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The most dangerous thing an investor can do is become complacent during a rising market -- and complacency has ruled the day for a number of months now. The U.S. markets are experiencing low volatility, and stocks have been rising, as many expect they should do. It almost seems as if the "good old days" are upon us again.
The concern I have is that there are too many signals that could perhaps lead to some stormy days ahead. Let me be clear and affirm that I'm not one of those folks who has lost faith in the stock market since 2008. The market itself did nothing to me; rather, the storm that hit land in fall 2008 was caused by the irrational behavior of many people over the course of many years. Those types of irrational behaviors -- ignited by characteristics should as greed, over-confidence and loss aversion -- always exist in the human psyche. That's why we have bull markets, bear markets, expansion and recession.
I am bullish on America, U.S. capitalism and the free markets -- yet, all the while, I am concerned about today's economic state of affairs and the risk that poses to equities today. According to estimates from S&P Captial IQ, overall earnings for the companies tracked by the S&P 500 are expected to decline by 1.3% in the third quarter. This would mark the first decline in 11 quarters. Moreover, the Schiller price-to-earnings ratio for the S&P -- a P/E ratio that uses average earnings per share over a 10-year period -- is nearing 30x. That's significantly higher than the trailing and forward P/E ratios that are often in the headlines. For 2012, earnings for the S&P 500 are forecast to be around $100 per share, thus suggesting a very modest trailing P/E ratio of 15x. I would be very cautious about using such a multiple in assessing the attractiveness of equities.
I would also pay close attention to any further upcoming earnings warnings -- which, so far, are outpacing upbeat pre-earnings announcements. I understand that some companies like to set low expectations in order to impress Wall Street. But already we have seen companies like FedEx (FDX), which serves as a good economic pulse, warn of slowing growth. For another good gauge of overall economic activity, Caterpillar (CAT) CEO Douglas Oberhelman is now anticipating years of modest growth.
I certainly don't anchor my investment decisions on any forecast, be it from an analyst or from a CEO. But I think it's time for investors to pay really close attention to what is happening now -- and, at the moment, attention is being focused on the Fed's third round of quantitative easing, and not on fundamentals. As far as that's concerned, I think the fundamentals are actually much better than what the pessimists will have you believe. Banks are a lot less leveraged today, labor productivity has improved (although that improvement doesn't aid job creation) and most consumers are taking on less debt. But the best time to be on your guard is when things appear to be most calm, as they are today.
Going forward, I would put a premium on earnings quality and management quality over a shot at earnings growth. High-quality management will deliver on growth, but not in a way that harms the business in the long run. A company's business decisions today will affect its performance tomorrow. I was glancing over AutoZone (AZO) last night, and the company is the definition of quality earnings and highly capable management. As expected, it has created enormous value for investors during the economic recession and beyond.
As the market heads into earnings season, to be followed by the presidential election, there will be short- and long-term hurdles to overcome. Instead of trying to guess what will happen, focus on what you can control: making disciplined investment decisions.


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Mango importers reported a smooth transition from Mexican to offshore deals, and they expect markets to remain fairly steady into November.
Freska Produce International LLC, Oxnard, Calif., reported a good transition from its Mexican mango deal, which wound down the week of Sept. 24, to its Brazilian deal, which began the week of Oct. 1, said Gary Clevenger, managing member.
Freska plans to add Ecuadorean mangoes the week of Oct. 15, Clevenger said. The company's Ecuadorean fruit will be focused on the West Coast and Brazilian mangoes on the East Coast.
"It's a smooth transition," Clevenger said. "We don't expect any problems."
Sabine Henry, saleswoman for Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Central American Produce, expects tommy atkins from Brazil to begin peaking the week of Oct. 8. Ecuadorean product will likely follow by the end of the month.
Henry said early fruit from Brazil was peaking on 7s and 8s, with very little fruit in the 10-14 range.
"We'd like to see more of a mix," she said. "Usually 9s and 10s are ideal for retailers."
Brazilian exporters assured Henry, however, that smaller fruit would be more plentiful beginning the week of Oct. 8.
Prices could drop in October, but any declines would be slight, Henry said.
Clevenger said he expects markets to remain fairly steady until mid- to late November, when Ecuador begins peaking.
On Oct. 2, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported prices of $8.50-9 for one-layer flats of tommy atkinses 7-8s from Brazil, up from $5-5.75 last year at the same time.
William Watson, executive director of the National Mango Board, Orlando, Fla., reported strong demand as Mexico yields to offshore producers.
"We're hearing there's a strong desire among people looking to promote fruit," he said Oct. 2. "Demand has not been impacted (by the transition)."
Watson expects more diversity in the Brazilian and Ecuadorean deals this year, with more ataulfos coming from Brazil and more ataulfos and kents from Ecuador.
The majority of fruit shipping from Brazil in early October was tommy atkins, with some ataulfos, Clevenger said. Ataulfos, tommy and hadens will ship from Ecuador at the beginning of its deal, with kents and keitts coming later.
Freska's Brazilian and Ecuadorean volumes are expected to be up about 10% from last year, Clevenger said.
Henry said volumes would be down slightly due to three factors: lower acreage, lighter yields and an increased emphasis on shipping only the highest-quality fruit. She reported good quality on early Brazilian shipments this season.
Peru will take over Freska's offshore mango program in late December, Clevenger said.

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THREE severe flood warnings remain in place in Gloucestershire this morning as a tidal surge is expected between 8am and 10am.
The Environment Agency has been contacting those living in the effected areas but is advising people to stay vigilant.
Rest centres in Stroud, Tewkesbury, Gloucester and the Forest of Dean are all on standby and councils are working with vulnerable people in the affected areas.
Gloucestershire Constabulary says more officers will be out on the county's roads this morning to keep an eye on the situation but Superintendent Jim McCarthy is asking people to avoid driving through flood waters.
"In this type of situation, things can change rapidly and we're asking all drivers to avoid the roads close to the River Severn wherever possible. If you're in an area with a flooded road, please avoid driving through the standing water as it maybe hiding debris or loose manhole covers," he said.
"For those who were planning to watch the Severn Bore go through later this morning, we're asking them to avoid the area completely."
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re matching salaries -- indeed, Barea maybe. Nice addition for the Lakers, wasted cap space for the Wolves when Rubio comes back.
Here are some ridiculous numbers:
Out of the ten Pacers who have appeared in five or more games, only three of them are shooting better than .410 from the field - David West at .491, Lance Stephenson at .469, and Ian Mahinmi at .443.
For comparison's sake, the second worst team is Cleveland with five players over the .410 mark.
Unsurprisingly, our team FG% is 29th in the league at .413 (within .005 of Washington at 30th, and Cleveland and Charlotte at 28th and 27th respectively). Thankfully, our opponents' team FG% sits at .408 - the lowest in the league by .016!
The opposing team's high scorer has been a guard fourteen times (74%) and a forward or center only five times (26%). When two players shared the team-high mark, I gave it to the more efficient of the two. I don't know if that stat means anything, but I was interested in seeing, so I saw.
Great stuff! Interesting, makes you think if they can get the offense to improve to slightly below average from awful, they'll be a force. Makes me feel good with my beliefs in Defense and how it doesn't have an 'off' night, like shooting can. What makes me like this team so much is exactly what made me dislike the Murphleavy Obrien teams. Crazy how quickly the personality of a team can change. Now, if only they can find a high teen scorer at the win position to make it all work. I joke, but Danny is exactly the thing they need. I have hope again for the season!
We lead the league in opponent FG% (.408) and are tied for 2nd in opponent 3P% (.321), but we rank near the bottom - 28th - in opponent FT% (.795). Vogel needs to do something about our free throw defense, and if he can't get the job done, it's time for Shaw to take over.
Yes, the stat means we protect the paint well.
It just makes me sick that the Pacers can't make these type of deals. Walsh brought Felton to the Knicks the 1st time, so he had to know Felton's game.
15/2.5/7... 42.5% FG... 39% 3PT... 68% FT... 2.5-1 A/TO rate for 14.85 mil for 4 years.
18/5.5/6... 42% FG... 38% 3PT... 82% FT... 2.5-1 A/TO for 5.7 mil this year and 6.2 mil next year.
Sickening absolutely sickening.
They don't have Amare either.
Wright caught my eye last year. I have't kept up with the game results this year like last year due to computer problems, so I don't know how well he's been playing this year. Sounds like he doing well though.
If they had, they wouldn't win with such a large margin
Darren Wolfson: #Twolves source: Rubio angling to play tomorrow. Still a better chance because his conditioning isn't 100% that we're a week away from that. Twitter @DarrenWolfson
Nice, I'm glad he is ready to come back.
Dave McMenamin @mcten
Kobe on the team's viewing of "Lincoln": "I don't know if the guys knew who he was ... It came as a big shock to them when he was killed"
Retweeted by Jared Wade
And suddenly, so much of why the Lakers have been a colossal failure was revealed.
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
I really do hope that he is joking. If not, that is completely ridiculous.
Amar'e still has negative value for the Knicks.
By the way, even if he returns to full health he will still be a bad fit in NYK. They play defense now. I don't see how Amar'e can help with that.
Maybe.Will he ever be healthy again, though? I certainly hope so
The bad fit was blown out by the media, he fits fine, now that Felton is back they should be able to do similar damage to what they did before the Melo trade, those two looked amazing together, Amare was scoring over 25ppg(I think) and Felton was on his way to his first all star game.By the way, even if he returns to full health he will still be a bad fit in NYK. They play defense now. I don't see how Amar'e can help with that.
The hilarious part is that Walsh cleared this cap space to get LeBron and if not then Bosh. In order to not look ridiculous by coming up empty handed, he signs often injured Amare to a poor contract. One that is still untradeable 2 years later. I really wonder how much pressure he was getting from Dolan to do something with all that capspace.
Amare and Carmello are the epitome of having guys that fit, not an allstar team. Trade Amare to LA for Gasol. Amare with Nash works, proven to be so. Gasol can hide his deficencies with Tyson Chandler patrolling the paint. I'd hate both teams even more.
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I would love to have Dwill.
If agent Rob Pelinka had a personal Twitter account, he might echo his clients claims from last February.
It was then that Minnesota Timberwolves forward Derrick Williams tweeted, Anybody ever felt like a caged lion?
According to a team source, Pelinka has voiced his displeasure with Williams lack of playing time. He hasnt gone as far as to request a trade, but he has inquired about the possibility that one will come.
The Wolves stance from the source: We told him to wait for our team to come together. Wait for Derrick to play with Ricky (Rubio). When they played together last year, Williams benefited greatly.
But hey, maybe he can stick around the perimeter and shoot outside J's while D12 pounds the inside.
Meanwhile I think that would make the Knicks very good, BUUUT they're doing very well with Melo playing the 4.


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(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – April 5, 2013) An expert in media, education and psychology will explain how social media influences the brain at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 15, at California Lutheran University.
Bernie Luskin, president-elect of the American Psychological Association's Society for Media Psychology and Technology, will share research and insights on the subject during his presentation in Samuelson Chapel.
The Lake Sherwood resident is CEO of Luskin International, a consulting company that assists educational institutions and businesses with online higher education. Luskin has served as president of Orange Coast College, Coastline Community College, Jones International University and Touro University Worldwide. He is the director of the Kellogg Foundation Community College Leadership Legacy Project and is a past chair of the American Association of Community Colleges. He has taught at many universities and founded the first master's degree program in media psychology and social change at Fielding Graduate University and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Luskin, a licensed marriage and family therapist and school psychologist with a doctorate in education and technology from UCLA, is the author of ten books and writes a regular column for Psychology Today magazine titled "The Media Psychology Effect." He has received lifetime achievement awards for his contributions to media and education from many organizations including the American Psychological Association, UCLA Doctoral Alumni Association and California State University, Los Angeles, and two Emmys for documentaries on education.
The chapel is located south of Olsen Road near Campus Drive on the Thousand Oaks campus.
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Please take the publication date into consideration for any date references. ] [ Media Contact: TPWD News, firstname.lastname@example.com, 512-389-8030 ] [TH] May 23, 2008 Donations, Angler Dollars Help Achieve Shrimp Buyback Goals AUSTIN, Texas -- It's taken more than a decade and close to $12 million, but an effort to purchase and retire commercial shrimp licenses and improve the ecological health of Texas bays has achieved its goals, thanks to support from recreational anglers, shrimpers and conservation-minded financial supporters. Bay shrimpers have voluntarily sold more than 1,800 licenses to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and retired from the business since the buyback program began in the 1990s. As a result, peak bay shrimping effort has decreased by 91 percent since 1994. During the same period, shrimper bycatch, or accidental catch of other marine life besides shrimp, has decreased by 84 percent. Abundance of bycatch species such as croaker, sand trout and anchovies has increased by 61 percent. Croaker abundance in Texas bays has almost doubled since 1994, and 2007 marked a record high catch in TPWD bay trawls. Anglers can expect to see the return of the fall croaker run. "Our goal was to return bay shrimping effort to the levels of the 1970s, and we've achieved that," said Larry McKinney, Ph.D., TPWD Coastal Fisheries Division director. "Our red drum and trout fisheries are in their best conditions in 30 years, with populations increasing. And reducing the impact of near-shore shrimping has been significant in getting us to where we are today. Our objectives continue to be higher catch rates for shrimpers, reduced bycatch and healthy ecosystems." Private donors played a key role in the buyback effort. On May 22, a check for $1.2 million was presented to the TPW Commission by Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation Executive Director Dick Davis. "This success story involves a diverse group of conservation philanthropists who all deserve recognition," Davis said. The campaign began 18 months ago when former TPW Commission Chairman Joseph Fitzsimons recommended that the foundation establish a fund in honor of the late William Negley, a long-time advocate of Texas coastal conservation. Charter contributors to the campaign via the Bill Negley Fund include Fitzsimons, Ed Harte, Will Harte, the Harte Charitable Foundation, Commission Chairman Peter Holt and Commissioner Dan Friedkin, who together provided $400,000. "We've finally reached the goal Bill Negley set decades ago," Fitzsimons said. "I was sitting at Negley's breakfast table 20 years ago, when he told me this had to happen. His vision was that anglers and other conservationists would bear the cost of this, not through regulation but through purchase of licenses to help fund efforts to reduce bycatch. Later, the Harte family asked me what single effort would make the most difference for coastal conservation, and they made a $250,000 challenge grant to get things rolling. All Texans will benefit from the resulting improved health of our coastal ecosystems." The Foundation, led by board members Mimi Zoch, Karen Hixon (now a TPW Commissioner) and Pat Murray, raised the remaining $800,000. Contributing partners included the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, the Robert J. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation, the Meadows Foundation, the Amon Carter Foundation and Texas Coastal Conservation Association. Several other foundations and individuals also contributed. For bay shrimpers, the buyback program has provided an exit strategy for an industry plagued by declining shrimp prices and skyrocketing fuel prices. Those who remain have benefited-although total landings have decreased, the shrimp catch-per-hour has doubled since 1994, meaning the bay shrimp fleet is now smaller but more efficient. "We've offered a way for people to make a graceful exit from a business in decline, providing some funds to get retrained or go into other businesses," McKinney said. "That was also an original purpose of the program authorized by the legislature." For the first five years, state funding for the license buyback came almost exclusively from a surcharge on commercial bay and bait shrimping licenses, which still generates funds dedicated only for shrimp buyback. That changed in 2000, when the TPW Commission approved a $3 surcharge on saltwater fishing stamps required of almost all recreational anglers fishing Texas coastal waters. That surcharge was set to expire in 2005, but the commission later approved an indefinite extension. "Our anglers have been tremendously supportive of our conservation efforts and their investment has paid off in healthy populations of trout and red drum," stated McKinney, "we will be working closely with them and the Commission to look at options to continue to generate similar benefits in other areas of the fishery."* A portion of bay and bait shrimping license revenue remains dedicated for shrimp license buyback, so TPWD will likely continue to purchase smaller numbers of licenses in coming years, although the program's main goals have been achieved. More than 1,000 bay and bait licenses remain in the fishery, so if the industry turns around and more shrimpers return to the bays, license buyback could still be important to reduce effort and protect bay ecosystems. * Correction, June 3, 2008: The original version of this news release has been edited. (Return to corrected item.) -30-


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The Sexual Pathology of the Libyan Attackers
Posted By Mark Tapson On September 21, 2012 @ 12:50 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPage | 3 Comments
Soon after the terrorist attack that left four Americans dead in Libya, reports began coming in that U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens was not only murdered by the Muslim mob, but also sodomized both before and after his death, and his corpse dragged through the streets. This grotesque defilement was willfully suppressed by the mainstream media, who were focused like a laser on a much more horrific story: presidential candidate Mitt Romney talking like a conservative at a fundraiser. Thank goodness that in these difficult times we can count on the media to cover the news we really need to know.
As FrontPage Shillman Journalism Fellow Raymond Ibrahim writes,
Sexual abuse and degradation is a common tactic used against non-Muslims, especially women, as the repeatedly raped Lara Logan found Nor are men immune from such rapes. In fact, the photos of Ambassador Stevensstripped of clothes, bloodied and tortured right before he was killedvery much resemble the photos of Gaddafi right before he was killed. One U.S.-supported freedom-fighter, for example, can be seen sodomizing Gadaffi with a rod as others dragged him along.
Ibrahim finishes by noting that the al-Qaeda affiliated men who sexually abused and killed Gaddafi are the same men who sexually abused and killed Americas ambassador.
This revelation about the sexual denigration of the reportedly gay Ambassador Stevens raises several questions. First, when are so-called liberals going to shed the rose-tinted goggles of multiculturalism and get in touch with a righteous anger about a pathologically anti-gay, ragingly misogynist, mob culture that sexually violates and murders innocents?
When are American progressives, who whine about a mythical Republican War on Women, going to denounce this perverse sexual pathology in Arab culture? When are leftist academics, up in arms about the Bush administrations enhanced interrogations of hardened terrorists, going to vent their fury against a culture that routinely commits sexual torture and mutilation?
Gay rights supporters work themselves into a lather over the Chick-Fil-A restaurant chain, which discriminates against neither gay employees nor gay customers. I suppose theyre unaware that most Arab and African nations walked out of an historic UN Human Rights Council debate on gay rights earlier this year, refusing to legitimize homosexuality. When are the liberals going to break their monastic silence about a theocratic culture that hangs gays from cranes, as in Iran, where President Ahmadinejad famously claimed they dont have the problem of homosexuality there?
Obviously these are all rhetorical questions designed to underscore the lefts disgusting hypocrisy, because the answer to all of them is never. Breaking free of the mental bondage of multiculturalist indoctrination would cause the entire world view of leftists to come crashing down. They must cling to their delusion or risk a complete psychological meltdown.
Another question: If suspicions of Ambassador Stevens homosexuality are true, why did the administration send a gay man to an unstable hotbed of Islamic fundamentalism? Did it not realize that the possible discovery of his sexual orientation could have ramped up the danger for Stevens? Kevin Dujan at Hillbuzz reports that a Serbian consulate employee named Dino
told me it was no secret that Chris Stevens was gay and that it was stupid to send him to Libya as the ambassador when he was a known homosexual.
Dino explained in great detail that the brutal sodomizing of Stevens corpse was something that Muslims do to show the utmost disrespect to the body and that this is a great insult in Islam reserved for homosexuals. It is like making him a woman in death and he will be a woman now after life, the Serbian explained to me.
Women should find it pretty offensive that this process of degrading a corpse through rape is considered making him a woman in death and a woman after life. Why arent feminists taking to the streets to condemn this misogynist barbarism? Oh, I forgot theyre busy picketing Washington for free birth control, costumed as vaginas.
The American left, forever screaming about gay marriage, demanding free birth control, and spewing hate at conservative Christians whom they disparage as the American Taliban, is shamefully silent about real evil in the world, about the most intolerant ideology on the planet and one that stands in stark contrast to the tolerance they claim to revere.
A final question: President Obama proudly announced, almost three and a half years into his tenure, that he had evolved far enough to support gay marriage; when can we expect him to evolve enough to express outrage not just a composed, rote condemnation of violence at a culture that condemns homosexuals to a grisly death?
Some might argue that, to avoid igniting the Middle East tinderbox, the President should stay calm and not inflame matters more. Screw that. Islamic fundamentalists have dragged an American ambassadors mutilated body through the streets, killed three more Americans, and stormed our embassies in other countries as well. Its long past time for the President of the United States of America to present a righteous fury to the Islamic enemy, show them not one whit of deference or appeasement, and move to protect American interests and avenge American murders.
But that wont happen, because we have a President whose sympathies lie with the Muslim fundamentalists seeking to tear down America and the West. Because of that he will excuse their torture and killing of homosexuals, their insanely hateful oppression of women, their violent disrespect toward our embassies, and their murder of Americans. We have a President who is busy yukking it up with David Letterman, partying with former drug dealer Jay-Z at a fundraiser, and basking in the adoration of the hosts on The View to give a damn about American lives or American interests.
Ambassador Stevens was not sexually abused AT ALL. This story has been repeated so many times that it sounds credible. It is not.
The man is dead. I'm asking everyone to act civilly and leave the dead and the Stevens family alone.
We have enough information about the islamist trash that want us all dead.
How do you know? Are you some kind of gov intel insider or something?
I read a lot but stay away from broadcast media, my background is military intelligence and State Dept.
There is quite a layer of reports from analysts and intel harvesters that ends up on private blogs and forums, where members share what they know but avoid the "if it bleeds, it leads" media. That is how international intel and security analysts commune about our foreign affairs that affect them. They offer unique and first hand perspective to our foreign interests and events.
Start digging, nearly all foreign intelligence services and military have private blogs and forums that you can join, and use google translate. Lots of hard work but it will put you in the know.
I often offer much less than I know. I was just disgusted with this line of posts and finally said something.
FR is a great forum but it is getting so overloaded with sensational nonsense, repeat posts of the same story.
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Bay City Players Announces Cast for AND MISS REARDON DRINKS A LITTLE
Bay City Players will present And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, on January 18-20 & 24-27, 2013 at Bay City Players, 1214 Columbus Avenue, in Bay City. Performance times are 8:00 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The box office for And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little opens on Monday, January 14, 2013. Box office hours areMonday through Saturday, January 14th –19th & 21st-26th from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Sunday, January 20th & January 27th from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. The box office phone number is (989) 893-5555. Ticket prices are Senior/Students: $15.00 and Adults: $17.00. Students may purchase tickets for the Thursday, January 24thperformance for $5.00; student ID must be presented to the box office at time of purchase. Tickets can also be purchased online by visiting our website at www.baycityplayers.com.


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Today's Devotional
King of the SunriseHow are you declaring the glory of God in your life?
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INNERSTATE180.com - Our youth program had students submit an application for a free bedroom renovation. The four applications found to be in greatest need were selected. These students moved out of their rooms for an entire week while their youth leaders gave it an amazing transformation. After the renovations, we showed these students their new rooms on video for the first time in front of the youth group and used the process to teach about renovating our lives. This REALigion series focused on the purpose of Discipleship and reorganizing your priorities. This series was called: While You Were Out - I-180 Edition (The song is "Anthem" by Superchick...)


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Indiana Gets:
1 - Andre Iguadala
2 - Elton Brand
3 - Craig Brackins
4 - Alexis Ajinca
Phili Gets:
1 - Caron Butler
2 - TJ Ford
3 - James Posey
4 - Dominique Jones
Dallas Gets:
1 - Mike Dunleavy
2 - Dahntay Jones
3 - Solomon Jones
4 - Lance Stevenson
I know many will say this is going to cripple us adding Brand's deal but I disagree, as long as we can move both Posey & Jones combined salary of about 9.5 mil Brand's 16 doesn't look QUITE as bad. Iggy contrasts with Grangers game as well as any other guard in the league would IMO. They would make an incredible inside out wing tandem and with Iggy pushing Danny to play defense the way we know he can I think they would be incredibly formidable. Brackins has some upside and Ajinca may as well but both are more throw-ins than anything at this point. We give up our to largest expiring deals in TJ and Mike and a young prospect in Lance but Iggy as better than anybody we could hope to sign and with him brought in and Brandon backing him up, Lance wasn't going to see the light of day anytime soon (he is NOT a PG) I think this puts us over the top with a lineup of:
PG - Collison, Price
SG - Iggy, Rush
SF - Granger, George
PF - Brand Hans, Brackins
C - Hibbert, McBob, Foster, Ajinca
We become a pretty scary team IMO.....well there is still the matter of our coaching....but uh, thats neither here nor there. We prob need to get another PG and wing to fill out the roster but we can look to the draft possibly and even with this we will still have around 15 mil expiring contracts.
I guess it all depends on how bad Phili wants to rid themselves of those 2 albatross contracts as they really don't get a whole lot of value here. With this deal they go into the off-season with something like 37mil in cap space. They also do get Dominique Jones who does have some "upside".....whole deal though as I said probably depends on how much value the cap space is to them...and with how they are playing in their current incarnation....I would think its a lot !
For Dallas I think this move to bring in another swing-man makes more sense than Stephen Jackson, or any of the others if for no other reason than its just a rental if it doesn't work out, it doesn't cripple them with yet another big long term deal. They nab Dun, and a defensive guy in Jones who has really been criminally underutilized in Indy as well as some size in Solo, and a young prospect with arguably more upside than the only real asset they gave up in Dominique.


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MIAMI - On this date, even though an intense storm was located near Alaska on this date in 1968, its effect was felt as far south as Hawaii. Swells from the storm created high surf near Hilo, HI and swept rocks and seawater into some buildings at Onekahakaha Beach. At its highest point, water reached 150 feet above the high-tide mark.
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F).........................81 Tampa Macdill AFB, Fla.
HIGHEST HEAT INDEX (DEGREES F)..........................82 Tampa Macdill AFB, Fla.
LOWEST TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)..........................3 Silver Bay, Minn.
LOWEST WIND CHILL (DEGREES F)...........................-46 Unalakleet, Alaska
HIGHEST WIND GUST (MPH).................................79 Mt. Washington, N.H.
HIGHEST PRECIPITATION (INCHES)..........................1.22 Blue Canyon, Calif.
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Tony Stark keeps the Mighty Mugg spirit alive...
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Hasbro has long been a member of the urban vinyl movement with their popular Mighty Muggs series. Incorporating characters from Transformers, GI Joe, Star Wars and Marvel, the line appeals to collectors who enjoy a little whimsy with their licensed heroes and villains. At this year's Comic-Con, Hasbro continued to deliver the Mighty Mugg fun with an exclusive Marvel figure: a Mark VI Mighty Mugg produced in celebration of this year's theatrical release of Iron Man 2.
PACKAGING: The Mark VI is packaged in the traditional full color Mighty Mugg window box, but this time around it features a golden foil finish which enhances the overall look of the exclusive. The figure also features a golden foil sticker with the "San Diego Comic-Con" logo which matches the metallic gold look of the piece and adds to the toy's overall "exclusiveness".
SCULPT: With the exception of the hinged face plate, there is not much new tooling on this piece; the Mark VI utilizing the standard Mighty Mugg buck body. The working visor piece is a very cool addition to the figure allowing collectors to display their figure with visor down or up exposing a new "Mugg" - Tony Stark's face. The visor piece is very well made and the hinges allow the face plate to slide up and down easily.
PAINT: Hasbro did a fantastic job applying the color and deco on this figure and the shiny metallic finish really catches the eye. The stylized look of Tony Stark's face is an excellent caricature of Robert Downey Jr.
ARTICULATION: Meant more for display than play, the Mark VI Mighty Mugg features minimal articulation with only a swivel head, arms and legs. The flip-up visor adds another point, adding some variety in how you show the piece.
OVERALL: Hasbro's Mighty Muggs collection hasn't seen retailer action in some time, but that doesn't mean that the line is dead. Incredible show exclusives like the Iron Man 2 Mark VI show Hasbro still cares about their Mighty Muggs fanbase. And what a fanbase it is: The SDCC 2010 Exclusive Iron Man 2 Mark VI Mighty Mugg completely sold out at the show (and on Hasbrotoyshop.com) where it retailed for $15.99. "100% Recycled Awesome," indeed.
Review and Photos by Jorge Pelaez
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The FBI is investigating whether the fatal shooting of a campus police officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and gunfire and explosions in a nearby town are related to the Boston Marathon bombings.
A Massachusetts State Police spokesman said early Friday that one person suspected in the gunfire and explosions has been accounted for and one is at large.
The FBI said it is working with local authorities to determine what happened.
The MIT shooting on the Cambridge campus Thursday night was followed by reports of violence in nearby Watertown, about 10 miles west of Boston.
State police spokesman David Procopio said there is a "strong possibility" the incidents are related.
The MIT officer had been responding to report of a disturbance Thursday night when he was shot multiple times, according to a statement from the Middlesex district attorney's office and Cambridge police. It said there were no other victims.
In Watertown, witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots and explosions at about 1 a.m. Friday. Dozens of police officers and FBI agents were in the neighborhood and a helicopter circled overhead.
State police spokesman David Procopio said, "The incident in Watertown did involve what we believe to be explosive devices possibly, potentially, being used against the police officers."
Boston cab driver Imran Sais said he was standing on a street corner at a police barricade across from a diner when he heard an explosion.
"I heard a loud boom and then a rapid succession of pop, pop, pop," he said. "It sounded like automatic weapons. And then I heard the second explosion."
He said he could smell something burning and advanced to check it out but area residents at their windows yelled at him, "Hey, it's gunfire! Don't go that way!"
MIT said right after the 10:30 p.m. shooting that police were sweeping the campus in Cambridge and urged people to remain indoors. They urged people urged to stay away from the Stata Building, a mixed-use building with faculty offices, classrooms and a common area.
Hours later, MIT, which has about 11,000 students, said the campus was clear but the shooter was still on the loose.


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Everyone has an opinion about Johnny Manziel and his current situation.
We asked some former college quarterbacks about how they think Manziel's handled his success and what advice they would give the reigning Heisman Trophy winner. Here's what they said:
Q: How do you think Manziel has handled his success on the field?
Matt Mauck: I think he has handled things very poorly up until this point. However, I would ask why A&M hasn't made more of an effort to try and control some of his social media habits. Manziel isn't the first college QB to drink under the age of 21 or attend a few frat parties but him constantly flaunting it on social media is only placing him under more of a microscope. Being the starting QB at a major university is an incredible experience but can easily spiral out of control without some guidelines from the coaching staff and university. I can guarantee you I would have been in Coach Saban's office (at LSU) after the first incident and not been able to step on the field until I got my life under control.
Jim Miller: I personally don't think it's Johnny M from what I understand. I think it is his parents and how he was raised. I'm not absolving Johnny for his actions because he should know better with where he's at. Sumlin has been trying to reel this kid in, but his parents are a big problem.
Andrew Zow: I see him as a talented kid with the world in his hands but not understanding the big picture. Life has been easy and being a big celebrity in big Texas can be too much. Social media has hurt a lot of athletes because of their antics. Sometime the greats have to fall hard. Hopefully he does not have to fall too far before he understands the true meaning of being a leader and role model.
Bill Burke: Johnny hasn't handled it well at all. He's not a kid that made a mistake and has learned from it. There seems to be a pattern of bad judgment and immaturity. When you are a high profile QB—let alone the first freshman to win the Heisman— you're looked at as a leader and your character will be put under a microscope. If he doesn't realize it now, he may never get it. But the realization that he could be sitting on the sidelines at some point instead of helping his team win games should wake him up.
MORE: Investigation | Timeline | Sumlin speaks | Photo proof | Vegas reacts
Q: What advice would you give Manziel moving forward?
Mauck: As hard as it may be due to his celebrity status, try and be a college student. Put your energy into football and class.
Stan Weber: While he may be able to excel in college while having this type of offseason, that should not be his goal. He should be competing to be the best he can be and preparing to compete with NFL level quarterbacks. To do that he will need to have complete focus on getting better at football during the offseason. Every minute wasted will keep you from reaching your full potential because no matter how talented you are it is not easy to be a consistently great quarterback in the NFL.
Zow: Concentrate solely on football. I also believe he needs to surround himself with good people. Surround himself with Godly men on his football team that are not doing as much partying as he has been doing in the past few months. He should also look for advice and counseling from a leader within his life. I think his head coach would be a good start.
Miller: He needs to separate himself from his parents. That's tough to ask any kid to do. At his age, family is undefeated. His bloodlines will be stronger than Sumlin's message of opportunity. All Sumlin can do is manage the situation the best he can. Can he really lock the parents out of the football building? He can't. His best avenue is to welcome the parents and educate them for the best interests of their son.
Burke: If Manziel is not thinking about the impact of his actions on others, he should at least be considering his own future. If I'm an NFL executive, I don't want him leading my franchise. There's no question that he's a playmaker, but NFL QB's need to be so much more than that. Undersized signal callers are already at a disadvantage in the NFL. Guys like Drew Brees and Russell Wilson understand they need to be as extraordinary off the field as they are on it.
MORE: SN All-Americans | All-SEC | Coaches Top 25 | SN Top 25
About the panelists:
Bill Burke: Michigan State, 1996-99. Seventh in school history for passing yards with 5,463, he threw for 46 TD (third most) passes for the Spartans.
Matt Mauck: LSU, 2001-03. Is 11th all-time in LSU passing with 3,831 yards. Led Tigers to 2003 BCS title under Nick Saban, throwing for a school-record 28 TDs.
Jim Miller: Michigan State, 1991-93. Eighth in school history with 5,037 passing yards and had 17 TD passes. Threw for 6,387 yards and 36 TDs in the NFL over six seasons with Chicago and Pittsburgh.
Stan Weber: Kansas State, 1983-84. Passes for 1,274 yards and ran for 685 in his two seasons playing for Jim Dickey.
Andrew Zow: Alabama, 1998-01. Third all-time leading passer for the Crimson Tide with 5,983 yards and tied for fifth with 35 touchdowns.


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Location: Ginty Field Baseball Complex
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 to Friday, June 28, 2013
Starts: 9:00am / Ends: 3:00pm
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$320 for four-day option ..... (T-W-TH-F)
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Players receive:
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-Invaluable experience for future baseball success
-Opportunity to meet, learn & be evaluated by the SJU coaching staff
Tentative Schedule:
Introduction/Announcements...............9:00 a.m.
Group Stretch.......................................9:15 a.m.
Basic Throwing and Fielding Drills...... 9:30 a.m.
Team Fundamentals..............................10:00 a.m.
Hitting Instruction................................11:00 a.m.
Lunch................................................... Noon
Instructional Game................................12:45 p.m.
Position Play Skills................................1:45 p.m.
Baserunning..........................................2:30 p.m.
Day's Critique.......................................2:45 p.m.
What to bring:
Glove, bat, batting gloves, helmet (optional), approved little league spikes. Come dressed in little league attire.
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Summer trend: Step out with metallics
For weeks, metallic heels, sandals, flats and wedges have glared out at me from the Internets.
You know how it goes with shiny things. You can't look away. You just think, I want that. No more questions.
Stephanie Hayes, Katie Sanders, Kameel Stanley, & Keyonna Summers
For weeks, metallic heels, sandals, flats and wedges have glared out at me from the Internets.
You know how it goes with shiny things. You can't look away. You just think, I want that. No more questions.
So, it's nearly 5 p.m. and you're still trying to get over your Monday morning blahs. What better pick-me-up than a sale?
For your shopping pleasure, we've rounded up a few that you might want to check out.
Charlotte Russe: All shoes are buy one, get one $10. There's also free shipping on all orders over $30.
Loft: Get 40% off dresses both in store or online, using the code DRESS40 at checkout.
Old Navy: Get an automatic 20% off your purchase by either showing the cashier an online coupon via an email printout or your smartphone, or entering the code ONSAVE20 during online checkout.
The Limited: Up to 60% off purchases both in store or online.
Torrid: Take up to an additional 75% off clearance items, both online and in store.
What other great sales are going on out there? Let us know in the comments!
--Deal Diva KeyonnaFull Story
The weatherman says it's going to storm all week long up here in Tallahassee.
Know what? I DON'T CARE.
It's the final week of the intensive 60-day legislative session, so things are looking pretty bright in my book.
To celebrate, I chose this bright vintage blouse that ties at the neck and flares forgivingly in the arms.
That's right -- vintage. Super easy, super fresh vintage that reminds me of the take-no-BS, elegant Joan Holloway of Mad Men. I did it and so can you.
Hit the ATM (well, don't actually HIT it, but calmly extract money from it). It's time for the Dress for Success Tampa Bay Excess Inventory Sale, running tonight through 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lions Eye Institute, 1410 N. 21st. St. in Ybor City.
Dress for Success is a great organization that helps struggling women get back on their feet with interview clothes and help with job skills. They thrive on donations but don't always get the sizes they need. The proceeds from the excess inventory sale will help pay for plus-size business attire, larger shoes and boutique expenses.
I've been to the boutique before and saw some really, really nice stuff in great condition. Suits are $6. Dresses, blazers, shoes, purses and totes are $5. Pants, skirts and shirts are $4. Belts are $2. Jewelry is $1.
All sales are final and it's cash only, so don't forget to gently visit that cash dispensing machine. Happy hunting!Full Story
As if we didn't have enough reasons to admire Kate, Kate Middleton, not-quite Princess Kate, Kate Duchess of Cambridge, Pippa's sister, (take THAT, Search Engine Optimization!), she is making being laden with child look easy, like a trip to a Paris bistro in the middle of May, like a stroll through the park on a summer's afternoon. We know it's not REALLY like that. Kate has famously had a pretty uncomfortable pregnancy with loads of sickness, so it's good to see her out and about smiling.
She of course set off an international frenzy Friday when she and the hubs toured Warner Brothers Studio near London, scoping out Harry Potter props in a polka dot dress from british brand Topshop, priced less than $60. The UK Mail Online reports that the frock has already sold out. No surprise there. Her jacket, we hear, is Ralph Lauren. …Full Story
Who loves stickers?
We love stickers.
Is it true?
We do, we do, we do, we do-ooo.
Especially the ones that save us money. It's Kohl's coupon day! Now go pick up a copy of the Tampa Bay Times. It's worth $10 off a $30 purchase today through May 12. Don't shop at Kohl's? Buy a paper anyway and give me yours :-)
And while you're at it, can you grab me some orange soda, too?
--Deal Diva KameelFull Story
Pause with me for a second and go back to, oh, second grade. You're in the library. The cool girl comes up to you.
"Wanna join my club?"
Do I? Yes yes yes.
I'm pretty sure retailers know how effective this ploy is. For the past couple years, they've been inviting us into their secret clubs, virtual shopping malls and flash sale sites that are available only by invite.
And we eat it up.
Heck, I did last night, when I got an invite to MyHabit.com. It's Amazon's version of, well, take your pick: Ideeli, TheRealReal, HauteLook...Full Story
Ready to feel warm and fuzzy while you shop?
It's time again for the Tampa Bay Times Newspapers in Education auction, with deals on packages including shopping sprees at WestShore Plaza and International Plaza, plus movie tickets, sports outings, dining certificates and trips to locales including Wine Country in California and Washington D.C.
All funds raised will support Newspapers in Education, supplying newspapers and instructional materials to local classrooms at no cost to schools, teachers or students. Literacy for the youngsters!
Auction ends May 1, so get to bidding right here!Full Story
So, by now you've probably heard. Saks Fifth Avenue at Tampa's WestShore Plaza is closing May 4.
The upscale retailer announced the news Tuesday. Our colleague Susan Thurston has all the details here.
But what we really wanted to know was: Will there be sales? Late Tuesday afternoon, we got our answer.
In the past two days, I've gotten four emails about trends for spring. At the top of the list? Strapless dresses.
Did you just make a face? 'Cause I did too, when I read that. Strapless dresses are just so... so... stressful, right?
They never stay in place.
They only work on one body type (a.k.a. not mine).
They're for prom, they're for your sister's wedding.
They can make even the lovliest bumps look like... er, lumps.
And yet...
When they're good, they're really, really good. (See: skinny models in the slideshow above.) And despite myself, and the reasons I just listed, maybe this IS the year to dig out those old strapless frocks that are in the bottom of The Pile, and try this trend again.
But first, some sensible guidelines:Full Story
I'd like to think I had a little something to do with Mr. Sun finally deciding to greet us this afternoon.
All weekend, the skies had been overcast and gray. And when I woke up yet another dreary day this morning, I decided a little pick-me-up was in order.
I looked in my closet and was immediately drawn to this blue floral dress that reminded me of the blue skies and sunshine I'd much rather see outside.
A couple hours (and tons of positive vibes) later? Bright skies!
The dress was an Old Navy purchase circa spring 2011. Today, I paired it with a brown belt and brown heels. I threw on blue and gold jewelry to match the bracelet I recently snagged for $6 during a sale at Target. My jacket is from Charlotte Russe.
And just in case those sun rays decide not to stick around? I've got a bright blue umbrella ready to twirl while I'm singing in the rain.
--Deal Diva Keyonna
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The weekend is only a couple hours away, and I don't know about you, but I'm SO ready.
Honestly, what a week.
We can't pretend to be in a particularly cheerful mood, but we do hope the next couple days are more pleasant. There's lots happening around the Tampa Bay area that could help with that.Full Story
We loooooove deals. But we also loooooove fashion.
Sometimes the two don't mash up perfectly.
That's what I was thinking when I stumbled on TheRealReal, a luxury online consignment shop. Why would I torture myself this way?
Because, it's still fun. And, it can be a great way to get inspiration for future shopping trips. So no, I can't afford this $295 sheer Chanel top. But I can gaze at it longingly and try to find something similar.Full Story
Next up in the annals of fru-fru designers clothing the masses: Derek Lam is at Kohl's.
But not forever, like Vera Wang. Lam has released a time limited collection for the spring inspired by the colors and prints of Rio.
It's not only lovely but also already on sale (bless you, Kohl's.) A few of my favorite pieces include a striped drop-waist dress, $37.80, and a chambray pleated skirt, $35.
Has anyone spotted the collection in local stores? Would love feedback on quality.
Deal Diva LetitiaFull Story
All you shoe fanatics out there, listen up!
Make haste if you want to score a deep discount on select flats over at Ann Taylor, or care to vie for a pair of free or custom-made shoes from DSW.


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Monocacy wrote:Chris: I would like to thank you profusely for your forehand instructional. I have been using forehand for short approach shots, but as soon as I tried to put any power into it my technique would fall apart. Your video provided such a clear description that I have been able to improve my forehand considerably.
At the ice bowl last weekend, I managed to squeeze a forehand or two down some tightly wooded fairways. Today on the practice field I managed a few forehand drives to 240', which is probably 40' further than I was able to throw a week ago. While a 240' flick isn't much to brag on, it opens up a lot of useful options that were previously unavailable. Needless to say, I'm pretty encouraged to continue working on forehand drives, especially since my backhand distance isn't much to brag on, either.
Thanks again, Chris!
spitfire wrote:Great video! My sidearm is not good at all so I avoid using that shot because my % of making a good shot is low. Sidearm is the biggest thing I want to improve this year and your video will help a lot. Thanks for posting it.
JR wrote:You definitely need to pivot just like BH when running with FH.
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Canon EF 14mm f/2.8 L USM (rear gel filters, 19.0 oz./538g, 10"/0.25m close-focus, about $1,200 used). enlarge. This free website's biggest source of support is when you use these links, especially this link directly to them at eBay (see How to Win at eBay) and at Amazon, when you get anything, regardless of the country in which you live. Thanks! Ken.
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This original 14mm f/2.8 L USM was introduced in December, 1991. I bought one for myself for use with my Canon 5D in January 2007. Of course Canon introduced a newer, supposedly better, but also bigger and more expensive 14mm f/2.8 L II in August 2007.
I love the very low linear distortion of my 14mm: straight lines stay almost ruler-straight, and if I need them deadly perfect, DxO corrects them completely.
This original Canon 14mm is smaller, lighter and less expensive than the new version.
This is not a fisheye. This 14mm keeps straight lines straight.
This is a crazy lens. Ultra-ultra wide lenses are the most difficult lenses to use properly. A 14mm lens is NOT for "getting it all in." Try it, and all you get is an awful photo with a little teeny subject lost in the middle, with a great look at your feet or a parking lot.
14mm lenses are supposed to be used to get your viewer into the middle of the action and rub their noses into it. 14mm lenses are not for the timid: they require you to get up very close and personal to anything you are shooting. Even a fraction of an inch (or cm) will make a huge difference in your composition, so you must be very deliberate with your movement. 14mm lenses are for getting close, which makes the resulting images quite dynamic.
Forget the techie stuff below and see a quick gallery of images I've made with my 14mm lens. If you like crazy images, this is the reason to get a 14mm.
14mm lenses are supposed to exaggerate near-far distances and stretch out objects towards the edges of the frame. That's why we use them.
This is an ultra-ultra wide lens optimized for use on 35mm film and full-frame cameras. It's silly to use this big 14mm lens on a 1.6x camera like the 40D, because the 10-22mm EF-s is better suited to the smaller cameras for a fraction of the price.
This 14mm also works fine on the 1.3x cameras like the 1D Mk III, on which you're pretty much screwed out of any more reasonable ultra wide alternative.
Canon 14mm f/2.8 L.
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Canon calls this the Canon EF 14mm f/2.8 L Ultrasonic.
EF: Electronic Focus. All modern Canon lenses focus with a motor in the lens.
L: Expensive as L. No exact meaning other than this being Canon's lingo for lenses with extra durability and weather sealing. L lenses work on all cameras including film and full-frame digital. Canon puts a red band around the front of these. See also Canon L Lenses.
Ultrasonic: USM Ultra-Sonic Motor: The focus motor operates silently, and you can grab the manual focus ring at any time for instant manual override.
Focal Length
Used on a 1.3x camera it gives angles of view similar to what an 18mm lens would give on a 35mm film camera.
On a 1.6x camera it gives an angle of view similar to what a 23mm lens would give on a 35mm film camera. See also Crop Factor.
Canon 14mm f/2.8 L internal diagram.
14 elements, 10 groups.
One aspherical element.
Mine has 6 blades stopping down to f/22.
Canon's catalogs say 5 blades, possibly representing an older version.
My date code says mine was made in 2006.
Filter Size
Only gel filters fit in a slot in the rear.
Canon cleverly marks the cut guide on the back of the lens, which is a 31mm square with two corners cut off.
Front filters have nowhere to attach, the huge fishbowl front element prevents that.
Close Focus
10" (0.25m) from the image plane (the back of the camera), marked.
Maximum Reproduction Ratio
Infrared Focus Index?
Canon 14mm f/2.8 L focus and depth of field scale and infrared index.
3.024" diameter x 3.515" extension from flange (76.80 x 89.29mm), measured.
8.965oz. (537.6g), measured, naked.
Custom spun-aluminum front cap weighs 1.765 oz (50.0g).
The front has petals, but these are to protect the glass.
I use my hand to block the sun as needed.
LP-1016 pouch, included.
December 1991.
Replaced by the 14mm f2.8L II which was announced in August 2007 and which became available in November 2007.
Rated MTF
Here is Canon's claimed MTF curve:
Canon 14mm f/2.8 L MTF Curve.Canon rates it as poor in Canon's MTF curves as printed in Canon EF Lens Work III. The curves plummet in the corners.
These MTF curves confirm that it get soft in the corners wide open. That is state of the art for 1991. If you worry, get the bigger, heavier and newer 14mm f2.8L II, or simply stop down.
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Autofocus Color Color Fringes Construction Distortion
Falloff Film Filters Flare Macro Sharpness Sunstars
Distortion is minimal, less than any zoom, and it's very resistant to flare and ghosts.
It's sharp, but you have to stop it down optimally to f/11 if you want to look in the corners with a microscope. Otherwise, at large apertures, this is among Canon's softest lenses, but that's to be expected for a 14mm lens that has to see sideways.
Focusing performance top
The focus is fast and easy. It's 100% modern and up-to-date electronic focus with instant manual override., much more advanced than Nikon's newer 14mm f/2.8. The Nikon requires moving a switch to get to and from manual focus, while all I do on the Canon 14mm is grab the ring.
What Moves
Nothing, only the focus ring and the rear elements.
AF Speed
AF speed is as fast as I'd ever need. Ultrawides are always fast.
Ease of Manual Focusing
Excellent. Just grab the ring. Everything is pretty much always in focus with a 14mm lens, and Canon's brilliant method of blipping the on-screen AF sensors the instant focus pops at any of them make it the easiest manual focusing I've ever done.
Autofocus Accuracy
I get great results all the time with no duds.
Color Rendition performance top
I see no differences from my other Canon lenses.
Construction Quality performance top
Plastic from mount to focus ring; metal beyond focus ring including metal front protective hood.
Filter Threads
Protective front hood is metal.
Focus Ring
Rubber covered plastic.
I see metal.
Solid anodized billet aluminum front cap.
Noises when shaken
Very mild clunking.
This is normal.
Serial Number
Engraved and filled with white paint on the bottom of the barrel near the mount.
Date Code
Stamped with white ink on the back of the lens.
See Canon Date Codes to decode yours.
Made in Japan.
Distortion performance top
Distortion is negligible at far distances (50 feet or 15 meters) and becomes barrel at the very closest distances.
Wall of Shame, uncorrected, full-frame, f/7.1.
If you worry about this, get DxO which completely corrects the distortion at every distance. DxO actually asks you to input the distance, for which it makes a perfect correction.
Canon 14mm f/2.8L on Full-Frame 5D. Roll mouse over to see after DxO.
Perfect! This is scary - I've never used software complex enough to correct this sort of distortion.
You also can see the vignetting correction lightening the corners. When I first saw this on my 30" monitor I was amazed! It just snapped in without any of the aberrations, and sharper, too!
Falloff (Darkened Corners) performance top
As I expected, there is strong falloff at f/2.8.
Falloff becomes reasonable at f/4 and never completely goes away if you're a brick-wall specialist.
Canon 14mm f/2.8 L, full-frame, f/2.8. Note darker corners.
Canon 14mm f/2.8 L, full-frame, f/4. Note reasonably even illumination.
If you worry about this, just get DxO which also completely corrects falloff.
These two images are the very worst possible use of a 14mm lens. You've got a tiny speck of a subject in the middle, and a whole lot of nothing everywhere else. See my 14mm Gallery to see a little of how a 14m lens is supposed to be used, which is to get close and force perspective.
Use on 35mm EOS Cameras performance top
The 14mm f/2.8 L was designed back in the days of the EOS film cameras.
Use with Filters performance top
Forget it.
You're limited to gels on the rear.
Flare and Ghosts performance top
If I let the sun shine into the lens just outside the field of view, I get an orange blob opposite the sun. I rarely will see the smaller ghosts nearer the sun.
Canon 14mm f/2.8 Ghosts at f/9.
Here's a live example of how the photographer is responsible for ghosting, not the lens. Don't want ghosts? Then move your hand to shade the lens from the sun. Move your mouse over the sun to fix them in the example above.
I haven't found that yellow ghost to be a problem with the sun in the image, only if it's just outside the image before it gets caught by the mechanically protective vestigial hood. The little built-in hood can't do much on its own.
I made these images right after one another without moving my feet. The small fraction of an inch (cm) I naturally moved from one shot to the other is responsible for the change in perspective. I was only inches (cm) away from the fountain.
Sharpness performance top
Sharpness is fine for a crazy-wide lens. No, it's nowhere near as sharp as the 100mm Macro, but the macro doesn't have to look sideways in the corners as this 14mm does.
DxO does a very intelligent job of tuning it up region by region, and if it's still not good enough for you, spend $2,200 on the newest 14mm f/2.8 L II, which is better in the corners, as well as bigger and heavier.
The corners are softer at larger apertures, so I find f/11 gives me optimum results. I usually shoot in aperture priority mode if the light lets me.
Center Sharpness performance top
It's sharp in the center at every aperture. So what, we don't buy ultra-ultra wides to look in the center.
These are crops from the images above at Falloff at 100%. If you printed the full image at this magnification, the prints would be 44" (1.1m) wide.
Canon 14mm f/2.8 at f/2.8, crop from center of 100% image.
Canon 14mm f/2.8 at f/4, crop from center of 100% image.
And so on and so on. Sharpness is fine in the center, even wide open. It remains unchanged until diffraction sets in at f/16 and f/22.
Corner Sharpness performance top
Here's where we get nasty. In the corners on full frame, the 14mm is looking 57 degrees off center, or only 33 degrees from completely left or right! It's looking more to the side than it is to the front. We should be glad we can see anything at all.
If you're doing something stupid like shooting it wide open in broad daylight and then looking at huge prints with a microscope, you get what you deserve.
I find f/11 the optimum aperture. Larger apertures are softer in the corners, and smaller apertures suffer from the effects of diffraction.
Full Frame image, Canon 14mm f/2.8 L (f/11).
If you printed the full image at the same magnification as these crops, the prints would be 44" (1.1m) wide.
Canon 14mm f/2.8 at f/2.8, crop at 100% from the farthest full-frame corner.
Canon 14mm f/2.8 at f/4, crop at 100% from the farthest full-frame corner.
Canon 14mm f/2.8 at f/5.6, crop at 100% from the farthest full-frame corner.
Canon 14mm f/2.8 at f/8, crop at 100% from the farthest full-frame corner.
Canon 14mm f/2.8 at f/11, crop at 100% from the farthest full-frame corner.
Canon 14mm f/2.8 at f/16, crop at 100% from the farthest full-frame corner.
Canon 14mm f/2.8 at f/22, crop at 100% from the farthest full-frame corner.
Lateral Color Fringes performance top
As you can see in the super-close crops above, the Canon 14mm f/2.8 L is decent considering its angle of view. The Canon 14mm f/2.8 L is approved by the PPLFPA, Professional Patio and Lawn Furniture Photographers' Association, with a grade of "B."
If you worry about this, get DxO which completely eradicates lateral color.
This is a crop from 100% magnification of the top left center of the balcony image shown above at Distortion. At this magnification, the complete image would print at 44" (1.1m) wide.
Crop from Canon 14mm f/2.8L on Full-Frame 5D. Roll mouse over to see after DxO.
The two images move a bit because of the distortion correction. If I wanted, I could have unchecked the distortion correction just to show the chromatic correction, but tough! I made these shots the first day I got the software, and in full auto mode to boot.
Macro performance top
at closest focus, full-frame image.
100% crop from above, no extra sharpening.
It doesn't get much magnification, but is sure is sharp. These are at f/8 and 10" (0.25m).
Sunstars performance top
Sunstar, June Lake Loop, California, 18 October 2007.
The primitive 6-bladed diaphragm of the Canon 14mm f/2.8 L gives primitive 6-pointed sunstars.
I much prefer my Nikon 14mm's 7-bladed diaphragm which gives 14-pointed sunstars.
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Moonlight over Chaco Canyon, 27 August 2007.
I just paid $1,800, full price, for mine in January 2007, and I love it. You can see some highlights of what I've shot with it in my 14mm Gallery, and more in my Death Valley 2007 and 2007 Route 66 galleries.
The newer 14mm II is sharper in the corners, but not that much, and costs twice as much new as a used original 14mm f/2.8.
Do you really shoot at f/2.8 and then take a microscope to the corners? I'm quite happy with my original 14mm f/2.8 L.
The 16-35mm f/2.8 L II isn't any sharper, but it can take filters and has a 7-bladed diaphragm for better sunstars. This 14mm has far less distortion than any ultrawide zoom.
See also Is It Worth It.
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GDB 15: We run New York
November 10 2008 02:55PM
Remember how Sather going to NYC was going to basically guarantee that they win the Stanley Cup for the next 100 years consecutively? Remember how once he was able to throw off the shackles of small-market finances, he would be able to use his hockey genius wizardry to ensure that they would be forced to change the name of the Stanley Cup to "the thing the Rangers always win?"
How's that going for you by the way, Glen? It was only when the salary cap was brought in and you were forced into some financial constraint that things even remotely turned around. You are just one of histories greatest monsters, sir, and we can't wait for the Oil to sting your terrible squad today and bring the annual CFR-rodeo-causing road trip to an end.
JDD gets the start too? What the hell kind of goaltending circus is MacT allowing to happen? Is this going to turn into the Markannen-Conklin rotating zoo of early 2006? Why do we get the feeling that if Satan himself showed up and made 35 starts MacT would sign him to a two-year deal...
Oh and...
How about that Ales Hemsky? We're still watching that highlight reel from last night and sighing contentedly. Fifteen points in 14 games. He is such a rock star. Ales Hemsky got into a fight with Lance Armstrong about who had more testicles. Hemsky won by three.
Go Oil.
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lol David. That is one of my favorite sites.
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Another fine acquisition by the Oilers. And it looks like Smac is human!


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TEAM GB judo star Karina Bryant spent an afternoon with children at Kiwi School, Bulford, on Friday.
Karina, who won bronze in the London 2012 Olympics Games, watched the judo club perform a demonstration for her, and then she gave a talk about following your sporting dreams.
The 33-year-old visited the pupils on behalf of Team Superschools, a group that arranges for Olympic athletes to visit schools to encourage young people to get into sport.
The scheme also gives children the chance to collect sponsorship for taking part in exercises, and the money raised is shared between the school and the organisation.
Headteacher Susan Raeburn said: "It was a really great day. The children really related to her, as Karina's talk was so inspiring."
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Goodiepal or Gæoudjiparl van den Dobbelsteen, whose real name is Parl Kristian Bjørn Vester, is a controversial Danish/Faroese musician and composer. The eccentric and self-made Goodiepal has influenced the course of modern music through radical excursions into computer technology and media art. Until recently he has been employed as a teacher at DIEM (Danish Institute for Electro-acoustic Music) at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark. Goodiepal declared intellectual war against the stupidity in modern computer music and media art, which is to say against The Royal Academy of Music, when he quit the job in 2008. As of 2012 he lives somewhere in Europe and is married to the road.
Narc Beacon was first released in 2001 on CD format and in 2003 on a double LP picture vinyl with music on each A-side and etchings on each B-side. The vinyl quickly became a collectors item, commanding high prices on the second hand market shortly after it was sold out. A few extras were kept in a basement in Paris in order to compensate for the high prices which were expected. These are now available for sale and released on Fonal Records along with brand new gatefold sleeve by a Finnish artist Pauliina Mäkelä.
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Neonatal nurse practitioners join Park Ridge Health
The Baby Place at Park Ridge Health has two new providers on the newborn care team: Neonatal nurse practitioners Diane Duffy, MS, NNP-BC, and Teri McDonald, NNP-BC.
Duffy and McDonald bring extensive experience in recognizing, evaluating and stabilizing newborns with unexpected health complications, as well as educating families about newborn care and needs.
Duffy and McDonald will be working closely with pediatric hospitalists as well as the nursing staff at The Baby Place to coordinate care for newborns and their families.
"The addition of these two exceptional NNPs is a natural and important step in taking our nursery to the next level," said Dr. Sandra Schorr, a newborn hospitalist at Park Ridge Health since 2006. "I appreciate and commend Park Ridge Health administration for their foresight in adding Diane and Teri to our pediatric newborn staff."
Duffy has been working in the neonatal field since 1983. She graduated from Ann May School of Nursing in Neptune, N.J., with her RN degree in 1983 and proceeded to work as a staff RN in a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Long Branch, N.J. In 1988, Duffy graduated from Monmouth University in West Long Branch, N.J., with her Bachelor of Science in nursing. She returned to school in 1996 to earn her Master of Nursing/Neonatal Nurse Practitioner from the University of Pennsylvania. Upon receiving her NNP, Duffy worked in a Level III NICU for another 10 years. Five years ago, she moved to the Asheville area to work as a neonatal nurse practitioner at Mission Hospital's NICU and labor and delivery unit.
McDonald has been a board-certified neonatal nurse practitioner since 1989. She obtained her nursing degree in 1985 from the University of South Carolina Spartanburg and completed the neonatal nurse practitioner program at West Virginia University in 1989. McDonald has provided daily care and management for pre-term and sick newborns in North and South Carolina Level II and Level III NICUs since 1989.
Call 855-774-5433 or visit www.parkridge health.org for more information.
Humorist to speak Feb. 2 at Isothermal
Professional speaker and humorist Jeanne Robertson will be the keynote speaker for the 2013 Women Together program at 3 p.m. Feb. 2 on the stage of Isothermal Community College's Performing Arts Center, 286 ICC Loop Road, Spindale.
Robertson, a Miss Congeniality winner in the Miss America Pageant, leaves audiences not only with a smile on their faces, but also thinking about her message — that a sense of humor is not only a laughing matter, but a strategy for success.
"Jeanne Robertson is the perfect fit for our annual theme of 'Living, Loving and Laughing,'�" said Jill Miracle, executive director of Rutherford Regional Health Foundation. "Our guests will leave the show with smiles on their faces and the knowledge that they have helped provide care for women who need care during a pivotal point in their lives."
In addition to speaking engagements, Robertson is also the author of several books and in 2001 was named North Carolinian of the Year by the North Carolina Press Association.
Tickets for Robertson's performance are $24 or $29. For tickets, call 828-286-9990 or visit found ationshows.org for more information.
MAHEC to train more family physicians
Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Mountain Area Health Education Center, Pardee Hospital and the MAHEC Hendersonville Family Medicine Residency Program are collaborating to increase the number of newly graduated doctors entering the family medicine residency in Hendersonville.
This effort by the health care organizations anticipates the increased demand for primary care physicians under the Affordable Care Act.
By utilizing grant dollars made available to MAHEC under the Affordable Care Act's teaching health center program, the planned collaboration will not only increase the number of family medicine physicians training locally, but will also increase access for patients who struggle with a lack of health insurance and other barriers to accessing health care, according to a MAHEC news release.
MAHEC will be increasing the number of residents entering its Hendersonville Family Medicine Residency, and the operations of the MAHEC outpatient clinical site, operated by Pardee, would be assumed by BRCHS.
The plan requires final approval, but is anticipated to be complete by July 1.
According to Dr. Geoffrey Jones, the program director of the residency program, patients shouldn't experience any change in their patient-physician relationship with the transition to BRCHS, but the goal is for the area to gain new, well-trained physicians for the long term.
"We look forward to enhancing our residency program through this partnership," Jones stated in the news release. "Patients will continue to see all of the same providers and staff, but under the new banner of BRCHS. We look forward to expanding our residency classes through this funding initiative and retaining even more graduates to stay in the Hendersonville area."
Seminars explain mood disorder treatment
Dr. William Simons of Park Ridge Center for Mood Disorders will conduct two presentations about the treatment of mood disorders with the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in February. The sessions are set for:
u 6-7:30 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Center for Mood Disorders, 50 Hospital Drive, Suite 3C, at Park Ridge Health.
u Noon-1 p.m. Feb. 28 in the Duke Room at Park Ridge Health.
The noninvasive treatment is being used at top medical centers including the Mayo Clinic, UCLA, the Cleveland Clinic and UNC. TMS is an FDA-approved treatment that involves no medication, pain or sexual side effects. Using an MRI-strength magnet, TMS stimulates the area of the brain that is underactive with depression, restoring mood, energy, initiative and interests.
A free meal will be provided at each presentation. Space is limited, and reservations are required.
Call 828-650-8034 for more information.
Blue Cross employees drop more than 5 tons
In January 2012, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina launched the "5 Ton Challenge" to encourage its 4,000 employees to lose a combined total of 10,000 pounds.
BCBSNC employees took the challenge, and after nine months, they exceeded their goal by losing 11,301 pounds.
To help motivate employees to participate, BCBSNC selected 25 "Weight Warriors" as champions of the challenge.
The Weight Warriors shared their weight-loss journeys through videos, personal blog posts, discussion boards and news articles on the company's intranet. The Weight Warriors helped inspire a larger portion of BCBSNC employees to lose weight in 2012 than any other year since 2006.
Throughout the challenge, the Weight Warriors held true to their health and fitness commitments and lost almost 650 pounds.
In addition to these resources, BCBSNC inspired employees to lose weight in 2012 with the possibility of reduced health care costs. Employees who achieved a body mass index of less than 28, or who lost 5 percent of their body weight, in 2012 were eligible to receive a credit toward their health care premiums in 2013.
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Three Hershey families that were ticketed in April at the North Platte Recreation Center for parking in handicapped zones will contest the charges in court.
Jones said a county judge will decide the fairness of the $100 citations, which were issued during an after-prom party.
Jones said he agreed to represent his clients because the overall situation seemed inherently wrong, plus there are viable legal defense arguments to make.
The troublesome episode began on April 13, when Hersheys junior class sponsored the annual junior/senior prom. After a grand march in Hershey, most students went to restaurants in North Platte for dinner, and then to the prom dance at North Plattes Holiday Inn Express.
Then, parents put together an after-prom party for students at the North Platte Recreation Center, renting the entire facility.
They said they wanted to provide a safe, fun environment for the students during the late night hours. The party lasted from midnight to 3:30 a.m. on April 14.
The parking lot filled up and some people parked in handicapped parking stalls.
A North Platte police officer issued parking tickets around 2 a.m., working for about 20 minutes. Five cars were ticketed. Those who were ticketed were shocked to find a $100 parking ticket on their car window when they left the post-prom party.
Police spokesman Rodney Brown said state law and city ordinances stipulate that handicapped parking is enforceable 24 hours a day.
One ticket went to the featured entertainer -- hypnotist Jeff Martin of Lincoln -- who drove to North Platte and parked near the entrance to unload and load his gear.
Several parents told the Bulletin they knew of no complaints from anyone at the party.
At the time, Crow said no one was towed and the Rec Center was not open to the public at those hours anyway.
"The whole thing has left a bad feeling with the kids of Hershey about the North Platte Police Department, he said.
Jones said the lease agreement stated that the facility would be closed to the public during that time and the defendants generally felt that included parking areas.
On behalf of his clients, Jones said Hershey students and parents have supported North Platte businesses during proms for several years and welcome any support from North Platte residents while they fight the citations in court.
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Finley Grace Bartels - November 06, 2013To Shaun and Meagan Bartels of Blytheville, AR, on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, at St. Bernard's Hospital Birthcare Center in Jonesboro, AR, a daughter, Finley Grace. She weighed 7 pounds, .05 ounces.
Grandparents are Gary Holloway of Grapevine, TX, Brenda Holloway of Burleson, TX, Mike Bartels of Ft. Smith, AR, and Laurie Bartels of Muskogee, OK.
Great-grandparents include Kay and Charolotte Boyd and Glenn and Carol Bartels, all of Gothenburg, Barbara Odom of Burleson and Linda Rash of Des Moines, IA.