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Cutting the Cost of Lawn Mower Redesign with Abaqus and fe-safe Ariens reduces part count, improves durability of their next-generation zero-turn machine
Ariens engineers were tasked with a redesign of their Gravely brand zero-turn commercial lawn mower. They wanted to design the mower as efficiently as possible to cut manufacturing costs and increase fuel efficiency. Simulation would be necessary to deliver an upgraded mower that met these goals on time.
Ariens engineers used Abaqus/CAE and fe-safe from Dassault Systèmes SIMULIA, along with Wolfstar Technologies' True-Load, to locate and accurately model strain gauges in all areas of the lawn mower, enabling weld elimination, part-count reduction, fatigue life improvement and other design enhancements.
Part count of the mower frame was reduced by 50%. Testing time and costs were cut. When the new mower went through final field tests, Ariens engineers' confidence in their simulations was supported by performance. Abaqus' visualization tools also helped engineers communicate better with designers and upper management.


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Exeter's oldest citizens can no longer remember a time before electricity. They may remember a time before we had all our current electrical things, but there is no longer anyone alive who was born before electricity was introduced to America. It goes back farther than we might imagine.
Exeter's oldest citizens can no longer remember a time before electricity. They may remember a time before we had all our current electrical things, but there is no longer anyone alive who was born before electricity was introduced to America. It goes back farther than we might imagine.
Benjamin Franklin played around with electricity, we all know this from grade school, but it didn't become particularly useful until it was needed to run telegraph equipment in the 1850s. Samuel Morse's code allowed people to communicate across wires using electrical pulses, and since it was faster than a speeding locomotive, trains were dispatched via telegraph by 1851. Trains and telegraphs were a match made in heaven. Telegraph wires had to be strung across great distances with no obstructions. Running them alongside the railroad tracks became the perfect solution, and trains needed instant communication to avoid crashing into other trains.
Exeter had telegraph communication by the 1860s when the Civil War was raging. It no longer took days or weeks for news to reach the town. But for the next three decades, this was the only use the town had for the new technology of electricity. Most homes were heated by coal and lighted by gas or kerosene. There just didn't seem to be any need for electricity.
And then summer came and everyone wanted to go to the beach. Travelling to Hampton beach from Exeter took a long time. Walking at a good pace, which would be "walking without children in tow," took 2-3 hours. If you were lucky enough to own your own horse, it would have to be put up at a livery stable once you arrived. In 1897, the Exeter Street Railway began construction of electric trolley lines that would take people to the beach. To power the streetcars electricity was generated at a coal-fired plant in Hampton. A separate company, called the Rockingham Electric Company, was created to sell the excess power to the towns of Exeter and Hampton for electric street lighting.
There was much discussion as to whether electric street lights were superior to the town's existing gas lights, but within a few years the gaslights had disappeared from town streets. Electric lines ran from the power plant to the Exeter Opera House and continued to the Fellow's Box Manufacturing Company near the Lincoln Street depot. As people became accustomed to seeing electricity in use at public places, they began to view it as something that might be useful in the home.
The Exeter Street Railway continued to bring people to the beach until 1927, when it was dismantled for lack of use — a victim of the growing popularity of automobiles. Electricity for home lighting took off and Rockingham Electric expanded, building a larger generating plant in Portsmouth. The trolleys may have brought electricity to Exeter, but it was the electric company that survived, later changing its name to the Exeter Hampton Electric Company — still in existence today as part of Unitil.
Although people were enthusiastic about electric lighting, it was difficult to sell them on more electric products. Fans were popular in the summertime, but most everything else could be done the 'traditional' way: the furnace and stove still burned coal. Sure, by 1920 there were all sorts of labor saving devices for housework, but trying to convince the average New England housewife that these weren't frivolous was difficult. Perhaps it was baseball that led to the tremendous expansion in home electric use.
Baseball had become one of the most wildly popular sports in the country. By the 1920s, baseball had expanded to a system of national teams and the games were broadcast on the radio. Suddenly, everyone needed a radio, and while buying that, one of those new-fangled irons was very tempting. The Exeter-Hampton Electric Company had a store in the downtown on Water Street that sold all the latest gadgets alongside the necessary radios.
Advertisements in the 1920s included all manner of electric goods — vacuum cleaners, toasters, coffee percolators and many others geared toward improving life. Wiring your house for electricity meant you could have a telephone and at one time there were three telephone companies in town. Far from being frivolous, it turned out that people couldn't live without the new technology — a curse we're still living with today each time a new phone hits the market.
By the 1930's, there were still a few holdouts who eschewed electricity. In 1939 a model home was built by the Exeter & Hampton Electric Company on Warren Avenue billed as an "All Electric Home." It featured a fully wired home with General Electric products including, according to its advertisement: "the General Electric Kitchen, complete with General Electric range, refrigerator, disposal, dishwasher-sink and all steel cabinets. See a home adequately wired for lighting and appliance use with convenience outlets properly distributed. See the General Electric furnace with winter air conditioning equipment and the General Electric water heater." Electricity, it seems, was here to stay. Now even a few hours without power seems like an eternity and few people venture off the grid unless roughing it in the wild.
Barbara Rimkunas is curator of the Exeter Historical Society. Her column appears every other week and she may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Voice & SoVino… So Wonderful
If my birthday celebration was any indication of how this year is going to turn out, I think 26 is going to be pretty great. After a night spent with family and friends on Friday, Andrew and I had Saturday night to ourselves and it was such a treat. Ever since Voice opened in April at Hotel Icon in downtown Houston, I've been itching to try it. I've also wanted to try SoVino for a while now and I was so pleased with both places!
Walking into Voice, the decor and design of the resaurant are immediately impressive. It's very cool and classy but fun at the same time with black and white cowhide barstools, velvet patterned drapes hanging from the very high ceiling and ornate gold trim everywhere. Leather chairs made for comfortable dining but we were seated at a table for two and it was so long that it felt like we were a mile away from each other. That was the only part of dinner that I didn't love. It made it difficult to share things, which we always do, and even to have a conversation. The one thing that made up for the lack of gab was the awesome music they had playing in the background. Everything from the Rolling Stones to Michael Jackson made dinner a lot more entertaining. Enough about the atmosphere, let's get to the good stuff. Food and wine!
We ordered by the glass since I was in the mood for white and he wanted red. They could have offered a few more options by the glass but overall their wine list looked pretty impressive and was very well priced. I would say it was definitely one of the best value wine lists I have seen in Houston. I thoroughly enjoyed my 2006 Van Duzer Pinot Gris from Willamette Valley, Oregon. It was light, crisp and refreshing which is exactly what I wanted and expected. It was structured and balanced with a clean finish. It would go well with at least half the menu which made ordering dinner especially easy. I started off with the Mushroom Soup Cappuccino which was heavenly. Crimini mushroom soup topped with truffle foam and porcini powder. It almost plays with your mind a little when it first arrives in front of you in a coffee cup because it truly does look so much like a cappuccino. I then had the Maytag Blue Cheese Salad which was good but nothing to write home about. Andrew ordered the Asparagus Salad and they looked almost identical while they sounded completely different on the menu. For my entrée I had the special which was a Tazmanian Trout which looked and tasted like salmon. It was very good but I would order something else next time. Andrew started with the Composition Of Local Heirloom Tomatoes with goat cheese, black mission figs and arugula… very tasty but exactly what you would expect. I like that all of the ingredients are local. His entrée was to die for! He ordered the Venison Sous Vide with a sour cherry sauce. My mouth is watering just typing about it right now. It was so tender he didn't even need a steak knife. It also paired beautifully with his Australian wine, a 2005 Loose End GSM (Grenache, Shiraz and Merlot) from Barossa Valley. It was fantastic and definitely a wine I plan on seeking out to enjoy at home. Perhaps the most exciting part of this meal were the Truffled Parmesan French Fries. Yes I said Truffled Parmesan French Fries. Little bites of HEAVEN is what those were! It was just silly how good they were. I would say they were better than dessert which is true blasphemy for a sweet-eater like me. Speaking of sweets… I can't really complain. While it looked like they had several yummy choices, our waiter decided to order for us which we were ok with. Normally I wouldn't have been but I think I may have been a little bit high on truffled french fries and my judgement was impaired. Before my delectable Study in Chocolate came out (and Andrew's Warm Chocolate Cake) we had a champagne toast to celebrate my birthday. Like I always say, you can't properly celebrate without some bubbles. We each had a glass of Leon Palais Brut Blanc de Blancs from Champagne, France and it was perfect. It was, in my opinion, everything a good glass of bubbles should be. It wasn't too sweet, it had a gorgeous single line of bubbles coming straight up the middle of the flute and it went down easy. It was so good that it left me wanting more… which led us to SoVino.
I am actually headed back to SoVino this weekend because I didn't get enough of it on my first trip. The atmosphere was fantastic. Here we were able to sit next to each other which was nice since we were so far apart at dinner. The lighting was dim and romantic, the music was good and the company was better. I decided to stick with bubbles and enjoyed two marvelous glasses of Mumm Napa Brut Prestige. I actually liked the Leon Palais better but would be happy to order this again as well. Andrew drank the 2003 Oberon Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa which of course inspired me to go on some sort of rant about Oberon, the King of the Fairies, in A Midsummer Night's Dream. That's about as intellectual as I got that night. My brain was too overwhelmed with delicious food and wine to think about anything else. It was all in all perhaps the best birthday I have had to date and I am so excited to see where this year takes me!


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As you may have surmised by now, I like to cook. And I also like to keep trying to get a recipe just right. Or keep trying new ones, until I find the perfect recipe. And by gum, I think I done it. Found the perfect recipe for Yorkshire Puddings.
I love my Yorkies, really I do, but up til now my attempts have been a hit and miss affair. I get recipes from friends, and they swear by them, I make them once and they turn out OK, but the next time I do it, flop. And while I may eat the 'hockey puck Yorkshire puds' I still want giant, towering, light, airy, crisp puddings. Something I can ladle my gravy over, something I can butter a little later and eat as a snack.
Just for fun I googled recipes yet again, and this time I found 'THE RECIPE' here , at a place called British Food on About.com.
I made them according to the instructions, in the morning, thinking if they turned out like little hard biscuits, I was out two eggs and a little time. But they didn't.
I did twiddle with the recipe, just a teeny bit, but that's because I had already cracked two eggs. I then proceeded with the recipe instructions and they turned out so well.
I was a very happy cook at this point. I promptly inhaled two of them, and I called them breakfast at that point.
Here's the recipe I used. And I got a dozen lovely, tasty, airy puddings out of it. Basically you use equal measurements of the three main ingredients.
2 eggs (I've been using Jumbo eggs lately cause they've been so inexpensive) cracked into a measuring cup.
I get a half cup of eggs from the two Jumbo eggs.
1/2 cup milk (equal amount of milk to egg)
1/2 cup all-purpose flour (equal amount of flour to egg)
Pinch of salt
Whisk the eggs and milk together, really well, or use a hand beater. Let this sit for about 20 minutes and then sift the flour into the egg/milk batter, beating very well, until it resembles a thick cream. If you happen to get any lumps in there, just sieve them out. Set the batter aside for a minimum of 30 minutes or several hours if you can. I think the ones I baked later in the day rose higher.
Prepare the pan. I used a 12 hole muffin pan, but if you have a pop over pan, use that. Or you can also use a good sturdy roasting pan as well. Put a pea sized piece of lard or shortening into each hole, if using a muffin tin, then place the pan into a very hot oven, 425-450 deg., until the oil is smoking hot. But don't burn it. This really just takes a couple of minutes.
And here's my newest tip of the week, or maybe it should be the hint of the year. Really, it is that good. And one I wish I'd thought of myself.
One of the main tricks of making sure that Yorkshire Pudding rises is not letting the pan with the hot fat in it cool down. So, you keep the pan in the oven, and hope you don't let out too much heat as you're pouring the batter in. Then you hurry up and shut the door, and cross your fingers you're not going to pull out hockey pucks.
Here's the hint/tip/LIGHTBULB over the head. Turn on a large element on top of the stove, doesn't have to be on a high temp, then place your pan on top of that as you're pouring the batter into the cups/pan. No loss of heat.
Place the pan back in the oven and bake for 20 minutes, just til they are all puffed up and golden.
Serve them alongside a lovely rib roast, or a nice roast chicken or gee, I might just make some for myself, just because.
They were the perfect accompaniment to the Standing Rib Roast.
I hope your Christmas was a good one. I know we ate well on Christmas eve at our house. My guests brought a wonderful assortment of vegetable side dishes as well as some desserts. And there are no pictures of that because, I wanted to sit down and enjoy their company.


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A Menchies frozen yogurt chain in Dublin, California, made an offer that Roselatte and four of her friends couldn't refuse: "Come in tonight to Menchie's between 5-10pm and fill your cup as high as you can for only $5! We can't wait to mix it up with you!"
And mix it up they did. Roselatte and friends walked away with an all-you-can-jam-in-a-cup haul that would make Ron Swanson himself proud (if it were meat instead of froyo). The final tally was 58 oz ($26) of frozen yogurt for $5.45 after tax. The $100 bill is there for scale, as it was the only bill in one of the friends' wallets (Christmas money) rather than an attempt to say, "Oh, look how rich we are with our hundies and our froyo mountain."
And don't worry about the store. The employees reportedly loved the stunt, giving the five friends a couple of free waffle bowls for structural integrity and asking them to put the picture on Facebook to show their boss later. Now that the picture's going viral, the store has definitely gotten their twenty-one dollars worth.
Roselatte says, "Yes we ate it all." She added in a separate post, "And yea, while building it, we never felt more American."


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It is rare for physicians in the United States to see the effects of polio and most will never encounter it in their career. There are reported to be about 450,000 polio survivors in the U.S. who have some disability from prior polio infection.
My patient (now in her 70's) was kind enough to allow these photos of her left arm paralysis from polio she contracted at age 9. Her story is amazing. She was kept bedridden in a "crippled childrens home" in New Jersey for over a year. During that year every one of her children roommates died. She did not attend school and even though she could walk, she was kept in bed. Her weight ballooned up to 250 lbs from eating and lack of activity. Her parents finally took her home because they could see her health declining and her muscles wasting.
Post polio syndrome is a well recognized diagnosis that occurs years after polio recovery. Polio survivors experience new muscle weakening and atrophy. General fatigue and weakness is common in post polio syndrome, as it is in my patient.
When parents are afraid of vaccinating their children, they should look back at history and realize how far we have come from epidemics and killed and maimed.


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Reconsidering a lifetime of musical choices is a funny business. My first musical purchase? The Maxi Single for Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now). First proper album purchase? Amy Grant's 1991 classic, Heart In Motion. Before I lose any degree of credibility, let's move on.
For the past month or so, I've been trying (with limited success) to convince my nine- and six-year-old children to give up most of their worldly possessions. We've been in the process of buying a house, and decided early on to use it as a springboard for slimming down. When we settled on a house not much bigger than a garden shed, those efforts reached an urgency that forced me to take a good hard look at my own possessions.
I began sorting through my record collection, trying to decide what I could truly live without. I contemplated converting it all to digital, and saving even more precious square footage. Then, I heard about Bruce Willis' supposed feud with Apple.
Regardless of the validity of the story, it got me thinking. Sure, I could rip every album I own, deposit it in the cloud, and claim victory over the tyranny of tiny discs. The only problem is, I would no longer have those tiny discs. No matter how much I want to believe otherwise, owning the thing, itself, is part of the appeal of the music I love. The artwork, the liner notes, the total package.
Along with family photos and favorite books, my record collection probably says more about me than anything else in the world. I want my kids to have that, and not just in a file on a server. So, as I began sorting through what I could and could not live without, I hatched a plan: A Music Ark.
The story of my life, in albums. Those I can never be without. Those I want to inform my children's lives. Those I want them to listen to with fresh ears in ten or twenty years, hopefully realizing that their lame old man wasn't so lame.
This is a smattering of those albums, a first pass through the cases I haven't yet packed. Each of these has touched my life in some way, earning its place in The Ark.
5. The Shins, Oh, Inverted World A lifeline between me and my older brother, whom I rarely get to see. We spent the summer of 2001, the summer before I got married, driving around Southwest Houston perfecting the harmonies in the chorus of "Girl on the Wing". We may or may not have been under the influence of something or other.
4. Cat Stevens, Teaser and the Firecat My mom bought me this album. She listened to it nonstop during the winter of 1978 or so, when she and my dad had just moved to upstate New York and she was lonely all the time. It helped her through that winter, and it helped me through my rather troubled 18th year, when she bought it for me.
To this day, the first sparse notes of "The Wind" can calm my troubled mind. It's one of those records that brings bumps to my skin and a lump to my throat every time, in the best possible way.
3. Television, Marquee Moon In all honesty, a lot of this has to do with my personal belief that this album contains some of the best songs ever recorded. Something about the noirish tension calls to me. The push and pull of melodies and rhythms that collide, coalesce, and fragment apart.
The constant climb of the title track, with its refusal to climax, and its eventual dissolution into a million tiny sparks, frissioning off into the ether just when you think you can't take it anymore. This album is, simply, everything I love about music. That, and it drives my wife nuts. I've spent nearly 15 years trying to convince her of its brilliance, and would love to have my children carry that particular torch.
2. Joni Mitchell, Hits Ordinarily, I'm somewhat staunchly opposed to greatest hits collections. I make an exception, here, because my children love this particular collection of songs so damn much. There have been road-trips spent with this disc on repeat, often doubling back for multiple sequential listens to "Chelsea Morning."
That's the first song I can remember my children memorizing that didn't make me want to rip my ears off. It was an early watershed moment, after which they've listened more intently to the music I play. Thanks, Joni.
1. John Coltrane, A Love Supreme I fell in love with jazz in high school, playing trumpet in a not-very-good ensemble. I never really gave myself over to rea lly learning how to play it, and fairly trembled every single time I knew I'd have to improvise anything, at any point, ever.
One of my fellow students, Millard Stewart IV, now a proud member of the U.S. Army, was something of a prodigy on tenor sax. The kid could play, and spent seemingly all of his free time increasing the gap between himself and the rest of us. He was a good example of the fact that single-mindedness often precedes greatness.
The world puts a lot of emphasis on being "well-rounded," but there's something to be said for fixating on one thing, perfecting it, embodying it so much that it becomes a part of you, and you, in turn, a part of it. Coltrane is the embodiment of this notion, and A Love Supreme is the pinnacle of that possibility. It reminds me, every time, of my failings. I hope it might inspire my children to their potential.
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This is just the tip of a very large iceberg. Once everything's unpacked again, and I can take a thorough inventory, the project will proceed. I'm thinking about securing at least one additional copy of each Ark-bound album (after all, these are discs I play often, and we all know CDs don't last forever), to be put aside for future discovery.
The hope is that someday, probably about halfway through high school, my girls will discover a copy of Brian Eno's Here Come the Warm Jets, and have a moment not unlike the time I discovered my dad's dusty, brown-jacketed Blonde on Blonde gatefold. I've never seen my dad the same way since.
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Gee Scott: Marshawn Lynch visited Seahawks headquarters, wants to return to NFL
Marshawn Lynch visited Seahawks headquarters Thursday and wants to come out of retirement, 710 ESPN Seattle's Gee Scott has confirmed, though it is unlikely any return would be for Seattle.
News of Lynch's visit was first reported by Bleacher Report's Jordan Schultz, who stated that Lynch wants to play for his hometown Oakland Raiders. The Seahawks would need to trade Lynch or release him for him to play for another team. The Seahawks signed running back Eddie Lacy, a similar runner to Lynch, earlier this week, adding him to a backfield that also includes Thomas Rawls, C.J. Prosise and Alex Collins.
ESPN reported Friday morning that the Raiders are "strongly considering" trying to acquire Lynch. There is a "very good chance" Lynch will un-retire, according to Pro Football Talk.
Scott said Lynch, who will turn 31 next month, has been working out recently with his cousin Josh Johnson, a quarterback with the New York Giants.
The Seahawks still have Lynch's rights as he was under contract for two more years with Seattle when he retired. Under that contract, he would be set to earn $9 million in 2017 and then have a base salary of $7 million with a potential $3 million roster bonus in 2018, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Lynch called it a career after nine NFL seasons following the 2015 campaign. A five-time Pro Bowler and one-time first-team All-Pro, he played 5 1/2 seasons for the Seahawks after being acquired from the Buffalo Bills. He helped Seattle turn the corner to become a perennial title contender, including a Super Bowl XLVIII win. He rushed for 9,112 yards, which ranks 36th all-time among NFL rushers, and 74 touchdowns, tied for 24th.
Lynch's last season was plagued by a core injury, as he played just nine games in the regular season and one in the playoffs. He had missed just one game total in the four previous seasons combined.
Seattle's run game struggled in its first year without Lynch, which former Seahawks running backs coach Sherman Smith attributed to the team missing a defining runner like Lynch. The signing of Lacy, however, was apparently a reaction to that void, as Pete Carroll hinted at earlier this week while talking to 710 ESPN Seattle's John Clayton.
It has long been rumored that Lynch would like to play for the Raiders, as he grew up in Oakland and went to college at Cal in nearby California.
Lynch has made it clear in the past that he's retired. During an interview with 60 Minutes Sports, he said, "I'm retired. Is that good enough?" he said when asked if he was really retired. "I'm done. I'm not playing football anymore."
Since hanging up his cleats, Lynch has kept busy with his Beast Mode stores as well as making guest appearances on reality television shows and Skittles commercials.
Kipp Robertson contributed to this story.


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Panasonic Lumix G7 Review – DSLM Mirrorless 4k Camera DMC-G7
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-G7 camera has 16 megapixel Digital Live MOS sensor in combination with the newly developed and reconfigured Venus Engine which means incredibly high quality image capture with super-fast signal processing. This combination of quality and speed is uncommon in a camera in this price range. Further, the G7's high quality noise reduction system means you can capture stunning, sharp images even in extremely low light environments. The G7 shoots native 4K UHD video and has a brilliant 4K photo capture mode which lets you turn any frame from a 4K video into a pin sharp JPEG, this unleashes a whole new world of creative freedom.
The G7 is not without its faults however. Firstly, the camera has a somewhat plasticky feel to it and lacks the robustness of other cameras in its price range such as the magnesium alloy FujiFilm X-T10 or the more robustly designed magnesium Sony A7. Further, the camera has an average dynamic range and has a frustratingly slow "start up to shoot" time. Finally, even though the camera has intuitive and robust controls there is a small issue with the main dial in that it switches/turns too easily which means you can occasionally flick it unintentionally, thus changing the option, when you didn't intend to.
Overall, however, we feel the cameras good points outweigh the bad by quite some way and often the bad points are a matter of perspective, especially in the case of the cameras plastic like feel as some may not be bothered by it, or may in fact prefer it.
4K UHD Video & Photo Capture.
One of the, if not the biggest, stand out feature of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G7 is its ability to shoot in glorious native 4K (3,840 x 2160) resolution. But something that got us even more excited is the 4K photo capture feature which allows you to easily extract frames from a 4K video sequence (filmed at 30 frames per second) and save them as photos. This enables a whole new level of creative freedom, allowing you to essentially turn any scene in a video into a set of sharp, vivid photos.
Further, the Lumix DMC-G7 4K photo capture feature has three 4K burst modes. "Standard 4K burst" lets you take thirty 4K frames per second, all you have to do is hold down on the G7's photo button and it will take a super rapid succession of shots from any 4K video. "4K burst (start and stop)" lets you scroll through any 4K video at 30 frames per second and choose the precise frame(s) you want to turn into a 4K picture. And "4K pre burst" lets you capture sixty 4K photos in two seconds flat - 30 photos before you press the shutters release and 30 afterwards. These three burst modes allow you to select any frame from a 4K video with surgical precision and turn it into a pin sharp, colorful 4K photo.
Stunning Image Quality From A 16MP Live MOS sensor & Venus Engine.
The G7's 16 megapixel Digital Live MOS sensor in combination with the newly developed and reconfigured Venus Engine means incredibly high quality image capture with super-fast signal processing. A marriage of quality and speed that is rare in a camera of this price range. Further, the cameras high quality noise reduction system means you can capture stunning, sharp images even in extremely low light environments up to ISO 25,600.
Brilliant Auto-Focus System
- High Speed Auto Focus With Built in DFD Technology.
The DFD (Depth From Defocus) Auto-focus system in the G7 allows you to crisply capture even the fastest moving action. The way Panasonics proprietary auto-focus works is by instantaneously and accurately calculating the distance between the items inside the frame which then drives the focus in the lens in one swift continuous movement. How swift? Well, the camera autofocuses at speeds of up to 0.07 seconds (yes you read that correctly). The stability of continuous focus when shooting 4K video is also super-fast thanks to this proprietary auto-focus technology. The only thing the camera is lacking is the Motor Focus System present in the Panasonic DMC-FZ1000.
- Precise Auto-Focus Tracking.
We were going to mention this above, but we feel it deserves its own sub-section. The G7 has an all improved auto focus tracking algorithm. Now not just the color but also size and motion vector of the chosen auto-focus target is recognized, enabling you to lock in to your desired subject more quickly, accurately and securely. The outcome is a tracking performance that is around 200% or more when compared to the G6.
- Unrivalled Low Light Auto-Focus.
The Lumix DMC-G7's superb low light AF allows you to focus in on your desired target more precisely and accurately than ever in -4EV low light conditions, an example being a moonlight with no other light source. But that's not all, the camera also integrates seamlessly with "Starlight AF", letting you capture a star in the night sky with great focus as the camera will accurately calculate the contrast value in a smaller auto-focus zone.
Stunning Screen & Exceptional Viewfinder.
The G7 has a 1040K-dot Free-Angle touch screen display, as the name suggests, the screen can be flipped and rotated (up to 270 degrees) extremely easily which allows a lot more creative freedom, enabling you to accurately capture shots that would be near impossible without a tiltable screen, especially overhead and ground level shots. Also, to answer the burning question on everyone minds. Yes, the tiltable screen allows you to take epic selfies.
The camera also has a 2.36 million dot OLED electronic viewfinder, markedly better than the 1.44 million dot view finder in the G7, although the G7 has the same magnification level as the G6 at 1.4x magnification. With the G7 you can switch to EVF the moment you put your eye to it thanks to an ingenious sensor just below the display. The viewfinder allows for extremely high visibility thanks primarily to a 10,000: 1 contrast and allows near perfect framing, even in high sunlight conditions.
Wireless Capabilities.
The camera is Wi-Fi enabled opening up a whole host of features and opportunities. The camera can be controlled with your smartphone or tablet using the Panasonic Image App. Using the App on your mobile device you can view images, set focus, release the shutter from a distance or even share images via social media. As you can imagine, this provides a greater amount of creative freedom and means you can use the camera to capture shots that were just not possible when you couldn't control the camera with your phone as a remote device.
Accessible & Intuitive Controls
Something that can make or break a camera, but that, surprisingly, doesn't get discussed as often as it should is the camera controls. A poorly placed set of camera controls can make it hard for you get the images you want in the way you want, even if you are using a camera that can take superb images and has a great lens.
Thankfully this is an area where the G7 really shines. It features a really extensive, intuitive and well thought out set of controls, with a body design that enables you to instantly and frictionlessly access key functions such as front aperture and shutter speed. Further, settings can be assigned to 6 simple to operate function buttons (FN-buttons) – this customizability adds a lot flexibility and means you can really tailor the camera to your way of shooting. In short the G7's intuitive, well placed and easy to understand controls means less time wrestling with settings and more time capturing the shots you want.
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As you might have guessed from the above, we are pretty in love with the G7. 4K video, tiltabile screen, 16 megapixels, what's not to love? Well, A few niggling things, unfortunately. The camera, as with almost all others, has its faults which we will discuss below.
Build Quality & Dial Control Issues.
Lets' be honest here, the Lumix DMC-G7 isn't much of a looker. They do say, however, that beauty is in the eye of the beholder so there may some of you out there shaking your heads and disagreeing feverently. But we have been told by quite a few others that they don't particularly love the look of G7. And although looks may not be high on the priority list for many that are looking to lay their hands on a new DSLR, we feel that if you are shelling out a decent amount of money, you should at least get something that looks the part, as well performing as you would expect it to.
When holding the camera, although it provides a good grip with a curved design and plenty of rubberized grip we can't help but notice it doesn't feel very premium and does in fact feel lighter and more plastic-like than we expected it to. The cheaper/plastic look and feel of the G7 becomes even more apparent when it is held up against the magnesium alloy FujiFilm X-T10, or the Sony A7 which is of a similar price to the G7 but feels and looks a lot more rugged and premium.
Further, the dials, although being well placed and intuitive (as we mentioned in the pros section above) do feel quite plasticky and cheap, and don't provide much feedback when you twist to a new setting. It is also, unfortunately, quite easy to turn the dial to the next setting by accident – not what you want when you have it fixed on your required setting ready to snap a pic or video.
I guess what we find most disappointing about the G7's looks overall is not that it is hideously ugly, but that its looks don't much up to the premium specs and raw internal power this camera has to offer. It's misleading in that way, but who knows, that could be considered a good thing?
Average Dynamic Range.
Although the G7 produces stunning, sharp images it's dynamic range is somewhat limited by its sensor size. At ISO 100, an extended mode that typically gets you the best dynamic range results, the G7 scores in at 10.15EV. That may not sound too shabby. But for comparison, similar priced APS-C cameras perform markedly better. For example the Sony A6000 scores in at 12.26EV. Although, one redeeming factor for the G7, is that it holds onto its dynamic range surprisingly well as you go higher up the ISO range.
Pretty Slow "Wake Up To Shoot Time".
The G7 takes 0.6 second to wake up and shoot, this might sound fast but its twice as long as the Nikon D5500 which is in a similar price range. This might sound a little petty to some, but we see it as a bit of an issue, especially for specific types of photographers. In some scenarios every millisecond counts in being able to capture a crucial shot. And the camera taking nearly a second from the moment you turn it on to the moment you can actually take a shot may actually be a little too long in some shooting scenarios. So this one is pretty dependent on your needs but could be a deal breaker.
Type: Digital Single Lens Mirrorless camera
Recording media: SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card (Compatible with UHS-I / UHS-II UHS Speed Class 3 standard SDHC / SDXC Memory Cards)
Image sensor size: 17.3 x 13.0 mm (in 4:3 aspect ratio)
Lens mount: Micro Four Thirds mount
Type: Live MOS Sensor
Total pixels: 16.84 Megapixels
Camera effective pixels: 16.00 Megapixels
Color filter: Primary color filter
Dust reduction system: Supersonic wave filter
Type: Contrast AF system
Focus mode: AFS (Single) / AFF (Flexible) / AFC (Continuous) / MF
AF mode: Face/Eye Detection / Tracking / 49-Area / Custom Multi / 1-Area / Pinpoint/(Full area touch is available).
Type: OLED Live View Finder (2,360k dots)
Field of view: Approx. 100%
Magnification: Approx. 1.4x / 0.7x (35mm camera equivalent) with 50 mm lens at infinity; -1.0 m-1
NOTE: For full detailed specs see; http://www.panasonic.com/uk/consumer/cameras-camcorders/lumix-g-compact-system-cameras/dmc-g7.specs.html
The G7 has a lot to offer so it's not surprising that it's pretty damn hard to distill its good points down to just a few key highlights, but we think we have finally managed it, so check out the below.
We think it would have been a sin to discuss the highlights of this camera and not start off by talking about its ability to shoot native 4K UHD video. As you can imagine, the video this camera produces is superb. Video is tack sharp, vivid and balanced. What we find even more fascinating though is the G7's 4K photo capture feature. You can now take any frame from a 4K video and turn it into a pin sharp JPEG with the click of a button, and as you can imagine, this opens up a whole new world of creative freedom. The photo capture feature has 3 4K burst modes so you have an even better chance at capturing the precise still you want from any 4K video shot on the G7.
The second big stand out feature for us is the cameras autofocus abilities. The camera has a lightning fast auto focus system with built in Depth From Defocus (DFD) technology. The way DFD works is by instantaneously and accurately calculating the distance between the items inside the frame which then drives the focus in the lens in one swift continuous movement. And when we say swift we are talking about autofocuses at speeds of up to a blistering 0.07 seconds. The G7 also has a markedly improved auto focus tracking algorithm with the tracking performance being around 200% faster than the G6. Finally, the G7's low light auto focus lets you focus on your desired object quickly and accurately even in -4EV low light conditions.
The third big highlight for us is something that we think is unfairly overlooked but makes a big difference to how well you shoot with a camera. We are talking about the cameras controls. The G7 has some of the most intuitive controls we've seen from any camera in this price bracket. It has a body design that lets you efficiently and frictionlessly access key functions such as front aperture and shutter speed with minimal hassle. Further, you can assign your own setting and/or commands to the cameras six simple to operate function buttons (FN-buttons) – this customizability adds a lot flexibility and means you can really tailor the camera to your way of shooting and your workflow. Put simply, the G7's intuitive, well placed and easy to understand controls means less time wrestling with settings and more time capturing the shots you want.
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The image quality of the G7, is in a word, stunning. The cameras 16 MP Digital Live MOS sensor combined with the newly revamped Venus Engine means the G7 means incredibly crisp, detailed image capture with super-fast signal processing. A true marriage of both quality and speed that is becoming ever rarer in cameras in this price bracket.
The camera produces noise free images at ISO 100 to 1600, with only slight limited noise creeping in at ISO 3200. However, it must be said then we reach ISO 6400 there is definite visible noise and loss of fine detail, and the faster setting of ISO 12,800 is even noisier. In short, we would definitely avoid using the much touted ISO 25,600 setting this camera has.
It must also be noted that at the default sharpening levels the photos look noticeably soft. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, depending on the look you are going for and what you are used to. I guess we are obsessed with the pin sharp look. Thankfully the sharpness levels are easily adjustable and it wasn't long until we had the look we were searching for.
The G7 has brilliant Image Stabilization technology built in allowing you to take sharp, clear photos at much slower shutter speeds than comparable cameras in this price range. The camera also has a HDR mode allowing us to take three images at different exposures and combining them together create one image with a noticeably better dynamic range than a single image would have.
Further, we were very impressed with the cameras auto focus system. The G7 features high speed Auto Focus with built in DFD (Depth from Defocus) which allows you to easily focus on and capture even the fastest moving action. The way this proprietary DFD auto-focus works is by instantly and accurately calculating the distance between the items inside the frame which then drives the focus in the lens in one swift continuous movement at speeds of up to 0.07 seconds. The stability of continuous focus when shooting 4K video is also ultra-fast thanks primarily to this DFD AF technology.
The G7 has a significantly improved auto focus tracking algorithm. Now not just the color but also size and motion vector of the chosen auto-focus target is recognized, enabling you to lock in to your desired subject more quickly and accurately than ever more. The G7 has a tracking performance that is around 200% or more in comparison to the G6.
The quality of video with the G7 is just as good, and arguably even better than its photo quality. The G7 shoots in native 4K resolution (3840 x 2160), but it must be noted that the 4K it shoots is in fact UHD, not broadcast level 4K (4096 x 2160). 4K shooting is a feature that is central to the marketing of this camera and we can see why. The 4K video this camera produces is absolutely superb. There is also the added benefit of the G7's "4K photo" mode which allows you to select any frame from a 4K video and turn it into an 8 MP pin sharp photo. The "4K photo" mode has three burst options; 4K burst, 4K burst (start and stop) and 4K pre-burst.
The Panasonic LUMIX GMC-G7KK retails for $697.99 on Amazon with the 14-42mm lens.
4.4 - 32 Reviews
We have covered what we feel at the biggest issues with the G7 in detail above but we thought it would be useful for you guys if it was summarised for it to be easier to digest.
So in our view the biggest issues with the G7 is firstly that it has a somewhat cheap/plasticky feel to it and does not feel as robust and as well made as some of the other cameras competing with it such as the magnesium Sony A7. Secondly, the main dial of the camera, although well positioned, doesn't provide much feedback when you change the setting which means it's not uncommon for you to accidently change the setting when you didn't intend to.
Thirdly, the dynamic range of this camera is just about average for a camera in this price range which is a tad disappointing, similar priced APS-C cameras in this price range provide a much better dynamic range. Fourth and finally, the camera has a noticeably slow "wake up to shoot" time of 0.6 seconds, this may not sound like a big deal but if you need to capture a crucial shot then every millisecond counts and the wake up to shoot time of this camera is noticeably slower than competitors.
4K UHD Video Capture
Fast & Accurate Auto-Focus System
1040K Tiltable Screen
Intuitive Manual Control System
Plastic Like Feel
Main Dial Issues
Average Dynamic Range
Slow Wake-Up-To-Shoot Time
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-G7 has a 16 megapixel Digital Live MOS sensor in combination with the newly developed and reconfigured Venus Engine which means it provides a combination of really high quality image capture with super-fast signal processing. Furthermore, the G7's high quality noise reduction system means you can capture stunning, sharp images even in really low light environments. The G7 shoots native 4K UHD video and has a brilliant 4K photo capture mode which lets you turn any frame from a 4K video into a pin sharp JPEG, this unleashes a whole new world of creative freedom. Finally, the camera has some of the most well thought and intuitive controls we have seen from a camera in this price range which allows you to take the shots you want in the way that you would with the constant fiddling and frustration.
The G7 does have some issues. Firstly, the camera has a somewhat plasticky feel and lacks the robustness of other cameras in its price range such as the magnesium Sony A7. Further, the camera has an average dynamic range and has a frustratingly slow "start up to shoot" time. Finally, there is a small issue with the main dial in that it switches/turns too easily which can be frustrating and occasionally causes undesired results.
February 17, 2016 at 2:38 pm
Thank you very much for your review!
I bought this camera a month ago and noticed that there is a lot of noise coming from the lens. I immediately gave it up for repair under the warranty and I received it today with a brand new lens but it's still making the noise. The repair team decided that this is normal for this camera because they replaced the old lens with a complete new one.
Is this really normal and ok?
February 17, 2016 at 10:12 pm
Hello Kitsune, to our recollection, the Lumix G7 lens did make noise but nothing that indicated unusual functionality, at least in our view. Or are you referring to "noise" in the photographic sense?
February 8, 2017 at 12:05 am
I own it and love it. I use Metabones S Booster and sigma lens 17-70mm 2.8 and metabones gives extra stop of light and helps with crop. I use my camera all the time and love it. I can do this with it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7CjdCxEa7I
May 22, 2018 at 8:19 am
The G7 Lumix makes noise with the 45-150mm lens but it does not make any noise with the 12-42mm lens.


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Street Pastors are Christian volunteers who provide care, support and practical help to people out on the streets of Ryde, Newport and Ventnor. Volunteer teams patrol the town centres and provide help and assistance to people who are suffering the effects of over consumption of alcohol, are at risk of violence, feel unsafe, are lonely, hurt and abused, or just value the extra feeling of safety that comes from having volunteer Street Pastors around. Many of those we work with are often seen by society as having caused their own problems – particularly those suffering the effects of drinking too much. Our care is offered without judgement – regardless of the causes of pain, sickness or danger each of our beneficiaries is still a human being, still someone's daughter, or someone's brother.
Street Pastors work in small teams (usually 4) and operate in close partnership with the police, but with a very different role. They go out in full uniform and equipped with various equipment and supplies of free items we distribute including:
- Flip-Flops – given out mostly to women who have broken or abandoned high-heel shoes and would otherwise walk home in bare feet.
- Chocolates – given out to cheer people up, or as a distraction technique in situations were one or more people are becoming aggressive.
- Lollypops – because it's harder to pick a fight with someone when you are sucking a lolly! Very useful for calming down tense or aggressive situations.
- Bottles of water – Dehydration is a major problem on the streets; we give out lots of bottled water to combat this.
- Foil blankets – people are often ill equipped for the drop in temperature as night falls, where Street Pastors find someone suffering from cold they are able to distribute foil blankets.
Each Friday night a team is out from 9pm until 3am (8.30pm until 1am every 2 weeks in Ventnor). Records of interactions are made and some excerpts from these gave an idea of the sorts of things Street Pastors do:
- Met 3 girls aged 15 had been asked to leave the Balcony (under 18 disco night). All had been drinking beforehand. One very drunk, being sick. All needed water and foil blankets. Contacted parents to come and collect.
- Along Esplanade east of the LA Bowl, moved boards used by skate boarders to safe position.
- Near LA Bowl spoke to middle aged W/M under influence of alcohol. Gave water and waited locally to see him safely into pick up car.
- Gave directions to man who had attended concert.
- Couple outside Liberty's, flip flops given out and first aid given to finger.
- Long conversation with a man, spilled his heart out about his problems, rent arrears etc. We advised going to the CAB
- Outside KFC, gave flip-flops to man who lost his shoes and blankets to four men
- Outside Liquid Lounge gave water to girls waiting for taxi
- Picked up bottle and glass outside Wetherspoons, returned glass and emptied bottle before placing in bin.
Street Pastors is managed a dedicated coordinator, Andrew Gardner. You can contact Andrew on 07979 244868 or via email using the form here.


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In mid-November, we blogged on the changes to the Federal Requirements of Participation for Nursing Homes, the already established set of criteria put in place by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal entity responsible for overseeing nursing homes. CMS is also the single largest payer for healthcare in this country, including for the care of those who reside in nursing homes.
On November 28th, phase 2 of the 3 part improvement plan went into effect. As a concession for nursing homes arguing that instantly implementing these requirements would be difficult, CMS has given facilities up to 18 months to become compliant.
Noteworthy Additions to Nursing Home Regulations
The most significant addition was the requirement for nursing homes to create something called a baseline care plan for each resident. The care plan would cover all aspects related to a resident's plan of care, including dietary and mobility restrictions, necessary therapy and social services, required medications, and physician orders. This plan must be developed within 48 hours of a resident's admission to a facility.
Another noteworthy change is the requirement of a facility assessment, a nursing home-maintained document with the intent of constant evaluation of the needs of residents and the types of resources available and needed at the facility. While the rule states the assessment should be updated at least annually, the purpose is to ensure that nursing homes are continually taking stock of new and current residents and how best to meet their health and wellness needs.
A review of all phase 2 additions and modifications to the Federal Requirements of Participation for Nursing Homes is available here, courtesy of The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care.
About Nursing Home Surveys and Punishment for Violations
While any tightening of rules and regulations surrounding nursing homes can only be seen as a step in the right direction, many will likely take advantage of the 18 month grace period before actually implementing any changes. Facilities are monitored for their compliance with nursing home regulations through state-conducted unannounced surveys that are required to be within no more than 15 months of the last survey. Fines are typically levied for violations, but as we've seen over the years, the fines are typically minimal and punishment is notoriously inconsistent. If a facility has been surveyed and found to be severely deficient, they are placed on CMS' Special Focus Facilities (SFF) list. Only upon showing improvement through more frequent inspections can a facility be moved from the list and placed back under regular observation. Facilities who fail to improve can potentially lose their ability to receive payments from Medicare and Medicaid.
While the practice of unannounced surveys, fines, and SFF lists are good in theory, the threat of fines is not enough for all nursing homes to change their procedures for the long term. In fact, a study by Kaiser Health News found that over half of the facilities that have graduated from the SFF list since 2014 have seriously harmed and even killed residents since being removed from the list. Only 16% of facilities placed on the list have ever lost CMS funding. Less than 5% of the facilities that met the requirements to be placed on the SFF list are actually identified as such, likely due to a lack of resources required to frequently survey and monitor such a large number of facilities.
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Curious if your nursing home or a loved one's nursing home or assisted living facility has been fined by CMS? The information is available to the public through Nursing Home Compare, a website operated by CMS. After searching for the facility, click the Health Inspections tab to read the report(s) detailing why penalties were assessed. The dollar amount of fines can be found under the Penalties tab.
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The incomparable Leonard Cohen performed last week at the Beacon Theater in
How great was the performance? National Public Radio called it "historic and a knockout." Eric Alterman at The Nation Magazine reported it was "one of the hardest tickets to get I've ever seen in
At 74, Mr. Cohen is nine years Mick Jagger's senior and two years older than John McCain. But he is remarkably limber, skipping on and off the stage during his three-hour show and repeatedly dropping to his knees to sing.
Mr. Cohen appears to see performance and prayer as aspects of the same larger divine enterprise. That may not be surprising, coming from an artist whose best-known songs mingle sacred concerns with the secular and the sexual . . .
"Hallelujah" has been recorded almost 200 times, with two different versions reaching the Top 10 in
About the meaning of those songs, Mr. Cohen is diffident and elusive. Many are, he acknowledges, "muffled prayers," but beyond that he is not eager to reveal much.
"It's difficult to do the commentary on the prayer," he said. "I'm not a Talmudist, I'm more the little Jew who wrote the Bible," a reference to a line in "The Future," a song he released in 1992. "I feel it doesn't serve the enterprise to really examine it from outside the moment."
Jennifer Warnes, the singer whose 1986 recording of "Famous Blue Raincoat" helped revive interest in Mr. Cohen at a time when he was out of critical favor, said: "He has investigated a lot of deities and read all the sacred books [. . . ]. It's for his own healing that he reaches for those places. If he has one great love, it is his search for God."
Mr. Cohen is an observant Jew who keeps the Sabbath even while on tour and performed for Israeli troops during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. . . .
Zen has also helped him to learn to "stop whining," Mr. Cohen said, and to worry less about the choices he has made. "All these things have their own destiny; one has one's own destiny. The older I get, the surer I am that I'm not running the show."
You can listen to 12 songs from the Beacon Theater concert, recorded live, by going to the NPR web site here. His remarkable voice, after all these years, is still moving, still in the Tower of Song.
As we head into Shabbat, here is Leonard Cohen singing "Hallelujah" in 1968, followed by his 2006 poem "Argument."
You might be a person who likes to
argue with Eternity. A good way to
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Why do You rule against me
Why do You silence me now
When will the Truth be on my lips
And the Light be on my brow?
After some time has passed, the answer to these questions percolating upwards from the pit of your stomach, or downwards from the crown of your hat, or having been given, at last, the right pill, you might begin to fall in love with the One who asked them; and perhaps then you will cry out, as so many of our parents did:
Blessed be the One
Who has sweetened
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Most of the daylight hours were with sunny skies but very high levels of haze in the athmosphere, precluding shots of nearby Mount Evans while I was at the Denver Tech Center picking up a new tire for Scarlett's pusher wheel.
This shot should give you an idea of how hazy things were in terms of getting a look at the mountains to the west:
Westlands Park
At Martha's High School parking lot
A snow covered trail leading to a gate guarding some grazing fields
I positioned Scarlett at what I've come to call Sunset Point, its a paved area where someday there will be a road going into a new housing development, near the junction of Picadilly Road and Hampden Avenue.
As you can see, I'd call this sunset a "fair" one. Quite a few golds and reds but no dramatic fiery colors illuminating cloudy skies. I am beginning to think that's a summer thing here in Colorado.
Still, the pictures came out OK and they should give you an idea of the color changes as the sun finally set behind the front range mountains. Temperatures were in the middle to high 20s Fahrenheit as the sun faded from the sky, so not too cold.


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After more than 40 years, the Vietnam veterans of the United States of America have raised a phenomenal amount of money to memorialize another one of Hollywood's loyal American citizens, who went out of their way to aid and abet the enemy and congratulate them on their treatment of U.S. POW's. The memorial says it all!
~Steve~ H/T To Miss May
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Star Ratings vs Phrase Ratings
Most discussions on ratings concern whether we should have them, or whether we pay attention to them in a review, but this one isn't either of this. This discussion is more related to the difference between a word rating and a number rating and how these can both please and frustrate me. Previously on Book Badger, for each star rating, I had word that I felt, on most occasions, matched the book well, so people who prefered to have an emotional reactor word rather than a rating had one, whereas star readers had the stars please them, however, there is another blog that does something similar thing, but does it all wrong.. They have their rating in stars whith the book information, and have a word or two that describes their feelings on the book afterwards, but they don't always match up, and damn it gets on my knickers in a twist.
For example, my 2 star word used to be 'not good' which I think represented the rating quite well. It wasn't quite good enough to really recommend, it wasn't that enjoyable, and if I was maybe in a different mood, there's a chance I might not have finished it, that to me, 2 satsr was 'not good'. This other blogger, they've been known to give a book 0 stars, nil, nadah, nothing, yet still give it a mediocre word such as 'not bad' or 'okay. This throws me completely because if there's no stars, then surely it really was just that bad, and if it wasn't that bad, why rate it so low? If you had a few issues with the book, read some, and then had the leave it, then unless it was literally written like trash and isn't worth the paper it's printed on, surely it deserves some sort of rating, or maybe that's just me?
Some people don't rate books they don't finish and I'm fine with that, but the blogger has done similar things elsewhere. Another example is that they gave a book 5 stars yet only gave it a 'really good' type rating, yet another 5 star book got an 'amazing' type rating instead. I have to ask myself, where's the match in that? THAT seriously confuses me. How am I meant to get a fair representation of how much you enjoyed when you rated it the same, but your emotions were quite different?
This is probably quite a personal issue I have because many people either pay attention to the rating or the word, but it's this issue that means while I will read the bloggers reviews, I don't let them influence me because I don't think their combined rating or judgement makes sense sometimes. I have always done my best to make sure the rating and word I give a book is fair to my feelings, and I hope other people understand that, but if not, my apologies.
Review Archives
Archives are, I think, really important on a book review blog. I don't know about anyone else, but sometimes when I have nothing doing, or when I really should be doing things but for some reason don't, I find myself perusing people's review archives to check when they thought of books I'm interested in. What's the problem Amanda? Well, it's a rare problem but I problem none the less - why do some people not archive their books by title? Can anybody answer me this? I understand that libraries order by author, which is equally as frustrating, but most people, well I assume most people, know a book by title, not by author or publisher or release year and so on, so why give those options and not a title option?
Whenever I look through an archive, the title route is the way I go. I recognise title's, I remember words from the title and can make my way that way, but author? Unless they're a popular or it's a book I'm really interested in, I've probably forgotten. Series? Sometimes this works out okay because some series name themselves after the first book, which also annoys me, SO MANY ANNOYANCES, but other times, the series name has either nothing to do with the titles, or is really difficult to remember, such as The Courier's Daughter Trilogy, or, as people prefer to call it, The Defiance Trilogy, which is both so much easier to remember, but my point is, I'm not going to remember that long series name, so making me search through your HUGE archives aren't going make it any more fun for me. Publisher? Lets not even go there. Seriously, I work with them and talk to them, but remember who's published which books? Only if they are really really really firm favourites will I remember the publisher, so there's literally not point in that either. People's, make sure you have the option to search by title please, it'd make me, and I'm going to go out on a limb and say, it'll make other people really happy too. By all means, have the options, but definitely include by title.
Review Requests
This one may be a little more difficult to understand, but I'm talking about Review Policies and Authors at this point. My current policy states that I am not open to requests, it does say that, in bold, so really, there's no excuse to not be able to read and understand that wonderful fact - I seriously don't have time for your review request because my TBR is tumbling already - so imagine my surprise when I receive a review request asking whether I would review a book which not only does against my policy, but also wasn't even in a genre I accept. What is this? Is this a joke? If it's all done to give me a giggle you failed epically because I'm not impressed.
How difficult is it to read a policy? You check out a blog, you like the blog, you like the person behind the blog and think 'hold up, I like this person, I'll see if they'll accept my request!' Now bare in that my email address is only visible at the bottom of my policy, so you literally have to read through the fact that I'm not accepting any right now, and what I will and won't accept, before you even get my contact details, yet somehow, this author thought 'well that obviously doesn't apply to me, I'll send it anyway.' This is where I get pissed. I read that email and got really angry, not only at the fact this author had done this, but that authors do this in general. We are marketing tools, I understand this, we drum up notice and an audience and can, where possible, get your book more notice in the community, but that doesn't give you the right to think that we will jump at any request you send. I have a policy, I have rules, I have a check-list of what I will accept yet you ignore that thinking you're better than me because you're an author and I'm a blogger, who, according to you, should read my book because, according to you, it's really good. Guess what? I think my Chinese Stir-Fry's are damn good, but I'm not walking up to my nearest Chinese Restaurant expecting a job, it doesn't work like that. Would it be so difficult to be respected for what we spend hours of our lives doing. We are human beings, not tools, don't expect anything from us. If we're not accepting, we're not accepting, no email, bribe, blackmail or abuse will change that status.


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I'm in Santa Barbara, CA, on my DD's 26th Birthday and the eve of her graduation from the University of California Santa Barbara with a Master of Environmental Sciences and Management degree. I'm here with my own mother, grandmother of the birthday girl/graduate. My mother is 82 and has been saddled with organizing a reunion of my late father's family in rural Ohio, without getting credit for being the hostess--it just happens that she lives near the old homestead which long ago passed out of family hands. She has done a spectacular job of arranging food and lodging for a weekend in July in a very popular regional tourist attraction where, contrariwise, there is nothing open after 9 pm on any day and nothing at all on Sunday. The only problem is, at 82, she keeps forgetting which problems she has solved and goes back to fretting about them all over again.
Meanwhile, DD has decided that she finds my new purple hair deeply disturbing and is personally offended that I decided to make this change coincide with her graduation. WTF? So, if you are following my MMJ photos (and seriously, why wouldn't you be?) you may have noticed that the purple has already faded to a dissolute periwinkle. I figure I've made my point, whatever it was, and there's no point in prolonging the purple so I'm washing it with the harshest stuff I can get my hands on. (Plus purple shampoo to highlight the blonde.) I'm getting no credit for this capitulation, as a lifetime of capitulation should have led me to realize. Oh, well.
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Oh dear, too bad about your daughter. My family just did a double take and said they were surprised. Wow,your poor Mom though. Quite a job at 82.ReplyDelete
I am doing my hair in ash blonde and purple next: too bad you are changing or we could have been sisters from another mister..boo!ReplyDelete
Silly daughters...loved your story about your mom.ReplyDelete
Oh no, what a shame about your hair. Did you enjoy it whilst it lasted?ReplyDelete
Your Mum sounds like a legend, how amazing to be organising all that, I don't think I could do it!
What an amazing event for your mother to be organising. I hope it all goes well, and you have a wonderful time! :)ReplyDelete
Congratulations to all three of you.ReplyDelete
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Leonard I. Pearlin Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Sociological Study of Mental Health
2019: Robin W. Simon, Wake Forest University
2018: Scott Schieman, University of Toronto
2017: David Williams, Harvard University
2016: Debra Umberson, University of Texas at Austin
2015: David Takeuchi, Boston College
2014: Jane McLeod, Indiana University
2013: Linda K. George, Duke University
2011: Bernice Pescosolido, Indiana University
2010: Catherine Ross
2009: William Avison, University of Western Ontario
2008: James S. House, University of Michigan
2007: Ronald Kessler, Harvard Medical School
2006: Allan Horwitz, Rutgers University
2005: Peggy Thoits, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2004: Carol S. Aneshensel, University of California, Los Angeles
2002: Bruce Link, Columbia University
2001: George William Brown, St. Thomas Hospital, London
2000: Blair Wheaton, University of Toronto
1998: R. Jay Turner, University of Miami
1996: Leonard I. Pearlin, University of Maryland, College Park
1994: David Mechanic, Rutgers University
The Section on the Sociology of Mental Health's Best Publication Award
2019: Jason Schnittker, The Diagnostic System: Why the Classification of Psychiatric Disorders is Necessary, Difficult, and Never Settled. Columbia University Press. 2017.
2018: Tony N. Brown, Mary Laske Bell, and Evelyn J. Patterson, "Imprisoned by Empathy: Familial Incarceration and Psychological Distress among African American Men in the National Survey of American Life," Journal of Health and Social Behavior 57(2):240-256. 2016.
2018: Mario Luis Small, Someone To Talk To. Oxford University Press. 2017.
2017: Anna S. Mueller and Seth Abrutyn, "Adolescents under Pressure: A New Durkheimian Framework for Understanding Adolescent Suicide in a Cohesive Community," American Sociological Review 81(5):877-899. 2016.
2016: Andrew Scull, Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity, From the Bible to Freud, From the Madhouse to Modern Medicine. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2015.
2016: Owen Whooley, "Nosological Reflections The Failure of DSM-5, the Emergence of RDoC, and the Decontextualization of Mental Distress," Society and Mental Health 4(2):92-110. 2014.
2015: Anna S. Mueller and Seth Abrutyn, "Suicidal Disclosures among Friends: Using Social Network Data to Understand Suicide Contagion," Journal of Health and Social Behavior 56(1):131-148. 2015.
2014: Mieke Thomeer, Debra Umberson, and Tetyana Pudrovska, University of Texas, Austin, "Marital Processes around Depression: A Gendered and Relational Perspective," Society and Mental Health 3(3):151-169. 2013.
2013: Jason Schnittker, "The Proximity of Common Unhappiness and Misery," Society and Mental Health 2(3):135-153. 2012.
2011: Robin Simon, Wake Forest University, and Kathryn Lively, Dartmouth College, "Sex, Anger, and Depression," Social Forces 88(4):1543-1568. 2010.
2010: John Reynolds and Chardie Baird
2009: Brea L. Perry, Indiana University, "The Ripple Effect: Changes in Social Structural Location and Social Network Dynamics in Mental Illness"
2008: Sigrun Olafsdottir, Boston University, "Beds or Meds: The Changing Societal Response to Mental Health Problems in Advanced, Industrialized Nations, 1960-2003"
2007: Bruce Dohrenwend, J. Blake Turner, Nicholas Turse, Ben Adams, Karestan Koenen, and Randall Marshall, Columbia University, "The Psychological Risks of Vietnam for US Veterens: A Revisit with New Data and Methods," Science 313(5789):979-982. 2006.
2005: John Hagan, Northwestern University, and Holly Foster, Texas A&M University, "S/He's a Rebel: Toward a Sequential Stress Theory of Delinquency and Gendered Pathways to Disadvantage in Emergine Adulthood," Social Forces 82(1):53-86. 2003.
2004: Robin W. Simon, Florida State University, "Revisiting the Relationships among Gender, Marital Status, and Mental Health," American Journal of Sociology 107(4):1065-1096. 2002.
2003: Tami M. Videon, Montefiore Medical Center
2001: Carol Aneshensel, University of California, Los Angeles, and Jo Phelan, Columbia University, Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health. Springer. 1999.
1999: Sarah Rosenfield, Rutgers University, "Labeling Mental Illness: The Effects of Received Services and Perceived Stigma on Life Satisfaction," American Sociological Review 62(4):660-672. 1997.
1997: R. Jay Turner, University of Miami, Blair Wheaton, University of Toronto, and Donald Lloyd, University of Toronto, "The Epidemiology of Social Stress," American Sociological Review 60(1):104-125. 1995.
1995: Jane McLeod, University of Minnesota, and Michael Shanahan, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, "Poverty, Parenting, and Children's Mental Health," American Sociological Review 58(3):351-366. 1993.
The Section on the Sociology of Mental Health's Dissertation Award
2019: Bianca Manago, Indiana University, "The Role of Mental Health Labels in Stigma and Status Processes"
2018: Courtney Boen, "Death by a Thousand Cuts: Psychosocial Stress Exposure and Black-White Disparities in Psychophysiological Functioning in Late Life"
2017: Jennifer Caputo, "Parental Coresidence Histories and Psychological Well-Being among Contemporary Young Adults"
2016: Alexis Ann Merdjanoff, Rutgers University, "Weathering the storm: the long-term consequences of Hurricane Katrina on mental health, mobility and recovery"
2015: Ning Hsieh, "Social Networks, Social Support, and Mental Health in Cross- National Comparative Perspective"
2014: Eric Grollman, University of Richmond
2013: Shirin Montazer, University of Toronto, "Country of Origin as a Modifier of the effect of Generation and Length of Residence on the Mental Health Outcomes of Immigrants to Canada"
2011: Catherine J. Taylor, PhD Cornell University, currently Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Fellow at Columbia University, "Biological and Subjective Responses to Minority Status and Social Exclusion in the Workplace: A Gendered Perspective"
2010: Kerry Dobransky
2009: David Maimon, The Ohio State University, and Danielle C. Kuhl, Bowling Green University, "Social Control and Youth Suicidality: Situating Durkheim's Ideas in a Multilevel Framework," American Sociological Review 73(6):921-943. 2008.
2008: Jane D. McLeod, Indiana University, and Danielle L. Fettes, University of California, "Trajectories of Failure: The Educational Careers of Children with Mental Health Problems," American Journal of Sociology 113(3):653–701. 2007.
2007: Belinda Needham, University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley, "Adolescent Depression and Young Adult Educational Attainment: An Examination of Gender Differences"
2005: Julie McLaughlin, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, "The Timing of Family Transitions and Depression: Difference by Sex and Education Level"
2004: Parisa Tehranifar, Columbia University, "Perceived Racial Discrimination among Urban African American Adolescents: Exploring Links with Ethnic Identity, School Ethnic Composition and Psychological Symptoms"
2003: Alan V. Horowitz, Rutgers University
2001: Kristi Williams, University of Texas, "Has the Future of Marriage Arrived? A Contemporary Examination of the Effects of Marital Status and Marital Quality on the Psychological Well-Being of Women and Men," Journal of Health and Social Behavior 44(4):470–487. 2003.
1999: Alisa Lincoln, Columbia University, "Psychiatric Emergency Room Decision Making: Social Control and the 'Undeserving Sick,'" Sociology of Health & Illness 28(1):54-75. 2006.
1998: Terrance J. Wade, University of Western Ontario, "Stress and Distress Among Husbands and Wives"
1994: Pamela Braboy Jackson, Duke University, "The Context of Transition Events Across the Life Course: The Effects of Prior Event Sequencing on Adult Mental Health"
The Section on the Sociology of Mental Health's Graduate Student Paper Award
2019: Patricia Louie, "Revisiting the Cost of Skin Color: Discrimination, Mastery, and Mental Health Among Black Adolescents," forthcoming in Society and Mental Health


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a Persian dynasty (AD 224–651) and the last line of Persian kings before the Arab conquest. The Sassanian era was marked by wars against the Romans, Armenians, and Huns and by the revival of Zoroastrianism and Achaemenid custom.
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- adjective of or pertaining to the Sassanid Dynasty who ruled Persia during 224-651 CE.
- adjective of or pertaining to the empire ruled by that dynasty
- noun member of the Sassanid Dynasty
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It is not necessary to go into the history of the nine dynasties which ruled in Persia before it was conquered by the Arabs, but for our purpose it is well to remind the reader that of all these dynasties the Sassanian was the last, and Yezdeyard, as we have seen, the ultimate King of the
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A Sassanian helmet with a nose guard demonstrates how Romans learned from other cultures: They added a nose guard to their own helmets.
The same thing happened eight hundred years later in Iran, when Yazdegerd III's Sassanian Empire in 635.
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The liliths are known particularly from the Aramaic incantation bowls from Sassanian and early Islamic Iraq and Iran (roughly 400 – 800 C.E.).
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This exhibit displays more than 100 items dating from the Northern Wei Dynasty (which started in 386) to the Ming Dynasty (which ended in 1644), including pottery figures, ceramics, metal works, stone sculptures, wood carvings and some Sassanian and Byzantine coins.
Under the Sassanian Empire we were one country and one people, before the Arab destruction began.
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In continuation of this legacy of bringing down the symbols and centers of infidel's power, pride and piety to the feet of Islam, world's second greatest power, the Sassanian Persian empire, came down crashing at the feet of Islam in 636 CE.