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Zuiko Digital 300mm f/2.8 ED And 11-22mm f/2.8-3.5 Lenses
The Long And The Short Of It For The Olympus D-SLR System
All Photos © 2004, Peter K. Burian, All Rights Reserved
The first interchangeable-lens autofocus SLR produced by Olympus, the E-1 was
also the first digital camera to employ a "Four Thirds" CCD sensor.
The smallest imager in any digital SLR camera, this one is roughly half the
size of the 35mm film frame standard. Consequently, the effective focal length
of any lens is doubled. That effect is actually a field of view crop but it's
significant, offering both pros and cons. It's great for telephotos, because
a relatively small/lightweight lens can be very powerful in terms of effective
"reach." Of course, there's a drawback with wide angle lenses.
On a camera with the small sensor, an ultra-wide 20mm lens produces an angle
of view of only 57Þ instead of the expansive 94Þ available in the
35mm format.
Olympus has taken advantage of the field of view crop with telephotos such as the Zuiko Digital 300mm f/2.8 ED for a 600mm equivalent focal length. And the company solved the wide angle problem by designing very short lenses, such as the 11-22mm f/2.8-3.5 zoom, equivalent to a 22-44mm zoom. We expect to see even shorter focal lengths in the future. During a trip to Montreal, Canada, I was able to test the longest and shortest Olympus lenses during travel and Grand Prix racing photography.
Zuiko Digital 300mm f/2.8 ED
Tiny and featherweight when compared to the massive 600mm f/4 lenses used by many sports and wildlife photographers, the 300mm f/2.8 lens is very portable and produces nearly the same effective "reach." I carried it around the race track for three days (on a monopod) without complaining, and occasionally used it for handheld photography. This is a very rugged lens designed to withstand pro-level abuse; like all Zuiko Digital lenses, it's also splashproof. The aluminum alloy barrel includes a wide manual focus ring (well damped), a removable tripod mount, rear filter slot for neutral density and polarizing filters (included), a focus distance limiter switch, and a focus-stop button. I found the latter very useful for locking focus on a static race car after a crash while the E-1 camera was set for continuous autofocus.
The optical system includes three ED (extra low dispersion) glass elements to effectively correct chromatic aberration, for high sharpness plus freedom from comatic flare and color fringing even at f/2.8. That's an extremely wide aperture, not available with any 600mm lens in 35mm systems. It allows for faster shutter speeds in low light, or for making images with extremely shallow depth of field. Internal focusing maintains optimal weight balance at any focused distance. Finally, the diaphragm incorporates a full nine blades. This renders any out-of-focus highlights in the background as circular, instead of hexagonal at smaller apertures, for a more pleasing effect.
Evaluation: The combination of advanced autofocus (in the E-1), internal focusing, and electronic lens mount provides fast autofocus response with superior starting/stopping. The continuous tracking autofocus system was quite reliable with race cars approaching my position, slowing and turning; many of my images, made on sunny days, are razor sharp. Even at f/2.8, the Zuiko Digital telephoto produced remarkably high sharpness, contrast, and resolution, rating a 9 on my subjective scale of 1-10. Color fringing is visible only in a few backlit images, and only at 300 percent or greater monitor magnification. I would happily shoot all day at f/2.8, although edge sharpness does increase slightly at f/5.6 for an overall rating of 9.6. With the EC 1.4x tele-converter, image quality was still very good at the widest aperture (an effective f/4) meriting a rating of 8, but edge sharpness increased at f/8, leading to a rating of 9.
Zuiko Digital 11-22mm f/2.8-3.5
At the other end of the spectrum in size, price, and focal lengths, the wide angle zoom also boasts a professional look and feel. Slightly larger than a Tamron AF 20-40mm f/2.7-3.5 zoom (the closest equivalent in a 35mm system), it's 3 oz lighter. The barrel includes large, dual-sided aspherical glass elements to reduce distortion and to produce higher edge sharpness by forcing light rays entering at the edges to focus accurately on the image sensor. To minimize flare in backlighting, a new multilayered coating was applied to the first two elements. Thanks to internal focusing, the front element does not rotate, so the effect of a polarizer or graduated filter does not change. Finally, this zoom includes a new close-distance aberration compensation mechanism to deliver sharp, high-contrast images even when focused to 11".
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If you have chronic bronchitis, you can take steps to control your symptoms. Lifestyle changes and ongoing care can help you manage the condition.
Lifestyle Changes
The most important step is to not start smoking or to quit smoking. Talk with your doctor about programs and products that can help you quit.
For more information about how to quit smoking, go to the Diseases and Conditions Index Smoking and Your Heart article and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI's) "Your Guide to a Healthy Heart." Although these resources focus on heart health, they include general information about how to quit smoking.
Also, try to avoid other lung irritants, such as secondhand smoke, dust, fumes, vapors, and air pollution. This will help keep your lungs healthy.
Wash your hands often to lower your risk for a viral or bacterial infection. Also, try to stay away from people who have colds or the flu. See your doctor right away if you have signs or symptoms of a cold or the flu.
Follow a healthy diet and be as physically active as you can. A healthy diet includes a variety of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. It also includes lean meats, poultry, fish, and fat-free or low-fat milk or milk products. A healthy diet also is low in saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium (salt), and added sugar.
For more information about following a healthy diet, go to the NHLBI's Aim for a Healthy Weight Web site, "Your Guide to a Healthy Heart," and "Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure With DASH." All of these resources include general advice about healthy eating.
Ongoing Care
See your doctor regularly and take all of your medicines as prescribed. Also, talk with your doctor about getting a yearly flu shot and a pneumonia vaccine.
If you have chronic bronchitis, you may benefit from pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). PR is a broad program that helps improve the well-being of people who have chronic (ongoing) breathing problems.
People who have chronic bronchitis often breathe fast. Talk with your doctor about a breathing method called pursed-lip breathing. This method decreases how often you take breaths, and it helps keep your airways open longer. This allows more air to flow in and out of your lungs so you can be more physically active.
To do pursed-lip breathing, you breathe in through your nostrils. Then you slowly breathe out through slightly pursed lips, as if you're blowing out a candle. You exhale two to three times longer than you inhale. Some people find it helpful to count to two while inhaling and to four or six while exhaling.

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The Yukon government wants to know what Yukoners think about its local food strategy.
The draft document looks at ways of increasing local food production and consumption.
Government agriculture director Tony Hill says barely 5 per cent of the food Yukoners consume is produced locally.
"Most of the access comes through the farm gate or at local farmers markets," Hill said. "Some of the bigger producers are in the retail stores, but we would like to see more of that."
The strategy addresses production, processing, distribution, and consumption. The high cost of Yukon farmland, according to Hill, is a major hurdle.
He said the government is looking ways of "making land available on a low cost lease basis so we can get more food producers into production."
Starting point
Yukon's veteran growers concur. Sheila Alexandrovich has spent years teaching "wannabe" farmers. "The people I know who've gone through my farm learning how to grow food, they can't afford to go buy land, there's not a hope in ...you know," she said.
Alexandrovich said Yukoners used to grow more food locally. She called the draft strategy a good start.
"Growing up here every backyard had a garden, and now there is skidoos parked on top," she said. "We didn't produce the fancy food, but we ate. Growing up it was cabbages, carrots, potatoes and beets and that's what we ate, and it's fine. We have to change how we eat if we want to eat local."
The draft strategy is available on-line for comment until October.
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With all the chaos going on concerning NBC's lineup right now, it's no surprise that the night show hosts are going at it with a war of words and a contest to see who's got the best punch line. Hit MORE to listen, see and read all bout it.
Carson Daly hasn't been safe in this mess, and if you haven't heard what everyone from David Letterman to Craig Ferguson's been saying about him, take a listen here.
Sifting through all the articles that have come out during the past weeks, we wanted to spotlight two specific ones.
The website Movieline has been following Carson on Twitter (and you can too: @carsonjdaly) and gives him kudos for not just his unannounced appearance on Jimmy Kimmel's show, but also his ability to keep a cool head as the underdog of all this. Read the rest of the article here but here's a clip from the show:
New York Magazine also did a great job writing a piece focusing on the fact that "Letterman Won't Shut Up About Carson Daly. " And they're absolutely right; his relentless jabbing at Carson can be seen in the montage here:
Here's what Carson's had to say on AMP:
Hopefully, for the sake of all of us, this will come to an end soon.


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Wasn't it just eight years ago that Nick Stahl was being groomed for Hollywood stardom, and started off his campaign with a major starring role in "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines"? Nowadays you'll find the former John Connor plying his trade on a variety of direct-to-DVD movies, having produced an astounding eight — count'em, eight — movies in 2010 alone. Mind you, we're not talking about cameos here; Stahl was the male lead in five of those titles, and had worthy supporting roles in the rest. Stahl already has five titles upcoming in 2011, including a regular gig on the TV show "Locke and Key". Evan Oppenheimer's "The Speed of Thought" is one of Stahl's 2011 offering, and although moderately budgeted, was surprisingly quite good.
Stahl plays Joshua Lazarus, a telepath (or "scoper" in the movie's parlance) who works for the U.S. Government (run by "Fringe's" Blair Brown) in order to help pay the bills at an orphanage for similarly gifted kids run by the kindly Sandy (the inconceivable Wallace Shawn). Sandy's mansion is like Professor Charles Xavier's of "X-Men" fame, but instead of guys who can make snowballs and run through walls, these little tykes can all read your minds. Being that they're quite dangerous unsupervised, the Guv'ment have made a cushy deal with Sandy whereby he supplies them with, essentially, spies for various bad deeds around the world. Human wiretaps without all that warrant baggage, if you will.
There aren't that many scopers in the world, but there is Joshua, his friend Kira (the always "meh" Taryn Manning), and Anna (a somewhat boring Mia Maestro), who Joshua meets during one of his less than savory gigs for the Government. Being a scoper is all fun and all — cheating at poker is financially rewarding, and using your powers to pick up hot chicks in bars can be equally awesome — but it also comes with a pretty hefty price tag. Like, say, your life. Scopers usually don't last past the age of 29, which is when they start going a little nuts. Our hero Joshua has just turned 28, which means the voices in his head that he can't control are getting louder, and the end is, alas, near. This, as you would imagine, has left our hero in quite the solemn mood.
You would expect a movie about guys who can read minds while working for shady Government types to be quite action-packed, or at least, thriller-ish. Think "Push" with a pre-"Captain America" Chris Evans as an per example. Or, yes, even the "X-Men" films. Evan Oppenheimer, who writes and directs, either didn't have the budget for a rollicking action-adventure, or that was never his intention to begin with. There isn't even any action in the film until well past the hour mark, when our hero goes on the run with his new ladylove from said Government types. Action junkies will be hopelessly bored by the general lack of gunplay or physical action of any kind, but strangely I found myself not minding too much. Then again, I've always been a sucker for movies that tries to seriously explore this type of "problems" as it relates to the real world.
It's unavoidable that "The Speed of Thought" will be hindered somewhat by its budget, with the psychic moments never really all that convincing. (By the way, who knew foreigners in foreign countries "thought" in English? Now that's convenient!) The majority of the film's mind-reading scenes usually involve actors standing in front of a green screen in some hazy, dream environment that reminded me of two actors in a play on stage. Visually speaking, "Inception" this ain't. So Oppenheimer had to work around that, and kudos to him, because I thought he did a pretty good job of knowing what he had to work with and tailoring his script around his limited resources. Once you get past the somewhat clunky first 20 minutes or so, "The Speed of Thought" is surprisingly very engrossing.
Of course, it helps that Nick Stahl, despite doing a gazillion movies a year nowadays, is still a pretty damn good actor. A must, given that he's onscreen almost the entire time, and there are plenty of moody moments where Joshua Lazarus sits around contemplating his inescapable mortality. Stahl has always had the type of face that just lends itself well to somber characters. Taryn Manning comes and goes as the plot dictates, while Mia Maestro could have used a little pep in her step. As it is, she's pretty weightless, which makes me appreciate Stahl's performance even more. Considering just how much work he's doing in the direct-to-DVD market nowadays, you'd think Stahl would go all Steven Seagal or Wesley Snipes on us by now and just phone it in. The kid apparently still cares enough to act his ass off, so good for him.
Evan Oppenheimer (director) / Evan Oppenheimer (screenplay)
CAST: Nick Stahl … Joshua Lazarus
Mía Maestro … Anna Manheim
Taryn Manning … Kira
Wallace Shawn … Sandy
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You already know that I'm a demon hybrid that is called a saiyan. Yes I had a terrible pass. My bestest friends are Validien, Tobi , Angela, and ect.
You may call me Rose but only my FRIENDS can call me Rosie.
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UFC 2009 Undisputed - PS3 - Review
At a time when the fighting game genre lacks variety, innovation, or anything fresh, you wouldn't think that a real-world license could help turn things around. In most cases, a license is something you slap on the front of the box. It does not dictate how a game is developed, how it should play, or the kinds of people it should entertain.
UFC 2009 Undisputed might be the one exception to all three of those rules. First and foremost, it was made to attract as many UFC enthusiasts as possible. But in trying to produce a game that lives up to the expectations of those fans, Yuke's and THQ have created one of the best and most original fighting games of the PS3/360 generation.
Engine Officially Revved
Think of the difficulty of trying to master Tekken's moves for the first time. Slow the game down a bit, and move the fighters closer together, mirroring that of a wrestling experience. Make the right analog stick an essential (but not ridiculous) part of the combat system. Throw in several grapple moves to enhance the wrestling effect, and layer every move with several block, counter and/or reversal options – enough to overwhelm anyone expecting the usual pound-or-be-pounded, button-mash-or-get-mashed fighting game style. Include several distinct fighting styles (Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Judo, Wrestling and Jiu-Jitsu) and merge them in a way that makes every character blend together. Merge them not for simplicity but for fluidity so that the game has an even flow.
Think of all that and you'll begin to understand the true beauty of UFC 2009 Undisputed. Smackdown vs. Raw is the only series you could compare it to, and that's only because the character movements are similar. Other than that, it's hard to find any distinct similarities. Even boxing, a fighting style that has been tackled by countless fighting games, is notably different.
A New Level of Seamlessness
Each style is linked with four types of combat: standing, clinch, ground and submission. From there, the complexities of UFC 2009 Undisputed grow to unexpected levels. Standing (basically normal) combat is the one area where players will attempt to button mash and occasionally succeed. Left and right kicks and punches are assigned to the face buttons, which default to high attacks. To attack a lower part of your opponent, you'll need to press the modifier (L1) button. Now you have another four attacks. While tapping one of the face buttons, you can push the left stick toward your opponent to modify the attack once more – your moves become stronger but are unleashed more slowly.
Of course, you aren't the only one throwing punches. The enemy AI isn't skilled enough to drive us crazy, but it isn't dumb enough to give players a free ride either. Thus, you'll need to defend yourself. That's where the high and low strike counters come in, which are executed with a flick of the right stick (up and down, respectively). Timing is everything, though it must be said that it didn't take more than a minute to successfully perform my first counter. This might have more to do with my history of fighting games (nearly 20 years of playing them) than the game's simplicity. But if you're patient, it shouldn't be too challenging.
Counters can lead to a clinch (sort of a standing hold move where you can inflict minor damage while keeping your opponent at bay) or a takedown (exactly as it sounds: you're taking your opponent down to the ground). Both clinches and takedowns have counters, and both can be fought off after a successful execution. Takedowns are vital to your success but are difficult to initiate – mark my words: your opponents won't go down easily.
When they do, there are several ways to make them feel pain. While kneeling over your opponent, you can punch him repeatedly until he finds a way to break free. He may retaliate (just because he's down doesn't mean he can't punch back), and he may block some of your punches. But in this scenario, you're the one with the advantage. From there, you can adjust your position by performing one of several fairly easy rolling and zigzag motions with the right stick. If done correctly, you'll be in somewhat of a laying clinch position. Now you can push and pull your opponent's appendages, causing extreme amounts of pain – and possibly a victory by submission.
It Looks Good Too
UFC 2009 Undisputed isn't just a game with a great engine: it also looks like it belongs on the current generation of consoles. Aside from the occasional and very brief frame rate lockup (which could be a loading glitch), the game is beautiful. The character models are incredibly detailed, rivaling those of the recent NBA 2K games. Sweat, blood, scrapes, cuts and other realistic effects are subtly present. Most impressively, every movement is seamless – visually and physically. You won't spot any awkward animations or unrealistic transitions. Every part of it is insanely refined.
When you're finished drooling over the graphics, you'll be entertained by the usual array of game modes: Career, Exhibition, Online, Tutorial (annoyingly simplistic at first but it's a must if you want to learn every move), Classic Fights and Create a Fighter. The Classic Fights mode lets you relive old UFC competitions, while the Create a Fighter mode is your typical by-the-books offering. Since this is a fighting game, online play is limited to two players, but that does not make it any less fun. Career mode is awesome because, in addition to cutting out all the useless story crap that so many sports and fighting games offer, the fighting, training and sparring implementations are really well done.
Review Scoring Details for UFC 2009 Undisputed
Gameplay: 8.8
UFC 2009 Undisputed is one amazing, hard-to-resist fighting game that does something none of the big-name sequels have been able to accomplish on PS3 and Xbox 360: it provides a fun and significantly different battle engine that requires you to learn something new.
Graphics: 9.0
If Street Fighter IV is the best-looking fighting game from an artistic standpoint, UFC 2009 Undisputed wins the crown for being the most realistic.
Sound: 7.0
Repetitive commentary and music that will only appeal to those who like this kind of rock.
Difficulty: Medium
Not every battle is difficult to overcome, but this is definitely not a run-of-the-mill, button-mash-till-you-win kind of fighting game.
Concept: 8.5
While not an entirely new kind of game, UFC 2009 Undisputed is vastly different from its competitors. Its attempt at merging several fighting styles proved to be successful and incomparably seamless.
Multiplayer: 8.5
Two-player battles (online or offline) ensure this game will live on long after you've finished the Career mode.
Overall: 8.8
A must-play fighter for any fan of the genre, UFC or both.


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Zig Ziglar was born November 6, 1926 in Alabama and grew up in Mississippi. He is the tenth among twelve children. His father died when he was five so at an early age he strives hard and work. He sells vegetables and delivers newspapers just to feed the family. He has served in the US Navy training program while pursuing his studies with passion and determination. He has met his life-long partner, got married and together they build their own ideal family life. His life and career has been very purposeful and meaningful and his works have left strong and positive influence to many people.
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Zig Ziglar was recognized for his powerful and encouraging words and speeches. Zig Ziglar Speeches and quotes have actually become the sources of inspiration and hope by countless individuals who have touched by his words. Many of them revealed that Zig Ziglar Speeches and words of wisdom and encouragements have changed their lives. Here are some of the famous quotes of Zig Ziglar:
• "A goal properly set is halfway reached."
• "Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude."
• "Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes."
Zig Ziglar is a trainer and a motivational teacher. He has travelled different places all over the world to deliver Zig Ziglar speeches and messages of hope, encouragement and humor. As a talented and dedicated speaker and author, he got international appeal transcending every culture, career and color. He is recognized today as a quintessential motivational genius.
Zig Ziglar has unique style of delivery and powerful speeches and messages that earns him lots of honors and recognitions. Today, he is known as one of the most effective and versatile personalities on the science of human potential. He authored several books and translated them to different dialects and languages for people to understand. He is indeed a family man, active member of the church and a devoted patriot.
Zig Ziglar Speeches Signify Positivity
His speeches give emphasis not just the virtues of positive thinking but also the value of positive actions. He emphasized that positive actions is an advantage to living balanced life and achieving success. His life was a living proof of his word's positivity and wisdom. He practices what he actually preaches to the church and the community.
He is indeed an excellent leader and a successful business individual at the same time. He is an inspiration to millions of individuals all over the world. Zig Ziglar Speeches and quotes will not just make individuals feel good in the moment but inspire them to work harder and live a more purposeful, productive and happier life for the best of time.
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Zig Ziglar is a persistent purveyor of encouragement and hope. He has his own way of turning aspirations and hopes to realities. Many individuals can attest that even his short speeches and messages have changed their lives. He did encourage many people to believe in themselves and their power to make their dreams come true.
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This limited edition, international version features the four bonus tracks: "In The Midnight Hour," "Knock On Wood," "Memphis," "Wasn't That A Mighty Storm," "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin',"and "Shiver Me Timbers."
Hear Music presents James Taylor's exceptional collection of covers from notable recording artists from the fifties, sixties and seventies. The album is aptly titled 'Covers.'
"An album of other peoples' music is something I've been wanting to do for years," says Taylor. "I've enjoyed performing these songs over the years but to record them live in a room with these incredible musicians was just extraordinary."
The album was recorded last January when James Taylor gathered his 'Band of Legends' for a rare 10-day recording session in a converted barn on his property in western Massachusetts. Band arrangements of material featured on the album include covers of Big Mama Thornton's version of "Hound Dog," Junior Walker's "(I'm A) Road Runner" and "Wichita Lineman," (one of the most revered country songs penned by Jimmy Webb). These songs were improvised on the spot and recorded live with some of the best players in popular music.
The recording sessions included musical heavyweights Luis Conte, Michael Landau, Jeff Babko, Lou Marini, Arnold McCuller, Jimmy Johnson, David Lasley, Walt Fowler, Andrea Zonn, Kate Markowitz, Steve Gadd, and Larry Goldings. James Taylor and his 'Band of Legends' have been previewing the new material this summer to rave reviews.


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Right guys, I have read alot of the 29er hype the pros and cons, but still not convinced.
Ride a orange crush 26er and am looking for my first full suss. If I am going 29 now is the time.
Put my bike in for a service today and got talking to a spech dealer whi recons within 3 years 26ers will be history.
so do I stay 26 and get something like a pivot 5.7 carbon or go 29 and look at a SC tallboy ltc?


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I'm not sure if this is the right thread for this, but didn't want to start a new thread just for 1 pic of a hammock.
Hennessy hammock just before I spent ages adjusting the hang to get comfortable. 1st I had it way too tight, then I kept sliding into the footbox. Kept adjusting slightly until I found I need the foot end about 8 inches higher than the head end. I will do a review after xmas.
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Michael Jackson, the mega pop star, continues to live in the hearts and minds of millions even to this day. You may wonder how this story has anything to do with hiking or climbing, but if you bear with me, it will become clear. Here's the story.
About a month prior to Aug 29, 2010, my wife and I were invited by friends to drive to the top of Figueroa Mountain in the Santa Barbara back country. What caught our attention on this drive was a stunning, pyramid-shaped mass called Grass Mountain. My wife and I knew we had to come back for Grass Mountain. A month later in pre-dawn hours, we tried to do just that. Unfortunately, "try" is as far as we got.
Grass Mountain is located on Midland School, Michael Jackson's kids went to school there, property where we had to acquire a permit to use its trails. A notice on the registration box, however, informed us that the school was not issuing any permits for a period of ten days, including the day we arrived. Puzzled and disappointed, we decided to drive up Figueroa Mountain Road anyway and take sunrise photos.
A short distance up the road from Midland School, my wife and I noticed people tying gold and white balloons onto a short fence next to a huge steel gate. I recognized the gate as the formal entrance to the famous Michael Jackson's residence for a number of years, Neverland Ranch. We stopped for a short time and watched some young women chatting with the security guards across the locked gate. We thought to ourselves, "Wow! People are still coming to see where Michael Jackson used to live." Our plans for Grass Mountain foiled, it was time to continue driving toward Figueroa's summit. Since the gate to the final stretch of the winding, dirt road was open, we were able to drive all the way to the top.
As we pulled into the wide parking area of the summit, we were surprised to see four cars and a large group of young women—and one lucky man—milling about. They all seemed very tired, very cold. Some shivered visibly, evidence of a long, sleepless night. It was still early—no later than 6:30 a.m. in the morning. What were all these people doing up here? we wondered.
The moment our car came to a stop, we were approached by a disheveled young girl wrapped in a blanket.
"Do you, by chance, have a pair of jumper cables, Sir?" she asked, peering through the window hopefully.
"I think so," I replied.
As I rummaged in the trunk of the car, I noticed that everyone's attention seemed to be locked on us. The pile beside the car grew; my wife and I pulled out picnic food, extra clothing, hiking sticks, auto tools, and finally the emergency gear. I raised a clear plastic bag containing jumper cables over my head trumphantly and waved it back a forth. A loud cheer broke the quiet of the dawn.
"Okay, which car's battery needs to be jumped?" I asked.
"That van," they pointed.
I walked first to the van, and it started right away. By now my wife and I were very curious about this strange gathering of young women and one opportunistic man.
"Are you guys members of a church or something?" I asked.
"Yeah, we are members of "Michael Jackson Church," a girl wrapped in a beach towel answered playfully.
"Okay," I answered, as if it was an expected response, "but what are you doing up here, and now?"
"Oh, it's Michael Jackson's birthday!"
It was beginning to make sense.
"Are you all from this area?"
"Oh, no. Most of us are from the LA area, but that girl over there is from Texas, that girl there is from New Zealand, and she's from England," one explained, nodding in the direction of her friends. "We all met on the Internet."
My curiosity had peaked by now.
"But why are you here so early in the morning?"
"Well, we all got together in LA last night and met at his grave to celebrate his birthday. Then around eleven we decided to caravan up here and see if we could see Michael's Neverland Ranch. We got here around 2:30 a.m. and have been waiting for the sunrise, listening to Michael Jackson songs on our car radios. I guess that explains why our batteries went dead."
"Say, is it possible to see Michael Jackson's house from up here?" another Jacksonphile inquired.
I had no idea.
As the sun was getting higher in the sky, one of the girls squinted hard in the direction of Michael Jackson's ranch. "You know, I think I can see a building way down over there."
I looked and could not see anything.
"Wait. Let me get my binoculars."
I quickly came back with a pair of binoculars and handed them to the girl. She looked "way down over there" and nearly screamed, "It's the train station! It's the train station!"
Within a few minutes two more girls had spotted the building. By now, my curiosity had peaked again.
"What do you mean by train station?"
Silly question. The girls had the complete layout of Michael Jackson's Ranch seared in their memory without ever having visited it. I stood aside letting everyone take as much time as they wanted to look at the titilating train station. The sleepy gathering had come to life, laughing and chatting and celebrating the remarkable feat that they had actually gazed upon Michael Jackson's Neverland with their own eyes. They had breathed the same air that blew across his ranch. They were almost on it!
Somehow the euphoria was lost on my wife, but the group dynamics amused her. At long last the girls thanked us one by one, hugged us, called us "heros," and then, well satisfied, loaded into their vehicles and headed down the mountain. As they drove away it became clear to us that, yes, Michael Jackson in the flesh was long gone, but his memory is alive and well in the hearts and minds of millions.


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Hoppers put in a dominating display to secure a bonus point victory over a Huddersfield side who look doomed to relegation.
They ran in seven tries as they controlled the entire game with a ferocious defence and a clinical attack.
A delighted head coach Michael Lough said: "We've run in seven tries and could have had at least two more which were brought back for a forward pass.
"I am really happy with the performance as it was going to be a challenge on a heavy pitch but our physicality was immense from 1-20"
"Our defence was amazing and we never looked like conceding,
"I'm also thrilled we scored twice when down to 14 men as we maintained the pressure.
"I thought Lewis Allen was really good, as was Jack Ward and Sean Taylor who kicking was superb, also Ali Murray who had a great game and was very physical."
Hoppers controlled the game from the outset with powerful carries through the middle of the home defence together with their usual blend of style out wide.
"The set piece also went well especially the driving line out which has become a real weapon.
The game was effectively wrapped up in the first six minutes as Hoppers scored two tries before the hosts had any real possession of the ball. Both started with a good kick to the corner and strong line out drives.
Hoppers would then power their way up the middle with Matt Hughes being put into a huge gap for the first score and while Huddersfield initially did well to resist Hoppers second a superbly weighted kick through by Allen was touched down by Ward. Taylor converted both for a 14-0 lead.
Hoppers were then guilty of a slight lull allowing Huddersfield to get back into the game.
The visitors became a little lateral in attack and conceded a few penalties which wing Luke Booth turned into Huddersfield's only points with two successful kicks.
Craig Aikman wrestled back control as he finished off a well worked scrum move when Dominic Moon and Taylor made good ground before Aikman picked a great line to sprint clear.
Gareth Gore was sin binned just before the break but two tries in his absence secured the bonus point and stopped any chance of a home fight back.
Andy Napier was at the heart of both with a superb offload to put Hughes over in the corner following another good line out drive, and straight from the restart his powerful surge up the middle, well supported by Moon, got Hoppers behind the home defence before good hands out wide put Adam Birchall in the corner.
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Westborough – Residents at Beaumont Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at Westborough got a dose of holiday cheer when dancers from Laurene Aldorisio's Academy of Dance Expressions of Westborough performed a festive show for them Dec. 8. Residents watched the girls and boys perform tap, ballet, and jazz numbers and sing songs. They also passed out delicious holiday treats baked by the dancers themselves.
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Electric Corp. to Return NIS 6 Billion to Public
The Israel Securities Authority has ordered the Israel Electric Corporation to immediately reduce its liabilities to its workers' pension fund by about NIS 6 billion. The decision has dramatic implications for the utility, which will now be forced to retroactively amend its financial reports - improving its shareholders equity substantially and reducing its actuarial liabilities, which up until now have posed a heavy financial burden.
The decision could also have an effect on electricity rates in the future. The Securities Authority's decision reflects its adoption of the position taken by IEC's auditors, Deloitte Brightman Almagor, and is in direct opposition to the position taken by IEC's management, which ISA rejected.
The decision was greeted at IEC with complete shock, and the company has declined to comment until it has had a chance to study it.
As a result of the decision, the IEC will be expected to reduce its pension-related liabilities from NIS 23.8 billion to NIS 17.8 billion, after having increased by 70% since 2004. The move is very likely to be met with opposition from the IEC workers union.
Meanwhile, the fate of negotiations on implementation of a reform within the IEC, which is scheduled for next week, remains enshrouded in murk.
The move will also mean retroactively amending the firm's financial reports in a way that could put the company's bond issues in question. An actuarial deficit was one reason the company's bonds rating was lowered from AA+ to AA- in March of this year. At the time, rating company Maalot noted that IEC's resources were in danger of further erosion if it is forced to pay into pension funds in 2009.
The ISA has also rejected the utility's request to delay publication of its second quarter financial report, demanding they be released on schedule. Since the demand cannot be met, IEC is facing a heavy fine - after paying a fine of NIS 200,000 last year for late publishing of its 2008 financials as well.
ISA's decision comes on the heals of IEC's actuarial report, which indicated that the company's pension liabilities appear to have been inappropriately inflated in recent years, and based on arbitrary actuarial assumptions. The electric company calculates its future liabilities to retirees based on an equation that assumes retirees are 'promoted' once every two years.
To date, the company's actuarial reports have been calculated on the assumption that retiree stipends would increase by an inflation-adjusted rate of 2% annually.
The utility's actuarial assumptions were re-reviewed at the ISA's request to the Government Companies Authority. IEC's actuary reviewed the related data and assumptions, concluding last month that there was no basis for the assumption that retiree stipends would increase by 2% annually, since the stipends are limited by a ceiling of the maximum wage level. The repercussions of this conclusion are dramatic, as the utility's actuarial obligations are not limited to the firm's retirees, but in fact include all company employees.
These intermediate conclusions bred a dispute between the IEC and its auditor Deloitte Brightman Almagor over the amendment of the company's reported pension commitments and the nature of the amendment.
Accountant Adir Inbar took the view that the company should assume an erosion of 1.5% to retiree stipends after adjustment to inflation, since the company has no contractual obligation to increase the stipends beyond the maximum ceiling wage.
This conclusion meant the firm's actuarial liabilities are in fact NIS 6 billion less than what had been assumed to date. At the same time, the dispute over how to amend the firm's financial report has also continued to rage.
While Inbar has demanded that the financial reports be amended immediately - and retroactively - IEC has asked to spread the reduced commitment, without retroactively correcting its financial reports. Failing to reach an agreement, the parties turned to the Securities Authority for a final verdict, which was handed down yesterday.
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Starz' returning series is getting an early start for its second season. The Kelsey Grammer starring drama premiered back in October. Starz has set the Season 2 premiere for the show, and it looks like fans will see Tom Kane back on the small screen this August.
Boss stars the Golden Globe-winning Grammer as Chicago's mayor, Tom Kane, a powerful and intimidating man who's trying to keep his degenerative brain disorder from becoming public knowledge. The drama follows Kane's work and personal life, and the various interactions he has with his wife, daughter, and staff of mostly-trusted employees.
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Enright's replacement in rotation TBD
The answer: TBD
The D-backs will not need to fill that spot in the rotation until May 14, when they take on the Dodgers in Los Angeles, and D-backs manager Kirk Gibson did not seem to be in a rush to make a decision.
"There are different scenarios," Gibson said. "You find out things can change. We're just going to wait and see how things develop."
Certainly a leading candidate has to be Josh Collmenter, who is 1-0 with a 1.46 ERA in six relief appearances. Collmenter, a starter throughout his Minor League career, has pitched out of the bullpen since being called up from Reno on April 15.
"I'm sure he would be," Gibson said, when asked about Collmenter being a candidate. "He just gets people out."
For him to be a successful starter, Gibson said Collmenter would need to improve his curve so that it complements his fastball and change.
One person who is not a candidate is Aaron Heilman, who tried to win a spot in the rotation this spring. The club prefers to keep him in the pen for now.


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Two Inlets owners are Resorters of the Year
Jennifer and Bob Bateman, owners and operators of Two Inlets Resort in eastern Becker County, were awarded the "Resorters of the Year" Award from the Congress of Minnesota Resorts (CMR) at their fall 2009 annual conference.
They were also recognized at the Explore Minnesota Tourism Conference held at Cragun's in Brainerd on Jan. 26.
Each year, CMR presents this award to an outstanding resorter who has best exemplified the spirit and goals of the organization.
Award criteria are centered around the operation of a successful and progressive resort business, involvement in CMR activities, service to the tourism industry both at a state and local level, and community service in other areas.
The Batemans have been involved with the CMR for the past 13 years, and believe that continuing education has been a key factor in running their resort business.
"The CMR helps resort owners learn more and more about the business through conferences and workshops, statewide resort tours, their quarterly magazine and an online chat group," said Jennifer Bateman. "The CMR even has their own school, called 'The School of Resorting.'"
Being tuned in to state legislation that affects resorts is also important. The Batemans regularly participate in the CMR Day on the Hill and have also served on the CMR Board of Directors for seven years, including three years as president.
"Being involved with legislation, both at the county and state level, while sometimes challenging and frustrating, is needed to help existing resorts continue as a viable segment of the tourism industry," said Jennifer.
Outside of the CMR, the Batemans are also active on the Park Rapids Area Chamber marketing committee, local bank board of directors, golf course board of directors, school activities and their church.
In 2005, Midwest Living Magazine selected Two Inlets Resort for a photo shoot for an 8-page feature article. The article was titled, "A Week at the Lake," and the resort was selected because it offers attractive lake level cabins, mature trees, a nice beach and plenty of room to spread out and enjoy the lake.
"We got to be the model family in the photos," said Jennifer. "It was a lot of fun, and more work than we realized!"
While raising their 3 kids, who are now old enough to help with some resort duties, this couple has been able to grow their 13-cabin resort and make it prosper. Providing a high level of service and keeping their guests' vacation experience their No. 1 priority is a key to this success.
Success has also come about by keeping close tabs on the financial side of the business and reinvesting in it, by continually making big and small improvements and adjusting their rates accordingly. They've added two 4-bedroom cabins, upgraded several other cabins, improved the landscaping and added amenities.


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The following quote is from G.K. Chesterton, courtesy of Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick:
Dear Mr. Chesterton,
How can you think Christianity is true? What about all the other religions that claim to be true?
Free Thinker
Dear Former Thinker,
The vulgar modern argument used against religion, and lately against common decency, would be absolutely fatal to any idea of liberty. It is perpetually said that because there are a hundred religions claiming to be true, it is therefore impossible that one of them should really be true. The argument would appear on the face of it to be illogical, if anyone nowadays troubled about logic. It would be as reasonable to say that because some people thought the earth was flat, and others (rather less incorrectly) imagined it was round, and because anybody is free to say that it is triangular or hexagonal, or a rhomboid, therefore it has no shape at all; or its shape can never be discovered; and, anyhow, modern science must be wrong in saying it is an oblate spheroid. The world must be some shape, and it must be that shape and no other; and it is not self-evident that nobody can possibly hit on the right one. What so obviously applies to the material shape of the world equally applies to the moral shape of the universe. The man who describes it may not be right, but it is no argument against his rightness that a number of other people must be wrong.
Your friend,
G.K. Chesterton
Because the scientific method does not apply to any of various issues, people have used that to argue that, therefore, there can be no truth. G.K. Chesterton answered that conundrum rather easily as seen in the above quote. You see the result of the idea that there can be no truth in various historical and other studies. It has now become de rigueur for non-scholars to promote and dramatize every person who promotes an idea that is in conflict with any majority held theory. Has history recorded many more than one time that a majority held theory is wrong? Yes! But, let me bring up two facts. One is the reality of a paradigm shift shows that these events are actually quite rare in world history. The second fact is that when a paradigm shift happens, it is generally rather quickly accepted (as long as rather quickly means within a generation or less).
What is not found in history is a paradigm shift that involves giant conspiracy theories. Generally a paradigm shift is effective within a generation or less. That is because the new explanation fits the data so much better than the old explanation that the shift is not difficult. The problem we have now is that it has become common for many people to accept one or another theory based merely on their private emotional feeling that it fits, with no relation to any gathering of facts that might solidify the uncommon explanation. Thus, the problem that G.K. Chesterton faced in the 1800's has become ever so much worse.
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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The football game between San Diego and Marist that was postponed due to Hurricane Sandy has been rescheduled for Dec. 1, the schools said.
The San Diego Toreros were to play a Pioneer Football League game in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Nov. 3. While the facilities at Marist weren't badly affected by the storm, the San Diego football team was unable to make travel arrangements to get into New York.
The game was reset for Dec. 1, two week after both teams wrap up their previously announced schedule.
San Diego is 5-3 on the year and 4-1 in the conference while Marist is 3-5 overall and 2-3 in the Pioneer Football League.


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BOSTON (CBS) – David West will not be wearing Celtics green this season, as the free agent forward has agreed to a deal with the Indiana Pacers according to Yahoo! Sports.
West agreed to a two-year, $20 million deal with the Pacers as trade talks between the Celtics and New Orleans Hornets died off early Sunday morning.
West was rumored to be heading to Boston as part of a sign-and-trade with New Orleans. The former All-Star would have given the Celtics a solid power forward and legitimate scoring threat off the bench.


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I've being recently editing modded car in iv ( GTR )
so i decided to write something on the rear glass by editing the texture
i exported the original pic .png
then i edited it with Photoshop and became like this and import it again
when i launch the game and spawned the GTR it look like this
what i wrote is "mirrored in the rear glass " > is there anyway to prevent this
so i want it like only one 1 side or in the middle only ? please help
thanks all
problem with editing textures in IV "modded car
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 11:50 AM
only solution is editing the rear windscreen mapping and make the texture fit with it
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you cant do it with 3dmax yet but i think you will be able to do that with zmodeler.
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DRAM capex set to rise 80% in 2010, says analyst
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LONDON Capital expenditure by DRAM makers will increase by 80 percent year-on-year to $7.85 billion in 2010, according to DRAMexchange Technology Inc., a Taiwan-based market analysis company. The company estimated the DRAM makers will spend $4.30 billion in 2009.
However, this amount of spending is still below the typical annual capex levels in the last decade of $10 billion and far below the peak annual capex spends of $16.5 billion and $21.4 billion spent in 2006 and 2007, respectively.
The capex is expected to grow to the level of $10 billion to $12 billion in 2011 and 2012. According to DRAMexchange the low capex spend in recent years and expanding demand for personal computers will restrict DRAM supply and keep demand high and that DRAM vendors can maintain their operational profitability.
In the first quarter of 2010 DRAM aggregate demand will be slightly below aggregate supply. This will cause the DRAM price to fall between 10 and 20 percent QoQ. Meanwhile, the DDR3 memory will become the mainstream memory in 1Q10 reaching 60 percent market share. It will rise to 80 percent of commodity DRAM at 2H10.
DRAM module price jumps 14%, says analyst
Top vendors increase NAND flash market share, says research
Samsung semis chief sees signs of recovery
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Paris - Scientists on Wednesday unveiled evidence that two species of early cavemen lived and died near their places of birth while most females of the same species settled down after coming from afar.The study, published in Nature, offers an unprecedented glimpse into the social fabric of australopithecines, an extinct line related to humans that dwelt in southern Africa some two million years ago.It also challenges the axiomatic idea that our distant forebears began to walk on two legs rather than four in order to cover great distances in search of food or shelter.If males limited their wanderings to hunt-and-gather forays, then the shift to walking upright might have been driven by other needs, the findings suggest.Up to now, very little was known of the lifestyle and kinship patterns of our two-legged ancestors.Behavioural clues"Disembodied skulls and teeth are notoriously poor communicators," quipped Matt Sponheimer, an anthropology professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a co-author of the study.For the new study, scientists devised a method worthy of Sherlock Holmes to "make these old bones speak", Sponheimer said.The behavioural clues were locked inside a handful of two-million-year-old teeth.Tiny variations in the atoms of a heavy metal element called strontium correspond to various types of soil and rock, thus acting as a telltale of identifiable geographic locations.Because strontium works its way into tooth enamel only during the first years of life, the element thus shows whether a primate grew up in the same place where she or he dwelt and died.The scientists examined teeth from 19 individuals who lived 2.4 to 1.7 million years ago, eight Australopithecus africanus and 11 Paranthropus robustus.Both species lived in woodland savannahs, probably subsisting on a mix of tree fruits, grass, seeds and nuts.LifestyleMales and females in the sampling were differentiated on the basis of size.Laser analysis of the strontium isotopes showed that only 10% of the males originated from outside a range of 30km2, compared to more than half of the females.The males, in other words, probably strayed only rarely more than a few kilometres from their caves.Their female partners, however, had often migrated from afar, even if they adopted the same close-to-home lifestyle once settled."Here we have the first direct glimpse of the geographic movements of early hominids, and it appears the females preferentially moved from their residential groups," said Sandi Copeland, also of the University of Colorado and lead author of the study.The practice of females leaving the nest to join the family of their mates has been common in most human cultures across history. Chimpanzees and bonobos also follow the same pattern.But most other primates, including gorillas, do the opposite: females stay with the group they are born to while males move elsewhere.ProblemsThe discovery came as a surprise, and calls into question long-held views about how primates came to prefer moving on two feet rather than four, the researchers said."We assumed more of the hominids would be from non-local areas since it is generally thought the evolution of bipedalism was due in part to allow individuals to range longer distances," said Copeland."Such small home ranges could imply that bipedalism evolved for other reasons."The study sheds new light on the "diet, group size, predator avoidance and home-range size" of what may be our direct ancestors, Margaret Schoeninger, a professor at the University of California at San Diego, wrote in a commentary, also in Nature.But it also raises many vexing problems, she added: "How the australopithecines balanced predator avoidance and the need to compete for food remains an open question."
How long before someone pops up and says the earth is only 6000 years old?
I was wondering the same thing :)
Technically its 10 000 y/o
Technically 10 000 y/o BUT in reality +- 4.5 Billion
Technically closer to 4.5 billion year old.
obviously, there were no taxi's back then.
But on the other hand some of them drive taxis today.
nice one
You speculate that they lived 2.4 to 1.7 million years ago. That is a 0.7 million years difference. Close to 30% speculating... how correct are the "facts" ... Evolution is a religion.
how accurate is carbon dating? very inaccurate I guess, but at least there is science behind it, not just wishfull thinking
//You speculate that they lived 2.4 to 1.7 million years ago. That is a 0.7 million years difference. Close to 30% speculating how correct are the "facts"//
Sorry your counter paper for peer review refuting these findings is where?
Common descent is a fact, the only place there's a conflict is in your head.
Actually, on the scale of the age of the earth, it's 3 orders of magnitude (1000 times) smaller than the age of the earth, a very small margin of error.
Why do you make the statement that evolution is a religion.
Fredster, you obviously don't understand the things you read, no wonder you are confused... their IS no speculation... the article states that they examined teeth from 19 individuals, who lived 2.4 to 1.7 million years ago.... in other words, Individual 1 lived 2.4 million years ago, individual 2, 2.1 million years ago.... indvidual 19, 1.7 million years ago...
Stephen Scott, they don't use carbon 14 dating to date fossils which are so old because carbon 14's half life is too short (about 5700 years)... for older fossils, they use Uranium-Lead or Potassium-Argon dating etc as well as stratigraphy...Uranium_lead dating has an error margin of about 2% to 5% so something dated back to 2.4 million years ago would be between 2.52 million and 2.28 million years...a 120 000 year inaccuracy at the most
"The discovery came as a surprise, and calls into question long-held views about how primates came to prefer moving on two feet rather than four, the researchers said". I wonder how long it will be before other "long held views" are called into question, like the age of the earth. There are no details where these remains were found. Tests were done in a 30Km 2 area and the fossils were obviously not found lying on the surface. Whilst tests were done on a 30Km2 area, how deep into the soil were the tests done. After 2 million years the surface level would have altered but do scientists know by how much? This raises more questions than it answers.
" probably subsisting on a mix of tree fruits, grass, seeds and nuts."" The males, in other words, probably strayed only rarely more than a few kilometres from their caves". Too many "probably"'s for scientific conclusions that I can accept.
@GLY: Any scientific backed ideas except these probables about their food, age and movement? Not likely so i would rather except these probabilities than your "not a clue"...Read the article or find out from the researchers about the locality of the samples and their age. The current surface level may not have to much to do with the age of the teeth as these were deposited in ancient caves, of which the age of the layers may be determined. Please read on the subject before you display your ignorance and waste peoples time to explain things to you.
I'm not sure of the relevence of your question as to how deep the test were done.
Once again, we come back to the old misunderstandings about science - nothing is "proven" in science. Evidence is accumulated. And I'm confident the age of the earth is "probably" not going to be revised from 4.5 billion years to 10,000 years anytime soon.
//Too many "probably"'s for scientific conclusions that I can accept. //
Well good thing you read the full paper from Nature then?
Thanks for you opinion on an article then.
pieter, Why do you have to insult me. You have shown your misunderstanding of my question. I did not say that the layers of the earth had anything to do with the age of the teeth. I will try and clarify my question. Fossels are found either on the surface of the earth or buried say 2 meters 5 meters or even 10 meters below the current surface of the earth. If for example they were found at a depth of say 2 meters, then it may be safe to assume that their living area at that time was also 2 meters beloe the current surface. It is this depth that I am asking about. I gues that i trod on your toes, interesting that if you are unable to answer my questions then I guess that you have not reserched the matter either. One further question if you believe the theories you mentioned why would it be a waste of time for you to explain them. I recall my statistics lecurer saying that "everything is possible but not everything is probable". Still too many probables for me to accept. If you disagree please explain, if it is not too much trouble or perhaps you are angry because you do not have the answers.
A question - are you a christian?
@ateis Yes I am. Do you have the answer that I am looking for?
do you suggest(considering your ability to estimated earth age with relation to fossilized layers) that in a long run of surface layers addition,will the earth meet the sky? if so why should i worry of inventing a better transport to heaven if in future people can be able visit God by feet( only if ever earth layers can meet the sky).
@GLY your statements discredits logic now when looking at scientific notions they are more probable yes but probable is more reliable than hope? these theoretical particulars take into account far more inherent elements which makes it more credible than any other alternative
@nandnz interested to know how much investigation have you done on the other alternatives?
There are o alternatives to evolution, of course I could be wrong, would love to see soome peer reviewed evidence. Like in the journal Nature for example
Is this a career advertisement,anyway at least science keeps homos discussing with little understanding and speculations and at last gives birth to facts after one generation has passed on, as those zillion or countless years fossiled primitive or should i say primates relatives.
I was wondering what toothpaste this caveman used that his teeth could last 2milj years? If I could use it once maby my teeth would last me my lifetime.


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Carnies of the State Fair of Texas
Meet four people who will take your tickets and one who will get your goat.
Chris Bagby was at the site of his Pokey O's stand a month before the fair opened in 2011, constructing his own plywood booth in record-setting summer heat. He is there several weeks later, in a company hat and polo shirt, eagerly serving customers as they arrive in waves. He refreshes the inventory between busy spells or calls loudly to the passing crowds, hawking his standard fare, a tennis ball-size scoop of ice cream sandwiched between two cookies.
A native of Dallas, Bagby has a scratchy voice and boisterous laugh. It is his second year as manager of the Pokey O's stand. He works at least 65 to 70 hours per week at the fair and about another 20 hours performing home energy audits in the mornings. "Where do you think I get these bags from?" he asks, laughing and tugging at his lower eyelids.
Bagby appreciates the long tradition of keeping fair-goers' stomachs unhealthily full. His booth is within earshot of Big Tex. "I haven't been here too long, but I've met so many cool people," he says, gesturing to a nearby stand that has held its spot reservation since 1914. He points to Fletcher's, the popular corn dog booth. He is almost reverential about being placed among them. "I'm the State Fair Pokey O's guy," he says. "I'm pretty happy about it."
it is goat week inside big blue, the State Fair building where livestock are judged. Dozens of apple-cheeked adolescents in gingham and scuffed boots usher their goats around the pavilion. Meanwhile, Gene Dickerson, a petite woman wearing a plastic tiara, is rushing in the background, sorting paperwork and giving waiting youngsters last-minute instructions. Dickerson is a self-professed tomboy from Garland who now resides in Italy, Texas, and is bashful about her dulcet Texas accent. She spends the week choreographing paperwork, goats, and the persons who show them. The kitschy crown is an annual gift from her goat show co-workers so they can spot her in a crowd when they need her, which is often.
Dickerson equates the process of judging goats to choosing a girlfriend. "You're sizing them all up, the length of body, the loin, the reproduction, the teats. This is the easiest way to explain it to someone," she says. Dickerson has volunteered for the State Fair's one-week goat showcase for 18 years. Her position now is a result of her high regard for the decorum of showing livestock. "If a rule is a rule, you follow it," she insists. She takes a maternal care in imparting the dignity of the judging process to younger competitors, scuttling around to ensure their punctuality and order. She has seen some entrants grow from 9-year-olds to high school seniors.
Big Blue is Dickerson's home for one week during every State Fair. "We don't get out of the barn during this week," she says. To most fair-goers, the building on the east edge of the fairgrounds falls outside their itinerary. To Dickerson and guileless ranch kids from around the state, it is an experiential touchstone. "I know our buildings are going to be rebuilt," she says of the imminent renovations to Big Blue, "but this is a part of history here. I've known people for 30 years in these barns."


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