMinot and TEDxGrandForks.
Despite the extravagance of the night, the goal of the gala was to recognize the hardworking, deserving students of MSUM.
The Founders Scholarship is need-based. In order to be considered for the scholarship, students must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher and be taking at least 12 credits in the semester. Along with these requirements, students must write an essay. The office of financial aid chooses recipients based on their ability to meet the requirements and their amount of need. The number of recipients varies each year depending on how much money the Alumni Foundation was able to raise. This number has been steadily increasing each year since the event began.
This year the recipients of the scholarship represented students from a variety majors and all class standings at the university.
Julie Eisenlohr, a fall 2013 graduate with a degree in Mass Communications, was one of the 13 students chosen to receive the scholarship this year.
After receiving a letter in the mail explaining she had been chosen for the scholarship, Eisenlohr said, "It was a relief knowing I wouldn't have to take out as many student loans as I normally would have in order to pay for tuition for my last semester."
Eisenlohr explained that she almost didn't apply because she felt her chances of being picked were not very high.
"When I first read the requirements I thought that I would probably not be chosen since there would probably be a lot of other students applying for it. I decided to apply anyway."
Alyssa Visby, a junior Elementary Inclusive Education major, was also a recipient this year. She said the Founders Scholarship "stood out" to her when she was researching the various scholarships MSUM offers.
Over the summer, when she received the letter telling her she had been chosen for the scholarship, Visby, " … called my mom, and I was so excited. I remember I was alone at my house, and I couldn't stop smiling. I was in shock and so grateful."
The topic for this years' essay was "Why is a college education important to you? How will you use your educational experiences to make the world a better place?"
Visby called on past experience to help her compose her essay. "I felt the essay was easy for me to write," Visby said. "I talked about past professors and my eighth grade teacher, who passed away unexpectedly while I was in his class. The impact they had on me was what made the essay easy to write."
Jessica McCarlson, a junior English major, was also a 2013-14 recipient of the scholarship and was surprised to be chosen.
"When I was in high school, I didn't receive very many of the scholarships that I had applied for and just assumed that I wasn't good enough. But college has been like a fresh start … Because the founders scholarship is need based, it means that there are people out there who care about the education of all students, not just the ones who seem like the most obvious first choice for scholarships," McCarlson said. "Getting a scholarship of this sort is like someone telling you, 'I see how hard you've worked; keep it up.'"
Eisenlohr, Visby and McCarlson all enjoyed attending the gala.
"It was really nice to see so many people come to the event in support of the great students of MSUM," Eisenlohr stated.
"I have been to similar events before, but nothing like this. Uniting donors, recipients, faculty and parents was a unique, rewarding experience," McCarlson added.
Visby agreed. "It was an amazing experience," she said.


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Fort Dunlop
Transformational plans launched for Fort Dunlop
A blueprint has been unveiled that is set to transform Fort Dunlop into one of the region's most exciting mixed-use developments. The atrium of the iconic office development has already been completely overhauled in a £400,000 investment since it was acquired by a fund managed by Tristan Capital Partners in partnership with EDG Property in 2014. Now the building's owners have unveiled a multi-million pound plan to transform significant areas of the site, that will include a glass conference centre on the building's roof, a new car-park and deck, a refurbishment of the scheme's Travelodge hotel with a new dedicated …read more
Work starts on breathing new life into Fort Dunlop atrium
Work is set to begin on an exciting new phase of work at Fort Dunlop that will play a key part in transforming the iconic building. The 300,000 sq ft mixed use building was acquired last summer by a fund managed by Tristan Capital Partners, in partnership with EDG Property, and the new owners have already been busy on various external works including a complete rebranding and upgrading its car parking offer. A series of works are planned over the next couple of years to significantly upgrade the building – which is home to almost 3,000 workers and businesses such …read more
Fort Dunlop Rooftop Christmas Party set to be a Showstopper
The UK's most innovative property management company, Capital Properties, has secured a prime spot in an entertaining ITV2 documentary The Office Xmas Party to showcase their dynamic approach to events, experiential marketing and installations for the property sector. Capital Properties, which has a place in the Top 100 Great Places to Work, offers unique placemaking services in addition to service-led property management. Through its Capital Life arm, which has more than doubled in size this year, Capital Properties transforms places into destinations by creating and delivering dynamic events on behalf of clients to enhance their commercial assets. The documentary, which …read more
Grand Plans for Fort Dunlop
EDG Property is working alongside London headquartered Tristan Capital Partners to asset manage and develop Fort Dunlop, following the building acquisition from Urban Splash in August 2014. This latest deal marks £390m of assets under management and/or development for EDG Property. Originally built in 1920 and standing empty for 22 years prior to redevelopment in the 2000's, Fort Dunlop is already an award winning Birmingham landmark, primarily Grade A office-led. There are now exciting plans to further enhance the asset and create a sustainable mixed-use destination. EDG Property and Tristan Capital Partners are working to improve the surrounding realm, enhance …read more


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|Vintage Pulp
|Sep 10 2016
It ain't your lucky day anymore, is it, Mister "Oh-look-I-got another-straight-flush"?
Mafia is a non-fiction rundown of the Italian organized crime rackets up to 1952, which is when the book first appeared in hardback. The above edition from Signet appeared in 1954. Author Ed Reid, who was an associate of organized crime crusader Charles Kefauver, covers cosa nostra personalities such as Vito Genovese, Lucky Luciano, the Fischetti Brothers, Albert Anastasia, and many others. Though non-fiction, Reid presents the information as a narrative, and we gather he took a bit of license. But he was a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and Mafia was an eye-opener when it was published. Cover art is by James Avati, and serves as a reminder that the person with the pistol always has the best hand.
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