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Lack of quality in these sample shots would certainly taint my view on the validity of the m 4/3 system.... thankfully better examples exist elsewhere even if they come from a competing brand ... Yes I do mean the Oly OMD ..... If I were Panasonic ( Lumix ) I would be highly disappointed with this offering as a representative of the DMC GX7.... come on DPReview .... lift your game.
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I've been looking at some raws I shot as a test; the image quality of the camera is plenty good, but not with the kit-zoom. And the video with th kit-zoom is actually horrid.
My samples shot with the 25mm F1.4 PanaLeica look excellent even in bad lighting.
I look forward to trying the Olympus.
Typical Olympus Fanboy Response...
GX7 got you nervous?
I have the camera and I love it! High ISO is on par with any other sensors smaller than full frame ... except Fuji X-Trans ... but pretty good anyway.
Seems to get some magenta blotching in shadows at about IS0 6400. While the Fujis don't have this problem.
Though the PanaLeica F1.4 25mm lens helps with higher ISOs.
I've looked at my raws in greater depth:
I don't think that this Panasonic GX7 can match a good APSC sensored camera for high ISO shooting–it doesn't really come real close to the Nikon D7100, the Sony Nex 5R, or the Samsung NX300. It's not a bad high ISO camera, but one does have to use the best lenses available to get good high ISO shots–that's 6400 and above.
So no, one doesn't have to use a full frame camera to beat this Panasonic for high ISO shooting; including the Fujis as one camera, there are at least 4 APSC sensored bodies that beat this Panasonic for shooting at high ISOs.
So for guys like you that only ever shoot in near darkness at over ISO3200 this cameras a bust eh, that sucks
So you missed the reason for using high ISOs in bright daylight. You don't understand that zoom lenses are slower, so to stop action in say tennis, you'll need to use a higher shutter speed, and can't compensate for that higher shutter speed by opening up the lens. There be other reasons to use a smaller aperture and higher ISO, like increasing DOF.
It's not so much that this body can't be used at ISO3200–not the real choice for shooting in pitch black–it's that at ISO 6400 it begins to show some blotching in the shadows. So you'll need a better lens at that ISO and going beyond 6400 will be problematic.
IS cheddar cheesed off?
ISO 3200 near darkness, you really don't have a clue.
A smaller sensor like the micro 4/3 will always be worse off compared to a bigger sensor like full frame or even APS-C as far a noise is concern at higher ISOs.
Micro 4/3 cameras are convenient to use especially for travel but it will never match a full frame DSLR. That's the reason why I have to use both. A full frame DSLR is still mandatory for professional quality shots especially if one require poster size 20" x 30" enlargements.
I understand that what samples are intended to provide is something approximating a basic for objective comparisons; I also know that in this case RAW files would lend additional information - and better lenses also would. But let's give sore view guys some credit for what is provided in these samples.
Listen, "fanboy" is becoming a bit tired. I get the usage of the term, but still...
In reference to expense, my older G2 does very well with the Leica 25mm F1.4 - but I tend to use ISO 100 quite a bit and RAW files. Minor post processing after. My stuff is currently in a pretty high level international jurored exhibition. I have no complaints, given what I use m4/3 for. That said, the high price of this new Lumix while the m4/3 sensors still struggle greatly at high ISO is problematic. For general appeal to most consumers needs, m4/3 sensors in Lumix brand will have to improve. The OMD has stepped up expectations considerably.
*dpreview guys*
DPR is a free site that provides very helpful reviews and, on occasion, articles that challenge our perception about art photography. Maybe we should learn to say thank you.
On several occasions I've referred students to this site. Feedback from them was largely positive after visiting, but more than a few came back and said something to the effect of comments being mean in tone. One guy - and I will always remember this - said, "some of these dudes seem like they need to get l**d. Ladies too." From the mouths of babes - well I guess 20 year olds are not children, most of them.
I dont understand what enjoyment people get, constantly bashing products, its rare people commment on these forums with something pleasant to say about a camera, its either pulling a camera to pieces or defending their prize possession by castigating the enemys camera/Brand of choice
I also think people shold realise what sort of a camera the GX7 is before comparing with their male jewerlally, D800's and Nano coated prime lenes or such like.
it really does take me a back, people need to get a life, i dont understand why they do it, especially when so many good dating sites are avaiable for these guys at the touch of a button.
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This is a very nice camera, I wish it were a tiny bit better at high ISOs--like 6400 and above.
I wonder why you need iso 6400?
I'm wondering why you'd ask?
Do you only shoot outside during the day.
In poorly illuminated interiors do you always use a flash?
In poorly illuminated interiors is it always possible to shoot at F0.95 at 1/4 sec exposure?
High ISO capacities is one of the big things about digital photography that put the nail in the coffin of most film still photography.
You need to imagine that there's a world of photography with which you're not familiar.
Oh, higher ISOs sure help when shooting an outdoor well lit sporting event with a zoom lenses, since then the slower zooms can be used with higher shutter speeds.
Hello Bilcobarnes,
I have something pleasant to say regarding a Panny G2 and a Canon 5D both 12mp. I took two pics of the same subject with each camera, G2 with 20mm and 5D with 50mm. And then got some 18" x 12" prints done, much to my surprise expecting the 5D ones to be much better especially with a landscape image, they were indistinguishable.
It seems to me that many of the opinions expressed all over this site are for and by nit'pic'kers rather than photographers.
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Well said Bilco.
As for ISO6400: I shoot weddings and I think I once shot around the ISO5000 mark. That was with a 6D. The reality is that having great ISO6400 is way down on the list of priorities for the majority
Try shooting a more challenging interior than a wedding. They're really easy to find. Then you'll discover why ISO 12800 makes work so much easier.
At base ISO there shouldn't be much difference, unless you're using one of the better Canon 50mm lenses. Bet the Canon would best the G2 at ISO 1600.
I hope the better lenses show this sensor is much more capable. These shots are exceeded by the rx100 which is smaller and longer zoom. Its a pity we cant see real representations with the top end glass.
These sorts of shots reiterate that mft with basic zooms are a poor choice and the platform really requires top notch lenses coupled with skilled processing to excel to even the level of basic modern aspc alternatives in the price range.
I understand that better glass yields much better results, i just hope beginners and minor hobbyists who wont use better lenses stick with either advanced compacts or larger sensors.
For example. The nex 6 powerzoom lens is bad, worse than the old larger 18-55 and shot like this blows away the new panasonic. For less money and around the same size...
I was hoping to move to a mft and pan 7-14 for interior shots but the sensor may not be able to capture the detail I'm after
Reserve judgment for better photographers using better lenses.
No, these shots don't reiterate that at all, esp. in comparison to 'basic modern ASPC alternatives'.
Please know what you're talking about before actually talking.
I don't understand what objection you're making. Please clarify.
If its that nex 6 kit lens outperforms these shots, we just have to disagree. The results here are nothing close to sharp but i did specify id reserve final judgment for better lenses and raw processing.
In fact the rx100 pocket camera will produce sharper results than this kit shown in jpg here
The detail on the prop blades at maximum magnification might help you gauge the IQ of the camera. This image: http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/reviewsamples/photos/2717767/p9200378?inalbum=panasonic-lumix-dmc-gx7-samples
And non-studio scene raws would help a lot more when judging image quality of this new Panasonic GX7.
ACR 8.2 extracts these raws, albeit DPReview did post a few studio raws a while back, but can we see regular out and about raws? And let's skip the IQ claims based on jpegs, with any camera that shoots raw.
Given that the latest Adobe Camera Raw extracts GX7 raws, can we get some raws for download?
I take these were jpegs ooc? at higher ISO detail is smudged. Look at the face and eyebrows here:
they look like watercolor.
There should be a law against posting an image of someone's face that can be magnified to that extent. That ain't right.
I felt that ISO 3200 was a step too far with my NEX-6 - even with raw. On the GX7 I'm also comfortable with ISO 1600. In my experience any IQ difference between the NEX-6 and GX7 is too close to call.
Do you own or have you shot with the GX7?
I've had mine for about 10 days. Lots to like if you prefer a rangefinder-style camera.
Interesting analysis. Im assuming you are shooting raw. I am borrowing a nex 6 right now and 3200 is fine, if properly exposed, which is about +1 ev usually in dim light. The kit lens is awful on the nex at wide but corrects ok. As a kit i don't feel the kit lens on nex 6 exceeds the rx100 in anything but iso performance by about one stop. But with the cheap 50 or my contax 45/2 the nex rivals my 5d2 with 85 1.8 in iso and sharpness.
Id like to run some raws to really see. Panny jpgs have always been, and remain, awful.
Fuji and oly, properly exposed, leave little reason to shoot raw
Nex needs raw unless you carry a grey card and custom wb every shoot. Nex 6 awb is AWFUL.
Still the fastest way to lose interest in a camera is view dpreview samples.
biggest problem of this format is dof..even at 40mm f1.7 dof is so so, a little shallower than 1/1.7 compacts...apsc is way to go...
If you shoot some m4/3, you'll quickly see DoF isn't an issue in practice. You can still take a portrait with just an eye in focus if that's what floats your boat. I actually wish it had a bit more DoF so I wouldn't have to stop down as much for portraits and macro.
Just get a longer lens.
That type of lens isn't going to give you that much DOF control. Try the 45mm 1.8, which is similar to a 50 1.8 on aps-c. For me it's plenty of DOF control.
Getting a longer lens isn't the answer for all dof problems. Compression totally changes shots.
Shoot a 35 1.4 on full frame then get a long lens on mft - yah ok. Same blur, no separation, totally different look, subject distortion differences. A portrait at 300mm is not what id shoot. The face would be narrowly distorted.
40mm is 80mm on Ff format right? ... and still so so bacground blurring..shoot with a apsc nex 50mm (75mm FF) f1.8 lens and you'll understand what im trying to say..
If you need a wide angle lens with FF-like DOF then the Voigtlander 17mm f0.95 will do the trick. The price of an m4/3 camera plus that lens is around the same as a new FF camera plus 35mm f1.4 too.
@ijustloveshooting, i thought we agreed. 80 mm ff at 1.8 is a nose tip in focus depending on range far more shallow than aspc
If you are saying 40/1.7 mft =80/1.7 thats incorrect. It would be an 80 @3.4 roughly retaining the similar t stop for a mft lens. The nex would be 1.5 so around 2.7
firstname.lastname@example.com and 3.4 are different..to achieve the same blur you would need a longer lens which would compress the scene more completely changing the look.
You don't just double the focal range but effective aperture as well, this can be a great benefit in some situations, fast wide is not one.
Theres a chart somewhere i will try to find that illustrates the effect on portraits. The benefit is, double the aperture with half the tstop, good for landscape. You may a,ready be familiar with fstop vs tstop. Some aren't. .
@andy, i agree but with no af/heavy I don't discount mft, i love it. Im just saying there are shortcomings. Im strongly considering the new omd and 7-14 for interior shots.
Good Lord Almighty, I declare! They be askin' a huge stack 'o greenbacks for these here Micro 4/3 cameras and lenses!
Shh, the m4/3 fanbois will hunt you down for that heresy.
I own a m4/3 camera, but only two lenses, they are just too dear.
Oops now I'm a target.
Because good Nikon and Canon glass is really cheap...
I love m4/3 stuff, but, yup, they certainly are!
This is not true. A significant number of MFT lenses are as cheap as APS-C lenses will never get. Take, for example, the superb Sigma Art 60mm F2.8, selling for $180, or the super-thin and super AF-fast 14mm 2.5 selling for $190.
The Leica 25mm F/1.4 - excellent value at $500.
The Leica 25mm F1.4 is an excellent quality lens but calling it "value" sounds a bit of a stretch at that price... I'd leave "value" for lenses like the $90 Canon/Nikon 50mm F1.8.
Jeff, can you tell us what shutter was used , mechanical or electronic ?
Pretty sure they were all mechanical shutter. That said, the electronic one is great for silent shooting!
Thanks ! I was asking because right now I am contemplating returning my GX7 as I could determine a certain blurr when shooting mechanical , compared to same shot with the electronic shutter . Still unsure however..
Might want to try getting out of the city sometime, fellas. Lots to see.
good samples, shows the limitations of the lens, perhaps the format
Ridiculously expensive camera! same pricepoint as a Fuji kit!
Yes but it can actually auto-focus, which makes it a camera that can take pictures vs a theoretically great sensor. Maybe the next eneration Fujis will be more reasonable.
and Fujifilm has some very expensive lenses compared to m43, what's your point?
Makes me laugh when people bring the Fuji's into the debate. Yep, lovely lenses. Yep, high ISO is better. Both of which are wiped out by its terrible autofocus and not so great manual focus. As for the lenses, the Olympus 75 1.8 is stunning, and compact and the other primes are superb.
LOL@Olympus 75 1.8, it's a $900 prime, it better be stunning. Most MFT primes are plastic and still expensive, not to mention the fastest you can get from Pany or Oly is only f1.8 after all these years. All you MFTer are bragging about AF, making a impression that SONY and FUJI cameras are unusable, but the truth is, there are plenty of beautiful photos taken by both systems, their AF speed is nowhere near unusable. If you are spoiled by fast AF maybe it's time to think before you shot.
Correction, Panny has a 25/f1.4 with AF, AND there are many wonderful f0.95 manual-focus lenses, all with very high qualities. Do SONY and FUJI make fast lenses like these?
NEX has no lenses faster than f1.8. Fuji has 2. M4/3 has 4 (soon to be 5 with the release of the Panasonic 42.5 f1.2). Back to the drawing board...
They dont need to, there are so many adaptors and legacy lenses that the sensor can extract more detail from.
Im not anti mft, if you buy the expensive lenses the results are god at moderate print sizes through iso 1600. They are not good for fast wide shots, and pound for pound for beginners, the nex's with pdaf vs mft both with kit lenses, the nex's clobber them in iq at anything over base iso.
Sony has a lot of problems too that mft has solved, mft has better native primes for now and the highe nd bodies handke off camera flash better.
Both systems are imperfect. For someone shooting kids running around yah, mft is probably better at tracking, for a limited about of time. For alt glass users the nex is better.
For those looking to shoot natural light, nex fuji
Those wanting strobe mft
Full frame is getting affordable now sub $2k for a ff kit, you really have to want a small cam to go with either, which i like many do. Im frustrated by fuji raw, mft sensor, nex flash
It's the kit, the price and the package that counts. A Fuji kit in the same pricepoint offers a better sensor (try to debate that) and a better kit lens. I think the GX7 seems like a nice camera (even though it weighs as much as a dslr..) but THE PRICE IS COCOLOCO
aljudy you are right, I forgot to count Leica branded Pany lenses. Still, it's a $500 plastic lens, and you can get 3rd party f0.95 lenses for SONY and FUJI too.
MFT is a decent system, but fanboyism is killing it. All they do is repeating: sensor size means nothing; large lenses are ridiculous; other mirrorless can't AF; and of course IBIS is a mus have. Too bad they can't mention body size anymore, damn you EM1.
@cocopro I've owned an X-E1 and an X100, it's not about focus speed it's about the fact that they simply cannot lock on to subjects in even reasonable light.
Still, you're obviously protecting your own little world so I guess dismissing M4/3 makes you content
Also, why does honest opinion instantly mean "fanboyism?" If I'm a fanboy, then I'm a bloody bad one: I currently only shoot Canon
I agree fuji has af issues, mostly in lower light. Nex6 has improved a lot with pdaf but limited lenses.
That said i haven't missed a shot with my rx1 and people bash it as slow. I think there are ways to mitigate most slow focus issues that don't involve tracking. I use spot with face detect on sony. Its a good combo without having to change regularly.
Great news about the upcoming GX7 review!
I have to say, I quite liked those samples.
Great IQ for less money, sounds good to me.
Agreed on the great IQ, but less money compared to what? Excluding the Oly OMD E-M1 which is a bit of a niche, this GX7 has the top price in MicroFourThirds... most APS-C are cheaper, so you must be comparing to Full Frame?
No, the GH3, the EM-1 and the EM-5 are more expensive. And yes, I look forward to the full review but whatever happened to a G5 and G6 review?
What do you think? Too many cams, so little time.
I don't see the great iq in these. Im not saying its impossible, but these shots with this kit lens in bad jpg rendering certainly don't show me anything a cheaper pocketable camera cant do, and better
Get the kit lens off and process raws, I'm sure the story changes. Hit the fredmiranda thread on rx100 shots and then tell me these are impressive.
I really hope this was set to auto and shot like a point and shoot with no real effort, which is probably the case.
@jimkh: OK right, the GH3 is more expensive (but just by ~10%). The EM-5 is actually cheaper (still by ~10%). (body-only prices on amazon.co.uk: EM-5 £723, GX7 £799, GH3 £889)
But anyway, I wouldn't consider these price differences very significant in comparing them, I would just consider all these three together at the top of the price for MFT (excluding the EM-1 as said). The E-P5 should also be among them.
For what it's worth, I shot some in-store test shots with both the kit zoom on the GX7, then I tried the PanaLeica 25mm f/1.4, albeit on a different display body--both bodies shot examples at ISO 6400 into deep shadow next to a light source.
The example of the kit zoom I used was really lacking. While the PanaLeica was excellent.
At lower ISOs, say 1250, the kit zoom improved a bit. Video with the kit zoom was awful, didn't try the PanaLeica for video.
(Here's another reason DPReview should post raws they shot with the kit zoom on the GX7. Then I could confirm the problems are with the lens generally, not simply the example that I tried.)
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The Children of the Forest never had a large population to begin with, and they took heavy losses in the struggle against the White Walkers, from which they never truly recovered. Over the following centuries they gradually declined throughout Westeros, until they had all but disappeared by the time the Andals invaded Westeros six thousand years ago. The few that remained were hunted or driven off by the Andals during their conquest of the continent. The Andals cut down the sacred heart trees in the south (except on the Isle of Faces), but the First Men of the North withstood their advance, and continued their worship of the Old Gods centered around the remaining heart trees there. The handful of Children that survived the slaughter were said to have fled to the far north, Beyond the Wall, where the Andals would never follow them. By the time that Aegon Targaryen conquered and united the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros three hundred years ago, there had been no contact with the Children of the Forest for thousands of years.[2]
According to the knowledge of the maesters, the Children are either extinct, or never existed in the first place and are a purely mythical race. This is disputed by the people of the North, who hold that they inherited their worship of the Old Gods from the Children of the Forest, who were real and have long since departed the realms of men.
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Maester Luwin tells Bran Stark that many people think that magical creatures like the Children of the Forest never existed at all. Luwin tells Bran that he thinks they may have once existed in ancient times, but that they have long since gone extinct: "The dragons are gone, the Giants are dead, and the Children of the Forest forgotten."[3]
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, legend holds that the Children of the Forest ruled Westeros for thousands of years before the arrival of the First Men from the eastern continent of Essos, some twelve millennia ago.
Within the first novel, A Game of Thrones, it is speculated by songsters in the North that the Children might survive north of the Wall, though simply because no one is entirely sure what exists in the uncharted forests beyond it. Nonetheless, the Children have not been sighted in thousands of years, either by the Night's Watch guarding the wall or even the wildlings that live immediately north of it.
According to myth, the Children were diminutive in stature and few in number compared to humans, but formidable in battle. Their greenseers wielded powerful magics and their wood dancers were skilled warriors. It is hinted that the enigmatic green priests of the Isle of Faces in the midst of Gods Eye know some of the secrets of the Children and their ways, and others (especially in the North) may know something of their ways.
Physical appearance and comparison to elves
Although they occupy the position usually filled by Elves in other high fantasy media, George R.R. Martin has repeatedly insisted that the Children of the Forest are not simply his version of Elves, because "Elves have been done to death". While the Children are repeatedly described as "dark and beautiful" this is not in the same manner of Tolkien's Elves: the Children are described as being smaller than humans with nut-brown skin, large ears, and glowing gold eyes, slitted like a cat's. They also have 4 digit hands (3 fingers and a thumb) that end in small claws instead of primate fingernails. They interwove vines and flowers into their hair and clothing.
Artistic depictions of the Children of the Forest in the "Complete Guide to Westeros" Season 1 Blu-ray featurettes depict them as nothing like stereotypical Elves, who usually inhabit graceful castles and are highly "civilized". Instead, the Children are depicted as being an aboriginal people, somewhat like Native Americans or other hunter-gatherer peoples, adorned with totems and tattoos.
- ↑ HBO viewers guide, season 2 Appendix, Westeros Through the Ages
- ↑ "The Complete Guide to Westeros: The Children of the Forest" featurette, Season 1 Blu Ray
- ↑ "What is Dead May Never Die"
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David Marlon, a.k.a. "Marlon Frost", was a mass murderer and serial rapist who appeared in season seven of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Marlon had two convictions of rape in California; one for rape with a foreign object in 2003 and one for rape in 2006. He was also a chronic alcoholic and had his fingertips severely burned at some point, possibly deliberately in order not to leave behind usable fingerprints. After being released the second time, he went to Nevada using the alias "Marlon Frost" and assaulted an elderly woman in Lake Tahoe, stole her car and drove with it to Las Vegas.
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A week later, in The Trip Wire Bar, he spotted a young showgirl, Rebecca Mayford, and interpreted a split-second glance as a flirtation and stalked her to her home, where she lived with five other showgirls ("Empty Eyes"). Inside, he had them tie each other up at gunpoint (using a fake gun), placed them in seperate rooms, raped Rebecca, stabbed her to death and killed the others by slashing their throats. Not long afterwards, a neighbor found the bodies and called the police. While searching a room, Sara found Cammie Brookston, who was being slashed, but escaped immediate death by hiding under the bed and putting pressure on the cut in her throat. Sara managed to get some information about Marlon, such as his murder weapon and a large vascular birth mark he had on his chest, before she died of her injury.
While the investigation continued fruitlessly, Marlon felt the pressure of being caught and tried to end his life in the parking lot of The Trip Wire Bar by slashing his throat with the knife he used to kill the showgirls. Because he was only able to cut halfway before losing the grip, he survived long enough for paramedics to arrive. When Sara went to the hospital to get Marlon's fingerprints, she noticed that they were smudged, just like the ones found on the knife and some things in the house. When she realized that he was the killer, he grabbed her arms, but she was able to pull away. A DNA analysis along with possessions of the victims found in his car confirmed that Marlon was the killer. When Brass interrogated him in the hospital, Marlon admitted, with no shame or remorse, to commiting the murders. When Brass noted that he smiled during the whole conversation and asked if he thought it was funny. Marlon simply replied: "I don't feel anything. Nothing".
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- Unspecified date and location in 2003: Unnamed woman (raped with a foreign object only; was arrested for the crime)
- Unspecified date and location in 2006: Unnamed woman (raped only; was also arrested for the crime)
- Nevada, 2007:
- March 22, Lake Tahoe: Unnamed elderly woman (assaulted and carjacked)
- March 28, Las Vegas: Six killed in the massacre at Rebecca Mayford's home:
- Rebecca Mayford (was raped and stabbed to death)
- Cammie Brookston (her throat was partially slashed; died hours later)
- Emily Wilson (slashed her throat)
- Libby Cooperson (slashed her throat like the previous victim)
- Lauren Walderson (slashed her throat like the previous victim)
- Jennifer Smith (slashed her throat like the previous victim)
- March 29, Las Vegas: Sara Sidle (assaulted when she discovered his true identity)
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CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada announced Wednesday the names of three individuals that will be the 2013 class of Distinguished Honourees of the Order of Hockey in Canada. These recipients will be honoured in April at a special ceremony in Ottawa during the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship.
Hockey Canada introduced in April 2012 the Order of Hockey in Canada, a program that will annually honour a select number of individuals whose 'role or service in the game is recognized as extraordinary' in Canada.
This class of three individuals brings the total of honourees to eight, after the first class was inducted and honoured in spring 2012. The first class of Distinguished Honourees of the Order of Hockey in Canada included Jean Béliveau, Cassie Campbell-Pascall, Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe and Gordon Renwick
The selection committee met on the morning of Dec. 12 and went through an election process that identified three new honourees:
Paul Henderson, 69, will forever be known as the player who scored The Goal, the game-winner with just 34 seconds remaining in Game 8 of the 1972 Summit Series, giving the Canadians the series victory thanks to wins in the final three games in Moscow. While his Game 8 winner is the goal that will always have a place in Canadian history, Henderson also scored the winner in Game 6 and Game 7, and finished with seven goals in eight games, tying with Phil Esposito for the Team Canada lead. The Kincardine, Ont., native represented his country for the second and final time during the 1974 Summit Series, scoring twice and adding one assist in seven games. Henderson played 707 NHL games with Detroit, Toronto and Atlanta, recording 477 points (236 goals, 241 assists), and added 283 points (140 goals, 143 assists) in 360 WHA games with Toronto and Birmingham.
Dave King, 64, is one of Canada's most decorated coaches, having stood behind the Team Canada bench at Olympic Winter Games, IIHF World Championships and IIHF World Junior Championships. King was the head coach of Canada's National Junior Team at the 1982 IIHF World Junior Championship, leading Canada to its first World Junior gold, and returned the following year to win a bronze medal. He then started a long relationship with Canada's National Men's Team, serving as head coach at six IIHF World Championships and three Olympic Winter Games between 1983 and 1992, winning two world championship silver medals (1989, 1991) and one bronze (1983), along with an Olympic silver medal at the 1992 Games in Sarajevo. In addition to his international résumé, King has coached in North America at the university, WHL and NHL levels, as well as internationally in Germany, Sweden and Russia. He is one of the world's most respected coaches, presenting at the Hockey Canada NCCP Level 5 program and International Coaches Conference, and has played a role in the design and implementation of the Hockey Canada Coach Mentorship Program and Hockey Canada Skills Academy Program. King was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1992, and earned induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2001.
Mark Messier, 49, was a six-time Stanley Cup champion, a two-time Hart Trophy winner as NHL MVP and played in 15 NHL All-Star Games in his 25-year career, during which he racked up 1,887 points (694 goals, 1193 assists) in 1,756 games, the second-highest total in NHL history. He remains the only player in hockey history to captain two teams to the Stanley Cup, with Edmonton in 1990 and the New York Rangers in 1994. Messier had extensive experience representing Canada at the international level as a player, including the 1984, 1987 and 1991 Canada Cups, 1989 IIHF World Championship and 1996 World Cup of Hockey. The St. Albert, Alta., native totalled nine goals and 23 assists for 32 points in 38 games playing for Canada. He returned to Team Canada in a management role in 2010, serving as Canada's general manager at the IIHF World Championship, and was the head coach of Canada's National Men's Team at the 2010 Spengler Cup.
Candidates for election as Distinguished Honourees of the Order of Hockey in Canada shall be chosen 'on the basis of their outstanding contributions or service to the growth and development of the sport of hockey in Canada, which may include players, coaches, officials, administrators, executives, trainers, physicians, inventors or any other person whose role or service in the game is recognized as extraordinary.'
Candidates are eligible as long as they have concluded their career as an active player or official, if either is applicable, for a minimum of five playing seasons before their election. All other candidates may be either active or inactive at the time of his or her selection. However, there will be no posthumous appointments to the Order of Hockey in Canada.
A selection committee of 12 members was appointed by the Order of Hockey in Canada executive committee, which was established by Hockey Canada. The selection committee members, representing a cross-section of individuals with great and varied experience around the game of hockey in Canada, have been selected for a three-year term and can serve for a maximum of nine years. Each committee member can only bring forward one name as an official nomination for consideration annually. After inducting five individuals in the first group in the spring of 2012, as of 2013, there will be a maximum of three recipients annually.
The entire selection process is confidential, and the names of those candidates not selected will not be disclosed.
OHC executive committee: Michael J. Bruni, QC, Murray Costello, Jeff Denomme, Grant Fagerheim and Bob Nicholson
OHC selection committee: Jim Treliving (chairman), Gilles Courteau, Joe Drago, Pierre LeBrun, Roy MacGregor, Bob McKenzie, Pat Quinn, Glen Sather, Danièle Sauvageau, Scott Smith and Donna Spencer
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Economic Religion vs. Environmental Religion in America
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Economics and environmentalism are types of modern religions. So says Robert H. Nelson in his analysis of the roots of economics and environmentalism and their mutually antagonistic relations in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The present debate raging over global warming exemplifies the clash of these two public theologies.
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Lothar Frey is a recurring character in the third season, debuting in "The Climb". He is played by Tom Brooke. He is often referred to as Lame Lothar due to the pronounced limp he has in his left leg.
Lothar is a son of Walder Frey, the Lord of the Crossing. He often plans and organizes the fine details to achieve his father's goals.
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Lothar travels to Riverrun with Lord Walder's great-grandson Black Walder and meets with King Robb Stark and his advisors to discuss the reforging of the Stark-Frey alliance for Robb's planned attack on Casterly Rock. The Freys carry Lord Walder's demands, which includes a formal apology from Robb, the castle of Harrenhal and all of its lands and incomes, and for Edmure Tully to marry Roslin, one of his daughters. Edmure is reluctant to marry a woman he has never met, but is eventually convinced to go through with the arrangement.[1]
Lothar hires a group of assassins to pose as musicians at Edmure and Roslin's wedding. Talisa Stark comments on their talent, and Lothar replies that they should want to be good due to their cost. After the bedding ceremony, Lord Walder rises to make a toast to Robb and offer a marriage gift to his Queen, signaling Lothar to draw a knife from his sleeve and repeatedly stabs the pregnant Talisa in the stomach, killing her and her unborn child.[2]
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In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Lothar Frey is often referred to as "Lame Lothar", on account of his crippled leg, and serves as the Steward of the Twins. He is the twelfth son of Lord Walder Frey, the first from his marriage to his fourth wife, Lady Alyssa Blackwood.
Lothar is described as plump, with close-set eyes, a pointed beard, and dark hair in ringlets to his shoulders. His leg was twisted at birth. Despite his handicap, he is intelligent, cunning, and well-spoken. As Steward of the Twins he holds the important position of overseeing the day-to-day running of his father's castle. When it comes to politics or war, Walder Frey determines the general course that House Frey will take, but it is often Lame Lothar who then plans and organizes the fine details to achieve his father's goals.
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- Lothar Frey at A Wiki of Ice and Fire (MAJOR spoilers from the books)
|Lord Walder Frey
|Ser Stevron Frey
|The Twins · Riverrun
|Lord of the Crossing · Lord of Riverrun · Lord Paramount of the Trident
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While you're frying up some eggs and bacon, we're cooking up something else: a way to celebrate today's food holiday.
How 'bout them apples? December 3 is National Apple Pie Day.
It seems like everyone has room for pie after a big holiday meal, and most tables across America will feature one of the apple variety. Pies actually got their start as a savory course because pie crust was good at preserving the food within. And, while the Pilgrims might not have had an apple (or pumpkin) pie on their Thanksgiving table, the quintessential American classic has been around since at least the mid-1580s.
Eating a slice of still-warm-from-the-oven apple pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream is as easy as unbuttoning your pants; making it, unfortunately, isn't as easy.
Dice up some Granny Smith apples and sauté them with some butter, nutmeg, cinnamon and orange zest. You don't want to cook them the whole way through, just so all the spices are distributed evenly and the apples soften a bit. Unfold a sheet of puff pastry onto a parchment lined baking sheet and brush the edges with egg wash. Spoon the apple mixture onto the pastry and spread it out until it touches the egg wash border. The layer of apples needs to be quite thin or the pastry will get soggy underneath. Top it with oats, butter, brown sugar and salt that's been pulverized in a food processor. Bake in a 375 degrees F oven until the pastry puffs up and browns. These can also be made individually – just cut smaller squares out of the pastry.
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Mandy Oser is tickled pink it's summer.
"I love rosé - nothing says summertime like it to me," says the owner of Ardesia Wine Bar in New York City.
While the weather is warm, take time to stop and sip her five favorite rosé wines.
Its crisp and refreshing acidity makes it an easy match for many summertime foods."
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For a fun pairing try it with deviled eggs. This rosé will especially complement ones that have a little kick to them."
3. 2011 Domaine du Gros Noré Rosé
I love to sip it on its own or try serving it as an accompaniment to a variety of Mediterranean-inspired dishes and dips especially when they prepared with fresh herbs."
4. 2011 Bodegas Muga Rosado
5. Charles Lafitte, Sparkling Rosé, NV
Try it with Piper's Pyramide from Indiana, which is a terrific domestic goat's milk cheese."
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