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Archinect - News 2017-07-21T08:47:30-04:00 http://archinect.com/news/article/150012853/did-som-rip-off-this-architect-s-designs-for-one-world-trade-center Did SOM rip off this architect's designs for One World Trade Center? Nicholas Korody 2017-06-15T12:27:00-04:00 >2017-06-19T15:10:15-04:00
A Korean-born architect on Wednesday sued a major architecture firm over the design of Manhattan's One World Trade Center, claiming that the building bears a "striking similarity" to a tower he designed in 1999 while in graduate school. Jeehoon Park accused Skidmore, Owings & Merrill of falsely claiming design credit for the 104-story One World Trade Center, whose 1,776-foot (541 m) height including the spire makes it the Western Hemisphere's tallest building.

Park is president of Qube Architecture, a Georgia-based practice. His design, shown below, was made when he was getting a masters from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Park is seeking unspecified damages.

According to the architect, Skidmore has access to the design through an associate partner—one of Park's thesis advisors.

Park's design on the left, One World Trade Center on the right

 http://archinect.com/news/article/150008782/if-chicago-s-john-hancock-center-gets-a-new-owner-it-could-get-a-new-name If Chicago's John Hancock Center gets a new owner, it could get a new name Justine Testado 2017-05-22T18:55:00-04:00 >2017-05-22T21:09:02-04:00
[Hearn's] venture also controls rights to the building's name, which has remained unchanged since John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. developed it [...] Hearn has been in talks with companies interested in putting their name on the skyscraper since the structure's namesake no longer pays for that right. "We've had interest in it, but have not made a deal yet," Hearn said. That process could be resumed by a new owner.

Chicago-based developer Hearn Co. currently plans on selling the John Hancock Center's office space, parking garage and, perhaps most interestingly, its naming rights later this summer. According to the Chicago Tribune, Hearn would use the proceeds from the naming rights toward a $10 million redevelopment of the tower's plaza.
 http://archinect.com/news/article/150008085/som-foundation-awards-2017-china-prize-to-three-grad-students SOM Foundation awards 2017 China Prize to three grad students Justine Testado 2017-05-17T20:08:00-04:00 >2017-05-17T20:08:55-04:00
The Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Foundation recently awarded the 2017 China Prize to three graduate students, who each received a $5,000 fellowship for travel and research outside of China.

The recipients are (click their names to see their portfolio submissions):

Yue Wu - Tongji University, Graduate Student

Zhaoyang Luo - Harbin Institute of Technology, Graduate Student

Hanxue Wei - Tongji University, Graduate Student

The winners were chosen among a competitive group of applicants, who must currently be enrolled in the last two years of an undergraduate or graduate degree program in architecture or urban design in China. Entrants had to submit a portfolio, research proposal, and travel itinerary.

The SOM Foundation's reputable Travel and Research Fellowships have offered over 200 student recipients an opportunity to travel outside of their home country to conduct research on architecture, history, culture, and design. First offered in the U.S., the program has expanded to include students...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/150001588/som-opens-a-new-office-in-dubai SOM opens a new office in Dubai Nicholas Korody 2017-04-05T18:59:00-04:00 >2017-04-05T19:03:40-04:00
The architecture giant Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) has announced that they will open a new office in Dubai, a move intended to further their presence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The office will be led by Thomas Behr, who will oversee all operations in the region, alongside Uwe Nienstedt, who will manage the office in Dubai. With a prime location on Sheik Zayed Road, the office will oversee current projects and put forward new project proposals.

While the office may be new, SOM has a long presence in the region. From designing the Burj Khalifa in Dubai—the world's tallest building—to master planning Bahrain Bay in Manama, SOM has cultivated region-specific knowledge, whether in the form of energy conservation or in "reflecting" Islamic culture.

"Our new office allows SOM to build upon decades of experience in the Middle East. By establishing a formal presence in Dubai--an important business center for the region--we are better equipped to serve our local...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/149975291/take-a-vr-tour-of-the-new-l-a-federal-courthouse-an-unusually-polished-work-of-civic-architecture Take a VR tour of the new L.A. Federal Courthouse, an "unusually polished work of civic architecture" Justine Testado 2016-10-25T20:01:00-04:00 >2016-12-16T20:01:03-05:00
The $350-million, 633,000-square-foot courthouse, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, is an unusually polished work of civic architecture — especially by the standards of Los Angeles...This is a building that wants to look respectable and rational but not staid, one that is fairly conventional on the horizontal plane and takes a significant if measured chance on the vertical one. Still, it's a chance that pays off.

Christopher Hawthorne gives a thumbs up in his review of SOM's design for the now-completed Los Angeles U.S. Courthouse, which appears to "float" in mid-air. Don't forget to check out a virtual tour of the building in the video below.

Previously on Archinect:

LA Federal Courthouse under construction

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to Design Federal Courthouse
 http://archinect.com/news/article/149960204/now-that-s-a-skywalk-jin-mao-tower-to-open-world-s-highest-fenceless-all-transparent-walkway-in-shanghai Now THAT's a skywalk! Jin Mao Tower to open world's highest fenceless, all transparent walkway in Shanghai Alexander Walter 2016-07-27T15:04:00-04:00 >2016-08-02T01:58:58-04:00
Looking for something new to do in Shanghai? Well, if you're someone who enjoys dangling off a terrifyingly high ledge with nothing but a safety rope to stop you from plunging to your death, then have we got an activity for you! Tomorrow, a skywalk will open outside of the 88th floor of the Jin Mao Tower in Lujiazui. [...] it will be the highest fenceless, all transparent walkway outside a high-rise building in the world and is sure to scare you senseless, 340 meters above the ground.

For more terrifying photos, head over to Shanghaiist (if you can handle it).

Related stories in the Archinect news:

Chinese glass-bottom walkway cracks below tourists – 3,540 feet above ground

China opens 590-foot-high glass-bottom bridge

Sorry, Willis Tower, but Shanghai Tower just kicked you out of the Top 10 Tallest Buildings club – after 41 years!

Traveling to Shanghai soon but too chicken to dare the new Jin Mao Tower skywalk? Worry not—Four O Nine co-founder Andrei Zerebecky shares his must-see architectural sites in Shanghai as part of Archinect's ongoing Travel Guide series.
 http://archinect.com/news/article/149957677/som-releases-renders-of-philadelphia-transit-master-plan SOM releases renders of Philadelphia transit master plan Nicholas Korody 2016-07-13T15:23:00-04:00 >2016-07-17T19:42:40-04:00
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill released new rendering of their proposal for a master plan for Philadelphia's 30th Street Station Precinct. Described as a "long-awaited vision of a bold, fully-integrated mixed-use urban district, with a vibrant transformation hub situated at its core," the project in part is a response to research suggesting a "sizable uptick in transit activity in the coming decades."

The master plan centers around the historic 30th Street Station, a Beaux Arts building that sits on the western bank of the Schuylkill River, which divides the city. The proposal includes shops, restaurants, and other spaces intended to foster an "iconic destination." The total project area is 18,000,000 square feet.

For more from SOM, check out these links:

An extraterrestrial presence on the Bronx skyline

Powering your (SOM-designed) house with your car (and reverse)

SOM wins sixth AIA Twenty-Five Year Award with the Exchange House

 http://archinect.com/news/article/143660106/30th-st-station-district-plan-proposes-mixed-use-neighborhood-above-rail-yards 30th St. Station District Plan Proposes Mixed-Use Neighborhood Above Rail Yards Alexander.Ayala 2015-12-18T12:46:00-05:00 >2015-12-18T16:48:59-05:00
In addition to the dense mixed-use development above the rail yards, the new draft calls for doubling the size of Drexel Park, a river overlook, a series of boardwalks and green spaces along the west bank trail of the Schuylkill, and a transit terminal for buses.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/118294015/som-wins-sixth-aia-twenty-five-year-award-with-the-exchange-house SOM wins sixth AIA Twenty-Five Year Award with the Exchange House Justine Testado 2015-01-14T14:03:00-05:00 >2015-01-22T23:28:08-05:00
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill can update their track record of AIA awards with the recent win of their sixth AIA Twenty-Five Year Award for the Exchange House at the Broadgate development in central London. Since 1969, the AIA bestows its sought-after Twenty-Five Year Award to a completed building that has continued to convey architectural design excellence and perseverance over the past 25-35 years.

Completed in 1990 following London's financial boom, the Broadgate Exchange House was the capstone of the Broadgate development and was built over the most complex location over the train tracks of the Liverpool Street Station. The 2015 AIA Twenty-Five Year Award jury awarded SOM for their simple and efficient structural solution that enabled the Exchange House to be realized over the challenging and historically rich site.

More info about the design below from SOM:

"The structural and architectural solutions of Exchange House embrace the constraints of the site and uses them to fuel a soluti...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/114881770/michael-kimmelman-reviews-1-world-trade-center Michael Kimmelman Reviews 1 World Trade Center davvid 2014-11-30T13:14:00-05:00 >2014-12-01T13:42:24-05:00
"It's not so bad," offered an architect who has a window facing the building. Alas, it is. Like the corporate campus and plaza it shares, 1 World Trade speaks volumes about political opportunism, outmoded thinking and upside-down urban priorities. It's what happens when a commercial developer is pretty much handed the keys to the castle.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/102177825/som-and-entasis-chosen-to-design-scandinavia-s-tallest-tower-in-gothenburg-sweden SOM and Entasis chosen to design Scandinavia's tallest tower in Gothenburg, Sweden Justine Testado 2014-06-18T16:29:00-04:00 >2014-06-19T01:42:19-04:00
The London office of SOM and Copenhagen-based firm Entasis -- who collaborated with COWI in Denmark and Sweden -- was just announced as having the winning design for the Polestar Tower in Gothenburg, Sweden. Once built, the 230 m. structure will reportedly be Scandinavia's tallest tower.

Since our last update on the Gothenburg tower competition, five star-studded finalist teams submitted their proposals under anonymity. SOM and Entasis went against teams led by Zaha Hadid Architects, Ian Simpson Architects, Wingårdhs Arkitektkontor, and Manuelle Gautrand Architecture.

"Commissioned by major contractor SERNEKE and the City of Gothenburg, this inspirational new residential scheme includes Sweden's tallest building, marking a shift from traditional development patterns in the country. Drawing on their experience as designers of 6 of the world's fifteen tallest buildings, SOM's design is highly efficient, both in terms of floor space and energy use, while still including apartments with views focused on the city and waterfront."

Read more about the design on Bustler.
 http://archinect.com/news/article/100587198/finalists-announced-for-scandinavia-s-tallest-skyscraper-in-gothenburg-sweden Finalists announced for Scandinavia's tallest skyscraper in Gothenburg, Sweden Justine Testado 2014-05-28T18:38:00-04:00 >2014-06-01T02:40:59-04:00
It's no surprise that the stakes are high to design the Gothenburg tower in Sweden, a mixed-use tower that will be the tallest building in the Nordic region. Swedish construction company SERNEKE initiated the idea of the skyscraper. Each team submitted their proposal under anonymity to the jury. The winner will be announced on June 17.

The well-known finalists make up a competitive group for the last round. They are:

 SOM

 Ian Simpson Architects

 Zaha Hadid Architects

 Wingårdhs Arkitektkontor

 Manuelle Gautrand Architecture

Try to guess who designed what!

(Pictured above) - Proposal #1
Title: Ursa

Proposal #2
Title: Svall

Proposal #3
Title: Glasklart

Proposal #4
Title: Polstjärnan

Proposal #5
Title: Kyssen

 http://archinect.com/news/article/94964969/new-u-s-consulate-general-by-som-officially-opens-in-guangzhou New U.S. Consulate General by SOM officially opens in Guangzhou Justine Testado 2014-03-05T19:03:00-05:00 >2014-03-10T21:21:07-04:00
U.S. and local Chinese officials gathered to host the ribbon-cutting of the new U.S. Consulate General today in Guangzhou, China. Perceived as a symbol of the bilateral relationship between the U.S. and China, companies from both countries collaborated on the $267 million project, which broke ground in October 2009 and was completed in June 2013.

Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill's San Francisco office designed the complex while BL Harbert International, LLC, of Birmingham, AL and China Huashi Enterprises, Ltd., of Chengdu, China were the project's contractors.

Located on a 7.4-acre site in Guangzhou's blossoming Business Center District near the Pearl River, the seven-building complex includes a 4-story main consular building for visa services and public events, an office building for 400 employees, a residence for U.S. Marines, a warehouse with service shops, three entrance pavilions.

Building façades and landscaped areas integrate local stones from the Fujian province as well as trees and...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/91157264/som-designed-mumbai-airport-terminal-2-celebrates-its-inauguration SOM-designed Mumbai Airport Terminal 2 celebrates its inauguration Justine Testado 2014-01-13T18:34:00-05:00 >2014-01-14T00:39:37-05:00
 The Chhatrapatri Shivaji International Airport Terminal 2 designed by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill celebrated its opening late last week in Mumbai. India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, along with visiting dignitaries and representatives from the developer GVK, inaugurated the new terminal. The structure's design combines domestic and international services, reduces passenger walking distances, and adds 4.4 million square feet to accommodate the airport's 40 million passengers a year.

 Here's some more details on the project:

 "Inspired by the form of traditional Indian pavilions, the four-story terminal stacks a grand "headhouse," or central processing podium, on top of highly adaptable and modular concourses below. Rather than compartmentalizing terminal functions, three symmetrical concourses radiate outwards from a central processing core and are therefore easily reconfigured to "swing" between serving domestic flights or international flights.

 All international and domestic ...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/79843738/la-federal-courthouse-under-construction LA Federal Courthouse under construction Justine Testado 2013-08-19T18:07:00-04:00 >2013-08-20T18:21:23-04:00
 Since we first announced that Skidmore, Owings & Merrill was chosen to design the new federal courthouse in Downtown LA, construction for the new cubic courthouse at the corner of First Street and Broadway began on August 8.

 The approx. 600,000 square-foot building was proposed back in 2001 and approved by Congress for $400 million, but the project came to a halt in 2006 when the Government Accountability Office found that costs had tripled due to delays and design changes. The new $319 million courthouse -- designed by SOM in partnership with Clark Construction -- will be an addition to the revived Civic Center area, as reported by the LA Times.

 Aiming for LEED Platinum, the serrated façade of the "Cube" is designed to achieve a north/south orientation to maximize views while reducing solar heat gain by 47%. The building has water and electricity conservation strategies and a 400 kW roof-mounted photovoltaic array. Part of the courthouse's design is to appear floating over its...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/78396667/an-architect-whose-work-stood-out-even-if-she-did-not An Architect Whose Work Stood Out, Even if She Did Not anthony dong 2013-08-01T16:05:00-04:00 >2013-08-06T18:24:30-04:00
Almost invisibly in her own day, Natalie de Blois, of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, helped guide the design of three of the most important corporate landmarks of the 1950s and '60s — the headquarters of Lever Brothers, Pepsi-Cola and Union Carbide — whose suave steel-and-glass facades still exude the cool confidence of postwar Park Avenue.

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Federal officials this morning announced that Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Architects has won the contract to build a $400 million Downtown courthouse. "Today, the new federal courthouse is that much closer to becoming a reality for downtown Los Angeles," said Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard in a prepared statement. The selection, she said, "means we are moving toward the groundbreaking of a critically needed facility that will resolve long-standing security and space issues."

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/39911133/how-to-be-an-architecture-critic How to Be an Architecture Critic Places Journal 2012-03-01T15:50:00-05:00 >2012-03-04T14:15:36-05:00
We are rarely roused by the day-to-day, brick-by-brick additions that have the most power to change our environment. We know what we already like but not how to describe it, or how to change it, or how to change our minds. We need to learn how to read a building, an urban plan, a developer's rendering, and to see where critique might make a difference.... We need more critics — citizen critics — equipped with the desire and the vocabulary to remake the city.

 Places features an essay from Alexandra Lange's new book Writing About Architecture: Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012).

 Lange takes on a classic text by Ada Louise Huxtable — a review of SOM's 1967 Marine Midland Bank Building — and shows us why it's so good and what we can learn from it by following in the footsteps of a master.


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Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS STM. (1.6x coverage only, 58mm filters, 7.2 oz./203 g, 0.82'/0.25m close focus, $249). enlarge. My biggest source of support is when you use any of these links, especially this link directly to it at Adorama or directly to it at Amazon when you get anything, regardless of the country in which you live. It helps me keep reviewing these lenses when you get yours through these approved sources — but I receive nothing for my efforts if you buy elsewhere. Thank you for your support! Ken.
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Fountain at the Ranch, 07 September 2013. Note that only the front is actually in focus. (Canon SL1 and Canon 18-55mm STM at 43mm, Program and Auto ISO modes set f/5 at 1/60 at ISO 160, 6 sharpening, +1 saturation, no flash.) Camera-original LARGE BASIC JPG file.
The White Gate of Unnecessary Sharpness. Canon SL1 and Canon 18-55mm STM at 34mm, Program and Auto ISO modes set f/11 at 1/400 at ISO 100, 6 sharpening, +1 saturation, no flash. Camera-original SMALL NORMAL JPG file.
Introduction top
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The Canon 18-55mm IS STM is a basic zoom for Canon's 1.6x cameras. It has both Image Stabilization to eliminate the need for a tripod, and has the new STM silent autofocus motor to help with quiet, smooth autofocus while rolling DSLR video.
The 18-55mm STM is super sharp at every setting! Auto and manual focus are both electronic. For manual focus, turn the ring at any time, but manual focus only works if you also have the camera on and awake.
Canon makes a lot of 18-55mm lenses. This one has Image Stabilization (IS) and STM, a new kind of autofocus motor that makes no noise so your DSLR videos won't let you hear the lens focusing. (Don't confuse this with the completely different EF-M 18-55mm IS STM for the EOS-M. The EOS-M system is discontinued and its lenses are incompatible with the rest of the Canon system.)
Except for the glass and electronics, it's all plastic, even the mount.
Specifications top
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Canon calls this the CANON ZOOM LENS EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM.
EF: "Electronic Focus," meaning that there is an autofocus motor in the lens itself. All Canon lenses since 1987 have been EF.
-S: "Small sensor," meaning that this lens ONLY mounts on Canon's APS-C digital cameras.
IS: Image Stabilization to replace a tripod.
STM: Stepper-motor focus, which is silent and idea for shooting movies without getting lens focusing noise in your sound.
13 elements in 11 groups.
One UD element.
One aspheric element.
The first I've seen it in any lens for still photography, the focus is compensated electronically as the lens is zoomed. If the camera's meter isn't on, the lens goes completely out of focus as you try to zoom. So long as the camera is on and awake it stays in focus as you zoom, but if it's off, it will only be in focus at one focal length setting. This isn't related to the autofocus system, it's part of the basic design of the lens. More at Usage.
Diaphragm top
Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS STM, EF diaphragm not visible.
5 blades.
Stops down to f/22.
Optical Image Stabilizer
Rated for up to four equivalent stops of shake correction.
"Inner focusing system, high-speed CPU, and optimized AF algorithm allow high-speed autofocus."
Manual focus adjustment possible while in AF Mode.
Close Focus Distance
0.82 ft. (0.25m).
Focal Length top
On 1.6x Canon cameras it will see angles-of-view similar to what a 28-85mm lens would see on a 35mm camera, which is a very useful zoom range.
Angle of View
74.3º - 27.5º diagonal.
Hard Infinity Focus Stop? top.No.
Focus Scale top
Depth-of-Field Scale top
Infra-Red Focus Index top
Filter Thread top
Never rotates, but does pump in and out with zoom.
Size top
Canon specifies 2.7" (69.0mm) diameter by 3.0 " (75.2mm) long.
7.155 oz. (202.9g), actual measured.
Rated 7.2 oz. (205g).
Caps top
58mm E-58 II front cap, included.
Standard EOS rear cap, included.
E-58II 58mm front cap.
Warranty card.
Instruction manual.
Optional Hood top
Optional EW-63 C plastic bayonet, $26 extra.
I wouldn't buy it; I don't use hoods.
Case top
Optional LP-1016 sack, $27.
A used tube sock works better.
Price, USA top
2013 September: $250 new.
Performance top
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Overall Autofocus Bokeh Breathing Color
Coma Distortion Ergonomics Falloff Filters
Lateral Color Fringes Macro Mechanics Sharpness
Canon EF-S 18-55mm STM IS.
Overall performance top
The Canon 18-55mm STM IS is optically superb and handles very well for a mostly plastic lens.
It's a kit lens sold with many less expensive Canons, and it's excellent. There is no reason to pay more for a lens for any APS-C Canon camera.
If you can't get brilliant, sharp and colorful photos with this lens, you're doing something wrong.
Autofocus performance top
Autofocus is fast and silent.
Video AF is limited by the camera, and regular AF is fast and quiet.
Auto/Manual Switching
Just grab the ring and turn for instant manual override.
AF Speed
AF is fast!, as Canons always are.
AF Accuracy and Consistency
I saw no autofocus error on my Canon SL1.
Manual Focus
It feels less funny than earlier lenses, but since it's electronic and the focus ring is never actually connected to anything except a computer sensor, it's not as good as real manual focus.
Bokeh performance top
Bokeh, the quality of out-of-focus areas as opposed to the degree of defocus, is usually pretty good.
Backgrounds are rarely out of focus. If you want them out of focus, shoot at 55mm, get close, and shoot at f/5.6.
Focus Breathing performance top
Focus breathing (the image changing size as focused) is mostly of interest to cinematographers who don't want the image changing size ("breathing") as the lens is focused among different subjects.
The image size from the Canon 18-55mm IS STM stays the same at the 55mm end as focused, and gets slightly smaller as focused more closely at the 18mm end.
Color Rendition performance top
The color balance of this 18-55 seems the same as my other Canon EF lenses.
Coma performance top
Coma, or saggital coma flare, is when points of light in the corners turn into batwing-shaped blobs. This is often a problem with fast normal or wide lenses.
I see none in this lens; it's super sharp in the corners wide-open.
Distortion performance top
There is minor to moderate barrel distortion at the wide end, and none throughout most of the range.
Use these values in Photoshop's Lens Distortion tool to remove the distortion for more critical use. These aren't facts or specifications, they are the results of my research that requires hours of photography and calculations on the resulting data.
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* Some waviness remains.
Ergonomics performance top
Canon EF-s 18-55mm STM.
Ergonomics are just about perfect.
The AF - MF switch falls right under your thumb, and you don't need it: just turn the ring at any time.
Falloff (darkened corners) performance top
Since all new Canons since late 2013 have both a lens profile and ability to correct this in-camera, I'm showing the falloff as it comes directly from the camera, with the camera's corrections turned ON.
With in-camera corrections enabled, there is no falloff at all! The lens and camera combination work to eliminate any of it.
I've greatly exaggerated what little residual there is by shooting a flat gray target and presenting it against a gray background.
Filters, Use with performance top
The plastic 58mm filter threads are big enough that even thick or stacked filters won't cause any vignetting.
Go ahead, use any big, fat thick filter, and you'll still be able to add a second one, too!
It's easy to cross-thread the plastic threads, be careful.
Lateral Color Fringes performance top
Today's Canon cameras correct for any that might be here.
There is no visible lateral color fringing on an 18MP Canon SL1 with its correction enabled.
Macro performance top
The 18-55 STM gets so close that I doubt you'll ever need a dedicated macro lens.
At close-focus distance at f/8.
It's super-sharp; here's a crop from a 18MP image at 100%:
Crop from above image at 100%, shot at f/8 on a Canon SL1. If this is 6" (15cm) wide on your screen, the full image would print at 35 x 52" (1 x 1.5 meters)!
The sparkles aren't noise; they are the texture of the watch dial!
Mechanics performance top
Rear, Canon 18-55 STM. enlarge.
The Canon 18-55 IS STM is all plastic, except for electrical connections.
Filter Threads
Hood Mount
Identity Ring
Focus Ring
Rubber-covered plastic.
Moisture seal at mount
Serial Number
Laser engraved into the bottom of the black plastic lens barrel near the mount.
Date Code
None found.
Noises When Shaken
Mild rattling.
Made in
Sharpness performance top
Image sharpness depends more on you than your lens, and lens sharpness doesn't mean much to good photographers. It's the least skilled hobbyists who waste the most time blaming fuzzy pictures on their lenses, while real shooters know that few photos ever use all the sharpness of which their lenses are capable due to subject motion and the fact that real subjects are rarely perfectly flat.
This said, this Canon 18-55 is just about perfect. The only way to get anything other than a sharp picture is to have it out of perfect focus, shoot at f/11 or smaller where diffraction softens the image, shoot at higher ISOs where camera noise reduction softens images, or let the camera or subject move.
Hey, sorry to spare you endless boring charts, but with a lens this good, there's nothing to show other than sharp pictures under all conditions — unless you do something stupid.
The biggest detriment to sharpness will be a lack of proper vision and technique, never this lens. I bought mine directly from Adorama. I can't vouch for anything if you buy from a local store or chain where you never really know who's opened and played with your lens before you buy it. I never buy retail; too many risks, so why pay more?
Canon's specified MTF curves:
Usage top
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Focus is maintained electronically as you zoom. You have to keep the camera's meter ON to compose your photo because otherwise the lens will go completely out of focus as you zoom. This isn't part of the autofocus system; the core optical design demands the camera's meter be ON to keep the lens in alignment as you zoom.
With the AF switch set to MANUAL, the camera has to be on and awake to respond to the manual focus ring.
For manual focus override to work in AF mode, you have to have your finger half-pressed to keep the AF system active, otherwise it will ignore the manual focus ring in AF mode.
For the most precise focus for lens testing, use magnified Live View and manual focus.
Recommendations top
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There's really no reason to pay more for fancier lenses unless you want a lighter wallet. This 18-55mm STM is super sharp, focuses fast, and does everything you'd want it to do. An expensive L lens won't be any sharper, and Canon's wide lenses for full-frame, like the 17-40mm f/4 L for instance, will be softer!
The reason a pro might pay more would be if he needed a lens for his full-frame camera or if he needed something built tough so it wouldn't break as he beat it around all day, every day, and shot it in mud, dirt and pouring rain. This lens is designed for normal people who only use their camera a few times a week, and built accordingly to save money. The pictures are just as good.
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Batavia, May 20 – Competing in the winner's bracket of
the NJCAA Division III World Series at Batavia's Dwyer
Field this afternoon, Hudson Valley Community
College's baseball team fell victim to the No. 1
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Hudson Valley, an Honorable Mention selection in the
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Median raced home.
"Hey, we're in the national championships," Reinisch
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We've already won one game at the World Series. We
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tomorrow. Mentally, they're fine."
Bobby Krogh (Troy) and Justin Meaghar (Colonie) each
rapped hard singles. Medina added a bloop single.
Hudson Valley defeated Quinsigamond Community College
of Massachusetts, 8-4, to kick off the World Series.
Today, Castro, a First Team All Region III selection,
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There is a phrase that I heard for many years…and it took me many years to understand it. The phrase is, "Holding the space for someone." "Holding the space" can mean a variety of things. But, for me, it means that I hold a space in my heart for someone's joy—-even when they are sad; I hold a space in my heart for someone's wellness—-even when they are sick; I hold a space in my heart for someone's abundance—-even as they are losing their home.
And when I hold that space in my heart for someone, I find that I'm no longer focusing on the problem, or my fears, or their fears. Instead, I am keeping alive a vision of their joy. I am keeping alive the truth of who they are—-beyond the problems and the pain. I am keeping alive a place to which they can return once the storm is over.
To heal is to make whole. It is to mend what has been broken. And when we support another person's healing, it is inevitable that we will be healed as well. But that can never be accomplished when our thoughts are focused only on what is wrong. It can only be accomplished when we remember the love that binds us together.


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Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Up-close views of pollinators pollinating flowers and even actual pollen grains; a crab spider attacking a bee.
#133 Wild Kratts: The Gecko Effect
There's a mystery to be solved, as the Wild Kratts team wonders how a Gecko lizard climbs up smooth surfaces and can even climb upside down. The gang uses their Miniaturizer to shrink down and discover it's all about physics: all objects have electrical charges that attract one another and the gecko's marvelous toe pad structure charges so much that they can walk on surfaces as smooth as glass. But in the meantime Zach has stolen their Miniaturizer and now imprisons them in a glass terrarium. Martin and Chris activate the new Gecko Powers of their Creature Power Suits and must retrieve the Miniaturizer before Zach shrinks all the animals in the creature world.
Animals Featured: Tokay Gecko, Moon Rat, Conehead Katydid
Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: The geckos footpad in close up and in action climbing surfaces as smooth as glass, Close-up of a gecko's bizarrely shaped pupil, which enables the creature to see in full color even in low moonlight.
#134 Wild Kratts: Little Howler
Chris and Martin are unpacking from an adventure and are surprised when a Wolf pup pops out of their bags. They have no idea where the little guy came from and must retrace their steps in order to return him back to his pack. They experience that wolves are a very social animal with a close pack structure and frequent visual and audio communication among individual members. With this knowledge and wolf-powered Creature Power Suits the bros are able to fend off a hungry cougar and finally return the pup to his wolf pack.
Animals Featured: Wolf, Cougar, Raven
Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Wolf and Cougar face off
#135 Wild Kratts: Quillber's Birthday Present
It's Aviva's birthday, and Chris and Martin decide to collect shed porcupine quills to make a beautiful necklace as a gift. As they tag along with an African Crested Porcupine, they discover that animals have different ways and even some highly specialized features to defend themselves from predators. For example, porcupine quills are modified hairs, designed by nature into a deadly defense. The Kratt brothers must use this amazing defense to protect the porcupines from Zach's latest animal collection scheme.
Animals Featured: African Crested porcupine, Lion
Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: An African Crested Porcupine defending itself from a lioness.
#136 Wild Kratts: A Bat in the Brownies
When a little brown bat crashlands into a plate of Jimmy Z's famous brownies, Martin and Chris out set out to convince Aviva, Jimmy Z and Koki that bats are nothing to be afraid of. With bat activated Creature Power Suits, the bros follow join their new friend on a nocturnal fly about, and the entire crew must come to the rescue when the bat colony's roost is destroyed by a lightning bolt. In the end the Wild Kratts crew "goes batty," as they gain a new appreciation for bat ecology, predators and insects and echolocation, and learn to love bats.
Animals Featured: Bats, Mosquitoes, Owl
Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Little Brown Bats catching mosquitoes in flight. A screech owl chasing a bat.
#137 Wild Kratts: Stuck on Sharks
Martin and Chris are on a mission to uncover the secret life of the mysterious Great White Shark. They use Aviva's incredible Remora Rocketsub to "stick with" a female shark and soon learn that the giant predator of the sea actually has lots of challenges to contend with and that she could help them discover something that no one has ever seen before - the birth of Great White shark pups. But when Gourmand sniffs around looking for ingredients for his Shark Fin Soup recipe, the Wild Kratts team must help rescue their new friend.
Animals Featured: Great White shark, Orca, Sea lion, Wrasse fish
Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Orca attacking a Great White shark; Great White at a "cleaning station"
#138 Wild Kratts: Birds of a Feather
When Aviva reveals that dancing is just not her thing, Chris and Martin set out in the New Guinea forest to inspire her to give dancing a try by uncovering some of the greatest dancers in the creature world – the Birds of Paradise. They soon find that the male birds use their showy bright feathers and extraordinary dances to display to potential female mates that they are healthy and strong. But when the gang gets caught up in Donita's plan to capture these fashionable birds for her latest clothing line, Aviva must put her dancing skills on the line to save them.
Animals Featured: Birds of Paradise
Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: The amazing stage-building behavior and mating dance of rare species of birds of paradise.
#139 Wild Kratts: Googly-Eye: The Night Guru
The Kratt brothers secretly "borrow" Aviva's half finished night vision goggles to go in search of a mysterious nocturnal creature. But when the unstable goggles stop working, the brothers find themselves taken in by the nocturnal society of the tarsier. As they investigate, the Wild Kratts team discovers that nocturnal creatures only come out at night and learn that eyes help a creature see by collecting the light that comes from objects all around. But when the tarsier troop is in danger of losing one of their own, Chris and Martin must tap into their newfound understanding of nocturnal living and help the troubled tarsier family.
Animals Featured: Tarsier
Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Tarsiers mobbing an Arboreal snake for defense.
#140 Wild Kratts: Raptor Roundup
Martin and Chris challenge themselves to ID as many hawks, eagles, owls, falcons and vultures as they can. But the evil endangered species chef, Gaston Gourmand has his own plan for the raptors and has been capturing them all in his quest to find the tastiest bird wing. Will the Wild Kratts team succeed in rescuing the raptors before they become Gourmand's next gourmet delicacy? They'll have to use everything they know about classification and birds of prey - to round up the raptors and return them to where they belong – living free and in the wild!
Animals Featured: Owl, Hawk, Falcon, Eagle, Vulture
Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: A secretary bird hunting the venomous black mamba snake.
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The Tragedy of Louis Capet: Being a true and authentic narrative of the horrid and barbarous execution of the late unfortunate monarch, Louis XVIth of France, who was beheaded, on the twenty first of January, 1793. [Boston]: Sold next the venerable stump of Liberty-Tree [by Ezekiel Russell, 1793]. Printed and sold by Edward Gray, 1793. Graphic Arts Collection (GAX) Hamilton 1367
After being removed from the monarchy, Louis was given a commoner's name, Louis Capet, and under that name was executed on January 21, 1793. The sheet sold for "Two Shilling and Eight per dozen and Four Pence single." Also included are three poems, entitled Occasioned by the Death of Louis XVIth, On the Decolation of Louis 16, and The Queen's Lamentation for the Death of her Beloved Louis.


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Discussion of environmental health issues as they pertain to children's health. Topics include historical perspective of public health research and policies directed at protecting children's health and emerging scientific and public health issues such as the risks and benefits of seafood consumption during pregnancy; the use of pesticides on food and in the home; air pollution and childhood asthma, and childhood injuries and the built environment. Offered: Sp.
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Children's Environmental Health is a large and growing interdisciplinary field. The overall goal is to provide a solid primer to the core concepts and complexity of this area with respect to the evidence base, regulatory frameworks, and programmatic services. Students will participate in case study modules that highlight key exposures (e.g. indoor and outdoor air pollution, lead, pesticides, water contaminants, hormonally active agents), influential environments (home, school, workplace) and leading health conditions (asthma, adverse birth outcomes, neurodevelopment, and obesity).
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Assess the effects of environmental factors on the child across the lifespan (fetal, early childhood, school age, adolescent, young adult)
Recognize key chemical and non chemical stressors on child health and their relationship to core pediatric morbidities with a focus on chronic disease
Undertake critical review and synthesis of scientific evidence in children's environmental health
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Understand existing intervention and prevention strategies in children's environmental health
Evaluating regulatory and legislative components relevant to children's environmental health
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The instructive strategy is problem based learning where students are introduced to core concepts and pediatric environmental hazards through active involvement in Case Study Modules. Students will work individually and as interdisciplinary teams to address pediatric environmental hazard scenarios. Perspectives from clinical and population health sciences, exposure sciences, social sciences, global health, and the regulatory and policy arena will be examined. The modules will involve students in developing skills in environmental health problem characterization, assessment, and problem solving. Class time will be used primarily for student led active group learning, discussion, and presentation. Packaged lecture and reading materials for core content will be accessed by students outside the classroom.
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No specific prerequisites required. The class is designed to model real world scenarios that bring together professionals (in this case students) representing the clinical (nursing, medicine) and public health sciences (exposure, toxicology, epidemiology, biostatistic) as well as policy and legal experts to address children's environmental health problems.
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Students will be asked to prepare for class discussions using discussion questions and readings provided in advance. Students will be asked to prepare a variety of communication materials related to case study modules. These include individual assignments and small group assignments, approximately one per week. Assignments may be selected from options that may include writing an op-ed, press release, project pre-proposal to a funder, fact sheet/pamphlet for a general community or for health professionals, and/or public health brief. Students may also select to lead discussion of a journal article or prepare a peer topic brief.
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Paramount Pictures said it was hopeful World Trade Center would beat expectations for its first weekend.
If the pace continued, it could go on to generate $20m (£10.5m) by Sunday, executives told Reuters news agency.
Meanwhile the movie's marketing plans will not be changed, despite the alleged plot to blow up US airliners.
Studio executives had considered scaling back advertising for the film in light of the news, but decided against it.
"The events of yesterday and today make this story even more poignant," said Don Harris, an executive vice president at film studio Paramount, "but I don't know whether it helps or hurts."
'Real-life events'
"How much more relevant could this movie be right now?" said Paul Dergarabedian of box office tracking service Exhibitor Relations.
"World Trade Center was never designed to be escapist entertainment anyway, so I'm not sure people will shy away from it given these real-life events," he added.
Starring Nicholas Cage, the film tells the true story of two police officers who were thought to have been the last people pulled from the Twin Towers.
Most reviews have been positive, with many praising the film's sensitivity.
Early audiences in New York were also positive.
"I was kind of sceptical but I really enjoyed it. It was done very tastefully," Maria Telemachos told BBC News.
Some survivors have criticised the film for being released so close to the fifth anniversary of the attacks.
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Cup dreams come true for smart NHL teams
Back in 2004-05, when the NHL's collective stat line was 0-0-0, minus-$2 billion thanks to the lockout, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman never budged from his stance that a salary cap was in order. He insisted stability would come from, as he stated with nauseating redundancy, cost certainty.
At the time, his position was largely with small markets (see: Buffalo) in mind, so they could compete on a financial level with the big spenders. In theory, it would create parity and give all teams an opportunity to compete for the Stanley Cup. In essence, he rerouted pressure from ownership to management.
His message: Good decisions will be rewarded.
The direct effect was that fewer teams were losing money. The NHL grew more competitive and financially stable. The little guys matched up with the big guys. The final four teams in 2005-06 were Buffalo, Carolina, Edmonton and Anaheim. A year later, it was Buffalo, Ottawa, Detroit and Anaheim.
Bettman this year had a fantasy final four: Montreal, the most storied franchise in NHL history; New York, an Original Six team playing in the nation's largest market; Chicago, another Original Six team from a large market on the verge of a dynasty and Los Angeles, the second-largest market two years removed from a title.
The NHL has its dream Stanley Cup final with the Rangers and Kings in a best-of-seven series starting Wednesday. New York and Los Angeles, the two largest U.S. markets on opposite coasts, will play for a title for the first time since the Dodgers beat the Yankees in the 1981 World Series.
Still, with Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles and Chicago again winning the last four titles, it begs the question: Did Bettman level the playing field?
Answer: Yes.
The salary cap created competitive balance Bettman wanted. Teams such as Buffalo and Edmonton have nobody but themselves to blame for their ineptitude in recent years. The same goes with Toronto, Calgary, the Islanders and any other team that has consistently fallen embarrassingly short.
Bettman's stroke of brilliance, or luck — and it's actually a combination of both — can be found in two ways. He created competitive balance by limiting the money teams could spend on players, but he also forced teams to construct tighter payrolls and rethink their approaches when it came to personnel.
It comes down to spending smart, not spending more. Teams with the best evaluators usually wind up with the best players. Managing rosters requires a strong stomach, a stronger backbone and creativity. It's not as if GMs working in big markets had built-in advantages when it came to knowledge.
Chicago didn't become a dominant team because it's from a major city. The Blackhawks were 49 years between Cups. Stan Bowman tore it apart in three months, kept his core intact and rebuilt another champion in three years. Bowman and his scouts had a strong grasp on player value.
The Kings are back in the finals for the second time in three years for the same reasons. They made smart decisions when signing players. They made good trades. They drafted well and developed good players. The Bruins, using a similar blueprint, won the Cup in 2011 and lost last year to the Blackhawks.
And then there are the Rangers, Exhibit A for all that was wrong with the NHL before 2004-05 and now an example of what the NHL designed for all teams. For seven years, they were among the league's biggest spenders. For seven years, they missed the playoffs. For seven years, they were a punch line.
In 2003-04, their roster included Mark Messier, Jaromir Jagr, Alex Kovalev, Brian Leetch, Petr Nedved, Eric Lindros and Bobby Holik. And where did this collection of all-stars finish? Near the bottom of the standings, with a 27-40-7-8 record.
Not until they were faced with a hard salary cap did the Blueshirts see the errors of their ways. They were forced to ignore big names and play no-names, which described Ryan Callahan before he was named captain and long before they could get Martin St. Louis for him in a trade with Tampa Bay.
New York is still infatuated with superstars, and the Rangers haven't ignored them. In recent years, however, they've become more judicious with their money. They're playing for their first Cup since 1994, but it's not as if they came out of nowhere. They reached the conference finals twice in the last three years.
Their top five scorers took different routes to Broadway. Mats Zuccarello was an undrafted free agent who led the Rangers with 59 points. Derek Stepan was a second-round pick. Brad Richards was the marquee unrestricted free agent in 2011. Derick Brassard was a veteran acquired in a trade. Defenseman Ryan McDonagh was a prospect in the multiplayer swap that sent overpaid mistake Scott Gomez to Montreal.
The Kings missed the postseason in six straight seasons, including four after the lockout while they revamped the roster and waited for their prospects to mature into NHL players. They kept the right players for the right price, made the right trades and developed players the right way.
Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty and Dustin Brown were first-round picks. They traded for Jeff Carter, Justin Williams, Jarret Stoll, Mike Richards and Marian Gaborik. Conn Smythe Trophy winner Jonathan Quick could have made more than his $5.8 million average salary. He stayed because, well, why leave?
Most players aren't looking for maximum money. They're looking for the best combination of money, opportunity for success and living conditions. Nearly every free agent wants at least two of the three. That's where it gets very difficult for certain teams from smaller markets.
Teams from major markets are finally getting it right. Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles and New York offer all three. No wonder they're attractive. It's not because they're the biggest or best cities. It's because their general managers made enough wise decisions and keep their teams in contention.
That's really what Bettman had in mind. And he knew it could work anywhere.
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This show is very good and you can just tell when the closing scene ends with the family and friends trying to fish parts of a boat underwater with "The Good Life" by OneRepublic plays in the background. We didn't get some obvious Scrubs-esque humor here, but that's probably not the worst thing. This show is really coming it's own.
The title card for this episode was hilarious. My only complaint about the episode was even the mention of a possibility of Travis & Laurie relationship was too hard to fathom, and quite too ridiculous considering the writers have created a brotherly/sisterly bond between the two of them. The transitions between the golfing and the boat were very well done.
A part I found myself laughing hysterically at was the 80s montage gag. I literally was thinking the same thing when the song came on, the fact that they issued it so bluntly was absolutely hysterical. Good episode, bad ratings, yet again, undeserved.


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There has been a disturbing willingness on the part of some judges in recent years to treat the Christian cross as a symbol that isn't, well, just Christian. The most high-profile and problematic example of this was Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's suggestion that a large cross that had been erected on public land in the Mojave Desert wasn't really the symbol of one religion, but could be considered a fitting symbol for all Americans honoring the war dead.
That's ridiculous. There is no clearer symbol of Christianity than the cross, as both Christians and non-Christians can agree.
And yet there are times when displaying a cross, or any religious symbol, can be appropriate in a public setting.
A federal appeals court properly remembered that this week when it ruled that a cross known as the "Cross at Ground Zero" could remain on display at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York.
In this case, the cross was not built and pressed on the museum to add a religious aspect to the commemoration of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Rather, it was part of the story of the attack, a found object created when a column was transected by a crossbeam. Workers on the rescue and demolition crews that cleared the rubble saw that it resembled a cross and began going to it to pray and leave notes. The cross is an artifact of the site's history and deserves a place at the museum. It is part of a larger exhibit about how people tried, some through religion and others in different ways, to find meaning after the attack. Also in the exhibit are gifts from foreign nations that include symbols of other religions.
There was some disturbing wording in the ruling by a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, especially the assertion that the cross had become a "symbol of hope and healing for all persons." Crosses are symbols of hope and healing for Christians, not for the Americans who hold other beliefs and make up 23 percent of the U.S. population. It is demeaning to non-Christians for judges to contend that the symbol of the dominant religion is meaningful to all; that's practically the definition of government establishment of one religion over another.
The judges were on firmer ground when they concluded that the presence of the cross would clearly be understood by visitors as a symbol of "how some people used faith to cope with the tragedy," and as one artifact among many to help tell the complete story. Similarly, a cross at the Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton appropriately marks the site of the first baptism in California in 1769.
Just as the courts shouldn't allow crosses to dominate public landscapes only because someone wanted to erect one, they should not allow people who are uncomfortable with such symbols to suppress them when they are a valid part of our collective history.
There is no clearer symbol of Christianity than the cross, so why are some judges giving it broader meaning?
From above: Judges, remember: Cross is a Christian symbol
The cross is a symbol, but is it Christian?
The Greek word generally translated "cross" is stau·ros′. It basically means "an upright pale or stake." The Companion Bible points out: "[Stau·ros′] never means two pieces of timber placed across one another at any angle . . . There is nothing in the Greek of the [New Testament] even to imply two pieces of timber."
There is no evidence that for the first 300 years after Christ's death, those claiming to be Christians used the cross in worship. In the fourth century, however, pagan Emperor Constantine became a convert to apostate Christianity and promoted the cross as its symbol. Whatever Constantine's motives, the cross had nothing to do with Jesus Christ. The cross is, in fact, pagan in origin. The New Catholic Encyclopedia admits: "The cross is found in both pre-Christian and non-Christian cultures." Various other authorities have linked the cross with nature worship and pagan sex rites.
According to the book Babylon Mystery Religion, the cross originated among the ancient Babylonians of Chaldea. From there, it spread to ancient China, India, Mexico, parts of Africa and other places, centuries before Christianity was born.
"Ages ago in Italy, before the people knew anything of the arts of civilization, they believed in the cross as a religious symbol. It was regarded as a protector and was placed upon tombs. In 46 B.C., Roman coins show Jupiter holding a long scepter terminating in a cross. The Vestal Virgins of pagan Rome wore the cross suspended from their necklaces, as the nuns of the Roman Catholic church do now" (p. 51).
According to Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, the shape of the cross "had its origin in ancient Chaldea, and was used as the symbol of the god Tammuz (being in the shape of the mystic Tau, the initial of his name) in that country and in adjacent lands, including Egypt.
"By the middle of the third century A.D. the churches had either departed from, or had travestied, certain doctrines of the Christian faith. In order to increase the prestige of the apostate ecclesiastical system, pagans were received into the churches…and were permitted largely to retain their pagan signs and symbols. Hence, the Tau or T, in its most frequent form, with the cross-piece lowered, was adopted to stand for the cross of Christ" (p. 256).
Why, then, was this pagan symbol promoted? Apparently, to make it easier for pagans to accept "Christianity." Nevertheless, devotion to any pagan symbol is clearly condemned by the Bible. (2 Corinthians 6:14-18) The Scriptures also forbid all forms of idolatry. (Exodus 20:4, 5; 1 Corinthians 10:14)
The pagan cross symbol was "Christianized" into mainstream Christianity, just like the pagan holidays of the Saturnallia (Christmas), and Ishtar (Easter).
Jesus warned the disciples about being decieved, Matthew 24:3-5...And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world (age)? v4..And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Q. If Christ was beheaded by a Roman short sword, would believers wear a little sword around their necks? or if they had guns and they shot him to death, would you wear a symbol of a gun/bullet?


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I have a scary family history of breast cancer. Both my mom and maternal grandmother died of breast cancer. And my sister went through breast cancer treatment at age 50, about 8 years ago. (She's OK now.) I've had several breast biopsies over the years when lumps have looked suspicious — but I'm 60 now and, luckily, nothing has turned up yet.
What's amazing is the level of preventive care that Kaiser Permanente is giving me. About the time my sister was being treated for breast cancer, my personal physician suggested I see one of Kaiser Permanente's genetics specialists. The genetics counselor explained the importance of testing for the breast cancer gene, BRCA1/BRCA2, so I got tested. It turns out that I don't have that gene, but because of my family history, I still need to have ongoing high-risk screening.
I get an annual mammogram and MRI, and once a year I have an appointment with either a Kaiser Permanente oncology nurse practitioner or specialist. Because there might be a connection between vitamin D deficiencies and breast cancer, I get my vitamin D levels tested and take a vitamin D supplement. And I take tamoxifen — another preventive measure against developing breast cancer.
I found it reassuring to have the BRCA1/BRCA2 test. Before the test, I thought it was inevitable that I was going to get breast cancer. After the test, I knew that cancer wasn't inevitable for me — but I still needed to be vigilant about prevention. Even if the test had been positive, I think it would have been good to have that knowledge and be able to make some decisions about what I wanted to do next.
I like to tell this story to people who haven't experienced Kaiser Permanente and think of managed care as something that ratchets down on care. I've experienced just the opposite: A ratcheting up.
Kaiser Permanente is very proactive at prevention and always has my best interests at heart. If they can prevent someone from getting cancer, or help someone get on top of whatever they have, they'll do it. And that's very reassuring.


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Paul and Gwen Leonard Ethics and Politics Lecture
Kwame Anthony Appiah, "Cosmopolitianism"
First Ethics & Politics Lecture
Kwame Anthony Appiah, "Cosmopolitianism"
Cosmopolitan, or global citizenship, is the idea that our obligations to others go beyond responsibility simply to our family, friends and fellow citizens and extend globally to people everywhere. At the same time, cosmopolitans value the differences between people. Seeking a balance between common humanity and cultural specificity, cosmopolitans are philosophical universalists who accept difference.
Kwame Anthony Appiah has taught philosophy and African and African-American studies at Cambridge, Duke, Cornell, Yale, Harvard and Princeton Universities. Currently, he is Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton with a cross-appointment at Princeton's University Center for Human Values. Professor Appiah's recent books treat ethical and political issues regarding identity, race and racism, cosmopolitanism, the relevance of empirical research to ethics and the role of honor in moral reform. His early philosophical work deals with probabilistic semantics and theories of meaning. His books include Assertion and Conditionals (Cambridge), In My Father's House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture (Oxford), Color Conscious: The Political Morality of Race (with Amy Gutmann) (Princeton), Thinking It Through: An Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy (Oxford), The Ethics of Identity (Princeton), Experiments in Ethics (Harvard), Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers (W.W. Norton) and, most recently, The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen (W.W. Norton). He is also co-editor, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., of Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African-American Experience (Oxford) as well as author of novels including Avenging Angel and Another Death in Venice. Born in London, Professor Appiah was raised in Ghana and received his doctorate in philosophy from Cambridge University.
For more information, visit the following websites:
Speaker homepage: http://appiah.net/books/the-honor-code/
Short video excerpt from Examined Life explaining cosmopolitanism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjMnyP142b8
Short audio on the topic of the open forum, The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129832899
The Paul and Gwen Leonard Ethics and Politics Lecture is sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, University of Nevada, Reno, and the Leonard Endowment in Philosophy.
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