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Heritage Park is an active adult community for residents 55 and older designed for resort living. The 25,000 square foot clubhouse is the centerpiece of this community, which offers a large ballroom, library, pool table, gardens, theatre, pub, indoor and outdoor pools, spas, and fitness center. Residents also enjoy tennis and basketball courts, bocce ball, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, as well as a wide variety of available clubs and classes. Golfers enjoy the local Teal Bend course, located just minutes away.

Great care was taken in the design of the tree lined promenades that link the neighborhood villages that are ideal for walking or biking. An active homeowners association fosters and ensures the beauty, safety, and stability of the community.

Interstate 5 and the Sacramento International Airport are easily accessible while Downtown Sacramento and all its urban amenities are just 15 minutes away.

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  • 141 Mill Valley Circle S

    141 Mill Valley Circle S
    Sacramento, CA 95835
    • 2 Beds
    • 2 Baths
    • 2,040 SqFt

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  • 5815 Palmera Lane
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    5815 Palmera Lane
    Sacramento, CA 95835
    • 3 Beds
    • 2 Baths
    • 2,189 SqFt

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Each Saturday and Sunday in January and February, Shops at Don Mills will host Figure Skating performances on the rink from 12 noon to 2 PM.

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On Thursday, June 7, the “Fala Vidigal” debate series resumed with the panel discussion, “DRUGS: A Lost War,” at Vidigal‘s Residents Association. The debate featured six speakers, and the main argument put forward over the course of the event was that the decriminalization of drugs would benefit citizens, especially those who live in favelas, because it would reduce the violence that results from drug trafficking.

Participants in the panel discussion included Raull Santiago from Coletivo Papo Reto media collective; retired Military Police colonel Jorge Silva; president of the Vila Vidigal Residents Association, Sebastião Aleluia; social psychologist Beatriz Moura; Felipe from the Federation of Favelas of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAFERJ); and Heitor Silva, who holds a PhD in urban planning and participates in the Popular Movement of Favelas (MPF).

Panelist Jorge Silva, the retired Military Police colonel, told the audience that for many years he had believed drug users were worse than the traffickers. However, after reflecting on the type of society created from the prohibition of drugs, he realized that prohibition itself is the main issue, as it fuels the war on drugs which kills more people than drug use does. He believes that the population fears decriminalization because it fears any kind of change. He mentioned three types of damage caused by drug trafficking: that affecting individuals, families, and society.

According to Silva, the damage to individuals includes the consequences of using drugs, since it can turn a person into an unproductive member of society. Damage to families is closely linked to individual damage, and includes the consequences of an individual’s drug use for the family. Users often cause serious problems for their families whether via aggression, accruing expenses, or other impacts. The final type of damage, more perceptible to the lower-income classes, is constituted by the tragedies of the war on drugs. Continuing with his analysis, Silva reminded listeners that Brazil is the world champion of homicides, and a lot of this comes from the constant shootouts in favelas, where drug trafficking is networked. In Brazil, an individual has a higher chance of dying from a “lost” bullet than from an overdose.

The retired colonel also pointed out that, despite the aforementioned negative consequences, the capital generated by trafficking benefits a lot of industries, principally the arms trade. “When you go into a favela and spot a young kid with an AK47, you can be sure someone is profiting from all this,” he said. According to Silva, rich countries incentivize the war on drugs in peripheral countries, especially in Latin America, in order to sell arms to both sides, as much to the police as to the traffickers. He concluded that the violence generates great profit under the unregulated capitalist model in which our society currently functions. As a result, the groups that profit from drug trafficking have no interest in the decriminalization of drugs.

Felipe, of FAFERJ, was extremely critical of the war on drugs implanted in Rio and criticized Brazilian society, calling it hypocritical and moralistic. According to him, “the military intervention in Rio de Janeiro does not serve the favelas, it’s expensive and inefficient.” Often when someone argues against the military intervention, many people think they are defending drug traffickers, he said. For example, he explained, debates in the media and at universities have featured maliciously tinged questions such as: “If you don’t support the intervention, then what do you support?”

For Felipe it makes no sense to launch a military intervention aimed at repressing favelas in Rio de Janeiro while the country’s boarders remain so open. He pointed out that Brazilian drug traffickers do not plant drugs, but import them. Thus, Felipe reflected that it is illogical to try to combat drug trafficking inside the favelas before trying to prevent the entry of drugs into the country. To do so only makes it clear that politicians are more interested in creating a false image of responding effectively to the problem—showing heavily armed men in the city streets and repressing poor residents—instead of actually cutting off the base of the trafficking industry.

The speaker also pointed to the strong correlation between the drug trade and corruption. “Trafficking generates a lot of capital for a lot of people. Very large political capital that generates policies of fear.” He explained that many politicians base their political campaigns on exploiting the population’s fear of the violence caused by trafficking. For example, many candidates promise to step up repression against trafficking to win votes. In addition, this generalized fear can become a greater problem as it increases the stigmatization of favelas, creating an idea that the communities are only hotbeds of violence. This incites a discourse of hate towards poorer people, like the famous saying “the only good criminal is a dead criminal.” The fear of violence also means fewer people actively participate in political discussions, including in regards to the decriminalization of drugs. Felipe said FAFERJ often organizes events on the subject but many people do not attend because they are afraid they won’t be able to return home due to shootouts.

Another panelist, Heitor Silva, PhD in urban planning and member of MPF, believes that a serious problem for residents associations is the lack of much-needed unity in discussing community issues. In Complexo do Alemão alone there are 13 associations, which means any decision is decentralized.

Heitor Silva positioned himself in favor of decriminalizing all drugs, without distinguishing between heavier and lighter drugs. “This debate around soft drugs versus hard drugs, it’s just silly.” According to him, many cases of violence come from the use of soft drugs like alcohol (innumerable cases of violence against women or road traffic violence). As such, he concluded that decriminalization would reduce violence linked to trafficking in favelas. “We don’t want people involved with drugs. But what people really don’t want is this violence. The problem with drugs is there’s one view of it for the middle class and another for the lower class.”

Beatriz Moura, a social psychologist, brought yet another view to the topic, showing the usefulness of social psychology in dealing with young people vulnerable to the dangers of the drug trade. She commented that during her time working in female prisons in São Paulo she noticed that many women were in prison for drug use and in many cases for having done odd jobs to help out a trafficker boyfriend. However, while working in prisons she noted that the desire of many of these women was for their children not to make their same mistakes, so the best use of a psychologist would be in the communities themselves. She pointed out that today social psychologists try to go into communities and stimulate self-awareness as a form of preventing more young people from getting involved with trafficking. The psychologist affirmed that “people have to deconstruct the view that psychology achieves nothing and is only for people with money.” She argued psychology can help people to achieve self-awareness and create hope for potential improvements in life without young people needing to run towards trafficking.

As such, all the participating panelists spoke in favor of the decriminalization of drugs. There was a consensus that, currently, politicians and society in general are mistaken in seeing drug use as a question of public security rather than a health issue. This view leads to wars on drugs, creating extreme violence. This war kills more people than the actual use of drugs does. Therefore, the organization of more events like this and the population’s active participation in the debate are of extreme importance going forward.

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We Buy White Albums by Rutherford Chang

Dust_and_Grooves_3332Last March the NY Times ran a story about a guy named Rutherford Chang, whose art installation called “We Buy White Albums” was open in Soho of New York City. Chang had collected more than 600 first edition copies of the Beatles album The Beatles, with the embossed lettering, more commonly known as The White Album.

The White Album, Chang found, was something of a tabula rosa, a canvas for stains, drawings, accidents and art, and from the Times story is appears that was part of the plan of the cover’s designer, Richard Hamilton.

Chang created a record store stocked with his White Albums, and spent his time at the store playing each one. They are ordered by the serial numbers that came on the albums pressed before 1975.

Another plan was to play all of them at the same time. Now the record store has opened up in a museum in Hamburg Germany, and Chang has released his overlaid performance of 100 copies of Side 1. It seems record pressings are not all the same, and while this starts out sounding like a somewhat boomy version of side one, by the end of Back in the USSR there is a real loopy dreamscape at work. I learned about this from a story in Slate.

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  1. This is great. I have turned off While My Guitar Gently Weeps for decades, now I get it. From Bungalow Bill on, a song I never liked, it’s beautiful. I just wish the fidelity was better, why use old copies? Old turntables of course. The possibilities are endless.

  2. I love this. I personally had three copies of the album, one original, one i replaced when the original wore out, and then a copy on white vinyl. then i had it on cassette, and now of course i have it on CD. hmm, that means i bought the rights to it six times (talk about rackets).

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Every year we have clients come in and remark how much they’d like a piece of jewelry or a certain sculpture, but they don’t want to directly tell their spouse or family.  Our new Holiday Wish Box will allow for both surprise and a happy holiday.

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Romax Technology, the world’s leading independent wind turbine condition monitoring and service provider has reaffirmed its commitment to driving offshore wind energy, after announcing that is has now provided long term services to over 5 GW of wind turbines globally, including over 40 per cent of the UK’s offshore fleet and a large proportion of the North American operating assets.

In reaching the target of 5 GW Romax now has access to a heightened range of data and knowledge which can be applied to future operations as well as enhancing its range of practical engineering solutions.

Romax supports wind asset owners and operators right across the globe with products and services designed to maximise sustainable energy yields that optimise the balance between turbine and component performance, and operational costs.

As well as being able to celebrate the success of achieving the highest number of certified wind turbine gearbox designs in the market, Romax also has the technology to monitor performance with InSight software and services.

InSight predictive maintenance solutions combine a unique mix of engineering skills, consulting expertise, specialist software and field experience in drivetrain technologies. This mix of monitoring and inspection services enables wind farm owners and operators to schedule maintenance checks and make significant cost savings.

Dr John Coultate, Head of Monitoring and O&M Consultancy from Romax states that in light of investment there is likely to be a bigger emphasis placed on condition monitoring and in order to address this access to larger data streams is going to be essential:

“The wind energy sector is rapidly evolving and in light of this it’s imperative that we are able improve the robustness, performance, efficiency and reliability of turbines. Currently over 75 per cent of expenditure for wind farms, both offshore and onshore is tied to operations and maintenance. This puts huge pressure on the sites to make use of all the data generated in order to ensure that it is analysed effectively to future-proof against failures and downtime. This is not always possible and that is where we can help.

“At Romax we now have access to extraordinary volumes of information that allows us to ultimately increase our benchmarking, providing users with improved visibility and accuracy over faults, enabling them to plan, prepare and prevent future failures. It is vital therefore that we continue to build on the knowledge gained to set new targets to drive the industry forward.”

Dr. Ashley Crowther, Global VP of the InSight Division encourages the industry closing the gap between field experience and technology development in wind turbine predictive maintenance, “We are pleased to have had a long term engagement with our clients on these 5GW of assets.  Tracking issues on this volume of machines over many years allows us to continue to innovate and apply the right design and simulation technology with a truer understanding of the reliability issues over the product lifecycle.”

For decades, Romax has pioneered technology for simulating and predicting the life of transmissions and rotating machinery. 14 out of the world's top 15 automotive manufacturers use Romax's software. Romax's methods for durability and life prediction have been validated through extensive testing and series production and are trusted by manufacturers across the globe.


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The BorgWarner Board announced the appointment of Frederic Lissalde as president and CEO, effective August 1, 2018, at which time he will also join the Board. Effective on the same date, James Verrier will step down from the president and CEO role and serve in a non-executive advisory role to support a successful transition until he retires from the company February 28, 2019.

Lissalde currently serves as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Previous positions include president and general manager of BorgWarner Turbo Systems, the company's largest business, vice president and general manager of BorgWarner Transmissions Systems and vice president of global sales and marketing of BorgWarner Drivetrain Systems.

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

American Pickers

Nothing says fall to me quite like apple picking. So, the first weekend in October, with my parents in town visiting from The Fort, we did just that.
Even if I don't really like apples.
I wanted the photos to feel like fall, so we all dressed accordingly, even though it was about 80 degrees. Living in South Carolina will do that to ya! We tried out a new orchard this time that I had never been to before, Justus Orchard, in Hendersonville, NC. It was cute, but we got there later than I would have wanted, so it was super crowded. We're talking busloads.
My favorite thing was the cow train that was pulled behind a tractor.
And yes, the entire family went for a ride.
By the time we got around to apple picking, we realized that all the trees close to the front were picked over, and it was getting so hot, I was getting sick. So we faked it, took some cute photos, and then bought pre-picked apples in their store! Shhh...... don't tell anyone!

I'm still upset it was too hot and too crowded to stop and eat a fried apple pie. Oh well, maybe next time! I just always want Bimmer to have these kind of adventures and never miss out on anything!
Happy picking! Back with more fun fall adventures soon!

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Kari said...

Super fun! I love going to the apple orchard too- but we never pick our own...we always go the easy route and buy the bags already picked! Sorry it was so hot- that's kind of miserable! But you got some super cute pictures!


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Sarah Morris / Capitain Petzel

Sarah Morris’ exhibition, Cloak and Dagger, wins no points for skulduggery with regard to its title. The reference, to 1946 Fritz Lang’s film, however, does establish perhaps the pervading theme of the exhibition: the ways in which information is revealed, concealed and reinterpreted. This is doubly fitting as Lang’s film itself is an adaptation. The film, starring Garry Cooper and Lilli Palmer, is a dramatisation of a book by Corey Ford and Alistair MacBain which purports to tell “The Secret Story of the O.S.S.” — the precursor to the CIA. Upon reading it, one finds that the book is brimming with stories of heroic derring-do, so it’s hard to imagine Allen Dulles, the wartime director of the Office of Strategic Services, was jealously guarding these tales from the public eye. Indeed, Lt. Ford — to give him his proper title — and MacBain were more like early adopters of the classic Hollywood tactic of weaving fulsome tales about the virtues of the national security state constructed from granules of truth than they were bold, investigative muckrakers. Their title has lived on in other forms as well. Lang’s film preceded a popular radio programme which also used the title, but Morris’ Cloak and Dagger places its primary focus on Lang’s work, and on the man himself. There is, for example, a poster from Lang’s film, M., among those which Morris has collected and altered for the show. In these works, the images from the film advert are overlain with geometric outlines which complicate and disrupt — but which ultimately reinforce — the underlying aesthetic construction. The shapes exist as a form of half-hearted encryption deployed more to assert its own presence than to supplant or disguise any underlying message. Often these collisions of abstract forms and cinematic romanticism produce engaging dialogues. The introduction of such raw, Platonic geometries into the free-wheeling, sensual world of the Emmanuelle franchise — where “platonic” is the dirtiest word of all — for example, has a particular resonance in an age saturated in digital erotica where frankness has long been surpassed by a kind of quasi-medical scopophilia. Somehow, the film posters held my attention more fully than the less ambiguously composed abstract works in the show. The bravura mural on the gallery’s western wall had plenty of visual dynamism, but seeing it, I somehow felt the posters still were the centre of the upstairs portion of the exhibition, made all the more significant by their comparatively modest scale and unresolved structural and narrative tensions.

Moving images are also included in Cloak and Dagger, among them, footage of Lang himself recounting a variation on the tale of his immigration from Nazi Germany to France. Though Lang is not visually present in it, the film screened in Capitain Petzel’s basement gallery also traces its origin story to him. The work is largely composed of an interview with the German filmmaker and writer, Alexander Kluge. Kluge, who originally trained as a lawyer, was connected with Lang by way of Theodor Adorno who hoped Lang would discourage Kluge’s cinematic ambitions. #sabotagefail. Adorno’s failed nostrum has been the cinema world’s gain. Kluge’s prolific output of films is rich with melanges of visual, theoretical and literary ingredients. Listening to his and Morris’ discussion is fascinating, and the subject matter on which they touch ranges widely. The press materials state that the film is a precursor to a work Morris will present later in the year, but it is full of ideas in its present state, and, like meeting Lang, is very unlikely to deter any aspiring filmmakers from seeing the form as a heroic and romantic undertaking. Like the posters upstairs, the film is a reminder that complication, if effectively deployed, can actually constitute narrative rather than causing it to rupture. As any spy could tell you, tradecraft is a message of its own.

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ANZ has announced the appointment of Tasi Scanlon as Country Head ANZ American Samoa, the bank’s first ever local appointment to this senior role based in Pago Pago.

Ms. Scanlon reports to John Wade, ANZ CEO American Territories (Guam and American Samoa) based in Guam.

Scanlon brings over 30 years of banking experience. She has worked at ANZ since 2007 in senior roles including Commercial Relationship Manager, Commercial and Retail Banking Manager, Chief Operating Officer, Head of Commercial Loans and more recently, Acting Country Manager. She worked at Bank of Hawaii before joining ANZ.

Scanlon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management from the Sacred Heart College of North Carolina and is a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School in Seattle, WA.

 “We’re thrilled to announce Tasi’s appointment into this senior role,” Wade said. “Tasi has been a member of my management team for the last six years and has always demonstrated strong leadership and passion for her customers, team and community, and we look forward to her contribution to our business.”

ANZ Regional Executive Pacific, Tessa Price said, “Tasi’s appointment is testament to the focus we’ve placed on succession planning and building strong Pacific leaders in our business across the region. I look forward to working more with Tasi, who will also be a member of my Pacific Leadership Team in her new role.”

ANZ has been in American Samoa since 2001, offering banking services to personal and business customers across the country.


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If a federal government shutdown commences at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20th, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has issued an ASG Shutdown Order, outlining procedures to take and exempted services since a federal shutdown will have a direct impact on ASG finances.

Congress passed late last year a partial federal budget for FY 2018, which expires at midnight tonight.

In the governor’s order, released by the Governor’s Office yesterday afternoon, Lolo orders the shutdown of all non-essential ASG operations funded exclusively through federal resources.

However, the exception is given to those services that may be exempted by the US President.

Lolo said the LBJ Medical Center, American Samoa Community College, Education Department and all first responders would be among the agencies locally exempted from the shutdown. Also exempted are contract employees.

“ASG personnel funded exclusively by federal resources, not including exempted agencies or personnel, are directly affected by this order and should therefore stay home from work,” the governor wrote. “Locally funded employees should be reassigned as necessary to ensure that departments and agencies are not compromised.”

According to the governor, employees affected by this order are not authorized to take annual, sick, or compensatory time leave for the duration of the federal shutdown.

And if the federal shutdown occurs over the weekend beginning Jan. 20th, the order shall take immediate effect and remain in effect until the federal shutdown order is lifted, Lolo explained.

“I urge all of you to make sure that the quality of services to our people is maintained by assigning locally funded personnel to take over the vacuum created by this shutdown,” he continued. “It is unfortunate that we must furlough employees, but we cannot jeopardize our financial integrity.”

“If the federal policy precludes the payment of lost work time, our approved budget lacks the financial capacity to absorb this cost,” he said and encouraged all government employees to follow local and U.S national news over the weekend to determine whether or not to report to work on Monday morning.

“If your agency faces special circumstances which significantly affect your services to the community, please discuss them with me personally,” he concluded.

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This page is also now permanently added to the Camera Database section for the Z cameras, and future updates will be done there. I will add to this page as I get new questions where public answers provide a benefit to site readers.

"Do F-mount autofocus lenses work in autofocus via the FTZ adapter when shooting video on the Z6/Z7 bodies?"

Yes. But AF-I and AF-S may make noises that could be audible. They weren't designed for silent continuous autofocus use.

"Can I use AI and AI-S lenses on the FTZ adapter?"

It appears that the answer to this is yes, that you can set exposure with these lenses. Obviously, they don't autofocus since they're all manual focus lenses ;~). As I learn more, I keep updating my FTZ adapter article.

"Will we ever see a Z to F mount adapter to use the new Z lenses on DX and FX DSLR cameras?"

No. The Z lenses were designed to provide infinity focus when sitting 16mm forward of the sensor. The F-mount is over 46mm from the sensor. If you move a lens that far forward of where it was designed, it will lose infinity focus (and probably a lot of distance focus, too). If you wanted to use use a Z lens on an F-mount body as a macro lens, I suppose you could create an adapter that acts like an extension tube, but I don't see much demand for that.

"Is it possible to built a teleconverter into a Z adapter?"

I would think that answer to be yes. It might be a little tricky to optimize, but I don't see why it couldn't be done.

"Does the FTZ adapter work with third party F-mount lenses?"

Information is still sketchy on this. I've been getting reports from people attending the dealer product demonstrations that have been going on who brought a third party lens with them. Some seem to work, some don't, but it's impossible to do a real assessment in that environment. I suspect I'm going to have to do something like I did with some DSLRs and keep a running list of what readers are reporting and what I've found in my testing.

"Will the FTZ adapter make F-mount lenses perform worse?"

No. The Z7, for instance, appears to use pretty much the same technologies and coatings that the D850 uses. An adapted lens will be at the same position to the sensor, so the light ways will hit that sensor the same. Thus, I expect no differences between the way a lens performs on a D850 natively and on a Z7 via adapter.

"What happens with DX lenses?"

They work as expected on the FTZ adapter. The camera automatically crops. The EVF compensates (e.g. the DX crop fills the image area).

"Why no 28-200mm or something similar on the lens road map?"

The Z system is about image quality, not convenience. Nikon has chosen to emphasize image quality at least out through 2020. Personally, I think that's the right move for a high-end system. I've never understood the notion of putting a quality-limited lens on a sensor that's state-of-the-art that some have.

"Is the new mount really just a way of selling new lenses? What do the new mount dimensions really mean?"

Yeah, blame Nikon's marketing for people having to ask this question. Also their planning team. By making the flange distance so short and the throat opening so big, you can do two things in optical designs that you had restrictions on before: (1) using the same or similar optical designs you should be able to make a smaller lens; (2) using new optical designs you can push at the boundaries of a lot of different design parameters, including corner correction, light collection, and even how light goes from the rear element to the sensor.

Nikon is sort of trumpeting #2 with the S-line series, though not doing a great job of explaining it and showing off the difference that is achieved. Those first lenses look exceptionally good on paper, plus we have some very fast (light gathering) lenses coming down the pike. On #1, Nikon punted for the time being. The brochures do point to "Other Lenses" coming at some time in the future (according to the Road Map, that wouldn't be before the end of 2020, though). I'll bet we see small pancake type lenses that perform well downstream, and that's because of #1.

As for "selling new lenses," that's what all camera companies want to do ;~). It's a given, and Nikon's mirrorless system is no different. But what I'm trying to say here that Nikon is struggling to say is that yes, that new mount opens up a whole new world for Nikon's top optical designers to explore. Word I have from one is that he's excited about this new world in ways he was starting to get a bit apathetic about with the F mount. I like the idea of excited, top-level lens designers, and am looking forward to seeing what that creates.

Here's my former answer on a similar question:

"I was reading the comparison between Sony and Nikon and noticed that you count the larger mount opening of Nikon as an advantage for that system. As of now, the only reason Nikon gave for it is that it would allow for higher quality and brighter optics. But so far, there is no proof that this will actually be the case. We only have the 58mm f0.95 lens in development, but there already exists a f0.95 lens for Sony FE."

Nikon marketing has not done this point justice, for sure.

Sure, we have a third-party f/0.95 lens for FE, but have you actually used it? Huge vignetting and corner issues.

The larger mount allows optical engineers to have to bend the light less in many cases, and to shape the light differently than they can in a narrow mount. Think of it this way: can you stuff a V8 engine into a Kia Soul? Technically, yes, it is possible. But not without issues. Far easier to put that V8 into a large truck and get everything a V8 can deliver.

The published MTFs for the first three Z lenses are jaw-dropping. These are Otus-type results, and they're wide open. If those lenses really perform as the MTFs suggest, we have a new class of lenses.

"Does the Z6/Z7 have a low pass (AA) filter?"

The Z6 does have a low pass filter, the Z7 does not.

"Will we now see sales on Sony A7 products?"

Yes. We're already seeing them. Someone showed me a sale that starts on the 26th in Australia, and I've heard about others, as well. If Sony executives are reading this, there are three basic responses they should be making: (1) welcome Nikon for proving that Sony was right about the full frame mirrorless market for years, pointing out that Sony is on generation three, Nikon generation one; (2) point to all the Sony and third-party lens support available today; and (3) use price as a lever (e.g. sales) wherever possible to put immediate pricing pressure on Nikon. There's obviously more they can do, but those should be their most important three responses.

"How viable is Wi-Fi directly to a computer as a means of providing backup in case the XQD card fails?"

Not at all, I'd guess. I'd actually say that the likelihood that your Wi-Fi connection fails during a shoot is way, way higher than an XQD card failing. Nikon didn't make that single slot decision without doing research. I can't find anyone that's had a true, documented XQD card failure. The most common failures with cards in the past came because of design issues in CF and SD, none of which are repeated in XQD (that was one of the original goals ;~). Also, some people are using SD cards long past their expiry date (e.g. past their write/read limits). That's not to say you could never have a failure with only a single slot, just that I don't believe it likely to be card related unless you've worn out the NAND gates through overuse. One of the most common "failures" I see isn't actually a card failure, it's a write mechanism failure (inability to keep up with the stream). That, too, is lower with XQD because it's based on PCIe, a well known and direct parallel mechanism that has a high bandwidth.

"When will we get a raw converter that understands the Z images?"

A better question than you think. According to my friend Iliah Borg, the Z series uses a completely new structure for the tags/data in its NEF images. The compressed data is in the same form, but in a different place, for instance. This means that it won't be quite as simple as taking the D850 converter routines and substituting out the Z7 name for D850 ;~). Iliahs' LibRaw team has already done some of the work, so a RawDigger beta already understands uncompressed NEFs. I suspect that both RawDigger and FastRawViewer will both get quick updates.

I also expect we'll see Capture NX-D updated right around first shipment of the Z7. Nikon does seem to be cooperating more with Adobe these days, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a reasonably quick update from them, too.

But there's more going on now to consider: the changes in EXPEED6 now produce different sharpening and styles (looks) for JPEGs. So creating LUTs for the Adobe product that match up JPEG output versus NEF conversion is going to take some work and time, too.

"I’ve read a lot about what can be done in menu’s but usually accompanied by Photo Capture and later Nikon Capture.  Are the new abilities dependent on Nikon Capture or something new to actually take advantage of them? Would hate to see tying camera function to proprietary software Nikon has never done well at and is handcuffs for users."

The new EXPEED6 capabilities are tied to in-camera JPEGs. I suppose if you want your raw files to come out exactly as an in-camera JPEG you'd be restricted to Nikon's software. But that's always been the case.

"Is the autofocus as poor as Tony Northrup [and a few others] suggest?"

Having not been provided a pre-production model by Nikon, nor was I invited to the NikonUSA launch event in New York (which was local to me), I simply can't comment in any useful way. I wouldn't really comment about image quality and focus performance of a camera until I've had a chance to learn its nuances well and then used that product in a production situation, anyway.

NikonUSA took risks by providing pre-production units to some and then setting up what looks to have been an sub-optimal test environment for the launch event. That's a little out of character for Nikon. I'd say this: if you're concerned, then wait for final firmware and real tests, and then don't discount that Nikon will learn more about how to optimize the new system via firmware updates.

"Do you think that Nikon can upgrade their focus via firmware?"

Sure. While the hardware aspects (on sensor PD and the data pipeline/CPU) would be locked, it's easy to imagine that there are algorithmic things that could be done to change/improve/expand focus abilities. We've seen this before out of Nikon (e.g. the D9 and Group HL and VL modes on the D5). At this point it's impossible to know what might hardware-related limitations versus software ones, though. As I note below, there's a bit of feeling of rush to the Z system, so there's likely a weak point that needs addressing.

"The three lenses at launch don't appeal to me."

I'm hearing this a lot. Yet Nikon is making some claims for these lenses that might change your mind, if true. I'm really intrigued by the published (but theoretical) MTF charts. They imply lenses that should be sharp edge to edge and have very little coma/astigmatism in the corners, which is exactly Nikon's claim. What if the 35mm f/1.8Z turns out to be the best 35mm Nikon has produced? I'm pretty sure the 50mm f/1.8Z is the best 50mm Nikon has produced, but that bar is far lower. And having shot with the Sony/Zeiss 24-70mm f/4 from the beginning of the A7 history, I can tell you that Nikon doesn't have to go very far to surpass that lens.

After listening to the detailed talks and sorting through all the Nikon printed materials, I actually have high expectations for these three lenses (and the ones that follow). Granted, the prime focal lengths aren't the ones I'd be most interested in for my shooting, but if they perform as expected, I'll make a place for them.

"I’m sure many people will want the 58mm f/0.95 NOCT lens (I didn’t say buy). Will they?"

People want McLaren's and Lamborgini's, too. The 58mm f/0.95 NOCT is what we call a "halo product." One that establishes the potential and credibility of a brand, but isn't necessarily something that we'll all opt for. I don't know that I have a use for this lens (and I already have the two previous 58mm's, which get rare use). But I'm glad that Nikon's pushing the boundaries of what's possible. For a while, they weren't, they were producing consumer convenience lens after consumer convenience lens.

"Is there really a diffraction correction function in the camera?"

Yes, and it can be turned on or off as you desire. It's right next to the Distortion Control and Vignetting menu items.

Of course, what this function actually does and how well it works has not been determined. Nikon seems strangely silent on what the function actually does.

"Does the Z6/Z7 have User Banks?"

No. We the more prosumer U1, U2, U3 settings on the Mode dial instead.

"The Z launch seems rushed."

Can't disagree there. Moreover, a rushed introduction piles onto the usual Nikon problem that they just don't get the down-in-the-weeds technical details down to the subsidiaries fast enough, and they can't get their marketing messages dialed in right. (I will say that after a week, Nikon's marketing finally seems to be catching up with details and answers and doing a better job. Still, that's an indication that the launch was rushed.)

I did notice that Nikon seemed to initially be showing cameras with firmware 0.5 (or 0.53). Typically a month before shipment I'm used to seeing 0.9x versions with Nikon. A week later we've got version 1.0 showing up everywhere. I don't know if that's meaningful here, but Nikon is a pretty anal and engineering nerd culture. They have a long-established step process they use. I just get the feeling we saw these cameras a little earlier in that firmware process than usual (which also implies the process was getting time-compressed).

"Do I buy a D850 or a Z7?"

A question that requires a lot more information on your part. I've long advocated the right tool for the right job. If I needed to take silent images of pro golfers on tour, well, that's a Z7. If I need a deep buffer for fast action, that's a D850. I'd say those are things that are probably "known" at this point.

But for a real assessment, I'd need both your usage information, your specific needs/desires, and some time with a Z7. So the Magic 8 Ball says: Try Again Later.

"Do I buy a Nikon Z6 or a Sony A7m3?"

Similar question, but there's more to this answer. Nikon F-mount shooters with AF-S lenses already have a predisposition towards the Nikon. Those without Nikon lenses would probably have a predisposition towards the Sony, as the available lens choice for the A7/A9 series is much larger at the moment.

I'm trying to keep a page up-to-date on the known feature differences, so you can start there. But as with the previous question, my personal answer awaits real testing with the Z cameras.

"When do the cameras ship?"

Subject to change of course, but NikonUSA says September 27th for the Z7, FTZ adapter, and lenses, November 30th for the Z6.

"Can you get the Z products under NPS Priority Purchase?"

Yes. Sign into your NPS account and you should see that option under Benefits on the main page. Click on Submit a Request.

This of course means that pros will be cutting in line ahead of consumers again, as they did with the D800, D500, and D850 launches, causing initial shortages (the D4 and D5 launches also had NPS PP in place, but the quantities were such that it didn't really cause a consumer backlog). I'm getting conflicting information about the pre-order levels for the Z system so far. But Nikon themselves have already issued an apology that they can't deliver to demand initially.

"Most people seem to be comparing the Nikon Z7 to Sony A7Rm3, but isn't another comparison to the Fujifilm GFX50s?"

Yes, true. Actually very true if the lens capabilities are as good as Nikon is promoting for the new Z lenses. I've held off reviewing the GFX50s, but I think I'll now need to do a fairly direct comparison against the 42/45mp DSLRs/mirrorless options.

"Why only a single slot?"

That's a good question that Nikon didn't answer (and should). I'm shocked that they didn't anticipate needing to. I'm also actually pretty sure that somewhere in their organization they have the answer to this question, but it just shows you how problematic their marketing is that they couldn't supply a clear answer to anyone at the launch or in the followups post launch.

As I've noted elsewhere, I—and many others I've encountered—use my D500 and D850 as a single slot camera. Why? Because SD slot use slows down the camera in a variety of ways. I've never had an XQD card failure in tens of thousands of images shot. Actually, it probably is into the hundreds of thousands now. Note: all cards eventually fail. That's why you should regularly refresh your card stock.

Which leads me to what I believe the answer from Nikon would actually be if the engineers were  asked: the measured field reliability of XQD cards is extremely high; SD as a second slot (or both slots) would slow the camera down; and two XQD cards would have been problematic to fit into the space available. QED: one XQD slot.

"Does the Z6 have focus stacking?"

Everything seems a bit premature still (the Z6 doesn't ship until November 30th according to NikonUSA). But my reading of the tea leaves is that only the Z7 has this feature. The 78-page brochure is best set of details we have so far, and it only mentions the Z7 for this feature. NikonUSA says the Z6 has the feature, though.

"Isn't there a vertical grip for the Z series?"

At the moment, apparently not. The Z6 and Z7 don't have any electrical contacts under rubber on the bottom, either, which would be an indicator that we won't get a vertical grip, at least not one with controls.

Mostly overlooked in Nikon's announcement, however, was the mention of a to-be-released-later MB-N10 Multi-Power Battery Pack. That external unit will take two EN-EL15b batteries and appears as if it might connect into a dummy battery in the camera (ala how the EH-5 works). But it doesn't seem to have a vertical shutter release or any controls in the prototypes that are being shown.

"I have a WR-R10 receiver/transmitter. I thought this was a round 10-pin but looking at it the round-pin is actually an adaptor and the receiver pulls out to reveal a rectangular connector. Do you think this would this work with a Z7 series?"

That's exactly correct. The round 10-pin bit is an adapter that pulls off the base; the Z6/Z7 only need that small base.

"Why no flash? Which small flash should I get?"

Nikon chose to keep the body small, and frankly, the mirrorless camera companies tend to avoid built-in flash because it depresses the CIPA battery statistic numbers considerably. Nikon's current Speedlights (SB-300, SB-500, SB-700, SB-5000) should work with the Z cameras, but frankly I'm surprised we didn't get a Z-specific flash (and that there isn't a power connector at the hot shoe, ala Nikon 1). The good news is that you can use the small WR-R10 base unit plugged into the left side of the camera and an SB-5000 as a wireless remote flash. Not having the circular 10-pin connector is actually a step forward, believe it or not (for the DSLRs you have to seat the WR-R10 base unit in a bigger right-angle adapter/extension, and that is highly prone to breaking).

"SnapBridge? Again?!?!"

Look a little closer. Nikon did something I and others asked for: they now support both ad hoc and infrastructure mode with the Wi-Fi. That means that we can now transfer images directly to our computers (through our router). SnapBridge was miserable when it first came out, as I documented many times. It got better over time to the point where what it does is reliable for what it is doing (2.0). It appears that Nikon is going to take another step in the right direction with the Z models, and I applaud that. Now if they'd only implement the other things I asked for when I met with Nikon executives in Tokyo back in 2010. Baby steps.

"Nikon has not told me why I need the [Z6/Z7] camera. They have not given the press people a message that they can all relay. So what happened? The Northrups say the AF is terrible, Jared Polin says it’s great. Nikon mentions the superior optics of the S-line. Jared Polin calls it slime (slime line) because it’s low end consumer lenses. Even went so far as to ask Nikon when the pro line of lenses is coming.

YouTube [now pronounces] a “not quite Sony previous generation AF” with toy overpriced lenses out of it. It’s alright to buy though. The comment section continues down the spiral though and declares it useless because of the single card slot and the low rated battery life.

Pre-orders will tank due to that for sure. Big press outlets will notice that initial demand is much lower than expected and declare the Z6 and Z7 a failure. Nikon is in trouble."

And people wonder why I say that Nikon marketing sucks ;~). If I were in charge of this marketing, I'd expect to be fired.

Let's try to break this down a bit.

"Nikon hasn't told you why you need the new cameras." Yes, absolutely correct. Nikon's messaging is all over the place, yet nowhere. "Mirrorless Reinvented." How? Why? What? Just throwing slogans out isn't marketing. Slogans without any connection to anything are even worse than no marketing at all. Nikon would have been far better to just stick to tried and true feature/benefit tandems, as in "Detailed and fast EVF shows you how your photo will look before you take it." "High eyepoint means that those with glasses can see the full viewfinder at once." And so on. You do find a fair amount this feature/benefit tandem on the NikonUSA page for the Z's, but strangely, that events page that Nikon managed to get everyone in the world going to for the teasers, nope, it still only has the teasers. Wasted opportunity.

"Haven't given the press a message to relay." Yep, still correct. The one message they keep sending is "the mount is bigger." They fail to do much to tell anyone why you'd want to trumpet that. Buried on NikonUSA's Web site is a curious video, which attempts to get a message across, but ultimately fails. Right idea, wrong execution. And as far as I can tell, the press hasn't been given even what little message there is in that video other than as an anecdote.

"The YouTubers are hot and cold." Well, that's a risk you take by making them the primary folk you cater to. I can tell you that I haven't heard a peep from Nikon since NAB. Ironically, I'm not the type to make a snap judgment based upon one pre-release event like the YouTubers were. So if they were afraid of what I might write had I been invited to the press confab in New York, they made a serious miscalculation there.

"Not quite Sony previous generation AF." Too soon to make any judgments about that. And I have some complaints about current generation Sony AF, too ;~).

"Toy overpriced lenses." Nikon seriously goofed up here. As I've written several times in the last few days, on paper it looks we're about to get the best 35mm, 50mm, and f/4 mid-range zoom lens we've ever seen out of Nikon, and maybe anyone. Too many people are judging these new lenses solely on their aperture specification. Here's a line for Nikon marketing to use: "We're going to set a new standard for what people should expect out of an f/1.8 lens [and f/4 zoom]." That might get people's attention. Seriously folks, Nikon couldn't market their way out of a Sam's Club store. Even if we lit up the exit with fireworks and had large arrows pointing to it.

"Preorders are going to tank." Yes, I think pre-orders are going to come in a bit under where Nikon thought they'd be. Not by enough for it to be an issue, though. And it's correctable by getting the right information and messaging out and putting real cameras and lenses into the right hands early. Nikon seems to be scrambling to do that.

"Failure. Nikon is in trouble." No to both. These aren't high volume, true consumer products. They just need to pull in a reasonable number of those Nikon faithful that have been sitting waiting, and I believe they will. If Nikon is smart, they'll have their ear to the ground and will be fast to address any shortcomings that are found. Overall, Nikon should have a good quarter financially, so shareholders will be happy.

Where Nikon is open to failure is in the feeder system. Basically everything from the lowest Coolpix to the D5600 is sending off warning signals and needs to be addressed. And there the marketing messages are going to be even more important to get right.

Other marketing errors Nikon is making: the Coolpix P1000 and the 500mm f/5.6E PF lens needed more separation from the Z launch. I've long said that Nikon's marketing and sales "team" has trouble launching one camera at a time. Launching a full new system of two cameras and three lenses, a replacement camera, and a unique lens all in different markets and in such a short period is beyond their capability to keep the messages out there and clear. There, I said it.

I've gotten a number of emails similar to yours, but I picked yours because it allowed me to step through all the marketing problems Nikon is struggling with. But again, these are marketing problems, not product problems. It's always important to understand that difference.

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The Hope Journey

We are poised and we are waiting.

We are hovering on the edge of what feels like Destiny and Calling and Fate.

We thought we didn’t believe in fate.

It is in the waiting and the hoping that we discover that we are a little superstitious.

I’ve been noticing that about my own heart lately. The theater is full of superstitions: you can’t say the name of the Scottish play (even here, I will not type it); we say ridiculous things like “Break a leg,” or, in opera, “Toi toi toi” -- meant to mimic the sound of spitting over your shoulder three times to ward off bad luck. I knock on wood at basically every given opportunity.

I am afraid of jinxing myself through the simple act of hoping.

I can see that superstition – these little things, these little indicators – they point to my little faith.

They show me that I don’t really believe God.

Because if I did –

Holy God.

Well, then all bets are off.

It is either believe God or nothing, but we do not get to have this in-between land of professing faith and simultaneously throwing salt over our respective shoulders.

He did not leave that option open to us.

We either get to be safe in our land of control or we expose ourselves naked to the elements.

It is cold and we are trembling because we feel that there is nothing to protect us from the swift stroke of the executioner.

What could come along to kill us?

There are arrows all around, and the wolves are out tonight.

This invisible shield that You say protects me – well, it’s invisible.

How do I know?

You see, our superstitions are our ways of guaranteeing that we will not lose control of our situations.

Every time I knock on wood or cross my fingers, I am establishing who is in charge, and it is me.

I want it to be me.

Hope feels too risky. Too much like foolishness.

I keep coming back to Gandalf. There never was much hope -- just a fool's hope.

I'm starting to believe that all hopers are fools.

They are living on nothing but a wing and a prayer and the word of a God we cannot see.

On the way His Spirit talks to ours -- and by the way, no one has ever been able to define this speech.

What does it sound like? What is His tone of voice?

How do we know?

How do we know our hopes will all come true?

If we stand before the elements with nothing but a hope -- well, it feels like not enough.

It feels like at the first snowflake, we will freeze. At the first sign of winter --

How can we possibly stand if we are vulnerable when we are attacked?

We forget that in vulnerability lies our strength.

We forget also that spring, tender in her smallness and her breathing, is the thing that pushes past the hoarfrost and the hardness in the ground and in the earth.

Oh, may I not be like the wintertime.

May I not be frozen and tough and cold to the touch.

May I be the tender buds of spring, unafraid to hope.

I feel like I am on a hope journey.

I have feared hope.

How can I possibly hope in what I cannot control?

And yet, time and again, the Spirit of God says to me, Darling.

Hope again in Me.

And Jesus, You are all my Hope.

As He whispers to my shattered soul, warming His hands and melting me back together, pouring gold into the cracks, He makes hope irresistible to me.

I can't help myself.

Hope is tantalizing, beckoning me over the green hills, calling to me: Come and see.

Come and see what I can do.

And I look around, look at the winter turning over into spring, and I shrug.

Why ever not?

And I start to follow. With a slow, tentative walk at first. Barely daring to put out my hands.

But then, as I pray and hope and wait --

I am rewarded.

I thought it didn't happen this way.

I thought we weren't allowed to get what we hoped for.

Jesus looks at me. He winks.

I love it when people wink at me.

And my pace quickens along with the beating of my heart, which I had thought was long dead.

Look at what I can do.

At this point, Jesus, You're just showing off.

Because suddenly, before I know it, my arms are full of gifts that I never imagined -- but look at me.

Look at what I am holding in my hands.

Suddenly, somehow, some divine and incredible way, all my dreams are coming true.

All my desires have been met.

After the drought there is the rain.

After the ashes there is the sunshine and the phoenix.

After desolation there is hope.

All the time.

The entire time I have been on this hope journey, I have asked myself, What happens if I am disappointed?

A voice inside my head shrugs her figurative, practical shoulders.

You've been disappointed before, she says. You'll live through it.

And then I hear the voice of God, see Him brushing my hair back from my face, and my soul feels Him say to me that even if I am crushed beyond my wildest nightmares, He is with me, and I will be okay.

And to be honest, y'all? Now that I have had a taste of hope, I cannot live without it.

How can I?

Hope is a drug.

It's sweet-smelling and tantalizing, and real hope, hope in Jesus, never, ever disappoints.

It is in our vulnerability that He walks in and makes Himself at home and says to us, with a wink and a twinkle, Watch this.

And if we dare not to turn away -- if we dare, if we dare to believe that He might have something gorgeous hidden in His hands --

Well, then.

Then we are caught, and we are addicted, because when You have hope in the Creator of the Universe, then You never will be crushed.

And I don't really know how that's true.

But I know it is.

I've seen it. I'm living it. The evidence is all over my body.

Hope calls to us.

Let's say yes.

Yes, it's vulnerable. Yes, it feels foolhardy. It feels like if everything goes wrong we might die.

We cannot bear pain like that again.

But when I dare to hope, I am kindly surprised every time. And sometimes I am even overjoyed. Elated.

So for the love of all that's holy, let's say yes.

Because hope is holy. Holy and sacred and joyous and shining with some kind of golden light that we can't define -- but we recognize it all the same.

It's got the same sheen as our souls.


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Ponting, Lehmann baffled by Maxwell snub

SYDNEY — Batting all-rounder Glenn Maxwell’s “bizarre” failure to make the Australia Test squad for their tour against Pakistan left former captain Ricky Ponting and ex-coach Darren Lehmann baffled Wednesday.

Selectors named five uncapped players ahead of Maxwell for the two-Test tour in the United Arab Emirates next month, despite the Victorian being one of the fastest scorers in world cricket with a handy off-spin option.

Coach Justin Langer said the 29-year-old needed regular big scores to be in contention, but Ponting questioned why he was not given the opportunity to do just that on the ongoing Australia A tour of India.

“If I was Maxi I’d be thinking, ‘why didn’t you give me the chance to actually go there (to India) and push my case to get myself into the team?” he told cricket.com.au.

“That’s all a bit bizarre to me. If I was Maxi and I hadn’t been given the chance to play for Australia A, I’d be upset.”

In contrast, uncapped batsmen Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head were taken to India and rewarded with a spot in the 15-man Test squad.

While Head is Australia’s leading run-scorer on that tour, Labuschagne hasn’t fared so well with an average of barely 24.

“I’m not sure what the message is, but it’s a bit confusing to me,” added Ponting.

A disappointed Maxwell said he had interpreted his non-selection for the A tour as a good sign and had been under instructions from Cricket Australia to rest over the winter months.

“To get told not to play in the A series and have a rest... I was understanding of that and their reasoning behind that,” he told reporters.

“I was hoping that was a positive note to go to Dubai. But obviously that wasn’t the case.”

Despite being cast into the Test wilderness, Maxwell said he feels his best years are still to come.

“I feel like I’m getting better and better. Hopefully this is another year where I can prove people wrong and put a lot of runs on the board,” he said.

Lehmann, who Langer replaced after Australia’s scandal-plagued tour of South Africa earlier this year, was also baffled at Maxwell’s treatment, noting that he had performed well in sub-continental conditions before.

“I would have picked him,” he told Macquarie Sports Radio.

“It was a tough one with Glenn, he made a ton the last time they toured India and he made a lot of runs in the Sheffield Shield. He plays spin quite well and it was an interesting decision.”

Lehmann suggested selectors were looking to the future as they work to turn a corner after the ball-tampering row in South Africa that saw Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft suspended.

“They see (Travis) Head and young Marnus (Labuschagne) from Queensland as real long-term prospects,” he said.

Despite missing out — along with middle-order batsmen Peter Handscomb and Joe Burns — national selector Trevor Hohns said the door was not completely closed.

“All three remain on our radar for Test cricket, but we want them to perform for their states and continue to push their case ahead of what is going to be a big Australian summer,” he said.

Maxwell in test whites!

Maxwell said Wednesday he was wearing his whites and ‘baggy green’ cap when he got the telephone call telling him he had missed out on selection for the Test series against Pakistan.

His omission from the 15-man squad was a bitter pill to swallow for the hard-hitting 29-year-old.

“It took a while to sink in that’s for sure,” Maxwell told local radio station SEN Wednesday.

“It may sound extremely funny but when I actually got the phone call yesterday I was actually wearing the baggy green, as extraordinary as it might sound.

“I was doing a shoot for one of the sponsors and we were fully in our whites and had the baggy green on and I got the call while it was on top of my head.”

Having played seven Tests over a five-year period, his last against Bangladesh in Chittagong a year ago, Maxwell has never been able to nail down a spot in the team.

The first Test is scheduled to begin on Oct. 7 in Dubai with the second match in Abu Dhabi from Oct. 16. — Agencies


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"Wipes in the Czech Republic" Published

Recently published research from Euromonitor International, "Wipes in the Czech Republic", is now available at Fast Market Research

Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/08/2013 -- Sales of wipes increased by 4% in 2012 to reach CZK288 million. The economic downturn slowed the category development and consumers' general price-sensitivity remained a major hindrance to higher growth.

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Chief Constable Making Visit To Islands

Stephen Otter on St Mary's during the recent Royal visit

The Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall will spend two days on the beat in Scilly from today.

Stephen Otter wants to find out what islanders want as local police priorities.

He’ll be guided around Scilly by Sergeant Colin Taylor and Colin says they’ll welcome anyone pulling them aside for a chat.

You’ll also have a chance to ask questions of the force’s most senior officer at the Town Hall today from 11am to 4pm.

Colin says there will be a display of drugs paraphernalia and leaflets to help inform parents about the dangers their children might face on the mainland.

During his trip, Stephen will go to St Agnes, the one island he hasn’t visited, where he’ll see the secure phone and laptop charging station created by Tim Hicks at Troytown Farm.

Tomorrow the Chief will join Five Islands School pupils for lunch at the new school with PCSO Shirley Graham, who’ll be running a session on bullying and how it should be tackled.

It’s the first community consultation event since Scilly’s new police Sergeant took up the role, following the departure of Charlie Craig in the summer.

UPDATE 13/10/2011 at 10:58am

Due to the weather, Stephen will now be travelling to the Islands on the Scillonian III, so will be attending the Town Hall session at 2:15pm.