text: Conservation: Story Story Posted 03-15-2013 Another Bald Eagle Dead $7,500 Reward Offered for Information on Shooter A sub-adult bald eagle, with its right wing mangled and its right eye blinded bygunshots, succumbed to its injuries and had to be euthanized. Photo: Will Bowlin, MDWFP. By: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Permitted use provided by: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service The same eagle in its cage. Photo: Will Bowlin, MDWFP. GRENADA – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) are investigating yet another bald eagle shooting – this one occurred in Union County, Mississippi. A total reward of up to $7,500 is being offered by - the Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust providing $5,000, and the USFWS giving $2,500 - for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the shooting. The Union County bald eagle was discovered on Owen Road and Tanglefoot Trail in New Albany, Mississippi. The investigation revealed the eagle was shot sometime from January 1 - 18, 2013. Due to its injuries, the eagle could not have flown very far from where it was shot. The Union County eagle had to be euthanized due to its severe injuries from multiple shot shell pellet wounds to its wings, leg, and eye. Another eagle, which was shot in Neshoba County, also had to be euthanized. It was found on the Nanih Waiya Wildlife Management Area and was likely gunned down in early December, 2012. A third bald eagle, shot in Stone County near Wiggins in mid-January, 2013, survived and is currently in rehab. Investigations are ongoing in these two cases as well; and rewards are still being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the shooter(s). Bald eagles are protected by the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, both federal and state wildlife statutes. Violations of these statutes carry maximum criminal penalties of up to $100,000 and/or one year in federal prison. Anyone with information concerning any of these three American bald eagles should contact the: USFWS's Grenada Office of Law Enforcement at 662-227-0990, USFWS's Jackson Office of Law Enforcement at 601-965-4699, or MDWFP Law Enforcement Bureau at 601-432-2074. The mission of the MDWFP is to conserve Mississippi's wildlife, fisheries, and parks, provide quality outdoor recreation and engage the public in natural resource conservation. To learn more, visit our website at www.mdwfp.com or call us at 601-432-2400. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mdwfp or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MDWFPonline. The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. We are both a leader and trusted partner in fish and wildlife conservation, known for our scientific excellence, stewardship of lands and natural resources, dedicated professionals, and commitment to public service. For more information on our work and the people who make it happen, visit www.fws.gov. Connect with our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/usfwssoutheast, follow our tweets at www.twitter.com/usfwssoutheast, watch our YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/usfws and download photos from our Flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwssoutheast. Contacts: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement, 662-227-0990 Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, 601-432-2074 Share This Story Next From Story Australia May Take in African Rhinos to Prevent Extinction Related Conservation : Posted 03-12-2013 Bald Eagle Shooting View Conservation : Posted 09-19-2011 Maryland NRP Investigate Killing Of Bald Eagle View Conservation : Posted 09-11-2011 Arizona's Bald Eagles Hit it Out of the Park in 2011 View Conservation : Posted 09-01-2011 Reward Offered In Eagle Shooting Case View Comments Categories News Stories Videos Photo Galleries Viewer Photo Galleries Features Everything Deer with Jeremy Flinn Behind the Badge with Carlos Gomez EagleCam Africam Conservation Check Out All The Photos Explore the United States. Find information about and activities within your state. Get Started


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The green movement continues to move in new directions and find new voices. Thanks to "Life is Living," urban communities are now being heard in the ongoing conversations on environmental pride and awareness.
This national campaign uses hip-hop and urban arts to celebrate sustainability. Houstonians can learn more about "Life is Living" and its founder, University of Houston artist-in-residence Marc Bamuthi Joseph, during a presentation and performance at 7 p.m., May 12 at the El Dorado Ballroom (2310 Elgin St.). This event is free and open to the public.
As part of his Mitchell Center residency, Joseph is developing a new performance work titled "red, black and GREEN, a blues" and coordinating a major "Life is Living" festival that will be held Nov. 6 in Houston's Emancipation Park.
"I am of the belief that the movement for social change and environmental accountability are one and the same, and that focusing on steps to sustain the planet ultimately forces us to envision a pathway to sustaining humanity," said Joseph.
In fall of 2007, Joseph graced the cover of Smithsonian Magazine after being named one of America's Top Young Innovators in the Arts and Sciences. He is the artistic director of the HBO documentary series "Russell Simmons presents Brave New Voices" and an inaugural recipient of the United States Artists Rockefeller Fellowship, which annually recognizes 50 of the country's "greatest living artists." A gifted and nationally acclaimed educator and essayist, he has lectured at more than 200 colleges and universities. He also has served as a commentator for National Public Radio and has carried adjunct professorships at Stanford University, Mills College and the University of Wisconsin. Bamuthi's also works with Youth Speaks, where he mentors teen writers and curates the Living Word Festival for Literary Arts.
Other partners participating in "Life is Living" in Houston include Project Row Houses, Aerosol Warfare, Youth Advocates, Last Organic Outpost, Workshop Houston and various other departments at the University of Houston.
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CONTENTMENT: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry, live simply, expect little, give much, sing often, pray always, forget self, think of others and their feelings, fill your heart with love, scatter sunshine. These are the tried links in the golden chain of contentment.
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Can you really predict what your friends are thinking--the numbers or letters or words they come up with--and don't tell you? With this extraordinary book, you can do it! Many of these feats of mental magic will always come out right--some of them will do it almost all the time. You'll amaze everybody--and never tell how you did it. * Enter your age in a calculator. Multiply it by 12. Add the mysterious number 2856. Divide by 3. Divide by 4. Subtract your age. What number is now on display? * Toss three dice on the table. Call them A, B, and C. Write down the total showing on A and B. Turn B and C upside down and write the total showing. Turn upside C and A and write the total. Add the three sums. What's the result? Answers: the number on display is 238; the result is 21. The author lives in Hendersonville, NC. 96 pages, 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.
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Martin Gardner was a renowned author who published over 70 books on subjects from science and math to poetry and religion. He also had a lifelong passion for magic tricks and puzzles. Well known for his mathematical games column in Scientific American and his "Trick of the Month" in Physics Teacher magazine, Gardner attracted a loyal following with his intelligence, wit, and imagination.
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The worldwide mathematical community was saddened by the death of Martin Gardner on May 22, 2010. Martin was 95 years old when he died, and had written 70 or 80 books during his long lifetime as an author. Martin's first Dover books were published in 1956 and 1957: Mathematics, Magic and Mystery, one of the first popular books on the intellectual excitement of mathematics to reach a wide audience, and Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, certainly one of the first popular books to cast a devastatingly skeptical eye on the claims of pseudoscience and the many guises in which the modern world has given rise to it. Both of these pioneering books are still in print with Dover today along with more than a dozen other titles of Martin's books. They run the gamut from his elementary Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing, which has been enjoyed by generations of younger readers since the 1980s, to the more demanding The New Ambidextrous Universe: Symmetry and Asymmetry from Mirror Reflections to Superstrings, which Dover published in its final revised form in 2005.
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New York City police are piloting a somewhat novel use of Android smart phones, using them on the beat the same way they would use the laptop PCs in their cruisers.
NYPD has distributed about 400 Androids to officers as part of a program that started in 2012, the New York Times reports. Police with phones is nothing new, of course, but these phones can't make or receive calls. Instead, they're used to access databases of information on everything from criminal records, existing warrants, registered gun owners and motor vehicle records.
The Times, for example, went to a 14-story apartment building in a housing project with officers who were able to call up thousands of records related to residents in the building. Police told the Times that the Android apps gives them more complete information, and does it more quickly, than they get from radioing to a dispatcher, or even from the laptops in patrol cars, which can have spotty Internet connections.
New York is among the cities testing a variety of innovative technologies to help lower crimes rate. NYPD has developed what it calls the Dashboard, which pulls in data and imagery from about 3,000 surveillance cameras and other sensors, and combines them with data on 911 calls, arrests and other records to give police a clear operational picture. In early 2012, the city also was testing a long-range scanner technology that could "frisk" people on the street for concealed weapons.
On other fronts, police in the Bay Area around San Francisco have been testing phones that actually make calls, but with a software system that gives military-grade security to their communications. And during last year's Republican National Convention, police in Tampa and St. Petersburg, Fla., tested a first-of-its-kind LTE cellular network dedicated to law enforcement as part of security operations.
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This is a good example of giving the officer the right data in the right format. Using small & mobile devices is only as effective as the applications and data presented on them. It certainly doesn't hurt that they can access their own video feeds. To the comment about slow radio, that is not a factor here. Most officers have laptops and cellular devices that are at least at 3G speeds if not already moving to 4G/LTE. If your agency has a private WiFi network, you can do that also. The real problem is that so many law enforcement agencies are reinventing the wheel: we need standards and a few R&D centers like NYC and Los Angeles that then share their developments with the rest of the U.S.
How is this any different than a laptop in the vehicle or any less dangerous. Data over the radio system is slow - especially for agencies who are still running radio systems from 98/earlier. They are slated in the next couple of years to upgrade which might include faster data, but more than likely the agency has moved towards cellular air cards which without a good VPN solution it can be a pain. We forget that dispatchers not only take the call from the person on the street but also relay all that info to fire/ems/police agencies, on top of that they do provide life saving instructions (CPR, etc) Having a secondary means of lookup is good espcially for the officer on their feet - which carrying a huge mobile data terminal is not feasible, although in some instances - no cellular/data service no lookup. I can guess that the phones are using a blanket of wifi that is in the city? I don't believe the article is very clear on what kind of data plan is on the phones (cellular v. wifi->vpn or just plain wifi)
Dispatch centers are understaffed and over stressed and yet they manage to do an amazing job. That's just the people, keeping up with technology is hard for a PSAP - texting, cellular locationing, etc. We'll never always be up to date so it is up to our dispatchers to do all that. It is National Dispatchers Week too - so kudos to all dispatchers! :) The headset idea is pretty cool but I have to respectfully disagree on it being functional unless a lot of technological changes happen to make it workable.
This is amazing technology, the problem is not every state is allowing this right now. I wish they would though, the minute it's available here I plan to try to get it implemented.
I'm a big fan of data, big or small. But data is nothing without someone to make sense of it. And Police Officers are already busy with lots of law enforcement stuff so I don't see the benefit of giving them even more stuff to try and work on or with. Yes, having the information could mean the difference between life or death, but having an officer looking down at the device trying to comprehend the data could also mean the difference between life or death. You can't see the bad guy if you are blue-facing the data to find the bad guy.
This is one of those cases where I think Science Fiction did it better.... Officer(s) on the street with an earpiece in which a 'controller' is feeding them the information in real time. Someone sits in a computer room with all the data and feeds the important bits to the officer as they need it.
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Elisabetta Canalis walks back to her car after doing some grocery shopping at Gelson's on Thursday (May 12) in Studio City, Calif.
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According to the announcement, the company signed an agreement to expand its Nexus Inmate Telephone System with Correct Solutions Group, a provider of inmate telecommunications to more than 50,000 inmates. Under the terms of the agreement, Lattice will install a third major hub in Correct Solutions Group's Longview, Texas location. This third hub will allow Correct Solutions Group the capability of providing service to more than 15,000 inmates.


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Twenty-year-old Karlie Brianne Drinski of Kentland is the 2013 fair queen in Newton County, Indiana.
The daughter of Jeff Drinski and Sharon Lowe was crowned Monday night. She bested a field of seven contestants at the fairgrounds north of Kentland. (WGFA radio aired the live broadcast).
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The incident occurred at the annual Sapporo Snow Festival. where Snow Miku has become a regular fixture. As part of the festivities, one public park was graced by a 3m tall snow statue of Snow Miku.
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We were already blown away by this success. But we knew our data pool still wasn't showing the whole picture. What pockets of data were out there in other corners of the company?
We talked to our support team, engineers, data scientists, analytics folks, social media people, and the email delivery team, all of whom have lots of valuable data. Soon large amounts of diverse data streamed in, and the ownership of the data pool shifted from the UX team to the entire company. The support team shared patterns they'd seen in emails and live chats. Engineers wrote scripts that grabbed aggregate data about popular pathways in the app and industry demographics of our users, and emailed them into the database weekly. Because Google Analytics lets you schedule emails with custom reports, we were able to stream in mobile device usage data and completion rates of important workflow funnels. Tweets, Facebook, and blog comments streamed in with even more customer feedback. Survey data, email delivery stats, industry research, and notes from each of our app releases—we added everything we could to the data pool to gain an even broader perspective.
As we've opened our data up between teams, interesting things have happened. People who wouldn't normally have occasion for conversation are meeting regularly to compare notes and share what they've learned. Our "data nerds" now get together for lunch, and share stories of the projects they're working on. Data sharing is leading to new collaborations we never would have imagined.
Design researchers collaborated with the DesignLab to turn a months-long user study into a series of beautiful posters illustrating MailChimp's customer archetypes . After a recent major redesign of the app, support and design research teams collected feedback from customers, printed it out, and tacked the notes underneath each persona poster—helping us triage issues from different customers and devise solutions quickly.
Each persona has a name and a detailed series of traits. When we do customer interviews, we store the transcripts and notes in our big database, and tag each with the name of a persona so we can see patterns in user types. What does "Andre" have to say about coding HTML email templates? How is "Ada" reacting to the redesign? Now we can answer questions like this by searching with both tags and keywords.
Though we're not a company that struggles with political drama, close collaboration between teams certainly helps bring our people together and builds respect for the work we're all doing.
We've found that when people are given the opportunity and the platform to share their data or do something new with existing data, they feel pride knowing their work is valuable to others. It feels good to see different areas of the company benefiting from the work you're doing. Everyone wants their work to be valued and appreciated.
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Israel Declares War on Gunter GrassWritten by Stephen Lendman Subject: Israel
by Stephen Lendman
Grass touched the right nerves. He deserves praise, not condemnation. Nonetheless, he's vilified for discussing Israel's open secret. It's nuclear armed and dangerous.
Iran's also threatened. Millions of lives are at risk. Grass explained. Denunciation followed.
In America and Israel, whistleblowers are criminalized. Moreover, distinguished figures like Grass are maligned and declared persona non grata.
On April 8, Haaretz headlined, "Interior Minister declares Gunter Grass persona non grata in Israel," saying:
On Sunday, Eli Yishai barred Grass from entering Israel for expressing views freely in his poem, "What Must Be Said."
He's unwelcome in Israel. Citing his Nazi past (at age 17 near war's end with Germany in ruins), Yishai said:
"Grass' poems are an attempt to guide the fire of hate toward the State of Israel and the Israeli people, and to advance the ideas of which he was a public partner in the past, when he wore the uniform of the SS."
"If Gunter wants to continue publicizing his distorted and false works, I suggest he do it in Iran, where he will find a supportive audience."
If he lands at Ben-Gurion International Airport, he added, "burly policemen" will escort him on the first Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt, or even better, Munich, for once following der Fuhrer's orders.
Yishai heads the extremist right-wing ultra-Orthodox Shas Party. It's part of Netanyahu's coalition government. He also wants Grass' Nobel award revoked.
Ultranationalist Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called his poem an expression of "egotism of so-called Western intellectuals, who are willing to sacrifice the Jewish people on the altar of crazy anti-Semites for a second time, just to sell a few more books or gain recognition."
Lieberman's extremist background is notorious. Journalist Robert Fisk once called him "the worst thing that could happen to the Middle East." Other critics are as harsh. He's called an embarrassment, a disgrace to Israel, a regional threat, an abomination, a racist of the worst kind, and much more.
The same goes for Netanyahu and close Knesset allies.
In response to critics, Grass said he criticized Israel's government and policies, not the nation.
"It's that which I criticize," he said, "a policy that keeps building settlements despite a UN resolution. I'm criticizing a policy which is creating more and more enemies for Israel and is increasingly isolating it."
He especially blames Netanyahu. He said he "should have added that to the poem....I have always been accustomed to my works, large and small, meeting with strong criticism." Nevertheless, he was disappointed about "the offensive and sweeping accusations of anti-Semitism" that followed.
He's also appalled about accusations over his Nazi past. At age 17 near war's end, he was "pulled" into the Waffen SS. He didn't volunteer. Asked whether he's a friend of Israel, he said he wished it finally would make peace with its neighbors. He likely included Palestine among them.
On April 9, a Haaretz editorial headlined "Israel has reacted with hysteria over Gunter Grass," saying:
Public reaction unjustly "focused on the man, not on his positions. Naysayers recalled" his Nazi past, not his credentials as Germany's most celebrated author and 1999 Literature Nobel Prize recipient.
Denying Grass permission to enter Israel for his views "is characteristic of dark regimes....Yishai's use of his government authority is not legitimate. Any protest should be expressed within the democratic-liberal framework, which allows every person to express his views - provocative though they may be."
Grass wrote a poem. Israel reacted "with hysteria. It seems that at issue is less an undesirable person than an undesirable" view.
In 2001, former Chicago Symphony conductor Daniel Barenboim broke a decade's long taboo by performing Wagner during an Israeli concert. At the time, many wanted him declared persona non grata. Cooler heads prevailed.
In 2000, Austria's Jorg Haider was barred from Israel for his right-wing views. In 2004, Interior Minister Avraham Poraz prevented UK journalist Peter Hounam from entering for exchanging letters with Mordechai Vanunu and wanting to interview him. More on Vanunu below.
In 2008, Norman Finkelstein was arrested on arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport. Interrogated and held for hours, he was deported and prohibited from returning for 10 years.
Also in 2008, UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Richard Falk repeatedly was refused entry to Israel for his outspokenness. Last year, he was still banned.
In 2010, famed Spanish clown, Ivan Prado, was refused entry for alleged ties to Palestinian resistance groups Israel calls "terrorist organizations."
In 2010, Noam Chomsky was barred from entering the West Bank through Jordan's Allenby crossing. At the time, he said, "Denying me entry into the West Bank is a minor event, but it is significant because it shows how irrational Israel's actions are." He was scheduled to speak at Bir Zeit University. He did, but not on campus.
Others were also barred from entry. Palestinian rights activists are excluded. Washington does the same thing. Prominent Muslims are targeted, including politicians and academics.
Former Mossad Head Warns About Israel's Political System
On April 7, the Jerusalem Post headlined, "Dagan warns of dangers of current political system," saying:
Former Mossad head Meir Dagan earlier downplayed an alleged Iranian threat. Now he "play(s) up the threat posed to Israel by its own political system," saying:
"I believe our system is reaching a point where the government is almost incapable of running the country. We are on the edge of – I would not say a disaster because that is a bit exaggerated – but we are facing a very bad prognosis of what will happen in the future."
Last November, he formed an organization to change what he finds destructive. His petition drive hopes for one million supportive signatures.
"The power has been shifted from the majority to the minority because (dominant parties) are forced to create coalition governments."
"National priorities are decided by the small parties who are establishing the coalition and not the majority."
He complained that issues raised at last summer's social protests remain unaddressed. He blamed Israeli politics. He also raised other issues. On April 29 in New York, he'll discuss Iran at the Jerusalem Post's annual conference.
A Final Comment
April 21 marks the 9th anniversary of Mordechai Vanunu's round-the-clock daily surveillance and refusal to revoke his citizenship and let him leave Israel. Earlier he spent 18 years in prison for revealing Israel's nuclear threat.
Vanunu's now in Jerusalem. He appealed Israel's refusal to let him go. He awaits the Supreme Court's ruling.
Eileen Fleming knows his ordeal well. Her "We are wide awake" web site follows it. She explained that "Israel's statehood was contingent upon upholding the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (DHHR)," UN Charter provisions, and other relevant international laws.
UDHR's Article 19 guarantees:
"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."
Article 13 affirms:
"(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country."
Since the mid-1980s, Vanunu was ruthlessly imprisoned, isolated brutally in solitary confinement, persecuted, and hounded for telling the world what everyone needs to know. His courage deserves praise. He's not a monster, criminal or traitor.
Nonetheless, his human rights are spurned. He wants them back. For good reason, he wants to leave Israel and live free. In October 2010, he appealed to Israel's High Court. He was denied.
On March 29, 2011, the Knesset enacted legislation revoking citizenship rights of anyone with dual nationality convicted of spying or treason. Vanunu was born in Morocco. He lived there until age nine. In his 2011 High Court appeal, his lawyers used this argument to return him to his homeland.
He deserves support. Join an April 21 Call for a Global Day of Action. He's prohibited from leaving the region's only self-proclaimed democracy.
Israel's more police state than democratic. How it treats Vanunu, like-minded Israeli activists, and its 20% Arab population is Exhibit A.
Vanunu's treatment is shocking. Though out of prison, he's far from free. He can be rearrested any time for any reason or none at all. In addition, his prohibitions include:
• no contacts with foreign citizens, especially journalists;
• no phone use;
• no cell phone ownership;
no Internet access;
• no Israeli port of entry or airport visits; and
• no citizenship revocation, letting him leave Israel.
Fleming's known him for years. She says "the longer Israel denies (him) his right to leave the state, the greater his legend will grow...."
He's already a legend in his own time. He doesn't seek fame or fortune. He only wants to live free. After what Israel put him through since 1986, he deserves that much and more.
Join others for the April 21 Global Day of Action. Support him because it's the right thing to do.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Redskins' QB Robert Griffin III: 'I've got to be the guy that I know that I am'
ASHBURN, Va. – Robert Griffin III has his legs back. Now it's a matter of wondering what's happening with his arm.
The Washington Redskins quarterback who nearly set an NFL rookie record for accuracy last year has thrown a wobbler or two and missed more than his share of open receivers during the team's 1-4 start. Part of it is dicey footwork, part of it is miscommunication with his receivers, and part of it is a lack of protection from his offensive line.
"There's some missed throws in there," Griffin said Wednesday. "There's some dropped passes, and all that accumulates into what the stats say, but it's a long year. We've got a chance to make sure those numbers get back up, and we'll make sure it does."
Griffin has completed 59.8 percent of his throws, down from 65.6 last year, and he's already matched his 2012 total of five interceptions. And that includes with the stat-padding that took place in the first two games of this season, when he was piling up meaningless completions and yards with his team behind by multiple touchdowns late in games.
Griffin's favorite target is Pierre Garcon, who was targeted 15 times but caught only six passes in Sunday's 31-16 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. The pair weren't on the same page at least twice, including one play in which Garcon missed a signal from Griffin and went short instead of deep.
"Miscommunications happen when you're trying to adjust at the line and do things," Garcon said as the team began practicing for this week's game against the Chicago Bears. "But it's nothing to worry about. It'll come. We'll get it down pat."
But fellow wideout Santana Moss, who has only one touchdown catch this year after grabbing eight a year ago, said it should already be down pat.
"Second year, man, how much more have we got to learn each other? ... We ain't going to get no more learning than what you know now," Moss said. "I feel like every week you get better, but who needs to learn who more? We've been here two years together, and if we can do it the first year without knowing each other, we can do it the second year."
Griffin was so good last year that he covered up many of the Redskins' flaws. He took a major step toward looking like the 2012 version Sunday when he ran for 77 yards, more than his rushing total in the first four games combined.
He said he was initially thinking too much about sliding and keeping himself safe after returning from major knee surgery — instead of playing with the instincts that won him a Heisman Trophy and the award for NFL's offensive rookie of the year.
"I've got to be the guy that I know that I am. ... Everybody wants me to slide and get out of bounds and do that whole thing, and for me I can't really listen to that," Griffin said. "It's not that you ignore it. I understand that people are concerned, but there is a day that you have to go out there and play with your instincts."
"I can still go out there and play with instincts and slide and get out of bounds," he added, "but this team needs me to do more to help them win and help us win, so that's what I've got to do."
Griffin said he will remain upbeat — "You can't let your record steal your joy," he said — but he also referenced a list of setbacks, including the calls for the Redskins to change their name because of its potentially racist overtones, as hurdles the team is having to overcome.
"With all the scrutiny going on with our team," he said, "as far as the name, my knee injury, the way we started this season, all that stuff can pile up. The good thing about the locker room is that we do have a strong locker room. Coach says it all the time — we have too much character on this team to fold."
Moss, meanwhile, feels the Griffin is getting too much blame for the team's slow start.
"I don't think he's bad right now," Moss said. "I just think collectively we haven't done enough as a team to be good."
Notes: CB David Amerson, who suffered a concussion against the Cowboys, was limited in practice. ... LS Nick Sundberg, who is on injured reserve, had surgery on the torn meniscus in his right knee. He's expected to have a five-month recovery time.
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Cubs Officially Re-Sign Kerry Wood
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Today the Chicago Cubs officially re-inked reliever and veteran presence Kerry Wood – probably to a significant raise over the $1.5 million he made last year with the team. As many of us expected, the team saved the announcement for the Cubs Convention, and there was much ooh'ing and ahh'ing.
Wood, 34, threw 51 innings for the Cubs last year, striking out 57, and putting up a 3.35 ERA and a 1.294 WHIP. But Wood's re-signing, which was always something closer to an inevitability than a surprise, is as much about his leadership and knowledge as it as about his ability on the mound. And, let's be honest: it's also about satisfying fans who feel attached to Wood. Many of us enjoy cheering for Wood.
For me, the best part of the news is ability of young Cubs pitchers to continue learning from one of the best. Wood can show them how to handle themselves on a day-to-day basis, how to approach certain hitters, and, heck, how to throw Mariano Rivera's cutter.
Update: Sounds like the deal is $3 million for 2012 with a club option for 2013.


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Here I am, sitting on the floor of my 2-year-old's room, my back to the door. She's also on the floor, several feet away from me, but she's naked, kicking, and screaming. Kate didn't want her diaper changed. She doesn't want to get dressed.
Meanwhile, I'm trying a new tactic. While Kate screams and I watch her, occasionally reminding her that everything is okay, I'm writing this article in my head. The topic: qualities that will help the parents of toddlers survive -- and even benefit from -- typical scenes like this one. Right now, for instance, I'm working on achieving perspective (a cooler, calmer one) in the face of out-of-control emotions. It doesn't come easily to me.
Now in my second go-round through the trials of the toddler years (Kate's older sister, Anna, had her fair share of kicking-and-screaming episodes that I somehow managed to endure), I've been reminded more than once that raising kids is about my personal growth as well as theirs. "Having a toddler will challenge you in new ways -- ways that require some of the most mature, empathetic, sophisticated, and confident behavior that a human being can muster," says Ross Thompson, Ph.D., a developmental psychologist at the University of California at Davis.
This includes marshaling great patience, stamina, creativity, determination -- and a robust sense of humor. But in order to make it through (and beyond) your child's irrational, exciting toddlerhood with a sense of fun and without going crazy, also allow these five traits to blossom in yourself:
#1 - Curiosity
You can have many emotions and reactions when your child turns around, stomps his foot, and shouts "No!" after he's been asked to do something. But a desire to understand your toddler's knee-jerk negative reactions to every suggestion you make will turn such behavior into an interesting puzzle rather than an act of defiance.
By seeking info on what toddlers can grasp -- which emotions and types of thinking their little brains can handle -- chances are you'll find that your child's actions are just right for his age. So that kid who says no to everything isn't trying to make you angry, he's just experimenting with a powerful word.
Dana Pang of Haleiwa, Hawaii -- a mom of two, ages 3 and 7 -- remembers her frustration during her older child's toddler years. When she couldn't figure out what was causing her little girl's tantrums, she took a step back and tried to be objective. Soon she noticed that her daughter was sensitive to minor physical discomfort -- sometimes it was just the seam in her sock literally rubbing her the wrong way -- especially when she was hungry. "I had to be a clue seeker and a detective," says Pang. It might take a great deal of patience to keep your cool as your tot flails his arms and legs in sudden protest of one of his favorite dinners. But when you finally determine what he's trying to tell you (he wanted to close the closet door himself), it'll help calm you both down.
#2 - Perspective
"If will and personality were reflected in body size, two-year-olds would be six feet tall," says my friend Debby Greene, mom of 6-year-old twins and a 10-year-old daughter in Big Sky, Montana. During her kids' toddler years, Greene says, she found herself losing a sense of proportion all the time. "When I'd get sucked into some emotional tussle with my twins, their problems just seemed so enormous -- and the kids themselves literally seemed to take up a massive amount of space in the room." When this happened, it helped to look down and see how tiny her kids actually were, Greene says. "'Look how small they are,' I'd say to myself. And it reinforced that I was the bigger, wiser, more experienced one, not them."
Any kind of visual cue can help snap you back to a more appropriate point of view, says Maurice Elias, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. "Try putting something on your refrigerator that reminds you to take a step away from the situation -- like a stop sign," says Elias. "It'll help you regain the perspective you've lost."
For some moms, repeating a mantra (anything from "I am the adult" to "I'm doing the right thing") is effective. Perhaps most important, talking to your spouse and friends about your day-to-day struggles can keep you from blowing a tantrum out of proportion.
However you regain your perspective, it's a skill to foster, for your own sake and for your child's. It can help you control your anger, make better decisions, and more fully enjoy being a mom. It can also make it easier to focus on your priorities, reminding you of what the vital lessons are (no hitting or biting) and which ones will come with time (give her a couple of years and she won't sob when you forget it's her job to buckle her car seat).
#3 - Initiative
Debby Greene's daughter probably would have lived without her pacifier at age 2. Kate could have been weaned at 18 months. And my friend Nettie Quackenbush's 3-year-old, Ellie, might have been able to go to sleep on her own (without a parent tucked in beside her) some time around her second birthday. Instead, and despite our complaints, these habits lingered on until -- surprise! -- we all took the initiative to end them.
Even when we're openly bothered by our child's habits -- whether it's thumb sucking or dragging a blankie everywhere -- we often allow them to continue because we worry that changing the situation would be difficult or maybe even traumatic. It probably doesn't help that parents have vivid recall of how certain behaviors were allowed to begin.
For Quackenbush, of Big Sky, Montana, letting her 8-month-old cry it out at night was a nightmare for both of them. Reading books, telling stories, and getting into bed with her daughter each night was a far easier alternative. But children change rapidly, and parents can miss the fact that their child has outgrown certain needs. When Quackenbush finally decided it was time for Ellie to go to sleep on her own, she expected a battle. Instead, the 3-year-old happily kissed her mom goodnight. "It was one of those 'aha' moments," she says. "I realized Ellie had been letting us pamper her to bed and we'd been going right along with it."
So how do you know when you should help your child ditch his Binky or favorite bedtime ritual? First, try to recognize your role in allowing habits you don't like to continue. You might be holding on to what you think your toddler needs as much as he is, and if that's the case, it's time to let go. Once you're open to the possibility of change, it's easier to see where and how your child will adapt.
#4 - Mental Toughness
I asked my husband to keep Kate out of our bedroom one morning after he retrieved her from the crib. He oversees 800 employees at work, and, from what I've heard, he's no soft touch. But Kate, he explained as he brought her into our room and put her on our bed, simply demanded to see me. Faced with an insistent toddler, it seems that even the most strong-willed of us will cave under pressure every once in a while.
The problem with losing our resolve is that toddlers -- like most kids -- are always looking for a crack in the wall of parental determination. If you give in too often, or even appear to be receptive to their pleas, you begin to lose your credibility. "Kids will play off your ambivalence," says Elias. "When they think you can be broken, they go after what they want with full force." Your counterattack: Be firm and determined enough that your child knows that you mean what you say.
To develop the mental toughness you'll need in the face of pure toddler -- style persistence, try to remember that you can and will survive whatever your little one throws your way. "It helps to disengage yourself emotionally from the fight," says Elias. "When your child doesn't want to get in the car seat, she isn't trying to thwart your plans -- it's not personal."
Oftentimes, parents fear upsetting their child. But crying and disappointment are simply part of growing up. If you back down on decisions you believe in, you're doing your toddler a greater disservice than if you let her weep in apparent misery. Fits and tantrums can be hard to handle -- especially when they feel like public displays of your lack of control -- but it's important to let your child know that you're the one who calls the shots.
#5 - Empathy
We'd all like to think of ourselves as compassionate with our kids. But sometimes the illogical whims of a toddler are tough to comprehend, let alone empathize with. Take Madeleine McLaughlin, a 2-year-old from Brookfield, Connecticut. She can't bear to find a strand of hair on her bed but will walk around with a full diaper, claiming nothing's in there. "I want to say, 'Can't you see the irony of it all?'" says her mother, Mary.
But as a mom of three kids under 4 years old, McLaughlin has learned a different sanity-saving strategy. "What I've come to realize is that just because I see the big picture doesn't mean my child does -- and that's okay." This is exactly the right approach, say experts. You have to feel that your child's goals are valuable and important (within reason), even if they aren't important to you. And being able to do that in an empathetic way is key. "A toddler needs a lot of help managing emotions," says Thompson. "What's tricky is managing your own feelings at the same time."
Of course, even empathy has its limits. "I will bow to Madeleine's demands only to a point," says McLaughlin. "I can't cater to her every whim, especially because they change so rapidly. But if we can meet halfway and I can understand that she has limits too, then we can coexist without both going absolutely crazy."
And while some semblance of sanity might feel like the ultimate goal on most days, it's the big picture that counts. "Friends will say to me, 'I could never have kids, I'm too selfish,'" says McLaughlin. "To that I say, 'Have a kid and you'll learn how not to be selfish.' I don't think you are ever truly grown up until you have kids."
Barbara Rowley is a contributing editor and the author of Baby Days. Her last feature for Parenting was "Simple Truths All Moms Can Use," in the October issue.


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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Jay Heaps didn't mince words in the wake of the New England Revolution's 1-0 loss to Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium.
Heaps was particularly displeased with the sequence that led to Teal Bunbury's opportunistic goal in the 20th minute. Bunbury pounced on a loose ball after Clyde Simms attempted to play a header back to Stephen McCarthy and the Sporting KC forward capitalized by notching the game-winning goal with a calm finish.
"It was a poor throw-in to a poor touch to a poor pass to a poor defensive play to nothing (goalkeeper) Matt Reis could do," Heaps said. "It was just one of those plays where it was a bad decision to where the throw-in was made, to where it went, and unfortunately we've been punished all year for our mistakes and that's exactly what happened tonight."
Bunbury's goal was one of only a handful of quality chances Sporting KC managed to create, but the Revs generated little at the attacking end and were subsequently shut out for the third time in their last five games. Dimitry Imbongo – making his first MLS start – had two chances of note for the Revolution but sent his efforts high on both occasions.
"We're all disappointed," said Chris Tierney. "There's nothing really to say at this point. It was a sub-par performance all around. We didn't create too many chances and the few that we did we couldn't put away. So it's disappointing. At home we expect three points and we didn't get it."
The Revs suffered 21 fouls compared to just 12 for Sporting and the visitors' tactics seemed to focus on frequent fouls to disrupt New England's rhythm and force the home side to rely on set pieces, an area in which the Revs have struggled this season.
It's not the first time the Revs have faced such tactics this year and it likely won't be the last, leaving the club searching for a way to overcome the physical approach.
"Their game plan, for sure, was to disrupt the play," said Tierney. "I think if you look at the fouls, there were a lot. They were clearly trying to slow our play through the midfield and break things up and they did a good job of that. That's a road tactic and a tactic that teams have used against us all year. We've got to be better at breaking pressure and playing through it."


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Five members of the Niagara County Child Abuse Intervention Project were honored recently for their hard work and dedication during a recognition luncheon at Erie Canalside Banquets in Lockport. All those honored were nominated by their peers.
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"Our team members and community partners work day in and day out with victims of abuse and their families," said Laura Kelemen, executive director of the Child Advocacy Center of Niagara. "They are compassionate, dedicated and determined to prevent and treat child abuse, and to seek justice and healing for the victims and families they serve. Each and every CAIP team member deserves recognition and respect."
The Child Abuse Intervention Project is a multidisciplinary team of community partners, including law enforcement, Child Protective Services, the district attorney's office, medical and mental health personnel and Child Advocacy Center of Niagara staff who work together to prevent, treat, investigate and prosecute child abuse within a child-friendly setting.
The Child Advocacy Center of Niagara, a service of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, is a countywide resource providing a place for multi-disciplinary teams to investigate allegations of child abuse in a child-friendly environment. To learn more about the CAC or CAIP, visit www.cacofniagara.org or call 716-285-0045.


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The Elton John Aids Foundation (EJAF) was created back in 1992, by Sir Elton John himself. The foundation raises money to support innovative HIV prevention programs as well as to combat the negative stigma and discrimiation so often associated with people living with HIV/AIDS. Since its inception the foundation has risen over 220 million dollars supporting projects around the world.
For the past 19 years, to raise money for this noble cause, EJAF has held their Acadamy Awards Viewing Party here in West Hollywood, California. At the party, items are donated by various designers, where they are auctioned off to raise money for the foundation. This year, to show her support of EJAF, Alexandra Von Furstenberg donated one of the prized gems of the AVF Limited Edition Collection, "The ICE Table" which we are proud to say raised $35,000.00 during the live auction.
Thank you to the Elton John Aids Foundation for allowing Alexandra Von Furstenberg, LLC to participate in this year's event. We were honored to be a small part of Sir Elton John's big dream.


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Release date: October 20, 2005
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PLAINVIEW -- Wayland Baptist University is an official test site for the college entrance examinations most commonly required by universities. Coordinated by Donna Wiley in the office of student development, the tests are administered locally to provide convenient access for area students.
The university offers the ACT, SAT and THEA tests in Gates Hall, the main administration building, and all tests are offered on a Saturday. Registration for the exams is not done through Wayland but through the national testing offices, following the procedures below.
All college entrance exams offer the option of sending score results to universities of interest, with the number of free mailings varying by exam. Additional scores may be sent for additional fees. Additional fees are also charged for changing test dates and other registration issues.


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Cyndii Jo Hartley, a hairdresser at Epic Total Salon, is preparing to start her own clothing boutique – one with a concept that ought to sound familiar to fans of Memphis' food truck community.
Instead of food, though, Hartley's mobile boutique will sell clothes and accessories from a truck that's roughly 18 feet long by around 7 feet wide. The roving clothing boutique will be what's known as a fashion truck – complete with a dressing room inside.
And as entrepreneurs have done with the food like tacos and sandwiches they sell out of campers and vans, Hartley will bring a smaller-scale, personalized shopping experience to her own mobile unit. She's hoping to open the doors – or should that be, put the key in the ignition? – in late March or early April.
She recently bought her truck, and she's been out of town over the past few days as she builds up inventory for the new venture.
"I'm really excited," Hartley said. "I've been doing hair for 14 years, and for several years I've rented my space at the salon. I've considered myself self-employed, so I felt like a small-business owner already and had just been thinking what my next step is."
For now, the plan is to split her time evenly during the week, three days at the salon and three days in her fashion truck.
The inventory will come from more than one source. In recent days, she's been at an apparel market in Atlanta, meeting with designers and brands to get some inventory there. Some inventory also will come locally from Memphis.
She'll mostly be selling ladies apparel and accessories as well as some jewelry and handbags. And she hopes to keep everything in the truck priced at $100 or less.
She envisions customers spanning all age groups, especially including those shoppers who love to see and touch what they buy and aren't solely concerned with the quick convenience of buying online.
Another reason she's excited about the venture is the range of possibilities it affords. She'll be able, for example, to drive the truck somewhere a buyer might want to shop for clothes while on a break from work. She also talks about having a chalkboard outside for announcements and messages, and an inviting display that woos people in.
"I could take it and park in high-traffic areas that might not have lots of retail and also do private events at people's homes," Hartley said.
She heard about fashion trucks a little more than a year ago but didn't seriously consider opening one herself until last April.
That's when she had a bicycle accident and, because of the injury from it, had a long recovery before returning to work. She still works at the salon, albeit doing less than before the accident.
"That got me thinking what to do next," she said.
She got more serious and started talking to other people about the idea, eventually connecting with the Mayor's Innovation Delivery Team. The team had launched a mobile retail pilot program whereby grants were offered to applicants whose plan involved setting up a venture from something like a truck.
Through the program, Hartley got a forgivable loan administered by alt.consulting, a firm that's been working closely with the Innovation Delivery Team.
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They say that "politics makes strange bedfellows." While they are far from being alike, two members of Congress from Long Island are playing major roles in the ongoing debate about how to open up the government after a shutdown. While their activities are quite different, both are in a position to have an impact on the debate.
Rep. Steve Israel is a well entrenched member of the Democratic minority. He is an expert on a variety of subjects, from energy to technology. But his major role is as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. His job is not an easy one. No doubt, the shutdown of the government has given Israel a great opportunity to accomplish a lot for a party that is out of power.
Israel takes care of the usual business on Capitol Hill, and then jumps on a plane and goes in search of prominent Democrats whose arms can be twisted to run for Congress in the next election. At the same time, his parallel job is to raise money for all of the key campaigns in 2014. In both roles, he has his hands full.
A large number of Republican congressional seats are held by members who have become entrenched and unbeatable due to legislative redistricting. They can win their districts and sleep late if they choose too, but for that group the threat is from the Tea Party zealots who insist that they move even further to the right. In that group there aren't many candidates who are vulnerable to a strong Democrat.
Israel's targets for challenges are a small handful of Republican incumbents who are considered vulnerable or among whom there will be a vacancy due to a retirement. And he has a third role as well, helping to direct the Democratic Party's "messaging" during the current national paralysis. Israel is in charge of advertising campaigns that expose the weaknesses of various Republican incumbents.
While we go on with our daily lives, hoping for an end to the government shutdown, Israel is the attack dog charged with embarrassing Republicans who can be affected by negative television advertising. By any measure, that is a tough job, because Washington politics is getting crazier by the day.


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Public Opposition Accelerates As Latest Anti-SOPA Petition Hits Goal In Two Days
from the that-was-fast dept
The first of these petitions, titled "Stop the E-PARASITE Act", was created back on October 31 when SOPA was known as E-PARASITES. This petition slowly gained signatures for about two weeks and then had a surge of support when the House Judiciary Committee held its stacked hearing on the legislation. On November 16, the petition hit its 25,000 signature goal, a full 14 days before its deadline.
Fast forward to December 18. Only a few days after the House Judiciary Committee held its SOPA markup, a new petition surfaced, "VETO the SOPA bill and any other future bills that threaten to diminish the free flow of information". With the markup fresh in the minds of those opposed to SOPA, this petition reached its target of 25,000 signatures on December 19, the second day after going public. That is quite the feat.
If there is no real public concern over SOPA, as supporters of the bill claim, who are these people? Why are they so mobilized to sign and complete far ahead of the deadline not one but two White House petitions in opposition to the legislation? Regardless of who these people are or what their motivations for opposition to SOPA are, one thing is clear, these people want action and answers. While there is no time frame for when the Obama Administration will respond, one thing is clear, SOPA is a hot button issue and those trying to force its way through Congress will not be able to ignore the public for much longer.


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Stock markets and foreign currency markets are enjoying the just-released non-farm payrolls report, as the S&P futures are approaching their recent September highs and the US dollar index is holding below its key level of 80. The lowest unemployment rate since Obama took the presidency is highly significant, as we feel this might contribute to a further confidence boost in the forward looking nature of the markets, and propel the S&P 500 to our previously stated technical target of 1530. The S&P 500 is holding strong above our key pivot level of 1430, and now with the payrolls number out in a positive way, might induce more buyers to come in the market to get in before the key psychological level of 1500 is potentially touched.
For the bond markets, today's jobs and unemployment number is highly significant. If the equity markets experience a sort of blast off period over the next few months and the S&P 500 races above and beyond 1500, we anticipate the bond markets of the US to price in higher interest rates sooner than the market had expected just a few days ago, and thus we look for lower prices on the 30 and 10 year bond futures. We notice on the charts that the 30-year bond future is in a downward channel, and prices got knocked back quickly once they reached the upper channel line just a few days ago. 145 is our next downside level we look to be approached, and if the bonds can hold below this level, we are viewing the next downside target to be 140. This may look like a large move from these levels, but with prices at such elevated levels (historically speaking), we believe this may occur, especially if equity markets continue to rally and housing and jobs #'s continue to outperform expectations. To summarize, 145 is our key long term pivot level for the 30 yr bond futures. Price may consolidate at this level, but if it can build value below this key level, we look for an extended move lower.


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As my dad is a Vietnam vet, I've always had a soft spot for the men and women in the armed forces. So when I heard from several of them that they were interested in buying one of my portable workbenches, I thought I could do better than sell them something.
I enlisted the help of woodworkers Steve Schafer and Mark Hochstein, who volunteered their time and materials to build these benches for the two servicemen.
Both Steve and Mark have completed their benches and are in the process of getting them to their recipients. One of the benches Steve built is shown above. You can see Mark's on his blog: Gunpowder Woodworks.
So thanks to Steve and Mark – you have both made it possible for someone to do woodworking in a place that is entirely unfriendly to the craft.
— Christopher Schwarz
P.S. Plans for this workbench will be in the June 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, which will be out very, very soon.


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Compact digital cameras have been treated rather poorly by camera manufacturers over the past few years by stuffing endless features into them with marketing being the forefront of concerns. These "features" have lead to a ridiculous number of pixels on a tiny sensor, which results in very grainy images for users.
Fuji has just announced a potential powerhouse of a compact digital camera. The F200EXR offers a 12 megapixel sensor that operates in a number of image capture modes. Normally, I would scoff at a 12 megapixel sensor as too much for such a small sensor; however, Fuji's shooting options may make this camera work those pixels more effectively.
The key to this camera's potential lies in the 3 modes in which the image sensor operates, which Fuji described in its press release as follows:
While there is nothing truly fancy about the Fine Capture Mode, the Pixel Fusion Mode and the Dual Capture could give consumers what they need in a compact camera. We'll know more once this camera hits the market and real world sample images make their way online from the hands of users. It just might be the next big thing.
Eric is a guest author the Wize blog covering digital cameras. He is the Editor of Photography Bay, which covers digital camera reviews, rumors and news


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AnandTech has reviewed the new Chromebook 11 from HP/Google.
Chrome OS is extremely purpose built and it is something that should bring about great concern to those at Microsoft. I personally don't have a problem with Windows 8, but purpose built is hardly a phrase that applies to the OS - at least if you're talking about it on a more traditional PC. I suspect by the time we get to Windows 9, Microsoft will have a better answer to the critics of 8/8.1, but that gives Google and its Chrome OS partners at least another year of marketshare erosion. At the beginning of this mobile journey I remember x86 being an advantage for Intel, and we all know what happened to that. Similarly, I remember Windows/Office being advantages for Microsoft. If Microsoft doesn't find a quick solution for making low cost Windows PCs just as well executed as Chrome OS devices, it'll find itself in a world where Windows no longer matters to entry-level/mainstream users.
Apple's taken over the high-end, Google is taking over the low-end, and in mobile, the company barely registers.
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