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It's not the proper role of the government to take taxpayers' money and put it on private enterprise types of things. – City resident Wayne Burr
OREM — Leslie Nelson said a $4 a month tax hike is not too much to pay to keep Orem the pleasurable town she's called home for 32 years.
City resident Wayne Burr said a recession is no time to impose a 25 percent hike on residents, particularly when one of the purposes is to pay down the debt on UTOPIA — the oft-criticized fiber optic infrastructure network that the city is a part of.
Burr wants the tax repealed. Nelson wants the city to maintain services. And Orem city officials say misinformation about the impact of the tax and Burr's plan to repeal it is at the root of conflict.
"The thing that bothers me here is the negative feeling that is here in the city of Orem," Nelson said. "I have never seen this level of incivility in our city — ever."
At issue is an increase in property taxes — the first hike since 1978. Last month, the Orem City Council voted 6-1 to increase Orem's portion of overall property taxes 25 percent. Initially, a 50 percent hike was proposed.
The 25 percent increase startled some residents. But Jamie Davidson, Orem's assistant city manager, said the portion the city receives from each homeowner's property tax bill is 18.5 percent of the total bill, and the hike will be 25 percent of that portion. That means the tax will add about $30 a year to an average property tax bill.
"Many citizens, when they heard that property taxes were increasing 50 percent, they took their total overall tax bill and in their head added 50 percent to that," Davidson
For a home in Orem, valued at $181,000, the 25 percent increase would total approximately an additional $45 a year, Davidson said.
The city's reason for the increase is a budget shortfall of $3.3 million, the result of decreased sales tax revenue and increased expenses. A 50 percent increase would have covered that entirely, Davidson said. The 25 percent increase will generate $1.7 million. The city will adjust its budget to make up the difference, according to Davidson.
Part of that will be used to pay the city's debt obligation stemming from Orem's decision to take part in the fiber optic infrastructure network UTOPIA. The project was to be funded by user fees, but the number of users has not met expectations.
"First and foremost, the city is going to meet its obligations to its creditors," Davidson said. "Then, with the remaining funds, it is going to fund municipal operations and we anticipate municipal operations could be impacted by the fact that we may not have these additional tax monies to service and meet our operational costs."
Davidson said operational funds include items such as roads and snow removal as well as public safety, including police and fire service, and operations of the library and building services.
"Anything that we fund from general fund money could be impacted by this decision and the outcome of this referendum," he said.
Burr is pushing a referendum on the tax hike because he said the hike should be put to a vote of Orem residents. He started a petition seeking a vote and agrees it's a "hot button issue" in the city. He needs 3,129 signatures from registered voters to get the vote and Burr said he was close.
"When there's a lot of citizens hurting, it's a very poor time to raise taxes," Burr said. "That's what a lot of people we're meeting are saying. ... They don't want their taxes raised."
But Nelson said he believes the referendum petition is the result of an inaccurate view of the tax hike and what's at stake for Orem if the tax is repealed.
"Two budget years (will be) hobbled without knowing what the tax increase is," Nelson said. "This is Utah and we're good at stretching a dollar, but we're really, really stretching it."
While Burr has actively been enlisting petitioners and gathering signatures, Nelson has spearheaded efforts to find and assist Orem residents interested in getting their names removed from the referendum petition.
Burr became involved because he was concerned that the tax increase is partially the result of Orem's UTOPIA obligation. He thinks the city should find other ways to fund the project.
"It's not the proper role of the government to take taxpayers' money and put it on private enterprise types of things," Burr said. "(With UTOPIA), people are either paying taxes on something they personally can't get into their homes and ... when they do (get the service), a lot of them find it isn't exactly what people have meant it to be."
Nelson said the city has to pay for UTOPIA with or without the tax increase. Her concern is maintaining services for what she considers is a small increase.
"Why would we want to destroy something when what we're talking about is $4 per month?" she asked. "This is why I got involved. ... I don't like misinformation and destruction for no reason. City parks, public service ... I don't see why we're (jeopardizing) that."
Hans Andersen was the lone Orem council member to vote against the tax hike. He said he disagreed with the way the budget was handled.
"The main thing that I was trying to raise was the right of the taxpayers to vote on the tax increase," he said. "My concern was that the public, (which) is going to pay the bill, was not going to be involved in the decision."
Burr said the deadline for the petition is Friday, but he wants to have the signatures turned in Thursday. Meantime, Nelson has volunteers working to convince those who have signed the petitions to have their signatures removed.
If the referendum fails, the tax hike will go into effect Jan. 1. If it succeeds, the increase will be frozen until a special election is held in June or in November next year.
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INMAN, SC-- Melvie Opella Cox, 87, of 111 Dogwood Circle, Inman, passed away Sunday, January 20th, 2013, at Camp Care Nursing Home in Inman. She was born in Inman on November 29, 1925, a daughter of the late Nellie Amanda McCarter and Otis Strange. She was the widow of Cecil Harley Cox and had retired from Inman Mills.
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I decided to give the Librarian another go. I am torn about this as I can see the appeal of the Interromancy psychic powers, but just have not had much success with them in battle, whereas the Interrogator-Chaplain provides a reliable bonus to the Black Knights with his Zealot re-rolls. I rolled up my psychic powers and got Mind Worm, Aversion and Seeds of Fear. This was a really nice set of powers to get, Aversion would come in very handy, forcing a unit to snap fire each turn would hopefully make a serious dent on the Tau firepower coming my way.
I told Shaun that I was practicing for a tournament, but forgot to tell him how friendly Blog Wars can be. Therefore, the list he took was:
Shas'O Commander- Command and control node, multi-spectrum sensor suite, Neuroweb system jammer, onager gauntlet, puretide engram neurochip, iridium armour, shield generator, stimulant injector (C)
Ethereal (E)
12 Fire Warriors (FW1)
12 Fire Warriors (FW2)
3 XV8 Crisis suits- 2 plasma rifles (CS)
XV104 Riptide- Ion accelerator, twin-linked plasma, stimulant injector (R1)
3 Tetras (T1-T3)
3 XV9 Hazard suits- Burst cannons, counterfire defence systems (HS)
XV109 Y-vahra- stimulant injector (R2)
Skyray Tank (ST)
XV107 R'varna (R3)
Yep, that's three riptides! This looked like quite a tough army to face. My plan would be to rush them as fast as possible, hopefully taking out the markerlight squads quite early to save my Ravenwing. I could then hopefully use my superior speed to grab any objectives later in the game.
We rolled for mission and got The Scouring, where each objective is worth a secret number of points. I really like this mission. You don't know how valuable each objective is going to be, so you need to try and grab as many as possible.
We placed the objectives- Shaun placed two on one table side and one on the other. I chose to place all three of my objectives in the middle line of the board, hopefully forcing the Tau to advance into range of my units and stopping them from just sitting back and blasting me off the table.
I won the roll off for table side and chose the one with two objectives, no point making things easy on the Tau. I also won the roll off for deployment and chose to go first. Though it would be nice to have the last player turn with which to grab objectives, I thought it would be more prudent to try and damage as much as the enemy army as possible before facing a turn of the Tau shooting phase.
I figured that Shaun would focus his deployment on the ruins on either side of his board edge, so set up to match. The Command squad, Black Knights and Support squadron went to the left of my deployment. The rest of the army went to the right, including the Librarian.
Shaun then deployed his army. The Ethereal, a unit of Fire Warriors, the three Riptides and the Tetras went opposite the Black Knights. The ruins on the other side had the other unit of Fire Warriors and the Skyray. He chose to keep the two units of crisis suits and the commander in reserve. That was a heavy left flank for me to face. I was hoping I could deal with it with the two hammer units in my army. It would have been nice to have the grav guns and Librarian on the left to help deal with the Riptides.
|Deployment and Scout Moves.
I then scouted forward with my entire army, hoping to get into rapid fire range to deal with the Tau army. Shaun failed to seize and I got the first turn.
|Turn 1- Ravenwing.
The Ravenwing continued their advance on the Tau. The Command Squad and Black Knights advanced on the nearest Riptide, while the Support Squadron moved up on another Riptide. On the right flank, the plasma gun squad and Landspeeder advanced on the Skyray, while the other two bike squads moved up on the Fire Warriors.
|The Ravenwing advance to get to the skyray.
|A riptide is targeted.
In the psychic phase, the Librarian channelled his psychic powers, casting Aversion and Seeds of Fear on the Fire Warriors, weakening the enemy unit.
In the shooting phase, the plasma bike squad targeted the Skyray, causing one glancing and penetrating hit, both of which were saved by Jinking. The Landspeeder fired at the Skyray too. The multimelta hit was saved by Jinking, but the Typhoon missile was able to glance the skimmer.
The grav gun and meltagun bikers fired at the Fire Warriors, killing 5 of the Tau. The unit failed their morale check (thanks to Seeds of Fear) and fell back.
On the other flank, the Black Knights fired their plasma talons at the Riptide, causing 2 wounds on the enemy walker. The Command Squad followed up to their plasma talons, causing another 4 wounds and destroying the enemy creature. The Support Squadron fired at the Tetras. The assault cannon caused 6 penetrating hits, the Jink saves blocking half of them. One skimmer was wrecked and another was immobilised. The Heavy bolters struck 5 times, but failed to cause any damage to the vehicles.
|My awesome armour penetration rolls.
The Ravenwing first turn was good, destroying one Riptide and damaging the Tau left flank. The Ravenwing braced themselves for the reply.
|Turn 1- Tau.
The Fire warriors failed to rally and continued to fall back. The Riptides moved up to engage the Command Squad on one flank, while the Skyray retreated from the Ravenwing bikers.
|The Riptides advance.
|The skyray tries to retreat.
In the shooting phase, the Skyray fired at the Command squad, but was unable to damage the elite warriors. The immobilised Tetra fired its markerlights at the Support Squadron. Despite firing snap hits, it managed to hit twice, stripping the cover saves from the landspeeders (this would not be good). The second Tetra managed to penetrate one of the landspeeders, destroying its heavy bolter.
A Riptide fired at the support squadron, both blasts hitting the squadron. Thanks to the cluster mines, this resulted in 9 hits, destroying two of the landspeeders and the Darkshroud.
The other Riptide fired at the Command Squad, its flamers causing hits, killing 4 of the Knights and putting two wounds on Sammael (I never made a single Feel no Pain roll). The Fire Warriors on the right followed up targeting the Command Squad. The Ethereal granted them an extra shot to give a massive 27 shots and 11 wounds. Amazingly, the Jinking Command Squad saved all the wounds, leaving Sammael and the Apothecary as survivors.
That was a rough turn for the Ravenwing with the loss of almost all of the Support Squadron and Command Squad. Had I known about the flamer capabilities of the other Riptide, I would have targeted that one first to take it out. Also, I should have focused on the Tetras to eliminate them and get rid of the markerlight capabilities.
|Turn 2- Ravenwing.
Sammael peeled off from the last remnant of the command squad to join the Black Knights, the lone Apothecary knowing his duty and that his sacrifice would not be in vain. On the right flank, the Ravenwing units moved to encircle the wounded Skyray.
In the psychic phase, the Librarian once again cast Aversion and Seeds of Fear on the Fire Warriors.
In the shooting phase, the last remaining landspeeder from the support squadron snap fired at the other unit of fire warriors, but the cover of the ruins saved them from damage.
The Black Knights fired at the Riptide in front of them, causing 7 wounds, three of which made it through the suit's defences.
On the other flank, the Ravenwing Landspeeder fired at the Skyray, its multimelta hitting but failing to even glance the enemy skimmer (I managed to roll less than 5 on 2D6). The grav gun bike squad also fired, but their weapons were blocked by the Jinking of the pilot. The plasma gun bike unit fired at the fire warriors, killing 3. The fire warrior's resolve held firm and they passed their morale check (despite testing on 3D6!).
In the assault phase, the Apothecary looked at the Riptide and gunned his engines, ready to take the brunt of the overwatch fire. The nearby Fire Warriors had other ideas and lent their supporting fire to the Tau battlesuit. Amazingly, the Fire Warriors did not managed a single hit out of 24 shots and the Apothecary survived. The Riptide decided to end the life of the enemy warrior and fired his flamers at the Apothecary, wounding him twice. However, luck was on his side and the Apothecary made both Feel No Pain rolls by rolling a double 6! The warrior survived and crashed into the Riptide. The Black Knights were not far behind, crashing in to help out the brave medic. The massed attacks of the Black Knights were enough to take down the monstrous creature and a second riptide was removed from play.
I consolidated the units as close as possible to the Tau. I was hoping that the Riptide firing the large blast may scatter on to the Tau units.
|The second Riptide is assaulted.
On the right flank, the grav gun bikers assaulted the skyray. The sergeant's meltabombs blew the enemy skimmer sky high, but the resulting explosion resulted in the death of 3 marines (Shaun managed to wound me 4 times in the explosion and I failed three of the saves!).
|Turn 2- Tau.
Seeing the devastation being wrought on both sides, the Tau reserves decided it was now time to arrive. The commander and his unit arrived on the right flank to help out the Ethereal, while the Hazard suits arrived on the other flank that had just collapsed.
The Fire warriors on the right failed to rally and fled from the board, while the fire warriors on the left moved back from the advance of the Black Knights.
The two surviving tetras put all four Markerlights on the Black Knights. These were then used to increase the ballistic skill of the last Riptide. It's large blasts scored two direct hits, causing 24 hits once the cluster mines were factored in. The hits caused 19 wounds, but fortunately for me, only one Black Knight dies thanks to my Jink saves. The Commander then led his squad in firing at the Black Knights. Granting them Ignores Cover, the squad's plasma rifles wiped out the rest of the unit, including Sammael.
The Fire Warriors fired at the Apothecary, eager to finish him off. Despite causing 10 wounds, the Jinking rider saved them all again.
On the left flank, the Hazard suits fired at the meltagun bikers, but the Jinking bikers once again denied the Tau their kills.
An interesting turn for both of us, we had each cleared a flank and done a lot of damage to the enemy army. I had amazing luck with the Apothecary, surviving all the firepower the Fire Warriors and a Riptide could throw at him.
|Turn 3- Ravenwing.
The Dark Talon arrived, manoeuvring on the left flank to target the Tau Commander. The rest of the bikers decided to abandon the left flank and focused on dealing with the Hazard suits and capturing the objectives.
In the psychic phase, the Librarian managed to cast all three powers on the Hazard suits, but failed to cause any wounds with Mind Worm.
In the shooting phase, the Dark Talon fired at the Commander and his Crisis suits. The Rift Cannon killed one of the suits instantly and the bolters caused a wound on another. They failed their blind test, so would have reduced effectiveness in the following turn. The rest of the bikers on the right flank targeted the Hazard Suits, killing two of them and reducing the last one to a single wound.
The meltagun squad finished off the survivor in the assault phase, their hammer of wrath attacks taking care of it.
|Turn 3- Tau.
The mobile Tetra advanced on the Dark Talon, while the Fire Warriors moved towards the Apothecary.
In the shooting phase, the Fire Warriors fired at the Apothecary. His luck had run out and he finally succumbed to the enemy firepower. The Tetras targeted the Dark Talon, once again managing to get two markerlight hits despite snap firing. The Commander's squad used the markerlights to increase their ballistic skill and managed to take two hull points damage off the flyer.
The Riptide fired at the grav bike unit, managing to kill one of the warriors. The Riptide then took a wound when trying to overcharge its shields.
|Turn 4- Ravenwing.
The Dark Talon left the airspace, moving round for another pass at the Tau. The rest of the bikers moved towards the objectives, trying to distance themselves from the Tau firepower.
That ended a very short turn for the Ravenwing.
|Turn 4- Tau.
The Tau began to advance on the objectives- the Riptide moving to cover one nearby, the Tetra and Fire Warriors moving towards the middle of the board and the Commander leading his unit towards the enemy deployment zone.
The Tetra managed to hit the plasma bike squad with its markerlights. Using them to ignore their Jink saves, the Riptide then wiped out the unit with its main gun.
The endgame was upon us. Both sides had suffered heavy losses and now it became a game of manoeuvring and claiming objectives.
|Turn 5- Ravenwing.
The Dark Talon came back to the table, moving to target the Tau commander. It fired its Rift Cannon at the squad, once again scattering off and only killing one of the crisis suits. The hurricane bolters managed to take a wound off of the commander.
The rest of the Ravenwing units were out of sight or firing range of the enemy.
|Turn 5- Tau.
The Fire Warriors continued their advance on the centre objective, while the Tetra moved up to engage another objective, moving flat out in the shooting phase to contest it from the Ravenwing Landspeeder. The Fire Warriors ran and managed to get within range of the centre objective.
The Commander's unit fired at the Dark Talon, but was unable to hit the flyer. The Riptide fired at the meltagun biker unit, killing one of the Jinking bikers.
At the end of turn 5, the Tau controlled 3 objectives, the Ravenwing controlled two and one was contested. We rolled to see if the game would continue and it did.
|Turn 6- Ravenwing.
If I had any chance of winning the game, I needed to clear the Tau off of some of the objectives. I moved the remains of the grav gun squad up towards the Tetra, the meltagun squad moving to take over their objective. The Dark Talon left the airspace (I should have gone in to hover mode in an attempt to take out the Tau Commander and clear that objective, but I was crossing my fingers for another turn).
The Librarian manifested Mind Worm on the Tetra, but failed to hit with the power.
In the shooting phase, the Landspeeder fired at the Tetra. The multimelta failed to hit and the Typhoon caused one glancing hit. The bike squad did not fire at the tetra (I needed to assault to get in range of the objective).
In the assault phase, the bike squad launched their assault on the Tetra. I rolled my assault dice and they came up double 1! No assault for me. As a result, the Tetra would claim the objective for the Tau.
|Turn 6- Tau.
The Tau consolidated their position on the objectives and turned their guns on the Ravenwing survivors.
The Fire Warriors fired at the last speeder from the support squadron, but their two glancing hits and penetrating hits were saved by Jinking.
The Riptide attempted to Nova charge its main gun, but failed and took a wound.
Rolling for the game, the die came up a three and the game ended. The Tau controlled four objectives to the Ravenwing's two. We looked to see what the objective scores were:
RAVENWING: 3+2+First Blood and Linebreaker = 7 VP
TAU: 4+3+2+1+Linebreaker and Slay the Warlord= 12 VP
A win for the Tau! Shaun rolled and managed to capture his campaign tile too.
That was some game. Thanks to Shaun for an entertaining and challenging game, my luck was rocketing back and forth between good and bad all game.
I think the choice to go first was the right decision. Had I gone second, I would have been better deployed to deal with the Tau. I would have focused most of my army on the left hand side to take on the Riptides, helped by the Grav guns and meltaguns, in addition to the Librarian helping out with Mind Worm and Aversion to stop them shooting. However, I think the Tau first turn would have been even more brutal if I had not curbed some of the firepower and I don't think I would have recovered from it.
There were a couple of mistakes in the first turn that I don't think were really my fault. I should have targeted the Riptide with the flamer templates as I think it did a lot more damage in the Tau first turn than the Riptide I destroyed could have done. I didn't target this as I was unaware of what the weapons could do or that they could be overcharged to fire twice. The second error was not focusing on destroying all of the Tetras. Markerlights are the bane of Biker armies and I should have made sure that they were taken out. I think I was unlucky with this as my heavy bolter shots did not cause a single glance or pen out of 5 hits (only needing 5's, I should have got one or two). I think I was also unlucky to lose so many of the command squad. I did not make a single Feel no Pain or Invulnerable save when they were targeted by the Riptide.
This bad luck was more than made up for by the Apothecary. He was crucial in the Tau first turn and Ravenwing second turn, taking an amazing amount of firepower and shrugging it off. He did not manage to survive the battle (that would have been great!) as Shaun was determined to take him out.
I think I also got unlucky with the Dark Talon's rift cannon. The two times I fired it, it scattered off of the four crisis suits to hit two of them. Of the four hits I caused over the course of the game, I managed to roll two 1's to wound. As the cannon was strength 10, it was instant killing the suits. Had I been a little luckier with my rolls, I would have been able to wipe out the Commander and his squad.
Another poor piece of luck was losing three of my bikers when the Skyray exploded. Statistically, I should have lost either no bikers or just one bikers, not three!
I think I was also a bit unlucky to roll a double 1 for the final assault. I only needed about a 4" charge to get the Tetra and probably would have taken it out with my krak grenades or two meltabombs. This would have given me the objective. I don't think I would have won, but it may have lessened the margin of defeat.
Shaun had some great luck in the game too. I was amazed (and annoyed) how he kept making snap shots with the markerlights. I thought that forcing him to Jink would weaken them, but he just kept rolling 6's and stripping me of my cover saves.
This was really a game of extremes. My luck was either amazing (with the almost unkillable Apothecary, the Librarian never periling and some great wounds on the Riptides) or terrible (as detailed above), but it was certainly a lot of fun.
"My plan for this game was to concentrate all my firepower on one side of the board and work my way across it killing off the biggest threats to me each turn. I was hoping to get the first turn to get maximum firepower before Mike hit my lines and I would be in trouble. I lost the initiative, which originally had me worried, but in the end benefited me slightly as it allowed me to concentrate my forces mostly on one side of the board and avoid some of his units for more turns.
I really enjoyed this game as it really did go down to the last turns that would decide who wins and who loses and had it gone on for one more turn, I surely would have lost. It was also very entertaining with the Apothecary that would not die until he was almost out of range. The re-rollable Jink save is something I underestimated and it cost me a few times when I forgot to negate it with markerlights. There is a lot I have learnt from this game. First is that the XV9's are not a good choice against Space Marines as they cost me 240 pts and didn't cause a single wound. I will have to get my other XV8's built up. Another silly mistake I made was not finishing my list as those 15 pts could have got me the early warning system on my crisis suits."
Thanks again to Shaun for a great game and for his comments afterwards. I feel a bit more confident about the Tau now. If I can take out the markerlights quickly, I may stand a good chance against them.


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I'm fed up with the terroristic threats being made by the GOP, to hold our economy hostage due to their extremist views.
While a compromise was reached to protect middle class taxpayers to some degree, the financial crisis isn't over. Within the next four weeks the debt ceiling will need to be raised again, and the tea-baggers in Congress have announced that they will continue to terrorize our fragile economy.
The GOP game of Russian roulette has a negative effect on Wall Street and the financial markets, as institutional investors flee the US financial markets for the stability that non-US based markets currently provide. Can you blame them?
The debt ceiling has always been a procedural issue with little to no debate in both houses of Congress, because it's Congress who proposes and passes the bills that creates the debt. It's no longer a mere formality because Barack Obama is our president, and the birthers and tea-baggers refuse to respect him. When the debt ceiling needed to be raised in 2011, Republican idiots came up with the "fiscal cliff" plan. Who knows what lunacy they will propose this time.
The GOP majority in the 112th Congress was a do-nothing obstructionist body, that was the least productive in 65 years. Republicans single handedly almost shut down government completely, and nearly failed to raise the debt ceiling - - which would have caused us to default, and not honor our financial commitments. They waited until the eleventh hour to avoid our tumbling head first off of the fiscal cliff, and you can bet that debt ceiling negotiations will be no different.
House Speaker John Boehner had no control over his "troops" in the 112th Congress, and doesn't seem to have any control over the tea-baggers in the 113th Congress that was just sworn in. Rather shamefully, they couldn't even pass a bill to provide disaster relief to the victims of Hurricane Sandy, and that's a national disgrace!
When Congress is led by an ineffective Speaker, the result is gridlock and chaos. If Boehner can't rule his caucus with an iron fist, we're going to see a repeat of the last two years, and nothing will get done.
All members of the House just took an oath of office, and swore to uphold and protect the Constitution of the United States. They have a constitutional duty to pay our nation's bills and meet our financial obligations, whether they agree with the expenditure or not. If they fail to do so, and if they fail to raise the debt ceiling in a timely manner, they are abrogating their constitutional duty.
Any member of Congress who fails to meet the constitutional requirements of their office is committing an impeachable offense, and they should be removed from office.
I don't know about you, but I'm fed up with the terroristic threats being made by the GOP, to hold our economy hostage due to their extremist views, and I promise you that I will contact them to let them know it.
Raising the debt ceiling is the next show that's about to unfold under the capitol dome in Washington, and adolescent behavior by right-wing extremists will hurt the people and our fragile economy, during the process. I hope that you will join me by making your displeasure known to your elected representatives. This idiocy has to stop.


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Gaslight & Shadows Antiques was founded by Phyllis Nabhan in 1976. The goal was to create a store that was friendly, fun, and packed with unique interesting items of many types at affordable prices.
The store has been a neighborhood favorite for many years and now thanks to the Internet, attracts people from all over the country and World.
Specializing vintage Bakelite jewelry and items, and Limoges Boxes, the store has collections not found elsewhere.
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Limoges boxes are hand made, hand painted, beautiful small porcelain boxes made in the town of Limoges, France. The production of Limoges porcelain dates back to the 1770's. The Limoges boxes of today are made of hard-paste porcelain which is found in the city of Limoges, France. Prior to 1768, the snuff boxes were made of soft-paste porcelain from Paris, a creamy yellowish color.
Originally the boxes were used for snuff, small jewelry, fake beauty marks, sewing needles, medicine, cosmetic powder, candy, and other small objects. Today these whimsical boxes are decorative, mostly used for display purposes.
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FTSE 100: Dragged down by contradictory headlines and reports
Yesterday comments from a British official indicated that United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) were close to sealing an agreement for the nation to leave the Eurozone as negotiators seek to avoid missing the deadline today. Uncertainty over the terms of Brexit has annihilated FTSE 100 early gains as a deal is required to keep the business open between the EU and the world's fifth-biggest economy. Prime Minister Theresa May will present a draft text of a Brexit withdrawal agreement to her senior ministers on Wednesday the 14th after both the UK and EU reached consensus on the Brexit divorce deal.
UK's preliminary gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 1.5% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2018, comparing to 1.2% registered in the previous period and confirming analysts' forecast. It was the strongest increase since the third quarter of 2017 boosted by household consumption and exports, however, business investment fell the most since the first quarter of 2016. The GDP is considered as a broad measure of the UK economic activity. General speaking, a rise leads to a stronger UK economy.
The ILO unemployment rate in the UK rose to 4.1% in the third quarter of 2018, comparing to the 4.0% registered in the previous quarter and slightly above analysts' estimates of 4.0%. The number of unemployed rose by 21K from the April to June period while employment rose by 23K and the number of job vacancies hit a fresh record high. If the rate is up, it indicates a lack of expansion within the UK labour market. As a result, a rise leads to weakening the UK economy.
Since the beginning of 2018 until last Monday close, the UK index is underwater with over 8.0% loss and since the start of November FTSE 100 lost its grip resulting in more than a 0.5% drop. Nonetheless, the week remains under a downward pressure with over 1.6% dive and on the daily basis closed slightly in the red with a 0.28% loss. Furthermore, the index remains in a bearish phase since early October.
On yesterday session, the FTSE 100 tried to rise but found enough resistance near the 10-day moving average at 7,075.5 to reverse and closed near the low of the day, in addition, managed to close shy below Mondays' low, which suggests a strong bearish momentum.
The stochastic is showing a strong bearish momentum although is still above the 50 midline.
The darkest month for the FTSE 100 was October that fell from 7,474.0 down to 6,823.0 before making a small upward correction to 7,083.0. Since the beginning of November, the UK index has been in a sideways correction ranging from 7,171.6 (resistance) down to 6,986.4 (support). Both resistance and support are convergent with the 50 and 23.6 Fibonacci retracements. Therefore, a breakout from this consolidation will set the new trend for the next couple of days. A breakout from the 50 Fibonacci retracement at 7,171.6 (resistance) may propel the price to a target at 7,356.9, on the other hand, a breakdown of the 23.6 Fibonacci retracement at 6,986.4 (support) may force the price down to a target at 6,800.2 which is very close to the year-to-date low at 6,765.5.
UK100 is a CFD written over FTSE100 futures.
UK100 Dec '18 Daily Candlestick Chart
Watch out this Week:
On Wednesday, November 14 at 09:30 GMT (04:00 AM ET) the National Statistics is scheduled to release UKs' core consumer price index (CPI) year-on-year in October, which is expected by market analysts to rise 2.0% compared to 1.9%, registered in the previous month. The "core" excludes seasonally volatile products such as food and energy in order to capture an accurate calculation. The CPI is a key indicator to measure inflation and changes in purchasing trends. Generally, a high reading is seen as positive for the UK economy, while a low reading is seen as negative.
On the same day at 09:30 GMT (04:00 AM ET) the National Statistics is scheduled to release the UK's' consumer price index (CPI) year-on-year in October, which is expected by market analysts to rise to 2.5% compared to the 2.4%, registered in the previous month.
On Thursday, November 15 at 09:30 GMT (04:00 AM ET) the National Statistics is scheduled to release the retail sales year-on-year in October, which is expected by market analysts to come in unchanged at 3.0%, comparing to the previous period. However, at the same time, the release of the retail sales month-on-month in October is estimated to rise 0.2% comparing to the -0.8% registered in the previous month.
Written by Hugo O'Neill, External Analyst
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Our Pro G+ industrial videoscope is a compact fully portable device made of a high resolution camera mounted on an articulated probe with 4-way articulation with adjustable brightness. The image quality of this product is exceptional. Its stand allows you to stabilize the device for more precision and hands-free working.
This videoscope is used by many companies in very different sectors, such as aviation, aeronautics, energy, industry, maintenance and security forces.
What makes it unique? What are its strengths?
The PRO G+ also has a special version with a 90° direction fixed objective available in 2 diameters 4.5 and 6.4mm and in lengths 2m and 3m to reach different angles and different areas. This version is ideal for welding or valves inspections.
The 0° direction fixed objetcive version offers an extra wide field of view. It is available in 3 diameters: 3.9, 4.5 and 6.4mm and in 3 lengths: 1.5m, 2m and 3m.
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Tom Selleck is sticking with CBS. Deadline reports the actor has signed on for season seven of Blue Bloods.
Selleck plays Police Commissioner Frank Reagan on the drama about an Irish-American family and their longtime involvement with the NYPD. The cast also includes Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou, Amy Carlson, Sami Gayle, Vanessa Ray, Nicholas Turturro, and Marisa Ramirez.
Production on season seven has just begun, and the new season is slated to premiere on September 23rd at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
What do you think? Are you a fan of Blue Bloods? Are you glad Tom Selleck is returning?


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Apple's positive response to the letter from pop star Taylor Swift was a surprise to her, Swift acknowledged in an interview published on Tuesday. She previously sent a letter to the iPhone firm criticizing its music royalties policies.
Swift was not very sure of writing the letter
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Swift said her concern was that people would perceive her as being obsessed with royalty issues as in 2014, she withdrew her music from the popular music service app Spotify, owing to payment issues.
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"My fears were that I would be looked at as someone who just whines and rants about this thing that no one else is really ranting about," Swift said. What led Swift to write the letter was a screenshot of the Apple Music contract sent to her by one of her friends with the phrase "zero percent compensation to rights holders." This attracted her attention, and she chose to raise her voice against it through an open letter to Apple. She received her mother's approval before submitting the letter for publication, Swift told Vanity Fair.
Apple much better than Spotify
Prior to the letter from Swift, Apple decided to make no payments to music owners for the tracks listened to by users during the three-month free-trial period of the Apple Music service. Swift's letter brought about a sudden turnaround. If Apple had chosen to stick to its decision, it would have meant huge financial losses for musicians, publishers and songwriters. This attracted opposition from several other artists and record labels as well. Even for Apple it would have been a big loss. Had Swift withdrawn her album 1989 from Apple Music, it would have resulted in a huge loss for the launch of Apple Music as Swift is among the most popular musicians in the world.
Swift said she found Apple's way of treating artists far better than that of Spotify. Comparing the responses from the two companies, Swift said, "I found it really ironic that the multi-billion-dollar company reacted to criticism with humility, and the start-up with no cash flow reacted to criticism like a corporate machine.


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Nikon FM3A is a manual-focusing SLR (single-lens reflex) film-based camera released in July 2001, offering aperture-priority auto and manual exposure controls.
Nikon's first SLR camera to incorporate an aperture-priority auto-exposure (AE) mode is Nikkormat (Nikomat in Japan) EL introduced in 1972. The aperture-priority auto-exposure (AE) mode allows the user to easily obtain the correct exposure by selecting a desired aperture, since the camera automatically determines the optimum shutter speed for the selected aperture. This mode was incorporated in Nikon F3, FE and other various models. It was the most common automatic exposure control system before the emergence of the programmed auto-exposure in the 1980s, which automatically selects an optimum combination of aperture and shutter speed.
Cameras have been equipped with automatic functions primarily by adopting electrical controls to take on the operations and settings in place of the users. In order to implement the automatic exposure control, cameras have been equipped with electronic circuits for electronic control of shutter speeds in synchronization with metering system and exposure meter. Then, in the cameras with the aperture-priority AE mode, the timing of shutter operation was controlled by an electronic timer in most models even in the manual exposure mode, in which any desired shutter speed may be selected at the users' discretion.
On the other hand, before the electronically controlled automatic exposure (AE) control became available, users used to manually select the appropriate aperture and shutter speed combination to take photographs by referring to the readings on the exposure meter and/or based on their experience. It was exactly a manual exposure mode. Nikon's SLR cameras were based on the manual exposure except some models until the Nikkormat EL was introduced. In response to the user's selection of shutter speed, the timing of shutter operation was set on the mechanically operated governor. The governor required some energy to operate, though the operation of a lever for film advancing acted as clockwork to charge the energy to the governor, obviating the need for a battery. In those days, when batteries were hard to obtain unlike recent years, or in frigid regions where batteries do not work, the manual exposure control cameras came in very handy.
Many users were demanding both features, the convenience of aperture-priority AE and the reliability of mechanically controlled shutter operation without any battery (some models with an electronically controlled shutter were designed to allow mechanical shutter control at only one speed such as 1/90 sec. for emergency use in the event of battery depletion).
The FM3A successfully implemented both features in conjunction. It was equipped with a shutter to allowed electronic control in the aperture-priority AE mode, and a mechanical control in the manual exposure mode. Because it adopted both control systems, electronic and mechanical, the shutter was called hybrid shutter. It was the first shutter system for Nikon and was also a very valuable system around the world.
The FM3A was also equipped with TTL (through-the-lens) flash control of Speedlight, automatic setting of film sensitivity and other features in addition to the exposure meter with an indicator needle which had an established reputation among the users.
The FM3A was placed on the market in July 2001 at 96,000 yen (tax not included) for the silver finish body and 99,000 yen (tax not included) for the black finish body.
|Type of camera
|Electronically-controlled and mechanically-controlled 35 mm single-lens reflex (SLR) focal-plane shutter camera
|Film format
|35 mm (135) format
|Exposure control
|Aperture-priority auto (A) and manual (M) exposure control
|Picture size
|24×36 mm
|Lens mount
|Nikon F mount
|Eye-level pentaprism type
|Eye point
|14 mm at -1.0 -1(dpt.)
|Focusing screen
|K3 type (splitprism-image microprism type, Cear matte Screen II) standard, B3 type and E3 type optional
|Finder coverage
|Approx. 93% (objective screen)
|Magnification of finder
|Approx. 0.83X (with 50 mm set to infinity)
|Viewfinder information
|Shutter speed, exposure meter indication, shutter indication, direct aperture value, exposure compensation mark, ready light
|Reflex mirror
|Quick-return type
|Metering system
|TTL center-weighted, full-aperture exposure metering system, approx. 60% of the meter's sensitivity concentrated on a 12 mm diameter circle
|Exposure meter sync.
|AI type
|Metering range
|EV 1 to 20 (ISO 100) (with use of 50 mm f/1.4 lens)
|Film-sensitivity setting
|DX system or manual. With DX: ISO25 to 5000 Manual: ISO 12 to 6400
|Exposure compensation
|Exposure compensated to ±2EV in units of 1/3
|AE lock
|Enabled by pressing the AE lock button
|Vertical-travel metal focal-plane shutter
|Shutter speed settings
|A (Aperture-priority auto): 8 to 1/4000 s. electronic stepless control (indications are 1 to 1/4000) M (Manual): Bulb,1 to 1/4000 s. mechanical control
|Mechanically controlled, countdown time of approx. 4 to 10 seconds, cancellation possible
|Lens aperture
|Instant-return system, with aperture lever
|Sync contact
|X-contact only; synchronized with the flash at a low speed of less than 1/250s
|Speedlight control
|TTL flash
|Sync. terminal
|JIS sync terminal provided as standard, with lock screws
|Flash ready light
|Lights up when SB-27, SB-28 and others have been fully charged; Blinks to warn of insufficient light output, and shutter speed setting at 1/500 to 1/4000 sec.
|Accessory shoe
|Standard ISO518-compliant shoe: Provided with flash sync. contact, ready-light signal contact, monitor signal contact, TTL auto flash stop signal contact, and safety lock hole
|Film advance
|Lever provided, 30-degree standoff angle and 135-degree winding angle, automatic film advance enabled with MD-12 motor Drive (Sold separately)
|Frame counter
|Aditive type (S, 1 to 36), automatic reset
|Film rewinding
|film reset button and rewind crank provided
|Camera back
|Detachable hinged back; MF-16 Data Back can be attached in place.
|Camera back opening
|Achieved with the film-rewind lever
|Multiple exposure
|Activated with multiple exposure lever
|Power source
|Choice of one (1) 3V CR-1/3N lithium battery, two (2) 1.55V One 3V CR1/3N lithium battery, two 1.55V SR44 silver-oxide batteries, or two 1.5V LR44 alkaline batteries
|Meter-on timer
|ON when the shutter button is half-pressed and automatically OFF 16 seconds after the shutter button is released. ON when the shutter button is half-pressed and automatically OFF approx. 66 seconds after the shutter button is released when the motor drive unit MD-12 is used.
|Battery power check
|Displayed for 16 seconds with the meter-on timer. The exposure meter does not work if the batteries are exhausted.
|Total number of film rolls (in the aperture-priority AE mode)
|Approx. 100 <Approx. 50> with use of 3V CR-1/3N lithium battery
Approx. 100 <Approx. 50> with use of 1.55V SR44 silver oxide batteries
Approx. 45 <Approx. 10> with use of 1.5V LR44 alkaline batteries
*At ordinary temperature (20°C): The values in <> refer to the numbers at a low temperature (-10°C). The above listed values assume the use of 36-exposure film, aperture-priority AE mode and shutter speed of 1/250 sec. Measurement was conducted by repeating a cycle composed of half-pressing of 10-second duration followed by releasing and then leaving the shutter until the half-press timer expired.
|Tripod socket
|Dimensions & Weight (Approx.)
|142.5 (W) ×90 (H) ×58 (D) mm, 570 g (including batteries)
In July 2001, the single focal-length manual-focusing lens went on sale simultaneously with FM3A. It features a thin and lightweight design with a distance of 17 mm from the mount surface, and a weight of approx. 120 g. It is commonly called pancake lens for the external view. Due to the newly designed Tessar-type optical system (configuration of 4 elements in 3 groups) and the 7-blade circular diaphragm, it provides excellent imaging characteristics. In consideration of the proper matching to the FM3A, it was finished with a quality metallic appearance. The filter, hood, and cap were also designed specifically for this lens system, and particularly the hood was equipped with a specific function to allow installing a cap over the hood and a novel conical-dome design. A CPU was integrated in the system to allow all exposure control modes, programmed, aperture-priority, shutter-speed priority, and manual. In addition to the silver finish, the black finish system was released in November 2001 at 48,000 yen (tax not included).
|Type of lens
|Nikon F mount CPU-integrated P type manual focus lens
|Focal length
|45 mm
|Max. aperture ratio
|Lens configuration
|4 elements in 3 groups
|Angle of view
|50°when mounted on 35 mm (135) format camera: 41°50' when mounted on an IX240 format camera: 34°50' when mounted on a Nikon digital camera D1 series
|Object distance information
|Unavailable output of object distance information into the camera body
|Focus adjustment
|Rotating system with range ring
|Shortest object distance
|0.45 m
|Aperture control
|Automatic aperture control
|7 blades (circular diaphragm)
|Attachment size
|52 mm
|Dimensions & Weight (Approx.)
|63 (Max. diameter) ×17 mm (Length: measured from the bayonet reference surface to the tip of the lens), 120 g
|Dedicated 52 mm spring-loaded front cap, dedicated rear cap (camera back), dedicated 52 mm NC filter, dedicated hood HN-35, and dedicated soft case
Nikon FM3A went on sale in July 2001. At that time, digitization was proceeding in full swing. The camera industry was no exception and Nikon released the digital SLR camera D1 in 1999 for professional use. In 2001, Nikon put the D1X and D1H on the market in May and July, respectively. Just at the time when digital cameras were going to the mainstream, Nikon made the conscious choice of placing the FM3A on the market as a manual SLR camera.
In those days, some users were moving over to digital cameras while others were using auto-focus SLR cameras. In addition, there were those who loved the traditional manual Nikkor lenses. It was a period of transition to digital cameras and diversified needs crossed with each other. Can you imagine selecting the appropriate exposure manually and adjusting the lens focus each time you take a photograph? In this camera, Nikon should have placed a message about going back to the basics of camera and photography.
The camera was initially scheduled to go on sale in April 2001, but it was released in July, three months behind schedule. The delayed date of sale was forced by the rush of orders for the product after the announcement of introduction and the failure to secure an adequate supply due to a great deal of manual operations involved for assembly and adjustment.
The development of FM3A was launched in December 1998. Unlike the conventional approaches for product development, the engineering staff from Mito Nikon, an group company, joined the engineers in the Ohi Plant from the very beginning of development to form a project team. Mito Nikon had been primarily involved in the manufacturing of the Nikkormat series and other mechanical cameras. The Mito Nikon staff, assigned to mass production, joined the development team from the start in order to prepare for many required manual operations for assembly and adjustment in the fabrication process and ensure a high level of quality control throughout the entire process, from development to mass production.
The team was first formed with seven members. Though later was increased to twelve, the select few worked for development in a room in the Ohi Plant.
Around April of 1999, when a rough product concept of FM3A was established after about four months of discussion, the project went into full swing.
The manual exposure and mechanically controlled New FM2 had long been a best-seller since its first introduction in 1984, enjoying a persistent popularity. It was favorably used by experienced amateur photographers, students of photography fundamentals, and other users deeply interested in the operations and processes for taking photographs. In addition, it offered the major benefit of shooting being possible even when the battery was exhausted. On the other hand, however, there was an increasing demand to provide the New FM2 with the aperture-priority AE and automatic flash control of Speedlight.
The project team studied over and over how to meet the demand. Eventually, in order to address the primary concern of users, that is, the simultaneous availability of aperture-priority AE and battery-free shutter operation, the project team decided to adopt the mechanism called hybrid shutter.
The hybrid shutter electronically controls the shutter in the aperture-priority AE mode, while it provides mechanical control of the shutter in the manual exposure mode. This means the shutter can be operated in the manual exposure mode even without a battery.
This design means that one shutter must properly operate with two control systems, resulting in a complicated shutter mechanism. Furthermore, the number of required component parts and also the size of the shutter unit had to be increased accordingly. To install the shutter unit, it was essential to increase the space for mounting. In practice, however, since the FM3A was considered as a successor to the New FM2, the upsizing of the camera was not permitted. A method for mounting the unit in a limited space had to be devised.
In addition, the fabrication of shutter units had been assigned to subcontractors, although the development of the shutter unit operating on special mechanical and electrical combined designs was limited to some experienced expert engineers. The experienced engineers repeatedly offered advice to younger engineers.
In general, it is difficult to ensure the accuracy of mechanical shutters as they are designed to offer higher operating speeds. In addition, it was extremely difficult to develop a shutter unit with a complicated mechanism for hybrid operation, and in the early stages, it was thought that the highest speed of 1/4000 second would be impossible to realize. However, finally, after careful adjustment, the demanding criteria were successfully cleared.
The hybrid shutter was an innovation for the FM3A. On the other hand, FM3A adopted the traditional exposure meter with indicator needle, which had been continuously applied from the Nikkormat EL released in 1972. Looking at the viewfinder, several pieces of exposure-related information are indicated on the left side of the screen. For the analog meter, a rough estimate of needle position helps to intuitively understand the shutter speed in the aperture-priority AE mode. Thus this model was highly regarded especially by experienced users.
The meter with needle indicator is an ultra-compact ammeter similar to those used in level meters for audio equipment. However, there was no Japanese manufacturer in those days that could fabricate an ammeter that was small enough to install in the camera and satisfy the specified precision. The request for fabrication was rejected because, "We are not competent to fabricate such a small and high-precision product." After a long search, a manufacturer specializing in the production of ammeters was discovered in a foreign country. However, satisfactory accuracy was not achieved, then, after repeated consultations with the on-site engineers, and with patience, finally a satisfactory level of product accuracy was attained.
A used FE2 was procured from a second-hand camera shop and it was dismantled and the ammeter was removed. It was found that the compact-sized and high-precision ammeter that Nikon was seeking to design was built largely based on hand work. The real ammeter removed from FE2 was shown to the engineers in the subcontractor and specific instructions were repeatedly provided.
The indication of exposure-related information within the viewfinder was based on Nikon's longstanding practices, though the visibility of information was enhanced due to improvements. The enhancements would be clearly understood by comparison, though the numeric characters vertically arranged to show that the shutter speeds are considerably larger compared to those adopted in FE2. The size of the numeric characters was increased to improve the visibility for experienced elderly users. However, that caused the misalignment between the needle on the shutter (blue frame showing the selected shutter speed) and the numeric characters to be more conspicuous. Smaller size numeric characters are easy to fit in the blue frame, though larger numerical characters are not. Then, improvements were made including a wider blue frame, and adjustment by manual operation was added in the fabrication process.
In addition, special consideration was given to ensuring the smooth motion of the pointer on the ammeter without any interference from static electricity, and a balancer was incorporated to keep the pointer in balance without any effect even if the ammeter becomes slanted due to the tilted camera.
The shutter dial in the FM3A has the numeric characters of a series of multiple numbers from 1 through to 1000, 2000 and 4000 and the alphabet letters A and B inscribed. When the individual characters are aligned with the indicator, the shutter is set at aperture-priority AE for A, 1/4000 sec. for 4000, one second for 1, and bulb for B (shutter kept at full open), respectively. The mechanism to transmit the shutter dial settings to the shutter unit was called control section.
The control sections for FM3A, FM2 and FE2 are shown below. The control section for FM3A is much more complicated. The control section for FE2 is the simplest, and in terms of mechanical operation, it activates the needle within the viewfinder and electrically controls the shutter. The control section for FM2 is designed to provide mechanical linkage between the shutter dial and the shutter unit, and the linkage is configured with three gears. The control section for FM3A incorporates the mechanism of both control sections for FE2 and FM2 for the hybrid shutter.
The shutter unit had to be provided with a mechanism to allow switching between electronic control and mechanical control in response to shutter dial settings such as aperture-priority AE and 1/4000 sec. in the manual exposure, transmitted to the shutter unit from the control section.
A focal-plane shutter is composed of front curtain and rear curtain. The time difference from the start of traveling of front curtain to the start of traveling of rear curtain corresponds to exposure time. In the FM3A, in the aperture-priority AE mode, electronic control becomes active, and when the timer expires the predetermined time setting, the rear curtain stop shoe is released and the rear curtain travels, completing the exposure. In the manual exposure, the mechanical governor instead of the timer reaches a predetermined time, the rear curtain stop shoe is removed and the rear curtain travels.
Typical shutter units contain a single rear curtain stop shoe, though the hybrid shutter in FM3A has two shoes for electronic control and mechanical control for proper use based on the settings on the control section. In practice, in the manual exposure mode other than A mode, the shoe for electronic control is retracted and the mechanical control becomes active, while in the aperture-priority AE mode available by selection of A, the shoe for electronic control pops out for activation.
The operational principle may seem simple when described, but it was hard work to mount the complicated mechanism in a confined area, and a part of camera body was depressed as a desperate measure.
In the FM3A, the shutter becomes mechanically controlled in the manual exposure mode and the entire shutter unit is also set under the mechanical control of control section.
From the simple external view of camera, it may be postulated that a shaft is located directly below the shutter dial and it extends to the shutter unit to allow direct transmission of shutter speed settings. In practice, however, extremely complicated mechanical linkages were required. As the ammeter lies just in the middle between shutter dial and shutter unit, the mechanical linkages must be configured getting around the ammeter to ensure the interlocking between shutter dial and shutter unit. The FM2 does not contain any ammeter, therefore there is adequate space. The FE2 contains an ammeter in a similar position, though the interlocking is achievable simply by electrical wiring. However, the FM3A had to incorporate the mechanisms of both FM2 and FE2 in the same area of space.
In the initial design, there was no space left below the ammeter, and an attempt was made to install a wire for interlocking. The interlocking through wire was once adopted in the FM. In actuality, when a wire is installed as threading the way through several rollers to change the direction in a confined area, the wire is too long and as a result, due to the slack or looseness in wire caused by its extended length, smooth clicking and interlocking could not be obtained.
There was no choice other than gear-combined linkages. Radical reassessment was made regarding the size of the ammeter and related peripheral component parts as well, and a U-shaped bypass linkage mechanism was found to allow successful interlocking. However, the increasing number of gears meant a new challenge for the developers to deal with backlashes. Gears fail to move without any play. Play, however, causes backlash. A considerable amount of time was spent on tightening the dimensions and tolerances of gear component parts to the allowable limits and minimizing possible play.
The functions spot metering and mirror-up have not been realized despite a great deal of effort.
The spot metering takes an exposure reading based on the measurement of light intensity on a limited range of the central part of the frame, and thus it is useful for precise determination of exposure level. The currently available cameras incorporate photocells composed of many separate light-receiving faces, and spot metering is available by using the output obtained from the central part of individual photocells.
After about one year of the development phase, volume production of FM3A was launched in April 2000 in Mito Nikon. The interlocking between control section and shutter unit required a great deal of labor. Fine adjustment of individual units was persistently performed on the production line.
After clearing many obstacles, the FM3A reached completion and went on the market in July 2001.
One day in January 2006, immediately before Nikon formally announced the discontinuance of production of FM3A, an e-mail was received at Nikon from Mito Nikon. The subject stated "Reporting on the last shipment of FM3A." The e-mail message reads: "We would like to inform you that FM3A entered the volume production in April 2001 and its production is discontinued with the last shipment in January 2006. We would like to acknowledge the continued guidance and cooperation."
The staff in charge of design of FM3A is still keeping the e-mail message. The FM3A was a camera to which everyone involved in the production is deeply attached.
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Boy, 12, found safe after being missing since after school in Tempe
Mesa police found a 12-year-old boy Thursday morning who had been missing since Wednesday after school in Tempe, according to Maricopa County Sheriff's Office officials.
The boy, along with another boy, were found sleeping by a maintenance person at a business complex, said Detective Steve Berry with the Mesa Police Department.
Berry said both were in good condition and returned to their parents.
The boy had last been seen at Kyrene Middle School in Tempe, an MCSO press release said.
The release noted that he left for school Wednesday morning and was seen getting on the school bus just before 8 a.m.
People also saw him at school but not after school, which ended at 2 p.m., officials said.
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When you are toting around a hungry toddler it's best to visit a place with lots of options and enough distraction. I have to admit, I now appreciate a little decibel increase in said venue. it drowns out our inevitable chatter, and ahem anything else that might come up. That's why truly enjoy lunch or brunch at Belvedere Square. It's an indoor marketplace with all the right farm to table touches, an abundance of delicious choices, and a home grown vibe that I truly love.
If you have never been to Belvedere Market, home to Baltimore's famous Atwater's Ploughboy's Kitchen, think European-style fresh market. Baked breads, gourmet cheeses, bowls of hearty soups, very special sandwiches, a sushi bar, smoothies and fresh pressed juices, a bustling Italian market, free trade coffee AND mouthwatering treats for the whole family. TAHARKA BROTHERS ICE CREAM, people! Tables are in abundance with booster seats available, there is enough room for a stroller to maneuver around each stall or cozy up next to a table, there are kid friendly juices, yummy farm fresh milk and chocolate milks, and my favorite touch: outside seating. You and your entourage can sit anywhere and each person can dine from a different market menu.
Matteo loves the fresh baked muffin's in the morning and hitting up the smoothie bar, while i have to have a chai latte (Baltimore's Best, i swear). If we are there for lunch; I can have a chili peppered squash soup with shrimp and black beans while he has a nice plate of penne pasta from Ceriello's. Don't stop at just dining in, you can pick up your dinner from the Italian butcher and market in one swooping shot. Score. If your kids need to burn off some energy post meal, there is a cute little playground not far from the parking lot. I'm telling you Belvedere Market is the all-in-one stop that is actually charming.
GETTING THERE: Parking is pretty easy, it does get super busy on the weekends but there is enough parking that you can find a spot easily enough. oh, and it's free.
COST: Sandwiches can be pricier, more in the $8 to $9 range. You have an option of getting a half sandwich alone or adding a cup of soup for a nice lunch special. The prepared foods in Ceriello's is a pretty average price for gourmet market style foods. A soup and sandwich with a plate from the prepared foods at Ceriello's plus drinks is probably going to run you about $28.00.
FAMILY ACCESSIBILITY: Belvedere is very family friendly. There are always a ton of other kids and families walking around the market or sitting down to soups and sandwiches. It's definitely stroller friendly with great kids food and drink options. The staff is always accommodating and thoughtful. Like I said, it does get a little loud in there when it's busy, but I like being drowned out by the hustle and bustle of happy people.
KEEP THEM HAPPY: Great location for exploring different foods. Perfect venue for getting up from the table to take a little walk around. Outside play is a definite option as is the joy of ice cream, sitting at the bar and watching your smoothie being made, and a jungle gym!


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BLOOD TRANSFUSION. More fun in the Philippines! This is a photo of the Crispy Dinuguan deliciously consumed in Kanin Club recently.
Allow me to temporarily veer away from my food review stint and share with you my experience during a shoot for Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho's "It's More Fun In The Philippines" segment. But first, a background...
As most Filipinos - especially the netizens basking in the social networks - now know, the Department of Tourism has recently launched a new campaign -- It's More Fun In The Philippines. Using pictures in the official DOT slogan website for inspiration, people started making their own versions capped with witty remarks to show the world why it is indeed more fun in our country. Anton Diaz of Our Awesome Planet blog curated several of the best pictures and posted it in his ItsMoreFUNinthePhilippines! Pinterest board, encouraging everyone to submit their own photos and help get the board into Pinterest's popular page.
I thought the new DOT slogan was catchy, cool and colorful. I then decided to do my own take on the slogan and use my personal photos to show the world what they're missing. I asked Anton if I could submit mine as well, since for now, Pinterest is an invite-only social network, and showed him my photos through my Facebook account. He posted a couple of my pictures and made me one of the board's collaborators. Both the board and the hashtagged slogan became instant hits with the latter even trending in Twitter. It was so fun to see the Filipino culture in a nutshell and hopefully it translates well to the world.
The other day, I received a call from Anton asking if it was okay for him to give my number to a GMA-7 segment producer. It was for a feature about the new DOT campaign to be shown on GMA-7's Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho. I said sure and minutes later, I received the call. As with everything behind the scenes in television, things were fast-paced and sudden. One minute I was being asked about the slogan and my pictures, the next minute I was scheduled for a shoot the very next day. It was a new adventure I didn't want to pass up and so I agreed.
The appointed time was after lunch but the crew was outside my house by around noon. After a short discussion and briefing, we headed out for Rizal Park or colloquially known as Luneta. I waited as the crew scouted the area and finally set up the camera. Our first spot was at a giant replica of the Philippine islands complete with topographic elevations and depth. It was there that we conducted my interview with me leaning back on the rail, babbling on about the slogan and the Philippines as a tourist destination in general. I could barely remember what I said, my mind racing with other thoughts while simultaneously answering all that were asked of me.
Then just like that we were done. After a few more camera adjustments, they had me going over the rail and onto the cemented "Philippine islands" (with the support of their crew of course). Good thing it wasn't that slippery lest I find myself falling into the waters below. I wasn't worried about getting drenched, it was actually my camera that got me taking slow, careful steps. I don't know what I'd do if it unfortunately falls. They then shot away, with the producer directing my moves and finally just letting me do a few poses. She repeatedly apologized for making me feel like a stunt woman, but it was actually fun. After another "island hopping", we moved on to the next spot.
We were finished by about 4:00 in the afternoon after taking a few more shots in key places around Rizal Park. I was famished as I wasn't able to eat lunch since the crew had been early. I bought a couple of sandwiches from a nearby store and we proceeded to GMA-7 Network for another set of video shoots.
The preparation took a bit long; the producer kept on apologizing for the delay and was continuously looking out for whatever it is that I might need. It wasn't exactly surprising to see lulls in between shoots, I kind of expected it so I was okay. I was just content watching the whole scene -- the producer was on the phone trying to get some props ready, one assistant was going in and out of the studio trying to coordinate the elements they needed for the shoot, the camera man was busy adjusting the video camera and the lights, the other assistant was posting pictures on the wall, and the other crew member was directing my movements and prepping me for the scene.
By 9PM we were finally done. The producer thanked me profusely as did I. We took a couple of souvenir group photos before leaving. It was an awesome experience but my body and mind were both ready to go home.
The DOT slogan episode on Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho will be aired this Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 8:30 PM on GMA-7.
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