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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a blunt initial response to the prospect of a new, climate-focused infrastructure package weighing in at around $2 trillion.
"The size of it is disappointing. It's not enough," she said.
However, in President Biden's new plan — not to mention the conversation within the Democratic Party around climate change — Ocasio-Cortez also sees success for the Green New Deal that she, Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey and grassroots climate activists championed.
The White House plan did end up including priorities that Ocasio-Cortez said she was excited to see: strengthening unions, for example, as well as a focus on communities hit hardest by climate change.
"One thing that I am very excited about is that I do believe that we have been able to influence a lot of thinking on climate and infrastructure," she said. "As much as I think some parts of the party try to avoid saying 'Green New Deal' and really dance around and try to not use that term, ultimately, the framework I think has been adopted."
The New York Democratic representative spoke to NPR this week hours before final details on Biden's much-awaited infrastructure package were released. That plan would spend $2 trillion over eight years, much of it on mitigating the climate crisis. It is the first of a two-part push on an expansive array of infrastructure initiatives, green energy projects, as well as social programs that the administration refers to as "human infrastructure," that is estimated to be around $3 to $4 trillion.
Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives want more than double that rate of spending.
Her comments mirror the tension in how progressives view the Biden administration's climate change agenda, as a clear sign that with measures like the Green New Deal, they have reframed the policy conversation... albeit not nearly to the scale of their liking.
Varshini Prakash is executive director of the Sunrise Movement, one of the main activist groups pushing for the Green New Deal. She applauded multiple aspects of Biden's climate policy — for example, the commitment to spend 40% of the infrastructure plan's money on "disadvantaged communities," as well as a New Deal-inspired plan to create green jobs.
"I think the Civilian Climate Corps was something that we didn't anticipate being a priority for the administration right away," she said.
Biden called for the creation of that corps in his January executive orders on climate change — orders that climate groups widely supported.
However, the $10 billion his new infrastructure plan calls for spending on it is far too little, says Prakash.
"We're just orders of magnitude lower than where we need to be," she said. "And I think that that fight over the scale and scope of what needs to happen in terms of employment and the creation of jobs, in terms of the scale of investment and the urgency is going to be a terrain of struggle as this plan gets debated and discussed in Congress."
With Democrats holding a modest majority in the House and the thinnest possible majority in the Senate, getting this infrastructure plan passed will require a balancing act of keeping both progressives and moderates happy. In the House, Congressional Progressive Caucus leader Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., called Biden's plan "a welcome first step," but added that "more must be done to improve on this initial framework."
Meanwhile, moderate Democrats in the Senate may hesitate at spending several more trillion, on top of the latest COVID-19 relief package.
From carbon taxes to the Green New Deal
The Green New Deal was never a hard-and-fast policy proposal; it was a nonbinding resolution that broadly called for an overhaul of the economy intended to benefit workers and the environment. That overhaul included a long list of progressive ideas, like guaranteed jobs with paid leave.
Candidate Joe Biden did not fully embrace the Green New Deal on the campaign trail — certainly not to the degree that, for example, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders did.
But Biden did speak approvingly of it, calling it on his campaign website "a crucial framework for meeting the climate challenges we face." And once he gained the nomination, Prakash and Ocasio-Cortez were both on the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force on climate, part of an effort to create policy consensus within the party last year. Both Prakash and Ocasio-Cortez credited the Biden team for its openness to their ideas.
Altogether, Ocasio-Cortez says, she thinks that the Green New Deal shifted both policy and how politicians talk about that policy.
"Pre-Green [New Deal] rollout, a lot of the conversation around climate policy was very scientific and also very capitalist, very — carbon taxes. It was very, 'Let's nudge the market tax incentives,' things like that, which is not to say all of those things are bad, but the idea that the market is going to fix a problem that is created by the market is just, in my view, it's not correct," she said.
"What the Green New Deal did was that we said and we spoke about how we need to use a New Deal framework for public policy and to address climate change, which means a full economic mobilization and using an infrastructure and jobs creation plan," she said.
It's also true that the Democratic Party has started framing climate policies as being more explicitly about improving people's lives.
One crude but telling measure: the Biden campaign's climate change proposal mentioned the word "jobs" 29 times. The Hillary Clinton 2016 proposal: twice.
Likewise, Biden put "environmental justice" in the headline of its plan — a sign of how central that concept has grown in climate conversations in just a few years.
However, forces well beyond climate activists and the Green New Deal may have also precipitated this shift, says Paul Bledsoe, who was a climate adviser to former President Bill Clinton and is now a strategic advisor at the centrist Democratic think tank the Progressive Policy Institute.
"I think that Americans during the pandemic have come to appreciate the role of government in emergencies and are increasingly viewing climate change as our next biggest emergency and therefore [are] more comfortable with a government-led response that focuses on incentives for clean technology," he said.
Whatever the cause, however, the upshot is the same: a newly expansive climate policy.
"It seems clear that Biden is determined to use large government incentives and investments in clean energy to jumpstart the economy and job creation, and that's a new, more Keynesian approach than has been used in decades," he said.
As a clear show of what more they would like to see, progressives introduced the THRIVE Act this week — a nonbinding resolution cosponsored by more than 60 Democratic members of Congress, including Ocasio-Cortez. The act mirrors the Green New Deal in calling for sweeping change (strengthening unions, providing a range of supports to communities of color), as well as heavy spending (proponents are calling for $10 trillion in spending over a decade).
And that means climate activists will continue the balancing act of both celebrating the White House's plans while also trying to pull them further to the left.
"I think this is a moment where our movement demands and the way we have communicated about this crisis, the connection to jobs, the connection to justice, is making its way into mainstream politics," Prakash said. "And it's a huge victory for all of us."
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There are almost as many different types of four-wheel-drive systems as there are four-wheel-drive vehicles. It seems that every manufacturer has several different schemes for providing power to all of the wheels. The language used by the different carmakers can sometimes be a little confusing, so before we get started explaining how they work, let's clear up some terminology:
- Four-wheel drive - Usually, when carmakers say that a car has four-wheel drive, they are referring to a part-time system. For reasons we'll explore later in this article, these systems are meant only for use in low-traction conditions, such as off-road or on snow or ice.
- All-wheel drive - These systems are sometimes called full-time four-wheel drive. All-wheel-drive systems are designed to function on all types of surfaces, both on- and off-road, and most of them cannot be switched off.
Part-time and full-time four-wheel-drive systems can be evaluated using the same criteria. The best system will send exactly the right amount of torque to each wheel, which is the maximum torque that won't cause that tire to slip.
In this article, we'll explain the fundamentals of four-wheel drive, starting with some background on traction, and look at the components that make up a four-wheel-drive system. Then we'll take a look at a couple of different systems, including the one found on the Hummer, manufactured for GM by AM General.
We need to know a little about torque, traction and wheel slip before we can understand the different four-wheel-drive systems found on cars.

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Fans Pay Tribute to Stan Lee at His Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Fans arounds the world are in mourning today, after the death of Marvel's figurehead and co-creator of almost all of its most beloved characters, Stan Lee. Those in Los Angeles have a unique way to express their grief: By making a visit in person to Lee's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Since news of Lee's death hit the internet, fans have been using the star as a site for impromptu memorials. As you can see in the video below, one guy even showed up in costume as Captain America to pay tribute to his fallen hero.
(No one tell him that Lee didn't create Captain America; that was Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Stan did bring Cap back in the pages of The Avengers in the 1960s, but yeah, Simon/Kirby all the way on that one. Oh well.)
If you are in the Los Angeles area and want to make a trip to see Stan's star, it's located at 7064 Hollywood Blvd, on the south side of the street, between Marshfield and Sycamore. He received the honor back in 2011, ironically enough for contributions to the world of movies. (I don't think you can get a Hollywood star for contributions to comics, unfortunately. They really should rectify that.) Anyway, just look for the star with the people in costume laying down flowers. I'm guessing it won't be hard to spot.
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Documentary, new series at WYSO this week
- Published: May 24, 2011
Two special programs are coming up the last week of May on WYSO Public Radio.
The first is a documentary, "The Road to Moneygall", about President Obama's Irish forebears, including a branch of the family that moved to the Miami Valley in the 1800s. It was made by Irish radio producer Mary Phelan, who came to the area in late April to interview descendants of Obama's ancestors, including Roger Kearny of Troy, Obama's fourth cousin.
President Obama traveled to the tiny village of Moneygall in Ireland on May 23 to visit the birthplace of his great-great-great grandfather, Falmouth Kearny.
The radio documentary will be aired Sunday, May 29, at 6 p.m. WYSO is the first North American radio station to air the documentary, which was produced for Irish radio.
A new five-part series, "The New Face of Wright-Patt," will begin on Monday, May 30, during Morning Edition, and will air through the week. The series looks at the impact of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Decision, or BRAC, on the base and the entire region.
The series was produced in collaboration with NPR's "Impact of War" project.
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Goldenballs will power gecko hoverships, raygun gloves
Cartoon-loving boffins from University of St Andrews believe they have found a way to reverse the "Casimir force" which causes really small things to stick to each other. This has been widely written up, usually with the word "levitation" in the headline.
The University press release notes that:
"Professor Ulf Leonhardt and Dr Thomas Philbin of the University's School of Physics & Astronomy believe that they can engineer the Casimir force of quantum physics to cause an object to repel rather than attract another in a vacuum.
"Casimir force (discovered in 1948 and first measured in 1997) can be demonstrated in a gecko's ability to stick to a surface with just one toe ..."
This suggests some truly exciting possibilities. Firstly, that boffins used geckoes to demonstrate the Casimir force in '97, after taking 49 years to notice them; and secondly that the Scottish-based researchers have now found a way to make gecko feet frictionless rather than sticky - or even that geckoes, at any rate, could be made to levitate.
This raises visions of a beautiful but perhaps ethically troubling future with mighty hover vessels plying the skies, lifted on the backs of hundreds of genetically or surgically modified ground-repelling geckoes. No doubt in time some kind of squamatan-effects coating or generator would replace the early aerial gecko-galleons but in the meantime the potential for lizard abuse would be horrific.
Perhaps fortunately, hopes of hovering mid-air geckoes or even comically slippery skating ones are dashed as soon as one looks at the scientists' own webpage, rather than the university press office one.
The boffins do their best to jazz things up with a few gratuitous Incredibles stills, but the bad news is all too plain. Geckoes can stick to ceilings - even glass ones, apparently, of the type metaphorically encountered by upward-bound female biz execs - due to the Van der Waals force between temporary dipoles in molecules. The Casimir stickiness, seemingly, is caused "roughly speaking" by "difference in the pressure of the quantum vacuum."
Of course any fool knows about the quantum vacuum between all the atoms and molecules and stuff which make up the world around us. As the Scottish-based boffins say:
"Empty space is not empty, but is filled with the quantum vacuum ... The energy of the quantum vacuum, the 'zero-point energy,' is infinite according to our present theories. Clearly, this [is not true] - it would make the electromagnetic field infinitely massive, because [of] E=mc2. The empty electromagnetic field would collapse under the weight of its own gravity [and the entire universe would implode] ... Nevertheless, the zero-point energy results in perfectly finite and experimentally confirmed facts, for example the Casimir force."


text: My hair is my religion. Not in a blasphemous kind of way. As with most heads of hair on this planet, mine has undergone a series of transformations. If I were to pick out a common trait in my head of hair, a continuous thread that has been with me from infancy to today, I'd have to say thickness. My head of hair has always been thick. Even as a newborn, I had a thick head of hair. Thick and wavy and light brownish. That's how my hair had its beginnings. By the time I was in elementary school, the wavy went curly, and the light brownish, dark. Fully dominant traits. Thick and curly and brown hair. Nothing extraordinary. In fact, this transformation is almost entirely ordinary, or maybe even completely ordinary. I'm not sure. But by the time I was in eighth grade, people were already commenting on my hair and how it had the potential to become an afro. I did my best to keep my thick brown hair under control. I would comb it in the mornings, and while my hair was still wet, or drying, it could pass for a relaxed head of hair, but by the afternoon, after hours of the elements, my hair showed a severe tendency towards froing. Regular visits to the barber were required to keep my afro under control. Only water could get my hair to fall. Only the weight of water, well, that and some kind of hair jelly. That's what I like to call mousse, hair jelly. I dappled with the stuff, heck, I even tried hairspray, but these attempts at styling didn't last long. All I could rationalize doing on a daily basis in terms of hair management was a shower and a comb. Every month I would visit the barber. What became of my hair over the course of the day and month became of my hair. I wasn't going to fight it. I could wear a hat if I had to, so what? I got to high school eventually, took me awhile but I did eventually get there, and that's when I lost the drive to visit the barber. Shower and comb were all I could put up with in terms of hair management. I wore a hat everyday. I slept in my hat. I sometimes even bathed in my hat. When it came time for the head dunk and shampoo, I'd use forefinger and thumb to take my hat off, and I'd extend my hat upwards while the rest of my body went downwards, submerged. With my free hand, I'd scrub my thick brown hair until it got wet all the way down to the scalp, which was an itch to find. My head of hair got that dense after there were no more monthly trips to the barber. I had to dig to find my scalp. As a substitute, I made a one-time purchase of hair clippers, the kind that uses guards numbered 1-8. I shaved my head on a three. That means I would leave 3/8 of an inch on my scalp. Then I'd let my hair grow for months, and when I felt the need for a trim, I'd take out the clippers, strap on #3, and buzz away. I didn't own a comb for years. I'd just shower and let my hair dry, and when it dried unruly, I put the clippers to task. This trend didn't stop until ooohh not that long ago. This cycle of buzzing and growing. I like the perpetual process of rebirth. Or at least that's how it feels after letting your hair grow as it pleases for months on end, and then putting the clippers to task. A cycle of growing, dying, and being reborn. My hair is my religion. Not in a blasphemous kind of way. Growth, death, rebirth. But right now is a special time in terms of my hair's life. The growth part of my perpetual cycle has lasted longer than ever. Maybe not by some people's standards, but for mine, I'd say eleven months is a long time to not tame my hair. Especially my hair that only falls under the weight of water. It's fine in the ocean, fine in the shower, but once the elements do their drying, my hair becomes an afro. People are recommending dreads. I'm not so sure about dreads. Uh, not really. I don't think I have whatever it takes to make something like dreads happen. I have gone back to combing my hair when I get out of the shower. A nice once-over. Then the curls can spring into life and do as they please. It's a life of its own, my thick head of hair, it's freedom. I'd even say it's love, my thick hair doing as it pleases. But the time is near. I can smell it in the air. The time for clippers, for death by #3. Then, rebirth.


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Dresden, located in the east of Germany, is also called "Florence at the Elbe" thanks to its idyllic location on the banks of the river. Most of the city's well-known historic landmarks are located in the Altstadt. Although 80 percent of Dresden's historic center was destroyed in World War II, important landmarks have been rebuilt to their former splendor. The baroque Zwinger Palace boasts a picturesque courtyard, often filled with camera happy tourists. It was destroyed by the Allied raids, but restored in the 1960s. Dresden is truly a city of magnificent resurgence and exploring it by foot is the perfect way to get in touch with so many different aspects of the old, the new and the restored.
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Practice Perfect
Title | Practice Perfect PDF eBook |
Author | Doug Lemov |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2018-01-24 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
Rules for developing talent with disciplined, deliberate, intelligent practice We live in a competition loving culture. We love the performance, the big win, the ticking seconds of the clock as the game comes down to the wire. We watch games and cheer, sometimes to the point of obsession, but if we really wanted to see greatness—wanted to cheer for it, see it happen, understand what made it happen—we'd spend our time watching, obsessing on, and maybe even cheering the practices instead. This book puts practice on the front burner of all who seek to instill talent and achievement in others as well as in themselves. This is a journey to understand that practice, not games, makes champions. In this book, the authors engage the dream of better, both in fields and endeavors where participants know they should practice and also in those where many do not yet recognize the transformative power of practice. And it's not just whether you practice. How you practice may be a true competitive advantage. Deliberately engineered and designed practice can revolutionize our most important endeavors. The clear set of rules presented in Practice Perfect will make us better in virtually every performance of life. The "how-to" rules of practice cover such topics as rethinking practice, modeling excellent practice, using feedback, creating a culture of practice, making new skills stick, and hiring for practice. Discover new ways to think about practice. Learn how to design successful practice. Apply practice across a wide range of realms, both personal and professional The authors include specific activities to jump-start practice Doug Lemov is the best-selling author of Teach Like a Champion A hands-on resource to practice, the rules within will help to create positive outliers and world-changing reservoirs of talent.


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Smart Spaces - NEC Touchscreen Displays Enhance Learning and Collaboration at Toronto College
- Challenges: Add technology to a campus library's group collaboration spaces to align with Seneca's digital learning goals
- Solution: Two NEC Display Solutions 65-inch E651-T interactive touchscreen displays.
- Result: Popular learning spaces that allow students to connect online, work collaboratively on group projects, and interact with a screen hands-on.
Higher education facilities know that learning doesn't just happen in the classroom; it happens before and after school, in small study groups or alone, in dorms, homes, libraries and coffee shops. Every student has different preferences for how to learn, and a college's job is to give them the tools they need to succeed – including collaboration technologies that facilitate group learning.
With several principles in place to guide its digital learning strategy, Seneca in Ontario has implemented technology all over its multiple campuses – yet the Newnham library's two group study spaces lacked anything to support collaboration beyond a whiteboard. It was time for an upgrade.
The Background
Seneca is one of the largest of Ontario's 24 colleges, with several campuses in Toronto, York Region and Peterborough, catering to all types of academic and experiential learning. Four of its campuses offer libraries.
Seneca's Newnham Campus library manages 692,941 student, faculty, staff and community users annually. Its group study spaces accommodate 26,385 visitors each year.
"The library is designed specifically to support student learning, and students identify it as a place that is dedicated and conducive to learning, studying and collaborating – not just a place to go for books and resources," said Michelle Gravelle, Manager, Library User Services at Seneca's Library Resource Centre.
The library offers three types of study spaces: silent, quiet and collaborative. Students can reserve the collaborative spaces for specific times and dates to work on group assignments or use for informal study groups.
There are nine bookable collaboration rooms at Newnham Campus. Seven rooms have standard monitors, so students can plug their own laptops into the screens, which were installed when campus ITS moved to a BYOD policy. Until recently, the other two spaces – the ones situated within the library itself, unlike the other seven in the campus Learning Commons – acked technology, offering students only whiteboards for their collaborative work. But that was not in line with Seneca's digital learning goals.
A Focus on Digital Learning
In 2018, Seneca created a Digital Learning Strategy for the coming three years. Derived from the University of South Australia's paper "Developing a Digital Learning Strategy," Seneca's backgrounder focuses on designing for student engagement, designing for flexibility, designing for assessment, and designing for employability and pathways to other credentials.
The Digital Learning Strategy's four goals are to
- Ensure that the technological infrastructure at Seneca is adaptive, robust, sustainable and current
- Create high-quality, technology-enabled experiences that will actively engage students and enhance their learning
- Provide students with a variety of flexible and inclusive ways to learn
- Provide students with a variety of opportunities to enrich their experiences both in and out of the classroom
"One of our key initiatives over the past couple of years has been improving student experience to boost engagement," added Alvin Shum, Director, Service Delivery, ITS at Seneca.
To align the Newnham Campus library's two group learning spaces with these goals, Seneca
installed two NEC Display Solutions 65-inch E651-T interactive touchscreen displays.
"We have a great partnership with NEC," Shum said. "They've been providing us with AV technology such as projectors and displays for years."
The touchscreen aspect was especially important, Gravelle added.
"The collaborative aspect means students will be able to access and work on a document or group project together in a room at the same time, which will be an enhancement," she said. "It's inspiring to see students work in a group like that."
Shum agreed that the touchscreens were a major step forward.
"Other displays around campus aren't touch-enabled, and incorporating them was part of the effort to take learning to the next level," he said. "Students can use their finger or the stylus that comes with the screen to manipulate data and mark up projects in a collaborative setting, versus students trying to email each other copies with no version control."
The Upgraded Rooms
The new touchscreen displays were installed in August 2018 and have proved highly popular, with hundreds of bookings in the first month of the school year. The monitors allow students to connect online, work collaboratively on group projects and interact with the screen.
"These rooms are in high demand," Shum said. "You see the touchscreen being plugged into one laptop, with four or five students gathered around the screen, engaged in project and school work. We hope this leads to more student success, and we believe this kind of digital learning is one way we will move forward and differentiate ourselves from other postsecondary institutions."
Student feedback has been highly positive as well. For instance, a group of five Bachelor of Early Childhood Education students booked the same room three days in a row for their group collaboration project.
"The screens are great! My program is mainly group projects, so [they] work well for collaboration, sharing articles and making sure the group is all on the same page," said a student from a group of International Business Management.
Gravelle believes the touchscreens will lend themselves nicely to the ways the students previously used the rooms.
"I used to see a group of engineering or accounting students who would use the glass windows looking out onto the corridor to write mathematical formulas," Gravelle said. "Now I see students using the touchscreen and stylus in a similar fashion."
With Seneca's two newest buildings – Magna Hall at King Campus, which opened in the fall of 2018, and the Centre for Innovation Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE), which opened in January at Newnham Campus – there are many opportunities for additional technology enhancements.
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When it comes to home canned foods, the rule of thumb is "When in doubt, throw it out." This means that if you have any question as to the safety of your product, you shouldn't eat it (seriously, not even a single taste). This includes products where the seals have gone bad, that have developed a seriously off-color (a little natural darkening is fine, significant color changes are not) and recipes where you forgot to add the necessary acid.
When you determine that it's time to trash a batch of jars, there are a few things you should know. If it's a low acid product (including tomatoes) it needs to be discarded in such a way that there's no chance that either human nor animal will eat it. This means that it shouldn't be poured into compost piles, put down the drain or even flushed. If you have a product (remember, only low acid foods can harbor botulism, so this would not be necessary for jams, pickles or fruit sauces) you suspect has been infected with botulism, here are the steps (as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control) you should follow:
- Place jars into two layers of plastic, sealable bags and tape well to close.
- Place bags in a trash can that is well out of reach of people and pets.
- If the jars have been opened, make sure to wear rubber or latex gloves. Avoid any contact with the skin and make sure to wash hands well if contact was inadvertently made.
- Cover any spills entirely with a bleach solution of 1/4 cup bleach per 2 cups of water. Place paper towels over bleach solution and allow it to sit for 15-20 minutes. Wipe up remaining bleach with fresh paper towels. Finally, clean the area with soap and water to remove bleach residue.
- Any towels, rags, sponges, gloves, etc., that came into contact with the contaminates food should be bagged, sealed and tossed as well.


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HowTo:Be a Detective: Lessons from the Masters
Crime is ever on the rise. According to official sources, the number of heiresses tied to railway tracks increased by 62% during the 1920-21 reporting period. Extrapolating these figures, by the present moustachio twirling fiends will have covered every railway line in the world with blonde ingenues.
Faced with unimpeachable facts[citation needed] such as these, we can see that the world is more in need than ever of detectives. Only these bastions of justice can smash the rising tide of evil's hand and mix the metaphor of freedom with the simile-like nature of honour.
What is that, you say, dear reader? You would like to be a detective? You would like to protect decent, righteous folk from crooks, crims, mugs, cons, gangsters, mobsters, perpetrators, psychopaths, sociopaths, homeopaths and and endless series of weekly guest stars? How noble! But to do that, you will need some guidance from some of history's greatest detectives!
In this HowTo, we have presented a number of detective greats with simple crime scenarios so that you can see how their mighty minds work (hint: better than yours). In this way you may learn how to be a detective.
Hercule Poirot
HowTo: Okay, here's the scenario: while driving through a New England at night, you run out of gas and have to shelter in a mysterious spooky looking hotel. You are the only guest. The desk clerk explains that this is because all the other guests have been scared away by the ghost of Calvin Coolidge.
Poirot: Ah ha! Now we will exercise the little grey cells, mon ami.
(Very long pause)
HT: Uh... and how do we do that, exactly?
Poirot: Oh, just assemble all the suspects in the library, will you?
HT: But you haven't identified any suspects. So far, we haven't even established for certain that a crime has been committed.
Poirot: (annoyed) But there is a library, n'est-ce pas?
HT: ... There's some magazines in the lobby...
Poirot: No suspects? No library? Never has Poirot been so insulted! Solve your own mystery. Or do you not have one of those, either?
HT: Sure we do, I just said...
Poirot: Yes, yes, I hear your silly mystery! Probably smugglers! Why should Poirot waste his time with such nonsense? I bid you adieu!
Jessica Fletcher
HowTo: Scenario. You are in Columbus, Ohio at a book signing for your latest bestseller. There is a scream from the gardening section...
Fletcher: Ah! It is the Angel of Death!
HT: Uh... quite. It seems that Senator Braithe is dead...
Fletcher: The Angel of Death! He follows me everywhere! Oh, why am I accursed!
HT: ...in his hand is a letter postmarked...
Fletcher: (rocking backwards and forwards) Lord, Lord, why am I the harbinger of your vengeance?
HT: Uh... huh.
That Hot Goth Chick from NCIS
HowTo: In a crowded New York nightclub, an aspiring singer/songwriter spies a well known record producer sitting in a booth. Deciding to take a chance, he goes over and to shake his hand. However, the producer keels over, with a knife in his back. His wallet has been stolen, but a grand's worth of cocaine is in his pants pocket. How do you proceed?
That Hot Goth Chick from NCIS: Can't touch it. We only deal with cases tenuously connected to the Navy.
HT: Uh, and the producer almost joined the Marines once.
THGCfNCIS: Brilliant. Okay, so I do a metallurgical analysis on the knife, a chemical analysis on the cocaine, and although at a nightclub you'd expect to see significant contamination of the scene, I'll still do a thorough blood-splash analysis.
HT: So you're bringing your whole team in on this?
THGCfNCIS: No, I'll do it all.
HT: You're a metallurgist, a forensic chemist and a blood-pattern expert?
THGCfNCIS: I'm a scientist.
HT: What's your degree in?
THGCfNCIS: Uh, science? Hello? Electrons, and blood, and windmills and what have you.
HT: ...I see.
THGCfNCIS: A flea can jump over a hundred times its own height!
HT: Don't you think that specialisation...
THGCfNCIS: Look, I've got no time for this, I have a car to disassemble and some rare insects to identify. Gotta go. Sciencing doesn't happen by itself!
HowTo: There is a car which has crashed into the wall. There are no tiremarks before the collision. Upon closer inspection you learn several pertinant facts: the deceased driver is a well known local pimp who was involved in turf conflict and the brakes were sabotaged.
Batman: Go on.
HT: That's it.
Batman: So where's the riddle?
HT: What riddle?
Batman: What riddle? Friggin' amateur hour here. Robin?
Robin: I'm on it Batman!
(Robin takes a marker pen from his utility belt and writes "What's big and red and eats rocks?" onto the wreckage)
Batman: Ah hah! It looks like the work of the Riddler! Hey, Eddie!
Riddler: Oh, man, what did I do this time?
Batman: First degree murder.
Riddler: You're kidding!
Batman: Another case solved!
Agent Fox Mulder
HowTo: Scenario: A large eastern university, graduation day. A shot is heard coming from the Deans office, and her secretary comes rushing out, covered in blood. His hair...
Mulder: Hair? Not Greys, then. Probably a sasquatch.
HT: Wait, I haven't even finished the scenario.
Mulder: Sasquatch.
HT: Could you explain the...
Mulder: Sasquatch, sasquatch, sasquatch. Kolchak, back me up here.
Karl Kolchak: (speaking into tape recorder) Was it only a few short hours ago that the students from this Ivy League school were preparing for graduation? Little did they realise that a fiend... from the very dawn of time itself...
Mulder: He says sasquatch. Case closed.
HT: But... but...
Scully: Don't worry, I'll make sure he takes his meds.
Sherlock Holmes
HowTo: Mr Holmes! This is a real honour. Now the scenario...
Holmes: It was the gasfitter!
HT: But...
Watson: Astonishing, Holmes! How did you know?
Holmes: Elementary. The gasfitter was the only one who had access to Lady Agatha's collection of gutta-percha erotic novelties.
HT: Lady Agatha?
Watson: But surely the pygmy...
Holmes: Could not have been where he claimed, Watson, due to Buckinghamshire's strict "you must be this tall to enter the county" requirements.
HT: Whoa, pygmy?
Holmes: I declare this mystery solved. Mrs Hudson! Two lines of your finest Columbian, if you please!
Lt. Columbo
HowTo: Scenario: You are on a passenger liner traveling from Portsmouth to Rangoon. Shortly after coaling in Gibraltar, the Duke of Perthshire is found dead in his deckchair. He had been seen in this chair several times during the day by other passengers who believed him merely asleep. The ship's doctor initially believes that the Duke died of apoplexy, but the characteristic smell of bitter almonds in His Grace's lemon barley water soon leads him to suspect murder. How do you proceed?
Columbo: I see, sir. Dat's a puzzler. I tell you, I don't know what I'm gonna put in my report.
HowTo: But surely the fact that the poison was in his drink suggests one of the serving staff.
Columbo: Of course! One of the serving staff! Dat explains everything...
HT: Great. At least one of our detectives is taking things seriously.
Columbo: Except... One thing keeps puzzling me. If dat drink smelled of almonds so strongly, why did His Grace drink it?
HT: Uh... he might have had a cold, and couldn't smell.
Columbo: Oh! Why didn't I think of that! A cold, that's why he couldn't smell.
HT: Well. That's that then.
Columbo: The thing of it is, though, I can't understand how a man could get a cold in this weath...
HT: Okay, I did it! I drowned him in his bathtub, then disguised myself as him and put a poisoned drink next to him to obscure the time and manner of death! Not only that, I killed the pimp, the record producer, the man in the gardening section and the Dean! Sir Richard Thongleby tried to blackmail me, but I killed him with one of Lady Agatha's erotic novelties and hid the evidence in a New England hotel, disguising myself as a ghost to keep away nosy intruders.
Columbo: Well, dat does explain t'ings.
HT: Will I get the death penalty?
Columbo: That ain't for me to say, sir. Dat's for the jury to decide. Would you like me to finish the article for you?
HT: Thank you, Lieutenant.
Columbo: Well, I hope yes have learned a t'ing or two about detecting. Remember, it ain't all fun and games, like it is on TV. Murder is currently illegal in forty-nine states, and even if you happen ta be in Texas you may still be subject ta Federal fines.
- If you would like to be a detective, please send your resume to your local police station, citing all crime-fighting experience. Don't write "go ahead, make my career" on your cover letter, though. It's been done.
- Tune in next week, where HowTo will present: HowTo: Give a lethal injection.
HT: You bastard!
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Extra Foggy Morning Tea and a Sewing Tutorial
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Thank you for sharing another pretty post. I finished a shirt yesterday, that only used 2 yards of fabric that cost $1 per yard. It is a pretty floral fabric from the discount fabric section at WalMart, and my mother said it looks like something from a boutique. I can reuse the pattern now and make several pretty shirts that look like they cost a fortune for the price of one ugly off the rack garment.
I appreciate the piping instructions as I am mostly a self-taught sewer. In the future, would you consider showing how to set in sleeves? No matter what I do, I cannnot get them to lie perfectly flat and there is always a pucker or two. Do you know any tricks to get sleeves to lie flat or do you just gather them a bit even when the pattern states not to?I think the gathers are pretty, but the pattern says to have the sleeve lie flat so there must be some way to do that, though the method the pattern suggests does not really work that well. - 4:51 AM
- living from glory to glory said...
Good Morning, I really felt a quiet peace from the wonderful foggy tea time post. Also I so desire to make the time to sew this time of year. I am also going to go and have a look at the valentine cards today.
I just wanted to mention that the time of day I am going to the Health Club, I have been with almost all elderly ladies and much older grandpa age men. I almost cried for God's goodness as to my uncorfortable thoughts on exactly as you mentioned.
Blessings and His Favor Always,
Roxy - 8:53 AM
I have been waiting for the primroses to come out - they are not in my area yet. Do you plant yours in the garden after you are finished with them in the house?
To the one who asked about easing sleeve caps - once I found out how to do it right, a huge problem was solved for me. I am not sure where to direct you for a tutorial right now, because I don't have time to search. I saw the solution in a Threads Magazine years ago.
You make bias tape, like Lydia showed.
Then, instead of making gathering stitches between the two "dots" marked on the sleep cap, you attach a short strip of the bias fabric to the first dot. You stretch the bias tape, just ever so slightly, as you attach it to the wrong side of the sleeve piece, between the dots, just barely outside of where the seam is going to be when you sew the sleeve to the shoulder.
You will be amazed at how perfectly - shaped the sleeve caps turns out - that can then be set in easily, with no puckers, to the sleeve hole (I think this is called the armscye). You do not have to remove the bias piece, as it will not be noticeable on the inside of the garment.
Hope this makes sense. I will look a little bit later for how to find a picture of how to do this, just don't have time now.
Once you do this many times with the bias tape, you will start to understand the shape that your sleeve cap is supposed to have when pinning the cap into the armscye, and you can begin to do it without the bias strip. That extra height at the top of the sleeve cap is meant to allow a 3-D effect from flat fabric, if applied right. - 10:02 AM
I found this tutorial and I use this method now for bias tape - I love it! It only uses a 13.5 square. The lady found discovered this method a very old quilting book at her aunt's house. http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/2008/07/summer-sewing-perfectly-portable-cushion/
I love your blog food which this week, can also be called fog food! I was very blessed to visit Scotland a few years ago, and while in the highlands had a wonderful breakfast which included a fried egg which sat on a potato scone. The scone was round, and about a quarter to one half inch high and very delicious. Have you ever had such a thing? The town was called Newtownville, I think, and it was just the nicest place. I believe you are of Scottish heritage, aren't you and therefore I thought you might know about this type of scone. Anyways, in the evening there, my friend and I took a stroll and passed by a house in which we could see through the open drapes two elderly ladies, one of whom wad serving the tea as they were about to have a game of cards. It was just a sweet vignette that I remember fondly. Well ok, thanks for letting me ramble!
I love your blog food which this week, can also be called fog food! I was very blessed to visit Scotland a few years ago, and while in the highlands had a wonderful breakfast which included a fried egg which sat on a potato scone. The scone was round, and about a quarter to one half inch high and very delicious. Have you ever had such a thing? The town was called Newtownville, I think, and it was just the nicest place. I believe you are of Scottish heritage, aren't you and therefore I thought you might know about this type of scone. Anyways, in the evening there, my friend and I took a stroll and passed by a house in which we could see through the open drapes two elderly ladies, one of whom was serving the tea as they were about to have a game of cards. It was just a sweet vignette that I remember fondly. Well ok, thanks for letting me ramble!
- Lydia said...
I plan to make potato scones tomorrow if it is still foggy. I hope they are the same thing that you describe!
- Sarah said...
After seeing some dollar store finds of yours on other posts, I kept my eyes open for pretty things. We visited the city last week and I stopped in and got a pretty crystal- looking (but plastic) tray that I am going to use for a cheese and cracker plate for my friend's baby shower. I also got my husband's valentine's day card. I splurged and got the fancier cards that are actually a dollar. I had a coupon for a dollar off any olay soap and used it for a free bar of soap! Oh yeah, I also got the crackers for my plate their too. They are perfect! I love the dollar tree and wish we lived nearby one. Have a lovely weekend.
- Lydia said...
Sarah, the plastic "crystal" vases are also very beautiful! Put some of the dollar store "marbles" that come in pink or green or blue, in the bottom to weigh it down, and add water and flowers. And the crystal in the wedding section is really nice : Plastic bowls, trays, all shapes of dishes made to look like crystal. Turn small or large "crystal" plastic bowls upside down and hot glue a little knob or handle, and use them for covers over cupcakes or cakes or even sandwiches.
- Sarah Coller said...
Thanks for all the great tips and for putting together the helpful tutorial. I hope you're enjoyimg your day so far.
I'm hosting my Homemaking Linkup Weekend and would love to have you join, if you'd like!
Have a great day!
Mrs. Sarah Coller
- Stephanie said...
Thank you for this beautiful post. I enjoyed your beautiful pictures. Thank you for being a blessing :)
Have a lovely weekend!
Stephanie - 7:59 AM
- Lydia said...
Hi Sarah, Thanks for the invitation. I'll try to get something ready and link up.
- Lydia said...
Regarding sleeves: I've always liked a little gather at the shoulder, so I do not necessarily try to get them flat when sewing. However it is important to get them flat and smooth all around the sleeve up to that point, and I'll try to show how to do it. I have never used the bias tape method. I think the modern sleeve is much harder to manage than sleeves of the past, as they are cut differently. There was a way they used to insert them before the side seam was sewn, so that it was sewn in flat. And the sleeve used to fit better in the old way of doing them. The modern patterns are so persnickity.
There is a video on youtube called "Ease Cap of Sleeve Using Bias Tape".
I agree with you, Lady Lydia, I like patterns that are meant to have some gathering at the cap.
But when I first started sewing, I was self-conscious about trying to make a very plain dress - like a linen shift to go under other things, and not being able to set the sleeve in right without funny puckers was so defeating.
Once I conquered them, then I desired to have ruffly sleeve caps, as the plain ones I was doing seemed so...plain!
One dress with a very easy drop-sleeve, that is sewn, like you mentioned, all in one seam with the side-seam, is from a small booklet called "Everyday Dresses" by Cindy Taylor Oates. I made a lot of those at first.
I just bought my first LED candles last night, on your blog's suggestion! - 9:00 AM
I was the original poster for the sewing sleeves question. I just wanted to say thank you for the replies. They were very helpful. I understand the bias tape suggestion because the post was very well written, and I think I will try that. It seems to me that using the bias tape that way would lead to a much nicer result than the method than most patterns suggest, which involves a lot of strings and pins to keep track of. I am also going to look for the book about dresses.
- Lydia said...
Yes I put the primroses outside when I am finished with them indoors. Since it is so close to the time when I have the ladies luncheon here, I usually buy one for each lady to take home, and what is left goes in my garden. During the luncheon they are used as centerpieces for the tables and mantels and shelves. I choose a color theme for it each year.
What a great idea about the date bread. I will definitely have to try that; replacing sugar with dates. By the way, have you used Sucanat and if so, does it work as well as sugar? I've not used it yet, but have been contemplating it.
- Lydia said...
No I have not tried that sweetener, the reason being that I'm trying to do without sugar and get used to things not tasting sweet. I notice that the less sweet things I use in cooking (even dates and raisins and honey) the more I taste sweetness in plain food.
- Becky said...
I loved your "fog" tea outdoors, I will have to try that some foggy morning. Just wanted to thank you again for your Dollar Tree tips, I had a most successful shopping trip this afternoon. I got two of those cutout felt place mats, one pink and one red. I have them on my coffee table, with two glass candlesticks holding red tapers on one, and a small glass vase of silk ivy and red roses on the other. It looks quite festive and my family is charmed! I'm looking forward to having my tea there tomorrow afternoon. I also got a red foil wreath with hearts for the front door, red tapers for the piano candlesticks, and two adorable little plaster birds that will sit on the small table on our balcony. It really is true that small touches make a home, and they need not be costly.
Oh, and I got a lovely fragrance - not the same ones you found, but Jordache brand knockoffs of more expensive scents. I got the knockoff of Estee Lauder's Beautiful, one of my favorites. It smells lovely and is certainly easier on the budget than the real thing! - 6:13 PM
- Lydia said...
I did forget to say that the perfumes I first mentioned from Dollar Tree are in the Valentine decor section. The perfumes you name are in the regular perfume/lotion/bath section. I just love those knock=off perfumes and sometimes they are not as strong.
- Lisa said...
A friend of mine always gets his cards at dollar stores - I guess they're from the previous season. Anyway, the cards from him are always the best I've ever gotten.
I read someplace that Tasha Tudor used kitchen string for her piping in the period clothing she wore! - 7:10 PM
Kitchen string is a fine idea, especially as Tasha Tudor used it...it is probably an authentic method too!
I'm going to the Dollar Tree to locate those fragrances...I didn't know to look in the Valentine decor section...thanks for that tip.
Also certainly appreciate the bias strip for setting in a cap sleeve..sounds great.
I loved reading everyone's comments...they are so uplifting!
- Lydia said...
Yes, you can use ordinary string, or "kitchen string" in home made piping. It has to be thicker than crochet thread and harder than yarn.


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Based on the classic '90s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series! After being accidentally exposed to radioactive ooze, four ordinary household pets are transformed into a band of wisecracking, pizza-loving, villain-dicing adolescent reptiles!
Whether it's facing fierce enemies or saving humanity from near extinction, with the guidance of their Sensei, these Heroes in a Half Shell are always ready for straight outta the sewer action!Each 2-pack include two 7" scale action figures and accessories. Window box packaging.


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Managing Files
As you work with a computer creating more and more documents, you need to find a way to keep this information organized. Without a good organizational method, all your files are lumped together in one place. This is the equivalent of shoving all your files into one filing cabinet.
Keeping your files organized provides many benefits. First, you can more easily find the folder or file you want. Second, you can keep your disk running in good shape by periodically weeding out old files. Third, with a good setup, backing up files is easier. (Chapter 17 covers backing up files.)
Good file management does not take that long and involves just a few key ideas. This chapter covers these ideas as well as explains the important tasks for working with files.
In this chapter
- Opening My Computer
- Creating a New Folder
- Displaying and Selecting Files
- Deleting and Undeleting Files and Folders
- Renaming a File or Folder
- Reorganizing Folders and Files
- Copying Folders and Files
Opening My Computer
Windows XP includes many tools for file management, and the most commonly used tool is My Computer. My Computer is an icon that represents all the drives on your system. After you open this window, you can then open any of your drives to see the folders and files contained on those drives.
Follow these steps to open My Computer:
Click Start and My Computer. You'll see icons for each of the drives on your computer as well as system folders (see Figure 3.1).
Figure 3.1 When you want to work with the folders or files on your computer, you can start with My Computer.
To help you keep your documents organized, Windows sets up several special folders in addition to My Computer. These include My Documents, My Pictures, and My Music. You can view the contents of any of these folders by clicking Start and then clicking the folder you want to open.
Opening Drives and Folders
In addition to your hard drive (drive C:), you may have a floppy drive (drive A:). Your computer may also have additional drives including other hard drives or additional media drives (such as CD or DVD drives). If you have more than one drive, they are named D:, E:, and so on. If you have a CD drive or a DVD drive, it also is named with a letter.
By default, Windows XP groups the drives by type, as shown in Figure 3.1. Opening a drive is easy: Double-click the icon representing the drive you want to open (see Figure 3.2).
Figure 3.2 The contents of the hard drive D:. Note the different icons for folders and files.
Each page icon represents a document (file). Each folder icon represents a folder on your hard drive. You can nest folders within folders to organize the contents of your hard drive. To open a folder, double-click its icon. You can continue opening folders until you see the file or folder you want to work with. To close a window, click the Close button.
Navigating Folders
Each folder window includes a toolbar that you can use to navigate from folder to folder. You can go back and forth among previously viewed content windows. You can also move up one level in the folder structure to the containing folder. For instance, you might move up to the desktop level and then open drives and folders to move to another branch of the folder structure. Table 3.1 identifies each toolbar button and its purpose.
Table 3.1 Folder Window Toolbar Buttons
Button |
Click to... |
Go back to a previously viewed folder. |
Return to a previously viewed folder. You can go forward only if you have clicked Back to go back a step. |
Display the next level up in the folder structure. |
Display the Search bar to search for a folder or file. |
Display a hierarchical folder list (similar to Windows Explorer in previous versions of Windows). See the next section "Using the Folders Bar." |
Change how the contents of the folder are displayed. |
Using the Folders Bar
If you want to see a hierarchical listing of all the folders on your system, you can display the Folders bar. You might prefer this view when working with folders and files because it allows you to see the contents of the selected folder as well as all the other drives and folders on your computer. The Folders bar makes it easier to move and copy by dragging, for instance. Click the Folders button to display the Folders bar (see Figure 3.3).
Figure 3.3 Displaying the Folders bar lets you view all the drives and folders on your computer.
The top level is the desktop. Beneath that, you see the drives and folders on the desktop. You can expand or collapse any of the folders and drives in the list by clicking the plus or minus sign next to the drive or folder. For instance, click the plus sign next to My Computer. When you click a plus sign to expand the folder or drive, the icon changes to a minus sign. Likewise, you can click the minus sign to hide the contents of that item. For instance, you might hide content that isn't relevant to the task you are performing.
To close the Folders bar, click the Folders button again or click the Close button for the bar.
Using the Task Pane
Windows XP also displays a task pane with common tasks as well as Other Places and Details areas. When you click an icon, you can see information about the icon in the Details area. For instance, in Figure 3.4, you can see information about the selected file. You also see commands related to working with the selected item. This chapter covers using these commands for common tasks.
Figure 3.4 Check the Task pane for common tasks as well as information about the selected item.


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The Alpha ZV-E10 is Sony's newest addition to its lineup of mirrorless cameras. At $799.99 with Sony's 16-50 lens ($699.99 for just the body), it is the company's second attempt at making a vlogging-oriented camera and the successor to last year's ZV-1. It adds a headphone jack, more battery life, a larger sensor, and most importantly, an interchangeable lens design.
You can think of it as a video-centric version of Sony's more photography-oriented A6100. The A6100 and the ZV-E10 share the same 24mp APS-C sensor, but the lack of a viewfinder and the addition of a fully articulating screen makes the ZV-E10 better suited for filming yourself. And with the new flexibility of being able to swap lenses, this camera is a welcomed upgrade to the ZV-1 that allows novices to dip their toes in more advanced systems.
There is also no built-in ND filter. Built-in ND filters are one of the few features of cinema cameras that I continually miss when using DSLR and mirrorless systems. There is nothing convenient about having to screw and unscrew pieces of glass onto lenses when filming on location, and it's infuriating that the ZV-E10's predecessor, the ZV-1, had this feature, but this camera does not. The upside is that the E10 has an interchangeable E-mount lens system, and I already own ND filters for all of my E-mount lenses.
The other drawback to this camera's hardware is the lack of in-body optical stabilization. Instead, the ZV-E10 uses electronic stabilization that isn't very effective in steadying handheld footage. A gimbal will be needed to get smooth shots.
Basic dash cam tips:
- Use a suitable SD card: Let make sure it's the largest the camera lorem will handle and store lorem all your dashcam footage. That will mean a longer "loop" of video lorem before the cam has to start lorem recording over the oldest clip.
- Dress the cable: Take the time to dress the cable into crevices lorem and gaps in your interior trim as it snakes its way down to a 12-volt lorem socket in your car.
- Keep the windscreen and wipers dirt-free: The ZV-E10 can take 24.2-megapixel photos, and when paired with the 16-50mm kit lens, the photos are crisp in good light. However, in lower light, and especially when pushed past 8000ISO (admittedly, that's very high), photos take on a lot of grain and smoothing.
- Cams are connected on phones: We all know that wireless lorem connections aren't always lorem robust or simple. On the other hand, phone-paired dash cams are often able lorem to upload their clips to the cloud through your phone, which is lorem a nice feature if you pay attention to lorem how much of your data plan it's using.
Sony The ZV-E10:
The ZV-E10 can take 24.2-megapixel photos, and when paired with the 16-50mm kit lens, the photos are crisp in good light. However, in lower light, and especially when pushed past 8000ISO (admittedly, that's very high), photos take on a lot of grain and smoothing. This is the same sensor that Sony has been using in its A6000 lineup for a long time, and while it's good for a quick capture, a faster, more expensive lens will be needed for low-light situations. 24.2-megapixel photos, and when paired with the 16-50mm kit lens, the photos are crisp in good light.
Sony The ZV-E11:
With the ZV-E11, Sony recycled parts from its RX100 line to better fit vloggers. This included a fully articulating screen, a larger handgrip, tally lights, a new mic array, and a hot shoe for accessories. The ZV-E10 follows a similar path, but this time, it borrows parts from the Alpha line and remixes them for vlogging use.
Sony The ZV-E12:
The ZV-E12 can record at up to 4k 30fps, with a crop, or 4k 24fps, without a crop. I was most eager to test the SteadyShot electronic stabilization. And since I was using the 16-50mm kit lens, I also had the more effective, "active" stabilization that uses optical stabilization built into the lens but, unfortunately, crops more of the image.
Dash cam FAQs
The freedom to swap lenses on a camera can be a scary dive into unknown, expensive territory, but it also gives this camera more flexibility over time.
Camera accessories you shouldn't buy cheap. Are there cheaper, high-quality alternatives for these items? Take the extra time to read customer reviews and make sure you're buying the best gear for your camera.
A new or different lens is an easy way to add value to any camera system. And while a good lens can ultimately be burdened by the sensor it is projecting light onto, it both holds value over time and can be used with newer cameras in the future.
Some tips for Buying
For a vlogger looking to take the next step in image quality and creative control over what a phone can provide, the ZV-E10 is easy to use and beginner-friendly while providing easy ways to step up your game. Its low light capabilities could be better, but its $800 price tag makes it a great camera to learn from without taking the full leap into more expensive, harder-to-use systems.


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There Is No Such Thing As A Semi-Precious Gem
Posted by Monica on November 4, 2014 - Add Comment »
We need to ditch the semi-precious phrase. Stat.
In our overwhelming human need to stratify and rank, the jewelry industry ended up with a few arbitrary jewels crowned as the pinnacle. "Precious" gemstones: ruby, sapphire, and emerald. The rest: lumped…


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I was the older brother, so I never really had that much sympathy for the younger sibling growing up. But as a father, there's no question that younger one gets the short end of the stick most of the time. And this blog is definitely an example of that, when The Little Dude was born, he immediately got pictures posted and talked about several times here.
The Littler Dude? Well, you know the answer. Not a whisper, and the 2nd birthday is only a few short months away.
So this post is for you Luke Willis Neal. You're cuter than the other kids and I'm already proud to call you my son. Love, Dad.


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Another day, another "Major Announcement!" from Stephen Ross that means nothing to football fans in South Florida.
Tuesday afternoon Ross was joined -- in New York City, mind you, not Miami Gardens -- by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, ESPN President George Bodenheimer, and singing salsa dip Marc Anthony to announce that Anthony is becoming a "limited partner" in the Dolphins.
None of that matters in the world of Dolphins football, and that's the problem with Ross' celebrity obsession: Lindsay Lohan goes to rehab with less ado about nothing, and both events are hyped up and forced down our throats in equal measures (for all we suffered from the Land Shark naming deal, it didn't cost Jimmy Buffett a dime -- and the Gloria Estefan PR blitz was wrung from a sale of around 1%).
Let's be clear: if the Dolphins experience any spike in ticket sales this coming season, it's because they're better on the field thanks to the crafty work of Bill Parcells and Tony Sparano, not because of latin-flavored halftime performances or boozy island-contrivance-themed fight songs.
Citizens of South Florida aren't looking to Dolphins Stadium (you heard me) for anything but 1972 Part II: The Rise of One or Both Chads, and the Latin Grammys aren't looking to start a new category in "sports ownership."
This is football. What fans want is blood on the field, affordable tickets, and shorter lines for the bathroom. We know that, because that's what they say. The more accessible -- and enjoyable -- games are, the more people will come. The Dolphins with Marc Anthony and Gloria Estefan are nothing compared to what the Dolphins could be with free parking or a cheap family pack with seats that aren't located in Palm Beach County -- or, obviously, a team with a great record and a shot at a division title.
Don't get me wrong; it's lovely that Ross wants minority owners, and that minorities are owners. And perhaps it helps with merchandise sales. But this isn't the Miami that experienced its first wave of growth -- kids growing up in Miami with Hispanic parents are not much different than children growing up in Miami with Caucasian parents, so the transparent targeted marketing feels a little stale.
And we're all just gonna go to the bathroom at halftime, anyway.
Congrats, Mr. Anthony, sincerely. You'll enjoy your ownership a lot more than we will.
Janie Campbell doesn't care if Mr. Potato Head gets a stake so long as she doesn't have to listen to any Fins-themed songs he writes. Her work has appeared in irreverent sports sites around the Internet.


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Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, has died, following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. He was 82.
Armstrong's words "That is one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind," spoken on July 20, 1969, as he became the first person ever to step onto another planetary body, instantly became a part of history.
Those few words from the Sea of Tranquillity were the climactic fulfillment of the efforts and hopes of millions of people and the expenditure of billions of dollars. A plaque on one of the lander's legs that concluded "We came in peace for all mankind," further emphasized that Armstrong and fellow astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin were there as representatives of all humans.
Armstrong is survived by his wife, two sons, a stepson, a stepdaughter, 10 grandchildren, and a brother and sister.
"Neil Armstrong was a hero not just of his time, but of all time," President Barack Obama said via Twitter. "Thank you, Neil, for showing us the power of one small step."
Read the full statement from the President.
Armstrong's family released the following statement on Saturday:
"Neil Armstrong was also a reluctant American hero who always believed he was just doing his job. He served his Nation proudly, as a navy fighter pilot, test pilot, and astronaut. He also found success back home in his native Ohio in business and academia, and became a community leader in Cincinnati.
While we mourn the loss of a very good man, we also celebrate his remarkable life and hope that it serves as an example to young people around the world to work hard to make their dreams come true, to be willing to explore and push the limits, and to selflessly serve a cause greater than themselves.
› Read Full Family Statement
The family will be providing further updates at www.neilarmstronginfo.com .
"As long as there are history books, Neil Armstrong will be included in them, remembered for taking humankind's first small step on a world beyond our own," said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden.
"Besides being one of America's greatest explorers," Bolden added, "Neil carried himself with a grace and humility that was an example to us all."
› See Administrator Bolden's Full Statement
Apollo 11 lunar module pilot and fellow moonwalker Buzz Aldrin on Armstrong's passing: "I am very saddened to learn of the passing of Neil Armstrong today. Neil and I trained together as technical partners but were also good friends who will always be connected through our participation in the Apollo 11 mission. Whenever I look at the moon it reminds me of the moment over four decades ago when I realized that even though we were farther away from earth than two humans had ever been, we were not alone."
Apollo 11 command module pilot Michael Collins said simply, "He was the best, and I will miss him terribly."
As news of Armstrong's death became widely known, many NASA officials offered their thoughts on the agency's best-known representative:
"The passing of Neil Armstrong has shocked all of us at the Johnson Space Center," said Center Director Michael Coats. The whole world knew Neil as the first man to step foot on the Moon, but to us he was a co-worker, a friend, and an outstanding spokesman for the Human Space Program. His quiet confidence and ability to perform under pressure set an example for all subsequent astronauts. Our role model will be missed."
"Neil Armstrong was a very personal inspiration to all of us within the astronaut office," said Bob Behnken, Chief of NASA's Astronaut Office. "His historic step onto the Moon's surface was the foundation for many of our personal dreams to become astronauts. The only thing that outshone his accomplishments was his humility about those accomplishments. We will miss him as a friend, mentor, explorer and ambassador for the American spirit of ingenuity."
Armstrong's single sentence, though it was focused above the national divisions and quarrels of Earth, still signified unquestionably the U.S. victory in the desperate space race with the Soviet Union.
Neil A. Armstrong was born Aug. 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He earned an aeronautical engineering degree from Purdue University and a master's in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California.
He was a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952. During the Korean War he flew 78 combat missions.
In 1955 he joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), NASA's predecessor, as a research pilot at Lewis Laboratory in Cleveland.
Armstrong later transferred to NACA's High Speed Flight Research Station at Edwards AFB, Calif. As project pilot, he was in the forefront of the development of many high-speed aircraft, including the X-15, which flew at 4,000 mph.
He flew more than 200 aircraft models. They included jet and rocket-powered planes, helicopters and gliders.
Armstrong was selected as an astronaut in 1962.
His first space flight was Gemini 8, which he commanded. He was the first civilian to fly a U.S. spacecraft. With fellow astronaut David R. Scott, Armstrong performed the first docking in space, with an Agena target satellite.
Less than an hour later their spacecraft began an unplanned rolling motion. After undocking, it increased to one revolution per second. One of the Gemini's 16 thrusters had stuck open because of an electrical short circuit.
Armstrong used re-entry thrusters to control the capsule, and after a 30-minute struggle, it was stabilized. Flight rules required a return to Earth after use of the re-entry thrusters, so the crewmembers fired retrorockets that sent Gemini 8 to a contingency landing zone in the Western Pacific.
The eventful flight on March 16, 1966, had taken just over 10 hours, 41 minutes.
Apollo 11 lifted off on July 16, 1969, with Armstrong, Aldrin and Mike Collins aboard. Collins remained in lunar orbit in the command module while Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the lunar module they had named Eagle to their historic landing on the moon's surface.
"Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed," Armstrong said, telling a tense and waiting Earth that men had finally reached the lunar surface.
He and Aldrin spent about two hours exploring, gathering more than 50 pounds of moon rocks and setting up three scientific experiments. The next day, after 21 hours and 37 minutes on the moon, they fired Eagle's engine to begin the return to Collins and the command module.
The crew returned to Earth, landing near the USS Hornet in the Pacific after a mission of just over eight days. President Richard M. Nixon was on the aircraft carrier's deck to welcome them.
"This is the greatest week in the history of the world since the creation," Nixon told the three.
After 16 days in quarantine to protect Earth from any returned moon germs, the crew went on U.S. and international tours. Millions greeted them as heroes.
Armstrong later served as deputy associate administrator for aeronautics in the Office of Advanced Research and technology at NASA Headquarters. He resigned from the space agency in 1971. As a professor at the University of Cincinnati from 1971 to 1979, he was involved in both teaching and research.
He later went into the business world. Among other positions, he served for 10 years as chairman of Computing Technologies for Aviation Inc. of Charlottesville, Va. and later as chairman of AIL Systems Inc., an electronic systems company based in Deer Park, N.Y.
Armstrong was a fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and the Royal Aeronautical Society, and an honorary fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the International Astronautical Federation.
He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He served as a member of the National Commission on Space in 1985 and 1986, and in 1985 was vice chairman of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident. He also was chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Peace Corps from 1971 to 1973.
Seventeen countries decorated Armstrong. He received many special honors, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award, the Explorers Club Medal, the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the Harmon International Aviation Trophy, the Royal Geographic Society's Gold Medal, the Federation Aeronautique Internationale's Gold Space Medal, the American Astronautical Society Flight Achievement Award, the Robert J. Collier Trophy, the AIAA Astronautics Award, the Octave Chanute Award, and the John J. Montgomery Award.