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LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Police say it's like someone threw a switch.
Two years ago, heroin was a drug they barely saw on the streets of La Crosse. Now, they say heroin use is one of our community's biggest problems.
Investigators say the drug is becoming more and more popular, especially among young people who used to abuse prescription painkillers. Both are opiates -- a highly addictive drug that causes euphoria.
Thanks to new regulations, people who abused painkillers are finding the pills more expensive and harder to get. So, many of them switch to heroin looking for a more extreme high for a lot less money.
These days, Detective Sgt. Dan Kloss goes on a heroin buy once a week.
"We're going to a south side residence, where an informant is going to go inside a residence and purchase heroin and come back out to us," said Kloss.
Two years ago, heroin wasn't even on his radar. That was before dealers realized they could make a killing selling it in La Crosse.
"Exactly. They can go down there [to Chicago], buy it in bulk, come up here, and piece it out, and make -- what I'm told -- triple, four times the profit off what it is in Chicago."
So why are people in La Crosse paying more for heroin? Let's take a look at the numbers. Two hits of heroin costs $30 to $50. Now look at the alternative. One prescription pain pill costs $80. It's a cheaper high for users and higher profit for dealers.
"We have a very high demand for the drugs. And it's very profitable," said Kloss.
The police department's strategy for stopping the rampant sale of heroin is to go after the dealers. That's where the informants come in.
One informant working for Kloss was caught dealing heroin last summer. Kloss cut this person a deal: they could get a reduced sentence -- maybe even get it eliminated -- if the information helps police catch other dealers.
But this informant claims to be unconvinced police can make a significant dent. Even if dealers know other dealers are getting caught, the money can be hard to resist.
"I mean, you make more than you would in a two weeks' payroll in an hour, not even," said the informant.
Besides the fact that high demand is driving prices up, there's another reason dealers can make more money off heroin in La Crosse.
By the time it gets all the way to a small city like La Crosse, it's passed through a lot of hands. Each time, it's mixed with something cheap like baking soda or baby formula. That way the dealer can sell a weaker product for the same amount of money.
It's pure profit, but the problem is a buyer never knows how pure the heroin is.
"It literally is like playing Russian roulette. You don't know how potent it is, how pure it is. You just don't know. And some users will try that heroin and, depending upon the purity of it, it could be their last time," said Kloss.
There have been seven confirmed heroin deaths in La Crosse County since 2010.
County Medical Examiner John Steers said he's seeing a disturbing trend.
"Most of them are in their mid-20s, you know, people who are experimenting with drugs in their earlier years," said Steers.
"You don't know how many lives you saved by taking down just one dealer. We'll never know. But I guarantee you it's significant," said Kloss.
Arresting dealers gets them off the street and into the courtroom.
But are our courts doing enough? Police say dealers tell them one of the reasons they come to La Crosse is they think the legal system here is soft.


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The Golden Bird: Musical Responses to Visual Art
Date: Friday, September 20, 2013
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Performer: Vicki Ray
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Contemporary pianist Vicki Ray offers a wide-ranging program of vibrant modern music influenced by the visual arts. Performing on solo piano and piano with electronics, she explores aural responses to paintings, sculptures, cartoons and the visual creative process itself by celebrated modern and contemporary composers. Some of the music has a direct correspondence to a specific work, whereas other pieces explore the lifelong relationship of artist to composer or demonstrate the influence of particular creative techniques. Specific artists represented include Constantin Brancusi, Joan Miró, Gustave Moreau and Sol LeWitt.
South Wing | Free with admission | Stickers for ensured seating are distributed in the Main Entrance gallery starting at 6:00 p.m. Members enjoy early seating between 6:30 and 6:45 p.m.; general admission seating begins at 6:45 p.m.

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Large Glass Bowl Pendants Make a Powerful Statement
Contemporary designers and homeowners are turning to pendant lighting for illuminating almost any style of room, and Large Glass Bowl Pendants are especially popular in more spacious surroundings. Pendant lighting is any light fixture that is suspended from the ceiling by a rod or chain. It's available in many styles, and serves to bring light down to places where it's really needed.
Bowl pendant lighting tends to be softer than other pendant styles, as the light is diffused through the glass bowl. As the bowl is open at the top, the fixture gives off up lighting as well as down lighting. A bowl pendant is often placed as the focal point of the room, and can be used instead of a chandelier in entryways, dining and kitchen areas.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett says Gov. Scott Walker is "stonewalling" the public by not releasing more information about his involvement with an ongoing secret criminal investigation and his creation of a legal defense fund.
The state Democratic Party on Monday called on Walker and the state elections board to release more details about the defense fund Walker created in connection with the probe that has led to criminal charges against five people close to the governor.
Walker called the request a cheap political stunt meant to distract voters from Barrett's record as mayor.
But Barrett says Walker owes it to the people to release more details about his involvement.
The investigation centers on people who served during Walker's time as a Milwaukee County executive before he was elected governor.


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Patient Privacy Rights and Georgetown University Law Center's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law Host Event
Psychiatry Patient's Story Highlights Growing Threat to Privacy
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– When a lawyer named "Julie" sought psychiatric treatment in Boston, she never imagined that the notes of sessions with her therapist would be digitized and made available to thousands of doctors and nurses—even dermatologists and podiatrists with no conceivable need for such private records. But that is precisely what happened. "Personal details that took me years to disclose during therapy are being shared throughout my medical network, against my will," Julie says. "It's destroyed my trust with my doctors."
Julie will tell her story for the first time at the 2nd International Summit on the Future of Health Privacy, to be held in Washington, DC, on June 6-7. Sponsored by Patient Privacy Rights, the nation's leading health privacy watchdog, and Georgetown University Law Center's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, the Summit will explore the often-alarming privacy implications of the nation's race to digitize patient medical records.
"Every state requires patient permission before sensitive mental health records can be shared with other doctors. But Julie found that hundreds of pages of intimate records, some detailing her abuse as a child, were open to the entire staff of her Boston-based healthcare system," says Dr. Deborah Peel, founder of Patient Privacy Rights. "Julie is an example of how major electronic health records systems can actually strip patients of their privacy rights. Her tragic story highlights the need for the Privacy Summit—to shine light on these abuses and find solutions to protect patient privacy."
40 Health-Privacy Experts Drive Debate:
More than 40 health-privacy experts from around the globe will gather for the Summit, including top U.S. government officials and leading CEOs, physicians and academics, along with several hundred live and virtual attendees. Speakers will discuss new policies including a Health Privacy Bill of Rights, data exchanges, secondary uses of health data and social media platforms that threaten patient privacy. In addition, the founder of Harvard's Data Privacy Lab will announce the launch of a yearlong project, the first of its kind, to map the hundreds of secret organizations and agencies where private medical data is sold and shared in the United States.
Summit organizers also will announce the "The Best Privacy Technologies of 2012," and companies will demonstrate new products that enhance patient control of personal health data.
Louis D. Brandeis Privacy Award:
To kick off the Summit, Patient Privacy Rights will honor the first-ever recipients of the Louis D. Brandeis Privacy Award. The privacy watchdog group will recognize Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX) and Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) for their roles as leading congressional privacy advocates. And Alan Westin, Columbia University's Emeritus Professor of Public Law and Government, and Ross Anderson, the University of Cambridge's Professor in Security Engineering, will be honored for their groundbreaking work on consumer data privacy and security.
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Each year, approximately 795-thousand Americans suffer a stroke. That means, on average, a stroke happens every 40 seconds.
With that in mind, the experts at the American Heart Association are out with new guidelines to help healthcare professionals speed up treatment.
The key point is to give appropriate patients clot-dissolving therapy, called tPA, within 60 minutes of arriving at the hospital. tPA must be given no more than 4-and a half hours after the first symptom of stroke. But the faster it's given, the more likely it can dissolve the clot that is causing the problem and minimize damage to the brain.
The new guidelines also recommend transporting stroke patients to certified stroke centers when possible. Or having smaller hospitals partner with larger centers, via telemedicine, to make quicker life saving decisions.
With advances like treatment with tPA, stroke has dropped from third to fourth leading cause of death in the U.S...and that's good news for all.
Signs of stroke include facial drooping, arm weakness and speech difficulties like slurring. If you or anyone you are with exhibit any of these symptoms, call 9-1-1 immediately.
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The Buckhannon Police Department will provide free firearm safety kits to local residents through a partnership with Project ChildSafe, the nationwide firearms safety education program.
Project ChildSafe, a program developed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, has distributed more than 35 million firearm safety kits throughout the country since 2003. The program is funded by a U.S. Department of Justice grant, with additional funding provided by the firearms industry.
"We encourage residents to pick up a Project ChildSage kit so that they can securely store their firearm," Buckhannon Chief of Police Matt Gregory said. "Each kit contains a cable-style gun lock. The locks fit on most types of handguns, rifles and shotguns. The goal is to prevent a child or any other unauthorized person from accessing a firearm in your home."
By partnering with Project ChildSafe, the Buckhannon Police Department is participating in a national effort to promote firearms safety education to all gun owners. Project ChildSafe will distribute gun lock safety kits to all 50 states and the five U.S. territories.
"We are pleased to have the Buckhannon Police Department as a Project ChildSafe partner said Bill Brassard Jr., director of Project ChildSafe. "Project ChildSafe is an important step forward in helping ensure that all firearms owners fully understand their responsibilities with respect to safe handling and storage of firearms."
The safety/gun lock kits as well as additional gun safety literature for children and adults provided by the NRA are available from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at Buckhannon City Hall, 70 E. Main St. Call 304-472-5723 for additional information.


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New reader PPO and I discussed the various geography blogs on the internet. PPO managed to create the following stereotypes for entries on the blogs. I think they are all in good fun.
Geographic Travels with Catholicgauze! "Online Map of the Geopolitics of the Overlooked along the Oregon Trail who are Oppressed by Terrorists."
firstname.lastname@example.com Completely normal short post which sends everyone over the deep end. (Catholicgauze Comments: Case in point Northern Cyprus)
The Map Room "Family Raped, Murdered by GPS Navigation Unit"
Strange Maps "Another Unique Map for My Million-Bijillon Readers"
Very Spatial "Podcast of Our Roadtrip to the Second Life Universe"
The Geography Blog focusing on all things geography: human, physical, technical, space, news, and geopolitics. Also known as Geographic Travels with Catholicgauze! Written by a former National Geographic employee who also proudly served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Wooden Shjips -- San Francisco, CA -- October 26th, 2007
And no that wasn't a typo :cool: Went and saw these local acid folk/psychadelic/prog rockers tonight at Amoeba in SF, awesome set of totally trance-inducing 60's freakout shit. Four old bearded dudes, keyboardist, drummer, guitarist/vocalist, and bassist/trumpeter rounded out WOODEN SHJIPS (it's just pronounced "Ships" btw). Vocals were drenched in echo and reverb to give that weird otherworldly distant swirling feel to them, and the guitar playing was just out of this world. The way the songs would lock in with the rhythm section keeping a steady beat and the keyboards and guitars just totally going off made for a really powerful sound, especially when they would sometimes harmonize with each other. They cull such a wonderful atmosphere from their instruments too, it really transports you to a different place, which is why I'm hesitant to hear their recorded stuff because I don't think it would do the live show justice. The set seemed mostly improvised to me but apparently they have actually songs, a very 'loose' interpretation of songs though as they all sounded pretty similar. This is the kind of thing that would be ideal for experiencing while blazed, but sober it was still a killer set. Only complaint is I wish the drumming were more creative, it was too straight-forward for this kind of music and some variety would've been nice, but I guess it did help reinforce the hypnotic groove they had going on. Sick band, keep an eye and an ear out.
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Dr. Rajiv Shah led the efforts of nearly 10,000 staff in more than 70 countries around the world to advance USAID's mission of ending extreme poverty and promoting resilient, democratic societies.
Under Dr. Shah's leadership, USAID applied innovative technologies and engaged the private sector to solve the world's most intractable development challenges. This new model of development brings together an increasingly diverse community—from large companies to local civil society groups to communities of faith—to deliver meaningful results.
Dr. Shah led President Obama's landmark Feed the Future and Power Africa initiatives and has refocused America's global health partnerships to end preventable child death. Feed the Future, alone, has improved nutrition for 12 million children and empowered more than 7 million farmers with climate-smart tools they need to grow their way out of extreme poverty. In April 2014, USAID launched the U.S. Global Development Lab to harness the expertise of the world's brightest scientists, students, and entrepreneurs. At the same time, the newly formed Private Capital Group for Development forges a more strategic relationship between private capital and development.
Dr. Shah also managed the U.S. Government's humanitarian response to catastrophic crises around the world, from the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
Through an extensive set of reforms called "USAID Forward," Dr. Shah worked with the United States Congress to transform USAID into the world's premier development Agency that prioritizes public-private partnerships, innovation, and meaningful results. He currently serves on the boards of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, as well as participates on the National Security Council.
Previously, Dr. Shah served as Undersecretary and Chief Scientist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he created the National Institute for Food and Agriculture. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, he spent eight years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he led efforts in global health, agriculture, and financial services, including the creation of the International Finance Facility for Immunization.
He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, and the Wharton School of Business. He regularly appears in the media and has delivered keynote addresses before the U.S. Military Academy, the National Prayer Breakfast, and diverse audiences across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Dr. Shah was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He has served as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, been named to Fortune's 40 Under 40, and has received multiple honorary degrees.
He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife Shivam Mallick Shah and three children and has given up mountain climbing for family bicycle rides.
Data, information, and evidence are the cornerstone of all successful development programs – especially in health – and USAID is strongly committed to using these valuable tools. The Demographic and Health Surveys are one of USAID's most successful initiatives worldwide; DHS reports have been produced in more than 80 different countries.
As I am sure all of you know, nowhere in the world is development such an important part of U.S. engagement as it is in Africa. And today, Africans are the architects of their development, not just beneficiaries. Donors support their plans, they do not dictate them. Citizens demand democracy, not autocracy, and they are seizing the opportunities to shape the future of their countries. And, development work needs good governance if it is to fully succeed and last.
On behalf of the U.S. Embassy Manila's United States Agency for International Development (USAID), I would like to congratulate the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-PENRO Isabela under the leadership of PENRO William Savella for spearheading the Earth Day 2015 celebration in this province.
Tôi rất vinh hạnh được tham gia cùng quý vị trong buổi lễ chiều nay nhân Ngày Người khuyết tật Việt Nam. Năm nay, Việt Nam và Hoa Kỳ kỷ niệm 20 năm bình thường hóa quan hệ ngoại giao giữa hai nước. Trong suốt thời gian này, chính phủ hai nước đã hợp tác và đạt được những thành tựu đáng kể trên nhiều lĩnh vực, về tăng trưởng kinh tế, thương mại, y tế, giáo dục và hỗ trợ các nhóm yếu thế, trong đó có người khuyết tật.
It is an honor to join you this afternoon on National Disability Day. This year Vietnam and the United States celebrate the 20th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between our two countries. During that period our governments have partnered for significant achievements in areas of economic growth and trade, health, education, and support to vulnerable populations including persons with disabilities.
The acceleration of development and the eradication of poverty have been the enduring commitments of USAID throughout our more than 50-year history. And yet we stand today at a unique time, with unique opportunities.
Just as the U.S. – India relationship has evolved, so has the way we address development challenges together.
Thank you all for coming together with us to have this very important discussion. And allow me to recognize the presence of Undersecretary Gil Beltran from the Department of Finance in the Philippines, with thanks for taking time out of your very busy schedule to attend this important event. Of course I would also like to thank Stephen O'Connell, USAID's Chief Economist who is joining us from Washington DC, and so many other distinguished guests.
I am delighted to be with you today on the beautiful campus of Dhaka University to open the International Conference on Gender, Diversity, and Development. Today, and throughout this event, we celebrate the achievements that Bangladesh has made in empowering women. More importantly, this conference provides a platform for us all to discuss the challenges ahead – challenges that we must address now – to fully affect change and achieve true equality for all women and girls.
As we have already heard this morning, South Africa is burdened by one of the most severe TB epidemics in the world. Additionally, South Africa has the greatest burden of HIV-infected individuals - and the TB and HIV epidemics are fueling each other.
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Safer nuclear is our future powerJuly 30,2013
The July 20 Times Argus commentary by John Sales addressed the urgency and the environmental necessity to consider a new generation of electricity production design. If people will allow themselves to get past the word nuclear and really listen to an objective comparison to the alternatives, they would see that we have very few options and we must take the path of least risk and soon.
Until we resolve some serious technical problems like electrical storage and distribution solar and wind cannot meet our very large national base load demands. Coal supplies 52 percent of our current production but is clearly the worst choice with oil running a close second. Only nuclear has the potential of meeting our demands and saving the environment. Lets examine why and how.
U.S. coal-based power plants burn about 1.7 billion tons of coal annually. Over a period of 40 years, a single typical coal-fired power plant will use nearly 4.17 million tons of coal. The amount of pollutants created by that burning is mind boggling and includes massive quantities of fly ash, sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, mercury, arsenic, lead, cadmium and more than 30 others.
Within that volume of burned coal is also what has been previously reported as trace amounts of various radioactive materials. Little-known but very credible studies have shown that those trace amounts are not so small after all.
In a study titled Radiological Impact of Airborne Effluents of Coal and Nuclear Plants in Science magazine, it was reported that Americans living near coal-fired power plants are exposed to higher radiation doses than those living near nuclear power plants. This was confirmed by the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, which proved that the effective nuclear dosage exposure to the general population from coal plants is 100 times that from nuclear plants. It further concluded that the energy content of nuclear fuel released in coal combustion is more than that of the coal consumed. The study showed that the release of nuclear components from coal combustion far exceeds the entire U.S. consumption of nuclear fuels.
By contrast, a light water reactor, similar to Vermont Yankee, uses about 35 tons of uranium annually, which is derived from the mining of about 250 tons of natural uranium. The liquid-fueled thorium reactor that John Sales described would use about one ton of thorium, which is derived from mining about 1.6 tons of natural thorium. A light water reactor creates less than 700 pounds of waste per year, and that is including 661 pounds of nuclear waste. A liquid-fueled thorium reactor would produce less than 40 pounds of waste including its nuclear byproducts.
This small amount of fuel and waste from a liquid-fueled thorium reactor is due to their design they are called breeder reactors. They actually create (breed) more of the fuel that they need to use to make electricity. Even more amazing is that they can use the spent nuclear fuel from other light water reactors as fuel to make more electricity. This creation and reuse is not endless, but over the life of a liquid-fueled thorium reactor power plant, it will create about 1,000 times less nuclear waste than the typical light water reactor and is capable of using and consuming our stockpile of nuclear waste that we now have. When the liquid-fueled thorium reactor has recycled the fuel as much as it can, the radiation has been reduced from a half-life of 24,000 years (typical from a light water reactor) to just over 30 years.
There are dozens of other differences and benefits of the liquid-fueled thorium reactor design. It does not use water as a coolant, so there are no cooling towers and much less plumbing. It operates at about the same pressure as a typical city water supply. The largest part of a light water reactor is the reactor vessel a massive structure built to withstand very high pressures and temperatures, making it a very expensive and complex construction. In a liquid-fueled thorium reactor, the lower pressure and liquid fuel means the reactor vessel building is much less complex and smaller. It can even be constructed off-site and trucked in for assembly.
The liquid-fueled thorium reactor design has passive inherent safety features that preclude even the remotest possibility of an explosion, meltdown or burning. The primary fuel, thorium, is 2.5 times more abundant than uranium and is used in its natural pure form, eliminating much of the mining and refining processes associated with uranium production. A liquid-fueled thorium reactor cannot produce weapons-grade materials without shutting down its power-generating capabilities and then only at great expense making it easy to identify any nefarious use. The coolant it does use (a liquid called molten salt) does not evaporate or boil at high temperatures, eliminating the potential of an explosion like the ones at Fukushima and Chernobyl. The liquid molten salt fuel means that there is no down time to refuel (recycle). Other benefits combine to make this a very safe, efficient and economical source of power.
There are some technical hurdles to be resolved but none that present major problems. There are limitations, risks and benefits associated with every source of power, but we cannot afford to delay any longer. American-made liquid-fueled thorium reactors would solve our and the worlds power requirements for the next 1,000 years.
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|Brooks-Range is a mountaineering equipment company located in Fremont, Calif., providing innovative, top-quality backcountry gear for professional mountain and ski guides, alpinists and backcountry travelers.
The company was founded in 1995 by Matt Brooks, a Certified Mountain Guide and long-term board member and officer of the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA). In taking his Certified Ski Guide course, he found the available equipment to be inadequate; it was too large, heavy and cumbersome. Looking for alternative solutions, he invented the Emergency Rescue Sled and the Ski Guide Cards (also known as SGCs). The first set consisted of four double-sided typed cards that he laminated at home. His fellow ski guides and recreational skiers saw what he had made for himself and asked if they could have a set. At first he gave copies just to friends, but after a very short while, demand became so great, he started selling the products. Each subsequent year, Brooks modified and improved his existing products and design new products where he found a gap in what was available in the marketplace.
Brooks-Range was only sold to the professional market until early 2007 when the company decided to seek retailer accounts. Today, Brooks-Range has more than 95 percent of the professional market in the U.S. for its rescue sled and map tools and is quickly growing in the consumer marketplace.
Brooks-Range Mountaineering Equipment is dedicated to bringing the best quality merchandise and service possible to outdoor adventurers. They are tested by some of the world's top mountaineering and backcountry professionals, who serve on the Brooks-Range Advisory Board, including:
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Thursday Summer Fun
Aldrovandi Dog, c. 1625
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri called Guercino
Italian, 1591-1666
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Guercino: A Noble Creature
Date: Thursday, July 25, 2013
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Staff Educator
Type: Thursday Summer Fun
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino, was an Italian painter who was often commissioned to create religious pictures and portraits of nobility. Count Filippo Aldrovandi requested a painting of one of his favorite animals—his dog. Create a hand puppet of your own favorite animal or one of your pets.
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LBJ School Building Dedication Ceremony - Luci Baines Johnson
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Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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On March 24, 2010, the LBJ School hosted a formal building dedication with William C. Powers, Jr, president of The University of Texas at Austin, Robert Hutchings, dean of the LBJ School, Luci Baines Johnson, and James B. Steinberg, former dean of the LBJ School, as featured speaker


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Tips for anyone who wants to be a day trader
- 9:02 pm Wednesday, November 13th, 2013 by Dian Vujovich
Stocks are hot and have been the place for investors to be for the past five years. Of course there's a correction coming but until then, if you're one of the thousands who dreams of playing this game on a daily basis–and wants to be a day trader—-here are some tips worth remembering.
But before going there, some cautionary thoughts on day trading from muah.
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Everybody loves a scandal, barring the people embroiled in one, of course. The rest of us absolutely cannot get enough. Whether you admit it or not, few things make you feel better about yourself quite as intensely as seeing the people that society places on the highest of pedestals get knocked off of them in spectacular fashion.
Just like anything else, there are limits to what we'll put up with. You're not going to see anyone lobbying to have O.J. Simpson mentioned more frequently during USC broadcasts anytime soon. That ship has sailed. But he's also one of the most extreme examples. More often than not, celebrities dip to lows that a rational person would expect (or hope) they'd never recover from and, somehow, claw their way back into our good graces. For example ...
4Rush Limbaugh
The Scandal
In 2003, a woman named Wilma Cline strolled into a Florida police station and handed over evidence that Rush Limbaugh, America's holier-than-thou king of political talk radio buffoonery, was buying hillbilly heroin on the black market. The evidence came in the form of emails and answering machine messages from Limbaugh asking Cline to sell him large quantities of drugs, which she totally did several times, according to her own admission. I'm guessing she came forward to clear her conscience and then filled the hole left by that now absent guilt with the piles of money she was paid by the National Enquirer for telling her story to them also.
Pictured: 1 of 8 stories they've been correct about.
Naturally, when someone comes forward with evidence that they have access to large stocks of pills and are selling them to anyone who knows them well enough to ask, your next course of action is to focus all of your time and energy on just one person that they sold to. Why cut off the snake's head when it's so much fun watching that tail grow back every time, you know? So, with their priorities appropriately out of order, Wilma Cline was given immunity, and authorities launched a three-year investigation that culminated in ... Rush Limbaugh having all charges dropped in exchange for going to rehab.
Way to keep us safe, law enforcement community of Florida!
Why It Should Have Destroyed Him
Prior to 2003, the war on drugs and its various casualties were a target that Rush Limbaugh set his sights on regularly. He built his career on lecturing those who lived outside his rigid moral code. This drug scandal was a fundamental breach of the informal contract Rush Limbaugh had with his audience. His days as a morally superior blowhard should have come to an end the moment he had to go on the air and admit to his legions of rabid fans that he was a drug-using, law-breaking criminal, just like those people he spoke out against so vehemently. Relatively speaking, it's kind of like the guy who speaks out against gay marriage and eventually gets caught in an airport bathroom stall blowing some random dude. You just can't trust his gay hate for a single second after that, right? Right. That was a fantastic analogy.
Just doing my job, folks.
Why It Didn't
Rush Limbaugh survived his drug scandal because the people who listen to him are not doing so because they're seeking the truth. People turn to Rush Limbaugh when they need a mouthpiece for all of the sexist/racist/homophobic thoughts that they wouldn't dare give voice to while in the company of friends or colleagues. In a time when calling every woman you see "sweetheart" and assuming that every person of color is "the help" is frowned upon, listening to Rush Limbaugh is like a secret confirmation that you've planted your flag firmly on the side of the bigot. It might not be popular to tell people that anymore, but listening to someone who at least pretends to feel that way too is still all the rage in some circles. We have entire television news networks dedicated to it these days.
Rush Limbaugh knows better than anyone that telling people they aren't assholes for being total assholes is a service that's scandal-proof.
3Chris Brown
The Scandal
I know, you're probably reading this right now thinking "Wait, there was a scandal involving Chris Brown? I've heard nothing of this!" So let me be the first to tell you ... Chris Brown punched Rihanna. In the face. Hard. A lot of times.
The fact that the beating took place the night before both stars were set to perform at the 2009 Grammy Awards, along with Brown's arrest on felony charges and the brutal images of Rhianna's battered face, led to an immediate and intense media circus. Overnight, Chris Brown went from squeaky clean Wrigley's gum and milk spokesperson to the most reviled man in music.
"Chris builds strong muscles by drinking milk, then uses them to blast broads in the face!"
It seemed as if he had maybe another month or two on the entertainment planet before he finally departed in the same rocket that took Vanilla Ice to wherever he's been exiled to for the beating he gave the good name of rap music.
Why It Should Have Destroyed Him
"Don't hit women" is like a basic principle of male behavior. Those who don't abide by it are rightfully outcast as a lower form of person. And that's just when a regular dude hits a regular woman. But we're talking about a pop princess who was signed by Jay-Z here (I mean Rihanna, by the way).
You don't care what this caption says.
She's got millions of fans and lots of people within the industry who depend on her well-being to put food on their tables. In no time, rumors spread that Jay-Z himself guaranteed that Chris Brown was done in the music business. Nobody had any reason to doubt that was true.
Why It Didn't
Damn if we weren't wrong about that! Chris Brown stayed out of the public eye approximately as long as it took to record a new album. He then released that album, released a bunch of videos and went on tour, because when life hands you a reputation as a woman beater who deserves to hide in shame for the rest of his days, you just fucking punch that in the face too and carry on, apparently.
And gradually, people fell for it. Before long, Chris Brown was doing talk shows and performing on award shows and even winning awards. Sure, pockets of resistance still pop up on the Internet, and he's even dumb enough to try and respond to them sometimes, but when it comes to the career of Chris Brown, for all intents and purposes, the Rihanna incident might as well have never happened.
And if you're still holding out hope that Chris Brown will somehow suffer a fatal blow to his singing career as a result of his unsavory treatment of Rihanna, I regret to inform you that the exact opposite thing is about to happen. Rihanna's most recent album, Unapologetic, includes a song called "Nobody's Business" that features, on co-lead vocals, you guessed it, Chris Brown. And if recent news reports are correct, it's going to be her next single.
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My question: Are the pictures on FindAGrave.com open for public use? Is it OK to just cite the web page as well as the creator of the pictures, even though I do not have permission to use the pictures? It seems that this is a normal courtesy gesture.
If any one can give me some guidance in this area, I would be most appreciative?
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Technically, if you read ALL the fine print on FAG, the person who posted the photo has copyrights to it. PERIOD. My understanding is that many submitters are quite protective of their photos, especially when they are used without permission first.ReplyDelete
Story: I sent in suggestions, 2 to same man, asking for links to the parents. He did one right away. The other never was done. Did not make sense to me. So, I found his email addy, and forwarded the original request to him, joked that maybe the request was in cyberspace somewhere never to be found again, noted he did the first linking request right away, and could he please do this one. Next AM found email from him, yep, my 2nd request, the one he did not do, had gone zip. He did the link as soon as I emailed him. Email sometimes does not get through via Find A Grave, lots of it goes to cyberspace and lots more goes to your SPAM box.
SO, suggest you write the person again, maybe the email went MIA, maybe the person has been on vacation, sick, or is snowed in in Washington DC ?? (OK, sick joke! Sorry east coasters!)
I have copied a lot of photos from FAG, and placed in my data base. Most I will never publish, BUT, I have on the caption of EVERY photo "Photo courtesy of Find A Grave and XXXXX" XXXXX is the name of the submitter of the photo.
One family line I do intend on publishing, so, I have contacted the submitters of those photos, and so far, have received permission to use them all, said persmissions have been saved for my records.
By the way, posting the photos to your own web site, or someplace like Ancestry is considered PUBLISHING to many over at Find A Grave.
Good luck, I would be trying again.
That sounds like excellent advice. So far, I've only 'gleaned' one photo from findagrave, but then I've not asked for any, either. Hmmm, wonder why I've not done that...ReplyDelete
And I wrote and thanked the woman who did the photo. I need to write and ask if I could post it with her permission and giving Find a Grave the credit, as he's a link that STOPS cold with him, and who knows, maybe someone, somewhere, will have my answers...


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Detroit Tigers Fantasy Camp
Ever since I found out about these Major League Baseball fantasy camps I've always wanted to attend one. Every camp is different and some are more expensive and some are shorter or longer depending on the camp. When I say expensive I truly mean that. Some can be as much as $4,500 dollars. To justify that cost you get to fly to the spring training camp of the team you've selected, you get uniforms, breakfast and lunch, you get to meet players, get autographs, pictures and of course you get to play baseball with and against former Major Leaguers. Not only that but you get a complete clubhouse experience. To me that's a pretty awesome deal. The down side to all of this is most fantasy camps require campers to be 30 years old or older. Which is fine. But that meant I couldn't attend any camps in my twenties. Which thoroughly bummed me out.
The other day I made a promise to myself. That promise was to attend one of these camps before I get too old to do it. Or end up working a job where I'd have absolutely no time to go to one. The time is now. The question is: which camp should I choose? I wanted to choose a fantasy camp of a Major League team with the most players that were my favorites growing up as a kid. Of course the Seattle Mariners camp popped into my mind. Over the years I have sort of put having a favorite team in the Major Leagues on hold. So I really wouldn't call myself a die-hard Mariners fan anymore. And since the latest horrible trade by them I have sort of distanced myself even further from the Seattle team. Now I'm more of a die-hard baseball fan. You can read all about that here. Anyway.
The Mariners fantasy camp has a lot of Mariner alumni that I'd love to meet, get pictures with and get some autographs. But so do a lot of other teams. Three, besides the Mariners, that have also popped into my head were the Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles and the Detroit Tigers. When I tweeted this out on my Twitter account…
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…the Detroit Tigers were the first to respond. That wasn't the initial reasons as to why I made my decision though. The decision was made over key players that the Tigers have hosted at their camp in the past. Namely, Cecil Fielder. Fielder was a childhood hero to me. Everyone wanted his baseball card and we all enjoyed watching him play. Especially when he'd smoke a long ball. Everyone loves the long ball. Everyone.
So I made my decision after a few minutes of direct messaging with Detroit Tigers on Twitter. They initially asked "what would sway me" to choose the Tigers camp and really, all I wanted was them to follow me on my Twitter account. Which they did. Although I did ask for any baseball bats lying around the clubhouse or maybe a bobble head from last year, which I was denied, but it wasn't about all of that anyway. I just asked for general purpose.
So there you have it, folks! Yours truly will be attending the Detroit Tigers fantasy camp next year! I am super stoked about it and I will most definitely bring my camera, take lots of pictures and blog about every day that I'm there at the camp!
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I went to the Tigers fantasy camp last year and I promise you it was worth every single penny. Here is my first bit of advise… get in shape! I am 38 and I stay in pretty good shape, but I wasn't in good enough shape. I am still thinking about going this year and if I do, I will start training on August 1st and train pretty hard. Anyway, if you go, go to the second week, there is a fun group of people that go to the second week every year and they really make the week really enjoyable. Hope to see you there.
I'll be going in 2014, but probably the first week. My birthday is Jan 21st, so that usually falls on the first week of camp. Also, the folks that are there the first week get an extra game against the Yankees campers.
I am going again next year, plan on going every 2 years, too expensive to go every year. I will probably go the second week again though.


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Panasonic Lumix G6 Review - The G6 is the latest addition to Panasonic's G-series, sitting alongside the G5 and GH3.
Panasonic Lumix G6 Review
With a wide selection of models now available to appeal to anyone from those looking for an easy to use alternative to a compact right up to professionals, Panasonic's single-digit range of G-Series cameras has always been aimed towards DSLR users looking for a more compact alternative.
The question is – does the arrival of the Lumix G6 do enough to tempt you away from a Canon EOS 700D or Nikon D5200?
Panasonic LUMIX G6 Review – Features
Not out to replace the popular G5, Panasonic say the Lumix G6 is a new addition to the G-Series range, slotting in between the G5 and the GH3 in the G-Series line-up.
While the Panasonic G6 features a identical resolution to the G5, the 16.05MP Live MOS sensor is a hand-me-down from the once range-topping GH2. This has been paired with a all-new Venus Engine image processor to deliver an ISO range from 160-12,800, and that can be extended to an ISO sensitivity equivalent to 25,600. This offers a 1EV Step gain over the G5 and a match for its closest DSLR rivals.
It also sees the G6 capable of shooting at an impressive 7fps, and with focus tracking engaged it's still impressive at 5fps. Should you wish, the G6 can also capture shots at 40fps at a reduced resolution with an electronic shutter.
Paired with this fast burst rate is Panasonic's Light Speed AF, with the digital signal exchanged between the camera and lens at 240fps to minimize focusing time. There's a choice of focusing modes that features Face Detection, AF Tracking, 23-Area, 1-Area and Pinpoint.
EVF Technology
As is the norm with CSCs, the Lumix G6 features an electronic viewfinder (EVF). The new unit features a 1.44m-dot resolution, a high contrast ratio at 10,000:1, a 100% coverage and OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) technology that promises to improve power consumption over it predecessor.
Panasonic also claims display time lag has been minimised dramatically compared to its predecessor, while an eye sensor next to the EVF automatically switches between that an the rear screen.
The Panasonic G6 features a 3:2 aspect ratio 3in rear screen with a 1040k-dot resolution that's fully articulated, allowing it to be rotated 180° to the side and 270° up and down. The viewing has also be improved thanks to the front panel sitting directly on top of the LCD without containing an air layer in between.
On top of this, the G6 also features touchscreen functionality. The capacitive system improves on the pressure-sensitive design of it predecessor and offers multi-touch control that includes tap focus and swipe gestures.
Wi-fi and NFC
As we've seen with a few Panasonic cameras recently, the Lumix G6 features not only Wi-Fi connectivity, but also NFC (Near Field Communication) as well, allowing users to connect to their compatible smartphone or tablet by simply touching the two devices together. This allows for quick and easy transferring of images.
Users can also download the Panasonic Image App, allowing you to select the focus point, control the power zoom lens (if applicable) and adjust exposure, while images can be transferred to your smartphone once you've taken a shot.
It's no surprise that thanks in part to the use of the Lumix GH2's Live MOS sensor that the G6 delivers a very impressive video spec. Users will have the choice of shooting Full HD 1080p video at 24, 25 or 50p in AVCHD or at 25 or 50p in MP4 format, while the G6 offers full manual shooting control.
As well as this, there's also a 3.5mm socket to attach a dedicated stereo microphone if you'd prefer over the built-in stereo mics.
Along with the usual M, S, A, P and scene modes, the G6 also offers a Creative Control mode with a choice of 19 filters including Bleach Bypass, High Dynamic and Soft Focus. There's also a new Creative Panorama function that builds a panoramic image from consequent shots taken in a sweep of a scene, while Clear Retouch allows users to clone out unwanted subjects during image review by using the touch interface to trace offer the unwanted element of the shot to be removed.
Panasonic LUMIX G6 Review – Design
The Panasonic Lumix G6 features a new, more hunched and purposeful design that's a little reminiscent of Leica's R9 film SLR when viewed front-on. While the majority of CSCs shun a large handgrip, the G6 sports a nicely sculptured grip that provides a comfy hold.
Even taking the grip into consideration the G6 is still a neat little package that's noticeably smaller than its DSLR peers, measuring 122 x 85 x 71mm. That only tells half the story though, and the absence of a mirror and pentaprism sees a depth of only (around) 40mm from the lens mount to the rear of the camera.
The Panasonic G6 is predominantly finished in a matt plastic that in places doesn't feel that satisfying to the touch – especially on the top plate – and feels a step back from the G5 which sported an aluminium front. Quite of few of the exterior buttons, including the shutter button and 4-way D-pad, also don't have quite the same tactile, quality feel as those found on the G5 also.
Despite the Lumix G6 offering an advanced touchscreen, there's still a host of exterior controls dotted round the body, that includes five customisable 'Fn' buttons with over 30 options to assign them. As well as this, there are four 'hard' buttons for ISO, AF, White Balance and Drive on the D-pad, as well as Playback and Display.
The rear command dial overs input for shooting settings while there's a Function Lever positioned just behind the shutter button that allows you to control a plethora of settings, such as zooming into and image during playback, exposure compensation during shooting.
If you're using one of the growing range of Panasonic power-zoom lenses, the lever can be used to set the focal length of the lens if you wish.
Panasonic LUMIX G6 Review – Performance
The Panasonic G6's AF speed in Single AF is pretty impressive, with fast focus acquisition that quickly jumps between opposing ends of the focusing scale, with it only really struggling in dimly lit low contrast scenes.
In '1-Area AF' the focusing area can be refined, with the choice for four preset sizes, while you also have the ability to select anywhere in the image to focus on right up to the edge of the frame, while the performance of the AF is mirrored whether you're using the EVF or rear screen.
Continuous AF is also pretty solid provide your subjects not moving too rapidly, while its a similar story with the AF Tracking – there's still room for improvement here, but that's pretty much the same story for most contrast-detect AF based cameras.
EVF Performance
An EVF may not be to everyone's taste, but that on the Lumix G6 is nice and bright, offering plenty of punch, 100% coverage, while the magnification delivered means it feels less cramped than similar DSLRs in this sector. Refresh rates appear quick, with no noticeable lurches if you quickly re-compose and in bright sunlight it does a solid job, though can't quite match the latitude of the sensor, with high contrast scenes almost burning out in some situations, though this detail is retained in the final shot.
The performance of the rear screen is excellent. The breadth of movement for the side-angled hinged means pretty much you can shoot from any angle should you need to, and the clarity delivered by the 1040k-dot resolution and viewing angle make it a pleasure to use.
That said, the 3:2 aspect ratio of the screen does seem a bit of waste for the 4:3 images produced in its native format, resulting in black lines either side of the frame.
The quality of the display is just half the story however, with the new capacitive touchscreen delivering a pleasurable user experience. Only light touches are needed, and while all adjustments can be carried out via the exterior controls it's quicker to simply tap the screen to make your selections. Reviewing images is a similar experience to that of a high-end smartphone, with light swipes through images, the ability to pinch and zoom, while double taps automatically zoom in on the image.
Body Controls
If you prefer to use the Panasonic Lumix G6 in a more traditional manner, the body mounted controls offer plenty of quick access points. The luxury of 5 function buttons means you can really tailor the camera to suit you, while the G6's interface features a clean design that's easy to navigate.
Shooting with the G6 set to 7fps and in Raw we could manage just 8 files in a consecutive burst before the buffer needed time to recover, while you're looking at 20 Fine JPEG files at the same rate and this compares favourably to rivals.
Once you've installed the Panasonic Image App on your smartphone (iOS or Android options are available), its very easy to get up and running – once you've entered the Wi-Fi password into your smartphone to connect to the G6, you have control shooting modes, select focus, review images and transfer them to your device.
Panasonic LUMIX G6 Review – Image Quality
Colour and white balance
Using our Datacolor Spyder Checkr chart for a lab tests revealed the Panasonic Lumix G6 to deliver punchy, vibrant and rich colours at base ISOs that's maintained until ISO 6400, where after that colours appear a little more muted.
The Lumix G6's Auto White Balance coped with a range of lighting conditions, delivering pleasing results under a range of light sources, though as with the Lumix G5, we'd perhaps like to see slightly warmer results in some circumstances.
The Panasonic G6 uses a new 1728-zone multi-pattern sensing system that copes admirably under a range of lighting conditions, though on occasion does tend to underexpose by around 0.3-0.7EV, which can easily and quickly be corrected via the Function Lever.
There's also an HDR mode that combines three images recorded in quick succession at different exposures. Alternatively, there's also the Lumix G6's Intelligent D-Range mode that adjusts a single exposure to retain more detail in both the highlights and shadows, available in 3 strengths.
The 16.05MP Live MOS sensor offers you the flexibility to print just a bit larger than A3 at 240ppi without the need to interpolate the file, while looking at our resolution charts from a lab tests, the Lumix G6 is capable of resolving just under 24 lines per mm (lpmm) at its base ISO of 160, dropping to 20lpmm at ISO 6400.
While not quite as strong as the G6's DSLR rivals, it's still good, especially considering the smaller sensor size compared to the larger APS-C sized sensors used in the DSLRs.
Image Noise
Even with the smaller sensor size over its DSLR rivals, the Panasonic G6 delivers smooth, noise-free results that are a match for a relative DSLR between ISO 160-1600.
At ISO 6400 and the G6's in-camera noise reduction system does a good job at controlling luminance and colour noise if you're shooting JPEGs. This compares well to rival DSLRs, but you'll find this does come at the expense of overall image sharpness, with results displaying a waxy, muddy look that's bettered by a DSLR.
Raw files naturally retain more sharpness, while it's possible to control image noise in Adobe Camera Raw to deliver more than useable results at these high sensitivities.
Panasonic LUMIX G6 Review – Verdict
Priced competitively against rival DSLRs such as either Canon's EOS 100D or 700D, Nikon's D5200 and Sony's Alpha 65, the Panasonic Lumix G6 has a lot going for it.
Packed with features, there's not a lot missing from the G6 it this price point, especially when you factor in the Wi-Fi and NFC connectivity. The touchscreen interface and host of body-mounted controls make the G6 really easy and quick to use, and while we feel the overall finish has taken a slight step back over the G5, the curved handgrip delivers one of the most satisfying grips out there.
Image quality is strong, delivering plenty of detail, and while it might not be quite a match for DSLRs at the higher sensitivities, it's still more than adequate – especially if you shoot Raw – while the video performance will also appeal.
That's not forgetting its compact proportions. If you're looking for comparable DSLR performance and images in a smaller body that's complimented by a growing range of compact lenses, then the G6 is the perfect travel companion.
Panasonic LUMIX G6 Review – Sample Image Gallery
These are just a selection of images from our Panasonic G6 review. For a full range, visit the Panasonic Lumix G6 review sample image gallery.
1/100 sec @ f/8, ISO 160, Daylight white balance preset
LUMIX G VARIO 14-42mm F3.5-5.6
1/200 sec @ f/8, ISO 160
LUMIX G VARIO 14-42mm F3.5-5.6
1/125 sec @ f/4.5, ISO 400, +0.33EV
LEICA DG MACRO-ELMARIT 45mm F2.8
1/125 sec @ f/8, ISO 160
Black and white processed from Raw
LUMIX G VARIO 14-42mm F3.5-5.6
1/320 sec @ f/4.5, ISO 1600, -0.33EV
LEICA DG MACRO-ELMARIT 45mm F2.8
Panasonic LUMIX G6 Review – First Look
Panasonic has refreshed its G-series lineup by announcing the Panasonic Lumix G6 – a compact system camera that arrives two weeks after the announcement of the Panasonic Lumix GF6.
Not out to replace the popular Panasonic Lumix G5, Panasonic say the Lumix G6 is a new addition to the G-Series, not a direct replacement. Featuring a 16.05MP Live MOS sensor that's similar to that found within the Panasonic Lumix G5, developments to the chip and the inclusion of a new powerful Venus Engine have allowed it to offer a broader ISO range. Set to its base sensitivity, the Panasonic Lumix G6 shoots at ISO 160. At the high end it's possible to shoot at a setting that's equivalent to ISO 25,600 – a 1EV gain over the Panasonic Lumix G5's 160-12,800 ISO sensitivity.
Boasting Panasonic's high-speed AF system, the Lumix G6 shoots 1fps faster than the Lumix G5 and is capable of recording a 7fps continuous burst when the camera is set to its rapid burst-shooting mode.
Other improvements include a new 24p video mode that enables users to capture moving images and play them back with a dedicated 'film like' appearance. The sensor and Venus Engine enable the camera to record in Full HD 1080/50p, with stereo sound, producing professional movie quality with minimal noise. With outputs in both AVCHD progressive and MP4, the Lumix G6 provides wide compression and compatibility options.
Unlike the LCD viewfinder that was featured on the Panasonic Lumix G5, the Panasonic Lumix G6 features an OLED viewfinder that's claimed to be brighter and offer better visibility outdoors when the camera is used in bright sunlight. Featuring a 1.44million dot resolution, the key advantage of the OLED viewfinder is that it's designed to increase battery life with a much lower power consumption.
Beneath the OLED viewfinder lies a 3in, 1036k-dot touch screen that supports full-area touch focusing. The focus point can be set immediately to the subject, or to the background, by just one touch of the large monitor even when using the EVF.
Much like the recently announced Panasonic Lumix GF6, the Panasonic Lumix G6 benefits from Wifi and NFC connectivity. Offering more flexibility when it comes to sharing images, the Panasonic Lumix G6 will also be compatible with smartphones and tablets that have the Panasonic Image App installed – available as a free download from iTunes and Google Play for iOS and Android mobile devices.
The Panasonic Lumix G6 will be available at the end of May in four combinations. Body only, the Lumix G6 will cost £549. Partnered with the 14-42mm lens it'll cost £629, whereas with the 14-140mm lens it'll cost £949. Panasonic will also sell the Lumix G6 as part of a twin kit with the 14-42 and 45-150mm for £799.


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Compatibility with Windows 7!
I have an old Creative Zen Vision:M which I have not used for a few years and decided to try using again.
When I first plugged it in, the computer recognised it as an MTP Device on Device manager. (Zen also had the charging and docked icons). However driver did not install correctly and I could not sync the player with WMP and the Creative Firmware update software did not recognise the player was plugged in.
After looking on forums I rebooted the player which made no difference. I then formatted the whole player. After this the Creative Zen Firmware update software recognised the player was plugged in and I was able to update the firmware on the player to the latest one.
Once this was done, the computer recognised the device as "My Zen" and I could sync the player with WMP (so happy!)
After thinking the whole problem was sorted I shut down my computer and the computer downloaded a few things from Windows Update.
The next morning I plugged my player into the computer and it did not even recognise the player at all and it does not show up on Device manager. The only thing that happens when I plug in the player is that it switches on. It is not even charging or showing that it is docked.
I have tried rebooting and formatting but neither things make a difference. I have deleted all creative software on the computer then reinstalled it. I have tried everything I tried before but nothing will get the zen to be recognise the computer and I am now in a worse situation than I was before because computer is not even recognising it as an MTP device.
Would really really appreciate some help! Have tried almost everything suggested in other forums.
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I'm having the same problem almost word for word.
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I just connected the usb cable and it shows up. I did not install any software or anything.
It has the name I gave it and I drag and drop files in explorer. I even formatted and re-installed the firmware when I did the cf memory card upgrade to it.
I guess I got lucky. I have windows 7 ultimate version.
What version of 7 are you using? 32 bit or 64? AFAIK it wont work at all with 64. It's hit or miss on my 32 bit machine though, sometimes I have to unplug it and replug it once or twice and it will connect fine. I think you're stuck with using WMP to sync it though, Creative's software doesnt seem to want to work with 7 at all.
Has anyone tried the Vista-updated Media Explorer application (6.21.10)?
…be sure to scroll down and change the OS drop-down to Windows Vista ##-bit as it corresponds to your system
I had some of the same problems listed above after I'd gotten my current machine (Jan. 2010). I've since had the 'ZEN Vision:M Series Media Explorer' running on two separate Windows 7 Pro 64-bit computers, each with fresh OS re-installations (complete system rebuild on one and a HDD on the other), so I can attest that it has worked 4 times.
Hope this helps everyone.
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