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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Anthony Steen came to the Alabama media room Wednesday after practice with a big bandage on one of his hands.
"It's all right," the junior right guard said. "A little bit of swelling, but I'll be fine."
He was asked if somebody stepped on his hand Saturday in a 21-17 come-from-behind victory at LSU.
"Just trying to block somebody and got hit on top and just made it real sore here and there," Steen said. "But I'll be fine."
Was that dramatic game as physical as everyone thought it would be?
"Yes, sir, but it wasn't a beating in any way, it was more fun than anything, I guess," Steen said. "I'd definitely do it again.
"Probably more fun than I've had in a long time around here, that game. Even though it was a nail biter, I loved it."
The game matched strength vs. strength: Alabama's highly regarded offensive line against LSU's rugged defensive line.
"Their defense had certain guys that bull rushed and the ends liked to do a lot of spin," Steen said. "But that variety of different type of players made it fun for us up front. We always like games like that."
Top-ranked Alabama (9-0, 6-0 SEC) is winding down preparations for a 2:30 p.m. CST home game Saturday against No. 15 Texas A&M (7-2, 4-2).
A Crimson Tide team that just hit an emotional peak will have to hit it again a week later.
"It's very challenging, but as a unit, we live for moments like that," Steen said. "We all had fun. We won't ever forget it, either."
In this video, you won't see any of the above comments because of a camera problem (blush).
But you will see more of what Steen had to say. He talked about the line's progress and communication in a loud stadium.
Finally, see what he had to say when asked if a game like the one this week is won in the film room or on the practice field.
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Lafayette shot 50 percent from three-point land Wednesday night in an 83-66 win over NJIT at the Kirby Sports Center.
The Leopards made 13-of-26 three-pointers on the night, including a 5-of-6 effort from Seth Hinrichs.
Hinrichs led the Leopards with 21 points, while Tony Johnson added 15.
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Other than uttering the word "Macbeth" inside of a theater, the next worst curse that could befall a theater company might be opening a production on Friday, the thirteenth.
Well, The Talent Company either threw caution to the wind or depended on the "theatre fates" to fend off any bad luck that might come its way because they went ahead and opened "White Christmas" (of all things) on a Friday, the thirteenth. "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" would make sense, but "White Christmas?
Well, so much for superstitions because it took a heck of a lot more than a reversal of luck to pull this one off! And pull it off they do, and in fine fashion.
The New York Daily News has tagged this show as "a holiday card come to life", so if you're looking to get a real head start on holiday merriment (mid-November is a bit early for my sensibilities, but that's OK), this gala production (there's forty cast members including an ensemble!) will usher the season in for you.
This production, directed by Dan Tursi and choreographed by Michael Groesbeck is truly a feast for the eyes and ears with several very fine moments of song and dance, and one would expect so in that it is based on the 1954 film of the same title starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. So, with those two as templates, right away, voice and movement trump the rather schmaltzy storyline and resolution. However, it knows its boundaries, and keeps to its direction as a sentimental homage to the type of entertainment so rife in the 40's and 50's.
The story revolves around two couples, all performers, who meet on the road, and, of course, fall in love. Bob Brown, as Bob Wallace, does terrific vocal work on a variety of musical styles, including the title song and, my favorite in the show, a jazzed-up version of "Blue Skies" performed with a white-suited ensemble with Bob Fosse-style movement.
Gary Troy is a joy to watch as Wallace's partner and foil, Phil Davis. He is light on his feet with a humorous energy, and may be the closest to Astaire (or Kaye), style-wise, that one is likely to find in local theater.
Colleen Wagers' Betty Haynes plays opposite Brown's character, and does several impressive vocal turns, not the least of which is a very torchy "Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me", while nicely ensconced in a velvety black gown (what else?).
Paired with Troy's character (and for good reason) is Brandi Ozark Weston as Judy Haynes, and she can really move as she duly proves in her energetic "I Love a Piano" tap number with Troy and dance ensemble.
Actors who forged a real believability from their portrayals were Christine Lightcap as Martha Watson, the life-savvy, ex-performer who wields most of the smart comedy throughout, and Bill Coughlin as General Henry Waverly whose performance was as fitting as his impeccable Army uniform.
High marks go to Eugene Taddeo's costume design for a combination of historical period and "show biz" glitz, and to Nadine Cole's music direction of a dead-on, swing style score.
Details: Length of Performance: 2 hours, thirty minutes, including a 15-minute intermission
Attendance: Full House on Opening Night
Family Guide: Suitable for all ages- those born after the late forties might need a reference tutorial.
Presented by The Talent Co. from November 13-December 13, 2009 at the New Times Theater, State Fairgrounds. For tickets and info: (315) 479-SHOW or www.thetalentco.com


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Joel Katz, a staff engineer at Affymetrix in Bedford, MA, uses MATLAB, a math analysis software tool for engineers developed by MathWorks. Constantly on the lookout for new ways to cope with matrix mathwhich all engineers know is brutally complicated--he views the MATLAB Central file exchange site as a critical resource.
The file exchange is enormously helpful, because other MATLAB users are working on the same problems as I am, and many of them have developed reusable code that I can download, Katz explains. But without going to the site every daywhich I am way too busy to doI had no easy way of knowing when somebody submitted something new.
Now Katz no longer has to go hunt for new content on the site, because the sites new content is coming automatically to him.
Five months ago he signed up for an RSS feedjoining the 5% of web users who say they use them--on MATLAB Central. Like a ticker tape for the web, it delivers headlines of all the latest postings on the file exchange directly to his desktop--saving him from having to repeatedly visit the site himself. If Katz wants to view the full text of a particular headline, he simply clicks on the headline, which is hyperlinked back to the full text on the MATLAB Central website.
RSSan acronym that stands for Really Simple Syndicationis an XML-based distribution platform for online content that allows a website to aggregate all new content as an XML fileusually as a headline or short abstractinto a feed.
To subscribe to and view these feeds, all a user needs is a desktop newsreader. It searches the website for the latest headlines, then publishes them in whatever frequency or time interval the user specifies. Though different newsreaders work in different ways they are free and they are all getting easier to use (some are now even integrated into the latest versions of some browsers, such as Mozillas Firefox). And most websites, including MathWorks, offer easy, step-by-step instructions on how to subscribe to their RSS feeds.
In fact, increased ease-of-use is one factor cited for the growing proliferation of RSS feeds. Traditional news services and media (including Design News) and bloggers early on grasped the power of RSS feeds to easily syndicate their content to a wide audience. Now other types of content providers are jumping on the bandwagon. RSSfeeds.com, an online directory that links to RSS feeds, lists 119,133 feeds that cover everything from sports headlines to adult entertainment.
In order to more precisely target users interests, some sites offer multiple feedssegmenting their content by category. ESPN, for example, offers nine different RSS feeds from NFL headlines to NHL headlines. Similarly, Design News readers can sign up for several different RSS feeds, including one that aggregates headlines from the current issue and one for web-exclusive content.
MathWorks introduced five RSS feeds in September 2004, including the one that Katz signed up for to get headlines of the most recent files in the MATLAB Central File Exchange. MATLAB aficionados can also sign up feeds for newsletters and most active threads from MATLAB newsgroups, as well as a Pick of the Week from the Central File Exchange.
The blog Pick of the Week (and companion RSS feed) was created by MathWorks Application Engineers Scott Hirsch and Doug Hull in January 2004, at the suggestion of a MATLAB user who thought it would be cool to get the best post of the week in his feed. As MATLAB experts themselves, Hirsch and Hull are uniquely qualified to cull through the five to twenty five files per day that are submitted, and then select and comment on the most notable.
As for how many engineers have signed up for MathWorks RSS feeds, the company says it does not know and in fact part of what is appealing about RSS feeds for customers is that there is no record of who actually registers. MathWorks does monitor feed hits, though, and says that in January 2005 they logged 20,000 feed hits. That number had climbed to 50,000 this per month in June 2005. While this is not a true measure of readershipprograms that automatically check the feed as often as once an hour will count as a hit and do not count as an actual customer hitthe overall trend points to an increase in activity.
Although MATLAB user Katz sees RSS feeds as an invaluable time saver for a busy engineer, so far they have yet to catch on big in the design engineering world. Of the 20 or so feeds he now subscribes to, most of them relate to news, gadgets, and programming for the Mac.
And while some engineering companies are beginning to offer them, the few we spoke with are using the technology to distribute press releases to the media.
The technology is really very cool. Today I found an article directly relating to my companys business through an RSS feed. I probably never would have known about it otherwise, says Katz. I would love it if more of the engineering websites I visit set up RSS feeds for their engineering content.
and well include it here for our readers.
Editors note: Do you subscribe to any engineering-related RSS feeds that you think are exceptional? If so, Id love to hear from you. Drop me a line at


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Giants RB Andre Brown Fractures Leg
New York Giants RB Andre Brown fractured his leg last night in the team's preseason finale against the New England Patriots. According to ESPN's Ohm Youngmisuk, Brown has a small fracture in his leg that won't require surgery. While that bit of news is certainly at least partially reassuring to hear for Giants fans, things are still looking bleak for Brown.
"Spirits are high, I'm positive," Brown said. "And I'm looking forward to coming back this season. It's not as serious as it was last year. It is not that bad of a break. Just a little tiny, a little crack in it. We still got to do more tests on it. Last time when I broke it we knew immediately what the problem was."
This is the second year in a row that Brown has broken his leg. He fractured his fibula in November of last year, and he's racked up quite a few injuries throughout his career. Playing on a one-year deal, this doesn't bode well for his chances of landing that big payday.
"I didn't feel any pop or anything like that," Brown said. "That is definitely a positive. I have been here before and I know. They would let me know if it was [more] serious than it was, but it is not."
The Giants will have to decide whether they want to place him on injured reserve with the designated to return tag, which would keep him out for the next eight weeks. However, Brown believes that he can return to action much quicker than that.
New York will now rely on Ryan Torain, Da'Rel Scott and Michael Cox to backup second-year RB David Wilson.


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Turkish lira on the slide
By Robert M Cutler
MONTREAL - The Turkish lira has accelerated its decline against the US dollar, recovering so far only marginally this week from Monday's 1.5% drop, to the level of 1.85 lira to the dollar. This level is also down 4% in the last month and 16% this year, the second-worst performance of all emerging market currencies.
While this depreciation has helped to decrease Turkey's trade deficit, the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) has published a policy document indicating that it is now concerned with minimizing the impact on inflation. The CBRT decided a month ago to make its rates more flexible, setting then on a daily basis between within an interval running from 5.75% to 12%.
However, it risks finding itself in a difficult situation between the unexpectedly high inflation rate and the weakening domestic and
international environment.
Inflation in October over September was the highest month-on-month rate in nine years, at 3.3%, while year-on-year increased to 7.7%. Year-on-year inflation will probably approach 10% in the first few months of 2012. Last month, the CBRT upgraded its year-end inflation forecast to 8.3% from 6.9%, well above the bank's annual inflation target of 5.5%. Consensus international estimates for Turkish inflation for 2012 hover in the range between 7.5% and 8%.
Statements by Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek suggest less of an anti-inflation focus and more of an accent on maintaining conditions for healthy economic growth. The success of that policy so far led Standard & Poor's in September to raise Turkey's debt rating by two notches, from "BB" to "BBB-" (the lowest investment-grade rating). Turkey's economy grew at an 8.9% rate in 2010 and 11% for the first four months of 2011, although this has slowed to such a degree that the projected rate for the whole of calendar year 2011 is 7.2%, taking also into account the likelihood of a global slowdown.
Industrial production in September rose 12% over September 2010, easily outpacing market expectations of 6.9%, while the Purchasing Managers Index vaulted to 53.3, a seven-month high, from below the neutral 50 level in August. Turkey is now the world's 16th-largest economy.
The Turkish stock market has not responded to the apparently rosy scenario painted by macroeconomic indicators. The Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) 100 Index closed on Tuesday at 51,986, down 14.6% in the last two months and 23.1% from the beginning of the year. Since the year's high in May, the index has traced out a marked series of declining tops with perhaps the last potential post-crisis long-term support just under the 50,000 level. Potential pre-crisis support levels could kick in, in the mid 46,400s or, more solidly, in an interval around 43,000.
So why have the Istanbul equities markets failed to respond to Turkey's until-recent stellar economic performance? Well, they did respond at the time. However, markets respond not to past performance but to changes in expectations of future performance. The recent economic growth has brought about a large current account deficit, which widened to a record US$77.5 billion for the 12 months through September, equivalent to about 10% of the country's annual economic output.
Consequently, unless the appetite for risk strengthens going forward, which seems unlikely, a slowdown is probably in the cards. Also the Turkish economy depends very much on what is happening to European trade partners, which account for roughly half of the country's trade turnover. Risk appetite in Turkey will decline if the European Union cannot properly handle the eurozone crisis and the euro consequently weakens.
Moreover, expectations of global growth have deteriorated and Turkey is a "high-beta" country in relation to global growth: meaning that when global growth is good, Turkey significantly outperforms the average; but when global growth is dismal, Turkey significantly underperforms the average.
The Turkish finance ministry is projecting 4% growth in gross domestic product (GDP) for 2012, while the consensus among international economists is closer to between 2% and 3%. There is, however, more of a downside than an upside risk to the official estimate because of prospective circumstances in the eurozone, and moreover in the event that global commodity prices stay high.
Those who believe that Turkey can manage a soft landing argue that the lira depreciation has already provided a modicum of adjustment, and also that monetary and financial policies have been tightened by the central authority so as to moderate domestic demand, avoiding the danger of bubbles.
Robert M Cutler
educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and The University of Michigan, has researched and taught at universities in the United States, Canada, France, Switzerland, and Russia. Now senior research fellow in the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Canada, he also consults privately in a variety of fields.
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Jake Peavy was shaky early in his first start of the 2014 season, but held it together. Ultimately, the Boston Red Sox bullpen couldn't do the same, giving up four runs in the top of the ninth inning in a 6-2 loss on their home opener.
Make sure to check back for more coverage from Fenway Park from Jason Mastrodonato.
In the meantime, you can check out a recap of our live chat, including full coverage of the pregame ceremonies, below.
The Boston Red Sox return to the friendly confines of Fenway Park for the first time since beating the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 6, and they'll be receiving some nice gifts prior to their 2:05 p.m. game against the Milwaukee Brewers: their 2013 World Series rings.
Stick with MassLive.com for updates form the Fenway pregame ceremonies and for discussion and analysis as the Red Sox take on the Brewers. Red Sox Monster blogger Ben Shapiro will be on board once again to lead the chat while beat writer Jason Mastrodonato provides updates from the game.
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Research interests:
- Convict transportation
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- Work on an AHRC-funded project editing Bentham's writings on convict transportation, the history of Australia, and colonialism.
- Previous duties included the co-ordination of the Transcribe Bentham initiative (2010-2015), and work on the EC-funded tranScriptorium project (2013-2015).
Edited primary sources
Causer, T. (ed.), The Memorandoms of James Martin (UCL Bentham Project, 2014). Online publication.
Articles and book chapters
Causer, T., and Schofield, P. (2015), 'Jeremy Bentham and the Computer Age: Reflections on Crowdsourcing and the Transcription of Handwritten Documents', Annual Bulletin of Resources and Historical Collections Office, The Library of Economics, The University of Tokyo, vol. 5, pp. 2-19.
Causer, T., and Terras, M. (2014), '"Many hands make light work. Many hands together make merry work": Transcribe Bentham and crowdsourcing manuscript collections', in Crowdsourcing Our Cultural Heritage, ed. M. Ridge (Ashgate), pp. 57-88.
Causer, T., and Terras, M. (2014), 'Crowdsourcing Bentham: Beyond the Traditional Boundaries of Academic History', International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing, vol. 8 (1), pp. 46-64. Pre-publication version available in UCL Discovery.
B. Gatos, G. Louloudis, T. Causer, K. Grint, V.
Romero, J.A. Sánchez, A.H. Toselli, and E. Vidal, 'Ground-Truth Production in
the tranScriptorium Project', DAS 2014,
11th IAPR International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems,
Causer, T. (2012), 'Anti-transportation, "unnatural crime", and the "horrors" of Norfolk Island', Journal of Australian Colonial History, vol. 14, pp.230-40.
Causer, T., and Wallace, V. (2012), 'Building a Volunteer Community: Results and Findings from Transcribe Bentham', Digital Humanities Quarterly, vol. 6 (2).
Causer, T., Tonra, J., and Wallace, V. (2012), 'Transcription Maximized; Expense Minimized? Crowdsourcing and Editing The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham', Literary and Linguistic Computing, vol. 27 (2), pp. 119-137.
Causer, T. (2011), '"The Worst
Types of Sub-human Beings"? The Myth and Reality of the Convicts of the Second
Penal Settlement at Norfolk Island, 1825-1855', Islands of History (Sydney, 2011), pp.8-31
Causer, T. (2011),'Norfolk
Island's "suicide lotteries": Legend and Reality', Islands of History (Sydney, 2011), pp.61-68
Causer, T. (2008), '"On British Felony the Sun Never Sets": Narratives of Political Prisoners in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1838-1853', Cultural and Social History, Vol. 4 (5), pp.423-435.
Causer, T. (2015), 'Crime, Punishment and Redemption: A Convict's Story, by June Slee', The Mariner's Mirror, Vol. 101 (3), pp. 365-67.
Causer, T. (2014), 'Dark Paradise: Norfolk Island - Isolation, Savagery, Mystery, and Murder, by Robert Macklin', Reviews in Australian Studies, Vol. 8 (1).
Causer, T. (2013), 'A Merciless Place: The lost story of Britain's convict disaster in Africa by Emma Christopher', Reviews in Australian Studies, Vol. 7 (5).
Causer, T. (2011), 'Exiled: The Port Arthur convict photographs by Edwin Barnard', Reviews in Australian Studies, Vol. 5 (4).
Causer, T. (2010), 'A Swindler's Progress: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty by Kirsten McKenzie', Reviews in Australian Studies, Vol. 4 (2).
Causer, T. (2008), 'Australia's Birthstain: The Startling Legacy of the Convict Era by Babette Smith', Reviews in Australian Studies, Vol. 3 (7).
Causer, T. (2008), 'Closing Hell's Gates: The Death of a Convict Station by Hamish Maxwell-Stewart', Reviews in Australian Studies, Vol. 3 (4).
Causer, T. (2008), 'Gender, Crime and Empire: Convicts, Settlers and the State in Early Colonial Australia by Kirsty Reid', Reviews in Australian Studies, Vol. 3 (2).
Causer, T. (2007), 'The History of Australian Corrections, by Sean O'Toole', Reviews in Australian Studies, Vol. 2 (5).


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HALFTIME: Muskegon 38, Ann Arbor Skyline 21. Kennedy leads the Big Reds with 17 points and Roberson has 11. Mr. Basketball award winner Deshaun Thrower has only two points (on free throws). His shots are not falling. Wilson has three points for Skyline. Davis is doing a good job on him for Muskegon.
END OF FIRST QUARTER: Muskegon 22, Ann Arbor Skyline 12. Muskegon jumped out to a 9-2 lead and kept it going from there.
MUSKEGON, MI – The attention hasn't died down any for the Muskegon boys basketball team.
On Monday, senior guard Deshaun Thrower was named the Hal Schram Mr. Basketball winner.
Tuesday night, the top-ranked Big Reds (25-0) return to action for the Class A state quarterfinals against Ann Arbor Skyline (17-7) at Lansing Eastern.
Tip-off time is 7 p.m. and MLive Muskegon Chronicle staff will be on hand for a live chat to go with our game coverage. Chronicle staff also will be on hand for the Muskegon Heights Academy-Hillsdale Class C quarterfinal in Vicksburg and will provide updates on the live chat as well.
The Big Reds lost in last year's quarterfinals in a thriller against Grand Rapids Christian, so they will be looking to take the next step to reach the final four at Michigan State University's Breslin Center.
To get there, Muskegon must contend with Tristan Wilson, Skyline's 6-foot-8 center that will go up against Deyonta Davis, a 6-9 junior center for the Big Reds.
Wilson averaged 12 points and 7 rebounds during the regular season, but has turned it on in the tournament. He has averaged 28.3 points and 9.3 rebounds in four tourney games.
He had a career-high 33 points in Skyline's 70-56 win against Kalamazoo Central in the regional finals. Like Wilson, Skyline has improved since posting a 6-5 record at midseason.
"(Wilson) is very active and they have some nice pieces around him. They've got some guys that can shoot it. But I think we match up really well," Muskegon coach Keith Guy said. "The one thing about a quarterfinal game is it's a trap game. We can't skip any steps. We have to win this game, then we can talk about the Breslin."
Muskegon Heights Academy (20-3) makes the trip south to take on Hillsdale (24-1).
The Tigers have been led by the 1-2 punch of Eddie Tornes and Aaron Sydnor and are also getting key contributions from Marquise Gresham, Antonio Jones and DeMonte Crosby.
Hillsdale hasn't lost since its season opener against Pewamo-Westphalia.
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Where to go on Wednesday night that would not be overrun by the 15,000 other journalists crawling all over the Democratic National Convention?
A guerilla marketing-style poster taped to a streetlight near the Colorado capital provided the answer: Ralph Nader's "Open the Debates" rally at the University of Denver, with actor Sean Penn and guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine. Outrage on parade.
The scene at Denver U. did not disappoint. Adjacent to Magness Arena, an ultimate Frisbee match was in full swing. A scruffy jazz-funk band called The People's Party banged out a shaky reggae version of "All Along the Watchtower" aboard a truck that morphed, Transformer-style, into a two-tiered stage.
Inside Magness, a few dozen, mostly young journalists crowded into a fourth-floor meeting room for a pre-rally press conference. Green Party vice-presidential candidate Rosa Clemente lambasted the media's lack of interest in third parties, excepting "the media that's here today."
If some Democrats still harbor hard feelings about Nader siphoning votes from Al Gore in 2000....well, back at ya.
"The Democratic Party is having a party," Nader said, before ticking off a litany of high-dollar hospitality suite sponsors. "The drug companies want to keep drug prices high," he said. "The banks want to be bailed out....The corporate merry-go-round has hitched its wagon to the Democratic Party."
Truth be told, convention corporate sponsorship does rival that of the Super Bowl. The Qwest logo even decorates press credential lanyards.
Near the Colorado Convention Center Wednesday afternoon, a snazzy Coke truck promoted recyling, karaoke and a line of sport drinks. A few steps away, members of Falun Gong displayed gruesome images of alleged victims of Chinese torture.
That juxtaposition is a metaphor for Wednesday's main events. If the slick Democratic Party party at the Pepsi Center -- with Joe Biden, Bill Clinton and a surprise Barack Obama appearance - was the Coke karaoke truck, the Nader rally was the Falun Gong display: Short on glitz, long on serious intent.
Ostensibly, the point was to muster support for opening presidential debates to more candidates and to decry corporate America's co-opting of the major parties.
Inside the main arena, an announced audience of 4,000 -- a figure that may be slightly optimistic, but not by much -- awaited the celebrity hit parade. They represented the expected rainbow coalition of contemporary college characters: Scruffy beards, dreadlocks, a skateboard or two. The gold and black circles dyed into one young man's hair resembled the pelt of an ocelot.
Not surprisingly, Rosa Clemente's assertion that "no one of my generation should be $100,000 in debt from going to college" got a big cheer. Libertarian candidate Bob Barr appeared via video.
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan promoted her run against Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi - whom Sheehan called a "Vichy Democrat" -- for a Congressional seat in San Francisco. Sheehan has not yet perfected the art of the political speech. Her "boil" metaphor for major party candidates was downright icky. And she flashed the farewell "Victory" sign prematurely -- she returned to say her campaign planned to sky-write an "alternative vision" over the Pepsi Center on Thursday morning.
A crutch did not hinder Jello Biafra, the activist former lead singer of punk band the Dead Kennedys. He tossed out red meat lines about ending the Iraq War, repealing the Patriot Act and prosecuting members of the Bush administration. Whoever wins the election, Biafra said, "we'll hold a blow torch up your rear end the whole time you're in office." Implying that even the most recent Democratic president got a free pass, Biafra promised "we won't be Clintoned again."
Sean Penn, hoarse and in reading glasses, a blue button-down shirt and a charcoal gray sportcoat, was all business. He read a 20 minute essay that wove together numerous themes - not all of which pandered to the audience.
His condemnation of animal rights activists who "bomb scientists' cars and homes over mice" was met with stony silence. Republicans, he said, "are just as important to the fabric of this country as any of us." Hopelessness, he asserted, leads to terrorism, both at home and abroad.
He included a timely reference to the looming threat of Gustav. "We should all pray that a defining moment does not come in the form of a category 5 hurricane in the coming days."
Penn remains undecided on how he will vote. But "the next time someone says, 'How dare Ralph Nader run,' you ask them what they did for their country lately."
Momentum flagged as the event devolved into a plea for cash. Longtime Nader associate Greg Kafoury came off like a cross between a televangelist and a time share salesman as he solicited $4,600 donations. "Is there one hero in this audience?" he asked.
He found one: "Grey's Anatomy" actress Brooke Smith.
Two non-TV actors ponied up $2,300. "Sometimes you just find yourself on your feet with your hand in the air," Kafoury said. "The spirit moves you."
Sporadically, the night's music did as well. Looking like a Republican governor's wife in a white business suit and glittering earrings, Nellie McKay accompanied herself on ukulele as she warbled, "Feminists don't have a sense of humor/Can't these chicks do anything but whine...That's why these feminists just need to find a man."
Perhaps she was being ironic.
The music got better. Chicago folk singer Ike Reilly delivered a brief set. Guitarist Tom Morello, fresh off his afternoon gig with Rage Against the Machine, banged out three songs as his acoustic alter ego, The Nightwatchman.
"I'm the half-Kenyan from Illinois who's not running for president this year," Morello said.
Like a "home in the 9th Ward or a country's soul," he said, "there some things that, once lost, you have to fight very hard to get them back." He rendered the Katrina-themed "Midnight in the City of Destruction" to a hushed audience.
That audience rose to its collective feet to sing and clap along with Morello on Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land."
With that, Morello introduced Nader, who bounded onstage to a shower of confetti. "For those of you concerned," Nader said, "all of this will be recycled."
That was the last funny thing he said. His press conference monologue was more coherent that his rambling 30 minute speech. He rallied against perceived abuses of the war on drugs and the military-industrial complex. Come January, Nader said, "George Bush and Dick Cheney will become fugitives from justice."
Afterward, dozens of young and not-so-young Nader partisans mingled in the Magness lobby, buzzing with anticipation over the candidate's imminent arrival at an autograph table.
Such is the energy that fuels Quixotic causes.


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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- A Boaz woman was arrested this morning after giving birth to a child that was suffering from the effects of methamphetamine, according to Marshall County Sheriff Scott Walls.
Shannon Marie Gomez, 27, of 141 Simpson St. in Boaz, was charged with chemical endangerment of a child this morning immediately after being discharged from the hospital, Walls said.
He said the child, currently in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at an area hospital, was born prematurely Monday and was under the influence of meth. Gomez was booked in the Marshall County Jail under a $500,000 bond.
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FLINT - I am nothing if not fair, and so I present the following column in glorious point-counterpoint fashion. But since I'm both lazy and so obnoxiously correct on this issue, I'll present both viewpoints. (Hey, I said I was fair, not life.)
Our topic: Michigan's indoor smoking ban.
Our debaters: Me, and the angry smoker guy we all know who gets exceedingly bitter any time the subject of the ban is brought up.
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Me: The ban is a year old now. I say it's improved life in Michigan immensely. Restaurants are cleaner. Food tastes better. Bars and bowling alleys aren't gas chambers any longer. It's great. Don't you agree?
Bitter guy: "Yeah, it's improved things, if you call ruining life as we know it an improvement."
Me: Oh, c'mon, nothing's been ruined. The ban's a huge success. A new poll says 74 percent of Michiganders now favor it. That's pretty incredible. You can't get three out of every four people to agree that the sun comes up in the morning much less a public policy issue."
Bitter guy: "Bah, you can get polls to say whatever ya want. All I know is this is America, and no one has the right to take away my right to smoke."
Me: But no one has. You can smoke anywhere you want as long as it's not inside a public place where other people, including me, are forced to breathe your noxious exhalations and possibly get lung cancer, which, by the way, is the leading cause of cancer deaths in U.S. men and women.
Bitter guy: "Hey, no one's forcing ya to breathe my smoke, buddy. Plus, if you don't like the smell, you can ask me to switch to a nice menthol, or, here's an idea, you can go outside and breathe all the fresh air you want. It's a free country, or at least it used to be."
Me: Used to be? Really? Don't you think that's a bit dramatic?
Bitter guy: "Not at all. What else would you call it when suddenly YOUR right to not get cancer is apparently more important than MY need to have a smoke whenever I feel like it?"
Me: Personally, I'd call it sensible.
Bitter guy: "Yeah, well, I call it socialism. The government calls all the shots now, and them that's in the minority don't get no say anymore."
Me: Oh, you mean other than all the decades where smoking was allowed in public, despite the known health hazard and despite the fact that the vast majority of people prefer smoke-free environments, especially restaurants?
Bitter guy: "Exactly. Ah, now them was the good old days."
Me: Ah, yes, the good old days when politicians in Michigan were either in bed with the tobacco lobby or too afraid of a few screaming smokers to do the right thing.
Bitter guy: "Hey, maybe they was just trying to protect businesses, you ever think of that! Do you know how many thousands of bars and restaurants have gone outta business because of this precious ban of yours?
Me: No, and neither do you I'll bet. And if you do, I'd like to see the study.
Bitter guy: "Yeah, well I'll show ya mine if you show me yours "
Me: OK, then how about this: The same poll I mentioned earlier found that just as many people say they go out to bars and restaurants now as before the ban - about 93 percent. That's not scientific, of course, but it's a pretty good indication that smokers who said the sky would fall when the ban took effect were, if you'll excuse the pun, blowing smoke.
Bitter guy: "Ha, that's where you're wrong. The sky has fallen for me, pal."
Me: Oh, how so?
Bitter guy: "Well, for one thing, now that I'm not smoking while I eat I can actually see and taste stuff."
Me: And that's bad?
Bitter guy: "It is if you eat in some of the places I eat."
EDITOR'S NOTE - Andy Heller, an award-winning columnist for The Flint Journal, appears weekly in the Daily Press. He graduated from Escanaba Area High School in 1979. For more of his work, visit his blog at blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/aheller. You can e-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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When an adoptive mother in Southwest Portland first came into contact with Kinship House, it was in court, and the nonprofit was on the enemy side.
Now Kinship House is an integral part of her life and her children's lives. The nonprofit is a certified provider of outpatient mental health services to children touched by the foster care system.
The mother — who wished to remain anonymous to protect the identities of her children — said her three kids were so afraid of abandonment after adoption that they resisted attaching to her but also panicked when she left their sight.
"Somebody abandoned them," she said. "They suffered an immense loss, which they are intensely aware of even if they don't remember it clearly."
Therapists at Kinship House helped her children understand that she is their "forever home," she said.
Kinship House is actually a house. There is a kitchen with two large containers of animal cookies on the counter. The basement has a room for figurine toys and a room for art projects.
But those rooms aren't there just to accommodate play. Those rooms are designed to help children in foster care communicate and process their memories, fears and emotions.
"These kids are in and out of a lot of institutions," Heather Jefferis said. "We want this to be a safe place."
Jefferis is the director of Kinship House, which welcomes children — and their families — who are currently in care or are dealing with problems after reunification or adoption.
Therapists at the house do more than meet with kids throughout the day, Jefferis said. They attend parent-teacher meetings, visit homes and testify in court.
The mother in Southwest Portland first heard about Kinship House when a therapist testified on behalf of the family trying to adopt the children she now calls her own. The mother had co-fostered the children with that family and believed they were unsafe parents.
She won and was given custody of all three children, which wasn't her intent. The children had deep-seated mental issues, she said, and she was desperate for help. Despite past feelings of animosity toward Kinship House, the mother made an appointment.
"It was a leap of faith," she said, "but I just intuitively felt that this was going to be a good place for my children."
She couldn't have asked for a better result, she said. Her children have been seeing therapists at the house for four years. While there are still issues to be dealt with, she said, life at home and in school has improved immensely.
Before seeing a therapist, the daughter, the oldest of the three children, had violent fits of rage more than a dozen times a day, the mother said. But the little girl barely spoke. She didn't communicate her thoughts, feelings or needs.
The mother clearly remembers a therapy session where that changed. The little girl was invited to select toys that she felt represented her or people in her life and act out scenarios in a small sandbox.
The girl, who had been in therapy for two to three years, suddenly began to act out a scene living with a foster family who she said didn't love her.
"These were things that she had never verbalized before," the mother said.
That's exactly what Kinship House is all about, said Jefferis: helping kids and families communicate.
The nonprofit contracts with Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties, where there were more than 4,500 children in foster care at least once during 2012, according to data from Children First for Oregon, a nonpartisan nonprofit child advocacy organization.
Kinship House bills Oregon Health Plan and private insurers, but billing only covers about 70 percent of operations, Jefferis said. The remainder is covered by donations and grants.
Jefferis projects Kinship House will see about 500 children this year.
In 2012, the amount Kinship House was paid by insurance companies ($495,810) was barely more than the house paid its staff ($491,167). To cover rent, utilities, program services and other costs the nonprofit raised $242,810 through donations and grants.
The mother said her children finally reached a point in May when they didn't need to visit the Kinship House on a regular basis. Now the family visits every few weeks.
They have a long journey ahead. The sons claim they don't remember foster care, though the mother suspects they do, she said, and the daughter still steals food and hoards it in her bedroom. Fear of depravity and a desire for control still plague the young girl.
But the mother speaks confidently about the future. The therapists at the Kinship House are there for her, there for her children. They are all – mother, children, and Kinship House – in this for the long haul.
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It's December Eve, which means our mailboxes are about to get a lot more exciting—with holiday greetings breaking up the usual junk mail and bill monotony. Hooray! I adore opening my box to find photos, handwritten notes and beautiful cards waiting for me. Throughout the month, I hang these happy hellos in my home. (See my blog for a few creative card-display ideas.) It's when January rolls around that I reach a dilemma—do I keep the cards or recycle them? And if I keep them, do I simply store them in a boring cardboard box where they'll likely never be seen again?
I'm happy to say that Jennifer Carreiro, a Creating Keepsakes reader, has found the answer to my quandary. Check out her stunning card keepsake book!
2008 Christmas Cards by Jennifer Carreiro. Supplies Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye and The Paper Company; Ink: Clearsnap; Chipboard: K&Company; Ribbon: C.M. Offray & Son; Brads and metal tag: Making Memories; Jump ring: 7gypsies; Colored pencil: Newell Rubbermaid; Adhesive: Glue Dots International and Pioneer Photo Album; Other: Cardstock and star charm.
Jennifer created this album with just a few supplies, and she now has a beautiful way to preserve all her cards, photos and letters. Make your own keepsake book this year in just a few simple steps. Here's how:
1. Gather all the cards you want to save. Don't feel like you have to save them all. I'm sure your insurance company will understand if their greeting card ends up in your recycle bin.
2. Cut your book covers from chipboard using your largest greeting card as your template. You'll want your covers slightly larger than your largest greeting card.
3. Dress up the cutout covers with patterned paper and embellishments. If you choose to make a new book each year, you can add the year to your cover with letter stickers, stamps, rub-ons or chipboard. Attach a pretty ribbon to the back cover so you can wrap it around the front of your book and keep it shut after your greetings are inserted.
4. To insert your greeting cards, punch a hole in the corner of each one as well as in the corners of the chipboard covers, then punch holes in your covers and group them all together with binder rings.
Isn't this an easy and awesome idea? Thanks so much for sharing it, Jennifer.
Here's a variation created by Elizabeth Kartchner. She's not only grouped her holiday greetings together but also her family photo and other Christmas memorabilia from the same year.
Holiday Album by Elizabeth Kartchner. Supplies Art journal, patterned paper, felt, binder rings, ribbon, button, paper flower, rub-ons, tag, stamps, ink and clip: Evalicious (from a kit); Adhesive: Pioneer Photo Albums; Other: Thread and pen. As seen in the December 2009 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine.
With this idea, you can enjoy those heartfelt sentiments year after year and avoid the agonizing do-I-keep-or-don't-I scenario. The answer is now a resounding keep!
Do you have ideas for containing your holiday cards, letters and photos after the season is through? Or perhaps you recycle those greetings and do something delightful with the pieces? We'd love to hear your ideas in the comments section of this post.
Happy soon-to-be December!
—Megan Hoeppner, Creative Editor


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Most people don't get involved with politics and then complain about what their elected representatives do because they either voted for them along party lines or just "liked them."
Well, our recent Charter Review Committee laid it on the citizens that with three council members and less representation we would get a much more representative and a less expensive council.
They said a lot of other things at the meeting that I attended that also were not true. But of course, only a handful of citizens showed up at those meetings and I guess they told a better story to the public than those in favor of the alternative.
One thing the public didn't understand was that the representation of Lopez, with one council member and one-sixth of the population of the county, now gets the same representation as either San Juan or Orcas.
And for cost, the three new council members that will make $74,000 each equates to an increase — not a decrease in cost — of about $20,000.
Unfortunately, we have no fact checkers in the county and sadly few people involved in the body politic.
I hope when the charter is again reviewed that the citizens will be more circumspect. On the other hand, my best to the new council, and may they govern in an efficient and effective manner.
Walter Corbin/Orcas Island
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Authorities have recovered the body of a man who was missing five miles off of the Tuscola County shore.
The Coast Guard had been called out Saturday night based on reports of a crashed airboat.
Two men were on the boat, according to authorities.
One man, Gary Godfrey of Banister, was taken to the hospital for what is reported to be minor injuries.
The other man, 39-year-old Jason King of Reese, was found dead Sunday by rescue crews.
The Coast Guard had turned over the rescue operation to Tuscola and Huron County. The Huron County Sheriff's office dive team was deployed for this operation.


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Auburn, NY -- For the second time in five months, burglars stole a sacred item made of sterling silver from the Saint Peter and John Episcopal Church in Auburn, police said.
Church officials arrived Sunday morning to find someone had stolen a 100-year-old ciborium from a tabernacle cabinet, police said. The container is used to carry sacred sacraments during Communion.
The ciborium is valued at several thousand dollars, police said. The burglar came sometime between Thursday and Sunday, likely through an unlocked door. There was no evidence of forced entry.
In November, burglars stole five church relics, including a 10-inch chalice, a serving bowl and a serving plate, in a similar theft, police said.
The church, at 169 Genesee St., is offering a $500 reward for information that leads to the return of the ciborium or the arrest and conviction of those responsible.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Auburn Police Department at 253-3231.


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The Louisiana Legislature agreed on Wednesday (May 21) to make Louisiana the country's third state to authorize some eye doctors who did not attend medical school to perform certain surgeries.
The controversial legislation, which passed the Senate Wednesday by a vote of 25-12 and now heads to Gov. Bobby Jindal for a signature, authorizes optometrists to perform surgical procedures that are currently limited in this state and 47 others to the practice of ophthalmology.
The bill's supporters say the move expands access to eye care, especially for residents in rural areas. Its opponents call it an effort by optometrists to sideline education and expand their practice to include surgery instead through legislation in order to charge more money.
Similar legislation failed to survive both chambers in the past, but tightening of the bill sponsored by Rep. Rogers Pope, R-Denham Springs, apparently helped dissuade concerns of some lawmakers.
Sen. Conrad Appel, R-Metairie, spoke against the bill on the Senate floor. "Ladies and gentleman, let's not kid ourselves" he said. "We're talking about (letting) people who don't have training of medical doctors do surgery.
"This is sur-ger-y," he enunciated.
The bill passed the House on May 5 by a vote of 66-30.
The bill is much more tightly tailored as to the types of surgery optometrists can perform than past bills expanding optometry to surgery. It bans optometrists from performing any procedures requiring stitches or general anesthesia. It also specifies optometrists cannot perform vision correction surgery, such as LASIK.
"There is no sticking needles into the eyeball. No cutting into the eye with a scalpel," said Sen. Ben Nevers, R-Bogalusa, who presented the bill for Pope on the Senate floor and has filed similar legislation.
Yet when Sen. Barrow Peacock asked to amend the bill specifying that optometrists don't have authority to "inject into the eye or orbit" -- or stick needles in Louisiana residents' eyes, Nevers objected. Peacock said he wanted to add the amendment to make sure it covers any future, yet-to-be-developed procedures the legislation might inadvertently give optometrists authority to practice as implied by the absence of a specific exclusion. Nevers, appearing to seek swift resolution, asked senators to vote against the amendment in order to send "a clean bill" to the governor and to avoid sending it back to the House for concurrence. Senators rejected Peacock's amendment by a vote of 28-7. They also rejected Appel's attempt to gut the bill by a vote of 29-7.
The bill requires that any optometrist who wants authorization must undergo a training period, the timing of which will be set after adoption in the law. Baton Rouge ophthalmologist Dr. Pamela Williams, who testified against the bill last week in a Senate Health and Welfare committee hearing, said the bill supporters indicated the training period would likely last 32 hours -- 16 for laser surgery and 16 for lid surgery.
"Surgery cannot and should not be learned in a weekend course," Williams testified.
Appel warned lawmakers, too, of the unintended consequences of the bill. If a patient undergoes surgery by an optometrist in a rural area, they could be too far from an ophthalmologist or hospital to address any complication that might occur in a timely matter.
The bill also gives the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners authority to issue licenses to perform surgeries, rather than the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. Too, it expands optometrists' ability to prescribe schedule III drugs.
A number of medical groups including the Louisiana Academy of Family Positions, Louisiana Medical Society oppose the measure.
The Louisiana Primary Care Association and Rural Hospital Coalition support of the bill, as well as AARP. Oklahoma has allowed optometrists to perform certain surgeries for years. Up to 30 states have mulled similar legislation in recent years, but Kentucky is the only one to have adopted it into law.
"This increases health care access and consumer choice," AARP spokesman Andrew Muhl said."We also feel that states should allow and expect different professions to share overlapping scopes of practice."


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While I am happy for those who are going to find some employment for the kickstarter campaigners, I am dismayed that they chose to revive this clearly inferior brand of film. Ferrania was supplier for most of the "house brand" film brands sold at the end of the last century. Color, contrast and grain were fair to awful. Fuji is still producing film, although in much smaller quantities to meet the demand. I'm not sure the revival of Ferrania is anything more than a feel good program for those who are nostalgic.
forpetessake: With 5.62x crop factor the lens is equivalent to f/17.4-35.2 -- probably enough to shoot from 3ft with a flash, but useless for anything else. There is a reason smart phones have fixed lenses with f/2 or so, because even f/2 (FF equivalent f/11) is only good in daylight or with flash.
You just don't seem to get it. The light gathering ability and the effective depth of field are not related. from the light gathering ability the lens is f/3.2 to f/6.3. From an "effective" depth of field point of view, you are right, the near to far focus is very deep, no isolating "bokeh" from this lens sensor combination.
Here's a another instance of a laws being written by people with little or no understanding of the matter in question. I think an appropriate response could take two different forms. One method would be immediately eliminate any distribution of any images from Hungary. Another response, my preferred way, would be for everyone to shoot photos of everything and everyone in sight. Fill every social media site with as many photos of as many Hungarians as possible. The Hungarian legislative body has proven its complete incompetence in this matter.
MrTaikitso: People are spending on small things. I got to play with a Canon EOS 100 (the ultra compact DSLR) and it feels superb in the hand - mine anyway.
However, although the Sony RX100 was revolutionary due to it's sensor size, it's handling is awful (you don't want to use it when you pick it up, unlike say, the Pentax MX-1), so it is not consumer friendly.
What is needed is a groundbreaking development in lens miniaturisation so that someone can produce a pocketable compact camera with both the handling and IQ of a DSLR. A mix of the Pentax MX-1, Samsung EX2f (which I have), RX1 sensor (yup, the 1, not the 100!) and Fuji X series controls, but for under $400.
The Panasonic GM1 comes close from an IQ angle, but it lacks exposure adjustment dials and an articulating display, and is too expensive.
So, who's going to accept the challenge?
I agree about the otherwise very capable RX100. When I picked it up, it felt fussy in my hands. My XE-2 and X-20 models, feel really intuitive, especially the XE-2. Obviously, everyone has there own preference, but I've been shooting for over 40 years and some camera "feel" right and other "feel" clunky. As for the price point of $400 for all of the features you've mentioned, I think it is attainable except for sensor size. For a sensor with good low light, low noise and high resolution, m43 is the bottom limit and APS-C is just about right. It's tough to make a full feature camera in either system for $400.
More like a sheep in a wolf's clothing.
It's probably already been said, but I didn't want to read all 370 comments.
Benarm: Interesting, but many of them look staged.
@graybalanced, thank you for thoughtful informative comments. I find these photographs completely engrossing, "staged" or not. They are slices of a time and of time long gone. We are so lucky to be able have them available at all, let alone online for everyone to see. Thanks to DPReview for bringing them to our attention.
As a pilot, I am always a little saddened by the sight of machines that were designed to fly after they are finally grounded. The dead bird on the seat may a bit heavy handed, but it still works, too. There is a haunting quality to these photos. Thanks to DP review sharing them. I'm looking forward to seeing the whole book.
DotCom Editor: It was nice of them to wait until after Roger Ebert's death to do this.
People want video content because they don't have any attention span. They don't have the ability to read, analyze a still photo nor do they really care about anything other than a soundbite or tweet. It's a shame that the medium of commercials, video, a passive, highly manipulative vehicle, is now consumed by the illiterate masses. The same criticism can be applied to photos, but at least with static images there is time to contemplate and revisit.
For the folks who use it to stay in touch with family and a few close friends, FB has some functionality at the cost presenting information to company with utterly questionable business practices. For the rest, it is nothing more than a colossal waste of time and resources.
RStyga: First and foremost worry for Fujifilm, in my opinion, should be to get complete software support for their RAW files; it seems that they're getting there, at last, but they have lost precious time and this delay has given their cameras a questionable name that, unfortunately, will take time to be erased. Their lenses also seem to be very good albeit not enough to warrant the name of a system quite yet. Last, the pricing needs to be a bit more aggressive in favour of the consumer; currently, lenses and bodies are a bit expensive.
First, RAW is not an issue for Fuji because the camera produced JPEG's are superb and work for most workflows directly from the camera to the client. Second, the lenses are some of the best optics produced recently (Not surprising since the same company produces all the Hasselblad optics and broadcast TV glass, too.) Finally, the target customer is not the consumer. The target customers are professionals seeking a system with great color, dynamic range and full control with minimal size and weight. The other target customers are advanced amateurs. By selling at higher prices, theu can continue to develop the system despite the niche product.
I think Fuji is definitely on the right path. The days of having to rely on Nikon hand-me-down bodies are, thankfully, gone.
Have you ever wondered why not one single mainstream manufacturer makes a camera that just records in RAW? Nikon, Canon, Pentax, Fuji, Leica, etc. all spend millions on developing in-camera processors for a reason.
Benarm: Nikon D600: Aperture control in LiveView mode. Can someone check if it was actually fixed? Maybe Nikon didn't mentioned it in the release notes.
I just installed the update on my D600. Yes, there is now aperture control in LiveView, but only in still photos, not in video. Boo!
Whenever I read a story about ISS, or see photos or get to watch a video it makes my day. It always reminds me of the wonderful things humans are capable of and the simple curiosity and awe we can experience about the universe. These were wonderful images!
starwolfy: Just a tought for Fuji...which never recognized the sticky aperture issue with its Fuji X100.
Mine is still blocked a full aperture...and I think will remain as such for my FIRST and very LAST Fuji product that I've had and will ever buy in my all Life.
I got sucked the same with an ACER computer in the past. I will never buy an ACER product again.
I know you can face problems with any brand...but at least there are brands which recognize their mistakes and take responsibility for it. Those are the brands I prefer to invest in, despite it cost me more sometimes.
I don't think you're ever going to find a manufacturer to satisfy your expectations. Admittedly, I worked for Fuji years ago and as such I had access to many models. Since then I've sho Fuji almost exclusively including 10 different PS models, 2 different "bridge"cameras, 4 S3 bodies and 4 S5 bodies, an X100, an X10, and X Pro 1 and most recently, 2 XE1 bodies. Out of all those cameras, only on S3 needed services because the CCD died and Fuji repaired it at no charge. Dismissing an entire brand because you've had bad luck with one model is premature at best.
The writer and I disagree about how "serious" a photographic tool Apple products have been thus far. On the other hand, a great photographer can use any tool (shoebox pinhole, Holga, disc, 110, 126, Polaroid, etc.) to create great images within the limitations of the medium.
I believe the next great development related to photography is going to abandon the tradition control paradigm and create a completely UI and process for recording. I don't what that is yet to you would all be reading about my great new invention. Still working on it!
XE-1 body and 35 lens updates installed without a hitch. Low light AF speed improved significantly. Thanks Fuji. How about focus peaking in the next release?
jnk: just curious - why would DPR provide firmware notice for the D4/users and yet - the camera has not been review?
It may also be a harbinger of things to come, like the eagerly awaited firmware update for the very affordable D600. Owners are yearning to be able to change aperture while in live-view (apparently an exotic feature for the folks at Nikon).
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Hi Michael, Dave, K1TTT, gave me the advice to tape the coax to the tower legs. Just plain, good, electric tape. You should, of course, us some flexible coax at the point when you need the flexibility for the rotation of the antenna and that has to be movable, but the rest can just be taped in place. No, I wouldn't recommend you to have the coax hanging along the boom but tape it there to. Naturally, you should keep the tape tension "just right" so you don't make indentations in the coax. A story has it that when they installed the coax for a TV transmitter in Gothenburg, Sweden, they managed to put the cable clamps at just the right (or wrong) distance that the combined reflections from all the clamps came back in phase with a catastrophic result on the SWR. I don't know if the story is right but I am sure if you clamp or tape the coax you will not manage to see a noticeable result on the SWR. Good luck with your tower and antennas. Hans, N2JFS ____________________________________ From: firstname.lastname@example.com To: email@example.com Sent: 8/24/2008 10:03:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time Subj: [TowerTalk] Strain releif for vertical coax I'm putting up my first antennas on a rotator and roof-top tower and I could really use some help. Sorry if these questions are simplistic for those of you who have put up at least one mast. But being this is my first, tower, first experience with a rotator, etc., I need some help regarding the routing and securing of the coax for several VHF/UHF antennas sharing the same mast. I'm planning to use LMR 400 Ultraflex (plain LMR 400 seems too stiff). The coax will be connected to the antenna connector and then taped to the antenna boom to strain relieve the connector. 1) Should the coax be taped to the boom all the way back to the mast and then down the mast? Or should it be allowed to fall vertically somewhere before it gets to the mast in order to make the rotating loop easier? (Bear in mind there are 4 antennas on the mast.) 1a) Just in case your answer is to not tape it all of the way back to the mast, it seems like letting the coax simply hang from the antenna boom would put stress on the boom and also, eventually, pull the tape free. These are VHF/UHF antennas which means they are light weight and probably would not do well with coaxing pulling down on them. Suggestions? The lowest antenna is planned to be 2 feet above the thrust bearing in order to have some room for a cable loop for the rotator. It's feed point is close to the mast. So that cable will probably be taped to the mast for strain relief. So now I've got to make a loop to allow for the rotator to turn. Simply letting the coax hang doesn't seem right. As the rotator turns, it will have to haul the coax up as it reaches full rotation in either direction and the coax will be rubbing against the mast and guy wires. Plus, there are four cables so that's some added strain for the rotator. So I presume I need to hold the coax up so that there is a strain-relieved loop of free cable to allow the rotator to turn easily. 2) How do you hold the coax up to make the rotator loop? Just tape it to the tower leg? Seems like if the tape is in the sun and becomes soft, the coax would eventually slip down. 3) How do you make certain that the twisting applied to the coax doesn't get translated into twisting at the antenna? Just plenty of tape to strain-relieve the antenna connector? Thank much in advance. 73, Michael - K5MEF _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list email@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list email@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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There are countless questions yet to be answered about the murderous rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, that left 13 people dead and 28 people wounded Thursday.
Chief among them is, why? Why on earth would anyone commit such a horrendous act?
Investigators are conducting interviews and combing the home and writings of 39-year-old Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who has been identified as the gunman. The picture emerging so far is of a career military officer who seems to have become disenchanted with U.S. foreign policy and increasingly concerned about being deployed to a war zone.
Although Maj. Hasan, a psychiatrist, listed "no religious preference" on his personnel records, witnesses reported that he shouted "God is great" in Arabic before he began firing, according to The New York Times.
Maj. Hasan also reportedly had required counseling earlier in his life before war in Iraq or Afghanistan was an issue.
It would be folly to try to assign motivation to the Fort Hood shootings at this point or to read too much into any of the tidbits that have been gathered so far. Certainly, no one should lash out at Muslims in the mistaken belief that their religion is to blame.
The Muslim Public Affairs Council condemned the shootings as a "heinous incident" and expressed "heartfelt condolences to the families of those killed as well as those wounded and their loved ones."
The entire community at Fort Hood is understandably devastated and in shock. Military bases tend to feel especially safe, and the shootings have shattered that sense of well being. The Army is looking at its screening procedures to see if they can be tightened, and that is a wise move. It isn't possible to prevent every risk, but officials ought to make sure that warning signs of a soldier's instability can be spotted.
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NMU Hockey Postseason Series Snapshot: Wildcats happy to be at Yost for first round of CCHA playoffs
March 8, 2013 - Matt Wellens
March 7, 2013
MARQUETTE — Maybe it's because they are seniors.
Maybe it's because they know visits to Ann Arbor will be few and far between starting next season.
Maybe it's because for the first time in three years, they'll actually experience a playoff atmosphere after losing back-to-back three-game series to Bowling Green State in front of fewer than 2,000 fans each night at the Berry Events Center in Marquette while their classmates enjoyed spring break.
Whatever the reason, many on the Northern Michigan University hockey team are excited to be playing on the road against the University of Michigan at Yost Ice Arena in Ann Arbor this weekend for the first round of the CCHA playoffs.
One of the Wildcats who was looking forward to playing in Ann Arbor this weekend was senior forward and leading scorer Matt Thurber. He's only played at Yost once before as either a Wildcat or Badger.
He won't get a second chance though after breaking his right leg during practice on Tuesday at Lakeview Arena. He was scheduled to have surgery today on the leg and his collegiate career is finished.
Thurber's absence will put more pressure on NMU junior goaltender Jared Coreau, who is possibly playing his final series of collegiate hockey. Coreau is expected to turn pro after this year and forgo his senior season.
Meanwhile in the Michigan net, true freshman Steve Racine has emerged from Red Berenson's game of musical goaltenders as the winner — for now — after leading the Wolverines to a 3-0-1 finish that earned them this home-ice series.
Racine only allowed two goals against Ferris State last weekend and stopped all three FSU attempts in the Saturday shootout to earn CCHA Rookie of the Week honors.
Since the league abandoned the Super 6 format after the 2005 season, this is only the second time Michigan has not earned a first-round bye in the CCHA playoffs. The only other season was 2010 when the Wolverines ran the table and beat NMU in the CCHA Championship game to reach the NCAA Tournament.
The Wolverines will need another run like the one made in 2010 if it hopes to extend its record-setting streak of 22 NCAA tournament appearances.
Northern Michigan game notes can be found here.
Michigan game notes are here.
Neither Fox Sports Detroit or Big Ten Network decided to pick up this playoff series, but Michigan will be offering a live video stream on its website for a fee. A $9.95 monthly pass will get you all three games of the sereis, which is a pretty decent deal if you compare it to NMU's $7 per game.
The Point 100.3 FM offers a free audio stream on its website as well with Dave Danis on the call.
My sports editor duties at The Mining Journal and society's lack of initiative when it comes to furthering the science of human cloning have kept me in Marquette this weekend, but the MJ does have some help in Ann Arbor.
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Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver spent yesterday trying to convince fellow Democrats to support reform of the pension and health systems, but she's having a hard time. Many of her colleagues consider collective bargaining to be sacred, and will not impose terms by law.
Here's the problem: They are not offering a better solution. They are just standing in the way. And that's just not acceptable.
New Jersey faces a $120 billion pension and health shortfall, one of the biggest in the nation. That is a key reason the state budget is so tight every year, forcing repeated cuts in everything from highways to higher education. Rising health and pension costs are powerful drivers of local property taxes as well. So opponents of this reform have an obligation to offer something better.
Gov. Chris Christie's criticism of Democratic leaders has been wildly unfair. Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) and Oliver (Essex) are doing something rare and admirable in politics: They are confronting their own base by breaking from the public worker unions on behalf of the state's larger good. That's the political equivalent of Christie telling Republicans it's time to raise taxes. These two deserve gratitude, not potshots.
But rank-and-file Democrats who are blocking reform deserve the best shot the governor can deliver. If they succeed in blocking this reform, the fall election will turn into a referendum on this question.
Granted, this reform is not perfect. One example: It allows the state to short the pension funds for another six years, an excruciatingly slow phase-in that adds to the burden on public workers. Given the state's history of skipping these payments, that seems unfair.
And yes, the final bill was released only yesterday, and there may be mischief buried inside. Sweeney's first proposal contained a provision that seemed designed to generate new business for insurance brokers, including his patron, political boss George Norcross. That's a reminder of the need to scour the bill for other poisonous provisions.
Still, this is a reasonable reform on the whole. Collective bargaining hasn't work well at the local level in New Jersey, where unions for police, firefighters and teachers have used their political muscle to win benefits that taxpayers simply can't afford to pay. A four-year suspension of those rights regarding health care is reasonable.
This reform is the best shot we have. Committee hearings start tomorrow in the Senate. Time for Democrats to get on board.


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