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Vitamin D is an integral part of your immune system, and not having enough could put you at higher risk of respiratory tract infections (RTIs) such as the flu and the common cold. Unfortunately, results are mixed when it comes to taking vitamin D supplements for the prevention and treatment of RTIs. People who are deficient in vitamin D may experience the most immune-protecting effects from vitamin D supplements, but the evidence is limited.
Even though vitamin D supplements may not stop a cold in its tracks, getting enough vitamin D does help optimize your immune system. For best results, strive to get the Recommended Dietary Allowance of vitamin D (600 IU) on a daily basis, not just when an illness is coming on. "Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin," can be harder to obtain in winter, when it's cold and cloudy and most people spend more time indoors, but you can get vitamin D from foods such as fatty fish and fortified milk, yogurt, and juice. Ask your doctor to test your vitamin D status before you take vitamin D supplements.


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Maple Spice Muffins
Low Carbohydrate Recipe
These Maple Spice Muffins are really good with their maple and spice flavor, and have lots of fiber. About 4 carbs per muffin but over 3 carbs fiber. The following recipe has a texture like 'real' bread or muffins.
6 tablespoons melted butter
3 eggs
1/4 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup sweetener (such as Stevia)
1 tablespoon pure maple extract
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup flaxseed meal
1/4 cup soy flour
4 ounces chopped walnuts (Optional)
Recipe Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Beat first 3 ingredients together, then add Splenda, maple and vanilla. Mix the cinnamon and remaining ingredients and add to above. Put into 12 paper cupcake liners in a muffin tin, or pan. Spray/oil, and bake for about 15 to 20 minutes.
This recipe doubles well to get about 18 to 20 good size muffins, filling the muffin cups about 3/4 full. Can fill the muffin tins to the top and get about 9 larger muffins.
Nutrition Information
Yield: 12 servings
Serving size: 1 muffin
Total Carbohydrate: >4g; Fiber: 3mg


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Claus cranberry punch is a perfect drink to be made on Christmas. Learn how to make this wonderfully delicious drink by following the recipe provided below.
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Ingredients for Claus Cranberry Punch
- Cranberries- 2 cups
- Water- 2 cups
- Sugar- 1 cup
- Lemons- 3
- Ginger ale- 1 quarter
- Red Cherries
- Green Cherries
How to Make Claus Cranberry Punch
- To make cranberry pulp, cook cranberries.
- Once it has cooled down add lemon juice, ginger ale and sugar.
- Mix well and add green and red cherries. Churn it up while adding water to make into thin consistency liquid.
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|Reviews for Lost and Found
| Pipkin Sweetgrass chapter 5 . 5/30/2011
| Indigo1100 chapter 5 . 7/29/2010
Hehe, nice story. A very nice balance of some fluff and some serious issues, and dealing with them, and coming to terms with them, and knowing them to begin with. And I like how you dealt with the parting, too- that's hard to do, I think, and you did it very well, that they have different lives, but that there's a link too. Thanks!
| PhoenixWytch chapter 5 . 9/29/2009
LOL Love Jack's answer to Gwen.
Thanks for writing.
| Iratus Thug chapter 5 . 6/24/2008
Yays that was an awesome story I love it. it's so cute
| Lady Shinimegami chapter 5 . 3/14/2007
Nice ending, promises of future encounters. I would change the Doctor admiting to be in love with anyone thought. One of the things I love about him is that he refuses to admit those things even when they're glaringly obvious.
| Lady Shinimegami chapter 4 . 3/14/2007
Wow, you actually justified the Doctor doing that. You made it make sense, cudos! I love it when Jack cries. Moowhahaha. The telepathic talking was well done as well.
| Lady Shinimegami chapter 3 . 3/14/2007
Oh man, I know the Doctor would never act this way, but it's still awesome to read.
It's basically like the Doctor picked Jack up just for a little roll in the hay. *LOL*
| Lady Shinimegami chapter 2 . 3/14/2007
That was far too short and uneventful a chapter. Curses and hexes!
| Lady Shinimegami chapter 1 . 3/14/2007
Oh man, I love it. Though maybe Jack would be a little more concerned about where Rose was? Well, it's only the beginning, I'm sure it comes up later.
Someone might have said this already, but Jack stepping onto the TARDIS happens in the last three episodes Doctor Who season three, so Martha would be there. BUT! There are such things as alternate realities and I rather love those... so onwards with the story!
| iknowyour chapter 5 . 2/22/2007
I liked it. Captain Jack makes me happy.
| dhrachth chapter 1 . 2/6/2007
I like that they love each other. I also like that they have their own lives. In Doctor Who I've always found the all consuming love-love fics kind of annoying. Sure, the Doctor (and Jack) can love someone but saving the world is the important thing.
| FueledByCocaine chapter 5 . 1/23/2007
oh wow
i love this story so much!
its amazing!
ull have to do another couple of chapters with the doctor visiting again!
i love jack and the dr its the perfect set up!
| Boo26 chapter 5 . 1/20/2007
Grrgh, I tried to review yesterday, but wouldn't let me!
Anyway, I just wanted to say that I like the ending! ;)
Love Anna.
| StealerOfDreams chapter 5 . 1/18/2007
Ahh, loved it. Wish it were longer, though. Oh well, can't have it all. Catch you later!
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Arts studies incorporates a variety of art forms, including film, visual art, music, and theater. Some art programs will focus on one specific area while others will give students an overall education of the arts.
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Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV) and the Ecole du Louvre offe a professional Master degree in the «History of art and museum studies », at the new Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi campus on Al Reem Island. The collaboration between these two prestigious French institutions is unprecedented.The city of Abu Dhabi alone is preparing to open not less than seven new museums, including the Louvre. In the coming years, qualified staff, trained in the fields of history of arts and in the various professions related to museum management, will be necessary to uphold the scientific and intellectual quality of these institutions. It is in this specific context and with a view to respond to these requirements, that this professional Master programme was designed.It is part of the development of PSUAD, the sole higher education institution offering an undergraduate programme in the history of art and archaeology in the Gulf region since 2006. To offer a first class education, PSUAD has decided to enlarge the scope of its know-how through a partnership with the scientific teams of the Ecole du Louvre and the future Louvre Abu Dhabi.... [-]


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Boulware hired to coach Sooners' tight ends
NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma hired former Auburn assistant Jay Boulware as its tight ends coach on Friday, completing an overhaul of the coaching staff that included the departure of three assistants.
Boulware spent the past four seasons at Auburn on Gene Chizik's staff, including the Tigers' national championship season in 2010.
Before that, he served alongside Chizik at Iowa State. He has also worked at Stanford, Utah, Arizona and Northern Illinois.
Boulware played for Oklahoma's archrival, Texas, as an offensive lineman.
Coach Bob Stoops said in a statement that Oklahoma will benefit from Boulware's "recruiting relationships across the country" and his impressive track record as a coach. Stoops also expects Boulware to take on special teams responsibilities, which were also part of his job at Auburn.
Chizik was fired and his staff replaced after Auburn went winless in the SEC last season.
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When I woke up I there was a message hanging up on a paper on a tree not far. It read, "CONGRATULATIONS! You have passed the second to last test and if you past the next one everything promised in the contract would be yours. You will have the next thirty days to survive, get caught by the cops or die then you're obviously over if not then the future you wished for awaits you. But if you read the contract, than all of this you should already know." I couldn't remember the contract or had no clue how to survive out here so i started to panic.


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This piece was created from a picture sequence in my writing class. Pretty much there were 3 pictures and each one had to be a paragraph.
Three months ago Beatrice, who was now relaxed, would have been shocked. Pleasantly lounging in a chair, lost in an enticing ancient novel, she now was passive and peaceful in this colossal mysterious home. Being damp and extensive, the library, which had before inundated her with fear in what was once eerie silence, was now like an escape overflowing with amity. While the scent of old books and cigar smoke now was an aroma that increased and inspired revere, how could it have once been such a great distraction that caused a gulf between the intuition of the right side of her brain and the creative passion flowing from her left side? As if a part of a melodious symphony, the sounds from the crackling fire and creaking of wood floor added to notes of the chandelier swaying from above. Yes, three months ago Beatrice would have been shocked to glance upward and catch sight of a man gleefully swinging on the chandelier above her.
Before the time in which Beatrice resided in this sprawling estate, Beatrice would have been greatly disturbed by this sight. Glancing occasionally at this man in a state of frenzy, she now returned to her book with a silent, absent minded chuckle of admiration. While it may jar and affright new comers and passer bys, this young girl knew this excitement was probably just from another discovery or success in one of his many inventions. Arrogantly, the mad scientist who may appear self-obsessed was just as Bea perceived; a loving eccentric individual. Musing herself with the sound of the 6 foot 8 man hanging free from the 11 foot ceiling yelling "Eureka!", the young women let her thoughts trail elsewhere from the book. Beatrice would have been greatly disturbed by this sight when she had just ventured into this place but now she laughed because to her it was just another day in the Alastair Estate.
Thinking of the days when she would have let her heart be weary, Bea smiled in her daydream amused that she ever wanted to leave this place. She finally felt at home. When her days were as they were now, full of adventure and espy, she felt alive as though she was growing more and more every day. Beatrice never wished to go back to dull, melancholy days of public school and prison under her Grandmother's old fashioned way of thought. Pleasingly, her days were now overflowing with brilliant ideas and enlivened theories. Before her heart would have been painfully weary on days like these, before Beatrice came to live with Uncle Alastair, that is.


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Dolls, I'm not sure how this awesome piece of news flew under our radar, but the world's largest bra was recently unveiled in London. And we're not talking hyperbole here. The folks at Guinness World Records made it official!
The bra's size? 1222B! The hot pink lingerie is worn by London's ITV tower. The World Record Bra was created to coincide with "Wear It Pink Day," a fundraising day sponsored by Britain's Breast Cancer Campaign.
According to Lifescience, the bra "took four weeks to stitch up, and is made from about four football fields worth of lightweight spinnaker nylon. The fabric weighs about 165 pounds (75 kg), and with the metal fasteners it comes to 198 pounds (90 kg)." Once the hoopla has calmed down, the bra's materials will be recycled; the official website explains "the fabric will be made into boat sails and the metal frame will be melted down and a big cheque will be given to Breast Cancer Campaign." Um, awesome.
Dears, this reminds me of something rather important. We haven't talked about our own boobs in quite some time. My boobs are actually a bit larger than I'd like. And I always have to wear a bra. ALWAYS. But it's funny, a friend who has wonderfully perky Bs says she'd trade her own tatas for mine in a minute. I feel the same way. Another thing about having a funny bra size (I'm a 32DD) is that it's hard to find bras that are actually sexy and don't cost an arm and a leg.
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We have applied for a new fully national channel that would give all Canadians basic access to multicultural/multilingual TV. This change would allow us to continue to provide programming to over 40 different ethnic groups in over 40 different languages and bring back our third-language newscasts in Italian, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Punjabi.
We need your help! Please show your support for Canadian ethnic and third-language programming by adding your voice to our campaign and/or by sending a letter of support to the CRTC using our simple form below.
OMNI Television plays a vital and unique role within the Canadian media landscape. For over 35 years, we've provided a strong and relevant voice for Canadian ethnic and third-language communities through the provision high-quality multicultural and multilingual programming.
We believe OMNI plays a vital role in connecting Canada's ethnic communities, so we've applied for a new national channel that would be included in basic TV packages across the country, giving us a new way to fund our programming. As part of our proposal, we're committing to bringing back four daily newscasts in Italian, Mandarin, Cantonese and Punjabi seven days a week. This is a win-win for us and the community because we acknowledge how challenged our business model has been in the past due to the drastic decline in advertising revenue, which was our sole source of revenue for some time.
We believe our proposal offers a win-win solution: Canadians get low-cost access to quality news and information programming in their language of comfort no matter where they live, and OMNI and our community and production partners get a stable revenue source that we can use to build a strong and relevant voice for ethnic audiences in Canada.
Why are you bringing the newscasts back after stopping them last year?
A: We heard from our community stakeholders, viewers, Parliamentarians and the CRTC about the importance of news and analysis programming to our democracy. We think we've found a way to produce both current affairs and news programming and make OMNI Television financially viable.
Will my TV bill go up?
A: Our research suggests there is broad support amongst Canadians for collectively funding a national multicultural TV service. For those who subscribe to a skinny basic package, like Rogers' Starter TV package, the price is capped at $25, so there would be no increase in cost.
Would TV providers have to include OMNI Television in Skinny Basic and Regular Basic?
A: Yes, they would, other than small TV providers exempt from the regulations.
Will OMNI Television still be free over-the-air/via antenna?
A: Yes! You'll still be able to receive OMNI Television over-the-air in Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver.
Why should Canadians who might not watch OMNI have to pay for it?
A: Consumers are getting more choice through the TV packaging changes that took place in March of this year and that will continue in December. This isn't about forcing Canadians to pay $5 or $10 on their TV bill for an optional service. This is about meeting one of the principles of our broadcasting system – that all Canadians should see themselves reflected in the programming they receive. There is currently no service included in basic TV packages that reflects our multicultural makeup as a country. And we're able to do this for 12 cents per month.
Where will the newscasts be based out of, and what will these news programs look like?
A: There will be four daily, national, 30 minute
newscasts seven days per week, in each of Italian, Mandarin, Cantonese (produced in Toronto with contributions from Vancouver and reporters in
Montreal, Ottawa, Edmonton and Victoria) and Punjabi languages (produced in Vancouver with contributions from Toronto and reporters in Victoria, Edmonton, Ottawa, Montreal).
Will OMNI Regional be streamed live online?
A: Yes! If approved, we will develop a
"Television Everywhere" model that will allow TV providers to host OMNI's programming on their own portal at no additional cost and we will develop an
"app" that will be accessible for free to those who want to access OMNI programming online.
The current OMNI channels broadcast in more than 40 languages. How many languages will OMNI Regional broadcast in?
A: We commit to offer programming to 20 distinct
ethnic groups in 20 different languages each month on each feed.
In addition to News, what type of programming will you air on OMNI Regional? What are your plans for original programming?
A: We will fund Canadian original independent productions that involve ethnic and/or third-language producers, like Blood & Water, a Chinese and English crime drama series we recently produced with Breakthrough Entertainment.
This summer, we called on Canadians to show support for expanding OMNI
Television into a new fully-national multilingual channel. We're excited to say that
Canadians across the country responded to our call, and in record numbers!
Thanks to the ongoing backing of communities across the country, OMNI received an
overwhelming response – close to 4,000 individual letters of support from community
leaders, organizations, government officials, and viewers like you.
Although an important phase of the campaign has ended, our efforts are not over. We're
continuing on with our initiatives to reinforce the need, and Canada's wish, to have a
national channel that caters to ethnic communities and third-language Canadians as we
journey towards our official hearings with the CRTC this November.
We still have a long road ahead of us, but right now we would like to take a moment to
thank every person who spoke to us at community and public events, visited our
website, signed their letters of support, or shared a post on social media.
Thank you from everyone at OMNI Television.
Colette Watson
Vice-President of Television and Broadcast Operations, Rogers Media
Premier of New Brunswick
Mayor of Pickering
MLA, Edmonton-Ellerslie
CEO, Fredericton Chamber of Commerce
Mayor of Oshawa
Deputy Mayor of Vaughan
CEO, Heritage Saskatchewan
Cultural Diversity Coordinator, Cultural Division, Recreation, City of Calgary & OMNI Advisory Council Member
Founder-Executive Producer/Filmmaker, Host/TV Producer/Director/Writer, HotBizMedia Inc. & OMNI Advisory Council Member
CEO, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. & OMNI Advisory Council Member
finance professional, Founder and past President of Rajasthan Association of North America (Calgary) (RANA Calgary) & OMNI Advisory Council Member
YRDSB Trustee, Markham Wards 2, 3 & 6
Publisher of www.chinatowncalgary.com, Director, Calgary Dragon Boat Society, Vice President, Sien Lok Society of Calgary
CEO, DIVERSEcity & OMNI Advisory Council Member
Founder, WebFriendly & OMNI Advisory Council Member
Councillor & Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, and Vancouver City Councillor
Director of Intercultural Understanding Strategy Development, University of British Columbia & OMNI Advisory Council Member
Executive Director, Intercultural Dialogue Institute (IDI) Calgary
TV & Documentary Producer, WebVideoAssociates.com
CEO, 3+ Corporation
DComm Associate Professor, Chair Journalism; Broadcast Media Studies, Faculty of Communication Studies, Mount Royal University
President, Liefa Communications, Realworld Pictures
President, India Canada Association of Saskatchewan
General Manager, SaskCulture Inc.
Executive Director, Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan
Executive Director, Saskatchewan Organization for Heritage Languages (SOHL)
Chair, Toronto Catholic District School Board
MPP, Parkdale, High Park
MPP, Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake and Fort Erie, Critic for Transportation
President, Wilbert Lai CPA Professional Corporation, Advisor, Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs & OMNI Advisory Council Member
Member of Provincial Parliament for Windsor-Tecumseh
MPP Kitchener-Waterloo
Mayor of Markham
Executive Director Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Mayor of Vaughan
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Correspondence to: Charles K. N. Chan, MD, FCCP, Respirology—10EN 220, University Health Network/Mt. Sinai, 200 Elizabeth St, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4 Canada; e-mail: email@example.com
To the Editor:
We read with interest the article by Dr. Guyatt
and coworkers in a recent issue of CHEST (November
2000)1regarding the appropriateness of domiciliary oxygen
delivery. Their study found that 32.1% of patients receiving long-term
oxygen therapy (LTOT), all of whom would have had to meet the arterial
blood gas criteria outlined in the continuous or nocturnal oxygen
therapy in hypoxemic chronic obstructive lung disease (NOTT)
trial2 to qualify for funding, did not continue to meet
the same criteria when evaluated in their study. Based on these
findings, they suggested that these patients should be denied further
funding for LTOT to achieve economic savings for the health-care
system. We have concerns with respect to their conclusions and
First, in the NOTT and the long-term domiciliary oxygen therapy in
chronic hypoxic cor pulmonale complicating chronic bronchitis and
emphysema trials,3 hypoxic patients were randomized to
their respective study arms, in which they remained for the duration of
the trials. Although Pao2 levels were
monitored throughout both trials, they were not used to deny or offer
patients oxygen therapy. Since these trials provide the strongest
evidence of a mortality benefit for patients with hypoxic lung disease
who are receiving LTOT, further studies would be needed to determine
whether this benefit is maintained if LTOT is stopped in response to an
improved Pao2.
Second, Guyatt et al dismissed a physiologic argument that we think may
have some validity. They dismissed the possibility that oxygen therapy
may result in cardiopulmonary vascular changes that improve
ventilation/perfusion matching and result in subsequent improvement in
blood gas levels while the patient is at rest. While evidence
supporting this specific phenomenon is limited,4 there is
convincing evidence demonstrating that cardiovascular parameters in
general are substantially improved with oxygen
therapy.2–3,5 This suggests that more study in this area
may reveal that LTOT does lead to an improvement of
Pao2 while the patient is breathing
room air.
Third, in order to determine whether real economic savings will be
achieved by discontinuing funding for patients with advanced lung
disease who no longer qualify for LTOT, one needs a proper study to
assess the health consequences of this action. For example, such
patients who have stopped receiving LTOT may have more exacerbations
requiring additional medical assessments, therapeutic interventions,
and hospitalizations. In the absence of an overall health economic
study, the cost savings suggested are purely related to the cost of the
LTOT alone.
Last, Guyatt et al suggested that the discontinuation of LTOT when
patients no longer meet qualifying criteria may improve quality of
life. We wonder whether patients' sentiments contributed to this
hypothesis. Did they ask the subjects who participated in their study
whether they would be willing to stop using LTOT if they
were found to have an improved Pao2
level? Did they ask them whether they felt that stopping LTOT would
improve their quality of life? Based on our experience with
similar patients, we think that the majority would be deeply concerned
about discontinuing LTOT. Specifically, we think they would be worried
about experiencing a reduction in their exercise tolerance and being
unable to maintain an optimal level of activity.
As recommended by all the published guidelines, we agree that patients
being evaluated for LTOT should be required to meet qualifying criteria
when they are medically stable. However, we feel it would be wrong to
use this recent study to justify the disqualification of recipients who
have experienced improvements in their
Pao2 levels from receiving LTOT in
order to achieve economic savings.
Drs. Gershon and Chan make a number of thoughtful and
interesting points about our article (November 2000).1
With respect to the Nocturnal Oxygen Therapy Trial design, they are
correct that oxygen was not discontinued if patients no longer met the
blood gas criteria. The Nocturnal Oxygen Therapy Trial investigators
were, however, careful to ensure that patients were stable at baseline.
The explanation for the very high incidence of patients not meeting the
criteria in our study is likely to be that initial measurements were
made while patients were in the process of recovering from an
It is theoretically possible that oxygen could lead to improved
ventilation/perfusion relationships. The evidence supporting this
phenomenon is very weak. We remain skeptical.
We agree that it is possible that patients who no longer meet the
criteria for home oxygen therapy, and in whom oxygen is discontinued,
will use other health services more frequently than if their oxygen
therapy were continued. As Gershon and Chan imply, the study required
to determine whether this occurs would be a randomized
trial in which the use of all important health-care resources would be
monitored. Indeed, we made this statement in our article:"
Definitively resolving this issue would require a randomized trial
of alternative organizational systems of oxygen delivery that would
include health services utilization among the outcomes." Such a trial
would be a very important contribution to the understanding of the
optimal use of home oxygen therapy.
Gerson and Chan suggest that many patients would be reluctant to
discontinue home oxygen therapy because of fears of reduced exercise
tolerance. We agree. However, the evidence that patients who do not
meet criteria for life-prolonging oxygen therapy increase exercise
tolerance in their daily lives with the use of home oxygen is extremely
weak. Indeed, the best study on the subject suggests that they do
not.2We suspect that oxygen is a very powerful placebo,
and patients' reluctance to discontinue home oxygen therapy, despite
its burden of inconvenience, is a testimony to this effect.
Demonstrating to patients that oxygen does not improve their exercise
tolerance may require an N-of-1 randomized trial.3
Finally, we agree that the mechanism of dealing with the
problem that we identified, which we believe is due to patients being
tested for home oxygen therapy while unstable, is not to cease funding
for oxygen in those who were in stable conditions when initially
tested. Rather, we advocate more rigorously ensuring stability before
committing a patient to long-term domiciliary oxygen.
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While "climate fretting" has become a pastime for some—even more so now with President-elect Trump's plans to disassemble much of President Obama's "I've Got a Pen and I've Got a Phone"-based Climate Action Plan—climate reality tells a much different story.
For example, a new analysis by Manhattan Institute's (and YOTHAL favorite) Oren Cass looks into the comparative costs of climate changevs. climate action. His report, "Climate Costs in Context" is concise and to-the-point, and finds that while climate change will impart an economic cost, it is manageable and small in comparison to the price of actively trying to mitigate it. Here's Oren's abstract:
There is a consensus among climate scientists that human activity is contributing to climate change. However, claims that rising temperatures pose an existential threat to the human race or modern civilization are not well supported by climate science or economics; to the contrary, they are every bit as far from the mainstream as claims that climate change is not occurring or that it will be beneficial. Analyses consistently show that the costs of climate change are real but manageable. For instance, the prosperity that the world might achieve in 2100 without climate change may instead be delayed until 2102. [emphasis added]
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a friend had asked me to bring and sell him hockey tickets but was at work at the time so he left the mony in an envelope on his front seat with the amount of 200$ in it. when i got there i parked next to him got out walked to the drivers side door opened it looked for the envelope and it was there but with no money. i then left got back into my car which was parked right beside his... i told hom the money wasnt there and he came out.... then wen he was out i got bak out of my car to help him look for it but couldnt find it. now hes saying i stole the money from him and now since im on camera parking next to him and entering his car im scared i can be charged ALTHOUGHHH. i have plenty of text measages from him saying im ALLOWED to go into his car. i have a acod for sale of weed soimworried
(1) I would suggest not discussing this any further on a public forum in such detail. (2) If you are arrested do not say anything. (3) Retain an attorney.Ask a similar question
Hockey tickets, all this aggravation? I'm tempted to say get the puck out of here.
You should hire an aggressive attorney to nip this in the bud (not a weed joke). Your friend should be careful about making a false accusation.
Clearly, he gave you permission to enter his vehicle.
This guy is more of a weasel than friend...but get a lawyer on your side now.
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what im asking really though is do i even need a lawyrt considering i have messages from him telling me to go into the car... they cant prove there was money in there none the less they couldnt even prove iiiii took it... so really what im asking is can they even arrest me on anything? the camera also shows me and him talking outside of his car at the time of the incident... so if he believed it was me who took the money shudnt he have to report it right then and there? ... what can they even take me in on though with all this being said?
What the cops may do or may not do is unpredictable. I would retain a lawyer to protect your rights, perhaps starting with a strong letter to the other guy
So far your friend hasn't told you that he is going to call the police. If you as worried as you seem I would be proactive & consult a local criminal attorney. Many offer free initial consultations. Meet with the attorney IN PRIVATE to discuss what to do if you are arrested (that way you will be prepared for the worst & have an attorney already retained to assist you) Do not discuss any more facts on this or any other public forum.
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You can be arrested for petit larceny although it may not be a strong case against you. If there are cameras you should retain a criminal defense lawyer to try and see the cameras show someone else going into the car before you.
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As World War II came to an end, the Eagle pointed out that "war is not ended with the defeat of the enemy's arms." Life in Brooklyn would continue, but it had to adjust to the return of its brave soldiers. 326,000 men had served in the war, 12% of Brooklyn's total population and, more staggeringly, 58% of Brooklyn's males between the ages of 18 and 37. While Brooklynites were thrilled to have their boys back home, there was a question as to where all of these returning citizens were going to live.
Demand for housing was high across the city, but particularly among veterans. In February 1946, the Times reported that on a single day 500 families applied for housing when only 5 single rooms and 2 apartments were available. Mrs. William H. Browning, the wife of a veteran and a former Red Cross worker told the Times, "I'm so discouraged. I wish I had stayed overseas."
Young newlyweds and expanding families found themselves living in hotels, basements and friends' spare bedrooms. Some families resorted to sharing single-family homes because alternatives were simply not available.
In response to growing demands, city, state and federal government funding was allocated for Emergency Temporary Housing for Veterans. The bulk of this funding became available in 1946, providing a boom in veterans' housing in Brooklyn and beyond. As the housing was viewed as "temporary," projects were developed simply and quickly. The city rented large plots of land in areas such as Jamaica Bay, Manhattan Beach, Ulmer Park and Marine Park. And each project included its own unqiue take on the single-family dwelling, including...
The metal, airplane hanger-esque Quonset house:
The quickly-built frame house:
The re-purposed military barrack:
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Given the challenges of finding housing in the city, the new residents of these homes were thrilled to be selected. The bare bones structures were a vast improvement on their previous living situations. Many young families were particularly excited to have their own home, something that had seemed impossible. And better yet, they were to be surrounded by other veteran families.
While the neighborhoods were not perfect -- many lacked paved roads and were not very close to public transportation -- the residents were willing to overlook these inconveniences in exchange for a roof over their heads. Some units were even designed with disabled veterans in mind, providing an ease of living that was unavailble in other housing options. Ramps, specialty closets and lower appliances made disabled veterans feel more comfortable in their own home. The Newmans, at left, were thrilled that their new home allowed them to complete chores, like washing the dishes, together.
Unfortunately, it took less than a year for families to realize that their new homes were less than perfect. By 1947, the Eagle began reporting that the veteran's homes were more temporary than originally thought. In particular, the Quonset structures in Ulmer Parked were defenseless against rain and snow. Tarps were used to cover the roofs and fathers spent more time cleaning up leaks than playing with their children.
Within a few years, the families were continuing to grow, but the structures were looking more and more dilapidated. The inexpensive materials of the houses could not hold up against the regular wear-and-tear of family life.
While many families prospered and moved on to permanent housing, many, many families were unable to make that leap. For them, city housing was not a temporary solution -- it was the only option.
In the early 1950s, with less funding and a greater demand for housing beyond the veteran community, the city began to make changes. Some projects were re-classified to fulfill general (not just veteran) housing needs. Others were slated for complete closure. Perhaps the most controversial was the decision to tear down the Manhattan Beach project for the creation of a city park in 1953.
For the hundreds of families living in Manhattan Beach, this news was unwelcome. Mothers and children protested (above) throughout the summer of 1953 and watched as abandoned houses around them were torn down (below), a sign that that city was not going to give in.
In December, the city took drastic measures against the final remaining residents by shutting off the electricity in the project. On the left, the Clark family attempted to live by candlelight in the hopes that their home would be saved - sadly, they were unsuccessful and quickly moved. The last resident, Leon Mitrany was finally forced out in January 1954.
The era of veterans' housing was quickly coming to an end. The city promised to continue housing veterans in need, but it was clear that their priorities were not the same as they had been in 1946. Many of the veterans that had been eager to call Brooklyn home felt that the city had given up on them. It seemed that they had failed to make the transition from temporary to permanent fast enough.
In the summer of 1954, nearly 500 former residents of the Manhattan Beach project held a reunion. The Eagle covered the event and noted that only 7% of the families that had once lived in that community still lived in Brooklyn. Many of Brooklyn's brave soldiers could not afford to live in their own hometown. And yet, despite their relocations, many were determined to keep their Brooklyn roots alive with annual picnics and gatherings. "No matter how far apart they have settled, however," the Eagle reported, "their unity still remains."


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BeschreibungFor generations, humans have fantasized about the ability to create devices that can see into a person's mind and thoughts, or to communicate and interact with machines through thought alone. Such ideas have long captured the imagination of humankind in the form of ancient myths and modern science fiction stories. Recent advances in cognitive neuroscience and brain imaging technologies have started to turn these myths into a reality, and are providing us with the ability to interface directly with the human brain. This ability is made possible through the use of sensors that monitor physical processes within the brain which correspond with certain forms of thought.Brain-Computer Interfaces: Applying our Minds to Human-Computer Interaction broadly surveys research in the Brain-Computer Interface domain. More specifically, each chapter articulates some of the challenges and opportunities for using brain sensing in Human-Computer Interaction work, as well as applying Human-Computer Interaction solutions to brain sensing work. For researchers with little or no expertise in neuroscience or brain sensing, the book provides background information to equip them to not only appreciate the state-of-the-art, but also ideally to engage in novel research. For expert Brain-Computer Interface researchers, the book introduces ideas that can help in the quest to interpret intentional brain control and develop the ultimate input device. It challenges researchers to further explore passive brain sensing to evaluate interfaces and feed into adaptive computing systems. Most importantly, the book will connect multiple communities allowing research to leverage their work and expertise and blaze into the future.
Part I Overview and Techniques.
- 1. Brain-Computer Interfaces and Human-Computer Interaction.
- 2. Neural Control Interfaces.
- 3. Could Anyone Use a BCI?.
- 4. Using Rest Class and Control Paradigms for Brain Computer Interfacing.
- 5. EEG-Based Navigation from a Human Factors Perspective.-
Part II Applications.
- 6. Applications for Brain-computer Interfaces.
- 7. Direct Neural Control of Anatomically Correct Robotic Hands.
- 8. Functional Near-Infrared Sensing (fNIR) and Environmental.
- 9. Cortically-Coupled Computer Vision.
- 10. Brain-Computer Interfacing and Games.-
Part III Brain Sensing in Adaptive User Interfaces.
- 11. Enhancing Human-Computer Interaction with Input from Active and Passive Brain-Computer Interfaces.
- 12. Brain-Based Indices for User System Symbiosis.
- 13. From Brain Signals to Adaptive Interfaces: using fNIRS in HCI.-
Part IV Tools.
- 14. MATLAB-Based Tools for BCI Research.
- 15. Using BCI2000 for HCI-Centered BCI Research.- Index.
PortraitDesney Tan has been a Researcher in the Visualization and Interaction Area at Microsoft Research since 2004, and now manages the Computational User Experiences group. He also holds an affiliate faculty appointment in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. Desney's research interests include Human-Computer Interaction and Physiological Computing. In general, he spends large chunks of time applying signal processing and machine learning to recognizing noisy signals, specifically those in or on the human body, and using them in interesting ways. However, he is a somewhat schizophrenic researcher and has worked on projects in many other domains. Desney received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1996, after which he spent a couple of years building bridges and blowing things up in the Singapore Armed Forces. He later returned to Carnegie Mellon University, where he worked with Randy Pausch and earned his PhD in Computer Science in 2004. Desney was honored as one of MIT Technology Review's 2007 Young Innovators Under 35 for his work in braincomputer interfaces, as well as named one of SciFi Channel's Young Visionaries at TED 2009. For more complete CV and publications list, see: http://research.microsoft.com/~desney/cv.htm and http://research.microsoft.com/~desney/publications.htm. Anton Nijholt studied mathematics and computer science at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. He obtained a PhD from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam in 1980 and since then he has held positions at universities in Canada, Belgium and the Netherlands before settling down as full professor of computer science at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. In 1996 he spent a sabbatical year on studying (computational) humor at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Wassenaar, the Netherlands. Currently he is heading the Human Media Interaction research group at his university. His main research interests are multiparty interaction, multimodal interaction (including brain-computer interfacing), and entertainment computing. Anton Nijholt has (co-)authored many scientific papers in these areas and acted as the guest editor of various well-known journals. In the large-scale Dutch BrainGain project on brain-computer interfacing he is responsible for the research theme 'brain-computer interfacing for healthy users' with a focus on game applications. For more complete CV and publications list, see: http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~anijholt/index.php?topic=about and http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~anijholt/index.php?topic=publications
From the reviews:'Human-computer interaction (HCI) is a maturing and unfolding field of basic research and practical applications. Need a broad-based introductory survey of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs)? This collection of chapters for individuals without a background in neuroscience or brain sensing is what you need. Students and designers will find this material useful. ' Brief discussions with numerous references to more detailed research are among the strengths of this book. ' Anyone interested in BCI will want to begin with this collection.''' (Brad Reid, ACM Computing Reviews, February, 2011)
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"The sacred books which contain the prayers recited or chanted during the [Mithraic] survives, the ritual on the initiates, and the ceremonials of the feasts, have vanished and left scarce a trace behind...[we] know the esoteric disciplines of the Mysteries only from a few indiscretions." (Cumont, Franz. The Mysteries of Mithra. New York: Dover, 1950.152)
( Roman Cult began after Jesus life
Our earliest evidence for the Mithraic mysteries places their appearance in the middle of the first century B.C.: the historian Plutarch says that in 67 B.C. a large band of pirates based in Cilicia (a province on the southeastern coast of Asia Minor) were practicing "secret rites" of Mithras. The earliest physical remains of the cult date from around the end of the first century A.D., and Mithraism reached its height of popularity in the third century.(Ulansey, David. Cosmoic Mysteries of Mithras (website)
No Continuity between Ancient Persian past and Roman Cult
Throughout most of the twentieth century Franz Cumont so influenced scholarship that the entire discipline followed in the wake of his assumption that the Roman cult was spread by the Persian cult. In the early 70's David Ulansey did for Mithric scholarship what Noan Chomsky did for linguistics, he totally redefined the coordinates by which the discipline moved. Ulansey showed that the Roman cult was not the continuance of the Persian cult, that there was no real evidence of a Persian cult. He showed that the killing of the great comic bull which latter became the major event in Mithraism, and the parallel from which Jesus Mythers get the shedding of blood and sacrifice, was not known in the Persian era. This was be like showing that the story of the Cross was not known to Christians in the first century. The major likeness to Christianity and the central point of the cult of Mithraism was not known in the time of Christ, in the time Paul, or for at least two centuries after:
"There were, however, a number of serious problems with Cumont's assumption that the Mithraic mysteries derived from ancient Iranian religion. Most significant among these is that there is no parallel in ancient Iran to the iconography which is the primary fact of the Roman Mithraic cult. For example, as already mentioned, by far the most important icon in the Roman cult was the tauroctony. This scene shows Mithras in the act of killing a bull, accompanied by a dog, a snake, a raven, and a scorpion; the scene is depicted as taking place inside a cave like the mithraeum itself. This icon was located in the most important place in every mithraeum, and therefore must have been an expression of the central myth of the Roman cult. Thus, if the god Mithras of the Roman religion was actually the Iranian god Mithra, we should expect to find in Iranian mythology a story in which Mithra kills a bull. However, the fact is that no such Iranian myth exists: in no known Iranian text does Mithra have anything to do with killing a bull." (David Ulansey Mithras Mysteries).
Mithraism Emerged in the west only after Jesus' day.
Mithraism could not have become an influence upon the origins of the first century, for the simple reason that Mithraism did not emerge from its pastoral setting in rural Persia until after the close of the New Testament canon. (Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff.)
We Don't know what any of it means.
"No one can be sure that the meaning of the meals and the ablutions are the same between Christianity and Mithraism. Just because the two had them is no indication that they come to the same thing. These are entirely superficial and circumstantial arguments." (Nash, Christian Research Journal winter 94, p.8)
Mithraism was influenced by Christianity
a) Roman Soldiers Spread the cult.
Roman soldiers probably encountered Mithraism first as part of Zoroastrians when they while on duty in Persia. The Cult spread through the Roman legion, was most popular in the West, and ha little chance to spread through or influence upon Palestine. It's presence in Palestine was mainly confined to the Romans who were there to oppress the Jews. Kane tries to imply that these mystery cults were all indigenous to the Palestinian area, that they grew up alongside Judaism, and that the adherents to these religions all traded ideas as they happily ate together and practiced good neighborship.
b) Mithric Roman Soldiers Influenced by Christians in Palestine
But Mithraism was confined to the Roman Legion primarily, those who were stationed in Palestine to subdue the Jewish Revolt of A.D. 66-70. In fact strong evidence indicates that in this way Christianity influenced Mithraism. First, because Romans stationed in the West were sent on short tours of duty to fight the Parthians in the East, and to put down the Jewish revolt. This is where they would have encountered a Christianity whose major texts were already written, and whose major story (that of the life of Christ) was already formed.
There is no real evidence for a Persian Cult of Mithras. The cultic and mystery aspect did not exist until after the Roman period, second century to fourth. This means that any similarities to Christianity probably come from Christianity as the Soldiers learned of it during their tours in Palestine. The Great historian of religions, Franz Cumont was able to prove that the earliest datable evidence for the cult came from the Military Garrison at Carnuntum, on the Danube River (modern Hungary). The largest Cache of Mithric artifacts comes form the area between the Danube and Ostia in Italy." (Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff.)
3) Mithraism was not Christianity's Major Rival
Mithraism, The Ecole Initiative, http://cedar.evansville.edu/~ecoleweb/articles/mithraism.html
Mithraism had a wide following from the middle of the second century to the late fourth century CE, but the common belief that Mithraism was the prime competitor of Christianity, promulgated by Ernst Renan (Renan 1882 579), is blatantly false. Mithraism was at a serious disadvantage right from the start because it allowed only male initiates. What is more, Mithraism was, as mentioned above, only one of several cults imported from the eastern empire that enjoyed a large membership in Rome and elsewhere. The major competitor to Christianity was thus not Mithraism but the combined group of imported cults and official Roman cults subsumed under the rubric "paganism." Finally, part of Renan's claim rested on an equally common, but almost equally mistaken, belief that Mithraism was officially accepted because it had Roman emperors among its adherents (Nero, Commodus, Septimius Severus, Caracalla, and the Tetrarchs are most commonly cited). Close examination of the evidence for the participation of emperors reveals that some comes from literary sources of dubious quality and that the rest is rather circumstantial. The cult of Magna Mater, the first imported cult to arrive in Rome (204 BCE) was the only one ever officially recognized as a Roman cult. The others, including Mithraism, were never officially accepted, and some, particularly the Egyptian cult of Isis, were periodically outlawed and their adherents persecuted.


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We know that without shelter, the weather can greatly influence our health and survival. We also know that weather can affect our mental health. But can certain types of weather affect blood pressure? The simple answer is, interestingly, yes.

A large study of more than 40,000 people over almost a decade convincingly proved that climate changes have a direct impact on blood pressure. In general, blood pressure is better in the summer and worse in the winter, regardless of the climate in which you live.

The Link to Temperature Fluctuations

For example, people who live in Minnesota or Wisconsin experience large temperature changes between the seasons. Summer days routinely top 80 degrees, while winter days often drop below zero. However, the seasonal fluctuations in their blood pressure are the same as someone who lives in Phoenix, where the climate is – overall – much warmer all year long. Even though it's warmer in Phoenix overall, there is still temperature fluctuation between summer and winter. The key seems to be a change in average temperature, not how big that change is.

Moving From One Climate to Another

Several smaller studies have added more interesting ideas to this topic. Seasonal fluctuations in blood pressure change quickly if one moves from a warmer climate to a colder climate, and more slowly when moving from a colder climate to a warmer climate. So, moving from Phoenix to Siberia will cause a quick change in your blood pressure that first winter, but moving from Siberia to Phoenix won't.

Nobody is really sure why this happens. One of the underlying factors is surely tied to changes in average blood vessel diameter. Blood vessels shrink when they cool down, so people who spend more time in cold climates have more exposure to weather that causes the vessels in the skin to contract. Averaged over time, this leads to slightly increased blood pressure. This change, though, is not enough to explain the entire phenomenon.

Theories About How Climate Affects Blood Pressure

Some scientists have suggested that colder climates tend to be darker and that associated changes in Vitamin D production (directly tied to the amount of sun exposure) play a role. Others have suggested that even more subtle systems – like hormone changes caused by shifts in the angle of the sunlight that does reach the skin – might have important effects.

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Hayashi T, Ohshige K, Sawai A, Yamasue K, Tochikubo O. Seasonal influence on blood pressure in elderly normotensive subjects.Hypertens Res. 2008 Mar;31(3):569-74.

Morabito M, Crisci A, Orlandini S, Maracchi G, Gensini GF, Modesti PA. A synoptic approach to weather conditions discloses a relationship with ambulatory blood pressure in hypertensives. Am J Hypertens. 2008 Jul;21(7):748-52.


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MichaelKJ: The Oly scandal was of some interest while things were unfolding, but now it is yesterday's news. Woodford has his money and will soon be forgotten. I can't imagine why anyone would want to read his book and the comment in the article about a possible movie is nothing more than PR.
>why anyone would want to read his book
Because it was a years-long, if not decades long behind the scenes agenda to hide losses from public disclosure. The scope of it is still unknown, and it's common knowledge that many Japanese companies engage in this kind of behavior. When you overpay multiples for little companies, with mysterious consultancy fees going to undisclosed intermediaries, you know it's not a small thing.
In retrospect, the signs were in plain view when Olympus starting buying nothingburger companies like Gyrus for obscene amounts of money. Woodford is a bit of a load mouth, but that shouldn't be an excuse for what happened. Carlos Ghosn is an even bigger loudmouth non-Japanese, but is loved at Nissan.
joe6pack: I must be missing something. If the photographer is being paid to take a photo, doesn't that mean he transferred the copyright to the buyer? Without the new law, can't the photographer pre-negotiate the contract before accepting the job?
Actually, under the old system, the copyright defaulted automatically to the commissioner of the work , and pre-1998, it didn't matter if they paid the photographer or not, because they commissioned the image, they automatically held the copyright. Presumably, what this does is swings the control back to the photographer; as the creator of the image, the photographer automatically has rights, and then can choose to assign them afterwards.
Reg Natarajan: Terrible change, and I type that sitting in my office in Vancouver. Copyright law and patent law are destroying innovation, exactly the opposite of what they were intended to do. Before copyright law, we had Beethoven, Bach and Mozart. Since copyright law, we have Justin Bieber, Avril Lavigne and Nelly Furtado, and it's not lost on me that the latter three are all Canadian. This is an improvement?
.... so you're against photographers having protections for the work that they create...?
It still amazes me that they considered the roof of the pentaprism a viable area to house circuit boards. So much crammed in there.
This seems like a new sensor. They're using 24.1mp to describe it, not 24.2 like the D3200.The official press release uses "new" in the pres release.
iPad "4" was really about ramping up for international markets. I don't think photographers are going to be disappointed, the mini is about building the iBooks ecosystem, more than anything else.
Gesture: Good interview. Interesting how he keeps using the word "disruptive." Better than paradigm-shifting, I guess, but I think there must be a more apt word for what he is driving at.
"Disrupt" is a marketing term... cliche actually. The marketing guys say "disrupt". The management guys shift".
limlh: From the samples, I think the Bayer sensor has reached its limit. The X-Trans sensor of Fujifilm X-Pro 1 is now king of high ISO. So will be the X-E1.
You outta have a look at:
That artifacting would make me think twice.
APS-C with on-board phased detection AF in a compact body would be an excellent proposition, but the two things that hold this back are that the they kept compatibility with the EF mount (large flange diameter) and the control layout. When you look at it, nobody in the mirrorless is putting it all together.
My vote:
- EOS-M sensor
- Fuji X-1 body
- Sony NEX manual control layout
No continuous AF for stills but AF in movies? Inevitable comparison to the D600, which can do subject tracking in liveview. Sounds like Sony are rushing to market; it wouldn't likely be a good implementation but it's conceivable in the year 2012.
They should be called 'iPhones'...
Seriously, this is a product category that nobody asked for. If you want a connected device, you're posting to Facebook etc, and the image is going t be downsized anyway. Your smartphone does this already, why buy another device?
Interested in how they do VC + piezo motor for the 70-200, but in the last couple of lens where they added VC to a venerable line (28-75 to 24-70 and 17-50), the optical results were okay, but not a home run.
" is the D600 the new D300S"
Love how Barney indirectly asks if there will be a D400, and then the question is indirectly shirked off.
All Leica's are beautiful, but this is not necessarily a beautiful Leica. I suppose the LCD needs to be bigger, but the proportions on the back panel don't look optimal.
Not sure who it will do in this increasingly crowded market space, but that's some striking product design right there. Put this side by side with the classic F-31d and it's like the cameras came from two different companies.
Every year at this time Apple has a way of making stuttering video and crashing liveblog forums exciting. I thought I would never get my morning back from the 4s launch... I was wrong. It happened again today.
Is it me or does anybody else think that the price is insane? Assuming that this is the Nikon D600 sensor in a compact body... no mirror, no PD array, no colour sensitive metering sensor... what is there to justify $2,800 other than 'demand'? If the D600 does come in around $1,800 ish, compact or no, this is going to look like an expensive toy. It's typical Sony, you can't tell if it's genius or if somebody forgot to grab hold of the reigns somewhere along the line.
Similar pixel density to the D800e, was bound to happen on a 16mp+ crop sensor, though the modern ones seem to be already lighter on filtration than in the past.
I think this is a fair point. I'm not against Instagram because it gets people into taking pictures, but her point is valid, everybody's pics end up looking the same. If it's fun, I'm all for more people to use Instagram. Afterall, I had an Instamatic 126 camera as well.
But, the artistry part of it, yes, I agree. Instagram creates faux nostalgia by taking away some of the image quality of a picture. However, the past masters did nothing of the sort, they were living in their own contemporary time, and when you looks through photos of a bygone era, you can see that they were just as careful about their craft as we are now, and that even though the film chemistry dates older pictures, the photographers were doing everything they could to extract the most image quality out of their pictures.
This was my own writing on these points.
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"Hey Dom, want to grab me another beer, I'm with child," Brian told me trying to make an innocent face, though there wasn't an innocent bone in his body.
"You know that baby crap won't work after the kid can walk right?" I asked him mimicking the look on his face.
"That's why I'm milking it while I can Dom," He said smirking that asshole smile of his.
I got off from the couch hit him on the back of his head before walking back inside from our backyard. Things were going back to the way things used to be, before all the heists and criminal career we had going on.
As I looked around me I could feel everything piecing itself back together effortlessly.
Brian sat on the couch in the backyard porch with Jack on his lap, I'd never seen the guy so happy, same with Mia. She was talking with Giselle about her wedding plans with Han, they were both beaming. At the barbeque stood Roman and Han. I could overhear Roman arguing about how long you have to let the ribs sit before turning them over.
"Dude seriously, you don't know meat, I know meat, so sit your ass down.."
Han just laughed and told everyone who to blame for the burnt ribs.
Everything was perfect to the picture, only one person was missing, and she was sitting inside by herself.
Since she'd gotten back I'd made sure to not let her feel left out, she fit right in before, so it only made sense it'd be natural for her to come back to her true home. Some days were harder than others, she seemed more reluctant, confused even. I tried to not give it much thought, because I knew things would never be exactly the same, but I knew one thing and that was that my Letty was still the same girl sitting in front of me.
"Hey Let," I told her as I closed the door behind me and walked towards her sitting on the couch with an album in her hands. Mia had given them to her in thought that it'd help her remember, I'd never seen her actually look at them until now.
"Why does Brian have a black eye in this picture?" She asked me as I sat down next to her. She pointed to a picture with Mia kissing Brian on the cheek at a park somewhere.
I laughed slightly remembering the cause of his black eye.
"Seriously Letty, just let him go, he's not worth it!" Mia yelled at Letty across the driveway. It was around midnight and the crowd of the party was dwindling down until they caught the fight that looked like was about to happen.
"No Mia, he doesn't get to just fuck with your feelings!" Letty yelled back at Mia starting to walk closer towards Brian who still had a stupid smirk playing at his lips. The guy really didn't know when to quit it.
I didn't get involved because I knew that if I hit Brian I'd seriously screw him up and then Mia would kill me, secondly I knew that in less than a week they'd be back together again. And lastly I knew Letty could handle it, though I didn't think she'd actually punch him.
"Letty you're not in this!" Brian yelled at her.
"Why? Scared to get beat up by a girl?" She told him cockily.
"If thats what you call yourself -" Was all poor Brian could get out before Letty nailed him right beneath his eye.
In all honestly she did him a favor, because I've see her do much worse.
After being embarrassed in front of an entire crowd of people he got in his car and sulked his way home before showing up to our house less than four days later.
He apologized to Mia for being an ass and of course Mia accepted his apology in a heart beat. They were both super immature back then, they must have dated and broken up more than ten times before being in a steady relationship, thank God they got a grip eventually.
"So I did that to him, being sixteen?" She asked me her eyes going wide with disbelief.
"Yup," I told her wrapping my arm around her on the couch.
"Damn, I'm badass," She told me smiling cockily just like she did that night before she punched Brian. Some things never change.
"Yes, yes you are," I told her leaning down and kissing her.
After she pulled away she continued passing the pictures through the album. I looked at her face as she saw them to see if it would trigger anything, if she'd remember anything. She told me last night she remembered some things, and that reignited a hope I didn't even know I had.
"Please tell me I didn't actually wear this," She told me as she cringed pointing at a picture down on the album.
As I looked down I saw what she meant, it was a picture of Letty and I before Prom. She was wearing a red long strapless dress and I was in a black tux. In the picture we were looking at each other laughing, while Vince made a face in the background with Mia photo bombing us.
"You didn't like it back then either," I told her rubbing circles on her arm.
"Seriously Mom, I look like a freaking flame!" I heard Letty yell down at her Mom who was downstairs with me before she walked down the stairs.
"Damn, if you're a flame can I be the candle?" I said as she walked down taking her in, she looked absolutely stunning, with the red that brought out her nicely tan skin and curly hair cascading down past her shoulders.
Letty laughed at my cheesy attempt to cheer her up and her mom whacked me in the back of the head.
"Ok guys, pose," Letty's Mom told us scooting us together to get into the same frame.
"Seriously guys, can you at least look like you're enjoying yourselves?" Her Mom grunted at us again.
I could hear Vince and Mia snickering from behind us.
As I held Letty behind the waist and tried to force myself to make a cheesy smile I heard Letty whisper to me.
"You look like a penguin," We both started cracking up and saw the camera flash in the middle of our laughter.
Letty laughed at my side hearing me tell her the story of the picture.
"I was either lying or nervous because you clean up nice Toretto," She told me pulling me in to whisper in my ear, "penguins are sexy."
I chuckled in her ear totally turned on before she continued on looking through the pictures, until finally she found another to question me about.
"Dom, you can pull off a lot of clothes, but a coconut bra and hula skirt, I'm not really feeling it," She told me laughing.
I laughed looking down at the picture that Letty and Mia tormented me about for years.
"Are you seriously making this bet with me right now?" I overheard Letty say from the office at the garage before I walked in.
"Bet about what?" I asked Letty as she looked over gloatingly at Vince.
"Whoever scores highest on the science final gets to have Saturdays and Sundays off at the garage for a month," Vince told me.
"Wait, wait, wait -" I told them, " Lets make this interesting." I said way too deviously.
"If Vince gets a higher score you and Mia have to... -" I began to say.
"Dress up in skanky little cop outfits for an entire day at work," Vince filled in for me.
I eyed him warily not needing the mental image of my sister dressed like a prostitute on Halloween, but I let the thought escape me as I thought of seeing Letty dressed up like that.
"Deal," Letty spat back at Vince, "But if I score higher you two have to dress up as hula girls,"
"Deal," Vince and I said in unison as Mia walked into the office.
"You guys are really too stupid," Letty said before she walked out, "While you have Dom to tutor you Vince, I have Mia," She said cockily before closing the office door, leaving the sigh of defeat Vince and I shared to be only heard by Mia as she laughed.
A week later Vince and Letty walked into the garage with their final in hand, Letty yelling all over the place rubbing her 80% in my face. While Vince sulked on his way in as I snatched his paper from his hand, 62%.
"Seriously dude!" I told him punching his shoulder.
"Hey, at least I didn't fail!" He said defensively as Mia and Letty were jumping around celebrating their win.
"Hey boys," Letty yelled back at us on the driveway, we turned around to find her holding up the hula girl costumes.
"I pre-ordered them, Christmas came early this year," She said laughing along with Mia.
"Aw, I'm sorry baby, that must've been so embarrassing," She told me wrapping her arms around me as she let the album close and fall to the floor.
"Really?" I asked her questioningly.
"No," She laughed before getting on top of me and started kissing me again.
We stayed like this for minutes, not having a care in the world.
"Yo Dom," I could hear Brian yelling at me as he opened the back door, I ignored him.
"Seriously dude, why that couch? Don't taint it," He told me trying to grab my attention. I let go of Letty's lips as she climbed off me and sat next to me.
"Taint what O'Connor?" I asked while glaring at him.
"Just good memories," He told me with a smile that held too much.
"Like that time I gave you a black eye?" I heard Letty say from behind me.
Brian's face was priceless.
"Lucky shot," He mumbled his ego obviously hurt.
"Lucky I didn't kill you," I mumbled back.
"I can jog your memory if you want Brian," Letty told him as I smiled down at her.
"I'll pass," He said before grabbing his beer and walking out again.
"Pussy," I heard Letty mumble beside me.
"Some things never change," I told her leaning down to kiss her forehead before noticing the wary look in her eyes.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing I was just thinking..." She told me looking up at me, "We could make a few more memories," She finished before grabbing my hand and dragging me upstairs.
Yeah, things had never felt more like home.


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