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Spike Lee's "Red Hook Summer" plays as if the director is making it up as he goes along. That's not entirely a bad thing, although some will be thrown off-balance by an abrupt plot development halfway through that appears entirely out of the blue and is so shocking that the movie never really recovers. Here is Lee at his most spontaneous and sincere, but he could have used another screenplay draft, and perhaps a few more transitional scenes.
The movie takes place in yet another Brooklyn neighborhood, the fifth to grace a Spike Lee film. Red Hook was founded long ago as a community to support the docks and shipyards, and indeed the Queen Mary 2 floats by so close, it seems you could jump on board. This is not the Brooklyn of recent gentrifications (although that's nibbling on the fringes), but a poor African-American neighborhood with 80 percent unemployment.
We learn that fact, and many more, in one of the several sermons delivered by Bishop Enoch Rouse (Clarke Peters), pastor of the poorly attended L'il Peace of Heaven Baptist Church. He has a small congregation and a growing financial crisis that may put his storefront operation out of business.
To live with him for the summer, he welcomes someone he has never seen: his grandson, Silas (Jules Brown), who prefers to be called Flik. The kid is dropped off by the bishop's daughter, Colleen (De'Adre Aziza), who hasn't seen her father since he left Atlanta some years before. Nor is she happy to see him now. No reason is given for her leaving the boy with the bishop, and given all we know by the end, this seems like a huge gap in the screenplay by Lee and James McBride.
Flik goes everywhere with his iPad 2, holding it up in front of him as if documenting every waking moment. He holds it up like a wall, the bishop complains, and indeed this new world is as strange to Flik as a YouTube he might be watching (we learn that he attends a private school in Atlanta and is a vegan).
He makes one friend his age: Chazz (Toni Lysaith), the daughter of Sister Sharon Morningstar (Heather Alicia Simms), a pillar of the congregation. They have a shy, unstated courtship, often interrupted by fights, and although Sharon and the bishop predict it, the teens don't swap any spit.
The movie was made in three weeks on a small budget, guerrilla-style, like Lee's first film, "She's Gotta Have It." The speed and economy aren't fatal, but they certainly needed more time on the screenplay, and the only outstanding performance is by Clarke Peters (from "The Wire"). His fiery sermons carry the film's message, and probably Lee's, as he deplores the problems of the neighborhood: joblessness, homelessness, drug-dealing, AIDS, schoolgirl mothers. This litany applies to a neighborhood that doesn't look like a typical movie slum; the streets are tidy, but empty of opportunity.
For an hour the film seems to drift as slices of Flik's "Red Hook Summer Camp." These scenes would be more involving if Flik, or Jules Brown the actor, were more open, but that iPad truly does seem to build a wall. Then, with no preparation, the plot unleashes its thunderbolt. It inspires the best scenes by Peters, but as you'll see, the other characters are left confused and adrift, and nothing he says clears much up.
Spike Lee has feeling for these people (including the alcoholic Deacon Zee, played by Thomas Jefferson Byrd), and he has a feeling for the neighborhood. Some of his scenes are strong in a free-standing way. I'm not sure what they add up to. I was happy to get a glimpse of Mookie, the pizza deliveryman played by Lee in his masterpiece "Do the Right Thing" (1989), who is still delivering pizza. But Mookie brings along so much resonance, he might better have been left out. Or better yet, the movie could have been about him.
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The Pennsylvania DEP has received $7.25 million in funding from the Commonwealth Financing Authority to complete the agency's Sunshine Solar Program, which had been in a waiting-list phase since August 2011 because the demand exceeded available funds.
DEP has gained the funding to reactivate the Sunshine Solar Program and has also announced a change in how contractors will apply for solar rebates on behalf of homeowners moving forward and advises that projects associated with previously reserved rebate money must be completed by June 1, 2013.
Contractors with projects on the waiting list have received direct notification from DEP outlining this change and are encouraged to participate in a related webinar on Tuesday, Feb. 12, from 2 to 3 p.m.
"This additional funding will go a long way to help fund solar projects for homeowners and small businesses across Pennsylvania," DEP Secretary Mike Krancer said. "The funding is enough to provide rebates for all projects currently on the waiting list and an estimated 400 additional installations this year."
"The remaining funds will be disbursed on a first-come, first-served basis," he said. "Homeowners and small business owners looking to take advantage of this limited funding should not delay in contacting a DEP-approved solar installer."
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Ragnarok Odyssey Ace headed to PS3, Vita in Japan
Ragnarok Odyssey is being remade for PlayStation 3 and Vita with new story content and all DLC. Gematsu reports the new version is a 'complete reworking', will release in Japan in July, and is called Ragnarok Odyssey Ace to differentiate it from the-Vita exclusive original. The action RPG came west late last year; no word on a localisation for this re-release as yet.
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EU PS Store and Plus update, February 6 – Plus sale, Ragnarok Odyssey demo, Dead Space 3 DLC
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Ragnarok Odyssey arrives on US Vitas before the end of the month.
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Ragnarok Odyssey Mercenary Edition headed to US
XSEED has unveiled a $50 Mercenary Edition of Vita RPG Ragnarok Oddyssey. The special pack includes a guide, soundtrack, and a number of trading cards. The standard edition will set you back $40. Hit up AGB to see a high-res image of the fancier version, although the final look of the contents will be decided ahead of its October release. Ragnarok Odyssey is an action RPG in the style of Monster Hunter or God Eater, spun off from a broader RPG property. Trailer through the break.
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XSEED to localise Ragnarok Odyssey, Orgarhythm for western Vita releases
XSEED's announced it'll localise Ragnarok Odyssey and Orgarhythm for a US release. The Vita games were previously Japan only, with Ragnarok only releasing in the country in February of this year. Orgarhythm was showcased earlier, showing a mix of rhythm and strategy elements.
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I'm a Mystery/Thriller/Suspense writer from small town USA who struggles everyday to balance my passion for prose against the need to be a full-time bread winner. Finding ways to devote more time to my writing is the challenge, but for now all I can do is follow this tug at my heart to wherever it leads. I'm here primarily to soak up all the knowledge I can from the writing-centric blogosphere, but I'll do my best to contribute by thinking of new and innovative ways to churn the writing pot.
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Blogging Buddies around the Globe – Update #2
Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
As far as the countries go, it's still easier to just list the ones I DO HAVE:
Australia, Canada, Ecuador, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.
Somebody asked me why I just didn't check the profiles of my followers and make note of their locations, or utilize Google Analytics to get the information that way. Out of 328 followers surely I had all fifty states covered. I could do that, but I wanted this to be an interactive endeavor with active participation. So I'm only counting the 'Like Minded' that post a comment, or e-mailed me directly.
If you're a follower and currently live in one of the states I don't have covered, or a country NOT listed above, please leave a comment on my original post here and be counted. If you know a blogger, or a blog reader, who resides in one of these areas, please give them a nudge in my direction.
Hey…even if you're one of the 'like-minded'(or would like to become one) who lives in a state or country already represented, go ahead and post a comment anyway. Let me know where you're from. So far Florida, Georgia and North Carolina are tied for the most Cruising Altitude followers.
Just 15 states and 182 countries to go! Piece of cake!
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Tahereh ~ Yup...got California, but thanks for chiming in anyway!!
Kelly ~ Thanks!!Kimberly ~ I'm having fun with it! It's also eye-opening.
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These Large Area Rotating Breadboards are available in a choice of three sizes with standard 1/4"-20 (1" pitch) or M6 x 1.0 (25 mm pitch) hole patterns: Ø6" (Ø150 mm), Ø12" (Ø300 mm), or Ø18" (Ø450 mm). The working height is 0.5" (12.7 mm), which is the same as that provided by our standard MB series breadboards. They have been designed for use in applications requiring coarse angular adjustment of optical assemblies. The Ø91 mm (Ø3.58") center section of the rotating breadboard can be removed, allowing components to be placed in that location and the board to be rotated around them (see photo to the right). A laser-etched scale around the edge of the rotating surface has 1° graduations. Positioning is achieved by simply rotating the platform by hand.
The breadboard features a dovetailed edge and three lockable kinematic mounts, that can be positioned anywhere around the perimeter. The mounts also incorporate slotted holes that together with their adjustable positioning, allow flexibility when the breadboard is secured to an optical table or other work surface. The image above shows a prism spectroscope built using the RBB12A; for more information on this application, please see the Application Idea tab.
The Ø91 mm (Ø3.58") middle section of the breadboard can be replaced with an adapter (RBBA1(/M), available separately) that features an SM1-threaded (1.035"-40) central aperture. By mounting the rotation stage on posts, this adapter allows light to be directed upwards from a mirror mounted underneath the breadboard surface. Optics can then be mounted on the insert for use in a variety of applications. The image right shows the RBB12A rotation stage with the RBBA1 adapter fitted. A laser beam is directed onto a mirror mounted underneath the rotating breadboard. The mirror deflects the beam through the aperture in the RBBA1 adapter and onto a second mirror that directs the beam onto a detector.
A prism spectroscope is an instrument often used in undergraduate optics labs to measure the wavelength of atomic vapor transitions. In our version of this classic experiment, we image the spectrum of a white light LED using a DCU223C color CCD camera. The large mounting surface of the rotating breadboard could easily mount other components, such as additional detectors, which could then be precisely rotated into and out of the beam path. A similar set-up can be built using the components listed in the following tables (click on the item number to bring up a pop-up window with more information about that component):
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The Senate voted early this morning to file cloture, or move forward, in the final steps toward passing its health overhaul bill. The vote was not certain when the weekend began, and only after Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., announced his support did the action proceed. Reid is now saying a final vote will take place by Christmas.
Bloggers were recovering from a busy weekend, trying to make sense of the big picture as the legislation moves forward.
Wonk Room's Igor Volsky notes, "The Senators voted from their desks — a customary practice reserved for the most significant votes. Once the presiding president read the final tally, Democrats rushed over to congratulate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)." He posts video of the vote, below:
The Washington Post's Ezra Klein compares the Senate's version with President Obama's campaign health plan. Klein notes that the public plan was dropped and Obama didn't initially include an individual mandate,
But whether you love the Senate bill or loathe it, whether you're impressed by Obama's effort or disappointed, it is very hard to argue that the bill Congress looks likely to pass is fundamentally different from the approach Obama initially advocated. "The Obama-Biden plan both builds on and improves our current insurance system," the campaign promised, and on that, for better or for worse, they've delivered.
Despite Klein's conclusion that the plan isn't very different from Obama's campaign promise, Heritage's Conn Carroll says the Senate bill's passage "is only the beginning of a much larger health care fight." He continues, "This bill will only make every single problem with out health care system worse: higher spending, higher deficits, and worse care. Former-Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean said on Meet the Press yesterday, '[This bill] simply sets us on a track in this country which is expensive and where we're going to have lots more political fights.' Dean is dead on. President Barack Obama's signature on this health care bill settles nothing."
Jacob Goldstein of the Wall Street Journal's Health Blog looks at Congressional Budget Office estimates released this weekend that found certain provisions are estimated to make little difference: "During all the last-minute action this weekend, CBO put out its estimates on the latest version of the Senate bill. As it turns out, replacing the public option with private plans overseen by a government agency — a sort of "public option lite" that was a key part of the compromise — makes almost no difference to how the bill would work in the real world, according to CBO."
Grace-Marie Turner lists 12 "constituencies that will be gored, to which senators will have to answer next time they go before the voters." She includes "everyone."
Huffington Post's Drew Westen is disappointed with Obama's leadership, saying his actions "soured" young people to politics:
Somehow the president has managed to turn a base of new and progressive voters he himself energized like no one else could in 2008 into the likely stay-at-home voters of 2010, souring an entire generation of young people to the political process. It isn't hard for them to see that the winners seem to be the same no matter who the voters select (Wall Street, big oil, big Pharma, the insurance industry). In fact, the president's leadership style, combined with the Democratic Congress's penchant for making its sausage in public and producing new and usually more tasteless recipes every day, has had a very high toll far from the left: smack in the center of the political spectrum.
The American Spectator's Philip Klein notes that some health insurance stocks are rising this morning.
James Capretta takes a closer look at the final version and says it's "still a budget buster."
And from the other perspective, Health Beat Blog's Maggie Mahar has a series of posts looking at the details, including potential affordability challenges for older Americans, Ben Nelson's abortion compromise and the "glass half empty/glass half full" viewpoints.
Mark Trahant reports that the Indian Health Care Improvement Act is in both the Senate and House versions.
And in the wake of the coming vote, Bob Laszewski wonders, "Is there anyone left, on either side of the political spectrum, who wants the Senate health care bill to pass?"


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- A leap of faith by Ireland, the exit from the IMF/EU bailout
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- Give Britain a break after decades of Irish emigration to the UK
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And it's not just the elite. The very generous guaranteed pensions that everyone who is on the state payroll gets also makes me angry.
Why? Because if you're a private sector worker like me -- a lifetime spent working in newspapers -- you probably have been paying into a pension fund. Your pension fund will have been invested mainly in blue chip companies in the stock market.
And thanks to the collapse in stocks over the past few years, that fund will now be worth probably half what it was and your pension fund will be in deep trouble.
The result is that most people like me who have private sector pensions have been hit. Most private sector companies here have closed down their so-called "defined benefit" schemes which guaranteed you a pension for life of about half your salary.
They now offer "defined contribution" schemes in which the amount you put in is set, but the amount you get out in a pension depends completely on how the fund has performed on the stock market in the meantime.
In my own case, the defined benefit group scheme I was part of is in such trouble that the supposedly "guaranteed" level of pension I should be getting has been cut. And there are many other private sector workers in Ireland who have been hit much harder than me -- mainly people who were self-employed and had their own individual pension funds.
This sector includes all kinds of people from plumbers to plastic surgeons, and many of them would have put a lot of their private pension money into bank shares and other leading stock market companies. Indeed, I know a few of them who put everything into bank shares, because they believed the banks were a sure thing and would always make money.
So there are an awful lot of people here who now know that the financial crisis Ireland is going through is not some kind of remote, abstract situation that affects someone else. It's not someone else -- it's them. It's personal.
And for the older people among them who are coming up to retirement time it's deeply worrying, even scary. What was supposed to be a secure, comfortable old age now looks very uncertain.
Contrast this situation with the case of Brian Goggin, the former CEO of the Bank of Ireland, who "retired" in 2009 at the age of just 57. In this context "retired" means he got out before he could be thrown out.
In his last year in the job, Goggin got a staggering pay package of over €3 million. But the best bit was his pension -- an even more staggering €650,000 a year, guaranteed for life. And remember, he's still only 59!
But of course he's worth it. This is the guy, after all, who ran the bank during the worst excesses of the boom, when billions were gambled by the banks on property. Bank of Ireland was not the worst of them, but like the rest of them it shoveled money at the developers as fast as it could.
Goggin was the boss when it all started to go belly-up. He was the boss in September 2008 when Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks had to go cap in hand to the government and misled or lied their way into a state guarantee of all bank debt.
It was that decision by the government that eventually led to the bailout and to us losing our economic sovereignty. Goggin, like the other bank bosses, was a main player in the destruction of the country.
But instead of ending up in jail they're still enjoying the good life, thanks to their gold-plated pensions. And they will go on doing so even though the banks are now almost entirely owned by the state and their huge pensions have to be paid out of borrowed money.
Goggin and the other bank bosses are not the only ones in this fortunate position, of course. There are many others in the private sector and semi-state elites who get telephone number pay and pension packages, even when their companies are struggling.
And on the state payroll, the pensions for life given to politicians and senior civil servants are on a level that the rest of us mugs can only dream about as we pay the taxes to fund them.
It doesn't stop there, of course. Almost everyone on the state payroll has a guaranteed pension for life paid for by the state.
These state workers now have to pay a bit more in deductions to fund their pensions. But they still end up paying less than one third of what it would cost a private sector worker to fund a pension for life at the same level.
So how is this possible? Where does the money come from?
The trick is that the pension payments are paid out of current tax revenue or borrowing. They are not dependent of the performance of an investment fund.
So it doesn't matter whether tax revenue is up or down or whether the country is bust and borrowing heavily. The pensions still have to be paid.
And it's the same for some of the elite in the private sector. Their pensions have to be paid, no matter how their former companies are performing.
This is completely unjust, of course. But it is something that the trade unions, which now have their main power base in the state sector workforce, are fighting to retain. So much for equality, brother.
True equality would mean that the pensions of all state workers would be linked to the average performance of all the pension funds that private sector workers depend on and the pensions that those funds produce.
With all the statistics we have access to these days and all the computer power we have to analyze the figures, such a calculation would be easy to make.
Any suggestion of this type is met with a furious response from our trade union "brothers." Trade unions leaders (most of whom are on guaranteed pensions) talk about a race to the bottom. State workers talk about the guaranteed pensions being a main reason they took state jobs in spite of the low pay. Reducing the pensions now would be unfair, they say.
This might have been an argument years ago when civil service jobs were poorly paid in comparison with private sector jobs. But thanks to the national wage deals and the campaigns by union leaders, state sector workers are now paid far more than their private sector counterparts in the real economy and have been for a good few years now. So workers on the state payroll are winning both ways, both on pay and on pensions.
No one seems to know what to do about this situation. The government here is afraid of the unions in the state sector and the chaos they could cause if they were to take mass action and there was a widespread withdrawal of state services in hospitals, schools, welfare offices, security and so on.
Of course this is not a problem just in Ireland. Efforts by the Conservative government in Britain to contain the huge cost of public sector pensions there were met with a nationwide one-day closure of schools by teachers a week ago. More closures are threatened by the teachers if the government goes ahead with plans to make them work a bit longer and reduce their pensions slightly.
It's the same in France, where state workers have been resisting attempts to get them to face financial reality over the past few years. And we all know about Greece, where a lot of state workers still think it's okay to retire on a guaranteed state pension in their early fifties even though the state in question is bust!
What all these cases have in common is the view of the state as a bottomless pit of money from which state workers have an absolute right to continue to draw high pay and high guaranteed pensions for life no matter what is happening in the real economy.
That mindset, which isolates state workers and elites in the private sector from the ups and downs of the real financial world, has to be changed in other countries and particularly in Ireland. It is essential here if we are to get a national consensus on the major cutbacks that lie ahead.
One final point to round off the story of Goggin. The Sunday Independent newspaper here reported recently that Goggin is not living only on his pension, gigantic though that is.
He has a new lease of life as the front man here for the New York-based private equity group Apollo which, among other things, specializes in buying up distressed property loans and has its eye on making a buck out of the property and banking crash in Ireland.
This is a long game which involves buying the loans at a big discount and then hanging in there for a few years until the property market recovers.
If it works out Goggin will make a bundle out of the mess he helped to create in the first place.
What a guy! Maybe then he won't have to bother with his pension? But don't hold your breath.
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casualMBA | Jul 07, 2011, 03:24 PM EDT
c-Jacersagain, not to be technocratish about it, but one million (euros) times four million (people) would be four trillion dollars (euros, sorry) for Ireland alone...and, while we are number crunching, how many $650 thousand euro bonuses would we need - all respect to the columnist - to recover, to ease, a 50 billion euro "write down?"...for the many pension bashed there may be a moral vistory in it, but I submit it is not the decisive accounting victory needed.
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FatherVol | Jul 06, 2011, 04:59 PM EDT
Gee, just look at our federal employees, especially elected congressmen and senators. A man is appointed to take Obama's place in the Senate, holds the office for two eyars, and draws a full salary and benefits for the rest of his life. Yeah, that's fair to the taxpayer.
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jacersagain | Jul 06, 2011, 04:14 PM EDT
I have a suggestion under this topic of John Spain's... Why don't we call back all the bonuses paid or payable to so-called elite performers and throw them all in to one bucket? These "performers" are never, in their lifetime, ever going to spend all that money, are they? Eh? They'll go to their wasting graves with all those millions wastefully unspent. ¬ Now let's take that further. I have a momentous question... If the IMF, the European Central Bank and EU have so much bulti-billion of cash available that they can bail out countries in danger of losing economic sovereignty, where did it all the bulti-billion they say they have come from? No guessing where, is there? Soooo... since they allege that they have all this cash, why don't they cut the red-tape and all the conditions attachable to loans at all by, erm... depositing, saaayyyy, just one million Euro to the account of each citizen of every State, and let the citizens get on with it? In Ireland that would only amount to about 4 million millions. That's a cheap way out the horrors of interest... and we'll all be back on even keel. And not a gold-plated tooth in sight. And pls, don't anyone comeback and say or sing "There's a hole in the bucket..."
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FastEddy | Jul 06, 2011, 12:03 PM EDT
The added insult? Increased taxes that castrate the Celtic Tiger at the behest of the greedy taxsuckers at the EU / IMF / "progressive" consortium ... the justifications being in part the subsidy of those very same fat cat pensions payouts. Best for Irish banks, governments to go belly up and let bankruptcy law kill off those pension obligations so your fat greedy bureaucrap budgeteers have to actually work for a living.
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The Men Who Made Us Fat - review
Rachel Cooke despairs at experts who tell the obese it's not their fault
By Rachel Cooke Published 13 June 2012Last weekend, I flew from Spain to Luton Airport where, as I disembarked the plane, I was struck rather forcefully by how many people had trouble not only with the stairs down to the runway but in covering the 100 metres of tarmac to the terminal building. Their problem was – I'm going to come right out and say it – that they were fat and this made walking difficult. When your thighs are colossal, the only way it's possible to move at all is by rolling your hips to an unnatural degree: up, down, up, down. The slowness, for those of us who like to do things at a sprint, was painful to behold. Standing in line, I couldn't help but wonder which hurt most: their flamingo-shaded sunburn, or their boulder-sized knees.
Does this sound snobbish? If it does, I can't say I care overmuch. Two-thirds of British people are overweight and a quarter of us are obese. We are, on average, some three stone heavier than we were 50 years ago. The time for respecting sensitivities is long past. Only an idiot – or a lobbyist for the sugar producers – would deny that we need to do something, and fast. The question is: what?
Personally, I'm not sure that laying all the blame at the feet of the food and drink industries is going to get us anywhere very quickly, which is why the first part of Jacques Peretti's series The Men Who Made Us Fat (BBC2, 14 June, 9pm) made me so mad. Is it, for instance, true that our weight gain is entirely unconnected to laziness? This is bunkum, surely. We all know how sedentary modern life can be.
The film's trajectory – the US government's decision to subsidise cheap food; the rise of corn syrup (fructose) as a sweetener; the battle between those scientists who wished to demonise fat and those who had it in for sugar (sugar is now enemy number one) – will have been broadly familiar to anyone who has read Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation or Greg Critser's Fatland, though it was interesting to hear that the latest research suggests fructose may influence weight more than other sugars by neutralising leptin, the hormone that tells us we're full. On the other hand, it's nothing short of terrifying to discover that, encouraged by precisely this kind of discovery, scientists are increasingly keen to remove the idea of personal responsibility from the debate. The word "moderation" has become, in their mouths, an un-word, excised from the lexicon of public health forever.
Perhaps you will not be surprised to hear that Philip James, of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, was most hardline on this score, bringing good news (of sorts) to fat people everywhere by announcing, in his most comforting voice, that they should roundly ignore anyone who tells them their weight gainn is their own fault. The environment works against the individual, he told Peretti, leaving him or her more or less helpless.
Are such statements wise? I think they're madness. As Greg Critser, who was once obese himself, has noted, the vast majority of people are fat because they are slothful and gluttonous (and not for nothing was gluttony once thought of as a sin; Hieronymus Bosch depicts it, brilliantly, as a dereliction of our secular duties, for while one man stuffs his face, another man starves – something that is as true today as it was in 1500). But no one wants to hear this. Too shaming. Too final. They would rather stick their fingers in their ears and pop open
another bag of Doritos.
Why didn't Peretti challenge this orthodoxy? Was he intimidated by the beards and white coats? I don't know. Certainly, there were times when he seemed to have been struck dumb by his interviewees. At one point, he spoke to a nutritionist about how difficult it is to make low-fat foods taste good (for this reason, fat is very often replaced by sugar). The example she used to illustrate the point was mayonnaise, which is made from olive oil and egg yolks. In Peretti's shoes, I would have pointed out that it is undoubtedly healthier to eat gloopy, delicious, real mayonnaise once a month than some bland but sugary substitute every day. And more satisfying, too. But perhaps I'm just too old-fashioned for this game. Or insufficiently politically correct. Or both.
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Iraq takes a new level on its goods. The government has taken Iraqi products into full consideration this year. However, will this bring any good to the purchasing power of its currency against the US dollar? How can Iraqi citizens be certain that their products and their workers are protected by Tariff Law?
Well, way back in 2003; the country had imposed such customs duties to their imported goods with the law of 77 of 1955. The outcome during that time was good since it created regularity and protection to Iraqi goods. However, the said custom duties were nullified when US troops entered the premises of Iraq.
Central hardware detection for standardization and Alkmerket Tariff regime, though not rigid systems, know well the rules to protect the Iraqi consumer and the products they purchase. According to Susan Saad, MP and a member of the Committee on Energy and Oil Parliamentary, the new system will be flexible in dealing with imported goods given the fact that variables under Base are given full considerations.
So, how does this affect the Iraqi consumers? Take it from the member of the Economic Commission and National Alliance Deputy, Abdul Hussein alabtan. Abdul Hussein said on Agency News last May 9, 2012, Wednesday, "a tariff or consumer protection should not harm the public interest, explaining the importance of providing the appropriate climate when applying such laws as drawing supplies and graphic products and services that oversee such legislation for a period of time in minutes and with the hours and days, as well as the balance control in the market."
Does this mean that the value of fees on vegetables and other imported goods are expected to be reduced especially on winter? Prices on the goods and even event fees will be significantly reduced which will ensure products' protection if this that would be the case. Sounds good? So, when will this new system be imposed?
Iraq Ministry of Finance has set the date to July 2012. By that time, tariffs will be imposed on goods that enter the Iraqi market, particularly the alkmerket Iraq.
Abdul Hussein even added, "There were opinions from some lawmakers and other parties demands to postpone the application of this law again, but the Committee in turn, rejected that as before the date last resort commitments made by each of the government and parliament." So, it seems that the Iraqi officials have made up their minds.
How much would the government impose for the planned tariff this July?
Abdul Salem Ugaili, an economic analyst has his words, "It should be noted that the law of the above imposes customs duties on imported goods, not included in the table of tariff duties, by not more than (20%) of its value, to be exempt samples and models that are not of commercial value, customs duties, in addition to law into account in the application of its provisions, the facilities afforded by the Investment Law No. (13) for the year (2006), as amended, on goods imported for investment projects exclusively, and comes with a view to attract the maximum amount of investment companies and businessmen to work in Iraq."
Will Abdul Ugaili be right this time? What does this law have to do with the rising number of dinar investors? Tariff law might not drastically change the current condition of ISX but, it will definitely protect Iraqi products and the workers. Joints of the private sector might play a vital role in this.
However, we will only understand the full details when July knocks on our doorposts. When that moment comes, taking notes might be a good idea. In the grand scheme of things, progress on details seems to be the name of the game.
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I spend most of my time on the phone with magazine editors and TV producers securing coverage for my clients. But some of the most valuable conversations come from freelancers who are feeding their dogs and walking from one subway station to the next.
Last week, for example, I spent 30 minutes on the phone with a writer who contributes to
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A good story idea is bread and butter for a freelancer. The more enterprising, exclusive stories they have to pitch to editors, the more ink and income they receive. Not only does taking your pitch to a freelancer first earn you points with valuable writers, but also it helps to establish the writer's relationships with editors—adding more income down the line.
2. Stay connected.
The key to establishing great relationships is consistent communication. Regular phone calls, emails, and tweets help keep the conversation going. Media relations professionals should check in to learn which assignments writers have in their pipelines and learn their needs. LinkedIn is a great way to connect with freelancers and to stay up to speed on the outlets for which they write.
3. Walk the line.
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Fifty-six years ago a young senator named John F. Kennedy wrote Profiles in Courage, which told the stories of eight U.S. senators who displayed that most admirable of human virtues -- courage. As much as the stories of these eight senators are how they handled the trials and tribulations of governing during their time, it's also a book about why courage matters and the consequences of its absence in our national leaders.
As Kennedy wrote, "A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage, which in the past has been brought to public life, is not as likely to insist upon or reward that quality in its chosen leaders today." If those of us in the current generation were asked to name the most courageous politicians of our time, whom could we name? Who among those in Washington today are able to forget about their next election, their next sound bite, their next cameo spot, their next fundraiser, and do what's right for America even if that means they lose their jobs?
This country has been through difficult times before. We've had presidents who have taken us through some of our greatest social and political challenges in our history. Thomas Jefferson built a country, Abraham Lincoln saved a country, Lyndon B. Johnson united a country, and Ronald Reagan gave pride to a country. How were they able to meet and conquer such incredible challenges while our leaders today appear to hold the notion that it's better not to compromise even as they watch the country suffer? How have we come to the point where fiscal collapse and chaos is a better outcome than compromise? What lessons can our federal leaders learn from Presidents Jefferson, Lincoln, Johnson, and Reagan on how to be a person of character in a time which seems to demand compromise?
Jefferson, Lincoln, Johnson, and Reagan all had five personal traits that were the foundations of their courage that lead to their successes.
1) Strongly Religious. Alexis de Tocqueville observed during his journey to the new America, "It was not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness that I understood her greatness.... Religion is indispensable to the maintenance of republican institutions." All of these presidents were deeply and faithfully religious men. They understood the history of America was that when we return to our moral and spiritual roots, this creates a shared social ethic that acts as a restraint on the dark side of human nature. They all understood in their own time what historians Will and Ariel Durant meant when their research of two thousand years of Western Civilization found that there is no significant example in history of a society maintaining moral life without the aid of religion.
2) Master Negotiators. Having the skills to move an historically significant event forward takes more than slick talk, confrontation, ultimatum, or retreat when one doesn't get his way. In fighting for his vision of America, Jefferson had Hamilton. To save the nation, Lincoln had the North's anger at the South. To bring civil rights to all Americans, Johnson had white prejudice. And to restore America's place as the strongest nation on earth, Reagan had Russia. Yet each of them had the ability of "getting to yes" with their agenda.
3) Coalition Experts. Each realized that teamwork made their dreams work. Lincoln is known for bringing his enemies in close. Reagan created the "Reagan Democrats." Johnson was a master at reaching across the aisle, and Jefferson applied his intellectual abilities with his mastery of writing. How was Jefferson able to get his Declaration of Independence approved, Johnson his landmark civil rights legislation, Lincoln the passage of the 13th Amendment, and Reagan the disarming of Russia? Each had the incredible capacity to build consensus without compromising their convictions or their vision.
4) Great Communicators. Each of these great presidents had the exceptional ability to convey with clarity their vision, their passion, their cause, and their convictions. None needed a teleprompter, speech writers, pages of notes, or message handlers. Too many politicians today can't speak more than 30 minutes without some help. The public is more connected with the passion and convictions of a leader when they can stand and deliver what's in their heart. Tell us what's in your heart, not your notes. They knew it because they believed it and lived it. True leaders know, as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. so eloquently said, "It's the content of their character."
5) Visionaries. A true visionary stands, in a sense, between today and tomorrow. They see what we can't see. They know where we need to go and why before we do. Jefferson knew that our new country had to blend the ideas from the age of enlightenment with a new political structure. Lincoln knew that "a divided house cannot stand." Johnson knew that a united country meant equal treatment under the law. Reagan knew that America could once again be "that shining city on the hill." They saw it and then led us.
In the end, each of these great presidents had the courage to summon the content of their characters to lead our country from dark days to a brighter future. Where is that today in our federal leaders? Is it possible to be a person of character in times that pressure for compromise?
Kennedy concluded in Profiles, "With exceptions so rare they are regarded as miracles of nature, successful democratic politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle, or otherwise manage to manipulate the demanding and threatening elements in their constituencies. The decisive consideration is not whether the proposition is good but whether it is popular."
It's time for courage.
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12 International Harvester's For Sale
1966 International Scout Classic Truck$7,000 - CO - 1966 1966 Scout International This classic truck has a manual transmission and is in good condition Exterior color ... |
1951 International L110 Classic Truck$9,000 - 1951 1951 International Harvester in Excellent Condition Red Exterior Red and Black Vinyl Interior Straight 6 Engin... |
1970 International Pickup$15,200 - CO - 1970 1970 International Harvester 1010, 4X4, 345, 5 Speed Manual V8, New Tires, Rims, Belts, Hoses, Wiring & Paint.... |
1954 International Pickup$13,995 - NC - 1954 Stk. 1578 1954 International 100 Pickup "Rat Rod" For decades, one of the premier names in trucks was Inte... |
1972 BADA$$ RESTO$2,500 - CO - 1972 Hey there Junior Hot Rodders, ever feel like there's a caged animal trapped inside of you? Only one cure for t... |
1947 International Harvester KB-1$31,990 - CA - 1947 International Harvester KB-1, for sale in Pleasanton, California, for $31,990. |
About International Harvester
More well-known for its agricultural machinery, construction equipment, International Harvester also produced passenger vehicles, including off-roaders, and light trucks, or pickups, from 1907 to 1980.
The Scout was manufactured by International Harvester from 1961-1980 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was among the first American sport utility vehicles intended for the general public. It was created to compete with Jeep and like the early model Jeeps, also featured windshields that folded down. The first and second generation models had 2 doors and featured options such as a removable hard or soft top. There was also the possibility of choosing the half-cab, pickup truck option. The International Harvester company had been building trucks since 1907. The first Scout available in 1961 was the Scout 80.
The Scout 80 series was built between the years 1960-1965. The earliest models had removable side windows that were designed to slide. There were vacuum windshield wipers that were attached at the top part of the windshield. This vehicle had a 152 4-cylinder standard engine. There was a special 'Red Carpet' series built to celebrate the manufacture of 100,000 Scouts. The exterior of the car was white, while the interior was red. It had full-floor mats as well as a full-length headliner. There was a special decal attached on the door which commemorated the manufacture of the 100,000 Scout models.
There was a camper model introduced in the early part of the 1960s. The roof was nearly double the normal height so people could stand upright inside. There were sleeping bunks with tents that folded out from the sides. The body at the rear was extended by a significant amount. The tailgate lifting door was replaced with a large door that resembled the door on an ambulance. There were several options when purchasing this model. It was possible to buy it completely stripped down, or fully kitted-out, complete with a dinette set and chemical toilet that was retractable into the wall. The camper model was not very popular and received only limited orders. As a result of this, the production was low and these models are quite rare today.
The next model introduced was the Scout 800. It was greatly improved in comfort and had better heating and instrument systems. There was the option of getting rear seats and the folding-down windshield was no longer part of the design. There was also the Scout 800 Sport-Top. The interior was upgraded and there was a rear roof that slanted. It also featured a fiberglass top that was unique. Soft-tops were also available. There were several more 800 series Scouts produced until 1971. The next model introduced was the Scout II. This was built from 1971-1980. All the Scout II models featured different front grilles when they were introduced. The 1971-72 models had three horizontal grilles between the headlights, while the 1973 version had 14 vertical bars in between the headlights.
International Harvester produced the 1980 RS as a special limited edition. Known as the Special Limited Edition RS Scout, it is one of the most rare models produced by this company. It was only available in metallic Tahitian Red. The interior was deluxe with a plush velour interior. It had tinted glass and chrome bumpers and came with an instrument panel that was made of wood-grain trim. There were several special edition models over the years and the company finally ceased production of the Scout in 1980.
1947 International Harvester$19,998 - IL - 1947 Very rare, desirable vehicle that has been very well preserved. International earned a reputation of building ... |
1979 International Harvester Scout$4,500 - TX - 1979 79 international harvester scout 2 ss 4 in lift kit Dana 44s 4:11 gears new lockers body off restoration. New ... |
1948 International Pickup Pro Street$55,000 - MN - 1948 1948 INTERNATIONAL PRO STREET Chevy 350/385 HP 700R4 Trans Power windows - power doors Vintage air, h... |
1948 INTERNATIONAL PICK UP$12,900 - FL - 1948 All steel! runs and drives perfect 4 speed, great for car shows or every day driver call alex with serious off... |
1948 International KB3 1-Ton TruckEnquire - MO - 1948 Immediately pre-and post-WWII International Harvester's truck line was perhaps the most advanced and beautiful... |
1937 International D2$75,000 - AZ - 1937 In International Red with Black, with only 42 miles. Running, all original, unmodified truck with excellent me... |
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Visiting dignitaries and community members joined more than 90 students from Sheridan Elementary School Thursday, Sept. 15 to celebrate completion of the Safe Routes to School Project.
"It goes without saying that this school is incredibly important to the community of Sheridan," said Placer County Supervisor Robert M. Weygandt, the event's special guest speaker.
He noted the project was the first in an unincorporated area of Placer County funded through the Federal Safe Routes to School Program.
School Principal Kris Knutson recalled his arrival in Sheridan eight years ago, saying he was surprised to see students riding bicycles in the middle of streets. The problem was that the streets were lined with drainage ditches and there were no separate paths for pedestrians and bicyclists.
Students Darren Bowen, Makenzie Macfarlane, Sage Thomas and Joshua Gavris addressed the gathering, while other students stood next to them lending moral support. Two other students, Orlando Basurto and Alexandria Garcia, rode bicycles through a banner that hung at the school's main entrance in lieu of a traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The student speakers echoed the key point made by the adults: completion of the project was an event worth celebrating, because it ensures students can walk or bicycle to school on paths intended for their use and no longer need to share roadways with automobile traffic.
The school serves preschool and elementary students and is a collection point for middle and high school students who ride buses to and from Lincoln.
Wopahoe Construction of Lincoln, the county's contractor on the $207,732 project, constructed asphalt multipurpose paths on Camp Far West, 11th, 10th and H streets. The company also built multipurpose paths adjacent to the school's perimeter fences so children can walk in front of parked cars, rather than behind them.
As part of the project, the intersection of Riosa Road and 10th Street was turned into a four-way stop, a designated bus-loading zone and new striping for parking spaces were added at the school and a sign that displays the speeds of approaching vehicles was installed on H Street.
Other guest speakers during Thursday's celebration were Chairman Jim Houck of the Sheridan Municipal Advisory Council and Brian Haley, a member of the School Board for the Western Placer Unified School District.
Two of Haley's grandchildren, Mazie and Makenzie Macfarlane, were in the audience as he spoke. "It's a wonderful place to live and this is a wonderful school," he said.
On hand at Thursday's event were dignitaries from many agencies and organizations, including the Western Placer Unified School District, California Highway Patrol, CAL FIRE, Sheridan Cemetery District, United Auburn Indian Community and Sheridan Municipal Advisory Council.
Several county departments and divisions were represented, including the Public Works Department, Sheriff's Office, County Executive Office, Redevelopment Agency and Child Support Services.
Supervisor Weygandt emphasized that the project is one of many changes under way that are building a brighter future for the school and community. "When the time is right, you try to seize that moment," he explained, saying the Sheridan community has displayed an energy and spirit of cooperation that has aided the county in many of its efforts.
Supervisor Weygandt represents Sheridan on the Placer County Board of Supervisors.
Completed projects include:
· The use of grant funds to provide cutting-edge computer technology equipment at the school,
· Pedestrian safety improvements,
· Low-cost loans for home improvements and the rehabilitation of abandoned houses, and
· Sewer-capacity improvements.
Efforts under way include a community plan update, water improvements and the Riosa Road Improvement Project. The completion of the sewer and water improvements will enable Placer County to lift a housing moratorium that has been in place in Sheridan for more than 25 years.
During Thursday's celebration, Principal Knutson spoke enthusiastically of the school's new computer equipment. "We are one of a kind," he explained. "Nobody else in California has what these fourth- and fifth-grade students have in their classroom."
Through its Redevelopment Agency, Placer County applied for and received a 2010 Community Development Block Grant for Sheridan. About $80,000 of the federal funds were spent on the school's computer equipment, $280,000 is for the housing rehabilitation assistance program and $380,000 is for water-system improvements.


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I respond to the Thursday Dispatch article "Ohio's nursing homes get favorable ratings again." While the nursing-home survey is a valuable service, the story failed to mention that PASSPORT, Ohio's home- and community-care program for people needing nursing-home care, received a 99.3 percent satisfaction rate statewide.
Administered locally by the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, PASSPORT helps older adults stay in their homes and communities when facing long-term-care needs. The high satisfaction with PASSPORT is important because people strongly prefer to stay at home, even when their functional needs qualify them for nursing homes.
At one-third the cost of nursing homes, independent living reduces escalating health-care costs. Area Agencies on Aging are working with the state on a new approach to meeting the long-term-care needs of older Ohioans that will integrate home care and community services with medical care. We hope to achieve even better health outcomes with great personal satisfaction.
The number of Ohioans 60 and older will double by 2040. As our elected state leaders deliberate the next state budget, we urge them to ensure that Area Agencies on Aging remain a preferred and proven partner in improving older adults' quality of life.
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Question by StalkingMySupper 690 · Mar 31 '11 at 02:33 PM · breast size body-fat
Knowing that breast tissue is composed of mostly fat, I was wondering if anyone has noticed cup-size changes since being on Paleo. Being that we consume much more fat, but we also burn more, I wanted to see what changes, if any, you have seen. I know everyone loses fat differently but would love to hear your thoughts.
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Answer by sherpamelissa 18762 · Mar 31 '11 at 02:48 PM
Yes! I lost more body fat than weight and they disappeared. I put back on 5lbs and they are much better. If I go much lower than exactly where I am at, the boobs are the first to go. Why not the thighs??? WHY???!!!
Answer by Travis Culp 40483 · Mar 31 '11 at 06:35 PM
This is based on zero empirical evidence, but my gut feeling is that a female eating the SAD for years is deficient in various micronutrients when they adopt an ancestral diet. If they start eating liver every week, they'll be addressing any existing deficiencies. In the same way that male androgen production is dependent upon Cu, Zn, Se, vitamin A etc, estrogen amount and ratios of it and other horomones like progesterone are likely completely different with a biologically correct diet. As such, I would expect changes in menstruation, libido and secondary sex characteristics over time.
Answer by being 15406 · Mar 31 '11 at 02:52 PM
sigh. nope. ive lost 23 pounds so far, and not an inch from my chest. im destined to always have huge knockers. FWIW, im armenian. think kim kardashian, or those paleolithic earth-mother-goddess statues- thats my body. ill never be a ballet dancer.
Answer by Bread-Eating Beelzebub 56034 · Mar 31 '11 at 02:46 PM
From C to B :( super sad
Answer by amanda 1 2345 · Mar 31 '11 at 04:09 PM
I have lost a little boobage. My boyfriend keeps insisting that they are shrinking before his eyes, but I don't feel like the change has been all that dramatic. I have had to start using the last hook and eye closure rather than the first on my bras, adjusting the straps, and artfully disguising some fabric puckering that wasn't happening before. So, conservatively I would estimate that I have gone down a half a band size and maybe half a cup size (if bras came in half sizes.) I am still a D cup, though. Wish I could shrink them a lot more and switch to some less cumbersome support apparatuses. More than that, I would like to be able to have better posture, less back pain and less of a pronounced bra strap groove deformity (google it, if you are curious.) I have my doubts, though. I come from a long line of disproportionately top heavy ladies--my mom had reduction surgery recently, actually.
Answer by Seren 1 141 · Apr 01 '11 at 12:59 AM
Ugh, don't get me started. First place it goes when I lose weight. (and to our male commentator, they don't firm up when they shrink if you've had children, believe me. You're not helping the body issues that go with this one little bit.) I've got stupidly broad shoulders, a proprtionally small waist and big hips. I will always be somewhat reubanesque. The boobs simply don't match the rest of the picture and I hates it. Hates it, I tell you. I don't count carbs, I'm not a fanatical paleo, and I'm not excercising properly yet. I'm also not even close to my recommended bodyweight and I have no intention of dropping that much. I'm desperately hoping that excercise and dietary changes give me back some cleavage...otherwise I'm quite possibly going to deliberately put back on 5kg and keep the soft squishy look.
Answer by Thumper 12425 · Mar 31 '11 at 02:46 PM
Nope - My only change has been band size. Mine are never going to get smaller without surgery :(
I'm hoping with more long-term paleo they may shrink. It would be such a blessing to be taken more seriously by many of my male collegues. But oh well - that's their problem - not mine.
I'm interested to see if any of the more long-term paleo eaters have seen a change.
I'd be more than happy to share mine!
Answer by midwesterner 238 · Mar 31 '11 at 03:49 PM
I'm also happy to share the bounty, as it were, but to answer the question, both components have dropped, but not enough to justify a shopping spree. With the amount of upper body work I get between holding up music and exercise, the band may not change much. I know the cup size won't go down all that much as they are here to stay. These aren't memorex, they're the real thing.
Answer by Amanda 6 212 · May 01 '12 at 12:07 AM
I lost 80 lbs (210lbs>>>130lbs) in one year and went from a 42D waaaaay down to a 34A. And they have no shape to them, anymore. They used to be nice and full and round, even before I got fat (I was 36B for the longest time, with really perfect boobs). Oh well. My husband doesn't care and I feel good about the way I look in strappy tops and a bikini top, so I'm ok with it.
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About a year ago, Absolut Vodka asked what my vision of an Absolut world would be. After a few months of knocking around ideas with my friend Randy Riggs, this is what we came up with.
Basically, we thought that if nature could fight back to each of us individually, instead of making huge slow changes that will negatively effect generations of our entire species, maybe we would better understand what we're doing and be more inspired to create ways to stop it.
It would be a better world if we all realized that this artificial battle we've created between man and nature is one that we can really win only if we stop fighting.
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The Rocky IV training homage (red lights) is particularly stunning. Love the message too. Perfect. I'm tweeting this now (@ghovnanian).
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The cuddly polar bear gets revenge. I'm so happy. Make more like these.
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Good, but it means that you don't work or have worked yet on a demanding set and or situation were you don't have the luxury to power down and up ever so often.
Most importantly they are situations were you absolutely need to avoid power down do to luck of power, in the middle of a SHOT.
At which point you either have both the side grip and a V Battery or AB Battery mount as well to hot swap, or you just need to power down for battery change, which in my world of course is not an option, I power down the camera when I want to, not when the camera wants to or needs to for luck of power... ;)


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On the Possibility of Saying "I Love You, But I Don't Like You" …
The Opinion, v10 n2, pp. 5-7
The command to love is a call to the deepest and most thoroughgoing sanctification.
The command to love is a call to the deepest and most thoroughgoing sanctification.
If we are unmerciful, unforgiving people, if we hold grudges or cherish resentments or plan revenge, then what we are saying in effect to God is, "This is the way I prefer life to be." And so he will give us what we have preferred at the day of judgment; no mercy, no forgiveness, but only vengeance. If Christ has not changed us (and I don't mean perfection, but only significant change), then probably we have never known him.
When a person strikes rock bottom with a sense of helplessness he may find that he has struck the Rock of Ages.
How can I admit that I am a worm and yet "love my neighbor as myself"?
Freedom flows forth in love just as surely as a bubbling spring flows forth in a mountain stream.
Hate is the evidence of blindness to the light of God. Love is the evidence that sight has been given to the blind.
The evidence of being indwelt by the Spirit of God is the experience of loving Jesus the way the Father loves him.
Christian kindness is not merely an external change of manners; it is an internal change of heart.
Serving and loving and helping and encouraging and supporting the saints is the way we show our love for the name of God.
Something tremendous is at stake in the practical unity of love in the body of Christ.
God is love. The implications of this for the way we live are big.
How does Christ's love for us turn into our love for others?
Even inside perfection, there is good, better, and best. And understanding this will help us love as we ought.
All of Scripture hangs on two great purposes: that God be loved with all our heart, and that we love each other as we love ourselves.
Loving God sustains us through all the joy and pain and perplexity and uncertainty of what loving our neighbor should be.
Becoming a child of God and being transformed on the inside precedes and enables love, not vice versa.
Jesus is calling us not just to do good things for our enemy; he is also calling us to WANT their best.
God intends for us not merely to do to others as we would have them do to us, but he wants us to feel toward other believers a certain way.
Is there something in your life that is hindering your fruitfulness in Christ—something that you need to die to?
We simply cannot love the way Paul describes until we die.
God is wakening people to the astonishing reality that they can be different and better in the way they love others.
Should the sins of others keep us captive in a prison of sorrow?
The law is not our primary means for bearing fruit. It serves mostly to teach us that we don't bear fruit apart from the gospel.
Thoughts on mercy and justice in 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15.
If we are true Christians we will want to show mercy to suffering people.
You can be a liberal hypocrite, and you can be fundamentalist hypocrite. But love is not that way.
Don't be a loner in the Christian life. God did not design it that way.
What can we learn from how Paul sends his greetings?
Christians are precious to each other when they feel deeply what they have been saved from.
Listen to John Piper talk about how we should be different than this culture in the way we offer and receive criticism.
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"Our only hope for loving our enemy is to be a new creation in Christ. And our only hope for being a new creation in Christ is to be reconciled to God through the death of his Son" (p. x).
"The greatest ministry you can have to me is for you to enjoy Christ. Turn that around and ask, 'How can I be the greatest blessing to the people around me?' The answer: Get up in the morning, go to the word of God, and, like George Mueller said, 'Get your heart happy in God' before you meet other people."
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