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DEFIANCE, OH (Toledo News Now) - Excessive speed reduces reaction time and increases the severity of traffic crashes. That is why the Ohio State Highway Patrol is urging all motorists to obey the posted speed limit and drive within their abilities.
In 2011, 30 percent of all fatal crashes were caused by speed-related factors, killing 479 people and injuring 72,536 more. The OSHP wants drivers to remember that with a higher rate of speed comes a greater risk of serious injury or death in a crash.
In 2011, the next leading causes of fatal crashes were improper lane changes, improper passing or driving off the road, accounting for 13 percent of all fatal crashes.
"Excessive speed greatly reduces a driver's ability to negotiate an unexpected curve, to stop within an assured clear distance ahead, or to steer safely around a hazardous object. Speeding drivers put themselves, their passengers and other drivers at tremendous risk," explained Lt. Kevin Thomas, Defiance Post commander.
Young drivers, ages 16 to 25, caused 37 percent of the 124,948 speed-related traffic crashes in 2011. According to the OSHP, this same group of drivers received the most speeding citations: 29 percent of the total 289,554 speed citations issued.
In 2012, the OSHP, in partnership with the Ohio High School Athletic Association, formed a teen driver safety program, called "You Are in Control." The program aims to educate young drivers about the consequences of dangerous driving habits and reinforce safety, responsibility and awareness.
The OSHP urges all drivers to call #677 to report impaired drivers or drug activity.
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In his bid for Congress, Jonathan Hoffman emphasizes that he's no career politician but is still a guy with a proven record of getting things done in Washington, D.C.
The Greenville native who spent time in the George W. Bush White House as a top border security adviser varies his interview between wonkish criticism of influential capital institutions and distaste for "career politicians just looking to move up the ladder," of which he sees a few in the wide Republican field of 16 clamoring for the party nomination in the GOP-leaning 1st Congressional District.
"I've worked for politicians before, I've worked on campaigns before, and I realize the person going in will be in the middle of a term, and we need someone with experience in Washington and the ability to get things done in Washington," he said. "I didn't want that to be another career politician just looking to move up the ladder."
The 37-year-old graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law first took a job inside the Beltway around 2002 as a U.S. State Department coordinator before joining the Department of Homeland Security as an adviser to the chief of staff and then-director Michael Chertoff.
While there he burnished his immigration policy credentials, helping design Operation Jump Start, a 2006 initiative that deployed National Guard troops along the U.S.-Mexico border for security and to facilitate the construction of a fence.
He helped implement Operation Jump Start as director of Homeland Security policy in 2007 under Bush. While there, he also advised the border security aspects of Bush's effort to pass an immigration reform bill and organized a group to ease legitimate cross-border commerce.
Hoffman, who also teaches immigration law at the Charleston School of Law, says his experiences in the policy arena strengthened his two-fold belief in establishing the rule of law to discourage illegal immigration while ensuring a steady flow of foreign-born workers to meet economic needs and contribute to cultural diversity.
In the reform arena he proposes a middle road between the hardliners and so-called "amnesty" that provides an immediate route to citizenship, calling for "common ground" that includes discussion of penalties, compromise on legal status and other areas.
"This is not an issue where there's an either or," he said. "This is the quintessential legislation where we can negotiate and find agreement."
Also an adjunct professor at The Citadel, Hoffman is deeply critical of looming across-the-board spending cuts aimed in large part at defense. He proposes forestalling the cuts with a long-term budget agreement that combines revenue-neutral tax reform and cuts to entitlements.
Calling Medicare "unsustainable," he favors increasing the eligibility age for those under the age of 50 and tying cost-of-living increases in Social Security to the rate of inflation.
"You cannot change the trajectory of the federal budget unless you address those programs," he said. "Any effort to do so without touching those programs is dishonest and doomed to failure."
In addition to his education and policy experience, Hoffman recently co-founded a political social networking site called Solitical that will also integrate data on public officials.
"Over time, we would like for it to become a repository for all things political actors do - speeches, votes, fundraising, articles, all in one place," he said.
Hoffman's campaign hasn't drawn the kind of attention opponents such as former Gov. Mark Sanford have attracted, but he did make some waves in the media when former Pennsylvania governor and Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge endorsed him last week. But Hoffman spurns "dark horse" labels, acknowledging his name recognition isn't as potent as other challengers while insisting his depth of experience can win out.
"I know I'm not running on my name ID, on my personal wealth, but I think the fact I have experience, I know the issues, and people acknowledge the fact that - of the candidates running - I can get work done on day one," he said. "There's only one candidate who's got experience in D.C., and I would put my six years against (former) Gov. Sanford's any day."
Sanford represented the 1st District from 1995 to 2000. The district was redrawn in 2010 to include most of Beaufort and Charleston counties and parts of Colleton, Dorchester and Berkeley counties.
Primaries will be held March 19. Any runoff will follow April 2.

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TPWD Increases License, Boat Registration Fees
Hunting licenses will increase from $23 to $25, while the popular Super Combo all-inclusive license increases from $64 to $68.
Non-resident hunting licenses increase by $15 from $300 to $315, which also reflects a five percent hike.
Fishing packages will also increase by $2. The resident freshwater fishing package increases from $28 to $30 and the saltwater fishing package increases from $33 to $35.
The biggest increase in license fees approved by the commission affects lifetime licenses. The resident lifetime fishing and hunting licenses will increase to $1,000 and the lifetime combination license increases to $1,800.
"We have not increased the cost of a lifetime license for 12 years," said Gene McCarty, TPWD deputy director of administration. "Frankly, these licenses have been undervalued and could represent significant lost revenue over time if not adjusted."
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Other miscellaneous increases are primarily in the category of commercial licenses, including commercial shrimp boat captains license ($20 increase), resident commercial oyster boat ($21 increase), wholesale fish dealers truck ($28 increase), resident commercial crab fishermens license ($30 increase), non-resident commercial oyster boat ($84 increase) and non-resident commercial crab fishermans license ($120 increase).
The department received less than 400 comments related to the fee increases during the public comment period, the majority of which came from the TPWD online survey and by email, with only 16 comments resulting from a series of 19 public meetings scheduled around the state. Overall, comments ran more than 2-to-1 against the increases, citing bad economic times as the primary reason.
"Initially we considered a 10-15 percent increase but in this economy we know that is unrealistic and counterproductive," said McCarty. "But, its important to mention that this will just keep us even."
McCarty noted the fees for none of the special endorsement stamps were increased.
In addition to the fee increases, the commission approved a new administrative fee of $100 for reinstatement of any recreational or commercial license that has been revoked or suspended.
The commission also authorized staff to implement a drawing for a package that includes a lifetime hunting and fishing license and one-year subscription to Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine. Entry fee for the drawing will be $5 and will go on sale Aug. 15 wherever licenses are sold.


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Looking out his office window at Kenya's largest port, Mombasa, Wilson Rading counted seven ships waiting to unload. For the director of DFS Express Lines, a small freight logistics company, it was like watching his money sink to the bottom of the harbor.
Mombasa is the largest port between South Africa and Egypt and an essential gateway for goods to Kenya and growing inland economies like Uganda, Rwanda, southern Sudan, and the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. But the ethnic violence that killed more than 600 people and displaced more than 250,000 in the wake of Kenya's disputed Dec. 27 presidential election has caused a massive buildup in the harbor.
Now, security concerns are delaying the delivery of cargo and fuel across the region, leading to shortages, price hikes, and angry consumers.
In the latest high-level bid to ease tensions, former UN chief Kofi Annan arrived Wednesday to try to end the standoff between President Mwai Kibaki and populist opposition candidate Raila Odinga – who claims that Mr. Kibaki stole the election. As Mr. Annan began his mission, however, mourners who attended a mass funeral in Nairobi for victims of the postelection violence found themselves running from tear gas as the event ended in clashes between police and stone-throwing youths.
Mombasa has seen some protests, especially in its large Muslim community, where Mr. Odinga's opposition party enjoys almost unanimous support. In western Kenya, gangs blocked roads where they could harass or rob truckers, which has slowed delivery of goods. While that situation appears to have improved, the ongoing threat of mass demonstrations has truckers nervous, especially about the roads to western Kenya and neighboring countries like Uganda.
Last week, a driver for a construction company punctured a tire and was attacked by thugs wielding machetes. Many trucks now require police escorts, which can cause further delays and rising shipping costs. As a security measure, says Benson Wasera, who works in importing for Kenfreight, his company is using only its own trucks instead of contracting out.
Rail was another transport option, but last week, protesters in Nairobi's Kibera slum looted a train bound for Uganda and ripped up sections of the track, disrupting the line. "Here, everything is a problem," says Capt. Fiorenzo Castellano, owner's representative in Mombasa for the Swiss shipping giant MSC.
Difficulties moving cargo out of the port have compounded delays delivering it to shore. It's normal for container ships to wait three or four days in Mombasa Harbor before they can unload, and Mr. Castellano says containers often sit in port for a month before the relatively short and secure journey to Nairobi. The election violence has only exacerbated existing blockages at the port and in the country, he says, and that will not be solved until Kenya's roads match up to the shipping facility. "If you have a bigger port maybe you can discharge more, but you need something behind [it]," he says.
In November, Japan agreed to loan Kenya about $228 million to expand the port and ease congestion. When the deal was announced there were 9,419 containers waiting for import or export. This week there were more than 13,000.
The unrest in Kenya has hit major industries like tourism, but neighboring countries suffer as well. As the region's economic hub, neighbors depend on its manufacturing sector as well as its link to the sea. Since the Kenyan election, Uganda has been suffering major fuel shortages and price hikes. The country depends on fuel arriving daily by truck, and truckers are especially wary of this flammable cargo.
"The crisis will be an eye-opener for a number of countries in the region that have pegged their dependence on stability in Kenya," Ken Mutuma of The South African Institute of International Affairs wrote in an e-mail. "It is likely that Uganda, Burundi, and Rwanda will begin to explore the possibility of using Dar es Salaam as their alternative port." The Tanzanian port is less advanced but offers political stability.
Additionally, exports from Kenya and its neighbors have also suffered. Major exports from East Africa include coffee, tea, and canned fruit. Countries in the area import essentials such as vehicles, machinery, fertilizer, and staple crops like wheat, maize, and fuel.
Like other companies, DFS has to pay a daily penalty for containers left at the port. For the moment, there's little the company can do. "The political situation is affecting every aspect of life in Kenya at the moment," says Mr. Rading.
To relieve the blockage, the port is working with private storage companies to store excess cargo in government inland points where containers can pass customs, says port spokesman Bernard Osero. Even so, the port's function is only to load and unload containers. Without trains and trucks to pick up the cargo, bottlenecks are inevitable.
"We are depending on our government," says Mr. Wasera of Kenfreight. But even should the ruling Party of National Unity (PNU) and opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) break their impasse he estimates it will take a month to restore a measure of normality to the port.


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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and its member companies opened the Vehicle Research Center (VRC) in 1992 as a world-class facility for crashworthiness research. Crash tests conducted at the VRC in Ruckersville, Va., encourage auto manufacturers to make safer vehicles, and Institute vehicle ratings help consumers pick the best models for their families. Now that electronic driver assistance systems are increasingly available in new cars, evaluating emerging technologies is an important part of the Institute's work.
To accommodate a broader test program, the Institute is significantly expanding the VRC. The $30 million project will enable researchers to undertake more rigorous scientific evaluations of crash avoidance systems than the current facility allows.
Work is under way on a 300-by-700-foot covered track where engineers will evaluate vehicle-based systems using robotic targets and vehicle controllers. The existing outdoor track is being enlarged to allow more space for high-speed maneuvers. Both tracks are slated for completion this fall.
"Our goal is to encourage adoption of the most effective vehicle-based crash avoidance systems just as our crash test program has encouraged state-of-the-art crashworthiness design," says Adrian Lund, president of the Institute and the Highway Loss Data Institute.
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Napoleon GPFP-1 Patio Propane Burner & Log Set
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I have been looking like a zombie lately – lots of work to do, alas I can't complain because it's all good stuf…no wait. I will complain. I'm tired, and I need more sleep!
I decided I was in need of a white eye pencil for keeping my eyes looking bright. I have tried numerous white liners before but I find that most pencils struggle with my waterline (I have very wet, weepy eyes).
I decided to test out Chanel's Kohl in Blanc, as it felt smooth but with a dry texture (waxy pencils don't have a hope in hell of making an impact on my inner rims)
I went for Chanel and something better quality because normally, I buy 5 drugstore pencils that are all rubbish for £4 before realizing I should have just bought a better one in the first place.
A free pencil! I should hope so for £14.50
A nice dry textured pencil
And did it work or was I scrubbling like hell to get some colour off? Well….
Yay! It worked! It came of easily on my waterline and although it looks a little harsh on its own, from a distance you can really see the difference between this eye with the liner and the one that doesn't have it on. It looks a lot more tired. Once the rest of the eye make up is on, it will look more natural.
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Fatal cerebral meningitis
[Dr. Fierro]: When we're looking at the brain we can often see if there are infections. Now with the meningitis, or the meningitities, depending on the particular bacteria or virus you see varying degrees of cloudiness, meningitides due to staff or pneumococcas will cause very dramatic puss like material on the convexities. With meningicoccus it's the toxin that is primarily the problem with meningicoccus and you may not have anywhere near as dramatic exudates or puss collecting over the brain surface but it will be there when you look in the spinal fluid. Some of the viral meningitities don't show very much really. The brain may be swollen and you'll have to look under the microscope and in the spinal fluid and with culture, but the clue to that will be in the clinical history. The clinical history of headache, coma, and an increase in cerebral disability. So it will depend on what the ideologic agent is what is the bacteria or the virus or whatever that caused the meningitis.


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Amanda Bynes involved in another driving mishap
Actress AMANDA BYNES was involved in a fender bender in Los Angeles on Thursday night (13Sep12), just a day after a judge ordered her to hand over her car keys following a string of driving disasters.
The star's motoring privileges were suspended last week (ends07Sep12), while she faces a DUI charge and two counts of hit-and-run.
On Wednesday (12Sep12), a judge banned her from the road after she was snapped driving erratically in Los Angeles on Tuesday night (11Sep12).
However, Bynes allegedly got back behind the wheel just a day after the ruling and was caught up in a minor collision in a parking lot on Sunset Boulevard on Thursday.
According to TMZ.com, the Hairspray star's car tapped the bumper of another vehicle, but the drivers decided not to exchange details.


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First overall pick Eric Fisher, undrafted QB Tyler Bray headline Chiefs' rookie minicamp
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Offensive tackle Eric Fisher and quarterback Tyler Bray had vastly different experiences during the NFL draft, yet both of them ended up with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Both have a lot of people watching them, too.
Fisher was the first overall pick out of Central Michigan, and will be expected to compete for a starting job on the offensive line, though it's unclear whether it'll be on the right or left side. That could depend on what happens with Branden Albert.
Bray left Tennessee early but wasn't chosen in the draft, and signed with the Chiefs as a free agent. He's expected to compete for a roster spot, and maybe even push to be the backup QB.
The Chiefs opened a rookie minicamp Friday. It runs through the weekend.


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Dear all,
I've recently been promoted as DBA by my current employer, and in some databases there are external tables on the Alert Log!
According to the PM, that's a way to see why some jobs fail (when the exception is not caught in the job).
I've never seen developers access the alert log of a database, so I find that real weird...
Does anyone know which the recommended Oracle practices about Alert Log access?
Thank you very much


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Nature's Power Revealed "The Power of Water" With 70 percent of the Earth's surface covered in water, it is bound to play a massive part in the Earth's history and future. This episode looks at the importance of water in shaping the Earth's landscape, as well as its role in the survival of civilization. Formations like the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls are the extreme examples of water's power to create landscapes. Part 2 of 3G
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Nature "Ocean Giants: Voices of the Sea" Whales and dolphins use sound to hunt, to communicate with one another, and to "see" and experience the world around them. They use ultrasound to see inside other creatures, clicks and whistles to speak, echolocation to navigate and hunt in the depths where light cannot guide them. The filmmakers dive into the depths to film these creatures and the sounds they generate. Part 3 of 3G


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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been selected chairman of this summer's Democratic National Convention, elevating his role as a surrogate in the Latino community and raising his national profile at a time Villaraigosa considers his political future.
A formal announcement was scheduled Wednesday in Washington, with the mayor planning to join President Obama on Wednesday night for a presidential fundraiser in Los Angeles.
As convention chairman, Villaraigosa will wield the gavel during the event in Charlotte, N.C., which opens with a festival on Sept. 3 and continues for three days of official business, including the nomination of Obama and his acceptance speech.
Villaraigosa will also serve as a spokesman for the convention, starting with a Web video the party planned to release on Wednesday.
Villaraigosa is one of the nation's most prominent elected Latino officials and envisions an active role in Obama's reelection effort. The White House, in turn, is counting heavily on strong Latino turnout, especially in battleground states such as Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Florida.
In 2007, Villaraigosa endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton in her presidential bid, serving as a national campaign chairman and stumping on her behalf in several states. He quickly swung his support behind Obama after the primary season ended, appearing within days on national TV to declare his support for the ultimate nominee.
Since then, he has been frequent defender of the president, using his stature as mayor of the nation's second-largest city and president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors to laud Obama's agenda. On Monday, Villaraigosa hailed Obama's budget proposal for its investment in infrastructure and job training.
"The president has come through for our nation's cities," Villaraigosa said in a statement. "Now it's Congress' turn: the House and Senate should put politics aside and pass the president's budget."
Villaraigosa has said little publicly about his political ambitions once his term ends in June 2013. Speaking last month at USC, he told students that "I'm operating right now like I'm at the end of the road and I'm riding off into the sunset."
He said he intends to write and give speeches and was prepared for "a timeout."
Privately, however, Villaraigosa has expressed interest in running for governor and has fueled speculation he might even challenge Gov. Jerry Brown, a fellow Democrat, should Brown seek reelection in 2014.


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Sartell Headed To State After Topping Moorhead Saturday
The Sartell-St. Stephen Sabres defeated the Moorhead Spuds 24-19 Saturday night for the Section 8-5A championship.
Sartell got the ball to start the game and drove 66 yards to the Moorhead eight yard line before settling for a Riley Isaacson field goal and a 3-0 lead.
Jackson Miller pulled in a 20 yard touchdown pass from Brandon Snoberger and Isaacson converted the extra point for a 10-0 Sabre lead early in the second quarter.
The Spuds got on the board early in the third quarter when Jade Lawrence found the end zone to make the score 10-7 in favor of Sartell.
However, Sabres running back Derek Stachowski scored his 20th touchdown of the season later in the third quarter to increase Sartell's lead to 17-7.
Following a Moorhead fumble, Alex Haima tipped a pass from Snoberger to himself and came down in the end zone for a 20 yard touchdown and a 24-7 lead.
The Spuds would score again, then come within five points with another quick touchdown on a pass from Eidsness with 2:25 left in the fourth. The two point conversion pass was no good.
The Spuds attempted an onside kick with only one timeout left, but Sam Neeser came away with the ball for Sartell. However, the Sabres were forced to punt to the Spuds, who drove into Sartell territory with 1:30 on the clock.
In the end, Eidsness made an ill-fated attempt into the end zone that was intercepted by the Sartell defense to essentially end the game with fifty seconds on the clock.
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Dust Deletion Feature
(1) Self Cleaning Sensor Unit
- Removes dust adhering to the low-pass filter. Self-cleaning executed automatically (taking approx. 2 sec.) when power is turned on or off. Manual execution also possible (taking approx. 5 sec.).
(2) Dust Delete Data acquisition and appending
- The coordinates of the dust adhering to the low-pass filter are detected by a test shot and appended to subsequent images. The dust coordinate data appended to the image is used by the provided software to automatically erase the dust spots.
(3) Manual cleaning
Recording System
Recording Format
- Complies with Design rule for Camera File system 2.0 and Exif 2.30
File Size
(1) Large: Approx. 17.90 Megapixels (5,184 x 3,456)
(2) Medium: Approx. 8.00 Megapixels (3,456 x 2,304)
(3) Small 1: Approx. 4.50 Megapixels (2,592 x 1,728)
(4) Small 2: Approx. 2.50 Megapixels (1920 x 1280)
(5) Small 3: Approx. 0.35 megapixels (720 x 480)
(6) RAW: Approx. 17.90 Megapixels (5,184 x 3,456)
Backup Recording
File Numbering
The following three types of file numbering methods can be set:
(1) Continuous numbering
- The numbering of captured images will continue even after you replace the camera's card.
(2) Auto reset
- When you replace the camera's card, the numbering will be reset to start from 0001. If the new card already contains images, the numbering will continue from the last recorded image in the card.
(3) Manual reset
- Resets the file number to 0001, and creates a new folder automatically.
RAW + JPEG Simultaneous Recording
- Still: JPEG, RAW (Canon RAW 2nd edition), RAW+JPEG
- Video: MOV (Image data: H.264, Audio: Linear PCM)
Color Space
- sRGB, Adobe RGB
Picture Style
- Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined 1-3
White Balance
- Auto, Preset (Daylight; Shade; Cloudy, Twilight, Sunset; Tungsten Light; White Fluorescent Light; Flash), Custom (Approx. 2,000? - 10,000?K), White Balance Correction, and White Balance Bracketing
Auto White Balance
- Auto white balance with the image sensor
Color Temperature Compensation
- White balance correction:
- Blue/amber bias: ?9 levels
- Magenta/green bias: ?9 levels
- Correction based on the current WB mode's color temperature.
Color Temperature Information Transmission
- Provided
- Eye-level SLR (with fixed pentamirror)
- Approx. 95% vertically and horizontally (with Eye point approx. 19mm)
- Approx. 0.87x / 24.5? (50mm lens 8, -1m-1)
Eye Point
- Approx. 19 mm (At -1m-1 from the eyepiece lens center)
Dioptric Adjustment Correction
- -3.0 to +1.0 m-1 (dpt)
Focusing Screen
- Fixed
- Quick-return half mirror (transmission: reflection ratio of 40:60)
Viewfinder Information
1) AF information (AF points and focus confirmation light)
2) Exposure information (Shutter speed, aperture, ISO speed (always displayed), AE lock, exposure level, spot metering circle, exposure warning)
3) Flash information (Flash ready, flash exposure compensation, high-speed sync, FE lock, red-eye reduction light)
4) Image information (Highlight tone priority (D+), maximum burst (1-digit display), white balance correction, SD card information)
Depth Of Field Preview
- Enabled with depth-of-field preview button
- TTL secondary image-forming, phase-difference detection
AF Points
- 9 points (Center AF point is AF cross-type at f/5.6, Center AF point is vertical line-sensitive at f/2.8.)
AF Working Range
- Center AF point: EV -0.5 - 18
- Other AF points: EV 0.5 - 18 (At room temperature and ISO 100, based on Canon's testing standards)
Focusing Modes
(1) Autofocus
- One-Shot AF, Predictive AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF (Switches between One-Shot AF and AI Servo AF
- Automatically set to One-Shot AF when the drive mode is set to Silent Single Shooting or Silent Continuous Shooting. (AI Servo AF and AI Focus AF cannot be selected.)
(2) Manual focus (MF)
AF Point Selection
(1) Manual selection
(2) Auto selection
- Automatically set in Basic Zone modes.
Selected AF Point Display
- Indicated by superimposed display in the viewfinder and on the LCD monitor
AF Assist Beam
(1) Intermittent firing of built-in flash
(2) Effective range: Approx. 13.1 ft./4 m. at center, approx. 11.5 ft /3.5 m. at periphery
- With an EOS-dedicated Speedlite attached, the Speedlite's AF-assist beam is emitted instead.
- Compatible with AF assist-beam (intermittent firing) of 320EX, 270EX II, and 270EX flashes.
Exposure Control
Metering Modes
TTL maximum aperture metering with 63-zone metering sensor:
1) Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points)
2) Partial metering (center, approx. 9% of viewfinder)
3) Spot metering (center, approx. 4% of viewfinder)
4) Center-weighted average metering
Metering Range
- EV 1.0 - EV 20.0 (at 73?F/23?C with 50mm f/1.8 II lens at ISO 100)
Exposure Control Systems
Creative Zone
(1) Program AE (shiftable)
(2) Shutter-priority AE
(3) Aperture-priority AE
(4) Manual exposure (including bulb)
Basic zone
(1) Scene Intelligent Auto (Program AE / non-shiftable)
(2) Flash Off
(3) Creative Auto
- Effect shots cannot be set simultaneously with Ambience-based shots or background blurring. Neither can continuous shooting or 2 to 10 shots after 10-sec self-timer be used with Effect shot.
- When background blurring is set, shooting with flash is disabled. When the flash is raised, background blurring cannot be set.
(4) Portrait
(5) Landscape
(6) Close-up
(7) Sports
(8) Special scene
- Kids
- Food
- Candlelight
- Night Portrait
- Handheld Night Scene
- HDR Backlight Control mode
ISO Speed Range
For Stills:
1. Manual setting range of ISO 100-12800, expansion to ISO 25600
2. Auto, ISO 100-6400 (in whole-stop increments)
- In Creative Zone modes, the maximum ISO speed (ISO 400, 800, 1600, 3200, or 6400) for ISO Auto can be set.
- With Highlight Tone Priority, ISO 200 or higher will be set.
Exposure Compensation
- Manual: ?5 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
- AEB : ?2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
- If the exposure compensation exceeds ?2 stops, the left or right icon appears in the viewfinder.
- Manual exposure compensation and AEB can be set in combination.
- AEB is set in the following sequence: Standard exposure, decreased exposure, and increased exposure.
- If AEB is used with the self-timer, the three bracketed shots will be taken in succession after the 10-sec. or 2-sec. delay.
AE Lock
(1) Auto AE lock
- In the One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering, AE lock takes effect when focus is achieved.
(2) Manual AE lock
- In the P, Tv, Av, and M modes, enabled with the AE lock button. (Press again to update.)
- Enabled in all metering modes.
- Vertical-travel, mechanical, focal-plane shutter with all speeds electronically-controlled
- Electronic 1st curtain and mechanical 2nd curtain
Shutter Speeds
- 1/4000 to 30 sec. (total shutter speed range; available range varies by shooting mode), bulb, X-sync at 1/200 sec.
- Settable in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments.
Shutter Release
- Soft-touch electromagnetic release
Self Timer
- 10-sec. or 2-sec. delay
Shutter Lag Time
(1) During SW-1 ON, time lag between SW-2 ON and start of exposure: approx. 0.075 sec.
- Approx. 0.168 seconds in case of silent shooting.
(2) Time lag between simultaneous SW-1/SW-2 ON and start of exposure: Approx. 0.150 sec.
- Approx. 0.242 seconds in case of silent shooting.
- Time lag with the aperture stopped down by 3 stops or less (Excludes AF operation time).
External Speedlite
Flash Metering
- E-TTL II autoflash (evaluative flash metering and average flash metering), FE Lock
Flash Exposure Compensation
- ?2 stops in 1/3-stop or 1/2-stop increments
FE Lock
- Provided
External Flash Settings
(1) External flash function setting
- Flash firing, E-TTL II auto flash system, flash mode, wireless master, zoom, sync setting, flash exposure compensation, FEB, and clear setting.
- With the 600EX-RT, radio wireless transmission control is possible.
(2) External flash C.Fn setting
- The actual setting options for (1) and (2) will differ depending on the Speedlite used.
PC Terminal
- Not Provided
Drive System
Drive Modes
(1) Single shooting
(2) Continuous shooting
(3) Silent single shooting
(4) Silent continuous shooting
- Single silent shooting and continuous silent shooting are not possible when Basic Zone is selected, during Live View shooting, or when using AI Servo AF or AI Focus AF.
(5) 10-sec. self-timer/Remote control
(6) 2-sec. self-timer
(7) Continuous shooting after 10-sec. self-timer (2 to 10 shots)
Continuous Shooting Speed
- High-speed continuous shooting: Max. approx. 4.0 fps
- With One-Shot AF or AI Servo AF
Silent continuous shooting: Max. approx. 2.5 fps
- One-Shot AF only
Maximum Burst
- Based on 8GB memory Card: JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 28 Shots, RAW: Approx. 7 Shots, RAW+JPEG
Large/Fine: 4 Shots
- Based on UHS-I memory card: JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 1140 Shots, RAW: Approx. 8 Shots, RAW +
JPEG Large/Fine: 4 Shots
- Figures are based on Canon's testing standards (ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style).
- At ISO 12800, maximum burst will greatly decrease due to internal processing.
Live View Functions
Shooting Modes
- Still photo shooting and video shooting
(1) AF operation of the Hybrid CMOS AF, One-shot AF
i. Face Detection plus Tracking AF
ii. FlexiZone - Multi
- 31 zones
- AF at the touched zone
iii. FlexiZone - Single
(2) TTL secondary image-forming, phase-difference detection with AF operation, One-shot AF
i. Manual selection
ii. Auto selection
- Automatically set in Basic Zone modes
(3) Manual focus
- Manual focusing by enlarging images by approx. five to ten times
Metering Modes
- Real-time evaluative metering with image sensor.
(1) Evaluative metering (315 zones)
(2) Partial metering (approx. 10.3% of Live View screen)
(3) Spot metering (approx. 2.6% of Live View screen)
(4) Center-weighted average metering
- AE lock possible. The active metering time can be changed.
Metering Range
- EV 0 to EV 20 (At room temperature, 50mm f/1.4 lens, ISO 100)
Grid Display
- Two grids provided:
(1) Grid 1: Pair of vertical and horizontal lines
(2) Grid 2: 5 vertical and 3 horizontal lines
Exposure Simulation
- Provided
Silent Shooting
- Provided
Video Shooting
File Format
Movie: MPEG-4 AVC / H.264
- Variable (average) bit rate
Audio: Linear PCM
- Meta information is embedded in the MOV file (no separate THM file)
File Size
- Recording Size:
[Full HD] 1920 x 1080 (30 fps/25 fps/24 fps): 330 MB/min.
[HD] 1280 x 720 (60 fps/50fps): 330 MB/min.
[SD] 640 x 480 (30 fps/25fps): 82.5 MB/min.
- If the file size exceeds 4GB, a new file will be automatically created.
- SD Class 6 or higher required.
Frame Rates
- 1920 x 1080 (Full HD): 30p (29.97) / 24p (23.976) / 25p
- 1280 x 720 (HD): 60p (59.94) / 50p
- 640 x 480 (SD): 30p (29.97) / 25p
Continuous Shooting Time
Based on 8GB Memory Card:
[1920 x 1080] 30 fps/25 fps/24 fps: 22 min.
[1280 x 720] 60 fps/50 fps: 22 min.
[640 x 480] 30 fps/25 fps: 1 hr. 32 min.
Based on 16GB Memory Card:
[1920 x 1080] 30 fps/25 fps/24 fps: 44 min.
[1280 x 720] 60 fps/50 fps: 44 min.
[640 x 480] 30 fps/25 fps: 3 hr. 4 min.
- If recording time reaches 29 min. 59 sec., movie shooting stops automatically.
(1) One-shot AF
(2) Servo AF
(3) Manual Focus
- Magnify the image by approx. 5x or appox. 10x and focus manually.
AF using AF point selection:
i. Face Detection plus Tracking AF
ii. FlexiZone - Multi
- 31 zones
- AF at the touched zone
iii. FlexiZone - Single
- 8 bit, 0 - 255
Exposure Control
(1) Program AE for movie shooting
- In Basic Zone modes, P, Av, and Tv modes
- Shutter speed 1/30 - 1/4000 sec. (Signal accumulation time), aperture, and ISO speed automatically set.
(2) Manual exposure
- Shutter speed (signal accumulation time), aperture, and ISO speed (auto/manual) manually set. The shutter speed (signal accumulation time) is limited to 1/4000 sec. at the maximum and to 1/30 sec. at the minimum for 24/25/30 fps or 1/60 sec. or higher for 50/60 fps.
Exposure Compensation
Provided (?3 stops in 1/3-stop increments)
- For movies, exposure compensation will not be applied beyond ?3 stops even if the exposure compensation has been set beyond ?3 stops.
- For still photo shooting, the exposure compensation can be set and applied up to ?5 stops.
LCD Monitor
- TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor with Touch Panel LCD (capacitive type)
Monitor Size
- Wide 3.0-inch (Screen aspect ratio of 3:2)
- 7.7cm diagonal (6.4cm wide, 4.3cm high)
- Approx. 1,040,000 dots
- Approx. 100%
Brightness Control
- Adjustable to one of seven brightness levels
- Anti-smudge coating
Interface Languages
- 25 (English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese)
Display Format
(1) Single image display
- Single image, basic information, detailed information, histogram display
(2) Index display
- 4/9/36/100 images
(3) Jump display (Image jump w/ Main Dial)
- 1/10/100 images, by date, by folder, movies only, stills only, by rating
Highlight Alert
- On the detailed information and histogram displays, highlight areas with no image data will blink.
- Brightness / RGB
Quick Control Function
During shooting:
- When you press the Quick Control function button under the following conditions, you can set the functions below:
- The settable functions depend on the shooting mode
(1) With viewfinder shooting:
- Shutter speed, aperture, ISO speed, exposure compensation/ AEB, flash exposure compensation, Picture Style, White balance, White balance correction/White balance bracketing, Auto Lighting Optimizer, Metering mode, AF operation, Drive mode/Self-timer, image-recording quality, Flash firings, Ambience-based shots, Light/scene-based shots, Extra Effect Shot, Background blurring, Special scene modes, and Color tone.
(2) With Live View shooting:
- AF method, Drive mode/Self-timer, Metering mode, image-recording quality, White balance, Picture Style, Auto Lighting Optimizer, Creative Filter, Flash firing, Ambience-based shots, Light/scene-based shots, Extra Effect Shot, Special scene modes, and Color tone.
(3) With video shooting:
- AF method, Drive mode/Self-timer, image-recording quality, movie-recording size, video snapshot, White balance, Picture Style, Auto Lighting Optimizer, and Miniature effect movie.
During Playback:
- When you press the Quick Control function button under the following conditions, you can set the functions below:
(1) During still photo playback:
- Image protect, image rotate, rating, Creative Filters, resize, Cropping, and image jump with Main Dial
(2) During movie playback:
- Image protect, rating, and image jump with Main Dial
Image Protection and Erase
- Erase protection can be applied/canceled for a single image, all images in a folder, or all images on the card
- Erase single image, erase selected images, erase all images in folder, erase all images on a card, or erase only unprotected images
Direct Printing
Compatible Printers
- PictBridge-compatible printers
Printable Images
- RAW, JPEG, and RAW+JPEG images complying to Design rule for Camera File System
- Movies cannot be printed.
DPOF: Digital Print Order Format
- Complies to DPOF Version 1.1
Direct Image Transfer
Compatible Images
- Not Provided
Custom Functions
- Eight Custom Functions with 24 settings settable with the camera
Custom Controls
- Not Provided
My Menu Registration
- Up to six top-tier menu options and Custom Function settings can be registered
USB Terminal
- For personal computer communication and PictBridge (Hi-Speed USB)
Video Out Terminal
HDMI mini OUT terminal:
- Type C (Switches automatically to suit the resolution)
- Video output: 1080/60i, 1080/50i, 480/60p, 576/50p
- Switches automatically to 1, 2, 3, or 4 to suit the TV
Extension System Terminal
- Not Provided
Power Source
- Battery Pack LP-E12 x 1
- With the AC Adapter Kit ACK-E15, AC power is possible.
Battery Check
- Automatic battery level check when power is turned ON.
- Battery level indicated in one of four levels on LCD monitor.
Power Saving
- Power turns off after the set time of non-operation elapses
[Auto power off] settable to 30 sec., 1 min., 2 min., 4 min., 8 min., 15 min. or disable
Date/Time Battery
- Built-in secondary battery. When fully-charged, the date/time can be maintained for about three months.
Start-up Time
- Approx. 0.1 sec. (Based on CIPA testing standards)
Dimensions and Weight
Dimensions (W x H x D)
- Approx. 4.60 x 3.57 x 2.74 in.1 / 116.8 x 90.7 x 69.4mm1
- Weight specifications and dimensions are for camera body only; does not include battery or memory card.
- Approx. 14.36 oz. / 407g (CIPA standard)
- Approx. 13.06 oz.1 / 370g1 (Body only)
- Weight specifications and dimensions are for camera body only; does not include battery or memory card.
Operating Environment
Working Temperature Range
Working Humidity Range
- 85% or less
- All data are based on Canon's Standard Test Method. Subject to change without notice.
Lens Specifications
Designed for high-quality still image and video capture while being compact and lightweight, the new EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens features the optics, AF and image stabilization necessary for shooting in any number of situations. For brilliant image quality it has one high-precision aspheric lens to reduce chromatic aberration throughout the zoom range. It features optimized lens coatings to ensure exceptional color balance while minimizing ghosting and flare and a 7-blade circular aperture to ensure beautiful, soft backgrounds. For outstanding performance, the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens perfectly complements the Movie Servo AF feature found on select EOS Cameras with a compact six-group zoom system and a new stepping motor and focus mechanism to deliver smooth and quiet continuous AF during movie shooting. Still photography benefits from a high-speed CPU and an optimized AF algorithm. Full-time manual focus is available in AF mode and the front element does not rotate during focus, perfect for use with polarizing filters. Handheld photography is enhanced by the lens' Optical Image Stabilizer system, offering the equivalent of four stops of compensation. Compact and highly versatile, it is the ideal lens to carry anywhere.
Focal Length & Maximum Aperture
- 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6
Lens Construction
- 13 elements in 11 groups
Diagonal Angle of View
- 74? 20' - 27? 50'
Focus Adjustment
- Inner focusing system
Closest Focusing Distance
- 0.82 ft. / 0.25m
Filter Size
- 58mm
Max. Diameter x Length, Weight
- 2.7 x 3.0 inches, approx. 7.2 oz. /69.0 x 75.2mm, approx. 205g


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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- His hair is Manny-style, and his bedroom here is a shrine to the Red Sox left fielder, who gave him bats, spikes, a No. 24 wristband, and hugs.
He's handsome, wears diamond studs, and has a smile that lights up a dingy ballpark. Especially now. Shortstop Hanley Ramirez -- Boston's brightest prospect -- has a 2-month-old son, born while the Sox were marching toward a world championship.
But with the apparent signing of All-Star shortstop Edgar Renteria to a four-year deal with an option for a fifth year, Ramirez's future with the Red Sox becomes clouded. His shortstop reservation at Fenway in 2006 has just been canceled.
Before the Sox acquired the two-time Gold Glover, Ramirez said he was willing to move to second or third base, but would prefer to remain at short. He also understands he could be playing elsewhere.
"You never know; they could trade me," he said yesterday. "I just want to go to training camp and be on the team."
Asked if he was hurt by the signing, Ramirez said, "Of course I am hurt that I did not get the position I was expecting to fill. But I will play wherever they want me to and, for that matter, with whatever team wants me. I just like to play ball."
Did anybody from the Red Sox contact him?
"They haven't talked to me," Ramirez said.
According to Ben Cherington, the Sox' director of player development, the Renteria deal won't necessitate a position switch for Ramirez.
"Hanley is someone we like a lot and that hasn't changed in the last three days," said Cherington. "He's a shortstop and he's going to stay a shortstop. We believe he's going to be a good major league shortstop."
Major attraction
When he signed with the Red Sox in 2000 at age 16, Ramirez was a just a naive kid from the sun-drenched Dominican Republic who loved to play.
"I didn't know you got paid to play baseball," said Ramirez, sitting in the dugout before a recent Dominican Winter League game with his team, the Licey Tigers. A career .314 minor league hitter, Ramirez has been described as a five-tool shortstop. A can't-miss player.
The Red Sox placed him on the 40-man roster, which gets him an invitation to spring training with the big boys.
Last week, Sox owner John W. Henry and team president Larry Lucchino let him hold the World Series trophy at the Red Sox Academy in El Toro, 45 minutes outside the Dominican capital. "Get ready," Henry told him.
"I'm excited being on the 40-man roster, my whole family is excited," said Ramirez, who turns 21 Thursday. "I feel happy. I'm a young kid getting an opportunity to be in the league. My goal is to play hard and do everything the right way. I want to play with Manny and [David] Ortiz."
Ramirez told Henry he expects to be at Triple A Pawtucket for the 2005 season. Sox officials say his performance at spring training will determine whether he begins the year at Pawtucket or Double A Portland. Ramirez is widely expected to be ready to play in Boston -- or somewhere -- by 2006.
Despite missing several games already with a lower back sprain, Ramirez is batting .257 and has five home runs and 16 RBIs in 28 games. He's among the league leaders in homers, runs, extra-base hits, and slugging percentage. He finished the 2004 season batting .310 for Portland after playing most of the season at Single A Sarasota. "I've been working on my swing," he said. "The last home runs I have hit have been line drives. Maybe it's because I haven't put the pressure on myself to hit them. So I'm more relaxed and not worrying about them."
Ramirez has already checked out Fenway Park several times.
"I saw Fenway for the first time in 2001 when I was named the [Red Sox minor league] player of the year," he said. "I thought I'd want to stay there and play there."
Jose Offerman was the Red Sox' starting second baseman then, now he's a teammate with Licey. Offerman knows all too well the pressure of playing in Boston and the media attention. He thinks Ramirez can handle it.
"He's got a good idea about playing under pressure because there's a lot of pressure playing over here," Offerman said. "He's one of the future stars of Boston. He's got the tools. All he's got to do is put his mind on the game."
Maturation process
That hasn't always been easy. Ramirez has a dark side, too, but it's fading. He has been in trouble twice with the Red Sox organization for his temper and is still said to be immature.
In October 2002, while playing in the Instructional League, he swore at an assistant trainer and was sent home to the Dominican Republic for the equivalent of an international timeout. "It was the worst day of my life," he said.
In May 2003, while playing for Single A Augusta, he received a 10-day suspension for making an inappropriate gesture toward his own dugout.
His current manager, Manny Acta, former third base coach for the Montreal Expos, said that before the winter season started, he was concerned about Ramirez.
"I wondered about him, but he's been nothing but pleasant," said Acta, who will coach third base for the Mets next season. "I think he's gotten the message."
Ramirez reluctantly talks about the incident in Georgia. "I was accused of something I did not do, and later on they found out the truth about that issue and realized I was innocent," he said. "That day I was just mad that for a while some people were thinking something about me that was not true. I reacted that way. I was so angry. I learned from that a lot. That's never going to happen again."
Still, his manager thinks Ramirez is not quite ready for The Show.
"I think he's two years away," said Acta. "He needs to be a little more consistent on defense and improve on the mental aspects of the game. A little more mature. He's a hard worker, eager to learn. He has power to all fields. He's a strong kid, a 20-plus-homer guy in the big leagues, for sure. He's as advertised. He's going to be good."
Ramirez, who enjoys reading, has taken solace in serious literature. The last book he read, "Life Is A Dream," is a 17th-century Spanish classic play by Pedro Calderon de la Barca. It is a philosophical tale that teaches about separating dreams from reality and making the most of second chances.
"It talks about how you have to fight to survive and get what you want in life," said Ramirez.
Cherington said Ramirez has grown up.
"He's really matured a lot," Cherington said. "His behavior is no concern at all, he's always been a hard worker once he gets on the field. He just needs to prepare himself better mentally. If you're going to play in Boston, you have to learn to deal with the attention."
Cherington said Ramirez isn't a Manny clone -- he even promised to get his hair cut before he reports for spring training.
He will be a future multimillionaire, but he said he doesn't think about money. "You can't get that in your mind right now," he said. "If I sign, I'll buy another house and bring my whole family to the States."
Will money change him?
"No," he insisted. "I want to be the same thing now as in the future. I want to be the same for the rest of my life."
An MVP assessment
He started playing baseball when he was 4 in the Dominican village of Samana. He said his family was not poor. ("I always had a ball, bat, and glove," he said.) His mother got him a glove and went to every one of his games. He has two half-sisters and one half-brother. Ramirez, the son of a mechanic, said he graduated from high school and was planning to enter college to study medicine when he got the call from the Red Sox in 2000.
"Yes, I would like someday to do that career because I really like to help little kids," he said.
The Red Sox got him as an undrafted free agent for the bargain-basement price of $20,000. "The best day of my life was the day I signed with the Red Sox because it was the team I always dreamed of playing with," Ramirez said. "I saw that check and gave it to my mother and she bought a house."
Ramirez admires the Orioles' Miguel Tejada, the 2002 American League most valuable player, more than any other shortstop. "He plays with the heart and for the whole team, not just himself," Ramirez said. He flexes his blue-colored glove, an Orlando Cabrera model. "Cabrera himself gave me this glove," said Ramirez, who has made strides defensively. "One day he just asked me if I needed one and he just gave it to me. I'd rather make a great defensive play than a big hit."The amazing thing about the Dominican Winter League is the camaraderie, and the nurturing by the Dominican players. Vladimir Guerrero, the 2004 AL MVP, shows up at batting practice. He says he will play part of the season with Licey because, "I want the little kids in this country to see me play."
Guerrero said he likes what he's seen of Ramirez.
"He has the skills to be a great shortstop," he said. "I hope God gives him health."
Labeled for greatness
Ramirez knows the "top prospect" tag isn't a guarantee of success.
As rated by Baseball America, righthander Seung Song was the Sox' top prospect in 2002. That year, he was dealt to Montreal as part of a trade for outfielder Cliff Floyd. Song had a mediocre 2004 season in Triple A Edmonton, was rocked in the Arizona Fall League, and finally was claimed off waivers by Toronto last month.
Outfielder Dernell Stenson earned the distinction in 2001. Stenson, who had been claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds, was murdered in Arizona while playing for the Scottsdale Scorpions Nov. 5, 2003. Police ruled the motive was robbery.
"You gotta have luck," said Elvio Jimenez, holding court in a box seat at Quisqueya Stadium before a Licey game. Jimenez, now a scout for the Red Sox, was a legendary Dominican outfielder signed by the New York Yankees in 1959.
His No. 11 is retired and hangs in the rafters here. He likes to tell people he led the 1964 Yankees in batting average. "Look it up," he said.
It's true. He batted .333 (2 for 6) Oct. 4, 1964, in his only major league game. Then Elvio left the building and never made it back to Yankee Stadium.
He said Ramirez is very talented. "Hanley's got a great chance, but in baseball a lot of things happen," he said. "You never know about the future."
Meanwhile, Ramirez sits in the bullpen and grudgingly consents to another interview.
"Everybody wants to make it to the big leagues but not everyone can," he conceded. "I just like to play ball and would do it anywhere. I just don't like to talk much. I am a man of action. I love to play but don't really like to talk a whole lot."
He said the immaturity rap is old news.
"I'm a man right now," he said. "I worry about the future every day. That's why I'm working hard every day. I get up at 8 and go to the gym and work out. I do 80-90 situps a day. Then I go to my house and get something to eat. I shower and come to the ballpark at 12 o'clock for a night game. I don't feel pressure. I just play the way I know how to. It's the same game I've always played.
"It's my life. Baseball is my life."
Correspondent Eric Taveras contributed to this report from Santo Domingo.


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Great Rotation Into Equities Has Begun, Amundi Says
Although much cash remains on the sidelines, investors have started moving into equities and are likely to continue doing so, said Ayaz Ebrahim, chief investment officer for Asia ex-Japan at Amundi Asset Management, one of the world's biggest asset managers with about $1 trillion under management.
"There's a gradual increase in confidence but it's not euphoric by any means," he said. "The search for returns is much stronger now."
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When you drive under a high voltage power transmission line, your AM radio makes a buzzing noise that your FM radio does not. The reasons why are related to why an AC solenoid can burn out if it doesn't shift enough, but a DC solenoid will not. You don't need to know how or why the relationship exists if your aim is to simply replace the valve, or even design the valve, but knowing the relationships expands your knowledge continuum.
Figure 1. Research has revealed that the atom is much more complex than the Bohr-Rutherford model illustrated here. However, it will suffice to explain the analogy between electrical current, the flow of electrons, and hydraulic current (flow).
I will rely upon analogies between hydraulics and electronics, so that your present knowledge of things hydraulic can help you understand things electronic. There are many analogous concepts, but there are also many divergent ones that are profound indeed. I will cover some of both.
Atoms and molecules
In the Bohr-Rutherford (B-R) model of an atom, Figure 1, the atom was visualized as a super-miniature solar system made up of electrons with their negative charges, spinning around a much larger, positively charged nucleus, comprised of closely packed protons, Figure 1. Research has revealed that the atom is much more complex than the B-R model, but it will suffice to explain the analogy between electrical current, the flow of electrons, and hydraulic current, or, as it is more commonly called, hydraulic flow.
Unlike the planets in our solar system, which all have different masses and even different elemental concentrations, the "planets" in the atomic solar system, the electrons, are all the same. Additionally, all the protons of the nuclei are the same. In fact, every proton in the entire universe looks exactly the same as every other proton in the universe, and ditto for the electrons.
The electron and proton are extremely tiny bodies, and each has a mass, with the mass of a proton many times greater than the mass of the electron. But what sets these sub-atomic particles apart from other masses is that the electron and proton carry an electrical charge. Electrical charge, simply referred to as charge, is measurable — and the unit of measure is the coulomb. A coulomb is a quantity of electrical charge. The amount of charge in a single electron or proton is about 1.6×10-19 coulombs.
If we just reciprocate that minuscule amount of charge, we conclude that in order to make one coulomb of charge, we need 6.28×1018 electrons. A complete atom contains as many electrons as protons, and each has the same electrical charge, so the atom is said to be electrically neutral. Atoms can lose electrons in the normal course of their interactions, and when this happens, they lose their electrical neutrality and become ions with net positive charge.
Learning from the Bohr-Rutherford model
The B-R atomic model teaches us that the orbiting electrons, like the planets in our solar system, orbit the nucleus at different distances from the nucleus. The orbital paths for the electrons are taken to be elliptical, and they exist at ordered distances from the nucleus. Each orbit can hold only a specific number of electrons.
The B-R model also teaches us that there are two very broad categories of materials that have an impact on our quest for practical electronic knowledge: conductors and insulators. In some materials, primarily metals, the B-R model reveals that the electrons in the outer rings are very loosely bonded to the parent atom, but in insulators, such as sand and glass (silicon), the outer ring of electrons is very tightly bonded to the nucleus, that is, the parent atom. Knowing this important difference means we can now visualize a very important and practical electronic variable, electrical current.
Figure 2. A conductor is a strand of gold, copper, platinum, lead, aluminum, or other material that contains loosely bound electrons in its outer ring.
Electrical current is the movement of charged particles. Any time an electron is in motion, it constitutes a current, another measurable variable. The unit of measure for electrical current is the ampere. It is defined as the passage of one coulomb of charge in one second — the coulomb per second.
If we have a conductor, say copper wire, and we observe that 6.28×1018 electrons have gone past a point in that wire, then we conclude that there is one ampere of current in the wire. We don't actually count the number of electrons passing, instead, we insert an ammeter, an instrument for measuring electrical current, and simply read the value.
So just how do all those electrons get through that solid wire? Some fluid power specialist once quipped that he couldn't see how to get all that power through a solid wire that didn't even have a hole down the middle. That's where we turn to the B-R atomic model. The wire conductor is a strand of gold, copper, platinum, lead, aluminum, or other material that contains loosely bound electrons in its outer ring.
If we could somehow deposit an electron in one end of our wire and deposit it into one of the metal's atoms, that atom would give up an electron and pass it to its neighbor, and that neighbor would pass one on to its neighbor, and in this fashion, at the other end of the wire, one electron would have to jump out. This is how electrons pass through a solid wire. Actually, the wire is not solid at the atomic level, it is filled mostly with empty space. The conductor's atoms act like a bucket brigade and pass the electron from one to the next, Figure 2. In a complete circuit, then, the electron motion is indeed an electrical current.
On to fluids
Now, look at how this is analogous to the flow of hydraulic fluid in a fluid conductor. The hydraulic conductor has a hole down the middle, and that is its secret to success. But if we look at it closely, imagine that there is a conductor filled with an incompressible fluid. Never mind that the fluid would just dribble out the ends; allow that we can take a new, external molecule of fluid at one end and push it into the filled conductor. That molecule would push against an internal molecule, displacing it. This would displace its neighbor, and so on down the length of the tube. At the opposite end, one molecule of fluid would be ejected and leave the conductor. Thus, like a column of pool balls, Figure 3, the filled tube would transmit the motion of an incoming ball and eventually displace a ball on the other end. If the circuit is completed, then the motion of the fluid molecule, or molecules, constitute a fluid flow.
Figure 3. Like a column of pool balls, a tube filled with hydraulic fluid molecules transmits the motion of an incoming molecule and eventually displaces a molecule on the other end. If the circuit is completed, then the motion of the fluid molecules constitute fluid flow.
The mechanisms that allow electrical flow compared to those that allow fluid flow are fundamentally different. However, it is not erroneous or misleading to think of the electrical current using the pool ball analogy. In fact, such visualization may help to demystify electrical current!
Speed of light and speed of sound
This is an opportunity to discuss the time for the above described actions to take place. There are really two questions:
- What is the speed of the fluid molecule or electron as it travels through the circuit?
- After the molecule or electron is jammed into one end of the conductor, how long does it take for the corresponding molecule or electron to jump out the other end of the conductor?
Whether the medium is electronic or hydraulic, the respective answers are quite similar. In the case of the fluid system, it is common practice to calculate the fluid velocity. This is the flow rate divided by the area of the conductor, and it is normally in the order of a few ft/sec. For a given molecule to travel from the reservoir through the entire circuit and back to the reservoir, can take a few seconds to a few minutes in a typical hydraulic circuit.
Similarly, the rate at which electrons drift around a circuit is relatively slow. In a wire that carries 1 A of current and has a diameter of 2 mm, the average electron velocity is only about 0.024 mm/sec! Some observers call this the drift velocity of an electron, because it is so low. It can take the better part of an hour for an electron to make one complete circuit in a hand-held flashlight. Clearly, these electrons are not moving at the speed of light. The fluid molecules in a typical hydraulic circuit are travelling much faster than the electrons in a typical electrical circuit. To get an appreciation for electronics and the speed of light requires examining the second question.
For the second question, imagine the fluid situation and look at the pool ball metaphor. If you jam a ball into one end of the conductor, how quickly does the emerging ball pop out the other end? We could look at the physics in detail, and observe that the compressibility of the balls comes into play. However, in the end, the time for emergence of the exiting ball is governed by the speed of sound through them. The action of shoving a molecule of fluid into one end of a conductor is felt at the other end of the conductor at a time delay determined by the speed of sound in the fluid. Similarly, in the electronic case, the cause (jamming an electron into one end of our conductor) results in a different electron jumping out the other end. The time between cause and effect is governed, approximately, by the speed of light and the length of the conductor.
Making waves
What we have here are two quite different phenomena, both in the fluid case and the electrical case. The first is the drift or transport of particles through their respective conductors, while the second is the transport of a cause through the conductor. The latter is often called wave propagation. When you jam fluid into one end of a conductor, a force is required. In fluid systems, that is best visualized with pressure. The input action causes a pressure wave to travel along the conductor, and it is the wave reaching the other end that forces the emerging molecule out of the tube. Analogously, it takes force to jam an electron into a wire, and that force is best visualized with the concept of voltage. A voltage wave is sent down along the wire at the speed of light, and it forces the emerging electron out on the other end.
So, current, measured in amperes, is the flow of electrical charges, and its hydraulic analog is the flow of fluid molecules, measured in volume per unit of time, for example, in.3/sec. The actual velocity of the particles, be they electrons or molecules of fluid, is relatively low, taking minutes or even hours for a single particle to make a complete loop around a circuit. On the other hand, the motivating force — pressure in the fluid case and voltage in the electrical case — can travel about the circuit as a wave at very high velocity. For a pressure wave, the speed is determined by the speed of sound in that fluid system. In electrical circuits, the voltage wave travels at speeds approaching the speed of light. Next month, we'll explore the pressure-voltage analogy further.
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Electrohydraulic Pressure Control is the title of another publication from Johnson. This is the first book directed to the subject of electrohydraulic pressure and force control. You can learn the reasons why electrohydraulic pressure control can sometimes be a real challenge and why it is sometimes accomplished with ease. One of the key issues is when to use integral control or not. You will also learn how the nonlinearities in a hydraulic system can affect system performance and what you can do to deal with them. This book is a must-have for anyone who wants to control pressure or force, with or without electronic programmability.
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Chemistry - Our life, Our future. Exhibition in Athens, GreeceActivity by Giorgio Marcou | added on Nov 23, 2010 | Greece
Exhibition in collaboration with the National Hellenic Research Foundation. Information material and rare unpublished material (photos, letters, manuscripts, medals, patents, stamps, FDC, etc) from Nobel Laureates of Chemistry (from 1901 to 2010).
The Museum of the Hellenic Nobel Collection ( www.mhnc.gr )in collaboration with the National Hellenic Research Foundation (www.eie.gr ) will organise an event, which will be hosted in the building of the National Hellenic Research Foundation in Athens Greece from 1-2-2011 to 10-3-2011. Our aim is to celebrate the International Year of Chemistry 2011.
In this event the visitors will be able to see a large number of exhibits from Nobel Laureates in Chemistry (from 1901 to 2010). The exhibits will comprise of Manuscripts, Letters, Patents, Medals, Stamps, FDC and Photos of the Nobel Laureates. Along with those exhibits, a number of information materials in relation with the history and importance of Chemistry in our life and in our future will be displayed in front of the visitors.
Supplementary to the exhibition, a special issue of our quarterly magazine ( http://www.news-museum-hellenic-nobel-collection.gr/ ) will be published dedicated to the International Year of Chemistry and will be distributed (honoris causa) to the visitors of the exhibition. The magazine will also be mailed to our readers (in 61 countries, 12.000 copies).
We believe that this exhibition will provide a great opportunity to the general public to comprehend the important role that Chemistry plays in our lives.
It will also be a great opportunity for all people who are actively involved in the field of Chemistry to honour all those great Scientists who devoted their lives in the service of mankind.
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April – October: daily, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
November – March: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
A) Chomutovská 1, 431 51 Klášterec nad Ohří
The chateau complex, situated on the left bank of the Ohře River, constitutes a dominant landmark in the town's recently restored urban conservation area. The chateau is set in the middle of extensive landscaped grounds with 220 rare tree species from all over the world. The park features a sala terrena with a gloriette and sculptural decoration by Jan Brokoff, 1680s); the park's northern section is graced with the Stations of the Cross (1690s).
The lookout tower is open the public during the summer season.
Permanent exhibition of Bohemian Porcelain
Owing to the traditions of the local but renowned porcelain factory, the chateau in Klášterec nad Ohří is an ideal place to present Bohemian porcelain from the collections of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague. In the rooms on the first floor and set in the context of period furnishings, visitors have the opportunity to view the output of the foremost Czech porcelain works, as they changed in style over time. The selected ensembles exemplify the work of the Biedermeier period – the golden age of Bohemian porcelain-making. They also trace the development of the early industrial manufacture of Neo-Rococo and Art Nouveau porcelain ware. There are pieces illustrating the 20th-century era of modern styles, when Czech porcelain won international recognition, notably items made between the wars and those presented at the Expo '58 World's Fair in Brussels. The exhibition closes with examples of design porcelain produced in series in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Porcelain from China and Japan and European Porcelain
Through a selection of dinner services, individual showpieces and figural works, this part of the permanent exhibition from the collections of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague features Chinese and Japanese porcelain. It inspired early European production in the 18th century which is on view in the other part of the display. It also records the fate of the exhibited objects' original owners who, during the 20th century, fell victim to the Holocaust.
Cup with saucer, Berlin, around 1820
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Porcelain from the collections of Museum of Decorative Arts
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California Department of Transportation
Date: January 15, 2014
Contact: Linsey Willis: Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA)
Phone: (925) 256-4728
New Lanes Open to Traffic on Highway 4
ANTIOCH - This morning, Caltrans and Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) opened two additional westbound highway lanes from Contra Loma Blvd/L Street in Antioch to Loveridge Road in Pittsburg, marking a major project milestone for Highway 4 widening work between Pittsburg and Antioch.
The new westbound lanes, combined with the eastbound lanes that opened in November, provide more than 15 lane miles of additional capacity along a three-mile section of Highway 4.
CCTA is committed to bringing congestion relief to motorists and transit users as soon as possible by opening expanded highway segments along Highway 4 as they are completed. Today's opening represents the completion of the first two segments of construction, with three more segments in progress from Contra Loma Boulevard to Hillcrest Avenue. These remaining segments are expected to be complete in late 2015. At that time, 33 miles of Highway 4 from Antioch to Hercules will have been widened from the original two lanes, a process that began in 1988 with funding from Contra Costa's half-cent transportation sales tax measure.
"CCTA is pleased we can provide increased capacity on these segments of Highway 4 just in time for the holidays, making it easier for residents of East County to spend more time with family and friends and less time on the highway," said Randy Iwasaki, Executive Director, CCTA.
"The benefits this project brings to the East Bay are significant. It is boosting the local economy by providing jobs, and commuters will benefit with more transit options and less traffic congestion," said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
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Ontario conservative leadership race highlights intellectual freedom
Civil rights lawyer Ezra Levant writes:
I should have devoted more attention to the leadership contest for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Four candidates ran in that election -- Tim Hudak, Frank Klees, Christine Elliott and Randy Hillier. And -- amazingly -- reform of Ontario's out-of-control human rights commission became the central policy debate of the race.I noticed the Toronto Star freaking out over Tim Hudak yesterday. I wrote about Hillier here
Stop for a moment to reflect on how incredible that is. That simply wouldn't have happened two years ago, or perhaps even a year ago. That is a testament to the denormalization of Canada's HRCs, and how politically-aware Canadians (particularly those of a conservative stripe) have taken a keen interest in the subject.
As I noted in April, it was Randy Hillier, the great libertarian MPP, who first raised the subject, with his simple call for the abolition of Ontario's HRC. I loved his motto: real justice, real judges.
Tim Hudak saw the common sense of Hillier's position -- and its political appeal -- and dittoed Hillier's position. He had a few phraseological nuances -- he'd simply refer such matters to real courts, and get rid of the more obscene counterfeit human rights, like the "right" not to be offended. I wrote about it here.
Usage notes: I use the term "intellectual freedom," not "free speech" because the latter suggests a drunk yelling profanities on a street corner. Legal, perhaps, but not important. It's the big ideas that today's censors want to suppress. Like, is gay marriage right or wrong? And, by the way, on that particular subject the censors are all alone out there. The gay people are not asking for censorship of opposing views.
Also, I use the term "civil rights" rather than "human rights." Civil rights are the rights of citizens (and landed immigrants and all lawful occupants of this country). They have a history. We can explain in detail why they are what they are. "Human rights" seem, by contrast, to be whatever a human rights commissioner makes up as she goes along.
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Doctor Web, a Russian security firm, has found a Trojan that mimics the OS X installer on Apple computers in order to obtain phone numbers. The threat is called Trojan.SMSSend.3666 and according to Doctor Web, it is the first such malware to maliciously imitate the installer. Similar threats used to only appear on Windows machines. The Trojan usually gets downloaded through what appears to be legitimate software.
When the user attempts to open the compromised program, the malware launches a fake installer on OS X machines and introduces a prompt asking the user to enter a phone number to activate the software. The malicious program then sends a code by SMS that the user enters to supposedly finish the activation process. That process charges a subscription fee to the user, regularly debited to the person's mobile phone. Some of the installers do complete the download of the software it's pretending to be, but the focus of the attack is the phone number.
Targeting victims by mobile number hasn't been successful in the past, but the spread of this style of malware into Macs shows that cybercriminals have found ways of making it lucrative. More and more services – such as social networks like Facebook and Twitter – are connected to phones these days. According to The Next Web, the appearance of the installer malware on OS X before iOS shows how much tougher it is to get malware on Apple's mobile devices. It seems that the extra scrutiny the company levels against programs in the Apple App Store does pay off.


text: Girl song Is there anybody going to listen to my story, All about the girl who came to stay? She's the kind of girl you want so much it makes you sorry, Still, you don't regret a single day. Ah girl, girl, girl When I think of all the times I tried so hard to leave her, She will turn to me and start to cry. And she promises the earth to me and I believe her, After all this time I don't know why. Ah girl, girl, girl She's the kind of girl who puts you down When friends are there, You feel a fool. When you say she's looking good, She acts as if it's understood. She's cool, ooh, ooh, ooh. Ah girl, girl, girl Was told when she was young that pain would lead to pleasure? Did she understand it when they said That a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure? Will she still believe it when he's dead? Ah girl, girl, girl "Girl" Italian single cover, backed by Nowhere Man Song by the Beatles from the album Rubber Soul Released 3 December 1965 Recorded 11 November 1965,EMI Studios, London Genre Folk rock Length 2:33 Label Parlophone Writer Lennon–McCartney Producer George Martin Rubber Soul track listing 14 tracks Side one "Drive My Car" "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" "You Won't See Me" "Nowhere Man" "Think for Yourself" "The Word" "Michelle" Side two "What Goes On" "Girl" "I'm Looking Through You" "In My Life" "Wait" "If I Needed Someone" "Run for Your Life" "Girl" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney based on an original idea by Lennon and performed by the Beatles on their 1965 album Rubber Soul. "Girl" was the last complete song recorded for that album. Please note the text from Wikipedia is imported without editing or authentication. Thank You Girl (Live At The BBC) Thank You Girl (Past Masters) Girl (The Beatles 1962-1966) Another Girl (Help!) Girl (Rubber Soul) ©1965 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.