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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
NCIS Meets Dragon Leatherworks - Armed and Hungry
For you see, the amazing and quite persistent Mrs. Dragon had contacted some folks out in Hollywood, including the prop masters for my favorite TV show NCIS, and they had Dennis design a Flatjack holster for a female character who was complaining that all the holsters made the butt of the gun stick out or dig into her ribs.
Long story short, the FlatJack was a hit, the actress could wear a blazer-type jacket and not print...all was right with the world.
Then came a call from the NCIS prop master last week with a special order request. It was built in one day and shipped the next. A leather goth themed lunch box (I so want one). I think he did an amazing job with it given their brief description of what they wanted. He is not sure if the scene it is in, will air, or be on a cutting room floor but I guarantee I know at least 5 people (Midwest Chick, Mr. B, and me and the Dragons) who will be glued to the set that night like we usually are when NCIS is on.
Since I had a novelist/reader ask a question about small of the back holsters today so I thought this would be a good time to put up a review of my first holster made by Dragon Leatherworks.
There's good holsters and bad holsters out there. Most of us end up with the 'big box 'o holsters' that most shooters acquire over the years. Trying one, then another, searching for the perfect rig. There's soft ones, hard ones, some that only MacGyver could love and some that are to artistic design what plastic forks are to fine dining. Still most of them are durable if not functional.
Designs I'm NOT fond of are are the "small of the back" and ankle holsters. The "small of the back" holster has some problems. The draw is difficult and therefore dicey. There is a danger of sweeping the muzzle of the gun in directions you don't intend to cover. This is an easy holster to disarm. Someone can come up behind you and grab the pistol, and from where it is on your back, it's going to be hard if you aren't trained in tactical to stop them from taking it. Lastly, should you fall on your back, the small of the back holster is a steel bar across your spine that could accentuate the impact of hitting the ground. If you're small boned to begin with this is NOT a good place to be as the injury could make you an easier target. The leg holster is only really valid as a backup option and it's not really great as a backup. The ankle holster is great concealment, but unless you are a professional or one of the Amazing Walendas the draw is so problematic that it is almost useless.
There's another one recently out, designed by a woman for women, that carries just under the bustline. No, not the waist, but right underneath the bust. I admire the woman for the idea, but it seemed to me the perfect way to get a accidental fire into the femoral. I can't even see my FEET, how am I supposed to instantly get the gun out from underneath Sigfried and Roy, not to mention the risk of now having a clear field to draw up and away from the holster, let alone doing it in a stealthy manner. A rapist may not be looking at my hand down by my waist or hip but I guarantee he's going to notice my hand going for the twins. (As well, it it just being ripe for those punch lines. . . if the bad girl is wearing one, do you shout out "you're busted" when going in for the arrest). Sorry, but you get the picture. I'm all for free enterprise and the promotion of self defense, but that just seems like a bad idea.
No, I wanted a holster I carry on my hip. One that is well designed, functional, with quality workmanship and that new holster smell. So I got a Dragon Leatherworks holster.
Modeled here last January, is my holster, which D. made for me and asked if I'd post about it only if I liked it. I LOVED it..
Dennis had been working on a new pancake holster for the 1911 in honor of the 100th anniversary of John Moses Browning's most celebrated design, and I was anxious to see where that has taken him. His craftwork is all 100% made in the US, not machine stitched in Albonia and then sent to the U.S. for assembly so someone in marketing can attach a "Made in the USA label" on it. Even better, it's made out of America's greatest renewable resource, leather! (Bacon holsters might be nice, but they wouldn't last as long).
The first thing I noticed when I got mine was the smell. I'm a person who is very much in tune with the senses, sight, smell touch, feel. That's probably why my cooking is generally more gourmet than Tatar Tot. Why I love the feel of leather on my skin, and the smell of good quality leather and dye.
The holster was beautiful, polished black, smooth to the touch. The stitching, tight, defined, perfectly even (is luxurious too much of a girly word?). There was no roughness on the outside, no loose stitching. It was pristine. Dragon Leatherworks has come a long way from the Fugly, the dependable but ugly sidekick may a gun has welcomed. The fit of the Talon is sweet, and its beautiful enough to serve as an Open Carry accessory even with my best little black pants.
Holsters should be designed by need first, not looks, finding the solution, then crafting the holster to be as visually appealing as it can while still doing its job. There are a lot of holsters, especially those crafted to draw in the female customer, that are designed to appeal to the designer in you, NOT the shooter. I don't need embroidery, fancy lines or froo froo, I want a holster that allows for comfort in conceal AND quick draw. I want one with good looks AND functionality and the Dragon Leatherworks Talon fits this bill, worn forward of the strong side hip, proper placement on the hip being a secret of an efficient, fast draw .
Out of the box, I noticed that this is not some puny little holster, made out of thin material, machine stitched and easily collapsible. The holster was form fitted to a Colt M 1911 A1 5" semi-auto pistol, but grabbed on tightly to the Kimber 1911 Tactical, the interior being a rough surface that gripped the firearm, but still gave it up when I needed it to (come to Mama), to draw rapidly if need be. It's not likely to be grabbed by someone else easily, or dislodged by accident. Even held upside down, with an unloaded weapon inside and trying for the tactical version of the Dance of the Seven Veils, the Kimber did not want to dislodge on its own. It liked its new home and wasn't going to come out until I wanted it to.
As a female, I like that it holds the weapon outside of my pants. I'm very particular about what gets in my pants, and a clunky, bulky holster riding up and chafing between fair skin and jeans that may already be a wee bit too tight is NOT something I want. I prefer the holster to be outside of the pants, under the belt, a perfect fit of form and design. Yet, like some other models of that type, the Dragon Leatherworks holster is not bulky at all, and on other than the most petite of women, would not be too big to carry a .45.
The rear panel is extended and flat and stays flat, hugging the body comfortably while the front panel gets molded to the gun. The pancake design hugs the curve of the hip while at the same time, the combat cut body shield facilitates grip and draw, quickly, if necessary. The holsters belt loops slots were a perfect fit for the belt loops on female jeans, fitting nicely in between the belt loops on a couple of different style of jeans I tried. The belt used was as much fashion as function, showing that even with a lightweight belt it held up well. I've found, as have other women shooters I queried when talking about this holster, that other manufactures holsters are sometimes too big and we find that our jeans will bunch up badly on the holster side. This didn't happen with the Talon even with a belt that wasn't really heavy. (Just a note: though the Belt slots are standard, optional Yaqui-style belt tunnels are available.)
For myself, I like the under the belt cut, where retention is good with no additional features I do not need that will add bulk. It pulls in tight, so it's very concealable as well under a lightweight jacket or an over shirt or blazer. I could wear it all day and not really think it's there. For all day comfort in the field, I do NOT want the Victoria's Secret Push Up Holster, that rides, chafes and gives me a rash.
Face it, I'm never going to be some tiny, little delicate thing, I'm tall and curvy with a smaller waist than hips. I'm not one of those gals you have to shake the sheets out in the morning to find and I usually carry a very large caliber, even concealed. The Kimber 1911 is not some little girls gun, it's sturdy. But the weight is distributed quite evenly in the Talon, the design naturally fitting where my thumb would rest, making it easy to hold the platform steady while the gun was removed for a quick draw.
I admire any holster that cares more about a commitment to a product that will fit the average adult form than trendy style. Dragon Leatherworks is also now offering the Talon with a Limited Lifetime Warranty. If workmanship of the holster fails during normal use to the original owner, it gets repaired free of charge. If it can't be repaired, it will be replaced with a brand new one. I don't know too many companies that will that any more without you paying an additional fee.
Male or female shooter, a good holster makes the carry much more comfortable and with comfort comes safety. A good holster will allow you to carry a heavier gun with less discomfort and greater concealment.
In the first photos of just the gun and holster, the leather was still a little stiff and the gun didn't seat all the way in. That is not unusual for a brand new holster made of thick, quality materials. But you may wish to make sure you get a "break in" time before wearing it for self defense. Just as I wouldn't try to run from a pack of zombies wearing brand new leather boots, I'm going to wear a holster a little time before taking it out in the field, giving the leather time to release its newness and embrace its new friend.
After I'd had time to wear it a while, it really started to fit like a glove. With just a few hours to break it in from the "new holster stiffness", the trigger fit into the holster as it was designed, and with more wearings, over time, would be even better.. The price, less than $100, half the cost of some other accessories we carry.
A good holster is a blend of quality materials and commitment to quality, designed by a mind that knows form and purpose is more important than flash, something that will hold up in thick or thin. Like those we choose to keep company with, strong, yet flexible, designed of stern stuff, giving and dependable.
The perfect partnership of design and function. Now, I just need a niftier lunchbox.
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Got a Galco for the Kobra, but maybe something a bit snazzier would be more appropriate - in an exotic skin.ReplyDelete
Meanwhile if you're reaching for the twins and flashing some skin it might possibly stop an incipient attacker as he paused just to watch and marvel, and lose his train of thought in contemplative reverie - or not.
I never cottoned to Thunderwear. Having a Roscoe next to Jimmy and the Twins just never gave me a warm fuzzy.ReplyDelete
Somehow me grabbing for my wedding tackle just wouldn't get the same response as you pulling up your sweater, just saying. ;)
As the proud owner of four of Dennis' holsters they are the best of the 'box full'.ReplyDelete
When I first wore the Talon [empty] into the Grand Jury room and removed my coat, even the non shooter geezers liked it.
He makes good stuff.
I was fine until hitting the second sentence in para 16.......snorf.ReplyDelete
That's one cool lunchbox. When is the episode to air? I watch every week but I want to know what night I need to be on the lookout for the lunchbox.ReplyDelete
I've been planning to get a holster from Dennis when we get CCW here in Illinois.
HatTrick - Mr. and Mrs. D. will let me know, and I'll either call you or drop the shooty group the info by email. I think it's just beyond cool. I can't beleive he put that together in just a day.ReplyDelete
I hate having to clean the beer off my keyboard, especially during "Sons of Guns", my favorite gunny soap opera. Shame!ReplyDelete
"I can't even see my FEET, how am I supposed to instantly get the gun out from underneath Sigfried and Roy, not to mention the risk of now having a clear field to draw up and away from the holster, let alone doing it in a stealthy manner."
I never miss an episode. I will be looking for the lunch box. They do excellent leather work. Great review as always.Take care.ReplyDelete
I seem to get more questions about holsters than just about anything else during classes.ReplyDelete
I also have the box o' wallet fail trying to find one that works for me.
I had several support people from the Showtime series "Homeland" in my last new shooter class. Go figure.
Cool lunchbox, but it doesn't have a holder for a Caf-Pow.ReplyDelete
Thanks kindly Brigid, for the post and the links. :-)ReplyDelete
As for putting it together in a day, it was a LONG day. Two, actually, if you consider the design phase. Saturday was spent mostly ruminating on the design, sketching it out, buying the goth accoutrements (spikes, pyramid spots, crosses, etc...) and doing the math for diameter, radius, etc. so as to know what to do when forming the kydex parts that are the basis for the box.
Sunday I started the actual construction of jigs for kydex, cutting leather, dyeing, etc. at 0900, and took the pictures of the finished product at 0100 Monday...16 hours of construction, not counting the Saturday design time and such.
I've got lots of home-made stuff to help in the crafting process, like drying boxes for freshly-dyed leather so as to speed up the process of drying, curing boxes that run at lower temps so as to keep fresh air flowing over the finish coat, etc. You know...necessity being the Mother of Invention and all that. :-)
Thanks again Brigid. Your reviews are always honest and open, and your wordsmithing makes me seem like I'm quite more than I actually am. ;-)
Oh, SOB holsters are called that just for the reasons you mention. If you get forcibly thrown down with one of those you will be saying "Son of a B***h"ReplyDelete
The Babe is a dedicated NCIS fan. It's a Mark Harmon thing I think. And as I read this, guess what she was watching? I called her in and showed her the lunch box and so she's on the lookout for it now. It's such a treat to read a review that is both entertaining and informative. Nice one Brigid.ReplyDelete
Good post, good quality, and good folks :-)ReplyDelete
Agree with mikelaforge.ReplyDelete
"You're Busted!"
I didn't get to read the rest of the post until I dried the coffee out of my laptop.
The lunchbox will be a good holder for the tactical lipgloss that they haven't seen fit to release to the public.ReplyDelete
I LOVE that creation!! Hope he adds that to the site one day...ReplyDelete
Meanwhile, I am on the Bated Breath Waiting List for the Pistol Pouch so I can wear the Five-SeveN without cover. (He added that weapon to his offering for me!)
Really nice to have so many people offer praise for the products - one has no hesitation in the investment.
I'm with you- there's just something special about good quality leather. That looks like a fine holster that will serve you well for many years. Very nice.ReplyDelete
"trying for the tactical version of the Dance of the Seven Veils"ReplyDelete
the mind boggles... ;)
I suppose I will fall on this grenade on behalf of my brother readers and ask what exactly are the criteria for what gets in your pants.ReplyDelete
Sheperd K and PA State Cop - it's a good thing I know you off blog or you would be in so much trouble for that remark. Let's just say I'm very picky, it would take the most exceptional, renaissance, shooty man to get me to drop my guard, or anything else.ReplyDelete
100% agreed on the SoB. ROTFLMAO @ S&R! Thanks for your review.ReplyDelete
I have been dying for funding in our home to be right to order up a couple of Talons. While they look to be an extraordinary value, when wife v2.0 had to sick wage and hour on her employers for being six weeks late with pay, toy shopping ceased. We really want two each, one in plain black, and one with a blue window, stamped with the family crest, and trimmed in white. (the family colors are blue and white). I am hunting for a company that will produce the required stamp.ReplyDelete
Brigid, what is the bbl length on your 1911 in the picture, to give me a frame of reference for mine?
Brigid, in response to your reply to PA State Cop, & Shepard K, You deserve the best, and I hope you find the very man for whom you'd drop your, ah guard! I got a Talon which, unfortunately, I can't wear often enough. I'm carrying a liddle Kel-Tec in my pocket, which comforts me by kicking harder than my S&W 457 .45. I agree that there needs to be a Caf-pow holder.ReplyDelete
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A few weeks ago, Dane over at The Busty Baker wrote a post about Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix and I thought, "Yes." I had been thinking of something I could make and give my coworkers for the holidays that would last longer than the four bites it takes to demolish a cupcake. Hot chocolate is such a great winter tradition and drinking something that didn't come out of one of those packets is pretty cool. And homemade peppermint marshmallows? Come on. Perfect.
I made the marshmallows first. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be, although I jumped the gun on them a bit. I should have let them sit out overnight before cutting them into squares, or at least four hours. I made it three. It was 10 p.m. and I couldn't bear the thought of getting up extra early to deal with it in the a.m., so I made an executive decision and cut them up early. I think they turned out just fine. In the future, I'll try to wait.
Mixing the hot cocoa mix was also really easy. I added a pinch of cayenne as Danae suggests, although when I tasted the mix sans liquid, I thought for sure I'd added too much because I could really feel the heat. But I'm happy to report that once mixed with a mug of milk, the unpleasantness of the heat was gone and left only a slight tingling sensation on the tongue.
Packing these up in piping bags was a great way to present them. Adding a candy cane ups the festiveness of the gift.
These might just be perennial gifts. Super easy to put together and my coworkers (as well as a few of my husband's) were really excited to get them.
Tomorrow begins three non-stop days of baking. I'm making Eggnog Cupcakes and Vegan Gingerbread Men tomorrow night for a Winter Warmer party we're throwing Friday. Friday I'm off work (hooray!) and will be baking five different cookies for cookie box gifts. Saturday I'm baking Vegan Vanilla cupcakes for my sister-in-law's annual Christmas Eve party as well as Lemon Meringue Cupcakes for our family Christmas Day festivities in New Jersey. Wish me and my kitchen luck!

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The Sparta Police Department says an 18-year-old man from Sparta died after being struck by a train near the intersection of Walrath and Milwaukee Streets on Monday afternoon.
Police Chief Michael Kass says when emergency crews arrived on scene around 1:30 p.m., they found one of the train operators performing CPR on Corey Bronner.
Members of the Sparta Area Ambulance Service took over medical care upon arrival and were able to stabilize Bronner. They transported Bronner to Mayo Health Systems in Sparta. He was later transported to Gundersen-Lutheran in La Crosse with life-threatening injuries. Sparta police were notified later that Bronner died of his injuries.
Chief Kass says right now there is nothing that suggests criminal activity and that this was a tragic accident. The Sparta Police Department and officials from the Canadian Pacific Railroad are investigating this incident.
Anyone with information about this incident or anyone who may have witnessed this accident is asked to call the Sparta Police Department at (608) 269-3122.


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Mickadeit: Minna nuptials sweet, strange
Think of the most inappropriate wedding toast you've ever heard – that father-in-law scowling, grandma-fainting zinger they still talk about. Then imagine a whole evening of them, and you had the Damien and Rebecca Minna wedding reception at the Mission Viejo Country Club on Friday.
There's been little conventional about Damien since I met him, so I don't know why I would have expected this to be any different.
Register photographer Rod Veal and I have been following Damien's comeback from a broken neck nine years ago. It started for me as a column about dozens of former Santa Margarita High football players rallying behind him with a charity flag-football tournament. I thought it was a one-time column. Damien's drive has turned him into an ongoing feature here.
Doctors said he'd never have movement below his neck, but as he went through therapy, he regained feeling in his legs and relearned to walk, albeit haltingly, with the aid of equipment. He established a clinic to help other spinal cord patients. He started coaching football.
And he got married. In 2008, Rebecca Dunn, a dental assistant, answered his Craigslist ad for a part-time caregiver. He'd gone through the ex-con/current-addict variety and was looking for dependability. She needed extra work to make a car payment.
"Three weeks in," she told me, "I was, like, 'I can't take your money anymore. I really like you.' He said, 'Well, I really like you, too. I'll just take the money I was supposed to pay you and we'll have fun with it.' Best thing I ever did."
They were married in a small ceremony Nov. 11 (See Rod's photos at ocregister.com/columns/frank) but they repeated their "vows" Friday.
"I promise to push you up and help you pee in the middle of the night for as long as your lazy, paralyzed ass needs it," Rebecca told him. Damien, in turn, called her "the flyest damn chica in this entire joint."
The reception was a roast, with his three brothers unloading on him, assisted by one of Rebecca's seven sisters, Stephanie Joyce. She characterized the merger of the families as a clash of the "Kardashians and the Baldwin brothers." As if to prove the point, Derek Minna got up and slowly stripped down to his skivvies as he gave a largely unprintable testimonial.
In 18 years of weddings, the emcee said, "I've never done one like this."
For his turn to speak, Damien's father, attorney Dennis Minna, sighed. "I've never been so embarrassed in my entire life." Then he got serious and called his son, "a dreamer, a fixer, a mediator and a friend to all, including crackheads, thieves and other various felons, vagabonds, the homeless, the outcast, the lonely, and the broken." He should have added newspapermen.
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Ok, so it's a bit of a cop out to be patriotic and start searching through the profiles submitted from the UK. That said, 5000+ pages worth of profiles is a lot to sift through so I thought I'd narrow it down a little and pick out my personal best from this ickle island of ours…
Jessamine has already taken it into her own hands at creating a Benetton advert quite endearing. I love the natural qualities that shine through her photos. Apparently, she can "act, dance, write, paint…" and she wears Benetton jumpers. Yipeeeee!
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Ida clearly has a love of the dramatics looking at her photos. It's quite strange yet amazing that she manages to convey a different persona in every picture.
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You can't beat a good smile and Andrea has a pretty infectious one. There's a modern Louise Brooks vibe going on too which I love.
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I'll commend Joshua Karl if he has indeed styled himself as there's this striking contrast between the debonair and playfulness in his attire.
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Emma Low had me with her panda bear costume and the cute cropped hairstyle that I myself could never pull off.
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By Mike Linn
CLOVIS — Stickers on a Clovis man's car portray cartoon images of bare-breasted female devils in sexually compromising positions. And the images have caught the attention of Clovis police.
Officials have charged 31-year-old Dean Young, the owner of a yellow Ford Focus displaying the images, with distribution of sexually oriented materials to minors. The charge is a misdemeanor carrying a maximum punishment of 364 days in jail and $1,000 fine.
Young in turn has notified the American Civil Liberties Union, which is considering representing Young; an ACLU spokesman said Young's First Amendment rights may have been violated.
Officials at the ACLU said they've never seen the stickers — one on each side of the car near the rear window, each about 4 by 6 inches wide — but based on the police report said they doubt the stickers violate the law.
"I've never heard of anyone getting a ticket for a sticker on a car," said Peter Simonson, executive director of the ACLU of New Mexico. "Unless the stickers are directly and immediately inciting people to violence — that's the only way the Supreme Court has said that free speech can be somehow limited."
When state prosecutor Chris Chandler first saw the case, he had concerns too.
Then he saw the images.
"Once you look at the picture it obviously depicts a sexual act. That's far beyond what is depicted on the mudflaps truckers have," Chandler said.
The stickers depict one devil with its mouth around another's tail, which may suggest oral sex, according to the police report.
Therefore, Chandler said Young's images are in violation of the law.
Young said he bought the stickers at a former Clovis business almost three years ago. He said they are "raunchy," but not pornographic.
"It's not like I cut a picture out of Hustler and put it on my car," said Young, who still has the stickers on his car but is unsure if he wants to take the case to trial.
He said he put the stickers on his car to protest a Clovis law prohibiting alcohol and beer sales on Sunday, something he believes is brought on by churchgoers.
"I'm offended by church people saying I can't drink on Sundays, so I put the devil chicks on my car, because I figured it would offend them right back," Young said. "That's not a government issue, because if it was, why not on Tuesday or why not on Wednesday. The fact that it's Sunday shows that it's church motivated, and that's unconstitutional."
Chandler said the case came to light after the young son of Clovis police Detective Kirk Roberts saw the stickers. Roberts saw his son staring at the images during a family outing to an area restaurant, where Young works as a waiter, Chandler said.
Young said he would have removed the stickers if Roberts hadn't threatened to charge him with a felony. He said Roberts told him to remove the stickers, and came back to the restaurant two weeks later. When they weren't removed, police issued the citation to Young, who said Roberts is the first person to approach him with concerns over the stickers.
"The only reason I'm getting charged with this is because some overzealous, church-going detective got offended by it, and got even more offended by it by the fact that I didn't take it off after he threatened me," Young said.
Roberts sees things differently.
"He apparently believes we're violating his First Amendment rights … that right ends at my nose," said Roberts, who said he's heard some complaints about the stickers. "The picture is pornographic, and he cannot tell me that he (believes) kids aren't going to see that when he's stopped at a light next to a car full of kids, or in a public parking lot. You line up 100 people and I'd be surprised if 100 didn't tell you that's pornographic."


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by Anton Shilov
Microsoft Corp. has clarified statement of its chief executive officer about 500 million licenses of Windows 8 to be sold in 2013. The firm claims that Steve Ballmer re-stated what was said during the unveiling of Windows 8 Store back in December, 2011. Apparently, 500 million is a potential number of users, who will upgrade to Windows 8 from Windows 7.
"The stat Steve Ballmer gave at the Seoul Digital Forum was a restatement of the same data already announced in December at the [Windows 8] Store event regarding the number of Windows 7 devices that could potentially upgrade to Windows 8," said an official for Microsoft, according to media reports.
During the announcement of Windows 8 Store the software giant indeed indicated that half a billion of PCs may be upgraded to Windows 8 and therefore pose opportunities to software developers who design software for the virtual store aimed at the operating system.
"We have just passed the 500 million licenses sold mark for Windows 7, which represents half a billion PCs that could be upgraded to Windows 8 on the day it ships. That represents the single biggest platform opportunity available to developers," said Ted Dworkin, partner program manager for the Windows 8 Store.
While it was not very likely that Microsoft would have sold 500 million Windows 8 licenses by end of 2013, it is even more unlikely that over 500 million users would swap Windows 7 to Windows 8 on their existing PCs in the first year, if ever at all. In fact, given that Windows 8 looks like an operating system for a smartphones on steroids and lacks a number of visual effects and common tools, loads of users will probably try to use their Windows 7-based PC systems for as long time as possible.
Microsoft Windows 8 operating system will be available in three versions later this year. Two versions will be designed for x86 processors and one will be aimed at ARM-powered systems. All three will support touch-screen, keyboard and mouse, all general capabilities of Windows and Metro-style apps. The version for ARM will also include touch-optimized versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, but will not run Windows applications designed for x86 processors.


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Formerly known as Kebayoran Golf Course, is situated on the edge of Jakarta's business district and over a period of thirty five years has been established as not only a part of Indonesia's golfing tradition, but also a significant part of Jakarta's sport and business culture. The course layout is challenging and renowned for its "tight", tree lined fairways. It's a true test for golfers of all levels.
The special characteristics of the course, there are so many big trees and two dogleg fairways for challenging the strategic and your swing. The club house offers the enjoyment of pleasure after playing. In spoiling the golfer, the club house is equipped with member's lounge, jacuzzi, sauna and private room.
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Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK) course is one of Damai Indah Golf's courses that is located along the Java Sea coastline that incorporates relaxing pools and gently winding streams as strategically positioned water hazards and bunkers, and rustic fieldstone walls made of indigenous stone. The "Spirit of the Sea" has been designed to offer enriching new perspectives within this unique 72-par, 6,048-meter golf course by skillfully integrating the natural beauty of the coastal wetlands to create playable golf rich with strategic variety.
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News reports say a ferry packed with more than 100 people has capsized in a river in central Bangladesh.
Reports say local villagers rescued 38 people after the ferry went down in a river in Munshiganj district, 32 kilometers (20 miles) south of Dhaka.
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I would also add that two friends of mine were breastfeeding. Both used formula to supplement and both babies refused the breast at around 6 months and they had to resort to full time formula in the end. Both were devastated and one still talks about how it offends her every time she offers a bottle. I think formula could be the end of the nursing relationship and agree with pps suggestions to help you through this phase which I am sure it is. My lo goes through times when food is of little interest and breast milk is high on the agenda and then the other way round - although she is still fortunately quite a guzzler.
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Carri LeRoy, Ph.D., is a stream ecologist who is fascinated by interactions between forests and streams, and has studied riparian systems in Washington, Arizona, and Utah for the past 10 years. She is also Co-Director of the Sustainability in Prisons Project at Evergreen. Dr. LeRoy has published over 25 scientific research articles with students and collaborators in the fields of stream ecology, ecological genetics, riparian forest ecology and prairie plant community dynamics. As an MES faculty, she gets to teach about the ecology of the Pacific Northwest as well as the applications and theory of statistics and quantitative methods. Her interests in non-formal education are based in her experience with environmental and place-based education, her work with incarcerated students and her desire to facilitate environmental stewardship in broad audiences. Other topics she is interested in include: invertebrate community ecology, trophic dynamics in lake ecosystems, long-term monitoring of ecosystem function, and issues of aesthetics in science.
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Of course they also entertain ideas from their customers. One of the by-products of having food play such an important role in the work culture is that it stimulates conversations on the topic. Rupert says employees are always talking about recipes they've found or dishes they've tried or seen on TV, and the culinary team is often willing to try them. And then there's the cultural diversity that comes with the territory. Rupert says Epic employs staff from fifty-five different countries. "We have learned a great deal about curries, regardless of where they're from, because our population here knows a thing or two about curries. And because feedback is a big part of Epic, they know that we receive it and that we try to make it better."
The scope of the work is hard for the layperson to fathom. Epic purchases food by the pallet—between eight and sixteen aday. Here's a better way to think about it: An average recipe for Asian beef and broccoli stir fry calls for one hundred sixty pounds of beef tip, four hundred pounds of broccoli, ten pounds of ginger and seven gallons of soy sauce. "People can relate to that," says Rupert. Ingredients are sourced locally "as much as feasible," he says. And they're always trying to do more.
"We really truly nourish people here, and it's actually one of our stated goals to do it with integrity and respect," he says. "My goal is to not just provide excellent service to the team leads, but to model excellent service all the time and to always be trying to figure out what is excellent service in any given situation. If I provide that to the team, they in turn model it and provide it to our co-workers. And I truly believe it becomes part of the culture if we model it to our customers."
Reflecting on a career that is one of the more storied in Madison culinary circles, we return to the concept of pride in one's work, again in Rupert's own words.
"If you're really fortunate enough to find what it is you're supposed to do, if you have a gift for something, life seemingly offers up lots of opportunities to do it. And that's really what's happened. I work harder now than I've ever worked before and I derive more satisfaction. I would say I'm later on in my career, but I'm learning more now than I've ever learned. I have to solve problems that I never thought five years ago I would have the ability to solve. And a lot of that is actually teaching managers to be better managers as I learn myself how to be a better manager. So the cooking part is just icing on the cake. Really, I get down there and I'm happy cutting up watermelon. It doesn't matter what I'm doing. As long as I'm in the kitchen it's a good day, it's a really good day."
Nancy Christy and Neil Heinen write Madison Magazine's monthly food and culture column, "Genuine Articles."
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I am new to this forum and to BF (my first baby is only 5 1/2 weeks old). I've been EBF since she was born. I make way more milk than she takes, so I'm often engorged and I even had a clogged duct at 3 weeks.
I would like to start pumping so that she can be fed from a bottle occasionally (say, if I need to go to the doctor or run an errand). Also, she has started sleeping longer stretches (4 or 5 hours) at night, and this leaves me painfully engorged. Here are my questions:
1. Can I pump during her long sleep stretch just to relieve my breasts a little bit, or will this make engorgement worse? I would be OK with pumping just a little at a time.
2. How can I pump so that I can have enough for occasional bottles, while avoiding having even more of an oversupply than I naturally have?
3. Do manual pumps work/help in these situations, or should I go straight for an electric?
I would also appreciate any extra tips and advice on this. I'm feeling a bit daunted!
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Tues., 14 May. US$90. Max: 19.
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- The northeastern San Juan Mountains, the least-studied portion of this well-known volcanic region, are the site of several newly identified and/or reinterpreted ignimbrite caldera systems that overlie a large geophysically imaged granitic batholith. We will (1) view features of the Cochetopa Park caldera, presenting evidence that no large explosive eruptions vented from this morphologically beautifully preserved caldera—rather, Cochetopa Park subsided passively as the >500 km3 Nelson Mountain Tuff vented at 26.9 Ma from an "underfit" caldera 30 km to the SW; (2) traverse the recently recognized North Pass caldera, source of the 32 Ma Saguache Creek Tuff, a regionally distinctive crystal-poor alkalic rhyolite that bridges an apparent gap in the southwestward migration from older explosive volcanism in central Colorado to the culminating locus of Tertiary volcanism in the central San Juan region; and (3) focus on the 33.2 Ma Bonanza caldera, characterized by an array of exceptional features, including exposed levels from near-original rim down through caldera floor, 3.5-km thick caldera-filling ignimbrite and lavas, exceptionally steep resurgent dome, and associated granitic intrusions. New Ar-Ar single-crystal age determinations are critical to these reinterpretations.
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Sat., 18 May. US$75. Max: 20.
Keith Brugger, University of Minnesota Morris, bruggekamorris.umn.edu.
- This one-day field trip is designed to highlight the glacial and climate history of the Taylor River basin. Particular attention will be given to relative-age criteria used to distinguish between moraines of different ages; cosmogenic ages of moraines from the last glacial maximum (LGM); mapping of ice extent during LGM; the nature or style of glaciation in the area; glacier reconstructions, equilibrium-line altitudes, and their paleoclimate significance; and a local Holocene climate proxy derived by lichenometric dating of rock glacier activity. In addition, several remaining "problems" within the drainage will be discussed.
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- Participants will spend the day exploring the PowderhornIron Hill carbonatite and associated alkaline intrusives. There will be several short hikes to particular outcrops. Observations and discussion will center on the rock types, the petrology, and the history and potential as an economic mineral deposit (e.g., Ti, Nb, REEs, actinides).
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Heather Kooiman
Heather Kooiman ('07) had planned to work in a third world country overseas, but "God put the pieces together so I had no choice but to go north," she said. Kooiman is now working in third world conditions with First Nations people in Canada.
Immediately after graduation, Kooiman spent a summer running a children's camp on the First Nations' reserve of Mishkeegogamang and Big Trout Lake (Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug) in Northern Ontario.
"My experience at Mishkeegogamang changed my life," Kooiman said. Despite her earlier plans, she knew she wanted to return to the reserve. The next summer, she taught First Nations' children how to swim, and that Christmas she went back again to put up bunk beds in homes.
Kooiman did eventually spend six months in Uganda working with an organization called Save the Mothers. This organization aimed to reduce maternal mortality by offering education in public health leadership. The experience helped Kooiman realize that she wanted to go into nursing.
Kooiman chose to do her nursing placement in an Aboriginal community, spending four months working in a community health clinic and conducting research on youth well-being in the community. She has worked with First Nations' people since then.
Growing up, Kooiman had negative perceptions of First Nations' people as "lazy people who lived off my tax dollars." However, as she began to meet the people, hear their stories, and understand their culture, her perceptions changed.
"Now," Kooiman said, "instead of lazy people, I see resilient people; instead of poor people, I see beautiful people. I'm ashamed to admit that I saw them as poor and lazy."
Kooiman worked in a hospital with a 9 to 5 clinic as well as long-term care patients. The housing crisis and overcrowding in her community meant that she saw many respiratory and infectious skin conditions.
The housing crisis is complex and difficult to address, involving communal issues, such as abuse, sanitation, and welfare dependence, and systemic issues regarding culture, assimilation, and stereotypes. She believes that collaboration and a change in perception are necessary for the community and the federal government to work together to solve these issues.
"I want to improve the health of people in native communities and build relationships with them," Kooiman said. "I think this is key to understanding each other so that we can share and learn from each other."
Recently Kooiman took a position teaching nursing at Northern College in Moosonee, further south than Attawapiskat, but still a remote community on James Bay. She realizes that, ideally, the people of Attawapiskat themselves should be educated in health care fields so they could speak to clients in the Cree language and so that the high turnover rate of nurses and paramedics in these regions could be reduced.
Still, she knows her work is important, and teaching at a small institution reminds her of her time at Dordt College, where the instructors get to know the students well and where the sense of community is strong.
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With a biology degree in hand, Eric Van Otterloo was still unsure of what he wanted to do after he graduated from Dordt College in 2005. He decided to return to the lab for a year before making up his mind about graduate school. His summer internship during college led to his first position in the lab at the Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, part of the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
"The professors at Dordt provide great connections for undergraduate internships," Eric said. "At the time I did not understand how special that is for a biology student."
Eric finished his graduate work with the University of Iowa where he earned a Ph.D. in anatomy and cell biology. As part of his Ph.D. program in developmental biology, he examined the genetic connection between normal pigment production in zebra fish and melanoma cells. He feels that Dordt's biology program prepared him well for graduate school, and the smaller class sizes helped him get the type of educational experience that he needed.
"Due to the small class size, professors are able to spend more time on each student, ensuring a higher quality of education," Eric said. "The professors laid an excellent foundation for me to build upon in my graduate work."
Today Eric works in the lab of Trevor Williams of the University of Colorado studying craniofacial development. "The gist of my project will be knocking out a family of transcription factors in a tissue specific manner in the face–trying to isolate which specific tissues these transcription factors are contributing to proper facial development," said Eric.
During his time at Dordt, Eric was involved in Student Senate (now Student Symposium) and PLIA (Putting Love Into Action). He also met his wife Jen who now works at Jewel Children's Center in Denver, Colorado. They have a two-year-old daughter. And now, even though he graduated from Dordt few years ago, he continues to value the strong sense of community he found here, noting that it was one of the things that drew him to the college in the first place.
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The GX1 carries over all the goodness from the G3 and squeezes it into a reimagined GF1-style body. Can the GX1 offer the ultimate Compact System Camera experience? The What Digital Camera Panasonic GX1 review takes a closer look...
Panasonic Lumix GX1 Review
Panasonic Lumix GX1 review – Features
The GX1's innards are familiar fare. The same 16-megapixel Micro Four Thirds Live MOS sensor as found in the Lumix G3 is at the GX1's core, while the 23-Area focus system, 144-zone metering system, 1080i HD movie mode and 3in, 460kdot touchscreen LCD also make the transition.
The GX1 keeps Panasonic's super-fast 'lightspeed' autofocus system but tweaks it a stage further for a fastest-ever 0.09sec focus acquisition time (as quoted by Panasonic using the 14mm setting on the latest power zoom lens). That makes it the quickest G-series model to date. A 4.2 frames per second burst mode also sees the GX1 as speedier than the G3, though not quite as fast as the top-spec GH2's 5fps burst shooting abilities.
Although there's no viewfinder the GX1 introduces a new accessory port that's compatible with the 1.44m-dot DMW-LVF2 electronic viewfinder (EVF). Good news for those new to the fold if the £200 supplementary price tag isn't an off-put, though it's worth taking note that the older LVF1 EVF isn't compatible with the GX1, nor is the LVF2 backwards compatible with older G-series models.
With the screen the main focus for composition the GX1 introduces a new level gauge for horizontal and vertical alignment assessment to complement the other array of display grid options.
But it's the camera's exterior and build that makes it what it is. Hark back to the first GF-series camera, the GF1, and the GX1 has a lot of similarities, albeit wrapped up in a higher-spec build. The metal buttons, aluminium body and shaped leather handgrip give the GX1 a premium edge like no other G-series camera.
Add to this a new 14-42mm power zoom lens and the overall system size is kept all the smaller. The lens only extends outwards when the camera is powered up and rather than use a traditional rotational barrel there are two toggles on the lens barrel to control focus and zoom. According to Panasonic's measurements this new, smaller lens is of no detriment to image quality.
Panasonic Lumix GX1 review – Design
The recent Lumix GF3 stripped back physical controls to a bare minimum and its exclusion of a hotshoe meant a simplified, miniaturised and therefore, in some respects, a limited camera. The GX1, on the other hand, is quite the opposite: it's still small, but the onus is on providing all the hands-on controls that demanding photographers require.
There's a main mode dial on the camera's top, next to which are two buttons – one for movie and the other glows blue when pressed to show iA (intelligent Auto) is activated. On the camera's rear there's a thumbwheel, four-way d-pad, two programmable function (Fn1/2) buttons, plus separate Q.Menu (Quick Menu), Display, AF/MF and AF/AE lock buttons. The ability to customise means the camera can be set up how you choose – not only to dictate the function buttons' settings, but also to drag-and-drop settings into the Q.Menu using the touchscreen. This means settings can be re-ordered, added or excluded from the on-screen menu to make sure it's set up exactly as wanted. Our one and only moan is that the Drive mode switch (that appeared on the GF1 around the main mode dial) is nowhere to be found – instead it's demoted to a down-press of the d-pad.
In use everything feels right; the GX1's layout is intuitive and leaves little to be desired when it comes to controls. The premium build also makes the camera feel that extra bit special. No other G-series camera has been made to this standard, and it really shows.
The new lens, however, isn't going to be to everyone's tastes. Although a good looker that's well built and aesthetically matches to the GX1's body, it's the fact it's a powered zoom that will grate with some. Rather than a traditional twist-barrel to zoom and/or focus the power zoom version has two toggles on the barrel instead. Their placement takes a little getting used to and the speed of the zoom doesn't feel rapid enough. There are some benefits, such as holding the camera steady during movie recording and the obvious smaller size, but the additional cost (the power zoom adds a premium of around £150 more than the conventional 14-42mm zoom) is a tall order. Other power zoom lenses are due in the near future and may have more appeal but, for now, we're not totally sold on the idea.
Panasonic Lumix GX1 review – Performance
A fast startup time is met with Panasonic's super-fast 'light speed' autofocus system. When the neighbouring Lumix G3 was released Panasonic laid claim to the world's fastest AF system – one that's a fraction quicker in the GX1. In reality, however, the speed feels about the same, as the hundredths of a second difference (0.1sec improved to 0.09sec) isn't measurable at a human level. But for Panasonic to still be squeezing every last drop out of its system is more than commendable.
Although the focus is near instant to acquire subject focus, fast moving subjects and low-light scenarios will throw a bit of a spanner in the works. As per any contrast-detection system subjects with limited contrast can also cause problems.
However the GX1 is the first G-series camera to introduce AF-F (Autofocus Flexible) to deal with less predictable subject movement. This mode is best described as halfway between the AF-S (single autofocus) and AF-C (continuous autofocus) that the camera also offers, whereby AF-F will only use continuous if the shutter is half pressed and the camera detects subject movement.
Focusing modes are divided into the same Face Detection, AF Tracking, 23-Area, 1-Area and Pinpoint options as per the G3. The latter mode is particularly useful for precise focus where, for example, you may wish to either pick a specific subject out of a complex scene or ensure the utmost accuracy in a close-up shot. Pinpoint differs from 1-Area by not only offering a smaller cross-type focus area but by also zooming in the subject on screen to represent the final image at full size, thus ensuring accurate focus is acquired. Both 1-Area and Pinpoint options also operate right across the full breadth of the screen which, unlike the majority of CSC competitors, provides a far broader scope of focusing. It's the small touches like this that make the GX1 stand out.
The GX1's touchscreen is also ideal for quick and easy 'one-press autofocus' by pressing a finger onto the screen itself. Other competitors have started to offer touchscreens but, at least for now, the Panasonic system is far more integrated into the camera's use. As a method to quick-adjust the focus area and then continue to shoot as normal or to chose subject focus in movie mode it's a great option to have.
A high speed burst mode of 4.2fps can capture up to nine frames before a pause when shooting Raw & JPEG files. Although it will take 30seconds to clear these files to the card it's still possible to adjust any settings and even continue to shoot (depending on how many frames have been captured in a single burst). A 'super high speed' 20fps burst rate is also available – though this uses an electronic shutter and can only capture 4MP-sized images that are more compressed. As well as full manual control the latest intelligent Auto+ (iA+) adds easy on-screen sliders to select between Defocus Control, Brightness (exposure compensation) and Red/Blue colour cast (only these two colours, however). As per the original iA mode, iA+ also recognises the scene at hand and adjusts all settings accordingly for an optimum exposure.
The GX1's battery sees an improvement compared to the GF3 and G3 models, quoted as shooting 310 shots per charge. Although that's not an astounding figure, it's on par with the longevity of the competition.
Image Quality
Panasonic Lumix GX1 review – Image Quality
Panasonic GX1: ISO Sensitivity & Image Noise
The GX1 uses the same 16-megapixel sensor as found in the G3 and, as a result, images results are much the same between the two cameras (where ISO settings match).
From ISO 160-200 results are decent and although there is some grain-like structure to be seen throughout images it's not to the detriment of quality. However, there's still no ISO 100 setting or lower.
Enough detail is resolved from ISO 160-400, which then dips at ISO 800 where the JPEG processing begins to sharpen results more heavily. In studio testing ISO 1600 began to soften and break down detail, and this rises exponentially from ISO 3200 to ISO 12,800. These latter settings also show far more signs of luminance noise breaking down image detail, plus colour noise seeps in which can render deeper tones and blacks a reddish colour.
However, in the real world the majority of the ISO range, save for the ISO 3200-12,800 settings, are more than usable (even the upper echelons of the ISO range have their uses, but at the expense of loss of colour, sharpness issues and colour/luminance noise presence). The GX1 may not quite fight off a high-spec DSLR, but it produces better results than the Nikon 1 series and the balance of sensor size to physical product feels about right.
Panasonic GX1: Tone & Exposure
The GX1 offers three standard methods of exposure metering – evaluative, centre-weighted and spot.
We found evaluative exposure to err towards underexposure, leading to bracketing shooting for best results. Tones are also towards the darker side of the palette, as contrast is high at standard settings. By default the 'i.Dynamic' mode gives a push to shadow areas for a more 'equal' exposure, it offers three levels of strength or can be switched off.
Panasonic GX1: Colour & White Balance
The GX1's shots have rich and standout colours that look realistic. Other Photo Style options (Standard, Vivid, Natural, Mono, Scenery, Portrait and Custom) will shift the colour and contrast to varying degrees.
There's also a 'Creative Control' option on the main mode dial that provides access to Expressive, Retro, High Key, Sepia, High Dynamic Range and new Toy and Miniature shooting options. It's even possible to shoot an original Raw shot when one of these modes is selected, so you'll never have to sacrifice final quality if the given effect isn't quite what you want. The division between these two categories, however, seems unnecessary: if the Photo Style options were bundled in with the Creative Control options (or vice versa) then everything could be accessed from one space.
The GX1's Auto White Balance delivers the goods throughout a variety of scenarios and includes a selection of presets that includes natural, fluorescent and flash lighting.
Panasonic GX1: Sharpness & Detail
The inclusion of a new power zoom 14-42mm lens won't make a great deal of difference to image quality compared to the standard 14-42mm lens. Both options lack that pin-sharpness but there are plenty of other lenses out there to choose from – a current tally of 25 Micro Four Thirds lenses exceeds all other Compact System Camera ranges on the market.
Movie/Video Mode
Panasonic Lumix GX1 review – Movie/Video Mode
The Lumix GX1 offers a 1080i movie mode that captures at 50 fields per second (output at 25 frames per second for the PAL release or 1080i60 output at 30fps in the US's NTSC model). Like the G3 the GX1's choice to use interlaced capture (even lines are captured on one sensor pass, odd lines on the next pass) means the camera isn't the best for fast movement or panning during recording. This is because 'tearing' can occur that shows subjects in a 'two' locations – one that's a few pixels apart from the other for every other line of pixels. It's a shame Panasonic hasn't gone the whole hog and put in class-leading movie capabilities, particularly given the Sony NEX-series' inclusion of 1080p 28Mbps capture, though the GX1's movies are still good enough.
Movie focusing is dealt with smoothly, comprising of single (AF-S), full time (AF-C) or manual focusing options. The full-time focus is slower and smoother than stills shooting and this means it glides into place with ease when movie shooting.
The lack of a microphone port on this model is something of a surprise as the inclusion of a hotshoe and other high-end features would suggest additional audio capabilities would be on the cards. Sadly this is not the case. But what does make the GX1's movie mode that bit special is the camera's touchscreen. Being able to use a literal hands-on approach makes focusing between subjects far simpler than pressing buttons. The inclusion of the power-zoom 14-42mm lens (if purchasing that kit) also means you needn't twist the lens barrel when zooming and this pays dividends for steadiness when shooting handheld.
Value & Verdict
Panasonic Lumix GX1 review – Value
The GX1's premium finish carries an equally premium price tag. At £749 with the 14-42mm power zoom lens it's one of the pricier models in the G-series range, and even exceeds both the Samsung NX200's and Olympus E-P3's considerable £699 price tags.
Considering that the Lumix G3 – which produces the same image quality as the GX1 and even has a built-in viewfinder – was £630 at launch and can now be bagged for around £480 the GX1 seems all the more expensive. Should the new DMV-LVF2 electronic viewfinder (EVF) be added to your shopping basket the whole GX1 kit'll be closer to £1000. Yowch.
It's worth paying for premium build quality, but the power zoom lens may not be to all tastes, though the £599 standard 14-42mm kit option provides a more balanced price tag.
Panasonic Lumix GX1 review – Verdict
The GX1 is an accomplished camera that'll be well suited to more demanding photographers. Compared to its Compact System Camera competitors Panasonic's latest has a fine balance of physical system size to image quality ratio. The huge array Micro Four Thirds lenses available also makes the G-series all the more attractive.
The super-fast autofocus is accomplished and the touchscreen makes for intuitive stills or movie capture, while small touches such as edge-to-edge and Pinpoint focusing make the camera all the more standout.
Where build quality is concerned there's little to be desired: the GX1's craft and finish is delightful, though it has to be to justify the rather large asking price.
Battery life may be improved compared to its G-series cousins, but there's still room for yet more improvement on the power front. The camera's movie mode is also outclassed by Sony's NEX series. But these two small blips do little to mask what's otherwise an accomplished camera. It may seem a lot like the GF1 reimagined, but credit where credit's due: the GX1's a cracking Compact System Camera.


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Forget snowballs…bring on baseballs!!
The time has come…
no more waiting.
no more counting down days.
no more watching old Packers game tapes from the 1990's to get me through winter.
no more cabin-fever.
no more anticipation.
The boys of summer are officially back.
I'm honored to share this wonderful day with all of my fellow baseball lovers across the U.S.A. (and Honest Abe, too). Happy 200th, BTW.
The annual rite of spring has arrived. Crack out the lumber and the pine tar. The bases and home plate. The cowhide and the ballcaps.
But, most importantly…bring on the ballplayers and their devoted fans. Without fans to fill the seats, the ballplayers and their respective teams mean nothing.
I hope and pray the 2009 season is fulfilling for me, personally. I have my goals in place and I'm ready. For me, it's been a helluva long offseason.
Coming off their first postseason appearance in 26 long, agonizing years, the Milwaukee Brewers look to encore last season's triumphant return to the playoffs with the entire offensive roster coming back fully intact.
Here's my projected 2009 Brewers lineup:
1. Rickie Weeks (by default)
2. J.J. Hardy (the most underrated SS in all of baseball)
3. Ryan Braun (absolute freak)
4. Prince Fielder (signed and looking in shape)
5. Corey Hart (you better rebound, buddy)
6. Mike Cameron (take a few pitches, wouldya?)
7. Third baseman (whoever wins this job, his name better not be Bill Hall)
8. Jason Kendall (I'll take his weak bat for that defensive prowess)
Here's my projected 2009 starting rotation:
1. Yovanni Gallardo (one of the top young pitchers in the game-remember his name)
2. Braden Looper (great signing)
3. Manny Parra (young lefty stud would be perfect in the 3 spot between righties)
4. David Bush (workhorse)
5. Jeff Suppan (where's that 2006 Cardinals form?)
I admit, before Looper was signed, I wasn't feeling warm and fuzzy all over. It's amazing how one relatively low-key signing can change all of that.
I think we're ready.
I'm sure-as-hell ready!
Here's to lots of home runs by the home team coming my way…!
Days left until "Happy" reports to Spring Training…
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Great entry! This is so exciting! Here's hoping the Padres will have some fans in the seats at all…🙂 And here's hoping that Trevor will get 40-50 saves, go to the All-Star games AND win a World Series. Go Trevor!
You're ready to go, all right. I looked at that lineup and thought about how the Yankees almost traded for Mike Cameron. Hope he has a great year for you. And give us an update on J.J., please!
Every nice day we have in Colorado I get more excited man, until I wake up today and freakin snow is everywhere! Ahh spring already, give me spring. Lookin at the road/schedule I'll be in Houston the first week of June but they play the Brewers soon after so I was thinking of driving straight north to catch at least a game. If that pans out I'll give you the heads up and maybe grab a beer of the like with the man in yellow!
Happy – the history lover in me comes out (and I taught it in school all week!), yesterday, February 12th would have been honest Abe's 200 birthday as well as the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin. Which of course was the day that the Red Sox pitchers & catchers reported! I am just so glad that baseball is back!
wow-that would mean the 2009 season was a success AND the Scrubs, err, the Cubs lost! WooHoo!!
BTW, did you know the Brewers are doing a Trevor Hoffman bobblehead? I just might have to get one for you!
I'm glad "Cam" is still with the Brewers. My season ticket seats are in right-center field (behind and to the right of him in center) and he hooked me up quite a few times last season. A real stand-up guy.
As far as J.J., he's awesome-not walking or talking yet, but he'll be fine (lol).
come on up! Stop in St. Louis for that series and come right on up to Milwaukee. Just give me the word. That would be awesome.
you are not alone. This has been the longest offseason of my life. Coming off the successes of '09, it will be a challenge for the Brewers to match last years dramatics. They can do it.
That lineup looks pretty good. But the rotation lacks a proven ace and a lot of those guys have been hurt a lot.
And check out the HUGE project on my blog that I need everyone's opinion for! Its a group project so I need your help.
I agree about Hardy being the most overrated shortstop in the majors. In the A.L. it is probably Jed Lowrie. I know people probably think I'm just saying this because I'm a Red Sox fan but he gets overlooked by playing with the Red Sox. Last year if he played the whole season his season would have been a lot better then Derek Jeter's. Can't wait to seewhat Hardy and Lowrie will do this year.
Bob, http://bostonsports.mlblogs.com/
P.S.- Thanks for the visit.
You are right. We are relying on a few unknown entering the season. But, if Gallardo and Parra are what we think they are, we have our two quality aces. Believe it. They're both unbelievably good. Signing Looper was huge and Dave Bush is a proven horse. Suppan is just bad-plain and simple.
I'll check out the project you got going on and see if I can help.
I'll pay attention to Lowrie this season. Thanks for the heads up!
Prince is looking in shape? Really? What's "shape" for him anyway? 3 bills? Just kidding. Good luck this season.
Spring is finally here!!! Our oxygen tank is being refilled as the players return and baseball comes back. It's been way too long.
For the Rockies, Spring Training finally started a couple hours ago, and I still can't believe it! Winter's finally over, and baseball has arrived! That was probably the longest offseason of my life. Good luck to you and the Brewers this year!
that's pretty funny. Honestly, I saw him at the Brewers Winter festival and he looked pretty yoked up!
My lord it's been a long time coming.
thanks-same to you guys.
Oh my goodnesss, Happy, that is so cool! You will definitely have to get me one if you happen to be at the ballpark that day. That is so cool!
Happy – thank you! I got a special treat in the mail today. Your kindness will not be forgotten. I'm planning on printing out the blog I wrote and framing it with the signature.


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Is this another one of Madlib's alter egos?
Spectrum 77 ???
Started by jay_the_bad_kid , Jul 20 2012 05:54 PM
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Posted 20 July 2012 - 11:13 PM
yer its him there was a couple of tracks on various giles peterson mixes and beat cd's
Posted 21 July 2012 - 01:59 AM
Just as I suspected.
Posted 21 July 2012 - 08:38 AM
Wasn't this Madlib's kind of 'future funk' persona?
Posted 23 July 2012 - 10:12 AM
Wasn't this Madlib's kind of 'future funk' persona?
im not sure i thought it was supposed to be some kind of house music project or at least 'dance' project?? im sure i read in some old interview with him he said he'd done a house album
Posted 23 July 2012 - 11:17 AM
I think there are a couple Spectrum 77 cuts in the mix he did on Gilles Peterson's Worldwide back in 2005 also I remember seeing some artwork in the inserts of the Yesterdays Universe cd
edit: oh wait. I might be mistaking with this one instead
edit: oh wait. I might be mistaking with this one instead
Posted 01 August 2013 - 05:30 PM
does anyone have that Giles Peterson Worldwide set from 2004? i can't find it anywhere on the net, all links were to a soundcloud track that has since been taken down
i needs my Madlib/J Rocc fix!
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i needs my Madlib/J Rocc fix!
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Posted 06 August 2013 - 12:57 AM
how many alter ego's of madlib are the wtf
Posted 06 August 2013 - 01:09 AM
how many alter ego's of madlib are the wtf
Just a few ..
Ahmad Miller, Beat Konducta, DJ Lord Such, DJ Rels, Duma Peterson, Eddie Prince Fusion Band, The Jahari Massamba Unit, The Jazzistics, Joe McDuphrey, Joe McDuphrey Experience, Junior Taylor, Kamala Walker and The Soul Tribe, Kay Henderson, The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble, The Loopdigga, The Malik Flavors, Monk Hughes, Monk Hughes & The Outer Realm, Morgan Adams III, Otis Jackson Jr. Trio, Quasimoto, Russel Jenkins, Sound Directions, Spectrum 77, Suntouch, Tyrone Foster, Yesterday's Universe All Stars, Yesterdays New Quintet, Young Jazz Rebels
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Home List of Titles Determination of phenylenediamine isomers in hair dyes by coal cinders micro-column extraction and MEKC
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/205392
- Title
- Determination of phenylenediamine isomers in hair dyes by coal cinders micro-column extraction and MEKC
- Author(s)
- Wu, Yiwei; Jiang, Feng; Chen, Lin; Zheng, Jing; Deng, Zhenli; Tao, Qing; Zhang, Jing; Han, Lijuan; Wei, Xiaoshu; Yu, Aimin; Zhang, Haili
- Abstract
- A new micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) method using beta-cyclodextrins ( -CDs) and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphates (ionic liquids) as additives was successfully developed for determination of para-, meta-, and ortho-phenylenediamines isomers (p-P, m-P, and o-P) in hair dyes. To improve the sensitivity of the MEKC-UV, a simple and cheap flow injection (FI) technique using a micro-column packed with coal cinders (the by-products from combustion in a boiler) as solid-phase extractant was also investigated. In the presence of 20 mmol L(-1) phosphates at pH 5.5, addition of 12 mmol L(-1) ionic liquids and 8 mmol L(-1) -CDs greatly improved the separation efficiency. The three analytes could be quantitatively adsorbed by coal cinders, and desorbed readily with 0.15 mL of 0.01 mol L(-1) NaOH. Under the optimum conditions, an enrichment factor (EF) of 33.3 was obtained, and determination limits of p-P, m-P, and o-P were 1.9710(-7), 0.9910(-7), and 0.6110(-7) mol L(-1), respectively. The adsorption capacities of the coal cinders micro-column for p-P, m-P, and o-P were all 1.20 mg g(-1). The presented procedure was successfully applied to the determination of p-P, m-P, and o-P in hair dyes with satisfactory results.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Vol. 400, no. 7 (2011), pp. 2141-2147
- Publication year
- 2011
- FOR Code(s)
- 0301 Analytical Chemistry; 0399 Other Chemical Sciences; 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology
- Keyword(s)
- Coal cinders micro-column extraction; Hair dye; MEKC; Phenylenediamine isomers
- Publisher
- Springer
- 1618-2642
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2011 Springer-Verlag.
- Peer reviewed