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Children and the News
Children and Grief
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Helping Teenagers with Stress
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The below information was excerpted from the "Fact for Families" series created by the The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry .
Children often see or hear the news many times a day through television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and the Internet. Seeing and hearing about local and world events, such as natural disasters, catastrophic events, and crime reports may cause children to experience stress, anxiety, and fears.
There have also been several changes in how news is reported that have given rise to the increased potential for children to experience negative effects. These changes include the following:
While there has been great public debate about providing television ratings to warn parents about violence and sex in programming, news shows have only recently been considered in these discussions. Research has shown, however that children and adolescents are prone to imitate what they see and hear in the news, a kind of contagion effect described as "copy cat" events. Chronic and persistent exposure to such violence can lead to fear, desensitization (immunity), and in some children an increase in aggressive and violent behaviors. Studies also show that media broadcasts do not always choose to show things that accurately reflect local or national trends.
For example, statistics report a decrease in the incidence of crime; yet, the reporting of crime in the news has increased 240%. Local news shows often lead with or break into programming to announce crime reports and devote as much as 30% of the broadcast time to detailed crime reporting.
The possible negative effects of news can be lessened by parents, teachers, or other adults by watching the news with the child and talking about what has been seen or heard. The child's age, maturity, developmental level, life experiences, and vulnerabilities should guide how much and what kind of news the child watches.
Guidelines for minimizing the negative effects of watching the news include:
Parents should remember that it is important to talk to the child or adolescent about what he/she has seen or heard. This allows parents to lessen the potential negative effects of the news and to discuss their own ideas and values. While children cannot be completely protected from outside events, parents can help them feel safe and help them to better understand the world around them.
When a family member dies, children react differently from adults. Preschool children usually see death as temporary and reversible, a belief reinforced by cartoon characters who "die" and "come to life" again. Children between five and nine begin to think more like adults about death, yet they still believe it will never happen to them or anyone they know.
Adding to a child's shock and confusion at the death of a brother, sister or parent is the unavailability of other family members who may be so shaken by grief that they are not able to cope with the normal responsibility of child care.
Parents should be aware of normal childhood responses to a death in the family, as well as signs when a child is having difficulty coping with grief. According to child and adolescent psychiatrists, it is normal during the weeks following the death for some children to feel immediate grief or persist in the belief that the family member is still alive. However, long-term denial of the death or avoidance of grief can be emotionally unhealthy and can later lead to more severe problems.
A child who is frightened about attending a funeral should not be forced to go; however, honoring or remembering the person in some way, such as lighting a candle, saying a prayer, making a scrapbook, reviewing photographs, or telling a story may be helpful.
Once children accept the death, they are likely to display their feelings of sadness on and over a long period of time, and often at unexpected moments. The surviving relatives should spend as much time as possible with the child, making it clear that the child has permission to show his or her feelings openly and freely.
The person who has died was essential to the stability of the child's world, and anger is a natural reaction. The anger may be revealed in boisterous play, nightmares, irritability, or a variety of other behaviors. Often the child will show anger toward the surviving family members.
After a parent dies, many children will act younger than they are. The child may temporarily become more infantile; demand food, attention and cuddling, and talk "baby talk." Younger children may believe a parent, grandparent, brother or sister died because he or she had once wished the person dead when they were angry. The child feels guilty or blames him or herself because the wish came true.
Children who are having serious problems with grief and loss may show one or more of these signs:
These warning signs indicate that professional help may be needed. A child and adolescent psychiatrist can help the child accept the death and assist the survivors in helping the child through the mourning process.
Teenagers, like adults, may experience stress everyday and can benefit from learning stress management skills. Most teens experience more stress when they perceive a situation as dangerous, difficult, or painful and they do not have the resources to cope. Some sources of stress for teens might include:
Some teens become overloaded with stress. When it happens, inadequately managed stress can lead to anxiety, withdrawal, aggression, physical illness, or poor coping skills such as drug and/or alcohol use.
When we perceive a situation as difficult or painful, changes occur in our minds and bodies to prepare us to respond to danger. This "fight, flight, or freeze" response includes faster heart and breathing rate, increased blood to muscles of arms and legs, cold or clammy hands and feet, upset stomach and/or sense of dread.
The same mechanism that turns on the stress response can turn it off. As soon as we decide that a situation is no longer dangerous, changes can occur in our minds and bodies to help us relax and calm down. This "relaxation response" and other stress management skills feel less helpless and have more choices when responding to stress.
Teens can decrease stress with the following behaviors and techniques:
By using these and other techniques, teenagers can begin to manage stress. If a teen talks about or shows signs of being overly stressed, a consultation with a child and adolescent psychiatrist or qualified mental health professional may be helpful.
All children and adolescents experience stressful events, which can affect them both emotionally and physically. Their reactions to stress are usually brief, and they recover without further problems. A child or adolescent who experiences a catastrophic event may develop ongoing difficulties known as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The stressful or traumatic event involves a situation where someone's life has been threatened or severe injury has occurred (ex. they may be the victim or a witness of physical abuse, sexual abuse, violence in the home or in the community, automobile accidents, natural disasters (such as flood, fire, earthquakes), and being diagnosed with life threatening illness). A child's risk of developing PTSD is related to the seriousness of the trauma, whether the trauma is repeated, the child's proximity to the trauma, and his/her relationship to the victim(s).
Following the trauma, children may initially show agitated or confused behavior. They also may show intense fear, helplessness, anger, sadness, horror or denial. Children who experienced repeated trauma may develop a kind of emotional numbing to deaden or block the pain and trauma. This is called dissociation. Children PTSD avoid situations or places that remind them of the trauma. They may also become less responsive emotionally, depressed, withdrawn and more detached from their feelings.
A child with PTSD may also re-experience the traumatic event by:
Children with PTSD may also show the following symptoms:
The symptoms of PTSD may last from several months to many years. The best approach is prevention of the trauma. Once the trauma has occurred, however, early intervention is essential. Support from parents, school and peers, is important. Emphasis needs to be placed upon establishing a feeling of safety. Psychotherapy (individual, group, or family) which allows the child to speak, draw, play or write about the event is helpful. Behavior modification techniques and cognitive therapy may help reduce fears and worries. Medication may also be useful to deal with agitation, anxiety, or depression.
Child and adolescent psychiatrists can be very helpful in diagnosing and treating children with PTSD. With the sensitivity and support of families and professionals, youngsters with PTSD can learn to cope with the memories of the trauma and go on to lead healthy and productive lives.
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry website contains many helpful resources, including its downloadable "Facts for Families" series.
The American Academy of Pediatrics website contains numerous AAP publications and links to other child health resources.
The National Mental Health Information Center is a federal resource through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Hurricane Preparedness Information
Kids will be thinking about 9/11- Here's how to help them- resource offered by the American Academy of Pediatrics
Disaster Preparedness
AAP urges Congress to focus on children in disaster planning
Articles Published by ICHOC Staff
Joshi, P.T. and O'Donnell, D. (2003). "Consequences of Child Exposure to War and Terrorism." Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, Vol. 6 (4), 275-292.
Joshi, P.T., and Lewin, Shulamit. (2004). "Disaster, Terrorism, and Children." Psychiatric Annals, Vol 34 (9), 710-716.
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During the Cubs 1917 season something happened that had never happened, and hasn't happened since. On May 2, at Chicago's Weeghman Park (the name had not yet been changed to Wrigley Field), there was a double no-hitter.
On the mound for the Cubs that day was James "Hippo" Vaughn. Vaughn, nicknamed "Hippo" for his size, is generally considered one of the overlooked heroes of baseball. He won 20 games for the Cubs five times, including 1917 when he won 23 games. On May 2 he was on the mound pitching against the Reds Fred Toney. It sounds improbable, even impossible, but both Toney and Vaughn threw no hitters through nine innings. Vaughn struck out 10, Toney 3. Both men walked two and a Red reached base on an error, but neither pitcher gave up a hit through nine.
With one out in the tenth inning Vaughn gave up his first hit to Reds SS Larry Kopf. Kopf reached third on a error by centerfielder Cy Williams and eventually scored on a hit by Jim Thorpe. With the Cubs trailing 1 - 0 Toney took the mound in the bottom of the tenth. He retired the side and finished the game with a ten inning no hitter.
Can you imagine a double, nine inning no hitter happening today?
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1917 was also an interesting year for baseball because it was in April of that year that the United States officially entered WWI. In recognition of the country's participation in the "Great War," five major league clubs wore American Flag patches on their left sleeve. Along with the Cubs, the other four teams to wear the patch were the White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators.
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A Voigtländer Bessa digital FF would do just fine for me. Leica 240 is there already but it's too pricey.
On crop sensor the XE1 more than fulfills my demands.
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A Voigtländer Bessa digital FF would do just fine for me. Leica 240 is there already but it's too pricey.
I can't disagree with that. The Bessa is a fine camera, a digital version as is, would be wonderful. Some argue that Epson/Voigtlander did that with the RD series, but I don't agree with that argument.
Sony's RX1 is getting close. My Canon G12 is close. My Leica film cameras are close. I'd like to see a Canon 5D III in a rangefinder body with a really good viewfinder. And a Leica lens mount. I guess the iPhone is showing us the value of simplicity and absence of control. So that option should be there. And it should be, like a Leica M4....black paint!
To me it seems quite simple:
- High quality full frame sensor, 20-25 MP, 6400 ISO w/o significant noise
- High performance EVF - quality equivalent to best of breed mirror systems
- Size and design similar to Leica M/Fuji X-Pro1, maybe optical rangefinder/EVF combined
- Lens quality Leica-like (M and R systems), some zooms added
- Traditional manual controls , A/T/M/Auto options, spot/center oriented/multi range lighting measurement
- Real manual and autofocus choice (viewfinder quality!)
- Price level somewhere between Nikon D800/Canon 5D III and Leica M-system
- I could very well live w/o video, however, nice to have
Seems to me, we are pretty close in development, EVF does need 2-4 more years to achieve much better performance
Best feature to add---creativity(on dial-choose 1 to 10)---with brain link.Lotsa great pix taken with box cameras.
A true monochrome sensor from Canon or Nikon, Sony, Oly ... would be nice to.
Just give US the options! Even RED has a monochrome cine cam.
@ KameraFever
great suggestions, those two would be all I could hope for in a camera:
full frame foveon!!
full frame rangefinder, like the zeiss ikon, with a high res EVF, leica's usage of the
same old EVF is just ridiculous, they should develop a new, far higher res one, with a design that matches that of the camera. Strange, a 6K plus leica which people in part buy for its design and then match it with an old EVF.
But FF Foveon, yes, 2-3K would buy it in a hardbeat
I'm still waiting for an updated Sony R1, so as someone said how about the Sony RX1, but with an excellent, fast (2.8 or faster) 24 to 100+ mm manual fixed zoom, plus a fully articulated touch screen. With all of the current shooting modes (RAW, in camera HDR (While saving the RAWs), sweep panorama, etc., etc.) Excellent battery life. And a GOLD STAR rating from DP Review! :-) Malcolm
I would love that too. Unfortunately the lens would be too large. Have you seen a SLR 24-70mm lens? It's enormous and heavy. The only way to manage to keep full-frames compact is to use fixed lenses. But that is not entirely bad. Many great photographers only used a few fixed lenses their entire life.
lol. Yes, the dpreview GOLD STAR!
Two cameras I would like to see:
1st - Throw in a true 36mp full-frame foveon sensor into something like a nikon D800 and let it roar. This would rival Medium Format for resolution in the studio. Sigma does not have the resources to design, execute, and bring to market the polished camera bodies we see from nikon and canon. It's like having a great engine with no car to put it in. It doesn't matter if the foveon sensor can't compete at high iso if the main purpose is optimal resolution. It's no different than shooting with velvia 50 in the film days. But could you imagine the resolution?
2nd - Somebody needs build a no frills full frame rangefinder with the ability to take m mount lenses at a price point of $1500 or less. This company would make an absolute killing. No need to get fancy. It needs to be four things: simple, solid, low cost, and manual. The Leicas are out of this world expensive. I'm thinking something more like a digital voigtlander or ziess ikon.
Forget FF, how about a 35 X 35mm square format.
That's one I've been thinking about too.
I like the cameras with the articulating screens. With the screen facing up, it acts like the focusing screen on an old TLR. Love to see that idea married with Zeiss lenses.
Wouldn't mind having a 35x35 camera like that to replace my old worn-out rollie.
Note Alphoid's excellent suggestion six down, for three knobs to adjust iso, shutter speed, and aperture, each separately auto capable. Landscape format is similarly an archaic impediment last meaningful in film days. A square sensor will optimize lenses, instead of going through the motion of optimizing film.
Interesting idea. I used to think I would like a Bridge/Rangefinder camera but after years of shooting all of them I'm wedded to a DSLR. So here goes:
D700/800 in size--I have big hands and am tired of tiny cameras. Fill the extra space with a longer life battery.
Full frame sensor, clean shots at ISO 12,800 and continuous 10FPS.
Slide out cutoff filter for shooting infrared.
Tons of F4 style external controls.
A "Take the <BLEEP> shot" override mode that if you have it turned on will focus to a set range, meter whatever it sees, and go. I've lost too many snap shots on a searching autofocus.
So pretty much I'd like a Nikon D4 or so with IR capability, more external controls, and a fast snap shot capability. Hey, at least it's doable.
Ok I'll bite. An RX1 with an integrated VF and/or a slightly updated A900 that retains the OVF with the ability to use a low-profile shoe mounted EVF.
BTW: The rendering provided is the most hideous looking camera I've seen in a long time.
Looks a bit like Nikonos RS to me... BTW, should ideal camera be waterproof to at least 200 fet?
My dream camera would be
- like sony dsc r1
with zeiss vario sonnar 2,0-2,4/24mm -120-mm
- viewer and display from sony A99
and all the other features as autofocus
also with very large sensor and about 22 MP
- possibility for an akku-handgrip
Sony has forgotten to develop a marvellous R2 as bridge-camera.
Yep an R2 weatherproof is something really tempting... but what if the same quality but 24-240mm? a dream...
It's very simple:
1) I want three knobs. One is ISO, one is aperture, and one is shutter speed. I can set any of the three to auto. The whole concept of two knobs/PASM is based on having to swap out film to change ISO. We've been digital for over a decade, and we still haven't caught up.
2) I want a mode where, when the camera powers up, everything is set into full auto. I can still change everything, but I don't have to worry that a week ago, I was shooting in a dark chapel at ISO6400, with yellowish white balance. Late Minolta/early Sony were a lot like this.
I don't really care what I'll pay for it -- unless there's something else wrong with it, I'll buy it -- but in practice, I'd like to see this on a bottom-of-the-line learner camera. Lots of students could benefit from additional controls without paying $1500 for fancy focus tracking, bleeding edge sensor, etc.
this is very true! three knobs can replace endless amount of digital modes and dials that are designed do exactly the same thing in "simplified" way.
I described something very similar way back on the second-to-last page. Basically I want (a) multiple custom modes with the ability to save after I change settings, and to revert to last saved at the press of a button (solves the dark chapel problem); and (b) instead of PASM the ability to set the desired min or max values for any of exposure/aperture/shutter/ISO/whatever, and have the camera figure out the rest. Which is similar to what you describe with the three knobs, which sounds like a great plan. So right on!
I really like this concept.
A Mamiya 7 style camera (with same great optics) and a Foveon style sensor of 100+ megapixels.
My dream camera would be like a Nokia 808 Pureview 40Mpix but have it mounted in a wristwatch form factor with flip up view screen. That way the camera is always available for an instant candid shot.
a camera that takes two lenses at any time .. with a slider to shift left and right.. sensor size 4/3 or atleast Type 1. both lenses variable focal.. with fullframe equivalent focal length 16-40mm and 70-200mm with aperture f2 fixed all optically stabilised. Body weather sealed and all controls on external body.
Body size of Nikon D600 or Canon 6D. Camera fully controlled by wifi device connection to a smart phone/ tablet.
From technical POV we already have some very good digital cameras on market but the main challenge is the interface that not only make the experience to be pain in the ass but also actively getting on the way of taking good pictures. cameras are overloaded of design features that used to help us but now are obsolete.
Best example for me is the Fuji X100 which is one of the best digital cameras ever made with decent manual control and nice sturdy overall handling. surely a camera made for people who love taking pictures. but even if you go with full manual settings you still have the EV-wheel that overrides all your manual effort. why the hell do you need EV wheel on manual camera??????
My point? We don't need technical revolution in our camera market. but we sure need a design revolution. My ideal camera is presented in ricoh forum:
> why the hell do you need EV wheel on manual camera?
Because retro people haven't gotten over analog mechanical World War II era and insist wasting limited real estate on camera's surface to fixed function dials.
EV wheel is not from WWII era but from 1970' and 1980' - the era of modern film cameras . It is a necessary function on semi-automatic cameras like Sony RX1 but absolutely unnecessary on manual cameras like Fuji X100 or Leica X2 (thats the reason why Leica don't use it). Its like having a car with manual gearbox and pedals AND an automatic gearbox that overrides your manual settings if you (accidentally) touch it.
It needs another ISO wheel...
The ideal camera for me would be a full sized sensor DSLR without all the creative modes and features that make a photographer lazy. Make it similar to an SLR with aperture priority, shutter priority, DOF, and manual settings. The eye-controlled focus of the Canon Elan 7e, was cool, but have never seen on a digital camera. It was a nice bonus feature.
I could live with even less than that. I miss the depth of field marks on lens barrels in conjunction with the aperture. Also, I would eliminate the settings for different levels of quality in a digital camera. Just go with the max quality and resolution that is advertised.
Bracketing exposure through the use of dials, buttons and settings is far more time consuming than just rotating the f/stop on the lens barrel.
I want a film camera with a digital sensor and storage card in lieu of the film. I come from the match-needle days and the photo exposures were just as good as they are now. f/8 is f/8 no matter how you get there.
I do agree. In field you have no time to browse the menus and go trough different settings or modes of whatever they are called. You barely have time to adjust the iso, exposure and focus and you shoot. Change the aperture from f8 to f11 and shoot. Change from f11 to f5.6 and shoot. Change the exposure and shoot. Shoot, shoot, shoot.
For the start - I would like to see LAERGE electronic viewfinders on mirror-less cameras - the current sizes are all below APS-C DLSRs which are already small (everybody who ever used something like Olympus OM-1 knows how a large viewfinder looks like). Also the dynamic range and frame-rate need a serious update.
For the camera - something like Bronica RF645 with a full size (56x42 mm) with some 30 Mpix (give or take) sensor and few more lenses than the original camera. That would be a good start :)
Or what about digital Rolleiflex FX? That should be easy to do :)
Wrong. Sony OLED evf is larger than APS-C
But I do agree with you: they must make them even larger.
Full frame curved censor with Hybrid AF and Pan-chromatic anti-motion blur pixels; lot of brand new tech. 18-70mm stabilized compact zoom lens; curved censors should allow shorter barrels for lenses. Waterproof, capable of 4k raw video, and about the size and weight of a Sony RX-1.
Have never actually cared about viewfinders. So an OLED display on the back would be fine with me.
Learn from camcorder design. That's always years ahead of still cameras.
Have an electronic viewfinder which tilts and swivels.
Sensor unit which rotates from horizontal to vertical without changing the body position.
Pistol grip.
Modular groups of buttons which can be positioned in various places on the camera to suit right or left handed people.
Built-in TTL wireless for dedicated flashes.
Built-in wifi for remote liveview shooting and to send shots straight to laptop or cloud.
Tilt and swivel LCD with option for large high-res version for studio and video users.
Full frame Fuji-style sensor (no antialias filter blurring) with max 20mpx and improved low-light and dynamic range.
Autofocus working to -5EV and doing it quickly and accurately.
Autofocus sensor array covering field of view and with at least 80 cross-points.
One standard lens mount for all cameras.
Could we have the new camera next week, please? ;-b
What i been waiting for since 2003 is a digital camera like a Nikon Fm3a. Never have to use the display. The display could be an attachment, of whatever size, with live view of course. Exactly every control needed for shooting should be a tactile dial, lever or button.
Viewfinder and lenses made for mechanical manual focus, absolutely not any "drive by wire", viewfinder should be large with a diagonal split screen and microprism collar around it, an analog lightmeter with a needle. It should have switching to EVF like the Fuji X, geo tagging, wireless data transfer, open protocol tethered mode, double exposure, panorama, movie mode, image stabilisation and what not..
All naitive lenses should of course have a leafshutter that enable use of flash at full power at almost any shutterspeed, the focal plane shutter is only there for sensor protection when using native lenses, but in ordinary use when using third party lenses.
Full frame (to conserve angle of view), lightweight (????) camera with live-view EVF that uses my old Praktica (mostly CZJ) EDC M42 lenses. Nice if it could auto-focus them as well.
No, I don't expect it to fit in my pocket as the lenses don't, come to think of it...
The Sigma DP2M series camera it just about perfect. Put an interchangeable lens system on it and maybe ad an attachable EVF to it or built in one similar to the NeX 7 and it would only make it better! I shot and loved my Nex 3--but something was just missing----the foveon Sensor!
Wow! Yuk!
I suppose my ideal would be the lens and control ring from an Olympus XZ2, sensor from 4/3, the body of a smaller powershot G series with articlulated screen, A dial for aperture/shutter/compensation depending on mode, RAW capable, Optical Image stabilization from Lumix or Canon, and access to the battery and card on the side of the camera.
Shake them up, adjust to satisfy the laws of physics and see what I get.
Camera: starting with the specs form the 5D III, 1DS series, i add: 110mpx for flawless 50" prints, sensitivity 25-12.000 ISO, 16bit or better capture, 2k video, 4-5" touch sensitive screen (iPhone size), built in WIFI, GPS, Pocket Wizard sync and ability to sync up to a 1/1000 or better (leaf shutter), weather sealed.
Could be in a larger body (C300, Mamiya RZ), but has weight in under 3lbs.
Has to connect to cell phones etc. for instant image transfer.
Pricing under US$10k
Lens f2.0-45, 35-90/120mm, leaf shutter, lockable tilt shift, image stabilization, auto zoom sun shade, equal or better than current L lenses, under 2lbs.
Pricing under $4k
Some of the specs existed at some point, like a built in PW remote, 16bit capture is standard on medium format backs for ever, the 6D has the WIFI and GPS capability, so none of this can be that hard. The lens has to be magic, a lot like the 85L, that's all.
A digital full frame Konica Hexar Black/Silver. F2, 35mm is all you need.
I think the Sony RX100 is on the right track. Either a slightly bigger aperture or slightly increased zoom would be sweet, even if the camera needs to grow 10%.
I 100% support that!
... or if I could even ask for a little more: slightly bigger zoom (120 -140 mm equiv.) AND bigger aperture at maximum zoom (e.g. 2.4)
5D MKIII capability in a Canon IXUS - sized body :)
Seeing the above picture reminds me of the old saying: "A camel is a horse designed by a committee".
Most want what marketroids and fashion tells them to want...
Some others haven't even gotten to later film era but are still stuck in World War II era's two by four analog mechanical...
I want a full frame dslr the size of my old Pentax ME supers, with lenses to match. I mean the present size of dslrs is just stupid. I mean really, http://www.pbase.com/glafleur/image/117686412 here is my 5dmk11 beside a vintage Pentax S1a, Stupid.
A Fuji X-Pro II with:
-Full frame sensor built on Fuji's X-Trans CMOS
-Maintaining Hybrid OVF
-Perfected AF with no lag
-Perfected Manual Focus
I almost have the perfect camera, the Fuji X100. I would like true manual focus, preferably rangefinder coupled. A faster lens, ƒ1.4 or better would be nice as well. Other than that, the X100 is perfect for me.
I have the x100 too and I agree some minor upgrades would be nice but all in all it is the perfect cam. for me.
I love my x100, it is my most used camera for personal work. If it weren't for the outrageous shutter lag and 2 second boot-up time, which makes me crazy, and if it were a 28mm lens insead of 22mm, it would be perfect. Oh, wait, have someone from Canon completely re-vamp the interface, and fire the idiots Fuji have working for them.
I am perfectly fine with the focal length. The start up speed and shutter lag don;t bother me. The interface is fine as well. I rarely need to go into the menus.
To be a camera which worth buying in addition to that on you smartphone it need not be having a big sensor. In fact a small sensor is desirable for exploring to the frontiers of extreme large aperture fixed focal length lenses such as f1.2 50mm (35mm equivalent ) or extreme long range zoom lenses 24-1200mm like that on bridge cameras (35mm equivalent ) at very affordable prices and sizes. To accomplish this simultaneously, the camera must be lens interchangeable and with an EVF. In other words, an interchangeable lens bridge camera to take full advantage of small sensor to the weights and prices of the lenses. Big sensor cameras are too big to carry and too expensive to buy.
Size and layout of a Pentax MX with a way to set the screen so that it looks like the MX screen did.
Make manual focus and exposure easier.
An Olympus OM-2 or Pentax MX design (size, shape, layout,) with the obvious digital sensor (FF.) Rear screen (touch and flip out & twist.) Sensible, simple menu system. A camera, at the push of a single button, will set the camera in to a "film" mode where it would be like using a decent 35mm SLR and imitate 35mm film (Kodachrome, Agfa, Fuji, Ilford, etc.,) and associated camera control. ie: aperture, focusing and zoom on the lens, where it belongs, shutter speed and ISO with their dedicated controls. Something where you don't have to delve in to masses of menus for settings that you forget about until you realise you've stuffed up many a photo.
Something like Canon g2x: 1" sensor 1,8-2,8/25-150mm, 3" swivel screen 10fps video 1080/60p 110x75x45mm $699
I want two cameras:
First a mirrorless with top notch EVF, about the size of a Nikon 1 V1. I even like the 2.7 crop. With my bad wrists, I can't lift the big lenses much. I want the little 1" sensor to have very usable ISO upto iso6400 expandable to 25,000 as well as have a minimum of 14MP. Fast continuous focus. Lastly, a 250mm f/1.8 prime stabilized lens. This should be possible at a decent size for a sensor of that size.
The second camera would be a FF similar in form to the new low end offerings of late. Sensor minimum 24MP with CF card slots, 10fps, D3s low-light performance and pixel binning for 10-12MP very low light performance. You know absolutely clean images at ISO 12800. I would also like an attachment that will directly cool the sensor for super long exposures to do star trails and the like with a single exposure. The external controls that are on the D300.
And if I could have a third, I actually like that concept camera that started this thread.
Give me a digital Contax G2!
This was all I needed in the analogue space when on the road.
Why wouldn't it be possible to make a digital version, with a nice FF sensor?
Olympus E-1 with up to date electronics.
I'm quiet happy with MicroFourThirds, but if price doesn't matter I'd like to see a Mamiya7 Digital - mirrorless with a real BIG sensor and a real good EVF and fully compatible with the old Mamiya7 lenses and not bigger or heavier than the original Mamiya7. - Autofocus for me really don't matter. I'm using legacy lenses on my MFT all the time. I found out that even to catch running children with my Canon 85mm F1.2 (wide open) is no problem, if the EVF is good.
By GeraldW
Remember the Canon Pro 1?
For travel, I'd like something like the Pro 1; but using current technology. So, picking pieces from other cameras:
The lens would be a fixed 28-210 mm f/2.4-3.5; but with IS
Use the 1" sensor from the Sony RX100
The EVF fromn the Panasonic FZ200
An articulated 3" LCD from the G1X
A dedicated TTL hot shoe (Canon or Olympus dedication)
The lens to be threaded for filters (58 mm?)
Self storing bayonet hood usable with filters
In-camera correction for chromatic aberration, corner shading and geometric aberration.
A defeatable and reprogrammable video button(I don't do video)
Mild weather sealing
Approximately the size and shape of the Pro 1
Weight under 20 oz. (560 gms)
SLR size strap lugs.
The functional bits are already out there to combine for an awesome camera: Fuji's X-Trans sensor that removes the need for filters, well-engineered lenses from several manufacturers, mirrorless designs, EVFs that match OVFs.
What nobody seems to be thinking about these days is ergonomics. If anyone handed me the camera above and asked me to shoot with it, I'd probably chuck it after 10 minutes merely out of frustration. There are 12 frickin' dials on the thing, mostly single purpose.
For example: The dial under the mode dial on this concept - why doesn't that adjust aperture in A mode or shutter speed in S mode? Why does it only adjust one value? What's with all the switches on the front? I'm sure there's a more sensible way.
I'm not trying to pick on the person who designed this. This is more of a general rant on camera design in general. I've used several cameras by many manufacturers, and there was always one plain-as-your-face silly ergonomic decision. I think that comes first.
Yep, if cars were designed like cameras demanded by these retroists they would be and work like horse wagons!
Most of people's camera design cravings feel exactly like this joke about standards and horse's a**
Those fixed function dials/knobs were needed only because of there being no way to show settings in viewfinder in photography's horse wagon era.
With electronic displays everything can be shown flexibly in viewfinder so flexible use front and rear dial system of high end DSLRs is the most space effective control method for accessing lots of controls easily.
X-Trans only changes antialiasing filter to very complex demosaicing (with blue&red channel resolution decrease) because of its irregular colour filter array.
It's this kind design which should be the goal:
Would any of you here buy your dream camera if it had to have video? Seems like people care more about what they don't want.
Nex7 size and feel camera body. With a fixed 14-300mm 1.2 Carl zeiss lens. (Pancake size) 36mp with iso performance 5 stops better than Nikons d600.
Lots of manual controls on outside. With 6 programmable fn buttons. Needs focus speed better than nikon D4 with twice the buffer and 15fps. I guess we can throw in 4k video as well and make sure it has a mic input along with a headphone input.
Built in tiltable/swivel flash is a must too. But I would like this flash to be removable for wireless shooting of up to 1000 feet.
Oh, and make sure the LCD screen is touchable with the same option as flash of being removable for wireless shooting.
I would pay $2000 for this.
A RX1 is pretty close to perfect for me. What would have made it "perfect" are:
* Two accessory lens adapters making the fixed 35mm lens a 28mm and 75mm respectively, but I'd be willing to go with any useful combo of somewhat wider than the fixed 35mm, and slightly longer than normal perspective (75, 85, 90).
It should be possible to add these to the existing camear, while retaining optical quality, depending on the lens and lens barrel design. It isn't a new idea - in the past one could find many camera "systems" that offered such adapters. In the present, Fujifilm added a wide angle adapter for the X100 long after the camera's introduction
If Sony comes out with that accessory, for me, the RX1 could be a one and only one camera setup. That would make it perfect enough for me.
AF and Stabilizer controls in the camera menu so I can preset them to a main dail like the canon 5d2. That way, ALL the camera settings can change with a simple twist of the main dial to call up a preset. The menu could be used to store hundreds of presets where you can name them and recall ANY physical setting for the camera. This goes beyond the ideal camera, and into the ideal camera and lens combo. The 5d2 is the closest thing to ideal I have seen with its main dail settings.
My "dream camera" today probably wouldn't be much of a dream for me ten years from now, but as of now, I would like an updated version of D300 with improved sensor and metering, with titanium and carbon bodyshell (and glass with similar construction). I want it to be compatible with new and old batteries. Buttons backlit so I can use it at night. No video required. As for exterior design, less curves, and more sharp lines.
I would also like to add improved AF, low-light perfomance, larger buffer, faster processing, all with less battery consumption. No articulating screen, wireless connection required.
I want an ML altered Nokia Pure View that can trigger, sans wires, an off cam flash and can do TTL :)
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Picked up an iPC OSX86 Leopard 10.5.6 distro and am having evil issues. Searched the forum and didnt find any others.
I updated the ISO to PPF5 and it did solve my root device problem which was the original, but I have a new wonderful problem.
I hang at boot on this message:
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Candy Grabber
Product Details
Re-live those childhood trips to the games arcade with this retro Candy Grabber. Fill it up with sweets of your choice and insert one of the fake coins. You'll have one minute and fifteen seconds to grab as many sweets as you can!
Use the three levers to pick up your tasty treats and deposit them down the chute for you to enjoy. Complete with carnival style music, the Candy Grabber will make you feel like you're back at the seaside in an instant. - L.M.
- A desktop Candy Grabber, fairground-style
- A claw that you manoeuvre around to grab your sweet treats
- Three joystick style controls, moving the grabber-forwards and backwards, up and down, and contracting and releasing the claw
- Fairground music that lasts for one minute and fifteen seconds
- A bag of fake coins
- A slot to fill the machine with goodies
- Suitable for ages 5+
- Sweets not included
- Requires 3x D batteries (not included)
- 32 x 21 x 16cm
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I purchased three of these, one for my grand nephews, one for my grand daughter and one for me! Two were given on Christmas Day. One was a huge success, toy of the day and my grand nephews love it. The one I gave my granddaughter was faulty burt I was able to give her the one I'd kept for myself. I returned the faulty item, post free, to IWOOT and although I had purchased it monyhs before, in anticipation of Christmas, they promptly replaced it for me. So we are all three satisfied and having fun with our candy grabbers! Excellent toy, impeccable service.
Fun for the Family
I bought this candy grabber as a last minute gift for my 27 year old boyfriend. On Christmas day, all other presents were left aside as his entire family (including his father and his 2 year old niece) tried their hand at this toy. We used gummy sweets which ended up being very challenging to grab, Skittles or jelly beans would be a lot easier. Great unique gift that is perfect for anyone who is young at heart. The fairground music does become slightly irritating after a while though!
Bought as a present. Was almost perfect, would have been nice to be able to use real money, sort of piggy bank. Crane is a little flimsy and would recommend a very thin layer of sweets to enable it to work really well. Loved the flashing lights and the music timer countdown was a nice touch. Bought for a 55 year old girl who was delighted.
Great Fun!
Trying to grab things with the crane is amazingly addictive and fun. It reminded us of the inevitable visits to amusement arcades during trips to the seaside and created endless amusement when it was opened on Christmas day. Cries of anguish every time the 'prize' slipped out of the 'grabber' and whoops of delight when it was eventually deposited down the collection chute. Just like the arcade version. Should I admit that we are all adults. Not a kid in sight. This Candy Grabber can give you a second childhood!
Amazing little gadget
This Candy Grabber is awesome! I always struggled to win at the fair but this machine has made me so happy. The music is fantastic, it's cheesy (just the way I like it) and sets the tone for a good workout. I love this amazing and fun gadget. It's adorable, has funky music and is filled with sweets. It's a must have treat!
After reading reviews praising the Candy Grabber as a great gift that would provide excellent party entertainment, I got this for my 14 year old cousin. He was excited even before he'd switched it on. It was a huge success! I'd been a bit worried as it seemed a bit difficult to get anything properly grabbed and out of the machine but played with it almost all day until it was nearly empty and had to be refilled. The music on the Candy Grabber is a bit noisy, especially if you put it on a wooden table. Everyone from the youngest girl aged 6 to my brother in his early 20s thought it was amazing, and I received a lot of compliments with everyone wanting to know where I got it. After about 8 hours of constant play, the Candy Grabber sadly stopped working but I must say, they really used it a lot and it was never left alone for more than a minute. My engineer dad fixed it with a bit of industrial lubricant and it kept running the rest of the night. Absolutely fantastic present but try not to overuse it too much or it will stop running so smoothly.
Candy Grabbing Fun
This Candy Grabber was purchased as a birthday present for a child of a family friend. Worked exactly as described, easy to setup, and they were playing for sweets in no time! It's still just as hard as the grabbers you see in the arcades (but slightly less rigged!) and soon everyone was up for having a go at the challenge.
Real fun
We bought it as a fun thing and everyone that tried it loved it. Nice looking and easy to use. The reason it didn't get five stars is that sometimes it gets stuck when the chain gets caught in the grabber, and the music is a bit loud. It helps if you put some fabric under it. But all together a great product for all ages.
This candy grabber is a must for any kid, just wear earplugs or muffle the speaker as it drives you insane after a while! It's a decent size and is very satisfying to play with. I would suggest buying very small light sweets as it can't cope with much else. I'm supposed to be giving it to my neice for Xmas but I've nearly worn out the batteries already! Well, I had to make sure it worked!
Recently, I was introduced to this fab candy grabber, that could amuse anyone that has a sweet tooth for candy or chocolate. It is so tempting to retry and possibly the good type of addiction!!!! I was up a loooooong time trying to grab my favourite chocolate but was i hopeless! But this is good 4 practising as when I went to the arcade I won a whole load of SMALL teddys lol. They were only small but it was fun. I recommend this brilliant product to anyone even adults!!!
Addictively good
Bought for a friend, who reports the entire family are hooked on it and the dog goes nuts at the jingly noise. The only way it could be improved is by making a dog-friendly one which dispenses scooby snacks so it can really drive the dog crazy while everyone else watches and laughs.
Enternaing & fun purchase
When I opened the Candygrabber I was mildly surprised . It was larger than I had envisaged. On trying it out I had to smile at the somewhat cheesy fairground music that played while I endeavoured to retreive the chocolates I had put in. That first trial cost me the equivalent of £1:20p in tokens for my own sweets. Great fun.
This you just HAVE to have.
Drive them all potty with this small version of the fairground grabber. which only ever grabbed your pennies. This goes MUCH further than that. Pop in one of the coins, and off you go. By about the fourth try, two things will have happened. You won't have won any sweeties, and the little woman will be chasing you round with a large , sharp knife. It's the music which emanates from it at every go. It WILL drive everyone barmy, except the players of course. Move it into the shed and enjoy a wonderful christmas . Highly recommended.
Fun for all
Bought this for a present for one of those people who have everything - tried it out and the rest of the family want one too! so yes this purchase it going to its rightful home but in its place there has been another one ordered and will be in its rightful place in front of the Christmas tree - would recommend this product for everyone in the family.
Candy Grabber
A friend and I bought this for our flatmate's birthday. She absolutely loved and it has taken up permenant residence here, so we can all play with it. The music is really good, the coins make it more realistic and you get just as frustrated as if you were at the fair! Well worth a buy.
Fun Fun Fun!
A great gift! I got this for my boyfriends 24th birthday as he loves going on the big machines in arcades and trying to win me cuddly toys- so I thought he needed some practice! This went down well with all our friends too and at his Birthday house party it was the main attraction and was used all night. The music gets a little tedious but it's so much fun that who cares? Definitely worth the money, so cheap for what it is! Also thinking about getting my brother one for Christmas, as it's a fun random gift!
Incredible fun - invite your friends
Awesome fun, after spending just enough time to be better than the competetion, I invited some friends to have a real match. Needless to say I was the ultimate grabber champion. I had to order 3 more machines for my friends, they want to beat me the next time they visit me. Best spent pounds on a gadget


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This dual television camera system is identical to those flown to Mars on Mariners 6 and 7 in 1969. The two cameras, one of medium resolution (wide angle) and the other of high resolution (narrow angle), were integral to both probe's scientific instrumentation.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory transferred this artifact to NASM in 1975.
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At a press conference within view of the World Economic Forum (WEF) a banking giant and construction giant have been crowned the world's worst companies.
The jury prize was awarded to the British banking corporation Barclays, for its food speculation at the expense of the world's poorest people. The People's Award went to Vale. 88,766 people cast their votes online.
The organisers recognized two corporations that are exemplary cases of those WEF members and corporations whose social and ecological offenses reveal the downside of pure profitoriented globalization.
For its food speculation practices, the expert panel conferred the Public Eye Global Award on British banking giant Barclays. As the fastest-growing food speculator in the world, Barclays drives up food prices at the expense of the poorest. In just the second half of 2010, 44 million people worldwide were driven into extreme
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"We hope this award will encourage European lawmakers to introduce tough regulations to curb food speculation and stop banks gambling with food prices while nearly a billion people go hungry. Women, children and elderly people in the Global South are often the hardest hit by food speculation," said Amy Horton of World Development Movement, the NGO that nominated Barclays for the award.
A new record of people voted via the web for the Public Eye People's Award. The most votes (25,041) went to Vale, followed closely by Tepco (24,245) and Samsung (19,014).
Vale is Brazil's second-largest corporation, the world's second-largest mining firm, and the largest global producer of iron ore. The corporation has a 60-year history tarnished by repeated human rights abuses, inhumane working conditions and the ruthless exploitation of nature. Vale is currently taking part in the construction of the Belo Monte Dam in the Amazon. The dam is likely to result in the forced relocation of 40,000 people, who have neither a voice in the matter nor will they likely receive compensation.


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The holidays are over, and if looking at those holiday decorations and their clutter is starting to make you crazy (it is for me), the time may be right to pack them away for another year.
While packing away items can be a tedious task, doing it right will ensure ornaments and other holiday collectibles stay safe for another year and beyond.
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"Carefully packing and organizing items can prevent damage or even worse, breakage," said Paul Brown, franchisee of the location near Glen Ellyn and Wheaton, in a news release. "Take the time to make sure the job is carefully done in order to preserve decorations for next year."
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Delicate items:
- Wrap breakables in tissue or packing paper. Do not use newspaper — the print may wear off on ornaments. Shred used paper and recycle it as packing filler.
- Decorations with photographs or food should be sealed in a bag to keep them intact and prevent insects or mice getting into them.
- Boxes with dividers are best to pack ornaments. Check with local moving companies for these kinds of boxes with adjustable inserts.
- Keep extra hangers, hooks and ornament parts in a labeled bag or box.
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- Store colored lights in a dark place to prevent fading, especially blues, greens and purples.
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- Save ribbons and bows by packing them loosely to keep their shape.
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- Label every box. The more detailed the description, the easier it is to find items. Use different colors to distinguish different holidays, such as orange for Halloween, brown for Thanksgiving, and red or green for Christmas.
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration unveiled a new Web site geared to the 50-plus entrepreneur, providing useful information, links and resources vital to starting, growing and expanding a small business.
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Labor announced that 56,652 laid-off workers filed first-time claims for unemployment insurance benefits in September, an increase of 76.3 percent from September 2007.
Each stage of life - youth, middle age, retirement - comes with its own set of financial concerns. Luckily, just by having a better understanding of the Social Security program you should be able to calm some of those concerns.
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Moore Hallmark, regional executive director for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, will be the keynote speaker at the Effingham County Chamber's membership breakfast on Oct. 8. The breakfast will be held at First Baptist Church-Rincon (Memorial Chapel) at 7:30 a.m.
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BauerFinanical Inc. of Coral Gables, Fla., announced that Citizens Bank of Effingham has earned its highest 5-Star Superior rating for financial strength and stability.
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The $35 million in additional port deepening funds proposed by Gov. Nathan Deal has been approved by the state legislature and now awaits the governor's signature.
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The Effingham Chamber of Commerce celebrated ribbon cuttings for Howard Family Dental and That Dress.
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In fiscal year 2012, Savannah Technical College had an economic impact on its four-county service area of nearly $57 million with spending directly or indirectly related to the college, according to a new study released by the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia.
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Labor will help AT&T recruit a number of wire technicians to install U-verse integrated digital TV, high-speed internet, and voice services.
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Labor announced that Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 7.3 percent in January, down one-tenth of a percentage point from 7.4 percent in December. The rate was 8.6 percent in January a year ago.
Effingham Industrial Development Authority members tabled action on their contract with the Effingham Chamber of Commerce. But IDA members backed the relationship between the two organizations.
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The loss of a Chinese phosphate company hasn't slowed the Effingham Industrial Development Authority.
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Our teachers, administrators, support personnel, board members, central office and parents work tirelessly to promote differentiated learning. One new innovative idea is our BTOD initiative that allows youngsters to power up and "Bring Their Own Device." All local schools this past spring had a soft opening with prior planning and teacher-supported, embedded professional development that enabled effective use of their electronic devices on our local network. Thus far, the results have been positive with at least 5,000 devices being brought from home, along with our current technology resources of a minimum of 4,500 technological devices. This is excellent learning support that will promote literacy.
Another added program that seems to be paying huge dividends is our PASS program housed at our alternative school. We have allowed for students that met certain criteria to fulfill their academic responsibilities within this program. There have been approximately 15 boys and girls during the 2012-2013 school year who completed their academic criteria and received their high school diploma requirements.
These students all attempted to drop out from their local schools because of certain road blocks that caused obstacles. Our belief and mission has been education — anytime, anyplace and anyway. In Calhoun County Schools, it is our responsibility as meaningful educators to find a way to say yes to these unique situations and find a solution so students can either enter the workforce or attend their next chapter at a two-year college or four-year institution.
Our system continues to be proactive and initiative-oriented in regards to maintaining safe and orderly environments. Our school district has a resource officer that is assigned specifically to each community school and contributes greatly to the well-being of our employees and children. Also, we have an employee who is our safety and security director and is designated the safety operations leader. That enables our system to maintain a dedicated, safe environment that is conducive to learning.
Our system runs on an $84 million state and federal budget. The last two years have been frugal, with approximately $7.5 million dollars being saved through cost-effective measures within the local schools and central office. This allows for the addition of locally funded units at a time when the state education budget has been minimized.
The last topic of differentiated change is the Calhoun County Schools Innovation School System Waiver approved on July 9. The 2016 plan enables our school stakeholders an opportunity to work outside the box with less parameters and more rigor to simply meet the explicit needs of our kids. The vision — every child a graduate, every child prepared for college and every child prepared for work and adulthood in their future. By collaborating and partnering with local business and industry, the Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce, the Calhoun County Commission, the Calhoun County Sheriff's office, the District Attorney's Office, the family courts system and additional groups, our educators and parents have a better opportunity to meet the needs of our 9,200 students.
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Discussion in 'Circus Maximus' started by billymills, Jan 10, 2013.
Obvious fake, it says MeowMixx instead of Walrein!
I bet Walrein's scumteam silenced and inspected meowmixx
I bet he's an Awesomenaut and not an Aquanaut this time.
Ya Walrein isn't doing anything so I guess it's time to get a capable leader
I hadn't stepped up yet because I thought my role unprovable but I figured out a way to prove myself given that it appears we aren't going to lynch anyone today anyway:
billy says that "approve" means anyone who is village, so here's how I am going to prove myself: the next FOUR (4) users will vote to lynch me, as I am quite confident even if they are all villagers that the village has at least nine members. I will vote to no lynch. If I survive then it is clear I am clean.
There is no downside to following this plan because if I am lying you lynch a mafia, and if I waste some lynch stop or lynch redirect I would've used it later on anyway, so better for the village to waste it on a day with a no lynch anyway, right?
So ya once I survive with a no lynch I want everyone to claim to me, it is fairly obvious my role is village. But first put my plan into motion.
So, for my part:
No Lynch
Oh and by the way if you can't find me on IRC go on league of legends and friend UncleSamsCabin, I'm on that a lot more frequently.
i'm important
Vote Unclesam
this seems legit
lynch US
Sure thing.
Lynch UncleSam
democracy unclesam
Alright that's enough for now
Just remember to claim to me when there is a no lynch
i havent been home today bs
itt: unclesam is a lynchproof mafia planning to fool you all and gather all the info
[9:22pm] zorbees: if baltimore wins you have to have avatar of my choice, if new england loses you have to have avatar of my choice
[9:23pm] jalmont: deal
so i can document this for later
EDIT2: also aska i like your avatar
well our precious dear unclesam could be infact a mysterious evil doer of some kind trying to confuse our poor minds into giving him our identities? Trust him with caution
No lynch
Princess Bri you have to unvote idk why you are voting no lynch but the whole point is to prove my role
Night 1
While a small number of you clamor for what appears to be assisted suicide, a larger portion decides that no lynch is the best option.
Before you all disappear, the nightly news broadcast begins. Luckily its short.
While you all ponder this very deep statement, night happens.
You have until 1:30 AM EST January 17th to submit Night 1 actions.
Ya so I am obviously telling the truth I expect claims from everyone within 24 hours.
I'll send out actions after that.
Or your mafia team had secret votes. Or your mafia team could redirect an already cast vote and you were mayor. Options are limitless, and a good bunch of them makes you bad (the overwhelming majority makes you good, but i shall ignore those for logical fallacy's sake)
First of all a mafia team having five votes would be retarded in a game this small, second of all if you read the update flavor...
Implies that the vote was not even close. This could only possibly be consistent with the role I posted.
I just proved my alignment as well as anyone possibly could, if you don't claim to me then at the same level of paranoia you will never claim to anyone, and the village will lose.
You sure react seriously to a post where I state that in 99% of the cases you are clean, and most of the ways you could be scum are simply ridiculous.
But you sure are wrong about a few things:
1. The mafia wouldn't need 5 votes to accomplish this feat. If Bri voting was a calculated plan, mafia would only require two of the following: day persuade, mayor, secret vote, negative vote. I'm not saying any of these happened, just proving they don't need 5 votes :)
2. The lynch flavour in no way indicated overhelming majority, only majority. 10 is larger than 4 but 5 is also larger than 4. The way the flavour is worded doesn't make it clear what it is compared to: A larger portion of all players or a portion larger than the suicide helpers.
3. Dying is the cleanest one can get this early in the game, not saying that's what you should do.
The above are NOT saying you shouldn't be trusted, but don't use your latest reasonings why you are clean because they are far from as solid as the voting plan.
What I do imply is that Bri should be looked into whether you are clean or not US, because Bri's vote did indeed p much create most possible ways you could be scum. Also if I die it was US.
I take it seriously because you mean it seriously don't give me that shit.
Secondly the notion of the mafia having two secret day persuaders, mayors, hidden secret voters, or negative voters in a game this small is absolutely ridiculous. You may as well plant your head in the ground and say "LALALA THE VILLAGE DOESN'T HAVE AN INSPECTOR I'M NOT CLAIMING" when the village inspector steps up Day 1 and lynches a mafia inspect result. The only difference is that there is a chance a claimed inspector is a mafia inspector, whereas it makes no sense for a mafia to have as many votes as I have demonstrated I have.
So ya I know you are always playfully paranoid and what not but there are times when the answer is so painfully obvious it's just really annoying.
In the very post I pointed out I was logically incorrect and that in 99% of the cases you were clean.
Do I have to quote myself?
"I'm not saying any of these happened, just proving they don't need 5 votes :)"
You are getting overly defensive here man, I said it a multiple times in a way or two that you are 99% clean, and it can't get much better than that(because at 100% clear you'd have to be dead). So what exactly are you defending against? If you believe I was serious in my first then you are more paranoid than I am.
I'm not trying to convince you I'm trying to point out to other people (aka mafia who haven't created fakes) that they can't hide behind this to refuse to claim.
As the morning sun shines, a sigh of relief passes through the crowd. Its a dark shadow covering the town had suddenly been lifted. And left to die in the town square. From numerous caterpillar tracks and ditches all around the city, you infer that the american military had suddenly invaded in the middle of the night, but left before dawn.
There was but one casualty.
While you are all mourning the loss of this extremely crucial person, your sorrow is drowned out by the incessant bickering between Eagle4 and More Cowbell. It seems they are locked in a heated debate about the origin of life and other shit no one cares about.
As someone quietly mentions they don't believe any of this religious stuff, Eagle4 launches into a tirade about God's supposed accomplishments:
"Have you guys ever heard about the tides? They go in and out without anyone pulling them. Who did that? God. Ever seen a tornado? Who do you think has the ability to tie up wind like that? God. Ever wonder why a tornado hasn't killed you yet? God is constantly watching over you. So long as you pray, a tornado won't ever harm you. It's worked for me so far. And then look at all the miracles we see every day. Electricity? God did it. Magnets? God. Gravity? You'd better believe God did it. Even then look at the real complicated stuff, the human eye, calculus, quantum mechanics. You don't think that stuff came around by chance do you? If God didn't make them, who did? QED."
Even More Cowbell is somewhat bewildered as Eagle4 won't stop talking, when finally, out of the blue, Princess Bri stops him with a sharp uppercut to the chin. A true miracle.
In the temporary reprieve, you notice a commercial for Kent Brockman's nightly news:
And in other news, you find that little gk has been replaced by FireMage.
You have until 12PM EST Saturday January 19th to send to lynch someone.
Everyone forward your night results to me and I'll post a lynch target. shade unfortunately was busy with exams and never claimed to me, or I'd have gotten him protection...
On an unrelated note I'm glad to see that billymills has become a true believer!