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Following up Panasonic's video darling, the DMC-GH1, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 delivers some important enhancements, including a much-needed HDMI connector. Its price and feature set--by accident or design--targets photo and video enthusiasts rather than the entry-level point-and-shoot upgrader.
The combination of a new sensor in the GH2 and some improved JPEG processing on Panasonic's part has resulted in some of the best image quality we've seen in the company's cameras to date. For example, in most Panasonic cameras--including the good ones, like the LX5--even the lowest ISO-sensitivity shots are riddled with color noise. That said, there's unfortunately still quite a bit of noise in midrange-to-high ISO JPEG shots; I can't suggest shooting higher than ISO 200 for JPEG unless absolutely necessary. However, depending upon the scene, you can buy about two stops of usability by processing raw files instead of using the JPEGs. You still lose some dynamic range and detail, but even a quick-and-dirty processing in software delivers far better results than Panasonic's internal algorithms.
And keep in mind that you can definitely get better results with a fast prime lens, even with the JPEGs. However, the GH2 rates just OK on color accuracy and auto white balance, and JPEGs develop an excessively yellow cast in low light because of the color noise.
The 14-140-millimeter kit lens (28-280mm equivalent) is pretty sharp, with nice geometry--there's probably some in-camera correction happening, but I don't see any of the artificial-looking straight lines that the correction usually produces--though there's some distortion around the edges, which can result in fringing. It's pretty good away from the edges, though. But it's also really slow; its widest aperture is f4.5 at 14mm, narrowing to f5.8 by the time you get to 140mm, which really limits the lens' flexibility. The 10x zoom range sounds really convenient, but not if you can only use it in very bright conditions. It's pretty quiet while focusing and zooming during video capture, though.
For video, the most important update in the GH2 is a new sensor that drives at a higher frame rate--it can natively output 60p vs. 24p, though AVCHD limits the actual recorded video to 1080/60i. That, and a bump to the AVCHD maximum bit rate of 24 Mbps (albeit only in 24p mode), delivers improved results over the GH1; it's equivalent to current AVCHD-based prosumer camcorders. The video does look exceptionally good, even in moderately low light (though you can see the same color shifts as in stills there). It's sharp and clean, with few artifacts--no rolling shutter or obvious moire. Note that 24p, with its progressive output and higher bit rate, delivers visibly better results than 60i, especially with respect to background detail. Panasonic's lens and body combination gives very good autofocus performance, doing better at locking and holding focus even in challenging conditions that can stymie some camcorders.
One of the more interesting features is variable frame-rate recording: 80, 160, 200, and 300 percent speeds based off 24p. It's silent, as you'd expect, and works seamlessly and well.
The audio quality with the built-in stereo mics is also quite nice--clear and crisp, if a bit bright. The mic is relatively sensitive, and there are five reference levels you can set plus four levels of wind filtering and an onscreen meter. There's no way to reduce its omnidirectionality, though, so if you plan to shoot interview-type footage you'll definitely need to plug in an external mic.
I also got a chance to shoot with Panasonic's Micro Four Thirds 3D lens, which consists of dual fixed-focus f12 12mm lenses (note that the 35mm angle-of-view equivalent is about 57mm because each lens covers less than half of the sensor). The camera simultaneously shoots a 2D JPEG using one of the lenses along with a standard 3D MPO file. It's nice for a lark--most of the random stuff I shot and viewed on a Panasonic 3D TV did display depth and novelty value--but you have no manual exposure controls when shooting in 3D and the camera doesn't support movie capture with the lens.
While not best overall, the GH2's still-shooting performance can certainly compete with class leaders, and is improved a lot over the GH1's. It's still a bit slow on start-up--it takes about 1.3 seconds to power on, focus, and shoot--but it can focus and shoot in 0.3 second in good light and 0.6 second in dim. JPEG shot-to-shot time runs 0.6 second, which increases to 0.8 second for raw; with flash enabled it jumps to about 1.5 seconds. For continuous shooting the camera averages about 4fps.
The camera is certainly fast enough for everyday burst shooting, and the EVF is pretty good--in low light the refresh does get a bit sluggish, though. But it's still an EVF, so keep in mind you'll have the accompanying framing issues--you can't visually tell what's happening, only what's happened--for continuous shooting. It does come in handy for shooting video, though, if like me you prefer the stability of eye-level shooting (sans rig).
Overall I like the GH2's design and operation, although there are a few potential major irritations. It's smaller and lighter than most of its competitors--and most digital SLRs--but it can get pretty weighty when paired with the 14-140mm kit lens. But it's generally comfortable to grip, with a nice shooting design. Although the grip is relatively featureless, it's deep, rubberized, and just high enough to work comfortably. I also like that Panasonic put the SD card slot on the side rather than in the bottom battery compartment.


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Restaurant Mama's Kitchen, TTDI
>> Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Date: 27 October 2008
Venue: Restaurant Mama's Kitchen, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, KL
Occasion: Lunch with the band members
Overall comment: This place is surprisingly packed with patrons! The signature dishes are the claypot loh shu fun, garlic roast pork with wan tan noodles, and the creamy buttered squids :) Food's pretty delicious & ambiance is not too bad la...though a lil hot. Price wise, it's slightly higher than the usual, but for the quality of food that you get, it's worth paying a couple of ringgit more ;) Oh yeah, they do impose a 5% service charge on the total bill too :S
This dish is LOVELY! The taste of the 'creamy-butter' was a tad too sweet, but on the overall, it was really fragrant :) The squid was just nice in texture as well, & I reckon the curry leaves did the trick to enhance the entire dish! :D
Wah...this pork noodles is divine....*lip smacking* It's indescribable man...I reckon what made the simple roast pork so good was just the garlic oil! The entire dish is actually VERY simple...just roast pork & noodles wei...
I felt that this wasn't excellent...it's missing in dried shrimp, thus making the dish a lil 'flat' in taste...aisehman...such a waste. Plus, I feel that they could afford one more egg to go with such a large claypot of loh shu fun....
Restaurant Mama's Kitchen (Famous Loh Shu Fun)
No. 48, Jalan Datuk Sulaiman
Taman Tun Dr. Ismail
60000 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: (603) 7729 3030
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Behold, the world's moodiest plush toy! This unofficial Game of Thrones Jon Snow and Ghost plush toy promises hours of sullen introspection. But truly, the best part is the detail from the creator, Mick Minogue — is that a white walker hand we spy in Ghost's jaw?
Now all this Bastard Son Toy needs is a jingle that sounds like a grown man quietly crying himself to sleep every night!
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When shopping for a new home, most buyers prefer hardwood over out-dated, stained carpeting. But upgrading to hardwood can be expensive and time consuming. A great solution, at a fraction of the cost of hardwood, is laminate flooring. West Chester homeowners know that laminate floors can look and feel just like hardwood. That's why laminate flooring is quickly becoming one of the most popular flooring choices in West Chester. Laminates come in a variety of thicknesses, usually between 6mm and 12mm. To replicate the look and feel of luxurious hardwood, choose a thicker laminate. The added thickness will ensure the laminate flooring sounds "solid," like hardwood. Your friends and neighbors will never guess the difference!
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Scioscia joins elite club with 1,200th win
ANAHEIM -- Jim Leyland, Dusty Baker, Bruce Bochy, Davey Johnson and Mike Scioscia.
When the Angels defeated the Athletics, 4-1, on Friday night, Scioscia became the fifth active manager to amass 1,200 victories.
"We've had some really good teams," Scioscia said. "I think as an organization, to have an opportunity to be in one spot and get 1,200 wins is a reflection of the whole organization. It's everybody. From developing players to Major League coaching staff doing a great job with them and having the players that have the talent."
Throughout the history of baseball, just 39 managers have reached the 1,200 win mark -- Connie Mack tops the list with 3,731 -- and 23 of them are in the Hall of Fame.
Among the active managers to reach the 1,200 win mark, Scioscia is the only one to accomplish the feat with just one team and was just the seventh manager to reach 1,000 wins with his first team.
However, Scioscia is quick to make sure he is not the only one gaining the credit and recognition.
"As an organization we are proud," Scioscia said. "I certainly don't look at it as any individual number at all."
Scioscia, who took over as the Angels manager prior to the 2000 season, is the longest-tenured manager in the Majors and has led the Angels to five division titles in the last nine seasons.
The Angels' manager also led the franchise to a World Series championship in 2002 -- a year he was also named the American League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.


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A long-running battle between Apple Inc. and Google Inc. for mobile dominance is spreading to the most lucrative genre of apps: videogames.
The two Silicon Valley giants have been wooing game developers to ensure that top-tier game titles arrive first on devices powered by their respective operating systems, people familiar with the situation said.
In exchange, Apple
Last August, for the launch of "Plants Vs. Zombies 2," a highly anticipated sequel to a popular zombie-survival strategy game, publisher Electronic Arts Inc. struck a deal with Apple, which promoted the game prominently in its App Store, according to people familiar with the matter.
In exchange, one of these people said, EA agreed to give Apple about a two-month window of exclusivity for the title, which wasn't released on Google's Android software until October.
ZeptoLab's sequel to its popular puzzle game "Cut the Rope," introduced in December, reflected a similar pattern. The company and Apple agreed to about a three-month window of exclusivity for Apple's App Store, in exchange for the store prominently promoting the game, one person familiar with the matter said. ZeptoLab launched an Android version in late March.
Apple and Google representatives declined to discuss specifics of their exclusivity efforts. Exclusive titles are a common marketing strategy for videogame consoles, but are new to mobile apps.
An extended version of this report can be found at WSJ.com
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I am a staff archaeologist for a small private archaeology firm based in Salt Lake City, Utah, but given the economic and development climate almost all of our contracts are in Nevada. Today's work settles us in south-central Utah, Cedar City, with our project area located nearly one and a half hours to the west on the Utah/Nevada border. Why so far away? Well, the distinct lack of hotels closer to the project area is the primary cause!
The day starts as usual with a 7am rise and shine, with everyone meeting at the rig, archaeological parlance for abused and smelly vehicle. This is day 9 of a 10-day field session, so close to the end we can taste it…and smell it…oh nope that is the rig. We are down to two folks, a eager go-getter with a Bachelor's from the University of Utah and a straw hat that would put Huckleberry Finn to shame, and myself, a Historical Archaeologist with a Ph.D. from the University of Montana, with a field hat that has seen too many years of sweat and soil and is an old friend now. Regardless of our educational status, age, or even field hat coolness, we both need an instant infusion of caffeine.
A short drive to downtown Cedar City, brings us to one of the two coffee shops in town. Religious prohibitions on caffeine definitely cuts into the morning options in rural Utah. With a 20oz iced soy mocha in hand we hit the road, still trying to clear the fogginess of an eighth night in a hotel. Regardless of season, crew size, project, weather, or impending days off, the morning drive is usually a shorter drive than the afternoon. After listening to some archaeological theory lectures through an ipod, we cross the barren sagebrush flats of the Escalante Desert, still in Utah and still an hour out. Oddly, the Escalante Desert is home to one of the largest pig farms in the United States, and by the pungent odor permeating our rig, locals apparently use the by-products of the facility (poop) for the smattering of agricultural fields that dot the valley bottom.
Finally, after passing a railroad ghost town of the 1920s, we turn onto a dirt road, finally making the last desperate plunge into the project area. Conversation has now completely died, as everything that was worth saying has been said, and now thoughts turn to the work at hand….pop…there goes a tire…changed in 14 minutes, new record. As soon as we start again we encounter a wild herd of horses, roaming freely across the rugged mountains now covered in a Pinyon-Juniper Woodland. We take some time to capture their free spirits on our company's digital camera, and their skittishness makes for excellent action photos. Today is the third day of "Red Flag" warnings in Utah and eastern Nevada, defined by high heat and high wind. One perk, which is apparently my pithy catchphrase of choice according to my straw-hatted colleague, of a "Red Flag" day is that the wind offsets some of the oppressive 99 degree heat.
Finally, upon reaching our project area we unload the car and start the processing of conducting archaeological survey. Simply put, we wander in organized lines through defined areas looking for remnants of the past, whether it is chipped stone from Native American use up to 13,000 years ago, or cone-top beer cans of the 1930s. In the United States, all sites older than 50 years must be recorded during survey, thus even making songs like "The Twist", "I Can't Stop Loving You", and "Duke of Earl" now a historic part of America's past.
We are currently working for a mineral exploration company, who is looking for traces of fortune in these desolate mountains. In 1899, these same mountains saw their first mining boom, which quickly fizzled into abandoned ruins and trash of hundreds of disappointed miners. This trash is exactly what makes me excited for our job, as these cans, bottles, ceramics, corset hooks, buttons, and a million other small things forgotten, tell us a story of who lived here, how they lived, what they ate, what was their ethnicity, and sometimes if we get lucky, their gender, age, and perhaps even name. All archaeologists, regardless of their location, age, or position, are bound together by this common thrill of discovery. The unknown is what gets me up in the morning.
After arriving on-site by 9am, we start the process of identifying one of the five sites we will record today. It is a large mineral prospecting site dating to the 1890s-1910s boom period. We identify several building platforms, a privy, two dumps, and over a dozen mining features from adits (horizontal mine shafts) to prospect holes. After nearly 20 days of recording sites in this area, we start to see patterns in the trash people disposed of, and this gives us an idea of what they ate on-site.My focus is on the lowly sardine can, a common fixture of any mining camp in the American West. While I find the smell, texture, and perhaps even packaging of this small fish as pleasurable as the pig farms we just drove through, it was a common source of protein for miners isolated in the mountains. More interestingly, though, I notice that we can tell that there was some consumer preference for these stinky little fish in one camp versus another. The site we are recording today has only two sardine cans in a dump of 400 cans. Yesterday we recorded over 50 cans in a similarly-sized dump. Apparently a kindred spirit of sardine-dislike occupied this camp over 100 years ago. Another camp, this time occupied during the Great Depression (1930s), also contained a boatload of sardine cans, though these all showed signs of burning. Yep, someone decided not only to eat this product, but also cook it within the tin can it was purchased within. Health and palate concerns aside, these small patterns of trash keep the mind going over the course of a 10-hour field day.
By 3:30pm, we have recorded another two small mining sites (thankfully devoid of further sardine cans), and two prehistoric sites composed completely of obsidian, which is black volcanic glass. There is a local obsidian quarry, so this black glass is found everywhere in great abundance. Interesting of course…but as we pile in the rig to head home…my mind still ponders the lowly sardine, and how we seem like sardines ourselves squeezed into a vehicle filled to the seams with equipment, water, backpacks, a now flat tire, and the other trappings of archaeology.
The return drive is far less eventful, and far less filled with theoretical conversations. Focus is instead on the evening's pursuit of nourishment, fried food and a beer (definitely not cooked sardines!). After a gentle avoiding swerve of a jackrabbit attempting to speed up Darwinism, we hit the pavement and tear off for the comfort of hotel and bar in Cedar City. We close the work day with a banana and strawberry flavored snow cone from a child labor operated roadside stand, and hit the showers. Tomorrow is a short day, only a four hour drive to home, and then the four hours of paperwork. After a seemingly short four days off, we hit the road again for another archaeological adventure in Nevada.


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2 min readCancer Researchers Find Key Protein Link
Houston, TX – A new understanding of proteins at the nexus of a cell's decision to survive or die has implications for researchers who study cancer and age-related diseases, according to biophysicists at the Rice University-based Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP).
Experiments and computer analysis of two key proteins revealed a previously unknown binding interface that could be addressed by medication. Results of the research appear this week in an open-source paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The proteins are Bcl-2, well-known for its role in programmed cell death, and NAF-1, a member of the NEET family that binds toxic clusters of iron and sulphur. How the two interact is now known as a major determinant in the cell processes of autophagy and apoptosis — literally, life and death. An ability to uncover binding sites on the proteins that send the cell one way or the other opens a path toward the regulation of those processes, according to José Onuchic, Rice's the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Chair of Physics and professor of physics and astronomy.
Pockets and folds in proteins exist to bind to other molecules and catalyze actions in a cell in signaling pathways. The ability to block a specific binding site or to enhance a desired interaction is critical to drug design, Onuchic said.
"In our early work we have shown the link between NEET proteins and cancer. Now we can understand the molecular details of how these interactions are governed," Onuchic said. "Others have shown that NAF-1 is up-regulated in cancer cells, which leads us to believe that cancer may hijack control over the expression of this protein. This affects the cell's system of checks and balances. Understanding NAF-1 gives us a better idea of how to approach treatment."
The researchers found that NAF-1 binds to two specific regions of the protein Bcl-2 and that Bcl-2 binds to the NAF-1 groove formed between the beta cap and iron-sulphur cluster binding domains; the strongest coupling is at the cluster binding domain and some contacts of interest are at the top of the beta-cap domain. Since the iron-sulphur cluster is the functional entity involved in NAF-1 activity, these findings clearly indicate that Bcl-2 interaction with NAF-1 affects its activity, Onuchic said.
The research team used a unique combination of experimental and theoretical methods, including peptide array binding studies with fragments of Bcl-2 to NAF-1; the researchers performed functional studies of cluster transfer and other full-length protein interactions with a spectrometer sensitive to hydrogen/deuterium exchange. They combined their results with a computer-based process created at CTBP called direct coupling analysis (DCA), through which interactions between proteins can be predicted by their genomic roots.
"Each of the three techniques not only confirmed the results of the other methods but also provided unique insights in their own right," said Patricia Jennings, a lead author and CTBP affiliate based at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where she is a professor of chemistry and biochemistry.
Jennings said the combined techniques are applicable to biomolecular interactions in general. "DCA helps us efficiently filter through massive amounts of data and does not require high-resolution structural studies, although those are desirable," she said. "Peptide array is powerful for localizing fragments that bind with high affinity, and hydrogen/deuterium exchange studies allow us to monitor parts of the intact protein that are not seen in structural studies and are not amenable to DCA analysis.
"Together, the techniques provide an exquisite synergy," she said.
Jennings is a co-lead author of the study with Onuchic; Rachel Nechushtai, a professor at the Alexander Siberman Life Science Institute of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Assaf Friedler, a professor at the Hebrew University Institute of Chemistry; and Ron Mittler, a professor of biological sciences at the University of North Texas, Denton (UNT). Previous research by the team identified NAF-1 as one of two prime suspects in the proliferation of breast cancer.
"Once again, our international team of experts from different disciplines has shown that combined complementary efforts leads to innovative knowledge imperative for coping with cancer," Nechushtai said.
Publication: Integrated strategy reveals the protein interface between cancer targets Bcl-2 and NAF-1. Sagi Tamir, Shahar Rotem-Bamberger et al. PNAS (2014): http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/03/24/1403770111.abstract


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AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL: GUYS AND GIRLS - (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET)
"The Guy who Gets to Kiss the Girl" (TV-14, L) (HDTV)
THE MODELS SHOOT A GENDER BENDING COMMERCIAL - Tensions run high when some of the models accuse another of abusing her power in the house. The guys and girls act as fashion correspondents in a challenge led by celebrity blogger Perez Hilton. Then, their acting skills are put to the test when they shoot a fragrance commercial with a role-reversing twist. (#2006)


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Not only Christian philosophers but also artists concerned themselves with the quomodo of the Incarnation. Painters often represented the Spiritus Sanctus in the form of a dove from whose beak divine rays sometimes emanated. The critical questions of the dove's position in relation to the Virgin and at what point on the Virgin's body it should aim its divine rays were rethought with astonishing independence of mind by Lippi in his London Annunciation. The dove has relinquished its normal high-flying station and is level with the Virgin's womb. The rare golden motes emitted from its beak are directed at the Virgin's belly. The Virgin's dress parts over the abdomen, and the opening releases a burst of similar gold-dotted rays. This "How" of Mary's impregnation is in symbolic analogy to the process of vision as understood in 15th-century Florence: visual rays exiting from the eye mingle with oncoming rays to constitute sight. Lippi suggests light as the sole and sufficient symbol of fecundation. As light is the world's noblest substance and its cognate, vision, the noblest sense, so their mutual coupling is fittest to serve as a symbol of sacred union.
Antonino Pierozzi, Archbishop of Florence in the mid-15th century, described extensively the miraculous in utero conception of Jesus. Lippi, in his London Annunciation, superseded theological interpretation and ventured into optics: namely Roger Bacon's theory of the "multiplication of species", which had been excerpted by Ghiberti in Book III of his Commentarii and was therefore well known to artists. The evidence is convincing that Lippi thought out the pictorial solution to this painting with Bacon in mind. When he painted the dove opposite Mary's womb, he was thinking that distinct vision occurs only when the visual object confronts the eye and the visual rays are able to enter at right angles. The second hint of Lippi's debt to Bacon's optics is the way he represented the species coming from the dove to the Virgin. Only one ray issuing from the dove connects with the center of the light emanating from the Virgin's womb. It is also the most nearly perpendicular. The little cut in Mary's garment represents the pupil of an eye.
In Vasari's painted portrait of Lorenzo the Magnificent, painted for the apartments of Duke Cosimo I in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, prominent exposure is given to a giraffe, one of the gifts presented to Lorenzo by his ambassadors. The article shows that the giraffe, which is critical to the composition of the painting, has not only a historical motive but also an iconographic significance. The admiration of Lorenzo for Julius Caesar is reflected in this demonstration, the second time in history when a giraffe was presented to the Italian people. It may therefore be interpreted as a symbol of the power of the tyrant.
Coined in the late nineteenth century, the term "Color Music" described a visionary art from created with color lights and independent of easel painting. This idea of color music was symptomatic of a fundamental shift in aesthetic theory, whereby music served as an ideal model for the visual arts. The twin doctrines of musical analogy and synaesthesia provided the foundation for theories of color music. Advocates of synaesthesia were divided into two distinct schools - the quasi-mystical and the pseudo-scientific. This paper analyzes the evolution of these two traditions and their influence among American artists and critics of the early modern period.
The window on Parnassus is the shuttered object that figures in Marcantonio Raimondi's engraved Parnassus, after Raphael (ca. 1517-20). This preserves Raphael's first thought or modello for the fresco in the Segnatura (1509-11), as scholarly consensus maintains and geometric analyses also demonstrate. Simpler in form than the final fresco, engraved Parnassus also differs in content: a tightly-worked out demonstration of poetry, its genres, hierarchies and activities, derived from a body of classical texts (Virgil, Horace) consistently Augustan. Raphael's classicized Parnassus also serves an epideictic function, directing attention to that new and Roman Parnassus, the Villa of the Belvedere, an orientation stressed by the engraver and the window on Parnassus that anchors his reworking of Raphael's first composition.
This article, the point of departure for which is W. Friedlaender's controversial hypothesis that there is an affinity between Caravaggio's altarpieces and the spirituality of St. Philip Neri and Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, is divided into two parts. In part I, after a summary of the state of the question of this hypothesis and its reception, there is a critique of several ideas of Friedlaender, his supporters, and his critics: Caravaggio was probably introduced to the Exercises by the Augustinians, not the Oratorians; the Exercises are not the only place where the artist could have come into contact with the meditative practices of the composition of place and application of the senses; and although the Oratorians and Jesuits may have found Caravaggio's breaches of decorum offensive, that does not mean that the artist did not respond to and internalize elements of the spirituality of Neri and Loyola. Part II puts forth the view that the hallmarks of Caravaggio's altarpieces identified by Friedlaender and other - the direct contact the artist establishes between the sacred scene and the spectator and his consistent humanization of Christ, the Virgin, and the saints, as well as populating his religious paintings with apparently poor, common and very human types - are primarily Caravaggio's artistic response to, and interpretation of, Counter-Reformation meditative practices. This view is substantiated by an examination of Caravaggio's religious art in relation to the liturgical context for which it was intended and the liturgical piety of his age, of which his meditative prayer was an integral part.


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It's probably not generally known to the allergy-free public, but we pollen sufferers have been known to stay in our cars for temporary relief. Why? Because it's as close to a controlled air system as we can get, next to a plastic bubble. So it's actually not so weird that a major automaker has created what it calls an allergy-free model, especially at the height of hay fever season.
With its "Mondeo," which is about to go on the European market, Ford claims to have accomplished this by "abolishing chrome and nickel from the cockpit, using low-emission adhesives and allergen-tested textiles and leathers," according to Newlaunches, resulting in an "allergy-tested seal of approval from the German TUV Rhineland group." The upholstery, floor mats and even the steering wheel have been dermatologically tested, and it has a pollen filter to boot. (We hope it's not pine-scented.)
If all this works as planned, we may move out of our house altogether and live in a Mondeo down by the river.


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| 4.9°C Belfast
The UK's major banks are facing another inquiry after regulators highlighted their fears about the market for lending to small and medium-sized (SME) firms.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said its initial work identified possible competition concerns in the sector, including suggestions that there is not enough incentive for banks to compete on price, service or quality.
The watchdog will pass on its study to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) - the UK's lead competition and consumer body from next month - which will decide in the summer if the criteria for a full-blown inquiry have been met.
The OFT said significant concerns have been raised that banks may be hindering SMEs in accessing finance from alternative providers such as peer-to-peer lenders and new financial technology lending platforms.
Alternative finance providers have complained that there are often significant delays in banks waiving security in respect of existing loan arrangements or agreeing the documentation for them to take a second charge.
OFT chief executive Vivienne Dews said: "SMEs are a vital driver of growth in the UK. They need access to banking services and loans which meet their needs.
"Our work suggests there may be competition concerns in this sector. We will continue our work over the coming weeks and hand this on to the CMA to conclude the analysis, and decide on the next steps."
Figures earlier this month revealed that SME lending remains subdued, falling by £300 million in February compared to the average monthly decrease of £500 million over the previous six months.
Business Secretary Vince Cable said: " There is still a serious problem with small business banking. SMEs feel they have too few lending options other than the big four banks which is not healthy for the economy.
"The picture of concentrated ownership and excessive profit margins from SME banking described in the 2000 Cruickshank Report remains largely unchanged. More diversity and competition in the banking sector is critical if we are going to have a lasting recovery built on business investment and exports."
He said the new British Business Bank, which is supporting the growth of alternative lenders and challenger banks, will help to level the playing field but that the market is still not working as it should.
Mr Cable added: "Today's update from the OFT shows it shares these concerns, as do most experts, and I am pleased that the CMA will be taking this work forward as a top priority."
The OFT said that banks have taken some steps to boost competition in retail banking, such as a new current account switching service and the wider availability of credit information to help new providers to compete.
However it is concerned that business current accounts and business loans are concentrated among a small number of major banks.
It said barriers to entry and expansion may be contributing to newer or smaller providers finding it difficult to enter and expand their business, while S MEs are still finding it hard to differentiate between providers.
The OFT said: "There are low levels of shopping around and switching, and low awareness of alternative sources of finance.
"The concern is that these factors, in combination, may reduce the incentive for providers to compete on price, invest in service delivery and quality or innovate, which may mean that SMEs do not get the best deal from their banking provider.
"They could also be consistent with a provisional finding that the statutory test for a market investigation reference is met."
The British Bankers' Association (BBA) said it is working "proactively" with the OFT and CMA to improve the treatment of customers.
Chief executive Anthony Browne said: " We want businesses to have as many options as possible when seeking to get finance which is why individual banks and the BBA have set up programmes to refer customers to other institutions who might be able to help if they have been declined for a loan.
"The industry continues to modernise and improve current accounts so that customers get the best possible service, including the introduction of mobile phone payments from the spring, a number of new comparison tools and the seven day account switching service.
"The banks have also worked with the Government to help customers keep in control of their finances with text alerts, annual statements and clearer monthly information. Consumers are now nearly £1 billion better off due to a reduction in charges driven by these initiatives."


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|Annual award honors CBC's pioneering initiatives to transform health care delivery
|Grand Junction, Colo., Feb. 6, 2013–The Colorado Beacon Consortium (CBC) is one of six teams of health care informatics pioneers to receive the Healthcare Informatics Innovator Award. The award recognizes CBC's efforts to share data and improve care management and care communications across a 17,500 square mile region of Western Colorado.
CBC, which operates with a cooperative agreement from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, an alliance of physician leaders, hospitals, a community-based health information exchange and a local payer, is strengthening existing IT infrastructure, advancing patient-centered primary care and creating a better system for patients, providers and the community. It develops, tests and executes new ways to improve health care while controlling costs. Its 2012 annual report and a video provide the backstory about how CBC fosters better health by meaningfully using health IT to transform care delivery.
"CBC's success represents precisely what we had hoped to achieve through Beacon," said Farzad Mostashari, MD, National Coordinator for Health IT. "We recognized the hunger to do things differently, to make better use of data and technology to improve patient care. Now, CBC has shown us how to accomplish that, demonstrating how health care organizations can improve population health through the use of health IT."
The award recognizes how CBC uses an advanced regional health data architecture (through the Quality Health Network) to deploy a decision-support tool, Archimedes IndiGO, across multiple, independent primary care sites with different EHRs throughout Western Colorado. CBC will be able to perform data analytics across a base of more than 55,000 patients by the end of the first quarter of 2013.
"We are honored to receive this award; it recognizes the value of bringing clinical and administrative data together in one place–at the point of care–to more closely correlate quality with outcomes and value," said CBC Executive Director Patrick Gordon. CBC's success offers lessons for communities with independent care providers. "We can collaborate across multiple independent organizations and still achieve community goals and population-level impact. This isn't corporate health care integration; rather, we are working to show what integration can look like when it is created on a community basis."
A profile of CBC's efforts appears in the February issue of Healthcare Informatics, and the winning teams will be honored at the Healthcare Informatics Innovator Awards Reception March 4, 2013, in New Orleans during the annual HIMSS Conference. To learn more about the award, read the FAQs here.
CBC's undertaking represents a convergence of advanced population health analytics, risk stratification, targeted clinical interventions and patient activation in a single architecture. The effort supports truly patient-centered care. The patient-facing component of IndiGO aligns with the active promotion of new skills (e.g., motivational interviewing) and measures (e.g., a Patient Activation Measure), in comprehensive primary care models. CBC-region physicians report that the use of IndiGO in patient encounters has resulted in improved patient medication adherence and behavior change, as well as more effective shared decision-making.
Communities that want to replicate CBC's success must act. Gordon offered two pieces of guidance: "Perfect is the enemy of the good," and "Waiting is wasting."
He continued: "Had we waited for perfect interoperability standards and vendor solutions to emerge, we would not be receiving this award today. The imperative is for immediate action, amid incomplete insights and solutions within the industry."
About the Colorado Beacon Consortium
The Colorado Beacon Consortium is made up of executive-level representation from four mission-driven, not-for-profit, Western Colorado-based organizations, all of which have nationally acknowledged track records of coordination to achieve superior outcomes. They are Mesa County Independent Physicians' Practice Association, Quality Health Network, Rocky Mountain Health Plans and St. Mary's Regional Medical Center. The Colorado Beacon Consortium's mission is to optimize the efficiency, quality and performance of our health care system, and integrate the delivery of care and use of clinical information to improve community health. The geographic focus of the Consortium's activities includes the Colorado counties of Mesa, Delta, Montrose, Garfield, Gunnison, Pitkin and Rio Blanco. To learn more, visit www.coloradobeaconconsortium.org.


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Mighty Matchmaker
by Beka and Will for £9.00
8th September 2006
Pages: 1 2
We couldn't believe no one has done this before. After all, matchmaking and pimping are essentially the same thing! No doubt others will wish to emulate our achievement, so these are our ingredients:
1200g of chocolate (close examination of the box shows us we need plain and milk. We guessed a 2:1 ratio)
500g Caster sugar
Small bottle peppermint essence (This is one of those useless items that is always hanging round in kitchen cupboards and therefore essentially free!)
4 kitchen rolls (it's messy work!)
Baking paper
Matchmakers (for the purposes of science)
First of all we ate some matchmakers. This was quite inspiring. When the box was nearly empty we began to think about how we might shape our giant chocolatey phallus. We considered many options including somehow hanging it from a washing line or moulding it with our bare hands but settled on using the inner tubes of kitchen rolls, lined with baking paper. After some complicated maths, involving pi (and then some pork pie) we worked it out that 4 kitchen rolls would give us a truly impressive length and girth. Also there are conveniently 4 kitchen rolls in one pack. This meant that our mighty matchmaker would be roughly equivalent to 8 times bigger than a normal matchmaker.
Next it was time to boil an entire bag of sugar with ever increasing amounts of peppermint essence.
We continued until it was totally fluid and our kitchen smelt better than it ever had. Briefly.
We poured this sweet lava into a baking paper lined tray to cool.
This seemed like a perfect time to construct our mould. If you have planned ahead you should have 4 empty kitchen rolls. We didn't.
Much BluePetering later….
As the sugar still hadn't set, we found a use for all that extra kitchen roll and joined a new club.
The sugar still wasn't set so we went out and got drunk.


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Pope Benedict: Prayer Will 'Open the Door to God' and His Will
'We should entrust ourselves to the will of the Father, reading events in the perspective of his glory, of his plan of love, which is often a mystery to our eyes. ... In our prayer, request, praise and thanksgiving should fuse together, even when it seems to us that God does not respond to our expectations.'
VATICAN CITY (EWTN News/CNA)—Pope Benedict XVI says that people should trust in God's loving plan for their lives even when events do not meet their expectations.
"When we ask the Lord for something in prayer, we must not expect an immediate fulfillment of our requests, of our will," he said at his Dec. 14 general audience.
"Rather, we should entrust ourselves to the will of the Father, reading events in the perspective of his glory, of his plan of love, which is often a mystery to our eyes."
The Pope continued his focus on the theme of prayer in his comments to the 7,000 pilgrims gathered in the Vatican's Paul VI audience hall.
"In our prayer," he said, "request, praise and thanksgiving should fuse together, even when it seems to us that God does not respond to our expectations."
He added that "abandoning ourselves to the love of God" is a "fundamental principle in our dialogue with him" and leads to the "the greatest gift he can give us," which is "his friendship, his presence, his love."
To illustrate his point, the Pope reflected on two scenes from the Scriptures: Jesus healing a deaf man in the Gospel of St. Mark and the raising of Lazarus, as recounted in the Gospel of St. John.
Pope Benedict highlighted the individual care and love Christ gave the deaf man, noting that Jesus took the man away from the crowd and created "a unique relationship" with him.
He then cured the man with a particular "intensity of attention," using his own fingers and saliva on the specific location of the disability. Then, Jesus looked up to heaven, sighed and said, "Ephphatha," meaning "Be opened" in Aramaic.
The "central point" of the episode is "the fact that Jesus, at the very moment he works the cure, directly seeks his relationship with the Father" by looking up to heaven.
"The narrative shows, then, that human involvement with the sick man led Jesus into prayer," said the Pope. In that moment of prayer, Jesus' "unique relationship with the Father emerges once again, his identity as only begotten Son."
Pope Benedict also saw the two-way relationship between Christ's union with his Father and his individual love for each person at work in the raising of Lazarus from the dead. In fact, Jesus was so "deeply moved at the sight of the suffering of Martha and Mary and of all Lazarus' friends" that he himself wept.
As with the deaf man, Christ again "prays directly to the Father," this time in front of the tomb. The Gospel of St. John recounts how "Jesus looked upward and said, 'Father, I thank you for having heard me.'"
This episode "shows us that Jesus had not for a moment ceased his prayer for Lazarus' life," said Pope Benedict. "That prayer was continuous; indeed, it strengthened Jesus' bond with his friend and, at the same time, confirmed his decision to remain in communion with the will of the Father."
Despite the apparent disaster of his friend's death, it is in Christ's "plan of love" that the glory of God was displayed, the Pope observed.
He concluded his discourse by teaching that while Christ's concern for humanity "causes him to turn to the Father," conversely, it is also this "communion with the Father" that leads him to be "attentive to the real-life situations of man."
When Christians pray, the Pope said, they must share in this "profound bond between love for God and love for others." This will allow them to "open the door to God" and learn "how to abandon our own selves in order to come close to others, especially in moments of trial, bringing them consolation, hope and light," he said.
Before leading pilgrims in praying the Our Father and imparting his apostolic blessing, Pope Benedict also bestowed a particular Advent blessing.
"As we prepare to celebrate the Savior's birth at Christmas, I cordially invoke upon you and your families his abundant blessings of joy and peace!"


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Chiefs of Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marines Oppose DADT Repeal
"I also believe that repealing the law before the completion of the review will be seen by the men and women of the Army as a reversal of our commitment to hear their views before moving forward."
To read excerpts from the letters of the other Service Chiefs to Senator McCain on this issue click here.
Not in the Pentagon Closet
by: Brett Decker
Listening to the liberal media, it's easy to think that all America's generals and admirals want to torpedo the ban on open homosexuals serving in the military. At times, there is a revolving door on the Pentagon's closet, with some of the brass putting fingers in the air to test which way the winds are blowing.
While politicized officers might try to curry favor with the Obama administration and congressional Democrats by assuming the liberal position in favor of ending the so-called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, 1,164 flag and general officers have signed a petition informing President Obama that, "Our past experience as military leaders leads us to be greatly concerned about the impact of repeal [of the law] on morale, discipline, unit cohesion and overall military readiness."
The extraordinary open letter by so many respected military leaders, which has been shepherded by the Center for Military Readiness, isn't surprising to most Americans, who know those serving in uniform are among the most forthright in America, a few media darlings aside. However, in our morally confused age, officers who defend traditional values tend to be the ones kept in the Pentagon closet rather than those with less normal views. Despite this political pressure, most warriors espouse a very conservative ideology. One of them speaks to us from the grave.
The late Col. John W. Ripley is a Marine Corps legend for his many heroic stands in combat, in congressional hearings and in life. In "An American Knight," first-time author Norman J. Fulkerson does a masterful job recounting not only what this great man did, but why he did it and how he became who he was. In short, with a few exceptions aside, great men aren't born – they are formed. John Ripley benefited from the example of a strict family upbringing and the influence of an ascendant American culture that was unabashed in its encouragement of the eternal verities of God, family and country. In the Ripley household, religion wasn't only for women and wimps, and the whole family knelt to pray the Rosary together every day.
It was this faith that would fortify the tough Marine during his toughest trials. His most celebrated feat was on Easter Sunday 1972 in Vietnam, where he singlehandedly blew up the Dong Ha bridge to halt a communist advance along the main transportation artery into South Vietnam. For more than three hours, he climbed the superstructure of the bridge, swinging from steel girders like monkey bars to place explosives and detonators under the main supports. He scaled the bridge over a dozen times, taking heavy fire the whole time, to accomplish the mission and thwart the enemy.
In the years after combat duty, Col. Ripley served in many roles, including stints working for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as an instructor at the Naval Academy in Annapolis and even as president of the Southern Seminary, an all-woman's college. As the years passed, the Marine's Marine feared that America was endangered by another leftist threat: political correctness. During the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century, he again answered the call, publicly arguing against admission of girls into the Virginia Military Institute and against women in combat. It was his belief that these positions were in defense of ladies and femininity, especially by trying to protect them from abuse. "If we see women as equals on the battlefield, you can be absolutely certain that the enemy does not see them as equals," Col. Ripley said. "The minute a woman is captured, she is no longer a POW, she is a victim and an easy prey … someone upon whom they can satisfy themselves and their desires."
Mr. Fulkerson explains that, "While Americans appreciate the warrior spirit of someone like him, we admire much more a person who is not afraid to tell the truth." That's why "An American Knight" is not only an interesting book for military buffs but offers inspiring reading for anyone looking for noble examples amidst modern amorality. On the night of Oct. 28, 2008, this Marine met his maker. But while Col. Ripley is dead, his legend lives on. If you listen closely to the din of contemporary political-military debates, the voice of Ripley echoes.
Brett M. Decker is editorial page editor of The Washington Times.
Tags: An American Knight, catholic militancy, catholic soldier, Center for Military Readiness, CMR, Col. Charles Waterhouse, Col. John Ripley, Don't ask Don't tell, Flag officers, Heroism, Joint Chiefs, Marine Corps, Marines, Naval Academy, political correctness, President Obama, Rosary, VMI, women in combat
Lt. Colonel Allen West's response when asked what he thought about the Islamic threat.
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One of the reasons I love these hard-anodized aluminum pots and pans so much is because they're much harder and sturdier than a lot of others on the market. I believe that when you're cooking, you need to be a bit rough with your pots and pans. You can do that with mine because they're so, so tough.
This non-stick cookware is great for cooking delicate foods, which are prone to sticking, such as fish or eggs, and it also makes cleaning a speedy affair. I'm appreciating these pots and pans now more than ever since having my gorgeous boy, Hudson. Less time cleaning means more time messing about with him and Linds. You can also whack these pots and pans in the oven, just remember the handles will be hot when you pull them out.
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I've got a serious problem with grid's vertical scroll bar when I load data into the grid frequently and specially when the loaded data has a size of zero. It comes from that the user can set some time periods to get the time series data between the period, and when the set period has no data I load an empty store into the grid, so when the user change the period to a one that has some data, the scroll bar stops working as dragging it up and down has no effect on the grid's view. The ridicules point is that it doesn't happen all the time with this scenario but most of the time. I searched community and tried everything that has mentioned about the grid's scroll bar problems but no one worked.
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IF the good people of Portland all buy Hotlips pizza
THEN 100% of the day's revenue will be invested in an energy efficiency retrofit, starting with new gaskets and seals
21 Jun 2009
Hotlips Pizza (Hawthorne)
2211 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214, USA
Come buy lunch or dinner from HOTLIPS Pizza on June 21 and save the planet. 100% of the money you spend goes directly towards making HOTLIPS more energy efficient! There will be musicians to entertain you all day, as well as booths with more information about helping the environment. There will be plenty of pizza ready for purchase and discounted cases of HOTLIPS's real fruit soda. Carrotmob is holding a "reverse boycott" of HOTLIPS. Instead of avoiding a business with bad practices, Carrotmob will attract customers to a company with good ones. We want to buy everything we can so we can save the environment! Again, EVERY DOLLAR you spend goes directly towards helping the environment. The environment gets saved, and as an added benefit you get pizza. There is no downside! Buy pizza, save the planet! This event is being organized by Central Catholic High School student members of the Social Justice, Friends of the Earth and Global Awareness Clubs.
The first carrotmob in Portland, on this past Father's Day, turned out to be a huge success! There was free live music, and the mob spent $6316, all of which is going to make Hotlips Hawthorne more energy efficient and reduce their carbon footprint! Who wins? Everybody! That's the power of the carrotmob.
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Grace Jones is someone who feels a bit like a creative soul sister to me. Despite the 32 year age difference,we were both born on the same day of the year. As Tauruses, both of us very much contradict our supposed astrological traits. It's kind of fun to think about the fact that both Grace Jones and myself revel in being somewhat daring. Yet both of us exact strong control over how said daring is projected. So far,she's really made her controlled sense of performance art really function well for her. That's made her something of a cultural icon for Afrocentricity from the beginning to the middle of the 1980's.
Jones recorded three albums during between 1980 and 1982 for Chris Blackwell's Compass Point studios. All would feature the production and instrumental talents of dub reggae pioneers Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. These albums all fashioned a funky,pan ethnic type of new wave dance/rock music. Her final album of this triad was called Living My Life. In many ways,it was the most fully realized of her albums in terms embracing different strains of Afrocentric musicality. And it all started off with a song that really summed this sound up in "My Jamaican Guy".
Wally Badarou starts out with a synthesizer solo deep in the Asiatic pentatonic scale. Dunbar then comes in with the 8 beat,break heavy jazzy funk/reggae skank throughout the song. On the refrain there are two more layers of keyboard-one is a lower and more bluesy one,the other of is a higher pitched synth brass/horn chart type riff. Shakespeare's bass and guitarists Barry Reynonds stay in chunky,syncopated interplay throughout-all the while a round,hiccuping electronic pulse adds a percussive thump. After a bridge that reduces the song back to the drum,the chorus lets the song come to a hand clapping stop.
Instrumentally speaking,this might be the most thoroughly pan ethnic funk jam of 1982. It's got the Asian style melody,the stripped down dub funk drumming as well as the equally drum like bass/guitar interplay. Everything from Grace and Sly & Robbie's grunts and calls to the electronic hiccups make this song one big sea of rhythm and movement along with it's deep reggae melody and lyrics. The "laid back,not layed back" Jamaican guy Jones sings about turned out to be Tyrone Downie of Bob Marley's Wailers. And this all makes up for one of the best examples of where the funky groove took Miss Grace Jones.