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My name is Sine and I am from Thailand. Here's some of my story. I'm here in England!! Even though it has been nearly 5 years of living in England, I never forget my strange feeling at the first moment I was in England.
Let's start from the weather (I know everybody loves talking about the weather here..!) It wasn't one of nicest days – rather cloudy but no rain.
Personally, I don't like rain or gloomy days that much. I don't know why but for some reason, I always find myself slightly depressed.
I comforted myself… 'Nevermind, it will be sunny later on' However, that whole evening went dark very quickly.
Then I thought, 'Hm, I shall go to bed (my body told me that if it was dark, it was time to sleep) and once I get up tomorrow, it will be a nice day'.
Secondly, English food, erm.. sorry, I honestly don't mean to offend any English readers here but it was just…'different'. Possibly I wasn't used to cheese – to me, cheese smelled like milk which has gone off for more than a month.
I found English food quite rich. However, it didn't take me long to get used to the food. After 3 months of having toast and butter every morning and pudding after supper, I put on more than 5 kgs. or nearly 1 stone!
After living here for 5 years (2 years with an English family, 1 year in the catered hall of residence), I'm much better and believe it or not, I do love cheese!
I enjoy cheese and salad sandwiches as much as Thai green curry with rice!
Next time, I'll be writing on a culture shock in England and how to handle it. Also some tips on how to cope with homesickness.
Don't forget, if this is your first time in England, let me know whether you feel the same way as me. What do you think about England? Do you enjoy it? Share your experience or even if you are feeling homesick right now, let me know cuz I might be able to help…If not, then I'll promise you to be a good listener. Believe me, saying it to someone does help a lot!
Hammasa Kohistani, famously chosen to be the "English" entry into the Miss World contest last year, has spoken publically about the societal rift between Muslims and British people in England.There are several observations I would like to make over her comments, reprinted below:
"The attitude towards Muslims has got worse over the year. Also the Muslims' attitude to British people has got worse."
She simultaneously wishes to see the osmosis of Muslim Brit's into English society while herself making a distinction between the two. She worries that she was only used as a "sugar coating" to help iron over the tensions between Muslims living in Britain and British caucasians, yet she self-defines as a Muslim and her opinions seem to prioritise her Muslim identity above her English identity, rather than both being of equal importance to her.
"there is this hostility", she says, which comes "mainly from the Government".
She blames Tony Blair for making things worse:
"Tony Blair addressed Muslims in particular [?], telling them that they need to sort out the problem within. That was a huge stereotype [?] of the Islamic community. Even the more moderate Muslims have been stereotyped negatively and feel they have to take actions to prove themselves."
The highlighting is my own. Firstly, why would Tony Blair not address Muslims in particular? What other group should he be addressing on the subject of Muslim terrorists that he has not already addressed? Secondly, how is this a stereotyping? By instructing Muslim leaders to do more to avoid those from within their communities from becoming terrorists or terrorist sympathisers, he is simply speaking logically. If group A has a problem, you are best advised, lest you want to be accused of being patronising, to expect that group's leaders to deal with it. I find no basis for the accusation that his instructions were in any way stereotyping Muslims. Unless she means he was stereotyping Muslims as being Muslims, in which case she has no complaint.
Hammasa feels that Muslims are unfairly treated by the opinions of English people, yet she herself received several thousand death threats from Muslims in the weeks after she accepted the position of Miss England. Several community leaders openly declared her to be betraying Islam. Yet she feels Toby Blair has no place telling those same leaders to do more to curb the problematic few Muslims who are capable of causing such destruction.
"It is not for me to answer how to get people to turn away from terrorism. The politicians don't know what to do and I am just a 19-year-old."
Fortunately she saves herself from sustained criticism by at least admitting the possibility that she doesn't quite know enough to express opinions on this subject. Yet the subtext here is still vitriolic; that the politicians do not know what to do.
Call me racist if you must (I assure you I am not) but is it really, really awful of me to expect Miss. England to be caucasian English and to have spent their childhood living in England and not abroad? That, of course, is another post entirely.
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In mid January a whale was found in the Thames River, London. It died the next day as environmentalists attempted to lead it to deeper waters. It was believed that the whale had taken a wrong turning and rather than meeting the atlantic drift where it could relax and chow down on some squid, it had actually found itself surrounded by football chants and heavy accents in the middle of Chelsea bridge.
The post-mortem showed that without the healthy diet of squid, Fred had been unable to hydrate himself and his skeleton had been put through alot of stress.
This rings warning bells for the cockneys, of course, who also put their skeletons through alot and quite frequently end up lost in the Thames River after one too many beers on a Friday night. The next time Frank "The Bruiser" Fiddlesticks decides to take a refreshing swim across the river he may be mistaken for a particularly attractive pink and wobbly squid, and consequently gobbled right up.
Personally though, I can't imagine the Thames becoming much of a nature reserve for oceanic wildlife. Apparantly there are quite alot of fish in the Thames, but they're fighting for space with the plastic bottles, industrial waste and raw sewage.
Another site has cropped up; www.StGeorgesHoliday.com. As the name suggests, the plan is to work a sort of active petition for the creation of an official holiday celebrating St. George and all that is English (or Turkish.. depending on who you ask about St. George).
Graham from the site has been in touch to share some details:
"..We want the government to introduce a bank holiday on 23rd April. I'm sure you appreciate that a bank holiday will be a great opportunity for all the English (regardless of colour or religion or sexuality) to recognise the things that bind us together – rather than concentrating on our differences.."
You are invited to join the growing number of people who have pledged to take the day off work – officially or otherwise – on St. George's Day. We look forward to seeing how this progresses.
I've returned from London after an enjoyable weekend up there. You can view the photos from my trip over at the english-blogs.com photo album.
The flats pictured there are part of the building I stayed in. They are a group of flats in Chelsea, which is a part of London known for 'high-society' living.
The area is expensive and I could not afford to visit any of the restaurants there! The streets surrounding the flats are littered with all manner of small boutique-like shops, selling expensive fashion items such as dress and formal wear or jewellery.
Fortunately the underground system in London (a system of trains that connect parts of the city under the ground) is very easy to use and efficient enough so that getting from one place to another is both inexpensive and hassle free.
There are terrace areas owned by a local pub that allow you a great view of the goings on beneath you in the square. Most days, happy punters watch a man balance a bucket of water over his person or walk over some unsuspecting innocents, or somesuch similar spectacle.
If you don't enjoy being accosted by strangers then Covent Garden Market is not the place for you.
As soon as you step off the tube (the underground tube is the best way of getting there from afar) you will be surrounded by performers and public.
Many people use the area as a go-between for travelling from one street to another, so the area gets additional foot traffic. It's also a popular place to stop for a quick lunch as you can listen to opera or perhaps a string quartet while munching happily on a sandwhich before returning to work.
For a modest sum you can even have a skilled artist paint your portrait, or even a comedy version such as a charicature. If you enjoy the talent of a performer the option is always there to throw some spare coins into their hat – a way of keeping street performance alive and showing your appreciation for the effort.
Covent Garden Market is a must-see for any first time visit to London.
Here continues our blog on English Do's and Dont's – those things you should and should not do when in England or with English people! You can read from the beginning here.
Do not stare at people! - It is considered impolite to look at someone too long when you do not know them very well.
Do not spit! – Spitting in the street is considered to be very impolite indeed. You should only spit when no one can see you!
Do not touch people too much – unless you know them very well, gestures like hugging and kissing and so on are only shared between close friends. In general, English people are very modest when it comes to public affection between strangers.
Do not ask personal or intimate questions – English people are very keen on their privacy. This might seem strange considering how we treat our celebrities. Nevertheless, you should not ask questions like 'Why aren't you married?' or 'How much money do you earn?' and if talking to a lady, definitely never ask 'How much do you weigh?'.
Do not eat from your knife – only put food in your mouth from the fork or spoon – the knife is just for cutting the food!
Here is just a small selection of Do's and Don'ts for life in England. I hope you are not completely put off ever visiting if you haven't already! English people are very friendly usually and are used to meeting foreign people. If you make a mistake, it will probably be forgiven very quickly with a round of smiling and maybe some gentle teasing.
The class system in England has some very historical roots, as I expect most class systems do. Before I go any further, let's have a look at some basics.
What do you mean by 'Class'. Is it like school?
Erm, no. The word has a couple of other meanings, and here I mean it in the sociological sense. You can also refer to the idea as a 'Social Class' as it refers to a grouping of a part of a society.
In the more academic sense, the social term 'class' refers to groups that contain members of a certain occupational background. In this system, people with jobs that are more highly respected are given greater status than others.
The English class system consists of three main units, or 'classes': The Upper Class, the Middle Class and the Lower Class (sometimes 'The Working Class')
Now, there will be no prizes for guessing which class determined the names for each group. It certainly wasn't those in the lower third!
This system is commonly referred to as, simply, 'The Class System'. When English people refer to someone as being of a particular social class in this way it is always a way of labelling someone in a kind of estimate and never a definite thing.
The Middle Classes are the largest group and in modern society tend to be the most fashionable class to sit oneself in.
By declaring a middle class, you are simultaneously stating that you are comfortable but not rich, yet educated enough so as to avoid the word 'Lower' or 'Working' labelling your life. The Middle Class consists often of professionals in business and other areas, successful shop owners, industrialists and so on.
The Working Class are typically agricultural and industrial workers such as manual labourers who might work in a factory or some similar such job. Some refer to this kind of job as 'unskilled', meaning simply that no specific or long term training is required for its execution. Nowadays with the job market as diverse as it is, the lines between lower and middle classes are blurred.
It has become fashionable (as with anything that casts a negative angle on anyone) to not outrightly acknowledge the existence, or rather, the importance of an individuals class. Employers of even ten years ago might have actively discriminated against someone from 'the wrong type of class'. Today we are encouraged to look beyond social class and examine only the individual and his or her specific abilities.
Regardless, it might be useful for any visitor to be able to tell the difference. Most English people certainly can. Learn to look out for differences in the way people speak (their accents and accentuation), the way they dress (are they wearing the same type of clothes as other people in the same situations?), the way they choose to educate their children (what schools are they being sent to?), what activities they enjoy and even what type of food they eat on a regular basis!
When people actually use the word 'England', they often mean 'Great Britain' or 'The United Kingdom'. When used this way, the word never actually means 'England.'
The history of the British Isles is a long and typically confused one. The United Kingdom is made up of England (capital: London), Wales (capital: Cardiff) and Scotland (capital: Edinburgh).
England is the largest part of an island called 'Great Britain' which is also the biggest island in Europe. Great Britain is the name given to the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, and the Principality of Wales.
The diverse history mentioned above has given rise to some very different and particular customs and traditions in each of the three countries.
As recently shown by some comments on this site, getting any aspect of the unique 'cultures' incorrect can cause offence, and not only to members of one but usually all three.
When using the word 'England' you should take care that you are not causing offence to people from other parts of the UK.
Why England?
England used to be called Engla land meaning literally 'Land of the Angles' (no, not angels!). The Angles were a people from continental Germany who invaded Britain in the 5th Century, flanked by the famous Saxons and Jute.
The name Britain was the term used by the Romans to mean 'the whole island' and comes from the Latin (Roman language) word Britannia.
The term Great Britain was only first used by a King known as James I.
He was the King of England and Scotland (known as the 6th James in Scotland) in 1603 and needed a way to refer correctly to two separate Kingdoms that shared one same mass of land rules over by the same Monarch. However both Kingdoms did not share the same Parliament at that time.
Later, in 1707, the Act of Union dictated that a single Kingdom be created that shared a single Parliament.
Scotland retained its Legal System and still does to this day. The Act stated that this union be referred to as the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain'.
1801 saw Ireland joined to Great Britain in another such Act of law, and the name changed again to 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'. However since 1921 only Northern Ireland has been part of the United Kingdom and so the name changed again.
If you're from Kent, a county in England, you may very well be spending the day recovering from the annual festivities of Hop Hoodening.
This very English festival is celebrated throughout the country because historically Kent was the main producer of Hop. Nowadays much of this grip on the market has been lost, inevitably, to imports and increasing production costs in harvesting. Nontheless, you may still find the odd example of the Hop Queen parading around in a Hop Bower.
The longest running example of the Hop Hoodening is to be spotted at the Canterbury Cathedral on the first saturday of September. As with so many English celebrations, the Morris Men have alot to do with it.
Typically the festival begins with a parade along the areas leading to the Cathedral. The Hop Queen in a Hop Bower is followed religiously by country dancing Morris Men. There are also two hooden horses, a sort of horses head atop a wooden pole with drapes hanging to conceal the bearer. Everyone meets at the nave to the Cathedral and then walk down it for the main service.
A lot of dancing goes on, as is typical for this sort of thing. Dancing at the altar, dancing by different groups and so on. Loyal supporters of the Hop Hoodening have not been free from their fair share of troubles in trying to keep the spirit of the Hop alive in Kent. In 1996 the local police came to break up festivities when the local choir had booked the Cathedral for a service, for example! This led to the fun being had in a local Methodist church; the minister there apparently doing his very best to avoid directly mentioning either hops OR beer!
The government have released details of a report that speculates that by the year 2010 England will contain over 12 million obese adults and over 1 million obese children.
This speculation relies on the current rates of obesity being maintained.
Estimates for obesity rates in 2010:
Men 28% – 33%
Women 28% – 31%
Girls (2-15 years old) 22%
Boys (2-15 years old) 19%
If we do the mathematics, this predictions calls for basically a third of all English adults and roughly one fifth of all English kids to be obese.
Surveys associated with the report have claimed that the reason English people are getting fatter is because of a less physically active lifestyle and a tendency to eat more 'junk' food. Phew- we can blame the americans after all.
The charges such a problem might bring to the NHS tax-payer bill are estimated to top the current £1 billion budget.
Blair called for a 'Fitness Strategy' for England, requesting all government departments to work closely to make it so.
Laws have been suggested that legislate the advertising of junk food products. Calls have been made for such adverts to be banned from the television before the 9pm watershed.
Interestingly, although it is currently the boys who are more obese than the girls, the report predicts that by 2010, there will be more obese girls than obese boys. Essentially- English girls aren't going to get any thinner. Sore news for us all.
The report made particular mention of fat Yorkshire women. Northern England in general, so it proclaims, will have more than twice the number of obese people than London and the South. With all those pies and cheap ale, what do they expect?
Patriciai Hewitt, Health secretary, was quick to remind us all that it's not actually the government's job to remind us to take a walk now and then. Well done, Pat. Labour is certainly the most expensive Nanny I have ever had.
While politicians across England rise to the new buzzword 'Tackling obesity' (courtesy of Caroline Flint, Minister for.. wait for it.. Fitness) some opposition party members did whisper something about the whole thing being a gimmick and an attempt to distract voters. Heavens no.
If things don't change, England will be as fat as America by 2009.
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Jump Rope Training – Handle Modification
Within the video below, I demonstrate an inexpensive modification that can be made to a jump rope handle (plastic speed rope). I then provide a brief demonstration of the rope in action with slow motion clips included as well.
As for the handle itself, I've included some pictures below to clarify any confusion. One point that I did not mention within the video is that I tied a knot at the very end of the rope before wrapping each handle. This was done to prevent the rope from being pulled through the handle before it was thoroughly taped.
After wrapping the rope tightly with the cotton material, I then secure each end with a tight strip of duct tape.
I then continue to wrap the handle until it is solid. I leave approximately 1/8″ of an inch between the tape and the end of the cotton material. Be sure to wrap the tape very tightly at this point.
After several weeks of regular use, you can see how the rope has not be worn down at all where it meets the handle.
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Rolando Manso April 21st, 2011 6:06 pm
I stumbled upon your site by accident and have since been drawn to it. You have pragmatic and useful video articles that constantly glue me to the screen. I've had a need for the chain belt, jump rope handles, and I've always wanted to know how to really wrap the hands to hit the heavy bag. It is almost disturbing that these video blogs struck such a chord with me. Kudos and please keep up the good work.
Matt April 22nd, 2011 3:03 am
Nice work! I've got a length of old washing line that is just waiting for this treatment.
Chad April 22nd, 2011 8:05 am
I've been appreciating your site for a couple of months now. I'm not a fan of the high priced exercise gear so I really like the homemade stuff you make or post. The motivational stuff is very inspiring as well. Thanks!
I've started to jump rope and had a question about your handle. Mine has the rope spinning inside the handle. Is that good or bad or just a preference some have? Does your handle allow the rope to spin? Thanks again!
Matthew April 23rd, 2011 3:17 am
This video made my day I had the same problem with a broken cord and now I gotta solution thanks to you Ross. I don't know if you've noticed but I left a question on facebook concerning the best surface to jump rope ( I'm doing some modifications in my gym and now I'm looking for the best material to cover the floor) What would you recommend?.
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Roosevelt Lee April 23rd, 2011 3:58 pm
Ross, which size of your garage gym?
What do you have in your garage gym?I would like that you give me some ideas to create my own garage gym.
Thanks a lot. And sorry for the bad english… I'm brazillian.
Rumiana April 25th, 2011 12:32 am
Ross, I like your creativity. I stumbled on your site reading about abs exercises with furniture sliders and I love your work, so many tips for great workout and it costs almost nothing
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Thanks to everyone for the kind words…
@Chad – There is no spin on this kind of handle (not just the modification, but even the original rope that was purchased). For speed ropes, I prefer a basic plastic handle (ie. just the rope and handle surrounding it). I'm not a big fan of fancier handles as something will eventually need replacement.
@Roosevelt – I don't know the exact measurements offhand, but the size certainly isn't very large. I make the most of every inch. Perhaps I can write an entry in the future that is dedicated to making the most of a small location.
Brad May 6th, 2011 2:01 pm
I found your site because I was looking into jump roping as part of my routine. I have to say, this is one of the best sites I have ever come across for fitness and training. And you are one fit all around dude. Thanks for this great website.
MG May 13th, 2011 3:45 pm
Another great video/blog post. I'm going to try to do this with some heavy rope to get a Muay Thai type jump rope going. If it works out, I'll email you the results.
Thanks again for the idea. Your website is the best.
TroyP May 18th, 2011 1:12 pm
Awesome tips and incredible video of jumping rope. I linked to your site from a post I just finished about jumping rope.
I've got a long way to go to get the speed and variations you've got nailed. But even at my pace it's been an awesome addition to my workouts.
When I start to see signs of wear I'll pull the handles and try your cotton/tape handle.
Any tips on learning the timing for double unders?
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@Troy – Thanks for the kind words.
It's difficult to explain what is necessary for the double under through text alone. I discuss it in more detail in my Full Throttle Conditioning DVD, but perhaps I can add a related video to Youtube in the future..
For starters, don't try to string together multiple reps yet. You need to first get a single double under (to get the feel for what must take place). You'll typically want to skip with a comfortable cadence first and then finish the cadence with one double under. You'll be jumping a bit higher than normal with your first attempts. With regular practice, you'll gain more control over the movement (it's common to rush initially).
It then boils down the regular practice. Practice is the mother of all skills.
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Could anyone tell me where to get Nettie's doll patterns. I would especially like The School Chums pattern. It's been some time since I saw them for sale in any of the magazines.Thanks for any help you can give
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I was doing a search in the internet for Nettie's Patterns and came across your postings. Does anyone know if Nettie's Patterns ( by T.E.M. of California) are still being produced? I have one I bought in 1982 that I have never made up. It is for a 11 1/2 fashion doll with two versions of a Victorian dress. But with the pattern was some pictures of other dolls that I would like to get the patterns for...any help would be appreciated |
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I'll have to hunt for my patterns and let you know what I have. I think Ruthie could tell you I am so disorganized it's pitiful. I thought I knew just where they were but I rearranged things again. Will get back to you as soon as I can. |
Thank you very much. You are probably just like me. Too much stuff. |
I finally found my Nettie patterns. I have mostly the 11 1/2" doll series. The School chums I drew off of a friends copy and they aren't complete. I also drew off the doll house sized dolls. |
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The US State Department has designated an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operative who is wanted for his involvement in the USS Cole attack in 2000 and who currently leads a terrorist cell in Yemen.
Today under Executive Order 13224, the State Department added Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al Quso to its list of specially designated global terrorists. The designation allows the US to freeze his assets, prevent him from using financial institutions, and prosecute him for terrorist activities. Quso was also added to the United Nations (UN) 1267 Sanctions Committee's Consolidated List of individuals linked to al Qaeda and the Taliban.
The designation of Quso by State refutes reports from October which claimed that he was killed in a US Predator airstrike in Pakistan's tribal agency of North Waziristan.
"We wouldn't have designated him if we believed him deceased," Jason Blazakis, the chief of the US State Department's Terrorist Designations Unit, told The Long War Journal.
In October, US intelligence officials warned The Long War Journal that the US has been unable to confirm Quso's death. Al Qaeda did not release a martyrdom statement announcing Quso's death.
Quso is considered to be a senior AQAP leader. According to State, he now leads an al Qaeda cell in Yemen, and "is connected to other designated AQAP senior leaders, including Anwar al Awlaki [a top ideologue and propagandist], Nasir al Wuhayshi [AQAP's leader], and Said Ali al Shihri [AQAP's deputy leader]." In May 2010, he appeared on an AQAP propaganda video and threatened to attack the US and its interests abroad, including embassies and warships.
Quso is wanted by the FBI for his role in the bombing of the USS Cole in the port of Aden, Yemen, in October 2000. The suicide attack on the warship killed 17 US sailors.
Quso is known to have provided fund to a key planner of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US. He was detained by Yemeni security forces after the Sept. 11 attacks, but escaped from prison in 2003. He was later recaptured in 2004, but released again by the Yemeni government in 2007, and quickly rejoined al Qaeda in Yemen.
Until recently, Quso is known to have operated in the open in Yemen, particularly in Yemen's Shabwa province. The Yemeni government refused to detain Quso, despite US requests.
The US targeted Quso and other AQAP leaders, including Wuhayshi, Shihri, and Awlaki, in an airstrike on Awlaki's home in Shabwa province on Dec. 24, 2009. All four commanders survived the strike.
READER COMMENTS: "US adds AQAP operative Fahd Quso to terrorist list"
Posted by Iron V at December 8, 2010 2:26 AM ET:
Dead man walking... go get 'em boys...
Posted by David at December 8, 2010 8:22 PM ET:
Why wasn't this done the moment he was a suspect?
Posted by crusader at December 10, 2010 12:08 AM ET:
personally i think that there are about three chances to kill or capture a known terrorist. if one fails three times
then its too late...this one will go off...unfortunately.
one terrorist three attempts...thats about it
Posted by kp at December 10, 2010 12:13 PM ET:
Once again this is the Treasury aiming financial sanctions at a terrorist. The CIA and military are already looking for him.
The interesting point is he was suspected killed in a drone strike. Clearly there is information that indicates that he isn't dead.


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"97% of rapists don't spend a day in jail" - why this feminist statistic is dishonest, and harmful to victims. [Original Analysis] (self.MensRights)
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Lately, I've seen a lot of people quoting the 97% statistic – that is, "97% of rapists do not go to jail."
Unsurprisingly, this statistic, like many other feminist statistics, is misleading, dishonest, and demonstrably false.
This statistic comes from RAINN and perhaps other places as well.
Is it really true that someone who commits rape only has a 3% chance of going to jail? No.
The first problem is that the statistic assumes that every rape reported to police is true. Given that even convicted rapists have later been exonerated, to say nothing of the fact that:
>Moreover, commencing in 1989 in cases of rape and rape-murder where there has already been either arrest or an indictment, the FBI has conducted large numbers of DNA tests "to confirm or exclude the person. In 25 percent of the cases where they can get a result, they excluded the primary suspect."
This assumption is obviously quite false.
The second – and even bigger problem – is that the statistic simply assumes that every rape not reported to police – that is, only reported on an anonymous survey is a truthful and accurate claim of rape. It goes without saying how false this is.
In addition, the statistic they used for this, the National Crime Victimization Survey: 2008-2012, may even be an outright lie.
>Question 41a:
>(Other than any incidents already mentioned,) has anyone attacked or threatened you in any of these ways (Exclude telephone threats) – Any rape, attempted rape or other type of sexual attack –
>Question 43a: Incidents involving forced or unwanted sexual acts are often difficult to talk about. (Other than any incidents already mentioned,) have you been forced or coerced to engage in unwanted sexual activity by –
As we can see from the survey, respondents who said that they were "threatened" (i.e., not raped) or experienced "unwanted sexual activity" (but not rape) could still be counted as rape victims (RAINN has not explained their methodology of how they used the NCVS to arrive at their figure, so the lack of transparency means their figures cannot be fully analyzed). Clearly, this is dishonest.
The third problem is that the statistic assumes that every rapist who is imprisoned, only committed one rape. If instead that rapist committed several rapes (and was therefore responsible for several reports), that would double, triple, quadruple, etc. the percentage of rapists who were imprisoned.
This is quite a dishonest and unreasonable assumption, given that the majority of rapists are serial offenders:
Of the 120 in the sample who claimed to commit rape, 76 of them were repeat offenders while the others only once. This 63% of the rapists committed an average of 5.8 rapes.
The "97% of rapists don't go to jail statistic" is dishonest because:
- It assumes all rape claims made to police are true (in reality, even some convicted rapists, let alone those who are not even charged, are victims of false claims).
- It assumes all rape claims NOT made to police are true – obviously false.
- It assumes all rapists who go to jail only committed one rape (most likely false given that most rapists tend to be serial offenders)
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Olympus E-1
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Some History
Olympus is an interesting company. They have been making high-quality 35mm cameras since the early 1970's, when the OM-1 was introduced. This was the beginning of a professional grade camera system that lasted until very recently. The hallmarks of the Olympus line were high-build quality, small size and light weight, and exceptional lens quality.
Though Olympus never gained the market penetration among pros that Nikon and Canon did they served a discriminating niche market that was always very loyal, and who appreciated the quality products that this small manufacturer offered.
Olympus also always danced to a different drummer. Beginning in the early 60's they produced a line of half-frame 35mm cameras that many photographers (myself included) embraced because of their ultra-small size and high build quality. These were today's equivalent of the high-quality digicams that many photographers, including pros, use for non-critical applications.
Enter the E1
In fact, the digicam arena has been where Olympus has been focusing its attention for the past several years. Their E-10 and follow-up E-20 models have been among the most popular high-end digicams for the past couple of years.
In late 2002 Olympus announced the new Olympus E-1 camera and system, the first 4/3 format camera. Now, a year later cameras have started to ship, and with the kind assistance of Vistek, Canada's largest professional imaging equipment dealer, I have had the opportunity to do a hands-on evaluation of a full production camera.
Before diving into my impressions and test results, let's understand what the 4/3 format is. Firstly, it's pronounced "four thirds". The name has historical roots, which aren't terribly important, but it's worth noting that the aspect ratio of the format is indeed 4/3, less rectangular than traditional 35mm's 3/2 format, and similar to medium format 645 in aspect ratio.
4/3 was announced by Olympus and Kodak at Photokina 2002, and now a year later these are still the only companies backing the new standard, with Olympus shipping their new E-1 system and Kodak making the imaging chips. Fuji has also "expressed interest" in the new standard, but that's about the extent of it. In addition to being a new digital-only format the 4/3 standard applies to lens mounts as well. If another company were to support the standard then their lenses and those from Olympus would be interchangeable— something that one can only hope for, but I doubt that we'll actually see.
Yellow = 35mm full frame film or digital (Canon 1Ds / Kodak 14n) Red = Reduced-frame digital (Canon 10D & 300D / Nikon D100 & D2 / Fuji S2) Green = 4/3 format ( Olympus E-1 ) |
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Fig. 1 above is a quick sketch showing the relative size of full-frame 35mm, reduced frame digital, and the 4/3 format. It's clear from the illustration that the 4/3 chip is smaller than the sensor size found on current reduced-frame cameras. It is significantly smaller though than traditional full-frame 35mm.
Of course chip size has little to do with pixel count. The E-1 is a 5MP camera, whereas most of its reduced-frame competitors are 6MP, but that misses the point because it could just as easily have a high pixel count by making the pixels themselves smaller.
By way of comparison, the Kodak sensor in the E-1 uses 6.8 micron sized photo-sites (pixels). The Canon 10D, has 7.4 micron pixels, while the Canon 1Ds has 8.8 micron pixels. These are all dramatically larger than the roughly 3 micron sized pixels found in most digicams. For those that haven't been paying attention — pixel size is one of the most significant determinants when it comes to image quality. All other things being equal, the larger the individual pixel size the cleaner and less noisy the image produced, and low noise is one of the great advantages of digital over film.
So now we see the conundrum. Make the pixels smaller and you have higher resolution from the same surface area. But, you make the image noisier and introduce other aberrations. The laws of physics and optics are the limiting factors here, not technology. So by choosing to go with the sensor size that they have Olympus is betting that they can increase pixel count without adversely affecting image quality. This may be the case, but if it is possible it also applies to other chip fabricators as well.
Therefore there has to be a rational for the smaller pixel size and the potential limitations that it places on the 4/3 format. According to Olympus it's the ability to make the camera itself small and lighter, and also the lenses. Later in this review we'll see how well they have succeeded in this.
Claimed Advantages
Only Kodak with the DCS 14n and Canon with its EOS 1Ds have yet produced full-frame 35mm digital cameras. Other manufacturers, such as Nikon and Olympus, claim that there are inherent limitations and liabilities in using lenses and lens mounts designed for film with digital sensors. The foremost of these concerns is that wide angle lenses in particular send rays from the edges of the lens onto the image sensor at an oblique angle. With film this isn't a problem. But, a digital image sensor isn't an almost 2 dimensional object the way a piece of film is. It has depth. Indeed each actual pixel site sits at the bottom of a small well. Light from the center of the lens shoots down into the well. Light coming in at an oblique angle, from the edges of the lens, doesn't get down to the bottom as cleanly, leading to vignetting and chromatic aberration.
The solution that some company's chip designers have come up with is to put what are called micro-lenses above each pixel site. These serve to refocus the light rays so that they are better able to enter the wells and illuminate the silicon at the bottom.
So. Who's right?
Damned if I know. What I can tell you is that I have now (November, 2003) shot some 10,000 frames with my full-frame digital Canon 1Ds. Many of these have been with the Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L and also the Canon 15mm f/2.8 full-frame rectangular fisheye. Have I seen vignetting? Yes, occasionally, but not more than I recall seeing on film. Have I seen chromatic aberration. Yes, a bit, but nothing that is too bothersome, and it usually can be corrected easily in software. Again, likely not a whole lot more than would have been seen on film.
Parenthetically, I have also recently been testing full-frame medium format backs and have not experienced any of these issues in this format either, even with the widest angle lenses available.
If you look down the throat of an Olympus E-1 what you do see is that the relative size of the lens mount opening and the size of the sensor are such that it will likely be much easier to design retrofocus wide angle lenses that deliver optimum performance. Will the benefit be more theoretical than real? I can't say. I'll leave it to more technically rigorous reviewers than me to answer that one.
Shipside — Toronto. Nov. 2003
Olympus E-1 with 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 lens @ ISO 100
In Hand
Open the box and pick up an E-1. One's first impression is of quality materials. The second impression is that it feels right. The way a camera comes to hand is critical to its usefulness as a photographic tool. Many factors come into play, and some of them aren't immediately obvious. But, if you've spent enough time using a wide variety of cameras over enough years, when a company gets it right you know it right away, and Olympus has gotten it right with the E-1.
The design approach that Olympus took with the E-1 owes little to tradition. I have the feeling that the engineers started with a clean slate, and it shows. But the shape and positioning of the human eye and hands are a constant, and so the E-1 isn't dramatically different than cameras that have come before. An experienced photographer will be able to become familiar with the controls in short order. I was a little less enthusiastic though about the placement of some of the controls. Many of the function selection buttons are strewn around the top and side panels of the body in a seemingly random manner. In the time I had the camera for testing I never really became familiar with their placement, though I'm sure that over time I would have.
The camera's surfaces have just the right textures to ensure that one's grip is secure. Areas where one holds the camera are properly textured, and even with sweaty palms the right hand grip offers necessary support. It also is deep enough for even the longest fingers, and the gap between the grip and lens is wide enough so that one can use the camera comfortably when wearing gloves. Part of the reason for this is that unlike in a camera body which owes its original design to the need to handle film, the E-1 places the lens to the left of the body. Nicely done!
Olympus is touting the E-1 as a professional camera. Be that as it may, they certainly have taken the needs of the pro to heart when it comes to control actuation. Almost every single control has an interlock. In other words, to make a change one must press a button and turn a control wheel. This means that settings will not be made accidentally. But, this is not the case with the focus mode control on the front-left of the camera. It switches from Continuous, to Single shot to Manual focus with a non-interlocked lever. Wearing gloves I found on several occasions that day that I had accidentally moved this lever to the wrong position, and in the cases where I expected Autofocus mode and it was accidentally in Manual focus mode, I missed some shots. Back to the drawing board — for this lever at least.
Weather Sealing
Olympus rates the body as "splash resistant". This is because all body openings have rubberized seals and tethered caps. From the look of things I wouldn't hesitate to use this camera in the rain, snow or in dusty and sandy conditions.
Top LCD
On the top panel there is a canted and anti-reflection-coated monochrome LCD settings screen. All the information one needs is there, and easily viewable, except for the ISO setting. Like many camera the E-1 doesn't show you the current ISO without pressing a button. I find this terribly annoying, because one of the strengths of working digitally is being able to change ISO between frames. I do it all the time. But, without being able to tell at a glance what the last ISO setting was I often found myself shooting at the wrong speed. Maybe it's because I have become used to the always-available ISO read-out on the Canon 1Ds, but I bitch about this on my Canon 10D as well.
Rear LCD
Moving to the back of the camera one encounters the colour LCD. This is a bright and as sharp as any I've seen. I found the menu structure a bit unorthodox, but not something that one wouldn't get used to. I shrugged a bit when I saw that the camera ships with a removable plastic screen cover. Who uses these things, and why? After thousands of hours of use in some pretty nasty environments I have only ever seen a few small scratches on the screens of cameras that I use, and even then, so what? I don't get it, but if it appeals to some users, that's fine. At least it's removable.
Fishtank. Toronto. Nov. 2003Olympus E-1 with 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 lens @ ISO 100
It's in the Cards
The E-1 takes all types of Compactflash cards, including Microdrives and even the latest 4GB Microdrives from Hitachi. The card door has a twist lever interlock and the cards load from the side. The opening is quite wide and the cards eject smartly — in fact maybe a bit too much so. Watch that the card doesn't pop out onto the floor.
Image Review
The camera can be set so that a post-exposure image review is available. But, as with the Pentax *ist D that I reviewed last week, there is no post exposure histogram available. What is it with camera makers? Don't they get it? The in-camera histogram is the most important exposure tool since the TTL meter was introduced in the 1960's. Setting exposure properly for digital makes a huge difference in image quality, yet by leaving it out Olympus (and others) are denying photographers a critical tool.
I'm convinced that camera engineers aren't photographers, otherwise we wouldn't see such gaffs. I can see it now — a Sushi bar in Tokyo, some time in early 2002. Engineers from Pentax and Olympus are sitting around having a late evening intramural saki....
Pentax Engineer: Looks like we're not going to display a post-exposure histogram on our next DSLR. Marketing says that some photographers want it but the rest of us in engineering don't see why it's important. Do you?
Olympus Engineer: Nope. Me neither. I take pictures of my kids on birthdays and holidays and have never seen the need. My wallet-sized prints always come out fine.
Pentax Engineer: My snapshots from our summer vacation were great too. The hell with it. It requires at least 4 lines of new code. With debugging it might take a whole day to complete. I don't know about you, but we've got to ship before Christmas 2003. Save a day here, a day there. It adds up. You know how it is.
Am I being too harsh? I don't think so. I don't know of a single professional photographer working digitally that doesn't regard the histogram as the most important exposure tool available after the light meter. (If you aren't aware of what a histogram is or does, please read my tutorial Understanding Histograms. Also also please read Expose to the Right for a better appreciation of why they are such important tools.)
Fortunately there is a work-around. Set the camera for at least 10 second review and then when the image appears press the green Display button. This will call up the review display a couple of seconds later. Now press the Info button. If you've programmed the Info button to display a histogram it will now show up. This takes two button presses and a few extra seconds, but it does solve the problem.
While I'm on a rant, here are two more related complaints. The histogram that is displayed is coarse and blocky, making it difficult to interpret. Olympus engineers should look at the histogram displays that some other manufacturers can produce, for guidance. While they're at it, they should make it state-of-the art by separately displaying the three colour channels.
The second (and last) of these items is that the image review display can be set to display several different types of information screens. I found the programming very confusing. I read and reread the owner's manual page on this several times but it never worked the way it was supposed to. It seemed as if it would with one image, but then not again with that same image at another time. With a fresh one it would. Totally strange, and eventually I gave up. Either there's a bug in the firmware or my sample camera was faulty.
The E-1's autofocus works relatively well. It only has three points but I rarely had difficulty locking on when the subject was contrasty. In low light there's a built-in infrared assist beam that seems to do the job. At least at moderate distances. I did find that the autofocus wouldn't lock as well as some other recent cameras when the subject lacked contrast.
Virtually every exposure made with the built in metering was spot on. I tried the intelligent metering (named ESP for some reason), averaging and spot and all did a fine job.
Update: Due to an editing error my comments of the E-1's viewfinder was accidentally omitted from the publication of this report. They now appear below...
I had expected the E-1's viewfinder to be less bright than it was. But in comparison with the Canon 10D it appeared to be comparable, though a bit smaller due to the reduced frame size. There's little to praise or criticize here.
Battery & Accessory Grip
As with most contemporary camera there is a medium sized removable lithium ion battery in the grip. I didn't have enough time with the camera to do a rigorous battery depletion test, but it appears to offer very good shooting life.
The strange thing is that the LI battery used in the accessory grip is a different size. I don't find this to be a sensible solution. On the Canon 10D, for example, the same battery fits into the camera as well as the grip. In fact the grip takes two of them. This makes both working with and without the grip straightforward. On the Olympus if you've been working with the grip and then want to reduce bulk and weight by removing it you'll need to have the original small battery handy as well.
The battery grip otherwise does the job well, improving vertical handling as well as doubling battery life.
Pampas Grass. Ontario. Nov. 2003Olympus E-1 with 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 lens @ ISO 100
The E-1 does not have built-in flash. This helps to keep the size down but some photographers may miss it. I don't work with flash often, except for wildlife where I use a large external flash, often with an Extender for distant reach. But I'll often use the built-in flash on a camera that has one as a fill-light, and find it quite handy to have at times. Even the $6,000 Hasselblad H1 medium format camera has a pop-up flash, so they aren't considered of use only to snap-shooters. Many pros like and use them as well.
The Shutter and Mirror
The shutter release on the E1 is smooth, and functions just as it should. The sound of the release and the mirror mechanism is muted. Buttery smooth, to coin a phrase. I was pleased to note that the mirror lock-up can be set to an actuation delay of from 2 to 30 seconds. Terrific versatility.
Recording Formats
The camera can be set to record RAW files, TIFF files and JPGs with two different compression settings as well as a number of different sizes. When RAW is shot one can elect to also record a JPG at the same time.
The provided software is a mixed bag. It's not really terrible, but definitely not as good as it should be. There are two programs; Olympus Viewer and Olympus Studio. Viewer is basic browser that is also capable of viewing and converting Olympus RAW files. Studio is a somewhat faster and slightly more sophisticated version, but is provided as a 31 day trial. After that it dies and you have to purchase it for $150.
I promise not to rant too much about this, but Nikon took heat a few years ago for charging extra for its RAW converter, and now we see Olympus doing the same thing. This wouldn't be so bad if the product was any good, but it isn't. Products like Capture One from Phase One and Camera RAW from Adobe run rings around it. Unfortunately Capture One doesn't currently support the E-1, but Photoshop CS does.
If you choose to use either Viewer or Studio you'll find that while browsing and actual RAW conversion isn't all that slow, every function appears to take a couple of seconds to be recognized. These programs have the feel of something written in interpreted Basic. On a positive note they installed elegantly and smoothly, unlike the software from another camera that I tested recently (no — not the Pentax) that took 30 minutes to install, gave no options, and loaded up my computer with some 50 MB of drivers and DLLs that I didn't want or need. End of Rant #2.
Oh yes. One more thing. Like the Pentax *ist D, the Olympus E-1 produces files at 72 PPI, with no obvious way of producing something more practical prior to importation into Photoshop. Why? Who needs a 27" X 35" file at 72 PPI? Nuts! (Maybe too many meetings at that Tokyo sushi bar).
I almost forgot. The software has no settings memory, so every time you do a conversion you have to make all of the settings afresh. Come on Olympus! This isn't rocket science. Please work with companies like Adobe and Phase One and get your RAW format properly supported. You, like most camera manufacturers, haven't a clue about how to write software. Leave it to those that do. And whatever you do, don't try and turn it into a profit center. At least not until you can produce fast, robust, full-featured code.
Inside the 4/3 Box
I believe that Olympus and Kodak have boxed themselves in with the 4/3 format. Here's why.
Let's begin with two premises that most people can agree with. Everything else being equal, larger imaging chips produce bigger prints, and larger pixels are cleaner and have lower noise than small ones. Now, let's consider the current chip manufacturing situation. The larger a chip gets, the more expensive it is to make. By the time you get up to a full-frame sensor (24 X 36mm) the chip alone may cost as much as an entire high quality camera. This is because of two factors. Imaging sensors are produced on 6" wafers, the same as any other semiconductor. This means that while you may get a half dozen large chips on one wafer you may instead get dozens, even hundreds of smaller ones. Since wafers have a fixed cost to manufacture, bigger necessarily costs more.
Another issue is yield. Even the best fabrication plants can't make every device perfectly. This means that some percentage are thrown away, increasing the costs of all the others. If a few chips on a wafer out of dozens need to be discarded it doesn't add much to the overall cost. But if one or two out of just a handful are bad it has a real economic impact.
Now, with Chip Fabrication 101 out of the way, it is also true that chip manufacturer prices are steadily dropping. One only has to look at the roughly 50% drop in digital SLR prices during the past 2 years to realize this. The Canon 300D Rebel has a 1.6X factor chip and retails with lens for under $1,000. Such is progress. A sideways glance at the price of LCD monitors will also demonstrate Moore's Law in action. A few of years ago LCD screens were ridiculously expensive and only available in small sizes. Now one can buy large LCD wall screens, and prices, on the smaller ones at least, are pushing traditional CRTs off the shelf.
We can now look at the flaw in the logic behind the 4/3 format. While larger chips (up to full-frame) are more expensive than ones of the 4/3 size today, this won't be the case for long. Increasing production volumes along with technological advances will bring the price of large chips downwards at a steady pace. Will smaller chips always be less expensive? Of course. But will the differential be enough to make the downside of using a smaller chip worthwhile for very long? I doubt it.
So, we have someone that buys into the 4/3 format in late 2003 or early 2004. They also buy several lenses for this format. But what happens in 2005 and 2006, and onwards? We will undoubtedly have imaging chips ranging from a 1.5X factor to full frame 35mm that don't cost all that much more, and you can be certain that companies like Nikon and Canon will be making cameras that use them, and which can utilize the huge existing inventory of full-frame coverage lenses available.
Anyone owning 4/3 format lenses then will have no escape. They will be limited to using cameras with a 2X magnification ratio because their lenses are unable to cover a larger image circle. If we assume that the price differential between small and medium sized imaging chips is going to decrease, then a 4/3 based camera will always suffer from smaller images or lower image quality by comparison, because while the number of pixels can be increased (this is accomplished by making the pixels themselves smaller), by making them smaller image quality is reduced. It's just physics. Anything that Kodak does to the 4/3 format chip can also be done to larger ones, so the differential will remain.
It seems to me that history is about to repeat itself. Olympus was the champion of the failed but elegant little half-frame format of the 1960's, and now appears to be heading down the same path. A shame really, because the E-1 is a very fine camera in many ways, and deserves better than to be built around a format that, like half-frame, may turn out to be just a footnote in the history of photography.
Colour Rendition
Olympus E-1 |
Canon 10D |
I have chosen to do a comparison of colour accuracy against the Canon 10D. In part because I have one handy, but also because it is a prime competitor at this price point.
The frame immediately above shows Chris Sanderson holding a Macbeth colour chart. The descriptions that I provide here are of what I see on a calibrated and profiled monitor. The comparisons are against the Macbeth colour chart as viewed under a D6500 Ott-Light True-Color fixture. (These sRGB JPGs may or may not show you what I describe, depending as well on the adjustment of your particular monitor. Go by what I say, not by what you see above).
Both frames are crops, but neither has had any tonal or colour adjustment done to them in either RAW conversion or in Photoshop, other than Gray Balance.
The most obvious difference is in the rendition of yellows. The Canon is too saturated while the Olympus is not quite accurate, but better. The Olympus also does a more accurate job with the blues but the reds are better rendered by the Canon. Orange is also more realistic on the Canon but neither do a very good job on flesh tones (too warm).
In any event, the Olympus turned in a credible showing in this regard, and neither camera can be faulted in terms of accuracy of colour reproduction.
ISO and Noise
I did some extensive high ISO and long exposure noise tests. In the interest of space (and reader fatigue) I won't bore you with them. The Olympus is competitive up to ISO 400 with just about any other camera, but can't hold it's own against the Canon 10D at higher speeds. Few cameras can. Similarly with very long exposures. Whether this will be an issue for E-1 owners will very much depend on the type of shooting that they are involved in.
The Olympus E-1 is an excellent camera and the start of what promises to be a well designed system. It has a few flaws, but what product doesn't? Olympus is a very progressive company and I'm confident that as time passes the line will be nicely filled out with differing and improved models, and more lenses.
One area where I hope they concentrate some effort is by adding some form of image stabilization to their long lenses. With Canon offering an extensive line of IS lenses, and Nikon introducing new ones (albeit at a slow pace), Olympus will find that many photographers, especially sports and wildlife shooters, will miss the availability of stabilization.
As for the future of the 4/3 format itself — well, I've made my thoughts known and won't rehash them. If I'm wrong that will be great, because it will mean that the photographic community will have another strong player and more choices.
My thanks again to Vistek, Canada's largest professional imaging equipment dealer for making this equipment available for testing.
Update — Nov. 29, 2003
DPReview is one of the most popular sites for technical reviews of digital cameras, and rightly or wrongly their opinion carries a lot of weight with purchasers. They have just published their review of the Olympus E1 and it contains some strong criticisms.


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