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Join us in supporting The Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act, introduced in Congress yesterday by Senators Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Representatives Patrick Meehan (R-PA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL). This vital legislation will stop the transport of American horses to slaughter in Mexico and Canada, as well as permanently prevent it from occurring here in the United States. Please ask your Members of Congress to cosponsor the bill and help usher it to passage!
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Stop the horse slaughter, I can't imagine U.S. condonning this.. it's so sad and shameful.
We need to end having any part in horse slaughter and make better laws agains over breeding and ownership and care of our horses. The answer is to reduce the number of births each year, NOT slaughter what we have. Thank you!
I hope congress knows that the world is watching. These monsters who murder, torture, and give toxic meat to children have been exposed. There is no going back. Anyone who slaughters a horse is explicit in abuse, and poisoning innocent children. They are nothing but criminals, and we have to demand they be prosecuted.
Stop this!!!! This is horrible along with other animal cruelty!!
There are numerous reasons why Oklahoma or any other state should not open horse slaughterhouses:
1) Horse slaughter plants devastate communities in which they are located, economically, environmentally, socially. The consequences of horse slaughter include loss of other business development due to stigmatization of the community; plummeting property values; increased vermin due to rotting flesh; horse blood backing up into bathtubs (horse have 1.76 time more blood per pound than cattle and it cannot be sold There are numerous reasons why Oklahoma or any other state should not open horse slaughterhouses: 1) Horse slaughter plants devastate communities economically, environmentally and socially. Consequences of horse slaughter include loss of other business development due to stigmatization of the community; plummeting property ...values; increased vermin due to rotting flesh; horse blood backing up into bathtubs (horse have 1.76 time more blood per pound than cattle and it cannot be sold any more due to toxins); dramatically increased crime rates. All this happened in Kaufman, TX until Kaufman's residents managed to close it down, after a protracted fight that lasted 25-years; 2) The meat of American horses is toxic because of substances routinely given to them, such as phenylbutazone (bute), a carcinogen banned by FDA in any meat-producing animals and that can cause aplastic anemia in children even in minute quantities in animal substances; 3) As of July 31, 2013, there will likely be no market for American horse meat as the European Union (which imports 80% of the meat of North American horses) has implemented strict regulations preventing its importation of adulterated horse meat. A "passport" will be required, proving that each horse has never been administered bute or many other substances. Such a passport system would be virtually impossible to implement; 4) As 80% of Americans adamantly oppose horse slaughter (as per the January 2012 poll conducted by Lake Research Partners), Oklahoma would suffer devastating economic consequences due to boycotts of its tourist industry and other industries as well; 5) Because of their natural flight instinct, there is no way to "humanely" slaughter horses. These animals are subjected to extreme suffering due to gross violations in a most predatory industry, with much improper conduct by employees and a lack of supervision and code.
For all these reasons, horse slaughter is unacceptable. See the below FOIA request on Cavel (former plant in DeKalb, IL) that was submitted by Animals' Angels last July. The FOIA contains transport and humane violations. This is a link to the newsletter that contains links to the various reports.
I hope you check the above link. It exposes what most Americans do not know nor do they want to.
It is the horrific reality all horses face. 80 % of Americans oppose horse slaughter. The current meat scandals expanding all over the world are a reminder that horse meat is not fit for human consumption, and even the recent EU passport systems are no guarantee for food safety.
The predatory measures in which this horrid business has been conducted, are not morally nor ethically feasible. Serious infractions within have shut down the last plant in IL. in 2007. There is no humane way to slaughter horses, unlike cows, as they are flight animals. We must find a different approach, as no horse slaughter plant takes "skinny, old horses", that is a myth/propaganda created by the pro side. Evidence of hundreds of such "skinny old horses" continue to be found - abandoned in the TX desert, as they are rejects by plants.
The serious health hazard of adulterated horse meat has been cleverly played down by those who push for this outrageous agenda to gain financially. The sub-humane cruelty of horse slaughter which has been documented for years has shocked Americans to the core. Horses suffer, from the get go: At the auctions, in which they are treated like unfeeling commodities, no water/food, often seriously injured/hurt, no medical assistance - then during transport, again no food/water, only to arrive at their destinations either dead, seriously hurt or sick. This is not the 21st century value of a modern nation who claims to be moving forth.
America does not want Oklahoma or N.M. as a sore spot on their map promoting this predatory industry.
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Anyone supporting horse slaughter in the US because one believes that horse slaughter would be more "humane" in this country than in Mexico because, purportedly, Mexican plants do not abide by American standards of "humane" slaughter. This is not true. Please understand that the Mexican horse slaughterhouses are "EU approved," which means that they use the "captive bolt" method of killing horses which was used in this country and would be used again if horse slaughter begins again:
Also, please do know that the method of killing horses by captive bolt is completely inhumane whether in Mexico, Canada or the US. Please see the following affidavit from Dr. Lester Friedlander, DVM, former Chief Inspector, USDA, one of many articles that he has written about the inhumane way that horses are slaughtered via the captive bolt:
"Affidavit to Members of Congress:
February 29, 2008
Lester Friedlander, DVM
"Distinguished Members of Congress, my name is Dr. Lester Friedlander and I am a former USDA Veterinarian. I am refuting the testimony of Dr. Bonnie Beaver, DVM, that the captive bolt is a humane procedure of euthanasia for horses. The captive bolt does not meet the humane method of slaughter, as described in the 1958 "Humane Slaughter Act." Head restraints are not used in the slaughter of horses and therefore do not comply with the Statue. The captive bolt is used in cattle, due to the fact the cow's brain is more anterior than the horse's brain and the penetration of the bolt is more effective. Horses are not, and cannot be restrained, during horse slaughter. I have seen several video tapes of horse slaughter where the horses have to be struck with the captive bolt several times. No head restraints were used; to do so would cause these flight animals to break their necks. During these multiple times of striking the horses head with the captive bolt, the horses are in pain and suffering. It is important to know that the captive bolt does not kill the horse, nor was it ever intended to. The horse must be exsanguinated to be suitable for human consumption. As the captive bolt is not a proper instrument for the slaughter of equids, and these animals regain consciousness thirty seconds after being struck, they are fully aware they are vivisected. Ergo, the use of the captive bolt for equids is a violation of the Humane Slaughter Act of 1958. I ask you to support HR 503 and S 311 in the best interest of horses"
~Lester Friedlander, DVM"
The Veterinarians for Equine Welfare White Paper on the Captive Bolt can be found at:
In addition, please do understand that while proponents of horse slaughter contend that opposition to the practice is based on "emotional" grounds, the fact is that horse slaughter devastates communities in which plants are located in economic, environmental and social terms. Consequences of horse slaughter include: loss of other business development due to stigmatization of the community; plummeting property values; a horrific stench; increased vermin due to rotting flesh; horse blood backing up into bathtubs (horses have almost twice as much blood as cattle per pound of body weight, and due to the toxic substances routinely administered to horses, it may not be used as fertilizer as it had previously been); dramatically increased crime rates.


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Two trends have swept across Paris over the past few years, which, paradoxically, are somewhat at odds with each other. Who would have predicted a decade ago that hamburgers and vegetarianism would both be buzzwords on the Paris food scene? One of the good things about the burger movement is that instead of the wan, overpriced (€15 and up) burgers that had been served in Paris cafés, people have seen that a good hamburger made with freshly ground beef of good quality, handmade buns, isn't just industrial, fast-food fare.
(A third trend in Paris has been la cuisine mexicaine, or Mexican food, with a homemade tortilla shop on the way. ¡Ay, caramba!)
But when made with quality ingredients, it's a treat worthy of the adulation it gets on its home turf. It's like comparing the canned cassoulet made with hot dogs to the incomparable real cassoulet of the Southwest, or the rubbery supermarket camemberts to a sublime, oozingly ripe Camembert du Normandie.
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GARETH DUNCAN watched WP deliver a commanding first-half performance as they thrashed Griquas 45-21 at Newlands.
It was a slick opening 40 from the hosts, who secured the four-try bonus point before the break and led 31-7 at half-time. They had the upper hand in the forwards battle and their backs impressed with a good running game, which was enough to end Griquas' three-match winning streak.
The visitors' errors and ill-discipline were also punished, especially during the first stanza.
Scrumhalf Louis Schreuder, who did very well in the No 9 jersey, created the opening score as his quick penalty tap and dart caught the opposition defence napping, and a well-timed pass put fullback Joe Pietersen through in the corner.
Inside centre Marcel Brache and wing Gerhard van den Heever exploited Griquas' poor passing to grab intercept tries, while skipper Deon Fourie capitalised on a strong rolling maul.
Flyhalf Demetri Catrakilis added all five conversions, while Pietersen slotted a penalty.
Griquas scored their only points via a try by flank Marnus Schoeman.
In the second half, hooker Scarra Ntubeni and No 8 Jebb Sinclair crossed the chalk to seal the convincing win. Catrakilis finished with a flawless goal-kicking display by converting all the extras.
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This is what the LORD says: "A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are no more." Jeremiah 31:15
It's the reading of the names that is the hardest.
Whether it be President Obama in the Newtown high school auditorium or a priest in a Shelby sanctuary – the reading of the names of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting elicited the starkest displays of emotion.
There is something about the names. They are names of people we know – Chase and Charlotte and Noah and Jessica. They are "every child." Yet, they are now immortalized in the most tragic way.
It has been a national time of grieving and mourning. And thanks be to God for that – without mourning there is no healing. Without the dusk, there can be no dawn. Without death, no resurrection.
It is vital that we allow the emotions to flow – cordoning them off inside our souls inhibits the process of healing which starts with grief.
But we must also understand that, like waters released from a dammed-up river, even emotions that flow must be controlled. Grief that flows unchecked ad infinitum is neither realistic nor healthy.
And the reason we have family, friends, pastors and counselors is to make sure that grief does not cloud our decision-making processes.
It is with that backdrop that we launch this series of editorials on the Connecticut shooting tragedy.
Nothing contained within these editorials should be construed in any way as even the slightest diminishment of this terrible tragedy and its impact on the American family.
Yet, we aim to provide a context. To reintroduce rational thinking into the national "visitation" that is our current mourning.
We do this because, ultimately, the actions taken in the wake of this tragedy are important – symbolically, as tributes to the victims, and in a real sense.
We are also writing because we fear what might happen if grief, improperly channeled, drives the process of "solving" this problem..
Fear of decisions based on emotion, not rational thought. Fear that grief will cloud our national judgment. Fear that our incendiary political climate will combust. Fear that "winning" will become more important than anything else.
When emotion battles logic, emotion often wins. And rarely is society better for it.
We have all experienced something going wrong – perhaps horribly wrong – in our lives.
The urge to "do something" can be overpowering – an often appropriate. From sending aid to earthquake victims to contributing to an empty stocking fund to helping a friend find a new job, "doing something" is how we care for each other.
But when we enter a collective realm, the effects are fraught with a degree of peril. We end up with Japanese internment camps during World War II because we wanted to "do something" about Pearl Harbor. We end up with untold millions scammed from and by FEMA in the wake of Katrina. We end up invading Iraq because we wanted to "do something" about terrorism.
The "Law of Unintended Consequences" is something we fear greatly – almost every legislative action comes with all sorts of reactions.
And so, even as our emotions surge and ebb and then surge again, we ultimately must use our minds to determine what actions will follow this horrible event. We must not be seduced by the urge to "do something" and must instead affix our minds on "doing something … the net effect of which will be to make things better."
We know there are key areas in the limelight: our young people being subjected to and allowed to participate in a culture of violence; the role of faith and morality in our society; how our nation deals with the issue of mental health; and, of course, guns.
Oh, and one more issue – liberty, which is, after all, the foundation of our republic.
To honor the memories of those 26 names that we have heard recited, the only thing worse than doing nothing would be to "do something" for the sake of doing something – to do something that actually makes the situation worse, or that undercuts our precious principles in an effort to shore up other principles.
So, today we grieve. And the grieving will not soon end. But in the coming tomorrows we must turn off the flow of emotion for at least enough time to use our rational minds to contemplate solutions.
And, in the meantime, we pray, without ceasing.
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For over two centuries, the North American fur trade brought American Indians and European-Canadians together in the mutual enterprise of exchanging native trapped furs for European manufactured goods. By the 1790s, the Montreal-based North West Company had extended its fur trade network from the St. Lawrence River valley to beyond the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
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In the fall of 1804, John Sayer, a partner of the North West Company and his crew departed from Fort St. Louis, near modern-day Superior, Wis. Sayer originally intended to build a post near Cross Lake, but the location for his wintering operations changed to a site two miles up the Snake River, after he conferred with local Ojibwe leaders.
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AAA member, Dr. Alexandra Brewis and her colleagues recently completed a multi-country study with the intention of providing a snapshot of weight and body image.
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Using cultural surveys and body mass estimates collected from 680 adults from urban areas in 10 countries and territories, we test for cultural variation in how people conceptualize and stigmatize excess weight and obesity. Using consensus analysis of belief states about obese and fat bodies, we find evidence of a shared model of obesity that transcends populations and includes traditionally fat-positive societies.
Media coverage of the study spans the globe. From the major news outlets around the globe to local newspapers and television stations right here in the United States, people are weighing in on their own perception and their cultural perception of weight and body image.
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The study even made mention on NBC's Saturday Night Live (study segment starts at 38:35 in the linked video).
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Now when I was 15 and permitted to consume alcohol I had a very pronounced distate for beer which happened to be my alcoholic Father's preferred form of pain relief (he self-medicated the painful injury to his back that he received during the Korean War with typically a case of Budweiser a day, whether driving or sitting in our rented humble abode { according to Sam, his driving while consuming alcohol was not his free choice}). My only brother, 5 years my senior also prefers beer, although he has now gone on the wagon since he has been getting tanked since he was 11, being on the low end of the senior spectrum, his body has taken a hit from the extreme consumption and so without free choice, he didn't decide but his other mind did…. the one that wants to survive gave him the "will power" to kick his alcholic driven drinking habit. I'm sure that his bystander wife and kids appreciated that. My younger sister, born when Hawaii became a state also prefers beer and consumes it first thing in the morning instead of coffee… she is now old enough to pace herself and not get totally S… Faced before dinner… of course that is not her decision, she has no Free Will, she is genetically pre dispotitioned to consume large quantities of alcohol, but her auto pilot wants her to live and function so it allows her to pace her drinking through out the day. Now there are my two other sisters, one a holy roller Christian who's lack of Free Will has enabled her to do the Church thang without her alcoholism being evidenced…. she prefers booze… the choice of a quick jolt of alcohol , she is the oldest, 10 years older than the youngest. My middle sister, 3 years older than I has totally accepted her Lack of Free Will and totally abstains from any alcohol consumption, but had in the past preferred booze over beer. And then there is me… the Black Sheep…. I like it ALL! Just joking, I now prefer beer, but half to drink wine… WHY, you ask… because I am a female and my Free Will is even less FREE than yours…. my husband prefers WINE! and I am less likely to hang one on with wine because I just don't love it like I do a nice ice cold Corona with some lime & salt… so much for Free Will right??? wrong A family of 7 alcoholics each exerting various degrees of adapting their genetic predisposition for large amounts of alcohol via their FREE WILL. Oh, my Mom was a boozer, but mainly drank to be able to endure the pathetic life that she was born into.
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I'm a former follower of a cult leader named Prem Rawat who was or is also known as Maharaji but really known to be the Lord of the Universe by his followers. Rawat might not have as much public attention as he did when he jumped onto the world stage in the early '70s as the teenage "Perfect Master" who promised to bring Peace on Earth in short order but he's still trapping and fleecing as many people as he can.
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Lawmakers putting GSA's new conference spending rules to the test
Thursday - 8/2/2012, 5:44am EDT
The General Services Administration will get the chance to prove its three-month- old rules governing conference spending are working.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee lawmakers were expected to ask the agency's inspector general to look into the 14th Annual SmartPay conference happening this week in Nashville.
Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) planned to send a letter to GSA IG Brian Miller today asking him to ensure GSA is following its rules and not repeating the mistakes of the October 2010 Western Regions Conference and others.
Last year, a committee spokeswoman said, GSA spent about $850,000 on the SmartPay conference. The spokeswoman said the committee wants to know how much the conference is costing this year.
Brian Miller, inspector general, GSA
"Over 6,000 rooms at the Gaylord in Nashville, I understand the Presidential suite is occupied today. Is there a GSA employee in the Presidential suite? It's over $3,000 per night," Denham asked Cynthia Metzler, GSA's chief administrative officer, during the committee's hearing on the Federal Acquisition Service's November 2010 performance awards conference.
Metzler, who testified because five other senior executives either couldn't or declined the committee's invitation, said she didn't know if employees were using the Presidential suite or even the junior suites.
"I would hope not," she said. "Under our policies, those rooms are not to be occupied by GSA employees."
Travel, conference spending frozen
The policies Metzler is referring to stem from the IG's report in April showing GSA's Public Building Service spent more than $823,000 on the Western Regions Conference near Las Vegas. The IG's findings led to then-GSA Administrator Martha Johnson firing PBS Commissioner Bob Peck and senior advisor Stephen Leeds and then resigning herself.
Current acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini issued a memo in April requiring all conference spending and travel to receive multiple approvals. Agency personnel also had to receive approval for several planned conferences, such as SmartPay.
Metzler's office is responsible for approving travel and conference expenses under the new rules.
GSA spokeswoman Mafara Hobson said no GSA employees are staying in the suites. She said only 48 out of the 6,000 attendees work for GSA.
She also said "the SmartPay conference is required and is held to improve the management of the government charge cards program. These jobs require continuous education for the managers of these cards. The conference holds more than 200 training sessions to educate agency charge card managers from across the government in issues such as: reconciliation and payment systems, detecting questionable transactions, best practices, etc."
Hobson also said GSA SmartPay contractor banks are required to provide annual training at the conference at no additional cost to the government.
Broadening investigation
But Denham wasn't satisfied with Metzler's answer. He also questioned the scheduled ride on a steamboat planned for the conference Wednesday night.
Cynthia Metzler, chief administrative services officer, GSA
"What is the travel necessity of the Gen. Jackson Lee steamboat that is taking a party out tonight? Are they going to a destination? Is that the reason for the travel expense of the steamboat?" he asked.
Metzler said GSA is not involved in the steamboat and, to the best of her knowledge, the agency is not paying for any of the steamboat event.
Hobson said the steamboat isn't part of the scheduled program that GSA controls.
The SmartPay conference likely will become another piece of a broadening investigation by the agency's IG.
"We've now received information that there may be as many as 77 conferences and award ceremonies that are now under review by the IG and the investigative committee of our staff," said Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), the committee chairman. "That's quite disturbing."
The committee spokeswoman said lawmakers have received cost data on 69 of the 77 conferences. GSA spent more than $28 million on those 69 events. She said the committee is waiting to hear back on eight others about the total dollars spent.
Interestingly, the spokeswoman said GSA didn't include the performance award events in those 77 conferences so the committee has asked for all awards events with more than 25 employees and that cost more than $10,000.
Miller said he didn't have anything to report on his investigation on the 77 conferences. He also offered few details on the November 2010 performance awards investigation — the reason for the hearing in the first place — saying his office uncovered a few new facts and cost figures.
Audit of pay underway
He also said his office is auditing GSA's executive compensation. This disclosure comes after news reports that GSA executives received a total of $44 million in bonuses.
Mica asked for more information about the bonuses, but neither Miller nor Metzler could answer any questions.
Most of the bonuses in question went to members of the Senior Executive Service, including those who won the Presidential Distinguished Rank Award.
SESers are exempted from the White House's request to hold bonuses to a minimum. By law, agencies are required to review SES performance and consider them for bonuses.
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) questioned Miller about the statistics on GSA bonuses and expressed doubt in the findings.
"This figure about 10 percent of the bonuses in the federal government come from GSA, which has 1 percent of the employees that would catch anybody's eye. Do you think that figure fairly represents the proportion of bonuses at GSA relative to other federal employees or agencies?" she asked.
Miller said he hadn't had a chance to evaluate the bonuses.
"Mr. Miller, I would ask among your priorities you look at that matter because I don't know what this characterization is," she said. "Frankly, I find it a little difficult to believe that agencies which have hundreds of thousands of employees don't have a larger percentage. So I don't accept that at face value."
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Eventually the Lacoste shirt fell out of favor until recently, thanks to a spiffy new ad campaign, and the fact the shirts last forever and are wonderfully comfortable and timeless and well-tailored…all that stuff that makes classic clothing come back into style. And so I searched around some boxes of mine last time I was in the US to see if I could find any old ones (the blue-alligator is the giveaway for vintage Lacoste, they switched to green some years back.)
I had lots of Lacoste shirts during my childhood.
My mother came home with the shirts for me, in super-saturated greens and reds, their scratchy fabric softened beautifully in the washing machine and fit like nothing else. Afterward you broke them in, there was nothing like a good, slightly-faded, generously cut Lacoste shirt.
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So I went to the Lacoste store in Paris and bought another new polo shirt last year.
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Acidulé; a wildly-vivid hue, reminiscent of Chartreuse liquor mixed with Orangina. Then electrocuted. I immediately wore it to a café and was swarmed by tiny flies, apparently as attracted by it's traffic-stopping color as I was.
Last week I made even more progress in getting over my fear of the Alligator and bought two more shirts. The Lacoste shop near the Bastille was having a liquidation avant traveaux (before the construction), and selling off all their stock at a rather nice discount, something you don't see too often in pricey Paris. The salesperson loaded me up with a stack of polo shirts, pointed me towards le cabine d'essayage, and before I knew it I was standing at the register with a stack of neatly-folded shirts, in insanely over-the-top colors like Bonbon, Framboise, and Tomate.
I shouldn't be too hard to spot on the streets of Paris, come this spring.
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Launched at the Focus on Imaging UK photographic show on 4th March 2013 the strap line "The palm sized maestro" introduces the new flagship Nikon compact - the Coolpix A. The first Coolpix camera to feature a large APS-C sensor the Coolpix A boasts a 16.2-megapixel resolution together with a fixed NIKKOR 18.5mm f/2.8 lens - equivalent to 28mm in 35mm terms. According to Nikon the Coolpix A has been developed in response to the demands of street photographers looking for a light, portable camera with great image quality. With a $1099.95 list price it could be quite a niche market however so let's see what the Coolpix A promises.
The Coolpix A utilizes the same 16.2-megapixel Nikon DX (23.6 x 15.6mm) CMOS sensor found in the D7000, so we expect the sensor measurements to be very close to Nikon's DSLR. The Coolpix A sensor unit does not incorporate an optical low pass filter, however, which could have an impact on the Sensor Scores. Historically used to smooth out the unwelcome colored pattern effect of Moiré, which is caused by very tiny details such as fibers that are too fine for the sensor to record, an optical low-pass filter applies a gentle Gaussian blur filter to remove the effect. Without the filter Moiré can occur but it also makes it possible for the sensor to record superbly detailed images with greater levels of definition that aren't usual possible, particularly for a compact camera.
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On fixed-lens compacts like the Coolpix A, the lens is right at the heart of the imaging system, and ultimately just as important as the sensor and processor in determining the image quality. Fortunately the Nikkor 18.5mm 1:2.8 is really rather good: its only flaw is relatively strong vignetting that persists on stopping down. However the Ricoh GR's lens is just as good, while exhibiting less vignetting.
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The Coolpix A represents a welcome expansion by Nikon into photographer-targeted niches that had previously been rather under-served. With it the company has brought its mass-market expertise to make a camera that offers the same simplified interface and pleasant JPEGs that underpin its popular entry-level DSLRs. Both these things help make it an attractive second camera for DSLR users, especially those who shoot Nikon.
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Added by DXOref | April 24, 2013
X100S ***Member Request***
This is a comical comparison of technologies.
Any word on this Emilie?
Added by jw48335 | April 04, 2013
At this point there's good support for X-Trans in Lightroom and Capture One. Zeiss considers the XF platform important enough to make lenses for. How much longer are you going to avoid allocating the resources? The X-E1 is a hit, you need to support it. The X-E1 is 14th on the Amazon best sellers, ahead of cameras like the Sony NEX-7 and the Olympus OM-D.
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Re: C'mon
Thanks for your interest in DxOMark.
Are you talking about DxO Optics Pro support for the x Trans cameras?
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Added by josa | April 01, 2013
Apples to apples...
Yes, compare it to X100s and DP merrill series...
Added by slides10 | March 30, 2013
Nikon A vs Fuji x100 and not S
Yes at this point the A is second in this class, yet you have not reviewed the any X-Trans censor camera's to date. I am hoping this will change in the near future. What is holding DXO up in this matter?
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Re: Nikon A vs Fuji x100 and not S
Thanks for your interest in DxOMark.
As you probably know, the Fuji X-Pro 1 does not use a Bayer matrix but a "X-Trans" matrix. We will try to test this sensor, but although we try to respond to your requests to provide tests for specific camera models, there are no plans for doing it in the short term.
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- 10 Historical officeholders
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- 13 See also
- 14 External links
- 15 References
Current officeholder
The current chairman of the commission is Doug Scott. He was appointed March 3, 2011. Scott serves alongside Sherina Maye (appointed February 25, 2013), Miguel del Valle (appointed February 8, 2013), Ann McCabe (appointed March 16, 2012), and John Colgan (appointed November 15, 2009).[2]
The Illinois Commerce Commissions's powers, term of office, etc. are derived from Chapter 220.5, Article II of the Illinois Compiled Statues.
Article II, Section 2-101:
|There is created an Illinois Commerce Commission consisting of 5 members not more than 3 of whom shall be members of the same political party at the time of appointment...
Chapter 220.5, Article II of the Illinois Compiled Statues establishes the qualifications of the office:
Article II, Section 2-102:
- takes constitutional oath of office.
- give a bond of $20,000.
- cannot be employed by or have holdings in any corporation subject to regulation by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
- cannot accept gifts, gratuity, emolument or employment.
- must work full-time as a commissioner.
- cannot hold any other office or employment.
The Governor of Illinois appoints commerce commissioners with the advice and consent of the Illinois State Senate. The governor also assigns a chairperson of the commission from among the appointed commissioners.
Commissioners are appointed to five year terms. A commissioner serves until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. If the senate refuses to consent to the appointment of any member, then the office becomes vacant and the present officeholder must vacate the office with in two weeks.[3]
Vacancies are usually dealt with by the appointment process outlined above. However, if a vacancy occurs during the senate recess, the governor makes a temporary appointment. This appointment lasts until the senate's next meeting. Then, the governor nominates someone to fill the vacated office for the remainder of the term.[4]
The mission of the ICC is to pursue an appropriate balance between the interest of consumers and existing and emerging service providers to ensure the provision of adequate, efficient, reliable, safe and least-cost public utility services.[1]
Office of Retail Market Development
- This division "works with electric utilities, alternative retail electric suppliers, relevant governmental agencies and consumer groups to promote retail electric competition and to educate residential and small business customers about electric choice programs throughout the state."[5]
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Bureau of External Affairs
- The Bureau of External Affairs has three subdivisions:
- The Office of Governmental Affairs (OGA) is the liaison between the Commerce Commission and the Illinois General Assembly and the U.S. legislative and executive offices in Washington. It also responds to legislative constituent inquiries.
- The Office of Public Affairs (OPA) works with the media to provide information about the commissions actions. It also provides news releases, advisories, monthly newsletters and annual reports. It is also responsible for the public forums on utility rate cases and other issues.
- The Consumer Services Division (CSD) responds to customer inquiries. It also investigates complaints against public utilities companies.[5]
|Contact Bureau of External Affairs
Bureau of Transportation
|Contact Bureau of Transportation, Chief's Office
Office of General Counsel
- This office represents the Commission in matters before the Administrative Law Judges and defends Commission decisions on appeal in state and federal courts. It also advocates for the Commission's positions before the federal regulatory agencies.
|Contact Office of General Counsel
Bureau of Public Utilities
- This bureau has three subdivisions:
- Financial Analysis Division
- This division reviews and analyzes, "energy, water, sewer, and telecommunications financial issues; various public utilities' requests such as proposed affiliated transactions and mergers; and public utilities' rates and tariff filings."[5]
|Contact Financial Analysis Division
- Policy Division
- This division aids the Commission in policy issues relating to telecommunications issues. It also provides general economic policy research on state and regional energy issues.[5]
|Contact Policy Division
- Safety and Reliablitily Division
|Contact Safety and Reliability Division
Administrative Law Judge
- The Administrative Law Judges Division (ALJ) presides over the hearing process in public utility dockets before the Commission.[5]
|Contact Administrative Law Judge
Bureau of Planning and Operations
- This bureau is made up of three subdivisions:
- Records Managment maintains all Commission records relating to public utilties.
|Contact Records Management
- Administrative Services Division "provides support services, facility, budget, and financial management including comprehensive responsibility for the agency's computer systems, hardware, software, and training. Additionally, ASD audits travel expenses, processes public utility taxes and oversees purchasing and inventory control."[5]
|Contact Administrative Services Division
- Information Technology
|Contact Information Technology
State budget
The Illinois Commerce Commission's budget for the 2012 fiscal year was $122,364,500.[6]
- See also: Compensation of state executive officers
In 2012, the Illinois Commerce Commissioners were paid an estimated $100,860. This figure comes from the Council of State Governments.
In 2010, Illinois Commerce Commissioners were paid an estimated $110,772 according to the Council of State Governments.[7]
Historical officeholders
Note: Ballotpedia's state executive officials project researches state official websites for chronological lists of historical officeholders. That information for the Illinois Commerce Commission has not yet been added because the information was unavailable on the relevant state official websites, or we are currently in the process of formatting the list for this office. If you have any additional information about this office for inclusion on this section and/or page, please email us.
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Contact information
Office - Springfield
Phone: (217) 782-7907
Fax:(217) 782-1042
Office - Chicago
Phone: (312) 814-2859
Fax: (312) 814-1818
See also
External links
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Illinois Commerce Commission "About" Accessed December 20, 2012
- ↑ Illinois Commerce Commission, "Chairman and Commissioners," accessed July 8, 2013
- ↑ Illinois Compiled Statutes, "Public Utilities Act," accessed July 29, 2013
- ↑ Illinois Compiled Statutes, "Public Utilities Act," accessed July 29, 2013
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Illinois Commerce Commission, "Offices and Bureaus," accessed July 29, 2013
- ↑ State of Illinois, "Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Fact Sheet," 30, accessed June 26, 2013
- ↑ The Council of State Governments,"The Book of States 2010 Table 4.11," retrieved September 5, 2012
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