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Comments on: Massive Takata Airbag Recall: Everything You Need to Know, Including Full List of Affected Vehicles
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Comments on: Massive Takata Airbag Recall: Everything You Need to Know, Including Full List of Affected Vehicles
More than 29 million vehicles from 35 brands have potentially dangerous airbags. See all affected models and follow the story at Car and Driver.
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I have an '07 Element. The replacement airbag is on a FIVE!!! month back-order.
People your sh*t is not together.
Airbags are government mandated as standard equipment, along with hundreds of other aspects of your car. If they were optional at the new car buyer's discretion, no one would buy them. Thank you, US government, for interfering in a free market once again.13 Replies
That is the most ridiculous thing I read today.
what an asinine thing to say.
if you don't want airbags, there are plenty of used Citations that are looking for an owner.
I'm guessing Mike and Jon368 are Democrats, or work for the auto industry. Or both.
Seriously, if a bomb in front of your face were optional equipment, would you tick the box?
Grow up. Please.
Couple bricks shy of a load.
Most vehicles come loaded with a tank of at least 10 gallons of gasoline that sits next to a pipe heated to over 200 degrees, would you check that box too?
actually, I'm far from a Democrat. I don't want to pay for your medical bills your family won't be able to afford when you turn into a vegetable after getting in an accident.
if you don't want airbags, fine. if you want an option for it, fine. then you should be legally obligated to not only NEVER sell the car without them, but also legally required to let your insurance company know your vehicle has airbags. they will then be able to deny purchase of medical coverage (or just void it) , and will be legally obligated to let other parties know so that their insurance company does not get stuck with your medical bills either.
I think that's fair.
You are a Democrat. I've never asked you to pay my medical bills.
I just sold a 9 year old used car. Airbag light was on. The buyer did not care and neither did I.
Different worlds...
I would buy them. I quick poll says most people would want them. However, those who would choose not to have them, just like those who choose not to buckle up, will be more likely over time to take themselves out of the gene pool.
Wow. Jon tells you he is not a Democrat, and you tell him he is. It is pretty hard to exchange information or have a rational discussion if your perception is the only acceptable one. Different worlds indeed.
Gregg - a Democrat is one who voted in favor of socialized medicine
Not one Republican voted for Obamacare
So when Jon says he doesnt want to pay for my medical bills blah blah blah... and is speaking like a person who favors socialized medicine, to me he is clearly a Democrat. I'm certain he is not a Republican. Make sense? Ah, never mind...
The quality of Car and Driver has gone downhill since the days of Don Sherman and Patrick Bedard... glad I let my subscription run out a few years ago.
you obviously havent been around in this country, but socialized medicine is something that is part of our reality. democrat or republican, taxes go to socialized medicine. i dont really know how saying what i did makes me seem like i support socialized medicine. basically what i said was the equivalent of telling you to eat enough fruits and vegetables and then being called a PETA supporter. though considering I'm probably arguing with a Facebook comment BRAWGHT TO LAIFE by DA LORT, it's probably going on deaf ears.
also, my insurance premiums (in both health insurance and car insurance) will pay for your medical bills. that's what they are for. don't tell me what my political ideology is after 6 sentences. you obviously have no grasp at all. probably hitting your head on the dash board and steering wheel in all those no-airbag accidents.
Well... At this point recalling 100% of cars in the world might do the trick as well...1 Reply
• Fiat-Chrysler has hired TRW to supply replacements for the defective Takata parts in its recalled vehicles. Takata has been supplying the industry at large with a major portion of the required replacement airbags thus far. FCA senior vice president Scott Kunselman said during the hearing that his company would only use replacement airbags from TRW and is confident that customers will not need to return for subsequent repairs"
Kind of surprised that we haven't heard a statement like this previously, but a smart move by FCA. Will others follow suit?1 Reply
I see no Korean built vehicles on the list...not even within Chevrolet...cool.1 Reply
I'd love to know if any dealers outside the U.S. are replacing potentially defective inflators...I´ve seen maybe two articles a local news website and nothing further...(Panama), and no idea what the dealers are doing...
Nice...so the shrapnel can also set your car on fire even after it missed you.
Just got a notice in the mail for our Tundra regarding this issue. Toyota says they do not have replacement parts for our geographic area and that we should wait until they notify us when "sufficient parts have been produced and the remedy can be performed."
in the meantime Toyota says we should "not operate the vehicle with an occupant in the front passenger seat." So, looks like limo/driving miss Daisy service for me! I wonder if my husband will mind if I say "home, James!"? And no, I am not driving him around.7 Replies
Ummm, Honda gave me no such warning about driving the car. They just said, "okay, the part won't be here for 4 weeks".
Should have bought a Ram.
Good time to trade it for a Ram.
The replacement airbags are defective too.
how do you know? YOU DONT
you've spammed all over this post...ONLY this article actually. you have no contributions other than on Takata articles.
do you have anything else to do?
Considering its been months later and he is still babbling... NO
Yes just shot my age on D-Day playing golf but I still can't believe that these car companies are still using the deadly defective Takata airbags? This is the worst recall in auto history.
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Former Presidential Candidate Michele Bachmann's historic and deluded run in the general direction of the White House is over, but that doesn't mean that the fun has to end! Make your own Michele Bachmann concession speech with these Michele Bachmann Concession Speech Mad Libs!
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Although they're barely recognizable, every sentence contained in this fun parlor game is a direct Michele Bachmann quote.
Share your creations in the comments, but don't use a derivative of "poop" or "butts" for every word. That's only funny if you're six, or stoned.
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UMass students nosh on 6,700-pound seafood stew
Stew sets world record
The University of Massachusetts has again welcomed students back to campus with a world record-breaking culinary treat.
A year after starting the semester with a two-ton stir fry, staff and students at the Amherst campus on Monday made and chowed down on a nearly 6,700-pound seafood stew.
The stew was prepared in the same custom-built, 14-foot pan used to make the stir fry last year. The stew included 1,000 pounds of mussels, lobster, clams, haddock and salmon from sustainable sources in New England and Alaska.
It also contained 1,725 pounds of half and half, 1,137 pounds of potatoes, 575 pounds of onions and 145 pounds of bacon, among other ingredients.
Ken Toong, executive director of auxiliary services, says only vegetables from local farmers and the school's student-run garden were used.


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University of Vienna celebrates 650th anniversary
The University of Vienna was founded on 12 March 1365 by Duke Rudolf IV, using the Parisian Sorbonne as a template. With this, he established an academic institution which has helped to define Europe's intellectual spirit over the subsequent 650 years and continues to this day.
Today around 9,700 staff work at the 19 faculties and centres at the University of Vienna, offering 180 study programmes for around 92,000 students. The University of Vienna is therefore Austria's largest research facility and its biggest educational institute. Furthermore, the international students at Vienna University make it an essential bridge between the city and the rest of the world.
A particularly impressive visualisation of the past into the future is provided by the new Alumni Map . This offers a virtual meeting point for Vienna University graduates all over the world. A lively alumni community is being built up, which doesn't focus on personal benefits, but instead gives graduates the chance to contribute to shaping the university's future - as a mentor, experienced expert or a source of innovation and inspiration.
The alumni community currently consists of around 200,000 living graduates of the University of Vienna. In companies, in the cultural sector, in the media, in sport, in academia and politics: Vienna university graduates are everywhere.


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Ron Brinkmann on the Digital Composting blog shows off some great effects you can get using this homemade mirror box. The photo above uses shiny tin foil balls. You can place candles, Droids, or anything else in your cheap effects box (hit up the link below for more examples) and snap away at different angles for unique, dazzling shots.
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State alcohol board to select liquor permits by lottery
The Alcoholic Beverage Control is sifting through more than 70 applications to be among the first to sell hard liquor in Benton and Madison counties.
Each of the 73 applications in Benton County cost $2,000. A lottery will choose 55 of the applications to approve for permits.
Below are a collection of map images for some of the business that have applied for a Retail Liquor permit. Click here for weekly reports from the Department of Finance and Administration for complete lists.
"We just had to do our homework, do our paperwork and go from there," applicant James Outlaw said.
Rick Crisman with the Alcoholic Beverage Control said each application goes through rigorous screening before it is even considered.
"Benton County is the second largest county in the state. For it to go wet, that's a big undertaking," he said.
ABC rules and regulations state that a liquor store must be more than 1,000 feet from a church or school.
Outlaw got his location approved by the city, but he said the limitations could make it difficult to build. In the meantime, he will have to wait until the lottery to see if he receives a permit.
"It's a chance, that's why it's a lottery. So maybe we'll get lucky and draw one. We're hoping," he said.
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NEW YORK, April 17 (UPI) -- Most health-conscious U.S. adults, who belong to a gym and buy local or organic food, had lunch in a fast-food restaurant in the last month, a survey found.
Market consumer research firm Scarborough found 74 percent of the health-conscious consumers -- 21 million American adults -- visited a fast-food restaurant for lunch in the past 30 days.
They found health-conscious consumers and all adult consumers both visited McDonald's the most in the past month, followed by Subway and Wendy's.
Those consumers chose Panera Bread fourth, while all adult consumers chose Burger King. Taco Bell finished fifth among both groups, the survey found.
"This latest analysis reflects the enormous shift in the quick service restaurants' initiatives toward healthier menu options and branding," Alisa Joseph, vice president of advertiser services for Scarborough parent company, Arbitron, said in a statement. "Fast-food companies feel pressure to change their messaging to a more health-conscious tone as they are aware that the average consumer is now more aware of the healthier menu options available. Though price point is still important to their core customers, healthy menu options within that price point will satisfy the customers they have as well as grow their health-conscious consumer segment."
The data were from Scarborough USA+, which measures 210,000 adults annually across a wide variety of media, lifestyle, shopping and demographic categories. No other survey details were reported.


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The Banking Companies (Nomination) Rules, 1985 framed under Banking Regulation Act, 1949 enable to accept nominations. Nomination can be made by the account holder or, as the case may be, by all the joint account holders together, in respect of an account held by them with a bank in India. The nomination can be made only in respect of a deposit held in the individual capacity as a holder of an office or otherwise. The nomination has to be made in favour of only one individual. The nominee may be a minor but in that case the account holder should, while making the nomination, appoint another individual (who is not a minor) to receive the amount of deposit on behalf of the nominee during his minority, in case of need. The nomination made can be varied or cancelled by the account holder any time during the currency of the account by filing an application in the prescribed form.
Nomination facility for non resident accounts
The nomination facility is also available to holders of non-resident accounts. However, in case of deposits held in FCNR and NRE accounts, the deceased account holders nominees (who could also be residents in India) would not be automatically entitled to the right of repartriation of the funds acquired by them. Similarly credit of the amount becoming payable to a nominee to his NRE/FCNR account requires prior permission of Reserve Bank of India. In such cases, the nominees are required to make separate applications to Reserve Bank of India, which would be considered in the light of the residential status of individuals nominees and the relevant Exchange Control Regulations. Utilisation of the funds in India by the nominees would not, however, need exchange control approval.
The forms prescribed for deposit accounts under the nomination Rules are Form DA 1 for nomination, Form DA 2 for cancellation and Form DA 3 for variation.
Remittance/Transfer of Funds to Non-Resident Nominees
The Banking Companies (Nomination) Rules, 1985 framed under Banking Regulation Act, 1949 enables banks to pay the amount standing to the credit of the deceased depositor to his nominee. Authorised dealers may allow remittance of funds lying in the NRE/ FCNR accounts of the deceased account holder to their non-resident nominees subject to the following conditions:
(i) Application in Form LEG is submitted by the nominee (s).
(ii) A valid nomination has been registered in the banks record in favour of the nominees/s in confirmity with the provisions of the Banking Companies (Nomination) Rules, 1985.
(iii) The nominee continues to be non-resident at the time of the claim/remittance sought for from India and that the deceased depositor was non-resident at the time of his/her death.
(iv) All the legal heirs are non-residents. A signed declaration to the effect, duly witnessed, may be submiited by the nominee to the authorised dealer.
Applications in Form LEG together with the documents/particulars mentioned therein received from the nominees should be scrutinized and after satisfying about the legality of the claim as per the internal guidelines, authorised dealers may settle the claim and allow transfer of fund to the extent of balance held in the deceased depositor's NRE/FCNR accounts. All other cases which do not fulfill the aforesaid terms and conditions or where the amount in NRE/FCR account is claimed by a person other than the nominee, should be referred to the concerned Regional Office of Reserve Bank for prior approval by authorised dealer in
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Vulcano to Lipari Ferry
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Vulcano is part of the Aeolian Islands in the North of Sicily, Italy. Vulcano is famous for its mud baths and for its great landscape. It contains several volcanic centres, including one of four active volcanos in Italy. The crater is the main attraction of Vulcano. Vulcano is small but cozy, and there are several fine outdoor cafés.
About Lipari
Lipari is the most populated and largest island of the Lipari Islands, sometimes called Aeolian Islands, which lie 15 to 35 miles off the northeast side of Sicily. Lipari was created by a succession of four volcanic movements, which left the island covered with pumice and obsidian. Ever since historical times pumice mining is an important industry on Lipari. The pale pumice is even shipped internationally. Ferries from Lipari sail to mainland Italy and can be booked through AFerry
Inhabited since Neolithic times, the island was colonized by Greeks in 575 BC, who called the island Meligunis. Greek and Roman ruins are still visible in the Diana District Archeological Park.
Thanks to its mild weather and breathless landscape with deep caverns and steep cliffs the island of Lipari is an ideal holiday destination. Besides some beautiful beaches you will find volcanoes, castles, thermal spa's, water sports and perfect fishing spots.


text: enigma-penguin Veteran Share Posted April 30, 2010 Originally this was just on my blog, but I thought I might post it here for the few interested souls as I go through the process of creating my own Macbook tablet. The computer in question is a 2007 model (Core2Duo) Macbook (not pro) whose battery exploded and bent the chassis and killed a few parts. I decided to buy a new macbook pro instead and this sat there for a while until I decided to do something with the still working parts. Originally it was to become the guts of a G4 tower case I have here, that was until The_Decryptor told me to make it a tablet and so I took a look. If you want to see all this information in an unbroken line and sans comment click here: http://www.i-dahr.com/?p=131 So step 1: Hardware Dismantling Time to dismantle the old macbook Firstly I opened up the old macbook and took out the damaged parts: Oh dear god, just look a that mess. It really is a wonder this thing stayed on for 3 years and didn't die any sooner than it did. It lived a pretty hard life, travelling to and from uni, work or just about anywhere else and it looks like that took it's toll over the years. Firstly let's remove the damaged parts: DVD drive, power connector, battery and part of the casing I got the dvd drive out (above), but there was some resistance... oh dear, all those hidden pesky screws. whoops I took the screen off and tested the connections to make sure it was okay Look it's an Amiga Keyboard Mac! The device still works fine without the screen and external video output seems to keep working fine. The screen is now all marked out on the top cover for cutting: Next Steps: - Find a 13.3 inch 16:10 resistive touchscreen [Done] - Get a dremmel and cut the screen dimensions out on the other side of the top case - Screen rotation - Shielding for the parts at the bottom of the screen (foil?) - A new battery: Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (White) Find a way to re route the cables for: - Backlight - iSight - Airport antennae - Video out Update: 17th April, 10pm The screen has been purchased! Includes: 4 wire Resistive Touch Screen (Film on Glass.. epic) Connecting Parts / PBC RJ to usb controller Operation Supports : Windows 98 / ME / XP / 2000 /Vista windows 7, Linux, Mac OS operation. Compatible with 13.3"(16:9)-inch Touch Screen Models. Dimensions / Size: 299 x 195 x 2 (mm) The dimensions are JUST what I need: Update 19th of April: On the software front Drivers: Just got the driver information from the supplier: Firstly it is definitely OSX compatible, and secondly it has 4 point AND 24 point calibration. By the looks of the driver and software information it's an eGalax Touch Screen (they are an OEM provider so that's a plus), I also found the company website with the other drivers if I need them. http://home.eeti.com.tw/web20/eg/drivers.htm I haven't installed it onto the tablet mac hardware yet though, as currently it's connectivity is kinda limited. Basically I can't find an ethernet cable and the airport antennae isn't connected due to the screen being pulled off at present. Screen Rotation: Given it will be a tablet I will need to rotate the screen so I had to find some software. (Thanks to Steve for making me look/think of it) OSX The program is meant to have some shortcuts (Example: command option 0 for landscape), but I can't get them working so that is something to investigate later. For now I can use the drop down box using my finger to select the option I want. OSX Software Source: http://www.magesw.com/displayrotation/ On Screen Keyboard Apparently you cant just whip up an apple script to bring up the keyboard anymore, nor can you just drop the application into the dock. Great. This is where a tip from Alex comes in. In 10.6 they took away that ability, so I need an app and a script for that. Download and install keyboardViewer: sudo install keyboardViewer /usr/local/bin Script: tell application "System Events" if exists (process "Keyboard Viewer") then click process "Keyboard Viewer"'s window 1's buttons whose subrole is "AXCloseButton" else do shell script "/usr/local/bin/keyboardViewer" end if end tell One that is all done I can click an apple script in the dock to launch the keyboard rather than fiddle with the little drop down menu. Software Source: http://github.com/nriley/keyboardViewer Up Next... Construction! Marking out the screen roughly for the first cuts: The marking was done in pen on the interior of the case and the exterior marked in tape as seen above. This was done to retain the cosmetic appearance (obviously), I will be leaving a good deal of margins to be safe and cut it down as I go. Once that was done it was time to test fit the screen in it's new orientation and make sure all of the cables would make it to where they need to go. Screen frame inverted and the cable routing checked: A few notable issues here: - The iSight simply will not fit with it's current frame - The display cable is at risk of being damaged in this configuration - The silver tape on the airport cables once removed exposed the shielding (what the hell?) - The inverter board is going to be a serious problem (see below) I don't see how to re route it without changing or modifying the cable in some way at this point, I'll have to see how it works out. I may do it like this: And simply make the cable just that bit longer to stretch back to the original position. Once the touch panel arrives I'll be happier to actually cut out the front , but until then I have to wait. At this point it could be friday next week before I see it. Whilst I wait for the screen it was time to investigate the power button; The big problem was I did not want to dismantle the keyboard to kind out, just in case. The documentation is also kinda sparse unless you're a developer apparently, that sucks a little. After a quick search I found that the keyboard appeared to be USB based (see below), that's a plus because USB is only 4 pins But I had to confirm, so I found a project that used one of the keyboards as a USB keyboard and this is what I found: This confirmed it for me, we had 6 data pins, 1 ground and one isolated cable in the ribbon. This splits out to 10 pins at the ribbon connector: Excuse the quality, but what you will see is the usb pins (marked in red) and the two unknown pins moving into the PBC in another direction (in green). From what I've been able to ascertain I need to short these two pins using a low-value resistor (100-470 Ohm), but you have to be very careful (oh joy) and you may short something else out if you aren't. More from me once the screen is here. 5 Share Link to post Share on other sites


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Airline Trade War? Global Opposition Grows against EU Emissions Law
A European Union law to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from airlines traveling to and from Europe has drawn a joint protest from 23 non-EU countries and sparked talk of a global trade war.
The law incorporates the aviation industry into Europe's emissions trading scheme and requires airlines to pay for their greenhouse-gas emissions by obtaining special permits. Eight-five percent of the permits are being given away for free; the other 15 percent are initially expected to add about $2 to the cost of a trans-Atlantic flight.
But for representatives of 23 countries who convened in Moscow on Wednesday, the price is too high.
The United States, China, Japan, Russia and India were among the signatories of the so-called Moscow Joint Declaration, in which they registered their disapproval and agreed to coordinate punitive measures against European airlines in retaliation, such as taxes on airlines that fly into or over their countries.
Some of the countries are also considering banning their national airlines from participating in the emissions trading scheme at all. The Chinese government has already imposed such a ban. Airlines that do not comply will face fines from the EU beginning in April 2013; if they fail to pay, they could be denied permission to fly to the EU.
Global Instead of Regional
Still, the Moscow declaration did not call for a formal complaint to the United Nations and dropped some of the more aggressive proposals from an earlier draft, such as a commonly worded letter to the EU expressing the states' refusal to comply and a reopening of existing trade agreements in other sectors.
Airlines, which have opposed Europe's unilateral action on airline emissions regulation, cheered the declaration.
Lufthansa spokesman Peter Schneckenleitner, like other airline representatives, insists that any such regulations need to be global rather than regional. "At the end of this process, it looks like the European airlines will be the big losers," Schneckenleitner said. "In general, Lufthansa's not against an emissions law. But it has to be competitively neutral."
But defenders of the EU program say calls for global action are disingenuous, given that no global regulations are forthcoming.
"Of course our preferred option has always been a global agreement," Isaac Valero-Ladrón, the spokesman for the European Climate Commission in Brussels, said. "No one is against a global agreement. But let's be frank. What's been the willingness to get a global agreement? Nonexistent."
He added, "Our question to these Moscow participants is: What is your constructive alternative?"
Perry Flint, a spokesman for the International Air Transport Association, an industry trade group, contested the notion that action isn't being taken on a global scale.
"The fact of the matter is, progress is being made at ICAO," the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization, he said. "Maybe it's not as fast a process as some people would like, but it's the process."
Valero-Ladrón believes that the Moscow declaration and the talk of retaliatory measures are just "a form of pressure against the EU to see if we will cave." The threat of non-compliance, he says, is undermined by the fact that all of these countries, including China, are already complying: All airlines that fly into Europe have submitted their company data to an office in Germany as required by the program.
'Very Limited'
The financial impact of the EU law is also not as severe as it might have been. In the past six months, the price of carbon emissions permits has plunged by about half due to oversupply. As a result, the cost passed on by airlines to passengers on, say, a flight from Frankfurt to Beijing is expected to be just under €2 ($2.68).
Still, Flint argues that the costs to airlines add up. In 2012, he estimates, the cost to the industry will be €900 million; by 2020, the annual price tag will be €2.8 billion. "It's a hit," he said. "This is an industry that doesn't earn a lot of money in the good years."
The reactions around the globe have been fierce -- hyperbolic, according to defenders of the law.
"The fallout could hit the domestic consumers hard since the number of European flights landing and flying from India could be reduced and the cost of tickets could increase exponentially," reported the Times of India, which described the Moscow declaration as a "decision to launch an all-out trade war against EU airlines."
Valero-Ladrón disputes this characterization of the Moscow agreement. "This declaration is not about trade wars at all," he said. "It's very limited."
If the EU law remains in place, the European Commission estimates that it will reduce airline emissions of carbon dioxide by 183 million metric tons by 2020 -- a drop of 46 percent compared to what emissions would be without the law. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the aviation industry is currently responsible for about 3.5 percent of human-caused global warming.


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It was almost more than spring; it was a taste of summer.
With snow back on the forecast this week, think back to some warm thoughts from a week ago when the temperature reached the upper 70s two days before topping out at 80° March 27.
"That one set a record in Toledo," said Morenci area climate observer George Isobar, "and it was only 79° there."
The previous record was about 30 years old, Isobar said. In 1976, a record of 77° was set for March 26.
Toledo's record book lists 83° as the warmest March temperature of all, coming March 24, 1910.
"Like most Marches, there was a lot of variation in temperature last month," Isobar said. "We had some single-digit lows early in the month, then a couple of days in the 70s on the 13th and 14th. After that it headed back down into the 30s."


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Walk Tall, You're a Daughter of God (camp song)
1. Right now I have a prayer deep with in my heart.
A prayer for each of you there is a special part.
That you remember who you are and Him who lives above.
Please seek for Him and live His way;
You'll feel His love.
Walk tall, you're a daughter, a child of God.
Be strong please remember who you are.
Try to understand,
You're part of His great plan.
He's closer than you know
Reach up, he'll take your hand.
2. Long before the time you can remember,
Our Father held you in His arms so tender,
Those loving arms released you as He sent you down to earth.
He said, "My child, I love you. Don't forget your great worth"
3. This life on earth we knew would not be easy.
At times we lose our way
His path we may not see.
But please remember always- please-that you are not alone.
He'll take your hand.
He loves you!
He will guide you home
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Bobby Regester's modified Pontiac Sunfire falling off the side of Pikes Peak may have been the wildest crash of this past weekend, but this clip of Roger Lovell's flip certainly comes in second. Well, for the moment anyway.
Sure cars can fall off the side of Pikes Peak during the annual climb, but there's plenty of everyday racing danger as well. Take Roger Lovell, who walked away from this unsettling moment in his Ultra 4 desert race truck. It's a pretty bad case of the bends.
Hat tip to Junior!


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Let's begin by me saying, yet again, that Adam Levine is gross. Never been a fan of Maroon 5. Never found him attractive. Interviewed him a couple of years ago and it felt like I was expected to find him attractive. That he expected it from me. And I remember afterwards Dylan, whose male bullsh-t meter has always been uncannily accurate, immediately confirmed that he was a fraud. Also he always looks like he's wearing foundation on his lips. Did you see Saturday Night Live?
So Cameron Diaz appeared during the monologue with Andy Samberg and Jerry Seinfeld and she was great -- fun and goofy and so essentially Cam, the hot girl guys want to hang out with. I was confused then as to why people were emailing me all ragey about her behaviour -- and particularly what she was doing with Adam Levine, like she was throwing herself at him. I had to watch the rest of it to get to the finale.
As you know, it's customary at the end for the host, surrounded by the cast and the guests, to thank whoever he/she needs to thank. So here's Adam thanking everyone, and now watch Cam:
She's just being nice.
YOU'RE WELCOME -- is it synonymous here with LOOK AT ME and WANT ME PLEASE?
I can see it. Jacek can't because he says he's not a f-cking bitch. Emily, who is also not a f-cking bitch, doesn't either. My friend Lo, on the other hand, spotted it right away. In her words: "desperado. Looks exactly like Zac Efron puppy-dogging Leonardo DiCaprio". But she made an additional point -- maybe you only recognise it if you've been there. Maybe we'd interpret it differently if we could separate Cameron in these 20 seconds with the Cameron who's been dicked around by dicks, A-Rod and Diddy, who jealously shouted down Justin Timberlake at a party because he started dating Jessica Biel -- the girl who cannot hold her sh-t together in love.
It's unfair, isn't it?
It's like we Photo Assumption her all the time to her disadvantage.
But it wasn't always this way, was it?
Cameron Diaz, as noted earlier in this post, was the "hot girl guys want to hang out with". She's athletic. She farted and burped and wasn't afraid to be gross and also looked awesome in a bikini. Cam was cool. And she traded on that image for a long, long time.
At some point though we stopped seeing her like that. We stopped seeing her like that and we started seeing her like this:
So it's a question of image deterioration, right? And, to make it even more insulting, it happened as she aged. How much of that then is what we've projected onto her based on the existing cultural expectations we have of women "of a certain age" and their behaviour, particularly if they are single and without children? And how much of it is reasonable speculation based on observation? It's a discussion for the Faculty Of Celebrity Studies which, have I mentioned?, is coming back soon!
As for whether or not it happened with Levine -- here they all are arriving at the after-party and he was joined by his model girlfriend Behati Prinsloo so, no, it probably didn't.


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Useful To God
August 28, 2014
"Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us." - Ephesians 3:20
Our time on earth is brief, and every moment of our day holds the potential for our lights to shine brightly for Jesus Christ. When you are at home or at work is the light of Jesus coming through your words and your actions? Right now, yield yourself completely to Him. Wherever God has placed you, He can use you if you will open yourself up to the work of the indwelling Holy Spirit - the light of Jesus inside of the believer.
God wants His children to shine as lights in a darkened world. Ask God to use you in the life of others to light the way for those who are lost so they may come to know Him.
For more resources from Above & Beyond Fellowship, visit www.abidingabove.org.


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Reverence Is Love (Friend)
Reverence is more than just quietly sitting:
It's thinking of Father above,
A feeling I get when I think of His blessings.
I'm rev'rent, for rev'rence is love.
When I'm rev'rent, it shows in my words and my deeds.
The pathway to follow is clear.
And when I am rev'rent, I know in my heart
Heav'nly Father and Jesus are near.
Text: Maggie Olauson
Music: Maggie Olauson
Artist: Olauson
Album: Music Published in the Church Magazines: Friend
Composition Date: 1987-04-01
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ANOTHER VIEW: Ending the curse of child brides, one $25 goat at a time
After an unforgivably long time, the revolutionary idea that girls should get the same education as boys seems to be gaining acceptance. What's surprising, then, is that one of the great impediments to keeping girls in school -- particularly girls in the developing world -- remains largely unremarked upon and unaddressed. By this we mean the stubborn persistence of child marriage.
Child brides remain alarmingly common. An estimated 10 million marriages occur worldwide each year in which at least one spouse, usually the female, is younger than 18. In 16 countries, half of girls marry by that age. West Africa has the highest incidence of child marriage, South Asia the largest numbers. In many places, brides are preposterously young. In Niger, 36 percent of girls are wed before turning 15.
These unions produce a host of social ills. Younger brides become pregnant at younger ages, often before their bodies fully mature, putting mother and child at risk. In the developing world, a baby born to a mother under 20 is 50 percent more likely to be stillborn or die in the first month than one born to a mother 20 to 29. Pregnant girls younger than 15 are five times more likely to die giving birth than women over 20 are.
A particular danger for teen mothers is obstetric fistula, a condition that can develop during untended, obstructed labor and lead to constant leakage of urine or feces; such girls are often cast out of society.
Girls who marry young also typically leave school. Their children are more likely than those of older brides to be undereducated and malnourished.
Generally, the younger the bride, the greater the age gap between her and her husband, which translates to a power imbalance that often leads to spousal abuse.
In recent decades, several countries have increased the legal marital age to 18 to comply with international conventions defining marriage as an agreement between consenting adults. Yet legal change alone has made little difference. The prevalence of child marriage is decreasing -- but very slowly, and in many places not at all. Some members of Egypt's Parliament actually want to rescind the country's law that sets the marriage age at 18.
In societies where this tradition is entrenched, particularly among the poorest of the poor, parents often regard early marriage as a way to eliminate an economic burden. They may see educating a daughter as a waste of resources and seek to hasten the day when she moves to her husband's home.
Programs that target this economic dynamic have reduced child marriages. In Ethiopia's rural Amhara region, for example, parents of girls 10 to 14 were given $6 to pay for their daughter's school supplies plus a goat worth $25 if she remained enrolled for two years. After that period, girls in the program were one-tenth as likely to be married and three times as likely to be in school as their peers. Similar programs in Malawi and Bangladesh have also reduced child-marriage rates.
In addition to helping pay the costs of keeping a daughter at home, these programs encourage a view of girls as children rather than brides. Parents can imagine a return on investment in educated daughters equipped for jobs. And schooling gives girls the skills, social networks and confidence to better negotiate their futures.
The challenge is to expand these interventions. Governments will need to make them part of national education policy, and donors will need to help with funding. The Ethiopian program was a partnership of local authorities and the Population Council, a nongovernmental organization focused on health and development issues, with funding from the Nike Foundation, the United Nations and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
High child-marriage rates are associated with weak national indicators not only in maternal health and education but also poverty, food security and HIV incidence, since badly informed and weakly connected mothers make poor decisions for themselves and their families. If girls are educated, they won't be the only ones who benefit.


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This story was published Aug. 11, 2008.
The mother of an 18-year-old shot and killed by a police officer in broad daylight is demanding explanations from the Montreal police force.
"I just don't understand why the police took my son's life," Lilian Villanueva said yesterday as tears streamed down her face. She could barely speak between sobs. Her husband, Gilberto, didn't speak at all - he just sat at the kitchen table, staring into space.
Their son, Fredy, died at Sacré Coeur hospital Saturday night after a confrontation with officers near Henri Bourassa Park in Montreal North.
A Montreal police statement said officers felt threatened by Fredy, his brother Dany and a number of friends, which is why they reacted with force.But Fredy's sisters said they couldn't figure out how anybody could have felt threatened by their younger brother.
They said Fredy was a low-key kid whose favourite activity was playing video games.
"He was shy. He wasn't the type of guy who would antagonize a police officer," said Julissa, 25. "He didn't like clubbing or drinking beer. He was a quiet guy; he liked to stay in."
That's why Patricia, 27, found herself racking her brain for answers to unanswered questions.
"Why? Why did the police officer need to kill him?" she asked. "Why couldn't she have fired warning shots?"
The family is still trying to piece together the events that led to Fredy Villanueva's death.
The Sûreté du Québec, which has taken over the investigation because it involves Montreal police, remained tight-lipped about the incident.
"I can't tell you what they were doing, we don't even know how many (teenagers) there were," said Sgt. Gregory Gomez Del Prado, a spokesperson for the provincial police.
According to Gomez Del Prado, two police officers in a police cruiser approached a group of young people gathered in the parking lot behind the Henri Bourassa arena, near Rolland Blvd. and Pascal St. just after 7 p.m. Saturday.
Witnesses said police arrived while the group was calmly throwing dice behind the arena, next to a field where children were playing soccer. The witnesses said the police officers singled out Dany Villanueva. They tried to search him and when he resisted, a male officer pushed him to the ground and arrested him, some teens said.
"He was standing up, and then the police pushed him to the ground because he was too aggressive. He was trying to fight them," said Samuel Meideiros, 18, who was skateboarding nearby when he saw police arrive. He said he didn't know the youths involved, but watched the encounter and captured part of the action in a video on his cellphone.
The SQ would not reveal the reason for the arrest. There were conflicting reports about which officer fired the shots.
Claude Laguerre, who said he was one of the young people involved in the incident, said no one in the group made physical contact with the police officers.
"We were six guys and two girls. We approached, but we didn't touch them."
Laguerre said the officers became aggressive within 30 seconds of getting out of their police car.
"They didn't ask (our) names, they just got aggressive," said Laguerre, who said the male police officer fired without any warning. He added that after the police officer shot, he continued to point his gun at the group. Laguerre said no one in the group was armed.
Other witnesses said Fredy and about a half-dozen other young people confronted the police to try to separate them from Dany, who later was placed in the back seat of the cruiser. They said he shattered the rear driver's side window with his feet, because his hands were bound.
Neighbours reported hearing three or four gunshots before the group scattered.
"It turned bad," said Kassem Hamad, 22, who identified himself as a close friend of the victims. "The police officer took out her gun without thinking. ... It just happened too fast."
A statement issued by Montreal police late Saturday night explained their version of events. The police said the officers were surrounded by youths when they tried to arrest one suspect.
"At one point, the group began to move and a good number of individuals charged toward the police and threatened them," the statement said. "One of the police officers present then fired in the direction of the suspects, striking three of them."
The Villanueva family says the police didn't even call them to let them know Fredy had been shot.
"A friend of Fredy's called his aunt and then she called here - that's how we found out," his mother said.
SQ officials maintain a call was made.
Yesterday morning, friends and neighbours gathered near the scene to pay their respects and speak out about what they saw as a senseless tragedy.
"(I'm) blown over. Shocked. I can't really believe it," Hamad said. "These were peaceful guys who always hung out around here."
Diana Serrano, 18, fighting back tears as she stood in the parking lot where her longtime friend and former classmate was shot, said: "They were all friends from childhood - they were just protecting themselves.
"I know there are gangs here and there are drugs going on, but ... they were only playing marbles, so it's really not fair what they did.
"He didn't sell (drugs), he didn't smoke, he didn't drink. ... He was really smart. ... It's heartbreaking."
In the centre of the parking lot, a blood stain darkened the pavement, surrounded by shattered glass. Purple paramedic gloves were discarded nearby, and a pink pillow lay forgotten among scraps of paper shifting in the breeze.
Once the orange police tape marking the area under investigation was removed, a dark blue Nissan was towed from the scene. By early afternoon, a street cleaner had swept away the debris and a lone bouquet of flowers marking the place Villanueva collapsed was all that remained.
Back at Patricia's Laval home, the family vowed to take legal action against Montreal police.
"We're going to sue. This can't continue to happen. Fredy died for no reason," Patricia Villanueva said.
Fo Niemi, co-founder of the Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations, also called for a public inquiry into the shooting.
"The use of a gun seems completely unjustified," he said. "We want to know whether this is standard police technique."
Members of an impromptu gathering last night at the corner of Pascal St. and Lapierre Ave. said they felt police are too aggressive with young people in the community.
"This wasn't a street gang. He was a child," said Johanne, who did not want to provide her last name.
A woman called Nancy added: "When kids see that, they're going to hate police. I'm going to tell my kids, 'If you see a police car, go away.' I don't trust them."
Fredy's sisters said their brother will be remembered as a kind, caring kid who had a passion for movies and video games.
"He loved playing his Play-Station," Julissa Villanueva said, wiping away a tear. "Every time there was a new game, he'd buy it. And every time there was a new movie out, he'd go rent it or see it in the theatre with his brother or his friends."
Julissa said Fredy was on a waiting list to enroll in technical school. He kept himself busy helping out around the house.
"We have a sister who is disabled, so he spent a lot of time at home taking care of her."
Fredy wanted to become an electrical mechanic like his father, who works in an auto garage in Montreal North.
The Villanuevas immigrated from Honduras in 1998, living in Montreal North before moving to Longueuil and, eventually, to a house in Repentigny.
Yesterday, they said their faith in their adoptive country had been shaken to its core.
"We thought we were going to be better off," Julissa said. "We thought there was justice here. We thought the police were supposed to protect us."
Last night, riot police were dispatched to Montreal North after bonfires were set in the streets.


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Morenci Area High School Students of the Year were announced last week at the annual National Honor Society program.
Student of the Year honors went to senior Zachary Johnson, son of Eric and Mary Johnson; junior Keri Frost, daughter of Robert and Sheri Frost; sophomore Jade Pfund, daughter of Gary and Judy Pfund and freshman Denae Merillat, daughter of Chris and Molly Merillat.
The American Legion Awards were presented by members of the Morenci post to seniors Madelyn Green and Zachary Johnson for courage, honor, leadership, service and patriotism.


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Agile software development practices have been adopted by many IT organizations, and it's fair to conclude that agile is very clearly mainstream and is on track to become the dominant approach to software development. Having said that, many people are still struggling to understand what agile is really all about, particularly when it comes to scaling agile approaches. People struggle because they've been misled by some of the popular myths surrounding agile, they're suffering from "versusitis," and they've been misled about the benefits of traditional approaches. This month, I hope to motivate you to pause and reconsider your approach to agile, even if you have years of successful experience with agile but particularly if you think that it won't work in your situation.
When you talk with people who are unfamiliar with agile, you quickly discover that there are a lot of myths and misunderstandings surrounding it. For example, I've lost track of the number of times I've been told that Agilists don't model or write documentation, which is particularly galling because I'm the person behind the Agile Modeling (AM) methodology. Learn how to use Google, people! Table 1 lists the common myths that I've run into over the years and provides some advice for overcoming them.
Do You Have Versusitis?
Gaining a clear understanding of agile software development is not only hobbled by agile myths, but also by versusitisa debilitating disease that afflicts a large number of IT professionals. The symptoms of versusitis include the desire to think of things in absolute terms (for example, either you're doing Scrum fully or you're not doing it at all), or worse yet, in terms of absolute trade-offs (for example, you want to know the differences between agile versus CMMI). Versusitis reduces your effectiveness as an IT professional because it inhibits you from seeing the shades of gray that exist between the extremes of black and white.
The cure for versusitis is to become flexibleto recognize that although as technologists we work in a binary world of zeros and ones, that the real world is in fact analog. In particular, recognize that when it comes to soft issues such as process, there are no absolutes, and you must find the sweet spot between the extremes. For example, many organizations have adopted Scrum's daily stand-up meetings and its philosophy about prioritizing requirements, but have given up on Scrum's concept of Product Owner due to scalability concerns (see my January 2008 column, www.ddj.com/architect/204801134). Other people recognize that they can leverage agile techniques within a CMMI environment; see Hillel Glazer's blog at www.agilecmmi.com for some insights, because they prove compatible in practice. The point is that the religious fervor that we often see around process-related subjects rarely helps people to understand and identify how they can successfully benefit from new ideas. By working together, we can stamp out versusitis forever!
|Agile Myth
|Agile teams don't write documentation
|Agilists treat documentation like a requirementit gets estimated, prioritized, and "implemented" in the appropriate order. By putting price tags on things, we find that our stakeholders are a bit more selective as to how they choose to invest their hard-earned money. We also prefer executable specifications in the form of tests over static documents (see my February 2008 column for details: www.ddj.com/architect/205207998), reducing the amount if interim documentation created. And of course, we'll still need to create user documentation, support documentation, operations documentation, and even system overview documentation for the maintenance team.
|Agile teams don't model
|DDJ's 2007 Agile Adoption Survey found that 93% of Agile teams do whiteboard modeling, 77% of teams do some up-front requirements and architecture envisioning, 66% of Agile teams do paper-based modeling, and 47% of Agile teams use some sort of electronic drawing or CASE tool. Visit www.agilemodeling.com for more information as to how Agilists model in practice, and www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ for details about the survey itself.
|Agile is undisciplined
|Agile requires greater discipline than traditional approaches, as I describe in my October 2007 column at www.ddj.com/architect/201804241.
|Agile teams don't plan
|Agile teams do as much planning, and often more, than traditional teams, but they do it in a different way. The 2007 Agile Adoption Survey explored the value of various work products on Agile teams and found that the 5th most valuable one was an iteration task list, the agile version of a detailed project plan. The 19th most valuable work product, out of 19, was a detailed Gantt chart (but as VersionOne's Robert Holler points out, at least it's in the top 20). Agilists plan, they're just not creating dubious management artifacts.
|Agile only works for small, colocated teams
|Agile works best in these situations, as do traditional approaches, but the survey also found that many organizations are now successfully running agile teams of 50, 100, and even over 200. Furthermore, the survey showed that organizations are even succeeding at agile offshoring (albeit at a lower success rate).
|Agile is difficult to govern
|As I showed in my November 2007 column (www.ddj.com/architect/202401107), agile projects are easier to govern due to the higher stakeholder involvement and greater visibility provided by the regular delivery of working software.
|Agile requires talented people
|Yes, but so does traditional. Agile does in fact motivate people to be generalizing specialists who have a wider range of skills than people who are just specialists. This is a good thing for the individuals because it makes them more employable and it's good for organizations because their people are more effective.
The Myths of Bureaucracy
The traditional community places far more faith in bureaucracy than is justified. Several myths are based around the value of comprehensive specifications, namely that you need to document requirements in detail, that you need to document the design in detail, and that you need to create detailed test plans. The reality is that you need to understand and then implement the requirements; you should strive to think through the design before implementing it, and then you need to test your work. The relationship between these goals and detailed documentation is tenuous in the best of circumstances, let alone the less-than-ideal situations IT professionals regularly find themselves in. These myths assume that the static specifications are sufficiently correct and kept up to date, that they'll be read and understood by the intended audience, and that the specifications will be trusted and then followed. Agilists have found that capturing specifications in the form of tests, which you can execute as part of your regression test suite, is far more effective than capturing specifications as static documentation.
For decades, traditionalists have assumed that software development is similar to civil engineering, despite all evidence to the contrary, and have thus justified significant up-front work as a result. This leads to several myths surrounding the value of detailed, up-front planning and modeling. Significant effort is often expended early in the project to "set a solid foundation" from which to proceed. But people aren't good at defining requirements in detail and changes in the business environment will necessitate requirements changes no matter how good your documentation efforts. In practice, software development proves to be a dynamic endeavor that is better suited to the just-in-time (JIT) planning and modeling approach prevalent in the agile community. There is definitely value in planning and modeling, but that value is gained throughout the project, not just in the beginning.


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Grand jury indicts Beebe
Yesterday, a Charlottesville grand jury handed down two indictments against William N. Beebe, the former UVA student accused of raping classmate Liz Seccuro 22 years ago. A four-day trial is scheduled for Mr. Beebe beginning November 27 in Charlottesville Circuit Court.
As you may recall, the Hook broke this story in its January 12, 2006 cover story, "ââ?¬Ë?I Harmed You': 21 years, 12 steps later, rape apology backfires", and has continued to follow its development ever since.
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This is Krazy!
MOST people have awkward sexual encounters in their early college years.
Isn't it bad enough that the man had to leave college after this? And deliver Pizza?!
And this, over an encounter that Everybody regrets even took place in the first place.
Then, he TRIES to apologize to her. Cuz he thinks it's the right thing to do....
But instead of graciously accepting his apology--maybe even apologizing for her own part in the whole sordid debacle, she insists that he can only make things right by using the words that SHE prefers to discribe the event.
Incredibly, he appeases her.
Does this sound like the actions of a rapist? Sounds more like an upstanding citizen who deserves the Key to the City!
And what does she do? Turns around and uses his kindness against him---in a court of law--to try to ruin the poor guy's life.
PLUS she takes advantage of the fact that this incident occurred in a backward, uncivilized jurisdiction that hasn't joined the rest of the civilized world in recognizing that there is a reason why statutes of limitations exist---so that people don't have to constantly look over their shoulder to see if they are going to be imprisoned for something they might (or might not) have done OVER TWO DECADES AGO! WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG, DRUNK, AND IN COLLEGE.
If I were him, I'd say "FINE! I WITHDRAW MY APOLOGY! FURTHERMORE, I WISH I HAD BONED YOU IN THE BUTT! AND PEED ON YOU AFTERWARD."
NO physical evidence. No witnesses who can testify to her side of the story. Let's see them try to get a conviction without his apology! And when this case is over, HE ought to sue HER for harrassment.
That's all I have to say about that.


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Known info so far
Lenses for Nikon mirrorless camera/lenses are rumored to have TWO electric AF motors - each driving a separate group of lens elements. New "internal focusing" technology, where TWO groups of lens elements will be moved independently from each other.
Btw, Panasonic uses same tech for quite long time in their camcorders.
Nikkei posted strange remark that Nikon will really release mirrorless FF camera.
What are the odds that there'll be an adapter so I can use my old screw drive Nikkor AF glass with it? 0%? Negative %?
Sounds interesting though. I would definitely consider a Nikon mirrorless as long as it had decent video chops. I shot Nikon before I went to M4/3.
@Firworks the odds are very VERY high that Nikon will produce their own adapter to do that. They don't want to leave behind millions of lenses used by Nikon fans.
More rumors from Japanese
Things seems to be bad.
If you see top manager promising camera one year ahead it mean serious troubles.
Rumors update
- There will be two cameras at launch
- The first cameras will ship during the first half of 2019
- The new mount name is NOT Z-mount
- Will have new sensor optimized for autofocus speed. Megapixels will be less than the 46MP from the D850
- The design is somewhere in between the modern Sony A7 and the more classic Fuji X cameras.
- The viewfinder is in the middle just like the Sony A7 series.
Nikon registered very strange brand - Noct (both or lenses and cameras).
Another update
- Nikon will release two different mirrorless full frame cameras
- One lower res sensor - 24-25MP and another 45-48MP
- Small bodies ala Sony a7 cameras
- 5-axis in-body stabilization
- 9fps
- 4k video
- Memory cards: XQD and CF Express
- EVF resolution: 3.6 million dots
- Nikon is putting a lot of emphasis and effort into the shooting experience of the new mirrorless camera. The camera was designed with ergonomics in mind.
Overall - cameras will be made for and aimed for rich people who want to show their status.
Expected prices
The upcoming mirrorless full-frame camera is rumored to be the most expensive Nikon marketing campaign ever with bloggers meetups in exotic locations and maybe even some celebrities involvement.
Exactly as I told.
Top management want to replace camera progress with posh totty.
Announcement can be within one week only.
Idea can be to steal attention from Canon.
So, it is not announcement, it is stupid teaser
Expected UK prices
It is just one problem, Samsung was company who made sensor and LSI and progressed very fast.
Nikon do not make sensors (despite recent PR piece by IR) and also lacks in LSI design (and can't make them). Only strong point are the mechanical parts that are much fewer in mirrorless cameras.
Official release will be on August 23rd.
If you ask me, you need to fire Nikon PR department for such teaser things.
They could buy the sensor from Samsung? I've very surprised that no other cameras than the NX500 or NX1 have ever used that sensor.
Seriously if Nikon just makes their DX Mirrorless being a Samsung NX1 at a Nikon D7500 price point with a perfectly flawless Nikon F mount adapter included, then I will be a very happy boy instead!
And if Nikon can add a little gravy on top like a 10bit output and waveform monitoring, then I'll just be doing cartwheels of joy.
But I fear that Nikon will not even be releasing any type of Nikon DX mirrorless during 2018.
If you ask me, you need to fire Nikon PR department for such teaser things.
@Vitaliy_Kiselev You should probably just tell us people you wouldn't fire... ;)
In major Japanese companies PR departments? :-)
I have few in my Red Book.
Ahahaha Touchè ;)
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What a cute little bummy shot...
What a cute little bummy shot...
Posted by Carrie at 2:08 PM
Congratulations! I hope you didn't shed any tears...
Three boys is the "in" thing, anyway!
I have three sister-in-laws and one cousin with the same stats. (None have had a fourth child, yet.)
Would you ever have guessed that God would claim you as an excellent mommy for boys?
Congratulations again!
Well congrats!! You don't have to worry about buying new clothes now :)
wow! that is great because you have all the stuff and you know boys so so well!!!!!
congrats to you and your lucky little boy!
Yay for boys!!!!
i like abby's comment.
also, i like your new baby already. whenabouts is he due again?
(i voted for him being a girl, by the way.)
Oh Carrie, I know this was not the news you were hoping for! I know the mixed feelings that come with such news. Having been there and done that, allow me give you some advice. Start prepping your snappy comebacks (for when people ask if you're going to try again for a girl), your evil stares (for when people act as if there's no point in having another child if it's just going to be another boy, and your your eye rolls (for when people act as if you are some freak of nature because you have three children of the same gender). And remember that the best way to feel like a princess is to be surrounded by a bunch of handsome boys who will treat you as such and then some.
Awww! CONGRATS! I'm happy for you, I was actually kinda jealous when I found out I am having a girl, especially cause I could have her on my birthday. I'm not going to be the princess anymore, just think you'll still be the princess :] I'm really excited for you. YOu're a hot mama that makes some dang cute BOYS!! :]
CONGRATULATIONS! my favorite sister has (my favorite) three boys. in fact, your second looks an awful lot like her second to me... but i digress.
what i am saying is that your little family is going to be even more wonderful! i can't wait to see the critter!
(and now i am going to make them re-check the gender business at my ultrasound on tuesday.)
I was so sure that you were having a little girl! But like other's have said...you have the cutest little boys! Plus, Banks will love having a little brother to play with! So now you just need a name!
Congratulations! He'll be a sweet little thing.
if the one in my belly turns out to be a girl, do you want to trade? i'm only ten weeks, so you might get pretty attached to yours by the time i give birth. *evil laughter*
sigh...congratulations carrie, the major point here to me seems to be that this little baby is so lucky to come to your sweet family. you make good old june cleaver look bad.
i feel i'm also destined for a gender jackpot (that's my positive way of referring to it). we'll see.
Carrie, I'm sorry that you aren't having your girl yet. Madeline would have loved a girl cousin. But at the same time, I really feel like this world needs more well-trained men . . . and they come from wonderful loving mothers. That's you! I'm not just saying that. I see talents in you that will bless these boys and everyone around them because of it! So congratulations! Here's to the continuation of your adventures in boyland!
i really like alisons comment. Congrats on your new baby boy. It was ment to be this way. So now, if you do have a girl next, you have three tough brothers to protect her!
Boys really are best. And I ditto Alison's comment as well. Congratulations!
Hey, boys are GREAT!! I also second Alison!


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PHOENIX & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ON Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: ONNN), today announced the completion of the acquisition of SANYO Semiconductor Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of SANYO Electric, and other assets related to SANYO Electric's semiconductor business, by ON Semiconductor. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, ON Semiconductor paid approximately ¥11.8 billion ($144 million) in cash to SANYO Electric and drew down approximately ¥31.7 billion ($378 million) under a loan agreement with SANYO Electric.
"The combination with SANYO Semiconductor represents an important step in the continued transformation of ON Semiconductor into a premier global supplier of high-performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics," said Keith Jackson, president and CEO of ON Semiconductor. "This acquisition enables us to expand wholeheartedly into the Japanese market and to capture growth on a global basis. We believe this acquisition will create immediate value for customers, partners and investors, and we are excited to welcome the employees of SANYO Semiconductor to the ON Semiconductor family."
With the addition of SANYO Semiconductor, ON Semiconductor expands its product portfolio, adding new capabilities ranging from microcontrollers and custom Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) to integrated power modules and motor control devices for the consumer, automotive and industrial end-markets.
Teruo Tabata – who will continue as president of SANYO Semiconductor – added, "Similar to ON Semiconductor, we have a rich history that dates back more than 50 years. SANYO Semiconductor's internally created mixed signal process technologies and ON Semiconductor's strong history of operational excellence with cost competitive manufacturing will enhance our ability to deliver next generation products and technologies to customers in Japan and abroad. The combination with ON Semiconductor is a great opportunity for customers, partners and employees of SANYO Semiconductor."
"In addition to the strategic benefits, the acquisition of SANYO Semiconductor greatly enhances ON Semiconductor's scale and improves our long-term earnings and cash flow generation capabilities," said Donald Colvin, ON Semiconductor executive vice president and CFO. "As contemplated in the purchase agreement, SANYO Semiconductor retains approximately ¥10 billion ($123 million) of cash on its balance sheet as of closing. In addition, SANYO Electric's operational support of up to ¥25 billion ($307 million) over a two year period for the purpose of aligning SANYO Semiconductor's cost to globally competitive manufacturing costs is expected to accelerate the timetable for the transaction to be accretive to earnings on a non-GAAP basis. Our goal is to deliver in excess of $30 million in pre-tax income per quarter. We currently believe, however, that we can accomplish this goal sooner than the approximate eighteen months post closing previously announced in July. Additional details regarding the acquisition will be made available during our conference call to discuss ON Semiconductor's fourth quarter and 2010 results. The call is currently scheduled for early February 2011."
ON Semiconductor plans to operate SANYO Semiconductor as an independent division, utilizing the SANYO logo for up to three years. However, plans are already underway to begin offering both ON Semiconductor's and SANYO Semiconductor's products and technologies to all worldwide customers.
GCA Savvian Advisors, LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor and Morrison & Foerster LLP acted as legal counsel to ON Semiconductor. Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. acted as exclusive financial advisor and Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu acted as legal counsel to SANYO Electric.
This press release assumes a Japanese yen to United States dollar exchange rate of ¥81.50/$1.00 in all cases except for the loan agreement exchange rate. The loan agreement was set at a Japanese yen to United States dollar exchange rate of ¥83.99/$1.00 based on the terms of the loan agreement.
About ON Semiconductor
ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN) is a premier supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics. The company's broad portfolio of power and signal management, logic, discrete and custom devices helps customers efficiently solve their design challenges in automotive, communications, computing, consumer, industrial, LED lighting, medical, military/aerospace and power applications. ON Semiconductor operates a world-class, value-added supply chain and a network of manufacturing facilities, sales offices and design centers in key markets throughout North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific regions. For more information, visit http://www.onsemi.com.
About SANYO Semiconductor
SANYO Semiconductor Co., Ltd., (an ON Semiconductor company) , is a semiconductor manufacturing company with superior power device technologies such as small packaging technology, high efficiency switching technology, high-density packaging technology, etc, and world-class analog technologies. Some of the analog-related assets include wide range processing technology, analog designing technology, experienced analog engineers, and specially designed and manufactured excellent power-saving, environment-conscious devices such as hybrid integrated circuit (HIC) for inverter-use. SANYO Semiconductor's core devices, including discrete device, general-use analog LSI, ASSP, and HIC, have been used in wide range of products such as PCs, printers, CTVs, cell phones, audio-visual equipments, game equipments, car stereo systems, and air conditioners. For more information, please visit http://semicon.sanyo.com/en/.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements related to the transaction between ON Semiconductor and SANYO Electric and the transaction's related future effects and benefits, including but not limited to, anticipated future financial performance such as possible accretion of transaction to non-GAAP earnings of ON Semiconductor, improved cash flow generation capabilities of ON Semiconductor and related timing of such events, These forward-looking statements are based on information available to ON Semiconductor as of the date of this press release. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include a variety of factors, some of which are beyond ON Semiconductor's control, including but not limited to, the ability to integrate acquired businesses; effects of exchange rate fluctuations and changes in the economy and the businesses of each of ON Semiconductor and SANYO Semiconductor and the anticipated effect of the transaction on the financial results of ON Semiconductor following completion of the transaction; the variable demand and the aggressive pricing environment for semiconductor products; dependence on each company's ability to successfully manufacture in increasing volumes on a cost-effective basis and with acceptable quality for its current products; the adverse impact of competitive product announcements; revenues and operating performance; changes in overall economic conditions and markets, including the current credit markets; the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry; changes in demand for ON Semiconductor's or SANYO Semiconductor's products; changes in inventories at customers and distributors; technological and product development risks; availability of raw materials; competitors' actions; pricing and gross margin pressures; loss of key customers; order cancellations or reduced bookings; changes in manufacturing yields; control of costs and expenses; significant litigation; risks associated with acquisitions and dispositions; risks associated with leverage and restrictive covenants in debt agreements; risks associated with international operations including foreign employment and labor matters associated with unions and collective bargaining agreements; the threat or occurrence of international armed conflict and terrorist activities both in the United States and internationally; risks and costs associated with increased and new regulation of corporate governance and disclosure standards; and risks involving environmental or other governmental regulation. Information concerning additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements is contained in ON Semiconductor's Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on February 25, 2010, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and other of ON Semiconductor's SEC filings. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing ON Semiconductor's views as of any subsequent date and it does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made.
ON Semiconductor, and the ON Semiconductor logo are registered trademarks of Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC. All other brand and product names appearing in this document are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. Although the company references its Web site in this news release, such information on the Web site is not to be incorporated herein.
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It is a slick little concept in a world where increasingly cyclists are looking for ways to help monitor their rides and keep themselves safe on busy roads. "The aim is for cyclists to have front and rear-view footage of any accidents and incidents that happen on the road. This is especially important if assaulted or hit by a hit-and-run driver," claims Josiah Ng, founder of Spectacam.
The proposed cam will be lightweight (60gms) and is intended to mount onto a helmet (to be able to get front and rear vision) and will record automatically with the option of a smartphone connection to offer streaming and live views of both cameras. This means there are other possible options including a rear view only function to use this feature as an electronic "rear view mirror." Camera settings can be customized via the Spectacam smart phone app.
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The staff of Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, recuperating in a Pontiac hospital from a car crash earlier this month, needs to stop using county resources for his re-election campaign, Patterson's Democratic opponent in this year's election says.
Kevin Howley, from Huntington Woods, singled out Patterson's staff communications director Bill Mullan for criticism after Mullan posted comments to an editorial Howley wrote for The Detroit News.
"Bill Mullan's commentary in 'Believe Actions Over Words' is yet another example of the Patterson administration using taxpayer paid employees to support his campaign effort," Howley said by email late Tuesday. "Mr. Mullan is the Media and Communications Director for the Office of County Executive. He works for the County and his salary is paid by taxpayers.
"He should focus on county business and not use his county position as a platform to attack people who are in opposition to Mr. Patterson's policies, beliefs or foibles," Howley said. "Mr. Mullan has also clearly been busy on taxpayer time doing research on my business career."
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Howley said Wednesday the county needs an ethics policy that separates political campaign activities from policy activities.
"I'm very supportive of greatly expanded ethics reforms policies similar to those that have already been proposed by the county commission and killed by the Patterson administration," Howley said. "Under a Howley administration, a strict code of conduct will be developed to ensure that county resources, especially employees, are never used to support the election or reelection of any candidate.
"In fact, as a first step, the Oakland County Executive would eliminate the position of the Media and Communications Director," he said.
Patterson, 73, is seeking a sixth four-year term as county executive but he has been hospitalized since an Aug. 10 two-car crash in Auburn Hills.
Patterson, unavailable for comment since the accident, has typically functioned as his own campaign spokesman in prior elections.
There has been no indication yet that Patterson intends to abandon a re-election effort, despite injuries to his wrists, leg, and hips in the Aug. 10 crash that have left him incommunicado and left the day-to-day business of the county to his staff.
Howley, 52, is making his first run for office in Oakland County.
Mullan said Wednesday that the response he wrote to Howley's editorial is within his function as Patterson's spokesman and allowed under state law.
"The editorial I wrote was stating what the county does on a daily basis for jobs and that is part of my function," Mullan said. "State law also allows me, as Brooks' agent for communications and media, to express an opinion on the county executive's behalf."
In the latest update on Patterson's condition, also released Wednesday by Mullan, Patterson visited with his deputy, Gerald Poisson, for about an hour Tuesday.
"Jerry visited with Brooks for an hour yesterday," Mullan said. "Brooks is doing well and has been moved to the rehabilitation unit in the hospital."
The Aug. 10 crash at Opdyke and Walton Boulevard severely injured Patterson's driver, James Cram, 60, who was taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital, and the two men in the other car, Anthony Prainito and Raymond Recchia.
Prainito, 31, from Royal Oak, has been has been charged with three misdemeanor counts of causing serious impairment of a bodily function.
Reports indicate the Volkswagen he was driving turned in front of Patterson's Chrysler 300.
Auburn Hills police indicate that three of the four men weren't wearing seatbelts and that Patterson's car was traveling over the posted speed limit.
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