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What the NCAA failed to do to UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian, his local newspaper did.
And I was the editor.
Two decades later, "Tark the Shark" this week finds himself a finalist for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. This year's inductees will be announced April 8.
It's a crapshoot whether Tark will get in. And that's a shame. For whatever happened off the basketball court, Tarkanian remains important to college basketball. Trying to redact Tark would be like telling the story of Tombstone without mentioning Doc Holliday.
For those of you who are not familiar with the Las Vegas Review-Journal's role in all of this, allow me to remind you.
It was May 1991. The city was still smarting from UNLV's loss to Duke in the Final Four, ending the Runnin' Rebels' bid for an undefeated season and second straight national championship.
We were minding the public's business — which included unblinking coverage of the long fight between the NCAA and Tark — when investigative reporter A.D. Hopkins encountered a guy with a story he claimed would implode the UNLV basketball program.
Hopkins came into my office and closed the door. "You gotta see this," he said.
A.D.'s guy then proceeded to show us negatives of three current UNLV basketball players in a hot tub with Richard "The Fixer" Perry — a man already convicted of throwing college basketball games.
After verifying the negatives and double-checking the man's story, we ran the picture, which was taken in 1989. A convicted sports fixer with three UNLV basketball players. And there were subsequent reports of "The Fixer" hanging out inside the UNLV locker room at halftime.
As expected, it was an undeniable revelation that quickly ended Tark's tenure at UNLV. It was ugly. He announced the 1991-92 season would be his last at the school.
There was more to the saga as the controversy exploded, but I'll save it for my book. For now, suffice to say, publishing the picture wasn't personal. Once we saw it, we could not look away, even though we knew the likely outcome.
I made the call. And I've never looked back.
But now, some 20 years later, I think it would be too damn bad if Tark were denied Hall of Fame status because of it.
Whatever happened inside the UNLV basketball program — right under the noses of Coach Tark and the NCAA — there came indications that it also went on at several other basketball programs. Big-name, "respected" basketball programs. That's why, I believe, once Tark exited UNLV, the NCAA never closely examined the bigger questions raised by the hot tub photo. Closer inspection might have proved far more embarrassing to the NCAA than Tarkanian ever was.
Speculation aside, the time that has passed now allows us to more clearly see that the hot tub photo and Tark's legacy as a bad boy are only colorful sidebars to his accomplishments on the court.
ESPN college basketball journalist Andy Katz says, "Few coaches in the past 40 years have influenced the game like Tark. He should be in the Hall. ... His numbers are so lofty that if you were to go on stats alone he would sail through the process."
AP National Sports Columnist Tim Dahlberg agrees. Tark's 784 wins puts him in the same sentence with Adolph Rupp. Tarkanian took 18 teams to the "Big Dance" and made it to the Final Four four times.
Dahlberg, who covered the good, the bad and the ugly of Tark's UNLV career, writes: "Take away the lingering debate over his relationship with the NCAA and he would have been inducted a long time ago."
Look, the truth is that at 82 years old and in failing health, Jerry Tarkanian isn't going to be around much longer. Even the most die-hard NCAA Tark-hater knows the Hall will come to Tarkanian sooner or later.
Make it now.
Sherman Frederick, former publisher of the Las Vegas Review-Journal and member of the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame, writes a column for Stephens Media. Read his blog at www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/sherman-frederick.


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lessfs – A high performance inline data deduplicating filesystem for Linux.
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EPRD – An eventually persistent kernel based ram disk or disk cache.
TIER – A tiered storage blockdevice
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Lessfs offers a flexible solution to utilize data deduplication on affordable commodity hardware. Lessfs is a high-performance inline data deduplication filesystem written for Linux and is currently licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3. It also supports LZO, QuickLZ and BZip compression (among a couple others), and data encryption as well as replication.


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William L. Fox is a writer whose work is a sustained inquiry into how human cognition transforms land into landscape. His numerous nonfiction books rely upon fieldwork with artists and scientists in extreme environments to provide the narratives through which he conducts his investigations. He also serves as the Director of the Center for Art + Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno.
Fox was born in San Diego and attended Claremont McKenna College. He has edited several literary magazines and presses, among them the West Coast Poetry Review, and worked as a consulting editor for university presses, as well as being the former director of the poetry program at the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. In the visual arts, Fox has exhibited text works in more than two dozen group and solo exhibitions in seven countries
Fox has published poems, articles, reviews, and essays in more than seventy magazines, has had fifteen collections of poetry published in three countries, and has written eleven nonfiction books about the relationships among art, cognition, and landscape. He has also authored essay for numerous exhibition catalogs and artists' monographs.
In 2001-02 he spent two-and-a-half months in the Antarctic with the National Science Foundation in the Antarctic Visiting Artists and Writers Program. He has also worked as a team member of the NASA Haughton-Mars Project, which tests methods of exploring Mars on Devon Island in the Canadian High Arctic. He was a visiting scholar at the Getty Research Institute, the Clark Institute, the Australian National University and the National Museum of Australia. He has also twice been a Lannan Foundation writer-in-residence.
Fox has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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I never loved you more, ma soeur Than as I walked away from you that evening. The forest swallowed me, the blue forest, ma soeur The blue forest and above it pale stars in the west. I did not laugh, not one little bit, ma soeur As I playfully walked towards a dark fate-- While the faces behind me Slowly paled in the evening of the blue forest. Everything was grand that one night, ma soeur Never thereafter and never before-- I admit it: I was left with nothing but the big birds And their hungry cries in the dark evening sky.
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5 stars hotels in Turin
Principi Di Piemonte Hotel Turin
Via Piero Gobetti, 15, Turin, Italy
The hotel is only 4 km away from the Lingotto exhibition and congress centre. It is 16 km to Sandro Pertini international airport in Caselle.
4 stars hotels in Turin
Sansicario Majestic Hotel Turin
Sansicario - H 22 , Turin, Italy
This hotel is located in pleasant surroundings, 300 m from the ski lifts which guests can access via an electric monorail service. It lies 5 minutes from the centre of the town of Sansicario and the 2 nearby chair lifts.
My One Hotel Marengo Turin
Via Genova 30, Turin, Italy
LocationThe city conference hotel offers the perfect logistical position, located near to both the A21 and A26 motorway exits and just a few kilometres from the centre of the beautiful city of Alessandria.
Residence L'Orologio Turin
Corso A. De Gasperi 41, Turin, Italy
A stay at Residence L'Orologio places you in the heart of Turin, convenient to Polytechnic University of Turin and Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. This residence is within close proximity of Palasport Olimpico and Stadio Olimpico.
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Pensione Duca Turin
Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 94, Turin, Italy
Property Location With a stay at Pensione Duca in Turin (Crocetta), you'll be convenient to Polytechnic University of Turin and Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. This townhouse accommodation is within close proximity of Palasport Olimpico and Stadio Olimpico.
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Viale Agudio 31, Turin, Italy
Property Location With a stay at Parco Sassi Hotel in Turin (Sassi), you'll be convenient to Villa della Regina and Mole Antonelliana. This hotel is within close proximity of Gran Madre Church and National Cinema Museum.
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Via Principi D Acaja 8, Turin, Italy
Property Location With a stay at Hotel Principi d Acaja in Turin (Vittoria), you'll be minutes from Casa Fenoglio-Lafleur and Piazza Statuto. This hotel is within close proximity of Pietro Micca Museum and Santuario della Consolata.
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The Hotel Antico District is located in an elegant building in the center of Turin, is just 200 meters from Via Garibaldi and the pedestrian area. The rooms are equipped with private bathroom, hairdryer, air conditioning, flat screen TV, refrigerator and WiFi Internet.
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In the dramatic monologues that make up The Fourth Dimension--especially those based on the grim history of Mycenae and its royal protagonists--the celebrated modern Greek poet Yannis Ritsos presents a timeless poetic paradigm of the condition of Greece, past and present. The volume also contains a group of modern narratives, including the famous, and much-anthologized, "Moonlight Sonata." Ritsos, rightly, regarded the The Fourth Dimension as his finest achievement. It is now presented to English- speaking readers for the first time in its entirety. From "Philoctetes" All the speeches of great men, about the dead and about heroes. Other Princeton books authored or coauthored by Yannis Ritsos:
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To help demystify the process, we've selected a few striking examples and want to point out a few key elements that make each vignette really sing.
Element #1- Height
Simply put, you must have height. You must draw the eye upwards to make things flow. One way to do this is by adding a lamp; we are also partial to a floral component of some kind that helps give a slightly deconstructed effect and makes everything less stuffy. The cherry blossoms in the two photos below are a perfect example.
Without the cherry blossoms, sure this room would be great, but a bit prim. The scattered, imperfect branches are really the perfect finishing touch here. Bonus points for the haphazardly displayed clam shell on the floor!
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Element #2- A Striking Backdrop
A stunning, ornate mirror or an eye catching piece of artwork adds such a lovely embellishment to an console table. You can go a bit over the top here and get away with it, as the gilt mirror below shows. Of course, we love the symmetry of the lamps and the bamboo chairs that help to bring the focus to the mirror. And another giant clam shell- are we noticing a trend here?
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Domino via Semigloss Chic
This cheerful yellow artwork contrasts so nicely with the peacock blue lamp. And to add height, Lindsey Harper has made the lamp even taller by putting it on a stack of books. Oh, and do we see a hand-turned-jewelry-holder similar to the one for sale in the MoS Store? By the way, that cat is totally wondering when the photographer is going home so that he can start chewing on those flowers!
Lindsey Harper
Element #4- A Pop of Color
It sounds simple, but you need a jolt of color to get the eye excited. The table below would be infinitely less exciting without those gorgeous green boxes on the right, don't you think? And of course, see the photo above for another great use of color.
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Element #5- A Mix of Textures
Not everyone has the luxury of being able to add a fabulous wallpaper like the one pictured here, but if you are so fortunate, keep in mind that you can then keep it a bit simple when it comes to arranging a tabletop. The sleek, thin console table might not make a huge statement on its own, but blends perfectly with the rest of the room without competing with anything else. The lamp looks fabulous when contrasted against the wallpaper, doesn't it? And don't forget the fresh flowers! You don't always need a million things on a table to get the arrangement to pop.
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Element #5- Books
The lamp in this photo is not my favorite, but I do like how this picture shows how you can utilize books to add a layer of depth to an arrangement. They don't have to match- it's probably better if they don't- but they add so much character to the photo below.
Element #6- Unique Objects
You know how you see unique, slightly bizarre objects at flea markets or antique shops and think "that's cool, but what the heck would I do with it?" Well, a console table or chest is a perfect place to showcase a slightly off the wall accent object, or a little collection of items. We love this campy little bust below, but the pretty seashells and orchid keep things on the straight and narrow.


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Lot 44: FOOTBALL: An autograph album containing many small
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Live AuctionDescription: FOOTBALL: An autograph album containing many small irregularly clipped signed pieces by various footballers of the 1930s - 1950s, each neatly laid down in multiples to pages of the album, the majority organised by teams, including West Bromwich Albion (11 signatures including Norman Heath, Len Millard, Ray Barlow, Joe Kennedy, Frank Griffin, Stan Rickaby, Reg Ryan, Ronnie Allen, Elfed Evans etc.), Blackburn Rovers (16 signatures including Bill Eckersley, Eddie Quigley, Bill Holt, Tommy Roberts, Archie Wright etc.), Hull City (16 signatures including Neil Franklin, Joe Robinson, Ernest Phillips etc.), Nottingham Forest (13 signatures including Wally Ardron, Tommy Capel, Noel Kelly, Tommy Graham etc.), Leicester City (12 signatures including Mal Griffiths, Johnny King, John Anderson, Derek Hines, Arthur Rowley, Matt Gillies etc.), Sheffield Wednesday (13 signatures including Redfern Froggatt, Jackie Sewell, Dennis Woodhead, Derek Dooley, Alan Finney, George Davies etc.), Stoke City (23 signatures including Frank Mountford, Ken Thomson, Alan Martin, Harry Oscroft, Frank Bowyer, Bill Robertson, John Sellars etc.), Norwich City (23 signatures including Roy Hollis, Ken Nethercott, Reg Foulkes, Johnny Summers, Roy McCrohan etc.), Brentford (18 signatures including Tommy Lawton etc.), Swansea Town (19 signatures including Rory Keane, Mel Charles, Ivor Allchurch, Ronnie Turnbull, Billy Lucas, John King, Alf Bellis etc.), Leeds United (22 signatures including John Charles, Harold Williams, Albert Nightingale, George Meek, Eric Kerfoot etc.), Luton Town (21 signatures including Bernard Streten, Syd Owen, Bob Morton, Gordon Turner, Bert Mitchell, Ron Baynham, Bernard Moore, Derek Williams, Jim Pemberton, Jesse Pye, Willie Dallas etc.), Arsenal (14 signatures including Cliff Holton, Lionel Smith, Joe Mercer, Jimmy Logie, Arthur Milton, Jack Kelsey etc.), Plymouth Argyle (13 signatures including Bill Shortt, Alex Govan, George Dews, Pat Jones, Paddy Ratcliffe, Maurice Tadman, Gordon Astall, Jack Chisholm, Neil Dougall, Johnny Porteous etc.), Newcastle United (16 signatures including Jackie Milburn, Joe Harvey, Frank Brennan, Bobby Cowell, Charlie Crowe, Alf McMichael, Bobby Mitchell, George Robledo, Tommy Casey etc.), Preston North End (9 signatures including George Hepplewhite, Charlie Wayman etc.), Grimsby Town (14 signatures including Willie Brown, Pat Johnston, Stan Lloyd, Jimmy Maddison etc.), Charlton Athletic (11 signatures including Sam Bartram, Benny Fenton, Frank Lock, Derek Ufton, Charles Vaughan etc.), Manchester United (11 signatures including John Aston, Allenby Chilton, Jack Crompton, Henry Cockburn, John Rowley, Stan Pearson etc.), Aston Villa (6 signatures including Eric Houghton, Dai Astley, Billy Kingdon, Ernie Callaghan, Danny Blair etc.), Everton (10 signatures including Dixie Dean, Jock Thomson, James Dunn, Ted Sagar, Charlie Gee, Cliff Britton, Warney Cresswell etc.), etc., also including a few cricketers etc. A few of the signatures have small attached portraits of the players alongside. G


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This Instructable shows you how to build a Side-lit Acrylic Sign, illuminated by an LED light fixture.
For this project we'll use a laser cutter to cut wood and acrylic. We use multiple layers of laser-cut wood glued together to achieve a complex shape easily, and a laser-cut acrylic cutout provides the sign.
I manufactured and constructed this item at TechShop.
The first thing you should do is consider the final look you want.
In my case I wanted a long thin modern sign and LED fixture, with the sign about 3" tall and the base about 1" thick and 8" long or so. It's illuminated by LEDs, so it's super-low-power and very safe.
Once the general shape is known, you determine the materials that build up to create your item, when using this process. This box has a mixed profile (where different widths exist and sections which might be hard to carve or cut out of one piece of material), so a good way to do this it to 'slice' your design and cut out the different slices, then glue them together. In my case I had a bottom section and walls which were different, and I also chose this method because thinner material is a lot less expensive than thicker material to do the same thing. Finally, carving deep sections in wood is not as easy with the laser cutter -- it's much better at cutting straight through, so again I chose the slice method.
Also, choose the material for the box layers - I chose a nice 1/4" birch plywood which was inexpensive and at a thickness very easy to cut. More on this later. You could choose anything the laser can cut including wood, wood products like MDF, acrylics of all colors and even glass; but, the construction technique I used was glue, so wood makes the most sense. I won't cover constructing plastic or glass items here, but there's more data on this online.


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When I recommended Apple at $131, I stated that a $1,000 very long-term target was possible. In recent months, however, my models have been steadily reducing the probability of Apple reaching that $1,000 target. The last probability I published was 53%.
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A geographical region within India until 1947, the North-West Frontier Province is now a part of Pakistan. Depicted here is a pre-partition scene of the Khyber Pass, which connects the region with Afghanistan. The poster, like a Rudyard Kipling story, highlights both the geological wonders of the region as well as the exotic, tribal nature of the local cultures. While the mountainous region between India and Pakistan has taken on a whole new geo-political significance in today's world, for centuries the region has been both an active trading route and a strategic gateway for invading armies.


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Steve Spear: Re-purposed Pastor Begins Trek April 8
Chicago Pastor Leaves Santa Monica in About a Week
Plans to Run Five Marathons a Week for Five Months — Starts Monday, April 8
Quits Job to Help Kids in Africa Get Clean Water With international Christian Relief Group World Vision
Forty-nine-year-old Steve Spear hates to run.
But Spear is now in the final stages of training for the run of his life. The Chicago-area pastor recently quit his job as a Willow Creek pastor after 15 years, to focus on raising $1.5 million to provide clean water for 30,000 people living in Kenya.
Spear, who only took up long-distance running five years ago, has completed numerous marathons and ultra-marathons but none like this. He plans to start a coast-to-coast run on April 8 in Southern California, and finish five months later in New York City. Spear says his former senior pastor at Willow Creek Church, Bill Hybels plans to run with Steve on the final leg of the cross-country odyssey into New York in August.
Last summer, Spear traveled to Kenya to see how World Vision's water projects are literally saving lives. Right now, he is training extensively in Chicago, building his tolerance. He's also fundraising. Currently he's raised more than $75,000, some checks coming in as large as $10,000; but the majority come in $10 and under.
Once the run begins, Spear says he'll petition churches along the way for funds. "I've never done anything like this before in my life."
For donations: www.teamworldvision.org/runningforwater
Twitter: @SteveSpear30
Rare Feat: Since 1909 when it was first attempted, only 260 people have tried to cross the continental United States, from coast to coast on foot. How rare is that? Imagine The Empire State Building. Now take a grain of sand and lay it at the base of the New York City landmark. Now lay another grain on top of that. Eventually, you'll have enough of them stacked up to equal the height to that skyscraper. Now take one grain away. Notice how small it is. That's how rare it is for someone to succeed at what Steve Spears is trying to do. He plans to average more than 170 miles a week or a marathon a day for five months.
Training schedule: Steve runs Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays taking Thursdays and Sundays off.
Important dates: April 8, 2013 (start date); planned arrival mid-August in New York City.
Multi-media content: http://www.kcchronicle.com/2012/12/19/st-charles-resident-to-run-across-america-to-raise-money-for-clean-water-in-africa/ab0t8zj/
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- Spear will run 3,200 miles, averaging a marathon a day for 5 months.
- Spear will consume 6,100 calories/day & go through 10 pairs of running shoes.
- 900 million people lack access to safe water.
- 6,000 children die each day from diarrheal diseases caused by unsafe water.
More teens embracing social media to fight hunger
World Vision 30 Hour Famine Facebook page reports big jump in friends and April sign-ups
World Vision U.S. Facebook page reaches 1 million fans
100,000 Teens to Give up Food, Go Mobile — 30 Hour Famine April 26-27
With the 30 Hour Famine (30HF) national event less than 40 days away, World Vision is encouraged by new numbers showing a big jump in the number of teens signing up to participate in the April 26-27 event. Last April, 30HF reported more than 3,200* groups signing up to do the famine.
This year, more than 3,500 have signed up, an almost eight (7.8) percent jump. This year, almost a quarter million teens will fast to fight global hunger. 30HF is the world's largest teen hunger awareness campaign. Since 30HF began in 1992, teens have raised more than $150 million to fight global hunger. The United Nations says in 1992, 40,000 children died from hunger and preventable causes each day. Today that number is down to 19,000 — still too high, but proof that efforts like 30HF are helping.
According to World Vision, the number of 30HF Facebook likes (31,701) has also jumped 8 percent from last year (26,599). "Our research says teens are more inclined to act on social justice issues when they hear about these causes from social media," says Leah Swindon, 30HF national director. According to a new study, conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of World Vision, more than half of teens (56%) say social media sites (Facebook, Twitter) have made them more aware of the needs of others, a big jump from 2011, when just over 4 in 10 (44%) said their use of social media made them more aware.
April 26-27, at their national headquarters in the Seattle area, World Vision will give control of the 30HF website to teens across America so they can use social media to fight world hunger. While many do the 30HF in February, others participate in April. Teens go without food for 30 hours to get a taste of what the world's poorest children face. Prior to the event, teens raise funds by explaining that $1 can help feed and care for a child a day. Teens consume only water and juice as they participate in local community service projects at food banks and homeless shelters. In some major U.S. cities 30HF volunteers will work in World Vision Storehouses. Last year, 30HF raised $9.8 million to fight hunger. This year's goal: $10.5 million.
Tonight, 870 million people worldwide will go to bed hungry. Funds raised this year for 30HF will be sent to 10 countries including Haiti and Burundi … and this year, for the first time, 30HF funds will help fight hunger here in the U.S.
For more info: 30hourfamine.org or facebook.com/wv30HF or call 800-7-FAMINE toll-free.
Downwardly Mobile
Portland couple discovers something more satisfying than owning a dream home.
Portland area couple reads inspirational book … downsizes, simplifies, finds elusive measure of happiness.
Background: (from James Addis, World Vision Magazine)
The house was beautiful. It was located in the upscale neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, and for months its owners, Jeff and Kari Patterson, had studied the plans and pored over every detail of its construction. Once building commenced, they visited the site almost every day, fantasizing about what it would be like to live in the house they had always dreamed of owning. After they moved in, they finalized the color scheme and completed the landscaping. The icing on the cake was an enormous outdoor playhouse for their two children — Dutch, 6, and Heidi, 4. It did not seem to matter that their mortgage payments were through the roof.
Then the Patterson's read The Hole in Our Gospel by World Vision president Richard Stearns. Like tens of thousands of other readers, the Pattersons were broken by the plight of impoverished children around the world.
In some ways the book's message was not new for them. Apart from the house, the couple had always lived modestly in order that they could give more to organizations such as World Vision to bring practical and spiritual help to the destitute. But the more Kari meditated on the book, the more convinced she was that it was not enough. "Our current giving costs us nothing," she reflected. "The bottom line is our current giving does not require us to live by faith."
In the book, Rich refers to Moses. God asks Moses to throw down his staff and it instantly becomes a snake. What is in your hand? Rich asks. What is God asking you to lay down for his glory?* For Kari, there was no doubt about the answer. Much of the couple's income was tied up in mortgage payments to pay off their home — money, Kari reasoned, that might more profitably be diverted toward people who might not even have enough to eat.
Coincidentally, her husband Jeff — the assistant pastor of a local church — was thinking along the same lines. One week after finishing The Hole in Our Gospel, the couple put their home on the market. The idea was to move into more modest accommodation and, over time, allow the couple to donate as much as $500,000 to those in need rather than invest it in a house.
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Rich Stearns is currently at work on his latest book, Unfinished, schedule to be published later this year.
It took exactly a year for the house to sell. (The house showed 90 times in that year.) The Pattersons first moved into a rental property and more recently bought a more modest home in a poorer neighborhood. Slashing their mortgage payments by 75 percent has allowed the couple to give away a fourth of their income. They hope one day to up that to half their income.
Kari considers it is the best decision the couple ever made. She says it as though someone had turned on a faucet to receive more from God: "I just felt like in prayer I could hear him more clearly," she says.
Even more importantly, Jeff felt God prompting him to establish a new church in a low-income neighborhood. It meant the couple's income dropped by two-thirds. But without the pressure of maintaining high mortgage payments, it wasn't a problem for them. Pastor Jeff heeded the call and became the founding pastor of Renew Church in Oregon City.
Even so, the reaction from fellow Christians has not always been favorable. Some said the couple was making a negative judgment about people who live in nice houses. Kari disagrees. She stresses that just because God told her to give up her dream home does not mean he is asking the same thing of everybody.
*The Hole in Our Gospel, p. 91. Kari roughly paraphrases the text.
Notes from Kari: We put our house on the market Oct. 8, 2010 (a week after finishing The Hole in our Gospel). We moved out October 8, 2011. Yes, exactly a year. We had decided ahead of time, because of the poor market, that we'd try to sell it for a year, and if it didn't sell we'd keep it.
Human Trafficking: Waking up to the Truth
For Federal Way's Brenda Oliver it's personal.
She first got involved with the human trafficking issue December 21, 2007, the day her friend's daughter, Danica Childs, disappeared. The 17-year-old was on her way to go Christmas shopping with her family. Her mother, Dianne Zoro, says, "I talked to her between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m. and she said she was coming home to meet up with her sisters and a couple of friends." Danica never arrived.
Five years later, her friends and family are still waiting.
Her mom says unopened voice messages on Danica's cell phone that day indicate she was involved in prostitution and most likely forced into a prostitution ring, another victim of human trafficking. Each year more than 293,000 children nationwide are susceptible to becoming victims of human trafficking.
Federal Way-based World Vision advocates on behalf of women and children around the world each year. But for most of us that's where we leave the issue — on the other side of the world. But Brenda Oliver says it's something happening here. "People are waking up to the truth of this," she says. "Finally, we're now starting to look at these young women (and sometimes young men) as victims rather than criminals."
Today, Oliver leads the Federal Way Coalition Against Trafficking. She's also Advocacy Chair for Women of Vision – South Puget Sound. She'll be at Federal Way City Hall Wednesday night, January 9 when the city will present a proclamation addressing the city's commitment to enforcing anti-human trafficking laws. Between 150 and 200 are expected.
Brenda and Women of Vision are also promoting a day-long training session at World Vision U.S. Headquarters in Federal Way on Friday, January 25. She hopes to recruit potential trainers and educators to get the Deceptions Awareness program into more schools. To register: www.fwcat.org.
Until then, Brenda Oliver and Danica Childs' friends and family wait for the day a teenager comes home as they work for a day when the traffic will stop.
Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery where people profit from the control and exploitation of others. As defined under U.S. federal law, victims of human trafficking include children involved in the sex trade, adults age 18 or over who are coerced or deceived into commercial sex acts, and anyone forced into different forms of "labor or services," such as domestic workers held in a home, or farm-workers forced to labor against their will. The factors that each of these situations have in common are elements of force, fraud, or coercion that are used to control people. Then, that control is tied to inducing someone into commercial sex acts, or labor or services.
Because human trafficking is considered to be one of the fastest growing criminal industries, the U.S. Government and academic researchers are currently working on an up-to-date estimate of the total number of persons trafficked annually in the United States. With 100,000 children estimated to be in the sex trade in the U.S. each year, it is clear that the total number of human trafficking victims in the U.S. reaches into the hundreds of thousands when estimates of both adults and minors and sex trafficking and labor trafficking are aggregated.
For more details: www.fwcat.org
Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 7 – 9 p.m.
End the Demand — All City Forum, Federal Way City Hall
Guest Speakers:
Peter Qualliotine, Co-Founder of Organization for Prostitution Survivors
Brian J. Wilson, Chief of Police, Federal Way Police Department
Nick Lembo, Board Member for Defenders, Shared Hope International
John Kangara Mucheru: Finding purpose in the "madhouse"
Life is cheap where hope is scarce. And here in Nairobi's Huruma slum you have to look hard to find any hope. So much is discarded here — bottles, cans, tires, plastic … but mostly people.
Forty-two-year-old John Kangara Mucheru knows this. He's lived in Huruma all his life. But Mucheru looks for use in everything. The word Zakale means "re-use" in Swahili, the cultural language of Kenya. And that's exactly what he's done with bottles, cans, tires, plastic … but mostly people.
People like 28-year-old Milton Obote. Ten years ago, Milton was playing pick-up soccer, smoking marijuana and burglarizing homes. Until he met John Mucheru. While watching a Humura pick-up soccer game Milton and his friends were playing, Mucheru noticed the artistry with which Milton played the game. "Futbol (soccer) is what I eat," says Obote. But John Mucheru didn't like the company Obote kept. He saw something special in the teenager that everyone else had overlooked … if they even looked at all.
The two started talking. John challenged Milton to do something with that artistic side. He gave the teen a piece of wire and asked him to "design something." Obote brought back a beautifully created hand. Soon, John invited Milton to work for him at Zakale Creations, based right here in Huruma. He knew Milton and didn't like to see boys like him waste their lives. Perhaps he saw a little bit of himself.
John used to be involved in gangs, petty theft, some robbery. "It wasn't my wish," says Mucheru. "I had no alternative." In a place like Huruma you do anything to survive. Something happens to a person when you're packed into a place of extreme poverty with 60,000 others. The word Huruma in Swahili (one of Kenya's official languages) means "sympathy." Some who live here think Huruma is just another word for "madhouse."
Mucheru doesn't remember anything good about Christmas as a child. No fond memories. "I never got a Christmas present. I was orphaned when both my parents died when I was three." But John Mucheru is turning that around. Today, the ornaments his young men and women at Zakale Creations make are sold to a company called Heavenly Treasures. That company in turn, sells them to World Vision where they are offered in the charity's Gift Catalog.
Now each Christmas, John Kangara Mucheru throws a big party for hundreds of his neighbors in Huruma. "Christmas is time for sharing what you have with those who have nothing," says Mucheru. His young men and women welcome visitors with a ceremonial dance.
They are energetic, happy and appear full of hope. And today, Milton Ndege is married with a young daughter and hopeful he can land more design work.
"Zakale Creations," Mucheru says, "is about creating new life." What better time of year to find that new life in the discarded bottles, can, tires, plastic but mostly people. Here in the maddening heart of despair, John Mucheru has found a way to deliver a tiny piece of hope.
Photos and video show Hurricane Sandy's damage to emergency relief supplies at a World Vision warehouse in the Bronx
View World Vision's photo and video resources from New York, all together on a new Pinterest board.
Best-Selling Author Joins Live 'Knit Mob' in Chicago
Goat Fashion Show
Knitters Wrap Kids in Warm Winter Knits
NewYork Times Bestselling author Debbie Macomber, Vogue Knitting LIVE, World Vision's Knit for Kids Bring Warm Knits to Kids at Local Elementary School
World Vision's Knit for Kids and Vogue Knitting LIVE Host Live Knit Mob, Covering Local Kid Goats with repurposed, custom-designed sweaters, scarves, hats in fashion show on Goatwalk
WHAT: New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber teams up with World Vision's Knit for Kids, a nationwide family of volunteer knitters who create clothing items and blankets for children in need. Macomber is also keynote speaker for Vogue Knitting LIVE show this weekend. Before the show on Friday, October 26, Debbie Macomber, VKL, World Vision and knitters gather to distribute sweaters, scarves and hats to young children at Alex Haley Elementary Academy in Chicago's Southside.
After the knit distribution, World Vision's Knit for Kids and VKL will host a Live Goat Knit Mob, as local yarn retailer Lorna's Laces supplies custom, repurposed designs for a menagerie of local goats, who will walk the Goatwalk in a fashion show to engage local knitters to pick up their knitting needles to help kids in need in the US and around the globe.
WHEN: Thursday, October 25, 2012
WHAT: Winter Knits School Distribution 9-10 a.m.
Live Goat Knit Mob Fashion Show 10-11 a.m.
Alex Haley Elementary Academy
11411 S. Eggleston Ave. Chicago, IL
WHY: The need is great. Many children around the world do not have the clothing they need for basic survival. World Vision field offices report that 900,000 children need sweaters; more than 1 million infant caps and blankets are needed to help the most vulnerable. Recently named International Spokesperson for Knit for Kids, Macomber hopes to mobilize thousands of knitters to share her love of knitting and her commitment to the poor to join the effort. "These days there's so much focus on doing activities to keep the mind active," says Macomber. "But I believe we need to keep our hearts active." World Vision distributes knitted clothing and blankets to children in over 11 countries and the U.S. as well as disaster responses like Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
WHO: This winter knits distribution is a partnership of World Vision's Knit for Kids, Vogue Knitting LIVE, and Debbie Macomber. The Live Goat Knit Mob Fashion Show is brought to you by World Vision's Knit for Kids, Vogue Knitting Live, and Lorna's Laces.
MEDIA CONTACTS: Photo Op and Interviews with Debbie Macomber
Kelli Day, World Vision Media Relations
(253) 227-3875
Gardi Wilks, Wilks PR
(708) 205-5020


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- Living/Sleeping room: double bed, sofa bed for two more people, wardrobe and a table with chairs.
- Entertainment: Flat screen TV with a DVD-Player and free wireless internet.
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- Bathroom: a shower, washbasin and toilette.
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The apartment is located in close proximity to a main street and so you have an access to many shops and supermarkets, as well as to the public transport. You can reach the Ring Road and thus the city centre in about 20 minutes.
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The apartment was like in the pictures and very clean. It is next to the Metro,train stations, next to Prater and not far away from the city center.
Nice apartment in good location. Only a few minutes on the U bahn in order to get to main square. Easy check in and check out. Apartment was clean. All in all we enjoyed our stay in Vienna.
wonderful nice , spacious and top clean apartment , in a calm area very close to the center ( walking distance ! ) it was great staying there
It's a great apartment in a quiet location and very convenient for all the sightseeing. Enough space for 5 people. Good sized rooms and comfortable beds.
The things we didn't like: it was not clean and the floor was rather sticky, dishwasher was still full, the bath towels were thin and old.
This flat was just what we needed for our time in Vienna. excellent location. perfect facilities, very clean and quiet.
The apt. was larger than expected and spotless. Very easy to take trams to the center. Nothing much in the way of a grocery store or restaurants nearby, but there is a lively area a bit of a walk in the opposite direction from the river. The contact staff is patient, nice and responds quickly. There is a washer dryer area clearly marked in the basement. All in all, we would stay there again. Quiet and nice.
It was an small apartment: no bedrooms, only one dinning room with one bed and one sofa-bed (and not 2 rooms as specified), so it made it impossible for 4 persons to stay. The shower was very small and the door of it was broken, and there were only three drinking-glasses and no dish towel in the kitchen.
It's also worth to say that this flat is managed by an agency and not an individual (Good? I don't think so).
We were really disappointed wit this apartment and I would NOT recommend to any group bigger than a couple. Maybe for them is alright, but not for more people.
Everything ok. Excellent for 2 person.
Nice location (good connection to the center) and enough space for 4.
Kitchen could be with more "things" – cups!
Perfect apartment; everything was ok. It's near all transport stops.
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text: Events Visit Union during NICF College Week Union College invites students from around Nebraska to visit during the Nebraska Independent College Foundation's annual College Week. Nebraska high school students are encouraged to consider the nine member colleges and universities located throughout the state. Visitors will have an opportunity to talk with admissions and financial aid counselors, take a campus tour and (as available) talk with an advisor in their academic field. Read more about Visit Union during NICF College Week Visit Union ... in Atlanta Update June 30, 2010 Union's booth at the General Conference Session in Atlanta has been featured in several media outlets, including: Read more about Visit Union ... in Atlanta Make-a-Wish CEO speaks at graduation David Williams, president and CEO of the Make-a-Wish Foundation, will address the graduating class of Union College during commencement ceremonies on May 9, 2010. Last year, the Make-a-Wish Foundation made dreams come true for 13,465 children with life-threatening illnesses. Read more about Make-a-Wish CEO speaks at graduation Union College addresses peacemaking and sexual orientation In recent weeks, a group called Soulforce announced plans to stop at Union College on April 21 as part of their Equality Ride 2010 tour. This group of college-aged individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT), embarks on an annual spring bus tour across the country to raise awareness for issues related to sexual orientation and Christianity. Union was the fourteenth stop of fifteen Christian college campuses where riders feel the schools' policies are discriminatory toward LGBT students. Read more about Union College addresses peacemaking and sexual orientation Annual Mr. and Ms. World Pageant to be webcast Union College's annual Mr. and Ms. World Pageant will be webcast live from the Union College gym on February 27, starting at 8:15 p.m. CST. The live feed and archived footage from the event will be available at https://www.ucollege.edu/uclive. Co-sponsored by Associated Student Body (ASB) and the International Club, the pageant features 10 contestants—each from a different country—judged in three categories: national costume, formal wear and talent. Read more about Annual Mr. and Ms. World Pageant to be webcast Fernando Ortega to perform for Union College Fernando Ortega, contemporary Christian singer-songwriter, will be performing a free concert at Union College at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 19. A musician since the age of eight, Ortega perfected his unique sounds at the University of New Mexico before releasing his first album in 1994. This will be his third performance at Union College. Read more about Fernando Ortega to perform for Union College World record holder, Todd Huston, speaks for chapel Todd Huston doesn't let a little thing like death or an amputated limb get in the way of fulfilling dreams. On Feb. 16, Huston will speak at Union College's chapel service about his experience overcoming challenges. Read more about World record holder, Todd Huston, speaks for chapel Students organize Tiny Hands, Big Hearts sale Art is a commodity. Young girls are not. Union College's Peace and Social Justice Club, in conjunction with Union's chapter of Amnesty International, invites the Lincoln community to help put an end to slavery by buying art on Sunday, Dec. 6 from 1-3 p.m. Held in the lobby of Engel Hall on the Union College campus, the Tiny Hands, Big Hearts sale will benefit Tiny Hands International, a Lincoln-based organization dedicated to stopping human trafficking. The students were inspired to support Tiny Hands after representatives spoke about the organization's mission to help enslaved girls during a chapel service at the college. Amanda Clark, president of the Peace and Social Justice club, said seeing photos of just a few of the thousands of little girls sold to brothels each year made the cause personal. "I thought of my new nieces. I thought of my little sister," said Clark, a senior graphic design major. "I started to think of all of the young women I know and about them being forced into something like that." She knew she had to do something. Unsure what sort of impact a single college student could make, inspiration struck during a conversation with a friend and fellow artist. 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NonProfit, 14 Sep 2009 @ 9:54pmMany companies have provoked a Love/Hate relationship from me. Google is the first, with their wonderful apps, which has spawned one of Love & Fear. Perhaps this will ease the tension.
Anonymous Coward, 15 Sep 2009 @ 6:26amGoogle is getting scary... they have the money to do the right thing now which leads to more followers which leads to more money which leads to more followers.... the problem becomes when the visionaries at the top see all the unused power at their disposal and decide to exploit it. Good thing Google is primary an advertising agency and the underlining policy is to generate good PR to attract more customers.
Alan Gerow (profile), 15 Sep 2009 @ 9:59am
But now they're giving power back to its users. You can get your data out of Google ... that's power, to the people. They've seen how much power they have gained, and they're relinquishing some of it voluntarily so that you can take your e-mail, calendar events, docs, search history, etc, and go somewhere else if you like. They've unlocked the door so you can take your ball and go home if you don't like where Google is going.
Other service providers will let you leave, but they'll keep your ball, forcing you to start all over with a new service.
So, they're getting scary? Sounds like they're doing a lot to alleviate those fears by removing vendor lock-in. Microsoft has traditionally lived & breathed by vendor lock-in ... and in fact, early & continued Windows & Office successes could be attributed to vendor lock-in, because once you have a library of Windows applications and Office documents, it's tricky to simply move to a new vendor.
Google has said, come & go as you please ... we're just sure you'll WANT to stay, not because you HAVE to. -
chris (profile), 15 Sep 2009 @ 6:50am
positively seussian
this sounds like something from fox in socks:
data freed from google is called liberated data.
the tool to do the move is called a data ladle.
when google isn't finished with a project the result is called a beta.
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mklinker (profile), 15 Sep 2009 @ 7:11am
Not just out
Not that I'm complaining, I think this is a great move, but the Data Liberation Front is not just about getting your data out but also about getting data from other services into Google. So it seems to help them on that front too, which is perfectly fine from where I sit. -
Derek Reed, 15 Sep 2009 @ 10:58am
Vendor Lock In versus Stickiness
In my industry we use the term stickiness to describe the propensity for a customer to stay with a company of their own accord. I'd describe Vendor Lock In as a similar but different concept where the user has no choice.
There are things we do to increase stickiness, such as offering multiple complimentary services, so that a user's desire to stick with one service causes them to stay with the company overall. Good customer service / PR / etc are also ways to increase stickiness. Increasing stickiness is good, makes users happy and provides long term gains.
Vendor Lock In harms the business in 2 ways.
- It decreases desire to buy in the first place. As an example, compare buying a service for 19 dollars a month with a contract for 3 years, versus paying 19 dollars a month for no contract. Which is more desirable?
- It creates extreme user frustration when they do want to leave, causing them not to come back. Imagine you just paid 100 dollars to get out of a contract with a company, then they offer a new compelling deal a few months later, What's your interest level in returning to that same company?
The only perceived benefit from vendor lock in is guaranteed returns, but that can often be an illusion when there truly are ways to get out, even if those ways are expensive. And even then, the greater the cost of leaving, the more harm done from point #1 there.


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Silently, he moves to grab a kombo (a whisk broom instrument)—then, softly, he taps her shoulders and head.
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whisk the eggs until frothy and slowly whisk in the milk (so as not to cook the eggs).
whisk in the flour and reduce to sauce consistency, skimming occasionally and adding more stock as necessary.
How does she write on the pads on the table, and how does she whisk them away?
Hindmost sole, possibly "inmost soul"; wisk, possibly "whisk."
It was surprising, too, that he could whisk himself out of sight so fast, for his body was absurdly long.
Now, we can whisk off the flies with our hands, but how about an elephant?
When cool, add to it half-a-pint of cream, and whisk together until on the point of setting, when mould it.
late 14c., "quick stroke, sweeping movement," probably from Old Norse visk "wisp," from Proto-Germanic *wisk- "move quickly" (cf. Middle Dutch wisch, Dutch wis, Old High German wisc, German wisch "wisp, brush"), from PIE root *weis- "to turn, twist" (cf. Sanskrit veskah "noose," Czech vechet "a wisp of straw"). Meaning "implement for beating eggs, etc." first recorded 1570s.
late 15c., from a Scandinavian source (cf. Danish viske, Norwegian, Swedish viska) related to Old English wiscian "to plait," weoxian "to clean" (with a whisk or brush), granwisc "awn" (see whisk (n.)). Related: Whisked; whisking.


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Love my Panasonic Lumix GF1
By JT
from South Burlington, VT
About Me Photo Enthusiast
Comments about Panasonic Lumix Series DMC-GF1C Black 12.1 Megapixel Digital Camera:
I carry this camera with me pretty much everywhere I go. It's a pocket-able pro level camera. The pancake lens is great.
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My camera was delivered on time. The web site is user-friendly. I am extremely satisfied with the online service. Also, the price is the lowest on the internet.
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amazing camera
By PSR
from San Francisco
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Light camera, good lens, easy to use
By Cathbad
from Lowell, MA
The first thing you realize is weight. Compared to my DSLR it is very light. Even if you use the larger lens it is still quite light. The LCD screen is better in bright light then many others and it very sharp, but you may want the viewfinder. It is light and easy to use.The video does a nice job. The audio is not stereo. It creates AVCHD Lite videos. It will play on your computer, but probably not on your DVD player.There are a number of inexpensive programs that will convert it to a standard file that your DVD player will play.If you have 4/3rd lenses the adapter works fine, but you will have to do manual focus.One annoyance is that you have to get an expensive SD card. Because it has vide0 and also the ability to do bursts, the card has to be fast. A minimum of class 6.I'm quite happy with it.
An amazing camera
By love life
from Edinburg, TX
This is a beautiful camera. You will enjoy it!
We had to wait until the manufacturer produced more cameras, but it was well worth the wait. Customer service was great.
Great Step-Up From Point and Shoot
By tycham85
from Herndon, VA
This lens is great for low light indoor photography. I was taking pictures of my daughter at night in a room lit with just incandescent bulbs at ISO 400 and no flash. They came out great. The shutter speed was a bit slower, so it she jerked around as I took the shot, there was a blur. It's great for snapping a few shots before she realizes daddy has the camera out. With the flash, it's harder to be as incognito.The video is great too. The auto focus is slower than on dedicated camcorders, but it is nice to have. The dedicated video button makes it easy to get videos on the fly, and allows you to focus on what you want to capture instead of hunting for the icon on the mode dial. The menus are pretty comprehensive, and the C1 and C2 settings are easily customizable. The mode dial rarely leaves C1. The button layout is amazing too. It's easy to make rapid changes by pressing the parameter you want to change on the d-pad then scrolling the wheel with your thumb. I would argue that the dial should be on the left so you can press the parameters with your right thumb and change the value with the dial with your left thumb, but oh well. My thumb has just gotten more flexible.The screen is bright and colorful, and doesn't get too choppy in low light. I was amazed when I first turned the camera on and saw the refresh rate. There is no lag between what you see and what is shown on the LCD. Using other cameras now and then really highlights how great the screen is.The lenses are great and I ended up buying both kit lenses, and I feel like that completes the system for me. I might add the telephoto, but honestly, the versatility of the "pancake" lens is amazing. It takes great low light pictures, and amazing landscape shots. It keeps the camera size down as well. Then there's the 14-45mm lens. When house-hunting, I take it along and am always amazed at how much that 28mm equivalent lens captures. It almost feels like fish-eye without the pincushion. The aperture is a little small on the zoom lens, but the wide open "pancake" screws on quite easily when you need a larger aperture.As if you cannot already tell, I love this camera. I was very torn between this and one of the offerings from C**** or N****, but I am glad I decided on this one. My wife, who has only used point and shoots, and shies away from dSLRs, loves it, and is comfortable using it. My wife and I aren't the only admirers though; my father-in-law owns a N**** D3 and went nuts when he saw this thing. He said he wanted one and that he was jealous, even though he owns (arguably) the best full frame sensor camera made.
The not so touristy camera
By Marlon the future licensed architect
from washington, dc
I love the fact that it is compact in the sense that a dSLR will NOT fit in your jacket pocket. This camera with the 20 mm kit lens will fit most generous jacket pockets. Even though the LCD screen is really great, I suggest the viewfinder if you are shooting in bright sunlight as it may be difficult to sense exposure on the LCD. I will be purchasing a zoom lens in the near future to complement the pancake lens.
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Not what I had hoped for
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I thought I would love this camera but I was very disappointed with it. For the price, the lcd screen should be much better or if they can't fix the lcd screen then put in a built in viewfinder. The lcd screen is very grainy and blurry, makes it almost impossible to manually focus. Maybe I just got a lemon. Also, it cannot compete with a dslr with it's shutter lag. Panasonic has a great idea with the camera but they need to do some more work on it. [...]
Think Rangefinder!
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This is a great camera. I always wanted to get a camera that is portable, rangefinder size. Of course, this is not a rangefinder by definition, but it sure feels like one. I love how you can change the lenses. Micro 4/3 sensor resolution is excellent given the size of the camera. This camera is definitely a must-have for a companion to your bulky DSLR system :).
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Child brides and plural wives
FLDS leader Warren Jeffs says if there's grass on the holy fields, why not pray, ball?
Though members of the Mormon Church, founded by John Smith, Jr., are generally regarded to be earnest, law-abiding, reverent people, its Fundamentalist brethren are better classified as an unrecognized chapter in God's great fraternity of Latter Day Saints.
Holding first-man Adam is its supreme deity, the FLDS is a new breed of boys club. Even the church's pet project – plural marriage – can be explained by its tireless dedication to male bonding. Like many a closeted fratboy, FLDS members get with as many women as they can. It's not because they love women – it's more that women are no more than baby-making property, and since the Mormon law of consecration dictates that all their land must be given over to the church, women are the only things they can truly own.
This misogyny was made abundantly clear in the recent raid of the church's Yearning for Zion (YFZ) Ranch. After one of its young flock called the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services alleging physical and sexual abuse of a 16-year-old girl (who claimed to have been married at age 15 to a 49-year-old man), 416 children were removed from the ranch and put into protective custody. Seeing this as a ticket out, 113 of the FLDS women went along with them. Sadly, now that these damaged and exploited cultists have experienced a bit of life outside the compound, they might as well be relocated to the local Chicken Ranch – they'll probably end up there eventually.
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Habitación doble en Whitechapel/Shadwell 2
N.º máximo de huéspedes2
Cuartos de baño1
Tamaño15 m²
Planta(con ascensor)
- Cocina
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- Ascensor en el edificio
- Balcón/terraza
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Dirección | Commercial Road, E1 0LQ London, Reino Unido |
Tipo de propiedad | Habitación privada |
Código de referencia | 70P6EBU0 |
Tasa de aceptación | 86% |
Tiempo de respuesta | En pocas horas |
Calendario actualizado | Hoy |
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No se permite fumar y los animales domésticos.Mapa
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Tarifa para > 1 huéspedes | $ 7 US por huésped/noche extra |
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Entrada a partir de las | 14:00 |
Entrada antes de las | Bajo acuerdo |
Salida antes de las | 11:00 |
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The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
Comfortable & clean room. Shared bathroom and kitchen very clean & well maintained.
The room was nice and regarding london's prices quite cheap.
Toilet and shower were freshly cleaned by the houselady on our arrival, which worked out perfectly fine. We called one hour and a half before the keys were needed and arrived just in time.
Markets, bicycles (for rent) and cheap food places were just around the corner (< 5 min.).
Distance to bus station was excellent (< 5 min.), distance to underground was okay (15-20 min.).
London is a pretty expensive place so having a cinema that shows movies on wednesdays for 4 pounds is a very affordable option for one night's entertainment (less than 15 min. walking distance).
One small downer: The locks for the front door of the appartment need rework.
It's the second time we stayed in Ivanilda's house, and it was as great as the first time! The house again is very clean and we were allowed to use washing machine, which helped a lot when we've already on traveling for one week. Thank you Ivanilda!
Nice apartment in East London. The equipment of apartment is really good and clean. There's equipped kitchen to cook and in our room we had a refrigerator. The only problem was the road outside is quite noisy in the night (car sound) and sometimes there's ambulance or police car (about 4~5 times per night), not such a big problem if you are a deep sleeper.
The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
The room rate is very low, the apartment is located in a great location and the bus stop right outside the building.
Accommodation very clean although not completely studied in detail. Some small touches, such as the replacement of some door handles and latches, make the apartment a lot easier and safer. Good kitchen appliances, also with a few tools such as knives and cutlery to replace.
The bathroom is always clean but the room description does not specify that the bathroom is shared with other guests and this could be a problem for all those people who are used to having a private bathroom.
The quality / price ratio is more than good.. ..raccomanded? Yes.
Very nice room, located near a bus stop with good connections.
Nice apartment in East London, located in Arabic neighbourhood and quite safe area. The equipment of apartment is really good and clean. Ivanilda is really friendly. There's equipped kitchen to cook and in our room we had a refrigerator. The only problem was the road outside is quite noisy in the night (car sound) and sometimes there's ambulance or police car (about 4~5 times per night), not such a big problem if you are a deep sleeper.
It was a lovely house, with kitchen and every cooking staff was there.I love the room.The location was nice, although the tube station is not near.So I had to walk a bit. It was wonderful place to stay , I would recommend my friends for it
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In the late 1960s, a charismatic vice president at Ford decided to bring out a low-priced car that could be produced for little money while bringing in huge profits. The executive's name was Lee Iacocca, and the Pinto he championed became one of the most infamous models in U.S. automotive history. Why? Because to save money, Ford released a car that could explode in even low-speed rear-end collisions.
I still teach the Pinto case to my law students as an example of how profits sometimes overwhelm principle. Even a savings of a couple of bucks per vehicle becomes significant when multiplied over the course of production.
Recently, another Detroit CEO, Mary Barra, sat before a congressional committee answering withering questions about the Cobalt, a low-cost car produced by GM with a design flaw that the company acknowledges was responsible for more than a dozen deaths. For those of us who teach the Pinto case, the similarities are unsettling.
As with the Pinto, the problem with GM's Cobalt involved a design flaw — in this case, a faulty ignition switch that could shift, under certain circumstances, from the "run" position to the "accessory" position while the car was being driven. This led to a loss of power and a shutdown of the power-steering and air-bag systems. Documents indicate that GM knew of the defect as far back as 2004, but tdid not recall vehicles until this year. By that time, the flaw had been implicated in at least 13 deaths and 31 crashes.
So, has GM pulled a Pinto? You be the judge.
The impetus for Ford's making the Pinto came from Iacocca, who wanted to achieve a 2,000/2,000 car: a vehicle that would weigh less than 2,000 pounds and could be sold for less than $2,000. That was tconsidered a sure bet to make a fortune.
To meet those goals, however, the Pinto was stripped of some basic safety elements. The car was fitted with a flimsy bumper located just inches from the gas tank, which had design flaws of its own. The combination of problems meant the gas tank was likely to rupture and explode in even low-speed collisions. This risk could have been largely abated by an inexpensive gas-tank liner and other simple, non-costly fixes, including some costing as little as a couple of dollars per car.
The company's own crash tests before the Pinto's release made clear that the gas tank was subject to rupture in a rear-end crash at relatively low speeds. But a reluctance to add cost — a production-line fix would have added, by Ford's estimate, about $11 a car — kept the company from addressing the problem in advance. Later, when the scope of the problem was becoming clear, Ford executives calculated that it would be cheaper to pay out damages than to spend the money to protect drivers and passengers.
By the time the Pintos were coming off the line, its chief champion, Iacocca, had been named president of Ford. Later, he headed Chrysler, where he was credited with bringing the company back from the financial brink and was embraced by presidents and the public as an icon of the industry.
Iacocca fared a lot better than some Pinto owners. One case we study in class is that of Grimshaw vs. Ford Motor Co. The case was brought on behalf of Richard Grimshaw, who was 13 and riding in his neighbor's Pinto when it was hit from behind after stalling on a road. The driver suffered severe burns to her entire body, which led to her dying soon thereafter from heart failure. Grimshaw survived but with permanently disfiguring burns to his entire body. The jury appeared as horrified by Ford's disregard of customer safety as it was by the crash itself. It hit Ford with a $122-million punitive award, which the court later reduced to $3.5 million.
According to documents, it appears that GM identified the problem with the Cobalt in the early 2000s but rejected a fix due to a "tooling cost" deemed too high. The families and friends of those who died because of the Cobalt's design flaws — like those who lost loved ones in Pintos — would certainly disagree.
Jonathan Turley is a law professor at George Washington University. He wrote this for the Los Angeles Times.