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Lens buyer's guide for digital photographers
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With continuing decreases in prices of digital SLRs more and more people drift into buying one. However the kit lens usually delivered with more affordable kits becomes obsolete quite quickly so here are a few things you might consider when planning on purchasing additional lenses. The guide deals with some digital specific issues and problems. Most of the information is fairly basic and provides some reference when buying you first lenses for your new DSLR. Some of it may be a bit more specific and quite often irrelevant but can be useful for a bit more advanced photographer.
As this guide mostly deals with things that are digital photography specific for information about for example lens coatings and optical corrections you'd need to resort to other resources. Internet is actually full of useful information about these subjects and they quite often receive quite a bit of attention in lens reviews as well.
A few clarifications in terms
: Value indicating relative size of the image sensor in comparison to 35mm film or sensor. What needs to be remembered that it's a multiplier so a camera with a crop factor of 2 has an image sensor half in width in comparison to 36mm of a full frame film.
: Lens mount.
Full frame
: The film size notated in this guide as full frame refers to 135 or 35mm film. Full frame in film photography may refer to 120mm film even as this is considered misuse of the term, so be careful and pay attention to context when you find further information about the subject.
Prime lens
: Lens with a fixed focal length.
Zoom lens
: Lens with variable focal length. The term is often mistaken to telephoto much because of zoom factors used in many "point and shoot" cameras.
Normal lens
: Lens producing an angle of view of roughly 50 degrees. This is considered "normal" because it resembles somewhat the angle of view of the human eye.
Wide-angle lens
: Lens producing an angle of view wider than 60 degrees.
Telephoto lens
: Lens with focal length longer than normal. Roughly lenses with an angle of view narrower than about 45 degrees.
Macro lens
: Macro lens is a relatively loose term considering that focal lengths vary from 30mm to over 200mm. Generally lenses capable of drawing a subject to the film or sensor in focus close to it's original size are considered macro lenses. Magnification ratios usually vary from 1:4 image on the sensor or film being quarter of the size of the subject to "actual" magnification where the image produced on the film or sensor is larger than the subject. Stock lenses can provide magnification ratios roughly up to 5:1 but usually 1:1 is the highest usual magnification ratio. Sometimes lenses producing an angle of view narrower than 25 degrees and incapable to focus to infinite are also considered macro lenses.
A couple of buyer's "rules"
1. Know your budget.
Photography equipment is a bottomless pit as far as expenditure is concerned so in order to buy all the nice stuff available you'll need a bottomless wallet as well. Plan ahead. Consider what you need the most and buy that equipment first. Good basic setup for general use is discussed later in this guide.
2. Be smart.
This is very closely related to the first rule. It's also not very smart to buy excessively expensive equipment. Camera manufacturer's own good quality lenses are generally quite expensive but there usually are many third party options available that are almost just as good if not better and more affordable. There are also countless nice things a beginning photographer just itches to try out. However many of these things are usually not very practical. I'll use fisheye or other extremely wide angle lenses as an example. Extremely exaggerated depth impression or perspective and very deep field of view are nice playthings, however there are very few practical uses for them so usually these lenses end up gathering dust with majority of photographers. These lenses are also very expensive or really poor quality so usually it's money wasted regardless of the situation.
3. Map your needs.
Choosing a lens is always a compromise. There's hardly ever an optimal option but usually there's the best and good enough options. If your budget is limited as it usually is the first thin to consider is what I want to photograph. This has quite an effect on the best possible equipment. Good options for different kind of photography are discussed later.
4. Read reviews.
Find things out for your self. There's plenty of reviews, comparison tests and information available on the photography sites, forums and magazines. When you've made up your mind of buying a certain type of lens. Do some digging in the internet or magazines you'll surely find some pointers which brand and model provides the best quality for your budget.
5. Think ahead.
Even as most of the digital cameras don't have a full frame sensor, it's usually smart to buy lenses for full frame cameras even for crop-bodies if possible. Many of the camera manufacturers buy in the used sensors so there's always a possibility of manufacturer changing the sensor size in future models thus possibly making lenses designed for specific crop-factor impractical or, in worst case scenario, incompatible.
6. Know your camera.
Last but not least. Get to know your camera. If you can't be bothered to find out anything else get to know the crop-factor at least. It's quite important when choosing a lens. You'll also need to know the bayonet type that your camera uses and if there's some quirks in aperture or focus control that affect the choice of lenses.
Then for some theory
Understanding Crop-factor
As said before knowing the crop-factor of your camera body is utmost important. Why? Because of the varying sensor sizes of the digital cameras the full frame is generally used as reference in many aspects of lens features though mostly due to it's effect on focal length. A 50mm lens produces a 50 degree angle of view in a full frame camera, however when the same lens is installed to a camera with for example 1.5 crop-factor the full frame equivalent focal length is actually 75mm. The maths are quite simple just multiply the focal length with the crop factor. Thus the normal objective for camera body with a 1.5 crop is 33mm (50mm divided by 1.5). Thus crop factor determines which focal length ranges are considered wide-angle, normal and telephoto.
Perspective impression
Depth or perspective impression is only dependent on the distance from the subject so it's generally irrelevant. So a camera regardless of the crop factor produces the same perspective impression when used with lenses with an equivalent focal lengths in relation to the crop-factor. This is because of the distance of the subject stays the same when the angle of view is the same. Say you're using a full frame body with a 50mm lens and a 1.5 crop-factor body with a 33mm lens. Both have equal angle of view due to crop and thus to achieve the same the same arrangement in the scene your distance from the subject stays unchanged.
Effects of crop and equivalent focal length in depth of field
Effects of the crop go deeper though. As aperture value or F-number is dependent on focal length so the depth of field is actually affected by crop as well. This is because the depth of field is dependent on absolute aperture size not the relative F-number. Generally this is not very important but is to be noted if you want to take pictures with shallow depth of field. Olympus' four thirds system has one of the highest crop factors in the DSLR market. It has a crop-factor of 2. I'll use it as an example because using 2 as a crop-factor makes maths quite easy and as far as DSLRs are concerned it's the worst case scenario considering the following example.
Crop-factor 2 means that to achieve a similar depth of field and and angle of view to a picture taken with full frame camera with 50mm lens and F8 aperture you'd need to use 25mm lens and F4 aperture value. Due to change of the relative aperture size shutter speed or ISO value needs to be changed as well. A sensor with a crop factor of 2 is roughly a quarter in area compared to full frame sensor. This means that the actual light density on a full frame sensor is quarter of the one on a crop 2 sensor as the absolute amount of light is the same but it's divided on an area four times larger. So if you used 1/60 second exposure time for your shot with full frame body you can actually use 1/240 in crop 2 body if you use the same sensitivity value. The same goes with ISO values. You can use an ISO of an quarter of the full frame's value in crop 2 body with unchanged shutter speed. So if you used ISO value of 200 on a full frame you can use ISO value of 50 in a crop 2 body. Naturally this is a case of one or another so if you change both you'll get a picture with exposure of a quarter. Naturally you can meet in the middle and use shutter speed of 1/120 and ISO 100 to produce the same exposure.
Depth of field is determined by the absolute amount of light that is delivered to the sensor or film which again depends on the absolute aperture size. Sensor or film size is actually irrelevant to depth of field but very important determining sensitivity settings and shutter speeds.
However with a crop factor of 2 really shallow depth of field is somewhat an impossibility using relatively short focal lengths. Take 50mm F1.2 for an example with a full frame body. This would require a 25mm lens with aperture value of F0.6 which is to my understanding a physical impossibility. This naturally doesn't apply to macro photography which is really a world of it's own as far as field of view is concerned.
However, as said this is generally not that important but you may find it useful if you're studying photography tutorials made for full frame cameras or in specific cases like studio photography.
A quick recap on the maths using the previous scenario as an example.
Focal length required for full frame equivalent angle of view:
Focal length of the full frame camera in this case 50mm divided by crop factor: 50mm / 2 = 25mm
F-number producing similar field of view with a crop 2 body using a equivalent focal length:
F-value of the full frame camera divided by the crop factor: F8 / 2 = F4
Sensitivity (ISO) value with a crop 2 body:
ISO value of the full frame divided by the square of the crop factor: 200 / 2^2 = 50
Vignetting is a decrease in brightness or saturation at the periphery compared to the center of the image. This is an optical feature of the lenses and is universal to all photography so I'm not going to go very deep into the subject. However there's a digital specific form of vignetting. This is called pixel vignetting and it's caused by physical features of the image sensor.
Most of the image sensors are made out of grid of light sensitive pixels. The problem is that the sensor itself doesn't recognize the color of the light. Therefore a single pixel is formed out of sub-pixels that are sensitive to different colored light. This is done by installing filters to the image sensor's sub-pixels that filter out unwanted wavelengths. So in effect a single pixel in a picture is formed depending on the sensor out of one red, one blue and one or two green sub-pixels. The filters are installed in a mask on the sensor and to avoid light bleeding to the other sub-pixels or pixels these filters are confined with small ridges or walls between sub-pixels and sub-pixel groups.
This causes a problem with very short focal lengths. As the light hits the sensor in a very steep angle at the periphery these walls can cause shading in the image. There's not much that can be done to avoid this so if it occurs the only option is actually to correct it later in a photo retouching software. This on the other hand can cause more visible noise at the periphery of the image than the center so I'd advise to carefully asset how disturbing the effect is.
What to buy?
If you bought your camera as a kit you'll probably already have one quite versatile zoom-lens. Kit lenses typically have a focal length in the range of 14-80mm. Camera bodies with roughly 1.5 crop-factor are quite often delivered with a 17-55mm or some similar kit-lens. Cameras with higher crop-factors are often delivered with a shorter zoom and vice-versa. Quite generally the basic kit lens has a full frame equivalent focal length of roughly 30-90mm. So what's next. This depends on your individual needs.
Jack of all trades
For general photography with very versatile subjects I recommend buying a prime lens in a 50mm focal length range. With high crop factors you may want to go for a little shorter one but a 50mm is a good choice in a crop range of roughly 1.7-1. Canon uses a censor with a crop-factor of 1.6 apart from full frame options and Nikon cameras generally have a crop-factor of 1.5. This would make a 50mm lens 80mm in Canon and 75mm in Nikon when converted to full frame equivalent focal lengths.
Not more than 20 years ago there were many professional photographers that used solely 50mm prime with 35mm film cameras. So it's a lens with a lot of history and development to go with it. These lenses are usually really cheap, provide large apertures and have a razor sharp draw. A good example is Canon's EF 50mm F1.8 II lens which costs roughly $100. It's not particularly fast focusing but otherwise really superb.
50mm lens is often a great choice for portraits in a crop body. Even as a 50mm lens produces roughly the same angle of view as the human eye in full frame body the perspective impression is actually somewhat different. Many professional photographers use lenses in 75-100mm range with 35mm cameras for portraits. The same is range is achieved with practically all crop body DSLRs with a 50mm. Though many professionals were merciful enough to use soft-draw lenses or filters for portraits but in the digital age that's not a problem anymore. You can always play around with photoshop to clean up the pictures. 50mm lenses usually pick up all the little details and defects you don't necessarily want to show in a portrait.
Then what?
It really depends on your needs. Usually replacing the kit lens is a good idea. Find a relatively affordable third party lens with fixed relative aperture value throughout the focal length range. Here's where reviews come in handy. For an example Tokina 16-50mm F2.8 has received quite a bit of praise. Versions are available for Canon and Nikon bayonets. These are not exactly cheap but not hideously expensive either. Roughly $500.
Getting what's further closer
A longer telephoto lens may come in handy as well if you're for example a bird watcher. High quality ones are generally really expensive and cheaper ones can have quite a bit of problems. Maximum aperture size becomes increasingly important when focal lengths increase. As a bit of a rule you could say that the maximum exposure time you can use without a camera stand can be determined by using a fragment of a second with an equal numeric value as the full frame equivalent focal length. So 1/50s for 50mm, 1/100s for 100mm, 1/300s for 300mm etc. The cheaper telephoto lenses usually provide a maximum aperture size of F5.6 at the far end so with a 200mm telephoto lens in a 1.5 crop body the maximum overall exposure you can get is F5.6 and 1/300s. Needless to say you'll need a lot of light unless you want to use an insanely high sensitivity value which always increases the amount of noise.
There's help available though. There are many lenses available with optical image stabilizers. These can allow you to use up to roughly four times longer exposure times than ones without stabilizers. These lenses are naturally more expensive as they are more complex. What you need to note using long telephoto lenses is that depth of field and the perspective impression are both really shallow. You can help with the depth of filed by decreasing the aperture size but then you might run into a problem with the amount of light. Perspective impression is something that just can't be helped.
If you're not sure whether to buy a telephoto lens there are lenses that allow to try it quite cheaply. Tamron and some other manufacturers have a 70-300mm F4.0-5.6 telephoto lens with macro option. These generally provide 1:2 magnification ratio at 300mm and macro option is usable in focal length range of 180-300mm. Picture quality wise these are usually really far from greatness but you can kill two birds with a one stone and get yourself a long telephoto and a macro lens all at once. Price range for these low end macro telezooms is roughly 100-250 bucks.
High quality long telezooms with fixed relative aperture value can cost up to tens of thousands of dollars so you'd really need to need one to buy one. Price range of good enough ones is roughly 500-1000 bucks.
What about wide-angle?
This was somewhat discussed in the basic "rules". Generally they're useless. There are very few practical applications for them so for most they're just playthings. These playthings have a habit of costing $500 or more so once again think hard whether you really need one. These are useful if you need to photograph in really confined spaces but for the most photographers they're just expensive paper weights. Crop bodies give you trouble with wide-angle. There are some fisheye lenses available that have close to 180 degree angle of view in a full frame body but I'm yet to come across one that's capable of doing that in a crop body. As far as playthings go these are really nice ones but I strongly recommend you consider the return of your investment. Barrel and perspective distortions are massive. So the photos are quite often in dire need of much labor intensive retouching. Generally it's better to take a few steps back and use a longer lens.
Final words
Read reviews, examine example photos and map your needs. Buying lenses is actually not that scary when you're well prepared. Don't buy anything just because it may be fun because they're usually fun for a quite limited time. So plan ahead and most importantly have fun.
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The Twins Know Defoliating a
Victory Gardenhire Sure Works
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This week in the playoffs, Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire pulled what I call "a Fregosi". If you read this and internalize the lesson, you have a chance to protect yourself from the equivalent in your own non-baseball management arena.
Pulling a Fregosi (maybe I'll call this Defoliating a Gardenhire in the future) is when you find yourself at a decision juncture and are more focused on looking in the rear-view mirror (the past) than on looking forward through the windshield (the future). Doing so guarantees a higher level of emotional response, and a lack of attention to the possibilities of the future.
Gardenhire defoliated himself in this week's Game #2 between his Twins & the Yankees, turning a potential coup de grace into a turning point that buried his team.
This is a five-game series, so you are never in a position of being able to finesse one game (take a loss) to preserve or increase your chances to win a later one.
Play by play is here.
Tied at 5, bottom of the 10th, vast advantage to home team (Yankees). Twins skipper Gardenhire brings in his best reliever, Joe Nathan, at the start of the inning to protect the team's chances. He's already used two of his lesser relievers. Nathan had pitched an inning the night before.
Nathan's perfect in the 10th. The Twins can't score in their half of the 11th.
He comes back for the 11th. He's perfect again.
The Twins score a lone run in the top of the 12th on Torii Hunter's homer.
Gardenhire has a decision point here. On the side of taking his pitcher out, Nathan's not pitched more than two innings in relief this season, plus he'd pitched a (short uneventful) inning the night before. In favor of rolling him out again, Nathan's started in previous seasons. And the following day is a sorta-day off, a travel day, so he can get some recharge. And he's been pitching well this night.
Gardenhire rolls him out. This, imnsho, is a questionable decision but not a bad decision. His alternatives are relievers he'd prefer not to use and bottom-of-the-rotation starters he planned on not using to start in this series
Here's what follows:
-J Olerud struck out swinging.
-M Cairo walked.
{OWW-OOH-GUH. WARNING WILL ROBINSON. Cairo is not a guy you pitch around, and you certainly don't wanna put the winning run at the plate. Nathan is clearly shaky. Time to probably take a chance on a fresher arm even if it's one with lower normal potential. Gardenhire stands by his toast}
-D Jeter walked, M Cairo to second.
{DOH. Okay, dude, winning run on first, tying run in scoring position. Time to act. Really. No slack left. He doesn't}
-A Rodriguez hit a ground rule double to deep center, M Cairo scored, D Jeter to third.
-G Sheffield intentionally walked.
-J Romero relieved J Nathan.
-H Matsui hit sacrifice fly to right, D Jeter scored.
2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors
Minnesota 6, NY Yankees 7
Game over, series probabalistically over.
The point is not, as some have argued over the last few days, that Nathan shouldn't have come out to start the 12th, his 3rd, inning. The point is, once Nathan had proven he didn't have enough control left to throw strikes to the Yankee line-up's weakest batter, you didn't need to let him throw to the top of their order, that is, Mr. October Junior, The $200 Million Eddie Haskell, and then the best hitter on the team, all with one out and the tying run at the plate. There's no amount of confidence in Nathan, no level of commitment expressed by this act, no warm-fuzzies towards his reliever (who, true, is a big reason the Twins are a successful a team as they are) that's going to get Nathan out of his Own Private Idaho here.
He's toast, a crispy critter, moundkill. At this point even a bottom-of-the-rotation starter you hoped you wouldn't have to use, even possibly Terry "Last Good Season Was In The Last Century" Mulholland (just kidding...I wouldn't bring in a lefty to face Jeter, A-Rod & Sheffield), but definitely any right-handed pitcher who could fog a mirror (perhaps Kyle Lohse, as bad as he'd been recently), would be at least as good as Nathan to the subsequent hitters and you'd be saving some of Nathan's fuel for the next time you needed him with every logical presumption that'd he do better than he was at this moment..
Gardenhire's error was looking at the past, not the future. Nathan had been a veritable St. Christopher, getting a save in 44 of the Twins' 92 victories, "blowing" only three of those save chances. He had appeared in 73 games, allowed a run in only 7 of those 73, and had struck out over 11 batters for each 9 innings.
But that's the past. Now matter how confident you are about someone's abilities, you have to let the present (2-1/3 innings of relief which is not how Nathan had accumulated his accomplishments I mentioned in the previous paragraph) shape the future. As Alvin Dark, a notoriously tart-tongued manager said, you should never go out to the mound to remove a pitcher, you should always go out to put a new pitcher in.
What he meant was you shouldn't be angry about the pitcher's current troubles, and if you honestly think the incumbent has the best chance among your options of stifling the next batter, you shouldn't remove that pitcher. The obverse, though, is you can't let the good emotions around that player's past heroics nor your own fear of seeming to be indecisive by not sticking with your status quo stand in the way of a move for a change. Neither, in a life-or-death moment like a playoff game, can you let your concern for whether the pitcher's feelings will be hurt cast a (Don) pall on the chances your whole team has to succeed.
Obviously, you can make an occasional decision to leave a hurler in as an experimental move during the season if it doesn't matter much, or if you need to line up your pitching for several subsequent games. I suggest that a five-game series against a very tough team is not the time for that.
In my consulting, I've seen too many managers pull a Fregosi by not paying close enough attention to the future by marinating in the past.
I worked as a regional operations manager for an intercity bus company that took passengers around the country. The head man was very passionate about his business, but he had certain routes that had been good for his business over the years. His ridership had evolved, so some of those old routes weren't the winners they once were and some others begged out for a little marketing and yet other possiiblities lay fallow, untried. His unwillingness to face the present wasn't an actual problem for a long time -- his cash flow and margins were both quite good.
But a significant portion of his fleet got old at the same time and he had some bad luck with some of his newer buses. He just didn't have the rolling stock to service all his routes and it was decision time. He needed to borrow to buy more buses, but it was a recession and his lenders wouldn't lend him money. So he needed to trim routes or level of service on each. He chose to trim routes, but pulled a Fregosi, and instead of optimizing his choices based on where the growth was and in which cities he had good maintenance facilities, it was all based on historical profitability. He was unrelentingly loyal to the towns and people and schedule that had made the company rich. The company was gone after about 18 months, and while he walked off with a decent retirement, it was a pittance compared to what the outfit was worth if he'd been paying attention to the future.
I want to be clear; loyalty is a wonderful thing. You can occasionally take a performance hit either out of loyalty to some past contribution or, equally, to give a young contributor experience.
But when a big game or project or product or effort is on the line, focus on the future, not the past. Don't defoliate a Gardenhire.
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Author Notes: There is a tent at Jazz Fest in New Orleans (or at least there was before I had children) that sells the most delicious sweet potato pone. Somewhere between a pudding and a cake, pone is most often made with corn. Pones can also be made with sweet root vegetables like sweet potatoes. Serve pone with a savory entree or as dessert topped with whipped cream. My grandmother used make something very much like this. Here is my version. - Waverly —Waverly
Food52 Review: I have to admit, before today I had never tasted a pone and had no idea what it was. Waverly's Sweet Potato Pone fixed that. It's really delicious. In fact I think it can wear two hats; it would be equally good as a side (think candied sweet potatoes only better and not as sweet) or as a dessert. I love the spicing and the addition of the orange zest and brandy really add to the overall flavor. It's super easy to put together, especially if you grate the sweet potato with your food processor. I had it warm with some whipped cream and imagined myself at Jazz Fest in Louisiana. - sdebrango —sdebrango
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- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, plus more for the topping
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 2 eggs at room temperature, beaten
- 4 cups peeled and then grated sweet potatoes (about 2-3 large)
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 2 tablespoons brandy
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 orange, zested
- PREP: Preheat the oven to 350. Butter a glass baking dish.
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The last time I added anything with any real mass to the compost pile someone had given me some really large cardboard boxes and a stack of newspapers. I keep telling people that I don't compost the slick stuff but they keep giving me newspapers with the slick stuff in it anyway. Today is one of those days I turn the entire pile and I will see what's dissolved and what hasn't. What does and what doesn't go back to the earth fascinates me like very few things do. I would very much like to return to the earth when I die and I hope to have a green burial and maybe even in a compost pile somewhere.
The cardboard boxes are totally gone. Nothing is left of them at all. There was a layer of newspaper covering the entire pile, only a couple of pages thick, and it is gone as well. There is a small knot of paper envelopes and stuff that I didn't scatter out so well and it's amazing how intact this junk mail offering to the Gods of Rot has survived. I use a pitchfork, yes, a real live pitchfork, to shovel everything over to one big pile. We have denizens, yes, we have, even in weather this cool.
There are scores of largely immobile earthworms. A lot of small creatures that usually scurry about, but the chilled air has them slowed down a bit, and then there are the fireants. Fireants are what hell will be like if it was twice as evil as we could imagine and there were telemarketers there. They are small, endlessly aggressive, and they pack a venom that hurts a lot more than you'd give credit to such a small insect being able to inflect and they sting until you are dead or they are dead. They are among the few creatures on earth I truly and honestly hate. I would, with no hesitation, cause the total and complete extinction of this species and never blink.
The colder weather causes them to move slowly as well so I am able to dig their entire nest up. Thousands and thousands of eggs are exposed to the cold air and I hope this puts a damper on their usually runaway growth in the compost pile. It's very difficult to get them out once they get in, but the colder weather helps.
I started this pile way back in 2006. There for a very long time it was a pile of leaves with junk mail tossed into it. It didn't go very far or happen very fast but eventually, after a couple of years, it began to have some sort of internal process that devoured stuff faster. In 2009, a Loki Mutt arrived and he happily dug through it looking for edibles. A fence was erected around it. And finally, in 2010, I decided to start planting peppers and tomatoes in the soil I had created from junk mail envelopes, used paper towels ( no cleaner on them, thank you) and yard debris. This soil rocks, I tell you!
There have been some lessons learned. The first is this; water. Or more precisely, moisture. The pile has to be kept damp to operate but if it is large enough, there will always be moisture at the lower levels. The second was plastic never rusts. All those junk mail envelops had those little plastic windows in them and each and every one of them showed up and they are still showing up, even though I stopped using them after the first year. If it is plastic it will return to you. The plastic tape on boxes never breaks down at all. Even metal will erode away before plastic goes anywhere at all. Think about it; I've been doing this since 2006, tossed in junk mail for just one year, and those little clear plastic windows still pop out of the earth every once in a while. Imagine how many are in landfills not doing anything more.
So the plan today was quite simple; stack everything up, put down a later of newspapers that have been soaking since last week, put down a layer of new stuff, put old stuff on top of it, wet it down, put new stuff down on top of that, put old stuff on top of that, wet it down, repeat until I ran out of new stuff or old stuff. Or I get tired.
Anyway, this is my theory. There are microbes and material in the old stuff looking for new stuff to eat. The new stuff has to be wet, warm, and yummy which is why I make sandwiches out of the old stuff. The activity in the old stuff generates heat and this further breaks down the new stuff. This is all a process as old as…dirt.
Newspaper, kitchen debris, new stuff, water, old stuff, water, new stuff, water, old stuff, water, and call it a day. The fence goes back up and the dogs, who have been watching with disinterest, wag their tails hopefully. It's rather cool and they rather be sofa mutts than composting out here in the cold. The pile has steam rising off of it now and the sun is going to warm it up a bit as the day wears on.
Deep inside the pile, the colony of fireants is in a state of disarray. I have an odd theory that goes something like this: The fireants leave trails of pheromones so other ants know where food is and where everyone else is, too. There are other creatures, centipedes, termites, worms of a hundred types, beetles, and the sort who live in the pile too. As they walk over, crawl over and slither over the ant trails, they start to smell like ants, too. Sooner or later, there's a population inside the pile that are no longer noteworthy to the ants. I fear my activity disrupts everything. Life is turned upside down for everyone. But the pile grows larger, the soil inside gets better and my garden will grow too, come spring.
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- Film Roman, 20th Century Fox Television, Judgemental Films, Inc.
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- Cartoon Characters: Hank Hill, Boomhauer, Peggy Hill, Bobby Hill, Luanne Platter, Dale Gribble, Nancy Hicks Gribble, John Redcorn, Professor John Lerner, Bill Dauterive.
- Vocal Talent: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Boomhauer), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill), Pamela Adlon (as Pamela Segall Adlon) (Bobby Hill), Brittany Murphy (Luanne Platter), Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble), Ashley Gardner (Nancy Hicks Gribble), Jonathan Joss (John Redcorn), Maurice LaMarche (Professor John Lerner), Stephen Root (Bill Dauterive).
- Directed By Klay Hall.
- Produced By Joseph A. Boucher.
Executive Producers: Greg Daniels, Mike Judge, Howard Klein, Phil Roman, Michael Rotenberg.
Co-Executive Producer: Brent Forrester.
Supervising Producers: David Zuckerman, Jonathan Collier, Cheryl Holliday.
Co-Producers: Jonathan Abiel, Daniel Rappaport, Glenn Berger, Joe Stillman.
Executive Animation Producers: John W. Hyde, David Pritchard.
Animation Producers: Lolee Aries, Michael Wolf.
Associate Producers: Malisa Caroselli, Stephanie Elliott, Mark McJimsey, Loren Smith, Kenny Micka.
- Written By Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger.
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Space Telescope Spots Super Earth (May 21, 2012)
For the first time, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope detected infrared light from a "super Earth" exoplanet, a planet beyond the solar system. A "super Earth" is one that's more massive than Earth but lighter than giants like Neptune. The exoplanet called 55 Cancri-e is eight times as massive as Earth with twice the diameter. It orbits its parent star in a speedy 18 hours. Because it's so close to the star, surface temperatures are a scorching 3,140°F (2,000°K).
Astronomers theorize 55 Cancri-e has a rocky core that may be surrounded by a blanket of steam from water that quickly boils away. Although it's not within the habitable zone (solar system region neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water), the discovery gives astronomers hope they're getting closer in the search for planets where life might be found. Last year, NASA confirmed discovery of the first "Goldilocks" planet.
The 55 Cancri system is "only" 41 light-years from Earth. A light year is how far light travels in one year, or about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion kilometers). The system includes five planets, with 55 Cancri-e the closest to the star. The same side always faces the star. Its atmosphere is most likely too thin to transfer much heat from the lit to the unlit side.


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I'm playing around with settings as:
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I'm playing around with settings as:
but as you can see in the images...through the doors etc. the provisionally textured airplane is visible....
Yes after commenting:
it works! Honestly I don't know what the above was for...
on a mesh with reflections:
I want to keep reflections and hide the mesh. Or in other words, I need to show a...
I do a plugin, vbo is ok but everything else from the parent is gone. I would appreciate advice on how to save and restore the original.
using a vbo destroys the existing context, hence how to avoid such?
if I draw in my x-plane plugin I destroy anything else. My stuff looks ok but how to restore the original state?
I only want to see reflections but not the mesh itself. Could I hide the mesh or alike?
(Well basically I want to show...
Was a easy fix with:
Ohh like that is rotating ok:
glTranslatef(XPLMGetDatad(locX), XPLMGetDatad(locY), XPLMGetDatad(locZ));
glRotatef(XPLMGetDataf(psi), 0, 1, 0);//heading
all ok and centered but as soon as I try to rotate the mesh I only see it in the distance.
// glRotatef(XPLMGetDataf(psi), 0, 1, 0);//heading
// ...
Thanks but I did have glew32.lib. I only get this error when selecting release in VS2008 not for debug.
What else could I be missing? And how to tell to use static?
Many thanks again
I'll have a look at glew on windows tomorrow, as I'm 99% on Linux. Anyway when do I use .dll and when *.lib?
I'm confused and get "not resolved Symbol "___glewFramebufferTexture2DEXT".
I can debug/run in VS2008 ok but I get that in release config. I have glew32.dll and glew32mx.dll in my folder. Also...
I draw 2D terrain with glpoints. Now I can set alpha to 0.5 and see the white instrument numbers/descriptions behind but like that the colors are not very good. Hence I wonder if I could see only the...
so I hope you are...
I draw onto an instrument panel and want the white to be seen through my drawing. It's a dll so i cannot change the instrument only draw on top.
I've tried to remove the...
I want to see white from background. How? Even with this:
glblend online tool
I couldn't figure it out.
Thanks Michael
I do a x-plane plugin so I don't know what was used but I normally use:
/// Tell Xplane what we are doing
XPLMSetGraphicsState(0/*Fog*/, 1/*TexUnits*/, 0/*Lighting*/, 0/*AlphaTesting*/,...
If I make the black background transparent the white (aircraft instrument) symbols are blurred. Why?
I know, I could my new background 50% transparent and place it in front but the result is...
No, as I said 3D in FBO is ok so I need to make also glpoints visible in FBO.
Figured it out without FBO but the mesh is to pixelated, not usable?
It's a plugin (dll) for an OpenGl App so buffering, camera etc. is handled by that.
Yea, weird especially as above in FBO I don't understand why nothing is visible. Couly you tell me how to use...
I'm not sure about the coordinates but I could also draw in a FBO. But even like that the 2D drawing (3D is ok) is not visible....sigh.
if( DreiDimensional ){...
Thanks but still the same after moving loadidentity. I draw as below but with glrotate and/or gltranslate nothing is visible.
glColor3f(rgb[0], rgb[1], rgb[2]);
As a result I tried as below. tdir is the angle. But the rotation is not centered in the 128x128 mesh to draw.
for (x=0; x<128; ++x) {
int xx = x * cos(tdir) - z * sin(tdir);
glTranslatef(local_lat, local_lon, local_alt);
glRotatef(GetDataf(psi), 0, 1, 0);//heading...
glRotatef(GetDataf(psi), 0, 1, 0);//heading
Hmm, so why I cannot see anything anymore after adding the above line?


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Okay, so as the title says... this week is Super Week! I'm gonna completely focus on behaving and not cheating... not saying it's okay to have an angus burger for lunch, not saying I'll get by without the excercise!! I've completely fallen off...
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My mom is beating me!!!
Monday, April 19, 2010 7 comments
As proud as I am of my mother, I can't fathom the idea of her weighing less than me. It sounds horrible, I'm sure, but I have always weighed less than my mother. In more recent years, less may have been just by a couple pounds, but still alway...
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50 sit~ups and 50 jumping~jacks
Sunday, April 18, 2010 4 comments
OUCH!! That was fun... lol. My body is hurtin, but I'm sure it'll be worth it. I haven't excercised in a week, or more... and haven't been faithful to a routine pretty much ever!! Tonight, my plan started. I did as the title says, 50 sit~up...
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Time to get serious
Friday, April 16, 2010 1 comments
Isn't it funny how one life "crisis" can put you so far off track when dieting. For so many reasons!! I mean, last saturday my transmission went in my car. Within 4 days, I am in a "new" car, and back to my normal routine. However in the mea...
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My diet didn't exist this weekend...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 3 comments
Yea, so the title says it all... I didn't care. I didn't think about it, I didn't focus on it, I just stuffed my face. Not a good thing... and its funny, because I feel all gross and bloaty today... like my body was actually getting used to th...
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Bad day blues
Sunday, April 11, 2010 1 comments
So yesterday was not so great! In fact, as far as weekends go, this one has had a lot of highs and lows! I'm 25 years old, and have not been incredibly responsible with my finances. In the past few months, I've been working very hard to stay ...
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On track
Friday, April 09, 2010 0 comments
As of this morning I am down to 169.2! Almost 5 lbs in a week and a half... also, 2" off both my waist and my hips...and I'm super excited about that!! Its mostly from counting my calories, granted I've had a few days where I was WAY over my g...
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Excercise is not the enemy... so why does it feel that way?
Thursday, April 08, 2010 1 comments
Today I actually have a whole day of free time, which is rare cause I work two jobs that take up most of my free time. I haven't actually worked out in about a week, and I know I should. It looks like its gonna be a beautiful day today! I thi...
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The hardest part of the day
Wednesday, April 07, 2010 3 comments
Its when I've worked all day, and come home and the house is empty and all I want to do is relax. Put a movie in, plop myself down on the coucn, and just veg!! It's all I want to do, but once I get here I get antsy... start thinkin bout the yu...
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GLENDORA, Calif. --
Also in 2014, NHRA will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the biggest and most prestigious event in all of NHRA Drag Racing, the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Labor Day weekend, Aug. 27-Sept. 1. Another tradition-rich event will celebrate its 50th anniversary: the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona (Calif.). That race will again provide the stage for the season finale, Nov. 13-16. NHRA will be announcing activities, events and promotions for both milestone anniversary races that will make each one a must-attend event for NHRA fans.
The 24-race NHRA Mello Yello Series will make its traditional stops across the country and remains the most geographically dispersed U.S. touring series in all of motorsports, reaching fans with its unique brand of high-horsepower entertainment from New England to California, Washington to Florida, and all points between.
The 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series kicks off with the NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Feb. 6-9. It was also announced that the event will move to a more traditional three-day format for Mello Yello Series competitors, featuring two qualifying runs Friday and Saturday, followed by eliminations Sunday. The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competitors will begin racing Thursday, Feb. 6.
Following the season opener, the series returns to Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park (formerly Firebird International Raceway) near Phoenix for the 30th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals, Feb. 21-23. NHRA teams will traverse the country to make it to the traditional East Coast opener at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville for the 45th annual Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals, March 13-16.
Three traditional stops will follow: the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (March 28-30); the popular NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte, N.C. (April 11-13); and the O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA SpringNationals at Royal Purple Raceway near Houston (April 25-27).
In May, the teams will embark on a grueling stretch of events during the summer months that includes 11 races in 14 weeks, beginning with the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals in Atlanta, May 16-18. The NHRA Mello Yello Series returns to racing Memorial Day weekend with the NHRA Kansas Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka, May 23-25, followed by the last of a three-in-a-row stretch, the 45th annual Toyota NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J. (May 29-June 1).
After a week off, the NHRA Mello Yello Series will race four in a row starting with the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, Tenn. (June 13-15); the Auto-Plus NHRA New England Nationals (June 19-22) in Epping, N.H.; the O'Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 NHRA Nationals outside Chicago (June 26-29); and concluding with a Fourth of July weekend celebration during the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio (July 3-6).
The famed Western Swing kicks off with the 35th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals at Bandimere Speedway in Denver, July 18-20. From there, the teams will trek farther west stopping at Sonoma Raceway in the Bay Area of Northern California for the NHRA Sonoma Nationals (July 25-27) before finishing the Western Swing at Pacific Raceways near Seattle with the O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Northwest Nationals (Aug. 1-3). NHRA teams will then head to Brainerd, Minn., for the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, Aug. 14-17.
The last race in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series regular season where the final positions for the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship can be secured will be the prestigious Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Labor Day weekend, Aug. 27-Sept. 1. Adding to the pressure that the teams and drivers will experience that weekend will be the NHRA Traxxas Nitro Shootout for Top Fuel and Funny Car. The special races-within-a-race bonus event features the best of the best in both categories vying for $100,000 winners' checks.
The six-race 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship, NHRA's playoffs, kicks off two weeks later with four consecutive weeks of racing: the NHRA Carolina Nationals in Charlotte, N.C. (Sept. 12-14); the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals at the Texas Motorplex near Dallas (Sept. 18-21); the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park near St. Louis (Sept. 26-28); and the 30th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa. (Oct. 2-5).
The season concludes out west with the NHRA Toyota Nationals in Las Vegas (Oct. 30-Nov. 2) and returns to where it all began for the season finale with the 50th anniversary of the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals (Nov. 13-16). Like the Winternationals, the Auto Club NHRA Finals will be a three-day race for the Mello Yello Series teams with two qualifying sessions each Friday and Saturday and final eliminations Sunday. Besides featuring the conclusion to the season and the crowning of world champions in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle, the event at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona will include a huge 50th anniversary celebration. Details regarding special events, activities and promotions will be announced later.
The Pro Stock Motorcycle class will compete in a 16-race schedule, with six of those races in the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship.
ESPN2 and ESPN2HD, a part of the ESPN network, the worldwide leader in sports, will again provide exclusive television coverage on a same-day basis of all NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events featuring action from qualifying rounds Saturday and eliminations Sunday.
2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Schedule
NHRA Mello Yello Series Regular Season
Feb. 6-9 54th annual NHRA Winternationals
Feb. 21-23 30th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals
March 13-16 45th annual Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals
March 28-30 15th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals
April 11-13 Fifth annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
April 25-27 27th annual O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA SpringNationals
May 16-18 34th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals
May 23-25 26th annual NHRA Kansas Nationals
May 29-June 1 45th annual Toyota NHRA Summernationals
June 13-15 14th annual Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals
June 19-22 Second annual Auto-Plus NHRA New England Nationals
June 26-29 17th annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 NHRA Nationals
July 3-6 Eighth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals
July 18-20 35th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals
July 25-27 27th annual NHRA Sonoma Nationals
Aug. 1-3 27th annual O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Northwest Nationals
Aug. 14-17 33rd annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals
Aug. 27-Sept. 1 60th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals
NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship
Sept. 12-14 Seventh annual NHRA Carolina Nationals
Sept. 18-21 29th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals
Sept. 26-28 Third annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals
Oct. 2-5 30th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals
Oct. 30-Nov. 2 14th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals
Nov. 13-16 50th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals
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Many websites have learned the hard way that any 15-year-old kid with a copy of Photoshop and too much time on his hands can easily brew up a convincing "leaked" Apple product. Justifiably, then, these same sites sometimes greet photos of leaked parts with a degree of skepticism. Now, if only they'd employ that same skepticism when evaluating the nonsense that spews from legions of so-called "analysts."
Foxconn resumes hiring in preparation for Apple's next iPhone (AppleInsider)
Foxconn is hiring a bunch of people, which means everyone immediately breaks out their Jump to Conclusions mats and leaps toward the "New iPhone!" square. Maybe, maybe not. Foxconn does build a lot of products for companies besides Apple, you know.
Faked Photo of 'iPhone 5S Logic Board' With A7 Chip Making the Rounds (MacRumors)
You know a rumor is a stinker when Mac-"Digitimes reports that"-Rumors takes time out to debunk it. All snark aside, they did an excellent job ripping this fake photo a new one.
iPhone 5S May Come Equipped with 12-Megapixel Rear Camera and Improved Night Shooting (MacRumors)
The Vietnamese source of this rumor has been a reliable source of information on unreleased Apple products many times before. And since neither of these features sound particularly outlandish, I'd put this one in the (very small) "plausible" rumor pile.
Facebook Home to come to iPhone? We're not holding our breath ... (9to5 Mac)
I find myself in full agreement with 9to5 Mac on this one. If Apple did engage in "talks" with Facebook about integrating Facebook Home in iOS, I bet those talks didn't get much farther than someone at Apple saying, "LOL. No." Apple's not going to relinquish that much control over the iOS user experience to a third party. Anyone who honestly believes otherwise hasn't been paying attention to the "walled garden" and "Big Brother Apple" cliches that have been flying around for the past five years.
More affordable iPhone predicted to grab Apple 11% share of low-end market in 2014 (AppleInsider)
Gene "Apple HDTV coming in 201x" Munster turns his gaze upon another long-rumored but never seen product: the "budget iPhone." A bunch of made-up numbers follow like a stream of... well, let's just say, "something you wouldn't want to see in your kitchen" and leave it at that.
Purported next-gen iPad case pictured, again pointing to major redesign (BGR)
BGR busts out with the word "purported" for this story, which is a photo of a physical object -- a case allegedly designed around the next-gen iPad's form factor. I wonder if BGR is anywhere near as objective about stories sourced from "analysts" and/or daydreaming pundits?
Forbes: Don't expect anything 'new' from Apple in 2013 (BGR)
Nope; not an ounce of skepticism here. Some guy at Forbes says there is nothing new under Apple's sun for the rest of this year, and BGR re-reports it without a trace of incredulity.
iPhone 5S, low-cost iPhone and Retina iPad mini launches all reportedly pushed back (BGR)
Similarly, BGR completely takes "analyst" Peter Misek's ravings about Apple's product roadmap for 2013 at face value... in spite of the fact that Misek has been demonstrably wrong about all things Apple on many, many, many occasions.
So here's how the score shapes up: Leaked photos of physical objects = cautious skepticism. Some analyst says something about Apple = STOP THE PRESSES. I've singled out BGR this week, but it's the same story with most of the rumor blogs out there right now.
The relationship between "analysts" and the rumor blogs reminds me of all the little old ladies I used to see camped out in front of slot machines in Vegas. The odds of hitting a sizeable jackpot were vanishingly low, but there they sat anyway, pulling those levers or pushing those buttons over and over again in the vain hope that this time it might pay off.
iPad 5 Estimated to Be 15% Thinner, 25% Lighter Than Current iPad (MacRumors)
Read any analyst source's "research note" or "note to investors" and keep a tally of how many times he/she says, "We think" or "We believe." These people have no proof for any of these claims about Apple, its products, its potential financial performance, or its future roadmap. None. They are guessing. Their guesses are wrong far more often than they are right. They are not worth taking seriously. At all. Speaking of sources not worth taking seriously...
Apple Halting Mac Component Orders Due to Overestimated Demand? (MacRumors)
"Digitimes reports that" --BZZZT! Next.
Lower-Cost iPhone's Plastic Rear Shell Reportedly Surfaces (MacRumors)
From the article: "We also can not verify whether this is indeed a legitimate rear shell for Apple's lower-cost iPhone. It could simply be manufactured based on circulating rumors, but even if fake it could be an accurate representation if it is based on design specs leaking through case makers."
In other words: It could be real. It could be fake. We don't know. It's anybody's guess, really. Journalism! *jazz hands*
New shots show supposed 'iPhone 5S' camera, unidentified part (AppleInsider)
Is there any other industry where such inconsequential leaks get so much attention? "BREAKING: Gas cap for 2014-model BMW K1300R surfaces (pics)"
Apple warned not to stay quiet, must do 'something by September' (BGR)
Some analyst is screaming for Apple to "[do] SOMETHING" by September. Apparently making obscenely huge amounts of money every three months doesn't count as doing SOMETHING -- all that matters is that everything Apple's selling right now is literally MONTHS old. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY, APPLE? I need an iPhone 5S, an iWatch, and an Apple HDTV, and I need them NOW, or I WALK.


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BOSTON, Massachusetts -- Residents of this Mecca of political liberalism are observing an official day of mourning after Scott Brown was sworn in to occupy the seat in the U.S. Senate held for decades by the late Ted Kennedy.
The oath-taking marks the end of 56 years in which the State of Massachusetts has been represented by at least one member of the Kennedy family, a span often referred to as the "Camelot Era," as legislation was often used in order to prohibit not just bad weather but other real-world outcomes.
Brown won election to Kennedy's seat 16 days ago over Democrat Martha Coakley. The turning point in the campaign was a televised debate on the most pressing issue for Massachusetts residents, President Barack Obama's proposal for a system of universal coverage for the Boston Red Sox. By all accounts, Coakley lost that debate from her poor understanding of baseball in general, referring to local hero Curt Schilling as a Yankee and declaring that she would never stand in front of Fenway Park just to shake grubby hands.
Brown is also a fan of health care, but that issue never came up in the campaign.
"I'm in a state of shock," said Norma Shockley, shopping for bookends at the Ikea furniture warehouse in Stoughton, Massachusetts. "I moved here because I wanted to be represented by Kennedys forever, not by some working-class guy who drives a pick-up truck!"
The ceremony makes Brown the 41st Republican Senator, giving his party the filibuster power to block votes to end debate, so that a bill can be voted on. This could hold up President Obama's ambitious agenda, as well as bathroom breaks for legislators. "We're all for debate, and lots of it," said the Republican leader in the Senate, whose name was not known by anyone. "We love it so much, we never want to see it end." Asked if he wants the President to fail, the Minority Leader invoked cloture on himself and issued a curt "No," deftly employing a word that has come to be synonymous with his party.
Adding insult to injury, during the same week, Toyota announced that the Prius may have defective brakes and have to be recalled. A majority of Massachusetts residents drive the energy-saving vehicles, not just to make a fashionable political statement about themselves, but also to protect themselves against a currency collapse by investing personal funds in a large cache of lead-acid. "I don't know where to turn," said Ms. Shockley, the shocked shopper. "First, the last of the Kennedys, now my Prius. What do you do when everything you hold dear is gone?"
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- Howie Carr "For moonbats, the end of an era". Boston Herald, February 5, 2010


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Alicia Keys, "are expecting a baby and are engaged to be married in a private ceremony later this year," and "They're very happy," according to PEOPLE.
Alicia Keys, aged 29, is in these days on tour in Europe and will sing in June, the opening ceremony of the World Cup in South Africa.It is unknown at this time the date when her first child will be born.
Alicia Keys is engaged to rapper and music producer Swiss Beatz, aged 31, who has a son from previous relationships. According to press, the two musicians will marry in a private ceremony.
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Date: 12/7/2011
Back to Nature. Shoreham called to me!
There wasn't much left! My two nephews were grown up and there was just my sis n me. I was born sexually neuter so I never had my own kids. I love my sis, but naturally not as a lover. And there was never anyone else. I don't have the anatomy, the hormones or the mindset. The nephs were the way out, the way forward. I became a foster father. I did a good job I guess. But it had to come to an end. That's when it hit home. I was still Edward Scissorhands. I was back in a society that felt the need to beat me down when they knew about me. Running up Buck Palace Road, hit by three cars wasn't the answer. I couldn't even die, just bruised.... inside and out! So it was a long road of ridicule and abuse ahead. I thought I might just get it over quickly. Where better for the nation's only natural Ken doll than a nudist beach, where the ugly truth would be venomously punished by a lynch mob. I chose Shoreham Beach. Why not Brighton? Fate I guess! I stepped out like a lamb in a wolfpack. A neutered lamb too, not even breeding stock, only good for the food chain. I walked, waited.... nothing! Well, ok, not strictly true! The beach is twice the length of Brighton Nudist Beach, but it took me an hour to reach the far end. Beaten up? .......No! I wasn't ready for this. One by one, the basking nudists, cast against the stormwall soaking up the suntrap, engaged me, not in abuse, but in chat. I'm different, so very different, but nobody mentioned it. To them the hot weather in April was a far bigger surprise. Where was I from, had I been here before, they didn't recognise me! Well you would think they should if they knew me? A mixed crowd, single guys, several couples or groups of naked sexagenarians, one or two families, even with kids. The kids would give me hell, right? Hell, no! I was tempted to ask, "Can't you people see, I'm different, disabled, inadequate?" But I couldn't. I couldn't ruin their day by embarrassing them. Maybe they didn't notice! Blind, dazzled by the sun? No it wasn't that at all. It was something I had never imagined in my life before, something I had never experienced out there in mainstream Babylon society, with its sexual obsessions and its penis elitism. These people, these naturists, were treating me as just another guy on the beach. .......which I was! Yes, I was no different, because we all had something in common. We were all naked on a beach. And I am still no different, because I never left Shoreham Beach. That beach came with me everywhere. It accompanied me to Abbey House Gardens, on the World Naked Bike Rides, to Studland, Holkham, on the TV in the Great British Body. It danced with me at Starkers and Nudity, the naked discos. Ultimately it helped me find my Eden, the club that finally accepted, no, adopted me as a member, my Heaven on earth at the Naturist Foundation. I am finally alive. Now I rarely visit its home on the south coast. But we are never far apart. Shoreham follows me everywhere, because I am just another guy on its beach! Join me sometime and you will hear its waves rolling intimately in the background!


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Hours after announcing it would scale back – but continue – its alliance with PSA Peugeot Citroen, General Motors revealed it was selling off its 7% stake in the troubled French automaker.
Without those economic ties, industry observers say there appears to be even less of a reason for the two manufacturers to continue any long-term affiliation beyond the two product sharing deals and a few smaller arrangements they currently plan to move ahead with.
GM initially purchased its stake in Peugeot last year at a time when the two makers expected they could achieve $2 billion in savings by working together. Both companies have been losing billions in Europe in recent years. But since initially inking their alliance both have shifted strategies, raising ongoing questions about whether they could meet their original goals.


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UPDATE: A University Place animal control officer was arrested Thursday after deputies found about $1,400 in his truck from the scene of the marijuana-grow operation officials were investigating, Troyer said.
Among those who responded to the scene were two University Place animal control officers, Troyer said. He did not know which animals at the scene required their services.
Deputies noticed that the cash initially found at the secured scene had disappeared, and after investigating, they found the money in the animal control officers' truck Wednesday.
"When we went there (Wednesday) night, we knew there was evidence in the house and we secured it," Troyer said. "We did an investigation that eventually led us to the animal control officer. … They (the control officers) both denied it."The 28-year-old officer arrested was booked into jail for charges of theft in the second degree, tampering with physical evidence and criminal conduct in the third degree.
All of the money was recovered.
Troyer said the extent to which the other officer was involved has yet to be determined.
"Neither of them are working," he said.
University Place officials were referring questions to the city attorney, who was not available Thursday night, Mayor Ken Grassi said.
The city employs only those two animal control officers, and Troyer said they are uniformed and carry weapons.
Pierce County animal control has taken over in University Place until the situation is resolved, he said.
Authorities dismantled the grow operation, which included reflective sheeting, fans and a grow shield, Troyer said.
The woman in her mid-40s who lived at the house was not arrested, but deputies are sending reports of their investigation to the prosecutor, Troyer said. The alleged burglars who were arrested are both 18.
INITIAL POST: Pierce County sheriff's deputies investigating a burglary at a University Place house Wednesday found a marijuana grow inside, spokesman Ed Troyer said today.
Deputies were called about 11 a.m. to the 7800 block of 35th Street West after neighbors called to report seeing two men breaking into the home.
While investigating the burglary, deputies discovered 90 pot plants growing inside the house.
The alleged burglars and a woman who lived there were arrested.