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I feel a little silly admitting this, but the word that kept echoing in my head as I walked around this year's installment of the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) was "sexy." NAIAS was all vehicles with swooping curves, swanky booths serving espresso with a fancy assortment of sweeteners, and lanky models draped over the newest vehicles.
In 2009, the mood was so dour I think they would have canceled the event if they could. It seemed to be all about fuel efficiency and hybrid electric technology in 2010 and 2011. A tentative optimism was on display 2012, but in 2013, the message seemed to be: We're back, we're kicking ass, and it's time to start having fun again.
Of course, for Michigan, this is great news. As much as fiscal conservatives gripe about the auto bailouts, the fact of the matter is that Michigan and other parts of the Midwest would have been decimated if the Big Three had gone under. So much of our economy is tied not just to auto manufacturing, but the suppliers, engineers, designers, and, now, software developers that support the industry. I'm not sure we would have been able to bounce back from that, so fun and sexy is a welcome change of pace for us.
Chrysler's latest innovation, which also happens to be long on fun, involves a product called Uconnect. Found in models across the Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep/Fiat spectrum, Uconnect was named the 2012 technology of the year by AOL Autos at CES. The star of Uconnect cars is the car radio, but the number of features packed in transforms the radio into more of a communications center.
Some models have navigation as well as an embedded 3G cell connection. Aamir Ahmed, the Uconnect marketing manager, says later this year, Chrysler will be the first car maker to offer satellite radio in a format similar to a DVR. Drivers will be able to rewind, replay, and tag songs, artists, or sports teams as favorites. That then allows the radio to alert drivers that a favorite is currently playing on another station. Drivers can also designate a favorite city for traffic and weather updates; then they push a button and the update will play for two minutes before automatically going back to what the driver was listening to before.
Uconnect cars have a USB port, an SD port, and an AUX port. Drivers can control the car's climate by voice and the UConnect car will warn drivers if they're speeding over a limit set by the driver. Drivers can also compose text messages by voice. After the text is composed, the voice clip is sent to a server powered by Nuance, which turns the text into words, and then sends it back to the driver for approval. Once the message is approved, it's sent back to the driver's phone via Bluetooth, and finally sent out to the recipient. This whole process, Ahmed says, takes seconds.
There are also three different call center options with corresponding buttons in the Uconnect car's rearview mirror. One connects the driver to 911, one to a call center that helps with roadside assistance and remote lock issues, and one that deals with maintenance questions. And if all this wasn't enough, Uconnect has one more neat trick up its sleeve: the ability to turn the car into a Wi-Fi hot spot. "We really pride ourselves on the amount of features and the ease of use," Ahmed says.
In addition to emphasizing fun, another trend was afoot at NAIAS: a move toward seeking ideas for innovation from those outside the auto industry and opening the cars' software platforms so that any developer can create apps for vehicles in much the same way they create them for mobile devices. The automakers I spoke to seemed to want to talk more about the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) than NAIAS. In fact, the dates of the auto show were recently pushed to later in January so they wouldn't conflict with CES—an incredible development given that automakers just started showing up at CES a couple of years ago, while Detroit's auto show was considered the industry-standard place to introduce new products for over a century.
At this year's CES, Ford announced its new Ford Developer program, which went on to win Engadget's best in show for automotive. Along with the newly announced launch of its Open XC platform, which provides open-source software and hardware toolkits to interested developers, Ford has officially launched a new era. "We're now recognizing we want to be a software company," says John Ellis, global technologist for Ford Connected Services. "While we've been customer-focused for 110 years and will continue to be, now we're also developer-focused."
Ellis says since the launch of Ford Developer two weeks ago, almost 1,900 developers have signed up for software development tools that enable them to integrate their apps with Ford SYNC's AppLink, which is used in vehicle models across the brand, with an average of 3,000 downloads an hour. "My idea was to create as simple a development program as any other," he adds. "Developers don't want friction."
The key difference between Ford Developer and, say, the Android platform is that when developers download Ford's software, there's a license involved. Ellis says it gives developers the right to do what they need to do to create an app, but they aren't allowed to distribute or commercialize it. "When you think you're ready to distribute it, you come back to Ford and request a distribution license. You have to pass a safety test, but once that's done, we issue a full distribution license. Now you're free to distribute the app to any channel you want—iTunes, Google Play, whatever."
Of course, there's a bit of a catch. The safety testing Ford requires is expensive, and most developers would need significant financial backing to complete it. But Ellis says that expense doesn't mitigate Ford's desire to put an open call out to all developers to contribute apps to AppLink. "If you're financially incapable of paying for testing and the idea is really cool, [Ford will] work with you. We're trying to make sure there's a swim lane for everybody."
Ellis joined Ford 11 months ago, and goes out of his way to point out that he comes from the development world—he's not a car guy. He said what attracted him to the company is the same thing Ford's data increasingly shows attracts customers to Ford: its technology. "There's an edginess to Ford and we're serious about fulfilling that edginess," he adds. "I don't get jacked by how fast a car goes, but by how fast my code goes."
GM is also getting involved in the open innovation game. It just announced a flexible app framework that allows developers to access data from its cars and use it to design apps, rather than designing them for a smartphone or tablet and then uploading them onto an intermediary platform. The apps that are created from this data will be housed in a catalog (they declined to call it an app store to avoid copyright complaints) and consumers will be able to choose and/or change which apps they install. The framework uses HTML5 and Javascript.
At CES, GM held a hackathon seeking innovative ideas, which drew 1,000 participants. Each team was supposed to have five minutes to pitch its idea, says Scott Fosgard, GM's communications manager for Infotainment, but because so many teams participated, that time was cut down to 90 seconds. "There's a huge, huge appetite for this sort of thing," he says.
Fosgard imagines a future where a GM app will be able to tell an insurance company about the safety habits of a driver, or a Corvette capable of teaching owners how to drive better. Or, Fosgard says, imagine being able to plug the route of your road trip into an in-car app and have it tell you along the way where the cheapest places are to stop for gas. Fosgard calls GM's technology a significant departure from what other car companies are doing because it allows consumers to add and change apps over the life of the car.
Fosgard compares the current push toward the personalization of cars through apps and other technology to the hot rods of the past. "Hot rodding came about out of a desire for customization," he says. "Today's hot-rodder is the developer changing the way drivers use the car radio. Now, just like with a smartphone, the longer you have [your car] the better you understand it and the more you like it. We've redefined what the car is and does and how long drivers want to keep it."
In an economy that still seems to be slow to create jobs, this is definitely another avenue for developers to explore. Sick of making the same old smartphone apps? Then maybe it's time to give the auto industry a try.


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It has been five years since his death but the legend continues to grow.
Northern Ireland's favourite sporting son died on this day in 2005, leaving behind a wealth of memories which refuse to fade.
Over the years fans have travelled from across the world to visit George Best's grave at Roselawn Cemetery.
Yesterday, on a cold November afternoon, a small, fresh bunch of yellow and white flowers were delicately placed among red and orange roses.
Attached was a note simply saying "five long years" and thanking him for the "joy he brought" to their life.
"No one can match your skills, you were the greatest footballer of all-time," it read. "Thank you for all the time you played for Manchester United. You are a true legend and will always be missed."
And among mourners wanting to pay respects were David and Anne Middleton from Carrickfergus and their son James.
"We were here for another funeral and thought we should come and pay our respects," David said.
"Thinking it has been five years since his death is not just sad, it is tragic. He got a glorious and fitting send-off five years ago.
"I followed him as a football fan and he was one of my heroes."
And for the past five years the grave at Roselawn Cemetery has been kept tidy by a dedicated team of people.
This includes Robert Douglas McQuade and Michael Boyd.
Mr McQuade from Ballygowan — a life long Manchester United fan — has worked at the cemetery for 38 years.
He, along with Mr Boyd, also assisted in the burial.
The 60-year-old told the Belfast Telegraph: "It is sad to think that it has been five years. He was so popular, he was a legend as far as football was concerned. There were scarves, footballs left and a very big photograph once.
"Every time you come up here, maybe not every day, but very regularly, you see people coming up taking photographs.
"I've spoken to fans from England, down South and Canada."
Reflecting on the day of the burial, he added: "The day of the funeral, it was tough.
"It was an emotional day. But at the burial it was a far more private affair.
"It wasn't the crowd that was in Belfast, but it was sad, very sad.
"I never got to meet the man himself, unfortunately. That would have been nice."
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Besides dropping cholesterol, regulating blood sugar levels and balancing hormones, weight loss is amongst one of the reasons that people use raw foods as a tool for.
However, people who expected dramatic weight loss during the initial months may be disappointed to find no change in the scales. Some may even feel demoralized when their weight actually increases in the first few weeks.
1. It takes some time for the body to heal:
First of all, dramatic weight loss usually only occur for people who had been very obese, and switching from a heavily refined and processed white flour based diet. If you had already had some information on healthy diets, and already started eating a small portion of fresh vegetable juices and some fresh fruits, then be prepared that the weight may not change immediately.
When you switch to a high raw diet, your intake naturally includes more fluids and fiber. This already contains some weight that adds on to the overall weight. This is actually good news; because most people are dehydrated and they don't know it.
On top of becoming amply hydrated, your body now learns to store glucose (which is our best source of fuel) in the cells. And glucose also requires water to be stored. Therefore in the early stages, it is possible that a person experiences temporary weight gain – mostly from fluids.
2. The body takes time to heal and balance
Although the body now retains more fluids, it is actually no cause for alarm (as long as you skip the table salt, replace with a little sea salt or celery juice for potassium). You have to remember that the body is an immaculately designed machine that is capable to achieve balance and healing on its own.
In the first stages of raw foods, your body begins to collect the superior building materials from the raw foods you eat, and start work on moving your body towards homeostasis. We never know what is the most pressing problem in the body that needs attention. But the good news is – your body does!
So quietly, unknown to us usually, your body starts to heal the most serious problems internally, and it may most likely not be weight loss.
After 3 months of raw foods, you may want to check with your family doctor and do a blood test to track the progress of your body. You may be pleasantly surprised to discover that your blood sugar, hormones, and cholesterol may have normalized. That would be a huge cause for celebration even before actual weight loss happens.
Just remember that we had assaulted our bodies with junk foods and toxic substances (alcohol and cigarettes in my case) for many years. So don't expect massive results to happen overnight. Healing will continue to occur for as long as we are alive, so don't give up in the first few months just because the scales remained the same.
3. Detoxification:
If you had been eating refined starches and processed foods for many years, besides having an impaired mucous laden gut, you may also have a less efficient elimination system.
The body needs time for every healing process. We can't rush it, but we can support the body with some practices:
– Exercises, jogging, swimming, yoga or simply any body movements that bring about some perspiration
– Doubling or tripling the amount of chia gel in your smoothies, or simply throw them into your drinking water bottle and drink throughout the day. Chia gel helps flush out bad cholesterol and unwanted fats
– Coffee Enema is an excellent self administered, sustainable practice to support your liver for the massive detoxification process happening in your body now (check out RFLS for details.)
4. Your body will find homeostasis in its ideal weight
Eating raw foods is about allowing your body to operate at its maximum efficiency, and just like how we appreciate the innate intelligence, we have to trust that it knows what is the ideal weight to be healthy at. And this ideal weight that your body wants to be at, in order to do its job, is very different from what you see in the magazines and on TV.
Every person who used raw foods as a tool to heal have at some point of time, been amazed by the ability of our own bodies. Some lose weight immediately; some gained, some gained and then lost, some lost and then gained. But they all had something in common – diabetes/cancer reversed, skin cleared up, stamina better, ability to conceive, hormones balanced, tumors shrunk etc. So after some time, we realize that weight loss is merely the icing on the cake, not the whole cake.
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Steve Forbert's career as a rock musician could easily be read as a series of cautionary tales about fish and ponds. Big fish in little ponds. Little fish in big ponds. Fish lunging dumbly at the bait. Fish out of water. The simple filament of the rock-star narrative -- boy meets guitar, boy plays guitar, boy finds fame -- has been knotted and snarled by market forces and financial intrigues, not to mention personality flaws and plain old bad luck. Like many other artists, Forbert has survived, but with hooks in his mouth.
Raised on radio, Forbert spent his teenage years forming bands and playing his way around his hometown of Meridian, Mississippi. "Fraternity houses, parties, teen centers, county fairs," he says. "I even wound up playing my own high school prom."
Though the band names changed -- Cottonrock, the Epics, the Invaders -- the game remained the same, and while the demanding performance schedule honed the rhythm guitar and singing of the fledgling frontman, it did little for Forbert's emerging songwriting talent. When a locally produced single rose to number two on area charts -- it was kept from the top spot only by the Rolling Stones's "Angie" -- Forbert began feeling stifled. "There's only so much you can do in Mississippi with original material," he explains. "I knew I had to go to New York, but to ask anyone else to go with me and starve for a while to play my songs seemed outrageous. I decided to go solo."
Only 21 when he arrived in New York, Forbert quickly found his place in the songwriter subculture. While some performers segregated themselves by genre, Forbert ranged over New York's club map, playing rock clubs and pop clubs and dance clubs. He even laid down roots at the trendy punk hangout CBGB, home to such acts as Blondie, Suicide, and John Cale.
But Forbert insists that the stylistic differences between the artists were secondary to the common songwriting ethic. "To me CBGB's was just another venue," he says. "The thing was to play everything you can and move as fast as possible. That was all I was concerned with. And besides, when you're exposed to so many styles, you can see where it all hits a midpoint. For instance, Talking Heads as a trio was very folky to me."
Less than two years after the move, Forbert signed to the Nemperor label and released his solo debut, Alive on Arrival. A powerful collection that sounded wise beyond its years, the album combined a few holdovers from Mississippi -- "Goin' Down To Laurel," "Steve Forbert's Midnight Toast" -- with new material. Ranging from the whimsical ("What Kinda Guy?") to the plaintive ("It Isn't Gonna Be That Way"), Arrival had the immediacy of a small-club performance, with sparse instrumentation underpinning Forbert's soulful-folkie vocals. The album earned widespread critical acclaim, and within a year Forbert was back in the studio for a followup. With his newfound cachet, he was able to enlist producer John Simon -- best-known for his work with the Band -- and the resulting album, Jackrabbit Slim, was a creature far different from the debut. Full of brassy arrangements and Memphis-style backing vocals, it showcased new colors on Forbert's musical palette. The approach paid off commercially -- "Romeo's Tune," a slight love song with an indelible hook -- rocketed up the charts, becoming one of the year's biggest hits and pulling the LP into the Top 20.
The sudden fame proved a mixed blessing. After "Romeo's Tune," Forbert found himself trapped in a breakneck cycle of recording and touring. And his career took on an eerie Dorian Gray-like aspect; though he looked younger with each passing album cover, his music was aging subtly. If Little Stevie Orbit (1980) and Steve Forbert (1982) had all the exuberance and sincerity of the first two albums, they also betrayed a certain brittleness, even cynicism. And it didn't take a genius to see that Forbert was chafing under the tight hold of the recording industry. He developed a penchant for lying to journalists, playing his Mississippi rube image to extremes. And when an upstart cable channel called MTV asked him to deliver a video for an especially catchy song ("Ya Ya," from Steve Forbert), he thumbed his nose at the new medium by handing over a tour-bus movie. At the time, these might have seemed like minor errors, the misdemeanors of inexperience and rashness. But to attentive fans, there were more alarming signs. As a result of diminishing album sales, Forbert left Nemperor, signing to parent label Columbia and entering the studio with flavor-of-the-month producer Neil Geraldo. The theory was this: Geraldo would right Forbert's career, helping him to deliver a commercially invincible album that would shoot Forbert to the top and keep him there for the balance of the Eighties. The Eighties had other ideas.
In fact, the collaboration with Geraldo proved disastrous from the start. Though dozens of songs were recorded, the tapes were rejected by Columbia. After long and costly delays, the masters were returned to the production team for re-recording, and then rejected again. Over a period of months that became a period of years, expenses mounted and patience dissipated, with Forbert finally asking to be released from his contract.
Though Forbert downplays the incident today -- he will say only that "there were certain people who made communication more difficult than it could have been" A the repercussions of the Geraldo fiasco were extensive. In addition to destroying Forbert's relationship with his record label and crippling him financially, the incident removed him from the public eye during the mid-Eighties, key years in the commercial growth and critical viability of folk-rock. While the careers of such home-spun artists as Dylan, Springsteen, and and John Cougar Mellencamp flourished in the Eighties, Forbert watched his own career recede into the past. He didn't have a new record on the racks. He didn't have a hit song on the radio. He didn't have his videos on that upstart cable channel (although he did break into heavy rotation as an ironic footnote, playing Cyndi Lauper's boyfriend in her wildly popular "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"). Though he continued to write songs, as a performer he was conspicuously silent. And in pop music, silence always equals death.
Well, almost always. During his forced hiatus, Forbert settled in Nashville, where he raised a family -- he and his wife are the parents of twin boys -- and slowly negotiated his return to the recording industry. When he finally returned to recording, it was with his strongest album to date, Streets of This Town. Produced by Springsteen associate Garry Tallent and released by Geffen in 1988, the album sets Forbert's richest collection of songs in a spare and vivid musical landscape. At its strongest -- the title track, "Mexico," and the astonishing "I Blinked Once" -- the album is as affecting as Nebraska, Infidels, or Scarecrow, its bleakest songs admitting moments of optimism and the most optimistic compositions laced with sorrow. Forbert's vocals -- the same oddly appealing combination of Neil Young and Rod Stewart that marked his work from the first -- carried the complexities with a newfound confidence and wisdom.
Critics interpreted the album -- with its themes of loss and resignation -- as Forbert's attempt to come to terms with his own career, and while he doesn't agree completely, he does concede that the experience changed his outlook. "I don't think the downtime was a bad thing," he says. "Before the break, my albums were getting to be collections of songs. When I had the time off, I was able to think about the albums as wholes, how they hung together." Streets of This Town returned Forbert to critical prominence, and another excellent Geffen LP, The American in Me, kept his stock high. For a while, it looked as though Forbert might start the Nineties with firm commercial footing. But the Nineties had apparently been conferring with the Eighties; frustrated with Geffen's poor promotion, Forbert left the label shortly after The American in Me.
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Despite appearances, Forbert insists that his tetchy behavior is not self-destructive. Rather, he says, he is protecting his equilibrium. "I work real hard to get records made, to make them the way I think they should be, and to get people to try to know about them, and as long as the songs are happening I just keep going," he says. "But there's just no way I would want to be in the position of someone like Kurt Cobain. That crazy anger, confusion, and madness. Success is more than ever not what it's cracked up to be. I was famous for about fourteen minutes once, and there were things about it I just didn't like. As time goes by I can see that that's really the truth."
In his own quiet way, Forbert is once again becoming a presence on the rock scene. Last year, Columbia re-released selections from his first four albums as What Kinda Guy? The Best of Steve Forbert. At his concerts -- including the solo set he'll play Sunday -- he is selling a live album entitled Be Here Now. And he's also been in the studio, putting the final touches on a new LP. Then he just needs to find a label to issue the material. And how hard could that be? "Well," Forbert says, "I hope to have it out by October." Some dreams never die.
Steve Forbert and others perform at 7:00 p.m. Sunday at Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd,
W Palm Beach, 800-572-8471. Tickets cost $15, $20, and $25.
Only 21 when he arrived in New York, Forbert found his place in the songwriter subculture.


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A team of researchers at the University of Colorado Denver (UCD) found a small positive correlation between academic success at schools that employ environmentally conscious practices. These practices are based on a set of core beliefs that have been devised by the Green School National Network (GSNN). The research consisted of a survey sent to more than 350 primary and secondary schools that self identified as "green." Funded jointly be the GSNN and UCD, the study looked at the five GreenPrint core practices (as set forth by GSNN). The principles are as follows:
- Curriculum that advances environmental literacy and sustainability
- Stewardship and service learning
- Sustainable facilities design and management
- Health and well being
- Strong partnerships and networks
The research team , comprised of Assistant Professor Bryan Wee, and two of his students Hillary Mason and Jason Abdilla, received responses from more than 100 schools implementing the GSNN core practices. While the researchers point out that the responses represent the perception of how well the schools follow the principles, the university's press release points out "The results of the survey suggest that as schools implement GreenPrint core practices at higher levels, student achievement in science tends to show improvement."
California schools that responded to the survey showed the greatest positive correlation (more than 0.9, with one being the highest). However, it is unclear from this study just how much of a role the core practices play given the number of variables at play. In an interview with 9 News, Wee made the case for further research to help solidify the connection between the green schools and improved test scores.
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I wanted to write and tell you what a blessing Operation Bandanas has been to my soldiers. I have given away hundreds of these to U.S. servicemembers across Afghanistan. They become a precious, cherished gift of hope, comfort, and love. Servicemembers often put them in their helmets to absorb the perspiration of the desert heat and symbolically remind them of God's protection over them. Sometimes they simply put them in their pocket and then use them when needed. Other times, when a soldier I am counseling will begin crying, I will present them with one of these to wipe their tears away. What a blessing to be reminded of God's protection over your life every time you pull it out. The Psalm 91 bandana is a very relevant way for every servicemember to take the comforting, Holy words of the Bible with them wherever they go. Mary Gray and her staff are kind, courteous, and caring professionals. They are the best--God bless them. Chaplian Eric Bundrick, US Army Afghanistan
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City in Orange
Nikon D700 + Nikkor AFS 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII at 150mm f/5, 1/60 sec ISO200
The city of San Francisco is aglow in orange right now, and not for Halloween. One particularly beautiful display of orange lighting, celebrating the world champion San Francisco Giants, can be seen at City Hall. With all the Giants fever sweeping accross the city right now, I felt the need to incorporate the orange lights of City Hall with a shot fo Suki for week 43.
Suki is a pretty small creature, so finding an angle that let me shoot from below her to include City Hall's dome was no easy task. Even when I did find a pretty good composition, I still had to get all the way down on the ground with the camera. Lots of fun!
Nikon D700 + Nikkor AFS 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII at 78mm f/2.8, 1/25 sec ISO800
Yes, I was out there making images during game 4. I just love photography that much. Of course, I still had the game streaming to my iphone to keep me updated on my hometeam.
Nikon D700 + Nikkor AFS 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 24mm f/11, 6.0 seconds ISO200
Took this image not far from where I parked my car. How could I resist? The golden orange light against the cool blue sky was just begging to be immortalized.
Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VR: The "Street Sweeper"
Last week I spent a very busy few days in New York, shooting a wedding for a friend and hanging out with friends in Manhattan. Because of the wedding, I had a bag full of gear and lenses, including my new go-to utility zoom for travel and event photography: the Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII. I wrote a small post on my first impressions of the lens a little while back, but last week I really got a chance to leisurely shoot with it mounted on my D700 and get a better impression of how it performs in various circumstances. After taking it everywhere with me during the trip, I can say for sure that I love the 24-120. In short, it's sharp, focuses fast, and has a focal range that keeps you ready for just about anything. While I did use many of my other lenses during the trip, I'll keep a small sampling of images in this particular post focused on the 24-120 f/4.
At 24mm, you're pretty wide on an FX camera. Great for shooting cityscapes:
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 24mm f/9, 1/320 second ISO200
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 24mm f/8, 1/640 second ISO200
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 24mm f/7.1, 1/200 second ISO200
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 24mm f/10, 1/250 second ISO200
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 24mm f/4, 1/60 second ISO1600
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 24mm f/10, 1/60 second ISO400
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 24mm f/6.3, 1/160 second ISO200
Images from the 24-120 have great contrast and depth.
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 24mm f/9, 1/320 second ISO200
Added vignetting in the image above. The lens does vignette at 24mm, but it's easily correctable in post. I tend to add it anyway, so it doesn't bug me a bit.
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 24mm f/5.6, 1/25 second ISO800
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 24mm f/4, 1/160 second ISO800
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 24mm f/4, 1/1250 second ISO1600
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 24mm f/4.5, 1/100 second ISO800
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 24mm f/5.6, 1/40 second ISO800
Can you tell I love that 24mm on the wide end? Probably why I keep begging the wife to let me pick up at 24mm f/1.4. In due time…. =)
Of course, it's also nice to have that range all the way through 120mm in one constant aperture lens:
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 55mm f/4, 1/25 second ISO2000
Shooting static subjects at 1/25 or even lower throughout the range is no problem at all with VRII on board.
Taken blocks away from where I used to live in Brooklyn Heights. Wouldn't you love to live on Love Lane?
Now for a few shots of people taken with the 24-120mm to further demonstrate its versatility as a mid-range zoom:
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 40mm f/4, 1/1000 second ISO1600
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 85mm f/4, 1/160 second ISO6400
The maximum aperture of f/4 is plenty fast for most instances, especially with the ridiculous ISO capability of the D700.
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 120mm f/4, 1/500 second ISO1600
Racking the lens out to 120mm gives you a good focal length for tighter portraits. Took the image above in our hotel room while the wife applied some makeup by the window.
The longer end also helps in catching fun expressions and moments at an event. Here's an example from the wedding reception last weekend:
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 92mm f/4, 1/200 second ISO2000
I already wrote a post on the wedding, so head here if you want to check out a few more, or see some hi res images on my website.
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 24mm f/4, 1/40 second ISO2500
My cousin Josh, on the right, is out of focus here, but I wanted to use this shot to show how much environment you can show around your subjects with that 24mm wide end of the lens. Here are a couple more:
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 24mm f/4, 1/500 second ISO6400
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 24mm f/4.5, 1/80 second ISO1600
At f/4 your depth of field is still pretty shallow. Check out this shot my wife took of me in my favorite store ever, the B&H super store. I never go to NY without paying a visit there! Here I am playing with the incredible Nikon D3s (below). Not too randomize this post too much, but you can see that at f/4, the front element of that fat 24-70 is the only thing in the frame that's in focus. Could be because the 24-70 is so stinking long =D
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 62mm f/4, 1/50 second ISO1600
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 VRII at 110mm f/4, 1/80 second ISO800
Back out into the street. Again, the focal range is very flexible for dynamic environments like the streets of New York.
Alright, I only posted this image because if you go to New York, you MUST have a burger at Shake Shack. You MUST!!!
That's all for now. Still rummaging through images I've taken with this lens and others, as well as all the wedding photos I took last week. Stay tuned for more!
Nikkor AF 10.5mm 2.8G Fisheye
The newest addition to my kit is Nikon's ultra-wide 10.5mm fisheye lens. With a 15mm full frame equivalent focal length on a Nikon DX body and a full 180 degree angle of view, this lens really takes it all in. I've had it for a little under a week, and I must say, this is the most fun I've had in a long time with a lens. If you've been on the fence about picking up a fisheye, just go ahead and get one already!
The top image was taken this past Friday at San Francisco's AT&T park. The Giants played the Cardinals (and won!). When I found out that our seats were going to be way up in the highest part of the stadium, I was actually pretty happy. From such a high vantage point, you can take a great ultra-wide shot of the entire stadium with the 10.5 fisheye. Here are a few more images I took during this past week with the 10.5. Enjoy!
Camera Specs: Nikon D300s + Nikkor AF DX Fisheye Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED
City Dog
Nikon D300s + Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8, Post in Lightroom 3 Beta and Photoshop CS4
For my 52 week photographic project about Suki, I want to include images that tell a story about her life. I'm hoping viewers will see her personality and get a sense of the environments she encounters from day-to-day. This premise spawned the idea for my latest image on Flickr in this series. I've lived in big cities all my life, and I wanted to show that the city is Suki's domain as well.
The final image for the project was harder to capture than it likely looks, probably harder for my light stand (wife) than me, as she needed to instruct Suki on what to do, light her correctly, and keep the flash unit from going into standby all at the same time. Definitely not as easy as working with a human subject!
You don't have to look far to find urban artwork in the city. This entire building was covered in it, and I would have loved to use other portions of the art as well, but we couldn't spend too much time on the shoot. Suki might have lost her patience! Nevertheless, the art made an awesome background to convey Suki's urban life. We got a lot of smiles from passerby, and a few of them found their way into my outtakes.
Nikon D300s + Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 at 11mm f/5.6 ISO200 1/125 Second
The shot above was initially a test image to see what my flashes were up to and get a good starting point for the shoot. I ended up liking it….in a goofy kind of way. The the shot at the top of this post is the first image I've heavily post-processed in a while. I was going for that cross-processed look, and I really like how it turned out.
The pose in the image I posted to the project was all Suki's doing. I was really close to her with my Tokina 11-16, and she suddenly did a "down" on all fours (like the first image in this post). I fired away. Looking at the LCD, I grinned from ear to ear:
"We got it!"
Suki got an extra helping of treats.
Please see the final image on flickr: Click Here
f/2.8 + VC
I love keeping my camera with me at all times, but I can't always lug my tripod around. That's why the constant f/2.8 maximum aperture coupled with vibration control in my Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 VC zoom lens makes a killer combination for shooting hand-held in low light.
I took the night shot above on the way home from work a couple nights ago. I stopped to park near this old highschool (that will soon be shut down incidentally), and was drawn by the warm amber light in the archway. I love how the light's warm glow mixed with the dusky blue sky. Using a variable aperture zoom at this focal length, or even a constant aperture zoom without vibration control would have forced me to use a much higher ISO and would have made this shot very difficult if not impossible to capture without a tripod.
This shot is not as sharp as it could be, but considering that I took it from the passenger seat of a car that is just starting to move away from a stop light, I can accept the results. Of course, shooting wide open doesn't give me the most ideal, razor-sharp results I get from shooting in the Tamron's f/5.6-f/11 range, but I love the flexibility that the wide aperture gives me in combination with the highly effective VC, a major reason I chose this lens over Nikon's very expensive 17-55mm f/2.8.
Nikon D300s, Suki, Park
Suki likes to walk, but there's nothing she loves more than going to a dog park and running free, especially when she gets to socialize with other dogs (and people too!). It's been a long time since I've used my Nikkor 70-300mm lens, so today I decided to bring it as my only lens for our little outing with Suki.
This was also the first time I got a chance to test out the high frame rate and 51-point, 3D tracking auto-focus in my new D300s. I must say, the auto-focus in this camera is outstanding for moving targets (and Suki reeeally moves). The frames advance so rapidly that the camera sounds like a machine gun…very cool!
Ok now for some random stuff. This little girl entered the park and kept her hands close to herself around all the dogs (I guess to avoid any contact). Not long after she got there with her family, she told her parents she wanted to go to the "people park".
After Suki ran around for a while, we sat down at a cafe outside and enjoyed some afternoon coffee. I sat back and took a few snaps of things that surrounded me. The D300s puts out some amazing color.
Here's Suki at the cafe. She doesn't really like sitting still while we sit around doing nothing, especially if there's a lot going on, but she tolerated it.
….and when we got home, I noticed these lovely flowers growing in our back yard. There wasn't too much light left to work with, so I had to hand hold this shot to get it quick. Didn't get the depth of field I wanted, and it's a little on the saturated side, but hey, I like it!
With the exception of the first and sixth photos (from the top) on which I did some minor color correction, all the images from today's post are straight out of the camera. Hey, sometimes it's just easier that way!
Bay Bridge at Sunset
Finally found some time to head out and photograph this great city I live in this Saturday evening. I've been wanting to take this very iconic and classic shot of the Bay Bridge from Treasure Island for a long time now. I stuck around at this spot for about an hour and a half, so I could capture the sunset as well as the dusk. I was pretty much entirely alone here, except for this one tourist whose family stopped their car in the middle of the road so he could run out and set up by my spot, attempting to shoot the same scene with his flash turned on. Yes, his flash…because the city lights and falling sun do not produce enough light I guess. One more tiny strobe fired from several miles away should do the trick!
The image above is a little different from the one I posted on my flickr site. For one thing, it's a SOOC shot, straight out of the camera. Yep, I had so much time on my hands waiting for the sun to drop that I figured I'd play with the D300s's own processing engine a bit, and I came away pretty impressed with the JPEGs it produces. That being said, I still shoot RAW when I shoot at night. Why?
Simply because it allows me the option to interpret an image in more than one way. I could be perfectly happy with the white balance as I set it in the field while I'm shooting, but when I get home and upload my images to Lightroom, I often like to make further adjustments on a nice big computer monitor, and then compare a few color interpretations before deciding on my favorite image. I sometimes hear JPEG-exclusive photographers say that those who shoot RAW should "get it right the first time." Well, people don't necessarily shoot RAW because they can't use a camera effectively. They do so because it allows more creative flexibility. That being said, I'm not a RAW snob either. I'll happily shoot in either format depending on the situation.
The image below was shot in RAW and then output to JPEG in Lightroom using the white balance I set in my camera at the time of recording. I wanted to get that really blue dusky sky in the shot at the time. When I got home and got the image into the computer, I decided I wanted to try a warmer look, and I ended up with the photo I finally posted to flickr.
Getting to this location was tough. I drove around the island for a long time trying to find the right angle for this shot. After parking in one spot and then hiking around for about 20 minutes, I got a visual on where I needed to be (on a lower spot on the island), and of course, it's not directly accessible on foot, and there's nowhere to legally park your car for miles there. It's right off a two way rode leading to and from the bay bridge.
I had the wife drop me off quickly at the spot and drive off to another location with the dog, giving me all the time I needed to get this shot. Thanks honey!
I was really hoping to get some dramatic colored clouds in the sky in this shot. There were clouds in the sky that night, and in fact, when I first arrived at this site, there was a huge cloud right over the skyline that I was thrilled about. Unfortunately, before the sun started casting golden and red color into the sky, the clouds had moved east and completely out of the frame. Just to the left and outside of the frame in the first shot you see above is an amazing, red cloud formation. Oh well.
So in the end, I didn't get the exact shot I was looking for, but I'll definitely return to this location for another try.
UPDATE: See a reworked version of this image on my flickr page.


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Elma man arrested on drug-trafficking charges
A 29-year-old Elma man was arrested early Friday afternoon on drug trafficking-related charges, the Erie County Sheriff's Office reported.
Mark J. Carney of Seneca Street was arrested at his home about 1:17 p.m. for allegedly having recently sold a quantity of morphine pills to an undercover sheriff's deputy.
Senior Detective Alan Rozansky, head of the sheriff's Narcotics Unit, said a quantity of fentanyl patches were seized that as a result of a search warrant issued by Elma Town Justice Joseph Sakowski for Carney's house and car. A loaded 22-caliber loaded rifle also was found in the house, which may in further charges against him, Rozansky said.
Carney was charged with two counts each of criminal sale of narcotic drugs and criminal possession of narcotic drugs with intent to sell.


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Minnesota Vikings (8-2) vs. Cincinnati Bengals (9-5)
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The Bengals are currently 9-4, but they are coming off of a loss against their division rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers. This was a game of halves. The Steelers jumped out fast and hard, taking a 27-7 lead into the halftime break. The Bengals would settle things down in the second half, holding the Steelers to three points, but they would not be able to score enough points to overcome their first half deficit. They would end up losing 30-20.
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The fear factor: I have read only selected highlights of Jeff Stratton's recent article concerning the Florida Philharmonic (Bandwidth, May 15), but that was enough to let me know that he is a man who sees clearly his own future. He must be very aware that the written word and reading are next on the cultural hit list, so he's afraid for his own living and perhaps concerned that the world would be a poorer place without reading.
Think about it.
Chris Ertell
The Richmond Symphony
Richmond, Virginia
Low-blowing? You mean a bassoon? Jeff Stratton's article of May 15 on the musicians of the Florida Philharmonic epitomizes the "low blow." How shocking that he was able to find a few unhappy quotes from musicians witnessing the collapse of the institution to which they have dedicated their careers. Yet he dares to characterize as an "attitude problem" the drive that made them "practice and sweat and bleed for a noble profession." Would that everyone had such an "attitude problem." Better to place the blame where it lies -- with those community leaders who failed to respond to orchestra chairman Daniel Lewis' generous offer to donate $16 million to "match" $4 million in leadership donations.
Henry Peyrebrune
Cleveland Orchestra
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Farewell to journalists: I have just read the May 15 article written by Jeff Stratton about the philharmonic's final concert. I have news for Mr. Stratton. The profession that is about to become irrelevant in this world is not classical musician... it is print journalist. In a world with no reverence for classical music, there will also be no place for those who read or those who pretend that they can write.
As a retired symphonic musician with a career of 35 years behind me, I can tell you that musicians have always struggled to find an appreciative audience. And yet the beauty of symphonic music draws millions of people around the world. I hope that the musicians in the philharmonic will find more secure positions in other places. They deserve to work where the city, the music critic, and the management really appreciate them. Obviously, none of those things is true in South Florida.
Rosemary Rader
Indianapolis, Indiana
Best Congrats is: On behalf of the whole team at Hamburger Mary's, I just wanted to thank New Times for the recognition as Best Gay Bar in Broward County ("Best of 2003," May 15). We have been working very hard to make Hamburger Mary's a fun and welcoming environment, and it excites us to receive such great accolades. The write-up was superb! We look forward to becoming an even bigger part of the South Florida scene.
John Zieba
Wilton Manors
With a neighborhood twist: Susan Eastman's recent story "Where the Condos Are" (May 8) was a very insightful, well-written, and thought-provoking piece. Our sincere hope is that New Times returns again to this interesting theme and continues its exploration of other Fort Lauderdale development issues in future articles.
One story idea might be the Balkanization of the city into what can seem to be quasi-autonomous, private fiefdoms masquerading as neighborhood associations. The Fort Lauderdale City Commission formally recognizes 37 such voluntary neighborhood organizations.
Through the proliferation of these associations, the city funnels hundreds of thousands of dollars of grants catering to the interests of certain neighborhoods as something apart from the city as a whole, rather than committing to a comprehensive, cohesive, and cogent master plan for the entire city.
Do we really need to see "Victoria Park, Poinsettia Heights, Lake Ridge, Progresso, et al." neighborhood entrance signs and ersatz guardhouses that give each neighborhood the appearance of a gated community rather than a creative planned effort to connect each neighborhood to the collective city entity?
Why does the city abdicate its governing role and administrative power to these unelected self-anointed, self-interested, self-important groups of people who take it upon themselves to speak for an entire neighborhood? Where are the city's highly compensated urban planners? Why are they sitting idly by as Fort Lauderdale devolves into a crazy quilt of cross-purpose imaginary neighborhoods?
Neighborhood groups are unregulated, unrepresentative, unmonitored, and unaccountable. A handful of self-appointed individuals calls itself the board of directors and usurps the place of our legally voted representatives. The groups promote agendas that often have not been properly vetted or supported by the entire neighborhood in whose name they purportedly are acting.
I want my city and neighborhood development decisions to be made by my city commissioners with a sense of rhyme and reason, not by a neighborhood-association president who is driven by personal whims and an idiosyncratic personal agenda.
Laura Sturaitis
Fort Lauderdale
Just a number: I am the niece of Charlie Lee Osborne, and am pleased with Trevor Aaronson's May 8 story ("Death Road"). The story is absolutely correct. We still have no answers as to what has tragically happened to my uncle. I think it is extremely ludicrous for the Broward Sheriff's Office to not have provided any explanations and then wonder why no one respects its authority. I am at the point at which I myself couldn't give a damn about anyone who wears a badge. It's hard when I go to my grandmother's house and picture my uncle in the yard cutting the grass and look at my great-grandmother, Charlie's mom, and see the hurt in her face day after day. It's tough. But I guess the stories from inmates have been proven. When incarcerated, you're just a number, and that's it.
Calandra Cobb
Fort Lauderdale
A gutsy dispatch: Trevor Aaronson's article questioning the facts surrounding the death of Charlie Osborne was an excellent piece of journalism. It has always been of interest to me that the bigger papers (guess who!) always seem to let things slide when it comes to hard-news reporting re: this "Law Enforcement Agency." Thanks for having the guts.
Ed Summers
Dania Beach
Off the Mark: I am an 18-year-old high school student in Fort Lauderdale and a long-time reader of New Times. Unfortunately, I am very disappointed in Bob Norman's piece on Congressman Mark Foley ("Out with the Truth," May 8). I had the opportunity to meet Mr. Foley several years ago, and he is an articulate and genuine politician -- a rarity these days. The article, instead of reporting facts about Foley, describes rumors and hearsay. Adults often wonder why youth are turned off by the political process; it is because of articles like this. There is already enough cynicism in Florida politics without these allegations. Broward County has serious problems, and we need serious solutions, not more of the same old politics. Why pick on a man who, whether the allegations are true or not, has not broken any laws and has served his district well? We have plenty of politicians in Broward County who have been indicted, arrested, accused of embezzling, and the like. I'm not sure about you, but I want to elect the best candidate who will work to better Florida. Why pick on Mark Foley?
Fritz Brogan
Fort Lauderdale
On the Mark: Congratulations to New Times for the article on Mark Foley. At last, someone has had the guts and integrity to talk the truth. The next thing is for Congressman Foley to show the same courage and integrity.
How are future generations of gay men and women ever to learn about self-acceptance until they have examples before them? Mr. Foley may not see himself as a Rosa Parks figure, but the impact of an out gay man running for (and maybe winning) a U.S. Senate seat would say once and for all that being gay is OK. It is just a tiny part of who a person is, and it does not mean that one cannot serve one's country and state with integrity. Mr. Foley, we are waiting. Don't let Florida down.
Paul Harris
Fort Lauderdale
In a column published May 8, Bob Norman reported that Congressman Mark Foley and his boyfriend visited Tracy Thorne's home in the Florida Keys during the early 1990s. In fact, their respective vacation properties bordered each other, and though Foley and Thorne knew each other, they met in the Keys by chance. In addition, Foley escorted Matthew Shepard's parents in Washington, D.C., not West Palm Beach.
Foundation Shakin'
Truth tellin': Excellent article about Over the Counter Intelligence ("Shakin' tha Foundation," April 24)! Thanks for getting the type of story rarely seen in South Florida. The band sounds interesting -- and hopefully we'll hear more about them. Great article.
Kristina Klein
Miami Lakes
Not previously worn: First, I want to thank New Times for the support it has given to the arts. Numerous features about events at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts have appeared, which is why I was puzzled to read Ronald Mangravite refer to the Broward Center as an "underused" art space in his April 17 article, "Pulitzer Surprise."
In actuality, the Broward Center presents more than 700 performances annually, an increase of more than 300 percent from five years ago. Recent years have also seen an increase in the number of midsized and emerging local arts groups that appear on our stages, including the International Hispanic Theatre Festival, the Acting Studio, City Theatre, the International Piano Festival of Miami, Ashanti Dance, and the upcoming Reggae Soca Awards.
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In Allegro PCB Editor (OrCAD 16.0), when i was clicking an component or any routed via means, I have to scroll middle mouse button on window to view that component or routed via.In same manner that any net i click means same problem occurs.So there is any way to change setting that when i click an component or other means, i have to view or move that selected item in when the single clicking execution.Same for component moving and mirror too.
So anyone provide me the solution to this.!!!!!
please post the error
The error and not occurring in that. My problem is, when i do the manual placement of component and manual routing, that time me have zoom too too inner to place the components and manual routing.So this make me big problem for my (.brd) files.
So can u provide the solution to me that,
1.Grid Settings (units in mm).
2.Create board outline.
3.Manual Routing .
4. silkscreen generation.
HI dhamu,
you can do the placement like that first enter the component refdes in find option and then select move option ,so you window is some position


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