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Product Description
- Primary Function: MicroSD 16GB memory card for mobile phones
- Dimensions (micro SD card): 15 x 11 x 1mm (L x W x H)
- Dimensions (SD card adapter): 32 x 24 x 2mm (L x W x H)
- Manufacturer Ref: AD655F01CD9E
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- 16GB Micro SD TF Card with SD Card Slot Adapter, great for mobile phones
- The 16G Memory Card is easy to read and read in speed
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Product Notes
- A large capacity 16GB microSD removable memory card enhances your mobile life
- Once you install this in your cellphone or similar device, you will generally want to format the card with your device's interface. That is because the standard format for certain phone brands, particularly Motorola, can differ from other devices. Formatting for your brand cell phone ensures memory integrity and maximum speed performance.
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- Warnings: The newest types of Mini SD cards use a format called SDHC or Secure Digital High Capacity. A Mini SDHC card has the same specifications as a standard Mini SD card. This means that these types of cards are backwards-compatible with older devices that use standard Mini SD cards. A Mini SDHC card, however, will not work with a device that uses standard Mini SD. If you attempt to use a Mini SDHC card in a Mini SD device there is a chance that you can not only damage that memory card, but your device as well.
Mini Vs. MicroSD Card:
- Significance: The ability to move files around in a portable devices allows for enjoyment, sharing and productivity on the go. Users can record events, work on spreadsheets, get thoughts down and transmit them globally. This is all in addition to the ability to call ahead to inform parties about troublesome traffic conditions.
- Warning: Whereas both miniSD and microSD use included adapters to fit into SD slots, they are not usually cross compatible with each other. Today's devices use miniSD much more prevalently due to its smaller size and increased capacities. There are very specific capabilities from device to device in handling memory capacities and data transfer rates. The user is best advised to become familiar with the specifications of their computer, phone, and portable players
How to Unformat SD Cards:
Whether you're using a digital camera, smartphone or MP3 player, you probably have a lot of important data saved on the device's Secure Digital (SD) card. This data may get compromised if you insert your SD card into another device. The new device may reformat the card, potentially resulting in data loss. If this happens, you may need to unformat the SD card to retrieve your data. The good news is, there's a way to unformat an SD card yourself--all it takes is a freeware (free software) program and a little time.
- Open your Internet browser, and navigate to the home page of a data recovery freeware site (see the links in the Resource section). Download the program you select. The only way to unformat your SD card yourself is to use one of these free data recovery programs.
- Insert your SD card into the appropriate slot on your computer. For PCs, the SD card slot is located near the disc tray. If you're using a MAC, insert your SD card into its appropriate device (digital camera, MP3 player), and plug the device into the computer via the USB port on your Mac.
- Open the freeware program you recently downloaded by clicking on its icon on the desktop of your computer.
- Select "Mac" or "PC" from the main menu of the program.
- Select "Data Recovery" from the list of function options. The program begins the process of unformatting the formatted SD card to recover any lost data on the card.
- Wait for the computer program to finish unformatting the card and locating data. You'll know when it's finished when the status bar on the program screen is complete. Afterward, any lost data displays in a window in the program, and your micro SD card is unformatted.
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In 1997, a group of conservative American politicians, academics and policy brokers announced 'The Project for a New American Century'. The line up reads like a who's who of important players in the Bush administration since 2001. There is vice-president Dick Cheney, defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Lewis Libby (Cheney's chief of staff), Paul Wolfowitz, formerly in the defence department and newly appointed president of the World Bank, and Zalmay Khalilzad (who has served until recently as the ambassador to Afghanistan and is now the ambassador to Iraq). It also includes Jeb Bush, president Bush's brother.
PNAC is focused on the concern that "American foreign and defence policy is adriftâ€. They worry that the US may not have what they describe as the "resolve to shape a new century favourable to American principles and interestsâ€. They seem disappointed in the willingness of Americans to take up the burden of America's role in the world. PNAC's goal, they say, is to "make the case and rally support for American global leadershipâ€.
Their name and vision clearly echo Henry Luce's famous 1941 manifesto 'The American Century' in Life magazine. Luce starts his essay by observing that "We Americans are unhappy. We are not happy with America. We are not happy about ourselves in relation to America. We are nervous – or gloomy or apathetic.†The rest of the essay can be read as an argument as to why Americans should make a decision to find some thing that will, as he says, "inspire us to live and work and fight with vigour and enthusiasmâ€. If they can do this, Luce says, then Americans can "create the first great American centuryâ€.
According to Luce, there was a war that was waiting to be fought. It was not just the second world war, but a much larger struggle. This was the war that Americans had been evading for decades. He wrote:
The fundamental trouble with Americans has been, and is, that whereas their nation became in the 20th century the most powerful and the most vital nation in the world, nevertheless Americans were unable to accommodate themselves spiritually and practically to that fact. Hence they have failed to play their part as a world power – a failure which has had disastrous consequences for themselves and for all mankind. And the cure is this: to accept wholeheartedly our duty and our opportunity as the most powerful and vital nation in the world and in consequence to exert upon the world the full impact of our influence, for such purposes as we see fit and by such mean as we see fit.
Luce was calling on America to embrace a role as a global empire. There are few who would disagree that after the second world war the US did just what Luce proposed. It took the opportunity that was available and exerted on the world all the influence it could for the purposes and with all the means that its leaders saw fit. In 2002, president Bush declared "Today, the US enjoys a position of unparalleled military strength and great economic and political influenceâ€. But looking back over these 60 years or so and looking around the world and America now, it is clear that American 'global leadership' has proven to be a short-lived and difficult period of global domination and the whole idea is in crisis again.
US Intervention
In the aftermath of the second world war, the US used all kinds of power in its effort to exert influence. One study that tried to list the US use of its armed forces "as part of a deliberate attempt by the national authorities to influence, or to be prepared to influence, specific behaviour of individuals in another nation without engaging in a continuing contest of violence†cites 215 incidents between 1946 and 1975. The list excludes actual wars. A 1998 study looked at policy in the post-cold war period and observed that "Unencumbered by cold war fears of sparking confrontation with the powerful Soviet Union, American policy-makers turned frequently to threats and the use of forceâ€. It examined eight major cases of US threats and use of force in that period and concluded "The US sometimes succeeded in these ventures and sometimes failed. Success rarely came easily, however; more often, the US had to go to great lengths to persuade adversaries to yield to its will.†Even without a superpower enemy, America was not prevailing easily.
New Institutions
The US at the end of the second world war also created new international institutions, including the United Nations. It has run into problems with this as well. At the founding conference in San Francisco in 1945, 50 nations met to draw up the Charter. There were disagreements between Britain, the Soviet Union, and the US on side and the less powerful nations on the other, with the major powers insisting that the Charter give them power to veto actions by the Security Council. A history of the debate and the UN veto records that "At one point during the conference,… several delegations of smaller nations became somewhat unruly in their opposition to the vetoâ€, whereupon one of the US delegates told them that "they could go home from San Francisco if they wished and report that they had defeated the veto but they could also report that they had torn up the Charter.â€
The US got its way. But here too success was not to last or to come easily. In the first flush of the post-cold war world, secretary of state Madeline Albright claimed that "the UN is a tool of American foreign policyâ€. A few years later in trying to get UN support for the use of force against Iraq, president Bush found himself with no option but to threaten its very existence, declaring to the UN General Assembly "Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding, or will it be irrelevant?†Nonetheless, the threat was ignored and despite US bullying and bribes the overwhelming majority of Security Council members refused to support the US resolution authorising an attack on Iraq.
Suspicion of US Motives
It is not just governments. People around the world have been responding. A January 2005 Pew study on global opinion, based on their polling in recent years in 44 countries, reported that "the rest of the world has become deeply suspicious of US motives and openly sceptical about its wordâ€. It observed that "Anti-Americanism is deeper and broader now than at any time in modern history. It is most acute in the Muslim world but it spans the globe – from Europe to Asia, from South America to Africa.†This includes people in countries that have been close US allies for over 50 years.
The Pew survey found that these opinions were enduring, noting that "this new hardening of attitudes amounts to something much larger than a thumbs down on the current occupant of the White Houseâ€. Pew reported that "at the heart of the decline in world opinion about America is the perception that the United States acts internationally without taking into account the interests of other nationsâ€. A December 2004 public opinion poll in 23 countries found that in 20 of these countries a majority of citizens believed it would be better for Europe to become more influential than the US in world affairs.
Nowhere is the decline in the 'global leadership' of the US more evident than in its occupation of Iraq. The much vaunted 'coalition of the willing' that the Bush administration claimed to have built in 2003 for the invasion of Iraq has all but collapsed. Thirteen countries have already withdrawn their forces. Italy, Poland, Ukraine have all recently announced they will pull their troops out; these are the fourth, fifth and sixth largest contingents of foreign troops there. The countries that will soon be left, apart from US and UK, are Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, Romania, Slovakia, South Korea, Japan, Denmark and Australia.
President Bush's leadership at home is in deep trouble too. The Washington Post noted that his election victory in 2004 was far from the mandate he claimed it to be. He received 50.7 per cent of the popular vote, while John Kerry managed to get 48.2 per cent. The last time a president was re-elected with such a small margin was almost two hundred years ago, in the early 1800s. President Bush now has the lowest approval rating of any president at this point in his second term, according to polls going back to second world war.
Unease at Home
Domestic US opinion is now uneasy about the war. United for Peace and Justice, a national network of anti-war groups, counted 583 towns and cities around the country that were planning events to mark the second anniversary of the war. This is up from 319 such events last year. In the state of Vermont, in a day of coordinated town meetings, 49 out of 57 communities approved resolutions calling for withdrawing US troops from Iraq. A March Washington Post-ABC News poll found that 53 per cent of Americans feel the war was not worth fighting, 57 per cent say they disapprove of Bush's handling of Iraq, and 70 per cent think the number of US casualties is an unacceptable price to have paid.
It is not just the Iraq war. The American public seems to be telling pollsters that they do not support a 'global leadership' role for their country. Only about 8 per cent supported a hegemonic role for the US, as the "pre-eminent world leader in solving international problemsâ€. There was little difference between Republicans and Democrats. The overwhelming majority agreed that "The US should do its share in efforts to solve international problems together with other countriesâ€. Asked the same question another way: "Do you think that the US has the responsibility to play the role of 'world policeman' â€, they gave the same answer – overwhelming majorities, over 70 per cent were opposed. Even larger majorities criticised existing policy, by saying that "The US is playing the role of world policeman more than it should beâ€.
There is more than just rejection of the idea of global domination. There is widespread support among the American public for the US submitting to international institutions and the will of the international community. A poll in March 2005 found that 57 per cent of Americans believed that the US should not have an absolute veto at the United Nations, and agreed that if a decision was supported by all the other members, no one member, not even the US, should be able to veto it. Almost 60 per cent of Americans believed that the United Nations should become "significantly more powerful in worlds affairsâ€. Asked whether, "when dealing with international problems, the US should be more willing to make decisions within the United Nations even if this means that the US will sometimes have to go along with a policy that is not its first choice,†75 per cent of those who described themselves as Democrats said that it should as did 50 per cent of Republicans.
Majorities also agree that the US should join the International Criminal Court, even if that meant US troops possibly being brought to trial there, in signing the Kyoto Climate Change Treaty, in ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and the convention banning landmines convention. There was even widespread public support for the US accepting and being bound by adverse decisions from the World Trade Organisation.
Henry Luce would be deeply disappointed. It seems that the majority of Americans remain, as he put it, "unable to accommodate themselves spiritually and practically†to empire. If the people have their way, the American century may turn out to be much shorter that he or his successors at PNAC could ever have imagined.
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RURAL CHENOA, Ill. -- A local couple is dead following a Sunday night crash in rural McLean County. They leave behind nine children.
Area police are working to determine what caused that crash, especially since it was a route the couple knew well.
Sunday night, Eldon and Stephanie Kaeb were headed to Wisconsin to pick up supplies for their farm.
The McLean County Coroner says it's a trip they made almost weekly.
Shortly after 9 p.m. the Kaebs, having just left a family gathering, were headed northbound on 3360 East, or Weston Blacktop, preparing to cross Route 24.
At the same time, a semi tractor trailer was approaching that intersection, heading West on 24 toward Chenoa.
Police say it was the Kaebs who, on that dark stretch of road, apparently missed a stop sign.
"There were skid marks at the scene. They apparently did see the stop sign too late, and were not able to stop," said Trooper Dustin Pierce of Illinois State Police, district 8. "They went underneath the semi and caused the back two axles of the semi trailer to go over the back two axles of the vehicle they were driving."
Eldon and Stephanie Kaeb, 52 and 45 years old respectively, died in the wreck.
A Tuesday autopsy showed that both Eldon and Stephanie Kaeb died of multiple blunt force injuries.
Meantime, their nine children, who range in age from early 20's to about six, are being cared for by other family members.


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I don't think this is lame at all. Our next generation of operators needs to come from somewhere. And this Lad sounds motivated. Good for him. If he wants to do it. Then do it.
There are more than enough resources out there on training. But it sounds like he is in good enough shape to start Basic. Thats all you need for now. You don't need to join the infantry with SF Selection fitness levels. I would start humping a ruck though. Get weight on your back and start walking and get used to it. And not a gay ruck1 pack or weight vest. Get a Alice pack, work your self over time to 80ish pounds (start at 25lbs for 5-6 miles ) for at least 10 miles.
All levels of training in the combat arms are 100% mental.... unless your unfit .... then its 100% impossible.
good luck. And if he serious he can PM and I will at least point him toward some resources.


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Who needs the Fax (machine), when an e-mail will doThursday, May 8th, 2008
Just received another press release from an organization seeking coverage of a program.
They sent it by fax. Who sends faxes anymore when e-mail is so convenient (and saves paper)? A lot of people, do, surprisingly.
E-mail is also a mighty handy (and enviro-friendly) way to invite people to a party or other event.
Received an invitation this week to a grand-opening celebration for an office building in West Palm Beach. The invitation was printed on a 5-by-7-inch sheet of metal (likely aluminum).
I would suggest recycled, nonbleached paper for invitations — or, better yet, send an e-vite. I know, I know — not the "old school" way of doing things.
Still, they are free, quick and don't use any resources, aside from a infinitesimal amount of electricity.
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Given the incestuous nature of politics and lobbying in
Washington, D.C., and the corruption inherent in the gambling
industry, the rise of an opportunist like Jack Abramoff was all but
Navajo President Peterson Zah wants tribe to vote on
legalized gambling.
In California, a new law opens the door to union
organizing in 58 Indian-owned casinos in the state.
Today's economic woes remind Mary Flitner of a horse race years ago and the important lesson it taught her: Times are always tough for ranchers, so you might as well enjoy the gamble!
After long resistance to gambling, the Navajo Nation has
decided to allow casinos on the reservation
Wayne Parrish's Legend of the
Eagleman is a suspenseful and engaging novel set in the
world of tribal casino gambling
If outgoing Interior Secretary Gale Norton didn't
receive a push out the door, she certainly deserved one after her
involvement in the sleazy Jack Abramoff scandal
The Taos Horse Fly, with its biting
journalism, does its best to live up to its name
Some members of the Taos Pueblo in New Mexico fear that
plans to add a resort hotel and casino will bankrupt the tribe,
especially since the tribe's existing casino is already in
financial trouble.
On Arizona's Tohono O'odham Reservation, a controversial
tribal council plan would build a casino on land where a
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Heard on a radio program that all dogs in New Zealand had to have microchips even farm dogs. What is the background and rational for microchips in all dogs in New Zealand?
USA is currently discussing microchips, or other individual animal identification for animals destined to be part of the food chain. Pet owners can have identification chips implanted but there is no manitatory requirement to do so.


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It wasn't the best kept secret, but at least it's now official. University of Akron head coach Caleb Porter has been named the Portland Timbers' new head coach, effective at the end of the 2012 NCAA season.
Porter has spent the last seven seasons at Akron becoming one of the most successful coaches in NCAA history and leading the Zips to a national championship in 2010. Several of his former players are currently in MLS, including Darlington Nagbe who plays for the Timbers. Porter also served as the head coach of the U.S. U-23 National Team that failed to qualify for the 2012 Olympics.
The 37-year-old Porter will be officially introduced in December after the conclusion of the Akron season.
"Put simply, I believe Caleb Porter is the best young soccer coaching mind in the country," said Timbers Owner and President Merritt Paulson. "He is the right fit for the Timbers on every level. We went through an exhaustive and thorough search over the last couple months where we spoke with some truly excellent candidates, but Caleb quickly emerged as the consensus target. We look forward to 2013 and beyond with Caleb at our helm."
"Caleb is ambitious and one of the most respected coaches in the nation," said Wilkinson. "He has consistently developed and produced talented players who have gone on to excel in MLS. We feel that his mentality, personality, skill set and coaching philosophy are a tremendous fit with the culture of the Timbers organization and we're excited to bring Caleb on as the Timbers head coach."
Porter took over the Zips program in 2006 and has grown it in to one of the best in the country. He has the highest win percentage among active NCAA Division I coaches, with a career mark of 106-17-14 (.825). He earned his 100th career victory last year, reaching that plateau faster than current MLS head coaches Bruce Arena and Sigi Schmid.
"I am truly excited and honored to be provided this unique opportunity to coach the Portland Timbers, an organization that in a short-time has established itself as a model franchise in Major League Soccer," said Porter. "I know that Merritt and Gavin are committed to long-term success for the Timbers and come December, I will be completely focused and driven to continue building a professional club in which the Timbers supporters, city and organization will be proud of. In the meantime, out of respect to the Akron program, I will not be commenting further on this matter until after the conclusion of the 2012 college season."
Timbers fans now have five months to now speculate about what changes Porter will bring the Timbers when he takes over at the end of the year.


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CENTRAL Ill -- Rorie Joslin, 3, is waiting her match.
A match she needs by March at the very latest.
"She was diagnosed in November," said Rorie's cousin, Charisa Ausfahl. "She just has a little cough. It was not really much of anything. We didn't think much of about. Her parents decided to take her into the pediatrician just to have it checked, and it was leukemia."
Rorie joins thousands of patients who are diagnosed each year with life threatening diseases.
For Rorie, a bone marrow transplant is her best chance of surviving.
However, officials say finding that match isn't so easy.
"In order to match someone well enough to donate to them, you have to match their DNA at a very specific level for the transplant to be effective," said Be the Match Marrow Registry employee, Taylor Seemuth. "That's why we need to add even more people to the registry to give patients a better shot."
Bone marrow match drives have been set up all over the country by family members of Rorie attempting to increase her chances of finding a match.
Now, thanks to Ausfahl who lives in Bloomington, Central Illinois residents could possibly be Rorie's hero.
Dozens have already been tested for a match, with a painless swab of the mouth.
"We know that God is in control and Rorie is precious to him," said Ausfahl. "He is taking care of her and we are just believing that someone will be found that will match her and save her life."
You can get tested as well.
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AMHERST, MA (RNN) - LSU held only one lead - at the start of the first half - during their non-conference matchup with Massachusetts, narrowly losing to them 92-90.
The Tigers' Johnny O'Bryant III scored 23 points and 11 rebounds. Anthony Hickey had seven assists and three steals for LSU.
The Minutemen led in field goals and 3-pointers. They led by as many as 10 points in the first half and fought off the Tigers' comeback, leading 49-45 at the break.
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I was thinking of getting the Mark II but when they announced the price and no IS I decided that it's not for me. If the Tamron is a little better than the Mark I, I will give it a shot. I sort of gave up on non Canon lenses many years ago after several issues with some of them. Although I have to say that Sigma service was always top notch and took care of everything. Anyone have experience with Tamrons customer service, is it as good as Sigma? Also waiting for more reviews, then I will jump if they concur with the good reviews that are out already.
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I'd like to see info on the Tamron's vignetting. In the few lenses I've compared over the years, Tamron lenses had much greater vignetting than Canon's, especially at wide open apertures.
Look up That Nikon Guy on Youtube. He has about 5-6 videos with the new Tamron. He is using a Canon mount on a 5D2. From what I have seen, the Tammy looks pretty good.
I will be happy if the Tammy truly falls between the Canon Mk I and II in real world uses( for me, those are weddings). Hopefully it will hold up to some degree of abuse even though I am pretty careful with the very little gear that I have
5D mark III, EF 50mm f/1.2L, EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L mark II, EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS mark II, Profoto B1 with Air Remote TTL-C, 2 600EX-RT speedlites with ST-E3-RT, Profoto Softlight Reflector White, several umbrellas, and other related accessories.
This is good news. I'm still looking forward to more reviews, especially including Bryan's, but everything continues to point to this being a lens to get excited about. I'm absolutely thinking of selling my 24 - 105 and getting one of these in its place. A stop faster, plus IS? And optics better than the 24-70 I?
I'm not ready to pull the trigger, and I'm not in a hurry to do so, but I'm absolutely hoping for the best.
Not to tie this in with the "light leak" silliness...but EV -1, where the "problem" starts to manifest itself, is f/2.8 @ 1/2 second @ ISO 3200...and that'd probably be hand-holdable with this new lens at the wide end. Unbelievable...we're almost talking handheld astrophotography....
I'm not ready to pull the trigger, and I'm not in a hurry to do so, but I'm absolutely hoping for the best.
Not to tie this in with the "light leak" silliness...but EV -1, where the "problem" starts to manifest itself, is f/2.8 @ 1/2 second @ ISO 3200...and that'd probably be hand-holdable with this new lens at the wide end. Unbelievable...we're almost talking handheld astrophotography....
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"The Tamron faired quite well"
*looks at MTF numbers*
...LOL... How about, the Tamron OWNED the Canon?
Aside from Tamron's slightly inferior AF technology, (still in it's infancy after all) ...the Tamron is by far a better choice for all but the most warzone-bound flagship shooters who need their lenses to double as bricks.
Don't get me wrong, the Canon 24-70 mk1 is a workhorse and I use it all the time for wedding photojournalism, but it's getting over the hill. I'm still in disbelief that Canon is going to attempt to charge $2300 for the 24-70 mk2, without stabilization, considering the incredible sharpness of the Nikon and now this Tamron. Good luck with that, Canon...
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1) Nikon D800 is better than the 5D3 in almost all aspects, even video.
2) Very overpriced Canon Cinema division got destroyed at NAB by Black Magic and Sony who stole all the buzz.
3) Now Tamron fills the I.S. niche that #1 feature in the 24-70 that Canon customers were begging and pleading for, but Canon failed to deliver.
1) DR at low ISO, and resolution are the only advantages the D800 has.
2) Black Magic may have the hype locked down, but with that tiny sensor the two are not interchangeable.
3) The 24-70II will surely blow away the Tamron in every way... Except IS (and price). So you do have a semi-valid point there. I'm still hoping they bring out a version with IS, but who knows.
Sorry Bvukich, but the general consensus by non-Canon fan boys (ie Independent Testers), the 5D3 got it's a$$ handed to it by Nikon. As for video, Black Magic did something innovative. It might be a smaller sensor, but the point is they shook up the establishment and took a chance, something Canon has not done since the 5D2. As for Sony, the FS700 pretty much dominated Canon in terms of headlines and hype at NAB. People are really excited by what Sony is doing. As for Canon, just a lot of bitching about overpriced video cameras.
Believe me, I WANT Canon to do good. I have a bit of money invested in Canon glass (around 8K in L-lenses), as well as other EOS lenses by Tokina and Zeiss. But they are not making top level products lately, and the competition is (especially Sony with their sensors and video offerings) are just making Canon look bad.
Canon needs a real winner, and soon.
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I'd like to see info on the Tamron's vignetting. In the few lenses I've compared over the years, Tamron lenses had much greater vignetting than Canon's, especially at wide open apertures.
"Falloff of illumination towards the corners of the frame is very pronounced. At 24mm the corners are 2.9 stops darker than the image centre and at 70mm the corners are 2.5stops darker. Stopping down to f/5.6 results in visually uniform illumination across the frame throughout the zoom range."
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2.9 stops falloff at the corners is pretty rough I guess, would still be willing to live with that though.
Also, the resolution figures seem to indicate the lens performs better at the wide end. CA is well controlled as well... Though there is this onion-like oof blur in the sample shot at f/2.8 - not sure what to make of that...
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The Oakland Raiders have waived McClain less than three years after drafting him eighth overall.||||||| McClain is the third player drafted in the top 10 by late owner Al Davis to be let go so far this offseason by second-year general manager Reggie McKenzie. Defensive back Michael Huff (seventh pick in 2006) and receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey (seventh pick in `09) were cut last month.
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Oakland Raiders coach Dennis Allen says he told McClain not to come to practice a day after being held out for team-related issues.||||||| Allen would not address the reasons for his decision on Thursday other than to say there are "consequences to his actions." McClain did not report to the team facility Thursday. Allen says McClain is still on the team's roster but says a decision about his future will need to be made. McClain was the eighth overall pick in the 2010 draft. He has struggled so far in his career and has had his playing time sharply reduced in recent weeks.
McClain is not practicing again for the Oakland Raiders a day after being held out for an undisclosed team-related issue.||||||| The Raiders say McClain is still on the team's roster Thursday despite being held out of practice for two days. Coach Dennis Allen is scheduled to address the media later in the day. McClain was the eighth overall pick in the 2010 draft. He has struggled so far in his career and has had his playing time sharply reduced in recent weeks.


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Fuel supply might be the biggest barrier to scaling-up biomass power generation, but it's by no means the only problem. Utility projects to repower coal-fired plants face permitting challenges,...
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But transmission planning, as we know it, may never be the same.
On July 21, the day after after this column went to press, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) was set to release its most important ruling in years—the widely anticipated yet much-delayed final rule on electric transmission planning and cost allocation.
And if it looks anything like what was initially proposed, the final rule should prove worth the wait.
Edward Krapels, founder of the independent transmission company known as Anbaric Holding LLC, and prime mover behind such historic grid projects as Neptune, Hudson, and Green Line , predicted as much when he commented on FERC's proposal last September.As Krapels put it, "We believe the commission's final rule that this NOPR foreshadows is likely to join the other seminal acts of Congress and of the commission that have compelled the American power markets to modernize and become more innovative."
The rule comes more than 13 months after FERC issued the NOPR (notice of proposed rulemaking), in June 2010, and nearly two years after the commission staff first convened regional meetings in Philadelphia, Atlanta and Phoenix in September 2009 to gather ideas and advice. FERC's apparent foot-dragging marks a sure sign of feathers being ruffled—not only across much of the power industry, but also in the halls of Congress.
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Corker and his colleagues questioned many of the NOPR's ideas, including the proposal that transmission planners should take account of public policy mandates, such as state renewable portfolio standards (RPS), or that planners might choose to socialize (spread) the costs of new grid projects across wide swaths of utility service territories and their ratepayers, under the supposed radical theory that "beneficiaries pay."
Even before that, after the Wall Street Journal had run an adverse editorial in December 2010, the FERC chairman was forced to mend fences. He assured Journal readers that the commission wouldn't discard the long-held "cost causation" principle affirmed in the landmark 2009 case of Illinois Commerce Commission v. FERC , in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit had had asked FERC for a better explanation of why PJM could allocate costs to ratepayers across its entire grid footprint, from the Atlantic to Chicago, to pay for high-voltage transmission lines designed primarily to serve needs in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland. (That explanation, by the way, is still forthcoming.)
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Sen. Jeff Flake released the following statement after President Barack Obama threw his support behind an immigration reform movement on Tuesday.
The statement has not been altered in any way.
"The bipartisan Senate framework deems border security a priority by making eventual citizenship contingent on measurable increases in border security. The President's proposal does not contain similar language," said Flake. "This provision is key to ensuring that border security is achieved, and is also necessary to ensure that a reform package can actually move through Congress."
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Eznis Airways and Lufthansa Technik sign agreement for technical sevices
"Lufthansa Technik Switzerland is proud to have been selected by Eznis to provide repair and overhaul services to their Avro RJ 85's engines for at least five years," said, Sebastian Sattler, Key Account Manager of Lufthansa Technik Switzerland. "During the cooperation period, experienced maintenance staff from Lufthansa Technik will be assigned to Ulaanbaatar to ensure quality maintenance services from the very beginning as well as for a long-term knowledge transfer to Eznis."
The addition of the Avro RJ85s to the Eznis Airways' fleet will be one important component in the airline's goal to become the No. 1 choice for regional air service in North Central Asia by connecting Mongolia to neighboring regions, as it will further develop the carrier's network in terms of new destinations and increased frequencies.
S.Khurelbaatar, VP Operations of Eznis Airways, stated: "From the time Eznis Airways was first established it has been committed to operating safe and reliable air transportation services. We look forward to Lufthansa Technik - the leading provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services worldwide with extensive experience servicing the Avro RJ family aircraft - providing technical services that meet international standards for our Avro RJ 85, which is a new aircraft type for Mongolia. Furthermore, Lufthansa Technik will offer world-class technical training to our engineers and technicians for maintenance services to be completed in-house in the future."
About Eznis Airways
Eznis Airways is the leading Mongolian domestic airline with the largest network of domestic destinations within Mongolia, and highest flight frequency on these routes. The airline was established in 2006 by the Newcom Group, one of the largest holding companies of Mongolia. The airline operates domestic scheduled and charter flights to 14 destinations in 10 aimags of Mongolia including Dornod, Bayankhongor, Khuvsgul, Umnugobi, Khovd, Uvs, Zavkhan, Bayan-Ulgii, Gobi-Altai and Uvurkhangai, and operates international scheduled service to Hailar in China's Inner Mongolia region and Ulan-Ude in Russian Federation's Buryat Republic, and charter services to points in China, Russia and Kazakhstan.
About Lufthansa Technik Switzerland GmbH
Combining the Lufthansa Technik experience and the proverbial Swiss quality, Lufthansa Technik Switzerland with its base at Basel/Mulhouse airport is part of the European network of Lufthansa Technik for the technical support of VIP and business aircraft. In the area of regional jet services, Lufthansa Technik Switzerland supports a range of aircraft types, among them the Avro RJ, BAe 146, Embraer 145 as well as the Saab 2000.


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Spammers are still displayed on the top members plugin
When marking a member as a spammer, the top members with the most points still displays those spammer names. Is there a way to only show normal members?
I'm sure I'm not the only one with the "spam" problem on buddypress so I believe this feature is a must.
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Mount Augustus
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Photo panoramique par David Rowley Pris 00:55, 21/08/2011 - Views
Mount Augustus
Often claimed to be the world's largest monolith, Mount Augustus stands 1106 metres above sea level and has a central ridge 8 kilometres in length. It is around 2 times the size of Ayres rock. The path to the summit is well marked and is best climbed in the early hours of the morning. At the summit there is a trig station which would have originally been used to help map this area.
More information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Augustus_National_Park
The causeway that crosses the Lyons River on this highway makes the crossing a very simple one, provi...
I found the country at the upper side of the Ashburton River to be some of the driest I had ever seen...
Mount nameless is accessible all the way to the summit by 4 wheel drive vehicle. From the summit you ...
The adventure continues! Ok, so to recap: we started at the Knox Gorge, abseiled to the chute, took a...
There are no kangaroos in Austria.
We're talking about Australia, the world's smallest continent. That being cleared up, let's dive right in!
Australia is a sovereign state under the Commonwealth of Nations, which is in turn overseen by Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.
The continent was first sighted and charted by the Dutch in 1606. Captain James Cook of Britain came along in the next century to claim it for Britain and name it "New South Wales." Shortly thereafter it was declared to be a penal colony full of nothing but criminals and convicts, giving it the crap reputation you may have heard at your last cocktail party.
This rumor ignores 40,000 years of pre-European human history, especially the Aboriginal concept of Dreamtime, an interesting explanation of physical and spiritual reality.The two biggest cities in Australia are Sydney and Melbourne. Sydney is more for business, Melbourne for arts. But that's painting in very broad strokes. Take a whirl around the panoramas to see for yourself!
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- Home
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Could someone point me to a book, or website that teaches you to do tree-diagramming of sentences, like the one in the below picture.
The tree diagram systems seems to be better at grasping grammar relationships between words than the reed-kellog one.
And the above one seems to break each word down into a branch very nicely
P.S. your image verification program is a *****, completely illegible.


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Get the latest news and watch previews from some of your favorite PBS kids programs. If you cannot find what you are looking for, please try the PBS kids video player. Click on any of the following programs to watch their respective previews.
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO. (Aug. 17, 11:20 a.m. ET) — Alpla Inc. is planning a $2 million expansion at its Jefferson City plant. The expansion will create 25 new positions and allow the company to retain its current employees. The plant manufactures plastics bottles for the personal care market, namely consumer goods giant Unilever.
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Interior environments enhance the quality of life, culture, and comfort of occupants by lifting their spirits within aesthetically pleasing spaces that are full of invention and imagination.
Interior designers coordinate the design of interior spaces with the building shell, the exterior environment, and the social context, as well as integrate issues of sustainability, building codes, and regulatory requirements. They also engage in environmentally sensitive practices that address the current trends and needs of the profession to "think green."
Named one of the "Top 20" interior design programs in the United States by DesignIntelligence, Lawrence Technological University's Bachelor of Interior Architec- ture emphasizes a three-dimensional, architecture-based approach to creating humane, enabling, and ecologically sensitive interior environments for living, working, and recreation.
Interior architecture stands at the intersection of architecture, design of the built environment, and conservation as it relates to the issues of sustainability. Lawrence Tech's program focuses on the re-use of existing structures and their subsequent transformation into new space and/or form, always keeping sustainable and technological issues at the forefront.
The program is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), giving you an important advantage when entering the workforce. The Interior Architecture Student Organization (IASO) is active on campus and connects students with both of the major interior design professional organizations: the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and the International Interior Design Association (IIDA).
Your 132-credit-hour program consists of:
Interior architecture core
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For more information, contact Lawrence Tech's Office of Admissions at 800.225.5588 or email@example.com.


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Online registration is now open for the 2009 Live Design Broadway Master Classes with an early-bird special representing $100 off all prices through March 28, 2009. Tony Award-winning lighting designer Jules Fisher and legendary sound designer Abe Jacob are once again the creative consultants for these intensive professional training courses.
The schedule for the 2009 Broadway Master Classes is as follows:
•7th annual Broadway Sound Master Classes, May 16-17, at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway, New York City
•15th annual Broadway Lighting Master Classes, May 18-20, NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South
•5th annual Projection Master Classes, May 21, NYU's Eisner Lubin Auditorium, Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, NYC.
For the first time, Live Design has been able to arrange inexpensive housing in NYU dorms starting on Sunday, May 17, 2009 for attendees at the Live Design Broadway Lighting Master Classes and Broadway Projection Master Classes at the special rate of just $70 per night in air-conditioned rooms in a suite with shared bathroom. All participants must be 17 years of age to stay in the dorm, and family members or friends not registered for the Master Classes cannot be accommodated. The dorms are within easy walking distance of the Classes.
"All three of the Master Classes are back at NYU this year, and we are excited to renew our relationship with the Tisch School of the Arts, The Skirball Center, and the Kimmel Center" says David Johnson, associate publisher of Live Design. "The projection classes will once again focus on Broadway projection design, with attendance at a Broadway show for the first time and an in-depth analysis of the image design and technology."
Additional information, prices, and an online registration form for the 2009 Live Design Master Classes can be found at: livedesignonline.com/masterclasses.