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SDN Members don't see this ad. (About Ads) Well, I convinced them to double park at first, and eventually people moved their cars away (probably afraid of my furniture falling on their cars!) so it worked out in the end! You should have stopped by! I could have used the diversion. Good Luck on the fishtank. Sorry about losing the fish. Moving is definitely hard and stressful for our little ones. Hope the bunnies are all happy now. MINNERBELLE - That is a great suggestion. I never heard of moving permits but after a little google search, even Philly has those permits. I will be sure to recommend those to the c/o 2015. I have moved almost 10 times in my adult life and never knew about that. Of course, the moving company probably should have known as well. BUNNITY - I guess my driver doesn't know philly as well as you. Hell, he has only been in the U.S. 5 months. Well, talk to you all in a few weeks. I have my work cut out for me! Sorry for the long post. Must be procrastinating
This weekend, I went to a winery with my fiance and most of the other M1's as well as a few M2's. While talking to a few people, the topic of birth years was brought up. When they found out I'm only 22 and engaged, I got a lot of, "You're only 22 and you're getting married? [insert disgusted look here]" Thanks for the support. Today, I got a flat tire. But the flat tire was not because I hit a pothole, or ran over a nail. No, instead, my passenger side rear wheel was somehow stuck, meaning my tire wasn't turning while I was driving, therefore wearing away the tire as I drove. Luckily he was able to un-stick it and I could drive it home. Tomorrow, I get to figure out how to prevent that from happening in the future.
Ok, this bothers me most days but particularly today for some reason. I know this girl who is also pre-vet and, like me, is a college freshman this fall. Both of us don't have clinical experience yet, but she is majorly rich, as in, more than I can comprehend. Her parents pay for her to go on all of these volunteer opportunities with exotics abroad, like pandas and dolphins and whatnot. My parents could probably afford only one of those in my lifetime, and with a lot of begging and extra chores on my part. In addition she is crazy smart and hardly studies and gets high, high grades. Her SATs are great and she got into a great college (so did I, but with probably 100x the amount of work). This is a pride issue, but I'm scared that when the time comes she will get into vet school and I won't. Twice or three times a year she posts about her amazing experiences abroad and I know that the sheer amount of those exotic opportunities will be interesting and will show commitment to the field she wants to go into (thank God I don't want to do zoo/exotics medicine). She is also extremely cocky - she knows it, and we make fun of her for it, but it's hard to deal with when we already know she has so much. So yeah. I feel inferior and insecure about vet school sometimes because of her. And it's stupid, I know, but I can't really control it. I'm just going to work as hard as I can and hopefully get a much wider variety of experiences than just exotics haha.
I know exactly how you feel, trust me. I've known several girls like her. But I grew up with little money, I've never been out of the country, I don't have any crazy exotic/abroad stories, I dropped out of college the first go around and didn't return for about 5 years... And here I am. About to start my second year at UC Davis, after getting in on my first application cycle. Because I was dedicated, passionate, and worked my ass off - and the adcoms saw that. And they will see it in you, as well.
Oh wow, that sucks. Now I feel bad for complaining! It was only 60 mice and a summer wasted for me. And I totally hate labeling those freaking PCR tubes. Especially when they expect my initials, exp number, and sample number. Um... I can only write so small! And though not as painful, I've labeled enough 1.5ml tubes to last me a million lifetimes.
Don't worry, it's not like there's a quota for how many students vet schools will take from one undergrad institution. You're not getting compared to that cocky b****, you're getting compared to everyone else who's applying. You don't have to get better grades than her. You just have to do well enough to be competitive (and sometimes not even). You don't have to get *better* experience than her. You just have to get well rounded experience and learn from them. Maybe she does seem to have it all, but that cocky attitude I'm sure will bite her in the ass... like, perhaps bad LORs. Vet admissions look for professional development, not just how much experience someone bought, and that's where you can really shine. Just bragging about how she bottle fed a panda bear and how cool it was doesn't cut it for a PS. You can write a better PS by just talking about insights you've gained from client interactions at a "boring ole SA practice." Plus, there are several low cost ways to get really unique and awesome experience, and yes it takes more work to find those, but it's definitely possible! I mean, it's not her fault she was born rich and I don't think her accomplishments should be knocked down because of it... but it sounds like her attitude sucks. Flaunting what you were born with and not what you earned is quite tacky. If she bothers you, just stay far away as much as you can, so that you don't turn into a worse person because of her.
Oh wow. This sounds exactly like one of my college friends - liked her a lot as a person but could not STAND being around her when talk of school or studies came up. She was the epitome of the "lazy genius" while I had to work for everything I got. She was on the pre-vet path until junior year when she came down to dinner one day and said, "Well, I'm switching to pre-med." The reason? She JUST THEN realized that vets don't make enough money! So basically, if the little rich girl you're describing wants to maintain her current lifestyle she might decide that veterinary medicine isn't the way to go.
Bluesails-You're a college freshman this fall!! awesome! Are you going to the same school as her?? if so, GO MEET NEW FRIENDS. i'm assuming u know this girl from hs since you know her before college. i dropped all my hs friends who were like this because it is not worth having them as a friend. I mean, is she even nice? she doesnt sound like it. You will meet a ton of other people in all of your new classes (hopefully u arent going to a tiny college tho lol) Is she going to a different school as you? problem solved. you dont even need an excuse to not hang out with her because you wont be near each other lol. the next step is DONT FB STALK HER lol i know it is hard because you want to see what she is up to but just dont do it at all. Hide her from your news feed so she doesn't come up and you wont be tempted to see her things. People like her "feed" off of others because she knows she is rich and smart and has everything going her way...so far. Try and find some smart but modest friends once school starts!
Haha, I needed to hear this! I will go and hide her from my news feed right now. Thankfully, she's not going to the same school as me. We got a little competitive when we were in the same class at one point. And thanks for the morale boost to everyone!
I was filling out the SCAVMA membership form today online, and of course middle name is mandatory... I'm rather sick of reading my name as: Minnie N/A Tinkerbelle
Took my second organic test today. We got a study guide (yahoo, right?!?) that included everything we DIDN'T GO OVER during the class. Like all those random reagents in the book that no one spends time on? Yeah, ALL those were in the SG and then on my test. Which is fine, whatever (I guess), but then she put these applied spectroscopy problems on there. I'm pretty good at spectroscopy, but then she asks questions like "you have compound A (and gives you the IR for that one) and react it with x, y, then z and get compound b (no spectra), then react it with q and get c. what is the structure of compound c." Seriously? Really? I asked her about it and she goes "it was in the test bank"........WTF? There goes my A
Ouch Is it orgo I or orgo II? I'm slogging through orgo II now, which I actually think isn't quite as bad as orgo I. Mostly because there are a lot of mechanisms, which are easy to get the hang of if you do them a million times
Orgo II. This is after a W (professor didn't believe in electronegativy...um, what?), D+ second time (smart man, awful professor) and now this. I really need that A since most vet schools average the two grades when you repeat a class. Orgo is officially the bane of my existence. If vet schools still want me after this fiasco... I don't know why I'm having such issues in orgo. My brain can't wrap itself around it. I'll study and think I understand stuff and then the test will have the material manipulated in weird ways. Thankfully it's almost over (TWO MORE WEEKS!!!!! Heck, I got through biochem already--I can do this!!!)
NStarz - best thing a prof ever told me was water runs downhill. Just think of orgo this way - everything wants to proceed in the easiest way possible. Instead of memorizing reagents and products focus on WHERE on the compound the reaction will LIKELY take place (most stable carbons, most reactive atoms, and least crowded areas), and which atoms are most likely to react (ie Oxygen is more likely to react than Carbon). Whether your prof believes in it or not, knowing the order of declining electronegativity will give you a good idea of what atoms are going to move around in the reaction. If you pay attention to your rules and know where the reaction SHOULD take place you'll do just fine. And believe me, this is coming from someone who barely scraped by her first time through orgo Its not easy, but once you start recognizing WHERE the reaction should take place you can start looking at reactions and seeing the result in your head!
I had middle name issues when I did my SCAVMA app a couple weeks ago. My middle name is Nicole, but for some reason the form kept dropping the e at the end so it was showing up as Nicol (which kind of sounds like a brand of cough syrup). After redoing the form five times, I finally got frustrated and submitted the form with Nicol as my middle name. And then I got an email from the SCAVMA people which basically said, "um, excuse me, do you not know how to spell your own name?" Sometimes having a middle name is overrated.
I just wanted to put this out there. I still, to this day, don't believe I really and truly understand organic chemistry. I don't think I ever will. I did awful in it, and still managed to get into vet school. So there is hope.
Haha, good thing we don't actually have to know this stuff! I think it'd be really interesting if I could understand it More of an issue for me (and probably for the vet schools) is that I've taken it almost three times--one W, one D+ and one TBD (most likely B+/A- range). I know this is a class that a lot of people struggle in so I'm hoping that my high-ish GPA (3.65) will convince them to look past my abyssmal organic chem history.
me too. and i have to say...walking through the chemistry building and seeing people cramming for their orgo exams outside the test room makes me feel SO much better about my life now that i'm done with that godforsaken class
Here's the thing. I did do quite well in O-Chem and was quite certain at the time that I understood it. Less than four months later, I looked back and had NO idea what the hell most of it meant. Which didn't really matter because it wasn't as if we needed to know any of it for Biochem anyway... I have this theory that O-Chem is a completely nonsensical subject invented solely to test the dedication of wanna-be-vets (and doctors, dentists, pharmacists, whatever) around the world.
Rant-o-the-day: Living in a military town sucks. Almost all the guys here are pilots and tell girls that like it's something new and exciting. The problem is, if that guy were to look around him, 9 out of 10 other guys are also pilots...it's really not as impressive as they think it is. Then, when you find the ones that are cute and not stuck up (because a lot of them are), they have girlfriends or are married because for some reason if you are a guy in the military you have to get married ASAP. Here's where this relates to vet med. I'm a technician at a SA practice and am the only single employee so anytime a cute guy brings his dog in, the entire staff makes sure that I get the room and have as much time as possible. This happened yesterday, but again...military guy, very attractive, very nice, but moving today to San Diego. Stupid military lol
I'm going to be the downer and say that I actually really like orgo and it made sense to me. It's probably making a lot more sense to you too than you realize-- bad tests happen, stupid professors happen.... don't get yourself down too bad. Going from a D+ up to an A- shows something is working for you. Adcoms will see that too.
I'm with Breenie on this one. I found O-chem fascinating, just didn't love memorizing mechanisms. I wonder how much of my enjoyment is school/teacher specific. It wasn't easy but it was certainly better than trying to get calculus the first time. I feel lucky to have had a positive experience. And, I can't understand how it is possible for Biochem not to be related to O-chem at all. Either the O-chem was needlessly esoteric or the Biochem was awfully basic.
Perhaps the point isn't that it's not related at all, but rather that there are a lot of mechanisms, techniques and reactions that you learn in ochem that are pretty much unnecessary for biochem. Some of them might be useful for a better understanding of pharmacology or some such thing, though... edit: I loved organic chem 1 and the first part of organic chem 2 where we did NMR/IR and mass spec analysis. The rest of ochem 2 can fall off a cliff though.
I'm in the same boat you are, then (TWO MORE WEEKS.), and I'm sorry to hear about your problems with the subject. I'm finding OCII a bit more intuitive, but I took OCI in summer session I, so it's all still very fresh in my head. Just keep reminding yourself only two more weeks. You can do it
well, according to my grade differences in these classes, they are not related at all but, i do think my bchm teacher sucked so that may have been part of it
Thanks for all the encouragement, guys! I really appreciate it someone else getting 'it.' My parents make fun of me (they're usually really great) about how much I complain about organic because I did it then I came home with a 94 on the last test. I worked my a** off for that grade and they think I can just pull it out of my butt again. I think I really am starting to understand it, the mechanisms are starting to become more intuitive, but I still don't think I'm really "getting it." Not sure. Only two more weeks though, so I can put this thing to rest, finally! I dunno, I feel like people don't really understand how difficult this class is. If it comes naturally to you, great, but that's not most people. You can't really explain how much you possibly have to understand and not just memorize--and then apply all the stuff you weren't supposed to have memorized to new problems/syntheses. Ugh. (How are we supposed to know which reagents to use if we don't memorize anything? Really?) My dad was funny yesterday...he's like: "They never you're going to need to know this. Why not just look it up in a book?" Oh, if only.
I was lucky with professors. My first one was hilarious, sarcastic, and generally a good human being. He was very fair, and our class average was a BC/B (we have silly grades here), so you kind of had to try to fail. My second professor was this ancient old lady who was a great lecturer and you couldn't hate her because she was a badass grandma. Her class average was similar... but I go to a large university, and they kind of have a mandated grading scale. I found ochem useful for biochem. The biochem I took wasn't the greatest, but I felt that the ochem helped with some of the mechanisms. Everything in biology is circular-- it all kind of relates back to each other eventually. That's how I feel, at least.
I really had excellent professors for both, although they had completely different teaching styles. (My o-chem prof was very detail-oriented and my biochem prof was very big-picture oriented.) Our biochem class was far from easy, but as long as you understood the basic ideas of how organic compounds react with one another you knew as much as you needed to know from o-chem. Our o-chem prof had pounded that into our brain so much along with all the esoteric mechanisms that it all seemed very intuitive and basic by the time we got to biochem. And our biochem prof was much more concerned that we understood what everything actually meant physiologically than knowing how to push arrows or knowing the names of the mechanisms, etc. So I really shouldn't say that we didn't need to know o-chem at all. We just didn't need to remember any of the esoteric stuff. And it seems like so much of o-chem is quite esoteric.
I started the afternoon in a good mood as I began to clean the living room (it's been a pig sty for over nine months because of ONE person). As I was moving things around I came across some textbooks that belonged to this crappy roommate. I'm going through these books and go, "Oh, I guess she took Ochem." I open the book to a ripped up piece of paper that has oddly familiar questions on it and think, "These are ecology questions, why would she have taken that?" I keep flipping through the pages and, then, I felt my whole body go rigid. A very specific post-it note with a very familiar tree frog on it was staring at me. THIS IS MY ****ING OCHEM TEXTBOOK! I looked at the next book in the pile. THIS IS MY ****ING EVOLUTION TEXTBOOK! This girl has been treating my room like her own personal book store. Thieving bitch! I needed to put that out in the universe. I still haven't completely come to terms with this discovery. It's not everyday my personal space and rights get violated. EDIT: More things are missing, like my $130 biochemistry textbook. I just filed a theft report with the police. I think this is what shock feels like.
Back when I had four roomates, one of stole a router from one and clothes from the other... she also "borrowed" a lot of clothes without asking and stretched them out, ruining them. My two roomates were the quiet type who never wanted to cause any trouble so they never brought it up. If she had stolen my router or ruined some of my very expensive clothes, she'd be paying for all of it. I'm pretty sure more of their stuff than that went missing or got ruined but I can't remember the details.
Add me to the "I hate ochem" crowd. I am praying I pulled off a C this time around. Just a C. Then I never have to deal with it ever again. I actually hated ochem more than I hated Introduction to the Analysis of 20th Century Music back in undergrad!
I'm in the club too. Ochem was the bane of my existence. I have two W's on my transcript from trying to take Ochem2 online (hahahaha), and then trying to take it over the summer - probably would have worked, but I had to miss few days of the first week of class for health issues and got behind, and I decided not to risk flunking it. I scraped by with a C+ this spring. You can do it!
I guess I am a part of the "ochem was not that bad" wagon. I hated the NMR, IR, etc crap, but the reactions and mechanisms were kind of interesting to me. I still never want to have to take that class again, but it was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. My rant of the summer: I have had knee issues since I was about 14ish. This summer my left knee has gotten really bad. I finally find out what is wrong with it and that I have to have surgery to correct the problem (and this problem is most likely in my right knee too) and I have no health insurance. Now I have to wait until I can either a) get Access (I probably make too much money) b) wait until my parents' health insurance adds me back on in January, because they are being stupid and not following the new health care bill c) Get insurance from my work which I just qualified for but it appears that the plans available to me are both crap. I hate health insurance stuff. I would really like to be able to walk around without a limp and be able to move without any pain or feeling like my knee is going to buckle out from under me. I guess if I have dealt with it for the past 8 years I can continue to deal with it for a few more months...
That's so weird, cause I'm really good at spectroscopy Sorry about your knees! My own rant for the day: I've been trying to get an externship (2 weeks) at a large general practice/emergency/other specialties facility (you can probably figure it out if you live in NJ, ha!). Sent in my application in March for an August externship. Heard back beginning of July (???) asking if I was still interested (duh!) and that they'd get back to me around July 12th. *cricket cricket* July 12th comes and goes, it's now August 5th and I haven't heard back from them yet. The externship is supposed to start in two weeks and I need a background check, a security badge, and I'm assuming some kind of orientation. I've e-mailed twice and called once and haven't heard back yet I know they're busy saving lives but it's getting a little frustrating! I have to bring my dogs in to see one of the vets tomorrow (darn allergies!) so I'm going to see if I can find someone there to talk to.
Yeah, it was sad. Enuclation went great - recovering from the anesthesia was the hard part. His heart stopped beating during recovery and they couldn't resuscitate him... boo! He did have a couple great days - just stinks sometimes!
I'm so sorry heylodeb - that's the worst when everything goes great but complications start during recovery! i'm sure the kitten was happy she went while in good hands.
Chest, stomach, back, legs, and upper arms. You would have thought I didn't use any sunscreen! One of these days I'm going to accept my complexion and just wear a shirt.
Fell down my apartment's awkward stairs today while carrying a load of laundry. Sprained my ankle. Awesome. I'm just glad I didn't break it because I don't have health insurance right now while waiting for my new job to take me on... Hopefully it'll feel okay enough for work tomorrow bah! Very much looking forward to having my own laundry machine in my new apartment starting in September.
lol. Mine is just my arms. I have a line where my shirt sleeve was, so now I have white shoulders and red arms, even though I used sunscreen on my arms. It was worth it though, tubing was fun, just needed more shade. Aww, sorry TheEvilShoe. Hope it feels better soon
I did not qualify for access (I am not really surprised but it sucks). Now I get to walk (I guess the more correct term would be limp) around in pain until January when I finally have health insurance so I can get surgery to correct my knee. I am getting so frustrated with this because I like to be active and I can not do the same things I am used to doing.


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CEOs Going Social: An Interview with Leslie Gaines-Ross of Weber Shandwick
By Patrick Coffee on February 12, 2013 12:32 PM
How social is your CEO?
Weber Shandwick's recently released follow-up to its 2010 study "Socializing Your CEO: From (Un)social to Social" doesn't contain many earth-shattering revelations or statistics that will inspire double takes. But its findings do provide evidence of a shift toward sociability among CEOs across the business spectrum that will only increase over the next few years.
Also: In the future, many of these executives will spend more time working with internal communications teams or third-party PR firms to maximize the impact of their social activities.
Some key conclusions:
- 66% of consumers say their perceptions of CEOs affect their impressions of companies and the products these companies sell.
- Overall usage of social networks among the CEOs of the world's largest companies barely changed from 2010-12, going from 16% to 18%, but…
- "Sociability" stats exploded: In 2010, only 38% of CEOs could be described as "social". In 2012 that number was 66%.
What does this mean? We recently spoke to Leslie Gaines-Ross, chief reputational strategist at Weber Shandwick, to find out.


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lol nice one.. poor pumpkin it becomes frozen .. :P 5/5 and i like the soft colors ^^
hahaha this looks great :D i like your idea, the colors looks so great :) and nice details in his hat great pumpkin :3 5/5h and favorite C: *hugs*
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Some like the visual aspects of O'Brien's production — "bold visuals and eerie soundscapes, by turns cinematic and operatic," wrote The Hollywood Reporter — but most were perplexed, if intrigued, by the three gender-bending Witches, played by Byron Jennings, John Glover and Malcolm Gets and the reasons as to why they "play unusually central roles in the action," as Time Out New York put it.
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A couple critics liked Hawke, but most faulted him for lacking power and charisma in his portrayal and for a vocal performance that was "occasionally mumbled or rushed." Or, as the Times put it, "he delivers Shakespeare's poetry like a moody, glue-sniffing teenager reciting Leonard Cohen lyrics to himself."
Up in Toronto, Disney opened its Broadway-bound Aladdin at the Mirvish Theatre.
The Globe and Mail were in agreement, praising Iglehart and designer Bob Crowley's flying carpet tricks, but complaining that the show otherwise lacked heart and magic. "Here is an action-adventure romance where the suspense and the soul has disappeared," said the review.
Aladdin's limited Toronto run goes through Jan. 5, 2014. Broadway previews will begin Feb. 26, 2014, at the New Amsterdam Theatre towards an official opening March 20, 2014.
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Singles of the Week: 28th February 2011
And so, it is that time of the week again. The time when we realise to our massive chagrin that the fleeting ecstasy of the weekend is once again fizzling out and in a matter of hours we will be back out into the grey misery of Monday morning for another week of toil and drudge. But fear not! Because although God might take our weekend every Monday with his left hand, at the same time he gives us new singles with his right hand! And butter my arse, there's some real crackers this week.
Manic Street Preachers
Postcards From a Young Man
I expend on average about a thousand words a year telling Muso's Guide readers exactly why Manic Street Preachers are the most important band ever, so let me warn you, you shouldn't expect balance from me on this subject. Postcards is one of the highlights of the album of the same name, and it's a glorious throwback to the late 1990s when the band shifted records by the shitload. It's a swaying, swooning slice of enormous guitar pop, on which James Dean Bradfield sounds more energised than he has in years, in spite of (or perhaps because of) the slightly bitter nostalgic bent of the Wire's lyrics. It's quite obviously single of the week, but then I would say that, wouldn't I?
Neat Little Rows
Everyone likes Elbow these days don't they? They're like a band of Dave Grohls, a bunch of proper decent pub blokes, who also happen to make brilliant records. Neat Little Rows sounds pretty much exactly how you would expect an Elbow lead single to sound. It doesn't start off like that, though, because for the first minute you're a bit concerned that they couldn't come up with their own song and instead have decided to completely plagiarise Zebra by Beach House, but then the piano starts twinkling and Garvey's whiskied howl cranks up a gear and you're back in the safe and comforting heartland of classic Elbow. Neat Little Rows may not be in any way surprising, but its predictability takes nothing away from how nice it is to have Elbow back.
Sleep Forever was, for me, one of 2010's finest albums but it never quite seemed to get the universal adulation that it deserved. Exactly why Crocodiles feel the need to release opening track Mirrors now eludes me, but screw it, it's a brilliant song which calls to mind the best moments of The Secret Machines' early career. It's about the pinnacle of Crocodiles' noise-gaze endeavours, easing its way in gently with a hypnotic, snaking melody ushering in the crunching chords which carry off the rest of the song into a sea of beautiful echoey confusion. Massively enjoyable stuff.
Belle and Sebastian
I Want the World to Stop
In exactly the same way that you know exactly what to expect from an Elbow single, B&S have long since ceased to surprise us when they knock out a lovely single. They are are one of indieland's great comforting constants, and unless you're made of granite, their deftness with an upbeat melody should be sufficient to lift you out of a miserable Monday mood. Typically, I Want the World to Stop is a beautifully crafted sliver of chirpy pop, which sees Stuart pondering "sheets of milky winter disorder" and a "grey adorable city by the docks", and still making the whole thing sound utterly idyllic.
Dutch Uncles
Face In
I'll be honest, this is my first experience of Dutch Uncles. It's pretty nice, all told. I won't pretend not to be a smidge disturbed by the chap in the wedding dress in the video, but hey, his guests seem to be enjoying themselves by the end. The song is another bit of sugary indie pop fun, and although this particular week there's a danger of it being overshadowed by the titans of the genre, the nagging catchiness of the chorus sees it alright. Face In is a great example the type of pop music that is one of the few things we Englishers do better than anybody else in the world.
Those Dancing Days
Can't Find Entrance
Well, we might as well finish off with more twee pop since that's the route the singles schedulers seem to be taking us this week. Those Dancing Days have become consummate pros in the field, and I can give you a sneaky exclusive that their new album is excellent. Can't Find Entrance is pretty representative of the breakneck speed at which the whole thing proceeds, rattling by in a blur of guitar, organ and little-girl lost vocals. In another week, this might have been single of the week, but, well, I'd already given that to the Manics before I'd even seen what other singles were out.


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Veronica Mars
I can't imagine anyone who liked the show not enjoying this movie, even though the first half is stronger than the second. All in all…
I can't imagine anyone who liked the show not enjoying this movie, even though the first half is stronger than the second. All in all…
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Seongyong Cho picks a favorite piece of Roger's writing.
Spike Lee will present a screening of "Do the Right Thing" at Ebertfest 2014 to commemorate the film's 25th anniversary.
Seongyong Cho picks a favorite piece of Roger's writing.
Spike Lee will present a screening of "Do the Right Thing" at Ebertfest 2014 to commemorate the film's 25th anniversary.
Gerardo Valero looks at George Lazenby's only outing as James Bond, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".
Jana Monji writes about our late friend and contributor Jeff Shannon, whose memorial service will be March 16, 2014.
Jason Bateman talks about directing, working with kids, and shaking up his nice-guy image for an R-rated comedy.
Tragedy strikes at SXSW; Nebulous platitudes and James Franco; TV actors don't need movies; Connecting The Sopranos and Irreversible; Eviscerating Nymphomaniac: Vol I.
One of my favorite parts in science-fiction movies is the explanation of the science, which is usually very heavy on the fiction. In "Universal Soldier," for example, we are given two Vietnam-era soldiers who are killed in action (by each other) and then packed in ice so their bodies can be used in a secret government project to create "UniSols" - android fighting machines. Twenty-five years later, not having aged a day, they go into action.
How did this scientific breakthrough take place? It's up to the brilliant Dr. Gregor (Jerry Orbach) to explain. As nearly as I can recall, he "hypercharged their bodies to turn dead flesh into living tissue." So now we know. The refitted UniSols look like muscular human beings, but wear funny little monoculars that send out a TV signal (of startlingly low quality). They are strong, acrobatic and versatile, and can be controlled by their leaders, but wouldn't you know that two of the units have combat flashbacks to Vietnam, and remember that they hate one another.
The wayward units are Luc (Jean-Claude Van Damme) and Scott (Dolph Lundgren). In 'Nam, Luc wanted only to go home, and Scott wanted only to kill, and when Luc saw Scott conducting a one-man My Lai massacre, he tried to stop him and then both wound up on the recycling heap. Their minds are supposed to have been wiped clean of all memories, but when the flashbacks begin, each man's orientation has been defined by his strongest motivation at the time of his death.
Enter now the most interesting character in the movie, a TV newswoman named Veronica, played by Ally Walker with style and personality that would grace a much more ambitious movie than this one. Walker, fired by her network, goes free-lance and discovers the secret of the UniSols, leading to a long series of action scenes in which Van Damme tries to protect her and Lundgren tries to kill them both.
The centerpiece of the action is a chase between a prison bus and the armored UniSols van, along narrow desert roads on the edge of deep precipices. I suppose there is a market for this sort of thing among bubblebrained adolescents of all ages, but it takes a good chase scene indeed to rouse me from the lethargy induced by dozens and dozens of essentially similar sequences. I have gotten to the point where the obligatory climax (vehicle hurtles over edge, bursts into fireball) is exciting only because it means the damn chase is finally over.
So back to Ally Walker. If you go to this movie, watch her carefully. She is given an absurd character to play, but she has a screen personality that implies wit and intelligence even when the dialogue provides her with nothing to work with. She has some of the same qualities as Debra Winger, and brings scenes to life simply through the energy of her presence. To my astonishment I found myself interested in what she was saying, and if she can sell this dialogue, she can play anything.
As for Lundgren and Van Damme: It must be fairly thankless to play lunks who have to fight for the entire length of a movie while exchanging monosyllabic idiocies. At the Cannes Film Festival in May, the two stars found themselves on the same red carpet, going up the formal staircase to an evening screening. They exchanged words and got into a shoving match, right there in front of the world's TV cameras. Some said it was a publicity stunt. I say if you can do one thing and do it well, stick to it.
Scott Jordan Harris argues that disabled characters should not be played by able-bodied actors.
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Bank Market Power and SME Financing ConstraintsSantiago Carbo-ValverdeBangor Business School Gregory F. UdellIndiana University Bloomington - Department of Finance Francisco Rodriguez-FernandezUniversity of Granada - Department of Economic Theory and History June 1, 2006 EFA 2006 Zurich Meetings Abstract: Some studies find that higher bank concentration is associated with higher credit availability (information hypothesis) while others maintain that credit rationing is higher in less competitive bank markets (market power hypothesis). This study tests these two competing hypotheses by employing for the first time a competition indicator from the Industrial Organization literature - the Lerner index - as an alternative to concentration measures. The results are sensitive to the choice of market power indicators. The Lerner index is found to be the more consistent indicator and exhibit the larger (and positive) marginal effect on the probability that a firm is financially constrained. Number of Pages in PDF File: 62 Keywords: Bank market power, SME financing JEL Classification: G21, D21, D40 working papers seriesDate posted: June 20, 2006Suggested CitationContact Information
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Analysis by the Pew Research Center found that 22.4 million households, or 19 percent, had college debt in 2010. That is double the share in 1989, and up from 15 percent in 2007, just prior to the recession. It's the biggest three-year increase in student debt in more than two decades.
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The Kimball National Honor Society has been quite busy this spring, or shall we say late winter, season. Friday, March 29, the group gathered at the Kimball Library and diligently cleaned until the shelves and books sparkled. The NHS has also been busy working on other projects at school. Highway ditch cleaning and lawn-care volunteer events are coming up in the near future.
This week (April 8-12) is the annual Food Drive. Grade will be pitted against grade in this week-long competition, judged by the poundage of food brought in, all for a great cause! All proceeds go the Kimball Area Food Shelf. The NHS appreciates all the support from our community. Thank You!
For the first time in the past three (3) years, the Kimball School Board must make some reductions in order to balance the budget for the 2013-2014 school year.
Reductions during the four (4) years of 2007-2008 to 2010-2011 averaged $230,000 per year. The operating levy that was passed by the voters in November, 2010 made it possible to get past the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years without needing to reduce staff and/or educational programs.
Kimball's Winter All Conference students have been selected. From left to right, in front are Alissa Jones-speech, Tim Konz-wrestling, Allie Seth-basketball, Paiten
Schreiner-basketball, and Jared Merchant-basketball. In middle row are Logan Bartholomew-speech, Marcus Mehr-wrestling, Breanne Meierhofer-basketball, Olivia Straley-speech, and Holly Dahlinger-speech. In back are Austin Roerick-basketball, Travis Wills-wrestling, and Cameron Hunt-basketball. Not pictured are Ben Serbus-boys' basketball, Ted Zipoy-wrestling, and Brandon Loch-wrestling. Staff photo by Marguerite Laabs.
Kimball's Academic All-Conference are from left to right, in front, Austin Roerick-basketball, Alissa Jones-speech, Paiten Schreiner-basketball, and Cameron Hunt-basketball. In back are Brad Mies-basketball, Joey VonWahlde-basketball, Mathies Hennen-basketball, and Madelyn O'Brien-basketball. Also selected Academic All-Conference is Alexis Rose. Staff photo by Marguerite Laabs.
In order to recognize achievement, outstanding progress, and responsible behavior in our student body, grade-level teams made up of
teachers select one Kimball Area High School student in each grade to be recognized as the Student of the Month. The monthly winners are recognized in school, on the school website, and in the Tri-County News. They also receive a Subway gift certificate and Chamber Bucks from the Kimball Area Chamber of Commerce. Special thanks to Luxemburg's Subway and the Kimball Chamber of Commerce for sponsoring this program. The following students are recognized for March 2013:


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Letters from readers - Larry Stark, David Allmond, Chris Sturhann, Stan Johnston, Auz, David Malcolm Porta, Jamie S. Rich and L. Marquardt - and responses from Randy Stradley.
1st appearance Tony Murcheson.
No "The Creep" this issue.
Bob Schreck talks about the 1991 San Diego Comic Book Convention. Checklist for Dark Horse comics shipping October 1991.


text: Top 10 Kevin Brown insults ... The fans at Yankee Stadium really let Pedro Martinez have it on Wednesday night, chanting �Who�s Your Daddy?� almost every inning. Sox fans, you need to retaliate, and we�ve got the perfect target: Kevin Brown. Brown, who pitches in Friday�s Game 3 at Fenway, punched a wall and broke his hand late in the season, and missed the better part of a month. I mean, the guy punched a wall. In his first start after returning, he was shelled by the Sox in Boston. So, what can we chant at Brown during Friday�s contest? Give us your top 10 catchy insults. Page 8 Cry for Momma! Cry for Momma!! Cry for Momma! !! Lance Brown, PA, formerly Reading, MA A couple more ideas - "Go ahead - knock yourself out!" "Bwownie! Bwownie! Bwonie!" (Elmer Fudd-like chant) lc, Wellesley Do somethign with Rocky. Chant it. .Show the scene when Rocky was beating up the meat in Rocky I. that would be funny. Mike, NY, but from Boston "NEXT time RIGHT hand! NEXT time RIGHT hand!" or maybe just "Punch Punch Punch, Brown is out to Lunch" Darrell, Boston BROOOOWNNNNNYYYYYYY...BROOOOOOWWWWWNNYYYYY... BROKEN HAND...CLAPCLAPCLAP.....BROKENHAND PSYHOCOOOOOO....PSHYCOOOOOOO...PSHYOCOOOOOO....PSYHCOOOOOO HEEEES UNSTABLE....HEEEES UNSTABLE Ross , Dennis. MA Hey Yankees, what has Brown done for you? Robert, Princeton Chant..... "Browns a MORE-ON". Just wondering how George hurt his arm in the Mastercard commercial? Must have taught Brown to punch walls! Chris, Palm Harbor via Lowell Don't feel bad Kevin, the Sox hit a lot of walls at Fenway also. Robert, Bordentown, NJ Anger Management!!! Kevin, Hull, MA 1. The Fenway organist can play the tune of the Bobby Fuller song "I fought the Law and the Law Won", and everyone can sing along as others' have suggested: "I fought the wall and the wall won." Save Sweet Caroline for the 2005 regular season. 2. As long as Brown is in, play the Rocky theme before the bottom half of the inning. You know, just to provide inspirational music for the home team. (Of course if Brown then pitches well, the Yankees will turn it around and use it when Brown pitches in the World Series.) Greg, Lexington |


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YOUR WASHINGTON AND YOU VOLUME 5 NUMBER 31 Weekly News Letter From Office of Karl Mundt For release July 1 or after NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE JAPANESE: Congressman Mundt returned last week from the Pacific Coast where, as a member of the Dies Committee, he spent two weeks with a special subcommittee studying Japanese subversive activities and the existing methods of detaining Japanese in War Relocation Centers and of releasing them in large numbers for civilian work in the Middle West and other areas. Over 200,000 words of testimony were taken in Hearings conducted in Los Angeles, San Diego, and in Arizona and the subcommittee made a thorough inspection of a typical Relocation Center located in the desert near Parker, Arizona, At the conclusion of the hearings and investigation which will be supplemented by additional hearings to be held in Washington, D. C. the subcommittee of three of which Mr. Mundt was the sole Republican member issued a statement revealing the following undesirable conditions in connection with the Japanese situation on the West Coast. 1- The personnel in charge of War Relocation Centers lacks previous experience in dealing with Japanese people prior to their present assignments and are thus handicapped in understanding and interpreting the pyschology and methods of the Japanese. 2- There has been no adequate segregation of loyal from disloyal Japanese in the Relocation Centers and as a consequence notorious and active pro-Japanese citizens are permitted to spread their poisonous doctrines among their fellow evacuees in these centers. 3- Government funds have been expended unwisely for such things as the teaching of Jodo to the Japanese - a form of Japanese military training; teaching the Japanese to play Goh - a form of Japanese checkers; and in other ways perpetuating Japanese customs and "culture" among the evacuees. 4- Outbreaks of violence, including serious riots and strikes have occurred at these centers, usually induced by the Kibei group (Japanese-American citizens, born in the USA but educated in Japan) yet the instigators have largely gone unpunished. 5- Loyal Japanese-Americans have suffered beatings at the hands of pro-Japanese trigger men in the Centers yet the miscreants have gone unpunished. The loyal Japanese at the Centers have not been afforded the protection to which they are entitled. 6- There are indications that confusion and uncertainty exist as to the responsibility for investigating the personal history and background of the Japanese at the centers who are being released so that no definite determination is made as to their loyalty to the United States, before they are restored to private life. 7- There is evidence in the hearings that there is a lack of planning by procurement officers of the Centers, particularly in regard to food purchases. 8- Sufficient work opportunities for the Japanese have not been provided in the various Centers so as properly to utilize the available manpower in a constructive manner. 9- More adequate protection should be given to public utilities, dams, reservoirs, and other strategic installations in the vicinity of the Relocation Centers. The Committee is specifically notifying the Governors of California and Arizona regarding this situation in their States. 10- While housing has been provided for all Japanese evacuees, over-crowding is apparent. The lack of privacy and the existence of cramped quarters create a condition that should be immediately remedied. -o- ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE TRIP. From notes taken during the inspection trips and extensive Hearings, Mr. Mundt added the following additional comment upon his return to Washington. "One can not listen to the testimony we heard nor talk with the Japanese located in these Centers without feeling a tremendous heart-pull of sympathy for the many innocent and loyal American citizens of Japanese ancestry who have been uprooted from their homes and detained in Relocation Centers with their liberties curtailed. On the other hand, it is unwise in war time to permit sympathy to over-ride judgment in the bigger sense of developing a program to adequately protect our National Security and shorten the war so that victory may come sooner and with less bloodshed. The release of disloyal Japanese would not only jeopardize our war effort by creating opportunities for sabotage but in certain areas feeling against the Japanese is so intense that acts of violence might be taken against them. This would further increase the difficulties of loyal Japanese and would result in barbaric acts in retaliation against our American Nationals held in Japanese hands. Thus, it is necessary to proceed carefully and with realism in working out satisfactory methods of meeting the very difficult problem created by the fact so many Japanese have been residing in the Pacific Coast area. It is a problem with serious and far reaching implications and certain High Authorities in Washington are failing to devote to it the complete and candid consideration which it merits. Continued failure to tighten up the Administration of these Centers and the methods employed for the release of evacuees from the Camps may well have some tragic consequences."
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Soundoff: Should Players Receive Big Bonus Payments for Winning the World Cup?
There's a swirl of controversy in Spain today, surrounding the potentially hefty bonus payments the Spanish players could earn for their World Cup performance. Apparently Spain's players will each receive €600,000 (about £495,206 or $716,825 US) if they win the World Cup in South Africa. And – predictably? – the peasants are revolting.
Spain captain Iker Casillas (who, along with vice captains Xavi and Carles Puyol, negotiated the deal with the the Royal Spanish Football Federation, has defended the payments:
"It's an issue that always comes up," Casillas said during preparations for Spain's final warm-up match against Poland in Murcia tomorrow.
"You can comment and talk, especially at this time when everyone is suffering," he added, referring to the economic crisis and soaring unemployment gripping Spain. "And I include myself in that because I have family and friends and cousins and they are also hurting because of the crisis. Everyone sees it one way, as they want, but you shouldn't mix one thing up with the other."
Reuters are reporting that the Spanish player's potential pot of gold is "the largest win bonus among major contenders". That qualifier is needed because the team on the biggest World Cup win bonus is actually – as we posted on Friday – the USA team, who've been offered the biggest cash bonus of any team in World Cup history at $895,131 per man.
The catch there is that the USA almost certainly won't win the World Cup. So as Chris said to me when that story broke, the US's bonus is "kind of like me saying I'll donate tomorrow's lotto when I don't win it." But because the Spanish bonus is a very possible reality, people are angry. So, as the question in the title asks: Should players receive big bonus payments for winning the World Cuo?
I'm going to go ahead and Soundoff first. I say yes, they do. Many people complain that it's unseemly for players to be offered cash as motivation for a World Cup win. Players should want to win it anyway, no matter the money. And so on. I agree with that. But I'd also argue that the players agree with that too. I'll guarantee that not a single member of the Spain squad will go into the World Cup thinking [in Spanish, obviously] "I'd better try and win this game, I'd really leave an extra few hundred grand." They'll be thinking about the World Cup.
The bonus payments are a reward for a job well done, not a motivational factor. The payments are literally a bonus. A little something extra to say thank you, taken from the World Cup prize money the Royal Spanish Football Federation will earn for Spain's hyopthetical World Cup win. And if that hypothetical becomes a reality and Spain wins its first ever World Cup in July 2010, I'll guarantee that every Spanish fan will be too busy celebrating to complain about their heroes receiving a bonus payment.


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The Tri-State Thunder 12U girls travel softball team won first place in the Winds of March Tournament on March 10 in Hershey, Pa. From left to right: Top row -- head coach Robert Toms, assistant Tim Mongold and assistant Jim Powell. Second row -- Jenna Powell, Abby Ebersole, Sydney Lamb and Alayna Pettyjohn. Third row -- Maria Burkett, Taylor McCarty, Jordyn Amsley and BayLee Jenkins. Bottom row -- Mikaylah Toms and Jenna Mongold.
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The Breakfast Club...
The Breakfast Club...
My top 5 was
1. Raging Bull
2. Platoon
3. Blade Runner
4. Tootsie
5. Ferris Buehler's Day Off
Tootsie was a very underrated movie.
Pay attention to the open sky
I was struck by how most of the men listed as stars of the films are still starring in films or TV series today, while most of the women aren't even on the Hollywood radar.
Karen Allen?
Mia Sara?
Elizabeth Perkins?
I agree that many of my favorite films from the 80s aren't on the list, while there were at least 5 that I've deliberately never seen.
I did the 70s one too - My top 8 from the seventies
1. The Godfather
2. Animal House
3. Jaws
4. Rocky
5. Star Wars
6. One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest
7. Blazing Saddles
8. The Sting
Kinda wierd when number 8 is one of the best movies ever. Man, the 70s had some great movies.
"I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum... and I'm all out of bubble gum."
- - Rowdy Roddy Piper
"It takes a big man to admit when he is wrong. I am not a big man"
- - Fletch
I'm surprised that Chariots of Fire is not in the top 25 for the 80's but is up there for Top American Movies of all time. Very surprising that a British movie would rank that high on that list.
How does "Breakfast Club" even make that list? I wouldn't put it in the top 100 movies of the 80's, let alone the top 5. BLECH!!
I put Raiders at #1, Wall Street #2. Wall Street is as watchable today as it was 20 years ago.
Notable omissions: Terminator, Say Anything, The Outsiders (though I may remember it being better than it actually was), RoTJ & Empire. And wasn't Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade out in 1989?
Sabermetrics can be boiled down to this simple truism: A batter's goal is to extend the inning. Extend enough innings and you're going to score runs. Extend more innings than your opponent and you're going to score more runs than him.


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Future of Hopewell bus route in question
Hopewell's one and only bus route is in question as city officials scramble to figure out a budget dilemma.
Hopewell's one and only bus route is in question as city officials scramble to figure out a budget dilemma.
Chesterfield and Hopewell crews are on the James River at City Point Park, near the Petersburg National Battlefield-City Point Park.
One lane of Route 10 reopened around 6:30 a.m. Friday.
Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call Hopewell/Prince George Crime Solvers at 804-541-2202.
Police said they fired at the suspect after he rammed two police cruisers head-on.
An officer-involved shooting and police chase ended with two officers and a suspect taken to the hospital.
This year's nationals are in Atlanta, Georgia in early May.
The arrest was in addition to five similar arrests announced over the weekend.
Bill Alsko is one of just two school bus technicians tasked with making sure Hopewell's 36 school buses are running safely.
Hopewell Police report they've arrested several local store owners and managers for selling spice.
A "highly infectious" cat virus has forced the Hopewell Animal Shelter to stop accepting new cats through November 1.
A reason for the resignation has not yet been made public.


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Mark Alberhasky Explains How Mirrorless Cameras Can Trump A DSLR
Around this time last year, I was asked to shoot a wedding for a young couple getting married in Charleston. I came to find out that the groom's father was none other than Nikon advertising photographer Mark Alberhasky. Mark and I hit it off instantly so when I found out he has been shooting wildlife with Nikon's V1 mirrorless camera, I knew he would be perfect for Fstoppers Mirrorless Month. Mark explains how mirrorless cameras can out perform dlsrs below.
If you aren't familiar with his work, Mark is a contributing photographer for Nikon advertising and a Nikon mentor for the Pop Photo Mentor Series treks. His work has been featured in Nikon World magazine (read it here) and calendar, has won awards internationally, and has been used in commercial ads, magazine covers, textbooks, action sports publications, and corporate installations. This being "Mirrorless Camera Month" here at Fstoppers, we asked Mark to share his insights on the Nikon 1 System, specifically the V1 camera. Here is what Mark had to say about using the Nikon mirrorless system:
Nikon System 1: V1
by Mark Alberhasky
Enter the Nikon 1 System. Nikon choose a different route for the sensor creating yet another standard: the CX format. Admittedly, when I first read of this my reaction was one of skepticism. Do we need another sensor size? Yet my experience with the V1 and CX sensor over the past year has yielded several pleasant surprises.
First, the V1 body itself is a solid and durable construction. It's heft in your hand tells you it's a different animal than many compact cameras you've used. Second, the high resolution electronic viewfinder is a wonderful compliment to the camera back LCD. An "eye level" sensor detects the presence of your face at the viewfinder and automatically switches from LCD to viewfinder for seamless viewing. Focus and capture are nearly instantaneous owing to some serious technology implemented for the HD video side of the camera. Still photography will be the emphasis of this article and so I'll only say the benefits of the video advances are nothing but good for the still photographer.The CX sensor is between the dimensions of the typical Coolpix camera and the APS-C size of DX sensor DSLRs. The 10MP fit into the 13.2×8.8mm format ensures a tight pixel density. In fact if this technology were used to create a full frame sensor it would be in excess of 70MP. We're talking serious resolution. Yes, it's true the pixels are small and so high ISO performance is not the forte of this design. That being said performance at 800 and 1600 are nothing to dismiss, and the other benfits of this system warrant further comnsideration.
There are two major advantages with the Nikon 1 System. Ironically they are at opposite ends of the size spectrum. The Nikon 1 System lenses are small. Really small. As in 3 lenses (10.5mm, 10-30mm, and 30-110mm) that cover the 35mm equivalent of 28mm – 297mm can fit in the palm of one hand. Once you discover that these lenses with the CX sensor produce sharp images with somewhat greater depth of field than your DSLR, the potential for a wonderful travel kit begins to emerge. My first appreciation was when I hiked into the sand dune field in Death Valley with only the V1 and the kit lenses. What a treat! The control set has enough depth to allow serious shooting and you're not exhausted lugging 30 lbs of gear.
The other surprise from System 1 comes in the form of the FT-1 lens adaptor. This small attachment allows you to mount Nikon DSLR lenses on the J or V bodies. Before you say, "But that goes against what you said in the opening paragraphs!", hear me out. The reason you might want to mount DSLR lenses is the incredible increase in relative focal length you'll get due to the CX sensor size. The conversion factor is a jaw dropping 2.7x. Your Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR becomes a 190-540mm focal length while retaining the full f/2.8 lens speed! Autofocus is also retained (although limited to the central focusing target). The other fringe benefit is that the image the CX sensor captures uses the central sweet spot of DSLR lenses, cropping away the periphery where optical compromises often become evident.I decided earlier this year to try the V1 during photo safari in Africa, using several legendary Nikkor lenses: the 70-220mm f/2.8, the 300mm f/2.8, and the 400mm f/2.8. The relative focal lengths on the V1 ranged from 190mm to 1080mm, all at f/2.8. I also used the diminutive kit lenses for walk-around shots. While I can't share all the highlights here on Fstoppers, I can tell you the results were amazing. Such that Nikon ran a feature article in the summer issue of Nikon World ("Skill Set") that speaks volumes about the capability of this camera. Serious DSLR shooters should consider the V1 if for nothing more than it's use as a teleconvertor. Increase the focal length of glass you own without losing lens speed or any compromise in the optical quality of the native lens design. But don't be surprised when you end up using it for more.
In summary, the Nikon 1 System is something unique. It can be a simple still / video system for the consumer market. But in the hands of a serious photographer it becomes a tool with amazing potential. And once you experience the pleasure of System 1 as you travel it may have you thinking twice the next time you're packing photo gear for adventure.
To read more about Mark's use of the Nikon V1 for wildlife photography, check out his detailed blog entry about his safari journey through Tanzania. For more information about Mark, visit his website www.imagema.com and blog.


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Wilmington woman publishes book about her life in Zimbabwe
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» Brunswick County boil water advisory lifted
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President Bush has announced that our nation is addicted to oil, but that isn't true at all. I am addicted to cigarettes, I am not addicted to water. Yet if I had to choose between the two, I'll pick water every time — I need it to survive.
We need energy to survive, and for now that means we need dirty fuels like oil and coal. We fear that our use of fossil fuels changes the climate, and the result is a debate between societal survival and, well, societal survival.
When it comes to global warming, it is both useless and unnecessary to quibble about disputed facts, such as whether human activity is a significant factor. For the purposes of this column, I will simply accept all of the assumptions of the Green Movement. Global warming is real, and we are a significant cause of the problem. (Hell, if Pat Robertson can buy into it, why can't I?)
So what does man-made global warming mean for us? We will face warmer weather, more droughts, higher sea levels, more precipitation, et cetera. Under the more extreme scenarios, some parts of the planet would become uninhabitable — although it is probably safe to imagine that some uninhabitable areas would become more livable, especially up North.
Generally, though, we can assume that human life will be affected negatively by the warming trend. Our way of living will dramatically change.
Forget New England
The Green Movement wants to do something about that. The argument basically goes like this: if we suffer now by dramatically changing the way we live, then maybe we can avoid suffering later by dramatically changing the way we live.
Put that way, it doesn't sound like a winning proposition. But will we really suffer now because we act in a fashion dramatic enough to avoid climate change? The beginning of the answer lies with the Kyoto Protocol, a 1997 international treaty that would require the U.S. and several other industrialized countries to reduce greenhouse gases — especially the ubiquitous carbon dioxide — by meeting emissions targets.
What exactly would it mean to meet the Kyoto targets? Let's look at the numbers. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the United States generated 5,802 million metric tons (MMT) of CO2 in 2003. Naturally, this number has grown over the years as our economy has expanded. In 1990 we emitted just 4,969 MMT of carbon dioxide. If we had ratified the Kyoto treaty, we would have committed to cut emissions to levels 7% below that 1990 level — or to about 4,620 MMT.
Can we cut emissions by that much? Sure we can. I'm looking at the Energy Information Administration's table of all 50 states' levels of carbon dioxide emissions. If we shut down all industry and electric generation in the 14 "Blue" States (the ones that went for John Kerry in 2004) east of the Mississippi River, then seize all automobiles, airplanes, and private land there, we would slightly overshoot the Kyoto goals.
Of course, I'm being somewhat ridiculous here (besides, that solution didn't work when they tried it in Cambodia). So let's try to spread the burden of Kyoto compliance around. In 2003, gasoline use in the U.S. accounted for 1,141 MMT or 20 percent of our total carbon dioxide emissions. If Congress acts today to outlaw the use of gasoline for all uses — automobiles, lawn-mowers, generators, et cetera — we'd be within just 40 million metric tons of reaching our Kyoto goals. And that's great, unless you like being able to drive, or having food brought to your grocery store, or having ambulances and fire trucks that can respond to emergencies.
It is true that we don't have to meet the Kyoto goals tomorrow — but we would have to meet them by 2008, which is not much better if you think about it. Even 2018 would not be much better. We are a growing population that needs more energy every year to sustain life and comfort.
This is not a simple case of adjusting your thermostat by a few degrees, driving fewer miles this summer, or even buying a hybrid. Even gradual Kyoto compliance would require much more drastic action than that. You would have to stop heating and cooling your office — perhaps your home as well. You would have to take the bicycles on your family vacation this summer — not on top of your car, but instead of your car. Forget about using that microwave — and probably best to turn off that power-sucking computer of yours as soon as you're done reading this.
Given what it would take to comply, it's no wonder that the signatories of the Kyoto treaty are mostly failing to meet the targets, many of them (notably Canada, but especially Spain) doing far worse than the non-signatory United States. Even the countries that have kept emissions in check since 1990 (such as Germany) have largely done so because of a one-time event — the collapse of Eastern Bloc industry at the end of the Cold War — and not through significant, sustained reductions in energy use.
'Kyoto Is Not Enough'
But the picture is actually much bleaker than all that, because an important Green Movement tenet is that compliance with the Kyoto treaty is only the first baby step toward changing the warming trend. In November 2005, Professor Guy Brasseur, a Belgian scientist who runs the National Center for Atmospheric Research, addressed members of the European Parliament to inform them that "Kyoto is not enough."
"If we stopped all CO2 emissions today, the temperature would continue to rise for between 200 and 300 years," said Brasseur, who also noted that in order to stop human activity from raising the temperature, "we must reduce emissions not by five to ten percent, but by eighty to ninety percent."
Someday, that may become possible: it will happen as soon as we develop a new, cost-efficient technology that satisfies our needs for energy with minimal pollution. But it's very safe to say that such dramatic reductions are impossible any other way. Right now, even a 20 percent reduction in emissions would probably be more traumatic and destructive to our civilization than twenty more years of high emissions and global warming — especially considering that such a relatively large emissions reduction still would not put a dent in the problem. And that is to say nothing of the effect a 60 percent or a 90 percent reduction in CO2 emissions would have on how we live.
The sages of The New York Times editorial board deride the technological development approach as a "Hail Mary" solution, and of course blame the idea on President Bush (who is responsible for every other evil in the world, so why not?). But this is simple blindness to reality. For normal people who drive cars and refrigerate their food, the "Hail Mary" approach is infinitely more effective and preferable to the approach that represents a slow death for the world economy.
The Green Movement, unfortunately, opposes the cost-effective, emission-free technologies we have already developed — namely, hydroelectric and nuclear power.
The main point is that, accepting the premises of the Green Movement at face value, there is no reason to make society suffer, just to bring about minor reductions of emissions that won't make a difference. If the climate keeps getting hotter, as the Greens predict, I'm certainly not going to be the one to sacrifice my air conditioning now so that maybe it cools off in a few centuries. My thermostat stays on 68.
David Freddoso, a native of Indiana, is a political reporter for Evans and Novak Inside Report.
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5 traveller reviews for Courtyard Gurgaon
WRITE A REVIEW- Himanshu Sharma
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- 4 Reviews
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Best Experience: Lounge
Worst Experience: Reaching the hotel.
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- Mahesh Raorane
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Best Experience: food
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- Vamsi P
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Best Experience: The staff were very helpful and service provided by Marriott Courtyard was excellent
Worst Experience: nothing apart from the harsh summers during that time in Delhi & Gurgaon
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Courtyard Gurgaon Overview
Courtyard Gurgaon is part of Marriot International. It is located at Sushant Lok-1 on Sector Road, in Sector 27 in Gurgaon. The nearest international airport is the IGI International Airport, which is 14 km from the hotel and the nearest domestic airport is the Delhi Domestic Airport, which is 16 km away. The New Delhi Railway Station is the nearest, at a distance of 8 km.
Rooms and Amenities at Courtyard Gurgaon
The Courtyard Gurgaon has a total of 198 rooms and suites. There are 154 Deluxe Rooms, 38 Executive Rooms and 6 Courtyard Suites. Every room is provided with a fridge and a tea/coffee maker. They have an in-house multicuisine restaurant and a bar. The services provided by them are doctor on call, travel desk, car parking, laundry service, room service, deposit locker, television in the rooms, internet surfing facilities, currency exchange services, STD, running hot water and even baby sitting services. Courtyard Gurgaon has a swimming pool, gymnasium and health club. They have amenities for ayurvedic treatments too. They offer pick-up and drop facilities also. All major credit cards are accepted by them.
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An example of an aversion is when you dislike hot dogs and refuse to eat them as a result.
aversion definition by Webster's New World
- Obsolete the act of turning away
- an intense or definite dislike; antipathy; repugnance
- the object arousing such dislike
Origin: Classical Latin aversio ; from aversus, past participle of avertere: see avert
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- A fixed, intense dislike; repugnance: formed an aversion to crowds.
- The cause or object of such a feeling.
- The avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because it has been associated with an unpleasant or painful stimulus.
- Obsolete The act of turning away or averting.
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Robert Langlois has been named CEO of Paris Glove of Canada Ltd, one of the oldest and most respected glove companies in North America.
This will be Langlois' second stint with Paris Glove as he was vice president of sales and marketing for the company for two years beginning in 1989. He had been working in the same capacity for Ganterie Auclair, which was subsequently acquired by Paris Glove.
Most recently, Langlois was vice president of division sports for Montreal-basEd Raymond Lanctôt Ltd, which distributes eyewear, clothing, ski and team sports products in Canada and the U.S. During his 40-year career, he also worked with Jupa Sports, Head USA, and Salomon Canada Sport.
"Robert brings a wealth of experience to his new role," said Torsten Janson, managing director and CEO of New Wave Group AB, which purchased Paris Glove in December 2011. "His time with Head America and Salomon in Canada ideally equips him to lead the Paris Group in the expansion years ahead."
Paris Glove was entirely family-owned since its inception in 1945, when founders Felix and Lily Monk brought their glove knowledge from the old country to Canada. Peter Monk, president of Paris Glove at the time of the purchase, is continuing to serve in his leadership role to assist in the transition to the new management. Vice President Joan Monk continues in her position to focus on product specification and quality manufacturing.
Paris Glove companies include Auclair, which is the official supplier to practically every Canadian team on snow and ice including alpine, snowboarding, freestyle, speed skating, Nordic combined, telemark, speed skiing and, of course, cross country. The brand was prominent at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics where most of Canada's athletes wore Auclair gloves, while the USA Olympic team featured six gold medalists wearing Auclair.
Backed by an enviable reputation synonymous with quality, style and performance, Paris Gloves sells to virtually every retailer in Canada, many major retailers in the USA, produces many private brand gloves for retailers, and licenses a number of non-proprietary brands such as Kodiak, Simon Chang, Izod, Joseph Abboud, and Etienne AIGNER.
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