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Committee chairman, retired Col. Richard Combs, called the Jan. 31 meeting to order, and the first item on the agenda was a report on the Jones County Veterans Monument.
Committee member Evelyn Collins said eight new pavers were engraved before the 2012 Appreciation Day and no new pavers have been ordered since.
Treasurer Bonnie Duke gave the financial report. She said all bills have been paid and the checking account balance is $4,342. Duke said the service hats given away at the Veterans Day event were a success with perhaps one remaining. The hats had the names and insignias of each branch of service and were gifts to each veteran who attended.
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Chicago goaltender Ondrej Pavelec was named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Feb. 22, 2009; the 21-year-old netminder started four games in five days for Chicago, posting a 3-1-0 record, 1.25 goals-against average and a .963 save percentage in those outings to garner the award.
--- Ondrej Pavelec: Amassed a 13-12-1 record in 26 appearances this season ... Ranks sixth in the AHL with a 2.41 goals-against average and holds ninth in the league with a .918 save percentage ... Allowed just one goal in each of his last three outings ... Posted a career-high 45 saves on 46 shots on Feb. 22 against Manitoba ... Has held opponents to one or fewer goals nine times this season, which includes two shutouts, and has held the opposition to two or fewer goals in 17 of his 26 contests
--- Spencer Machacek: Ranks first among team rookies and second on the Wolves with 17 markers in 58 contests this year ... Ranks third on Chicago and 16th among league rookies with 34 points and ranks fourth on the club with a +12 plus/minus rating ... Shares second on the Wolves and holds second among AHL rookies with nine power-play markers ... Posted 10 points (5G, 5A) during a career-high seven-game point streak from Feb. 7 to Feb. 18, which matched a team season-high
--- Jeff Hamilton: Leads the team and shares eighth in the AHL with 37 assists ... Shares first in the AHL with 31 power-play points and paces the team and shares 12th in the league with 52 points in 48 games ... Ranks third on the squad with 15 goals and shares second with nine power-play tallies
--- Brett Skinner: Tallied 19 points (G, 18A) in 20 games with the Wolves since being acquired in a trade on Jan. 13 ... Shares 10th among league blueliners and fourth on the Wolves with 31 points, which includes 12 points (G, 11A) in 24 contests with the AHL's Bridgeport Sound Tigers ... Ranks second on the club and shares sixth among league blueliners with 29 assists
--- Joe Motzko: Ranks first on the team and third in the AHL with 25 goals in 54 games this season ... Paces the Wolves with 10 power-play markers and holds second on the team with 47 points ... Appeared in six NHL games with Atlanta, notching one goal
--- Chicago shares second place in the West Division with 65 points through 61 games (31-27-2-1); the Wolves will square off against West Division foes in 16 of their remaining 19 tilts, including eight straight contests from Feb. 27 to March 14.
--- Chicago has allowed 12 goals in its last seven games, which includes holding opponents to one goal in four of those tilts; the Wolves have held the opposition to two or fewer goals in 32 of their 61 matchups and have posted a 25-5-2-0 record (.813) when allowing two or fewer tallies this season.
--- The Wolves have won the last eight games in which they were leading after two periods; Chicago has posted a 24-2-1-0 mark when holding the advantage entering the final frame.
--- The Wolves have blanked opponents on the man-advantage six times in their last 10 games and have been perfect on the penalty kill 22 times this season; Chicago ranks 23rd in the league with an 80.9 percent efficiency rating on the penalty kill (254 of 314).
--- Chicago has bagged 12 power-play markers in 12 games during the month of February (12 of 61); the Wolves rank 24th in the league with a 15.3 efficiency rating on the man-advantage (51 of 334).
--- Wolves center Riley Holzapfel will make two library visits on Wednesday as part of the team's Read to Succeed program, sponsored by Pace. HOLZAPFEL will appear at the Berwyn Library at 4 p.m., and the LaGrange Library at 6:30 p.m. For more information, log on to chicagowolves.com or call 1-800-THE-WOLVES.
Sun., Feb. 22
(at) Chicago 2, Manitoba 1
--- The Wolves used a pair of second-period goals to prevail over the AHL-leading Manitoba Moose, 2-1, at the Allstate Arena Sunday night
--- Right wings Spencer Machacek and Joe Motzko lit the lamp for Chicago
--- Netminder Ondrej Pavelec turned aside a career-high 45 saves on 46 shots
Sat., Feb. 21
Chicago 3, (at) Peoria 1
--- Chicago opened up a 2-0 second-period lead en route to earning a 3-1 victory over the Peoria Rivermen at Carver Arena Saturday night
--- Centers Riley Holzapfel and Matt Anderson and defenseman Clay Wilson tickled the twine for Chicago
--- Goaltender Ondrej Pavelec stopped 33 of 34 shots in the win
Fri., Sat. 20
Milwaukee 1, (at) Chicago 0
--- Milwaukee Admirals goaltender Mark Dekanich stopped all 27 shots to hand the Wolves their second shutout of the year, 1-0, at the Allstate Arena Friday night
--- Wolves netminder Ondrej Pavelec posted 24 saves on 25 shots for Chicago
Wed., Feb. 18
(at) Chicago 3, Iowa 2 (OT)
--- Chicago watched a 2-0, third-period lead evaporate before Matt Anderson scored, 1:38 into overtime, to earn a 3-2 win over the Iowa Chops at the Allstate Arena Wednesday night
--- Right wing Spencer Machacek and defenseman Clay Wilson dented the net in regulation
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See definition in Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionarySaltos de línea: op
Pronunciación: /ɒp/
1A surgical operation: a minor op
Más ejemplos en oraciones
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- Next month, she will have been off booze and cocaine for three years and ops to rebuild her nose have been a success.
- 'It varies from traumatic amputation landmine injuries, gunshot wounds, motor vehicle accidents or elective cases through to minor ops,' he said.
1.1 (ops) Military operations: [as modifier]: the ops room
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- Third, I think it's interesting to note that the CIA is one of the leading employers taking personnel away from military special ops.
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2A radio or telephone operator.
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- When you have those ops interconnected with each other, you are going to get quality problems, and I think that's one of the major issues at the moment.
- It's a tricky equation - one few cable ops can afford to lose.
Palabras que riman con opatop, bop, chop, clop, cop, crop, dop, drop, Dunlop, estop, flop, fop, glop, hop, intercrop, knop, kop, lop, mop, plop, pop, prop, screw-top, shop, slop, sop, stop, strop, swap, tiptop, top, underprop, whop
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2(In the theatre) opposite prompt.
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- The EPA should be able to reduce OP risks in major children's foods like apples, pears, grapes, peaches, green beans, and tomatoes by 98 percent or more by targeting actions against just a half-dozen higher-risk OP pesticides.
- If you've read my op on human evolution, you may notice I contradict myself a little, as in this op I argue for human evolution being at a relative stand-still, whereas in the other I make a case for it being faster than ever.
4(In the Roman Catholic Church) Order of Preachers (Dominican).
[Latin Ordo Praedicatorum]
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- Jackie Hudson, OP, 67, entered the Grand Rapids Dominicans on Sept.8, 1952.
- Ardeth Platte, OP, 66, became a Grand Rapids Dominican Sister on Sept.8, 1954.
5(On Internet forums, message boards, comment pages, etc.) original post (or poster).
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- Oops, upon closer inspection of the OP, I see you weren't looking for a "blame" song.
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Hi everybody! I'm not going to lie, I really thought part one would have gone over better, considering how many people wanted to see streak versus streak. Oh well. Let's see if anyone likes part two better. In part one; I changed outcomes of the Royal Rumble and the Elimination Chamber. In part two, I won't change any outcomes that occurred at the Royal Rumble. Part two could have been a contingency
Well now, how are you all doing? Been a long time. To be honest, i wrote a couple of blogs just after EC that never got posted and figured I'd been given the boot... But then I got an email last week saying they Missed me around here. LOL. So anyway I figured I'd give this another try. I hope all of you are pumped and ready to rock with wrestlemania just around the corner. With Wm comes great moments,
After CM Punk "turned on the WWE Universe" by clotheslining the People's Champ out of his boots, he kept self-indulgently advertising himself as the "Best in the World" to aggravate the fans. Despite that Punk exceeded John Cena's merchandise sales while a babyface, and also was still being significantly cheered even as a heel, Vince McMahon, for whatever reason, still wanted him to be
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It looked like one of the biggest events in american wrestling history. In 2001 Vince McMahon's WWF had bought out long time rival WCW. It was an exciting time as fans began to speculate over dream matches that were now a possibility. But after the dust settled and everyone looked back, the WWF, WCW and ECW battle came across as a bit disappointing. While some people hated it, some may have enjoyed
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Hey wrestling fans. DK Wrestling Savior here with an unusual blog. I tried to keep Sudden Impact going but with work, school, and other things going on, I can't keep it going weekly until the end of May. So I will shoot out tbings on the fly like I do with Coffee Talk.
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The tragedy of war has provided a window into the arteries of young, mostly male, adults over time that explains a lot of the 72 percent decrease in heart disease death since it's peak in 1968. During the Korean War, when we were just beginning to understand that heart disease was caused by coronary artery arteriosclerosis, (aka atherosclerosis) it was detected in 77 percent of soldiers killed.
During the Vietnam War it was 45 percent. Now an article in the Dec. 26 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that the prevalence of autopsy-determined coronary atherosclerosis was 8.5 percent among 3,832 US service members who died in combat or by unintentional injuries during our two current wars that I hope are mostly over.(1) Furthermore they found that service members with atherosclerosis were more likely to have the other associations with heart disease - bad cholesterol profiles, high blood pressure and obesity. However one culprit that was not associated with coronary atherosclerosis was smoking.
Does this mean that smoking causes heart disease by another mechanism? There can be no doubt that smoking kills by causing more heart attacks. Smoking, despite efforts by the military to try and curtail it, is still higher among the military, 30.5 percent, than similarly aged civilian rates - 21-24 percent. During the Korean war the smoking rate was greater than 50 percent.
Although there are some issues that make these rates not exactly comparable, this steep decline means that we are doing some things right by our young people.
1.Webber BJ et al. Prevalence of and risk factors for autopsy-determined atherosclerosis among US service members, 2001-2011. JAMA 2012;308(24):2577-83.


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Ceremonial ground was broken June 13 at Overland Industrial Park, site of the former Jeep plant, for a new 100,000-square-foot spec building that is expected to create around 50 jobs.
"This land speaks to a rich history," said Nadeem Salem, board chairman of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority. "A groundbreaking today marks the beginning of new life. We were fortunate as a board to have listened, and break ground on a 100,000-square-foot building on this iconic site."
The building's description is short for "speculative," which means it does not yet have a tenant. However, based on demands in the market, plus the eventual improvement of an I-75 interchange, its developers remain optimistic.
"We hear from companies all the time," said Paul Toth, Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority president and CEO.
Airgas Inc., the largest U.S. distributor of industrial, medical and specialty gases, already announced last spring it will construct a facility at Overland, bringing an additional 25 jobs to the area.
Mayor D. Michael Collins praised the location, calling it "hallowed ground," and that the groundbreaking offers more proof that Toledo is "a city on the incline."
"We will win this war (on jobs), and we will put Toledo on the map," said Collins.
The spec building is a collaboration of several public and private groups, including the Port Authority, Overland Industrial Park I LLC, City of Toledo and Lucas County.
"I really look at this much more than a groundbreaking," Toth said. "It represents many organizations coming together for a common goal."
The Port Authority purchased the 111-acre former Jeep site in 2010 for $95,000 with the intent to create a master plan and develop the site over several years. The idea is steadily coming to fruition. Just last fall, the Port Authority completed a new main entrance roadway located off Central Avenue.
Toth expects the entire site to generate 500-700 jobs when the industrial park vision is finally complete.
Not only does the property sit along the Norfolk Southern rail line and is just miles from the turnpike, Jeep Assembly Plant and Port of Toledo, it is situated at the busy I-75/475 split, which sees 125,000 motorists everyday.
"We're standing in a place which is the most traveled nexus in Northwest Ohio. This is the place. It will draw people," said U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur.
Construction of the spec building is expected to begin this month and is estimated to take six months to complete.
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text: Donald Bruce Rider, 83 of Wytheville passed away on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at Carrington Place of Wytheville. He was a twenty year Air Force veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents Ray and Abba McHenry Rider. Mr. Rider is survived by his wife Mary L. Rider of Wytheville. A Memorial service will be held at a later date. A guestbook is available on-line by visiting www.vaughanguynnandmcgrady.com. Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Chapel is serving the family.


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A bit of background for newcomers
Joe was my Uncle, but we never met. His precious letters have come into my possession some near-70 years after they were written. It is my honour to transcribe them, and the poignancy of hindsight about what happened to Joe makes this all the more difficult to write, but all the more important that I do.
One letter will be posted to this Blog each and every Friday.
Please see below for a link to Joe's full story and the other letters in this series so far.
In today's letter, Joe has recently had a few days on 'leave' at home, and has now arrived at his new barracks/station in Bridgnorth, Shropshire (much closer to home!)
Letter 20 – 'Welcome to Bridgnorth' – 6th March 1944
20 Squad. / 5 Flight
No.1 E.A.G.S
RAF Station
Sun Night.
Dear Mom and Kids,
Sorry I've not written before, but we have only been put into our Flights and Squads tonight and therefore I couldn't complete my address.
Well, when we arrived at this dump (at 3.10pm) we had a nice 2 1/2 mile march in our full kit with Kit Bag! Oh boy, was I glad to get to bed that night!!!
They have put us in huts which isn't too bad. We have got fires in them so we don't get too cold. The food so far is lousy! We had cream-cheese and beans in tomato sauce all on one plate and it tasted as bad as it sounds.
The discipline here is strict to the extent of being ridiculous. As far as I can see you can be put on a charge for anything except breathing. The Corporal told us that no weekend passes would be issued unless on compassionate grounds, but don't be surprised if I glide in one weekend!
This course lasts for 6 weeks at the end of which we hope to get another 7 days. We hope the one consolation about this camp is that there is hot water and proper baths instead of showers.
By the way, while I remember, could you let me have some hankies as soon as possible as I haven't got one.
We went round Bridgnorth today (what there is!) and the locals told us that there is 1 cinema and 57 pubs in town! It's a fine place of you don't want to do anything at night! There is a cinema in the camp and a dance hall with the usual NAAFI and Salvation Army huts. The camp has a barbed wire fence 5 miles in circumference around it so you have an idea of the size.
Our Flight Officer is an Australian with the Distinguished Gallantry Medal and the ditto Flying Medal twice! He's an Air Gunner by the way. There's not much more to say right now but I'll write in a day or so, so Cheerio and God Bless,
Joe xxxx
P.S. Please excuse the writin' and the pencil.
P.P.S. Chocolate?!
I continue to be intrigued as I read these letters by one thing. It may be 70 years ago, but Joe was just a boy, away from home, working hard day by day, but still seeing the adventure in his endeavours. It seems to me that there is, as yet, no awareness or admission of the terrors and reality of the war which he is soon to face. Perhaps these are thoughts that just do not have room to exist in a situation such as his?
Joe's full story is beautiful and tragic. He was our family hero. He IS our family hero. If I knew how to complete an effective RAF salute, I would salute you now, Joe. Long may your memory live in our family stories.
I hope to post a new letter from Joe's correspondence with his Mother here every Friday until they're done. It will be a turbulent and heart-wrenching journey. Subscribe to the Blog to make sure you don't miss any of it.
Other posts in this series:-
Letter 1 – 29 December 1943, arriving at Recruit Camp
Letter 2 – 31 December 1943, settling in
Letter 3 – 5th January 1944, confined to Barracks!
Letter 4 – 8th January 1944, meeting a boxing champ
Letter 5 – 10th January 1944, theft and wrongful punishment
Letter 6 – 13th January 1944, preparing to leave basic training camp
Letter 7 – 13th January 1944, high jinx and punishing schedules
Letter 8 – 14th January 1944, posted to Bridlington
Letter 9 – 18th January 1944, arrival in 'the dump' for 6 weeks training
Letter 10 – 21st January 1944, an introduction to firearms
Letter 11 – 25th January 1944, a fellow cadet in killed
Letter 12 – 27th January 1944, pork pies, live rounds and dimwits
Letter 13 – 29th January 1944, 10 fillings & the Browning machine gun
Letter 14 – 31st January 1944, Don't worry Mum
Letter 15 – 3rd February 1944, Three 'Joes' and top test scores
Letter 16 – 10th February 1944, Meeting 'Monty' & Military Secrets
Letter 17 – 15th February 1944, Clay Pigeons and Dirty Washin'
Letter 18 – 17th February 1944, 9 days til leave!
Letter 19 – 21st February 1944, A Date Planned & Condemned Billets


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Vt. revenues up in AprilMay 11,2013MONTPELIER Vermont Administration Secretary Jeb Spaulding said revenues were up in all three of the states main sources of income last month, including the highest general fund revenues ever for April.
Spaulding said its not a time for irrational exuberance because a good deal of the increase in general fund revenue seems to be due to one-time decisions made by taxpayers in December.
Still, general fund revenues were 14.2 percent above projections. The year-to-date projection is almost 2.5 percent ahead of forecasts.
The transportation fund in April exceeded expectations by 3.85 percent. For the year the transportation fund is 1 percent below target.
The non-property tax education fund revenues were almost three-tenths of 1 percent above forecasts. The education fund is also about 1 percent below expectations for the year.MORE IN This Just InNEW YORK Yes, your mutual fund may own some Greek stocks. No, most likely not a lot. Full StoryWHITE RIVER JUNCTION A Springfield man who was captured Friday evening after he took off... Full StoryLoan program launched for owners of flood damaged apartment houses Full Story
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- RICHARD'S POOR ALMANACK: On this day in 1472, Orkney, Shetland islands put up as collateral by Norway to Scotland in lieu of dowry for MARGARET OF DENMARK on her marriage with JAMES III, king of Scotland; 1962, JOHN GLENN first American to orbit Earth.
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The autumn leaves have begun to change to a vibrant hue, and fall is certainly already in the air as organizers set the table for the eighth annual One Table Thanksgiving dinner.
Each year since 2005, One Table has lured hundreds from throughout the community into downtown for a chance to celebrate this uniquely American holiday.
There's little doubt that it is Thanksgiving in Aiken when the aroma from turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and desserts all blend together in The Alley with live music to make the annual event appealing to the senses.
The dinner will be held from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day.
Event organizer Kathryn Wade said organizers are looking for volunteers who want to help with clean up, food service and preparing food.
The much-beloved event has continued to grow in popularity each year, initially drawing more than 400 people downtown.
This year organizers are bracing for more than 3,000 local and out-of-towners to join together downtown for Thanksgiving.
Organizers are asking for volunteers to consider cooking a covered dish or baking a dessert.
The homemade desserts and dishes can be dropped off at Newberry Hall from 4 to 6 p.m. on Nov. 21.
Wade said they have never gone unaided when organizers have turned to the community for help putting on the festivities.
"I think it is indicative of the greatness of Aiken and the community," she said and explained that the annual diner is free and open to all.
"This has been a wonderful event that not only draws people from Aiken," she said. "This has become a wonderful event that people plan to attend every year."
Those attending One Table are asked to bring a canned food item to donate to Area Churches Together Serving and Christ Central Ministries.
Monetary Donations may be made through Christ Central Missions Division. Checks must be made out to Christ Central Missions Division, or CCMD. Please Specify One Table on comments line only.
For more information, visit www.onetable.org.
Aiken Standard file photo Thousands gathered for turkey, stuffing and more in downtown Aiken Thursday for the 7th Annual One Table Thanksgiving dinner.×
Aiken Standard file photo The Alley was brimming with food, music and friendship as thousands gathered in downtown for the 7th Annual One Table.×
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Do you believe Jose Mourinho is the right choice for Real Madrid?
Can he bring success in Europe and in Spain to the Santiago Bernabeu?
Who will he sign?
I think he is the right choice of Real Madird, Like he leaded Chelsea in Past And Inter Milan Now i think Real madrid is near to its Glory in a year or two. We can see many players future in trouble at Real Madrid too While we all know that Jose Builds his own Squad..
with him at the helm they will win something but it won't be glory like he got with chelsea and inter. Real madrid board is made up of clowns and discipline doesn't exist there. As influential as mourinho is but i dont think he will change so many ppl there. Board will have their way with him and he will be out of madrid in 2 years time.
But the Special one can bring up discipline if the board is full of clowns they will dance on the acts of Jose if he wins something
nope, one man can't change those who have the power to fire you. Just look at his time with chelsea. He couldn't even defeat one man that was Roman. And with real there are multiple egos to satisfy. They dropped the axe to guys like cappello and hiddink. If jose tries to have his way with them, he will get chopped i have no doubt.
But with the success of Jose they will bow him, He will me more than a manager there
i hope it happens cos i am tired of seeing barca cleaning up the la liga titleshe will certainly win something but i doubt he will make real the new dominating force unless they give him full freedom


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Man accused of choking child, 8June 20,2013BENNINGTON A North Bennington man is being held in prison after being charged with four felonies recently involving an allegation that he tried to choke an 8-year-old child three times
William J. Borden, 35, of North Bennington, was arraigned in Bennington criminal court last week on three felony counts of first-degree aggravated domestic assault. On Wednesday, a felony charge of obstructing justice was added in the same court.
Borden, who pleaded innocent to all the charges, was also charged as a habitual offender. Someone who has been convicted of three or more felonies can be charged as a habitual offender and, if convicted, could be sentenced to up to life in prison.
Borden has three previous felony convictions for aggravated domestic assault from 1998 and 2004 and a felony conviction for unlawful restraint from 2004.
In an affidavit, police said they spoke with the child on June 3. The child said Borden had choked him on three occasions, at the childs home, in a car after a baseball game and at the home of an unidentified witness in Shaftsbury.
The obstructing justice charge was filed based on allegations by the witness that Borden had tried to intimidate her while she was trying to describe the incident to police. She said Borden was with her when police called her about the incident and said he tried to force her to hang up.
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My oldest is a huge fan of his bow and arrow….so this pattern suited him well.
Not gonna lie this one takes awhile to make up in a twin size…but its really satisfying once its done! I finished this top right before we moved…I'll post it when I get my camera unpacked in the next year or so.
My view this week has been boxes and tubs…tubs and boxes. I bought this sewing table at a thrift store and even though its pretty sad right now it will be oh-so-lovely refinished.
Just look at those pretty legs! Can one be jealous of a table? :)


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Insulate your baby bottle or Klean Kateen with this sleeve made of a clever machine-washable material that soaks up spills. The convenient carrying handles snap onto strollers, car seats, diaper bags, or whatever else is handy.
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With sheer panels of lace and a flirty silk chiffon layered skirt, this little bebe dress is sure to amp up summer nights. Complement yours with a pair of metallic heels.
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Rated 5 out of 5�by Lookingforperfectfit Beautiful details This dress hugs in all the right places. Just bought it yesterday and am so excited to wear it. I have a large bust and have a hard time sometimes with things that are sheer in front. This has enough coverage that I'm comfortable that I'm not exposing too much. I got it in a size 10 to fit my bust, but it doesn't look too big around my smaller waist. June 29, 2013
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- Soluble serum CD81 is elevated in patients with chronic hepatitis C and correlates with alanine aminotransferase serum activity (2012)
- Aim: Cellular CD81 is a well characterized hepatitis C virus (HCV) entry factor, while the relevance of soluble exosomal CD81 in HCV pathogenesis is poorly defined. We performed a case-control study to investigate whether soluble CD81 in the exosomal serum fraction is associated with HCV replication and inflammatory activity. Patients and Methods: Four cohorts were investigated, patients with chronic hepatitis C (n = 37), patients with chronic HCV infection and persistently normal ALT levels (n = 24), patients with long term sustained virologic response (SVR, n = 7), and healthy volunteers (n = 23). Concentration of soluble CD81 was assessed semi-quantitatively after differential centrifugation ranging from 200 g to 100,000 g in the fifth centrifugation fraction by immunoblotting and densitometry. Results: Soluble CD81 was increased in patients with chronic hepatitis C compared to healthy subjects (p = 0.03) and cured patients (p = 0.017). Patients with chronic HCV infection and persistently normal ALT levels and patients with long term SVR had similar soluble CD81 levels as healthy controls (p>0.2). Overall, soluble CD81 levels were associated with ALT levels (r = 0.334, p = 0.016) and severe liver fibrosis (p = 0.027). Conclusion: CD81 is increased in the exosomal serum fraction in patients with chronic hepatitis C and appears to be associated with inflammatory activity and severity of fibrosis.
- Assessment of liver fibrosis and associated risk factors in HIV-infected individuals using transient elastography and serum biomarkers (2012)
- Background: Liver fibrosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals is mostly attributable to co-infection with hepatitis B or C. The impact of other risk factors, including prolonged exposure to combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) is poorly understood. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of liver fibrosis and associated risk factors in HIV-infected individuals based on non-invasive fibrosis assessment using transient elastography (TE) and serum biomarkers (Fibrotest [FT]). Methods: In 202 consecutive HIV-infected individuals (159 men; mean age 47 ± 9 years; 35 with hepatitis-C-virus [HCV] co-infection), TE and FT were performed. Repeat TE examinations were conducted 1 and 2 years after study inclusion. Results: Significant liver fibrosis was present in 16% and 29% of patients, respectively, when assessed by TE (≥ 7.1 kPa) and FT (> 0.48). A combination of TE and FT predicted significant fibrosis in 8% of all patients (31% in HIV/HCV co-infected and 3% in HIV mono-infected individuals). Chronic ALT, AST and γ-GT elevation was present in 29%, 20% and 51% of all cART-exposed patients and in 19%, 8% and 45.5% of HIV mono-infected individuals. Overall, factors independently associated with significant fibrosis as assessed by TE (OR, 95% CI) were co-infection with HCV (7.29, 1.95-27.34), chronic AST (6.58, 1.30-33.25) and γ-GT (5.17, 1.56-17.08) elevation and time on dideoxynucleoside therapy (1.01, 1.00-1.02). In 68 HIV mono-infected individuals who had repeat TE examinations, TE values did not differ significantly during a median follow-up time of 24 months (median intra-patient changes at last TE examination relative to baseline: -0.2 kPa, p = 0.20). Conclusions: Chronic elevation of liver enzymes was observed in up to 45.5% of HIV mono-infected patients on cART. However, only a small subset had significant fibrosis as predicted by TE and FT. There was no evidence for fibrosis progression during follow-up TE examinations.
- The effects of clinical hypnosis versus Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) before External Cephalic Version (ECV) : a prospective off-centre randomised, double-blind, controlled trial (2012)
- Objective. To examine the effects of clinical hypnosis versus NLP intervention on the success rate of ECV procedures in comparison to a control group. Methods. A prospective off-centre randomised trial of a clinical hypnosis intervention against NLP of women with a singleton breech fetus at or after 370/7 (259 days) weeks of gestation and normal amniotic fluid index. All 80 participants heard a 20-minute recorded intervention via head phones. Main outcome assessed was success rate of ECV. The intervention groups were compared with a control group with standard medical care alone (n=122). Results. A total of 42 women, who received a hypnosis intervention prior to ECV, had a 40.5% (n=17), successful ECV, whereas 38 women, who received NLP, had a 44.7% (n=17) successful ECV (P > 0.05). The control group had similar patient characteristics compared to the intervention groups (P > 0.05). In the control group (n = 122) 27.3% (n = 33) had a statistically significant lower successful ECV procedure than NLP (P = 0.05) and hypnosis and NLP (P = 0.03). Conclusions. These findings suggest that prior clinical hypnosis and NLP have similar success rates of ECV procedures and are both superior to standard medical care alone.
- Interleukin-22 predicts severity and death in advanced liver cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study (2012)
- Background: Interleukin-22 (IL-22), recently identified as a crucial parameter of pathology in experimental liver damage, may determine survival in clinical end-stage liver disease. Systematic analysis of serum IL-22 in relation to morbidity and mortality of patients with advanced liver cirrhosis has not been performed so far. Methods: This is a prospective cohort study including 120 liver cirrhosis patients and 40 healthy donors to analyze systemic levels of IL-22 in relation to survival and hepatic complications. Results: A total of 71% of patients displayed liver cirrhosis-related complications at study inclusion. A total of 23% of the patients died during a mean follow-up of 196 +/- 165 days. Systemic IL-22 was detectable in 74% of patients but only in 10% of healthy donors (P <0.001). Elevated levels of IL-22 were associated with ascites (P = 0.006), hepatorenal syndrome (P <0.0001), and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (P = 0.001). Patients with elevated IL-22 (>18 pg/ml, n = 57) showed significantly reduced survival compared to patients with regular ([less than or equal to]18 pg/ml) levels of IL-22 (321 days versus 526 days, P = 0.003). Other factors associated with overall survival were high CRP ([greater than or equal to]2.9 mg/dl, P = 0.005, hazard ratio (HR) 0.314, confidence interval (CI) (0.141 to 0.702)), elevated serum creatinine (P = 0.05, HR 0.453, CI (0.203 to 1.012)), presence of liver-related complications (P = 0.028, HR 0.258 CI (0.077 to 0.862)), model of end stage liver disease (MELD) score [greater than or equal to]20 (P = 0.017, HR 0.364, CI (0.159 to 0.835)) and age (P = 0.011, HR 1.047, CI (1.011 to 1.085)). Adjusted multivariate Cox proportional-hazards analysis identified elevated systemic IL-22 levels as independent predictors of reduced survival (P = 0.007, HR 0.218, CI (0.072 to 0.662)). Conclusions: In patients with liver cirrhosis, elevated systemic IL-22 levels are predictive for reduced survival independently from age, liver-related complications, CRP, creatinine and the MELD score. Thus, processes that lead to a rise in systemic interleukin-22 may be relevant for prognosis of advanced liver cirrhosis.
- Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging for differentiation of thyroid nodules (2012)
- Background: Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI)-imaging is an ultrasound-based elastography method enabling quantitative measurement of tissue stiffness. The aim of the present study was to evaluate sensitivity and specificity of ARFI-imaging for differentiation of thyroid nodules and to compare it to the well evaluated qualitative real-time elastography (RTE). Methods: ARFI-imaging involves the mechanical excitation of tissue using acoustic pulses to generate localized displacements resulting in shear-wave propagation which is tracked using correlation-based methods and recorded in m/s. Inclusion criteria were: nodules $5 mm, and cytological/histological assessment. All patients received conventional ultrasound, real-time elastography (RTE) and ARFI-imaging. Results: One-hundred-fifty-eight nodules in 138 patients were available for analysis. One-hundred-thirty-seven nodules were benign on cytology/histology, and twenty-one nodules were malignant. The median velocity of ARFI-imaging in the healthy thyroid tissue, as well as in benign and malignant thyroid nodules was 1.76 m/s, 1.90 m/s, and 2.69 m/s, respectively. While no significant difference in median velocity was found between healthy thyroid tissue and benign thyroid nodules, a significant difference was found between malignant thyroid nodules on the one hand and healthy thyroid tissue (p = 0.0019) or benign thyroid nodules (p = 0.0039) on the other hand. No significant difference of diagnostic accuracy for the diagnosis of malignant thyroid nodules was found between RTE and ARFI-imaging (0.74 vs. 0.69, p = 0.54). The combination of RTE with ARFI did not improve diagnostic accuracy. Conclusions: ARFI can be used as an additional tool in the diagnostic work up of thyroid nodules with high negative predictive value and comparable results to RTE.


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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
It is summer vacation, but when I drive around town there's something I don't see. There are no kids out playing.
The basketball courts and ball diamonds are deserted. There's nobody swinging from the monkey bars at the school's playgrounds. The only people I see out playing tennis are the old folks.
Where did everybody go? Did the zombie apocalypse happen and I not get copied on the memo?
Do kids even go outside and play anymore?
I remember during summer vacations when I was growing up my mom, having had enough of my lurking around the house picking on my sisters and brother, would say, "Go outside and play." This meant, "You're on my last nerve son, and if you are intent on staying inside I'm going to put you to work."
So I made myself scarce.
Today, "Go outside and play," has evolved, or maybe devolved into "play dates." I can't even write the phrase without cringing. That's when moms get together for coffee or lunch and turn the kids loose on Chuck E. Cheese.
During summers in Ohio, the sun didn't set until after 9 p.m. This allowed maximum play time during summer days and we took utmost advantage of them.
Our "neighborhood" involved a line of houses hugging the top of the Smiley Avenue hill in Forest Park, one of the first true suburbs of Cincinnati. Those included in our gang lived in houses on both sides of the street within our sight line. Back then my neighborhood gang consisted of Ricky and Greg, Dougie, Jeff, Tommy, Roger and Mikey, Buster and brothers Moose and Skeeter.
That gave us 11 guys counting me, which made for six-on-five most days with whomever didn't have Tommy, the oldest and best player of the bunch, getting the extra player, usually Moose. We saddled Tommy with his baby brother Mikey, who stunk at everything.
There were no vacant lots to commandeer and convert into whatever sports field we needed for the season, baseball field in summer and football field in winter. Instead, we found the most level stretch of back yard and used that.
There were no fenced in yards and given that our games involved just about everybody who lived on one side of the street, we could stretch a football field across three back yards, a baseball field that included the houses behind ours as the outfield fence and the McDonald's driveway court for basketball before we moved across the street to Buster's when his dad built the big court out back next to their new pool.
Games would start around 9 a.m. They lasted until lunch when we'd break to eat. We'd come back in an hour to play the rest of the afternoon until we started getting called home for supper.
Usually Jeff was the first to get called home.
We'd eat dinner and then afterward include the girls' portion of our neighborhood gang, Pam and Sandy, Debbie and Diane, my sisters Carey and Peggy, Vicki, and Connie, all the sisters who played house, hop-scotch, or jumped rope during the days for a neighborhood-wide game of Hide and Go Seek at dusk.
Bed time was at 10. We had to go to bed early, because as soon as sun crested the rooftops and burned off the dew the next morning we were out there, doing it all over again.
Now, that's what I call summer fun.
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Taper or deload week?
i would like to ask which do you think is the optimal strategy that someone should follow after an overreaching period.
Mr Wilson suggest taper week which should have the following charactestistics.
Training intensity should always be maintained or improved during a taper.
Frequency should be decreased by no more than 20%.
Volume should be reduced by 50-85%, depending on the accumulated
fatigue. If the athlete trains for only 4 weeks, and the fatigue is minimal,
volume should be closer to 50% in reduction. If the accumulated fatigue is
high, such as after a 15-week training season, volume should be closer to an
85% reduction.
On the other hand Mr Norton suggest a deload week.
For a deload he recommends doing your normal routine, but only using 60-70% of normal weights. So for if you would normally do 3 sets of 5 on squats with 300 lbs., he would recommends doing 180-210 lbs. on squats for 3 sets of 5.
Personally I like to taper coz it suites me to train hard in the gym. To cut back on a few reps I find more better than to train with lighter lifts. But then there have been times when I will feel like training just for the stretch with lighter loads but that never lasts with me. Thats just the way I am. I like to push hard. The thing not to do is take time out of the gym. We must keep up the routine of going for a workout. Which ever one it is. Cheers.
whether it's an taper a deload in my opinion the one is best which has a perfect mix of workout with proper rest .. it helps the most and I'm experiencing it for 2 years in row with favorable effects to me..
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I prefer the taper.
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With God's help...Mens sana in corpore sano
As you are aware, the purpose of a deload or taper is to all a recover rebound effect. Which ever method elicits that effect for you, is all that counts.
Training Age
The Training Age of individuals is a factor in when to back off on your training.
Novice lifters (lower training ages) are able to employ the same training program for a much longer period of time. A novice can usually preform the same program for 6 weeks.
Advance lifters (older training age) make progress much better by changing their program more often. Advance lifters need to change their program up every 3 - 4 weeks.
Sub Max to Limit Max Week
Training program are very much like warm up sets.
Let use a three week training cycle as an example.
Week 1: Easy week. This is your first "warm up set".
Week 2: Moderate week. This set prepare you for you really heavy week.
Week 3: Limit Strength week. This is where you push it to the limit.
Week 4: Week 4 Resets/Recycles to Week 1. You need to back off and allow the recover to take place.
Reset/Recycle Weeks 1
This means you decrease your training percentages for sure, perhaps your volume, maybe both.
Training is a stimulus for growth.
However, recovery is where it really takes place.
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I think deloads have become way overused in strength training. Unless you have been training heavy and hard for many years or you are one week out from a powerlifting meet or strongman competition or something similar I do not see the need to deload. You are going to have natural deloads if you go on vacation or get sick. If you are lifting 3-5x a week for 60-90 minutes and sitting on your bum for the rest of the week or working a nonstressful job deloads are usually an excuse to take it easy and slack off. If you look at the bodybuilders and powerlifters of the 70s and 80s they would laugh at the the thought of a deload. The program I use most of the time 5/3/1 calls for a deload every 4th week which I skip almost all of the time. Sometimes I may feel off on a day or not as strong which is perfectly natural but fatigue masks fitness and when I do take off the strength will be there afterwards. And to be perfectly honest deloads are flat out boring.
Discipline makes you mentally and physically tough!
Currently making everything stronger!!
Once I stick to the program I am going to get really strong.
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Keep Jones Beautiful Executive Director Judy Webb was the master of ceremonies of the Feb. 15 event, which was her last day in the position.
The red maple tree planted in the playground of Jones County's Pre-K was dedicated by Wesley Wells, the director of Gray Tree City USA.
"This tree is dedicated to Judy Webb for all she has done for Gray and Jones County," he said.
Webb has been the Keep Jones Beautiful director since 2007, and Wells said a plaque would be placed at the tree to commemorate her service.
Webb said Gray recently received certification for its second year as a Tree City. To become a certified Tree City, Gray had to adopt a tree ordinance to take care of its trees and appoint a Tree City director and board. The city also had to agree to spend $2 per capita to take care of trees and have an annual Arbor Day ceremony.


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A local woman recalls her time as one of the first Playboy bunnies with the release of a new book documenting her time at the Cincinnati Playboy Club.
"I'm not sure if anyone in the county realizes an ex-Playboy bunny lives in Ashe," said Betty Miller, a resident of the Shatley Springs community for the last 25 years.
Miller began her stint as a Playboy bunny in 1964 at the Cincinnati Playboy Club, which, at the time, was a cocktail bar. After meeting author Joy Elaine McMillan from Kosciusko, Miss., the two began documenting Millers life in a book called "Storms Never Last: Memoirs of a Playboy Bunny," which was published nearly one year ago.
"Betty Miller found the world of Playboy to be a world full of glamor, glitz and excitement when she was chosen to be one of the very first Playboy bunnies when the Playboy Club opened in Cincinnati in 1964," read Storms Never Last.
While Miller never met Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, his brother Keith is the person who hired her to work for the Playboy Club. "I was hired because I told Keith I wanted a unique job, and that kind of attitude was more important than how girls looked," said Miller.
Miller said she needed to make some money quickly because, at the time, her husband was going to school for welding and was only making $28 per week.
Life as a Playboy bunny "wasn't as easy as people might think," said Miller. The girls who worked at the club had $25 removed from their wages every night six nights per week. The girls were on-call at all times, and couldn't eat anything before their shifts started.
The girls also had to wear very uncomfortable clothing. "Trying to live and breath in their uniforms was a struggle in itself," said Miller. She said it took two people to pin the girls into their costumes.
According to Miller, she was responsible for helping form Playboy's first labor union, an action Miller would call "the biggest mistake" she made while working at the Playboy Club.
Miller was called in early one morning to attend a meeting about creating a union for the Playboy Club. Miller said the bunnies and bartenders were all instructed by management to avoid asking questions and were told not to sign anything.
It was a hot summer day in July, and Miller's husband George was waiting to pick her up after the union meeting. As time passed, Miller noticed her husband had been waiting for her for over 30 minutes, and she didn't want to leave him burning up in their car.
"It is getting quite late and my husband just got off work and is waiting for me downstairs. I know he is burning up waiting for me in the car, so I really must go. I can't keep him waiting any longer. I would like to sign up to join the union," Miller said in the book.
Miller said the union representatives "immediately ran over to me, paper in hand, for me to sign up for the union."
After Miller signed, she left the meeting, only to find out she was the only person to join the union. However, the union only needed one signature to be established.
"I was really surprised that no one else had signed up to join the union… I went from being one of the favorite bunnies at the Cincinnati Playboy Club to the most hated one there," said Miller.
In "Storms Never Last," Miller explains how she was harassed by management after joining the union, leading to several demerits. Miller knew she was close to being fired, so she left the Playboy Club after one and a half years of service, only to return for her final paycheck.
Miller also revealed several other facts about the Cincinnati Playboy Club. She said the bunny uniforms the girls wore served more of a purpose than mere aesthetic appeal.
In the early days of the Playboy Club, the girls often spilled the drinks they were serving because they would get hit in their backs by a heavy, swinging door on their way out of the kitchen.
The cotton tails on their uniforms served as padding, which absorbed the shock from the doors, keeping the bunnies from spilling their customers' drinks.
"Storms never last is full of interesting stories about my life and the first Playboy Club, and I think almost everyone will be entertained by it," said Miller.
Although the book is authored by Joy McMillan, Miller says she wrote most of the excerpts herself and sent them to McMillan. Miller says she plans to challenge McMillan in court for plagiarism.
"Storms Never Last" will be released for sale next week at People's Drug Store and Shatley Springs in paper-back and hard-back copies.


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I want one as long as it's colored GOLD.
Just kidding. I think this is a worse idea than a gold iPhone.
We often say, that the best camera you have is the one you have with you all the time; your smartphone. In many cases that's true, allowing us to quickly capture those priceless snaps that otherwise may never be. I've been spending a lot of time with mobile cameras in recent days and weeks, particularly the Nokia Lumia 925 – results coming soon – and I'm really starting to believe in that.
But, no matter how good smartphone cameras have become, at least for now, they still aren't the same as a dedicated camera. Some OEM's are looking to change that though, including Nokia and Samsung, and if rumors are to be believed, Sony might just be about to take it one step further. They could change the way we look at mobile photography.
The rumor is, that in two weeks time at their IFA 2013 press conference in Berlin, Germany, Sony will be unveiling their 'Lens Camera.' What this is believed to be from leaks thus far, is an Android and iOS compatible mobile camera that hooks onto your smartphone. The phone then becomes a viewfinder and presumably a receptacle for the images from the camera, which is entirely housed within a lens. The high end model is reported to contain the same optics as Sony's class leading compact, the RX100 Mark II.
Competing OEM's such as Samsung and Nokia have already taken a different tactic towards trying to produce camera quality photos with a smartphone. Nokia has the colossal 41MP Pureview camera on the Lumia 1020, and Samsung has the somewhat awkwardly designed Galaxy S4 Zoom. Both pack camera quality cameras onto the back of a smartphone, but you're of course limited to that phone.
Sony's offering would take the mobile camera away from the smartphone. Since the rumors have suggested iOS and Android compatibility for this, whatever it may be called, it gives you both portability and flexibility. After all, it's not like you'll be trying to carry a DSLR lens around with you, is it? An actual, physical zoom lens gives you much better performance than digital zoom of course, and no matter how good smartphone camera optics are, they're not going to match those from a high-end compact camera. At least, not yet anyway.
Simply put; yes. There's a whole lot we don't know at this point, like price, availability, battery life, basically any formal details. But if you've thought about investing in a premium compact camera, you should be interested. The idea of a connected camera is a good one, but so far the implementation has always been flawed. Samsung's Android cameras are too expensive, Nikon made a decent camera but sucked at the Android part, and WiFi smart-cameras are OK, but you need to use propriatory apps, and they're not always that great.
Sony appears, at least, to be laying it all on the camera, and leaving your smartphone to do the rest. You'll be connected to use the viewfinder, so importing, manipulating and exporting images should all be at your finger tips. And, without worrying about cellular connectivity, or a honking big touchscreen display on the back, the cost of manufacture can be directed more to where it matters; the optics.
Apple puts good cameras into the iPhone, for sure. But they don't make stand-alone cameras, at least, not anymore. It's a specialized market, and Samsung proved with the first Galaxy Camera that you can't just slap a big screen and a mobile OS on any old camera and call it a good job. Samsung knocked it out of the park with the software side of things but the optics weren't nearly good enough for the price.
We're live at a Sony press conference on September 4 in Berlin at the annual IFA show with Android Central. Besides Android phones, TVs, Laptops and the like, there's also a chance we may see this curious camera attachment. We'll know more then, but it's an exciting proposition that we're keen to get our hands on.
How does something like this grab you? Would you be interested in a premium grade point-and-shoot camera that clipped onto your iPhone or iPad in this way? What does or doesn't attract you? Sound off in the comments!
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I want one as long as it's colored GOLD.
Just kidding. I think this is a worse idea than a gold iPhone.
It's a much worse idea if it's ridiculously priced.
I'm a cross-platform kinda guy though, so it interests me a lot. As does the quality if it really is housing RX100 class optics. If they announce one in gold, I shall de-tether it from the Sony booth and bring one back for you ;-)
While this is quite interesting idea, I kinda dislike the idea of carrying extra lump at my pocket for good pictures.
Don't get me wrong, I will most likely get this, but I'm fairly certain that after while, I leave it home and very very rarely use it. It's just doesn't seem enough small to comfortably carry around.
I recently purchased an Eye-Fi Mobi SD card and I think it bridges the "pro camera" vs "connectivity" camps perfectly; if you're gonna be lugging around anything besides your phone (Ollo clips or Sony's thing above), you may as well lug a real camera and have the pictures transferred to your phone automatically!
So...you didn't read the second paragraph then?
I would get it (if it was good I have not been impressed with sony's cameras)
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I am sure there are some to which this attachment will appeal to but not me. The best camera I have is not always the one I have with me. Nothing replaces my Cannon DSLR and I certainly don't want to carry a lens attachment for my iPhone when I have a perfectly good, loaded with features, camera at home. It even has a bag I can carry my lens and filters in and a cute little place for my phone.
When I am out I use my iPhone for snapshots but I will always use my camera for photographs.
Next they will be attaching mini camcorders to the phone so you can take "really good" video.
No thanks.
re: "Would you be interested in a premium grade point-and-shoot camera that clipped onto your iPhone or iPad in this way?"
Absolutely not. Turns the iPhone into a Frankenstein's Monster.
And the camera is completely useless when not attached to the iPhone.
The Lens Camera is the answer to a question that nobody asked.
If I really, truly wanted a point-and-shoot with optical zoom, I'd get something
like a Nikon COOLPIX P310. $200 on Amazon. Shoots 1080p video too.
I imagine there are all manner of more-connected point-and-shoots as well.
Why would anyone want this kind of monstrosity when we already have Lumia 1020? This might have been cool a year ago, sort of, but seriously, this whole concept has been out-innovated this summer with superior implementation. Time for Sony to get back to the drawing board -- the same goes for Samsung with their silly Galaxy Zoom.
I have yet to see an objection to this that didn't sound like it completely missed the point of what this is for. If you're saying "why would I want this? the camera in my phone is good enough" you're not the target consumer. "I wouldn't use this therefore no one has a use for it" is an extremely silly line of argument. I know of professional photographers who carry around thousands of dollars worth of equipment and STILL end up taking the shot with their iPhone because it's what they have in their hands at the moment. Something that isn't an entirely separate device but an add-on could hugely improve the quality of shot they get. People who are just interested in better quality holiday pictures might choose to invest in this because it would remain useful even when they upgrade or switch phones. Personally, I can't stand the cheap, ugly user interface of most digital cameras and would love to have the Apple user experience/speedy response/storage capacity/assortment of photo apps combined with a higher quality lens. I'll be looking at this VERY closely when it comes out.
"I have yet to see an objection to this that didn't sound like it completely missed the point of what this is for."
No, it is a perfectly valid point. The proposition of the iPhone is that it's a camera that you already have with you wherever you go. That was helped by the 4s generation using a BSI sensor, which greatly improved image quality over the featurephone era. The "but it's an extra lump to carry" question is valid, not because the proposition of a clip on lens is wrong, but because it bears asking how many people would be willing to carry said clip-on lump? It fills a need, certainly. If you want more zoom than what the iPhone has and you want to upload to Twitter or Facebook right away, this is ostensibly the device for you. But are there enough people in the share-immediately crowd that would care for the extra image quality that this would give? Judging from my own Twitter and Facebook feeds, it's a bi-modal distribution with not much room for in-between, people either use the camera that they have and don't care, or they care enough to use the camera that they want.
"RX100ii optics" is also a rather vague term....Look at the specs on the lens: f/3.3-5.8, 4.45mm-44.5mm In other words, the rumor pic is of an all-in one superzoom device, exactly the kind of lens that enthusiasts *don't* like using because of the compromises on optical quality. Another thing, to get 10x into the size shown on the leaked photo means that the sensor is probably a 1/2.5"-sized or smaller; that's another strike for image quality.
The point is, is there a big enough audience for this thing? If you are carrying an extra lump, most modern compact cameras will give you better image quality for a reasonable amount of space. A lot of DSLR users carry RX100's and LX-5's as vacation cams; nobody complains about the space these cameras take up. The mock up unit of the clip on certainly camera looks fairly small, but it's still something that you have to protect and store carefully; unless your wardrobe consists of skinny hipster jeans, most people are not that hard-up on storage space.
It depends on how it works in day to day use. If you have to pull out your phone, put the clip on, wait for it to initialise / connect etc then chances are the moments gone. Basically it needs to keep the same point and click you get with a phone camera but adding all the features, seems like a bit of a tall order. I suppose the alternative is to leave it on the phone but it doesn't look as though it'll be very pocket friendly going by the size of the thing - you'll end up carrying a camera case therefore might aswell take a proper camera.
I'm more than likely not the target audience for this type of device I admit, I carry a DSLR around with me most of the time so generally I use that. That's not to say I haven't used other devices in a pinch (the camera on my ipad mini has come in handy a few times), but 9 times out of 10 I'll be reaching for the proper camera if I can help it.
Long story short I'll have a look at it once we have more info, could be great if they can get it right, but they'll have a ways to go to get me to open my wallet
Dislike. Reasons.
1. Size. I keep my iphone in my back or front pocket. At no point would I be able to carry this lens around attached. defeats the whole purpose. If I'm going to have to carry it in a separate location, I'd rather carry a Fuji x100s, or and OMD-E5. Both are roughly the same size as this lens attached to an iPhone.
2. Richard, your comment about proprietary apps makes no sense. I highly doubt Apple is going to change their photos app or camera app to incorporate this lens. So you'll still have to have a 3rd party app on your phone to absorb the images. At that point, go back to the cameras up above and use an Eye-Fi card to import on the fly as you shoot.
3. Usability. The iPhone is known to be made to be used with one hand. Anyone want to venture a guess as to how this camera would work tying to edit a pic using one hand? Probably not too well. I just image stretching my index and middle finger around that lens with my thumb wrapping around the front trying to edit a pick without dropping the whole off-balance device.
4. The sizing is all off. I don't see how they'll fit an APS-C size sensor in the bigger one without it being gigantic. The smallest camera that I'm aware of with that sensor is the Fuji XE-1 which is a great size. The lenses for that camera would have to be roughly the same size to be able to fill the sensor, there's a reason the lenses can't get any smaller. Look at the Sony Nex-3-7, those lenses are huge compared to the body, those will be roughly the same size as the bigger one; imagine having one of those attached to your iPhone.
I get the the fear they're feeling as the compact camera market is being cannibalized by smartphones. But they need to stop wasting their time with a stop gap and make a smartphone with a bigger sensor in it and then maybe have an attachment for people who want a zoom, IF they want a zoom.
The iPhone 4 single handedly began the destruction of the compact camera market. It's time to move on and move forward.


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Chaplain Kempton Baldridge of Seaman's Church Institute greets a crew member aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Chippewa. The Chippewa, a 75-foot buoy tender, is responsible for working floating and shoreline aids along the Tennessee, Ohio and upper Mississippi rivers. Baldridge travels these same rivers offering support and encouragement to members of the inland merchant marine. Photo courtesy of Gregory Thorp.


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BAKER — Now in his third season at Baker School, his alma mater, Gator head football coach Matt Brunson is convinced that familiarity between the coaches and players has never been better.
"They know how we are going to play and they are already talking about how we are fixing to get out there and get after it," Brunson said. "It's been fun to watch, and I think these guys have bought into what we are trying to do.
"I think the main thing is knowing how we are going to do it and what speed we are going to do it and what we expect of them. Now they understand all that."
'Ready to get out here'
Brunson expects close to 75 players on the field today, when the Gators open spring football practice.
"We've been looking forward to this day," he said. "Our kids have been working hard in the weight room and I think they are ready to get out there and do some things."
Baker enters the spring needing to fill a few holes in the lineup.
Last year's starting quarterback, Adam Crowson, is a senior. The battle to replace him is between Crowson's younger brother, Ben, and Jon Beck.
Beck, who was the junior varsity's starter last year, picked up some valuable playing time with the varsity when the Crowson brothers were out with injuries.
The rest of the Gator backfield is in good shape with the quartet of Brandon Engler, B.J. Thomas, Austin Martin and Richard Stroheker ready to lead the way.
Thomas, a rising senior, rushed for more than 1,000 yards and scored 17 touchdowns last season. Thomas should have another big year running the football.
Winning the line of scrimmage
The Gators have never been more solid in the backfield in the last three years, Brunson said.
Perhaps the biggest concern facing Baker is replacing several offensive and defensive linemen. Cody Chunn, Logan Nixon and Taylor Brown were seniors last fall, and finding their replacements will be the key to success.
"We graduated several offensive linemen and several defensive linemen and we've got to be ready to be good up front," he said. "This spring is going to be about winning the line of scrimmage, being physical and getting behind our pads."
Brunson thinks the returning linemen are more than capable of doing the job.
"The guys right now that will probably anchor our offensive line will be Dakota Campbell and Kody Nixon," he said. "And listen, those two guys are just as good of starting points as you could ask for.
"We've got some young guys coming up that are going to be battling their way into the lineup, and I think we are going to be as deep as we've been since I've been here."
Spring practice can sometimes be a time for surprises. Every year, the coaching staff looks at as many players as possible in different positions to ensure they have the best 11 guys on the field at all time.
"In the spring, we try to work as many people we can in as many situations and positions we can," Brunson said. "Hopefully, we will end up with the best 11 guys. But definitely we are going
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