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The Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF3 incorporates all the advanced technology and power of a DSLR interchangeable lens camera with the style and portability of a compact point-and-shoot. Being about the size of a smartphone, the lightweight GF3 benefits from a significant reduction in its dimensions. This is thanks to its newly enhanced mirror-free technology, and the substantial DSLR sensors that are now more compatible with the camera's compact Micro Four Thirds System lenses. This means that you have more creative control over your photos and videos, without the hassle of carrying around a bulky camera and lens kit.
TechnologyBreakthrough Mirrorless Structure:The DMC-GF3 uses the Micro Four Thirds System standard, a system of interchangeable lenses developed to enhance the characteristics of digital photo technology. The GF3 design, with its mirrorless structure, eliminates the need for a mirror box and optical viewfinder. This helps preserve image quality despite the camera's slight profile, delivering improved performance in a convenient digital interchangeable lens system device.
LUMIX G / LEICA DG Lenses:One of the major benefits of an interchangeable lens system camera like the GF3 is its ability to capture a wider range of expression with a relatively simple lens change. The GF3 is compatible with the full range of Micro Four Thirds System standard lenses, including the LUMIX G / Leica DG line-up. LUMIX G / Leica DG lenses feature many of Panasonic's most innovative features, including telephoto and 3D capabilities. The compact, lightweight LUMIX / Leica lenses also support the unique contrast AF system of the LUMIX G series cameras and comply with the Micro Four Thirds System, designed to optimize the performance of the camera.
Available lenses include several models in a range of categories such as standard zoom, wide zoom, telephoto, single focal length and 3D.
12.1-megapixel Live MOS Sensor:The GF3 is equipped with a 4/3-type 12.1-megapixel Live MOS sensor, which delivers the superior image quality of a traditional CCD sensor with the energy efficiency of a CMOS sensor. The MOS sensor has a high S/N and an advanced circuit structure that's largely unaffected by the noise generated on the circuits. This allows the GF3 to provide stunning image quality that rivals, or in some cases surpasses, that of DSLR cameras.
3.0-inch 460,000-dot High Resolution LCD:The DMC-GF3 has a generous 3.0-inch LCD display screen with a 100% field of view and an impressive 460,000-dot high-resolution output. The wide-angle viewing makes it possible to frame photos in a variety of creative ways for both dynamic shooting and image playback and editing. The screen has been equipped with LUMIX's acclaimed Intelligent LCD technology, which automatically adjusts screen brightness in 11 steps according to ambient conditions. The large viewing area of the screen also makes sharing images with friends and family much easier.
Venus Engine:The powerful Venus Engine enhances the GF3's performance thanks to the newly developed noise reduction technology that provides even better image quality. The noise reduction system improves S/N by approximately 3dB at ISO3200 and ISO6400 respectively; color reproduction in high sensitivity modes is improved as well.
The Venus Engine applies advanced chromatic noise reduction at the edges, preventing the color mixture that may occur in these areas. Chromatic noise in the gradation part and the edge part are described clearly and effectively. Selective noise reduction is also applied to outlines to give a more balanced curve, without compromising image resolution in detailed or fine texture areas. Spot-type noise, which frequently occurs in dark areas of an image shot in low light or in the color bleed on high luminance areas, is also effectively suppressed by the Venus Engine's noise reduction technology. In live action video recording, the Venus Engine enables a more accurate level of motion detection thanks to a newly integrated motion detection circuit. This circuit delivers noise suppression to moving parts more efficiently for better video.
Whether shooting still photos or live video, the Venus Engine helps produce images with stunning clarity, even in low light.
Light Speed AF:The GF3 has the world's fastest auto focus technology, Light Speed AF. This reduces focus detection time by doubling the drive speed, from 60 frames per second to an impressive 120 frames per second. Speed and focusing accuracy of the advanced contrast AF system on the DMC-GF3 far surpasses even the most high-end digital SLR cameras with phase-difference auto focus. Light Speed AF, when combined with the GF3's touch-control AF, makes setting and focusing on a subject quick and easy, so spur-of-the-moment shots are always optimized.
3D Shooting Capability:The GF3 is the first digital interchangeable lens camera to offer 3D photo capability, delivering high quality images with impressive clarity and dynamic detail. The optional LUMIX G 12.5mm / F12 3D lens is compact yet powerful, allowing for easier handling and instant 3D shooting with optimized settings. 3D shots are reproduced without distortion or time lag between the left and right sides, even when recording subjects in motion, and because the GF3 is compatible with any Panasonic VIERA 3D-ready TV, playback of 3D images (even of close-up shots) is easy on the eyes. With this innovative 3D technology, Panasonic gives users a degree of expression in image capture that's unprecedented among digital interchangeable lens cameras.
Easy Manual Control:For experienced photographers who like the greater creative control of self-determined settings, the GF3 offers easy manual controls for exposure, shutter speed and aperture. The meter guides provide a highly readable visual reference that shows correlations between aperture and shutter speed, and color-coded warnings that clearly alert users when settings are out of proper range. These user-friendly manual controls dramatically reduce the learning curve for users that are new to system camera technology. They also simplify the process for more experienced users.
FunctionalityNew Body Design and Color Options:The GF3 offers plenty of stylish options for those of us who like a great-looking body style to go along with all those advanced photo technology features. The small, compact round-form and ergonomic design of the GF3 makes for a lighter, more portable unit and eliminates the bulk of digital SLRs.
Customizable Experience:One of the best things about interchangeable lens system cameras is that they offer greater control and a more customized experience. With all of the available accessories and add-ons for the GF3, you can create a system that works for your particular style and shooting preferences. The DMW-MA1 mount adaptor allows the use of any number of Four Thirds System standard lenses, so that you are always ready to capture any moment in any situation. Other accessories include straps, cases, lens filters and protectors, extra battery packs, tripod adaptors, zoom levers, a mini HDMI cable and SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card. Choose the extra gear you want right from the start, or you can add enhancement pieces for a better shooting experience as you become more comfortable with the Four Thirds System format.
Intelligent Auto Plus:If you think using a digital SLR camera is too complicated for everyday photos and video, think again. The GF3 incorporates Panasonic's exclusive Intelligent Auto (iA) Plus technology; recording amazing photos and movies is as easy as using a compact point-and-shoot camera. In iA Plus Mode, shooting is fully and automatically optimized in any situation; you get incredible image quality with virtually zero effort.
POWER O.I.S. / MEGA O.I.S.:Sometimes the motion of pressing the shutter button on your camera causes slight vibrations that can compromise picture quality. Images can come out blurry or streaked, ruining the shot. You'll never have to worry about blurry images again thanks to the GF3's support of the POWER O.I.S. function found in many Lumix lenses. This image stabilizing technology detects camera vibrations and compensates for movement caused by hand-shake; this ensures that your pictures are always clear and sharp, giving you the confidence to capture images whenever the opportunity arises.
Face Recognition:If you have a new baby, kids or close friends who feel like family, the GF3 lets you capture beautiful, natural portraits of your loved ones in any environment. Face Recognition stores faces in the camera's memory for optimized shooting. The technology recognizes registered faces and delivers the best exposure and focus settings for the situation. Registering faces also lets you sort and organize photos according to the person or people in them.
Face Detection:Face Detection technology makes it easier than ever to record human subjects with stunning results. The GF3's Face Detection function can identify more than a dozen faces at once, automatically adjusting focus and exposure for amazing image quality in any setting. Digital red-eye correction is also applied automatically so expressions are always natural, even before the photo is stored on the camera's memory card or hard drive. You will be able to capture fun group shots and optimize your portraits no matter what else is in the frame, with no more effort than it takes to press the shutter.
Subject Detection with AF Tracking:AF Tracking makes it possible to capture all those once-in-a-lifetime shots of subjects in motion (think active kids or frolicking pets) with perfect clarity. Just focus on your subject and wait for the right opportunity. AF Tracking automatically locks onto the subject and keeps it in constant focus and correct exposure until you click the shutter.
Motion Detection with Intelligent ISO Control:Along with AF Tracking, Intelligent ISO Control makes the GF3 one of the best action photo cameras around. Intelligent ISO detects subject motion and automatically adjusts shutter speed and ISO levels to prevent blurring and ghosting. You will take incredibly optimized action shots with ease.
Scene Detection with Intelligent Scene Selector:Few things are more frustrating for casual photographers than trying to figure out the best scene setting for a particular situation. The GF3's Intelligent Scene Selector lets you forget the hassle by automatically detecting ambient conditions and adjusting the camera settings accordingly. There are six different automated settings, including; Scenery, Portrait, Sunset, Night Scenery, Night Portrait and Macro, so you get the best possible image quality no matter what.
Intelligent Resolution Technology:Intelligent Resolution delivers uniform sharpness and precise pixel-by-pixel signal processing for the most effective image optimization in any shooting situation. Outlines, textures and soft gradations are automatically detected and adjusted for naturally crisp, clear photos and videos. There's also an Extended Resolution option for large-format photos so you get even more freedom to create unique images that capture all your favorite memories.
Creative Control:All LUMIX G Series Micro System cameras are equipped with the popular My Color Mode, which lets you choose from five different color treatments to create interesting effects on any photograph. Options include; Expressive, Sepia, High Dynamic, Retro, High Key and the Miniature Effect. You'll be able to give your photos impressive, artistic finishes instantly without compromising the original image.
1920 x 1080 Full HD Video:The GF3 goes beyond mere still photography with a capable 1920 x 1080 HD video recording function. Leave your camcorder at home knowing you'll be able to record movies beautifully in high quality AVCHD format, which offers almost twice the recording time of standard Motion JPEG HD video capture. The most innovative feature of the GF3's video recording abilities is the dedicated button that lets you record video while shooting still photos. If you love putting memories on film, imagine the possibilities when you can take pictures and shoot video simultaneously. You'll never again miss a moment of that school play, sporting event, graduation, wedding, night on the town or special celebration.
The video recording function is also equipped with a Dolby Digital Creator microphone that records true-to-life audio and has an innovative Wind Cut feature that reduces background noise. The result is an enhanced sound quality on your HD movies.
Extended Battery Life:The camera can take up to 340 shots on a single battery charge, so you'll be free to shoot for hours without having to worry about recharging the lithium-ion battery. This extended battery life makes the GF3 ideal for use on vacations, day trips and everyday shooting at a moment's notice.
SummaryThe Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF3 is a great camera for advanced users, offering the benefits of a digital SLR interchangeable system camera with the ease of use of a compact point-and-shoot. For everyday shooting or those occasions when photo quality truly matters, the GF3 delivers beautifully.
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Jeanne Cho Stokke enters her fifth season as assistant coach of the Duke women's golf team, after a very successful professional golf career.
Cho is in her first coaching job after serving as a Coordinator of Corporate Marketing at the PGA TOUR. She has made an immediate impact with the Blue Devils helping lead Duke to the 2012 ACC Championship and to the signing of one of the top amateur golfers in the nation, Celine Boutier. In the next season, Cho helped lead Duke to a runner-up finish at the 2013 NCAA Championship and its second consecutive ACC Championship.
Cho helped Lindy Duncan earn her fourth straight NGCA First Team All-America honor and Laetitia Beck to her first All-America accolade in 2013, while Boutier and Alejandra Cangrejo earned honorable mention All-America honors.
It all came together in 2014 as Cho and the Blue Devils claimed the program's sixth NCAA Championship at the Tulsa Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. Duke won by two strokes over Southern California and Boutier turned in the Blue Devils' best finish at second overall. Boutier went on to be named WGCA National Player of the Year for her spectacular season, which included three victories in the spring.
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On the Duramed FUTURES Tour, Cho competed from 2004-06 and tallied five career top-10 finishes, including a career-best second place ledger at the 2004 GMAC FUTURES Golf Classic in Avon, Conn. Cho was also a finalist on The Golf Channel's reality television show Big Break V: Hawaii in 2006.
She also competed in the Suncoast Series from 2007-09 where she was a five-time winner and on the Next Generation Tour in 2005 as she notched two victories.
Cho was a four-year starter at the University of Florida where she earned All-SEC honors as a freshman and junior. She was a two-time winner at the 2002 Liz Murphey Collegiate and at the 2000 UCF Invitational. She posted a career scoring average of 76.43 to go along with 10 top 10 and 26 top 20 finishes.
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She graduated cum laude in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Quantitative Sciences from Florida.
As a junior, Cho won the 1999 Japan Junior Masters and was a member of the French Junior National Team in 1999. She also won the 2003 Women's Southern Amateur Championship in 2003. Cho was an AJGA All-America in 1999, member of the Canon Cup East Team in 1999 and won the First Coast Amateur Championship in 2000.
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What opportunities does digital offer upstream companies in the current low oil price environment?
Most oil companies have already taken dramatic cost cutting measures to help manage through these turbulent times. Even with these actions, however, many are struggling to effectively operate with their current organizational structure and legacy technology footprint. And cost cutting alone is not enough to position upstream companies to be successful in the future.
That is where digital technologies can help. In the recent "2016 Upstream Oil and Gas Digital and Technology Trends Survey,"* ninety-one percent said that they were already getting value from their digital initiatives, and cost reduction was identified as the most important business challenge that digital can help address today (by 72% of respondents) . Over the next three to five years respondents expect the focus to shift to areas that deliver greater long-term value, such as helping them make better and faster decisions. Digital can help upstream companies re-wire themselves to thrive in the new volatile market that we live in today.
How can oil and gas companies use digital to help reduce costs in the short term?
For short-term cost reduction, oil companies are implementing digital across a variety of areas. For example, many are moving to "as-a-service" cloud models to reduce IT infrastructure costs; many are adding more mobility in field operations to increase worker productivity and reduces costs; and many are implementing cognitive computing robots in back-office operations to reduce costs and increase efficiency. In addition, some are deploying low-cost Internet of Things (IoT) technologies with analytics in field assets to optimize asset operations and reduce costs.
What can upstream oil and gas companies do to create even more value long term?
Taking lessons from lean start-ups and from digital native companies, upstream companies have the opportunity to redesign their operating models to be radically lower cost and significantly more agile. Current upstream operating models have served them well over the past few decades, but today there are more efficient models available. If upstream companies can move to this next generation of operation models, they will be able to manage through current challenging times and create the agility and new capabilities to better thrive in the industries future challenging times.
Upstream companies have long been pioneers and innovators, pushing boundaries using technology. Today, digital provides the opportunity for upstream companies to redesign their traditional operating models and re-position themselves for future growth and new opportunities. With the current challenges and the pace of change moving faster than ever, now is the time to act.
*The "2016 Upstream Oil and Gas Digital and Technology Trends Survey," was sponsored by Accenture and Microsoft and conducted by PennEnergy Research in partnership with the Oil & Gas Journal.
Rich is the Global Energy Digital and Technology managing director. Rich has more than 20 years of experience in helping companies change to be more successful. He has focused most of his career in the resources industries sectors.
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Updates include both small bug fixes and some major new features (which I'll return to in another post).
Among the improvements are:
- Additional functions in OOXML_UTIL_PKG for working with Excel 2007 and Powerpoint 2007 files.
- Kris Scorup has contributed improved CSV parsing to the CSV_UTIL_PKG. It now handles double quotes and separator characters inside strings.
- Anton Scheffer's packages for building PDF and XLSX files have been included in the library.
- The PL_FPDF library by Pierre-Gilles Levallois is a port of the FPDF library for PHP. Pierre-Gilles Levallois has his own website, but his package (which is open source under the GNU license) does not appear to have been updated for several years, and several indivuals have been making their own fixes and enhancements to this package. Rob Duke and Brian McGinity have both contributed bug fixes and enhancements (such as internal document links, Javascript support, using clobs to work around the 32k limit, etc.). These changes as well as some of my own have been merged and included in the Alexandria library as PDFGEN_PKG. You'll find this package in the "extras" folder (it is not installed by default if you run the install script).


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"Endless Sleep," which peaked at No. 5 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart in 1958, opened the door for a string of similarly tragic pop hits including Mark Dinning's "Teen Angel," Ray Peterson's "Tell Laura I Love Her," Johnny Preston's "Running Bear," the Everly Brothers' "Ebony Eyes," Dickey Lee's "Patches" and the Shangri-Las' "Leader of the Pack."
Ralph Joseph Reynolds was born in Denver on Dec. 3, 1932, according to an interview with Reynolds posted at the Rockabilly Hall of Fame's website, although many pop music sources list the year 1938. He was inducted into the hall of fame in 1999.
His family moved to Oklahoma when he was a child, and he grew up listening to country music and Western swing acts such as Bob Wills, Hank Thompson and Eddy Arnold. He started playing guitar in his early teens and formed a band, the Storms, in the early '50s after he moved to Arizona.
When radio stations started playing the raw, energetic music of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and other rising rockabilly acts, Reynolds liked what he heard and started emulating them.
Reynolds told the Phoenix New Times in 2001 that he wrote "Endless Sleep" in 1956, right after listening to Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" five times in a row on a jukebox.
He loved the desolate quality of the story and Presley's vocal, and came up with an even darker tale, about a boy in search of his girlfriend after they had a fight.
The night was black, rain fallin' down
Looked for my baby, she's nowhere around
Traced her footsteps down to the shore
'fraid she's gone forever more
The ballad unfurled with scooping electric guitar chords and Reynolds' voice double-tracked and soaked with echo, all contributing to the foreboding atmosphere. His voice fell somewhere between Presley's sad-sexy drawl and Ricky Nelson's boy-next-door conversational style.
The song as written was rejected by several pop record labels as too depressing. He sent a demo version to Los Angeles-based Demon Records, which liked it. Still, executives persuaded Reynolds to tack on a happy ending in which the guilt-ridden boy spots his girl in the waves, lifts her in his arms and carries her back safely to shore.
Reynolds wasn't happy with the change, but the single went on to sell more than 1 million copies. The follow-up single, "Fire of Love," only made it to No. 66, and Reynolds never charted another hit. "Endless Sleep," though, became a genre classic. It was subsequently recorded by British musician Marty Wilde and became a hit in England, and it has since been covered by numerous artists, including the Judds, John Fogerty, Billy Idol, Leo Kottke and Hank Williams Jr. Country singer Bobbie Gentry was playing in Reynolds' band in the 1960s when she wrote "Ode to Billie Joe," her Southern Gothic spin on the teen tragedy formula.
Reynolds settled in Southern California and continued to write and record his songs, while supporting himself, his wife and children for many years by running a music store in Palm Springs. He sold several guitars to Presley, whom he considered a friend, including one Presley played prominently on his celebrated NBC-TV "comeback special" in 1968.
Presley's manager, Col. Tom Parker, signed Reynolds to his Boxcar Publishing Co., with an eye toward funneling some of his songs to Presley. But Presley died in 1977 before recording any of the songs Reynolds had written for him. Reynolds included one, "Yesterday and Today," on an album he released in 1978.
He also worked as a real estate agent in La Quinta when he wasn't playing occasional shows, mostly on the rock oldies circuit.
"He did real estate, but he didn't talk too much about that to me," Alan Clark, a fellow musician who had performed with Reynolds since the 1970s, said this week. "He enjoyed songwriting more than anything else, even more than performing."
Reynolds is survived by his wife of 47 years, Judy; daughters Malinda Bustos and Marla Reynolds; a son, Mark Reynolds; sisters Marguerite Honeycutt and Martha Palladine, one grandchild and one great-grandchild.
Services were held Thursday in Cathedral City.
The family has asked that donations be made to the Humane Society of the Desert, Orphans Pet Oasis, P.O. Box 580798, North Palm Springs, CA 92258.
Lewis is a Times staff writer.


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Thousands killed and injured
|Passenger Train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway,
around 1895. Image from Wikimedia.
It was a hideous accident, but not an uncommon one. Coupling and uncoupling cars was part of the job for brakemen, and it was dangerous.
Researcher Evgenia Shnayde reports that brakemen often lost fingers when the couplings jammed or the cars lurched.
Lost fingers did not end careers. They became the mark of a brakeman; you could recognize one by their missing fingers. Considering the fact that one out of every 120 trainmen—-a railroad category that mostly included brakemen-—died on the job each year, it is not surprising that the majority of trainmen considered the loss of a finger to be a "minor" injury.
Source: A 2010 report, "When the Loss of a Finger is Considered a 'Minor' Injury", by Evgenia Shnayde for the Stanford University Spatial History Project
The truth is that all railroad work was dangerous, including railroad construction. And of course, it was dangerous to jump onto a moving train (as tramps did). But it was also dangerous to ride a train properly or even to be on railroad property. I'm not exaggerating. Here are some astounding statistics about railroad accidents in the United States during the year before Almus Hill was killed:
During the year 1889, accidents on railroads involving human life were:
Passengers killed: 315
Passengers injured: 2,138
Employees killed: 2,070
Employees injured: 20,148
Other persons killed: 2,997
Other persons injured: 8,602
Total persons killed: 5,282
Total persons injured: 25,888
But the reports do not cover the total mileage of the country; only 92.792 per cent of it. If the accident rate was the same on the roads not reporting, the total number killed was 5,693, and the total injured 27,888. These are the returns made by the railroad companies themselves, and they cannot well be suspected of exaggeration.
Source: I didn't record (and can't relocate) the source of this clipping, but I saved it from an old newspaper while I was searching for a report of my grandfather's accident.


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MSNBC warns: Benghazi scandal to return with 'vengeance'
Upcoming book, anniversary to cause 'headache' for president, Hillary
Controversy surrounding the Sept. 11, 2012, Benghazi attack is poised to return with a "vengeance" this month, threatening political headaches for President Obama and Hillary Clinton, warns MSNBC.com.
The news channel's website specifically fingered a new book by radio host and WND reporter Aaron Klein, "The REAL Benghazi Story: What the White House and Hillary Don't Want You to Know," as being in part responsible for the renewed Benghazi publicity.
Also mentioned is the upcoming anniversary of the attack as well as the jumpstart of the special House committee investigating Benghazi when Congress returns from its August recess.
Klein's book promises "to blow the lid off" of the issue and provide "shocking," "devastating" and "mind-blowing" new details of the Benghazi attack.
What do YOU think? Will the media allow the truth of Benghazi to come out? Take the WND Poll.
MSNBC.com said: "Klein's audience is undoubtedly the already converted, but three of his previous books have made it to the New York Times bestseller list, and his latest is easy fodder for the conservative echo chamber."
The news channel reports Klein is launching a book tour in New York and Washington, and quotes the author's publicist, Maria Sliwa, as stating Klein "has interview commitments with top-tier cable, radio and print outlets."
The scandal may have been covered up, but the truth is about to come out in "The REAL Benghazi Story: What the White House and Hillary Don't Want You to Know." Order it now at the WND Superstore!
"Benghazi coming back with a vengeance in September," is the title of the MSNBC article.
It reports the renewed interest in Benghazi is expected to cause "a headache for the teams surrounding Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama."
Klein's extensively sourced book breaks news on significant issues related to the Benghazi attack.
A sampling of what the publisher says is contained in the book:
- Everything is covered from the secretive activities transpiring inside the doomed facility to shocking new details about the withholding of critical protection at the U.S. special mission.
- Hillary Clinton's personal role in the Benghazi scandal.
- Information that raises new questions about what really happened to Ambassador Chris Stevens that night.
- Answered for the first time is why the State Department hired armed members of the al-Qaeda-linked February 17 Martyrs Brigade to "protect" the facility.
- New reasons are revealed for not sending air support or Special Forces during the assault, while extensively probing jihadist groups behind the attack.
- How Benghazi has implications that go beyond the Sept. 11, 2012, attack and may have created major national security threats we now face, fueling conflicts from Mali to Syria to Gaza and beyond.
The book is slated for release Sept. 9, two days before the second anniversary of the Benghazi attack.
The scandal may have been covered up, but the truth is about to come out in "The REAL Benghazi Story: What the White House and Hillary Don't Want You to Know." Order it now at the WND Superstore!
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An insightful new documentary about mid-century northwest modern architecture, MODERN VIEWS illustrates how designers today can learn from sustainable and economic choices made as many as 50 years ago.
Screening on May 20, 2010
Museum of History and Industry
Seattle, WA
Through the personal histories and insights of five prominent northwest modern architects, the film offers a deeper understanding of this unique style of architecture happening in the Pacific Northwest in a period that is often overlooked.
Focused mainly on the works of Arne Bystrom, Wendell Lovett, Gene Zema, Ralph Anderson, and Fred Bassetti, these architects of the "Northwest School" discuss how the Pacific Northwest landscape and climate guided their design decisions and their choice of materials, leading to a richer palette of adaptive design aesthetics. Most of them University of Washington graduates, these modest designers often worked under the premise that "less is more" in a period that shared some of the same economic challenges we face today. The work from this modern era depicts the importance of allowing a region to influence modern buildings, while leaving behind an import legacy of environmental responsibility.


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2014 Porsche Cayenne: New Car Review
Once considered blasphemous to the Porsche brand, the Cayenne SUV has become a crucial part of Porsche's success. The Cayenne has become so successful that the 2014 Porsche Cayenne is available in no fewer than seven configurations, running the gamut from basic luxury to super high-performance machine. While each model offers varying trim treatments, the most significant difference lies under the hood. Recently added to the Cayenne lineup is the 240-horsepower Cayenne Diesel, which may be the lowest on horsepower, but it has plenty of torque and is also the most fuel efficient -- all while keeping the Porsche-grade performance feel that the Cayenne has become known for.
The Porschephile fringe may still find plenty to moan about with the Zuffenhausen-based manufacturer's entry into the SUV segment, but the Cayenne offers a Porsche-worthy blend of luxurious interiors and real-world performance.
What's New for 2014?
A new Turbo S model is introduced this year, touting 550 hp and 553 lb-ft of torque.
What We Like
Impressive power and handling; high-quality interiors; fuel-efficient hybrid and diesel options; sports car performance in an SUV
What We Don't
Extensive options list quickly escalates already elevated base price; practical, though not as voluminous as other SUV options; punishing fuel economy in gas-powered versions
How Much?
Fuel Economy
All Cayennes offer potent levels of performance in comparison to competitors, and their brawn is proportionate to their prices. The base model's 300-hp engine is capable of a respectable but not blazing 0-to-60 miles per hour time of 7.1 seconds with a manual transmission and 7.4 seconds with an automatic 8-speed Tiptronic gearbox. Fuel economy is thirsty, with the Tiptronic version yielding 16 miles per gallon city/23 mpg hwy.
The Cayenne Diesel's 240-hp V6 runs only on diesel fuel. While it's shy on horsepower, it pours on torque to the tune of 406 lb-ft and comes standard with an 8-speed automatic transmission with Tiptronic. With a 0-to-60 mph time of 7.2 seconds, the Diesel's main advantage over other Cayenne models is its superior fuel economy of 20 mpg city/29 mpg hwy.
The Cayenne S Hybrid's 380 hp helps it hit 60 mph in 6.1 seconds, although it's the 428 lb-ft of torque that creates that satisfying, seat-squishing sensation when the right pedal is buried. Expect 20 mpg city/24 mpg hwy from the S Hybrid model.
Opt for the S and its 400-hp engine yields a more impressive 0-to-60 mph time of 5.6 seconds, which puts this bulky sport utility vehicle on par with many performance coupes. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fuel economy numbers are 16 mpg city/22 mpg hwy, barely showing a penalty compared with the base model. The Turbo model bumps horsepower to 500, while the S pushes output to 550 hp with EPA-estimated 14 mpg city/20 mpg hwy.
Standard Features & Options
Porsche offers the Cayenne in no less than seven trims: base, Diesel, S, S Hybrid, GTS, Turbo and Turbo S.
The Cayenne ($50,575) comes with Active All-Wheel Drive, a 6-speed manual transmission, 18-inch wheels, electronic parking brake, rain-sensing wipers with heated washer nozzles, heated side mirrors, dual-zone automatic climate control, power rear lift gate, 10-speaker audio with 7-in touchscreen display, Bluetooth, fog lights, leather seating surfaces, 8-way power front seats and a refrigerated glove box.
The Cayenne Diesel ($57,575) adds an 8-speed Tiptronic automatic transmission and the diesel engine.
The Cayenne S ($67,775) has a more powerful engine but the same features as the above trims.
The Cayenne S Hybrid ($71,875) adds speed-sensitive power steering (optional on other trims).
The Cayenne GTS ($84,275) adds height-adjustable air suspension, performance brakes, 20-in wheels, adaptive HID headlights as well as the enhanced exterior trim from the Turbo model and sport seats and a sport steering wheel.
The Cayenne Turbo ($111,375) brings 14-way power front seats, 14-speaker Bose surround sound audio, heated and power adjustable steering wheel, heated rear seats and 19-in wheels.
The Cayenne Turbo S ($146,975) has the same features as the Turbo only with 50 more horsepower under the hood, 21-in wheels, an active suspension with torque vectoring rear differential, unique interior color and trim choices and the Sport Chrono Package.
Porsche has endowed the Cayenne with virtually every technological goodie available, but those creature comforts come at a price. For example, navigation with an audio interface runs $3,675; a Bose surround-sound system adds $1,690, while a 1,000-watt Burmester setup runs $5,690; voice control costs $595, while a satellite radio receiver requires $750; expect to pay $2,990 for a rear-seat entertainment system.
When it comes to driving aids, the Cayenne can be ordered with adaptive cruise control ($2,690), lane-change assist ($850), active suspension ($1,990), air suspension ($3,980) and dynamic chassis control ($3,510). Torque vectoring will cost you $1,490, while a sport exhaust swells the MSRP by $2,950. And pity your wallet if you have racetrack aspirations, as ceramic brakes add a substantial $8,840 to the sticker price. Front and rear park assist is $1,095, while that in combination with a reverse camera cost $1,750. Packages, which combine several of the aforementioned a la carte options, add $4,540 to $11,670 to the Cayenne's sticker price.
With the rear seats folded, the Cayenne offers 62.9 cu ft of rear storage volume -- less expansive than some, but then again this SUV is more about the S than the U. The Cayenne's seats, for example, strike a solid blend of supportiveness and long-range comfort. Ergonomics are also excellent, though the array of identically sized and shaped buttons on the center stack verges on overkill.
Porsche's Cayenne boasts crash safety engineering that includes a chassis strategically reinforced with high-tensile steel, force limiters on the front seats and rollover detection that triggers seat belt pretensioners and curtain airbags. Additional airbags are in front, passenger and driver knee locations. High-strength crossmembers protect the doors and bumpers.
Neither the government nor the independent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has crash-tested the Porsche Cayenne.
Behind the Wheel
Performance varies dramatically from model to model, but the entire 2014 Porsche Cayenne lineup boasts genre-defying performance capabilities. The base and diesel models feel brisk enough when summoned, but the S Hybrid's copious torque makes it the surprise performer of the bunch, especially when the shifter is clicked into S, which sharpens throttle response and puts the transmission into a more aggressive mode of attack. The S Hybrid can also drive on electric-only mode at up to 37 mph, while coasting without engine intervention at even higher speeds.
The S version ups the ante. But for truly awe-inspiring performance, the Turbo and Turbo S are astounding. Start/stop technology makes for serene red-light experiences, but Sport mode in these SUVs transforms them into aggressive, lurching beasts. Similarly, the suspension can transform from floaty to stiff with the touch of a button, and their most aggressive handling modes make them so quick to turn that it becomes easy to forget you're in a hulking animal of an SUV.
Other Cars to Consider
Audi Q7 -- The Audi Q7 is powered by a supercharged 3.0-liter V6 gasoline engine or a turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 diesel mill. The Q7 is an adequate performer but not quite on par with the Porsche.
BMW X5 -- BMW's X5 trims range from the xDrive35i's turbocharged 6-cylinder that produces 300 hp to the X5 M's 4.4-liter turbocharged V8 that churns 555 hp. BMW's X5 offerings are more philosophically in line with Porsche's driver-focused Cayenne models than Audi's.
Land Rover Range Rover Sport -- The Range Rover offers luxury and attention to design detail comparable to the Porsche, but its considerably higher curb weight keeps it from competing head-to-head against Porsche in performance.
AutoTrader's Advice
Get the best of both worlds in the satisfying yet reasonably economical S Hybrid. How many boxes to check off on the options list depends on your bank balance.


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Historic Homes of Essendon "Mar Lodge"
"Mar Lodge" was built in 1860 and was originally the residence of James Robertson, a wealthy pastoralist who used it as his hunting lodge and later owned by his son Francis Robertson. In 1888 the McCracken Brothers purchased "Mar Lodge" and it became a gathering place for the parties and dinners for the colony's elite. By 1919 the entire estate was sold to the Todd family however by 1929 the entire property was sold and on the 18th November, 1929 the Mar Lodge Estate was officially created, with 316 allotments available from 90 pounds.
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|No, not that kind of lime.
photo credit: Phillie Casablanca
So here's what went down after you logged off.
The Olympics have been taken over by…the BLOB!
It's hurricane season, and you know what that means – we've got one headed for us.
Adding lime to seawater could reduce atmospheric levels of CO2. It will not, however, make a very good margarita.
Archaeologists in Egypt will reassemble a boat built to ferry the pharoah into the afterlife.
Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed artificial whiskers that can sense their environment.


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George Bush
(My Original Blog Post: -*http://www.onlineequitycalls.com/2008/12/george-bush/)
President Bush has not endeared himself to the world during his Presidency...90% of his Presidency was post 9/11 and protecting America was his first goal and removing threats to America was his second goal. In time we will know the success or failure of his administration.
9/11 was the first foreign attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor in 1941...looking through this lens gives you some perspective on George Bush's priorities.
From the perspective of India, after the disastrous Clinton years, George Bush has been a good friend...no emotions, no nonsense. He recognized the reality of India, the incorrectness of Clinton's behaviour and policies and set about correcting the relationship. India's needs and wants were given their rightful place; the historical significance of India's achievements in democracy and economic growth was recognized and responsibile behaviour with respect to nuclear proliferation was rewarded. Today, the great democracies share a special and growing relationship...while it is a little like being in a cage with an elephant...George Bush has single handedly transformed this relationship.
While it is possible the USA is safer today what about the World? I can only point again to the resources in manpower and finance that the USA is expending around the world to fight the war on terrorists. India, the Middle-East and Asia have prioritized and executed short term tactics. USA on the other hand usually has a very long term objective and uses short-term tactics and strategies in pursuance of the longer term goal. I can only tell you that India and the Middle-East have not been successful in keeping our nations or neighborhood safe. While I lament the loss of life in the Iraq war and perhaps even the loss of "International Law" no one will argue the case for restoring Saddam Hussein. We are all glad to be rid of the dictator...as long as we did not have to do the dirty work.
Is Iraq better off today? I do not know, however, amongst the rubble and terrorist attacks I see Iraqis arguing and fighting about their future. Surely that is a good sign...if the people get representation there is hope for the future.
A couple of days ago a newsman threw shoes at President Bush during a news conference in Baghdad...the agile President ducked but the newsman was pinned and jailed...there are demonstrations in Baghdad for the newsman's release and he is being hailed as a hero. Would they prefer Saddam Hussein? These people do not even appreciate the fact that they are now able to demonstrate, freely....amazing denial of reality. If the shoe had been thrown at Saddam what would have happened to the newsman?
I have included the BBC link for the "shoe attack" but watch the ending short interview clip with President Bush; he says "I don't know what his beef is" referring to the newsman who threw the shoe. This naivete is infuriating...if the shoe had hit his head I wonder if it would have jarred enough neurons to understand the source of all the anger.


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Biological Sciences
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March 2007
Novel Trafficking Pathway Found for Heart and Muscle Protein
Live-cell imaging provides new insights into mechanisms that regulate heart disease
PNNL scientists obtained kinetic resolution of cellular trafficking through one- (A) and two- (B) color pulse-chase experiment that measures cellular localization of newly synthesized proteins. A) Tagged PLB (upper row) or sarco/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase1a (lower row) expressing myoblasts were directly imaged after labeling. B) Resolution of newly synthesized proteins. Overlay (right panel in B) shows co-localization of newly synthesized (green) and existing (red) proteins. Enlarged View
Methods: Using a combination of new and established imaging tools, the PNNL team measured changes in abundance, cellular location and turnover of proteins in living myoblasts (immature muscle cells) understand how coordinated changes in the abundance and intracellular trafficking of PLB and Ca-ATPase contribute to muscle maturation. The Ca-ATPase is a membrane transporter that couples adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis to calcium ion transport into intracellular stores; that is, the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), which mediates muscle relaxation, the slowest step in contraction. The association of PLB with the Ca-ATPase modulates contractile force on a beat-to-beat basis in response to adrenalin, an important regulator of cardiac muscle function.
Why it matters: Changes in the abundance of PLB and the SR Ca-ATPase occurring in heart disease, aging and other diseases suggest the importance of understanding the processes regulating the formation of PLB-ATPase interactions in the myocyte. This research team found that the early expression of PLB during muscle development is accompanied by a unique trafficking pattern within the cell that occurs outside the compartment in which Ca-ATPase is subsequently expressed. Thus, upon expression of the Ca-ATPase, its functional interaction with PLB requires re-programming of the cell and PLB's localization in the myocyte.
These findings suggest an important role for PLB during muscle differentiation that is distinct from its previously recognized role in regulating Ca-ATPase.
Next Steps: Future measurements should focus on understanding 1) the role of PLB's trafficking pattern in the immature myocyte prior to Ca-ATPase expression, and 2) how this relates to maintaining cardiac function.
Funding: The research was conducted under the Biomolecular Systems Initiative at PNNL. Portions of the work were also supported by the National Institutes of Health.
Source: Stenoien DL, TV Knyushko, MP Londono, LK Opresko, MU Mayer, ST Brady, TC Squier and DJ Bigelow. 2007. "Cellular trafficking of phospholamban and formation of functional sarcoplasmic reticulum during myocyte differentiation." American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology 292:C2084-C2094.


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Child Gets Suspended for Hello Kitty Bubble 'Gun' + School Calls Her a Terrorist Threat [VIDEO]
With all of the school shootings and gun violence lately, Americans are taking guns very seriously. While it is a good thing that people and schools are starting to pay much more attention to gun violence, there is a line that needs to be drawn. Maybe the story of this kindergartener will help shine a light on that line.
A kindergartener from Mt. Caramel, PA was suspended for bringing a weapon to school. Except it wasn't really a weapon, it was a Hello Kitty automatic bubble blower. When she suggested that her and another student "shoot bubbles at each other", thats when administration stepped in, deeming her a terrorist threat. The kicker? The family's attorney, Robin Ficker, said that the girl didn't even have the toy at school with her.
The school suspended the young girl for 10 days and ordered her to undergo psychological evaluation during her suspension. The evaluation showed nothing out of the ordinary and showed she was not a threat. While the suspension was marked down to only two days, the mother of the child will not take her child back. She has tried to put her into other schools, but they won't accept her due to having this on her record.
A spokesperson from Mount Carmel Area School District told ABC News, "We are confident that much of the information supplied to the media may not be consistent with the facts… The Mount Carmel Area School District takes the well-being and safety of students and staff very seriously."


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