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Businesses have a varied view of what marketing is for, and how it can be used, and it invariably depends on their financial position, the product or service they are promoting, the mindset of the management, the resources available to them, both personnel and technical, and the general attitude towards marketing and selling tactics.
But it has been noted by researchers that small businesses and sole-trading entrepreneurs are stealing a march over the larger organisations. This is because they are far more flexible in their approach towards marketing practices and how it can affect their businesses.
The other thing to note is that these smaller outfits are far more likely to accept the fact that marketing can and will take a long timespan before any results start to materialise. Impatience and impetuousness may be prevalent in both kinds of businesses, but the larger corporates may have demanding bosses, crippling financial forecasts, unreasonable objectives and impractical processes that overshadow any marketing strategies, however carefully they have been put in place to create optimum results.
It is these smaller businesses that are able to see or realise that marketing is a long-term objective that are able to benefit the most from it. This all depends if they are willing to be consistent with providing content for blogs and newsletters, contributing sociably on social networks, spreading their expertise through social media and offline networking and speaking engagements, maintaining a high visibility on the web through blogs, articles, RSS feeds and constantly responding to what their past, present and prospect clients and contacts are doing.
If your company expects immediate returns, do selling, not marketing. Instant ROI may be obtained through various pushy methods, but can it really be compared to that gained through long-term marketing, principally obtained through relationship building, research into customer understanding and responses, providing what is requested or desired, and filling the niches opened up by the misdemeanours of the larger organisations.
Long term marketing results in long term relationships and proven sustainability from your customers. Even so, once acquired, there is no time to sit on your laurels – the pace must be kept up to maintain this much sort-after and coveted friendship, by providing more benefits to make their lives better, and more relationship-building tactics to keep them from converting to the competition.
Therefore you can see how this cannot be achieved through short-term methods without your prospects turning up their noses because they don't know anything about the company or what it is providing, or losing them immediately afterwards because they haven't acquired enough knowledge about how your business works for you to gain their trust and appreciation. If you haven't bothered to take the time to woo your customers to fall in love with you, how can you expect the relationship to last?
Reading Buses are in a bit of a mess at the moment. This affects me because my children use them to get to school, but it seems they have also affected a lot of people recently.
This is all due to technology failing. Actually it's not the technology's fault, even though it is a human trait to blame the machine and not the person working it. The fault really lies with those the personnel are using it.
The first problem was the suppliers who failed to deliver and install the new technology in time. The next to get the blame was the programmers who failed to make the technology work properly. Then comes the web developer who failed to design and activate the website properly to prevent people buying the wrong ticket. Next are the people who type in the data into the software so it can calculate and send out correct bus tickets to the right people. I'm sure there are more people to add to this breadcrumb line, but I haven't found out who or what they are.
The moral of the story is: don't announce fantastic changes in advance of actually setting it up ? especially before you've tested that it works! Testing something new is soooo important, not only for new technology, but for seeing if a particular marketing campaign works, such as direct mailing or a questionnaire ? best to send out a small amount first (this is called a pilot) so you can correct any mistakes or anomalies before the 'real thing', especially if you are talking about dealing with several thousands of units.
This is a fundamental element of doing business, to make sure something works properly before promoting it or letting it loose on your public. So why have Reading Buses managed to fail so dramatically this time? Hmmm, just make sure your next campaign doesn't land you in the same boat…


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Glenville State seniors, from left, Keyanna Tate, Tiffani Huffman and Ginny Mills, hoist the Mountain East Conference championship trophy after defeating Charleston 74-50 in the finals Sunday.
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Points didn't come easy for either team in the first half. Glenville did manage to stretch its lead to 10 at 28-18 before two free throws by Ross closed out the scoring, leaving GSC up 28-20 at intermission.
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Kenyona Simmons led the Pioneers with 16 points and was selected as the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Mills contributed 12 points to the Glenville cause while Goodson had 11 and Tasia Bristow 10. Aesha Peters pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds for GSC.
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Have any D100 users experienced fairly consistent underexposure when using the SB50DX and SB80DX in either D-TTL mode?
Thanks in advance for your replies.
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#1. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 0spacer Basic MemberThu 15-Aug-02 04:08 PM
I don't have the SB50DX or SB80DX, yet.
so far I was experimenting with the built in flash.
As a fill flash it is right on.
What is your experience?
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#2. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 1Thu 15-Aug-02 08:49 PM
I have no problem with the built-in flash. In fact, the 50DX and 80DX seem to yield fine results when used outdoors in matrix-balanced fill-flash mode. It is only when using these units indoors as the sole light source that underexposure occurs.
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#3. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 2lstavast Registered since 01st Jan 2003Thu 15-Aug-02 11:41 PM
on your indoors shots, what metering mode are you in - flash and camera ...
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#4. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 3Fri 16-Aug-02 05:18 PM
Camera on any of the three metering patterns and flash on either TTL MATRIX BALANCED or TTL STANDARD. The camera is set to A mode.
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#5. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 0
I have had the same problem with a D100 and the sb28dx and the 80dx as well. It seems to be about 1 stop underexposed but sometimes more. I can adjust it in Capture 3 but am a bit frustrated with the results "out-of-the-box". I haven't used the built-in flash.
What are your settings for fill flash?
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#6. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 0
Over the past 2 weeks I must have shot over 1000 shots with a D1X and the SB80DX both indoors and outdoors. I used mostly DTTL Matrix and I did find that the shots not exactly perfect as to exposure with this setup. I could be over on one shot, under for the next and then perfect for the next. Same place, same people and on tripod. I made sure the flash was back up each time. My F100 with the same setup always was perfect.
I believe the problem is with DTTL. There isn't a film plane to read the exposure on the digital camera so the flash sends out a pre-flash to figure out the flash reading and sometimes will missread the exposure. Using open shade without flash the camera knows what to do, but with flash it's guessing. One stop either way isn't bad. That can be fixed, but anything over that and using a JPEG setting could be trouble when fixing these shots.
I'm still learning and there's a lot of experience in these forums.
#34. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 6Sat 24-Aug-02 10:00 PM
Unless I am mistaken, the five Monitor Pre-Flashes are read from the front of the shutter, not off of the film plane. I suspect you may have a problem with your flash if you are seeing inconsistent results.
I have not seen inconsistency! I shot 177 images today using Matrix Balanced Fill Flash with Slow Shutter Sync. I found excellent consistency in all my shots.
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My D100 is incredibly smooth, amazingly accurate, deliciously tasty. Well at least the first two.
#28. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 0
Dear Nikonian Digital Friends,
The reason that Nikon CHOSE to underexpose the images is a well-thought-out reason. With digital cameras there is a limited range of exposure. Probably about 4 stops or so. If you blow away the highlights by overexposing even slightly, you can never recover any of those details, since the pixels have gone to pure white. But, if it is slightly underexposed, there is still detail in the highlights, and in Photoshop you can use the Levels or Brightening functions to pull all the detail you need from the shadows. I have experimented with this quite a bit.
The real situation is this. If you are going to use digital cameras, you had better learn how to use Photoshop, or any good image editing software. The camera's exposure range is simply too narrow to capture even as much as a good transparency film can capture. You have limitations, and you must work around them by shooting low-contrast scenes as often as possible. If you shoot for the shadows, you WILL lose the highlights. You are shooting for the shadows when you use the exposure compensations for flash or regular.
I admit that Nikon may have gone a bit overboard with the underexposure, but I suppose they chose to be conservative. You will have to adjust to the narrow exposure range, or go back to film. Within a few years, they may have a CCD or CMOS chip that can record a better range of light, but for now, we have limitations. I too use a bit of compensation. I find that +0.3 for regular exposures in low-contrast situations is quite satisfactory. But if you get into a high contrast situation, and do ANY + exposure compensation, you WILL lose your highlights. Now that you have read this, experiment a little and see if you don't find the same thing I have with my D100.
In the old days, when cars were first introduced and you bought one, you had to learn to be a mechanic to use it. Technology had not progressed far in cars, so the user was greatly responsible for overcoming the inherent problems. Today, we have a new technology, digital imaging. It is not yet ripe, so we early adopters must learn to overcome the inherent problems in new technology, just like in the old days. Buy Photoshop, learn how to use it. It IS necessary! And, it IS worth it!
Below are some sample images that test my assertions:
Image 1: This was shot using 3D-Matrix Balanced Fill Flash with shutter on Slow Sync and +0.3 EV flash compensation. Please note the very pleasing look of the subjects and the background. But, also note the little boys hand on the far left (on shoulder). With +0.3 EV overexposure the details in the hand are beginning to blow out. If I had used +0.7 EV overexposure, I would have lost the detail in the hand completely, and most likely in the hair highlights too. As it is, the +0.3 overexposure worked fine. A normal expsosure would have done about as well.
Image # 2: This was shot with 3D-Matrix Balanced Direct Flash with normal front-curtain shutter setting, and +0.3 EV flash exposure compensation. I cannot see any burned out highlights at all, since this was a very low-contrast scene, with no backlighting. I note that my daugther's white skirt is beginning to look a little bit washed out, since the 4-stop range of digital is pushed to the edges.
So, in summation, it is the CONTRAST of the scene that determines whether you will lose detail in the highlights, and need to under or overexpose your images. This is different from film, with its better range of light capturing abilities. If you shoot with an eye toward contrast, you will make better images with both film and digital.
I wrote the N80 review here on the Nikonians.org website. (https://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/nikon_articles/body/f80/f80_1.html) I am now working on a D100 review in tremendous detail. This review will be a completely "hands on" review with an emphasis on a users perspective, not a scientist with a 40 power microscope and lens test charts. I need your help! Please review the review, and see if you can detect any inaccuracies in my ideas or statements. It will eventually be posted here on Nikonains.org, and I would like your help in keeping it realistic and accurate. (if Bo and JRP approve, that is!) The current INCOMPLETE review is found at my Nikon Digital website http://www.nikond.com. Read the silly story of how I bought my D100, and let me know if you experienced anything similar. Then check out the review. I will be progressively adding to it over the next couple of weeks. It takes a LOT of time to write a review like this. When it is posted on this site, it needs to be incredibly accurate so that the Canonites cannot point any fingers at our beloved Nikonians.org!
Also, please come to the "On Assignments" forum, where I am moderator, and show the film users what the D100 is capable of. There is a nice variety of assignments that should test both your camera's and your capabilities. (https://www.nikonians.org/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=list&forum=DCForumID29&conf=DCConfID8) Thanks!
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#29. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 28Sat 24-Aug-02 04:48 PM
Your partial review is excellent, fun to read and informative. Thanks for your diligent work!
Question - when using flash, do you keep the camera exposure compensation at +0.3 as well as the flash compensation at +0.3?
Russ in CT
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#32. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 29Sat 24-Aug-02 07:35 PM
I have experimented with the compensation settings for both flash and regular exposure. I have found that +0.3 for BOTH flash and normal exposure is about right for my type of shooting. Yours may differ!
I tend to shoot pretty high contrast stuff like sunsets, and deer partially in shadow and direct sun. So I have seen the best and the worst that this D100 can do. So far, it blows out detail if a high contrast situation exists. I am having to expose for the highlights, so I won't lose all detail there, and then open up the shadow detail in Photoshop afterwards. If I open up the shadow detail too far in Photoshop though, it tends to blow out the highlights too. But, I do have a little more control in Photoshop.
I am NOT disappointed in the D100. It has been the most fun of any camera I have ever owned. For instance, just today, I took 177 pictures at a face painting session. I estimate that to be about $62.00 worth of processing, if I had used Provia. In the last week, I have been exuberantly shooting everything that moves, or stands still. I have taken over 500 images since 08-12-02, when my D100 arrived. Some complain that the D100 costs too much. Well, figure the cost on 500 images at thirty-five cents USD each. That amounts to $175.00. My entire investment in the D100, lenses, filters, and IBM Microdrives is standing at about $3,300.00 USD. So, I have saved $175.00 in one week, which goes a good way toward paying for the investment. In a few weeks of shooting, I will have overcome the cost of my camera system in processing fee savings. Hee hee! But, this is completely off the subject.
Here is an image exposed at +0.3 EV flash exposure using the on-camera flash, and front-curtain shutter sync.
(D100, sRGB Mode III, JPG Fine, ISO 200)
#30. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 28
Tom Hogan would seem to disagree with you with his statement in "The Complete Guide to the D1, D1h and D1X" in which he says, "The D1 has slightly less exposure range than captured by most print film and slightly more exposure range than 35mm slides".
Moose Peterson in his book comes to approximately the same conclusion. Actually, I think he goes a bit further but I have not found his exact quote.
Granted both of these are about the D1 but I would think that it would equally apply to the D100. For what it's worth my limited experience would seem to bear their conclusions out.
#31. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 30Sat 24-Aug-02 07:07 PM
This brings up a real question! According to what I have read at Nikon, the D100 is a close electronic equivalent to the D1.
I cannot say for sure about this except that I have seen less range in my own images. It is purely my opinion. I could be wrong, and I will find out in this way.
I have been shooting Provia for several years now. I am fairly familiar with its range. It is well known that it will handle 5 stops. I will do some images whereby I pit Provia against my D100 and see which one can contain more image range.
My experience with D100 Digital so far is that it blows out the highlights in anything even approaching a 5 stop range. We shall see!
So that I can be accurate in my review, will a few of you D100 users do the same. We must know for sure! Thanks for the question on this matter!
Is it 3, 4, 5, or 6 stops. What can the D100 capture?
#37. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 31AlanC Basic MemberSun 25-Aug-02 12:19 PM
It's not an easy question to answer.
Based on some experiments I did a long while back I'd always reckoned the D1 gave me a +2 / -3 EV range.
My guess would be that the D100 has a somewhat narrower range. Specifically I've found there's a significant difference between how the two handle highlights: the D1 seems to go into burn-out more gradually than the D100 so there's a better chance of recovering detail in RAW mode. At the other end of the range the D100 produces far less noise - and what there is is random and film grain like rather than the distinctive banded noise of the (original) D1 - but its ability to capture detail doesn't seem to extend any further.
Incidentally I doubt you'll see a 5 stop range in camera produced JPEGs - you'll have to shoot in RAW mode to get that. You'll also likely find the results look a bit flat if you try to retain the full dynamic range when you process them since you're reducing the 12-bit range of the CCD to an 8-bit format such as JPEG.
#33. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 0
This comment is in reply to Dave's interesting underexposure of the band above. Check this out!
It may seem underexposed, but it really isn't. Digital is different than film. Even the "underexposed" image in it's compressed JPEG form, with a good deal of the data thrown away by compression, is still full of shadow detail. I put the image into Photoshop, went into Lab Space mode, adjusted the Levels to bring out the shadow detail. Then I set it back to RGB mode, and adjusted the brightness and contrast. Here is the result:
Remember, digital is different! Even though it seems underexposed, there is PLENTY of detail there. I prefer it to be underexposed else I will lose my highlights. Look at the sweater in the front of the image (which is why I think it "underexposed" in the first place) and note how my adjustments in Photoshop blew out ANY detail in the high white of the sweater. Digital is different. It is NOT really underexposed. It just seems to be. This is NOT film. Film can really be underexposed and not have any detail in the dark areas. That is NOT the case with digital photography. Even an image that looks underexposed probably really isn't.
In any case, I would prefer the "underexposure" because I can pull detail out of the shadows, but I cannot pull detail out of a blown out highlight.
My humble advice to D100 users is:
Expose for the highlights! Let me say that again, EXPOSE FOR THE HIGHLIGHTS. You will apparently lose the shadows (underexposed). Then adjust the brightness and contrast in even the cheapest of image editing software until there is a nice balance. If you expose for the shadows, you will forever lose the highlights, and no amount of manipulation will bring the lost detail back! EXPOSE FOR THE HIGHLIGHTS!!!!
Don't give up, just buy Photoshop!
#35. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 0
Here are a few more examples of the incredible accuracy of the D100 in fill flash mode with +0.3 EV compensation.
My new mantra is, "Expose for the highlights, adjust for the shadows!"
(D100, sRGB Mode III, ISO 200, Slow Sync Fill Flash, pop-up speedlight)
#36. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 35slow_driver Basic MemberSun 25-Aug-02 07:27 AM
Your getting some great images from your D100! You've also provided some great input about digitial photography in just this one thread! I'll scoot along to your WIP (work in progress) review now. In the mean time, thanks for your help to to us and happy snapping!
#38. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 36Mon 26-Aug-02 01:25 AM
I just wrote another article about JPEG vs. TIFF vs. RAW modes on the D100. It is not ready for prime time either, since I have only edited it a little bit, and there are no images comparing the modes yet. But, before I offer it to JRP and Bo, why don't you and other D1/D100 users read it and tell me if it seems accurate. Thanks!
#39. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 38genec57 Basic MemberMon 26-Aug-02 09:21 AM
Good stuff, Darrell, and it should be easily understood by those who are just entering or thinking about entering the digital world.
#40. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 38AlanC Basic MemberMon 26-Aug-02 12:58 PM
Could I make a comment on the section in your article on RAW file formats?
Generally the data in RAW files follows the TIFF structure, so programs that can extract shooting data or thumbnail previews from TIFF files can sometimes do the same with RAW files. The reason applications such as Photoshop can't open RAW files directly is down to what they actually contain, which is the unprocessed data taken directly from the CCD. This is why RAW files are half the size of TIFFs: a TIFF has 24 bits of colour information for each pixel, 8 for each of red, green and blue. A RAW file has 12 bits per pixel, but each pixel corresponds to one colour only as dictated by the CCD's colour filter array.
As an aside, Photoshop's RAW format is something completely different to camera RAW formats - it's headerless data for the red, green and blue channels.
Even it we did have a standard RAW format there would still be considerable problems for anyone wanting to support it. For example lets consider Nikon's cameras that produce this format - D1, D1h, D1x, D100 and CP5700, and also the Fuji S2:
The D1, D1h and D100 are all basically the same: they have square pixels and a GRGB colour filter array, so to turn the RAW data into something usable it's necessary to demosaic the data to supply the missing colour information at each pixel and do a colour space transformation from the CCD's linear space to something like AdobeRGB.
The D1x has double the horizontal resolution of the D1 / D1h but an identical vertical resolution, so in addition to demosaicing and transforming the colour space it's also necessary to interpolate in the vertical direction to end up with a correctly proportioned image.
The Fuji S2's CCD uses a honeycomb layout of octagonal pixels. This makes it necessary to use a completely different form of demosaicing algorithm since you need to both generate missing colour information and go from the honeycomb grid to a square one.
Finally, the CP5700 is different again: it uses a CYGM filter array instead of the normal GRGB one, so you need yet another type of demosaicing algorithm.
That all starts to sound rather complex, but it's actually one of the big advantages of RAW files. A camera has the twin constraints of limited processing power and the need to respond quickly when doing the demosaicing and colour space transformation jobs so it can't use the best algorithms which are often iterative in nature and hence CPU bound. If you do the job on your computer then there are no such limitations; more sophisticated demosaicing algorithms can pull a significant amount more detail out of your shots, similarly better colour space translations give more accurate colour and smoother transitions.
Wow. We've gone from flash underexposure to the internals of RAW files....
#41. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 40tarun Basic MemberMon 26-Aug-02 03:10 PM
My two cents,
I figured it out the hard way (trial and error) to expose for highlights and adjust under exposure in Photoshop.
But I am quite happy right now!
i wanted to share something I accidentally discovered about photoshop. You can record your actions (like macros in VBA) and use them for batch processing (File menu-> Automate). This has made life easy.
While I like treat all my pictures individually, sometimes batch processing helps. Like once I was using incandescent WB, after which my friend borrowed it to take some pics of his kid in different light conditions. resultant pics had a blue hue. I recorded one action adjusting the hue. Then i used it in the automate process. Saved me a LOT of time.
sometimes I also treat underexposure by batch auto-contrast - it may not work always, but when I am shooting low res jpegs of my friends kids, which are meant for the kids grandpa to view online, they seem to be fine. they address underexposure. (though I would not dream of doing this to my RAW files - i like to play with them, it gives ALMOST the same fun as printing test prints in a darkroom, adjusting contrast and reprinting).
for other people like me, who are relatively new to photoshop, you can access the actions dialog from the Windows Menu -> Show Action.
In the actions menu, on the top right, there is a small "play" button. Cilck on that to reveal a menu, with record.
maybe it will make life a little easier for you too!
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#42. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 0
I am here to humbly eat crow!
The range on the D100 is indeed MORE than 5 Stops, based on my own testing. It seems that the range is about the same, or even a bit more than Provia F 100 ISO. Moose was right! I was wrong!
I used the spot meter in my D100 to meter this scene in various spots. I fully expected the sign to be blown out, or the leaves to be dark and imperceptible. Sigh!...they were neither. The D100 held the image in its full glory. This is GOOD for all of us!
I am forthwith modifying all my highly opinionated articles to reflect my new humility. Look at this proof:
(D100, ISO 200, sRGB Mode III)
#43. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 0
I have an 80DX that I use with the D100. It sseems to work the best for me in bounce mode with the difuser. In direct lighting I had problems with dark subjects. I had to photograph our chinese rosewood furniture. In matrix mode and it came out black. I had to use the spot mode and overexpose it 1 stop. The pics then came out great with these settings.
I had to do a few hundred pics for my wife while house hunting this summer. The 80 DX was left in Matix mode, with the flash set to bounce mode. These pics were fabulous! I found the 80DX had great recycle times and never delyed me. The real estate agents thought I was nuts taking so many pics. After explaining it was digital she understood.
The flash cannot do everything for you. We are photographers aren't we? If this stuff was compleatly brainless to use, then anybody could do it. I have yet to find a perfect piece of photo gear that does everything right. Perhaps that is why I have four cameras.
#44. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 0
On Saturday I shot about 50 photos of a band inside of a bar with some natural light coming in from the front. I used the D100's ISO setting to 800, and was pleasantly surprised with the lack of "grain" in the resulting photos. Much better then any 800 speed film that I've ever used. Wish I'd used ISO 800 for all the photos. The 30 or so that I took without a flash turned out great, if a little blurred from long shutter times. The mixture of natural and artifical light worked beautifully. The 20 or so that I took using the SB-50DX flash with ALL came out underexposed. This reinforces the impression that I got from previous day's shooting that the D100/SB-50DX combo was under exposing. On the other hand, it has worked great as a fill flash under strong light. Under weak light it tends to over fill. My new rule of thumb is to only use the D100/SB-50DX in bright sunshine and not use them together indoors ever. I never had this problem with the N80. Oh well, new toy... new rules.
To demonstrate this, here's two photo's taken right after each other with the D100 and Sigma 28mm f1.8. The band's name is Lighter. This was take at a concert they gave to benifit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society at R.T.'s Longboard Grill in San Diego. The first one used ambient light at 1/20 f2.5 and the second with the SB-50DX at 1/60 f6.3. The D100 was set in Program mode, white balance was set to Cloudy-3.
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#7. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 44Tue 20-Aug-02 11:28 AM
Why not use flash compensation +.3- +1 indoors?
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#8. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 44pal Registered since 02nd May 2002Tue 20-Aug-02 01:15 PM
I am not an expert, but I had once the same problem with F100 too. I think the reason you got underexposed images with flash is because the flash sync. setting was probably wrong. Did you use slow sync.? For 1/20 shutter speed in ambient light you got to use slow sync. for proper fill flash unless you are close enough to the subject so that the flash can work as the primary source of light.
#9. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 8Tue 20-Aug-02 03:47 PM
The flash mode was D-TTL Front Curtain, which is why the camera selected 1/60 shutter speed. (1/60 is the slowest shutter speed available in Front Curtain mode) but the D100 set the aperature to f6.3 which underexposed the photo by one or two f-stops. The natural light photo at 1/20 f2.5 is exposed just right. In Program Matrix mode, you would expect the D100 and SB-50DX to meter properly using a D lens! (And yes, 4 to 6 feet away should be close enough for even the SB-50DX to be the primary light source.)
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#10. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 9Tue 20-Aug-02 06:02 PM
I seemed to have formulated the same rule of thumb as Mr. Dosch - the D100 plus SB50DX (or S80DX) is great in outdoor fill situations, but prone to inconsisent underexposure indoors with the flash as the main light source.
Is part of the standard digital workflow photoshop correction on every such flash-acquired file?
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#11. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 9Tue 20-Aug-02 09:43 PM
I think that the problem is the camera exposure setting for the ambient light is way underexposed. The D-TTL setting on the flash attempts to balance the ambient light and the flash resulting in overall underexposure. I had a similar problem and got the following response from Thom Hogan:
"What happens with the D100's internal flash? Do you get the same results? If not, send your SB-28DX back to Nikon for adjustment.
But your photos show some misunderstanding of how the Nikon flash system works. First, you're setting a background (ambient) underexposure. Actually a considerable one. In balanced fill-flash modes that almost certainly will result in lower flash output than desired. Remember, in balanced fill-flash you asked the camera to BALANCE the ambient and flash. So if the background is underexposed, what do you expect the camera to do? That's right, underexpose the subject lit by flash."
I'm going to try a few photos using standard TTL since this flash mode does not try to balance the ambient light with the light on the subject.
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#12. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 11Tue 20-Aug-02 09:45 PM
I have considered this solution to the problem, and have taken many images in the non-matrix balanced TTL mode. The results have not been much improved over the matrix-balanced exposures.
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#13. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 12Tue 20-Aug-02 09:55 PM
Oh well....
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#14. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 11Wed 21-Aug-02 09:36 AM
Well... maybe I am misunderstanding the flash modes. My impression has always been that if you use Front Curtain sync the camera would (in 3D Matrix mode and Program/Aperture/Shutter priority) attempt to expose based on the flash unless ambient light was close to or greater then that produced by the flash. If you wanted to combine ambient and flash exposure, you would use either Slow Sync or Rear Curtain Sync. That's certainly how the N80 appeared to work for me and all the documentation that I've read seems to agree.
So if you are correct then in a dark environment the D100 will attempt to BALANCE the ambient dark with little or no flash. Hmmm. Doesn't sound right. But either way, if you have a f1.8 capable lens and the combined ambient and flash exposure is underexposed at 1/60 and f6.3, wouldn't you expect the camera (in either Program or Shutter priority) to open up the lens to get the right exposure?
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#15. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 14grahampowell Registered since 09th Jun 2002Wed 21-Aug-02 10:12 AM
Hello everybody. This is my first post!
First off, thanks for all the great advice that has led me to the D100, SB-28DX, 24-85 2.8-4, 80-200 2.8 and 85 1.8.
I have been noticing this underexposure using the SB-28DX myself and I have found a few of solutions.
Well for one thing, I always use a sto-fen flash diffuser http://www.stofen.com/
And I THINK that maybe DTTL Matrix uses preflash to set the exposure and this preflash doesn't go through the diffuser, therefore when the diffuser is on the exposure is off by -1. However if I press the mode button on my flash and change it from DTTL MATRIX to simply DTTL the results seem better. (Is anybody else who's having under exposure problems using a diffuser?)
I will go away and do some tests this weekend. But I wanted to share my experiences so far. Here are the 3 settings that seem to work better.
DTTL Matrix +1 flash exposure comp (with diffuser)
DTTL Non Matrix (with diffuser)
DTTL Matrix (without diffuser)
I've also noticed over exposure with the built in flash in SLOW SYN set to A @ 2.8 @ 1600 ASA at a close distance. Is this because I am asking the flash to put out a lower power than it's capable of?
Great site! Thanks for all the useful info!
Graham Powell
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#16. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 15Wed 21-Aug-02 08:34 PM
OK, here is my reply to another thread in this forum, dealing with the same question:
On the subject of the flash, let me try to help. I learned in another forum that this was much encountered Nikon flash problem, not isolated to the D100. The proposed remedy is as follows: In a well-lit environment, use matrix balanced DTTL fillflash. In a less then well lit environment (shade, somber day, dark indoors etc.) use straight DTTL fillflash (disable matrix by pressing "mode").
I had the same difficulty and deception as you, but since I use my flash this way, it is just gorgeous! Let us know if this works for you as well.
I hope this helps.
#17. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 16Wed 21-Aug-02 08:57 PM
What exposure setting do you have on the camera- especially in a dark environment with little ambient light?
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#18. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 17Wed 21-Aug-02 09:10 PM
Sorry, I cannot really tell, since I just leave it in "P" mode (and since I convert to TIFF, I cannot check the metadata). I can imagine using Aperture preferred mode when I need to play with DOF, but have not done that yet with the D100 so far.
Let me repeat that I am extremely pleased with flash photos under all circumstances now.
#19. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 18Wed 21-Aug-02 11:19 PM
Have you had any trouble with the internal flash? The internal flash seems to work better than my 28dx and 80dx.
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#20. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 19dsaffir Registered since 04th Aug 2002Thu 22-Aug-02 02:54 AM
Interesting discussion.
I have used sb28 on both n80 and f100. works extremely well. I use a plastic diffuser cover as well, and get very good color and b&w shots. Many of these are shot in clubs, on the dance floor, in low light conditions. I'm happy with the results.
I always use TTL/Matrix exposure. Strangely, other settings just don't give the same results.
I do not yet have 28dx or 80dx for my d100. However, the on-camera flash works just fine in TTL/Matrix mode. I have not tried variations, such as shutter timing or spot metering - strictly TTL matrix.
#22. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 19Thu 22-Aug-02 09:09 AM
I cannot tell you, I never use the internal flash (SB-28DX here).
#21. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 17Thu 22-Aug-02 09:08 AM
I have the camera master AND the flash at + 0.7 and just leave it there as my base setting (and adjust from there for special circumstances). It has been widely discussed (and argued!) that the D100 underexposes and I kind of agree with that.
#23. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 21Thu 22-Aug-02 10:26 PM
Setting the flash to +0.7 (on SB80DX) or +5/6 (on the SB50DX) produces very pleasing results, even on matrix DTTL in a dark room. Thanls Frits!
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#24. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 21Fri 23-Aug-02 08:48 AM
Thats a nice fix but it disturbs me that after 3 generations of Nikon DSLRs and 2 generations of DX speedlights Nikon can't get this flash to work with digital bodies as well as it does for its film bodies. Also, why should the built-in speedlight provide better light than the 28DX or 80DX?
I'm awaiting a USA model 80DX from Adorama. If this is no better than what I've seen with other speedlights, I'm going to send my D100 and the speedlight back to Nikon and let them figure it out.
In the end, I'll probably be adjusting my flash compensation by +0.7 like everyone else...
BTW, when you say that you have the camera master and the flash set at +0.7 do you mean the camera exposure compensation or the camera's flash compensation? The flash compensation on the camera and the flash are additive.
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#25. "RE: FLASH (UNDER)EXPOSURE WITH THE D100" | In response to Reply # 24Fri 23-Aug-02 08:59 AM
Agreed (Nikon quality). I just threw in the towel and set to +0.7 and forget about what it SHOULD be.
I have both at +0.7 (Camera exposure AND flash compensation).
The way I understand this: camera exposure will address the overall picture (in this case the environment (background)). The flash compensation will compensate for the immediate subject that you want to fill for. This makes sense to me and I have very pleasing flash results by taking this as by base settings.
#26. "RE: Here is the Beef" | In response to Reply # 25Fri 23-Aug-02 12:22 PM
OK folks, after all my rambling, let me "show you the beef":
I took these pictures on my vacation last week (D100, SB-28DX, stofen omnibounce), my standard settings (camera: + 0.7EV, flash: + 0.7 EV, as discussed previously):
1: my son in the departure lounge: http://pages.infinit.net/ripps/alberta/images/DSC_0386.jpg
2: my wife & son in a cablecar going down (talk about tight quarters !): http://pages.infinit.net/ripps/alberta/images/DSC_0463.jpg
3: In a canoe (Lake Louise, Rocky Mountains): http://pages.infinit.net/ripps/alberta/images/DSC_0488.jpg
Again, I for one am very pleased with the flash results. Of course, these are low quality JPEG's for Web purposes. I only apply a tad of USM and the full versions are fabulous (screen as well as in print).
NB: can someone tell me how to just show the URL in this message??
#27. "RE: Here is the Beef" | In response to Reply # 26Fri 23-Aug-02 10:44 PM
Those shots are stunning! Looks like you had a great vacation as well!
Jay Newmark
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In the tradition of The MAR 20 2001
In the tradition of The Onion:
Likeness of Virgin Mary Appears on Web Site
The Internet is buzzing with the news that the Virgin Mary has appeared on this page of the sacredheart.com Web site. The likeness of the Virgin, found about halfway down the page on the left side, was discovered by Ohio resident Patricia Lawton. "I was on the AOL when this page just appeared out of nowhere," says Lawton, an active church-goer, "It was the Virgin Mary, plain as day. It's a sign that God wants us all to use the Internet."
According to sacredheart.com's Webmaster, hundreds of thousands of Web surfers have made a pilgrimage to the page since the discovery last Tuesday, nearly bringing the site's Web servers down. The Vatican has been contacted about the sighting, but has no official comment to make at this time.


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PARKERSBURG - "Bottle caps for cancer. For every 1,400 caps collected cancer patients receive one free hour of chemotherapy treatment."
Signs and collection bins in the area are trying to collect plastic pop bottle caps to help offset the cost of chemotherapy. People can save the seemingly worthless plastic caps for a good cause.
If it sounds too good to be true, it's because it is.
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Photo by Jeff Baughan
American?Cancer Society officials said this week that a recent drive to raise funds for cancer treatments is a hoax.
The exchange of large amounts of plastic bottle caps to offset treatment costs for cancer patients is a hoax, according to Amy Berner, communications director for the West Virginia American Cancer Society.
Berner has been fielding calls all summer from volunteers inquiring about the mythical program.
"When we first heard it, we were skeptical," she said. "We tried to find out as much as possible and we could not find anything."
Berner said it sounded crazy, but she checked; local charities, hospitals, bottling companies, the Internet. Every lead came up empty.
"We found that churches were collecting caps for schools that were collecting for churches. We exhausted every possible place we could. We came to the conclusion it was a hoax."
The hoax is similar to another urban legend.
For years, it was widely believed the collection of aluminum pull tabs would provide free dialysis treatments. The tab story was untrue, but many continued to believe.
Eventually, the Ronald McDonald House Charities seized on the myth. It accepts the pop tabs, which it recycles. The money raised benefits families staying at the Ronald McDonald homes.
The hoax seems harmless, enticing people to collect plastic bottle caps in the hopes of helping cancer victims. But Berner said there are victims; family members who start drives in the hope of helping a sick relative offset the expensive costs associated with treatment. And kind souls who see an easy way to help others.
"It is a horrible rumor, especially for someone who has cancer," Berner said. "Basically, I'm telling people that what they have been doing and what they feel good about doing has been a waste of time."
Jessica Powell fell for the hoax.
Powell, who works at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital, first heard about the caps for cancer at a family reunion.
"My aunt was talking about it," she said. "I have a lot of cancer (history) in my family."
Powell was moved to help and started a cap collection drive at the hospital. After she was initially contacted by the News and Sentinel Thursday, she called back Friday after looking deeper into the story.
"I feel like a jerk," she said, sounding near tears. "It's a scam. Now I have to go down and tell Camden-Clark."
Powell wasn't the only one who fell for the hoax.
Rosalie Averson, a columnist for the Coal Valley News in Boone County, wrote about a local cap drive in a July column.
She penned the item in hopes of raising cap drives for 10-year-old Jacob Counts, a local boy who suffers from leukemia. Averson said her church - along with others in the area - got a flyer stating the bottle cap collection would offset the cost of chemotherapy treatments.
Averson spoke to the News and Sentinel Thursday.
"Through this organization, if you collect 1,400 plastic bottle caps you get one hour of chemo therapy," Averson said.
"I have a lady in Parkersburg who is bringing 20,000 bottle caps to Boone to give to me Saturday," she added.
When asked about the name of the organization or a contact, Averson didn't have an answer. She'd been in contact with Counts' grandparents and was trying to obtain more information. When Averson called the News and Sentinel on Friday, she too realized she'd been had.
"Nobody seems to know where all this is going," she said. "Jacob has not received any benefits. He has not received any free chemo."
Averson said Counts' grandparents had contacted the Charleston Area Medical Center's women and children's hospital, where Jacob Counts had been receiving treatment.
"They said it was a hoax," Averson said.
Joanie Newman, editor of the Coal Valley News, said the flyer was widespread.
"A lot of churches in our area are doing this," she said. "Kind-hearted people are getting suckered into this."
The kind-hearted people weren't isolated solely to southern West Virginia. Berner said she's fielded calls from Bluefield, Clarksburg, Beckley, Wheeling and Preston County.
"Everywhere. It is not just one area," she said.
Berner said one group from Bluefield called claiming to have enough bottle caps to fill a Mack truck.
"They wanted to know where to redeem them."
Signs and collection containers for the caps have appeared in local restaurants and businesses.
Aleta Brace, of Parkersburg, has collected more than 20,000 bottle caps. She had relatives collect caps from the tennis courts near her home, from grocery stores and even hospitals.
"I get this hometown paper and there was this article about this boy," Brace said, referring to Averson's piece. "I thought this would be nice. It was something everybody could do."
Even when Brace learned the caps for cancer was nothing more than a myth, she still tried to find a silver lining. She called a local recycling center.
"If they will recycle them, I thought I'd give the money to the cancer society, but they won't take them."
Unlike the aluminum pop tabs, the plastic bottle caps are worthless. So Brace is left with 20,000 bottle caps and some wounded pride.
"Everybody's heart was in the right place," she said.
Averson feels awful about perpetuating the myth.
"I feel bad that I had a hand in it, because I put it in my column. I've got to write an apology and explain."
She's also angry.
"If we could trace this back to where all this is coming from, somebody should have to answer for it."
Despite the dead ends, Berner is still optimistic something good will come from this. She remains hopeful there is a grain of truth to the myth.
Friday afternoon Berner said she was told of a man near Bluefield who was allegedly receiving treatments in Pittsburgh and using the bottle caps to offset the cost.
"I don't even have the name of a hospital, but I'll call."


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Basic Mechanics Tutorials- At a glance
Target Audience: High School Students, College Freshmen and Sophomores, students preparing for the International Baccalaureate (IB), AP Physics B, AP Physics C, A Level, Singapore/GCE A-Level; Class 11/12 students in India preparing for ISC/CBSE and Entrance Examinations like the IIT-JEE/AIEEE Anyone else who needs this Tutorial as a reference!
Vectors are quantities which have both magnitude and direction. A vector can be 2 dimensional, 3 dimensional or more. Every vector has 2 parts : Magnitude and DirectionThere are 2 ways to represent a vector : Graphical and Analytical
Graphical Representation of a Vector
A vector is represented by an arrow with the direction of arrow representing the direction of vector and length of arrow representing the magnitude.
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Analytical Structure of a Vector
This way of representing vectors is used while doing the analytical analysis of a problem. In this, the vectors are represented with respect to a coordinate system.
There are mainly 2 coordinate systems used:
Cartesian coordinate system
In this system the vector is represented by its components in various directions. For a 2D vector this would mean:
A = Ax + Ay & |A| =( (Ax)2 + (Ay)2 )(1/2) (bold represent vector)
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The Prairie Home Panthers track team will host the Prairie Home Turkey Trot 5K run/walk on Wednesday, Nov. 21 at the Prairie Home track starting at 7:30 a.m.
The race will start at the Prairie Home track and finish at Prairie Home High School, where breakfast will be available.
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Okay, so The Jeff Dunham Show premiered this week to become the highest-rated first-episode of any show in the history of Comedy Central in the coveted 18-49 demo. That's right, the same Comedy Central that brings you The Colbert Report and South Park. Both, upstaged by a ventriloquist with spikey hair.
And Comedy Central says the ventriloquist's show, featuring fan-fave characters like grumpy-old-man Walter and Achmed the Dead Terrorist, was the "most-watched show on cable for Thursday" among total viewers.
Yet whenever we here at EW.com post anything about Dunham, the majority of the response is pretty negative. Um, make that really, sarcastically negative.
Me, I have an irrational fondness for ventriloquists. Every year I try to con a different EW editor into letting me go to the annual "vent" convention in Kentucky (so far without success). Clearly, I am not an objective observer. Thus, I am turning the job over to you on this one.
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Lightning Recall Vladmir Mihalik from Norfolk on Emergency Basis
A 6-foot-7, 222-pound native of Presov, Slovakia, Mihalik has recorded two goals and eight points in 32 games for the Admirals this season. He has also recorded one power-play goal.
Mihalik, in his second professional season, has played in five games with the Lightning this season with one point and four penalty minutes. He recorded his first career point with an assist January 4 at Atlanta.
The 22-year-old was drafted by the Lightning in the first round, 30th overall, in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.


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One of Britain's most experienced TV comedy actresses has criticised the BBC's governing body for suggesting that its prime-time sitcoms are too middle class.
June Whitfield, known for roles in Terry and June and Absolutely Fabulous, hit back at the BBC Trust for saying that BBC One's sitcoms were not portraying enough working-class characters.
"It's one of my big bugbears," she said. "There are so many middle-class folk about the place that it's almost become a dirty word. [When they say]: 'Oh no, it's too middle class', what do they mean? [The viewers] are people."
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Happy Habs shoot down Flyers to find new life
MONTREAL — Montreal Canadiens head coach Jacques Martin wasn't happy with Roman Hamrlik's play earlier in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
However, there were no complaints about his performance Thursday night as he led the Canadiens to a 5-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference final.
"I think our whole team played well," said Hamrlik, who collected a pair of assists and was plus-4 on a night when the Canadiens played one of those elusive 60-minute games to reduce the Flyers'_series lead to 2-1. "We did some good things in the first period of the first two games but tonight we got a lead and we kept skating."
The 36-year-old veteran played his best hockey early in the season when Andrei Markov was injured but he said it was just a coincidence that Thursday night's performance came a day after Markov had knee surgery.
Hamrlik has been paired with rookie P.K. Subban, who had the crowd chanting his name after he collected the second of his three assists on a Brian Gionta goal which gave the Canadiens a 4-0 lead early in the third period.
"He's a talented young player who's going to be in this league for a long time," said Hamrlik. "He has speed and great skills."
Speed was the difference Thursday night as the Canadiens neutralized the Flyers' size advantage.
"We moved the puck much better tonight," said Gionta, who scored his eighth goal of the playoffs. "We came up with support all together. We entered their zone a lot better tonight. Our forecheck was good. So when all that's going, it's a lot easier to get the traffic to net."
Michael Cammalleri, who leads all playoff scorers with 13 goals, said the seeds of Thursday night's win were sown in Game 2 despite a 3-0 loss.
"Yeah, don't get me wrong, it felt good and we needed to score,'' Cammalleri said of his first period goal which ended a drought of more than 137 minutes. "But I think the result really drives the talk. So I think we did some things OK in the last game too (but) I think we lose 3-0, and it's our second game without scoring. So for everyone in this room and for everybody watching it's a big deal, and it's something to really talk about.
"But for us, we like the way we play, and we thought the goals were going to come. I just think that so much is made of the result that ends up determining the way you guys analyze the game. Sometimes for us it's more important to worry about how we're playing than scoring the goal. The goal goes in and it helps, but we know it's coming."
Gionta said it was important that the Canadiens kept pushing after taking the lead.
"I think at times this year we've gotten ourselves into trouble when we've gotten the lead and sat back," he said. "Tonight I thought we did a good job, especially going into the third with a 3-0 lead. Obviously, (if) they scored a quick goal, it could change the whole outcome. But we kept pushing, we kept forechecking, and we're a much better team when we're doing that."
Cammalleri said it was important to get contributions from the third line of Tom Pyatt, Dominic Moore and Maxim Lapierre, which produced two goals.
"For us to get where we want to go, we're going to need contributions through our lineup, not only defensively, but offensively," said Cammalleri. "I don't think any team's ever won a championship without contributions through the lineup. And so big goals tonight, and they helped a lot. (It was) so good inspirational effort by those guys."
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Asin Thottumkal hunts for PR agency
South actresses have always been in less news comparatively with B-town actresses. Even Asin is also not exception. Now, she has realized the importance of it and is in hunt of an agency. Her failure to be in constant media attention has forced her to go for PR agency, says report.
Meanwhile, her performance in Kaavalan has got mixed responses. The actress is currently busy filming Salman Khan starrer Ready.


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LIVERMORE -- People wanting to apply for a new U.S. passport or renew their old one no longer have the option of using the Livermore Civic Center library.
The library's passport service, which was offered for the past 15 years, including evening hours, was canceled last month due to new U.S. State Department guidelines.
Under the new rules, passport clerks can no longer be "temporary" employees -- which is what the library used -- and the city claims it doesn't have the financial means to fund a staffer for the job. People applying for a new passport must appear in person -- renewals can be done online. Tamara LeBeau, director of library services, said the library would like to retain the passport service but had no choice but to cut it.
"We know there's a large need for this service, and we would love to continue to provide it to the community," said LeBeau, who says all city departments are in a "hold-the-line" hiring mode. "The unfortunate reality is that there are many community service needs and only so much funding to go around. The city must make difficult choices in balancing the services provided with remaining fiscally responsible."
LeBeau said the library always used temporary clerks for the passport program, which processed 1,134 applications -- about 95 per month -- in the 2012-2013 fiscal year. She added that the two temporary clerks who handled the passport service have been offered on-call positions at the library.
"Using temporary clerks enabled us to offer the service," said LeBeau. "With big cuts to the library budget over the past few years, our staff is stretched thin. The library was able to preserve passport services due to the efficient staffing model that we employed. However, under the current State Department regulations, we are no longer able to do so."
In order to keep the passport program, the library would have to trim other services, said LeBeau. As the Livermore downtown post office also offers passport service, the library opted to retain funds for its core programs and cut the passport service.
"We didn't want to cut core services if the passport service is available elsewhere in the community," said LeBeau.
Passport service is available at the Livermore Post Office, 220 S. Livermore Ave., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The service is on a first-come, first-served basis -- appointments are not available. The Post Office accepts only the first 14 applicants on any given day, with people sometimes lining up two hours in advance to make the cut, according to an office clerk.
Livermore resident Oona Backers applied for a passport for her 1-year-old daughter at the library on June 24, the day the service closed. She said that due to the popularity of the program, she had to wait more than a month for an evening appointment, which fit well with her work schedule, and was impressed with the service she received.
"We were seen in a comfortable, private room in the library," said Backers, who paid the library a $45 fee that included photos. "The lady was very thorough about going over our paperwork. She also took new photos because the ones we brought didn't meet the specific requirements for passport pictures. I think it was a wonderful community service, especially as it's so difficult to wait in line at the Post Office — especially with a 1-year-old! It's a huge disservice to cut this program."
For information on the Livermore Post Office passport service, call 925-447-5627. For information on passports or to renew online, visit http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english.html. The Pleasanton Post Office at 4300 Black Ave. in that city also offers passport service on a walk-in basis and is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Pleasanton office can accommodate about 40 applicants daily.


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UPDATE: Police say robbery suspect dropped wallet after fatal stabbing at Lake Highlands apartment
Update, Thursday:
Police have arrested a suspect in Tuesday's deadly robbery at a Lake Highlands apartment, thanks to a dropped wallet.
Gregory Autry, 48, of Dallas is being held on a charge of capital murder in the stabbing death of 27-year-old Jamal Salaam, authorities said. Police asked that we not publish his mug shot because photo lineups have yet to be performed.
Salaam was stabbed to death Tuesday in his apartment in the 9900 block of Whitehurst Drive in what police say was a home invasion robbery.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit released in the case today, Autry and a second man entered Salaam's apartment about 4:40 p.m.
While one of the robbers held an unnamed victim at gunpoint, the other stabbed Salaam repeatedly, demanding money the whole time.
Both victims managed to flee the apartment over a second-floor balcony, but Salaam didn't make it much farther. He was taken to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital and died the same day.
The suspects fled, but investigators found Autry's wallet outside the apartment building. A witness later saw Autry and the other suspect, who remains at large, return to their apartment to shower and change clothes.
The clothes they were wearing, the witness said, were covered in blood.
Staff writer Sean Gorman reports:
A Dallas man was stabbed to death in his home on Whitehurst Drive on Tuesday.
Officers responding to a cutting call found Jamal Salaam inside his apartment with multiple stab wounds when they arrived around 5 p.m.
Salaam, 27, was taken to Dallas Presbyterian Hospital where he died from his injuries.
No arrests were reported, and a motive for the crime remained unclear.
Authorities say there is an active investigation and detectives are interviewing witnesses for more information.
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Physicians in Rural Practice Symposium to Focus on Care of the Obese Patient
February 25, 2008
Health care clinicians should mark their calendars now for the annual Physicians in Rural Practice Symposium taking place on Friday, March 28, at Franklin Memorial Hospital's Ben Franklin Center in Farmington.
This year's symposium is entitled Treating the Whole Patient: The Complexities of Obesity in a Rural Setting and is targeted to all health care professionals who work in rural Maine, including doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and students in the health care field.
The keynote lecture is named after the late Dr. Paul Brinkman, a rural practice role model. The keynote speaker will be Gary Taubes, an American journalist who has written about science, medicine, and health for Science, Discover, the Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, and a host of other publications.
Taubes is the author of recent book, Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease, which examines the enormous body of research done over the past century connecting diet, exercise, and disease risk. He tracks the origins of commonly accepted dietary advice and aims to show that advice given to the public on obesity and heart disease risk often contradicts scientific evidence. Taubes has won numerous awards for his reporting and is the only print journalist to have won three Science in Society Journalism awards, given by the National Association of Science Writers.
Also featured will be a panel discussion and breakout sessions on:
- Starting the Conversation with the Patient with Barbara Thompson, MLS
- Management of Patient Centered Care with Dr. Jean Antonucci
- When to Refer and Why with Dr. Huy Trieu
- Good Calories, Bad Calories with Gary Taubes
The program will include ample time for networking among participants. A tuition fee includes the program, continuing education credits, continental breakfast, refreshments, and lunch.
This program is funded by Franklin Memorial Hospital's Area Health Education Center (AHEC), a member of the Maine AHEC Network, which is supported by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration. Registration deadline is March 21.
For additional information, contact the Franklin Memorial Hospital Education Office at 207-779-2451.
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Further, the 'planned outage' of different parts of the network has to be coordinated with each other to ensure that too many lines aren't out of commission at the same time. At the same time as the Agra-Gwalior line was down, another important line between the northern and western grids - the Kankrauli Zerda line was also out. In the absence of up-to-date information on what lines were down, the grid managers were allowing far more power to be moved than they should have.
Interestingly, in their response to the committee's questions a couple of weeks later, Power Grid told the committee that the Agra-Gwalior line was the responsibility of the western region, which was doing the upgrade work. Thus, said Power Grid, it was the western region which was handling the issue. The committee checked this with its counterpart in the western grid, and discovered that no approval had been taken from the committee in that region either. And as NRPC pointed out, both committees should have been informed anyway.


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Grange Academy had cause to celebrate yet again recently – when its U16 rugby team trounced opponents to lift the prestigious Ayrshire Schools Bowl.
The boys beat Arran 60-0 and Queen Margaret 52-10 in the final rounds, played at Ardrossan.
Heroes of the day were Gregor Paxton, Jack McLean, Adam Linton, David McLatchie and Ian Paton, who scored the tries.
Councillor Iain Linton, Spokesperson for Lifelong Learning, said: "Congratulations to Grange U16s rugby squad for their well-earned victory.
"I am particularly delighted that three players were Park School pupils, meaning that this was an inclusive campus team. This is something that Jamie Houston, Head of Grange Rugby, Jamie Armstrong of Trust Rugby and Colin Sturgeon, Kilmarnock RFC Development Officer, have been working to achieve – with great success".


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The A's added one last chapter to a first half marked by dramatic finishes.
Josh Reddick's run-scoring double in the bottom of the 13th inning gave the A's a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.
That ended an unusual afternoon at the Oakland Coliseum that featured both teams wearing uniforms circa 1955 on Turn Back The Clock Day.
Each team committed comical blunders and missed out on scoring chances that could have ended the game sooner. Even the hovering seagulls -- who always descend on the Coliseum as afternoon games wind down -- became a bizarre story line during the 3-hour, 55-minute marathon.
"We've got a lot of young guys, a lot of energy to last these long games," Reddick joked.
The A's notched their sixth win in their past seven games, and they pulled into the All-Star break with a 43-43 record. It's the first time since 2008 -- when they were 51-44 -- that they have not taken a losing record into the break.
The A's also registered their eighth walk-off victory of the season, five more than they had all of 2011.
It's fitting they closed the first half with a nail-biter. Nearly one quarter of the A's games -- 21 out of 86 -- have been decided in a team's final at-bat.
The A's are 12-9 in those games, and their 12 last at-bat victories are second-most in the American League behind Baltimore's 14.
A's manager Bob Melvin said he believes his team, which features 10 rookies on the 25-man roster, has become battle-tested with all the tight contests.
"We're better for it, but there's some trepidation when you go through as many as we did," Melvin said. "It's not just last-inning type stuff, but last-pitch type stuff."
The last pitch of Sunday's game was delivered by Mariners reliever Oliver Perez (0-2), and Reddick split the gap in left-center field with a double that scored Jemile Weeks. Weeks lined a single to right to lead off the bottom of the 13th.
The A's won despite going 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position and getting two runners picked off.
Reddick, the first A's player since Nick Swisher in 2006 to reach 20 home runs before the break, admitted he was initially ticked when he was left off the A.L. All-Star squad. He'll instead spend his break in Las Vegas, and he was happy to be at the center of Sunday's postgame celebration.
He got dumped with buckets of water and Gatorade during a TV interview, then Weeks and Kurt Suzuki nailed him in the face with whipped cream pies. Usually, Reddick is one of the players instigating such maneuvers.
"It feels good to be on the receiving end of that," he said.
As the game dragged on and shadows crept over the field, the seagulls began circling lower and lower.
"They were poopin' on the field," A's shortstop Cliff Pennington said.
It appeared the seagulls might have played a role in Oakland's Brandon Moss losing a fly ball in the top of the 13th, which fell for a double for Michael Saunders. But Moss, who switched from first base to right field in the ninth, said the sun was the main culprit.
Melvin listed Cespedes as day-to-day and was hopeful to have his left fielder back when the A's resume play after the break Friday in Minnesota.
"No es nada," Cespedes said afterward, or "It's nothing," in English.
Cespedes missed 22 games in May with a strained muscle in his left hand. He also sat out nine games in June with a hamstring strain but avoided the disabled list.
He is hitting .263 with nine homers and 36 RBIs in 54 games.
Colon threw 79 of his 93 pitches for strikes, an astonishing ratio that stirred memories of his April outing when he threw 38 consecutive strikes against the Los Angeles Angels.
Whether he remains with the A's or is dealt is an intriguing story line as the July 31 trade deadline approaches. Texas, Toronto and Baltimore are just a few of the teams in the market for starting pitching.
The A's became the first A.L. team since 1992 to play 13 or more innings and not issue a single walk. Before Sunday, the A's hadn't accomplished it since 1927.
Brandon McCarthy has tested his sore shoulder by playing catch, and he plans to consult with a doctor over the break.
Broglio was a 21-game winner for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1960, but he's best known for being traded to the Chicago Cubs for Lou Brock in 1964.
For more on the A's, go to Joe Stiglich's blog at ibabuzz.com/athletics, and follow him at twitter.com/joestiglich.
Friday's game
A's (A.J. Griffin 0-0) at Minnesota (undecided), 5:10 p.m., CSNCA
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Cheng, J; Liang, SL; Yao, YJ; Zhang, XT (2013). Estimating the Optimal Broadband Emissivity Spectral Range for Calculating Surface Longwave Net Radiation. IEEE GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING LETTERS, 10(2), 401-405.
AbstractSurface broadband emissivity (BBE) in the thermal infrared spectrum is essential for calculating the surface total longwave net radiation in land surface models. However, almost all narrowband emissivities estimated from satellite observations are in the 3-14-mu m spectral region. Previous studies converted these narrowband emissivities to BBE over different spectral ranges, such as 3-14, 8-12, 8-13.5, and 8-14 mu m. Errors in the calculated total longwave net radiation must be quantified systematically using these BBEs. Moreover, the best spectral range for longwave net radiation must be determined. The key to addressing these issues is the use of the realistic emissivity spectra. By applying modern radiative transfer tools, we derived the emissivity spectra of water, snow, and minerals at 1-200 mu m. Using these emissivity spectra, we first investigated the accuracy of replacing all-wavelength surface longwave net radiation with the surface longwave net radiation in the 3-100-, 4-100-, 2.5-100-, 2.5-200-, and 1-200-mu m spectral domains. Surface longwave net radiation at 2.5-200 mu m was found to be optimal, with a bias and root mean square (rms) of less than 0.928 and 0.993 W/m(2), respectively. We calculated the errors when estimating surface longwave net radiation at 2.5-200 mu m with BBE in different spectral ranges. The results show that BBE at 8-13.5 mu m had the lowest error and the corresponding bias and rms were less than 0.002 and 1.453 W/m(2), respectively. When the 2.5-200-mu m surface longwave net radiation calculated by the 8-13.5-mu m BBE was used to replace the all-wavelength surface longwave net radiation, the average bias and rms were 1.473 and 2.746 W/m(2), respectively. Using the most representative emissivity spectra, we derived the conversion formulas for calculating BBE at 8-13.5 mu m from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) narrowband emissivity products.
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