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Cell phones have had a camera component incorporated into their platforms for years now--even my ancient Motorola RAZR flip phone has a primitive 2 or 3GB photo capability. Smart phones have raised the image capture bar even higher as camera resolution, sophistication and overall performance have inexorably improved. But it took until mid-2013 for someone to flip the equation with the introduction of a mirrorless, interchangeable lens camera running an Android operating system: the Samsung Galaxy NX.
The Galaxy NX platform is a mirrorless camera featuring a 20.3 megapixel APS-C sensor (1.5X crop factor) mated with Samsung's DRIMe IV Image Signal Processer and incorporates the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system. Samsung formally describes the Galaxy NX as a "3G/4G LTE Connected Compact System Camera (CSC)". The monitor that caught my attention when I first unpacked the camera: a 4.8 inch HD LCD touchscreen through which you control virtually all camera functions.
Beyond the basic hardware listed above, the Galaxy NX includes an Advanced Hybrid Auto Focus (AF) System utilizing phase and contrast detection as well as a speedy 1/6000 second maximum shutter speed and a continuous shooting rate in excess of 8 frames per second. The camera features 16 GB of internal memory, but user-available memory is less due to storage of the operating system and software used to operate the phone features. Actual user memory will vary depending on the mobile phone operator and may change after software upgrades are performed. The camera has a single slot which accepts microSD memory media up to 64GB in size; a separate slot accommodates a SIM card. There is a full 1080HD video component and a built-in flash; the camera is compatible with lenses utilizing the Samsung NX lens mount.
The Galaxy NX is available as a body only or in kit form matched with an 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 ED Lens. Here's a look at both ends of that lens focal range.
MSRP on the kit is $1700; body only is $1600. The camera can currently be purchased via reputable Internet vendors for about $1500 as a kit or $1400 body only. Samsung includes a camera strap, battery and USB charging cable with 120V plug, printed Quick Start Guide and a small Handbook along with a Photoshop Lightroom 5 CD with each camera. Camera Raw 6.7 in my Photoshop CS5 did not recognize Galaxy NX RAW files, but my Photo Ninja RAW Converter did; Lightroom 5 will also.
With regard to the aforementioned Quick Start Guide and Handbook: the handbook is a brief basic photography primer and the Quick Start Guide an equally rudimentary introduction to basic camera and phone function-- it doesn't, for example, explain how to format the camera memory card (among myriad other operations). Samsung offers a 212 page User's Manual on their website, and my first order of business as a new Galaxy NX owner would be to download this manual to the camera as a ready reference in the field, at least until one becomes familiar with the many nuances of this platform.
At a quick glance the Galaxy NX would appear to be a DSLR: body dimensions are approximately 5.37 x 3.98 x 1.01 inches and include an exaggerated handgrip at the right front along with a pentaprism-like bulge on atop the camera body, which in reality houses the built-in flash and an electronic viewfinder (EVF). That relatively narrow 1 inch body depth combined with the deep handgrip give the camera a somewhat ungainly look when viewed from directly above. Shooting weight (battery, memory card, kit lens) is 25.3 ounces. Camera construction is of composite materials with a metal lens mount; the kit lens features a composite barrel and metal lens mount. Both camera and lens are constructed in China.
Ergonomics and Controls
With the kit lens onboard the Galaxy NX offers a fairly pleasant carrying weight for extended shooting trips. The large handgrip is covered with a rubberized material that is a bit smoother than I would like but nevertheless in combination with a raised lip at the right rear edge of the camera body offers a firm and solid feeling grip for the right hand. The shutter button lies almost directly under the second joint of my index finger, requiring a conscious repositioning to activate the shutter with the tip of the index finger. The Galaxy NX can be configured to activate the shutter upon a verbal command of "capture", "shoot", "cheese" or "smile" --there's a more pronounced delay than using the shutter manually, but it's an easy way to trip the shutter without having to resort to the self-timer or a cable release.
What I find most striking about the Galaxy NX is the absence of external controls on the camera body. The top left of the body contains a flash release button adjacent to the diopter adjustment knob for the electronic viewfinder. A power/lock button is positioned adjacent to the electronic viewfinder on the top right portion of the body, along with video record and shutter buttons as well as the command dial. That's it for the body--the kit lens has an "i function" button on the lens barrel that allows you to quickly select aperture, shutter speed, exposure compensation and ISO for adjustment, depending on your particular shooting mode.
With my personal camera platform a pro-body DSLR, I've grown accustomed to a wealth of external controls that allow me to change camera settings in short order, so the largely control-free exterior of the Galaxy NX was worrisome at first. However, once you get past a one-time initial setup of the entire platform, control access via the touchscreen isn't too bad. One of the initial startup settings is to select the camera operating type: "standard" or "professional". As you might suspect standard is used for basic camera operations and emphasizes automatic modes so the user shooting options and input to settings are relatively restricted. The user can access semi-automatic and manual exposure modes from the standard operating type, but the process is slower as it is accompanied by explanations of the various settings and modes and requires more steps to implement. Professional is used for more advanced camera operations, offers automatic along with semi-automatic and manual shooting options in a more straightforward way than in the standard operating type and gives the user a wide variety of inputs into camera settings and capture methods. I shot the Galaxy NX in the professional operating mode for this review.
If you start up the Galaxy NX and it opens to the home screen, you'll see something like this:
Tapping the camera icon in the lower left of the screen produces this display, the basic camera setup for aperture priority:
Some things to note here are the camera and video buttons toward the right side of the screen --you can initiate still or video capture by tapping the appropriate button. The camera will acquire focus before initiating still capture, but starts video capture immediately as it attempts to autofocus. You can also initiate video capture via the dedicated video button atop the camera body, or still images via the shutter button, and there's that voice activated feature as well. You can select various settings displayed on the screen for adjustment by tapping their icons, but if you tap the cogged wheel toward the upper left of the screen you get access to these settings via the so-called "smart screen":
Adjustments here include shutter speed, aperture, exposure compensation, ISO, white balance, metering mode, photo size, image quality, autofocus type, autofocus area, shooting rate, and flash deployment. Selecting the camera icon in from atop this screen brings up an additional menu that includes the above settings along with others such as viewfinder brightness, focus peaking, manual focus assist, overexposure guide, framing mode, dynamic range settings, anti-shake, noise reduction, bracketing, distortion correction and color space selection.
Generally, most camera-related controls and settings can be accessed off of the basic camera shooting screen, but you'll search long, hard and unsuccessfully trying to find the format memory card control from here. In a setup I personally find a bit puzzling, the road to format runs through the home screen: you first have to select the "apps" icon at the lower right of the screen; next, select the "settings" icon and after that go to the upper right of the screen and select the "more" permissions box. Scroll the permissions screen to "storage", select it and then scroll down to "format SD card". Three more taps and you're done! While most of the camera controls on the Galaxy NX are relatively intuitive as you wander through the various touchscreen camera menus, the "format SD card" is located in a different part of the galaxy (sorry, couldn't resist) and is one reason why I would have the complete user's manual downloaded to my Galaxy NX until I had committed such a vital function to memory.
Menus and Modes
As you can see from the above, the differentiation between controls and menus is significantly blurred in the Galaxy NX compared to a more traditional DSLR or even the abundance of mirrorless cameras finding their way to market. There just aren't many external controls on the Galaxy NX with the exception of the i function button on the lens, so of necessity menus and controls are intertwined and everything runs through the monitor. Here's just a sample of what you get when selecting the "apps" icon on the homepage:
These three scrollable pages illustrate the icons present on the camera as it comes from the package, before user customization. Probably not out of the ordinary for experienced smartphone users, but for a primarily camera-oriented buyer it's a definite wake-up call that the Galaxy NX is a sophisticated and complex platform given its range of capabilities and features.
Shooting modes of the Galaxy NX set to the professional operating type are as follows:
The 4.8 inch LCD touchscreen display on the Galaxy NX offers 1280 x 720 (HD) resolution, approximately 100% coverage and is adjustable for range of brightness via slider control. Because virtually all operations of the Galaxy NX platform are handled by the touchscreen, smudging from finger use can make using the screen in outdoor light conditions problematic. Samsung states that the touchscreen is not compatible with a stylus, pointer or other artificial means; only fingers are recommended for touchscreen applications.
The camera has a bit too much screen, however. Many times, when resting my thumb/pad of hand against the back, the touchscreen was activated. This could be avoided by making the right 1/5th or 1/6th of the screen non-sensitive to touch. I even question if this can be done through a firmware update. Could it be possible to make that part of the screen unresponsive to touch only while in camera mode?
The electronic viewfinder has SVGA resolution (800 x 600), offers approximately 100% coverage and features diopter adjustment. The viewfinder is enabled as a user places the camera next to his eye.
Shooting Performance
The Galaxy NX starts slowly, owing at least in part to the existence of the Android operating system--about 22 seconds to present a camera shooting screen. There is a sensor cleaning option available automatically on startup or anytime manually, and if enabled as part of the start sequence extends start up time to about 28 seconds. With an already lengthy startup time, an automatic sensor cleaning operation during shutdown makes more sense.
Single shot to shot times with the Galaxy NX are basically as quickly as you can take a shot, reacquire focus and shoot again. In this regard, however, the Galaxy NX AF system seems on a par with, or perhaps just a bit slower than an entry-level DSLR in good light; in dim light it seems a bit slower and tends to hunt unless presented with a high contrast point upon which to base focus. Samsung lists shutter lag for the Galaxy NX as 40 microseconds, and the shutter feels just a hair slower than an entry-level DSLR, although this perception may be based on the shutter sound relative to the actual instant of capture. Overall the Galaxy NX impresses as being in the entry-level DSLR league as far as speed in acquiring focus in shooting, albeit towards the slower end of that scale--not a bad performance per se, but just enough to be apparent.
Continuous shooting speed performance is pretty good, and Samsung has included a relatively decent buffer to go with a frame rate advertised as being up to 8.6 fps. Image quality and size have a direct impact on the buffer performance in this regard: JPEG images captured at highest resolution (20 MB) and image quality (superfine) that, depending on the nature of the scene can come in anywhere from 6 to 10 MB in size; ramping resolution down to 13 MB and normal image quality produces JPEGs of around mid-3 to low 4 MB size. At highest resolution/quality the Galaxy NX managed about 22 JPEG images at high speed before the shooting rate slowed; 13 MB/normal quality produced 32 images at high speed before slowing. 5 RAW files were all the camera could manage. Write times for the high resolution JPEGs ran about 45 seconds; the RAW images took about 17 seconds. These figures were obtained using an 8 GB class 4 microSD card provided by Samsung.
Swapping in a 16 GB class10 microSD card added one image to each of the bursts when shooting high resolution JPEG and RAW: 23 and 6 images, respectively, before shooting slowed or stopped. However, big gains were realized in write speeds, with the faster card clearing the buffer in 17.5 seconds for the JPEGs and 12 seconds for the RAW. No matter the speed of the memory card, the camera will allow you to continue taking photos in high speed rate as soon as there is sufficient buffer capacity during the writing process.
Samsung doesn't list a guide number for the built-in flash in the specifications table for the Galaxy NX, but experimentation leads me to estimate it as approximately 40 feet at 100 ISO. Best case flash recycle times are about five seconds, and the camera will not allow you to take an additional photo as long as the flash is recycling. Flash sync speed is less than 1/180 of a second, slower than you'd like to see.
The Galaxy NX battery provides 4360 mAh of capacity, which Samsung indicates is good for any of the following: capture of up to 440 still images; 190 minutes of video recording time; 104 hours of audio playback time; 14 hours of video playback time; up to 13 hours (3G) or 16 hours (Wi-Fi) Internet usage time. The 440 images standard is the concern here--I'd take a second battery for all day outings with the Galaxy NX. Unfortunately, Samsung does not at this time provide an external battery charger for the Galaxy NX--the battery must be charged in the camera.
Lens Performance
The 3.5/5.6 18-55 III OIS kit lens is stabilized and showed a bit of softness in the corners when set to maximum aperture at both the wide and telephoto ends of the lens, with the wide end being a bit softer than at telephoto. Closing down to f/5.6 and f/8 at the wide and telephoto ends, respectively, improved corner sharpness a bit. There is a bit of barrel distortion present at the wide end of the lens, and pincushion distortion at telephoto. The Galaxy NX has a lens distortion feature that, when enabled, nicely corrects both of these defects. There's a bit of chromatic aberration (purple fringing) present in high contrast boundary areas at both the wide and telephoto end of the lens, with the effect being a bit more pronounced at the telephoto end. However, this defect is relatively benign and requires enlargements of 200 to 300% to become noticeable with careful scrutiny. Overall, lens performance was in keeping with most kit lenses of similar specifications from other manufacturers.
Video Quality
Video quality out of the Galaxy NX at the highest quality setting in the NTSC format was quite good. Continuous autofocus performance of the camera is about average, which is to say the camera hunts a bit when dealing with moving subjects that are closing or opening distance relative to the camera's position, or when panning from a one subject to another that are not situated at approximately the same distance from the camera--autofocus performance on moving subjects that are staying at approximately the same plane relative to the camera was good. The camera's built-in microphone is wind sensitive but there is a wind cut feature that may be enabled by the user.
Because it is equipped with a CMOS sensor, the possibility of rolling shutter effect when involved in video capture with the Galaxy NX exists, but Samsung has done a good job dealing with the effect in all but the most exaggeratedly fast pans.
Image Quality
Default image quality out of the Galaxy NX was quite nice as to color rendition and detail, but a bit too soft for my liking. Ramping up sharpening to the maximum in-camera produced very pleasing JPEG images out of the camera. Given the connectability provided by the Galaxy NX Android operating platform, this camera has the potential to share/transmit some very high quality images within seconds after capture.
In the professional operating type Samsung provides adjustment for color, saturation, sharpness, and contrast via menu, but the camera doesn't have a color palette per se, such as Canon's "picture style" or the Pentax "color effects". However, the Galaxy NX offers smart mode shooting options such as landscape, sunset, and dawn that fulfill a similar purpose. Here's a look at the default color standard along with the preceding three options.
You can also opt to capture images using filter effects such as vignette, greyscale (B&W), sepia, vintage, faded colors, turquoise, tint, cartoon, moody, rugged, oil pastel or fisheye - but at reduced resolution. Here's a look at the color default setting along with greyscale and sepia filter effects shots. The original was at 20 megapixel resolution but the camera captured using the filter effects at 10 megapixels.
If you have the Galaxy NX set for either 20 or 16MP resolution still image size, you'll get a notification from the camera when you go to the filter effects screen and apply a filter that filtered images will be output at either 3888 x 2592 (3:2) or 3712 x 2088 (16:9) resolution. The practical effect of this is 20 or 16MP images are captured at 10MP resolution; if your Galaxy NX is set for 10 or 13MP as the base resolution, filter effect images will be captured at that resolution and you don't get a prompt. After finishing with filter shooting, make sure to go to the "no filter" panel and select that before returning to normal image capture--you'll be limited to 10 or 13MP size resolution options if you don't; the Galaxy NX returns to your original resolution once filters are disabled.
The Galaxy NX also features a panorama shooting option in the smart mode that will capture up to eight images with a single push of the shutter as the camera is slowly panned and then combine them into a single image. You can also apply filters in the post processing phase via the Galaxy NX2 gallery, but the post processed filter images weren't recognized by my Photoshop CS5 despite being JPEGs. However, my PhotoNinja RAW Converter did, so apparently the post processing produces a JPEG format not recognized by my older software--and this probably explains why Lightroom 5 is included with the Galaxy NX. If you're running older photo software be aware that you may encounter some problems with post processed JPEGS out of your Galaxy NX, or plan to get up to speed on Lightroom. One other thing--post processed JPEGs were all downsized to the 600-700KB range, and the panorama came out of the camera about that same size as well. I couldn't find anything in the manual about changing/keeping the original resolution, and couldn't find anything in the menus as well. Of course, the downsized images make for easier sharing, which is of course part and parcel of the Galaxy NX platform in the first place.
The camera also allows you to set it up to produce a single HDR (high dynamic range) image out of three shots bracketed automatically by the camera with a single activation of the shutter button. The camera saves the first image of the exposure bracketing along with the image produced by combining the three shots. Here's a look at the inside of the two shots saved of the interior of Mission San Luis Rey.
Multi metering is the default setting in the Galaxy NX, but there are center weighted and spot metering options available. In practice, multi did a fairly good job across a wide range of scenes but as is typical with many cameras tended to lose highlights in high contrast situations.
I used auto white balance for all images captured for this review and it did a very good job across a range of light including daylight, overcast, open shade, flash, and tungsten (3200 K temperature). In addition to auto there are presets for daylight, cloudy, fluorescent, tungsten and flash, along with user established custom and Kelvin temperature options.
ISO noise performance in the Galaxy NX is quite good, with 100, 200 and 400 sensitivities virtually identical, although some very strict pixel peeping will show just the tiniest hint of grain in the 400 setting. Slight grain increases are noticed at 800 and 1600 but both of these settings are still quite clean. The apparent increase in grain observed in the jump from 1600 to 3200 is the most significant to this point, and the jump from 3200 to 6400 is a bit more dramatic, but even at 6400 the Galaxy NX is doing a fairly good job dealing with noise. A definite tipping point is apparent as 6400 gives way to 12800, with the latter setting showing the first signs of color blotching as well as fading. 25600 is significantly worse than 12800, with pronounced color blotching and graininess.
The ISO images were captured with the camera set for default noise reduction, which is to say "normal" high ISO noise reduction.
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What to make of the Galaxy NX? As a digital camera it certainly offers up image and video quality superior to that of a smart phone camera, with the ability to customize camera performance with a variety of interchangeable lenses. Overall performance is pretty good, still image quality and video are pretty good as well, and the camera impresses me as performing at or near the level of a competent entry-level DSLR. As a "smart" device it offers up 3G/4G LTE/Wi-Fi connectability along with apps and features of the Android operating system, but without the capability to make a phone call (without a VoIP or Skype app). The connectability feature alone makes the camera an intriguing choice as a work tool for someone in a business where rapid processing and transfer of images is a major consideration. Daily print media such as newspapers comes to mind...I just don't envision the Sports Illustrated guys on the sidelines at the Super Bowl shooting with a Galaxy NX. What formally would have required a camera and a phone/tablet/laptop can probably now be accomplished with a single instrument, with the Galaxy NX packing post processing options to massage images even further before shipping them onto their ultimate destination.
In the case of the Galaxy NX, cost might be the 800 pound gorilla in the room. For someone who's already got a smart phone a DSLR with a Wi-Fi capability can be had for much less than the $1500 going price for a Galaxy NX kit. Even if you don't currently have a smart phone, service providers can put you into a pretty high-end model for a couple hundred dollars or less on a multiyear service contract and that Wi-Fi capable DSLR still gets you in business for less than the price of the Galaxy NX. Assuming, of course, that you can get along with texting/messaging instead of a voice component.
But for someone content to stay connected without the need to directly speak to people, the Galaxy NX might be a way to go. On a vacation, for example, you could take your Galaxy NX along with a couple lenses to give you a nice focal length range and have decent photos and connectability in a single package - the camera just seems too bulky for everyday use for texting or messaging alone. Finally there is always the intangible "cool" factor--and frankly, the Galaxy NX idea of a decent camera combined in a single platform with Android operating system connectability, applications and performance seems kind of cool. The only question now is how many people are willing to spend $1500 for cool.
We applaud Samsung for designing a camera that has seamless connectivity while giving us the added functionality of interchangeable lenses. We also love the forward thinking that goes into moving technology to the next level. They have made it incredibly easy to automatically sync your images to social media or even a cloud storage service, but the immense amount of apps and Andriod functionality might actually be distracting from the camera's native purpose--to take great photographs.


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1 The Lord is king. Let the earth rejoice; faraway lands should be glad. | 1 The LORD reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice. |
2 Thick, dark clouds surround him. His kingdom is built on what is right and fair. | 2 Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. |
3 A fire goes before him and burns up his enemies all around. | 3 Fire goes before him and consumes his foes on every side. |
4 His lightning lights up the world; when the people see it, they tremble. | 4 His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles. |
5 The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth. | 5 The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. |
6 The heavens tell about his goodness, and all the people see his glory. | 6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory. |
7 Those who worship idols should be ashamed; they brag about their gods. All the gods should worship the Lord. | 7 All who worship images are put to shame, those who boast in idols-- worship him, all you gods! |
8 When Jerusalem hears this, she is glad, and the towns of Judah rejoice. They are happy because of your judgments, Lord. | 8 Zion hears and rejoices and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, O LORD. |
9 You are the Lord Most High over all the earth; you are supreme over all gods. | 9 For you, O LORD, are the Most High over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods. |
10 People who love the Lord hate evil. and frees them from the power of the wicked. | 10 Let those who love the LORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. |
11 Light shines on those who do right; joy belongs to those who are honest. | 11 Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart. |
12 Rejoice in the Lord, you who do right. Praise his holy name. A psalm. | 12 Rejoice in the LORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name. |
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It's on the top of my list of considerations for just that reason... It could use some upgrades to things like older style deck hardware, which could be done over time since everything there still works. The previous owner was afraid of the pressurized alcohol stove so it was taken out and tossed in a dumpster without a replacement. The ice box was broken at some point and removed. The teak needs to be refinished. And I'm sure the windows could probably stand to be rebedded. But the rest just appears to be cosmetic clean up.
I think my last real concern is the 16hp Yanmar. I can't really get a history on it other than the previous owner saying that she had it serviced once a year and didn't have any problems with it, (probably just an annual oil and filter change). And the marina owner said it came in under power so he knows that it was working before he hauled it.
You definitely couldn't eat off of it, but at least she wasn't one of those people that spray paints the whole thing silver (including hoses) to try and hide the condition.
So if I assume 40 hours a year without any sort of rebuild ever being done, that would be about 1200 hours... What's the average life expectancy of this engine?
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Karen Woodrich has been named Kentucky's USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service State Conservationist.
Woodrich comes to Kentucky from Champaign, Ill., where she served as the Assistant State Conservationist for Operations.
She has also served as acting state conservationist in Vermont, and an area conservationist covering 23 counties in Iowa.
Brooke and Heath Routt of New Haven announce the birth of a son, Hayden Reece Routt.
Hayden Reece was born 8:12 p.m. Jan. 18, 2011 at Hardin Memorial Hospital. He weighed 9 pounds 8 ounces and was 21-inches long.
Grandparents are Charles and Mary Seward of New Haven and Ray and Carol Routt of Hodgenville.
Erosion due to recent rains and flooding prompted the Department of Highways to close the 176-foot bridge at Mile Point 0.2 on KY 84 in Nelson County near Howardstown. On Thursday, divers and sonar imagery confirmed scouring of one of the bridge piers.
The bridge was re-opened at noon Tuesday with a three-ton weight limit. Advanced warning signs will be visible and detour signs posted well in advance of each bridge approach.
The Lincoln Museum is offering a scholarship to LaRue County students who will graduate from high school this year. Applications are due by 4 p.m. April 26. Forms are available from LaRue County High School or The Lincoln Museum in downtown Hodgenville. The Lincoln Museum has been providing scholarships to local graduates since 1995. For more information, call 270-358-3163 or email email@example.com.
The mother of a former LaRue County Detention Center inmate who died while in custody has filed a federal lawsuit against the Detention Center, individual county employees and the nurse who was treating her daughter. Named in the suit are Southern Health Partners, the company responsible for providing medical care to inmates; LaRue County; LaRue County Detention Center; former jailer Ralph "Mac" Trumbo; Brandi Howson, a licensed practical nurse; John Adams II, M.D., a doctor who treated inmates; and deputy jailer Marie Flewwellin.
Childhood is supposed to be an age of innocence, but for too many in the Commonwealth it's a time of suffering. In 2009 a report revealed that Kentucky led the nation in the number of children who die as a result of abuse and neglect. Statistics show that every minute in Kentucky, two children are victims of abuse and neglect that can leave emotional and physical scars that last a lifetime. No doubt there are countless more cases that go unreported.
WorkNow Kentucky, an employment program launched last summer, helped job seekers in the Lincoln Trail area find permanent positions. WorkNow Kentucky was a collaborative effort of the state's workforce and human services agencies that helped nearly one in five Kentuckians find a permanent position. The program was administered through local Workforce Investment Boards, including the Lincoln Trail WIB.
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College's Toy Box Theatre will present a children's play, Give & Take, 7 p.m. April 26 in the Science Auditorium on ECTC's campus. Admission is $2.
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The second of several stories about local cancer survivors. In the summer of 1998 Carol Routt was enjoying her life with her husband Ray and two teenage children Charaye and Heath. Her large extended family and friends were very much a part of her life but she would not know how much she would come to depend on them until later that summer. Carol found a small lump in her breast during a monthly self-exam. So not only was school scheduled to begin the first of August for this loyal Hodgenville Elementary School instructional assistant, but so was a mammogram.


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BY DAN COOK With Portland's commercial real estate market mounting a strong comeback from the recession, major investors are competing for positions in the key sectors: multifamily housing, office, retail and industrial properties. Lenders are quickly emerging from the gloom of the recession as developers, eager to return to the market, scramble to lock in loans at attractively low interest rates. The signs of robust recovery in Portland are everywhere. Multifamily housing rents soared as vacancies fell, dipping below 2.5% at the end of this year's first quarter. In recent years, the strength of the multifamily submarket has been singular, but now lower vacancy trends have extended to all property types. Investors are eager to take advantage of the turning market — if they can get a piece of it. Portland office vacancies fell from more than 17% in 1Q13 to 14.6% in 1Q14 as demand for office space heated up. Flex-space vacancies dropped 3%, to 11.35%, and industrial dropped below 9% after hovering over 10% a year ago. And industrial's total absorption of more than 650,000 square feet in 1Q14 boasted the best climate for industrial development since 2007. Retail has been rebounding too. As 2013 got under way, just 15,000 square feet of retail space was under construction in the entire region — and all of that was in Vancouver. A year later, that number stands at 340,205, with nearly half of it in the booming Southwest corridor. "What I like to say is, it's fun again," says Ken Griggs, president of Norris, Beggs & Simpson Financial Services. "All the lenders are back in the market and hungry to make mortgages. Interest rates are low by historical standards, and short-term rates have significant pull." Griggs says those looking to snap up properties here aren't focused on just one or two sectors. "The demand we're seeing here in Portland is across all property types. Portland is on a lot of investor radar screens right now, because we're stable compared to other markets. Occupancy levels are high and rents are rising, which indicate a healthy economy." Norris, Beggs & Simpson, one of the West Coast's premier commercial real estate players since 1932, is in a unique position to evaluate Portland area market trends. Beyond spikes in brokerage activity, its lending division, Norris, Beggs & Simpson Financial Services, has witnessed the market shift's effect on investors. As attractive investment opportunities dwindle in such major West Coast markets as San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle, investors look to Portland as the next option. Proof of Portland's newfound attention is underscored by the floodgates of different investment types slowly opening. Though still cautious, investors are entertaining options other than the safety net of multifamily properties, and that trend shows up increased activity in the more risk-involved brokerage investment services at NAI Norris, Beggs & Simpson. The correlation suggests that the local economy is a significant draw from all over. Chris Johnson, president of NAI Norris, Beggs & Simpson, has witnessed a massive influx of investment money into the local commercial real estate market since mid-2013 — a combination of those who don't have a Portland presence as well as groups returning to the market after years of being dormant. "What's driving this?" Johnson muses. "Everyone has a lot of capital and they've got to deploy it. The run-up in the stock market last year meant all these investment groups that wanted to maintain a certain percentage of their assets in real estate had to increase their holdings." J. Blake Hering, Jr., principal, director of Portland production, Norris, Beggs & Simpson Financial Services, says Portland is nowhere near the saturation point for development or investment in commercial real estate. Hering explained that Portland offers investors and developers an advantage that doesn't exist in most other West Coast markets: its urban growth boundary, the perimeter around the metropolitan area inside of which development is greatly restricted. The UGB not only curbs expansion but deters the problem of sprawl, which can undermine the value of commercial real estate. It's the saving grace of a recession, and the cherry on top of a boom. "The urban growth boundary serves as a supply constraint," says Hering. "It safeguards against oversaturating the market with too much product. It focuses investment on existing space." The UGB supports Portland's conscious efforts of expansion through transportation because it reinforces the city's value of culture and high quality of life. This proves to be a source of confidence as well as an attractive advantage for future investors. With the market still climbing, Griggs, Johnson, and Hering all agree that the peak has yet to be reached. "Portland is primed and ready as a strong contender for investment opportunity," Johnson affirms. "The city is poised to gain momentum in 2014."
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The nation's passion for sports is obvious every day—at NASCAR races, kiddie soccer matches, and countless other contests. From a handball used by Abraham Lincoln to Chris Evert's tennis racket to a baseball signed by Jackie Robinson, the roughly 6.000 objects in the Museum's sports collections bear witness to the vital place of sports in the nation's history. Paper sports objects in the collections, such as souvenir programs and baseball cards, number in the hundreds of thousands.
Leisure collections encompass a different range of objects, including camping vehicles and gear, video games, playing cards, sportswear, exercise equipment, and Currier and Ives prints of fishing, hunting, and horseracing. Some 4,000 toys dating from the colonial period to the present are a special strength of the collections.
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1926 New York Yankees Autographed Baseball
- Description (Brief)
- This baseball was autographed by members of the 1926 New York Yankees, including future Hall of Famers George Herman "Babe" Ruth (1895-1948) and Lou Gehrig (1903-1941).
- Gehrig played in a record 2,130 consecutive baseball games for the Yankees before amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) forced him from the field in 1939. Gehrig's continued humility and courage while fatally ill inspired the country. ALS is still commonly referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease."
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- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1926
- signer
- Ruth, Babe
- Gehrig, Lou
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- New York Yankees
- ID Number
- 2002.0123.01
- accession number
- 2002.0123
- catalog number
- 2002.0123.01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Yankee Stadium Ticket Booth
- Description
- This 1923 ticket booth is from Yankee Stadium, called "The House that Ruth Built" because the star slugger, Babe Ruth (1895–1948), revitalized the game, bringing in thousands of new fans.
- Date made
- 1923
- played at
- Ruth, Babe
- user
- New York Yankees
- ID Number
- accession number
- 310894
- catalog number
- 310894.01
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- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center


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Amanda Bowden Houser
The Houser Law Firm, P.C.
About Amanda Bowden Houser
The Houser Law Firm, P.C. is a Professional Corporation and full service, General Practice law firm located in Jacksonville, that serves Onslow and surrounding counties (Jones, Pender, Duplin) in South Eastern North Carolina. We know that in these tough economic times, saving money where ever possible is important to most people. Our philosophy has always been to provide our clients with prompt, courteous and professional legal services at an affordable fee. While we never compromise on our legal professionalism, we do strive to manage our cost and expenses so that we can offer high quality legal services at fees that are reasonable and affordable.Practice Areas
- Criminal Law
- Divorce
- Family Law
- Personal Injury
- Traffic Tickets
- Credit Cards Accepted
- MasterCard, Visa, Discover, American Express
- Contingent Fees
- Free Consultation
- Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
- Most of our firm's fees are on a flat rate basis
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
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Professional Experience
Founding Attorney and CEO, The Houser Law Firm, P.C. | -Current |
University of North Carolina - Wilmington | B.A. (2008) | ||
North Carolina Central University School of Law - North Carolina Central University | J.D. (2011) |
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Member, North Carolina State Bar | -Current |
Questions Answered
- Overall: 17 Answers
- This Year: 15 Answers
Questions Answered by Amanda Bowden Houser
Q. What should I do now?
A: What you should have done in the first place - hire an attorney. If your transmission breaks and you are not a mechanic you wouldn't in a million years think to yourself, I gots a screw driver and some duct tape I'm gonna fix that sucker meself. So why with the law, something arguably more important than a transmission does everyone think - hey I can do that? Often people think they might save money doing their own divorce - truth is they often end up spending more than if they would have hired an attorney.Assuming your divorce complaint was drafted and filed properly and you didn't either put something in you don't need and / or leave something out that you do, the way to obtain service of process when you don't know where the defendant lives is to serve by legal publication in an approved newspaper in the area where you last knew him to live. The publication requires very specific wording and timing - this is not something you will likely be able to do on your own.Q. I will give this my best shot. My girlfriend and Her soon to be ex signed over sole physical custody to her mother
A: Custody can not be transferred by will - people are not property you simply 'leave' to someone else. Further, custody is always an open issue - the idea that it can not be 'undone' is incorrect. So yes, there are numerous ways custody could change either by consent or by court order just not by a will.Q. help for my daughter.
A: It is likely he is in the military - if so, you can try to contact someone in his command - they will often order him to provide support IF you are married. Otherwise, you are going to have to seek help from the court system in Ethiopia.Q. is it true if a person have more then ten kids that they dont have to pay child support?
A: No. Quite the opposite is true - generally, the more kids you have the more child support you will pay.Q. In sc how can we petition the court for a paternity test the guardian will not cooperate
A: This is a question you would need to ask of a SC attorney. However, in NC you would file a motion to compel paternity testing..Q. if my kids live in new York and I live in north Carolina where do I need to file papers to see my children
A: Depends. Generally you can file wherever jurisdiction is proper. That could be either NY or NC or both! Further, the selection of venue (where an action is filed) is often determined based on tactical reasons. For example filing in NC to make defending the case harder and more expensive for someone living in NY.Q. My ex was required in our divorce decree to provide our childs health ins. he is now on disability will he stil pay?
A: How are we to know what your ex will or will not do? Presumably since you know him best - you are in a much better position to predict what he might do. In any event, since it appears he hasn't stopped paying yet - there's really nothing to worry about until there is something to worry about. That said, generally there is a difference between what someone is obligated to do and what they actually do. Based on your question it appears he is court ordered to pay for the child's health insurance - so he has a legal obligation to do so. However, it is entirely possible that he may simply refuse to do so. If so, you will then need to decide if it is worth taking him back to court over the issue. It may be a difficult decision for you because unless you are still on good speaking terms and he is an honest stand up guy, you won't know if his failure to pay is legitimate or not. It may be the case that now that he is on disability he can not afford the child's insurance, in which case, if you take him back to court, he may counter with seeking to have the court order modified based on a substantial change in his financial circumstances. Or it could be that he can afford the insurance even on disability its just that doing so cuts into his beer and hooker money. You would need to know which is the case otherwise you are rolling the dice blind and could be wasting your time and money taking him back to court if he does stop paying.Q. Can a highway patrolman give you a seat belt ticket after you have parked the car, entered store, & returned to car?
A: If a NC Trooper gave you a seatbelt ticket after parking a car, entering a store and returning, then you already know the answer to your question - yes, they can! However, I suspect what you really meant to ask is if it is proper to give a seat belt ticket under those circumstances. Again the answer is probably yes. In NC if you are in a forward motion you are required to have a seat belt on. So if the Trooper saw you in a forward motion prior to you parking - the ticket was likely legitimately issued. The fact that you parked, got out entered a store and returned does not have any impact on what happened prior. In other words it doesn't magically restart the timeframe within which a Trooper can give you a seatbelt ticket.Q. My girlfriend broke up with me and gave me my clothes only. She still has 22 other items that she will not give me.
A: There are plenty of illegal ways to accomplish this but they would all likely land you in serious trouble. The two most common legal ways to handle it would be: 1) to file a civil small claims suit against her for either the return of the property she kept or if she has disposed of it the fair value of the property. You are going to have to prove to the magistrates satisfaction that you are the owner of the property and that you didn't gift the property to her. 2) swear out a criminal warrant for conversion. Her keeping the property could be the crime of conversion. When you broke up and your property was left in her possession she became what is known as a bailee and has an obligation to take reasonable care of your property ffor a period of time until you can take possession of it. If she keeps the property for her own use - that is the crime of conversion. Simply go to your local magistrates office and see if you can get a warrant. If so, this method is cheaper that filing a small claims action. You will want to either personally deliver or send her a certified written letter stating your intent to seek a warrant if she doesn't return your property and allow her 48 hours to return the property to you before you seek a warrant. See statute below - Good luck to you! § 14-168.1. Conversion by bailee, lessee, tenant or attorney-in-fact. Every person entrusted with any property as bailee, lessee, tenant or lodger, or with any power of attorney for the sale or transfer thereof, who fraudulently converts the same, or the proceeds thereof, to his own use, or secretes it with a fraudulent intent to convert it to his own use, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. If, however, the value of the property converted or secreted, or the proceeds thereof, is in excess of four hundred dollars ($400.00), every person so converting or secreting it is guilty of a Class H felony. In all cases of doubt the jury shall, in the verdict, fix the value of the property converted or secreted. § 14-168.3. Prima facie evidence of intent to convert property. It shall be prima facie evidence of intent to commit a crime as set forth in G.S. 14-167, 14-168, and 14-168.1 with respect to any property other than a truck, automobile, or other motor vehicle when one who has, by written instrument, leased or rented the personal property of another: (1) Failed or refused to return such property to its owner after the lease, bailment, or rental agreement has expired, a. Within 10 days, and b. Within 48 hours after written demand for return thereof is personally served or given by registered mail delivered to the last known address provided in such lease or rental agreement, or
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This course introduces the concepts and applications of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and its growing role in the management of transportation systems. The course stresses the role of ITS as national policy, as specified in major transportation funding legislation – ISTEA, TEA21 and SAFETY-LU. A systems engineering approach to overall development of ITS technologies is stressed. Major components of ITS are discussed, and examples of their application treated. Coordination and integration of ITS components are treated.
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Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- E*Trade Financial Corp. shares fell the most in more than five months after the online brokerage reported results that missed analyst estimates and Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP cut its rating.
Fourth-quarter sales were $475 million, falling short of the $489.1 million average analyst estimate, New York-based E*Trade said yesterday. The company lost 2 cents a share, compared with a loss of 11 cents the year earlier.
While E*Trade posted three quarters of profits in 2011, it hasn't delivered positive fourth-period earnings since 2006, in part because of losses after the subprime market collapsed in 2007, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The brokerage's net interest margins will be lower after the Federal Reserve signaled yesterday it would keep rates low through at least late 2014, according to Sandler O'Neill analyst Rich Repetto, who cut the shares to "hold" from "buy."
"The interest rate environment has likely pushed out E*Trade's earnings power by about a year," New York-based Repetto wrote in a note today. "We think E*Trade shares have limited upside in the short/moderate term, especially with the stock up" for 2012.
E*Trade shares declined 12 percent to $8.26 at 10:39 a.m. New York time, the biggest loss since Aug. 8 and the most in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. The stock was up 18 percent in 2012 through yesterday.
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biographical name(born 1466died c. June 30, 1520, Tenochtitlán, near modern Mexico City) Ninth emperor of the Aztecs. In 1502 he inherited from his uncle an empire of five to six million people that stretched from present-day Mexico to Nicaragua. Aztec belief in the prophesied return of the god Quetzalcóatl, whose description the conquistador Hernán Cortés resembled, contributed to his downfall. Cortés, who had made alliances with tribes eager to be rid of Aztec domination, held Montezuma prisoner in Tenochtitlán, and he died in custody.
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Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez Arrested: Alleged White House Shooter In
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Even though we've had a very cold winter here in Central Arkansas, the native 'Red Ring' milkweed I transplanted (with permission) several years ago is beginning to push up new growth. Swamp and common are usually the first to pop up here so really surprised. No signs of other milkweed. Anyone else seeing native milkweed? We're forecast to get down to 28 degrees Tuesday night. I do hope that is the last of the cold weather for this year. Mary |
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Here in zone 5 we're just finding the ground again under our record breaking snow. Nothing sprouting,yet, but I'm hoping for several new milkweed species from seed. Red Ring is one of the varieties I planted, so my fingers are crossed. Martha |
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Mary, I have swamp, purple, possibly variegata, whorled, tuberosa, and lanceolata breaking dormancy. I am hoping tonight's temps do not nip the plants. I also have 10 Monarch eggs shared with me by another local friend. She helped me raise my abundance last year--I raised at least 600, and shared over 50 cats with her. Sandy |
I was out clearing off flower beds all weekend, and everything has sprouted except the milkweeds. But, that is normal for around here. Even most of the hardy annuals seem to have survived the harsh winter, so I have confidence the Milkweeds are fine. Martha |
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