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Fati Nourhashemi, M.D., of the Toulouse University Hospital in France, and colleagues conducted a cluster-randomized trial of 1,131 patients with Alzheimer's disease from 50 memory clinics in France. Clinics were randomized to provide either a comprehensive assessment every six months and specific guideline-based treatment to participating patients, or to provide usual care. The main outcome measured was change on the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-activities of daily living scale assessed after 12 and 24 months.
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There's a lot to be said for companies that start at the grassroots level. Projects are funded out-of-pocket, personal experience becomes career passion, and end results matter more because they are of one's own design. For 20-year veteran celebrity makeup artist Susan Posnick, that's the path she chose to follow when she was diagnosed with facial skin cancer.
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Airports Council International (ACI) and Aéroports de Montréal (AdM) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC), in the presence of Montréal International, to promote excellence in airport management and operations at airports worldwide through ACI's Airport Excellence (APEX) Programme. ACI formally launched its APEX in Safety Programme in September 2012. The Programme helps airports enhance the safety of their airside operations for the benefit of the flying public. The agreement provides the foundation for specific cooperative initiatives between ACI and AdM under the APEX Programme.
The month of May was a banner month for the world's top airports. Of the top twenty airports ranked by passenger traffic, only two airports experienced year over year declines in passenger numbers. Overall passenger traffic increased by +4.7% in May across the globe. Airports also reported a significant increase of +6.9% in international passenger traffic whereas domestic passenger traffic increased by +2.8% as compared to May 2012. International traffic remains buoyant in the Middle East particularly at key hubs around the region. For instance, Dubai (DXB) and Istanbul (IST) continue along their relentless growth path achieving double digit growth over +18% for the month of May. Moving further east, Kuala Lumpur (KUL) achieved remarkable growth of +22.3% in May.
Istanbul, Turkey, 11 June 2013 – Today, Airports Council International (ACI) honoured recipients of its annual 2012 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards and inductees to ACI's Director General's Roll of Excellence during the ACI Europe and World Annual Congress & Exhibition 2013 Gala Dinner and ASQ Awards Ceremony at Ciragan Palace Kempinski.
Istanbul, Turkey, 11 June 2013 – At the 23rd ACI World General Assembly in Istanbul, Turkey, the world's airports unanimously supported the following resolutions that empower Angela Gittens, ACI World's Director General, to begin work on the following key priorities.
Istanbul, Turkey,10 June 2013 – – Today at the 23rdAnnual General Assembly, Frederick J. Piccolo, President and CEO of the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority was elected Chairman of the Airports Council International World Governing Board by a unanimous vote of the members.
Montréal, 7 June 2013 – Passenger traffic at airports increased modestly by +1.8% in April 2013. Airports also reported moderate increases of +2.4% in international passenger traffic and 1.3% in domestic passenger traffic compared to April 2012. Regional disparities persist with markets like the Middle East posting significant year-over-year gains at +10.2% in passenger traffic, while North America and Europe remain almost flat at -0.3% and +0.4% respectively. Many major European airports are feeling the brunt of the economic slowdown. Madrid (MAD), Paris (CDG), Frankfurt (FRA) and London (LHR) all experienced declines in traffic during the month of April. However, other airports such as Dubai (DXB), Istanbul (IST) and Kuala Lumpur (KUL) continue to experience double digit gains.
MONTRÉAL, 10 May 2013 – The market for international travel remains buoyant for the month of March. The Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific all posted double digit gains in international passenger traffic of +16.4, +14.1 and +10.9 respectively. Although overall passenger traffic grew by +4.6 percent, domestic traffic showed signs of weakness for some regions for the month of March. On an aggregate basis, domestic traffic increased by +2.6 percent. With the ongoing economic slowdown across Europe, domestic passenger traffic saw a decline of -5.9 percent. However, Istanbul (IST) remains unperturbed by the European economy. The airport's passenger traffic grew by +23.8 percent.
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MONTRÉAL, 23 April 2013 – ACI is pleased to announce the release of its 2012 ACI Airport Economics Report.
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MONTRÉAL, 23 April 2013 – Airports Council International (ACI) is proud to share the news that it will host the first Airports Economic Regulation Conference in Mexico City, Mexico from 29 to 31 July 2013. The Conference is jointly organized by ACI Latin America-Caribbean and ACI World.
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Dance stars FAR*East Movement have recruited rap icon Snoop Dogg, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and actor Kal Penn for their new music video to encourage fans to vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential elections.
The Like a G6 hitmakers will debut the promo for new track For All on Thursday (25Oct12) in the hope of inspiring their fellow citizens to exercise their right to vote, whatever political party they support, on 6 November (12).
Group member Kev Nish says, "The song was inspired by President Obama's 'For All' campaign. We wanted to create an anthem around the inspirational ideals that people around the world are entitled to, no matter your race, religion, sexual preference, political or social views.
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John Lamont was attacked in the Carnvale area, just off the Carniny Road, in the Co Antrim town at around 3am on Tuesday.
Mr Lamont is understood to have recently retired and is well known in the local community, having lived there for over 20 years.
His wife Liz Lamont, 59, also suffered stab wounds and is in a critical condition in Antrim Area hospital.
A 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in connection with the incident.
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A neighbour, who had spoken with Mr Lamont on the evening he was attacked, described the family as "quiet and hard working".
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Robin Swann, UUP MLA for North Antrim, extended his sympathies to the Lamont family.
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What a bizarre game...but very original and funny!
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There's a glitch where sometimes, when you go behind the couch and the pedofile is on the other side, he will see you but will be to stupid to go around the couch. He will just stand there, doing nothing but just run straight to the middle of the couch with a rape face. You can then camp behind the couch for points lmao.


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Days after the illegal release of Eminem's Recovery album, Fat Joe has publicly given his review of the solo project.
Joe explained what impressed him on Em's leaked project.
"That sh*t's crazy," Joe said in an interview. "That sh*t with him and [Lil] Wayne, [track] number two ['Talkin' 2 Myself']. All that sh*t, man. That n*gga spittin'. Hard…I thought I wasn't gonna like it, cause n*ggas was sayin', Yo, it's rock, and this and that,' but that sh*t was hard. I was expecting just more regular hip-hop type sh*t. You know what I'm sayin'? It was more like Just Blaze-[produced] rock sh*t…I like that sh*t. A lot. I can't lie to you…I think he's back to where he once was…For real. I think lyrically, he's back to where he was. That's what I got from the album." (XXL Mag)
Em's album leaked across the Internet earlier this week.
It doesn't matter if you're a new kid on the block like Drake or a veteran like Eminem, chances are your new album is bound to leak early at some point. Marshall Mathers is the latest to fall to the leak plague, as his upcoming Recovery hit the Internet on Monday, two weeks before its June 22 official release date, and spread like wildfire. Fan forums immediately blew up with quick-take reviews on the rapper's second album in as many years, raving about the many different sounds Slim Shady tries on over the course of the disc. The opening track, "Cold Wind Blows," finds Em taking aim at some of his favorite targets, viciously daring haters to take him on while dropping references to Elton John, Michael Vick, Aquaman, Michael J. Fox and Mariah Carey before dipping into a sing-songy chorus, "I'm as cold as the cold wind … blows, bla bla bla blows." (MTV)
In promotion of the new release, Em dropped his "Not Afraid" music video last weekend.
Eminem's "Not Afraid" music video has been out for full viewing pleasure. The Slim Shady is seen standing on the rooftop of a skyscraper, looking down the street. In one point, he is seen throwing himself from the edge of a destroyed road. "The overall concept is basically just being in a dark place and trying to get to the light," Eminem previously said in an interview with Skyrock FM in Paris. The music video is directed by Rich Lee and was partly filmed on the streets of Newark, New Jersey in early May. (Ace Showbiz)
Aside from rating Em's new album, Joe is currently preparing the release of his Darkside LP.
"I feel like it's a hip-hop classic. From Premier to Just Blaze, to Cool & Dre, to Street Runner, Infamous, Scoop Deville, Scram Jones…What I wanna know is, who does ten albums, and on the tenth album, it's better than all the other ones. I don't use the word classic lightly. I never had a classic. Try that one out. Its going down my n*ggas, its going down!" (All Hip Hop)
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President Calderon and the Mexican people are engaged in a
relentless conflict with Mexico's drug cartels. In 2008 the
number of casualties resulting from the complex fight climbed into
the thousands and has shaken Mexican public confidence. Under
President Calderon's leadership, Mexico's military and law
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Students applauded and were visibly moved in the game's final moments
The best learning games are always fun. Try playing them yourself and see if you enjoy them. No matter how advanced your understanding of the subject matter, a good game should still be fun. I've understood algebra and number partitions for decades, but DragonBox and Wuzzit Trouble are still challenging puzzlers that I like to fiddle with on long airline flights. All good games offer challenges in intuitive ways. In fact, this is the reason games work so well for learning: Players are intrinsically motivated to identify and succeed at understanding the game's mechanics.The MindShift Guide to Digital Games and Learning provides a basic introduction to the use of video games in education, gives several thought-provoking examples, and points to numerous sites with related goals, including Edutopia's articles on game-based learning and Graphite's reviews of digital games with educational content. Meanwhile, this being what The Guardian has just called "Board games' golden age," resources such as Play Play Learn, BoardGameGeek's Games in the Classroom, and The Dice Tower's recent countdown of "Top Ten Games for the Classroom" offer interesting options for the tabletop as well. [more inside]
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Shanghai Tango - Whimsical illustrations.
"Here's another one you don't wanna hear. And frankly, neither do I."
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Bob Dylan Plays Concert for One Insanely Lucky Superfan
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Ice cream is the solution to all of life's problems
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Pathetic vestigial organ or integral part of fearsome predator?
In this paper, we examine a first-year torque and angular acceleration problem to address a possible use of the forelimbs of Tyrannosaurus rex. A 1/40th-scale model is brought to the classroom to introduce the students to the quandary: given that the forelimbs of T. rex were too short to reach its mouth, what function did the forelimbs serve? This issue crosses several scientific disciplines including paleontology, ecology, and physics, making it a great starting point for thinking "outside the box..." Lipkin and Carpenter have suggested that the forelimbs were used to hold a struggling victim (which had not been dispatched with the first bite) while the final, lethal bite was applied. If that is the case, then the forelimbs must be capable of large angular accelerations α in order to grab the animal attempting to escape. The concepts of the typical first-year physics course are sufficient to test this hypothesis... Naturally, student love solving any problem related to Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Terry Davis has offered the world a temple to a God who speaks only to him, and is and still waiting for everyone else to listen. [TempleOS previously on MetaFilter, including conversation with the author.]
Officially, the Census Bureau considers Arabs to be white.
While the U.S. 2020 Census is still more than five years away, planning has already begun in earnest. Among the chief issues [pdf] under discussion is how to rearrange options for racial/ethnic self-identification [NYT], particularly the (allegedly undercounted [pdf]) Arab/MENA (Middle Eastern and North African) population. The Arab-American Institute argues [pdf] that this proposal will have "positive impact on the treatment and services available to members of the Arab American community" but some have voiced concern that government agencies could use this data for less-savory ends (again) [NYT]. Via 538.
The 15 Worst Owners in Sports
Frackers, fuckers, racists and robbers – you don't need to be a bad person to own a pro franchise, but it certainly helps.
Beepocalypse!!! A Strange Case of Crankery Derailing Environmentalism
Part I: Bee Deaths Mystery Solved? Neonicotinoids (Neonics) May Actually Help Bee Health.
Reports that honey bees are dying in unusually high numbers has concerned many scientists, farmers and beekeepers, and gripped the public. There have been thousands of stories ricocheting across the web, citing one study or another as the definitive explanation for a mystery that most mainstream experts say is complex and not easily reducible to the kind of simplistic narrative that appeals to advocacy groups. We explore the claims by Harvard School of Public Health researcher Chensheng Lu, heralded by anti-pesticide and anti-GMO advocacy groups, for his research that purportedly proves that the class of chemicals known as neonicotinoids are killing bees and endangering humans.Part II: Bee Deaths And CCD - Flawed Chensheng Lu Harvard Studies Endanger Bees.
Here we examine the specific claim that neonics are responsible for Colony Collapse Disorder—the centerpiece of Lu's assertions and again see how influential media manipulate quotes and selectively present information to ideologically influence trusting readers.[more inside]
"we knew the B-52 could be destroyed just like any other aircraft."
What does it feel like to push a button, launch a surface-to-air missile, and blow a B-52 bomber out of the sky? Ask Nguyen Van Phiet. As a young North Vietnamese military officer, his SA-2 rockets were credited with downing four of the giant Boeing Stratofortresses during U.S. raids on and around Hanoi in December 1972.David Freed: The Missile Men of North Vietnam.
We are not rich, and we are not famous.
Indie pop sucess story and YouTube sensations Pomplamoose just finished a self-financed 23 city US tour. In a post on Medium, band member Jack Conte breaks down the tour financials and attempts to 'shine light on a new paradigm for professional artistry'. [more inside]
November 24
Internet culture puts trolling on a pedestal
Developer Randi Harper came up with a simple solution to help people deal with the harassing tweets they've been receiving from Gamergators: the GG Autoblocker, a perl script that identifies likely GGers and adds them to an ever-evolving block list. This has been a popular move in some circles, and an unpopular one in others. In response to some of the "feedback" she's been receiving, Harper has written Still Here, a two-part post on being a woman in tech: A Memoir, Call To Arms
From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin -- and now Mike Brown
59 years after an all-white jury in Mississippi acquitted Emmett Till's murderers, a majority-white grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, decided not to indict Darren Wilson, the man who killed Mike Brown. [more inside]
Billy Joel: life/career overview
A lengthy New Yorker overview of Billy Joel's life and career: Thirty-Three-Hit Wonder.
Open your eyes and smile
This wasn't a reality show, nor was it one of the elite bookings Anna enjoyed back in New York or Milan. We were there for a fake beauty pageant, one our Beijing modeling agency had booked us for, telling us it was a "fashion show" and providing no further details. It was only after we boarded our early-morning flight to Ordos that the true nature of the event was revealed. "We're on our way to another 'Miss' thing," a Ukrainian girl said from her seat with a groan. I was hired as Miss America; Anna, despite being Brazilian, as Miss Chile. It would have been the strangest 36 hours of my life—if, over the previous two months, I hadn't done it twice before.Life as a Fake Beauty Queen in Small-Town China
"Lunch: the most real you can get"
"HVNGRY is an online publication for teen girls (and boys) wanting more from mainstream media. It's a belly full of inspiration, motivation, passion, power, and taking-over-the-world." [more inside]
The Governor of New York Owes an Apology to a Bunch of Meteorologists
The Governor of New York Owes an Apology to a Bunch of Meteorologists Governor Cuomo's attempt to scapegoat the National Weather Service for an inaccurate forecast in advance is not only completely in error–the NWS did an outstanding job–but is a disservice to the public and to the hard-working staff of this federal agency.
this will answer all of your questions but it is in Chinese
The Shack Up Inn is a hospitality institution just outside of historic Clarksdale, Mississippi. Their FAQ page helpfully provides information regarding any questions you might have about amenities, bedding quality, or Didelphimorphia reproduction.
Hiding the Hollywood Sign through Garmin 'n Google
You're not really supposed to try to find this sign up-close in person, you're supposed to look at it from a distance. Arguments begin on how short that distance can be... [more inside]
Almost 530,000 words long—still a little shorter than "Infinite Jest."
Paul Ford explains the long road to HTML5 and the web standardisations process in the New Yorker.
In "Gathering of the Player Men at Buffalo," the Music Trade Review described a heady scene in which Mr. P. B. Klugh, speaking for the Cable Company, said that it had adopted "the nine-to-the-inch scale" and that "they were not open to argument on the subject, as such a scale had given entire satisfaction." Swayed, the manufacturers resolved the issue in favor of Klugh. As a result, we now live in a world where nine-holes-per-inch piano rolls are the standard. You would be a fool to build a player piano to any other metric.
Of course, the Web page is far more complex. It requires dozens of standards, governing words, sounds, pictures, interactions, protocols, code, and more. The role of Web parliament is played by the W3C, the World Wide Web Consortium. This is a standards body; it organizes meetings that allow competing groups to define standards, shepherding them from a "working draft" to "candidate recommendation" and "proposed recommendation," and finally, if a standard has been sufficiently poked and prodded, granting the ultimate imprimatur, "W3C recommendation."
Seven great movies expiring from Netflix on December 1st
"Every month, Netflix quietly clears its virtual shelves to prepare for the arrival of new offerings. There are roughly 80 movies expiring from Netflix Instant at the end of November. We've picked seven that we think you should make sure to watch before they're no longer streaming – one for each night until Dec. 1." (Paste Magazine)
Ex-Maple Leaf coach Pat Quinn dead at 71 [Toronto Star]
"Former Toronto Maple Leaf coach and general manager Pat Quinn has died at the age of 71. Quinn died Sunday night in Vancouver after a lengthy illness, the Hockey Hall of Fame and Vancouver Giants said Monday. Quinn, who was co-owner of the WHL's Giants, was 71.
"Bonding with owners is much more important for dogs than other pets,"
"Dogs don't just seem to pick up on our subtle mood changes — they are actually physically wired to pick up on them." A recent neuroimaging study shows how closely tied to humans dogs have become over the last 30,000 years.
Professor and the boomerang
Professor Yutaka Nishiyama is a mathematician and a boomerang enthusiast. His Boomerang International Project page contains instructions in multiple languages for making your own paper boomerang and several videos of the boomerang in action. [more inside]
It pretty much landed in my lap
I've been watching Odell Beckham practice similar one-handed catches for the past several weeks. He caught half a dozen in practice before Sunday's game, and had an amazing one-handed fingertip catch in practice several weeks ago. So he was definitely on my radar screen. Today I was making a point of keeping track of where Beckham lined up, so I would be ready. -- The New York Times interviews photographers about how they themselves caught this incredible catch in the Giants game last night.
A Sassy remembrance
Theresa DeLucci got a letter published in the only publication for girls that really attempted educational journalism—amid Twin Peaks fashion spreads and celeb interviews with grunge luminaries like Kurt Cobain and Kim Gordon.
Fashion behind bars
Project Pietà clothing is the brainchild of Thomas Jacob, a French designer who moved to Lima in 2011 to pursue a job with a Peruvian fashion label. A chance visit to a neighbouring jail, Casto Castro, with a friend who was teaching the inmates French opened Jacob's eyes to the possibility of a clothing project behind prison walls. "There are all sorts of initiatives when it comes to art or music, but fashion is popular with prisoners because it's about the body. In prison, it's the body which is imprisoned as well as the mind. And fashion allows a degree of physical self-expression which enhances the body." [more inside]
Drugs, stolen credit cards, and lots of free pizza
The weird, disturbing, and hilarious things for sale on the Internet's largest black market. Evolution: The not-so-secret place on the Web that sells drugs, uranium and a guide to texting girls
Glove Save, And A Beauty
At a Gander Flyers game against the Corner Brook Royals, a fan suffered a heart attack in the stands. The first two people there were the Mayor of Gander and the starting goaltender, Patty O'Brien, who moonlights as a paramedic. The victim is fine, Patty's a hero, and this story couldn't be more Canadian if the Trailer Park Boys were in the ambulance, feeding everyone poutine & Eric's Red beer and singing "I's The By".
Elizabethan Costume Page
Elizabethan Costume Page. From patterns and instruction to social history, and lots of resources collected therein. [via]
On Japanese Farewell Ceremonies for Things
Destruction and sacredness of life are often reasons for conflicts in Western culture; on the contrary, ceremonies like hari kuyo can become, even for Westerners, precious opportunities for reflection. In our habit of first producing and then acquiring, often with craving, a great quantity of objects destined to be thrown away like useless, harmful, and cumbersome rubbish shortly after their acquisition, are hidden the germs of attachment and hate that, together with nescience (avidyā), form the sad trio of spiritual poisons. We generally believe we are good custodians of the environment when hurriedly, even with a bit of resentment, we throw in the rubbish bin all that has been discarded. In transforming "removal" into "restitution," the getting rid of useless objects can instead become a stimulus, and not a mere gesture of refusal, for considering our relationship with activities, objects, and the environment, by carrying out, through decorous and at times melancholic farewell ceremonies, daily exercises of kindness and giving.Farewell Ceremonies for Things, from Dharma World, providing context for a number of Japanese ceremonies, including Hari-Kuyo, the Festival of Broken Needles, Fude-Kuyo, a ceremony for brushes, Ningyo-Kuyo, "a doll funeral", and other ceremony for valued items, activities, and professions.
According to one senior official, "He wasn't up to the job."
President Obama will announce today that Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is submitting his resignation. According to the New York Times, "The officials described Mr. Obama's decision to remove Mr. Hagel, 68, as a recognition that the threat from the Islamic State would require a different kind of skills than those that Mr. Hagel was brought on to employ." [more inside]
"Some things belonged to both of us from day one"
"A song, a poem, a scene from a film triggers memories. You're startled, moved, shaken. And you're faced with two options: 1) engage with the work and the memories it calls up, or 2) retreat, postpone, avoid. Option 2 is very attractive." Matt Zoller Seitz remembers his wife Jennifer, who would have turned 44 today. [more inside]
"Why even make a harsh story about surviving war into a video game?"
This War of Mine is a computer game by Polish developers 11 Bit Studios about being a normal citizen during a modern Eastern European civil war, drawing especially on the Siege of Sarajevo. It has been called an antidote to Call of Duty for its unremittingly bleak depiction of war, though it has been criticized for being an unrealistically grim portrayal of life in a besieged city by some, including a survivor of the Siege of Sarajevo. These and other issues are discussed on the strategy game podcast Three Moves Ahead. [This War of Mine previously]
It's all about the water in your head
Lost your car? This might help. Just "do the damned experiment".
Newtown's Adam Lanza and Missed Opportunities
Connecticut's Office of The Child Advocate Releases Report on Sandy Hook Shootings "Newtown shooter Adam Lanza was an isolated young man with deteriorating mental health and a fascination for mass violence whose problems were not ignored but misunderstood and mistreated, according to a report released Friday by a Connecticut state agency." [more inside]
The Cloud Colonies of Venus
While talk of a moonbase or terraforming Mars has tended to dominate the discussion for the first step in human colonization of the solar system, another possibility exists: floating habitats above the cloud tops of Venus. [more inside]
Below the Row
Underneath Savile Row, the home of British bespoke tailoring, work goes on that is seldom seen by those that walk along the street. James, apprentice coatmaker and Paul, his master, encapsulate a life dedicated to craft and precision. (SLVimeo)


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Panasonic has given us a release date and price for the previously announced Leica DG Summilux 15mm f/1.7 lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras. The new 30mm-equivalent lens will be available in silver and black starting in June, and will be priced at $599. It is already available for pre-order here at B&H Photo.
Panasonic Lumix GF2 with 14mm f/2.5 Lens for $349 – Deal Alert
Adorama has the Panasonic Lumix GF2 with 14mm f/2.5 lens for $349 (reg. $699). Check it out here at Adorama. It's also available in silver or red.
Note that the GF2 has been discontinued for some time; however, the 14mm f/2.8 lens sells alone for $322.95.
Panasonic GH4 Available for Pre-Order for $1699!
Holy cow! Panasonic's new 4K GH4 is now available for pre-order for a mind-boggling $1699. That's a 4K camera with a large, Micro Four Thirds sensor for $1699. Panasonic just fired a big shot across the rest of the industry's bow. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
You can also pre-order the GH4 with the Interface Unit for $3299. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
The YAGH Interface Unit itself retails for $1999. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
Panasonic GX7 for $749 – Deal Alert
B&H has the Panasonic GX7 for $749 (reg. $998) with 4% rewards and free shipping. You must add the GX7 to your cart to see the discounted price. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
You can also get the GX7 kit with 14-42mm lens for $934.99 (reg. $1098) with 4% rewards and free shipping. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
Panasonic VariCam 35: 4K RAW Cinema Camera, Shoots 120fps
Panasonic is on a roll lately in the 4K department. Back at CES 2014, we saw the Lumix GH4 Micro Four Thirds 4K camera and the 4K action camera. We saw a 4K VariCam concept camera teased as far back as NAB 2012. Now, we are finally seeing some details on a 4K VariCam model as the camera approaches an official launch. [Read more...]
Panasonic Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2 Lens In Stock
B&H has the new Panasonic Leica DG Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2 ASPH Power OIS lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras in stock now. That's an 85mm equivalent on a full frame camera. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
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DALLAS � Some of the most hallowed ground in Texas � the artificial turf on its high school football fields � may also be toxic.Fields in two of the state�s best-known high school stadiums, including the one made famous by the book and movie Friday Night Lights,�have lead levels far exceeding the Environmental Protection Agency�s standard for soil, according to independent tests done within the last month.The results, obtained by The Associated Press, are the first public indication that Texas� prized high school stadiums have become part of the national controversy over whether artificial turf contains unsafe levels of lead.Testing commissioned by the Ector County school district on the turf at Odessa�s Ratliff Stadium found lead at roughly 14 times the EPA standard. Similar testing by the Birdville school district in the Fort Worth suburb of North Richland Hills discovered a lead level nearly 10 times the EPA standard at that district�s stadium, the Fine Arts/Athletics Complex.Ratliff Stadium, which has a capacity of 19,500, has become part of Texas football lore and national popular culture as the home of the Permian Panthers, winners of six state championships and the team profiled in Friday Night Lights. The Birdville stadium is also well known in the state, with a seating capacity of 12,000.Both stadiums have the same brand of turf, a product called AstroPlay. The high lead levels were found in a secondary layer of nylon fiber at the base of the fields called the �root zone.�Neither test found significant lead levels in the uppermost fibers, the portion of the field that athletes are in contact with most often. However, testing at the Birdville stadium also found about twice the EPA limit for lead in drinking water in the runoff from the field, an indication that the lead is being released into the environment.�Our opinion is that AstroPlay turf could pose a human health risk,� wrote Michael T. Abel, project manager at the Lubbock lab that conducted the test.Quentin Burnett, an associate superintendent in the Birdville school district, said he and other officials are now attempting to learn whether the turf, installed five years ago, can still be safely used.�We don�t have the $300,000 or $400,000 it would take to replace it any more than anybody else does,� he said. �But we�re not going to have something that�s unsafe for our students.�David Finley, the Ector County school district�s director of facilities and maintenance, said the district sees no immediate cause for concern. For the time being, he said, it will continue monitoring the field, also five years old.Elsewhere in the country, school officials have closed facilities that showed lead levels far lower than those measured at the two Texas stadiums.The Beverly Hills, Calif., school district recently closed an elementary school playground with AstroPlay after discovering that the lead in its �root zone� was more than twice the EPA standard. The playground has been removed as hazardous waste and will be replaced, said Jim Fahey, director of maintenance and operations for the district.�How do you explain to a parent that it�s OK to play in these conditions?� he said, describing the school district�s position. �We didn�t want to have to explain ourselves or be second-guessed on this.�The lead in artificial turf comes from lead chromate, which until recently was widely used in the pigment that colors the nylon or polyethylene fibers.Artificial turf manufacturers say the danger is overblown because the lead is largely contained in the fibers. But critics contend that the fields present a risk as they degrade due to use and sunlight.The topic has generated controversy since two fields in New Jersey were closed in April after testing by state health officials found lead levels eight to 10 times the EPA soil standard.Those fields were the carpet style of AstroTurf, which has been out of favor for years. But more recent testing in other states has shown high lead levels in the latest generation of turf, which mimics real grass by using longer fibers and rubber or sand �infill.�AstroPlay was the major �infill� product manufactured by Southwest Recreational Industries Inc., a Leander, Texas, company that went out of business in 2004. The company patented the �root zone� and marketed it as a unique feature for stabilizing the rubber granules.�No field is exempt until you get reliable data to indicate whether there is high lead concentration in the product,� said Glenn Pulliam, a New Jersey health official who was involved in analyzing the state�s test data.More than 200 of Texas� 1,154 high school stadiums have artificial turf, according to Bob McSpadden, who has a Web site devoted to the state�s stadiums.Despite the publicity generated by the New Jersey tests, the Ector County and Birdville school districts were the only districts among more than a dozen in Texas contacted by the AP that had tested their fields.�We�re not burying our head in the sand,� said Joe Loerwald, athletic director for the Round Rock school district outside Austin, which has an AstroPlay field. �But, at the same time, we don�t see it as a prevalent problem.�The fact that so few of the state�s school districts have tested their turf for lead is worrisome, said Winifred Hamilton, director of environmental health at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.�It seems to me that we�ve jumped into something without properly understanding it,� she said.
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Originally written on State of the Texans | Last updated 11/12/14
The Houston Texans had eight players selected to the AFC Pro Bowl roster where the game will be held Sunday, Jan. 27, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Texans had the second most players selected to the Pro Bowl behind the nine the San Francisco 49ers are sending. The Starters Jonathan Joseph, #24 Andre Johnson (6th Selection) Arian Foster (3rd Selection) Duane Brown (1st Selection) Jonathan Joseph (2nd Selection) J.J. Watt (1st Selection) The Reserves Matt Schaub (2nd Selection) Wade Smith, #74 Starting Left Guard Wade Smith (1st Selection) Chris Myers (2nd Selection) The Alternates Bryan Braman James Casey Owen Daniels James Casey, #86 Danieal Manning Antonio Smith The Full Pro Bowl Rosters can be seen here.
Original Story: http://www.stateofthetexans.com/?p=9714
PLAYERS: Andre Johnson, Arian Foster, Duane Brown, J.J. Watt, Matt Schaub, Wade Smith, Chris Myers, Bryan Braman, James Casey, Owen Daniels, Danieal Manning, Antonio Smith
TEAMS: Houston Texans
TEAMS: Houston Texans
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Originally written on The Hockey Guys | Last updated 11/20/14
By Tony Ambrogio (@SNTonyAmbrogio) Getty Images As Mike Komisarek walked into the room, he saw the large media scrum surrounding defenseman Jake Gardiner and said, "Jake Gardiner is free!" A week after his agent sent out a #FreeJakeGardiner tweet, the Toronto Maple Leafs called up the defenseman who will play tonight against Tampa Bay. "He did an excellent job," Leafs Coach Randy Carlyle said when asked how Gardiner handled his time in the American Hockey League. "We just felt Jake had played very well in the last 10 days." Korbinian Holzer was sent down to the minors to make room for Gardiner, who had 30 points in 75 games with the Maple Leafs last season as a 21 year-old. But a concussion in the American Hockey League in December kept him off the ice for several weeks. When he played a couple of games with the Leafs in January, Carlyle and Leafs management didn't like what they were seeing. So Gardiner went down to the Marlies and over the last few weeks he started to show th...
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