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A British mine worker in Kyrgyzstan who faced jail for comparing a national dish to a horse's penis is ordered to leave the country.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, social-media, food-and-beverage, kyrgyzstan
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A British mine worker in Kyrgyzstan faces five years in jail for comparing a local delicacy to a horse penis.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, social-media, food-and-beverage, kyrgyzstan
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Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou says the Australian team have no time for nostalgia about the Asian Cup, ahead of their FIFA World Cup qualifier in Canberra this week.
Topics: socceroos, soccer, sport, refugees, immigration, canberra-2600, act, australia, kyrgyzstan, syrian-arab-republic
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Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou says the future looks bright for multi-talented midfielder Tom Rogic.
Topics: sport, soccer, socceroos, soccer-world-cup, canberra-2600, act, australia, jordan, kyrgyzstan, scotland
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A rusty Socceroos outfit had just enough class to hold off a spirited Kyrgyzstan team and win their opening World Cup qualifier 2-1.
Topics: socceroos, soccer, sport, kyrgyzstan
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Kyrgyzstan is the first challenge of so many for the Socceroos as they begin their journey towards qualifying for the 2018 World Cup, writes Grandstand's Francis Leach.
Topics: socceroos, soccer-world-cup, soccer, sport, kyrgyzstan
Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou says his team will have no excuses not to perform in its World Cup qualifier against Kyrgyzstan.
Topics: socceroos, soccer, sport, kyrgyzstan
Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou says grieving defender Tarek Elrich can return home at any time if he chooses.
Topics: sport, soccer, socceroos, kyrgyzstan, australia
Defender Tarek Elrich will remain with the Socceroos in Kyrgyzstan despite the death of his younger brother.
Topics: socceroos, soccer-world-cup, soccer, sport, kyrgyzstan, australia
Ange Postecoglou has been forced to make two changes to the Socceroos squad for their World Cup qualifier against Kyrgyzstan with Massimo Luongo and Trent Sainsbury ruled out with injuries.
Topics: socceroos, soccer, sport, australia, kyrgyzstan, perth-6000, wa
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Tim Cahill has returned to a strong 23-man Socceroos squad for the World Cup qualifier against Kyrgyzstan.
Topics: socceroos, soccer, sport, australia, kyrgyzstan
Russian president Vladimir Putin reappears after 10 unexplained days out of public view, laughing off the "gossip" over his health that had erupted during his absence.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, social-media, russian-federation, kyrgyzstan
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A US soldier kisses an inflatable snow dome during Christmas celebrations at the US transit centre at Manas, Kyrgyzstan.
Topics: community-and-society, kyrgyzstan
A cat dressed in a pirate costume poses for a photo during a cat exhibition.
Topics: animals, offbeat, kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan officials have scrambled to control the spread of bubonic plague that killed a rural boy last week as three more people showed possible symptoms of the disease.
The easternmost district of Ak-Suu in the Central Asian country was on lockdown while police guarded the hospitals where 15-year-old Temirbek Isakunov was treated and died last Thursday.
The emergency ministry said that three more people from the same village as the victim were hospitalised on Tuesday on suspicion of being infected with the deadly disease.
Topics: health, infectious-diseases-other, diseases-and-disorders, kyrgyzstan
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two US pilots whose refuelling plane crashed in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan shortly after taking off from a base that serves as a hub for military operations in Afghanistan.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, unrest-conflict-and-war, defence-forces, kyrgyzstan
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A military transport plane crashed in mountains with three crew members aboard shortly after taking off from a United States airbase in Kyrgyzstan, officials said, with so far no survivors found.
Topics: air-and-space, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, kyrgyzstan
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Four people were killed when the floor of a public toilet in southern Kyrgystan caved in.
Topics: accidents, kyrgyzstan
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Prison authorities in Kyrgyzstan say more than 1,000 inmates have sewn their mouths closed in protest against jail conditions.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, kyrgyzstan
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan's president-elect has announced he wants to close a key US airbase in the country.
Topics: world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, kyrgyzstan, united-states
See how the world's population has grown through the centuries.
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A major 6.2 quake in Uzbekistan killed at least 13 people and injured 86 others when it struck on the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border in the remote Fergana Valley region, Uzbek officials said.
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An earthquake measuring 6.2 rocked south-western Kyrgyzstan and eastern Uzbekistan early on Wednesday, triggering panic in the region, seismologists and witnesses said.
Topics: earthquake, disasters-and-accidents, kyrgyzstan, uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan's parliament has voted to name one of the country's mountains after Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin.
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taken with my xt10. 18-55mm
Natural light.
JPEG, I believe I set it to Classic Chrome, though I did some adjusting in LR.
Auto WB
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by George_Silv, in forum Portraits, People, & Pets, Jul 30, 2016 at 3:18 PM
fist attempt
60mm macro, natural light via window. Lightroom + Analog efex pro to blur edges
Have to try with tripod and better light (lover ISO). pretty pleased anyway, I was just watching photos via camera and wife passed by. Stopped her and said don't move I'll take picture of your eye
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by seonsalaisuus, in forum Macro, Jul 30, 2016 at 12:29 PM
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by Topsy, in forum Wildlife-Nature, Jul 30, 2016 at 10:40 AM
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Difficult question to answer I know but I'm tempted to change my XT-10 for a used XT-1.
I love the XT-10 and the only improvements I can see with the XT-1 is the EVF and the much nicer handling - I think the cost to change could be around £150 - is it worth it ? Is the image quality identical ?
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by justa1972, in forum X-T2, X-T1 & X-T10, Jul 30, 2016 at 9:13 AM
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by DonLa, in forum Landscape, Jul 30, 2016 at 9:06 AM
After long hours of steep steps and dangerous ferratas we reach the East summit of the Hua Shan mount just in time to catch the sunset from the tp of the summit, above and then below the layer of thick pollution and smog.
Fujifilm X-T1 with 18mm f/16 1/105 ISO400 with Velvia preset and circular polariser
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by bnavas6, in forum Landscape, Jul 30, 2016 at 8:40 AM
I have owned both the XT-1 and the 23mm for the last year and a half without issue and just today I pulled the camera out of my bag (I keep the 23mm on there as a default) and went to switch to my 16mm and the 23mm is stuck. I hold the lens release button and the lens can twist the same amount as if I am not pressing it. I am assuming that the button is malfunctioning, or something is obstructing the lens from turning.
If the camera is on and I twist a little the lens will electronically disconnect but I cannot twist it off.
So I guess for the meantime I have the more awesome version of a x1oot, but I am curious if anyone else has had issues with the lens release button or a stuck lens. I emailed fuji in NJ to see what my options are but maybe someone has a trick!
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by hendodesign, in forum Troubleshooting, Jul 30, 2016 at 5:24 AM
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by dman, in forum Portraits, People, & Pets, Jul 30, 2016 at 4:45 AM
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I am really enjoying my Fuji 100-400 and xpro2.
Here are some recent dragonfly pics I took with it. All shots were handheld. I love the bokeh possibilities at 400mm.
tattered dragon
This one was cropped pretty heavily due to a photobombing damselfly.
blue dragonfly cropped
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by herp_photos, in forum Wildlife-Nature, Jul 30, 2016 at 1:54 AM
So I decided that I needed to test the new continuous AF on something a little less predictable and a lot smaller in size. I booked an Isle of May landing trip through the Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick, with a view of trying to capture Puffins in flight.
Continue reading...
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by Syndicated_News, in forum Fuji World News Feed, Jul 29, 2016 at 11:32 PM
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by robert, in forum Where to Buy — Deals — Heads Up, Jul 29, 2016 at 11:30 PM
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by Anymouse02, in forum B&W, Jul 29, 2016 at 11:17 PM
this was taken with an ND Filter and I added further blur to the water in PP. As per the previous thread (Jetty) I like this minimalist style but I am only just starting out so any advice thoughts welcome.
Docklands.jpg by -DaveBailey1-
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by Bolts, in forum Photo Critique Forum, Jul 29, 2016 at 8:36 PM
FUJIFILM OPENS THE WONDER PHOTO SHOP: AN IMMERSIVE PHOTO AND BRAND EXPERIENCE CONCEPT STORE IN NEW YORK CITY | Press Center | Fujifilm USA
Fujifilm brings a "Photo Renaissance" to everyone in its new brick & mortar store located in New York's historical Flatiron District
Valhalla, N.Y., July 18, 2016 – FUJIFILM North America Corporation has established a new, immersive photo and brand experience in New York's historical Flatiron District, called the Wonder Photo Shop. The Wonder Photo Shop is meant to bring the message of "Photo Renaissance" and the joy of photography to all aspects of peoples' lives. This first-of-its-kind retail store in the U.S. adds to Fujifilm's other global Wonder Photo Shop locations in Tokyo, Barcelona, Bogota, Manila, and Shanghai. In addition to these Wonder Photo Shops, there are eight affiliate Wonder Photo Shop in eight countries (Singapore, Australia, Brazil, Vietnam, Russia, Turkey, Thailand and Germany). The new Wonder Photo Shop will officially open on July 22 and is located at 176 5th Avenue.
The Wonder Photo Shop will live in the heart of the iconic Flatiron District, long-known as the "photography district" in New York City.
Visitors will experience a one-of-a kind creative space made specifically to reacquaint them with the joyand wonder of photography, and how they can bring their favorite images from smartphones and social media to life, through prints, personalized and wall decoration photo products, and unique DIY photo creations.
At the Wonder Photo Shop, guests will experience an engaging and interactive retail space with new,cutting edge Fujifilm products. They will be encouraged to provide feedback and share their ideas for using photos in their everyday lives. In this way, the store will act as a learning center giving guests the opportunity to influence product features as they share their own personal preferences and opinions. These interactions will allow Fujifilm to gain a better understanding of what the market wants, ultimately enhancing the customer experience.
With a full range of Fujifilm's instax instant print cameras and Share Printer SP-2, and the award-winning line of X Series digital cameras and high-quality lenses on display to touch and try, guests will see the true photographic heritage of Fujifilm and develop their own vision of how to creatively use their photos.
The Wonder Photo Shop is meant to act as a catalyst for a Photo Renaissance, a rebirth of the enjoyment of photography. Featuring quick print kiosks with connectivity to mobile devices, print stations with a wide range of product capabilities and a photo booth, guests can create a wide range of personalized photo products. There will also be various specialized stations for comfortable, creative crafting. The focus of Wonder Photo Shop is to create a warm, welcoming environment where guests will want to spend time and discover new ways to enjoy their photos and raise the level of creative output to new heights. A few of the exciting products and services include: Shuffle Print, a personalized collage print with a fun shuffle creation feature on the kiosk, exclusive NYC-themed instax film, a selection of patriotic accessories for X Series cameras, and ship-to-home capabilities for gifting products. The Wonder Photo Shop is also developing a line of interchangeable print wall collage accessories and unique print product bundles including DIY Supplies for one-of-a-kind gifting.
The store will also feature a DIY lounge where in-house experts and special guest crafters will lead classes, lectures and exhibitions to provide inspiration and teach new techniques. Customers can share their creations through personalized photo products such as photo books, wall décor and printed keepsakes.
The new Wonder Photo Shop will have an extensive social media presence. The Wonder Photo Shop website will serve to inform customers of the overall experience, including event sign ups, class scheduling, company and promotional information, video content and the option to sign up to receive emails for latest in photographic news. Wonder Photo Shop also has a Facebook and Instagramfor users to post images and DIY creations with hashtags to create excitement, and a Snapchat for sharing exclusive, behind-the-scenes store content.
Look for Wonder Photo Shop online at Instagram @wonderphotoshopnyc and on Facebook at @wonderphotoshopnyc. And stay tuned for new events, products and special photo classes – all coming soon to the Wonder Photo Shop!
Store hours
The Wonder Photo Shop will be opened Monday – Saturday, from 10AM-7PM; and Sunday from 12PM-6PM.
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by robert, in forum Fujifilm X News & Rumors, Jul 29, 2016 at 6:13 PM
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by dpc, in forum Photos taken with Any Brand of Camera, Jul 29, 2016 at 3:15 PM
Does anyone have any first-hand experience with this remote control - TriggerTrap??
The world's best camera remote releases
Combination dongle and Smartphone app.
As much as I "llike " using the Fuji app - the delay with the camera response (over wifi) is often very annoying.
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by LoneTreeBeer, in forum General X Camera Forum, Jul 29, 2016 at 2:11 PM
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by gadiper88, in forum Photo Critique Forum, Jul 29, 2016 at 1:20 PM
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by dpc, in forum Photos taken with Any Brand of Camera, Jul 29, 2016 at 1:15 PM
Still looking and reading about the Fuji lenses and am looking at either the the 18-55 f/2.8 or the 35 f/2. This would be used as a street scene walkabout lens, I like the little zoom but also the prime side is always good, torn between the two any comments would be appreciated.
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So I need some help. I just discovered that you can achieve full frame DOF by using the metabones ultra speedbooster adapter, which is awesome.
I can only afford one adapter at this time, and I can't decide if I should get the SB adaptor for Canon, Nikon, or Minolta. I currently use an Xpro-2.
Here's my criteria:
1. Excellent for portraits
2. Excellent legacy lenses with narrow DOF...equivalent to F1.2 or F1.4 on a full frame (I love the DOF on the Sigma Art F1.4 or the Canon 85mm F1.2L lenses)
3. Sharp wide open with minimal vignette or CA
4. Fits reasonably well (size and weight) with the Fuji X-Pro2 or XT-2
5. Affordable lenses (i.e. similar in price to Fuji X mount lenses)
Based on my criteria, which adapter should I get? Canon, Nikon, Minolta? If so, why? And please recommend some nice portrait lenses to purchase.
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by truebluedru24, in forum Adapted Lens Forum, Jul 29, 2016 at 10:41 AM
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by SRFOTO.SE, in forum Landscape, Jul 29, 2016 at 8:18 AM
A few shots from my trip to PV earlier this month.
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by GeorgeHudetz, in forum Travel, Jul 29, 2016 at 6:22 AM
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by dman, in forum Portraits, People, & Pets, Jul 29, 2016 at 4:22 AM
My XQ1 always freezes recently. I cannot shut it down by pressing the on/off button. Therefore, I can only remove and re-insert the battery.
Tried solutions: (1) Update the firmware (2) Use a new SD card [Both ways did not solve the problem]
Anybody has any idea about this?
For your reference, I bought it in Dec 2014.
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by MandyLao, in forum Fuji's Small Sensor X Cameras, Jul 29, 2016 at 3:04 AM
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by dpc, in forum Photos taken with Any Brand of Camera, Jul 28, 2016 at 11:23 PM
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by dman, in forum Portraits, People, & Pets, Jul 28, 2016 at 11:11 PM
I thought I had lost this site, sure, I had been to the new Photozine site which reviews lenses and summarizes the findings into a score. Many of the Fuji XF lenses are reviewed here. It is a gold mine of data points regarding old lenses.
Back in the day of my D70, which was two generations ago in my dslr history I had exported this master list to an excel file and setup a data filter on it to find all lenses that met criteria (yes-I can be obsessive). For instance, show me all lenses with AF speed rating greater than 4.25. And, through a lucky strike of a broken link and some fiddling with it, I found it again. It was there all along, just not published. I'm no longer as obsessed about gear, thankfully. As a resource it's great for fine tuning suitable lenses. Select what your looking for from the output filter drop down box, then choose Performance, and press the Start Query button.
Lens Performance Survey
Another site which has every lens I've ever looked for, but very few data points is still good for general specifications. Just start typing the focal length in search lenses field and matches will popup.
All About Photographic Lenses, Modern and Old. Specifications, comparisons, user reviews, features, comments, tests, MTF-charts for lenses by Canon,Nikon, Sony, Pentax, Olympus, Sigma, Tamron, Carl Zeiss, etc.
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by gduncanson, in forum Adapted Lens Forum, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:42 PM
These stats flicked across my FB page the other day. It was on a very pro canon site ( though I don't dispute the figures). What it says to me is that Fuji is making its own niche, and though still small on a global scale - reasonably significant when the 'big two' have had the market to themselves.
Quite surprised at the lens sales - though I'm guessing most are included in a kit lens sale.
Stats come from a site called explorecams.com
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by buck777, in forum General X Camera Forum, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:23 PM
Ok, this might be akin to cursing, but I don't have a photography background and I was hoping to be able to use the software I already have instead of shelling out for Lightroom - so...anyone got any tips for getting the X-T1 RAFs nice and shiny using ACDSee? How to cope with ISO DR?
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by Tiwas, in forum Fuji X Post Processing, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:22 PM
I know in the past that B&W prints made on color printers were not actually B&W but colors blended together to make B&W and that caused unsightly casts. Is that still the case? If so can anyone recommend a company that can print true B&W? If that is no longer true can you recommend a company that you like for B&W printing in the USA? I need to get a 16x16 inch B&W print of my nieces wedding and want it to look real nice.
Zack S
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by Zaax, in forum Fuji X Post Processing, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:10 PM
Just wanted to give a shout to all X enthusiasts.
Had an X 100 quite some time ago and sold it to do the usual rounds of DSLR's and lenses.
Finally decided to by another Fuji and settled on the X100T.
Things have moved on and this camera seems to have everything I need.
I am sure to need help, so please reply if I shout out.
Anyone know if there are any fellow X users in the Manchester area?
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by malboni, in forum Member Introductions, Jul 28, 2016 at 9:01 PM
Hi all,
I need to upgrade for a viewfinder. I love my XA1 and find it very easy to use. However, it has got to the point where I have to admit that half the time I cannot see what I am taking on the screen!
I think the only options are either XT10, XES, or a refurb XE1/2.
While I am comfortable buying a used camera, I want to make sure it will have the same features I am used to with XA1, and not be out of date too quickly. Also, I have no style preferences on the 2 camera types, and use my left eye so my nose will hit the screen on all cameras. I am trying to work out which is the best feature wise/ease of use.
Also, I have a lens dilema.
Ideally I would buy body only (better for my funds), and use my current lens (the 2 XC kit lenses and 27); But the other half wants the XA1 when I upgrade, with the XC16-50 kit lens.
Should I get new camera body and buy the lens I really want (35) or go for a deal which has the 18-55 on it (this will duplicate a lens, but I may never see the Xc16-50 again?).
Any advice?
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by ULVT, in forum General X Camera Forum, Jul 28, 2016 at 8:33 PM
I couldn't help but notice all the excitement in this forum about the use of adapted lens. It wasn't until recently though that I decided to include a Metabones Nikon adapter in my most recent order, to explore the practice with some of my old Nikkor glass. Boy am I humbled. This is a real eye-opener!
I thought I'd try my 50mm f/1.8 Nikkor first, stuck it on my X-Pro1, and headed for my wife's flower bed. I took a shot with the Nikon lens, and then swapped the lens for my trusty Fuji 35mm f/1.4, and took a comparison shot. To deal with the different focal lengths, I moved the tripod back a little bit with the Nikon lens setup. I hate to say this but I think the color is more natural with the Nikkor lens as compared with the Fuji lens, when comparing the untouched RAW files! The greens seem too saturated in the Fuji lens version. Additionally, I think the Nikkor lens version has more of a 3D effect that I didn't expect to see. I welcome some input from the adapted lens community regarding the sample images.
I used RAW files for the comparison because I didn't want the in-camera JPG process to influence the results in any way. Each shot was taken with the same ISO, shutter-speed, and aperture settings. The only editing in post was some notes for reference.
Here's the image taken with the Fuji 35mm f/1.4:
And here's the image taken with the Nikkor 50mm f/1.8:
Some Milkweed Tiger Moth caterpillars, taken with the Nikkor 50mm lens and an MCEX-11 ring:
X-Pro1 setup with the Nikkor glass:
Now I'll have to try my old Nikkor 80-200 f/2.8 with my Fuji. This should be interesting.
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by Stephen_B, in forum Lens-Specific Photo Archive, Jul 28, 2016 at 8:06 PM
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I'm a little surprised JJC hasn't done a bayonet vented hood for the 35/2 WR - they didn't take long to do their version of the bayonet X100 hood and adapter. Has anyone heard any rumblings?
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by Ken Ford, in forum Fuji X-Mount Lens Forum, Jul 28, 2016 at 7:39 PM
I bought this a couple of years ago and finally decided to get a nice pic of it. Shot it with the T1 and 35mm 1.4 and used a Foldio 2 for the lighting. Turned out quite nicely. Hope you enjoy it. I traced it down to be a 1916 model. If you want to read up on the camera's history I recommend reading this page.
1916 No. 1 Autographic Kodak Junior by Neil, on Flickr
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by nwcs, in forum Still Life, Jul 28, 2016 at 5:57 PM
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge by David Wong, on Flickr
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge by David Wong, on Flickr
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by ericdraven, in forum General, Jul 28, 2016 at 5:29 PM
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by VanDan, in forum Street-City-Architecture, Jul 28, 2016 at 4:21 PM

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I had the misfortune of watching this program once. This guy could sell ice makers to eskimos and is just about as slick as a used car salesman. I don't know why people use their "religious" beliefs to justify a lifestyle which is illegal.
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I've had the fortune of watching this program, I find them delightful, entertaining, personable, loving and very caring parents. They are living a life like ssssoooo many in the world do,(he's not cheating behind his wives back) they are simply giving it a "name" AND supporting their children. Why does everything have to be turned around onto religious beliefs? Leave religion where it belongs - in the church and leave them alone, they are hurting no one, they're good people. As far as being illegal, let's face it there are plenty of "stupid" and silly laws out there, many that were created hundreds of years ago that have no meaning on today's society.
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Someone said somewhere: no use with wind and solar without smart grid. I agree. Where is your smart grid coming?
jorleh, every positive step is a good step. Old Chinese proverb: "The longest journey begins with a single step."
The country can absorb a lot of renewable power with the present system.
Great! Bravo!! And now . . .
Bravo to these companies for this — which (I sincerely hope) is just a first step in their communications efforts on this vital issue.
Now, what about IBM? Microsoft? General Electric? P&G? Disney?
And the auto companies should also be showing their support, loudly. The auto industry owes it to the U.S. public at this point — as well as to itself — to support movement to a clean energy economy.
Let's hear more from General Electric! And, when are their units going to resign from that coal coalition?
It will also be interesting to see if The New York Times covers this. This letter should be a front-page story, all things considered.
Will these companies be speaking up more? It's one thing to send one letter to the Senate. It's another thing to get active in the effort to raise public awareness and show their support.
I'll end with a quote from Tacitus . . .
"A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all."
– Tacitus
We (and corporate America) should not be passively acquiescent on climate change. It's time to speak up. It's also time to point out who is NOT speaking up or who is speaking up against responsible change.
Bravo to these companies.
Be Well,
Jeff Huggins
jorleh (1) — In this region of the country the grid is already plenty smart enough for that.


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October 29th 2009
Published: November 1st 2009
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The Ashoka-Lemelson Tech 4 Society event was this past week in Chennai. The event brought together several Ashoka and Ashoka-Lemelson Fellows to discuss opportunities and challenges as it relates to technology adoption in rural areas. The makeup of the individuals ranged from 25+ years of efforts in the social sector to new entrepreneurs - all of whom share common themes in their work including the development of new economic models for disseminating technologies to India's poor, inventors of new technologies serving the bottom of pyramid markets as well as those using new technologies to teach or grow new inventors, and those who employ innovative approaches to inspiring youth to study or pursue careers in science and technology. A large majority of the Fellows in attendance were also involved in numerous lines of business and technologies responsible for improving the livelihoods of entire communities.
Some common themes that came out of the first day of discussions were around actual community acceptance of new technologies. In many instances, the technology in question is not necessarily high tech, or cutting edge, but is simple. Regardless of simplicity, which is a vital characteristic, if a community does not see a legitimate need for the
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technology it will not get adopted. The technology must create a substantial change in order to have value. This value proposition usually comes in the form of cost savings or capacity/revenue increases. Cost savings has been found to be the most compelling benefit as even if production capacity is increased, there must be an outlet for these goods and it is not always the case that a market exists for additional product. In many cases the adoption of technology is far outpacing the development of infrastructure. In Africa for example, many villages are lacking roads but the inhabitants have mobile phones. An interesting point that was brought up was that sometimes people ultimately adopt and get acquainted with a technology in surprising ways. With mobile phones for example, in some areas it was the ringtones that brought the people to the technology. Due to the interest in various ringtones, people learned how to use the phones. The interest in the feature ultimately familiarized the new user base with how to use the key pad. Ordering a ringtone teaches SMS and was the first text messaging interactions users had. From this they became mobile-phone literate, in a sense, and it was
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Example of latrine improvements and construction done at the panchayat.
easier to use mobiles for other activities, such as receiving disaster warnings and accessing market pricing for commodities.
A lot of interesting debate occurred about whether the poor needed to be segmented even further when discussing various technology strategies - possible segments could be the abject poor, the middle poor and the upper poor where market systems could still work for the middle and upper poor but have failed the abject poor. This led into the general acknowledgement and running theme through the discussions that there needed to be a better "highway" to reaching this poorest of poor segment with available technologies. There is so much being put into making changes at the village levels all around India, but no one has been able to federate all of these individual energies to make a substantive and scalable change yet. Just by listening however, it is very apparent that there is no one size fits all solution to problems facing the very different populations of abject and even upper echelons of the poor and very different strategies were being implemented by each Fellow to improve livelihoods. Given this, very strong local knowledge is required in order to not only recognize
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what technology could make an impact, but how to present it, and how to get it there. Taken together, this creates a natural inhibitor to a widely scalable solution to reaching the poor in many instances. In a chicken and egg example, it was mentioned that the poor have such a difficult time rising up because of an inability to value-add as producers. Because they cannot add value to increase the market value of the products that they are producing, they are much more vulnerable as suppliers. The poor cannot value add in many instances because the technology doesn't exist and if it does, it can't get to the people who need. One example that illustrated this well is about a village whose major output is walnuts. Each villager may have 1 or 2 walnut trees that they attend to. Cracking these wild walnuts is a very labor intensive job, done completely manually, which doesn't allow for the opportunity to further value add and get the goods to market on time. The problem is that these walnuts are considerably harder than the walnuts being farmed in places like California which have a much softer shell; thus, the traditional mechanical walnut
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Assembly process for village stoves.
crackers will not work but no one has designed a machine that can fill this gap. This village even tried to import such machinery from the U.S. but the walnuts actually broke the samples. And so harvesting and cracking still goes on by hand and nothing changes for these producers. No one is trying to produce these machines given the market for it, and the ability to get it where it needs to go and service it. Therefore the villagers are continuing to provide essentially commodity offerings as far as the walnuts are concerned.
Technologies have been failing in the villages for many reasons, but most commonly for lack of market knowledge on the part of the innovator. One example is the solar cooker, which was first developed about 20 years ago. This technology never caught on despite the purported cost savings because it was not created in a way that suited the lifestyles of the individuals using it. The solar stove was most powerful at the times of the strongest sunlight, which was mid-day and early afternoon. The population it was made for were largely village farmers who consumed their big meals by early to mid-morning and then
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again late at night, after the sun had gone down. In addition to this the stoves were not made in a way that was conducive to Indian-style cooking. The stove had four separate chambers which could boil or slow cook food. Indian cooking is mostly with oil (with the exception of rice) and requires frequent temperature manipulation and flipping and turning which was not possible with the solar stove.
Along the same lines was the smokeless stove which was developed in Delhi. This innovation failed because the burning chamber did not accommodate for the different materials that people were burning across India. For example, in Punjab large cotton stalks were used as fuel while elsewhere small wood chips were used. The stove didn't accommodate for the variations in local fuel supplies. Even large companies such as Tata have had their share of failures at the village level and not necessarily for adoption issues but on the service side. When these machines would break, there were no mechanics to fix them or parts readily available. The lack of trained help extends far beyond mechanics and has resulted in a large force of "barefoot" workers ranging from barefoot mechanics, to engineers,
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Women are working in village clean room assembling medical packs for students.
doctors and veterinarians. The barefoot doctors, for example, receive minimal medical and paramedical training in order to bring some form of health care to rural areas where urban-trained doctors will not settle. Generally these doctors are trained in basic hygiene, preventive health care, and family planning and are able to treated common illnesses.
We went on a site visit to something called Panchayat Academy started by Ashoka Fellow, Elango. Elango has created a model village, or panchayat, and is now training other panchayat leaders how to replicate his system through training at the Panchayat Academy. Elango's system is aligned with the ideas of Gandhi and was inspired by his teachings on self reliance: " If India lives in the villages, then let there be but one ideal village so that it may serve as a model for the whole country" (Mahatama Gandhiji ). Indian villages are organized under a Panchayat System. This system represents a form of local government where panchayats represent one or a group of villages. A panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300 (or a club of villages to get to 300). Within each panchayat, a local leader, or president, is
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elected and undertakes the following basic responsibilities: maintaining street lights, construction and repair work of the roads in the villages and also the village markets, maintaining records of births, deaths and marriages, improving public health and hygiene by providing facilities for sanitation and drinking water, providing education and implementing development schemes for agriculture and animal husbandry.
Not all panchayats function successfully, and many villages in the site we visited had been suffering with no significant growth or initiative among the panchayats to function as a local self-governments. This was the inspiration behind Panchayat Academy. Elango had left his home of Kuthambakkam and taken a job for some time but upon returning to his village he saw what troubles the people were facing and this inspired him to come back and reform the panchayat. His objective was to make Kuthambakkam a model panchayat and through Panchayat Academy, it now serves as a learning centre for other panchayats. Approximately 30 panchayat leaders are being trained monthly at Elango's Panchayat Academy, located in the heart of Kuthambakkam. Elango's objective was to make the panchayat self-sustaining which he has accomplished in numerous ways such as adopting the technology at the village level to
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produce the major needs for the village and reduce dependence on the outside markets, train villagers to work in the production of village goods. He also manufactures some goods for export out of the village but under the idea that these goods must have a certain level of value add. The ideas is that a system of several strong villages can leverage the local labor and natural resources and become self sufficient. This however requires strong leadership and the implementation of viable technologies, both of which Elango tries to teach in his academy.
When the Elango's panchayat project started in 1996, there was high unemployment, poor basic infrastructure, livelihood insecurity, violence against women and children, liquor menace, illicit arrack brewing (alcohol produced from fermented palm sap) and general communal disharmony. Elango's objectives were to implement grass roots level planning, community mobilization, promote and create livelihoods based on local resources, secure housing for all villagers and stimulate employment through panchayat activities. When Elango started his work the livelihood profile was 35% farming, 15% artisans and 50% "have-nots". In his two terms as panchayat president and continued work thereafter, the livelihood profile has changed to 35% farming, 15% artisans, 15% skilled
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laborers, and 35% local producers.
Elango has introduced many technologies to the village and numerous items that relate to Elango's community goals are being produced there. Many housing products are being manufactured such as cement stabilized compressed mud blocks (to replace wood) and cement panels and joists . Also granite waste is being utilized for rubble based masonry construction. For sanitation, installation of latrines with bathing units (made of panchayat constructed panels) is continuously occurring and the model for new latrine systems was developed in the village and is manufactured there. Almost 60%-70% of panchayat dollars were being used for energy and many measures have been taken to increase efficiencies here. Energy efficient lighting has been installed on the streets and in buildings (66% energy savings - 320 of these street lights save 15,000 rs per month). The bulb itself is outsourced but the rest of the lights are manufactured and assembled in the panchayat. Also solar panels are being used to power street lamps.
The model for growth involves a several villages sharing resources and engaging in some manufacturing with the objective of less and less need to access the marketplace and the achievement of a great level of self sufficiency. For example, the panchayat produces all of its own soaps and processes much of its own foods. In the 22 village cluster surrounding the Panchayat Academy, the most common activities are rice mills, dal mills, oil mills, bakeries, confectionary, flour and milk processing. The village industries include bathing soaps, washing soaps and detergents as well as some of the light manufacturing described and the export activities.
For several of these products, such as soaps, etc. the panchayats are going head to head with companies like Hindustan Lever, but with strong panchayat loyalty and a good quality product it has not been an issue. Also, the panchayats are working off of a lower cost base as they are harvesting local resources and there is minimal investment. The idea is that the panchayat economy only "bothers about itself". Maximizing scale is not the issues and the objective is not to keep growing bigger and bigger but to sustain the community and reduce reliance on the market. The items being made in the panchayat are largely not for the outside market, they are just for use in the panchayat.
Other Fellows were also doing very innovative things, including a mobile learning lab system. These labs, each equipped with a teacher, venture out across India trying to promote a new spirit of inquiry in youth and adults. The idea behind the labs Idea is to change behavior of how science and math are being taught. It is not just about the subject matter learning but trying to encourage the questioning and curiosity. The teachers are trained to interact with the children in a way that promotes creative thinking. Also, in a great example of holistic problem solving, the model works to remove some of the system inertia by also having night visits for the mobile labs to meet with parents and village leaders to spark curiosity on a mass scale with appropriate materials for them (i.e. medicinal value of herbs, etc.) and inform them of how their children are being taught to learn.
One interesting point of debate that arose and really seemed to delineate the veteran social entrepreneurs from the new generation is in the actual structuring of the social entrepreneurship. What makes a business a social entrepreneurship? Some of the veterans insisted that this type of business means that the company is owned by the producers vs. being private company funded by philanthropic (or other) dollars for the purposes of making a profit. If the business is for profit, what level of earnings reinvestment is necessary to distinguish a social enterprise from any for profit business? This raises an interesting question about whether or not the end impact matters more than how you get there and who finances it? Some argue the greater issue is that to make any impact of scale, the business must be whatever structure is most appropriate for accessing capital. Then this begs the question of where does the ownership lie? Some would argue that a true social business is for the people and owned by the people. What limitations exist within other various forms of ownership? Non profits may not be able to access certain types of private funds while for profits can be shut out of foundation money. In many instances the money required to scale up it comes with a price tag of a 15-30% IRR. Additionally, it was mentioned that it is particularly challenging for social entrepreneurs to get bank loans. As these businesses and business owners endear themselves to the communities they are serving it creates significant ill will if a bank ever has to shut one of these businesses down. Overall, the few days of listening to these Fellows talk brought about more and more questions in my mind about how and if creating scalable solutions to the challenges of India's poor is a possibility given India's incredible diversity particularly at the village level and how to unite all of these different parties (including all 350 Ashoka India Fellows) and leverage these individual efforts for something greater.
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PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. Aca,!" "This is not business as usual." Those words, spoken by Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Chiarelli, have become synonymous with the Army Suicide Prevention Program's redoubled efforts to slow the alarming trend of recent suicides. In 2009 the Army lost 160 Soldiers by confirmed or suspected suicides, a new record, up from 140 suicides in 2008, according to the USA Today article: Army's suicide 'crisis' leads to action.
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Cubs Can't Fend Off Gnats
Sobering thought...the Cubs just got beat 2 of 3 at home by the worst team in baseball the last two years. Sure, anyone can win a 3-game set, but the Cubs sure didn't look like a better team at any moment in this series. And yes, the Nats are a better team this year than year's past, but they also were missing Ryan Zimmermann for the set. All of that is just a convoluted way of saying that the tea leaves aren't really predicting a bright 2010 future at the moment for the Cubs.
The Good: The Cubs walked 4 times(Colvin, Fukudome x2 and Nady) and had 9 hits including Theriot and Fukudome getting on-base 5 times in total. Dempster had a solid 8 IP, 3 ER affair with just one walk and 6 K's. Marlon Byrd's circus catch losing the ball in the sun. I wonder how the media and crowd reacts if he doesn't make that catch as they were sure quick to jump on Bradley last year for losing the ball in the sun.
The Bad: 21 LEFT ON-BASE! 11 as a team including Marlon Byrd leaving 6 all on his own. In the 7th, Fukudome and Lee led off with singles, but then Aramis Ramirez grounded into double play on a 3-2 pitch in on his hands promptly erasing the rally. Colvin couldn't deliver the 2-out RBI. In the 8th, Byrd singled to right which the right fielder fumbled for a gift double. Fontenot is allowed to swing away after two singles already in the game and pops up to the shorstop. Aargh!!! You know the one good time to sac bunt, is when you need one run and can get a runner to third base with less than two outs. Or just make sure you pull the ball. Tracy, Nady and Theriot couldn't pick up the run either (more on that in the moment). Dempster did give up two solo shots to Adam Kennedy and Adam Dunn with the wind howling in.
The WTF? Back to the 8th, after Byrd "doubled" and Fontenot popped up, Lou pinch-hits for Koyie Hill. Smart. He pinch-hits with Chad Tracy though. Dumb. He's already gonna have to use Geovany Soto in the top of the 9th for Hill, just use your hottest hitter. I know Chad Tracy has had an illustrious pinch-hitting career before this year in like 100 PA's or something, but let's use a little common sense. Tracy predictably strikes out, Nady walks (still could have used Soto there if you wanted to) and Theriot can't deliver the 2-out RBI.
Next Up: The hot-hitting Diamondbacks test the Cubs starting pitching for a 4-game set.
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re: byrd...
wtf? wow.
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That's the new Van-Slyking. I expect him to be "forced" to catch balls behind his back (or rather at his side) all year long now.
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If the Cubs had won two-out-of-three from the Brewers and then two-out-of-three from the Nats, their record would be exactly the same as it is now and we would all be feeling good about the Cubs winning two series in a row. However, this doesn't feel as good, does it?
It's not so much about their record or the fact that the Cubs won four of their last six games (and five of eight). Instead, we dwell on the fact that they lost two in a row to a team that is not supposed to be very good (although the Nats do have a winning record so far in 2010). I guess it's all in your perspective.
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Rob --
I completely agree with your perspective. I feel the same way. All I'm saying is it's weird how we would feel completely differently if the Cubs had achieved the exact same record but in a different manner.
Yours truly,
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"I wonder how the media and crowd reacts if he [Byrd] doesn't make that catch as they were sure quick to jump on Bradley last year for losing the ball in the sun."
I've heard similar questions asked so far this year and I just don't understand the comparison. Marlon Byrd is a different person than Milton Bradley. He came to the Cubs with a completely different attitude and background. He is a more mature, positive person than Bradley was. Byrd has the type of attitude and approach to the game that makes fans want to root for him. The opposite was obviously true of Bradley.
Although much has been said about Cubs fans (particularly those in the bleachers), we/they are not all racist idiots. People boo'd Bradley because of the type of person and ball player he was. They cheer for Byrd for exactly the same reason. That leads me to believe that Cubs fans would not have reacted negatively had Byrd not caught the ball in question.
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some of us couldn't care less about bradley's attitude and never did. it wasn't a sport to jump on the guy because of how amusing his reactions are for some of us.
soriano is warm and fuzzy...he takes blame (in his own special way sometimes) for things...he accepts and apologizes for mental lapses and laziness...he waves to and interacts with bleacher people and regulars...
...then he goes out there and does the same stuff day after day after month after year...
good fuzzy words! i'd like to have a beer with him.
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@crunch - I never got the impression that fans were riding Bradley to see what kind of reaction they could get out of him. I always felt they rode him because they didn't like his abrasive personality or his disrespectful approach to the game.
@Rob -- I think you are correct that the media helped to stir the pot with Bradley, but it's not like he didn't give them a ton of ammunition. He had a long and storied history of conflicts and bad behavior that pre-dated his days in Chicago. Was the press fair to Bradley? Probably not; especially guys like Sullivan. But Bradley did plenty on his own to cause fans to dislike him. The press just added to what Bradley wrought on his own.
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The guys on ESPN 1000 (Afternoon Saloon) have been talking as if Starlin Castro has been called up. Did I miss something?
Now they seem to be talking about the clamor to call him up to move Theriot (a .300 hitter) to second and replace another .300 hitter (Fontenot). With Lee and Aram being the hitting problems so far (both sub .200), it doesn't solve that problem, is their discussion. No guarantee Castro will hit as well as Theriot or Fontenot, either.
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First question, why are you listening to the afternoon salon?
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I think you mean "Afternoon Saloon". Big difference.
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"why are you listening to the afternoon salon?"
It was during one of the commercial and/or news breaks duing the WGN post-game show. I thought I'd try to catch a Bruce Levine report or a replaying of Lou's testy news conference about why he didn't bunt in the 8th inning after Byrd's dooble.
Besides, I think Jurko is a pretty funny guy and I could use a good laugh after a game like today. NPR just wasn't going to cut it.
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wait until they find out jason heyward isn't in the HOF yet...they'll be outraged.
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Southside would welcome Theriot.
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Fontenot as a .300 hitter, sure...but:
.308/.339/.346, 0 HR, 2 doubles. He's not exactly tearing the cover off the ball.
Agreed though, it's too early to make a move like that. I think...
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Weak Link Update:
Gorzelanny/Silva: 48 IP, 33 H, 32 K, 10 BB, 2.06 ERA
Ramirez/Lee: 29-for-163, .178 AVG, 42 K, 22 BB
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That's about the only time where I think a DH is a good idea. Although, eliminating the ASG altogether is my first choice.
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agreed on both...
if the boston market All mcdonalds Star geico Game century 21 wasn't such a snickers commercial whoring chevy event...it might seem a little more like a game to me...
gotta pay those MLB pensions and for those incompetent drug tests somehow.
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I'd really like to see how many pitchers actually bat in an ASG anyway. They always get PH for - unless their team is scoring a lot in which case, it's no big deal and they'll get more at bats to get more players in regardless.
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Rob, I thought the exact same thing when Lou used Tracy instead of Soto. Sometimes the opposite hand matchup play goes too far.
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I'm with you. My jaw about hit the floor when I saw that Tracy was pinch hitting. They had two of their absolute hottest hitters on the bench in Soriano and Soto, and he brought up Tracy, who hasn't played consistently all year. Lou keeps confusing me more and more every day.
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But isn't that part of why Tracy is on the team? An experienced, good lefty PH?
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As far as we can tell, he's on the team to make outs.
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damn. that is one tense as hell room.
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only 22 games in
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Maybe when Lou is done here he will give a tell-all interview about the Chicago media, how much he hated them, how their constant pick-pick-pick at the whole Cubs Thing seemed to him to be a factor, however small, in the constant failure. Maybe if he does that, it'll be to the good somehow. Maybe Paul Sullivan will have an epiphany and change his ways (or at least finally stop writing about Milton Bradley).
But for now, this kind of behavior is inappropriate and simply painful to watch. And by "this kind of behavior" I mean not only this postgame performance, but PH'ing Tracy instead of Soto. Both things evince a "who cares, I don't want to be here" attitude.
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ROB G: Regarding the Bradley/Byrd comparison, today after the game Byrd stood up and said he just HAS to do better than a weak pop-up in a RISP situation. He was embarrassed and owned up. I have no problem with that - and Milty always blamed everyone else: the fans, umps, conditions, injuries, day games, he is "alone" - etc.
Also, Byrd to this point plays hard, all the time, and just "does his job" on the field. It is a refreshing change from last year's bullshit.
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Just out of curiosity, say you played baseball, and an umpired called ball 4 strike 2, then called ball 4 strike 3... who would you blame?
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who would you blame?
Michael Barrett?
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The problem with Bradley was that he was quick to blame other people for their actions (i.e. umps making bad calls), but never pointed the finger at himself for his actions. I think E-Man is pointing out that Byrd is not pointing the finger at others. He is pointing it at himself.
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Yeah, but Bradley is extremely self critical and there were quotes from him about it, and others about it for the last 10 years. E-Man is incapable of being objective Bradley.
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the usual starting 8...what's the record for men left on base?
theriot, fukudome, dlee, aram, byrd, soriano, fontenot, soto, LILLY (per Muskat)
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Stolen base with the pitcher holding the ball, WP that should have been caught or blocked, then Russell with a 2-out error on a routine play. Cubs handed them 2 runs. Throw in a Fowler bobble and it was a mess.
Hopefully, that is all out of their system now -- let's get a W tomorrow.
First time I've ever seen a base running slump -- he's made some poor decisions recently, but I thought it was a great idea to try to score there -- it's not like Heyward was going to get a 2-out hit against a LHP. Sliding feet-first into home is probably the safe (ugh) way to go, but it's hard to get the foot on the plate.
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Second Saturday Workshop: Abstract Sculpture
- When Saturday, November 9, 2013 at 1 p.m.
- Where San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado, San Diego Map | Website
- Age limit All ages
- Categories Arts, Lectures & Classes, Museums
- Cost $40 - $50
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Use form, shape, color, and mixed media to explore three-dimensional art making and to create an abstract sculptural work inspired by the objects on view in the Museum's May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden.
Featuring a docent-led tour and fine artworkshop, the Second Saturday Workshop Series is an instructor-led adult program that explores exhibitions and installations at the Museum.
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Location: San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado San Diego, CA 92101 Google Maps


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Elizabeth Harnois - Annual Lupus LA Orange Ball at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel - Arrivals - Beverly Hills, California, United States - Friday 10th May 2013 (3 Pictures)
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