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EDIT::: ok unfortunatley i have to down grade this after my first review....turns out it is WAY to harsh on my skin, took me a good few days to recover my skin it was like a mild burn- i had to salvage it with my astral cream and rose & co salve!!!
my review is very short- brilliant stuff very multi functional and well i actually love the smell-isee it seems to be an issue to some people but i really love the anti bacterial type smell!
I love love love this!! I bought it in a kit from duty free after a trip and it also contained the lip protector and hand cream.
The product doesnt look great- kinda waxy but once smoothed onto parched skin you see why its a cult product.
I use it all year round, in the winter I use it when the skin round my nose gets sore and on my lips. In the summer I use it if I catch the sun on my face.
It also leaves a sexy sheen on my cheekbone if used very lightly as a highlight.
Just a tiny smudge will sooth any dry or sensitive skin.
It looses a point because it is a tad pricey at first even if it does seem to last forever!!!
Not bothered by the smell at all, it smells like its doing you some good!!!
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First, the bad: 1.) it looks like ear wax and smells bad, and 2.) it's basically over-priced vasaline. However, whatever extra ingredients they put in that traditional vasaline doesn't have seems to make all the difference. vasaline for me always just sits on top of the skin and never moisturizes deep down; this does, and that is why I haven't been without it since I was 14. I can't use it on my face as it would be break-out city, but it's got a million and one other uses. dry hands? fixed. thrashed cuticles? nothing but a bad memory. rough, dry heels, elbows, etc.? smooth as silk. I have tried dozens of pomades and hair creams over the years, and nothing works better than this for fly-a-ways. luckily you need to use so little of it that a jar will last years, so it's not really that expensive all things considered.
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Isn't worth it, the smell lingers on forever, and it smells absolutely disgusting.
I received a free sample of this product at sephora. It works very well on cuts and burns. I also use it for chapped lips and it does exactly what it says.
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Ok I know I am in the minority with this product, but I am not a fan. It's greasy, so I just use it on my lips, but it does not help with chapping, flaking or dryness, and wears away quickly. When I first put it on it does give my lips a nice shine though, so I am trying to use up the product that way, but it wears off within the hour and my lips are left as dry as before.
I bought a jar the Original 8 hour cream for like $20 on ebay, and I've never regret I did it! I got this in a vintage glass jar which is super cute :) This product looks like orange-y gooey balmy thing and smells quite weird, but by far this is the best medicine for chapped, cracked, dry lips. I don't use it anywhere else other than my lips since it's very sticky. I just put it on my lips the night before when it's cracked and hurts like hell, and the next morning after I took a bathe, my lips were so soft when I patted my face (lips included) with towel. No more pain, this balm cured my lips overnight. I don't use it when my lips are fine, since it's very shiny and I don't like to look like I'm wearing lip gloss. But those who likes full and hi-shine lips, this will be ur thing! I live in a tropical country so I don't use this a lot, but when I'm traveling abroad in winter, this is a total must have for elbows, lips, cuticle, hands. I put this everywhere when I needed it. It's quite a lot, so I just put some in a small plastic jar and keep the rest to keep it sanitized. Will def. buy this again (when I ran out of this) :)
It`s simply the one of the products you must have always in your bag. It`s make my lips smooth summer & winter. I also use this dry cuticles. And if I want my heels soft, I put this at them on night. And next morning they feel amazing soft. Only little minus is smell.
I bought this product due to recommendations from my mum (I'm 18) and friends. I was dubious because of the price but managed to buy it for £12.99 from TG Hughes- bargain compared to £22!
Have been putting it on my dry skin around my eyes and noticed a difference immediately. Without a doubt i would buy this again although i did find the smell off putting at first and was worried it may cause spots. Nothing.
I love this despite the cost - my desert island product!
I must share my personal experience with this wonderful multi-purpose gem!!!
Besides the numerous wonderful benefits it treats such as for chap lips, dry skin, cold sores, light bruises, etc...this is the only cream I use after every session of my fractional laser treatments (my 3rd time BTW).
It keeps my skin fully moisturised, protected and really speeded up the healing process.
Do give it a try. It's really really good!
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organobromine compound
Organobromine compound
Organobromine compounds are organic compounds that contain carbon bonded to bromine. The most pervasive is the naturally produced bromomethane. One prominent application is the use of polybrominated diphenyl ethers as fire-retardants. A variety of minor organobromine compounds are found in...
s that are used as flame retardants. Like other brominated flame retardants, PBDEs have been used in a wide array of products, including building materials, electronics, furnishings, motor vehicles, airplanes, plastics,
A polyurethane is any polymer composed of a chain of organic units joined by carbamate links. Polyurethane polymers are formed through step-growth polymerization, by reacting a monomer with another monomer in the presence of a catalyst.Polyurethanes are...
foams, and textiles. They are structurally akin to the
Polychlorinated biphenyl
Polychlorinated biphenyls are a class of organic compounds with 2 to 10 chlorine atoms attached to biphenyl, which is a molecule composed of two benzene rings. The chemical formula for PCBs is C12H10-xClx...
s and other
polyhalogenated compound
Polyhalogenated compound
Polyhalogenated compounds are any compounds with multiple substitutions of halogens. They are of particular interest and importance because halogens generally are highly reactive and also bioaccumulate in humans, and comprise a superset of which has many toxic and carcinogenic industrial...
s, consisting of two
The halogens or halogen elements are a series of nonmetal elements from Group 17 IUPAC Style of the periodic table, comprising fluorine , chlorine , bromine , iodine , and astatine...
ated aromatic rings. PBDEs are classified according to the average number of
Bromine ") is a chemical element with the symbol Br, an atomic number of 35, and an atomic mass of 79.904. It is in the halogen element group. The element was isolated independently by two chemists, Carl Jacob Löwig and Antoine Jerome Balard, in 1825–1826...
atoms in the molecule. The health hazards of these chemicals have attracted increasing scrutiny, and they have been shown to reduce fertility in humans at levels found in households. Their chlorine analogs are
polychlorinated diphenyl ethers
Polychlorinated diphenyl ethers
Polychlorinated diphenyl ethers are structurally similar to polychlorinated biphenyls , both which may be toxic polyhalogenated compounds and some PCDE congeners have been reported to cause toxic responses similar to those caused by some of the non-ortho-substituted PCBs, which are mediated by the...
(PCDEs). Because of their toxicity and persistence, their industrial production is to be eliminated under the
Stockholm Convention
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an international environmental treaty, signed in 2001 and effective from May 2004, that aims to eliminate or restrict the production and use of persistent organic pollutants .- History :...
, a treaty to control and phase out major persistent organic pollutants (POP).
Classes of PBDEs
The family of PBDEs consists of 209 possible substances, which are called congeners (PBDE = C
O (x = 1, 2, ..., 10 = m + n)). Congeners include dibromodiphenyl ethers, tribromodiphenyl ethers, tetrabromodiphenyl ethers,
pentabromodiphenyl ether
Pentabromodiphenyl ether
Pentabromodiphenyl ether is a brominated flame retardant which belongs to the group of polybrominated diphenyl ethers...
s, hexabromodiphenyl ethers, heptabromodiphenyl ethers, octabromodiphenyl ethers, nonabromodiphenyl ether, and
decabromodiphenyl ether
Decabromodiphenyl ether
Decabromodiphenyl ether is a brominated flame retardant which belongs to the group of polybrominated diphenyl ethers ....
. In the United States, PBDEs are marketed with trade names: DE-60F, DE-61, DE-62, and DE-71 applied to pentaBDE mixtures; DE-79 applied to octaBDE mixtures; DE 83R and Saytex 102E applied to decaBDE mixtures. The available commercial PBDE products are not single compounds or even single congeners but rather a mixture of congeners.
Lower brominated PBDEs
These species average 1-5
Bromine ") is a chemical element with the symbol Br, an atomic number of 35, and an atomic mass of 79.904. It is in the halogen element group. The element was isolated independently by two chemists, Carl Jacob Löwig and Antoine Jerome Balard, in 1825–1826...
atoms per molecule and are regarded as more dangerous because they more efficiently
Bioaccumulation refers to the accumulation of substances, such as pesticides, or other organic chemicals in an organism. Bioaccumulation occurs when an organism absorbs a toxic substance at a rate greater than that at which the substance is lost...
. Lower-brominated PBDEs have been known to affect
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levels in the
The thyroid gland or simply, the thyroid , in vertebrate anatomy, is one of the largest endocrine glands. The thyroid gland is found in the neck, below the thyroid cartilage...
gland. Studies have linked them to reproductive and neurological risks at certain concentrations or higher.
Higher brominated PBDEs
These species average more than 5
Bromine ") is a chemical element with the symbol Br, an atomic number of 35, and an atomic mass of 79.904. It is in the halogen element group. The element was isolated independently by two chemists, Carl Jacob Löwig and Antoine Jerome Balard, in 1825–1826...
atoms per molecule.
The commercial mixture, named pentabromodiphenyl ether, contains the pentabromo derivative predominantly (50-62%), however the mixture also contains tetrabromides (24-38%) and hexabromides (4-8%), as well as traces of the tribromides (0-1%). In similar manner, commercial octabromodiphenyl ether is a mixture of homologs: hexa-, hepta-, octa-, nona-, and decabromides.
Health and environmental concerns
Since the 1990s, scientists have questioned the safety of PBDEs. People are exposed to low levels of PBDEs through ingestion of food and by inhalation. PBDEs bioaccumulate in blood, breast milk, and fat tissues. Personnel associated with the manufacture of PBDE-containing products are exposed to highest levels of PBDEs. Bioaccumulation is of particular concern in such instances, especially for personnel in recycling and repair plants of PBDE-containing products. People are also exposed to these chemicals in their domestic environment because of their prevalence in common household items. Studies in
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have found significant concentrations of PBDEs in common foods such as
Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true...
ground beef
Ground beef
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Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying...
, and
Cheese is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based food products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms....
. PBDEs have also been found at high levels in indoor dust, sewage sludge, and effluents from wastewater treatment plants. Increasing PBDE levels have been detected in the blood of
marine mammal
Marine mammal
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s such as
harbor seal
Harbor Seal
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There is also growing concern that PBDEs share the environmental long life and
Bioaccumulation refers to the accumulation of substances, such as pesticides, or other organic chemicals in an organism. Bioaccumulation occurs when an organism absorbs a toxic substance at a rate greater than that at which the substance is lost...
properties of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins.
Case studies
Studies show that children in the United States, Norway, Australia, and the Faroe Islands have higher levels of PBDEs than adults. In the United States, children's blood concentrations average 62 parts per billion (ppb) and range from 24 to 114 ppb. Published studies express concern because exposure to PBDEs impairs development of the nervous system. PBDEs have also been shown to have hormone-disrupting effects, in particular, on estrogen and thyroid hormones. Experiments with animals have shown that deiodination, active transport, sulfation, and glucuronidation may be involved in disruption of thyroid homeostasis after perinatal exposure to PBDEs during critical developmental time points in utero and days after birth. These adverse effects on hepatic mechanism of thyroid hormone disruption during development have been shown to persist into adulthood. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) noted that PBDEs are particularly toxic to the developing brains of animals. Peer-reviewed studies have shown that even a single dose administered to mice during development of the brain can cause permanent changes in behavior, including hyperactivity.
Swedish scientists first reported substances related to PentaBDE were accumulating in human breast milk. Studies by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation found for the first time very high levels of higher brominated PBDEs (BDE-209) in eggs of
Peregrine falcon
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s. Two forms of PBDEs, Penta and Octa, are no longer manufactured in the United States because of health and safety concerns. Based on a comprehensive risk assessment under the Existing Substances Regulation 793/93/EEC, the EU has completely banned the use of Penta and Octa BDE since 2004. However, both chemicals are still found in furniture and foam items made before the phase-out was completed. The most-common PBDEs that are used in electronics are in a form known as Deca. Deca is banned in Europe for this use and in some U.S. states. For PBDE, EPA has set reference dose of 7 micrograms per kilogram of body weight, which is "believed to be without appreciable effects". However, Linda Birnbaum, PhD, a senior toxicologist with the EPA notes concern: "What I see is another piece of evidence that supports the fact that levels of these chemicals in children appear to be higher than the levels in their parents; I think this study raises a red flag. Previous study by EWG in 2003 published test results showing that the average level of fire-retardants in breast milk from 20 American mothers was 75 times higher than the average levels measured in Europe.
It has been postulated that increasing levels of PBDEs in the environment could be correlated with the increasing incidence of feline hyperthyroidism. However, a study in 2007 found that no association could be detected between hyperthyroid cats and serum PBDE levels.
An experiment conducted at
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a private, nonprofit research and higher education facility dedicated to the study of all aspects of marine science and engineering and to the education of marine researchers. Established in 1930, it is the largest independent oceanographic research...
in 2005 showed that the
isotopic signature
Isotopic signature
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of methoxy-PBDEs found in
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Blubber is a thick layer of vascularized adipose tissue found under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds and sirenians.-Description:Lipid-rich, collagen fiber–laced blubber comprises the hypodermis and covers the whole body, except for parts of the appendages, strongly attached to the musculature...
Carbon-14, 14C, or radiocarbon, is a radioactive isotope of carbon with a nucleus containing 6 protons and 8 neutrons. Its presence in organic materials is the basis of the radiocarbon dating method pioneered by Willard Libby and colleagues , to date archaeological, geological, and hydrogeological...
, the naturally occurring radioactive
Isotopes are variants of atoms of a particular chemical element, which have differing numbers of neutrons. Atoms of a particular element by definition must contain the same number of protons but may have a distinct number of neutrons which differs from atom to atom, without changing the designation...
of carbon. Methoxy-PBDEs are produced by some marine species. If the methoxy-PBDEs in the whale had come from artificial (human-made) sources, they would have contained only carbon-12 and no carbon-14 due to the fact that virtually all PBDEs that are produced artificially use petroleum as the source of carbon; all carbon-14 would have long since completely decayed from that source. The isotopic signatures of the PBDEs themselves were not evaluated. The carbon-14 may instead be in methoxy groups enzymatically added to man-made PBDEs.
A 2010 study found that children with higher concentrations of PBDEs in their umbilical cord blood at birth scored lower on tests of mental and physical development between the ages of one and six. Developmental effects were particularly evident at four years of age, when verbal and full IQ scores were reduced 5.5 to 8.0 points for those with the highest prenatal exposures.
Regulations of PBDEs
As of June 1, 2006 the State of California began prohibiting the manufacture, distribution, and processing of flame-retardant products containing pentabrominated diphenyl ether (pentaBDE) and octabrominated diphenyl (octaBDE). PBDEs are ubiquitous in the environment, and, according to the EPA, exposure may pose health risks. According to U.S. EPA's Integrated Risk Information System, evidence indicates that PBDEs may possess liver toxicity, thyroid toxicity, and neurodevelopmental toxicity. In June 2008, the U.S. EPA set a safe daily exposure level ranging from 0.1 to 7 ug per kg body weight per day for 4 most common PBDEs. In April 2007, the legislature of the state of Washington passed a bill banning the use of PBDEs. The State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection found that all PBDEs should be banned. In August, 2003, the State of California outlawed the sale of penta- and octa- PBDE and products containing them, effective January 1, 2008. In May 2007, the legislature of the state of
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
passed a bill phasing out the use of DecaBDE.
The European Union decided to ban the use of two classes of flame retardants, in particular, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) in electric and electronic devices. This ban was formalised in the RoHS Directive, and an upper limit of 1 g/kg for the sum of PBBs and PBDEs was set. In February 2009, the
Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM)
Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
The Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements , located in Geel, Belgium, is one of the seven institutes of the Joint Research Centre , a Directorate-General of the European Commission ....
released two certified reference materials (CRMs) to help analytical laboratories better detect these two classes of flame retardants. The reference materials were custom-made to contain all relevant PBDEs and PBBs at levels close to the legal limit.
External links
U.S. EPA. An Exposure Assessment of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-08/086F, 2010
Sandy, Martha. Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers: Recommendations to Reduce Exposure in California. Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. 25 Apr. 2008
Polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs) | Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) | Prevention, Pesticides and Toxics (OPPTS). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 25 Apr 2008
[www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tc6.. Chemical and Physical Information. Toxicology Profiles. 25 Apr. 2008 ]
Environment and Science Technology article
About.com article
Environmental Working Groups
2003 report of record concentrations of PBDEs in American Mothers
Northwest Environment Watch
Survey of chemicals in the blood of European ministers
, where PBDEs have been found in all blood samples
PBDEs: They are everywhere, they accumulate and they spread
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition: BFRs in Electronics
Study links cat disease to flame retardants in furniture and to pet food
UCR: Chemicals Used as Fire Retardants Could Be Harmful, UCR Researchers Say
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"The Case of Deborah Rice: Who Is the Environmental Protection Agency Protecting?"
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PZM-10: Mic on a 1.5 inch circular plate, XLR connector, phantom powered. Mic-level output.
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PZM-11: Looks like a light switch. Screw terminal output. Works on phantom power or 12 to 48V DC. Mic-level output.
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public and private sectors will need to perform extensive research, development, and demonstration over the next decade. Given the spectrum of uncertainties involved in the creation and deployment of new technologies, together with the differing technological needs and circumstances across the nation, a portfolio that supports a broad range of initiatives from basic research through demonstration will likely be more effective than targeted efforts to identify and select technology winners and losers. High-priority technology demonstration opportunities during the next decade include CCS, evolutionary nuclear power technologies, cellulosic ethanol, and advanced light-duty vehicles. Research and development opportunities during the next decade include advanced batteries and fuel cells, advanced large-scale storage for electrical load management, enhanced geothermal power, and advanced solar photovoltaic technologies.
Eighth, a number of current barriers are likely to delay or even prevent the accelerated deployment of the energy-supply and end-use technologies described in this report. Policy and regulatory actions, as well as other incentives, will be required to overcome these barriers. For technologies to be accepted in the market they must be clearly attractive—in terms of their performance, convenience, and cost—to investors, purchasers, and users. Regulations and standards that target performance characteristics can do a great deal to spur technological development and help improve market attractiveness.
Although the committee has done its best to identify those technologies likely to be available over the next two to three decades, many uncertainties remain on the scientific, technological, and policy frontiers and in energy markets. Consequently, the technology options identified in this report should be considered as important first-step technology assessments rather than as forecasts.


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Looking Forward to IDF's Unite For a Healthy Future Event
Laura Kolodjeski |
For those of us working in the field of diabetes and/or for those of you living with diabetes, we are often focused on the disease and can sometimes lose sight of the fact that there are others around the world with different diseases who are facing their own daily challenges. That is part of the reason the United Nations is holding its high-level summit on non-communicable diseases, including diabetes, cancer and heart and lung disease on Sept. 19-20.
To celebrate the summit and as a way to rally attention and support for the summit, the International Diabetes Federation is holding a Unite For a Healthy Future event on Sunday, September 18 from noon-6 p.m. in Central Park in New York City. The event is co-sponsored by the Diabetes Hands Foundation, Diabetes Daily, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation just to name a few.
Some of the day's events will include bicycling through Central Park with members of the JDRF, a live mural painting, jump roping to show fun ways to stay active and healthy and a Caribbean Carnival parade that will also include a Socamotion (dance/exercise) exhibition. It sounds like an incredibly fun event with plenty of activities for all ages.
I will be attending the event and I've already heard that a number of you will be there, too. The fact that the UN is conducting this summit is a big step and, as community members of these various diseases, it's important to show our support for the effort. I'm going to watch closely what occurs at the summit and what some of the findings and next steps will be.
If you see me at the event, please come say hello. One of my favorite parts of attending events and conferences is meeting new people, so don't be shy. Also, if you already know you are attending the event, let us know in the comment section below. Share what you're expecting or what you want to see come out of an event like this.
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Trufant Makes Top Corners List
It's been quite the offseason for Desmond Trufant. Fresh off a rookie season that got him some national recognition by way of awards, Trufant has been quiet this offseason, but his name is out there. Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman recently called Trufant a "beast" and he meant it in a good way. Sherman is one of the best in the league and a compliment like that carries some weight.
The recognition of Trufant's place among the game's best doesn't end with the media or Sherman, plenty of others believe Trufant's arrow is pointing up. Bleacher Report's Lead Draft Writer Matt Miller writes a popular series every offseason ranking the top 1,000 players in the league, breaking them up by position. Miller's cornerback rankings came out this week and Trufant is just a few spots behind Sherman, who Miller ranks No. 1.
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"Few rookies step into the NFL and play like Trufant did in 2013," Miller wrote. "His play may have been overshadowed by the team's surprising struggles, but he was a legitimate top-five cornerback."
If Trufant continues on the path of 2013, Miller believes No. 21 will be a top-five corner every season. He notes Trufant's developing elite cover man skills and his veteran-level play in just his first year.
Whatever style defense the Falcons opt to play in 2014, Trufant will be an integral piece to the puzzle. If he continues as he has, his pass coverage could help alleviate concerns about the pass rush.


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Showstopper the Musical is a brand new musical in London. Showstopper now makes its West End debut at E4 Udderbelly Southbank in London.
Audience suggestions help to create a show on the spot, as the all-singing, all-dancing cast improvise with unpredictable and frequently hilarious results. Packed with drama, dazzling dance routines and catchy melodies, Showstopper! leaves delighted audiences singing all the way home.
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"The show is a blast. It makes your jaw drop in impressed amazement and your ribs ache with laughter. Simultaneously a pastiche, a parody and a paean to musical theatre."
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"This show crammed in everything, from political satire to parodies. See Showstopper! See it again and again and again."
British Theatre Guide
"Awe-inspiring ? and often very very funny."
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"Astonishing. Showstopper! has everything you could want from a blockbuster musical. It just happens to be made up on the spot."
Jubilee Gardens, Belvedere Road
Sunday 7.45pm
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Ten years ago, on September 11, 2001, Nicholas Spangler was a journalism student covering a primary election in downtown New York. He heard a loud noise, looked up, and saw a jet fly into the side of one of the twin towers of the World Trade Center. He ran toward it and began taking notes furiously. This is the article that resulted, which ran in our November 2001 issue.
I was outside P.S. 89 tailing a city council candidate on election day when I heard the plane. It made a heavy rasping sound. That was at 8:46 a.m. I watched it fly above my head and into the north side of WTC 1. I could see only smoke and a hole. I started running toward it.
It took me perhaps two minutes to get to the great square off Church Street that was then still bounded by those two massive towers. Millions of documents floated in the sky. I got under a ledge and ran out as far as I could. Fist-sized chunks of concrete and long strips of steel and tiny pieces of glass were hitting the ground beyond the ledge. Three building maintenance men and a cop came out. We told each other what we had just seen and when we saw the bodies falling we were rendered inarticulate. Jesus Christ oh Jesus Christ, someone said. At a distance falling debris can be mistaken for falling bodies but I can say this with certainty: I saw two bodies fall and I saw four lying on the ground. One fell on the opposite edge of the square, arms out and legs straight. I heard it tear through the roof of a bandstand and I heard it hit the ground. Closer to me another woman struck the ground. Both times I heard a sound that, had I not seen the impact, I would have taken for an explosion.
I knew the body in front of me was a woman because she was wearing a skirt (sea-green) and I could see her legs. She had blond hair but I could not see her face. I would not say that I wanted to see it but I thought it was important. I thought if I could edge around the corner I could get closer to her and still be protected by the ledge, but when I made the turn I became terrified and backed up.
At 9 a.m. the other plane crashed into WTC 2. When the glass fell I pressed myself against the wall and covered my face with my left arm. I heard the glass tinkling around me and soothing music coming from speakers embedded in the ledge above me.
I went back to the street and around the corner to get into the complex from the south side. I ran through the deserted farmer's market and got under the ledge on Liberty Street. Debris was still falling. Something bounced off a stoplight. It was getting hard to breathe. A policeman across the street started yelling at me. At 9:25, I saw fifteen to twenty-five firemen cross the Liberty Street walkway to WTC 2.
Two policemen came to get me. We all walked back east, then they went inside WTC 2 and told me to leave. I showed them my press pass. They told me to leave again. I waded through ash, rubble, and paper to the east side of Church, to what looked like a medical staging area. I ducked under the tape and was accosted immediately. I showed the pass. This time it worked.
I spoke with a man named Reyher Kelly who had been on the seventy-eighth floor, the sky lobby of WTC 2, when the plane hit. "We saw people fall out. I was getting into the elevator when it hit us," he said. "The explosion just knocked us down." Bill Hay was in WTC 1 on the fifty-fifth floor giving a lecture at the World Trade Institute when the first plane hit. "The building started to rock," he said. "I looked out the window, saw all the debris falling and just left my laptop, my billfold, passport, plane tickets. They're all gone." Allan Mean was in the WTC 2 elevator at impact. The elevator dropped. "My leg is tingling," he told an EMT.


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February 03, 2011
Great showing for the Fayetteville SchH Club
Posted by: admin : Category: Results
FSC members traveled to South Carolina and put on a fantastic show!
Travis and Remington – High SchH 3! Tied for High in Trial!
David Sanders – High SchH 2 with his boy Boscoe as well as high tracking and high obedience! David also passed the BH degree with Deedee!
Herbert and Yancy – passed the SchH 1!
Arthur and Cegra – a new TR1 title!
Beth and Nici – passed the BH degree!
Huge congratulations to all of the participants and for those that worked so hard for their new titles and degrees.
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King's is well known for the quality and range of its musical activities and generous scholarships are available for talented boys and girls. See: Music Scholarships.
There are four choirs, a symphony orchestra, many chamber groups and an active Jazz Club. There are several major concerts each term as well as regular informal concerts. Overseas tours are now a regular event. In 2006 the Crypt Choir went to New Zealand, Australia and Hong Kong; in 2008 and 2011 they visited the United States; and in 2013 they toured China and Hong Kong.
The video shows the Crypt Choir singing A Spotless Rose.
Individual tuition is available in all instruments and in singing. Over half the pupils in the School have music lessons.
The new Edred Wright Music School opened in January 2009.
See also: Choirs; Orchestras; Music Lessons; Musical Events; Edred Wright Music School; and Recordings.
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Polls open until 7 p.m. today; live updates begin as results starting coming in
May 11, 2012 at 12:11 a.m.
Updated May 12, 2012 at 12:12 a.m.
Saturday Polling Locations
Precinct 1, Hopkins Magnet School, 110 Hopkins Drive
Precinct 2, County Courthouse, 115 N. Bridge St.
Precinct 3, Trinity Episcopal Church, 1501 N. Glass St.
Precinct 4, Patti Welder Magnet School, 1604 E. North St.
Precinct 5, Crain Middle School, 2706 N. Azalea St.
Precinct 6, Family Worship Center, 501 Sam Houston Drive
Precinct 7, O'Connor Magnet School, 3402 Bobolink Lane
Precinct 8, Shields Elementary School, 3400 Bluebonnet Lane
Precinct 9, National Guard Armory, 106 E. Mockingbird Lane
Precinct 10, Liberty Academy, 1110 Sam Houston Drive
Precinct 11, Precinct 4 Portable Building, 14721 J-2 Ranch Road
Precinct 12, Placedo Volunteer Fire Department, 284 Williams St., Placedo
Precinct 13, Bloomington Fire Department, 551 W. Second St., Bloomington
Precinct 14, Guadalupe School, 1952 Guadalupe Road
Precinct 15, McFaddin School Building, 1993 A Farm-to-Market Road 445, McFaddin
Precinct 16, Kemper City Community Center, 405 Kemper City Road South
Precinct 17, Howell Middle School, 2502 Fannin Drive
Precinct 18, Aloe Elementary School, 62 Chaparral Drive
Precinct 19, Smith Elementary School, 2901 Erwin St.
Precinct 20, Wilson Residence, 4543 Ranch-to-Market Road 236
Precinct 21, Vickers Elementary, 708 Glascow St.
Precinct 22, Mission Valley Volunteer Fire Department, 34 Reinecke Road
Precinct 23, Precinct 2 Service Center, 13323 Nursery Drive, Nursery
Precinct 25, Rowland Elementary, 2706 Leary Lane
Precinct 26, Telferner Methodist Church, 81 Old Highway Road, Telferner
Precinct 28, William Wood Elementary School, 183 Wood Hi School Road
Precinct 29, DeLeon Elementary School, 1002 Santa Barbara St.
Precinct 30, Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, 4102 N. Ben Jordan St.
Precinct 31, Tanglewood Club House, 401 Rosewood St.
Precinct 32, Victoria ISD Administration Building, 102 Profit Drive
Precinct 33, Holy Family Catholic Church, 704 Mallette Drive
Precinct 34, Dudley Magnet School, 3307 Callis St.
Precinct 35, F.W. Gross Montessori School, 1208 S. Navarro St.
For much more on the elections, go to Election Central.
For a Victoria sample ballot, go here.
Election polls for Victoria's City Council, city charter and Victoria College's bond election open Saturday morning. Voters across the Crossroads also go to the polls to vote on municipal and school races.
On Election Day, voters must cast their ballots at their respective precinct polling places. Those locations are based on new, redistricted boundaries.
Several new polling locations are set up for election precincts.
All registered voters in the county received a voter registration card with their election precinct number listed. The uniform Election Day uses school district boundaries in assigning polling places, according to a news release from the county elections office.
Precinct 5 will vote at Crain Elementary School, 2706 N. Azalea St.
The new Precinct 6 will vote at Family Worship Center, 501 Sam Houston Drive.
Precinct 9 changed boundaries and will vote at the National Guard Armory, 106 E. Mockingbird Lane.
Precinct 31 is a new precinct inside the city limits and will vote at Tanglewood Clubhouse, 401 Rosewood St.
The use of school district boundaries creates the following polling place changes.
Precinct 12 - Victoria school district voters will vote at William Wood Elementary School, 193 Wood Hi School Road.
Precinct 15 and 16 - Voters from Victoria ISD will vote at Aloe Elementary, 62 Chaparral Drive.
Precinct 23 and 24 - Voters within Victoria ISD will vote at Vickers Elementary School, 708 Glascow St.
Precinct 23 and 24 - Voters within Nursery ISD will vote at the Precinct 2 Service Center, 13323 Nursery Drive.
Precinct 27 - Voters who are in VISD and north of U.S. Highway 59 will vote at Precinct 4 Portable Building, 14721 J-2 Ranch Road.
Precinct 27 - Voters who are in VISD and live south of U.S. 59 will vote at William Wood Elementary School, 193 Wood Hi School Road. Precinct 15 - Voters in Refugio school district will vote at McFaddin School Building, 1993 A Farm-to-Market Road 445, McFaddin.
Precinct 16 - Voters will vote at Kemper City Community Center, 405 Kemper City Road South.
Voters should check the election precinct number on their voter registration cards and the school district designation to determine their voting location.
Updates tonight
Live coverage of Crossroads elections results will begin after polls close at 7 p.m.


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Environmental consultancy. There's a po-faced couple of words if ever we saw them. But environmental consultancy is exactly what's needed if, together, we're going to tackle shoddy product design, wasteful packaging and inefficient services as well as keeping on top of legislation.
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SALEM, ORe. — Oregon is getting $20 million from the Obama administration to improve early-childhood education.
Governor Kitzhaber's office announced the grant on Thursday, which will be used to improve training for pre-school teachers and to make sure program used to prepare children for kindergarten are effective.
Oregon is one of five states getting the grant this year, as part of the federal Race To The Top Early Learning Challenge run by the U.S. Department of Education and Health and Human Services.


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Berlin remains a place where artists can rent studios and gallery spaces can be opened for a reasonable sum. But Mitte no longer has the lock on the gallery scene, a victim of its own success and the accompanying high rents. Though many powerhouse spaces still call Auguststrasse and Linienstrasse home, others have closed, and many have now moved to the former Western neighborhoods of Wedding and Tiergarten. In Mitte, strong players still include Contemporary Fine Arts, Eigen + Art, and Barbara Weiss. And try the Sammlung Boros in western Mitte, near the government quarter—a private collection housed in a huge WWII concrete bunker (guided tours are €10/$12). Branching out, the multi-culti, heavily Turkish neighborhood of Wedding has Galerie Max Hetzler, which deals in international superstars like Jeff Koons. Just south of the Neue Nationalgalerie on Potsdamer Strasse are former Mitte stars Klosterfelde, Matthias Arndt, and Esther Schipper. And in the newly hip Neukölln neighborhood in the south of the city, Berlin's most personality-driven gallery sits in a former industrial space— Peres Projects has had shows by James Franco and Terence Koh, and keeps the rest of Berlin guessing.—Updated by Ralph Martin
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Martini classic food, spirits and entertainment is North Myrtle Beach's most unique restaurant and lounge. Entertainment performs nightly and includes pianists to vocalists and blues & jazz guitarists.
We host a fabulous happy hour each day from 4 to 7 in our lounge. Several small plates are offered from $3 to $8 that are perfect for sharing. We feature great drink specials and have a "cocktail of the day".
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Report: IRS Gave $2.8M In Bonuses, Paid Time Off To Delinquent Employees
The Internal Revenue Service paid $2.8 million in bonuses plus thousands of hours of paid time-off to 2,800 of its employees who had been disciplined for misconducts such as late or non-payment, misuse of travel cards, and even fraud, internal government investigators say.
Report: IRS Data Mining Facebook, Twitter, Instagram And Other Social Media Sites
IRA agents gathering massive amounts of public data that could be used in audits.
GOP Congressman Introduces 'Contempt' Bill To Withhold Holder's Salary
Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Tex., has introduced the "Contempt Act" to prohibit taxpayer-funded salaries from going to government officials found in contempt of Congress.
Cruz: Holder Should Be Impeached For 'Defying Congress And The Rule Of Law' In IRS Scandal
Sen. Ted Cruz said Attorney General Eric Holder should be impeached if he doesn't indict former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner, who is linked to the agency's targeting of conservative groups.
IRS: Employee Took Home Personal Info on 20,000 Workers
The Internal Revenue Service is reporting a potential security breach involving personal information about 20,000 IRS workers, former workers and contractors.
Obamacare Gap Between Tax Credits, Reported Income Could Pinch The Poor
Millions of American workers with low or varying month-to-month income could be subject to government fines and delays due to a gap between health care subsidies and reported income.
Report: IRS Paid $4.2 Billion To Undocumented Immigrants
A new report finds that the Internal Revenue Service mailed $4.2 billion in child-credit checks to undocumented immigrant families.
Former Informant Suing US For Abandoning Her
A former confidential informant working for the United States in Colombia claims in a lawsuit that the U.S. government abandoned her when she got into legal trouble for her undercover operations, and she wound up spending three years in a Colombian jail.
IRS: No Tax Refunds During Shutdown, But You Must Still Pay
The Internal Revenue Service says you must pay your taxes during the government shutdown. But don't expect any refunds.
Report: IRS Collections Of 'Reluctant Taxpayers' Down Nearly 10 Percent
A Treasury investigator says tax collections from reluctant taxpayers dropped for the second straight year in 2012.


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Fourstar, the longest-running clothing company in skateboarding, debuts the Holiday '13 Guy Mariano collection, available now at Fourstar dealers.
Mariano's refined take on an outdoor heritage-influenced collection features the Mariano Signature L/S Flannel: a brushed flannel with an oversized plaid, the Mariano Signature Jacket: a quilted, cotton canvas parka with Mariano plaid flannel hood lining, dual entry workwear pockets, elbow patches and drawcord cinches. The Mariano Signature Jean: a five-pocket, button-fly stretch canvas pant available in three different washes and the Mariano Signature L/S Knit: a mid-weight jersey long-sleeve crew, offered in two heathered stripe colorways. Each piece is finished with Mariano's signature trim package.
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The Coolpix P7000 joined its D3100 and D7000 big brothers in reaching market in the late third quarter of calendar year 2010. Nikon describes this latest high-performance Coolpix as ".... the perfect complement to an advanced photographer's D-SLR, and it inspires the entry-level consumer to explore the boundaries of their photographic capabilities and fulfill their creative vision."
The Coolpix P7000 packs the hardware to complement a DSLR, notably a RAW shooting capability and zoom lens covering the 28 to 200mm focal range in 35mm equivalents, with a fast f/2.8 maximum aperture at the wide end of the lens. Here's the view at each end of that zoom:
It also carries a $500 MSRP that borders on entry-level DSLR territory, but that money buys you a laundry list of features: face detection and a shutter that can fire automatically when it detects a smile or warn you if someone blinks, 720 HD video with autofocus, zoom and stereo sound, a full mix of automatic and scene-specific shooting modes along with full manual controls, a built-in neutral density (ND) filter and electronic virtual horizon, and a fairly comprehensive in-camera image editing suite. The camera has a 100 to 3200 ISO native sensitivity range (expandable to 6400 manually and up to 12800 when shooting in Low Noise Night Mode) with its 1/1.7-inch CCD sensor, and the processing technology is Nikon's latest EXPEED C2. There's a built-in flash, hot shoe, optical viewfinder with diopter adjustment, 3.0-inch LCD monitor with high resolution and about 79MB of internal memory; the camera uses SD/SDHC/SDXC memory media and class 6 or better speed is recommended for video capture.
Nikon includes a Lithium-ion battery and charger, camera strap, AV and USB cables, quick start guide, user's manual and CD-ROM software with each camera. Users should be aware that Nikon has issued a firmware update for the P7000 - our review sample had not been updated when it was received - that deals with issues related to image recording time with RAW captures, lens focus, zoom and monitor highlight loss with D-Lighting enabled. The update is available on Nikon's website and is simple to install - it took only a few minutes to load it before beginning shooting for this review, so I have no baseline performance with which to judge the update's impact on camera operations.
Our Nikon P7000 is now up to current spec, so the only thing left to do is get out and shoot it.
The Nikon Coolpix P7000 features a metal body and the look of a classic rangefinder camera - materials, fit and finish seem good and in keeping with the camera's price point. From a distance one would be hard pressed to differentiate a P7000 from a G12 - besides MSRPs, these two contemporaries share general shape and virtually identical dimensions with the Nikon weighing in about an ounce less. The P7000 may be a "compact," but you don't slip this compact into a shirt pocket - a larger jacket pocket is required.
Ergonomics and Controls
The P7000 has a modestly built-up grip area on the right front of the camera body, covered with a rubberized material - another patch of similar material designates the thumb rest at the rear of the body. Single-handed shooting feels secure, although I'd like the rubberized stuff to feel a bit more tacky.
The camera top and back are covered with controls. Aside from the thumb rest, the rear is taken up by the monitor, viewfinder, an assortment of buttons, the rotary multi-selector and a command dial. The top is filled with the pop-up flash, quick menu button, mode dial, shutter button/zoom lever, power button, exposure compensation dial and Av/Tv button. Somehow, Nikon has filled every square inch with something yet managed to very effectively minimize conflicts.
The shooting finger falls naturally to the shutter button and overlays the Av/Tv button with minimal contact with the exposure compensation dial, and that dial seems to require enough force to turn that inadvertent activations should be rare; I had none during my time with the P7000. The thumb lays naturally with no real contact to any other controls.
An Av/Tv button? On a Nikon? I never cared for Canon's designating aperture priority on their cameras with "Av" (aperture value) and shutter priority with "Tv" (time value), and why Nikon should choose to introduce this nomenclature on the P7000 is unclear. The P7000 uses the traditional P, A, S and M designations for the manual shooting modes, so where does "Av/Tv" fit in?
The default purpose of the button is to select whether the rotary multi-selector or command dial changes aperture/shutter speed in the P, A, S or M shooting modes. Or, it can be customized to view or hide the virtual horizon, histogram or framing grid, or to change settings on the built-in ND filter. Sounds more like a "function" button to me, but the P7000 already has one of those (which can be customized to perform certain functions when pushed in conjunction with the shutter release button) so why not something like "A/S" ?
The P7000 allows for a fair number of image settings to be set on the fly in the manual modes via external controls - the quick menu dial offers access to ISO, WB, auto exposure bracketing, image quality/size, my menu (which allows quick access to six frequently accessed user-specified menu items) and tone level information. Manual exposure compensation is available via the exposure compensation dial, and available in auto modes as well.
Menus and Modes
There are three main menus in the P7000: shooting, playback and setup. Depending on the individual shooting mode selected, not all may be available. For example, all three are available in the manual modes, but there is no shooting menu in the auto mode and shooting menu becomes scene menu in scene modes (and is used to select the individual scene, nothing more). As you might suspect, there's a movie menu in that mode, but it consists of only single or continuous AF options and a wind cut enable/disable setting.
Once you enter any menu, they're fairly simple and intuitive. The format command for memory media and internal memory is located in the setup menu.
There are nine major shooting modes in the P7000:
The 3.0-inch LCD monitor has a 921,000 dot composition and is adjustable for 5 levels of brightness. We measured peak brightness at 306 nits and the contrast ratio was 900:1. Values over 500 nits and contrast ratios with at least a 500-800:1 ratio tend to describe monitors that do better in bright outdoor conditions for image composition, capture and review. The three Nikon products I've reviewed since we began measuring these values (D7000, D3100, P7000) have all had peak brightness on the low end of the scale, but contrast on the high end - and each has done pretty well outside, although very bright conditions could overwhelm any of them. The high contrast seems to compensate for the relatively low brightness. Monitor coverage is about 97% for shooting functions and approximately 100% for playback.
The optical viewfinder offers about 80% coverage and features a diopter adjustment for varying eyesight acuity. That 80% means all kinds of detail not apparent through the viewfinder will find its way onto the final capture, so viewfinder use is best limited to shots where things showing up on the edges of the frame are not a concern. There's no shooting information displayed in the viewfinder. I mentioned at the outset of the review that the P7000 has the look of a retro rangefinder camera, and it serves up some classic rangefinder parallax error for folks who use the viewfinder to compose macro images.
Parallax error refers to the change in view of the captured image that occurs because the viewfinder is separate from the lens - on the P7000, there's about 1.5 inches of offset between the centerline of the viewfinder and the lens, and the closer you get to a subject, the more this variance in what you see through the viewfinder versus what the lens sees can impact images.
Here are shots of a rock on the beach and a piece of seaweed - the first shot of each was composed through the viewfinder at macro distances, the second through the monitor. In each case the subject was centered in the viewfinder or monitor, but the viewfinder images are well off-center thanks to parallax error.
And here's the most extreme case - a quarter shot at a distance of about an inch or so. Using the viewfinder with the quarter centered in the frame missed the coin altogether due to the small size of the quarter relative to the 1.5-inch offset of lens and viewfinder!
Parallax error is not P7000 specific, it's just a byproduct of the general design - Canon's G12 does the same thing, and twin-lens reflex cameras as well. If you're shooting macro with a P7000, use the monitor for composition.
Nikon's Coolpix models with the "P" designation are the performance models, and as you'd expect from a performance oriented machine, the P7000 can shoot in RAW. But all Nikon RAWs are not created equal - Nikon has used NEF (Nikon Electronic Format) as its RAW standard for years, but the P7000 (and the P6000 before it) uses a new variant, NRW.
Nikon's Capture NX2 software can handle NRW files, and Nikon includes View NX2 software with each P7000 that does as well, but my Adobe Photoshop CS4 doesn't recognize it, and the Adobe fix to recognize NRW only works with CS5. Adobe CS4 works fine with NEFs, but if you're shooting NRW with a P7000 plan to convert to JPEG or TIFF in one of the Nikon software programs before trying to work the images in Photoshop CS4 or earlier.
Shooting Performance
The P7000 is about average in startup time - the monitor comes on in about a second, but you don't get a focus point displayed until over two seconds have passed. I was able to get off a first shot in about 2.7 seconds. Single shot-to-shot times run about 2.75 seconds, due in large part to an almost 2 second write time for a single fine quality JPEG image. The camera made its advertised "approximately 1.3 frames per second" continuous shooting rate, but when those shots were of RAW/JPEG fine quality, we got 5 shots and a 21 second write time with a 16GB class 10 card. Recording 8 JPEG fine shots took about 8 seconds to write after the last shot was taken.
Shutter Lag (press-to-capture, pre-focused)
Camera | Time (seconds) |
Samsung TL500 | 0.01 |
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 | 0.01 |
Nikon Coolpix P7000 | 0.01 |
Canon PowerShot G12 | 0.04 |
AF Acquisition (press-to-capture, no pre-focus)
Camera | Time (seconds) |
Nikon Coolpix P7000 | 0.24 |
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 | 0.40 |
Samsung TL500 | 0.43 |
Canon PowerShot G12 | 0.50 |
Continuous Shooting
Camera | Frames | Framerate* |
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 | 3 | 3.3 fps |
Canon PowerShot G12 | ∞ | 2.1 fps |
Samsung TL500 | ∞ | 1.5 fps |
Nikon Coolpix P7000 | 26 | 1.5 fps |
*Note: Continuous shooting framerates are based on the camera's fastest full-resolution JPEG continuous shooting mode, using the fastest media type available (300x CF, SDHC, etc.). "Frames" notes the number of captures recorded per burst before the camera stops/slows to clear the buffer.
Continuous shooting is difficult with the monitor - there's an initial blackout period after the first capture, and shorter blackouts between shots, so you're always a frame behind on the monitor and tracking moving subjects can be difficult. The viewfinder doesn't suffer from the blackouts so that's the way to go, assuming you can shoot without worrying about the 80% coverage and what's getting into the frame that you don't see. There's virtually no shutter noise in the continuous shooting mode so it's hard to keep track of how many shots you've taken by sound alone.
The P7000 may be a bit on the slow side to write images, but it scoots right along in acquiring focus (in most cases) and shutter lag, which we measured at 0.24 and 0.01 seconds, respectively. The camera seemed to perform better at AF acquisition when set for full time AF versus single servo AF - acquisition times were quicker and more consistent across a range of lighting conditions at the full time setting.
In single shot mode, the P7000 displays a red focus point(s) while acquiring focus which then turns to green and is accompanied by the typical compact digital camera "beep" when focus is acquired. On a number of occasions, the icon would change color and the "beep" would ensue, but the image on the monitor was clearly not in focus. A split second later the monitor would come into focus, but if you pushed the shutter to capture at the beep, the shutter wouldn't fire. Once the image on the monitor comes into focus, the shutter fires, but most of the time the P7000 acquires focus and shoots without the delay. I have no idea why it sometimes drags its feet.
P7000 ad copy talks about 5-way stabilization, but that's counting things like the ability to manually select a 6400 ISO sensitivity to keep shutter speeds up in dim light, or Nikon's BSS (best shot selector) which takes up to 10 images while the shutter is held down, then saves the sharpest one and discards the rest. The two that matter most are vibration reduction and motion detection, and both are found in the setup menu. Vibration reduction involves mechanical stabilization with the sensor being moved to combat camera shake; motion detection raises ISO sensitivity to produce faster shutter speeds to accomplish the same result. If you're going to use stabilization, enable vibration reduction but not motion detection (unless there's no other way to get the shot). You don't want to be ramping up ISO sensitivity any more than you have to.
Flash range is listed as out to 21 feet at wide angle and auto ISO, and recycle times were good with a fresh battery - 2 to 5 seconds from best to worst case scenarios.
Battery life is listed as about 350 shots, and the battery is the same used in the D3100 (which gets 550 shots out of a charge).
Lens Performance
The 28 to 200mm focal range of the P7000 offers a nice mix of fairly wide to modestly long, and the f/2.8 maximum aperture at the wide end is decently fast. Corners are a bit soft at the wide end, and edges and corners a bit soft at telephoto, but the lens is fairly sharp overall. There's barrel distortion at wide angle and pincushion at telephoto, but the P7000 has a distortion control setting that, when enabled, really minimizes these conditions. The trade-off is that the frame may get cropped a tiny bit. I shot most of this review with distortion control enabled.
There is some chromic aberration (purple fringing) throughout the focal range in some high contrast boundary areas, although the effect is usually fairly hard to detect in enlargements below 200 to 300%. Still, there may be occasions when the effect is apparent under close scrutiny at 100%, but the P7000 isn't too bad overall.
Video Quality
Video quality at 720 HD is pretty good, on a par with the G12. Video capture requires setting the mode dial to movie, acquiring focus with a half push of the shutter and then initiating capture with a full push. The full time AF (single servo AF is the default) setting does a pretty good job of adjusting when you zoom or change the scene - I acquired focus on a distant ridgeline then panned down to a bush only a few feet away, and the AF kept up pretty well. The full time AF is noisy in videos - the camera records it and zoom noise during video capture, and the built-in microphone is wind sensitive. The wind noise reduction setting helps with wind and still allows a fair amount of external audio to come through (but doesn't have an impact on the zoom or AF noise). There is a microphone jack to permit use of an external microphone.
Image Quality
When I shot the P7000 for the First Look teaser my initial impression was that still image quality was on a par with the Canon G11/12 cameras I felt had the best image quality of any compact I'd ever reviewed. Nothing's changed and the P7000 now joins the list.
Default images out of the P7000 were pleasing as to color fidelity and sharpness, although I increased in-camera sharpening settings for the manual modes. Lately, I've been turning up the sharpening in review cameras and I think it's probably got something to do with the fact that I've been using a sharpening program on my personal NEFs (and really liking the results); I'm trying to get the review camera output closer to that look right out of the camera. Most folks will probably be happy with the default images. The good news for manual mode shooters is that the P7000 provides lots of setting possibilities and access is readily available to many via external controls.
Nikon's Picture Control color palette offers four main selections, and here's a look at the standard, neutral, vivid and monochrome settings.
Standard |
Vivid |
Neutral |
Monochrome |
There are also yellow, orange, red and green filter effects that may be applied to the monochrome setting, as well as black & white, sepia and cyanotype versions of monochrome with seven levels of saturation.
Nikon uses Active D-Lighting to enhance the apparent dynamic range of the camera, and in the P7000, this is available as an in-camera setting that may be disabled or set to low, normal or high in the shooting menu for the manual modes. D-Lighting is available for post processing images in the playback menu. I typically shoot with Active D-Lighting disabled and then post-process if needed. Here are a couple shots of the mission walkway with Active D-Lighting disabled and then set for high.
No D-Lighting |
High D-Lighting |
Auto white balance was used for many of the captures in this review and did a fairly good job with the exception of incandescent light, which shot warm. Only auto WB is available in the monochrome picture control setting, but for the others there are daylight, incandescent, three fluorescent, cloudy, flash, Kelvin temperature and three user-defined custom settings available in addition to auto.
Auto White Balance, 5500k fluorescent light
Matrix metering is the default and did a pretty good job in most cases, but it could lose some highlights in bright, high-contrast conditions in the manual modes. The camera seemed less prone to lose highlights in auto mode and I shot a far higher percentage of images in auto mode with this camera versus my customary aperture priority. There are center-weighted, spot and spot AF area options as well in the manual modes.
The P7000 uses the same physically-sized sensor and resolution as the G12, and if you're jumping ahead and guessing that ISO noise performance might be similar, you're correct (unless my eyes are deceiving me). Both cameras are following the same path philosophically regarding ISO noise by using larger than typical sensors and holding resolution to the 10 megapixel level. This helps achieve noise performance that's a bit better than the average compact digital.
ISO 100 and 200 in the P7000 are quite similar and hard to tell apart. ISO 400 begins to lose some fine details compared to 200, but is still quite good and usable for large prints. ISO 800 picks up some graininess and loses a bit more fine detail, but is still usable for small prints.
ISO 100, 100% crop |
ISO 200, 100% crop |
ISO 400, 100% crop |
ISO 800, 100% crop |
ISO 1600, 100% crop |
ISO 3200, 100% crop |
ISO 1600 is the tipping point for the P7000, with a fairly marked loss of fine detail and increased graininess. ISO 3200 experiences another major drop off, with grain becoming very prominent and fine details lost to smudging for the most part. The photos are usable (along with 1600) for internet small images, but print at your own risk.
I've alluded to the G12 on several occasions in this review, so I know some of you are wondering which has the better ISO performance. Looking at the shots from both cameras I'd say noise performance is about equal through 400, and the P7000 does just a tiny bit better at 800 through 3200 - primarily a bit more detail and a bit less artifacts and grain. The difference isn't major and certainly not enough to be a deal-breaker if you have your sights set on one camera or the other.
The Coolpix P7000 slots into Nikon's compact line directly opposite the Canon G12, a wonderful camera that has the best image quality of any compact I've ever reviewed and which this site awarded an "Editor's Choice" designation. Tough neighborhood for any compact, and this review isn't meant as a direct comparison of the two, but let's face it: the G12 is the obvious yardstick for high-end compacts right now.
Nikon P7000 image quality is as good as the Canon G12's and high ISO noise performance might just be a hair better. A very fine hair to be sure, but a hair nonetheless. The Nikon generally acquires AF quicker and video quality seems comparable. The Nikon offers a wider focal range with lens speed that is comparable at the wide end of the zoom, but 2/3rds of a stop slower at telephoto. Game, set, match to the P7000, no?
No. While the P7000 generally acquires focus promptly, there are times when it says it's acquired focus, but hasn't, and you wait a split second longer to capture the image. It doesn't happen often, but just enough to be annoying, and all the more so because the P7000 is so quick most of the time. RAW still image write speed for the P7000 seems on the slow side, even with class 10 SDHC media, and things are really slow if you shoot a burst of RAW/JPEG fine captures. Nikon produced a firmware update for the P7000 to address focus issues and RAW image write speed, and while I never shot the P7000 before installing the firmware, the AF, while quite good, still throws you a glitch now and then. RAW write speed is reportedly improved with the firmware, so it must have been molasses-in-January slow before.
If you're in the market for a high-end compact and are wedded to either the Canon or Nikon brand, you can safely go with the product of your choice and know the other guy isn't going to outshoot you because of hardware. And if you're not brand oriented and just want to get the best images out of this class of camera, you can go either way and if the images aren't great it's not the camera's fault. The P7000 joins the G11/G12 on my best compact digital image list, and that's pretty select company.


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The group's catchy indie-rock sound is influenced by classic pop bands like the Smiths, the Byrds, Fleetwood Mac and the Go-Betweens. San Francisco's Bonnie & the Bang Bang will also perform. Both bands appeared at this year's BottleRock music festival in Napa. The 7 p.m. show will be inside the winery's Old Redwood Barn; doors at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 at Gunbun.com or $25 at the door, 2000 Denmark St., Sonoma.


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vishneda wrote:Yeah, it sucks when this happens for a derby shirt. With Circumloction, no one knew the horror that awaited us.
which one was that?
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Maybe they forgot there's supposed to be a shirt today?
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roushfan wrote:quickiedeals.biz says that Paypal is down for IE users. That could be the problem here. They don't want to change the page because no one could buy one anyway.
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auggie24 wrote:too funny. after the effin caterpillar netted you some bank. way to show some love.
yehehehe :]
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Hi.......my first triathlon is at Blenheim in June.....as mentioned earlier posts - also some responses kindly indicated that I should ask any questions and hopefully receive some good advice !!........................For the swim, i only have a shorty wet suit - will this be ok......hire charges or buying full wetsuit aren't that cheap and I already have made some investments - can i get away with a shorty or is it unwise ?...........
I don't think you can use a shorty in the UK, I'm sure some one like FB will know the exact ruling but i'm fairly certain you can't.
That said, looking at the BTF rules i can't see anything about the style of wettie you have to wear.
I stand corrected seems you can wear a shortie.
I would like to my name to a list to order kit, could you please send me the thread/list so I can add the items,
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As a 'Newbie', I would call it an 'Introduction' process, rather than an interview!
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I love that song. Just wanted to take a break from all my school art projects. Its very stressful.
Steampunk influence and maybe a bit of Luis Royo. I love him. We have a big picture of his up on our living room wall. Steampunk is such an obsession right now. If i had the time i would draw nothing but steampunk related stuff. Computer is still not fixed. I drew this awhile ago and couldn't upload [no PS for stitching the image], but I only just realized that my dad has PS for me to scan and upload things. grr. made me angry and laugh at the same time.
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Amidst the many affluent households in just another area in the metropolis, rests a small five-storied brick house. The different floors sit vacant -- no furniture, no television, neither are they in possession of ceiling fans. I see the resident of this red brick house, Bidhu kaka. Bidhu kaka occupies a little room on the second floor. It can accommodate four people comfortably, thus making it a fitting home for Bidhu kaka and his wife and two daughters. The only other occupant of the rather spacious house is a 7-month-old Alaskan husky. The dog however lives an old man's life; he struts aimlessly throughout the building, hardly causes mischief and eats its meals in silence, a lot of silence. Bidhu kaka swears to have never heard the mutt bark or even grumble a bit when struggling with its food.
Bidhu kaka lives quite a contented life. The owners of the house live abroad and send in the money to Bidhu kaka every month in exchange of his labour. The owners are not in knowledge of the dog's presence at their house; Bidhu kaka let it stay with his family when the helpless and rather dirty pup showed up at his doorstep months ago. "Just a week," he had said to his daughters. Bidhu kaka's days start with grocery shopping for the small family, cleaning the house, watering plants and cooking the daily meals. I see Bidhu kaka every day, playing with his youngest, one-year-old daughter and brushing the lawn afterwards religiously. I sometimes see him hanging clothes on suspenders, or just sitting with the dog staring off into the distance. I don't know why but in his glassy eyes, I see worry. I can tell how tensed he is about the future. I see him watching and smiling inattentively at his daughters as they run and giggle and chase each other.
On his limited wage, he feeds his family well enough, dresses them in decent clothes and leads a relaxed life altogether. He frets easy, though. He regrets not being able to dress his children nicer, not being able to enroll his daughters to school yet, and his inability to reassure them of his return home from the market each day given the country's volatile political situation. He worries about the uncertain and hazardous life that his daughters will have to lead. His concern for their safety grows stronger each day.
It's Christmas, Bidhu kaka, and I see you observe the neighboring houses adorned with little lights. I see the lights and colours reflected in your daughters' eyes. They stand still and look around. They hear the songs and smell the aroma of freshly baked goods; Christmas is a celebration for all now.
Bidhu kaka, your daughters will not receive the imported kameezes that fall to their toes. Your daughters will not travel in the yellow buses that carry children to private schools, nor will they know the perks of shopping at big malls with central air conditioning. Bidhu kaka, I write to you because I see you leading your ordinary life in your ordinary clothes with your lack of manners and etiquette. Bidhu kaka, I see you worried and concerned. Yet, I see you so contented and happy with your children and your life seems so much effortless than all of ours -- with our big belts, heavy wallets and shiny shoes. Bidhu kaka, lastly, it saddens me that you will never know of this letter. You will never read or comprehend these words because your father could never afford to send you to school.
I just hope and pray that your daughters don't have to be in your shoes. I hope your daughters are able to read these words some day and I hope they get to live the life you wish for them.


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BEST CUBAN RESTAURANT Miami 2002 - Casa Romeu
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Chefs of all stripes like to say that with regard to cuisine, quality is in the details. For the Cuban gourmet one measuring stick for refined gastronomy is to be found in the mariquitas (curly, long, plantain chips). Casa Romeu's are el maximo: soft and fluffy, not crispy and burned like at some places. Another culinary barometer is the sopa de pollo (chicken soup), which Romeu's customers wistfully remember for days, sometimes weeks. Somehow they even make people rave about the congrí, a seasoned mixture of rice and beans. Romeu regulars are especially fanatical about the picadillo (a juicy, piquant concoction of ground beef, onion, peppers, and spices) and the bistec empanizado (breaded steak). Located about a mile north of Miami Lakes, the restaurant opens at 7:00 a.m. and closes at midnight. ¿Qué más tu quieres?


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