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Nikon D300 Digital SLRs
Product Description
Introducing the D300 — A new 12.3 effective-megapixel DX-format CMOS image sensor, Nikon's original EXPEED digital image processing concept, Scene Recognition System and the new Picture Control System advance all aspects of system performance.
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Nikon D300 Review at Imaging Resource
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Submitted by Anthony Reiss a Professional
Date Reviewed: October 28, 2011
Strengths: Solid mag alloy body feels like a tank.
Nicely balanced ergonomic design handles well on long shoots.
WB-QUAL-ISO mode button is superb and better than the analog mode dials of other cameras.
Weaknesses: Memory Bank A, B, C, D.
For your piece of mind and sanity, forget about these. Don't even go there.
This is the equivalent of the C1 and C2 of the Canon mode and the equivalent of the U1 and U2 in the D7000.
But in the D300, everytime you change a setting, the whole bank changes to that setting! There is NO WAY you can LOCK a setting you have arranged!
Just use the A banks and forget about the rest.
Nikon should come out with a firmware patch to totally remove this Banks because it just creates confusion and frustration.
Bottom Line:
Basically a great all around camera camera to use for a long time as it has all the features one will ever need for the next 5 to 7 years sans the video mode.
It is the body of a D700 with the Full Frame sensor taken out and replaced by a 1.5 cropped APS sensor.
Love the sound of the graflex like snap of the reflex mirror. Estimated to let you hear that sound for at least over 150,000 times.
What a large top LCD!
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Duration Product Used: 21+ years
Price Paid: $710.00
Purchased At: private negotiation
Similar Products Used: Nikon D200
Nikon D70
Nikon D5000
Canon 5D
Canon 600D (T3i)
Type of photography: Fine Art
Submitted by Brad Tillotson a Expert
Date Reviewed: September 24, 2011
Strengths: Megapixels! I know it is more expensive than the D200 like the review above said, but the beauty is you can crop out so much 'noise' and blow up your cropped picture to a 10x14 or 16x20 without losing anything. Continuous shooting with a battery pack you can shoot 7-9 shots a second. I bought a DVD on the 'how toos' of the camera and once you get familiar with it, you will want to hold it all day.
Weaknesses: It is a bit heavy... Specially on summit day!
Bottom Line:
I took this beast up to the top of North America. Yes, all the way up to 20,320feet on top of Mount Mckinley and I am going to photograph a wedding in 3 weeks. From -40F to capturing a couple's love... this camera has rocked my world. I love it.
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Duration Product Used: 6-10 years
Price Paid: $1800.00
Purchased At: B&H photovideo
Similar Products Used: F100, This is my first Digital Camera
Type of photography: Outdoor
Submitted by Prettym1k3 a Intermediate
Date Reviewed: June 1, 2010
Strengths: 6 frames per second, ISO 1600 is moderately clean, can auto-focus AF-S as well as non AF-S lenses, can meter off of all sorts of lenses, easy user menus, sturdy billed, water resistant, fantastic battery life, and well built.
Weaknesses: The D300s has a dedicated LiveView button. Doesn't matter much to me, but that would be nice. Also, the focus points when looking through the view finder of the D300s seem better placed and slightly more accurate. On the d-pad on the back of the camera, the D300s has an "ok" button smack in the middle of the d-pad that I really wish the D300 had. Guess I should upgrade sometime soon? Lastly, on my body in particular, I've found that sometimes my M, S, C switch will wander or creep from "S" to "M". I usually pick up on this right away, and it's not the end of the world, but it's happened a few times.
Bottom Line:
I love this camera. I purchased it used in late 2009 from a private party who absolutely babied it. It was, and still is, in immaculate condition. The controls are perfect, the body fits in my hand "like a glove", and everything is easy to reach, easy to adjust. The camera takes awesome photographs, with usable ISO's up to 1250 or, in some circumstances, 1600, although I wouldn't go much higher than that.
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Duration Product Used: 2-5 years
Price Paid: $1000.00
Purchased At: Private Party
Similar Products Used: Nikon D50, Nikon D40.
Type of photography: Other
Submitted by jim-green a Casual
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2010
Bottom Line:
I bought a nikon d300 camera from www.glad-shopping.com about a week or two ago and have so far been very pleased.The camera is a bit heavier, but you're moving into a more solid body compared to the intros and even the middle grade D90. The ability to use remote flashes and take easily 6fps shots without thinking is wonderful. The 3D tracking system if you adjust the autofocus refresh time is amazing.
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Duration Product Used: 2-5 years
Price Paid: $699.00
Purchased At: www.glad-shopping.co
Type of photography: Outdoor
Submitted by William Kazak a Professional
Date Reviewed: March 11, 2010
Strengths: AF works well once you understand your settings. Sturdy/pro level results. Nice preview screen.
Weaknesses: AF is very hard to understand with all kinds of options which seem silly to me. Simplify it so that we can immediately get the idea. Pre-flash does not work with all settings nor does your focus point become visible at all settings. Menu seems overly complex and not intuitive. I don't trust the meter because I don'rt know what the Matrix is really doing. Therefore, I use an external meter and I leave the camera on M. The built in meter seems handy but you must learn to make tweaks with it for best results.
Bottom Line:
I moved up from a pair of D70s digital bodies to a pair of D300 bodies and I am glad that I did. This camera has a nice preview screen, the AF works better and I get better results with the SB-800 flash units. Higher ISO is also better as well as more dynamic range. I shoot everything in Nikon NEF. I import to Adobe Lightroom, tweak a few settings and I am good to export as JPG.
This camera handles well for my small hands and it has all of the features I need and more. I always shoot with the camera in M for control. I tweak my fill flash using the SB-800 with the D300 in M and I know what the camera is going to do. The camera will not over ride my tweaks when in M mode.
This camera was a lot of money for me but for the weddings it shines. I like the DX crop factor, being a people photographer, and it works well at the darker receptions. I never used Live View at all nor active D lighting because I don't need it. I don't use the fastest cards either and the camera writes fast enough for me to get a short burst if necessary without the SB-800 flash. Battery life is just fine. I carry a spare with me, even taking it to the beach.
Make no mistake about it. This is a pro levelcamera to me. Get a hand held meter and use it for consistent results.
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Duration Product Used: 21+ years
Price Paid: $1800.00
Purchased At: Dave's Camera Munste
Similar Products Used: This reminds me of my old F3 camera bodies; pro level build and works well with my small hands for many years of service.
Type of photography: People
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QuesTek Innovations LLC, Evanston, Ill., announces that Dr. Aziz Asphahani, Questek President & Chief Executive Officer and a Fellow of ASM International, has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. This is in recognition of his distinguished contributions to engineering: "for executive leadership in STEM education, integrated computer design of materials, and innovation and production of corrosion-resistant alloys." He will be honored at a formal induction into the Academy in October, hosted by the President and Council in Washington, D.C.
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Carol June
Dec. 24, 1923 - May 22, 2004
Longtime Sonora resident Carol June Brumleve died Saturday at a Sonora hospital. She was 80.
She was born in Charleston, Ill., and had lived in Sonora since 1985.
Her family said she enjoyed being a pink lady at Sonora Community Hospital, now known as Sonora Regional Medical Center, volunteering at Good Stuff in Sonora and playing cards at the Tuolumne County Senior Center. She was an administrator at Grant Questa Convalescent Hospital in Mountain View before her retirement.
She was a member of the California Nursing Home Association. She enjoyed boating, fishing, gardening, sewing and making crafts, her family said, and she and her husband enjoyed being docents in Columbia and traveling in their RV with the Mill Villa RV Group.
She is survived by her daughter, Debra Perl of Columbia; a sister, Martha Walker of New Jersey; grandchildren, Amanda Lancaster, Megan Perl, Thomas and Lisa Brumleve and Sheila Aichele; great-grandchildren, Dylan Coyle, Anthony Brumleve, Curtis Aichele and Tyler; and nieces and nephews in New Jersey and Illinois.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Brumleve; and sons, Larry and Jim Brumleve.
No services are scheduled at her request.
Donations can be made to the Visiting Nurse Association, Hospice of the Sierra, P.O. Box 4805, Sonora, CA 95370.
Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Lee Meredith
May 16, 1937 - May 25, 2004
Former Sonora resident Barton Lee Meredith died Tuesday at a Turlock medical center. He was 67.
He was born in Palo Alto and moved to Santa Barbara at a young age. He lived there until 1986.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1956-59, then went to work for General Motors in the engineering department in 1961. He worked for General Motors until 1992. He did engineering consulting for four years, then he and his wife and two younger sons traveled the United States for 16 months in a motorhome. They settled in Sonora from 1997-2001, where he worked for Aero Info Inc., in Sonora. Mr. Meredith worked for Gerling Applied Engineering in Modesto for the past three years.
He served on the founding elder board of Santa Inez Community Church and taught Bible studies to young people. He attended Sierra Bible Church in Sonora and Monte Vista Chapel while living in Turlock.
Mr. Meredith is survived by his wife, Colette Meredith of Turlock; a daughter, Elise Guedea of Cameron Park; sons, Jacob Groth of El Dorado Hills and Cameron and Royce Meredith, both of Turlock; a sister, Mary Ann Fowle of Havasu City, Ariz.; brothers, Chris Torres of Las Vegas and David Torres of Havasu City; and two grandchildren.
A private family service is scheduled. A memorial service is scheduled for 3 p.m. tomorrow at Monte Vista Chapel in Turlock.
Allen Mortuary in Turlock is handling arrangements.
DUNN John R. Dunn, 53, of Sonora died yesterday at his home. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
RHOADS Eugene Dale Rhoads, 88, of Sonora died yesterday at his home. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
STRIEGEL James Ford Striegel III, 33, a former Columbia and Groveland resident, died Sunday in a boating accident in Fresno. A celebration of his life is scheduled for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Living Hope Church of the Nazarene, Highway 68 at 1375 Josselyn Canyon Road in Monterey. Seaside Chapel is handling arrangements.


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Rolls-Royce announced that it has won an order to supply propulsion equipment for four new tugboats for the Republic of Korea (RoK) Navy.
Each vessel will be equipped with two azimuth thrusters, designed and manufactured by Rolls-Royce. Azimuth thrusters are a configuration of a ship's propeller that can rotate through 360 degrees on a vertical axis, providing greater maneuverability than a traditional propeller and rudder system.
This $3.3m order follows a $7.2m order earlier this year to supply controllable pitch propellers for the RoK Navy's prototype FFX frigate, the first of an initial batch of six ships.
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There are many amazing stories that came out of last month's tragedy in Joplin, Missouri, but for me, a Cocker Spaniel named Sugar and the dedicated community who came to her aid [3] stood out in particular.
Panicked by the impending tornado, Sugar escaped from the safety of her family's basement just before the storm ripped through their house. When the family emerged, the 10-year old dog was missing and their home was demolished.
Hoping that Sugar might still be alive, one of their relatives searched the internet in hopes of finding the family pet. Amazingly, she stumbled upon a Facebook page that led them to Sugar. As it turns out, a good Samaritan found Sugar paralyzed in the wreckage and brought her to the Joplin Humane Society.
Since resources were tight in Joplin, Sugar's family brought her to the Missouri Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital where it was revealed that Sugar had sustained a traumatic disc rupture. She had no use of her hind legs and was experiencing pain in her paws.
Through the Silent Partners Fund and the College of Veterinary Medicine, the hospital absorbed the cost of Sugar's treatment and therapy. Orscheln Farm and Home in Columbia also helped out by donating food and toys.
Sugar's surgery was a success and just two weeks after the tornado, Sugar was already showing movement in her hind legs. Amazingly, her veterinarians are hopeful that she will be able to regain full function in her legs.
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General overview
We received the UK and the US manufacturing sector business optimism release for November. Both reports came out better than the forecasted medians, but if we analyze the average annual dynamics, the US has a clear advantage for the last five months. The UK inflation expectations are still restrained - the 10-year bond yields are at the level of 1.91%.
The trade was within the consolidation at the daily support level of 1.5660 for the larger part of November. There was a false level testing with the following rebound upwards.
The price is finding the support at 1.5550. The price is finding the first resistance at 1.5660, the next one is at 1.5870.
There is a confirmed and a strong sell signal. The price is under the Cloud and it is under the Chinkou Span. The Tenkan-sen shows an upward movement and the Kijun-sen shows a horizontal movement and form a "Dead Cross". The downward movement will be until the price is under the Cloud.
The MACD histogram is in a neutral territory. The price is decreasing.
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If the price fixates below the support 1.5660, it may continue the downward trend in the short term. The potential target is 1.5550.


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DALLAS — Calgary Flames centre Roman Horak couldn't have picked a more perfect time for his first goal of the season.
Same goes for Matt Stajan.
And Steve Begin's timing was even better.
Horak, Stajan and Begin each celebrated third-period tallies — each banging home a rebound — as the Flames shook off an awful second period to storm back for Sunday's 4-3 victory over the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center.
The Flames surrendered 22 shots — and three goals — in the middle frame but were a different team after the second intermission.
Horak, skating on a line with fellow Czechs Jiri Hudler and Roman Cervenka, scored on a rebound at 1:39 to give the out-of-towners a whiff of opportunity.
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Usher is heading back to the Bay Area. The acclaimed R&B star, who has sold over 50 million albums worldwide, performs Nov. 24 at SAP Center in San Jose.
Tickets are $39.50-$150 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Sept. 8, www.livenation.com. There will also be a presale for American Express card holders.
The San Jose show is part of Usher's The UR Experience North American tour. The trek is Usher's first headlining tour in three years. The jaunt begins Nov. 1 in Montreal and is currently scheduled to stop in 27 cities.
The tour announcement comes on the heels of Usher's performance at this year's MTV Video Music Awards and the release the single "She Came To Give It To You."
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Open class rider improves on best time while factory teams continue to flounder
Aleix Espargaro continued to assert his dominance on the free practice session for the opening round of the 2014 MotoGP championship at the Losail International Circuit with the NGM Forward Racing rider leading the way ahead of fellow Open class rider Andrea Iannone on the Pramac Racing machine and GO&Fun Honda Gresini rider Alvaro Bautista maintained a spot in the top three times.
I'm really happy to close the second day here in Qatar on top of the time sheets.
Bradley Smith suffered a wicked highside during the third free practice session but nevertheless the Monster Yamaha tech 3 rider astonishingly proceeded to take his second machine on track and set the 6th fastest time of 1m 55.474s but while Smith will be very happy with his performance, there were no smiles on the face of Movistar Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo who is continuing to struggle on his YZR-M1and the new Bridgestone tires with a 1m 55.495s the best the Spaniard could achieve.
Espargaro was very happy with his performance today but remains focused on Sunday's race and said, "I'm really happy to close the second day here in Qatar on top of the time sheets. We have a good race pace with the hard tyre and then we could make another step forward with the soft tyre. We have a good set up but we need to keep on working. Tomorrow we aim at the front row in order to fight for the podium on Sunday. We know that it won't be easy as we loose a lot in terms of top speed on the long straight, but finishing on top for two days in arrow is already a fantastic result. Together with the team we are all very excited and motivated."
Speaking after grabbing tray's second best time, Iannone said, "I'm very happy with how it went today , I never expected to go so well. Surely it is also thanks to all the guys who worked at home this winter . I am happy that I was able to take advantage of almost one hundred percent of my bikes potential. We still have to continue working to improve some small things on the bike to make sure that I am able to ride better for the race. I thank the whole team for the work done so far and I want to thank again Ducati for all the support they give me."
Tomorrow we still have one more free practice session to try to improve the situation, then we will give the maximum in qualifying to try to get a good starting position, even though it will be hard to beat the bike that can use the extrasoft rear tire, which offers an advantage of about 4 tenths of a second," Bautista added.


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Malaysia U-23 appoint German tactician Bernhardt as new coach
German tactician Frank Bernhardt has been appointed the new coach of Malaysia national team U-23, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) announced on Wednesday.
The 46-year-old, who has led a host of clubs in his home country and Estonia in a coaching career that began in 2001, has agreed a one-year deal with FAM.
"Today the committee agreed to the appointment Bernhart after recommendations from the National Sports Council (NSC) panel," the FAM's Special Functions Committee chairman Datuk Abdul Mokhtar Ahmad told reporters.
"His (Bernhardt) appointment is for two days effective January 2016, primarily until the 2017 SEA Games hosted by Malaysia."
Mokhtar also revealed that Bernhardt's priority would be to win the 2017 SEA Games gold medal since Malaysia are the host.
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Bill Buckner
William Joseph Buckner
(Billy Buck)
- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.
- High School Napa High School
- Debut September 21, 1969
- Final Game May 30, 1990
- Born December 14, 1949 in Vallejo, CA USA
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Bill Buckner played in the majors in four decades and was one of baseball's better hitters of the late 1970s and early 1980s but is unfortunately best remembered for making an infamous error in the 1986 World Series.
Buckner broke into the majors at the age of 19, with the Los Angeles Dodgers at a time when they had a large crop of great young ballplayers. On that same 1969 team were Bobby Valentine (age 19), Steve Garvey (age 20), Bill Russell (age 20), Willie Crawford (age 22), and Don Sutton (age 24), among others.
Buckner spent his first eight seasons in L.A., playing in 140+ games three times. He hit .319 in 1972, .314 in 1974 (with 31 stolen bases), and .301 in 1976 (with 28 stolen bases). Other than in 1973, he was used primarily as an outfielder. He had 20 at-bats in the 1974 World Series, hitting .250.
Buckner was traded prior to the 1977 season to the Chicago Cubs, where he became primarily a first baseman. He played with the Cubs for more than eight seasons and hit over .300 four times, including a league-leading .324 in 1980. Although he hit .311 with 35 doubles in 1981, the Cubs that year were the butt of many jokes for their poor performance.
The Cubs went on to win the division in 1984, but Buckner was traded to the Boston Red Sox early in the season. He played two full years with Boston, driving in 100+ runs each time. However, his tenure with the Red Sox will be forever remembered for famously letting Mookie Wilson's groundball trickle through his legs in the 11th inning of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. Like Fred Merkle, Buckner was a good ballplayer unfairly remembered for a single error.
Buckner set a record for a major league first baseman with 184 assists in 1985. The record stood for 24 years until broken by Albert Pujols.
Buckner closed out his career with the California Angels, Kansas City Royals, and a brief stint at age 40 with the Red Sox again.
In his 22 years, Buckner accumulated 2,715 hits but appeared in the All-Star Game only once, in 1981. His highest finish in the MVP voting was tenth (which he did two times). He was in the top ten in batting six times, and was twice third in the league in RBI. He led the league in doubles twice, and singles once. He was not a big walker, usually getting 25-30 in a season. He was a moderate home run hitter, with his highest total being 18. He was a line-drive hitter, whose power manifested itself chiefly in doubles hit to gaps in the outfield. Eligible for the Hall of Fame in 1996, he received 2% of the vote and was dropped from the ballot.
After his playing days, Buckner was a Chicago White Sox coach in 1996 and 1997. In 2011, he returned to the Boston area as manager of the independent Brockton Rox of the Can-Am Association. In 2012, he was hired by the Chicago Cubs to be the hitting coach for the Boise Hawks, a role he returned to in 2013.
Two of Buckner's brothers played minor league baseball. Jim Buckner played outfield from 1972 to 1981, and Bob Buckner played infield from 1966 to 1970 and scouted for the Chicago Cubs from 1977 to 1979. His cousin Matt Carson played in the majors and his cousin Clayton Carson coached in college.
Notable Achievements[edit]
- 1971 Topps All-Star Rookie Team
- NL All-Star (1981)
- NL Batting Average Leader (1980)
- NL At Bats Leader (1982)
- NL Singles Leader (1982)
- 2-time NL Doubles Leader (1981 & 1983)
- 100 RBI Seasons: 3 (1982, 1985 & 1986)
- 200 Hits Seasons: 2 (1982 & 1985)
Year-By-Year Minor League Managerial Record[edit]
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|Can-Am Association
|Independent Leagues
|Lost in 1st round
Further Reading[edit]
- Bill Buckner (as told to George Vass): "The Game I'll Never Forget", Baseball Digest, April 1981, pp. 76-78. [1]
- Jeff English: "Bill Buckner", in Bill Nowlin and Leslie Heaphy, ed.: The 1986 Boston Red Sox: There Was More Than Game 6, SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2016. pp. 34-43. ISBN 978-1-943816-19-4


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Home Secretary Jack Straw has decided to allow Mike Tyson to return to the UK for a fight in Glasgow next month, despite anger from politicians and pressure groups.
This is Mr Straw's statement in full.
I am fully aware of the strong opinions which have been expressed on Mr Tyson's application, especially in Scotland - as I was when this matter last came before me in January.
It is, however, my responsibility to make decisions of this kind as fairly and impartially as I can and that is what I have sought to do.
The reasons for my decisions are explained in a Parliamentary Question.
Replying to a Parliamentary Question from Clare Ward MP, Mr Straw said:
I have today informed Mr Tyson that he will be granted entry clearance for a single visit of three weeks' duration, strictly for the purpose of a boxing match in Scotland on 24 June 2000.
The decision to grant entry clearance has been taken in accordance with Rule 320(18) of the UK Immigration Rules which requires that admission will not normally be given to those with criminal convictions for relatively serious offences unless it can be justified for strong compassionate reasons, but also bearing in mind the residual discretion which I have under the Rule.
In reaching my decision, I took note of the fact that Mr Tyson has relevant convictions for the purposes of the application of this Rule.
I also noted that there are recent allegations of an assault on an employee of a nightclub in Las Vegas, but we understand this is still under investigation.
And I took into account the views expressed by the public about Mr Tyson visiting the UK.
I did not consider that there were strong compassionate reasons which would justify admission in Mr Tyson's case for the purpose of the Rule.
However, I concluded that there were other exceptional circumstances which justified his entry to the country for the purpose of participating in the boxing match.
My decision took account of the following factors:
I also took account of the fact that Rule 320(18) currently operates in an inconsistent manner in that those in the public eye whose convictions are known are more likely to be caught by its provisions.
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SF: The Magazine of Design and Style
February 1992
The Bay Area, perhaps more than any other region in the country, is obsessed with preserving the heritage of its built environment. This concern dictates that the local landscape change little with the passage of time. But most architects, along with being eminently practical, have a strong bent towards innovation.
SF commissioned five local architects to free their creativity from real-life restraints and challenged them to focus their sights three decades into the future, on the year 2020, and envision the condition of the house, the city and the suburb. Given little more than those instructions and the compelling blank page, they went to work.
The architects—David Baker, Mark Horton, KOBEOU, Mark Mack and Jim Jennings—acted as trend forecasters and designed living spaces, envisioning how new technology, environmental issues and social values will alter the way we live and build. Each holds firm beliefs about what we'll need to address in the future—and they give us a dramatic range of possibilities, from the plausible to the fanciful. But the works speak for themselves most eloquently, as they invite us to contemplate the future.
From the detritus of a car-oriented culture sprouts a neighborhood of the future.
Atop an urban freeway, David Baker envisions a museum that exhibits relics of the past (including traffic jams, airplanes and cows), a unit of flexible Murphy Rooms, non-nuclear family housing and an artist's dream home.
We've all been stuck in freeway traffic jams that seemed to stand at a complete halt. In San Francisco architect David Baker's version of the Bay Area in the future, that jam would be permanent—as an exhibit in the Museum of the 20th Century. Our fossil fuel having been exhausted, the resource-depleting private automobile will be as much part of Baker's 2020 society as the horse and buggy is a part of today's.
The car's near-extinction is not the tragedy that we might imagine, however, for in Baker's future, the two-car household simply isn't necessary or even desired. But this is only one result of Baker's optimistic scenario, which envisions technology that is now in its infancy as the catalyst for great changes in how we will live.
Baker, the 41-year-old architect behind Berkeley's Bison Brew Pub, Cafe Milano and Cody's Cafe, as well as the much-praised affordable housing units, Park View Commons in San Francisco, obviously delights at the thought of the year 2020: "The professional is obsolete in the future. Apple Computer and McDonald's have merged and written a whole series of artificial-intelligence programs that replace, among other people, architects. Instead there's McArchitect. Anyone could be their own architect because the specialized knowledge you go to an architect for, like code-solving, is available from a handheld computer. Lawyers are replaced by McMediator."
The nine-to-five regimentation that we take for granted today will also be a casualty of technology, Baker forecasts. He sees the current trend toward working at home, or not in a traditional office, becoming the norm over the next 30 years. "The major tax on the infrastructure is that everyone goes to work at the same time and they go home at the same time," he says. "I think that's one reason people like the notion of telecommuting (going to work by switching on a computer, fax machine and phone, essentially) and working at home."
And home, more than likely, will be in the city, which Baker thinks will grow rapidly as travel becomes more expensive. He feels certain that the suburbs will be almost desolate, due in part to the obsolescence of the automobile. A compromise between city and country would therefore no longer be necessary or practical. "This notion that the central city is going to be abandoned is probably wrong because a lot of the reasons that drive the suburbs—going out and working on white-collar jobs somewhere—could disappear," he says.
An amorphous Murphy Room, in which each feature folds in/out as needed.
People will still need to get around, though, even if only within their neighborhood, so Baker invented small, solar- and electric-powered "automotricycles" to supplement mass transportation. "These are essentially for going for groceries," Baker says. Nancy Whitcombe, Baker's associate who worked closely with him on the project, adds that automotricycles might be publicly owned: "In the city, an automotricycle would be more like the public-domain bicycle experiment in Amsterdam, where somebody drops it off, and the next person who needs it comes along and drives it away," she says. "And they'd be small and cheap, and they wouldn't be able to go very far."
As an energy-saving measure, and to ensure that traffic will move smoothly, the little vehicles would be towed behind larger bullet trains. "You could hook up in a whole line of these things electromagnetically and go along, then one car could break off to go on a smaller, local route if necessary," Whitcombe says.
Baker responded to the growing need for single-parent-family housing with the Non-Nuclear Family House, which provides for many parents and their children (who sleep in the brightly colored egg-shaped Kids' Wombs on the top floor).
With the assistance of an artificial-intelligence architectural program, Baker predicts the artist will be the king of the road. Local sculptor Joe Slusky designed his future home as an ascension from the primitive to the cerebral.
Slusky's imagined future home has very technical vertical stratification, running from he primal to the lofty: "Joe's idea is that the ground floor is very primitive, like in the Middle Ages. He has straw chicken hutches and large tortoises lying around. And at the top level he's made sculptures and machinery," Baker explains.
"You can imagine Joe in the future. When you talk to him he says things that are so original," Baker comments. And as society's values change, so might the rewards: "Today the guy who's the sleaziest, meanest and shrewdest lives in the biggest house. In the future, when originality will be the greatest value, the person who's most original is the person who's got the most impressive house."
When asked whether his future society is just a personal idea, Baker replies, "This may not be 2020, but things are changing a lot socially. We've obviously been really tongue-in-cheek about this, predicting the future, but this is the way I see things going. You could view California as the cultural center of the universe right now." He is careful, however, to add a caveat culled from the past: "There was a think tank in 1968 with all the most intelligent, creative futurologists, who sat down and predicted the future—and even they missed pocket calculators and personal computers."


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A state task force report released Monday criticized New Hampshire's media-focused abstinence campaign as ineffective and detailed a new approach to promoting abstinence among sexually active youths. New Hampshire has received $545,637 in federal abstinence funds since 1997, when such funds were first authorized by federal legislation, but has little to show for it, the report said. The task force--put together by Health and Human Services commissioner John Stephen--recommended spending about $60,000 on advertising and $37,000 on grants for groups that teach the skills youths need to avoid sex. The state has counted "in kind" spending on state employee, media, and contractor time rather than, as it is supposed to, matching every $4 in federal spending with $3 in state funds.
Teen pregnancy rates are dropping in New Hampshire, but the state has seen sexually transmitted diseases increase, particularly among youths. Jennifer Frizzell, spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, said that while encouraging abstinence is appropriate, "it's irresponsible to not couple that with the kinds of information about contraceptives and condoms that could prevent unintended pregnancy or prevent [STDs]."
Strict federal guidelines determine how the money can be spent, said Brook Dupee, manager of the abstinence-only program for Stephen. "It cannot be something that mixes comprehensive sex education with abstinence-only education," he said. Groups competing for the grants--such as pregnancy crisis centers and churches--would have to have curricula approved by the health department. State guidelines prohibit the programs from promoting religion, Dupee said. (AP)


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It was a surprise to see soybeans stand aside and watch the corn in a freefall Friday.
July soybeans just hit new highs yesterday. This is not a bear market yet. We do expect the end of the month acreage report to be a show stopper for soybean bulls. Additionally, we have pointed out in the coming months we will also see USDA revise down their very aggressive new crop export expectations. As Bill noted last night, soybean ending stocks will change dramatically from the May and July numbers to the final report.
Direction: The sharp drop in Argentine soybean production and subsequent increase in US export sales has dramatically tightened this old crop market. Back in January, USDA indicated ending stocks were 225 million bushels. This week they used a 110 million bushel estimate. Currently, soybeans prices are trading mostly on old crop fundamentals. However, around July the market starts looking at new crop numbers as the main driver of price. Next week we will finish our price outlooks based on the current situation. Until then, we will stay with our trading plan of selling on a breakout from this uptrend. So far that has not happened. For hedging we have been pleased with the option position in hand. Joe did a good job in using the 1100 call as the one to sell against. This market has not rallied past that point. If it would, the losses on the short 1100 call would offset exactly the gains in the cash soybeans and the net farm position goes neutral. For producer hedging plans there is little doubt that when this market transitions to taking direction from new crop numbers, that down will be the only way here. Next week we will evaluate our limited hedge position after finishing the price outlooks.
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(05/14) Sold Jul 1040 put 16 3/4, risk at 16, objective 0. Closed 3/8.
(06/09) Sold Nov 1240 call/sold Nov 800 put 62 1/4, risk to 90, objective 20. Closed 63 7/8.
Soybean Technical Commentary: Beans also saw a sizeable pullback today, but the short-term uptrend remains intact, as does the 10 day MA. Further weakness next week might break this trendline, but it still could be part of a larger correction.
Vital Technical Indicator: the next projected major turn day for soybeans is June 16, soybean meal is Monday, and soybean oil is June 18.
Hogs: This week was a rough one for the pork industry. We learned pork exports in April were worse than expected and saw H1N1 get back in the headlines with a WHO upgrade. We can also note this week's kill was up 1.3% from last year in the same week. If we had a normal hog flow we should be transitioning from a 3% lower slaughter for early summer to a 1% lower slaughter for summer. Instead we have some numbers backed up that are also at heavier weights. This week's pork production (slaughter x carcass weight) is up 3.6% from last year in the same week. We hate to say it but so far, there is nothing out there suggesting this market will be able to get much above $60 this summer. If pork exports remain weak past this summer then December hogs are on the road to $50. As noted in commentaries before this, current breakevens are around $72. The question is not whether liquidation will happen but when. For trading we had to right idea with the July/December spread but not the right entry price.
Trade Idea(s):
(06/12) Buy Jul/Sell Dec -.75 or better, risk to -2.10, objective +3.00.
Option Strategy(s):
(06/01) Sold Jul 69 call 1.07, risk at 1.10, objective 0. Closed .47.
Lean Hog Technical Commentary: Hogs were unable to follow through on yesterday's strength today. The market posted a small inside bar on the chart, however, the stochastics are pointing upward so we'll leave our buy stop in place at 61.65.
Vital Technical Indicator: Next projected major turn day for lean hogs is June 17.
It was a surprise to see soybeans stand aside and watch the corn in a freefall Friday.


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Police searched Wednesday for three suspects from an attempted armed robbery and shooting that took place in a northwest Las Vegas Valley neighborhood earlier that morning.
At about 7:55 a.m., two of the suspects kicked open the door of a home in the 7100 block of Perfect Lure Street, near Alexander Road and Tenaya Way, Metro Police spokeswoman Barbara Morgan said.
The homeowner was returning from dropping off two of his girlfriend's children at school when he saw two men leaving his home. The girlfriend was not present at the time.
The girlfriend's two other children were inside the home at the time of the shooting, Morgan said, but they were not injured.
Three shots were fired at the homeowner while he was in his car. The bullets missed him, but glass from the shattered driver's side window struck his eye, Morgan said.
The homeowner drove to a nearby church -- with the two children still inside the house -- and found someone to call police shortly before 8 a.m. The three suspects fled in a white Ford Focus.
No one else was injured and nothing was taken from the residence, Morgan said.
Police have video from a surveillance camera mounted on a neighbor's house that may assist in the investigation.
The neighbor said crime is rare in the neighborhood.
"We've had a few car break-ins around here, but never anything like this," she said.
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Chelsea twice fought back from a goal down, with Fernando Torres' late goal forcing a 2-2 draw against League One side Brentford that takes their fourth-round FA Cup tie to a replay at Stamford Bridge.
Brentford's Marcelo Trotta opened the scoring only to have his effort cancelled out by Oscar just after halftime. Chelsea goalkeeper Ross Turnbull committed a foul in the area that led to Harry Forrester's go-ahead penalty, but Torres rescued the Blues with an 83rd-minute curling strike to keep the defending FA Cup champion alive. Chelsea may feel that it deserved to win outright, with Juan Mata's stoppage time cross appearing to be handled by a defender in the area, but no penalty was granted.
The hosts settled into the game well, forcing their more-heralded counterparts on the back foot, and they went close to going ahead when a defensive mix-up between John Terry and Turnbull resorted in an indirect free kick inside the box that Forrester blazed just over the bar.
The Bees forward came close for the hosts again just before the half-hour mark, as he wriggled past three players on the left flank before cutting inside and unleashing a fierce drive over Turnbull's bar.
The breakthrough eventually came three minutes before halftime. It was Forrester again who stung the hands of Turnbull with a shot from range after dispossessing Frank Lampard, but the Chelsea keeper could only parry as far as Trotta, who made no mistake in drilling home the finish.
Benitez brought on Juan Mata for Marko Marin after the break as Chelsea hoped to find a way back into the tie, and it did not take the Blues long, as Oscar plucked a looping ball out of the air just outside the box before stepping past one defender and prodding a clever finish past Simon Moore.
Just when Chelsea looked to have a grip on the game, Turnbull brought down Tom Adeyemi as the Brentford substitute raced through on goal, and Forrester stepped and confidently tucked the penalty into the bottom left corner in the 73rd minute.
Brentford defended stoically to hold on to the lead but could do nothing about Torres' wonderfully shaped effort into the top corner in the 83rd minute after fine link-up play with Demba Ba, forcing another match between the two sides to determine which moves on to the fifth round of the tournament.
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- I have not heard much about you, so could you introduce yourself?
I am a budding filmmaker based in Mumbai, India. I am also a computer software professional with 15+ years experience in the IT industry with some of the best MNCs in various parts of the world. But now I have made my passion viz. Filmmaking my full-time profession.
- Could you explain the reason for the change in profession? Didn't you enjoy your IT job?
I enjoyed my IT job very much and still enjoy programming, but at the same time I was dissatisfied because I was not able to pursue my passions - photography and filmmaking related activities, due to lack of spare time while doing my job in IT. So I had to take the tough decision of choosing either of the two professions.
- Isn't it a big risk to change profession that too in Media & Entertainment Industry?
Yes indeed it is a huge risk especially at my age and that too with full family to support. But I enjoyed full support of my wife Sharmistha and other family members and I have full confidence in my abilities, thus was able to take this decision without much hesitation. I think taking such risks makes life more interesting and adventurous, though not at the cost of causing big hardships to family members.
- What made you choose filmmaking and photography as your profession, while quitting a lucrative career in IT industry? Is it the Glamor associated with films that attracted you?
You may say that I was, or still am, crazy...! As I have mentioned, Photography and Filmmaking related activities are my passions. I did not want to wait till my next life in a new avatar to pursue my passions, so I decided to quit my IT job and devote full time working on my passions. No, it isn't the Glamor associated with films that attracted me as I am more interested in the craft of filmmaking most of which are de-glamorized and done behind the scenes.
- In your opinion how important is it to get trained formally in the art of filmmaking? Have you undergone any formal training in filmmaking?
There are several aspects of filmmaking - artistic, technical, business etc. As far as artistic aspect is concerned, in my humble opinion, most important ingredients to excel in any form of art are - in-born natural talent, real urge, passion and perseverance to pursue it whatever it takes. Without these ingredients, no amount of training can make anyone an artiste in true sense. Formal training can only polish or enhance the artistic skills to some extent, but not mandatory. There are so many examples of artistes excelling without any formal training because they have those ingredients.
For the technical and business aspects of filmmaking, it is important to gain knowledge either by attending good film schools or through self learning using various means like books, Internet, Software etc. Formal training may also indirectly help in networking with Industry professionals and provide the stepping stone into the industry.
As far as my own training in filmmaking is concerned, I have undergone formal training in film Direction and Cinematography from a reputed private institute in Mumbai, India. The hands-on expertise I have in other fields like Photography, Videography, Video Editing, Sound Editing, Visual Effects etc are all gained through years of self-learning out of my own interest.
- Which particular activity of the filmmaking process do you like the most?
It is difficult to pinpoint any particular activity as I have varied interests in almost all the activities related to filmmaking - Direction, Cinematography, Video/Film Editing, Sound editing and mixing, Visual Effects, still Photography etc. I have hands-on expertise in each of them and enjoy doing most of the things myself practically.
- What kind of films do you like making?
I am interested in almost all kinds of films/videos - Feature films, Short films, Documentaries, Music Videos, Commercials, Travel videos etc. I also enjoy still photography.
- What is your favorite genre of films?
None in particular. For me a film or for that matter any art form has to be entertaining, pleasing to the senses and titillating the emotions. So irrespective of genre, I like films as long as they meet those criteria and crafted artistically to perfection. I also like so called "Art films" as long as they are realistic and cinematic in presentation and not intellectually challenging to understand.
- Who is your favorite film director and whose works do you really hate?
I really don't have any favorite Director or for that matter any other personalities related to filmmaking. There have been so many great directors in the past and there are many present generation directors doing some great works. I am not so "Intellectual" as to criticize other's works. But, frankly speaking I have failed to understand some works that have been hailed as great works by "Intellectuals".
- Who is your favorite Actor and who is at the bottom of your list of favorites?
My answer to this question is same as previous one. You know now that I am trying to be diplomatic and politically correct...so as not to please some and offend others.
- Now some questions not related to filmmaking. What are your other hobbies and interests?
My other interests include Music (used to play a little bit of Tabla once upon a time in childhood), Travelling, Internet surfing mostly for self-learning on topics of my interests, web designing etc.
- What kind of music do you like?
I like all types of music irrespective of the language and style as long as it is MUSIC and not NOISE...
- Which countries have you traveled to so far?
Owing to my IT job I have lived in USA, Japan, Singapore and India. I have also traveled to Australia, Malaysia, Thailand and Nepal.
- Where did you spend your childhood?
I was born in Kolkata, India but was brought up in various states of India like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Punjab due to my father's job.
- Which is your favorite book?
I don't have any as I hardly read books. I'm more interested in gaining knowledge through Internet on various topics of interest even if they are in bits and pieces.
- I'm getting bored now, so probably we would continue some other day.
Thanks God you got bored so soon and the interview is over... but no more sessions please...!
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