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In Chinese mythology, Lei Gong (Chinese: 雷公; pinyin: léi gōng; Wade–Giles: lei2 kung1; literally: "Lord of Thunder") or Lei Shen (Chinese: 雷神; pinyin: léi shén; literally: "God of Thunder"), is the Chinese traditional religious and Taoist deity. In Taoism, when so ordered by heaven, Lei Gong punishes both earthly mortals guilty of secret crimes and evil spirits who have used their knowledge of Taoism to harm human beings. He carries a drum and mallet to produce thunder, and a chisel to punish evildoers. Lei Gong rides a chariot driven by a young boy named A Xiang.
Lei Gong is depicted as a fearsome creature with claws, bat wings, and a blue face with a bird's beak who wears only a loincloth. Temples dedicated to him are rare, but some people honor him in the hope that he will take revenge on their personal enemies.
Since Lei Gong's power is thunder, he has assistants capable of producing other types of heavenly phenomena. Dian Mu (電母) ("Mother of Lightning"), also known as Tian Mu or Lei Zi, is Lei Kung's wife and the Goddess of Lightning, who is said to have used flashing mirrors to send bolts of lightning across the sky.[1] Other companions are Yun Tong ("Cloud Youth"), who whips up clouds, and Yu Zi ("Rain Master") who causes downpours by dipping his sword into a pot. Roaring winds rush forth from a type of goatskin bag manipulated by Feng Bo ("Earl of Wind"), who was later transformed into Feng Po Po ("Lady Wind").
Lei Gong began life as a mortal. While on earth, he encountered a peach tree that originated from Heaven during the struggle between the Fox Demon and one of the Celestial Warriors. When Lei Gong took a bite out of one of its fruit he was transformed into his godly form. He soon received a mace and a hammer that could create thunder.
Lei Gong is said to be extremely prudish, and will not enter a house where copulation is taking place. Pictures of this act are also supposed to have the same effect.
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- Storm, Rachel: The Encyclopedia of Eastern Mythology: Legends of the East: Myths and Tales of the Heroes, Gods and Warriors of Ancient Egypt, Arabia, Persia, India, Tibet, China and Japan. ISBN 978-0-7548-0069-9
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Andy Murray announced today that he will be terminating his two year coaching relationship with Ivan Lendl.
As Murray's coach, Lendl helped coach the Scot to an Olympic Gold Medal, a US Open title and a Wimbledon Championship, yet the two have mutually agreed to go their separate ways. Murray said, "I'm eternally grateful to Ivan for all his hard work over the past two years, the most successful of my career so far. As a team, we've learned a lot and it will definitely be of benefit in the future. I'll take some time with the team to consider the next steps and how we progress from here."
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Skip to comments.Pocket Of Pain For Young Graduates
Posted on 09/07/2006 6:26:29 AM PDT by Hydroshock
Details Buried Deep In Census Bureau Data Show A Sustained Drop In Earnings For 25- To 34-year-Old Grads, To Their Lowest Level Since 1997 Email This Story | Print This Story
Subscribe to BusinessWeek Young college grads are taking it on the chin. That's what the new data from the government show -- and it's not a pretty sight.
On Tuesday, Aug. 29, the statisticians at the Census Bureau released the latest numbers on income and poverty, for 2005. There were plenty of meaty figures, both good and bad, to chew on. On the good news side, median household income rose by 1.1%, adjusted for inflation, the first such gain since 1999. The poverty rate dipped a bit, from 12.7% to 12.6%.
On the bad news side, real median earnings of full-time workers declined, with the earnings of men dropping to the lowest level since 1997. And income inequality widened a bit, with the top 20% of households getting more than 50% of all the income.
Perhaps the most distressing figure was one buried deep inside the detailed tables. It turns out that the median earnings of young college grads, adjusted for inflation, fell by an astonishing 3.3% in 2005. That's on top of similar declines in 2004 and 2003. All told, the earnings of young college grads are down by almost 8% since 2002. [For a related chart, see BusinessWeek.com, 8/29/06, "Young College Grads in Free Fall."]
By young college grads, we mean full-time workers between the ages of 25 and 34, with a B.A. but no advanced degree. These are people who first entered the workforce during the past 10 to 12 years, some during the boom, some during the early years of the bust. What they've experienced over the past several years is an unrelenting downdraft in wages, probably the first sustained decline for college grads since the 1970s.
What's more, many of them have also been stuck on the wrong side of the housing boom. Just coming out of college, they didn't have the savings or the income to buy a house. And with home prices rising faster than their incomes, it's been very hard for them to catch up.
There are signs that the market for the latest crop of graduates coming out of college has improved a bit. But for the group just before them, it's a real rough ride.
Must be even tougher for high school only grads.
I am a high school only grad and retired now. I did ok but always regretted not going to college, envied those who did and blamed no one but myself.
Good luck to all these kids, I'm sure the competition is fierce.
comp sci not being among those...
Yep, we are paying $60,000 to engineering grads with no experience.
Since college has devolved into a 4-year rolling drunken party, it is not surprising that employers are not willing to pay so much for people who have college experience.
Colleges are turning out a worse and worse product, every year. These days, you couldn't flunk out if you tried.
They failed to mention that 1998-2002 grads were WAY overpriced during the Net boom.
What do you call a History Graduate?
Meaningless statistic. Maybe in the last 10 years a lot more kids have gone to college, but in soft majors. So instead of taking a job as a checkout clerk at Walmart right out of high school, these kids are getting 4 years of training and now they have a job as an administrative assistant somewhere. So they make more money than they would have 10 years ago.
BUT, there are now thousands of more graduates, all in soft fields which pay a lot less than what the typical graduate from a science/math/engineering college would make.
By using the MEDIAN income, adding a lot of NEW people at the bottom of the scale PULLS DOWN THE MEDIAN INCOME.
In fact, the media does this all the time. When we had 6.2% unemployment, the median income was HIGHER, because the median income only counts full-time employment.
Now we have 4.7% unemployment, but a lot of those workers got jobs that paid below previous "MEDIAN". They are much better off than they were unemployed, but now they show up as full-time workers, and they pull down the MEDIAN income.
And the way it's worded, you think people are having their wages go down, but NO SINGLE PERSON has their wage go down based on this statistic. The person who graduates today into a MEDIAN income of say 20 bucks an hour isn't the SAME person who graduated in 2001 with a MEDIAN income of 21 bucks.
It's the same trick they use with the minimum wage, when they say people on minimum wage have had their earnings decrease over the last 7 years. But in fact, almost nobody earning minimum wage today was also earning it 7 years ago. It is true that a person taking a minimum wage job today makes less than a person who took a minimum wage job in 1996, but they are different people. Anybody still making minimum wage after 7-10 years must be a really bad worker, but almost nobody is in that situation.
BTW, the same is true of the "living below poverty level". A good portion of those living below poverty in a given year are people who simply don't have a job for that year, but in the next year they get a job. So the democrats scream about how the number of "poor" went up, but in fact it's mostly because the unemployment rated spiked, which temporarily put people below the poverty level (note the poverty level does NOT count any government service like unemployment insurance or Katrina payouts).
And because some rich people stop working (and therefore earning money that gets counted), there are a lot of people who were in the top 1% one year, who are in the poverty group the next year. They also drive up the "uninsured" numbers, even though they can easily self-insure and therefore don't bother to buy insurance.
It's ok. CEO and executive compensation is way up.
It's the 'gray ceiling' at work.
Get any sort of a handle at all on the big problems and the little ones will vanish of their own volition.
I disagree. Daughter #1 just graduated with a BS in Comp Sci from a top 10 Comp Sci school. Took a slightly lower offer to live in a more rual area with much better housing prices. Making in the mid 50s and just bought a house.
Grads in Engineering, Chemistry, Pharmacy, and Nursing, id est degrees that train you for SOMETHING, are doing well indeed.
I would agree with you that Pharmacy and Nursing grads are doing well, in fact there seems to be a shortage. But, at least locally, there have been a glut of engineering grads, I know a couple younger guys who are still looking, more than a year later, and they aren't slackers, they continue to look while working in retail.
Bingo! Also more college grads, an inferior employee (product of today's colleges), and a 4.7% employment.
How are you going to back up that statement?
There is no middle management role for English and History grads anymore. There is no middle management anymore.
15 years ago they said a comp sci degree was the way to go. Is that a bad idea today?
$60,000 is a good salary. But do they have to move to Alaska to get it?
"But, at least locally, there have been a glut of engineering grads, "
Is it possible that the glut of engineering grads is caused by the surplus in India? Why pay a local $60k when you can pay a foreign national $20k, right?
And then we can all come to FR and bemoan the lack of students going into hard science, and our dependence on foreign nationals for critical defense components.
There are a lot of excellent colleges and excellent young people too.
Of course, my employer was the U.S. Army and everything I needed to know, they taught me before turning me loose.
What kind of job and salary can a new graduate with a bachelor's in math and no experience get today?
"There are a lot of excellent colleges and excellent young people too."
That's not the FR party line. You've been here long enough, you should know:
- American workers are lazy. If you don't own a business, you're a slacker. Your pay should reflect that.
- American kids are stupid and lazy. We want to ship all our jobs to India and China to teach them a lesson.
- The standard of living in America is way too high. Unless or until we can lower it to the level of the Chinese, Americans deserve our scorn. Why should American workers have preferential treatment to those in other countries?!
- We are all patriotic. We love those young Americans protecting our hind ends, and our business interests. We don't have any scorn for those fine young Americans until they come home to work for us.
Its not bad a bad degree, but could I do it over again, I'd go Computer Engineering or EE+minor in CS.
Excellent point. And, at least for now, 20K goes a long way in India. I hadn't thought of India in reference to our engineering grads. Plus - add the outsourcing of local industry work in this area. Yeah, it makes perfect sense. At one time, local engineering grads could step happily into any engineering job locally and at a premium, so happy was local industry to have young grads seek out the rural area. And yes, 60K was the going rate a few years ago!
There is no mention here about how 12-25 million illegal aliens diluting this labor pool is depressing wages at most levels except the top layers.
As a history graduate wanting to be a teacher, I am jealous.
But, each person has their own priorities.
I have looked and looked at what jobs pay the most, and I really don't like any of them enough to change paths.
I love teaching (am student teaching now). If I just can't survive, I will go back to school and do my darndest to find something I like that pays a lot more, but only in that situation.
I considered becoming a meteorologist. But, there was a problem. I hate math.
Math is the major stumbling block for most folks who don't go into hard science.
I just found it frustrating, and it was my hardest subject. It was not easy, and though I do a lot of things that are hard (no slacker here), I just was too frustrated to continue.
You forgot this one.
You must drive a Jap car cause American cars break down all the time.
I am 26 with a B.S. in Chemistry (graduated in 2001) and its been very difficult finding a real full time job. For the past 4 years (spent the first year after college at a grad school) I have worked various R&D temp jobs.
"Math is the major stumbling block for most folks who don't go into hard science. "
C'mon. First of all, your unfortunate deficiency doesn't translate to everyone. Secondly, there is being good at math, and being compentent. Two distinctly different qualifications. Many science related degrees merely require competence. Competence in math can be attained by almost anyone with the appropriate motivation and attitude.
Math isn't that hard. There are lots of kids who are competent, even good at math, who go into something other than science because they want a job when they graduate.
"You must drive a Jap car cause American cars break down all the time."
Yep. That wasn't a comprehensive list, and I'm sure there are people reading these posts thinking: "Yeah, that's right, so?"
This can't be true...FReepers constantly remind themselves that the reason grads can't get jobs is b/c they don't have degrees in real subjects, like math, chem, or eng. You must be some kind of troll....
My neice graduated last year with a comp sci degree(BA).I got her,her first job making $10 per hour while finishing.Upon graduating,she found job starting her out at $20/hr.She's 22 years old and not the best comp. sci. graduate,but yet she nailed a 42K job right out of the gate.
Well, it doesn't help that I live in Michigan, which has been bucking the national trend of job growth and economic upturn for the past 5 years.
I can do math. It just is not as understandable as math wizzes say it is and is difficult.
Whenever I talk to other people who briefly considered the sciences, math is the reason they opted for a different path.
"They failed to mention that 1998-2002 grads were WAY overpriced during the Net boom."
Thats a great point. I am sure it's not all of the reason but surely is part of it.
No, we also have positions in Siberia and Sakhalin Island.
"You're forgetting that people might not like the sciences. "
No I'm not. In the post you're replying to, the original poster said he wanted to go into meterology but didn't like math. I think finding a career is a balance between practicality and passion. You're right to avoid sciences if it made you miserable. Now, if you get a BA in Greek Mythology, you limit your earning potential and job prospects. So, if you can't do what you love and make a living, do something you like. :)
I agree, the job market is tougher for kids today. College expenses are totally out of control. Foreign competition is tougher than ever. And, the sense of Americanism is as weak as it's ever been. I can't tell you how disappointed I get when I see some of the posters here bellowing about patriotism, and then the same posters will applaud the loss of American jobs.
The "me" generation is going to hurt us as much as the hippies ever did.
If you dig deep enough in the box, you'll find the raisins.
Then i'll have to fall back to argument No. 2, which is that it is your fault and you just need to go where the jobs are....
Funny thing is I've been buying and driving nothing but Fords since the late 80's (after trying Nissan) and they never seem to let me down.
Did I neglect to mention that I live within 25 minutes of the world headquarters of two of the 10 biggest chemical companies in the world? And that I value living near family, and that coupled with my love of math and science was the reason why I decided to go into Chemistry in the first place?
And that I have also applied for jobs in at least 4 adjacent states and the province of Ontario?
Times are tough for kids with Bachelor degrees. Not sure why. I knew people at one of those large chemical companies who had really great jobs and only 2-year Associates degrees. Its a strange world.
Engineering firms can't get enough engineers and math majors are usually trainable. I have no specific information about any math majors getting jobs though.
I would bet that the government is hiring math majors for NSA work, but again I don't know that for a fact.
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1. PunyPoop (Posts: 752; Member since: 18 Jan 2013)
Can you do a camera comparison if you have the Z2 already? And please PA, include a DSLR shot.
2. jaytai0106 (Posts: 1888; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)
Still don't understand why they still use Z1 or Z1 compact for comparison on PA
5. ArtSim98 (Posts: 3535; Member since: 21 Dec 2012)
Maybe they don't have the Z2 yet. But I think they should rather wait to get the Z2 than do first this and then an other one when Z2 comes
7. PunyPoop (Posts: 752; Member since: 18 Jan 2013)
This review isn't detailed as this http://www.dxomark.com/Mobiles
30. FaisalWibowo11 (Posts: 163; Member since: 12 Aug 2013)
For those of you who don't know how dxomark test smartphone cameras, I will tell you.
Dxomark takes 500+ photos from real life conditions and studio shots then evaluating them one by one, tough job isn't it?
Dxomark doesn't test cameraphones in full resolutions, they test them in 8MP equivalent values in order to make a fair playing ground for all cameraphones.
So from that aspects, it is safe to say that dxomark is a really fair and unbiased. And calling them blind is downright preposterous and disrespectful if you ask me..
My personal opinion about phonearena: great site when it comes to smartphone news and user personalisations. But when it comes to review and comparisons.. Meh, it is biased, unprofessional, and inconsistent
43. hboy857 (Posts: 349; Member since: 03 Jun 2013)
+1. excellent comment.
55. limporgyuk (Posts: 276; Member since: 06 Nov 2013)
Couldn't agree more
57. james004 (Posts: 486; Member since: 15 May 2013)
perfectly said.
76. TMach (Posts: 454; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
Another plus 1 from me!
91. refillable (Posts: 1046; Member since: 10 Mar 2014)
Please take a look again. When I saw the news that dxomark said the Z2 tops the chart, I was both surprised, and confused. Then without seeing anything but that news, I was positive that the Z2 would have a very nice camera. I blindly bash a guy that claims the S5 has the best android camera with the dxomark test.
But, everything changed when I saw the review that dxomark posted. It's just very flopped! They didn't even show real comparative sample! They even put the iP 5S, which is far from the best shooter nowadays, at the 3rd Place! Below the Z2 and the Nokia 808.
I don't know what's wrong with them, Probably the way they test DSLRs and MILCs is the same as they test phones. But I don't know...
Please note I am not trying to bash dxomark or anything/anyone. I am just telling my honest opinion. I like seeing their tests of DSLRs and MILCs, but for phones, I think they still have a long way to go. I mean look at anandtech, a PC Hardware review site (although I prefer tomshardware for that), does some really nice camera tests on the S5.
I really recommend reading that thoroughly if you want to see a proper camera test. The camera page is located at page 2.
103. drkuthan (Posts: 42; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
Sony must have paid lot for dxomark
Real life results show that the 20mp camera is inferior and can not satisfy the expectations
Same camera in the same body what were you expecting ?
A miracle ? :)))))))))))))
104. true1984 (Posts: 823; Member since: 23 May 2012)
nope just an unbiased comparison
108. Darkhell (Posts: 33; Member since: 03 Nov 2013)
How does testing a 16MP camera against an 8MP camera fair when you put the 16MP camera down to 8MP?
What they do is really consistent and does give really good results but it takes away from normal use.
These days it is harder to compare cameras on high end phones since they all do what they are suppose to very well and have unique features. Some phones have dedicated night modes and some use manual modes. On my Note 3 my auto low light setting makes capturing a little delayed but makes low light pictures look much better so taking pictures of children or other spontaneous moving situations having that on makes pictures pretty crappy and it is on by default.
112. docxx (Posts: 63; Member since: 27 Feb 2014)
Not to forget to mention that the Z1 is in front on the S4 and the test was made by real professionals!
Nothing we can do, Samsung's money are everywhere, even here.
45. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
I love that there is no Nokia. Otherwise Nokia will have down rank.
58. james004 (Posts: 486; Member since: 15 May 2013)
Only if these sites used the latest firmware and latest phones.
theres always something wrong in these comparison.
98. PunyPoop (Posts: 752; Member since: 18 Jan 2013)
PA deleted our comments! Why?? Anyway PA be consistent with your reviews. Check this out http://www.phonearena.com/revi
99. preetmalhotra (Posts: 109; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)
True Story!!!!!
50. CamaroSS (Posts: 173; Member since: 24 Jul 2012)
Don't bother - read anandtech review to see how bad GS5 & GS4 lowlight shots are compared to z1, m8, 5s
In typical PA style, GS5 got the highest rating at night shots. How ridiculous was that?
Btw, where was the final combined score in the screen comparison test ? Wait, GS5 came out at the bottom there - right?
54. hung2900 (Posts: 956; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
They rated for the usability for the realiability. It makes sense because on my old One (M7), some photos are very nice, but some are completely garbage. Not sure about M8 and S5.
There are also some important criteria only like exporesure, white balance, low light color reproduction that make a nice photo, not only about the noise.
97. darkskoliro (Posts: 1076; Member since: 07 May 2012)
Truth be told, I only come on this site for news now. Anandtech for reviews. His extensive knowledge on technology and his way of reviews are the only articles that really please me.
114. edditnyc (Posts: 4; Member since: 19 Apr 2014)
Low light performance on today's smartphones is such an asinine topic. Why? Go pick up your old point and shoot and shoot in the "low light" scenarios without a flash and jack up your ISO 2000/f2.2 like all these phones are doing. It's a terrible picture no matter how you spin it because photography relies on....LIGHT. Now try shooting the same picture with a sensor the fraction of that and see how it turns out.
Face it, the "good" low light pictures from an iPhone/Lumia/m8 aren't great. Good is relative in these cases. The sensors on these phones are minuscule to that of a dSLR so I wish people would get off this subject. You want to shoot low light, get a dSLR and a tripod. If you want to shoot people in low light with a smartphone, turn on the flash. If anything it's flash photography that people should be vetting. Not how well one can shoot an underexposed shot at f2.2 with 1/3" sensor with the ISO jacked up to 2000.
72. doejon (Posts: 398; Member since: 31 Jul 2012)
htc one m8 where u aaaaaaat?
82. dontneedtoknow (Posts: 158; Member since: 17 Feb 2014)
No matter how much z2 is better, average customer won't see z2. I hate it because I think better things should get a boost!
94. nightfury (Posts: 71; Member since: 04 Dec 2013)
the pics in PA and gsmarena tools are so out of focus for sony and other devices, only sammy and iphone are good...whereas in anandtech dxomark show true pics ..there is soooooooooooo much diff why ??? dont tell me software change, because both sites have done reviews repeatedly...
i conclude something is fishy...FISHYARENA ???
4. ArtSim98 (Posts: 3535; Member since: 21 Dec 2012)
Again this PA picture viewing tool/thing/whateveritis is so freaking slow...
22. pwnarena (Posts: 1129; Member since: 15 Feb 2013)
24. pwnarena (Posts: 1129; Member since: 15 Feb 2013)
you can try this. click on "view as one page" and hover over one of the loading photos to make the red zooming icon appear. click on the icon to bring out a pop up that will show the photos individually. you can get faster loading this way.the photos are labeled so it won't be difficult to identify them.
83. pwnarena (Posts: 1129; Member since: 15 Feb 2013)
be sure to close the phonearena page that loads the multiple photos as soon as the pop up appears. you will find thumbnails to the left side of the pop up so you don't have to go back to the old presentation
6. NokiaFTW (Posts: 2071; Member since: 24 Oct 2012)
I can don't understand why you guys never include the Lumia 1020 or even the 1520 in these camera comparisons?
9. Jason2k13 (Posts: 1214; Member since: 28 Mar 2013)
same, but i have a feeling lumia 1020 will win most of the categories besides video.
51. StraightEdgeNexus (Posts: 3689; Member since: 14 Feb 2014)
And also it sucks in camspeed. I tried it its extremely slow shot to shot. The reason? That snapdragon S4 plus dual core and adreno 225 doesnt has support for camera res above 21mp. Where snapdragon 800 has support upto 55mp.
89. refillable (Posts: 1046; Member since: 10 Mar 2014)
1520/930 doesn't have slow camspeeds.
28. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
Because this comparison is between phones and not giant brick cameras with a phone attached as an afterthought,
Anyone can make a great camera if you have this huge circular wart to work with and brick body that you can fit a desktop PC into if you really wanted to.
Same reason the GS4 zoom isn't in this comparison. The parameters are not the same. Same reason you don't compare DSLR's with mirror less cameras all that often.
40. Martin_Cooper (Posts: 1413; Member since: 30 Jul 2013)
1520 isnt a cameraphone like 1020 and it kicks most of android camera asses, look at blind camera poll they did. Its weird they never include lumia 925 or the 1520 who are smartphones/phablets. Maybe cause of clueless people like you,
79. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
The 925 and 1520 are still much larger than they should be to fit in extra camera technology. Those are facts like it or not.
This is for normal sized phones. Although, to be fair, I am not sure if the HTC One and Z1 qualify either, they are HUGE as well.
87. refillable (Posts: 1046; Member since: 10 Mar 2014)
And So what? The 925/930 are still comfortable to hold. Comparing the RX100 to the S5 would be stupid, but 235/930 to the S5 isn't at all. Get the facts right please.
44. papss (unregistered)
Did you come up with that yourself taters? So smart you are..
81. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
Yes I did. The truth hurts doesn't it?
39. Martin_Cooper (Posts: 1413; Member since: 30 Jul 2013)
Because in blind test 1520 kicked all other androids and iphones asses. They dont want that to happen in their tests so they NEVER include them ;) I guess MS isnt paying them any money.
77. TMach (Posts: 454; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
Click on the link above for a professional review!
8. Jason2k13 (Posts: 1214; Member since: 28 Mar 2013)
waiting for the trolls and haters calling PA bias because Samsung is on top, but when it's there brand that's on top, they jump for joy.
15. PunyPoop (Posts: 752; Member since: 18 Jan 2013)
*their, not there.
88. refillable (Posts: 1046; Member since: 10 Mar 2014)
Well I question this review because there is something that is wrong, not because Samsung is on the top.
10. Diego! (Posts: 573; Member since: 15 Jun 2009)
Where are the Lumias??? Oh yeah, they will sweep their competition that's why they are not here.
35. tech2 (Posts: 3451; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)
Or maybe they wanted to make a 'smartphone' camera comparison and not a 'camera-phone' comparison
100. Pedro0x (Posts: 271; Member since: 19 Oct 2012)
You are kidding me, right? Lumias do not have the best cameras (not counting lumia 1020). The only reason why lumias always win in these camera comparisons is because there are so many blind nokia fanboys here.
11. The13thKing (banned) (Posts: 849; Member since: 26 Feb 2014)
Samsung To Rule Them All.
12. UglyFrank (Posts: 1649; Member since: 23 Jan 2014)
Nexus 5 has OIS, 1/3.2 sensor and F/2.4 aperture
23. gustavoace (Posts: 180; Member since: 13 Nov 2012)
69. RebelwithoutaClue (Posts: 2887; Member since: 05 Apr 2013)
Was wondering about that too, still weird PA got that wrong, they even did a comparison between N4 and N5 concerning OIS
13. rantao333 (Posts: 322; Member since: 21 May 2013)
wat?phonearena camera review??
too much subjective evaluation
btw, anandtech/ dpreview is wat a pro should go for
17. dexter_jdr (Posts: 1163; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
and gsmarena
86. jeff1434325 (Posts: 97; Member since: 07 Aug 2012)
..yeah, there review is a lot more detailed.
16. dexter_jdr (Posts: 1163; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
ok this understands everything. PA IS TROLLING US
no camera comparison is acceptable without a NOKIA DEVICE. lumia 930 maybe????
19. Oğuzhan_77 (Posts: 89; Member since: 18 Nov 2013)
where are nokia's cam phones?
20. shahulvm (Posts: 124; Member since: 01 Apr 2012)
Do you guys ever do a honest review?
Where is Xperia Z2, Lumia 1020, Lumia 1520 and a DSLR to compare.
Better comparison would have been LG G2, Samsung S5, HTC One M8, Xperia Z2, Lumia 1020, Lumia 1520, Iphone 5S and a DSLR
21. skyline88 (Posts: 458; Member since: 15 Jul 2013)
HTC One M8, hahahahahahahaha!!!
The BEST JOKE of the Year by HTC, again and again!!
26. antonioli (Posts: 200; Member since: 08 Sep 2013)
Terrible comparison as always.
27. jckc92 (Posts: 29; Member since: 28 Nov 2012)
Just do the newer Nokia phone, "Icon" to show what all the new flagship camera's can do. We all know the 1020 is still camera king but just do the newer flagships!!! Was curious how the Nokia Icon would rank with the rest.....


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HOLLIDAYSBURG - Blair County Senior Judge Thomas G. Peoples delayed a bank robbery trial because the Federal Bureau of Investigation did not forward its report of the incident to lawyers for the prosecution and defense until Monday, one day before the trial was to begin.
Peoples apologized Tuesday morning to the Blair County jury awaiting to hear robbery charges against David Eugene Houtz, 37, of Altoona, who was charged 23 months ago with the robbery at the M&T Bank in Martinsburg.
"I can tell you, ladies and gentleman, I am not pleased with the FBI. It is most disconcerting to me the history of this thing as shown to me this morning," Peoples said.
The bank was robbed Aug. 23, 2006, and was one of a series of robberies in Blair and Bedford counties.
By early afternoon, the combined efforts of Martinsburg and state police had traced the robbers to the Cedar Grove Motel in Logan Township, and arrests took place within a short period of time when several cruisers surrounded a car on Seventh Avenue near Fourth Street.
Houtz and Dwayne Harvey were accused in the robbery.
Harvey, who was allegedly in the getaway car with Houtz, was found not guilty last year of the robbery.
Houtz, who was identified by bank employees, has been fighting the charges, contending he was not the person who entered the bank with a gun.
According to Assistant District Attorney Doug Keating and defense attorney Ed Zang, local police and attorneys did not know that the FBI investigated the case.
During a recent pretrial hearing, Zang said he routinely asked one of the bank tellers if she had talked to anyone about the case prior to being asked to identify the alleged robber from a photo spread several months after the robbery.
She off-handedly said she talked to no one about the case since the original investigation - except for the FBI.
This recent revelation was the first time Zang and Keating knew the FBI had interviewed witnesses.
Both requested a report of the federal investigation but it did not arrive until Monday afternoon.
The time lag in sending the report may not have been fatal to the trial, Zang said, except that some of the statements given to the FBI by witnesses were different than the statements given to local police.
Keating said when witnesses were shown the FBI summary of what they said, they contended the FBI had gotten it wrong.
This confusion is important, Zang said, because it shows inconsistency in what witnesses apparently saw and is detrimental to the credibility of the prosecution witnesses.
Zang said he had to request a continuance so he can interview FBI Agent William Weiss who prepared the summary.
"I didn't want to continue the case. I wanted it to go. My client wanted it to go," Zang said.
Weiss, the FBI agent in question, was not available for comment Tuesday. He is located at the FBI's Laurel Highlands office in Somerset County.


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This is a discussion on Re: doubts about Lenny and available QA tools, release and security team, drivers - Debian ; On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 01:24:40PM -0200, Andre Felipe Machado wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to answer some questions from Serpro [1], an interested > government agency that receive attention [0] from Debian Partners > Program. How ...
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 01:24:40PM -0200, Andre Felipe Machado wrote:
> Hello,
> I am trying to answer some questions from Serpro [1], an interested
> government agency that receive attention [0] from Debian Partners
> Program.
How many separate lists do you think you need to post this to?
> - Expected release date for Lenny.
The release team has targeted the last quarter of 2008, but meeting that
goal is entirely contingent on being able to resolve the bugs that have been
identified as critical for this release.
> - How test/guarantee today high end hardware (SAN, blades
> , etc) work fully with Lenny? Are there regression tests?
Debian is a volunteer-run distribution. We provide no guarantees of
compatibility with any particular hardware. If you need such guarantees,
you should probably contract with one of the various companies who support
Debian, to provide you with this guarantee. But you might be better off
contracting directly with a member of the Debian kernel team to support the
hardware of interest to you, since they're the ones who ultimately have the
power to fix it if it doesn't work.
But it's rather late in the cycle for that anyway - you would have been
better off testing for the hardware of interest several months earlier in
the development cycle, not when we're in the middle of the full release
> - How help Debian at this task of high end hw drivers?
Test, report bugs, and if necessary, give Debian kernel developers access to
the hardware in question.
By and large, Debian will support the hardware supported by the upstream
Linux kernel; but some upstream kernel versions work better with particular
hardware than others do, so this kind of feedback is essential to ensure
that the kernel we release with is usable for your use case.
> - How much time takes a security patch to be issued?
It varies. There are public studies comparing the response times of the
Debian security team with those of other distros (including the commercial
distros); I suggest you look at those, since no one in Debian is going to
promise you a fixed time frame.
> - Are there regression tests to allow distro consistency of a
> security fix backport to a VERY old version of a sw,
> already outside of security team action scope? (Lets say, a
> Pg 6.x on Lenny, unmaintained even at upstream. Please, do
> not discuss the merit of this approach, as it is _their_ IT mgmt
> problem to solve.) How release team verify distro consistency?
No. Why would Debian be providing regression tests for software we don't
> Could you point an url with the correct answers to these questions?
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JUPITER, FL (March 8, 2011) – Florida Atlantic University will host the fourth annual W. B. Ingalls Memorial Prostate Health and Cancer Seminar on Saturday, March 19, at 8:30 a.m. The seminar will take place at the Lifelong Learning Society complex at FAU, 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter.
This annual seminar is designed to bring the most current research and knowledge about prostate cancer and health to Palm Beach County. The presenters are clinicians and researchers from centers and universities throughout the United States.
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This year, the event is co-sponsored by FAU Jupiter's Lifelong Learning Society and the University of Florida's Prostate Disease Center. To register for the seminar, visit www.llsjupiter.com or call 561-776-6666.
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A "Most Memorable Year of My Life" theme turned into a night of emotion on Monday's Dancing with the Stars, and Nancy Grace's performance was no exception.
As the HLN firebrand danced a waltz with partner Tristan MacManus, she had her eye on some very special faces: Her young twins, John David and Lucy Elizabeth, who turn 4 in November. Grace and the babies suffered complications surrounding the birth.
"I very rarely look back on those times because they were so difficult," Grace, who danced to "Moon River" – which is the very first lullaby she ever sang to the babies – told PEOPLE after her performance.
"It was really touch and go for a long time trying to keep Lucy alive. The joyful part is I looked over at them tonight … and it all seems like kind of an odyssey we went through."
She said it was some time before she was back to normal, and credits Dancing for bringing her forward even more.
"It went on and on and on," she recalls of that time. "It was months after that when I finally got out of a wheelchair. Even up until about a year ago I still couldn't walk correctly, much less run the way I used to."
She added, "It's only … been the last year and a half I could … walk correctly after the delivery. This is a huge, huge stride forward for me. I really owe the dance tonight to Tristan because he knows the twins, and they love him, and he choreographed the entire thing to tell the story."


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If you have telemetry connected can you connected to that ok.. ?
Try removing telemetry if you have it and connecting Tx and RX pins on MinimOSD...
Sounds like a wiring problem..
I haven't tried connecting to the APM yet, only connected it to the FTDI and installed new firmware(2.0). I'm buying a Fatshark Predator 5.8Ghz system soon.
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Can some post a picture of there RCT apm soldered with jumpers on the other is, I mean a picture showing the back side of the APM so that i can get to know what jumper to solder
However the green light does glow on the OSD, and the blue light pulses like it is receiving data or something...
Quick update: I installed the minimOSD to a header on the uart 0 pins and it is working fine with ST blinking like data is coming through. I had to update the firmware to the newest one however.
Now to test if I can get video overlay and osd working..
Edit: Looks like the osd works, however the characters are all weird looking.
DH, good to hear you got your OSD listening. You probably just need to update your character file with the config tool; I had Chinese characters and a garbled screen before flashing an updated *.mcm file. You probably already have the file; both config tool downloads (for minimOSD-extra & ArduCam2) include updated mcm files in their root folders. FWIW, I've successfully done minimOSD-extra & ArduCam2, using the same "small font" character file I found on the DIYD forums. So apparently you can switch back and forth between those 2 without having to flash the .mcm file every time.
MinimOSD-extra was the first firmware to bring serious capabilities to minimOSD. ArduCam is the original minimOSD firmware, and it was weak until recently when the Arducam developers joined teams with MimimOSD-extra developers... which spawned Arducam2. Since then, MOE has had a much larger following and gets more frequent updates (thread has 82 pages, vs 4 pages for AC2). Development of Arducam2 is dormant in comparison; for example screen2 bug is still not fixed and has been known for some time... it's fixed on MOE though. MOE also recently added flight statistics that show up when throttle is off; odometer, max alt, max speed, max dist, etc... Neat stuff, and the values looked accurate after my testing last Sunday.
That said, MOE is probably the better choice, but there are some key differences you should be aware of if you use it with telemetry. MOE requires configuring some "SR0" and "SR3" parameters, even if you aren't using telemetry (it's in the wiki). AC2 only requires modified SR3 parameters if telemetry is also used (SR0 are left alone), and these values aren't as extreme as those specified for MOE. Since the MOE SR* parameters are larger, they may bog down telemetry (I'm no expert on telemetry, just repeating what I read). Note that there seems to be little info on setting SR3 parameters for AC2 (I had to dig it up in the DIYD forums), where as the MOE wiki has a concrete list of values for the parameters that need changing, and the DIYD thread has some explanation of how different values will affect performance.
I also observed a few minor bugs with MOE when I had my onboard radio plugged in but MP software was not connected; some stats didn't go away, and I once the OSD turned off when switching screens (had to reset to get it back on). Both events may be non-issues; I should have removed the onboard radio when not in use. OTOH, the firmware is relatively new, and the statistics feature has seen little testing. So there are probably bugs left to be found. I haven't played with older minimOSD firmwares though; the bells and whistles in MOE are worth it IMHO.
I loaded MOE prerelease last night - and I noticed the Total Trip length. Didn't realize there was a max alt/max speed setting. That really makes the 3 panel setup more useful (off, in flight, post flight).
Are you running with "enable rotation" for the panel switcher?
FYI - I also run into activation issues with arming when MP isn't connected over 3DR, but it's not a showstopper for me (yet)...I have the 3DR for config and tuning runs - but you're right over time, that will come off. You can only go so far on a 5000mah battery.
I understand he's in need of video. I have one for him on my YT account actually, but it's very limited and doesn't really "show off" what the OSD can do. So I didn't bother linking it.
Perhaps I described the stats in a confusing way. The max speed/alt are not configurable (ie, not warnings or geofencing). It's just information that comes up on the OSD as soon as you cut throttle. You don't have to configure any panels for it to work, it just pops up after you land no matter what screen you are on.
I have "mode switching" selected, and the "enable rotation" box is NOT checked. Note that if you have problems switching screens, it's usually caused by an active warning. Both MOE and AC2 will automatically switch to panel1 whenever there is a warning. It is not good enough to uncheck the warning box in panel1... you have to actually cure the warning by plugging in the flight pack, arming, etc... keep the props off!
Hehe, speaking of range I was shocked to see the odo after my first FPV flight with 3s2200... nearly 10000ft! That was in stabilize mode hauling ~30mph around a small field most of the flight. Now I wish the navigation speed wasn't so limited in AC2.8.1.
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I use dual rates and expo when I fly at home due to higher chance of crashing into something. When I occasionally get to a field I dont use them. I am now in the process of PID tuning to see how good I can get the settings. Should I tune with the dual rates and expo off or leave them on.
Question for the experts:
In what menu item can I ensure that my APM is outuputting the maximum throttle PWM to the ESCs?
I suspect that mine is not as my motors seem to not be winding up to maximum throttle despite full joystick input. I have calibrated the radio and I am seeing about 2090 on the throttle max input side. I am using RCTimer Simonk ESCs, so I believe max throttle happens at 2000 PWM and I just want to make sure I have it calibrated correctly for APM output.
I looked in the menu but just wasn't sure which one was correct, and was really afraid to mess with too much as other than that it flies ok, with the exception of feeling underpowered with the gimbal attached.
BTW I am using sunnysky 2216 800kv with a 10x4 zinger prop on 4s Battery. AUW of the craft with gimbal is 6lbs 10 oz (3kg). Frame is F550 Hex.
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WARREN - Main Street Warren is turning the city's annual tree-lighting ceremony into a day-long festival.
''Christmas Time in the City'' on Dec. 5 will feature activities designed to make the event appeal to a wider demographic than families with younger children, the primary target audience for past events.
Jennifer Campbell, promotions director for Main Street Warren, said, ''We want to grow the event, showcase Warren merchants and bring people downtown.''
One of the first changes necessary was moving the event to a Saturday instead of a Friday, which is when the tree lighting was scheduled in the past. With ceremonies starting at 5 p.m., it was too early for many working families to make it downtown, Campbell said. And because it gets dark early this time of year, it was too late for those who prefer not to go out at night.
By moving the event to Saturday, there will be fewer work conflicts, and there will be more activities in the afternoon.
Daytime activities include an arts and crafts tent in Courthouse Square where children can make their own items from 3 to 8 p.m., live entertainment in the Square from 3 to 8 p.m. and a fine arts and craft show from noon to 8 p.m. at Trumbull Art Gallery.
TAG artists also will decorate trees in Courthouse Square using different Christmas carols for inspiration. And the Hippodrome Ballroom on High Street N.E. will be open from 3 to 7 p.m. for a ballroom bounce party, where children can jump around inside inflatable bounce houses.
Local businesses will be open during the event, including some that normally are closed on Saturdays like the Saratoga Restaurant. Owner James Economos said the restaurant will display vintage photos of the city in its banquet room during the event.
''It's a good idea to bring people downtown to see our town,'' Economos said.
To bring customers into the stores, Main Street Warren is offering a Cookie Crawl. For $5 folks can purchase a ticket that they can take to a dozen downtown businesses and receive a different Christmas cookie at each one. Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling Campbell at 330-219-9819.
The tree lighting ceremony and the arrival of Santa Claus will remain at 5 p.m., and all four choirs from Warren G. Harding High School will perform in Courthouse Square starting at 6 p.m.
Children can share their wish lists with Santa in the Log Cabin from 5 to 8 p.m., the Mocha House will feature live music starting at 7:30 p.m. and First Presbyterian Church will have a Christmas concert with its choir and bell choir starting at 8 p.m.


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Northumberland County Council is working closely with schools, colleges and bus companies to ensure students can continue to access a wide range of Post-16 educational opportunities.
This follows the decision to introduce a new policy that will end free school transport for post 16 students from this September.
It has this week written to parents to inform them of a range of measures which aim to help students access post-16 education.
Officers are working with schools to target their bursary funds to students in financial hardship who don't qualify for financial support from the council.
In some circumstances where appropriate public transport will not be available, particularly in rural areas, the authority will continue to provide school transport through existing contracts. The council will have to charge students for places on these services and this charge will be £600 per year, which equates to £3 a day.
In some locations schools are working with the council to purchase existing spaces on these services for their students. Parents and students have been advised to talk to their school about their proposed approach.
Discussions have taken place with Arriva, the County's principal supplier of local bus services and the company has agreed to introduce a new range of student travel tickets which will offer students good value for money travel along with flexible payment options and the facility to travel at any time of the day during the Academic Year.
The travel passes will offer students travel within a particular zone or between zones. There are a number of zones and each zone will represent a particular geographical area, such as Blyth Valley or Morpeth. The costs will range from £430 a year for a one zone pass; £530 a year for a two zone pass and £660 for a three zones or more pass, which will cover all of Northumberland, Newcastle and North Tyneside.
The council has worked closely with Arriva to ensure that for the vast majority of students the purchase of a one zone pass will be sufficient to enable them to travel to and from their local high school. The purchase of two or three zone tickets will be required if longer distance travel is undertaken. The tickets can be used anytime during the academic year.
Arriva is working on direct debit facilities for annual ticket purchases which will enable families to buy these zonal tickets at the prices quoted without the need to make one big payment. Further details will be available shortly on both the Northumberland County Council and Arriva's website.
The council is in discussion with other bus companies to ensure they also offer students good value travel tickets to and from their local school or college.
For students who wish to pursue vocational courses that are not available at their local school, Northumberland College is putting in place the following transport facilities:
A free bus service between Berwick and Northumberland College in Ashington, this service will also stop at key locations such as Alnwick.
The current Morpeth to Ashington Campus bus service will be retained.
An additional service to its Kirkley Hall campus. Parents and students should contact the college directly for further details.
The college has recently been judged by Ofsted as Good and they are ranked fourth nationally for the quality of their Post-16 provision.
Whilst a decision was made to remove the current free post 16 student travel scheme the council listened to concerns raised during the consultation process and the following exemptions were included:
Existing students who are already receiving free transport to a Sixth Form or Further Education College will continue to do so. There will be no change to their travel arrangements
Students with a statement of special educational need (SEN)
Students from low-income families – defined as those who would qualify for a free school meal.
This will mean that nearly 1 in 5 of all students will continue to be able to travel free of charge. Protecting these two key groups will continue to cost the Council in the region of £900,000 a year.
Councilor Ian Swithenbank, policy board member for streetcare and environment said: "While we believe these changes in policy are necessary we understand the concerns families in the county. We are working with education and transport providers to make sure student can continue to access post-16 educational opportunities."
Information on the new policy and how to apply for post 16 transport for this September can be found at http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/STpolicy


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Homeschool preschool activities do not have to be expensive. An excellent method for your preschooler to build fine-motor skills and strengthen eye-hand coordination is by playing with lacing cards. This type of activity also encourages focus and concentration on a task.
Lacing cards are available to buy where toys or teaching supplies are sold, but they are very easy to create your own. You probably have all the supplies at home already, so the cost involved is minimal. Another benefit of making your own lacing cards is that you can directly relate the subject matter to your child's interests. Make a boot card for your little cowboy or a castle tower for the fairy-princess. You can make cards that fit what your child is learning about, such as Brachiosaurus for dinosaurs, a house for the letter ""H" or a character from a book you are currently reading together.
You need thin cardboard, such as the back of pads of paper, or cut from a food box, like a cereal box. Now you need an image. Either draw an object yourself on the cardboard or find a design online or in a child's coloring book. If you print the picture out, draw on a piece of paper or tear a page from the coloring book, you can simply use spray-adhesive or water-thinned white glue to attach the paper to the cardboard, or copy with a pencil. The image needs to be simple. If there are many lines in the picture a good idea is to use a fine-point dark marker, like black or brown, to trace over the lacing lines. It is best to have the lacing lines close to the edge of the card so a paper punch will easily reach them. If not, trim the cardboard back, or cut around the image.
Next, determine where you will place the holes on the picture. You can mark lightly with a pencil where the holes will be. When you are satisfied, go ahead and paper-punch them.
The final step is preparing the lacing string. A shoelace is ideal, but a piece of string or yarn works just as well. Tie the string to the first hole. You can leave the strings free of the card, but an advantage to tying them on is that they won't get lost. Lace the picture yourself to see how much string is needed, and add 6 to 9 extra inches. If you use a piece of yarn or string, to make it easier to lace either dip the lacing end in white glue and draw it through your fingers, then let dry, or wrap a piece of tape around the end.
You can begin with one or two lacing cards, or make a set all at once.
If you are pressed for time, there are a number of very nice lacing cards for sale at places such as Amazon. However, don't be afraid to try your hand at making your own supplies for your homeschool curriculum.
Michelle B. has been homeschooling for 20 years and continues to do so today. She writes about projects in gardening, education and literacy.


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So you want to make a street legal go kart eh? Well let me be the first to tell you that this is a ridiculously hard task and it would likely cost you thousands of dollars. I will explain why.
First thing is first… to make your go kart street legal I should probably just list some of the general requirments accross all states and provinces of the United States and Canada. You must check your own state or provincial laws to make sure your kart is legal. MOST GO KARTS WILL NOT BE STREET LEGAL!
1) Check your state or provincial laws and regulations.
2) Does your kart have auto-insurance? Its required.
3) Does it have mirrors and turn signals?
4) A windshield and winshield wipers?
5) Steat belts? 6) A horn?
7) Braking system which meets standards?
8) Exhaust emission monitor?
9) A licence plate?
10) Head lights and tail lights?
Odds are your kart will never meet any of these standards. I didn't even mention bump heights and safety test certified. Really there is so much hassle involved I don't know why you ever would want a street legal go kart. You may as well by a buggy or hot rod.
I should also point out, please do not drive your go kart on city streets! It is dangerous and you could end up killed. The safest option would be to rent a local track for a while. Even parking lots can be dangerous as you do not have a lot of ground clearance and you could wreck your person or your go kart… Stay safe!


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In this issue:
• Paul Eggert traces some changes in museum practices from the 1960s and argues that there is a need for a rebalancing of museums' twin obligations towards artefacts and the visitor.
• Linda Young looks at the management and interpretation of the so-called Cooks' Cottage in Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, which, although never inhabited by Captain James Cook, is widely believed by visitors to have strong connections to Australia's foundation hero.
• Craddock Morton reflects on how the competing forces of ideology, politics, time, space and funding affected the early development of the National Museum of Australia.
• Nicholas Brown draws on a series of workshops in which postgraduate students from around Australia with an interest in biography found connections between their work and the role of contemporary museums.
This edition also features reviews of recent exhibitions and museum-related books.
The aim of the journal is to promote research into, and stimulate awareness and discussion of, issues relating to museums and collections. Articles relate specifically to Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, or confront issues that are broadly relevant to museums or material history. The editors welcome contributions relating to the role of museums in society, museum practice, and the history, collection, interpretation and display of museum collections. You can contact the journal on 61 (02) 6208 5040 or email email@example.com


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SOUTH CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Section (DNR) will be hosting a training for the Archery in the Schools (AIS) Program Feb. 22 and 23 at Cacapon Resort State Park, according to Krista Snodgrass, program coordinator.
"We are very excited to be holding our next training at Cacapon Resort State Park in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle," said Snodgrass. "When possible, we like to provide trainings at our state parks and Cacapon is a perfect venue for PE teachers, coaches and others wanting to get their school involved in the AIS Program."
The AIS Program has become the DNR's largest growing educational program. Since its inception in 2004, nearly 60,000 students have been introduced to archery as part of their physical education (PE) classes in 238 West Virginia schools. The program teaches Olympic-style, target archery in both public and private schools grades four through 12.
"In order for schools to participate in the AIS Program, they must first have a certified instructor - preferably a PE instructor or coach who will introduce as many kids as possible to the joys of target archery," said Snodgrass. "The DNR only has about four trainings a year and, because class size is limited to 25, training slots are highly sought after. As an added incentive, teachers taking this training may be eligible to receive Continuing Education Hours (CEHs) provided they submit their paperwork to their Principal before the end of the school year."
To ensure a training slot, anyone interested in getting their school involved in the program is encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The deadline to register is Feb. 1. This training will cost $25 for all school employees and $50 for nonschool employees. This fee will be paid to WVDNR - Archery in the Schools Program (via check, money order or exact currency only) during the first morning of the training.
To register for the AIS training at Cacapon Resort State Park, please call Snodgrass at 304-558-2771; email for information on the AIS Program, or visit the DNR's AIS website at www.wvdnr.gov/2011news/11news229.shtm. For more information on Cacapon Resort State Park, go to www.cacaponresort.com.